Zinta Aistars's Blog, page 3
August 8, 2016
Wheelchairs are Heavy! Don't Hurt Your Back!
by Zinta Aistars
(Blog for a Grand Rapids, Michigan, healthcare organization)
Joseph Ross, Physical Therapist, Spectrum Health Center for Acute Rehabilitation, had an idea how to make loading a wheelchair into an auto trunk easier. He talked with Scott Daigger, manager, innovation and entrepreneurship, Spectrum Health Innovations. He explained how he had created the idea for a patient’s mother who was in her 60s, struggling with loading her wheelchair into her car.
“I stayed after work that...
(Blog for a Grand Rapids, Michigan, healthcare organization)
Joseph Ross, Physical Therapist, Spectrum Health Center for Acute Rehabilitation, had an idea how to make loading a wheelchair into an auto trunk easier. He talked with Scott Daigger, manager, innovation and entrepreneurship, Spectrum Health Innovations. He explained how he had created the idea for a patient’s mother who was in her 60s, struggling with loading her wheelchair into her car.
“I stayed after work that...
August 7, 2016
Between the Lines: Jim Hines, Libriomancer
by Zinta Aistarsfor WMUK 102.1 FM
Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate
Between the Lines is my weekly radio show about books and writers with a Michigan connection. It airs every Tuesday at 7:50 a.m., 11:55 a.m., and 4:20 p.m. (or listen anytime online), on WMUK 102.1 FM, Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate. I am the host of Between the Lines.
This week's guest: Jim C. Hines
Jim C. HinesCREDIT COURTESY JIM HINES
Librarians are magic. Any bookworm or someone with a well-worn a...
Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate
Between the Lines is my weekly radio show about books and writers with a Michigan connection. It airs every Tuesday at 7:50 a.m., 11:55 a.m., and 4:20 p.m. (or listen anytime online), on WMUK 102.1 FM, Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate. I am the host of Between the Lines.
This week's guest: Jim C. Hines
Jim C. HinesCREDIT COURTESY JIM HINESLibrarians are magic. Any bookworm or someone with a well-worn a...
July 16, 2016
Between the Lines: Terror in the City of Champions
by Zinta Aistarsfor WMUK 102.1 FM
Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate
Between the Lines is my weekly radio show about books and writers with a Michigan connection. It airs every Tuesday at 7:50 a.m., 11:55 a.m., and 4:20 p.m. (or listen anytime online), on WMUK 102.1 FM, Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate. I am the host of Between the Lines.
This week's guest: Tom Stanton
Tom Stanton at Ty Cobb's grave
Some of the darkest periods of Detroit's history have gotten buried over time...
Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate
Between the Lines is my weekly radio show about books and writers with a Michigan connection. It airs every Tuesday at 7:50 a.m., 11:55 a.m., and 4:20 p.m. (or listen anytime online), on WMUK 102.1 FM, Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate. I am the host of Between the Lines.
This week's guest: Tom Stanton
Tom Stanton at Ty Cobb's graveSome of the darkest periods of Detroit's history have gotten buried over time...
July 3, 2016
Between the Lines: Made in Michigan
by Zinta Aistarsfor WMUK 102.1 FM
Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate
Between the Lines is my weekly radio show about books and writers with a Michigan connection. It airs every Tuesday at 7:50 a.m., 11:55 a.m., and 4:20 p.m. (or listen anytime online), on WMUK 102.1 FM, Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate. I am the host of Between the Lines.
This week's guests: M. L. Liebler and Michael Zadoorian
Photo of ML Liebler by Shelly Liebler
The "Made in Michigan Writers Seri...
Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate
Between the Lines is my weekly radio show about books and writers with a Michigan connection. It airs every Tuesday at 7:50 a.m., 11:55 a.m., and 4:20 p.m. (or listen anytime online), on WMUK 102.1 FM, Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate. I am the host of Between the Lines.
This week's guests: M. L. Liebler and Michael Zadoorian
Photo of ML Liebler by Shelly LieblerThe "Made in Michigan Writers Seri...
June 27, 2016
Between the Lines: Bringing Black History Alive
by Zinta Aistarsfor WMUK 102.1 FM
Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate
Between the Lines is my weekly radio show about books and writers with a Michigan connection. It airs every Tuesday at 7:50 a.m., 11:55 a.m., and 4:20 p.m. (or listen anytime online), on WMUK 102.1 FM, Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate. I am the host of Between the Lines.
This week's guest: Sonya and Sean Hollins
Sonya and Sean HollinsCREDIT SHAMIEL HOLLINS
We’ve all heard stories about the Underground R...
Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate
Between the Lines is my weekly radio show about books and writers with a Michigan connection. It airs every Tuesday at 7:50 a.m., 11:55 a.m., and 4:20 p.m. (or listen anytime online), on WMUK 102.1 FM, Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate. I am the host of Between the Lines.
This week's guest: Sonya and Sean Hollins
Sonya and Sean HollinsCREDIT SHAMIEL HOLLINSWe’ve all heard stories about the Underground R...
