Living a life of no regrets with your time
By Cedric DukesYou have 24 hours, 1440 minutes, or 86,400 seconds in a day – what do you do with your time?
By Cedric DukesVeteran’s Day is November 1, 2013 New Benefits on the Horizon Assistance Applying for VA Benefits
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
By Rick GarciaWhat 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
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
Cooking at the Culinary Institute of America.Courtesy photo
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
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.
News Spotlight: Lansing Reading is Fundamental (RIF) is presenting “White Christmas”
Lansing Reading is Fundamental (RIF) is presenting “White Christmas”, a Gala Night at the Riverwalk Theatre, Tuesday, December 3, beginning at 6:00 pm.
Movie Review: Baggage Claim
Studio: Fox Searchlight (96 minutes)Plot: A single flight attendant embarks on a thirty-thousand-mile expedition mission to find a potential suitor.
Cast: Paula Patton, Derek Luke, Taye Diggs, Jill Scott, Boris Kodjoe, Adam Brody, Trey Songz
Rating: PG 13
Bottom Line: ****
Excuse me, are you listening? 12-20
Dear Readers,Over the past year, I have learned about several experiences with people I care about having house fires. Please be very careful. When you read this letter, please make yourself a note to change the batteries in your fire detectors. Now is the time for us all to check and make sure that we inspect our homes for fire hazards before winter arrives. You may even need to hire someone to help you especially if your house is older.
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