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Out & About: April 2020
While there were a lot of scheduled activities for April, many events may be cancelled or postponed due to Coronavirus concerns. Please check the event websites for updates.
Food, Gardening
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A Taste of the Irish
St. Patrick’s Day beckons, and while Atlanta area Irish spots will pull out all the stops to celebrate, where do you go the rest of the month—and year—for some true-natured immersion in the auld sod? Here are some suggestions.
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Smart Tech Solutions for Aging in Place
As our population ages and more people prefer to remain in their homes for as long as possible, technology continues to offer more solutions to aid their safety and the peace of mind of family and friends. Combinations of devices, new applications and the internet make it possible to tailor a tech system for just about any personal need.
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Elder Fraud Sweep & Fraud Hotline
This year, prosecutors charged more than 400 defendants, far surpassing the 260 defendants charged in cases as part of last year’s sweep. In each case, offenders allegedly engaged in financial schemes that targeted or largely affected seniors. In total, the charged elder fraud schemes caused alleged losses of over a billion dollars.
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These Days: Stories from the Courts
The courts provided a newspaperman’s fantasy come true. What stories! True crime tales. Good guys and bad guys. Good cops and bad cops. Celebrities caught driving drunk. Heroes, villains, big verdicts, just plain weird stuff. Lots of action and emotion. Sometimes, it felt a curtain rose on a drama in every corner of the courthouse.
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Technical Difficulties
When I visit my mother, I notice that she defers to the old movie channels on regular TV. She admitted that she forgets the process of pulling up apps like Netflix, so my next step was to write the process down in the spiral notebook that she keeps next to her recliner. She told me later that she simply prefers the older movie channels, which is fine because I like them too, but I make sure she remembers my notes, just in case.
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On the Calendar: Events for Older Adults
Senior Day is a quarterly event that brings seniors from around Atlanta to experience a variety of social, educational and fitness programs.
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Inside the Movie
There were no 4DX special effects for the first 15 or 20 minutes, but then there was an explosion and suddenly I felt like I was part of the movie. The chair pitched back and dropped, while a gust of wind and water droplets hit my face. It was disorienting and a total shock, but also put me right into the action.
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Ask Rusty: What Happens to my Social Security if I Die at Age 62?
Social Security FICA payroll taxes collected from current workers are used to pay all those who are currently receiving benefits. Any excess collected which is not paid out in benefits is deposited into a special Trust Fund and held in reserve for the future. My hope is that understanding this will dispel a far too widely held myth that the money you pay into the Social Security program from your paycheck is deposited into a personal account for you—it is not. Rather, that money is used to pay benefits to all those who are already collecting Social Security.
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Beware the Smishers!
Just when we got our heads around phishing, skimmers and a host of other scams, a new one pops up—smishing, or SMS phishing—disguised as a FedEx package-delivery text.
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A Collection of Ballparks
Greg Hutchinson has seen games played on historic fields and in newly opened ones. He figures that counting current and past parks, he’s watched games played in something like 43 major league ballparks. The major leagues contain only 30 teams.
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Museum preserves quilting’s past, promotes its future
The Southeastern Quilt & Textile Museum, which opened in 2012, attracts nationally touring exhibitions and visitors from across the country and beyond. The museum offers a wide range of educational opportunities, including quilting expos, lectures, classes for adults and children, and summer camps that usually end up with waiting lists.
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Sew in Love: Quilters Hang Together by Many Threads
It’s show time for the Bulloch Hall guild, which is based in Roswell at the childhood home of Mittie Bulloch, the mother of President Theodore Roosevelt. From March 6-15, the guild will host Bulloch Hall’s 38th Annual Quilt Show, a commissioned show entitled “Inspired by Endangered Species.”
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Out & About: March 2020
Shows, special events and festivals are found throughout the north metro Atlanta area in March.
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Stay Safe: Resolutions and Taxes
Why pay 500 bucks a year to walk on the treadmill? We have roads, paths and other venues where you can happily frolic at your own pace. Walk two miles a day, don’t eat like a pig and you’ll drop weight.
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