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Nick Martinson’s boyhood dream was to be a race car driver.
But after serving in the Marine Corps and experiencing other places, he returned to his family’s Suttons Bay funeral home to represent the business’ fourth generation.
The decision pleased his father, Bob Martinson, who, like Nick, followed his father into the profession.
“There’s a vast difference between [...]

Open communication and the ability to separate the different expectations of home and work are the keys to a successful father-child business relationship, experts say.
There are few neutral opinions when it comes to the father-child dynamic in family-owned businesses, said Wayne Rivers, the president of the Family Business Institute in Raleigh.
“That’s why the lows can [...]

The teen years are a time of changing relationships. One important relationship that changes is between the teenager and his or her doctor.
The focus switches from making sure the children are up to date with their immunizations and hitting all the development milestones to making sure the teenagers are safe and educated.
“During the teen years, [...]

An AIDS patient involved in an awareness campaign has been banned from staying with his family by elders in his Murshidabad village.
Twenty-six-year-old Ananda Biswas’s wife, too, has been denied a job at the local health centre in Nabagram, about 230km from Calcutta, because of her husband’s illness.
Since May 28, Ananda (name changed) has been living [...]

A SIZZLING line-up of companies has been signed up to provide guests at a pioneering Welsh holiday village with local seasonal food.
Now just weeks from completion, having been 10 years in the making, the ￡110m project’s backers say Bluestone is about to transform the flagging Pembrokeshire economy, to which it will bring 700 jobs, 350,000 [...]

College has been a family affair for the Trefethen family of Hampton. Later this month, Tracy, 30, will graduate from Great Bay Community College alongside her mother, Pat, and father, Don. All three will receive a certificate in Digital Design and Animation.
It all started when Don retired from the Army after 30 years in 2006. [...]

Fifteen years ago, you almost couldn’t give a condo away. Now some people line up overnight to buy them. Partly that’s because of a housing market so hot that getting your foot in the proverbial door no longer means a derelict semi, but a pint-sized condo. But another reason is the condo lifestyle, which [...]

It’s true. Your kids might be the death of you. At least they are robbing you of sleep – 17 minutes a night if you have one child, 25 minutes a night if you have two or more – according to a report yesterday in StatsCan’s Canadian Social Trends.Lack of sleep is associated with increased [...]

The Forbidden Kingdom
(out of 4)Starring Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Michael Angarano, Collin Chou and Liu Yifei. Directed by Rob Minkoff. 113 minutes. At major theatres. PG
East meets west in The Forbidden Kingdom, a colourful action comedy about an American kung-fu wannabe’s adventures in ancient China.East meets east, though, in the match-up that [...]

Single mom Roz Mogani loves her four kids – and her new breasts.Nursing infants had taken its toll, but a straightforward cosmetic surgery restored her breasts to something close to their original form.The procedure is one component of the so-called mommy job, a custom package of restorative surgeries and treatments that may include liposuction, breast [...]