The Madonnatization of Retirement: Newly Revised Book Shows How Retirement Has Changed and What It Means to Americans

The Madonnatization of Retirement: Newly Revised Book Shows How Retirement Has Changed and What It Means to Americans

This year Madonna along with Prince, Caroline Kennedy and Sharon Stone will reach their 50th birthdays. And as more and more Americans reach age 50 and beyond, the thought of retiring at 55 or even 65 in the old, traditional sense, is the furthest thing from their minds. In the newly revised, third edition of The New Retirementality: Planning Your Life and Living Your Dreams... At Any Age You Want (John Wiley & Sons, July 2008), financial philosopher Mitch Anthony explains why the old way of retiring is irrelevant and why retirement should be, well, retired.

Austin, TX (PRWEB) August 12, 2008

This year Madonna along with Prince, Caroline Kennedy and Sharon Stone will reach their 50th birthdays. And as more and more Americans reach age 50 and beyond, the thought of retiring at 55 or even 65 in the old, traditional sense, is the furthest thing from their minds. Like the Queen of Reinvention she is, Madonna represents a new kind of 50 year old. Gone are the days when 50 year olds start thinking about retiring and living out the rest of their lives in retirement communities, playing golf and traveling in motor homes. Instead, they want a life that provides them with the freedom to pursue their personal and professional goals on their own schedules, and to achieve a healthy and satisfying balance in their lives among career, family, and leisure activities.

In the newly revised, third edition of The New Retirementality: Planning Your Life and Living Your Dreams... At Any Age You Want (John Wiley & Sons, July 2008), financial philosopher Mitch Anthony explains why the old way of retiring is irrelevant and why retirement should be, well, retired.

"It no longer makes sense for people to work years at a job they may hate in order to amass a fortune before retiring and living the next 30 plus years of their lives feeling bored, irrelevant, and out of the mainstream," says Anthony. "It is time to stop compartmentalizing work into the first part of our lives and leisure into the last part. Instead, with the appropriate financial planning and the right change in attitude, Americans can begin living the lives they really want now, not later. And for those of us who simply can't afford to retire in the traditional sense, it's time to rethink how we approach the rest of our lives. We can either sit back and give up, or realize that we have the opportunity to reshape our futures."

The New Retirementality helps readers examine their attitudes about work and retirement and about how life should be lived. Anthony shows readers how new opportunities will enable them to create a tailor-made life that is both fulfilling and flexible. Using exercises as well as anecdotes about real life people who are pursuing their dreams without a bundle in the bank, Anthony teaches readers how to identify their dreams and figure out how to achieve them. Among other things, Anthony uses his seven great "retiremyths" to challenge readers to abandon their preconceptions about retirement; highlights the financial building blocks readers can use to achieve the freedom they need to pursue their dreams on their own terms; and guides readers through an analysis of the emotional and psychological factors that can lead to a significant ROL (Return on Life).

With the latest edition of The New Retirementality, readers will discover how to achieve the freedom to pursue their retirement goals--at their own pace, on their own terms--regardless of their age. Anthony will show readers how new opportunities will enable them to create a tailor-made life that is both fulfilling and flexible. A companion website, NewRetirementality. com provides readers with the tools necessary to create a customized NewRetirementality profile.

Mitch Anthony is president of Advisor Insights, a Rochester, Minnesota-based training and communications firm, which advises the financial services and insurance industries. Mr. Anthony also writes and hosts the syndicated radio feature, The Daily Dose, heard on 160 stations nationwide, and the author of several additional books focused on the financial services industry. A living example of the new retirementality, Mr. Anthony has no plans to ever retire.

The Financial Life Planning Institute, founded by Mitch Anthony, is an organization focused on educating, training and developing tools for financial advisors in a discovery process called Financial Life Planning™. The Institute is focused on developing services and tools that help advisors implement the financial life planning process into their business by putting the client's interests before their own.
The New Retirementality (July 2008, $19.95, 256 pages, 6x9, paperback, ISBN: 978-0-470-25508-7) is available at neighborhood and online booksellers.

