Retire Smart: The phases of retirement

By Jill Schlesinger
Tribune Media Services
 
 Everyone loves to read “The Best/Worst Places to Retire,” but the choice of where to live in your non-working years is about more than just financial analysis and weather, isn’t it? 

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Your vision is just an answer away!

By Cedric Dukes

You are just an answer away from understanding who you are. Most people don’t realize who they are; some don’t realize that they have the power, ability and strength to become anything. Your vision is right at the door. Sometimes people go through life by trial and error.

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Students Rally For Anti Bullying Summit

Youth attend the “Spread the Word to End the Word”  Anti-Bullying Summit at Hill Center.  
 
Photo by Kimberly Purdy
 
LANSING, MI —  Hundreds of students, teachers, community members and parents packed the auditorium at the Hill Center on March 14, to talk about the impact of bullying.

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Movie Review: 21 Jump Street

Studio:  Columbia Pictures (109 min)
Plot:  A pair of underachieving cops go undercover to a local high school to bring down a synthetic drug ring.
Cast: Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Ice Cube, Brie Larson, DeRay Davis, Dave Franco, Rob Riggle
Rating:  R
Bottom Line:  **1/2
 
 
By Samantha Ofole-Prince
 
Whenever movies start out with sexual innuendos for humor gags, things usually don’t get much better. Within the first five minutes of this action-comedy, a guy is arrested and humped on, and it’s that moment that tells you exactly where you’ll be during the movie’s next hundred-plus minutes: toddling back and forth between crude and crass humor with numerous references to the male body parts.

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“Comfort Food for the Mind, Body, and Soul”: HOMEMADE ORANGE FROZEN CUSTARD

Home cooking for a new generation. Easy and elegant recipes from the heart and soul created for today’s family.  Beef stew recipe 
included.

 

By Sharon Fox

1 tablespoon cornstarch 

1 1/2 cups whole milk 

3 large eggs 

1 cup sugar 

1/4 teaspoon kosher salt 

1 1/2 cups heavy cream 

2 teaspoons vanilla extract 

2/3 cup frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed 

4 teaspoons grated orange zest

 

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Finding Good Health Care

When you or a family member needs medical attention, the goal should always be to get the very best you can find. Ideally that means searching out a physician or facility that specializes in the condition you’re dealing with. But where to begin?
 
Some start with references from a family doctor, or recommendations from friends or co-workers. These are helpful but often very limited. Others head to the Internet for information, which can result in the opposite problem-way too much information. It can be overwhelming to try and navigate your way through dozens, or even hundreds, of medical websites.
 
What you need is a resource that compares hospitals, physicians and other medical service providers, objectively assessing their effectiveness and reliability. And that’s just what you get from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Department.

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Aboutthatcar.com 2012 Hyundai Genesis 3.8

By Frank S. Washington
 
DETROIT, MI –  Man, I need to reacquaint myself with Hyundai. There are so many products and so little time that often brands can fall through the cracks. I recently test drove the 2012 Hyundai 
Genesis 3.8. And no more than 20 seconds into the drive, I found it an awfully comfortable midsize sedan.

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March is Women’s History Month: For Single Mom, Thirty Year Journey Toward Dream of Education

By Diane Wai
 
Born in Ennis, Texas—a mid-sized town about 40 miles south of Dallas—Diedrea Lewis, 47, was the tenth child of a large African American family headed by her father, a U.S. veteran and a custodian, and her mother, a homemaker. Diedrea describes her family as “chronically poor,” and yet “it was always instilled in me to go to college. That was the equalizer.” 

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Stallworth Calls For Greater Penalties in Drive-By Shootings

Continues push for legislative action on bill
 
LANSING, MI – State Representative Thomas Stallworth (D-Detroit) today renewed his calls for the Legislature to pass his bill, House Bill 5145 which makes a murder committed by discharging a weapon into an occupied home, or a drive-by shooting, carry a first degree murder charge after 9-month-old Delric Miller, IV was struck and killed while sleeping on a couch in his Detroit home

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CAREERS IN DENTISTRY OFFER WOMEN JOB OPPORTUNITIES TO SMILE ABOUT

Dr. Catrise Austin

Dr. Catrise Austin has a flourishing career as a dental expert. She is the owner of VIP Smiles, a private dental practice in New York City in which her clients include A-list celebrities and every day professionals. She is also an author and professional speaker that educates consumers on dental health and how to cosmetically enhance their smiles, and she is an HIV Advocate.

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