Local & State - The New Citizens Press

Start a Business?! How ’bout Occupy Entrepreneurship?

Rina Risper14 years ago07 mins

By Chris Rabb

www.newamericamedia.org

I recently came across a pithy, anti-Occupy Wall Street column in Entrepreneur Magazine that encouraged protesters to go home and create start-up ventures instead of standing up for social and economic justice. The column was just under 400 words, but I can summarize it for you: Stop complaining and start a business. Though the conservative argument behind it was neither new nor particularly well-founded, it was aggressively inane and patently misguided all the same.

Do You Have an Opinion? 10-22

Rina Risper14 years ago05 mins

Dear Rina,

I wanted to send you this in honor of Veterans Day.

Bellaire Bridge Calls Me Home…from a memoir written for my Dad

By Nancy Allen

My dad was born in Moundsville, West Virginia, the oldest child of Pap a coal miner and Katherine a Russian immigrant. The mines and the steel mills were always by the Ohio river where the heart of the city beats and flows. Everything in the valley runs along side the Ohio River, and the only way that you could get across the river to West Virginia was, and is, the Bellaire Bridge.

Your Other 8 Hours: The Most Wanted Gift (and It’s Free!)

Rina Risper14 years ago07 mins

By Robert Pagliarini, Tribune Media Services

Over the last couple of weeks I’ve written how you can save money this Christmas. If you follow those tips, you’ll make the people on your list quite happy. But if “happy” just isn’t good enough for the most special people in your life, you can give them a gift they will never forget.

AboutThatCar.com: 2011 Audi A4 — Outstanding

Rina Risper14 years ago07 mins

Base price of $32,850. But add on its Premium Plus option package which included LED running lights and LED tail lights, Bluetooth and a driver information system, the Sport Package option which included sport seats and high performance tires and the sticker was $39,180

Lansing Fashion Designer Natalia Villafana Makes Big Waves in Florida

Rina Risper14 years ago03 mins

Left: Natalia Villafana, owner of Natalia Villafana, Couture Design was the “ 2010 Fashion In Detroit Design Competition” winner. Courtesy photo

Model with the flag is from the Fall/Winter 2011 Couture Innovative Collection. Courtesy photo

Model at the beach in Tampa wearing Serene Blue from the Spring/Summer 2011 Fairytale Line. Photo by Damian Alpizar

LANSING, MI — Natalia Villafana, owner of Natalia Villafana, Couture Design, is expanding her business to Tampa, Florida. She will also maintain her business in Lansing.

Special Edition “Comfort Food for the Mind, Body, and Soul”: The Ultimate Thanksgiving Dinner

Rina Risper14 years ago021 mins

Home cooking for a new

generation. Easy and

elegant recipes from the heart and soul created for today’s family.

By Sharon Fox

Preparing Thanksgiving Dinner doesn’t have to be complicated at all. I have put together some very simple and amazing recipes just to make it easy for you. Watch how your family enjoys this feast!

Brining your turkey before baking/roasting it will guarantee a very juicy bird! Here is one of my favorite turkey Brines that I just know you’ll love.

Movie Reviews: The Thing

Rina Risper14 years ago06 mins

Studio: Universal (1 hr. 42 min.)

Plot: At an Antarctica research site, the discovery of an alien craft leads to a confrontation between graduate student Kate Lloyd and scientist Dr. Sander Halvorson.

Cast: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Ulrich Thomsen, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Eric Christen Olsen

Rating: R

Bottom Line: **

By Mike Pearson

The thing about “The Thing” is that the world really didn’t need another remake of John W. Campbell’s 1938 short story “Who Goes There,” which finds an Arctic research station infiltrated by a relentless creature from space. And by infiltrated, I mean the creature becomes the predator and the scientists the prey.

Local Church Holds Sister 2 Sister Sale

Rina Risper14 years ago03 mins

HOLT, MI — While the economy is crawling at a slow pace and individuals have cut back on their spending, women have found a way to clean out the clutter in their closets and make some extra cash.

The Rivers of Life Church (ROL) Sister 2 Sister Sale evolved because church member, Linda Cornish, participates in the annual Michigan State University Women’s Resource Center’s Woman to Woman sale on campus organized by Evette Chavez Lockhart.

Naturally Savvy: Gift Giving Made Healthy

Rina Risper14 years ago06 mins

By Randy Boyer and Andrea Donsky

Naturally Savvy.com

Finding the perfect holiday gift is a challenge, especially when your wish is to promote a healthy and environmentally-conscious lifestyle. This year, give the gift of health with these great ideas from www.NaturallySavvy.com:

GIFT BASKETS

Large or small, DIY gift baskets can be customized for each person and inspired by holiday events. Here are some suggestions:

Fruit and vegetable baskets. Many supermarkets prepare (and even deliver) gift baskets all year round, or just seasonally. Ask your local grocer about basket options, or buy a festive basket and put one together yourself.

Bearded Sikh Finally Allowed to Work in California Prison

Rina Risper14 years ago07 mins

Trilochan Singh Obero would not shave his beard due to his religion and was denied a job. Courtesy photo

By Sunita Sohrabji

The New Citizens Press

Trilochan Singh Oberoi, a bearded Sikh American, will finally begin working at Folsom State Prison in California Nov. 1, after a contentious six-year battle to gain employment there.