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Dr. Ruth on . . . Social networking—making friends in person and online
Tuesday, March 31, 2009


Social networking is a phrase that is bouncing all around these days. An activity that might once have taken place over the backyard fence now seems to have developed into a multi-tentacled monster that only the young can manage.

Of course, that’s nonsense—you don’t have to know how to Twitter or have a Facebook page in order to stay connected.



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Stan Lee: A comic book hero in his own right
Tuesday, March 31, 2009


Stan Lee always knew he wanted to be a writer. As a kid, he read everything in sight whether it was a book, a magazine, or the ketchup bottle’s label during dinner.

Lee understood the power of words as a medium for creating fantastically imaginative stories and saw himself one day writing the great American novel. Even then he had a limitless capacity for big dreaming, which is why we know him not as a novelist but, instead, as something arguably much bigger—the father of the modern day superhero.



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Money Matters: Working…on your terms
Tuesday, March 31, 2009


For all of our fantasies about winning the lottery and not having to work, it seems many people actually want to work—and well after their 65th birthday.

The notion of trading in a career for tee time is quickly becoming outdated, as people’s ideas about retirement evolve. But, that doesn’t necessarily mean clocking eight-hour days at the offi ce where you’ve worked for decades.



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A hospital that listens
Tuesday, March 31, 2009


Maryland’s Holy Cross opens first ER for seniors

It might be a stretch to call a trip to the emergency room pleasant, but that’s what people are saying about the Seniors Emergency Center at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring, Md. This six-bay unit is the first emergency center in the nation designed specifically for the needs of older patients.



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The perfect match
Tuesday, March 31, 2009


Website helps volunteers find their cause

It’s hard to think of a key moment in history where volunteers didn’t play an important role. They were the first to face the might of the British Army at the start of the American Revolution, and they were among those pulling victims from Hurricane Katrina’s wake four years ago.



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