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Excuse me, are you listening? 12-8

Rina Risper12 years ago08 mins

Dear Readers,

Today we will have a guest writer. What a long week.

Love People,

Rina Risper

P.S. You can find us on Linkedin, Twitter and facebook. Social media has been very interesting for us. I try to get to know each person and have now made it my business to meet a new facebook friend each month. I hope you have been feeling spectacular.

Revitalizing REO Town

Rina Risper12 years ago06 mins

The new Board of Water & Light cogeneration power plant and headquarters is slated to be complete July 1, 2013.

By Belinda Thurston

More than 30 people attended a public information meeting to learn about this year’s road and sidewalk construction work along Washington Avenue in the REO Town section of Lansing.

“Comfort Food for the Mind, Body, and Soul”: CHEDDAR PEPPERS

Rina Risper12 years ago02 mins

An appetizer that is easy to make and a hot item with the guests!

Movie Review: Inspiring Drama Brings History to Life

Rina Risper12 years ago06 mins

Director Brian Helgeland had to prove that he had what it took to make a great movie about baseball great Jackie Robinson.

By Samantha Ofole-Prince

For director Brian Helgeland, taking on the task of writing and directing a movie about baseball hero Jackie Robinson was no easy chore.

Getting ahead on spring garden to-do list

Rina Risper12 years ago07 mins

By Sean Conway,

Tribune Media Services

After a slow start, spring is now coming on like a freight train. Every day new plants are pushing up out of the ground in my garden, tree buds are swelling and the race toward a leafy-green landscape has begun.

Aboutthatcar.com: 2013 Hyundai Veloster Turbo

Rina Risper12 years ago07 mins

By Frank S. Washington

DETROIT, MI – Street cred, as in credibility, that’s what the Hyundai Veloster pocket rocket was all about.

May is American Stroke Month: Can You Spot a Stroke?

Rina Risper12 years ago07 mins

BAY CITY, MI – “I didn’t know anything was wrong with me,” stated Kelly Reinhardt, 39, of Bay City. “My daughter noticed I was acting strange and I was confused, but I didn’t realize it.”

A-bomb survivors tell stories of love, loss, migration

Rina Risper12 years ago06 mins

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Nearly 70 years after the United States bombed Japan in 1945, Michigan State University has acquired the world’s largest collection ofinterviews with bomb survivors living in North and South America.

State’s Nonprofits- an Economic Engine

Rina Risper12 years ago05 mins

By Rick Garcia

Years ago while working as a nonprofit executive in Chicago, one of my Board members who was the CEO of a global pharmaceutical corporation said that anyone who can passionately work at a nonprofit in a demanding environment delivering quality service while making a nickel dance before spending – can manage my business anytime.

Your Other 8 Hours: Job interview? Avoid these 6 psychological ‘leaks’

Rina Risper12 years ago011 mins

By Robert Pagliarini,

Tribune Media Services

Chances are, you are woefully unprepared for that upcoming interview and you don’t even know it. Talking points rehearsed? Check. Company and interviewer researched? Of course. Answers to tough questions practiced? You bet. Psychological tells analyzed? Uh, come again? Without knowing it, you communicate your deep psychological beliefs, attitudes and weaknesses every time you open your mouth. I’ve interviewed people who looked stellar on paper, but who exposed their hidden tendencies, issues and mental roadblocks as soon as they spoke.