Jindal attended Baton Rouge Magnet High School, graduating in 1988. “He always had his eye on, first of all, where he wanted to go, and second, how he was going to get there,” said a former teacher. He competed in tennis tournaments, started a computer newsletter, a retail candy business, and a mail-order software company. He spent his free time working at the concession stands during LSU football games.[7] Jindal was one of 50 students nationwide admitted to the elite PLME program at Brown University, guaranteeing him a place in medical school. His interest was in public policy. Jindal also completed a second major in biology. He graduated in 1991 at the age of 20, with honors in both majors.[8][9]

Jindal was named a member of 1992 USA Today All-USA Academic Team. He was accepted by both Harvard Medical School and Yale Law School, but studied at New College, Oxford, as a Rhodes Scholar. He received an M.Litt. degree in political science with an emphasis in health policy from the University of Oxford in 1994 for his thesis “A needs-based approach to health care”.[8] He turned down an offer to study for a D.Phil. in politics,[10][11] but instead joined the consulting firm McKinsey & Company.

My story is about me and a girlhood friend who were separated, but miraculously reconnected 23 years later.

The magazine’s program is designed to give celebrity women a chance to direct subject matter about real women stories, and bring it to the masses.   They choose 3 stories a year.  Go to glamour.com for more details.

The Dallas County Lepidopterists’ Society’s next meeting is Saturday, June 5, 2010 at 10 AM.  The location this month is Norbuck Park, near White Rock Lake in northeast Dallas.   Bring your nets, binoculars, and sunscreen and have fun!  For more information on the Dallas County Lepidopterists, e-mail Dale Clark at daleclark@dallasbutterflies.com, or visit their web site at http://www.dallasbutterflies.com/.

Call to artists!
10th Annual Art Connection Members Exhibition at The Irving Arts Center, 3333 N. MacArthur Blvd, Irving, TX 75062. 972-252-7558.
Deadline for Entry: June 30 and July 1, 2010
Open to students and adults who are members of Art Connection.

Not a member? Join Today!
Join Art Connection at www.irvingartscenter.com and showcase your work in the Members Exhibition
July 10 to August 1, 2010. 

Cash prizes totaling $1,650 will be awarded to artists in three categories: Youth/Student, Non-Professional and Professional and an overall Best of Show. The reception is Sunday, July 11 from 2-4 PM. 

Get ready for the first generation to cash in on the “longevity dividend.” Life expectancy in the United States has increased by 30 years over the past century, to age 78 — an advance greater than the progress of the previous 50 centuries.
Boomers, at a median age of 55 this year, are in the position to enjoy this burst in longevity. Some will live long enough to enjoy 40 more trips around the sun. The question for Boomers is, what will they do with those years? The question for society is, how will we respond to the extraordinary challenges that accompany this new longevity?

These questions and more are answered by longevity experts in the new book Longevity Rules: How to Age Well Into the Future. Eskaton, a non-profit aging services provider, convened 34 experts, including medical doctors, scientists, economists, engineers, demographers, philosophers and marketers, who provide diverse and often controversial perspectives on how to ensure that the extension of our life expectancy becomes more rewarding than burdensome for individuals and society. And, yes, we contributed — to both the introductory section and an essay.

While the book points out the problems of aging, it focuses more on the promise of aging. (Quick aside: “aging” seems like an odd word to use to talk about older people. Show me someone at any age who isn’t “aging” and I’ll guarantee you they are dead.)

What we’re talking about here isn’t a trend, it is a demographic fact.

The U.S. Census Bureau projects with considerable confidence that the number of Americans over the age of 65 will increase over the next 20 years from 40 million in 2010 to more than 70 million in 2020. We have had older people before, but we have never had this many older people, ever, in the history of mankind.

What do we know today about those future older people? They are Boomers, for one. And given that, we can safely say, based on consistent and overwhelming responses to consumer surveys, that Boomers would rather age in place, at home, than in an institutional setting.

We also can safely say, based on hard economic numbers, that most Boomers have not saved enough to finance a secure and comfortable retirement. The Center for Retirement Planning at Boston College says that more than half of all Boomers are at risk of failing to replace their pre-retirement income. Include the risk of needing long-term care, and the number is three out of five.

Logic tells us that there is a considerable gap between Boomer aspirations for the third and fourth quarters of their lives and what they as individuals, supplemented by the federally financed social safety net, can afford. The numbers point to a future of lessened material expectations for Boomers.

Our analyses of monthly consumer surveys by BIGresearch suggest that Boomers are turning their backs on consumerism. They are rediscovering the traditional values of thrift and frugality, which they see as consistent with emerging “green” values of conservation and recycling.

We see two options ahead for Boomers. One is for Boomers to transform everything about aging in our society. The other is to transform themselves and their own expectations about growing older. The first is externally focused and the second is internal.

As to which option Boomers will choose, well, the numbers don’t exist. In fact, even if we polled all 76 million Boomers, we would likely get 76 million different responses. In the end, we will have to wait to find out.

For music, people, celeberties and issues of interest for baby boomers can be found at www.boomerslife.org

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