From the U.S. News & World Report website
We all know people who love to reminisce about memories from the past. Sometimes it’s charming, but if it’s done too often, you might feel tempted to shake your relative or friend and say, “Snap out of it! Come back to the here and now.” Well, you may want to think twice about doing that because research has found that nostalgia can be good for your health and emotional well-being.
Whether you listen to music you used to love, look at old photos, page through yearbooks or watch movies that take you back to happy times, you can evoke nostalgia to benefit your state of mind in myriad ways. Strolling down a pleasant memory lane can improve your mood and stimulate inspiration and motivation, research has found. Nostalgia can provide you with a window into your authentic self, according to a series of studies published in a 2015 issue of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, and it can give you a greater sense of meaning in your life.
“This won’t go on for very long,” Sharon Hall said to herself when she invited her elderly mother, who’d suffered several small strokes, to live with her.
That was five years ago, just before Hall turned 65 and found herself crossing into older age.
In the intervening years, Hall’s husband was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia and forced to retire. Neither he nor Hall’s mother, whose memory had deteriorated, could be left alone in the house. Hall had her hands full taking care of both of them, seven days a week.
The @usairforce‘s F-22A Raptor is the most dominant and advanced air superiority fighter in the world.
✓ Stealth technology
✓ Radical maneuvering capabilities
✓ Supersonic speed without afterburners pic.twitter.com/dBSNPc157U
— Airman Magazine (@AirmanMagazine) January 5, 2019
The 199th Fighter Squadron has flown F-22 Raptors since 2010.
Airmen from the Maui based 292nd Combat Communications Squadron receive multiple briefings at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam as they prepare for their world wide deployment. pic.twitter.com/w33GbA8AgY
— Hawaii Air National Guard (@HiAirGuard) January 5, 2019
Ford is recalling more than 953,000 vehicles worldwide to replace Takata passenger air bag inflators that can explode and hurl shrapnel.
The move includes 782,000 vehicles in the U.S. and is part of the largest series of recalls in U.S. history.
Included are the 2010 Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX, the 2010 and 2011 Ford Ranger, the 2010 to 2012 Ford Fusion and Lincoln MKZ, the 2010 and 2011 Mercury Milan, and the 2010 to 2014 Ford Mustang.
Some of the recalls may be limited to specific geographic areas of the U.S.
At least 23 people have been killed worldwide by the inflators.
Ford says it doesn’t know of any injuries in vehicles included in this recall. Dealers will replace the inflators.
Takata uses the chemical ammonium nitrate to create an explosion to inflate air bags. But it can deteriorate over time due to heat and humidity and explode with too much force, blowing apart a metal canister designed to contain the explosion.
Takata recalls are being phased in through 2020.
Check if your vehicle is part of this recall
Thanks to Gordon Lau, who posted this article on his Twitter feed
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Military.com commemorates just some of the notable U.S. veterans who made a name for themselves both in and out of the military and passed away in 2018.
From the U.S. News & World Report website
The financial aspests of caring for an aging loved one are often a gray area. It can be difficult to predict upcoming health-related expenses and estimate how much help will be needed. Yet the costs of caregiving tend to run steep. The value of family and friend caregiving amounts to about $470 billion each year, according to an AARP Public Policy Institute report.
If you are currently providing care for an elderly relative or plan to do so in the future, filtering through the financial details as early as possible can save time and money later.
From the Military Times website
Earlier this year, the Pentagon changed the rules for troops who want to transfer their Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits to their dependents.
Most notably, the new policy will end transfers for service members who have been in uniform longer than 16 years, starting in July 2019. It also immediately put an end to previous exceptions that have allowed certain service members with more than 10 years in uniform to transfer the benefit without committing to serve four more years, including those who were unable to continue serving because of mandatory retirement or high-year tenure.
Nancy Farrington, a retiree who turns 75 next month, admits to being in a constant state of anxiety over the biggest December stock market rout since Herbert Hoover was president.
“I have not looked at my numbers. I’m afraid to do it,” said Farrington, who recently moved to Charleston, South Carolina, from Boston. “We’ve been conditioned to stand pat and not panic. I sure hope my advisers are doing the same.”
Retirees are worrying about their nest eggs as this month’s sell-off rounds out the worst year for stocks in a decade, and some fear they are headed for a day of reckoning like the 2008 market meltdown or dot-com crash of the early 2000s.
If you are one of the many people in the U.S. faced with helping a parent or another loved one find long-term care, then you are probably grappling with a lot of questions.
Among them:
+ How can I bring this up in a way that won’t upset him? How is she, or how are we, going to pay for this?
+ What type of living situation is best?
Fortunately, there are a lot of resources and experts who can offer ideas for solutions to these problems, and Next Avenue has tapped many of them for stories. This guide to long-term care planning includes links to several of our articles on this topic.
Another #ThrowbackThursday of inter-island travel in the late 1960s. @HawaiianAir DC-9 at Honolulu. #tbt pic.twitter.com/jWWNDG6m6r
— Hawaii Aviation (@HawaiiAviation) December 20, 2018
Eating an egg a day may lower your risk of cardiovascular disease, a study of more than 400,000 adults in China suggests.
Daily egg eaters had an 18% lower risk of dying from cardiovascular disease, which manifests as heart attacks and strokes, compared with adults who avoided eggs, according to the research published Monday in the journal Heart.
From the U.S. News & World Report website
Unexpected costs can affect your pocketbook at any point in your life. Financial surprises are an inevitability, especially as you age. Full-time earners can usually overcome financial difficulties as they continue to work. But retirees living from a limited income and finite nest egg may suffer more from sudden expenses. If you haven’t prepared for the unexpected, your long-term retirement security could be at risk.
Here are eight ways to avoid and cope with financial challenges in retirement.
From the This Day in Aviation website
3 January 1944: Major Gregory Boyington, United States Marine Corps, commanding VMF-214 at Bouganville, Solomon Islands, led 48 fighters in an attack against the Japanese naval base at Rabaul on the island of New Britain in the Bismarck Archipelago.
Flying a Vought-Sikorsky F4U-1 Corsair, Bu. No. 17915, Boyington shot down four enemy airplanes, bringing his total score to 28. He was then himself shot down. Wounded by bullets and shrapnel and with his Corsair on fire, Boyington parachuted to the ocean only 100 feet (30 meters) below. He was rescued by a Japanese submarine a few hours later. He was eventually taken to Japan and imprisoned for the next 20 months under the harshest conditions.
Webmaster Comments: The television series Baa Baa Black Sheep was inspired by Boyington and his men in the “Black Sheep” squadron. It ran for two seasons in the late 1970s.
