Senior Moments by David Silva, Book Report

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David Wayne Silva's book "Senior Moments: Making the Most of Your Golden Years" is really about getting the most out of your "Golden Years." His is a message of hope. David has a positive philosophy for getting older. He gives seniors affirmative action plans for meeting physical, mental, and the other widespread problems that are a part of the aging process. David's writing is like conversing with an old friend. It is like reading a warm, friendly letter, full of life stories, experiences and practical hints for living life to the full.

David's appreciation for nature becomes contagious. His descriptive phrases make you feel the coolness of your dog's nose against warm hand, hear the lapping of ocean tides moving on the beach, or enjoy the scent of garden flowers and vegetables. He asks the reader to, "Watch the leaves and branches moving with the wind. Observe the ferns moving on a gentle forest breeze." "If you visit the seashore...watch the endless waves, open your mind, and encounter the God who is with us...unnoticed."

The material on suffering, pain, and chronic illness are filled with important data and information. David gives steps to deal with pent up feelings of anger, resentment, anxiety, fear, feelings of guilt, and depression. The final chapters "Moving On" and "Concepts to Remember" offer the components for implementing the freedom of choice to alter and move ahead with our lives.

I found it easy to empathise and relate to many of Silva's stories. Silva is an excellent communicator engaging the reader quickly into the flow of his writing.

1598001639, Outskirts Press

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Richard R. Blake, Christian Education Consultant, Book Store Owner

Document Archiving - The Digital Way

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Imagine an office space cluttered with boxes, folders and envelopes of papers. Imagine that it is your work place. It's from somebody whom you replaced. You are very excited to start working - until you saw the files and when your new boss told you to get a report done by the person you replaced made sometimes last, last year and is something about a financial update of the company. It would not be surprising anymore if you suddenly lose interest and even contemplate resigning even before you start working.

Documents are very important materials - there is no doubt in that. However, as the years go and the piles of files go higher and higher, you eventually get lost with everything that you have, and not to mention the tons of paper you used (have mercy on the trees) and the high possibility of damage that your documents are prone to. They could easily be torn, burnt or just succumb to decay. If only there is a way to save these files in a more efficient way, organize them in such a way that you do not waste a lot of time just looking for them and be able to share them right away when they are needed.

Now imagine the same office but no clutters. Instead, you have this computer. Then your boss asked you to do the same thing - find a financial update of the company made last, last year and give him a copy. A click here and click there and you already finished the first task given to you!

Maybe you are thinking that converting files to digital would take a lot of effort. You still have to retype them, right? WRONG! The availability of digital technology together with scanning and the available programs that would help you edit scanned files make makes everything e-a-s-y, so long as you know what to do or, if not, you know who to call to do the conversion and archiving for you.

When you convert documents to digital files, you are doing yourself, the people around you and the environment a big favor. You can save time, save storing expenses, have a more reliable safekeeping procedure and have readily available documents whenever and wherever. In addition, keeping documents in database also means using less paper. Just think of all the trees that you could save and the contribution that you could give to environmental preservation. As cheesy as it may sound, it's true.

Once you have a digital archive of your documents , you can just easily update them with new files. If you run out of space, you just expand the storage memory that you have and not the office space that you are desperately trying to maximize. Gone are the bulky and dusty file cabinets and you do not need to worry about papers burning, tearing or crumbling. As long as you have a stable storage of you data and a reliable back-up system, your documents would last until a better and new kind of archiving comes in.

Brandon Barchus, an attorney, knows how important efficient and quality safekeeping is when it comes to photos, videos and documents. He has helped companies sort out legal documents in a more efficient way by converting these to digital file format. This has cut the whole finding and organizing time-consuming process into a matter of minutes. Aside from legal documents, his digital conversion also includes photographs and videos.