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Interpersonal Edge: End the gravy train for ‘special’ employee

Rina Risper12 years ago07 mins

By Dr. Daneen Skube

Tribune Media Services

Q. I have an employee on my team who is charming and always trying to get me to give him extra goodies. He wants extra time with me, special treatment or for me to bend the rules for him. I’m exhausted trying to manage him. How do I let him know his gravy train is over?

NEWS SPOTLIGHT: Voluntary Recall of Mild and Medium Chunky Salsa Because It May Contain Large Glass Pieces

Rina Risper12 years ago03 mins

Olam Tomato Processors, Inc., today announced the voluntary recall of three production codes of Chunky Salsa because it may contain large glass pieces.

Younger Women Are Battling and Surviving Breast Cancer

Rina Risper12 years ago012 mins

Left: Brayana Ardister, Monica Blackwell and Kaniya Jackson. Blackwell said that she learns to appreciate life more after her experience with breast cancer. Shown here with her granddaughters.

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Bottom: When Michelle Brennan found out that she had breast cancer,

her Lansing family and friends became her support system. Shown here at Golden Harvest,which is the best place for breakfast and brunch in town (located at 1625 Turner Street, Lansing, Michigan 48906).

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LANSING, MI — Breast cancer can be a frightening diagnosis. At 36-years-old, Monica Blackwell was diagnosed with a very rare aggressive form of breast cancer called Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC). According to the National Cancer Institute, IBC accounts for 1 to 5 percent of all breast cancers diagnosed in the United States.

World’s top five aerial trams

Rina Risper12 years ago07 mins

VirtualTourist.com

We’re often stuck on cars, buses and trains, commuting to work or trying to get to our next destination, but what about transportation that highlights a destination? Aerial trams and cable cars take visitors up mountains, over rivers and above cities, often as a means to an end, but sometimes these cable cars are the destination themselves. With gorgeous views and unique experiences as our criteria, the members and editors of VirtualTourist.com have compiled a list of the “Top 5 Aerial Trams.”

Nelson Mandela’s Long Goodbye Has Lessons For All of Us

Rina Risper12 years ago011 mins

Firstpost, Commentary, Sandip Roy

Nelson Mandela is dying.

Hard as it is to accept the fact, the world has to come to terms with it.

It’s not surprising that South Africans are praying for his recovery. But perhaps a final gesture of gratitude to the man who is indisputably the Father of the Nation is to pray for his peaceful death. Or passing. Or transition. If those euphemisms offer some solace and sound less final than death.

Excuse me, are you listening? 12-13

Rina Risper12 years ago09 mins

Tragedy Strikes: Fireworks, Murder, Depression and Suicide

Dear Readers,

The Fourth of July is always going to be bittersweet for me. I love the celebrations, barbecues and picnics. I love marching in the Lansing Fourth of July parade with The New Citizens Press Community Action Network’s (TNCP CAN’s) Stop the Violence group. This year we had almost 80 people marching with us this year.

Aboutthatcar.com: 2014 Subaru Forester 2.5i

Rina Risper12 years ago06 mins

By Frank S. Washington

DETROIT – A guy walking by asked “what is that” and the response was it’s a Subaru. Then, he said, “You can’t wrong with at Subaru.”

Movie Review: Fast & Furious 6

Rina Risper12 years ago04 mins

Studio: Universal (2 hrs. 10 mins.)

Plot: Agent Luke Hobbs enlists Dominic Toretto and his team to bring down former Special Ops soldier Owen Shaw, leader of a unit specializing in vehicular warfare.

Cast: Vin Diesel, Dwayne (The Rock) Johnson, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, Sung Kang, Luke Evens, Tyrese Gibson, Ludacris, and a Souped-up 1969 Dodge Daytona Charger.

Rating: PG-13

Bottom Line: ***