Zumba instructor Tori Collier doesn't even have to turn on the music to bring on the smiles. Residents at Grace Living Center — Norman look forward to her every visit.

Tori Collier leads a Zumba class at Grace Living Center in Norman. Her visits have become popular with residents looking for a way to exercise. Photo provided by Grace Living Center
Tori Collier leads a Zumba class at Grace Living Center in Norman. Her visits have become popular with residents looking for a way to exercise. Photo provided by Grace Living Center

But when she does hit the play button, releasing Latin beats as contagious as her grin, that's when the real fun begins.

Energized by the rhythm, the residents — most sitting down or in wheelchairs — swing their arms, pump their fists and stretch from side to side. It's not exercise. It's a dance party.

“I love it. I love everything about it,” said resident Gerry Sweeney, 80. “I look at her and just can't help but smile.”

Sweeney said that despite two artificial hips, she's able to get a good workout during the Zumba sessions.

Collier, a certified instructor, says the sessions are modified so anyone at any age or ability level can follow along.

“You can't do it wrong,” Collier said. “The goal is just to move and enjoy yourself. And this music makes you want to move.”

Charles Bradford, 65, said wheelchair Zumba is a blast.

“It keeps me busy,” he said. “It keeps me on my toes.”

Grace Living Center administrator Josh Wood said regular exercise is important for residents. According to the National Institute on Aging, exercise can help protect against chronic disease, as well as improve mood and balance.

Collier leads more intense Zumba sessions for Grace staff members. Those sessions have proved very popular, too.

“No matter what age you are, exercise that is fun and shared with friends is bound to be repeated,” Wood said.

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He went swimming and began complaining of chest pain.  Helped him but he died on the beach. 

A regrettable tragedy occurred yesterday afternoon on the beach in Boca de Tomatlan, where one of two tourists who were enjoying the sea,  weather, and swimming died.

Municipal authorities were alerted immediately and while paramedics attended the person, we could not save him, so it was given the task of investigating of what happened.

This person was later identified as Nicholas Peter Bruckner, 64-year-old native of Nails, Michigan and was visiting the Villa del Palmar, in this city.

It was about 15:40 hours yesterday, when Base CARE received a report about a person who was bathing in the sea, even that had thrown a dive and never left.

When instead present a fire element assigned to the lifeguards, who immediately entered the sea and with the help of more people, they began to remove the person, immediately even asked for an ambulance because the person could not breathe.

Immediately the ambulance showed up, commanding officer Leopoldo Torres Davila, in charge, which were coordinated with the Red Cross paramedics that also arrived.

Upon arrival they began to provide first aid abroad, but it was too late because he had hit a strike,  he had heart problems, also Municipal Police personnel were aware that this person had died and reported to the basis for the knowledge to judicial authorities.

This person was identified as Nicholas Peter Bruckner, 64-year-old from Michigan Nails this was accompanied by his wife Dalene Medie Bruckner, who was supported Sergio Robles Ortega, a resident of Boca de Tomatlan.

When this place became the lawyer Jose Luis Barron Arvizu, prosecutor the courts, same as the corresponding began ministerial act, being aware of the wife of the deceased, how it happened.

The prosecutor requested the presence of the agent experts

Expert Services, coming later to secure the place where it was and then lifted the body and transferred to the Medical Examiner for the autopsy.

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The auction, which is conducted through the Internet, by this time the highest bid so far  is $ 155,000.

• Santa Catarina, Brazil

Migliorini Catarina is a young 20 year old Brazilian has decided to auction her virginity to the highest bidder to build an NGO and "help the poor". Through the documentary "Virgins Wanted ', Catarina narrate their experience before and after their first sexual encounter. The auction, which is conducted through the Internet, by the time amounted to $ 155,000, but will remain open until the 15th of October.

Catarina confessed to the newspaper Folha she is in this project (to sell their sexual debut) two years ago.

"It all started when I saw a story of a Australian filmmaker who was looking for a virgin girl. Thought: I am a virgin, I'll sign up. That was my impulse to that ,I was only a 18 years old, I decided to register. I Thought that   nobady will respond" she said.

"Right now, I'm in a hotel in Bali.'s Like a reality show, but not all day recordings. One part of the documentary is an auction, on the Internet, in which the prize is my virginity. No thinking much about the value, "she said.

