Building your vision one brick at a time

Go to the ant … consider its ways and be wise. It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. (Proverbs 6:6-8)

 

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Can Profanity Help Your Career?

By Robert Pagliarini, 
Tribune Media Services
 
Can profanity help your career? What about raising your voice or slamming down your phone? Most of us do our best to fit in at the office and keep our emotions in check, but could swearing, getting angry and making a scene actually help you keep your job, or even get promoted? If done correctly, I think they could.

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“Inside the Mind of a Sportsaholic” – Can One Be Objective In A Rivalry

By Jimmy L. Wilson, Jr.
 
Come with me on a trip down Imaginary Lane. How difficult it would have been for the leader of the Hatfields to write an objective piece about the McCoys?

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Mending Heart: Young Woman Walks for “His Heart, Her Life”

“I am still so in love with him. Cameron was such an amazing man. He was all about giving back and was a jack-of-all-trades. I will do what it takes to keep his name alive.” – Chastity Sayre

 

LANSING, MI -She cried while at a recent meeting with the American Heart Association. She told the story of how she met Cameron “Big Perm” Doyle.  She, Chastity Sayre, had been dating Big Perm who was a local rapper for 5 years, when he died at age 34 on June 2, 2012.

 

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Korean Rapper’s Gangnam Song Big Hit

By Andrew Lam
New America Media
 
Anthropologists and linguists no doubt are having a field day trying to chronicle and dissect how, in the early autumn of 2012, “Gangnam Style” became an American idiomatic expression. It stands for something along the lines of a brash, flamboyant way of doing things, clownishness, or an act of in-your-face spoofing that is both original and entertaining.

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Movie Reviews: Celebrity Interviews: Six Questions With Kwesi Boakye

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Adrian J Photography

 
By Samantha Ofole-Prince
 
Who? He’s a talented 13-year old actor who has starred in a slew of films and television shows. He voices the character of Darwin on “The Amazing World of Gumball” which airs on the cable channel The Cartoon Network.

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Confessions of a Nonprofit Professional

By Rick Garcia
 
One warm summer afternoon as I was handing out information packets in our Eaton County United Way “booth” at a community fair, I was approached by a gentleman who confronted me how disappointed he was that his donations were going to pay the “Executives” salaries and not services that we do fund.

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Local high school computer science program launches

EAST LANSING, MI —Students in the greater Lansing region now have the opportunity to participate in a new computer science program, Computer Science Academy, developed by the Capital Area Career Center/ Ingham ISD in partnership with Michigan State University Federal Credit Union (MSUFCU) and the Capital Area IT Council.

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Cultivating Life: A garden to-do list for fall

Planting bulbs prior to cutting back annuals and perennials allows you to place them in spots where they will be the most visible — rather than guessing.
 
By Sean Conway
Tribune Media Services
I used to think spring was the busiest time of year in the garden, but after reviewing my list of fall chores I am not so sure any more

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