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Putting the Sparkle Back in Smiles in Renton, WA

Putting the Sparkle Back in Smiles in Renton, WA

The Dental Assistant students at Pima Medical Institute, 555 S. Renton Village Place in Renton are looking to put the sparkle back into children’s smiles by teaching proper brushing and flossing techniques during February, National Children’s Dental Health Month. Teachers, or others who work with children, are encouraged to call PMI at 425-228-9600 to set up an appointment to have the dental assistant students interact with the children while providing useful information on proper oral hygiene.

Renton, WA (PRWEB) January 26, 2006

The Dental Assistant students at Pima Medical Institute, 555 S. Renton Village Place in Renton are looking to put the sparkle back into children’s smiles by teaching proper brushing and flossing techniques during February, National Children’s Dental Health Month.

Teachers, or others who work with children, are encouraged to call PMI at 425-228-9600 to set up an appointment to have the dental assistant students interact with the children while providing useful information on proper oral hygiene.

“Proper dental hygiene is more than aesthetics, it’s a health issue that should not be overlooked,” said Bob Panerio, campus director for the Renton career college. “During February, National Children’s Dental Health Month, our goal is to reach out to more children and help them properly care for their teeth and create a good habit that they will continue the rest of their lives. And if they grow up and decide to go to Pima Medical Institute and become Dental Assistants, that would be wonderful as well.”

The training period for dental assistants is 30 weeks for day classes for day classes, or 33 weeks for evening classes. According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment for Dental Assistants is expected to grow much faster than the average for all occupations through 2012.

The Renton campus, located south of Seattle, offers programs for Dental Assistant, Medical Assistant, Medical Administrative Assistant, Pharmacy Technician, Phlebotomy Technician and Veterinary Assistant.

PMI is one of the premier medical career colleges in the western United States. The privately owned, accredited school provides students with a well-rounded education embracing theoretical classroom studies, as well as on-site training at medical facilities that mirror the working environment they will pursue after graduation.

PMI has been serving students since 1972, with campuses in: Albuquerque, New Mexico; Mesa and Tucson, AZ; Denver and Colorado Springs, CO; Seattle and Renton, WA; Las Vegas, NV and Chula Vista, CA. Additional information is available at http://www. pmi. edu (http://www. pmi. edu) or by calling 1-888-442-5998.

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Burton Group Introduces Ground-breaking Data Project Methodology

Burton Group Introduces Ground-breaking Data Project Methodology

Burton Group, a research and consulting firm focused on in-depth analysis of enterprise information technologies, introduces Methodology for Overcoming Data Silos (MODS) to solve the profound problem of producing quality data from a decentralized silo.

Salt Lake City (Vocus) June 30, 2009

Burton Group (http://www. burtongroup. com/), a research and consulting firm focused on in-depth analysis of enterprise information technologies, introduces Methodology for Overcoming Data Silos (MODS) to solve the profound problem of producing quality data from a decentralized silo.

Data silos are a natural and permanent part of today's decentralized information systems. However, data silos make it difficult for businesspeople to obtain the integrated information they need to make decisions and do their jobs. The data silo problem has been and continues to be a negative factor in the current economic recession, which is affecting the livelihoods of millions of people.

To address the data silo problem, IT professionals cannot apply the same thinking they used when they created the data silos originally. MODS is a ground-breaking project methodology for bridging data silos and delivering integrated information from decentralized systems.

Given the scope and the impact of the data silo problem on healthcare, government and defense, and vital business cogs within the modern economy, we all need decision makers to have easy access to consistent information that resides deep within the enterprise's disparate data silos. MODS is a methodology for executing data management projects and will deliver integrated data currently buried deep within silos to businesspeople across the enterprise

Lyn Robison, Burton Group VP and service director who developed and successfully used MODS said, "A MODS project does not result in the creation of additional silos. Rather, MODS projects catalog and then clean up the data that resides deep within existing silos so that businesspeople can readily perform cross-silo joins of important enterprise information."

