QP Voices: ‘Finding Your Roots’ with Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.

 

Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. explores the past of well known people and their ancestry on PBS.  Left: Author Stephen King

 

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Michigan Apples Taste Better Geographic factors contribute to superior taste from Michigan-grown apples

  LANSING, MI —With the majority of Michigan’s apple growing region located along the coast of Lake Michigan, it is clear that proximity to the Great Lakes makes a difference in producing high-quality, flavorful apples.

 

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Kiplinger on Travel: What to do if you’re stranded while traveling

 

By Cameron Huddleston

Kiplinger
 
Air travelers could be left high – or perhaps it would be better to say low – and dry if a volcano that’s rumbling in Iceland erupts with the magnitude that another one in that country did in 2010.

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Interpersonal Edge: Sharing your feelings won’t boost your effectiveness at work

 

By Dr. Daneen Skube

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  Q. I’ve been through quite a bit of therapy, and I believe it is important for me to be honest with my feelings at work. The other day I told a coworker he was hurting my feelings, and he just got mad. Isn’t the point of mental health to know how you feel? Is there a way to talk about my feelings that doesn’t make my situation worse?

 

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Jill on Money: Will sizzling summer lead to a September swoon for stocks?

By Jill Schlesinger
Tribune Content Agency
 
So much for the summer doldrums! August 2014 was the best August for stocks in 14 years. The Dow gained 3.6 percent on the month to 17,098; the S&P 500 took out the psychologically important 2,000 level, rising 3.8 percent to 2003.

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The Kid’s Doctor: White patches on a child’s skin could be vitiligo

  By Sue Hubbard, M.D.

 
 
  I recently saw a 10-year-old patient for her routine physical. One of her mother’s concerns was that her daughter had “white patches” under both arms. Once I examined her, I told her mother that the “white patches” were actually due to Vitiligo, an acquired disorder of pigment loss.

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Body Building an Empire

 

Left: At 45, Kimberly Whitfield never thought she would become a sponsored body building athlete.

 
Photo by Tom Nakielski/ Lights On Studio/ www.lightsonstudio.com

 

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Movie Review: “Belle”

  Studio: Fox Searchlight (1hr. 45 min)

Plot:  An illegitimate mixed-race girl is brought up by her white uncle in Victorian England.
Cast: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Tom Wilkinson, Sarah Gadon, Emily Watson, Miranda Richardson, Sam Reid
Rating:     PG
Bottom Line:     ***

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