May 5, 2026

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Rina Risper

The Kid’s Doctor: Kids, media and obesity: Too much ‘screen time’ can harm your child’s health

Rina Risper05 mins

By Sue Hubbard, M.D.
 
A recent study released in Pediatrics looks at mounting research showing that a child’s media use may be linked to their body weight, not only due to the fact that they don’t get as much exercise if they’re watching TV and using other media, but also due to other issues related to media exposure.
 

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    Retire Smart: Fiscal cliff tax planning

    Rina Risper07 mins

    By Jill Schlesinger
    Tribune Media Services
     
     With less than three months before the end of the year, time is short to plan for the much-dreaded “fiscal cliff.” What is the fiscal cliff, you ask? It’s the combination of tax increases and spending cuts that are scheduled to go into effect in January of 2013.
     

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    Interpersonal Edge: Focus on results not getting apology

    Rina Risper06 mins

    By Dr. Daneen Skube
    Tribune Media Services
     
    Q. I have to work with another team and manager who treats me and my team badly. I keep trying to get him and his team members to see that the way they act is unprofessional. The manager gets huffy and his team members get hostile. How can I get them to behave appropriately?

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    News Spotlight: A SECOND CHANCE FOR AT-RISK YOUTH

    Rina Risper02 mins

    Michigan Youth ChalleNGe Academy (MYCA) is accepting applications for the January class. Orientations are being held in various locations throughout the state. The program is looking for at-risk young men and women interested in a second chance at achieving a high school education

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    New Spotlight: Assault

    Rina Risper01 mins

    On 30 October 2012 @ 6:49 p.m. LPD officers responded to a local hospital on report that a 39 year old male had been assaulted.

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    Excuse me, are you listening? 11-20

    Rina Risper010 mins

    Dear Readers,
     
    This is Part II of II.  Please log on to www.tncp.net for the last edition.  
     
    When we went in the building we were given a gate manifest form and we listed what we were bringing in with us; a note pad, two pens and five sheets of paper. It was 1:13 p.m. and we stayed in the waiting room until they called us to go through the gates.  The metal door clanged behind us.

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    Building your vision one brick at a time

    Rina Risper06 mins

    Go to the ant … consider its ways and be wise. It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. (Proverbs 6:6-8)

     

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    Can Profanity Help Your Career?

    Rina Risper07 mins

    By Robert Pagliarini, 
    Tribune Media Services
     
    Can profanity help your career? What about raising your voice or slamming down your phone? Most of us do our best to fit in at the office and keep our emotions in check, but could swearing, getting angry and making a scene actually help you keep your job, or even get promoted? If done correctly, I think they could.

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    “Inside the Mind of a Sportsaholic” – Can One Be Objective In A Rivalry

    Rina Risper07 mins

    By Jimmy L. Wilson, Jr.
     
    Come with me on a trip down Imaginary Lane. How difficult it would have been for the leader of the Hatfields to write an objective piece about the McCoys?

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