Also, Catarina judged this experience as a business that does not stop believing in love. "What I can say now is that it is an auction, for me it's a business. But I have not stopped being romantic. Believe with all my strength in love," she said.

With the amount of money that she gets, this girl has said that "opens a nongovernmental organization and build low-income housing" in the State of Santa Catarina, where she was born. For her, this auction is as a business, as it claims considered a romantic girl. "I believe with all my strength in love," she says. Once the deadline for closing auction, the winner will enjoy an hour with the girl in a meeting to be held on an airplane, which will depart from Australia to the United States.

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The Chichen Itza archaeological site is the most visited Mayan site on the peninsula. Eighteen structures have been restored over the years.

Puerto Vallarta's history began when it was founded in 1851. Back then, the port was used for trading salt and minerals for the mines in San Sebastian and Cuale.

Currently 2% of newborns are lactose intolerant
After analyzing learned that milk has more nutrients than regular cow's milk

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA (02/OCT/2012.) - More than 15 years after Dolly the sheep, the first cloned mammal on the planet, New Zealand scientists have created genetically Daisy Cow hopes to produce the first milk test allergies.

Daisy, bred in the laboratories of the state AgResearch, is hoping for that two or three percent of babies in their first year of life can not tolerate milk, according to a study to be published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) and advances the company.

"We have succeeded in greatly reducing the amount of beta-lactoglobulin (BLG), a milk protein that is not present in human milk and may cause allergic reactions," said Stefan Wagner, one of the researchers at AgResearch .

Furthermore, Daisy milk contains a large amount of casein, other proteins that are present in cow's milk, which makes it more nutritious than that produced by the common cattle.

The laboratories have analyzed milk Daisy to corroborate hipoalérgenas features and will be many years before coming to industrial production and marketing of this product in New Zealand, a country known for its strict regulation on food safety.

So do not look favorably on all the animal specimen, who was born without a tail and draft hypoallergenic milk is considered by Steffan Browning, New Zealand Green Party lawmaker as a danger to the reputation of your country as a producer of natural and safe food.

The New Zealand organic products generated revenue of more than A $ 828 million annually (eight thousand pesos approximately 230 million), mainly due to exports.

To the objections of environmentalists has joined GE Free New Zealand, an organization that opposes genetic engineering, as it believes that the experiment eliminates a protein necessary for the development of the cow and humans and also represents an act of animal cruelty.

The president of GE Free New Zealand, Claire Bleakley said TVNZ chain protein that "is essential for healthy digestion, immune system function and formation of healthy bone tissues healthy, teeth and muscle development."

AgResearch Bleakley recalled that employed more than twelve years to clone a cow at the expense of the deaths of hundreds of embryos for experiments, forcing the organization to suspend its program of cloning because only ten percent of the animals survived their tests.

Creating Daisy was the result of a long process that included work with cell cultures and mice using cloned to produce a type of sheep BLG protein in the milk of rodents by genetic inhibition technique called RNA interference.

In this process were inoculated two microRNA (small ribonucleic acid molecules) mice to lower levels of said protein allergen in 96%.

In the next stage, a cow genetically scientists created using the same technique and hormonally induced to produce milk.

Generally start producing cows milk from 20 months of age, but scientists Daisy incited to do before for purposes of study, although their numbers were small.

Also investigate why no tail, if it is a rare congenital disease that affects cows or due to other reasons.

In the future, scientists will investigate if Daisy Zealanders, eleven months and currently living on a farm in the country to develop with their peers, can produce greater quantities of milk hypoallergenic.

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PVRPV is proactive in co-sponsoring community events such as charity bingo for four years. The first three seasons of charity bingo raised over $ 360,000 dollars for Pasitos of Light, the local nursery for handicapped children.

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Close Up is a project created in the Federal District in October 2006 and was originally a sample of video art presented at different venues such as galleries, plazas, museums, universities and festivals. In 2011 it became an International Festival of Video Art taking the name Close Up Vallarta with its official headquarters in Puerto Vallarta.
Close Up Vallarta
The project is an exhibition of materials ranging from Video Arts from Experimental Video, Dance Video, Video Performance, Experimental Short, Video Animation and everything related to art produced on videotape. It is a forum for the interchange of ideas and the promotion of the media that allows visual approach to experimentation.