Learn how enterprise organizations can benefit for MODS with a complimentary download of Robison's report "Delivering Integrated Information from Data Silos using MODS (http://www. burtongroup. com/Guest/Dm/DeliveringIntegrated. aspx)," and webcast (http://www. brighttalk. com/webcasts/4954/attend). More information on MODS can be found on Burton Group's Data Management Strategies blog (http://dmsblog. burtongroup. com/data_management_strategie/mods/).

About Burton Group
Burton Group (www. burtongroup. com) is an IT research and advisory services firm that helps technologists make smart enterprise architecture decisions. Burton Group provides in-depth, IT research and advisory services to executives and technologists at Global 2000 organizations. Focused on strategic business technologies and the unique needs of enterprise organizations, Burton Group provides clients company-wide access to its world-renowned analysts and a suite of powerful, intuitive research and decision support tools unmatched in the industry.

Contact:
Collin Searle
PR Manager
801-304-8102

Twitter: BurtonGroupIT (http://twitter. com/BurtonGroupIT)
Facebook (http://www. facebook. com/BurtonGroup)

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Leading Tibetan supplement e-tailer - HerboTibet Merges with Sister Company

Leading Tibetan supplement e-tailer - HerboTibet Merges with Sister Company

Leading e-tailer Tibetan supplement - HerboTibet Merges with Sister Company

San Jose, CA (PRWEB) January 22, 2004

(Herbal Tech) HerboTibet. com is the leading online source for Tibetan herbal medicine. It is celebrated for acting as a bridge between eastern and western remedies, and has announced its merger with its sister company ZY66 headquarter in Macau, China this January. HerboTibet. com is respected as a professional online source for Tibetan herbal supplements with free advice, consultations, and assistance in order to improve health and thus give customers a happier life.

Discussion of a merger between the two companies commenced in December with the final decision being announced in January. The merger is intended to not only improve the quality of herbal supplements, but it will offer HerboTibet customers a broader range of experts better equipped to address their health questions and concerns; as well as show how and why the herbal supplements are effective. Zy66 has agreed to provide a customer service support team of doctors and scientists specially trained in the field of Tibetan medicine to answer all inquiries made by HerboTibet customers.

HerboTibet. com takes drastic measures to carefully select and evaluate herbal supplements sold on our website. HerboTibet. com was able to join together with Zy66 because their team of expert scientists possesses a proven track record for developing the safest and highest quality herbal supplements.

HerboTibet is currently in the process of working with Zy66 to launch a new line of all-natural herbal medicines aimed at providing care and relief for the prostate. Products are expected to be available online in mid-March.

To inquire about our latest products or for free advice and assistance, visit the HerboTibet website at www. HerboTibet. com or call 1-888-927-1900.

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Qqest Software Systems and MPI Software Form Strategic Alliance

Qqest Software Systems and MPI Software Form Strategic Alliance

Qqest Software Systems and MPI announce a strategic alliance to develop a seamless integration of QqestÂ’s TimeForce time and attendance product with MPIÂ’s Millennium Suite of Payroll Products.

Salt Lake City, UT (PRWEB) September 10, 2004

Qqest Software Systems and MPI announce a strategic alliance to develop a seamless integration of QqestÂ’s TimeForce time and attendance product with MPIÂ’s Millennium Suite of Payroll Products.

“MPI is working with payroll service bureaus to offer a competitive suite of products to America’s employers. As a partner to our service bureaus, we feel it necessary to give them the tools they need to compete in the market place. By adding the TimeForce time and attendance product to our offering, we feel one step closer to providing the tools necessary for all sales situations. One of the business drivers for developing this alliance is the future seamless integration making Millennium and TimeForce act as one product. Our strategic alliance with Qqest offers our clients this far superior, total solution,” explained Geoffrey Duke, President of MPI Software.

