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me2u – Said – 9-8

Rina Risper15 years ago09 mins

My momma said the phone works both ways. I am terrible at making phone calls. I sometimes am struck with extreme anxiety when I have to phone someone that I do not know well. It could take a week for me to work up enough nerve. If I make an effort to call someone and they do not call me back, as I get older it is getting easier to erase that person from my contact list.

Excuse me, Are You Listening? – 9-8

Rina Risper15 years ago05 mins

Dear Readers,

I want you to read this article by Dante Lee who is an award-winning entrepreneur and best-selling author. He is in Ohio, we are in Michigan. The same issues impact all of us. It is always amazing to me how we can talk about what is going on all over the nation but can’t talk about what is going on in our own city.

Interpersonal EDGE: Change Boss from Superchicken to Superman!

Rina Risper15 years ago05 mins

By Dr. Daneen Skube

Tribune Media Services

Q: My boss is a chicken and allows this one employee to walk all over him. Should I step in and tell my coworker to shape up?

Retire Smart: Economist’s Report Points to Best Job Opportunities for 50-plus Americans

Rina Risper15 years ago08 mins

By Mark Miller

Tribune Media Services

If you train for it, the jobs will come.

That’s the upshot of a new economic study that attempts to answer one of the toughest questions facing mid-life Americans: Will training for a new career pay off in a recession-wracked economy?

Add Color and Life with a Garden

Rina Risper15 years ago01 mins

Hummingbirds will begin arriving at feeders and gardens in Michigan in April and will leave sometime between July and October.

TMS Photo

A Young Woman’s Fight for “Life”

Rina Risper15 years ago07 mins

By Deana M. Newman, M.A., C.C.P.

Summers are generally celebrated as a time of outdoor fun, gatherings and basking in the sun. However, the summer of 2008 was an eventful season which changed the normal course for one Lansing, Michigan family leading to a tragic end.

Teen Talk : Violence

Rina Risper15 years ago04 mins

By Lynda Nguyen

All over the world teens are choosing to act irresponsibly. They tend to abuse and put others down. Why is that? Some do it for their own personal enjoyment. Others do it so they would fit in and because that’s what all their friends are doing. Peer pressure can be hard to ignore, but is this what it has really come down to?

TravelMuse: 5 Cruise Myths Debunked

Rina Risper15 years ago05 mins

The midnight Grand Buffet and all of those talented chefs who prepared it! The Celebrity Cruises Motor Vessel Century viewed from the dock. 70,606 tonnage, 815 feet long, 105 foot beam width, 22 knot top speed, 14 decks, 1750 guests and 868 crew.

Source: Midnight Buffet, Celebrity Cruise Ship Century