Close Up Vallarta offers the opportunity to present new video works by emerging and established artists and not only circulates in museums and galleries, but other areas to reach a wider audience, seeking to release video art from a rigid medium with predetermined speech.

This second edition will be held from May 1st to 5th, 2012 at the Arches of the Malecón, the Centro Universitario de la Costa and the Cuale Cultural Center. There will be a video projection section of internationally renowned artists, lectures, workshops and a solo exhibition of the artist Coco Fusco from the Haus der Kunst Gallery in New York.

Among the participating artists will be: Michael Nyman, Hector Falcon, Fernando Llanos, Luis Gárciga, Jorge Catoni, Davis Birks, Janler Mendez, Ralf Ziervogel, OFILL Echevarría, Lourdes Martinez, Ruben Mendez, Frank Guiller, Toby Tatum, Ron Rierson and ArianeLittman.

The official opening of the Festival will be held at the Arches on the Malecón on May 2, 2012 at 8:00 pm with a presentation of a video section of internationally renowned artists and live acts with music by Cubenx and Macario and visuals by Chicharito Magnetico.

John von Rhein Classical music critic

10:40 a.m. CDT, June 5, 2012

As the young daughter of an internationally celebrated composer, Yvonne Kalman delighted in eavesdropping on conversations her father, Emmerich Kalman, had with other famed European emigres as they gathered around plates of freshly prepared Hungarian delicacies in the kitchen of the Kalmans' New York home, before the platters of food were brought out to the other party guests.

"I recall my mother dragging him away from Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich and Erich Maria Remarque to meet the other guests," Kalman says today. "My father would sneak back to the kitchen as soon as he could to rejoin his illustrious cohorts and his little girl."

Much of the cosmopolitan sophistication the Hungarian-born Emmerich Kalman and his colleagues brought with them to America during the 1930s and '40s permeates his more than 15 operettas. These tuneful confections sealed his reputation as the leading composer of Viennese operetta – rivaling that of Franz Lehar – in the period following World War I.

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Alas, Kalman's celebrity was not to last: Almost all of his once wildly popular light operas fell out of the repertory, except in German-speaking countries, following his death, in Paris, in 1953. Undaunted, Yvonne Kalman has been actively promoting her father's works throughout the world. Once again, her crusade has taken her to Chicago.

Beginning this weekend, Chicago Folks Operetta is presenting the local premiere of Kalman's 1926 operetta, "The Circus Princess" ("Die Zirkusprinzessin"), a work not staged in the U.S. for more than 80 years. The show will run in repertory with another rarity, also a Chicago premiere – Eduard Kunneke's 1921 "The Cousin from Nowhere" ("Der Vetter aus dingsda"). Both works play through June at the Chopin Theatre.

"The Circus Princess" is the second Kalman operetta Chicago Folks Operetta has ventured, following "Arizona Lady" in 2010. Although not as well known as the composer's "The Gypsy Princess" and "Countess Maritza," "Zirkusprinzessin" is awash with the Hungarian melodies, Viennese waltz rhythms and romantic intrigues that are hallmarks of the Kalman style. There's even a circus act or two thrown in.

The Folks Operetta performances will employ a 19-piece orchestra under Anthony Barrese's direction, stage direction by Bill Walters and a new English translation by artistic director Gerald Frantzen and dramaturge Hersh Glagov.

This year marks Emmerich Kalman's 130th birthday anniversary, a milestone that is being honored in such unlikely places as Russia, where his music is rivaled in popularity only by Tchaikovsky's, his daughter says.

She remembers Kalman as "the sweetest, kindest of men" and "a very loving husband and father." She recalls walking the family dachshund with her father, who often would stop abruptly and exclaim, 'Yvonneka [his nickname for her], I have a melody in my head and I must go back home and write it down!"

Emmerich Kalman was born in a provincial town in Hungary in 1882, studied music at the Budapest Conservatory alongside Bela Bartok and Zoltan Kodaly, and turned to composition after painful neuritis forced him to abandon all hope of a career as a concert pianist.

