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...years. Blooming can also be tied to "career age." Says Simonton: "If a field is well defined and doesn't require a lot of knowledge or experience, one can peak early. Those who start a career late have the same shape of career as early bloomers." But they often approach the second half of their lives with added intensity. Says Mary Furlong, founder of ThirdAge Media: "Fifty rolls onto the odometer, and they say, 'Wow! How do I want to spend my time and money?' They worry less about things and more about making a difference...
Overall, the second half of life should be viewed not as a blue-plate special but as a buffet, advises University of Akron gerontologist Harvey Sterns. "People can approach the table and make all kinds of choices." To help you work up a healthy appetite, we offer you a taste of the future, based on the experiences of folks who have already bellied up to the table...
Rodkin says aggressive children can have positive traits such as athleticism and competitiveness. But a fourth-grader who is awarded high status for aggression might never learn other social skills. He might know how to relate to other kids only through dominance--an approach that will severely limit him later...
...Millennium handles software conflicts is interesting--especially compared with OS X's new approach. Have you ever installed a program only to find out that Mr. Computer doesn't like it? That happened to me recently with Quake3. When I installed the game, it apparently screwed up the driver for my sound card, silencing my PC. I tried uninstalling the program, but that didn't help. I finally had to reinstall the sound-card driver. Millennium behaves like a time machine so you can easily roll your system back to the day before whatever trouble you're experiencing began. Naturally...
...McCain were to follow his comments to their logical conclusion, he would announce that his Administration will adopt a new approach to gays in the military, more consistent with his own experience on the U.S.S. Forrestal. I suggest he call it Everyone Knows! Who Cares...