Retire Smart: Silicon Valley Entrepreneur Rides to the Rescue of Investors Paying High Fees

By Mark Miller
Tribune Media Services

Most investment advisors measure their success by a yardstick called assets under management-the amount clients have entrusted them to invest. Mitch Tuchman is more interested in the dollars he’s been able to bring “out of management.”
 

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Mother Flippin’: One Funny Mother

Somebody’s Daughter
By Tashmica Torok

I am somebody’s daughter.  I was once held in my mother’s arms swaddled in a pink blanket.  Toes were counted and fingers grasped.  The words pretty were uttered about me.  I have discovered the delight of painting my finger nails for the first time and the dismay of my first period. 

 

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Interpersonal EDGE: Is Job Loyalty for Better or Worse?

By Dr. Daneen Skube
Tribune Media Services

Q. I have worked for my company for 10 years, and the manager I loved just retired. The guy that took his place is a jerk! I feel disloyal, because even though my company has been good to me, I’m flirting heavily with the idea of leaving. Should I stay or should I go?
 

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Get in the habit if eating lots of greens like spinach, kale and bok-choy.

By Andrea Donsky and Randy Boyer
Naturally Savvy.com

With an abundance of fresh fruits and vegetables, we get more vitamin C than we need in summer. But when autumn sets in and temperatures slide, families often get less of the vitamin while simultaneously being exposed to more germs – a recipe for colds and flu.
 

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Newly Appointed Bishop Samuel Duncan, Jr. of Lansing Church of God in Christ

 

LANSING, MI — In June of 1992, Pastor Samuel Duncan and Evangelist Dorothy Duncan were installed as Pastor and 1st Lady of the  Lansing Church of God of in Christ (COGIC).The church is located at 5304 Wise Road, Lansing MI. 48911.

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Urban Housecall: Seven Tips for Your Visit to the Doctor

By Aydrian L. Thomas, M.D.

These days, a visit to your doctor can be a harrowing experience.  With time constraints on the part of both the patient and the provider, issues with insurance coverage, prior authorizations and the like, getting the care you desire can be a challenge.  What follows are some ways to make the most of your visit to the doctor.
 

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Urban Housecall

TNCP welcomes Dr. Karla L. Robinson who is a board-certified, licensed family physician.  A native of Chicago, Illinois, Dr. Robinson completed her undergraduate studies at Xavier University of Louisiana.

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Excuse Me, Are You Listening? 9-23

Dear Readers,

All I could remember thinking about my cousin, Jeanine Johnson, before we decided to take a vacation was that I thought she was spoiled.  Not in the spoiled rotten kind of way but my recollection was of that.  I just always remembered her being the first to get every new toy, outfit or latest gadget.

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Your Other 8 Hours: When Success Doesn’t Come Fast Enough

By Robert Pagliarini
Tribune Media Services

There are many ways to become famous overnight. A couple of weeks ago I told you about how Christina Perri went from working at a cafe one day to becoming an “overnight” sensation the very next. The secret to success for Christina, or any artist, creative, job seeker or entrepreneur, is the same — it’s the commitment to shift from hoping, wishing and wanting to doing.

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Actor Sandra Bullock Tops Forbes List: Denzel Washington co-hosts Nobel Peace Prize Concert: R&B Superstar Trey Songz Lighting up the Charts

By Quassan Castro-Entertainment Editor
 

Toping Forbes list of highest paid Hollywood actresses are Kristen Stewart, Angelina Jolie, and Jennifer Aniston. Making the top of the list was Sandra Bullock, grossing 56 million from the success of Blind Side.
 

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