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HAPPY MAY DAYS

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n May, we pay tribute to our mothers and our nation’s war dead, but did you know that May is also Older American’s Month?

The theme for 2018, as announced by the Administration on Aging, is Engage at Every Age. The thought here is that you’re never too old (or too young) to take part in activities that can enrich your physical, mental and emotional well-being.

The U.S. life expectancy has lengthened significantly in the last few decades thanks to advances in medicine and technology, improved health care, an emphasis on diet and fitness, and reductions in smoking.

According to the American Psychological Association’s Office on Aging, today’s life expectancy is 84.3 years for men and 86.6 for women.

The number of Americans over age 85 is increasing faster than any other age group.

One out of every four 65-year-olds today will live past age 90; one in 10 will live past age 95.

Of course, the proportion of older adults living by themselves increases with advancing age. Among women aged 75 and over, almost half live alone.

Many folks believe that moving to a nursing facility is inevitable as we grow older but in reality, only about 13 percent of persons 85 and older reside in nursing homes. (apa.org/pi/aging/resources/guides/older. aspx) While the extension of life expectancy is great, we want to make sure those extra years are healthy ones, not ones spent in ill health.

So remember to exercise to maintain and improve strength, flexibility and cardiovascular fitness. Lead a healthy lifestyle and see a doctor for any changes or concerns about your physical and mental health.

Keep up with the news of the day as well as new technological advances. Take advantage of your community’s cultural events. Stay connected socially.

Share your wisdom with the next generation -- many of them are in great need of love and guidance.

Remain passionate about life.

Make the world a better place.

Blaze a trail.

Engage at every age.

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Take a selfie of you (and your family or friends if appropriate) engaging with the world. Whether you recently learned how to skydive or swing dance, or spent time mentoring a child after school, we want to hear about it – and see your faces too.

We are also looking for stories about special fathers for our June edition, whether it be your own papa or a guy you know that just has it all together in the Dad department.

Send your photos and stories (250 words or less) by email to Terri@LifestylesAfter50.com by May 15th for possible publication.

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May 12 A Mother’s Day Dance 8 p.m. $12 - $18 (Mom is free)

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Building: Picker PlaceMarket Address: 1402 E 2nd Tampa, 33605 Phone: 813-952-4672 Website: pickerplace.com

Building: Carrollwood Cultural Center Address: 4537 Lowell Rd. Tampa, 33618 Phone: 813-269-1310 Website: carrollwoodcenter.org

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Building: Temple Terrace Public Library Address: 202 Bullard Pkwy Temple Terrace, 33617 Phone: 813-506-6770 Website: templeterrace.com

Each Saturday Tampa Bay Water Ski Show Team Time: 5:30 pre-show, 6 p.m.

Show time Cost: free Building: Tower Lake Address: 130 Burbank Road Oldsmar, 34677 Phone: 813-454-5826 Website: tampawaterski.com

May 12 2018 Walk to Cure Arthritis 8:30 - 11 a.m. no reg. fee, but encouraged to raise a min. $150 towards cure

Building: Al Lopez Park Address: 4810 N. Himes Ave., Tampa, 33614 Phone: 813-968-7000 Website: events.arthritis.org

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May 13 Mother’s Day Brunch 11 a.m. / 12:30 p.m./2 p.m. $45.95 Adults/ $16.95 Kids

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The program, offered through a Hillsborough County grant, aims to provide county residents with disabilities the opportunity to have a safe and healthy place to call home by providing them with no-cost home repairs. Seven homes have been revamped so far and at least three more will be selected.

Typical services provided under the program include roof repairs and replacements, as well as electrical, plumbing, flooring and wall repairs.

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Extraordinary Moms, Then and Now

By KATHy MEGyERI Each of us treasure our own special mothers who gave us life and so much more, but there are some mothers who nurtured not only their own children, but the world’s.

On this Mother’s Day, 2018, we take a look at some of these remarkable ladies.

Ann Maria Jarvis is the First Mother of Mother’s Day. She bore between 11 and 13 children, but only four survived to adulthood.

