Interpersonal Edge: Help! I’m a Mommy Not a Manager!

By Dr. Daneen Skube
Tribune Media Services

Q. I am a manager and I feel like more of a mommy. I am constantly nagging employees to do their job, and I’m exhausted. Is there a better way to motivate employees to do what I ask?
 

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Retire Smart: Give A Gift of New Ideas on Retirement

By Mark Miller
Tribune Media Services

The word retirement needs reinvention, especially in our post-crash economy.

For the huge generation of baby boomers now approaching the traditional retirement years, achieving security will depend on working longer-often in new careers. We’ll also need to reexamine our traditional notions about investing and spending.
 

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Forgiving the Person I Hated the Most

By TOM LAGANA
from “Serving Productive Time”

Almost everyone I meet receives a hug-a hug coupon, that is. My unique calling cards not only provide information about our business but are also redeemable for a hug, a smile, or an act of kindness.

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On the Road with MoJo Table-for-Two Reviews – Magnolia Café

Sidebar:    Magnolia Cafe
        1920 S. Congress Avenue
        Austin, TX
Price Range: From $4.75 – $11.00
Casual dining atmosphere with great customer service

 

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Give Up the Quick Fix

By Robert Pagliarini, Tribune Media Services
Your Other 8 Hours

I was once an addict. Not to drugs or alcohol but to the quick fix. I’ve tried just about everything out there in the other eight hours that promised to instantly and effortlessly make me better, richer, stronger, smarter, healthier, etc. I’ve purchased books, tapes, CDs, DVDs, MP3s, teleseminars, webinars, seminars, pills, liquids, powders, courses, bracelets, calendars and more.

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You Can Be a Friend!

By Tashmica Torok

Every once in a while, I will stand in the children’s section of a book store and browse the selections.  I will pick up unknown books with beautiful illustrations and catchy titles to flip through the new pages.  Sometimes my hands are drawn to the classics of my own childhood.  I love when a story gives me chills.  Those are usually the stories I end up carrying home to read to my children.

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    Job Seekers: Safe Routes to School Director


    Safe Routes to School Director, Michigan Fitness Foundation. Direct, plan and implement state Safe Routes to School program. Visit www.michiganfitness.org for a complete position description and resume submission guidelines.

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    Job Seekers: Child & Family Services, Capital Area – Permanency Specialist

    The Permanency Specialist must have a degree in Social Work or a related field. Experience will include a minimum of 2 years working with children and families in a child welfare service delivery system;  Working knowledge and effective use of community resources; 

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    News Spotlight: Lil`Kim Disses Nicki Minaj … Again


     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Lil’ Kim (right) and Niki Chin. Photo by Roland Hyde

     

    By Roland Hyde

    CaribWorldNews
     
    NEW YORK, NY — The Queen Bee is extremely upset and her venom is aimed at the new rap phenom known as Nicky Minaj. 
     
    In one of her latest public appearances in New York City, the sassy veteran  rap diva, Lil`Kim, while hosting a joint birthday party for celebrity fashion designer and TV personality, Niki Chin, and music producer Sean Due, seized the opportunity to add fuel to the fire of hostility between herself and Nicki Minaj. 

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    News Spotlight – Haiti – Almost One Year After Quake, Women Remain Prey For Sexually Depraved

    By CaribWorldNews

     
    NEW YORK, NY — Fourteen -year-old, Machou lives in a makeshift camp for displaced people in Carrefour Feuilles, south-west Port-au-Prince. She was raped in March when she went to the toilet.
     

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