Although his most successful operettas made him the toast of Vienna and were produced to great acclaim in London and New York during the first decades of the 20th century, Kalman really wanted to be known as a serious composer of operas and orchestral works. "But he just had those great melodies getting in the way," Yvonne observes.

His cheerful demeanor masked a deep depression that resulted from the terror and privations the Jewish composer and his family suffered following Adolf Hitler'sannexation of Austria in 1938. Soon after Yvonne's birth that same year they fled to Switzerland, later Paris. So popular were Kalman's works in Germany that Hitler, a great admirer of his music, sent an agent to Paris promising to make the composer "an honorary Aryan" if he would return to the fatherland.

Kalman not only adamantly refused but moved his family to America on one of the last ships to leave Europe before World War II escalated. His relatives were not so fortunate: All perished in Nazi concentration camps. Their fate would haunt him the rest of his life.

Life in the U.S. was no easier for Kalman and his family than some other European emigres. Hollywood fame beckoned briefly after Louis B. Mayer, the studio chief of MGM, bought the movie rights to several of his operettas. But after America declared war on Germany, the studios shied away from films with Hungarian and European subjects, and plans were dropped.

Deeply disappointed, Kalman uprooted the family once again, settling in New York. Their home became a meeting place for numerous war-displaced European cultural and literary figures.

Yvonne was all of 3 when she first became aware of her father's fame. Emmerich Kalman had been invited to conduct Arturo Toscanini's orchestra, the NBC Symphony, and the music wafting from the radio in the Kalman living room sounded strangely familiar. Her older brother, Charles, told her it was composed by their father.

"I was far too young at the time to understand even what conducting meant," she recalls. "I only knew this music touched my heart and put me on cloud nine. It has had the same effect on me to this day."

No surprise, then, that Yvonne Kalman will be sitting in the first row for the opening performances of "Circus Princess" here this weekend.

She takes heart in the fact that such marquee singers as Renee Fleming have expressed a desire to investigate the many musical gems by her father that remain largely unknown.

"It will take an artist of stature to put them back on the map – that's the only way," she says. "With such a huge repertory of standard works opera companies are committed to doing, they are not necessarily going to do anything Viennese that isn't 'Die Fledermaus' or "The Merry Widow.' ''

Chicago Folks Operetta's production of "The Circus Princess" opens at 7:30 p.m. Friday and runs through July 1 at the Chopin Theatre, 1543 W. Division St. Kunneke's "The Cousin from Nowhere" runs June 15-30. $35-$40 adults, $30 seniors and students; 708-383-2742, chicagofolksoperetta.org.

Met 'Ring' on PBS

The Metropolitan Opera's controversial new Robert Lepage production of Wagner's "Der Ring des Nibelungen" is coming to public television this fall. PBS stations, including WTTW-Ch. 11 in Chicago, will air the four music dramas on successive nights in primetime on Sept. 11-14 as part of the "Great Performances at the Met" series. "Wagner's Dream," a companion documentary chronicling the challenges of creating the high-tech production, will be broadcast on Sept. 10. This will mark only the third time a complete "Ring" cycle will have aired on PBS.

The operas and documentary will be screened in movie theaters throughout the U.S. this spring and summer.

Easily accessible from the US and Canada, Puerto Vallarta is a perfect summer destination providing a host of activities that all can enjoy. From strolling along Puerto Vallarta's lively Malecón while enjoying free outdoor entertainment, to riding zip lines across tree tops or swimming with dolphins and sea lions, children and adults of all ages can share memorable moments in a fun-filled summer vacation.

Puerto Vallarta is one of Mexico's most popular destinations and Thomas Dale & Associates (TDA), a leading global investigative and security firm, found that the international destination is one of the safest for American and Canadian travelers.

This is a sentiment agreed by travelers as this year the destination has received numerous consumer-awarded titles, among them "Most Romantic Mexican Destination" and "Favorite Mexican Beach" from the readers of About.com and "Trip Advisor's Traveler's Choice awards have chosen Puerto Vallarta as the #9 Beach Destination and the number one overall destination in Mexico.

Following is a list of some of the more popular activities to be enjoyed in Puerto Vallarta.

A Day in a Traditional Mexican Ranch: Ranches offer tours on horseback, by motorbike or hikes through surrounding ecosystems.