In 1858, she began Mother’s Day Work Clubs to combat childhood diseases and improve sanitation. She also nursed soldiers on both sides of the Civil War as a symbol of neutrality. After the war, Jarvis organized a “Mother’s Friendship Day” to help curtail post-war hostilities. Following her death, her daughter, Anna Jarvis, made it her mission to get Mother’s Day recognized as a holiday. In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson signed the proclamation and made it official.

Irena Sendler, a mother of three, smuggled almost 2,500 Jewish children out of Warsaw’s ghetto during World War II, provided them with false identity papers, and sheltered them with adoptive Polish families or in care facilities. As a social worker, Sendler gained access to the Warsaw ghetto to check for typhus, a disease that the Germans feared would spread beyond the ghetto. Under the guise of inspecting sanitary conditions, she smuggled out babies and small children, hiding them in packages and suitcases. She once said, “Every child saved with my help is the justification of my existence on this Earth, and not a title to glory.”

Lou Xiaoying has been praised in China for saving more than 30 abandoned babies found in the trash. In 1972, she was making a meager living by recycling rubbish when she discovered the first child lying in garbage. She kept and raised some of the children she found over the years; others were passed on to relatives and friends.

Many of the babies abandoned on the streets by poor parents were the victims of China’s one child policy. She said, “I realized if we had strength enough to collect garbage, how could we not recycle something as important as human lives?”

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Julia Ward Howe wrote the first Mother’s Day proclamation in 1870 asking women everywhere to join for world peace, a pacifist reaction to the carnage of the Civil and the Franco-Prussian wars. Married to the founder of the Perkins School for the Blind, she bore six children. She was an abolitionist, feminist, poet and women’s suffrage activist but is best known for writing the Battle Hymn of the Republic.

Kathy Headlee Miner is the mother of 7 children, 2 stepchildren and founder of Mothers Without Borders. The nonprofit organization focuses on work in Africa where they care for orphaned and vulnerable children, provide safe shelter, food and clean water. Adult caregivers are offered literacy and business skills training.

Miner has also organized and implemented community development projects in Romania, Mexico, India, Indonesia and Bolivia.

Candy Lightner founded Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) in 1980 after a drunk driver killed her 13-year-old daughter, Cari.

Before that, drunk drivers injured her two other children in separate accidents; her son suffered permanent brain damage. She rallied mothers across the country to help lobby for legislation that would prevent drunk driving deaths and injuries and curb underage drinking.

Theresa Kachindamoto, the paramount chief to over 900,000 Malawian people and mother of five boys, has greatly improved the lives of Malawi’s youth. Malawi is one of the poorest countries in the world with an HIV infection rate of 10 percent. A United Nations study found that more than half of the country’s women are married before the age of 18, and girls as young as 7 were sent to sexual initiation camps. In just three years, the chief annulled over 850 child marriages, encouraged girls to go to school, and made the community healthier in the process.

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Susan Goldfein holds a doctorate in Communication Disorders from Teachers College, Columbia University, and enjoyed a successful career as a clinician, teacher, and consultant. For more essays filled with wit, wisdom and irony, visit Susan’s blog, www.susansunfilteredwit.com. Her book, How Old Am I in Dog Years? may be purchased on Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com

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a IMPORTANT Paperclip: Don’t Leave Home Without It I do not have an American Express card so in my case, “don’t leave home without it,” applies to a paperclip, one of the most amazing tools ever invented.

I always have one in my pocket.

Originally intended to clip together papers, it has proven to be a versatile little implement, capable of being transformed into an impromptu tie clip, hem holder or small slingshot for shooting spit-wads at a cute little gal in a classroom.

(They don’t call me Mr. Debonair for nothing!)

Developed in the 19th century, the paperclip’s machine aesthetic, low cost and utilitarian nature have made it withstand the test of time.

So much so, that May 29th has been coronated National Paperclip Day. A paperclip can be used for picking locks, picking teeth, opening handcuffs and as an emergency roach clip holder for hippies – not that I have any personal knowledge of such things.

It can keep you from getting lost, too. Straighten one out, magnetize it, stick it through a cork and float on water – it becomes a compass, always pointing north.

Of course, if you are lost, what are the chances you have a cork on

hand?

I have found them useful to clip notes to my shirt to remind me of important things such as meeting the deadline for this column or to feed the dog.

In my younger years, I formed them into going-steady, engagement and wedding rings. This is how I knew that my bride married me for me and not for any presumed wealth.

