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Affluent Magazine Mar 2009

Mar 2009

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Color Me Beautiful

by Mary Jo Matsumoto

Color Me Beautiful

This is the season of bright colors, and I have rounded up the best of the brights to dazzle and tempt your senses. Enjoy! 

 

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Sustainable Entertaining

by Tony Conway, CMP

Sustainable Entertaining The ozone thins. Natural resources wane. Wall Street seizes. In order to consciously combat depleting reserves and a topsy-turvy economy Creative Director Steve Welsh and Floral Designer Kim Vasil created a “sustainable table” for a recent annual fund-raising event. Read More

Metamorphosis Made Easy

by Debbie Mandel

Metamorphosis Made Easy Spring supercharges us with new energy and hope. It is time to activate that sunny disposition with thoughts of reinvention. Whatever you have been wishing for, this is the season to power it up. Read More

Precious Missy – The Wonder Dog

by Leslie Ungar

Precious Missy – The Wonder Dog I call Missy my wonder dog. The call came out of nowhere. At 9 am on October 10, my Missy, a rescue blonde cocker spaniel, lost the use of her back legs. Overnight she went from Michael Jordan athleticism to a paraplegic. Read More

The Well-Mannered Wedding Guest

by Joy Weaver

The Well-Mannered Wedding Guest The beautiful bride has been planning this day for as long as she can remember. In a few short moments, her fantasy wedding will leap from the heights of her imagination into reality: her custom-made gown, her knight in shining armor, and the romantic honeymoon awaits her.

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New Law Changes 2009 RMD Withdrawals From IRA's How This Affects Your Taxes

by Robin S. Davis, CFP

New Law Changes 2009 RMD Withdrawals From IRA's How This Affects Your Taxes The Worker, Retiree, and Employer Recovery Act of 2008 was passed by the Senate on December 12th, and signed into law by President Bush on December 23rd. This new law provides a temporary waiver of the Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) payment of your Individual Retirement Account (IRA) and other qualified retirement plans for the year 2009.

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Job Security in Difficult Times

by Sandy Dumont

Job Security in Difficult Times In a recent interview, Stephen Viscusi, author of “Bulletproof Your Job: 4 Simple Strategies to Ride Out the Rough Times and Come Out on Top at Work,” spoke about the most important things you can do to ensure that you do not get laid off in today’s economy.

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Port - An Unexpected Wine for All Seasons

by Brian Freedman

Port - An Unexpected Wine for All Seasons With winter coming to an end, it’s tempting to think that Port season will follow suit. After all, who wants to drink rich fortified wines as the temperatures begin their inevitable climb?
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From Survival to Invincibility

by Jennifer Read Hawthorne

From Survival to Invincibility Like so many, I have been subjected to the volatile world markets and the global economic events wreaking havoc in people’s lives in recent months. I’ve watched retirement funds shrivel, and in some cases, lost everything I had invested with what I thought were trustworthy, competent money managers.

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Managing Your Cholesterol

by Colleen Fogarty

Managing Your Cholesterol Want to lower your risk for type 2 diabetes and heart disease? Managing your cholesterol can help. But cholesterol, a type of fat in your blood, can be confusing. For example, one kind of cholesterol clogs your arteries. Another kind helps remove the bad cholesterol from your body. What do you really need to know to protect your health?
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