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The Kid’s Doctor: Family routines can reduce childhood obesity

Rina Risper12 years ago05 mins

By Sue Hubbard, M.D.

www.kidsdr.com

I just read an article published in the journal Pediatrics which once again validated the importance of family routines. In this study, researchers from Ohio State University looked at household routines as they related to childhood obesity, an ever-escalating problem.

Michigan Artist Named “Male Vocalist of The Year” at 2013 Tejano Music Awards

Rina Risper12 years ago03 mins

Ricky Valenz from Lansing, Michigan is

making waves in the Tejano music industry.

Courtesy photo

SAN ANTONIO, TX– The 33rd Annual Tejano Music Awards held at the Lila Cockrell Theater on October 19th, proved to be a big night for Tejano newcomer Ricky Valenz. Valenz, who won last year’s “Best New Artist Male-2012” walked away with two awards, including “Male Vocalist of the Year”, making Valenz the first male artist to win “Best New Artist Male” and “Male Vocalist” back to back.

Movie Review: Dark Girls

Rina Risper12 years ago04 mins

By Samantha Ofole-Prince

What makes a documentary essential? Is it its political, social relevance or subject matter?

Powerful, intelligent and surprisingly entertaining, “Dark Girls” is an essential and riveting film that pulls back our country’s curtain to reveal the deep seated biases and hatreds of racism – within and outside of the Black American culture.

“Comfort Food for the Mind, Body, and Soul”: HOLIDAY WAFFLES WITH VANILLA CREAM SAUCE

Rina Risper12 years ago04 mins

Try It!

Living a life of no regrets with your time

Rina Risper12 years ago05 mins

By Cedric Dukes

www.cedric.dukes.com

You have 24 hours, 1440 minutes, or 86,400 seconds in a day – what do you do with your time?

Veteran’s Day is November 1, 2013 New Benefits on the Horizon Assistance Applying for VA Benefits

Rina Risper12 years ago04 mins

LANSING, MI — Many veterans and their dependents find the VA process overwhelming while others are unaware of their eligibility. The U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs has numerous benefit programs for eligible veterans and their surviving spouse.

November Slates National Adoption Month

Rina Risper12 years ago06 mins

By Rick Garcia

What do Steve Jobs, Nelson Mandela and former U.S. Presidents Gerald R. Ford and Bill Clinton all have in common? If you haven’t already done a google search on your phone or computer, the aforementioned notables are on the same team of Wendy’s Restaurant founder Dave Thomas – also the creator of the Wendy’s Foundation for Adoption.

Your Other 8 Hours: The broken window fallacy and unintended consequences

Rina Risper12 years ago07 mins

By Robert Pagliarini,

Tribune Media Services

Have you heard the parable of the broken window? It’s a wonderful example of unintended consequences that applies not only to businesses activity and government regulations but to individuals as well. Fans of the book “Freakonomics” are given a front row seat to watch the dramatic and always surprising (they are “unintended” after all) effects of unintended consequences. But in our haste to laugh and condemn the short-sighted thinking of others, we often don’t see the unintended consequences we are creating in our own lives.

Top 5 Spots to Learn Something New

Rina Risper12 years ago09 mins

Cooking at the Culinary Institute of America.

Courtesy photo

VirtualTourist.com

Along with ecotourism and voluntourism, a growing trend in travel is edutourism, where visitors spend part of their trip engaged in a class to learn a new skill or hobby that is indicative of the place and or culture.

Reflections of Life

Rina Risper12 years ago06 mins

Antonella Milagros Benavides and her father, Sean Paul Benavides celebrating her Sweet 16. Courtesy photo

By Sean Paul Benavides

While working at the Domino’s Pizza store in East Lansing in 1985, Sundays were crazy as we would sell hundreds and hundreds of pizzas to Michigan State University (MSU) students. One particular day an older manager named Phil (name changed), would do the routing of the pizza deliveries which meant that he would send different orders on the same delivery with one driver.