I know too that one day, should I be called upon to perform an emergency tracheotomy, I can quickly save a life and be a hero like MacGyver.

By now, you must be wondering how you can get involved and celebrate National Paperclip Day. Well, you can festively decorate a tree or your own hair with an assortment of the colorful clips. It’s also a tradition on this day to return all the paperclips you’ve inadvertently stolen from your workplace. You’ll find them in the little piles on your dresser where you’ve emptied your pants pockets or purse of coins, gum wrappers, McDonald’s receipts and other assorted items.

I’m wondering if there is a National Gum Wrapper Day?

If you’ve enjoyed this story, please paperclip a thank you card to an email and forward it to me at micwrighthamo@gmail.com It will make my day and I promise to reuse the paperclip in the future.

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AARP reports that Baby Boomers aged 50+ are active travelers, anticipating four or five trips in the next year.

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ral cancer affects the human papillomavirus thousands of Americans (HPV). Infection with each year, yet few are aware certain types of HPV of the signs to detect it and can cause some forms of the steps that can be taken cancer, including cancers to prevent it. The older you of the mouth and throat. get, the more susceptible The type linked to throat cancer is HPV16. Most you may become to oral people with HPV infections cancer. According to the of the mouth and throat American Cancer Society, have no symptoms, which most cases develop over the age of 50 and the risks is why it’s so important increase with age. In 2018, to get regular checkan estimated 51,500 people ups. Other causes of oral will be diagnosed with oral The older you get, the more susceptible cancer include heavy use of cancer and more than 10,000 tobacco and alcohol. Those you may become to oral cancer. will die of the disease. The who smoke and drink daily average age of people diagnosed with oral cancer is 62 are at the greatest risk. Sun damage also takes part in and men are more likely than women to develop the the development of oral cancer. Dentists recommend disease at a ratio of six to one. wearing at least SPF 30 or higher on lips.

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Florida’s Beauteous Botanicals Marie Selby botanical GardenS, SaraSota This tropical oasis filled with rare and beautiful plants is so inspirational, USA Today recently ranked it the top travel-worthy garden in the nation.

On 15 acres facing Sarasota Bay, the Gardens showcase epiphytes (plants that grow on other plants), along with orchids, bromeliads, gesneriads and other tropicals; butterfly, edible and fragrance gardens; a koi pond, an interactive children’s rainforest, an herbarium and a research library.

Now through June 30, visitors can enjoy the Andy Warhol silk screen exhibition, “Warhol: Flowers in the Factory.”

The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, 900 S. Palm Ave. in Sarasota, is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For admission prices and other info, call (941) 366-5731 or visit selby.org.

Florida botanical GardenS, larGo This serene 100-acre wetlands park in Pinellas County is the largest free garden in Florida. It features 25 individual garden zones including an herb garden, fruit garden, wedding garden, rose garden, and a butterfly garden, which is soon to be the largest in the nation. Home to 1,500 species of native and exotic plants and more than 150 types of birds and mammals, it is a vast and beautiful educational classroom.

The Gardens are adjacent to Heritage Village, where visitors can step back in time and learn about Florida’s pioneering roots.

The Florida Botanical Gardens, 12520 Ulmerton Road in Largo, welcome well-behaved pets on a leash. Admission is free; donations accepted. Open daily from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. (727) 582-2100 or visit flbg.org.

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ecause of our long and varied growing season, horticulturalists are obsessed with collecting plants from near and far that flourish in our climate. The result? Florida boasts some of the most stunning botanical gardens in the U.S. Here, we highlight four of Florida’s finest and encourage you to hit the road and enjoy these glorious gardens while the colorful spring blooms and last few breaths of spring air are still with us.

bok tower GardenS, lake waleS The grandmother of Edward Bok, a Dutch immigrant who published the Ladies Home Journal, told him to “make the world a bit better or more beautiful because you have lived in it,” so he set out to build “a beauty spot second to none in the country.” In 1929, the 250-acre Bok Tower Gardens was dedicated by President Calvin Coolidge and presented to the nation.

