November 16, 2024

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Excuse me, are you listening? 10-1

Rina Risper04 mins

Dear Readers,

 
What can I say except that it has been an interesting 10 years.  I remember going into labor with Amir, my now 8 year old, at the CATA bus station downtown.  It was right after my oldest, Gianni, was in at play at the Boarshead Theater for Young Peoples College, a summer program at Lansing  Community College.  I decided that after the play was over that I was going to go to the CATA bus station to deliver my last bit of newspapers.  I just happened to go into labor as soon as I dropped the papers off.

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Do you have an opinion? Your letters 9-26

Rina Risper03 mins

Dear TNCP,

My name is Todd A. Heywood. I am a journalist based in Lansing, MI. In the course of my career I have covered many issues revolving around HIV — from criminalization, to disclosure to epidemiology and new discoveries in medicine and science. I am also openly HIV-positive.

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Excuse me, are you listening? 9-26

Rina Risper06 mins

Dear Readers,

Even though we may remove ourselves from certain negative situations  the internal damage may not be resolved.  It takes more than a two weeks vacation or a three month break-up to deal with hurt and disappointment.  For the record, this is for both men and women.

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Do you have an opinion? Your letters – 9-24

Rina Risper03 mins

Dr. Carol Slomski thanks TNCP for contributing to the “It’s a Breast Thing 2010”. Arnold Stieber expresses his opinion on the violence and war. Georiga K. appreciates the movie passes.

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Excuse Me, Are You Listening? 9-24

Rina Risper05 mins

Dear Readers,

Have you ever been so excited or distracted while cooking that you dropped the one ingredient that was most important to the dish you were making?

 

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Excuse Me, Are You Listening? 9-23

Rina Risper012 mins

Dear Readers,

All I could remember thinking about my cousin, Jeanine Johnson, before we decided to take a vacation was that I thought she was spoiled.  Not in the spoiled rotten kind of way but my recollection was of that.  I just always remembered her being the first to get every new toy, outfit or latest gadget.

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Excuse me, are you listening? 9-22

Rina Risper09 mins

Dear Readers,

I just returned from vacation and one of the best things that happened to me was that I was able to finish reading “The Price of Stones – Building a School for My Village”.

I met the author Twesigye Jackson Kaguri, when he was at a mo’ za ik event on August 4, 2010, sponsored by The New Citizens Press, which provides an innovative networking opportunities in a small group. 

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Excuse me, are you listening? – 9-21

Rina Risper06 mins

Dear Readers,

 
Karma is something else!
 
Karma is a law in Hinduism, which says that every act you do, no matter how small, will eventually return to the doer with equal impact. Good will be returned with good and bad with bad. 

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Teen Talk: Teen Pregnancy

Rina Risper03 mins

 By Kasserine Tyler-Hicks

 
The other night I was watching a movie on Lifetime called The Pregnancy Pact. This movie was about a group of girls at a high school who made a pact to get pregnant. In one school, there were eighteen girls pregnant at the same time, all under the age of 18.

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Excuse me, are you listening? 9-20

Rina Risper06 mins

Dear Readers,

 
Yes, it has been some time since I have written an “Excuse me, Are You Listening?” column.  For my new readers, I welcome you to experience my brain.  I am grateful that I can take a break from writing and then come back.  Entrepreneurship is great because you can take a break.  For my loyal readers, I have missed you immensely.  I guess I needed to be at peace before I moved into my next space. My mother who was in a serious accident last year was in Michigan when I wrote this column.
 

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