September 25, 2025

The New Citizens Press

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Interpersonal Edge: Make boss ‘get real’ about expectations

Rina Risper06 mins

By Dr. Daneen Skube
Tribune Media Services
 
Q. My boss has ridiculous expectations about what I should do at work. I’m getting exhausted from him telling me to “fly” and me having to explain why I can’t. Is there any diplomatic way to get a boss to get real when it comes to expectations of employees.

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Virtual Tourist: Top 5 worst travel scams and how to avoid them

Rina Risper011 mins

 

Artists along Las Ramblas, in Barcelona.
 
 
The pros of traveling definitely outweigh the cons, but that doesn’t mean you should throw caution to the wind when exploring new places. 

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Are Mobile Tools Degrading Youth Communication?

Rina Risper07 mins

By Rick Garcia
 
 
I guess I’m at the age where I succumb being labeled as “Old Schooler.”  It’s more devastating when it comes from the mouth of my own children.  Their litany of complaints admonishing me from not keeping up with the latest bells and whistles on the smart phone or capitalizing on the most cutting edge social media apps that further push Facebook or blogging into the “Old Schooler” category.

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Your Other 8 Hours: 6 Things You Must Do Today to Stay Sane in an Insane World

Rina Risper08 mins

By Robert Pagliarini, 
Tribune Media Services
 
Do you ever feel like curling up in a ball and trying to forget the problems around you? 

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Aboutthatcar.com   2013 Lexus LS 460

Rina Risper06 mins

By Frank S. Washington
 
DETROIT, MI – I spent an all too short an afternoon test driving the 2013 Lexus LS. Toyota’s luxury nameplate has grown into such an icon that it is easy to forget that the brand that has come to symbolize customer satisfaction started in this country with the LS 400 that went on sale in September 1989 as a 1990 model.

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News Spotlight: Teleconference Set on Fatherhood and Domestic Violence

Rina Risper04 mins

 

 On Monday, January 14, 2013 at  3:00pm-4:30pm EST a webinar is set on Fatherhood and Domestic Violence.  A webinar is an on-line seminar and requires access to the internet to connect. 


Presenters: David Mandel, MA, with David Mandel & Associates and
Gabrielle Davis, J. D. attorney with the Battered Women’s Justice Project.


Description: Domestic violence is often defined as the perpetration of coercive control by one adult against another in an intimate relationship. n reality, domestic violence perpetrators frequently engage in a web of behaviors that also directly and indirectly involve their children. 

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Job Seekers: U.S. Probation Officer – Deadline is December 31, 2012

Rina Risper01 mins


The U.S. Probation & Pretrial Services Office for the Western District of Michigan is accepting applications for one full time United States Probation Services Officer to be assigned to the Kalamazoo or Lansing, MI branch office.

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News Spotlight: Utility Company Warns About Imposters

Rina Risper02 mins

  The Board of Water & Light has been alerted by a customer that persons claiming to be a utility worker requested to gain entry to their home. 

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News Spotlight: Convenience Store Robbery – 700 block N Pine St

Rina Risper03 mins

 

On Sunday December 23, 2012 at 12:49 a.m. officers responded to a convenience store on the 700 block of Pine St on report of an armed robbery.

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