A sanctuary for native wildlife, the historic Olmsted Gardens, Wild Garden and Hammock Hollow children’s garden provide acres of beautiful gardens spaces. The Singing Tower houses a 60bell carillon that plays concerts at 1 and 3 p.m. The tower is built on Iron Mountain, one of the highest points in Florida and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Bok Tower Gardens, 1151 Tower Blvd. in Lake Wales, is open daily from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. For admission prices and other info, call (863) 676-1408 or visit boktowergardens.org.

napleS botanical Garden, napleS This 170-acre world-class paradise is so beautiful it has won the 2017 Garden of Excellence Award from the American Public Gardens Association.

The Garden is comprised of seven distinct natural habitats and ecosystems, which yield a treasure trove of flora and fauna right in the heart of Naples. Besides Florida’s native plants, the garden showcases the exotic plants and cultures from places like Brazil, the Caribbean, and Southeast Asia.

Naples Botanical Garden, 4820 Bayshore Dr., is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. except on Tuesday when it opens at 8 a.m. Call (239) 643-7275 or visit naplesgarden.org for details.

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National Pet Week

For the Love of Pets

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rom the moment we first lay eyes on them, to the last, sad goodbye, our pets supply us with unconditional love and happiness. In honor of National Pet Week, May 6–12, here are 10 tips to help you give your pet all the love, happiness and good health they deserve.

1. Give careful thought and consideration to the type of pet you select, making sure it is compatible with your home, lifestyle and budget.

Consider adopting an older shelter pet. Once you’ve chosen your new best friend, commit for life.

2. When you welcome a pet into your home, schedule a visit to the veterinarian for a wellness check, required vaccinations, and flea and tick control products. Continue with regular checkups.Make sure to get a sick or injured pet the care it needs as soon as possible.

3. Keep your pet at a healthy weight and avoid table scraps – many foods humans enjoy can be unhealthy or toxic for animals.

4. Always keep a collar on your pet with its name and your phone number.

Consider microchipping. Keep your pet safely confined to its own yard with available shade and water.

5. Spay or neuter so as to not contribute to the pet overpopulation problem. If you choose to breed your pet, do it through managed breeding practices.

6. Give your pet plenty of love, attention and opportunities to exercise their minds and body.

If you are gone all day, consider adopting a companion for your pet. Playhouses, indoor climbing “trees,” and laser pointers will help keep cats active. Most dogs love a trip to the dog beach or dog park, obedience and agility classes, frisbee and ball games, and swimming in a pool.

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and playing “hide and seek” with healthy treats.

7. Dogs should be walked at least 30 minutes a day, and only in the early morning or evening hours during hot summer weather. Consider an enclosed outdoor run for your feline friends – the internet has a host of creative ideas.

8. Consult a trained professional if your dog exhibits aggression, anxiety or other behavioral problems.

9. Always have a plan for a loving caretaker to look after your pet should something happen to you.

10.When the end of life is near, consult your veterinarian about quality of life issues so you can make the best decision at the right time.

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s every wine lover knows, decanting is the process of pouring wine from one container into another for the purpose of improving the wine’s aromas and taste.

But did you know that decanting has another meaning in the legal context, specifically Trust law?

In Trust law “decanting” is what a trustee sometimes is allowed to do to improve the legal position of beneficiaries of an irrevocable Trust by transferring some or all of the Trust assets of the Trust into a brand new Trust. The new Trust contains more favorable terms for the beneficiaries and therefore improves their position. Thus, the analogy to wine decanting.

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Of course, there are many reasons why a successor trustee might consider utilizing this valuable legal procedure to help beneficiaries of an irrevocable Trust should the need arise.

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Please note: Mr. Mumbauer’s articles outline general principles of law and are they are not intended to apply to individual circumstances.

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fter a 20-year police career in Baltimore followed by nine years with the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office, Dan Cotton, once an undercover detective, concluded that coping with his Parkinson’s diagnosis was the one case he could not solve, particularly after experiencing frightening hallucinations.

Cotton, now 53, was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease (PD) in 2013, following the onset of a tremor in his right hand. The Port Charlotte resident continued as a community relations officer until a minor car accident and a failed physical abilities test ended his career.

He felt depressed and unsure about what to do next.

Support groups helped until a year-and-a-half ago, when new non-motor symptoms caught him by surprise.

He began seeing shadows of cats and dogs, responding to questions his wife never asked, and once, Cotton’s brother appeared in the passenger seat of his truck and attempted to give him driving instructions.

