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 Article published Jul 24,
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 Diana Armbrust, from left, Susan Robinson and Jim Brooks share laughs together as wedding photographs of Robinson and her husband, Ferruh Muktar, are passed around the room at a dinner party at the couples Lido Key home on Saturday, July 21, 2007. Robinson, owner of Key Concierge, was once a high profile corporate business woman in her younger years and after an early retirement has since reinvented herself as an entrepreneur.
-WHO QUALIFIES?
-Most define baby boomers as anyone born between 1946 and 1964 in a country that experienced an unusual spike in birth rates following World War II. That was a phenomenon commonly known as the baby boom, hence the name.
+**Retirees are reinventing themselves**
-Baby boomers have become a very different generation in American history, with different tastes, income and choices in retirement.
+//By DEVONA WALKER//
-They were influenced by the Beatles, America's suburban expansion, the women's rights movement, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the Kennedy assassination and the Vietnam War, and were the first generation to grow up with television.
+devona.walker@heraldtribune.com
-One in five baby boomers is helping to care for an aging parent. Boomers have a higher divorce rate than traditional retirees.
-The generally contribute more generously to charities, with about one-third planning to increase their giving in the next five years.
-Early retirees also are an emerging subgroup in this demographic, the most affluent of the population. Many of them have earned enough money to not have to work for the rest of their lives fairly early in their career. The early retirees are used to being in control and are typically intellectual.
-Linked stories
-    * The Reworking Retirement series
-/23/2007
-Retirees are reinventing themselves
-By DEVONA WALKER
-devona.walker@heraldtribune.com
 While Orlando sometimes wears the tag "Vegas for Kids," Southwest Florida is the preferred destination for sun-starved retirees who flock here for the white sands, warm waters and quality of life.
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 "At the core, it's experiential; the desire to learn and live life to its fullest."
+WHO QUALIFIES?
+Most define baby boomers as anyone born between 1946 and 1964 in a country that experienced an unusual spike in birth rates following World War II. That was a phenomenon commonly known as the baby boom, hence the name.
+Baby boomers have become a very different generation in American history, with different tastes, income and choices in retirement.
+They were influenced by the Beatles, America's suburban expansion, the women's rights movement, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the Kennedy assassination and the Vietnam War, and were the first generation to grow up with television.
+One in five baby boomers is helping to care for an aging parent. Boomers have a higher divorce rate than traditional retirees.
+The generally contribute more generously to charities, with about one-third planning to increase their giving in the next five years.
+Early retirees also are an emerging subgroup in this demographic, the most affluent of the population. Many of them have earned enough money to not have to work for the rest of their lives fairly early in their career. The early retirees are used to being in control and are typically intellectual.