------------------------------------------- Make SURE "Format > Word Wrap" is NOT set in Notepad ------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------ copy & paste into Microsoft Word and run a SPELL-CHECK ------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------- click on every URL to be sure that it works "as typed" -------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- in Gmail, use "Rich formatting" 8-25-11 -- make item titles bold -- make section titles bold & centered -- first line of paragraphs indented 5 spaces -- no blank line between paragraphs within a given item -- do not put URLs on a separate line -- get rid of underscore-line separators -------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------- Subject: MSU Retirees -- e-Notices, 12/29/11 ------------------------------------------- ________________ MSU Retirees Association Events & Announcements ________________ MSU’s Neighborhoods initiative is designed to foster academic success, civic and social engagement, health and wellness, and intercultural development among first and second year students (Kelley Bishop, Assistant Vice President, Student Affairs). MSU Retirees meet at 2 pm on Monday, January 9, MSUFCU Headquarters, 3777 West Rd, East Lansing. More details: http://www.retirees.msu.edu/meetings.html ________ Be sure to visit the MSURA Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/MSURetirees) to see meeting and volunteer opportunities. You do NOT need a Facebook account to view our page. Be sure to "Like us," post your comments, or add an interesting photo if you do have a Facebook account. Thank you. ________________ Other MSU Events & Announcements ________________ Medicare Reform: JUST Rationing or just Rationing (Leonard Fleck, Professor of Philosophy and Medical Ethics, MSU College of Human Medicine). Wednesday, January 18, 2:00 pm, Radiology Lecture Hall at MSU (open to retirees & spouses/partners). Sponsored by the Faculty Emeriti Association: http://fod.msu.edu/FacEmeriti/lectures.asp ________________ Community Events & Announcements ________________ A Neuropathy Support Group is being formed. The first meeting is January 24th, 7 pm, 3370 E. Jolly Road (lower level/back of building). Neuropathy affects over 20,000 people. Neuropathy is damage to the nerves of the body and can cause pain, numbness, and a prickly feeling. The purpose of the Support Group is to provide a forum for discussion of the disease, its causes, and possible treatment. For more information call Melissa Merritt 332-7247 or Kay Butcher 882-3534. ________________ Laugh, Smile, Enjoy ________________ When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile. What other people think of you is none of your business. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does. (a few life lessons offered at age 90 by Regina Brett) ________________ Miscellaneous ________________ Our online newsletters and many resource files for retirees require that "PDF Reader" software be installed on your computer. Adobe provides a free PDF Reader for both Windows and Mac computers: http://get.adobe.com/reader/ To unsubscribe from e-Notices or to change your e-mail address, send your request to the e-Notices List Manager at MSURA.List.Manager@gmail.com MSU Retirees Association, Michigan State University, 22 Nisbet Building, East Lansing, MI 48823. Phone (517) 353-7896, e-mail: msura@msu.edu and web site: http://www.retirees.msu.edu/ Gordon Williams, MSURA List Server Manager (en1117) ________________