“He lives up north and is terrible at directions,” said Cotton. “I felt there was something mentally wrong with me. I didn’t know it was part of Parkinson’s.”

“I felt there was something mentally wrong with me. I didn’t know it was part of Parkinson’s.”

Dan Cotton Approximately one million Americans live with PD, but the onset of hallucinations and delusions (false beliefs) often comes as a surprise to patients and caregivers.

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sibly because they are embarrassed and/or do not realize that non-motor symptoms are part of the disease.

This spring, a survey of people with PD and PD caregivers conducted by the PMDAlliance found that nearly all respondents (90 percent) have experienced (or reported their loved one experienced) non-motor symptoms associated with PD. Nearly half felt these types of symptoms were harder to live with than physical symptoms of PD. Cotton talked to his PD specialist (a neurologist with special training) about his hallucinations and the doctor prescribed a fairly new drug treatment specifically approved by the FDA for his symptoms.

“After about three weeks, I noticed the hallucinations started to disappear,” he said.

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Older Americans Month

The Heroic Adventures of Alder Allensworth

By MIKE MERINO

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ay is Older American’s and social scars, she rallied her Month, a time to spiritual energies and went back celebrate seniors who live to work as a music therapist, life to the fullest, and what pondering her future as a woman a more perfect example with an eye patch. than Tampa`s intrepid Alder She moved from Tampa Allensworth, who lives life to Key Largo to become a dive as one big adventure. instructor. She also taught music To date, the 60-year-old to young students and facilitated female cancer survivor has dolphin therapy groups. sailed 1,200 miles solo on After two years, Allensworth once again returned to the Tampa a small boat, backpacked Bay area where she continued to 500 miles alone on an provide music therapy to at-risk internationally known children. pilgrimage from France to A life-altering moment came Spain, become a registered when Allensworth was helping nurse, authored an awardwinning book and continues a student in crisis deal with his to be part of a sailing scars. foundation for the disabled.

“I will not be ashamed of my Alder Allensworth, a sailor, hiker, and cancer scars, if you take off the eye patch “Having had cancer survivor graduated from nursing school at the and not be ashamed of yours,” he makes each day I am given age of 59 said. a gift,” she said. “I want to She boldly accepted the challenge and only make the most of the gifts by sharing my life with wears the patch during festive events like Tampa`s others.”

Born into a military family at Camp LeJeune, Gasparilla invasion parade.

N.C., Allensworth’s father was a Navy dentist who served the White House during the Richard Nixon and Lyndon Johnson administrations. Her mother was a coal miner’s daughter who rose from poverty to receive her college degree.

“I want to make the most of the gifts by sharing my life with others.”

The military family moved continually from city to city and from country to country. She graduated from high school in Scotland, completed her bachelor’s degree at Stephens College in Columbia, Mo., and earned her master’s in music at the University of Miami.

In 1990, when she was 33, Allensworth was unexpectedly diagnosed with a rare cancer – Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of her left tear gland. After extensive surgery to remove the left eye, socket and tear gland, the tumor was successfully eradicated, making her the first person ever to survive this form of deadly cancer.

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Allensworth’s father taught her how to sail.

It’s a skill she has pursued throughout her adult life and in 2000, she accepted a challenge to sail solo on the 12-foot dinghy, Prevail, in order to raise money and awareness for sailors with disabilities. Her remarkable 1,200-mile journey down the Gulf of Mexico, through the Everglades and up the Atlantic to Moorhead, N.C. was chronicled by cable TV giant, CNN. When she returned home she joined a group of likeminded friends and, in 2001, formed the non-profit, Sailability Greater Tampa Bay, which empowers people with disabilities to learn to sail on their own.

At the time, the type of special boats needed were made in Australia and would cost $5,000 each. So, Allensworth took the CNN video to the city of Clearwater and received approval to use the Clearwater Community Sailing Center on Sand Key. She approached local organizations and cobbled together enough donations to pay for the first six boats.

During this time, Allensworth met and married disabilities advocate, Ben Ritter, who commented, “There’s never a boring moment when living with Alder.”

Life took a twist in 2003 when her mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. She and her father became the caregivers. Then, a few years after her mother’s death, Allensworth became her father’s fulltime caregiver until he died in 2017.

