Subject:  MSU Retirees -- e-Notices, 2/27/14
 
 
Michigan State University Retirees Association (MSURA)
 
 
MSURA EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
 
     3/10:  Monthly Member Meeting, 2:00 pm, MSUFCU Farm Lane branch, “What Happened to the Western:  From Programming Dominance on Television to Obscurity and Transformation” (Professor Gary Hoppenstand).  More info:  http://www.retirees.msu.edu/meetings.html
 
 
OTHER MSU EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
 
     3/18:  Faculty Emeriti Association Lecture, 2 pm, MSUFCU Farm Lane branch.  "The Impact of Evil -- When Victims Tolerate Tyranny" (Dr. Frank Ochberg, Department of Psychiatry).  More details:  http://facultyemeriti.msu.edu
 
     4/5:  Taste of the Town, 5:30-7 pm, Henry Center (next to U Club), MSU Community Club annual scholarship fundraiser.  More info:  https://www.msu.edu/~msucclub/taste.html
 
     Healthy Seniors Needed for Neuroscience Study:  MSU Neurology faculty are conducting a study on Alzheimer's disease in comparison to healthy senior volunteers.  Participants will undergo simple cognitive testing prior to testing of responses to various forearm pressures.  Participants will also take part in MRI scanning.  The study (approximately 2 hours) takes place at the MSU Clinical Center.  Participants are reimbursed for travel and time.  Participants must be at least 70 years old and have no major pain complaints.  Those interested in participating should contact doctoral student Paul Beach at (269) 251-0027 or beachpau@msu.edu
 
 
COMMUNITY EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
 
     Tri-County Office on Aging:  "Since 1974 the Tri-County Office on Aging (TCOA) has been the region's one-stop-shop for information and services that older adults, persons with disabilities and their families need to live independently and remain active in their communities….  To accomplish this mission, we connect people who need help to service providers, volunteers, donors, businesses and governments throughout Eaton, Clinton and Ingham Counties and the Cities of Lansing and East Lansing.  Although TCOA's Meals On Wheels is our best-known program our reach goes well beyond providing nourishing meals. Many of our services are provided at no or low-cost or have fees based on a sliding scale"  517-887-1440  800-405-9141:  http://www.tcoa.org
 
     3/15:  40th Annual Maple Syrup Festival, 11 am to 5 pm, Fenner Nature Center.  More info:  http://search.lansingstatejournal.com/localevents/event/100/140132-40th-annual-Maple-Syrup-Festival
 
 
RETIREES ONLINE
 
     To help assure your online safety:  Please check your smartphone, tablet, and computer for (1) updates to the operating system and (2) updates to programs & applications.  Apple (iPad, iPhone, Mac), Microsoft (Windows, Office), and Adobe have issued critical security updates in the past couple of weeks (Gordon).
 
     E-book readers vs tablets, which is right for you (USA Today):  http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/saltzman/2014/02/23/ereaders-vs-tablets/5575963/
 
     Older adults' use of the Internet and digital technologies (Pew Research Center):  http://www.pewinternet.org/topics/older-adults/
 
     Online seniors are tech-savvy (TechCrunch):  http://techcrunch.com/2012/06/08/online-seniors-tech-savvier-than-you-think/
 
     What do seniors do online (Mashable):  http://mashable.com/2009/12/10/seniors-online-habits/
 
     Closing the digital divide by helping seniors get online (PBS NewsHour):  http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/nation-jan-june14-seniors-01-13/
 
     Keeping senior citizens safe online (Multi-State Information Sharing & Analysis Center):  http://msisac.cisecurity.org/newsletters/2013-06.cfm
 
 
FEATURED SHORT VIDEO
 
     What a Wonderful World, with David Attenborough (BBC One):  http://www.youtube.com/embed/auSo1MyWf8g?rel=0
 
 
MISCELLANEOUS
 
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     MSU Retirees Association, Michigan State University, 22 Nisbet Building, East Lansing, MI  48823.  Phone (517) 353-7896,  email:  msura@msu.edu  and  website:  http://www.retirees.msu.edu
     To submit announcements:  http://retirees.msu.edu/E-notices.html   Gordon Williams, MSURA e-Notices Editor   (en1406)