Risk Factors Shouldn’t Stop Your From Exercising

Even people with risk factors need exercise. In fact, people with risk factors stand to see the greatest gains from regular exercise, including a potential reduction in the very risk factors they once viewed as an impediment to it.

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Interpersonal EDGE: Become a Wizard of Multitasking!

Q. All the managers in my company are being asked to do more with less. Most days I just feel like tearing my hair out! Do you have any suggestions about multi-tasking especially when you manage people?

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Retire Smart: Will Health Care Reform Unleash 50-Plus Entrepreneurs?

Could health reform unleash the inner entrepreneur in millions of older workers?

There’s plenty of evidence that baby boomers in their 50s and early 60s want more independence and flexibility in their work. Many are ready to take a risk via second careers and entrepreneurial ventures-but have been hanging on to jobs solely for health insurance benefits. They won’t qualify for Medicare until age 65, and it’s difficult to get affordable, quality coverage outside of employer group plans.

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Natural Savvy: Childhood Obesity From a Holistic Perspective

 Eating fresh veggies is a family tradition in the Worthey family. They make it a principle to eat fresh vegetables and fruit as a part of their lifestyle.  Children, like Zion Worthey, age 7, can be encouraged to eat healthier foods if they are part of the process to prepare and cook meals. 

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Clueless Fashionista: Beauty product test drive…Loreal Lash Architect Mascara

 

By Ashia Sims

I saw a review on this product on the website, www.totalbeauty.com and it was so good that I decided to try this mascara out. I don’t have very long or thick lashes so I am always looking for a mascara that’s going to truly extend and highlight them but I don’t like clumps. 

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Naturally Savvy: Green Your Back-to-School Shopping

 Kameko Jefferson still has school  shopping to do for her sons,  Donovan Patterson, 4 years old in kindergarten (to the left) and Jaden Patterson, 6 years old in 1st grade (to the right).  She is doing some “green” shopping this year.  Courtesy photo

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Local Non-Profit Helps Artists Connect with Entertainment Industry Professionals

 

 

LANSING, MI — Getting into the entertainment industry is more than just making beats and knowing how to play an instrument or sing. 

According to an article in www.ehow.com there are different methods for breaking into show business and taking steps to creating a successful career.  They suggest that performers acquire knowledge. They add that before you can step off into any business, you must know the requirements of that business. Many people fail to get even the most beginning knowledge about the entertainment business before they run headlong into it.

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Retire Smart: The New Retirement Plan: Watch the Expense Side of the Equation

By Mark Miller
Tribune Media Services

How much will you need to live on in retirement? You’ll often hear the big financial services companies offer this rule of thumb: Plan to replace 80 percent of your working income in retirement.

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Clueless Fashionista: Back to Basics-What is my skin tone?

By Aisha Sims
 
Before you even put on any type of makeup, you must first determine what colors look best on you. Short of going to the drug store and buying one of every color, there is a way to determine the types of colors that will compliment you.
 

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Interpersonal EDGE: Get Even by Doing Well

 By Dr. Daneen Skube

Tribune Media Services
 
Q. I ended up getting squeezed out of my last job by an underhanded coworker and a malicious boss. I have to admit that revenge fantasies are consuming most of my time, even though I found a better job. How do I handle wanting to get even?

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