Sea Turtle Release Program Every night throughout turtle season, May to September, staff members from various hotels located along the beach gather the turtle eggs from the shore and take them for incubation. Once the hatchlings are born and are ready to be released into their natural habitat, the various hotels invite their guests to aid in the release of the newborn hatchlings on the beaches so they find their way into the water.

Las Caletas Islands Las Caletas is a secluded paradise, with a spectacular backdrop of the Sierra Madre Mountains, beautiful beaches, and even a tropical reef.

Los Arcos National Marine Park Famous for its 1600 foot underwater cliff "Devil's Drop", this protected park consists of towering rock arches, caves, tunnels, and reefs full of marine animals.

Yelapa & Majahuitas The small fishing villages of Yelapa and Majahuitas are two relaxing and unspoiled paradises that allow visitors to come in close contact with wildlife inhabiting the hills of the jungle.

Corbeteña Considered to be one of the best diving sites in Mexico. Its remote location is a benefit for those visitors desiring a secluded diving site, away from the typical diving tour destinations.

El Salado Mangrove Estuary The Estero del Salado lagoon is a paradise for birdwatchers; a beautiful expanse of white mangle, palm trees, mosses, ferns, and fauna.

San Sebastian This remote village has retained the charm of colonial Mexico while offering an impressive array of modern amenities and expansive views.

Canopy Tours: Canopy tours are an exciting way to see and learn about the varied tropical flora and fauna of the rainforest surrounding Puerto Vallarta. The adrenaline mounts as one rides from treetop to treetop, hovering over the canopy of the lush vegetation of the Sierra Madre Mountains.

Water Parks Numerous water parks feature swimming pools, slides, toboggans, tube and thrill rides. Some water parks also offer dolphin, seal and sea lion shows as well.

Gastronomy aficionados and connoisseurs attending the 30th annual Food & Wine Classic in Aspen, the U.S.'s premier culinary festival, will have the opportunity to sample a taste of what Puerto Vallarta has to offer in the tantalizing delicacies prepared by Chef Kori Sutton, the Sous Chef at BOCADOSSTK, one of Puerto Vallarta's leading restaurants and part of Garza Blanca Preserve Resort & Spa.

Accomplished Chef Sutton has more than 10 years' experience in all facets of cooking including tenures at Vallarta's renowned restaurant Café des Artistes. While at the three day event Sutton will be offering Tomatillo Gazpacho with Mezcal, Lime Grilled Shrimp Season with toasted Gaujillo Chill Sea salt, Platano Macho Gorditas topped with Gaujillo Chili Rub Pork and Mango Confit, Baby watercress with Grilled Scallops, Aguachile Cream and Escabache Shallots showcasing the many flavors found in the dishes of Puerto Vallarta.

Puerto Vallarta's rich natural ingredients and beauty have been a source of inspiration for the creation of an exciting amalgam of flavors that blend traditional Mexican ingredients with contemporary tastes from around the globe. Visitors will find some of the world's most fabulous restaurants, many of them Five Star Diamond Award recipients from the American Academy of Hospitality Sciences, offering menus that represent a combination of the destination's unique mix of sea, mountains and colonial traditions.

Gastronomy is an integral part of Puerto Vallarta where Saint Pascual Bailon, the Patron Saint of cooks is a fixture in its infrastructure with a bronze statue of him is part of the destination's waterfront boardwalk, the Malecon. The statue is engraved with the winners of the San Pascual awards, inspired by a Franciscan Friar and been give out since 2008 during Restaurant Week, held every year, during the last two weeks of May. The 2012 recipients were Chefs Guillermo González Beristaín, José Ramón Castillo and Juan Ramón Cárdenas Cantú.

In November of every year, Puerto Vallarta embraces its culinary scene with the annual International Gourmet Festival. Taking place from the 8th to the 18th of November, the 10-day festival features 30 star guest master chefs and participating restaurants offering special Chef's Table and Winemaker dinners as well as cooking demonstrations, gourmet safaris, and cheese, wine and tequila tastings.

During the month of March visitors to Puerto Vallarta can enjoy the Vallarta Wine Fest, a yearly event that brings wines from Mexico, South America and beyond. Participating restaurants across Puerto Vallarta offer wine tasting and matching inside and out of their establishments some even provide outside entertainment.

