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Baby Boomers Blog Carnival Seventy-fifth Edition

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 12:37 AM PST

Welcome to the January 19, 2011 edition of the Baby Boomers Blog Carnival. There are some really well thought out and insightful Boomer articles for you to peruse this week.

So, grab a cup of coffee (or tea), sit back in your most comfortable chair, put up your feet and Enjoy.

This one’s for you!

Family

June Tree presents Chase Blueprint Card Program Review posted at The Digerati Life, saying, “Looking to improve your family finances? If you’re a Chase customer, you may be able to utilize their free card payment management program called Chase Blueprint. It helps you manage your credit card bills and debt.”

Fitness

Mark Allen presents Boomers~3 Health Tips For Beating Early Death and Disease posted at Baby Boomer Talk Online, saying, “Question: Boomers, does sitting down at work lead to early death/disease? Answer: Yes. Or rather, it "can"… unless you do these 3 things…”

Graham Alice presents 10 Most Worthless Pieces of Exercise Equipment posted at Online Certificate Programs, saying, “Interesting Stuffs, Please have a Look.”

Denise Harris presents Yoga For Baby Boomers posted at Able Mart | Disabilities and Aging, saying, “Yoga was made for boomers. It keeps your mind alert and your body flexible.”

Teresa Jackson presents 5 Ways to Inspire Health through Your Diet posted at Masters In Psychology.

Jenny Stowe presents 10 Common Medical Myths That Are Completely False posted at Masters in Health Care.

General

Jeff Rose, CFP presents Making Your Pre-Funeral Arrangements posted at Consumer Boomer, saying, “Here’s what you need to know about pre-planning your funeral and how it can save you and your family difficulties.”

Joe Plemon presents Effort or Achievement: Which Do You Value the Most? posted at Personal Finance By The Book, saying, “While achievements should be affirmed, the effort should not be overlooked. Sometimes the effort is more important than the accomplishment itself.”

Terry Hamburg presents BOOMERS IN THE MOOD posted at Boomer To You, saying, “The mood ring was one of the biggest fads of the 1970s and 1980s–and it’s still around.”

Health

Emilia Klapp presents Are Your Cholesterol Levels Normal? posted at The Diabetes Club, saying, “Making sure your cholesterol levels are normal is very important. That is because cholesterol can lead to blood clots that interfere with regular blood flow in your arteries and in the blood vessels of your brain. But if you are diabetic, keeping an eye on your cholesterol levels is even more important because as you know, high levels of glucose in the blood damage the walls of the arteries, causing cholesterol to stick to them and to form plaque.”

Virginia Hensley presents 19 Enlightening YouTube Videos About Healthcare Law posted at Online LLM (Master of Law) Degrees, saying, “We're in the midst of a major overhaul in our healthcare system and it is affecting insurance coverage, laws and the way we receive our healthcare. Take a look at these 19 videos related to our nation's new healthcare laws.”

Charles Chua C K presents Be Free Be happy posted at All About Living with Life.

Peter Stockwell presents 7 Easy Weight Loss Tips posted at The Senior Walking Fitness Blog, saying, “Weight loss can be easy. You just need to know what to do.”

Nesher presents Brain Food, or How to Prevent your Brain from Aging? posted at Planning your Retirement Smart Way, saying, “Our brain is aging as well, and this process starts much earlier than we can notice the obvious cognitive decline or signs of dementia. However, multiple studies support the viewpoint that the brain aging process can be controlled, at least partially.”

Elizabeth Wright presents Educating Children with Mood Disorders posted at Education Degrees.

Angie Levens presents Radiologists as Bearers of Bad News – Areas of Improvement posted at EKG Tech.

Leslie Yoelson presents 20 Surprising Facts About Emergency Rooms posted at Paramedic to RN, saying, “In the recent healthcare reform debate, emergency rooms have gotten a lot of discussion. In fact, reducing the number of visits to emergency rooms by providing healthcare coverage that covers doctor visits and that helps patients get better preventive care was a specific goal in healthcare reform.”

Humor

Andrea Carlisle presents Watching for Trees posted at Go Ask Alice…when she’s 94, saying, “Ever since my mother moved from the Midwest to live close to me in Oregon (when she was 93), she’s made me more aware of the Northwest’s abundance of spectacular trees, which I’d come to take for granted. In this post, we recall the bumpy ride she took long ago in order to plant our first tree. It was a family project.”

Madeleine Begun Kane presents Feet Trouble Afoot posted at Mad Kane’s Humor Blog.

Laws

Madison DuPaix presents When is the Tax Deadline? posted at My Dollar Plan, saying, “Here’s all of the info you need on the deadline for filing your taxes in 2011.”

Retirement

Dave@50plusfinance presents 5 Ways to Mess Up Your Retirement Plan posted at 50 Plus Finance, saying, “Our common goal is to enjoy a rewarding retirement. Not preparing is foolish. I list 5 mistakes people make on the road there.”

Super Saver presents Another Senior Discount – College Course Fees posted at My Wealth Builder, saying, “Here’s another great senior discount: taking college courses at significantly discounted prices or even for free.”

Work

Job-Interview-Site.com presents Resume Interests Examples: Resume Hobbies and Interests Examples and Tips posted at Job Interview Guide, saying, “* Should hobbies be included in a resume? * Should 'area of interests' or 'field of interest' be included and how? * Are hobbies relevant to job application? * How to include 'interests and activities', 'skills and interests' or 'hobbies and interests' in a resume?”

BWL presents Job Interview Preparation: Tips & Advice From An Interviewer posted at Christian Personal Finance, saying, “These are some tips from a Pro about job interviewing the right way!”

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