During that time, she studied nursing and wrote her memoirs. At age 59, she became a registered nurse.

After her father’s death, Allensworth needed time for healing and reflection so decided to tackle the Camino de Santiago, or the Way of St. James. It’s a 500-mile religious pilgrimage that begins in Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port in France, crosses the Pyrenees, and continues westward across to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in northwestern Spain.

She also submitted her memoir, Prevail: Celebrate the Journey, to the Richter Publishing 2017 Writing Contest and won a book contract. The book was published in February and is available on Amazon.

Her friend, noted sailor and former News Channel 8 anchor, Bob Hite, said: “Alder`s a remarkable woman that has taken on many challenges and still remains one of the most modest and humble individuals I`ve ever known.”

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elebrate May with this recipe that combines food from the land and sea: fresh caught fish and Florida oranges. In May, oranges are still in season so they are tasty, economical and brimming with peak nutritional value. Pair them with your favorite fresh-caught fish such as grouper, snapper, snook, mahi mahi, mackerel, trout or sea bass. Cilantro and mint add extra zest, but it’s those juicy Florida oranges that make this dish really “sing.”

Grilled Fish with Citrus Slices Basic Ingredients: oil fish salt and pepper sliced oranges fresh herbs such as cilantro, basil or mint flavored butter (see below) Orange-Herb Butter Mash together one stick unsalted butter 1/2 tsp. grated orange zest 2 tsp. fresh orange juice 1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper 1 clove garlic, minced 2 Tbsp. chopped cilantro 1/2 tsp. coarse salt

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Methods for managing discomfort in arthritic dogs

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ortunately, the options for treating arthritis in dogs have multiplied exponentially in the past two and a half decades that I have been a veterinarian. We will review them today.

Arthritis is diagnosed based upon clinical signs, physical exam findings and radiographs (x-rays). The severity of x-ray changes don’t always correspond to how well your pet is moving, so we always treat the pet, and use the x-ray to help us understand and localize problems.

Joint supplements with ingredients like glucosamine, chondroitin, omega 3 fatty acids and turmeric are available for dogs. We use anti-inflammatory medications like nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or corticosteroids to reduce pain and improve mobility by decreasing inflammation.

Pre-treatment bloodwork is best to rule out any organ dysfunction prior to administering these medications. Other pain management medications can be added to the antiinflammatories if control isn’t adequate, so communicate with your veterinarian about your dog’s treatment plan.

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Sony Pictures Classics’ 2018 version of The Seagull offers Chekhov’s iconic drama for today’s audience, who will experience a classic-in-the-making movie that tells a heartbreaking yet often amusing tale of friends and lovers, all of whom fall in love with the wrong people. The focus is often on the character flaw of narcissism and its ultimate impact on young dreams and romantic love.

The story may be 122 years old now, but it is as contemporary as any modern soap opera. The May 11th release—which is already drawing early Oscar buzz—has Sony almost breathlessly enthusing: “Here finally is the definitive film version of the master storyteller’s play. It is fun and the cast is simply sublime.”

The top-notch ensemble plays a unique and often-quirky set of characters in Chekhov’s iconic work.

In the story, aging actress Irina (four-time Academy Award-nominated Annette Bening) pays a summer visit to her brother’s secluded lakeside estate, where she encounters her long-estranged son Konstantin (UK-born Prada model Billy Howle), as well as his adoring lady friend Masha (Mad Men and The Handmaid’s Tale’s Elisabeth Moss). The fun begins in earnest when a famous novelist named Boris (Netflix’s House of Cards’ Corey Stoll) arrives on the scene at Irina’s invitation and meets striking ingenue Nina (three-time Oscar nominated Irish star Saorise Ronan), a free-spirited but vulnerable beauty from a neighboring estate.

Annette Bening in The Seagull (2018) The Seagull has seen countless stage adaptations over the years, including operas and ballets, as well as a 1968 film adaptation by director Sidney Lumet.

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ACCESS TO BONDS—This is an area where the bond mutual funds can add value, as they are able to gain access to individual new issues of bonds that many retail investors cannot. When buying individual municipal bonds, investors are basically limited to the bonds available at the brokerage firm or custodian where they have their accounts. Often this selection is limited, both in number of bonds and size of each bond available.

