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Feb. 22nd, 2011 18:01Sunday February 20, 2011 69 years old today. It seems like only yesterday that 16-year-olds were older women.
***A major snowstorm was not what I wanted for my birthday.
***Downloaded and tried the freeware office suite LibreOffice. (It's a split-off from OpenOffice.) Decided I preferred it to OpenOffice. (Largely because I prefer the opening page graphics; which is odd, since I'm not visually-minded.) Deleted Open Office.
***Birthday greetings from a relative I didn't know. She and her husband will be in Minneapolis in mid-March; she wanted to get together with me for coffee or a meal.
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***Public Release: 20-Feb-2011
2011 AAAS Annual Meeting
Look after your brain
As the average life span becomes longer, dementia becomes more common. Swedish scientist Laura Fratiglioni has shown that everyone can minimize his or her risk of being affected. Factors from blood pressure and weight to the degree of physical and mental activity can influence cognitive functioning as one gets older.
Contact: Sabina Bossi
sabina.bossi@ki.se
46-706-146-066
Karolinska Institutet
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-02/ki-lay021511.ph
***A major snowstorm was not what I wanted for my birthday.
***Downloaded and tried the freeware office suite LibreOffice. (It's a split-off from OpenOffice.) Decided I preferred it to OpenOffice. (Largely because I prefer the opening page graphics; which is odd, since I'm not visually-minded.) Deleted Open Office.
***Birthday greetings from a relative I didn't know. She and her husband will be in Minneapolis in mid-March; she wanted to get together with me for coffee or a meal.
a
***Public Release: 20-Feb-2011
2011 AAAS Annual Meeting
Look after your brain
As the average life span becomes longer, dementia becomes more common. Swedish scientist Laura Fratiglioni has shown that everyone can minimize his or her risk of being affected. Factors from blood pressure and weight to the degree of physical and mental activity can influence cognitive functioning as one gets older.
Contact: Sabina Bossi
sabina.bossi@ki.se
46-706-146-066
Karolinska Institutet
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-02/ki-lay021511.ph