By standardizing on the Qqest TimeForce solution, Millennium-based payroll bureaus gain a robust labor management tool that seamlessly integrates with MPIÂ’s payroll products. Likewise, the payroll bureauÂ’s end customers will benefit from TimeforceÂ’s robust rules based time and attendance system and complete flexibility of data entry methods including: traditional swipe-card time-clocks, biometric devices, web-punch, phone-in and wireless devices. In addition, since Qqest offers installed software as well as ASP services, the solution is completely scalable and can fit most any organizationÂ’s size and budget.

“The challenge for payroll providers and clients alike, is not the actual processing of the payroll,” explains Robert Hansen, Director of Strategic Alliances for Qqest. “Rather, it is the delivery of a true ‘Punch-to-Pay’ data-exchange between the respective timekeeping and payroll systems that has challenged many organizations. The alignment of Qqest and MPI allows payroll providers and clients to easily integrate their timekeeping and payroll data to create a real punch-to-pay solution. We are proud and excited to be teamed with MPI and its network of more than 75 payroll service bureaus.”

About MPI Software - Millennium Payroll Software is specifically engineered to be the most flexible payroll service solution available. Millennium provides all of the functionality of the most expensive in-house payroll software, but at a fraction of the cost. With an easy-to-use interface and open system architecture, Millennium gives administrators complete control over payroll and other human resources functions and endless integration possibilities with other enterprise software. To locate a local MPI Payroll Service bureau, visit www. millenniumpayroll. com or call 781.810.9010.

About Qqest Software - Headquartered, in Salt Lake City, UT, Qqest is the market and technology leader in time and attendance solutions for organizations employing as little as 5 or as many as 10,000 employees. QqestÂ’s TimeForce product, an intuitive, rules-based time and attendance application, empowers clients of all sizes, industries and technological infrastructure, to efficiently manage and control the most complex timekeeping needs and seamlessly transmit that information to payroll or human resource information systems. Qqest has over 30,000 clients, comprised of manufacturers, financial institutions, retail, government entities, healthcare professional services and hospitality.

For more information on Qqest call Robert Hansen, Director of Strategic Alliances at 414-454-0576 or via email at roberthansen@qqest. com.

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Univera Completes Acquisition of Multinational Brand Matol

Univera Completes Acquisition of Multinational Brand Matol

Univera, Inc., a Washington state-based pioneer in the development and distribution of scientifically-validated and vertically-integrated natural health products through a relationship marketing model ("MLM"), announced this week that it has closed on a previously-announced agreement to acquire specific assets and the distributor network of Canada-based Matol Botanical International Ltd.

Lacey, Wash. (PRWEB) February 7, 2009

Univera, Inc., a Washington state-based pioneer in the development and distribution of scientifically-validated and vertically-integrated natural health products through a relationship marketing model ("MLM"), announced today that it has closed on a previously-announced agreement to acquire specific assets and the distributor network of Canada-based Matol Botanical International Ltd.

Matol, the oldest private MLM company in Canada, is a direct seller of health and diet nutritional supplements, with consumers in Canada, the United States and a number of overseas countries.

Stuart Ochiltree, Vice Chairman and CEO of ECONET, Inc., Univera's parent company, stated, "During a time at which many companies are contracting, the ECONET and Univera have the strategic and financial resources to seek aggressive growth opportunities. We believe this transaction sends a positive message to the industry, Univera Associates, and Matol Associates who now join Univera and the entire ECONET family of companies."

Matol was officially launched in 1984 by J. F. Robert Bolduc, the company's Co-Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer. Bolduc will oversee the full integration of Matol's distributor network into the Univera distributor network. He will also assist in Univera's global expansion efforts by building on and bridging Matol's current and extensive international business relationships.

For Univera, the incorporation of Matol's resources in Canada, including a top-notch distribution facility and offices in Montreal, allows for improved and more efficient processing of transactions with Univera Canada distributors. The acquisition also brings a complementary line of well-established products and opens up Univera's dynamic family of products to the former Matol distribution network.

"Having these resources - including an active Health Canada site license - will help us better serve the Canadian marketplace," Univera CEO Regan Miles said. "More important, this transaction is simply one more indication that at a time when so many companies are cutting back on their efforts, plans, and dreams, Univera is seizing opportunities in the marketplace and playing to win now and for the future of our great company," Miles said.

