Quick Tips to Control Your Diabetes and Lower Your Blood Sugar
By Karla Robinson, MDControl Your Blood Sugar Today!
Are you having trouble managing your blood sugars or finding a dietary regimen that works for you?
By Karla Robinson, MDInterpersonal EDGE: Naked Honesty Not Best Corporate Policy
By Dr. Daneen SkubeTribune Media Services
Q. I have a coworker who believes honesty is the best policy, and he is also a regular bull in a china shop. He is smart, competent and uniformly disliked because he seems to compulsively tell the truth. I like him, he makes my job easier, and I’d like to help him succeed. Is there anything I can say?
Retire Smart: Couples Can Maximize Social Security Benefits by Understanding Spousal and Survivor Benefits
By Mark Miller
Tribune Media Services
I get a huge number of questions from readers about Social Security’s spousal and survivor benefits. Rightly so, because these very important features of Social Security can create powerful amplifying effects that boost lifetime benefits significantly.
This week, I’ll answer some of the most frequently-asked questions on how Social Security works for married couples. However, Social Security’s rules are complicated; a visit to your local Social Security office is in order if you’re planning to file for spousal or survivor benefits.
Artist to Showcase: “The Magic of Michigan Seasons”
Left: Roger Frye
LANSING, MI — Roger Frye, of Rayform Productions, will be showcasing his high dynamic range, or HDR photographs, mainly of Michigan, but also his travels though Eastern United States, including Canada, Niagara Falls and Cape Cod.
A ‘Dream’ remembered
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Project Foundation dedicated a monument in his honor on the National Mall on October 16, 2011. It took five years to make the memorial that honors Dr. King and his life and his legacy.
The vision of a memorial in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. is one that captures the essence of his message, a message in which he so eloquently affirms the commanding tenants of the American Dream — Freedom, Democracy and Opportunity for All.
As a national monument honoring Martin Luther King Jr. opens in Washington, D.C., a look back at his legacy and his star power
By Gregory Clay | McClatchy-Tribune News Service
During the turbulent decade of the 1960s, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was about the gleam — in the eyes, that is. He was about the cadence in his speech intonations — a rapper of social consciousness before Kurtis Blow, before Public Enemy, before Queen Latifah, that is. He was about “The Dream” — the iconic speech at the Lincoln Memorial on that sweltering afternoon of Aug. 28, 1963, that is. He was about the rhythm of the civil rights movement — played to the spirit of Motown and the serenity of Burt Bacharach, that is.
We Remember Diamond Ramona Luiz – March 15, 1999 to October 8, 2011
LANSING, MI — Twelve-year-old Diamond Ramona Luiz was born on March 15, 1999 in Lansing, Michigan to LaTieshia Jackson and Roland Luiz. Diamond was the third daughter of LaTieshia and the first born to Roland.
Movie Review: “The Ides of March”
Studio: Columbia (1 hr. 42 min.)
Plot: An idealistic staffer for a newbie presidential candidate gets a crash course on dirty politics during his stint on the campaign trail.
Cast: Ryan Gossling, George Clooney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jeffery Wright
Rating: R
Bottom Line: ***
By Jonathan McMillan
“The Ides of March” is a political drama starring Ryan Gossling (Fracture) as Stephen Myers, an ambitious but idealistic assistant campaign manager and how the politics of campaigning transforms his character.
AboutThatCar.com: 2012 Toyota Camry
By Frank S. Washington
DEARBORN, MI, — I came to the Automotive Hall of Fame here to view the live web cast introducing the redesigned 2012 Toyota Camry. There was also a short test drive of the new midsize family sedan.
Good Cookin’ CAJUN OMELETTE
Home cooking for a new
generation. Easy and
elegant recipes from the heart and soul created for today’s family.
By Sharon Fox
4 fresh eggs
1 tablespoon butter
1/4 red bell pepper, diced small
1 green onion, sliced fine on a bias
1/2 hot link sausage, diced small
2 slices bacon, diced small
1/2 cup Monterey Jack cheese, shredded
Pinch of kosher or sea salt
Women Left Behind in Recovery
By Kat Aaron and Lynne Perri
New America Media
Investigative Reporting Workshop
A higher percentage of women are unemployed than men, according to numbers released today by Gallup. More than 10 percent of the women surveyed were unemployed, compared to 8 percent of men. Almost 11 percent of women working part time wanted full time work, compared to 8 percent of men.