June 20, 2016
Between the Lines: Phillip Sterling's Island
by Zinta Aistarsfor WMUK 102.1 FM
Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate
Between the Lines is my weekly radio show about books and writers with a Michigan connection. It airs every Tuesday at 7:50 a.m., 11:55 a.m., and 4:20 p.m. (or listen anytime online), on WMUK 102.1 FM, Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate. I am the host of Between the Lines.
This week's guest: Phillip Sterling
Phillip SterlingCREDIT CASSIE KOTLARCYZK
Phillip Sterling likes his writing short. In his poetry,...
Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate
Between the Lines is my weekly radio show about books and writers with a Michigan connection. It airs every Tuesday at 7:50 a.m., 11:55 a.m., and 4:20 p.m. (or listen anytime online), on WMUK 102.1 FM, Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate. I am the host of Between the Lines.
This week's guest: Phillip Sterling
Phillip SterlingCREDIT CASSIE KOTLARCYZKPhillip Sterling likes his writing short. In his poetry,...
June 15, 2016
Between the Lines: Erasing Memories
by Zinta Aistarsfor WMUK 102.1 FM
Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate
Between the Lines is my weekly radio show about books and writers with a Michigan connection. It airs every Tuesday at 7:50 a.m., 11:55 a.m., and 4:20 p.m. (or listen anytime online), on WMUK 102.1 FM, Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate. I am the host of Between the Lines.
This week's guest: David Means
David MeansCREDIT BEOWULF SHEEHAN
What if you could erase painful memories forever? But if you did, you...
Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate
Between the Lines is my weekly radio show about books and writers with a Michigan connection. It airs every Tuesday at 7:50 a.m., 11:55 a.m., and 4:20 p.m. (or listen anytime online), on WMUK 102.1 FM, Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate. I am the host of Between the Lines.
This week's guest: David Means
David MeansCREDIT BEOWULF SHEEHANWhat if you could erase painful memories forever? But if you did, you...
May 28, 2016
Between the Lines: Erna's Life (Memories of a Latvian Refugee)
by Zinta Aistarsfor WMUK 102.1 FM
Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate
Between the Lines is my weekly radio show about books and writers with a Michigan connection. It airs every Tuesday at 7:50 a.m., 11:55 a.m., and 4:20 p.m. (or listen anytime online), on WMUK 102.1 FM, Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate. I am the host of Between the Lines.
This week's guests: Janice Whelan and Erna Roberts
Janice Whelan and Erna Murmanis-RobertsCREDIT DAWN COCHRAN
Erna Roberts was only 22, and...
Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate
Between the Lines is my weekly radio show about books and writers with a Michigan connection. It airs every Tuesday at 7:50 a.m., 11:55 a.m., and 4:20 p.m. (or listen anytime online), on WMUK 102.1 FM, Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate. I am the host of Between the Lines.
This week's guests: Janice Whelan and Erna Roberts
Janice Whelan and Erna Murmanis-RobertsCREDIT DAWN COCHRANErna Roberts was only 22, and...
May 24, 2016
Between the Lines: Shaka Senghor
by Zinta Aistarsfor WMUK 102.1 FM
Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate
Between the Lines is my weekly radio show about books and writers with a Michigan connection. It airs every Tuesday at 7:50 a.m., 11:55 a.m., and 4:20 p.m. (or listen anytime online), on WMUK 102.1 FM, Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate. I am the host of Between the Lines.
This week's guest: Shaka Senghor
Shaka SenghorCREDIT CONVERGENT BOOKS
According to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2,220,300 adults...
Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate
Between the Lines is my weekly radio show about books and writers with a Michigan connection. It airs every Tuesday at 7:50 a.m., 11:55 a.m., and 4:20 p.m. (or listen anytime online), on WMUK 102.1 FM, Southwest Michigan's NPR affiliate. I am the host of Between the Lines.
This week's guest: Shaka Senghor
Shaka SenghorCREDIT CONVERGENT BOOKSAccording to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2,220,300 adults...
May 23, 2016
Plan on learning: Interns learn through experience
by Zinta Aistars
Published in Southwest Michigan's Second Wave Media
March 3, 2016
Interns at work in downtown Kalamazoo
That moment always comes, when the event planner must pull his or her hair out.
Deb Droppers, instructor in the WMU School of Public Affairs and Administration, guarantees it. In her role as head of Kalamazoo’s Experiential Learning Center, or KELC, it is one of the many lessons she lets her interns learn the hard way—on their own, fistfuls of hair in hand, just befor...
Published in Southwest Michigan's Second Wave Media
March 3, 2016
Interns at work in downtown KalamazooThat moment always comes, when the event planner must pull his or her hair out.
Deb Droppers, instructor in the WMU School of Public Affairs and Administration, guarantees it. In her role as head of Kalamazoo’s Experiential Learning Center, or KELC, it is one of the many lessons she lets her interns learn the hard way—on their own, fistfuls of hair in hand, just befor...
