July 27, 2026

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“Comfort Food for the Mind, Body, and Soul”: SEAFOOD LASAGNA

Rina Risper03 mins

 

                  
   Sharon Fox is the author of COMFORT FOOD FOR THE MIND, BODY, AND SOUL and she has a series of eBooks for Kindle. She’s also Food Editor for several online magazines and host of a new TV show based in Atlanta, GA “The Healthy Living Show”. Please log on to www.tncp.net or www.elementsofanewday.com for more recipes.

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Blackflix.com Movie Review: “The Amazing Spider-Man 2”

Rina Risper04 mins

Studio:     Columbia Pictures (2 hrs. 22 min.)

Plot:     While attending a tour at Oscorp laboratories, high school student Peter Parker was bitten by a radioactive spider. He soon gained the spider’s powers and became a human spider – a Spider-Man.
Cast:     Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx, Chris Cooper, Dane DeHaan, Sally Field, Paul Giamatti
Rating:     PG-13
Bottom Line:     **
 

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Alzheimer’s: What You Do Not Know

Rina Risper022 mins

 

Silent, deadly and incurable Alzheimer’s reigns as one of the biggest threats affecting today’s aging population yet few know or understand this degenerating disease.

 
“There is currently nothing that will slow the disease down, stop the disease or cure the disease,” says Jennifer Howard, Executive Director of the Alzheimer’s Association Michigan Great Lakes Chapter.

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Aboutthatcar.com: 2014 Lexus IS 350 AWD

Rina Risper06 mins

 DETROIT – The 2014 Lexus IS 350 may be the best sedan in the Japanese brand’s lineup. We had the all-wheel-drive F Sport version and found it a sporty luxury sedan for enthusiasts.

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TAX SOLUTIONS: Tax Benefits for College Education

Rina Risper04 mins

 

 

 

You are working hard on your college education.  The costs for tuition and books are expensive. To help you with the cost of college, there are IRS tax breaks available to you.

 

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The Lansing Black Chamber Pillar Awards 2014

Rina Risper019 mins

 At this year’s 2014 Community Pillar Awards gala honored the following five esteemed individuals for their invaluable contributions to Greater Lansing and the State of Michigan: Wendell Barron, Barbara Roberts Mason, James W. Butler III, Renee Freeman and A. Gregory Eaton.

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Human Trafficking: Modern Day Slavery

Rina Risper09 mins

 WHAT IS HUMAN TRAFFICKING?

 
Human trafficking is a form of modern day slavery, that occurs on an international, national, and local scale. 
 
Although human trafficking takes many different forms—labor, domestic service, organ trafficking—79 
percent of human trafficking is for sexual exploitation. Overall, women make up 66 percent of trafficking 
victims and girls make up 13 percent.
 
Source: www.liveyourdream.org
 
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Article by Dr. Daryl Green

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News Spotlight: PHI BETA SIGMA FRATERNITY PARTNERS WITH U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE TO ENGAGE URBAN YOUTH IN OUTDOOR RECREATION AND STEM EDUCATION

Rina Risper07 mins

 The 100-year old Black fraternity’s initiative commemorates American scientist, botanist, and inventor, George Washington Carver to promote Conservation of North American Wildlife and their Habitats. —

Phi Beta Sigma and US Fish Wildlife 
FWS and Sigma sign partnership agreement. (Back – left to right) Sigma Deputy Director Steve Ballard, Sigma Beta Club Foundation President and Past International President Arthur Thomas, Sigma Executive Director Darryl Anderson, Sigma Partner Liaison Kevin Davis, and Sigma International Director of Education Jean B. Lamothe; (Seated – left to right) Phi Beta Sigma International President Jonathan A. Mason and FWS Director Dan Ashe. 
Photo Credit: Tami Heilemann, Department of Interior

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