July 27, 2026

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Excuse me, are you listening? 12-10

Rina Risper08 mins

Dear Readers,
 
I have been really happy this week. We get so wrapped up in our issues that we do not realize that being happy is important.  I recognize that when I complain about some issues that I do not really have, I am only hurting myself.  Putting  it out into the universe does not make it any easier to deal with.  I am still learning that with good friends who make me laugh when I do not have the ability to separate work from play but everything is a learning lesson in love.

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Movie Review: Iron Man 3

Rina Risper04 mins

Studio:     (2 hrs. 10 min.)
Plot:     When Tony Stark’s world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, he starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution.
Cast:     Robert Downey Jr. Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Ben Kingsley, Guy Pearce, Jon Favreau, Rebecca Hall
Rating:     PG-13
Bottom Line:     **1/2

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Michigan will Gain Billions with Immigrant Path to Citizenship

Rina Risper04 mins

By Rick Garcia
 
On May 23 that show a monumental boost to the nation as a whole including Michigan when immigrant workers become citizens and full economic participants. Billions of dollars  over a ten year period will accrue through increases in wages, purchasing power and revenue for the state. 

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Your Other 8 Hours: Three goal-crushing mistakes most of us make

Rina Risper07 mins

By Robert Pagliarini, 
Tribune Media Services
 
If you set goals for yourself or for others as part of your job, it is imperative that you don’t make these three goal crushing mistakes. You already learned how positive fantasies hurt real-world success — that when you imagine the positive result too vividly, you experience some of the joy and become less energized to actually do the work. But that’s just the beginning. Not all goals are created equally.

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The Kid’s Doctor: Online alcohol sales fueling underage drinking

Rina Risper05 mins

By Sue Hubbard, M.D.
 
  What do you know about online alcohol sales? I must admit that I knew little about this industry and was amazed with some of the statistics I recently discovered while reading an article in the September 2012 Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. If you’re the parent of a ‘tween or teen, here’s another topic for discussion and for monitoring.

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Retire Smart: Lessons from the 1987 stock market crash, 25 years later

Rina Risper07 mins

By Jill Schlesinger
Tribune Media Services
 
 I remember clearly my first year as a gold options trader on the floor of the commodities exchange in New York, specifically October 19, 1987. The morning started with stock selling, lots of it, and ended with a day of historic losses. Twenty-five years later, although the recent financial crisis was more severe and long-lasting, the crash of 1987 remains the single-most dramatic day of trading that most people have ever experienced on Wall Street.
 

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Interpersonal Edge: Learn better ways to deliver bad news to coworkers

Rina Risper06 mins

By Dr. Daneen Skube
Tribune Media Services
 
  Q. Sometimes, in my job, I have to say things that make people mad. You often talk about how to be diplomatic with coworkers. Is there a way to deliver bad news that doesn’t annoy people?

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Local Group Helps Transforms Boys to Men

Rina Risper022 mins

LANSING, MI — The Turning Point of Lansing gives male students in grades 7 through 12 in the Tri-County area cultural, developmental and emotional support through the direct and regular interaction with our elders. Grounded by Nguzo Saba, The 7 Principles of Kwanzaa, The Turning Point of Lansing is a change agent for young African American males in the Greater Lansing area. Our monthly educational sessions help our charges understand and define their emerging roles in our homes, communities and society at-large. 

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