January 8, 2025

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Hawai’i and Michigan Connections? Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives

Rina Risper027 mins

 Hawaiian Mission Houses was established in 1923 by the Hawaiian Mission Children’s Society, a private, non-profit organization and genealogical society. It consists of three mission houses that served as homes and workplaces for the first Christian missionaries who came here. At right is the 1821 Mission House, and, left, the Mission annex that was originally built of coral block as a bedroom annex, but now houses the print shop.

Courtesy photo

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Opinion: Racial Profiling of Chinese Americans Will Only Hurt America

Rina Risper011 mins

 By George Koo

 
It simply boggles the mind that with an African American in the White House and an African American as the Attorney General, persecution of Chinese American scientists based on racial profiling not only has not abated but actually intensified.
 

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Pepperz Mind: Think Big, Change The World: 5 Best New Year’s Resolutions

Rina Risper09 mins

  “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” — C.S. Lewis

 
Find out more about André Pimenta TNCP guest writer from Lisbon, Portugal at www.pepperzmind.com.

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Opinion: American Bilingualism

Rina Risper08 mins

 What does it mean to be bilingual? Simply defined, it is the ability to use two languages. Some people can speak two languages well, but are more comfortable reading and writing in one. Or one language is spoken at home, or smaller communities, while another is used in all public interactions including school and work. 

 

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The Story Behind The World’s Largest Collection of Hebron Glass Now Displayed at Saper Galleries

Rina Risper035 mins

  Roy Saper stands with second and third generations to the elder Hamzeh Natsheh, all involved in the family glassblowing business just as were the many generations of the Natsheh family before them over more than 700 years.

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November is Native American Heritage Month

Rina Risper09 mins

 Utes–Chief Sevara [i.e., Severo] and family

 
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Detroit Publishing Company Collection, [reproduction number, e.g., LC-D4-10865]

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Celebrate Astronomy Day

Rina Risper05 mins

 
Astronomy Day is celebrated twice a year, once in spring and once in the fall. In the spring, the holiday is held on the Saturday closest to the first quarter Moon between the months of April and May, while in the fall (autumn) it occurs on a Saturday closest to the quarter moon between September and October.
 

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Local Man Makes Reaching For the Stars Easier

Rina Risper09 mins

 

By TNCP Staff

 
The cosmos is always changing and delighting us.   Amateur astronomer, Rod Bisher, has been instrumental in exposing everyday people the science of exploring of the universe. 

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Aggressive Child Behavior Part I: Fighting in School and at Home

Rina Risper014 mins

 By James Lehman, MSW

 
Does your child always seem to get in trouble for fighting? You’ve tried talking to him, but the aggressive behavior hasn’t stopped—he still roughhouses with his siblings at home to the point of injury, brawls with kids on the bus and gets into fistfights at school. In part 1 of this two-part series on aggressive child and teen behavior, James Lehman explains why kids get into fights in the first place—and tells you the three basic types of fighting that you need to address as a parent.

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Find a Little Bit of Paris in the Greater Lansing Area

Rina Risper09 mins

  By TNCP Staff

 
Gaëlle Cassin-Ross had her son, Sagan, in August of 2014.   While on maternity leave, she only spoke to her child in French.  She stated that she wanted her son to have a good start in life, so she took six months off to spend time nurturing him.  
 

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