Kiplinger on Travel: Best travel apps for the holidays

  By Miriam Cross and Kaitlin Pitsker

 
 Not to test the limits of Murphy’s Law, but the holidays seem particularly prone to travel mishaps. While we hope it will be nothing but smooth sailing for you between now and the new year, it pays to be prepared. Can’t find a bathroom on your road trip? There’s an app for that. Can’t decide what to have for dinner? There’s an app for that too. Grandma’s house is overbooked? There’s even an app for that. 
 

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The Kid’s Doctor: Are parents too connected?

Turn off your phone off sometimes and let your spouse or sitter handle things for a while.

Photo by Fotolia  By Sue Hubbard, M.D.

www.kidsdr.com
 
 

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Interpersonal Edge: Playing blame game is giving up your own power to change

  By Dr. Daneen Skube

Tribune Content Agency
 
Q. I’m in the middle of my career and so tired of running into roadblocks to get promoted, get better paid and have projects that are more interesting. I have found the problem is usually my boss, my coworkers and the customers I tend to work with. How can I succeed when the problem is other people?

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Detouring Domestic Violence: Oasis Family Center Acts as a Mediator for Victims

 

By Deborah M. Walker

 
October was domestic violence awareness month. To shine light on the hidden and often ignored problem Oasis Family Center in Lansing hosted an open house on Friday October, 24 2014 to bring awareness to the public and share resources with the community.

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Why it’s a mistake to put more than 20 percent down on a home

 

By Robert Pagliarini, 
Tribune Content Agency
 
For many families across the country, the concept of buying their next home with cash may sound like a fantasy. Yet according to RealtyTrac, the nation’s leading source for housing data, nearly 40 percent of all U.S. homes purchased in the second quarter of 2014 were cash deals.

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TAX SOLUTIONS:  Business Entity and Liability Protection

 

By  A.J. Gross, C.P.A., E.A.

 
We get asked all the time.  How do you set up a business?  Do you need to file anything?  Do you have to register the business?  What type of business do you recommend?  We will tackle these questions in a multi-part series reviewing the different business types: doing business as (DBA), limit liability company (LLC), and corporation.

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Excuse me are you listening? 13-22

Dear Readers,

 
It has been an interesting two weeks.  I am on a cleaning splurge.  Happy new new year.  I plan on having my paper hoarding in order.  I did the kind of cleaning that makes more of a mess first.  It was the best type of cleaning.  It is even better when you use your shredder so much that it overheats. It is wonderful when you get to take trash to the dump and recycle items that can be. 

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Aboutthatcar.com: 2014 Mazda MX-5 Miata

  By Frank S. Washington

 
DETROIT, MI –There’s something to be said for flying over America rather than driving through it, especially during the orange-cone laden summer months.

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Movie: Dear White People

  Studio:   Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions (100 min.)

Plot:     The lives of four black students at an Ivy League college converge after controversy breaks out due to the ill-conceived annual Halloween party.

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