COST—As with all investments, there are costs involved, whether you see them or not. With bond mutual funds, there is an internal expense ratio, which is essentially how much it costs to operate the fund on an annual basis. Additionally, depending on how your advisor is paid, there may be a sales load involved based on the share class of the fund. When buying an individual bond in a commission account—where the vast majority of

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FIXED MATURITY DATE— In many ways, this is the biggest difference between individual bonds and bond mutual funds. With an individual bond, there is a fixed maturity date when all investors will receive their principal back. This means that the exact total return, or yield to maturity, is known at the time of purchase. There is no maturity date for bond mutual funds, making the effect of changes in interest rates much more important, since bond prices move in the opposite direction of interest rates. Consequently, in a rising interest rate environment, even a very good bond fund can have years where it loses money.

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FL 33583 38. Graf __ I want information on: Insurance 39. LyricalPersonal work Health 40. Type of rock Travel / Cruises Elder Law / Financial & Fitness mushroom Recreation / Leisure Housing Options41. EdibleHome Improvements 42. Magazine bigwig Entertainment / Events Reverse Mortgages Automobiles 44. Hay bundlers 45. Original 46. Grandma __ Name 47. Diminish 50. Vast expanses 51. Weaken Address 54. Architects’ papers 57. Lab dwellers 58. “...a real live nephew of my Uncle City State Zip__ on the...”

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Interested persons should apply sending a brief description of their qualification to: 12. __-deucey after 50, PO Box 638, Seffner, FL 33583 or email ed@lifestylesafter50.com.

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4812 - YoU HAVe To HAVe FUn. I love life. 5 ft, fun, likes new things and TLC. NS. Send picture & phone number. I will call you. Smile. Have fun 4814 - SWF. 70’S. BLonDe, gReen eYeS. HWP, nD, nS, physically fit. I enjoy life but would love someone special to share it with. Are you a kindhearted gentleman? Then contact me. Let’s enjoy life together. Dunedin/ Clearwater.

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4792 - WWm, 74, LiBRA, looking for German lady, 68-76. Let’s meet for coffee, talk and learn about each other. St. Petersburg area.

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4791 - WRiTe ToDAY - FUn TomoRRoW. SWm, 70, retired, seeking SWF, NS, slender, HWP, friends, companion and more. 60s, free and ready to enjoy life, lunch, daytrips, movies, romance. End the solo life! The future awaits. Largo area.

4782 - WiDoWeD WF. Would like to meet WM, NS, SD who enjoys dancing, movies, dining out, music and just enjoying life.

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4784 - ReTiReD WiDoWeR. Seeking 70’s-80’s active lady for LTR. Only physically fit. Enjoys dining out, travel, plays, shows, comedy. 5’3”. Tampa, Clearwater.

4119 Seeking HoneST genTLemAn. Former airline stewardess and model, 5’4”, 104 lbs., slender, white with Ph.D. in healthcare.

Fulbright scholar, eats healthy and exercises. Likes sports and animals.

WW. Loves the Lord. Florida.

4785 - Don’T Be SHY. 70’S, 5’7”, 165, m, seeking lady who is not afraid to say yes, not afraid to say no, not afraid to have a good time, not afraid of the bedroom, not afraid to have quiet times and not afraid to say see you next year. Madeira Beach.

4811 - ACTiVe mAn & ACTiVe WomAn. Healthy 75 yo, HWP, SWM seeks healthy active HWP, SWF for LTR. I am conservative businessman & war veteran. I am a swinger and enjoy the high life. Please include contact info.

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4807 - ReTiReD WiDoW, 68, seeking active man for LTR. Enjoy cooking, dining out, movies, traveling and cruises. I am 5’3”, 125 lbs., blonde hair and green eyes. Prefer Clearwater area.

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4802 - Looking FoR LADieS To TRAVeL. I am W, 74, healthy and can walk good, to join me on a bus trip in the fall. I live in Largo.

4801 - 66F, Seeking m/F FRienDSHiPS. Among metaphysical like-minded people for group meditations, get togethers, and raising our consciousness. I am into astrology, tarot, crystals, etc. Tampa area.

4789 - DeSPACiTo. 71 yrs, WH waiting

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