Rita Daniel
Rita graduated from college with a B.S. in Computer Science. She worked 26 years for a government agency in their IT Department and is now retired. She is greatly enjoying her retirement spending time relaxing, reading and writing.
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Follow Your Passion, Not Pay, GraduatesFollow your passion. Do not follow a job or career path just because the pay is good.
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How Inventions of Ancient China Helped Advance Modern CivilizationChina was by far the most advanced civilization in the ancient world and we should be grateful for all the advances they made to further mankind.
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How a Gluten-Free Diet Has Helped Me Lose Weight and Reduce My MedicationMy first introduction to a gluten free diet was reading the book “Wheat Belly” by Dr. William Davis about seven months ago. Since then I have lost 25 pounds and reduced my medication for bipolar disorder to the lowest level ever.
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All About Birth AnnouncementsThis article covers what information to include in birth announcements, how to deliver them, grandparent and adoption birth announcements, and how to word birth announcements
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The Good and Bad News About Being RetiredI must say the benefits of retirement far outweigh the bad in my mind. Although retirement has a few drawbacks, the benefits far surpass them. I would choose to retire again in a heartbeat.
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Budgeting for a Reduced Retirement IncomeI worked for 26 years at the United States Postal Service. They began offering a series of “early out” retirement offers to reduce the workforce. My income was greatly reduced, but to me it was worth it to have the freedom that retirement offered.
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Bayer Agreed to Settle the First Seventy Yaz Lawsuits This MonthOver 11,000 lawsuits have been filed against Bayer for health consequences of the birth control pill Yaz. Just this month Bayer settled the first seventy cases and thousands more are expected to be settled this year.
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Cutting My Own Hair and Fixing the DisasterWhen I finished, I realized I had cut my hair way too short. I was embarrassed to even leave the house looking like that so when I did I wore a baseball cap.
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How I Saved $240 in 3 Months on My Car InsuranceMy car insurance agent told me my rates would drop a lot after 3 years because those accidents would drop off my record. However, she told me I would have to wait until my policy renewed, and that did not seem right to me.
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No More Blind DatesThis time Megan was going to be firmer than ever and ask Linda to stop trying to fix her up with a man. She knew she would meet someone in her own good time.
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The Christmas that Santa was SickMrs. Claus answered the door. “I’m afraid it does not look good, boys,” she said. “Santa has the flu. He can hardly even get out of bed. I am afraid this will be the first Christmas he will miss.”
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Christmas at My Grandmother's HouseAs an only child, it was special to be at the big family get-togethers at my grandmother's house.
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Winter TreesWinter haiku about trees
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The President Who Refused to Go to WarHe had never really paid much attention to those words before. But here Jesus was saying not to resist evil, not to strike back, and to turn the other cheek. The implications were enormous for the President of the United States.
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Biblical Teaching on DivorceOne of the saddest events in my life was when I was divorced. I believe marriage is intended to last “til death do us part”. I have determined to spend my life without remarrying, because according to biblical teaching, that would be like adultery.
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Being Vegan in Today's SocietyJust because animals are “lower life forms” than we are, I do not think that gives us the right to kill them. By that logic what if alien life 1000 times as intelligent as us came to earth, would it be alright for them to kill human beings to eat them?
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A Fall Weekend Getaway Short StoryLinda and I spent a "girls getaway" at a cabin in the mountains one fall weekend. As we were driving up into the mountains, the beauty of the fall scenery struck a chord within me. Little did we know that a decision we made there would be so important. -
A Life-Long Love for My All Time Favorite Novelist Mark TwainWhether Mark Twain was describing the famous fence white-washing scene in Tom Sawyer, his crush on Becky Thatcher or the adventures Huck had with the slave Jim in Huckleberry Finn, his humor was without rival in my opinion. -
Goodbye to Summer Haiku17 syllable haiku about summer ending and fall approaching -
At the ProBowl in Honolulu Without a SeatBy mistake, we found ourselves at the ProBowl in Honolulu without tickets or a seat. The employee let us in but we could not find vacant seats to sit in for the whole game. We were more than happy when it was time to get back on the bus to return.
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Favorite Weight Loss Book of 2011 "Wheat Belly" by William Davis, M.DDr. Davis contends, "Lose the wheat, lose the weight." This has really worked for me. I have lost 17 pounds my first 21 days on this diet when all other methods failed.
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The Last Countdown17 syllable haiku about time and eternity. -
The Five Bible Passages that Help Me Most in My Daily LifeJesus came to completely revolutionize our lives. Even today if you study his teachings, they are revolutionary. These five passages of the bible show just how revolutionary his teachings are compared to the world's view.
