When shopping for the ideal retirement community that serves your specific interests and needs, there are several factors to consider,

One of the most important things to consider, would be the climate. If you enjoy the winter snows, you would not want to be in the south. Snow is very rare there. Do you prefer the mountain views or would you rather breath in the salty air of the ocean?

If you enjoy the quiet of the country life, you may want to avoid urban communities even though the convenience of being located downtown of a large city gives you many options for dining and entertainment.
http://www.retiredseniorsnetwork.com/blog/2009/07/01/top-us-retirement-communities.html

Visiting  the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte, North Carolina is a must for any Christian who wants to see first hand how to live a life devoted to being the hands and feet of Jesus.

Billy and Ruth's entire family have been devoted to leading others to a relationship with Jesus Christ.

The setting that the Grahams chose for the library is as comforting and serene as the lives they have lived in witness to our Savior.

The library itself is a replica of a barn set in a large landscape of beauty. They moved the original home that Billy grew up in onto this property, and it has much of the furniture in it that was in the home when Billy was a child.

Ruth's grave is there in an area surrounded by woods. Her grave marker makes a statement of her life. She saw the sign many years ago at a construction site in Montreat and told Billy that was what she wanted on her grave marker. It reads "Construction complete. Thank you for your patience." How fitting for such a humble lady that spent her life teaching others the importance of love and acceptance.

There are hundreds of cards and letters in the library that shed light on the many lives all over the world that were changed by the Grahams efforts to reach the lost and give them hope of eternal life in Jesus.

The staff at the library show short film clippings of many of Billy's sermons all over the world.

The library even has a restaurant area set up in a barn type atmosphere where you can enjoy lunch and dine on some of Ruth's favorite recipes, including her famous pound cake.

Alfred Eienstaedt frequently used 35 mm Leica M3 range finder cameras.

He became a professional photographer in 1929, and was hired by Life magazine in 1936.

His vacations on Martha's Vineyard were a priority ti him, even causing him to leave an assignment early so he could arrive for his vacation on time.

On his vacations in the Vineyard, he would do experiments in photography using various lenses, filters, and prisms. He never used anything but natural lighting however,

Eienstaedt's last photo session was a private one done with Bill and Hillary, and Chelsea Clinton in August of 1993. this was well documented by his close friend William E. Marks.
http://www.photographyblogger.com/blog/2009/01/15/the-unforgettable-alfred-eienstaedt.html

Eienstaedt died at midnight in his beloved cottage known as "Pilot House".

Chris Henry was by all accounts an interesting figure before and after he came on the scene in the NFL. Many bad choices in his young life landed him in jail.

Chris played college football at West Virginia and was a third round draft pick for the Cincinnati Bengals in 2005.

Many of Chris' friends and his coach at Cincinnati are saying that Chris was beginning to be focused on success and was really turning his life around when tragedy struck

Chris was engaged to Loleini Tonga and was in Charlotte, North Carolina visiting with her family and making final arrangements for his wedding.

It was these plans that started a strong dis-agreement between Chris and his fiance. Witnesses say he was extremely upset over the amount of money Tonga was planning to spend for their wedding. The argument began at the office of their wedding planner, and continued as they returned to her parent's home. Witnesses also state that Tonga was leaving the home when Chris was arguing with her and they heard him say that he would commit suicide if she did not stop the truck and talk with him. He jumped into the back of her pick-up truck as she was leaving.

Conflicting reports coming in to the Charlotte Police Department say that Chris fell from the truck as Tonga was swerving, while others say Chris purposefully jumped from the moving truck. Chris suffered massive head injuries in the accident that took his life with in twenty four hours. he was only twenty six years old.

It is so sad that people who are so connected that they are making plans to spend the rest of their lives together can not talk things through in a civil manner that would prevent such events as this.

Maria Sharapova burst on to the tennis and endorsement circuit with her win at Wimbledon in 2004 when she was only seventeen years old. she has never looked back. The continuous wins have certainly made her a force to reckon with on the court.

Her beauty and charm have made her a very sought after client for the highest paying endorsement pros. She currently brings in more than twenty thousand a year just from endorsements. Rumor has it that Maria is thinking about a career in the fashion world when she decides to lay down her tennis racket. I hope this is not in the near future. She is fun to watch.
http://www.igotennis.com/blog/2009/03/03/maria-sharapova.html