About Univera®
Univera, Inc. (www. univera. com) is the world's leading cell renewal-focused relationship marketing company offering life-changing nutrition products and unparalleled home-business opportunity for nearly 100,000 people currently in North America. Science-based with full-scale genomic and biological research capabilities, the company sets the standard for excellence in advanced research, technology and manufacturing capabilities. Univera is part of the ECONET global family of health and natural product companies which have operations in the United States, Canada, Korea, Mexico, Russia and China. The company celebrates its 10-year anniversary in 2009 with plans to expand operations into Australia and New Zealand.

Contact: Meredith Berkich, CNC
Univera, Inc.
Director of Sales, U. S.A.
(360) 486-7500 ext. 1270

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FocalPoint Anounces End-of-Year Savings on M2M & Wireless Research Reports

FocalPoint Anounces End-of-Year Savings on M2M & Wireless Research Reports

The FocalPoint Group, a leader market intelligence firm, is offering discounts on its wireless and M2M research reports. These reports have been used by many of the high-tech and healthcare industry's leading companies to gain a better understanding of the future of wireless and related technologies over the next 3-5 years.

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) December 2, 2005

Looking for some of the most comprehensive and well-received market research ever assembled on the M2M (machine-to-machine) and wireless arenas? Have research budget that you’ll lose at the beginning of the year? Well, The FocalPoint Group is offering an unprecedented opportunity to purchase market research reports on the M2M marketplace at substantially discounted prices. As of December 1st, any company purchasing any one of the three following reports will receive an automatic $500 discount on the price of each report (if purchased before Friday, January 13th):

1) M2M Adoption Forecast (regularly $4500, on sale for $4000): a complete look at where, when, and how M2M activities will occur in the coming years. This report includes data based on surveys and interviews with over 400 companies, provides market projections, and analyzes market trends and forces. This report is a must have for any company looking to participate or take advantage of M2M and related wireless technologies.

2) Wireless in Healthcare (regularly $2500, on sale for $2000): provides a look at how wireless technologies including RFID, ZigBee, and WiFi are impacting the healthcare arena. This report includes cases studies of real-world applications, and provides market projections about how the various wireless technologies will be adopted and at what rates. This report is required reading for any company involved in making or using next generation medical devices and services.

3) M2M Barometer Report (regularly $750, on sale for $250): The Barometer report is a unique compilation of research conducted with leading M2M providers. We surveyed numerous vendors about their attitudes, implementations, and challenges competing within the M2M arena. This report provides vendors with a clearer perspective of how the M2M arena is likely to grow and evolve.

Special Combo Package (all three reports for $5500): In addition to the special $500 discount, The FocalPoint is offering a “combo package” for any company looking to purchase all three reports. This one-time offer allows a company to have all three aforementioned reports for a total of $5500. What would normally cost $7750 to purchase all three reports will now cost $2250 less. Act now to benefit from the incredible savings on this market research. In addition, any company buying the combo package will receive three hours of analyst access time to review the materials or to ask questions.

With the New Year rapidly approaching, now is the best time to reflect on your corporate strategy and technology plans. These research reports have been utilized by some of the leading players in the M2M and wireless arena. Take this opportunity to learn why The FocalPoint Group has been relied on by dozens of the industry’s leading companies. To take advantage of this offer, email John Williams at jwilliams@thefpgroup. com.

The FocalPoint Group, LLC (www. thefpgroup. com), is a San Francisco-based market research and strategic advisory firm with a history of providing insightful, cutting edge market intelligence to leading Fortune 500 companies, start-ups, governmental agencies, and industry associations. For additional information about M2M and wireless technologies view our company created site at www. m2mpoint. com.

To gain copies of the report brochures or to learn more about these studies contact:

John C. Williams, Managing Director

The FocalPoint Group, LLC

1-415-786-3932

jwilliams@thefpgroup. com

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