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Thinking About Death Can Invigorate One’s Life


be spent on the people we care about and the people who care about us and not those who superficially “friend” us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter. If one actually placed a telephone call to one of those “friends” and told them they needed something, the “Facebook friend” would probably hang up on them; all the while thinking, “How dare they call me, don’t they know a ‘Facebook friend’ is different from a real friend.”


Unfortunately, the same goes for BY ANGELA JONES While speaking with a friend


recently, I discovered that a friend of his died unexpectedly on the Sunday prior to our conversation. He was a seemingly healthy thirty-four year old and just died in his sleep. On the other hand, I visited another friend of mine in Greensboro, North Carolina last week, Ida Jenkins, who is 101 years old. Until last year, she was still living alone and preparing her own meals. The point I am trying to make is that we never know the day or the hour that our lives will end; therefore, we should try to prepare for death as best we can and live each day to the fullest.


Since our time of death can rarely


be predetermined, it is important and responsible to prepare a will. The decision to have life insurance is something that one can sometimes leave to their discretion; however, a will is a necessity if one has minor children or has assets they want to leave to specific individuals. If one does not have a will or a trust, their property may be divided according to their state’s law of intestate succession.


Another matter to contemplate, as


we acknowledge that our time here is limited, is the question, “Exactly how valuable is my time?” If we value our time, we are less apt to allow people to waste it. Our precious time should


texting. There are people who only converse with each other through text messages. In most cases, either they do not want to talk to each other at all or it is one sided; furthermore, the person who would like to have a real friendship recognizes their place and keeps things superficial through texting.


It is important that we teach our


children the difference between real friends and superficial friends. Children should be taught not waste time with relationships that are simply time killers. Although they are children, their time is also valuable. Instead of spending hours on Facebook or texting, they could be reading or searching for scholarships or educational material online. Imagine if they were to use all of the time they normally spend texting and online, meeting real friends by playing outside in their neighborhood, as we did when we were children; they could even benefit from spending the extra time with relatives who care about their well being and who may not live to see another day.


As we think about our mortality,


we should consider the one thing that is truly the most important to us. Is it the size of our bank accounts? Is it the size of our house? Do we value the cars we own more than people? Or, are there relationships that are more important to us than material things? If our relationships are more important than material possessions, we need to be working toward the goal of being able to spend as much of whatever time we have left with the people who we love and who love us.


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business strategists and analysts of the boomer marketplace.


$10,000 Competition Winner The summit also hosted a com-


petition—with a $10,000 top prize--in search of new business plans and market ideas. The contest brought to Silicon Valley great business talent from around the nation, who are reaching out for investors.


This year’s competition


demonstrated the progress the conference has had since it started in 2004. Competitors pitched a variety of ideas ranging from a less painful and more efficient procedure to remove kidney stones, to a website that allows the users to customize their funerals to celebrate a person’s live for future generations.


Winning this year’s competition


was HyloMimetics, which is developing a “bioinspired molecule that prevents the progression of osteoarthritis and restores healthy cartilage.” In plain words, their product promises to use new biomedical technology to heal debilitating osteoarthritis without invasive surgery.


A panel of experts in aging,


business analysts and venture capitalists heard the presentation in an on-stage


August 2012


presentation reminiscent of the reality TV show, “The Shark Tank,” and deliberated to select the best business pitch. Although HyloMimetics got the giant check, the other competitors got a valuable opportunity to present their products in front of many potential investors, partners and experienced strategists.


“We had some very talented


entrepreneurs out here,” Furlong said. “Large companies can look at this as potential people to invest in, and entrepreneurs can find people that they can work with in the future. It’s the beginning of building an online community.” Many past non-winners, she noted, have met investors at the conference, who helped move their products to the marketplace.


Furlong, the author of Turning


Silver into Gold: How to Profit in the New Boomer Marketplace (Financial Times Press, 2007), continued, “We had more solid plans. It’s always been great, but there’s just more people interested in this space.”


She explained, “Baby boomers are


now right in the middle of 44 to 66, so there are so many people coping with issues related to helping older people, there needs to be a revolution in the field of aging. And it’s not going to come from Washington (D.C.), but from entrepreneurs.”


According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, there


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BTN2Go for Android Now Available to Cox Customers


Free App is 24/7 extension of BTN for authenticated Cox customers ATLANTA -- Cox Communications


and Big Ten Network (BTN) have announced that the ‘BTN2Go’ Mobile App is now available to Cox customers to download on their Android devices running Android operating system (OS) 2.1 or higher.


The highly anticipated launch of


BTN2Go for Android is available at no extra charge to Cox customers who subscribe to BTN. The free app is available for download in Google Play. BTN2Go is 24/7 mobile simulcast of BTN that delivers live programming to existing BTN subscribers via the web, smartphones and tablets along with on-demand access to BTN’s deep archive of games and original programming and BTN’s Extra Football Game Channels.


Android devices are just the latest


ways customers can watch their favorite BTN programming on Cox. BTN2Go is also available on Apple’s iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad with iOS 4.0 or greater or on www.BTN2Go.com.


Cox offers BTN to customers


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in Arizona, Arkansas, Kansas, Las Vegas, Nebraska, Ohio and Virginia. Customers must subscribe to the level of Cox TV service in their market that includes BTN in order to access BTN2Go (visit www.cox.com for local channel listings.)


Mobile devices are just one way


Cox customers can watch their favorite video programming. Cox launched TV Online in May 2011, providing Cox TV customers the opportunity to view movies and TV entertainment from broadcast, cable and premium networks anytime, anywhere. Available to customers anywhere they have access to a broadband connection, TV Online is included at no extra charge


with a Cox TV subscription. Content includes:


• Popular broadcast TV shows from broadcast and cable networks


• Thousands of movies - hit Hollywood titles, independent films and kids’ favorites


• News and entertainment clips “We are thrilled to bring BTN2Go


for Android to our customers,” said David Pugliese, senior vice president of product marketing, Cox Communications. “This is yet another proof point of our commitment to adding convenience and value, especially in the mobile space where more and more customers want to access their favorite video programming.”


“BTN2Go has been widely praised


by our viewers who are, more than ever, demanding access to our content when and where they want it,” said Michael Calderon, BTN vice president, digital and interactive media. “Adding Android’s mobile market share allows us to significantly increase access to Big Ten sports and an expanding portfolio of live and on-demand programming.”


The third-largest U.S. cable TV


company, Cox Communications serves approximately 6 million residences and businesses. For seven years, Cox has been recognized as the top operator for women by Women in Cable Telecommunications; Cox has ranked among DiversityInc’s Top 50 Companies for Diversity seven times, including the last six years.


A joint venture between the Big Ten Conference and Fox Networks, BTN is the first internationally distributed network dedicated to covering one of the premier collegiate conferences in the country.


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