Sat05252013

How to increase mental productivity and self-control at work

We all know productivity requires both energy and control. A manufacturing plant needs power to operate and process controls to ensure efficiency. Your car won’t run without fuel and a driver.

But did you know your brain works the same way?

In other words, if you or your employees are not eating the right foods (energy), your ability to think and

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Mayor Bing Shares Stage with Ficano for First Time Since Announcing Potential Bid for Exec's Seat

Tomorrow, for the first time since Detroit Mayor Dave Bing announced a potential bid for the office of Wayne County executive, he and the sitting County Executive Robert Ficano will share a stage at Forum III of the Michigan Chronicle's Pancakes and Politics.  The event will take place on Thursday, May 16, 7:30 am at the Townsend Hotel in

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Tensions At Morehouse: Minister Booted For Obama

Tension is mounting at Morehouse College.

As President Barack Obama prepares to deliver a commencement address at Morehouse, a prominent Philadelphia minister who wrote a scathing critique of Obama now says he is been disinvited to speak at Morehouse one day before Obama is scheduled to speak on May 18.

Rev. Kevin

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Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix revs up for summer classic

With a little less than two weeks to go before the Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix takes over the Motor City’s famed island park for three days of fun, excitement and racing, preparations for the fast and furious event are on schedule, according to Grand Prix officials. The event, which will be held from May 31– June 2, is exp

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Mayor Bing eyes Robert Ficano's job

 

By Bankole Thompson

CHRONICLE SENIOR EDITOR

Detroit Mayor Dave Bing told the media today at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History that while he is bowing out of the race for mayor, he is forming an exploratory committee to run for Wayne County Executive.

Bing's announcement of his intention to look into the possibility of a run

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Detroit

DUGGAN OUT THE RACE?

The Michigan Chronicle

Today the election commission will gather at 2:30pm to decide the fate of mayoral candidate, Mike Duggan. This week mayoral candidate Tom ...

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Shinola Brings Manufacturing Back to Detroit

The Michigan Chronicle

ALEX STCHEKINE, bicycle production and special projects, affixes the name plate to a Bixby model bicycle at Shinola's Detroit facility.- J...

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Chicago

Parents File Suit After Son Mistakenly Pronounced Dead

The Chicago Defender

CHICAGO (CBS) – The parents of a disabled boy have filed suit against the Chicago hospital where he was mistakenly pronounced dead.

 

Jaylen Dorsey was ...

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New Ill. House Gun Bill Has More Restrictions

The Chicago Defender

A compromise allowing the carrying of concealed weapons backed by House Speaker Michael Madigan and agreed to by the General Assembly's leading gun-ri...

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Pittsburgh

Shale drillers shafting NAACP? Parker upset with lack of support

The New Pittsburgh Courier

 

CONNIE PARKER

 

by Christian Morrow

Courier Staff Writer

Back when steel ruled the local economy and Pittsburgh boast multiple corporate headquarters, th...

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WAMO100 announces new general manager

The New Pittsburgh Courier

GARY GUNTER

 

PITTSBURGH, PA--WAMO100, owned by Martz Communications Group, recently named Gary Gunter general manager of WAMO100.

Prior to this new appo...

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