Puerto Vallarta is one of Mexico's most popular destinations and Thomas Dale & Associates (TDA), a leading global investigative and security firm, found that the the international destination is one of the safest for American and Canadian travelers.

Travelers seem to be in agreement as the destinations's hotel ocupancy for the first five months of the year has been 19% above last year for the same months. Consumers have also awarded numerous alcalades to the destination this years, including "Most Romantic Mexican Destination" and "Favorite Mexican Beach" from the readers of About.com and Trip Advisor's Traveler's Choice Awards have chosen Puerto Vallarta as the #9 Beach Destination and the number one overall destination in Mexico.

For Chef Sutton's Bio, please click here.
For Garza Blanca's general release, please click here.
For a print version of this release, please click here.
For more information on Garza Blanca Preserve, Resort & Spa, pleasevisit www.garzablancaresort.com. www.blancablue.com, www.bocadosstk.com
Restaurant Week: www.virtualvallarta.com/restaurantweek
Food & Wine Aspen: www.foodandwine.com/classic
International Gourmet Festival: www.festivalgourmet.com
Vallarta Wine Fest www.vallartawinefest.com

For high resolution photos of Puerto Vallarta, please click here.
For more information please visit: www.visitpuertovallarta.com

By: Philip Humbert.

There's an old story that when he was the wealthiest man in the world, J. Paul Getty's brother sent him a letter that began, "To the Wealthiest man in the world, from the Richest man in the world." His brother was making the distinction between having lots of cash and being truly rich.

This past couple of weeks, I've been with some of the most wonderful and value-centered people in the world. I've played golf, gone for long walks, enjoyed the sounds of the silence and the sound of fish jumping in the lake. I've walked and talked with Mary, and read great books. I've slept late when I wanted to, and been up to witness the sunrise. I've danced, eaten fresh-caught fish, and renewed old friendships. How rich is that!? And now for the nugget: Your life can be as RICH as you want it to be, whenever you decide to "make it so."

There is no need to wait! The RICHNESS of your life is not dependent on cash, or assets, or anything else. You don't have to have money or own a business or get a raise, or move to a new city. The richness of your life is strictly up to you and depends on only a few simple, daily disciplines.
Here are a few suggestions:

1. The Daily Discipline of having FUN! Every day, hug someone you love, play, dance, take a nap or go for a run. Do something you love and do it every day. Of course, you'll want to schedule work and errands, but be sure that first of all, you schedule time to actually LIVE your life out loud. Have lottsa fun!

2. The Daily Discipline of Planning. John Lennon said that "life is what happens while you are making other plans." Every day, just before bed or first thing in the morning, choose your priorities. Review your goals and values, and plan your activities accordingly. Of course, you'll want to include the daily tasks of life, but make sure your VALUES show up as well!

3. The Daily Discipline of Learning. Our world is changing and those who do not learn, are destined to fall behind. Every day, read for 30 to 60 minutes. Every day listen to audio programs in your car or while you exercise. Watch educational TV programs. Attend concerts, classes and workshops. If you aren't learning something new, you are falling behind.

4. The Daily Discipline of Thinking. Henry Thoreau wrote that he went to the woods to "live deliberately," and that's a GOOD thing! These past two weeks, I've had the chance to choose my activities each day and to spend part of each day just "sitting." I sit for ideas and inspiration. I sit to watch a sunrise. I sit to absorb the gifts life gives freely. Take time each day to envision your goals, to affirm your values and set your direction.
5. The Daily Discipline of Work. In the end, results matter. Doing work that makes a difference, work that produces results and makes life better is one of life's great blessings. It's a chance to partner with God to make the world a better place for ourselves and others. Never fritter away your life on empty effort or trivial chores, but do all the real Work you can!

Personally, I believe the time we spend on these Daily Disciplines is not "subtracted" from our total, but is actually "added" to our lives--it adds to the quality, the richness and quite possibly, the length of our lives.

Take time to have Fun, to Plan, to Learn, to Think and to Work every day. Do not spend your life being busy about trivial things! Hopefully, we have many years ahead of us, but we know that life is short and it ends too soon. Should your time arrive unexpectedly, be sure your loved ones know that you LIVED every day of your life!