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Massage Therapist Gabriela Baumeister Gets Bodies Back to Balance

Licensed Massage Therapist Gabriela Baumeister brings her skills to Los Alamos two days a week. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post

Licensed Massage Therapist Gabriela Baumeister came to Santa Fe to study at the N.M. Mexico Academy of Healing Arts. An avid rock climber and outdoorswoman, Baumeister fell in love with the area and decided to remain in Santa Fe. She has been practicing in New Mexico for 13 years.

Baumeister has a clinic in Santa Fe and travels to Los Alamos on Wednesdays and Thursdays to see clients. In Los Alamos, her practice Read More

SAV and The Beauty Villa Host Open House Friday­

Business News:

SAV Associated Services is announcing a new service to the public at The Beauty Villa. The public is invited to attend an open house 3-5:30 p.m. June 20 at 146 Central Park Square.

Clients will have the opportunity to try Mary Kay skin care and beauty products by calling for an appointment at 505.661.7000 and during monthly “Featured Product” networking events. The Beauty Villa is owned by mother and daughter Sandra and Valerie Villa. 

The Villas also own SAV Associated Services, a business-to-business consulting firm. When consulting with clients, one of the most Read More

IRS Adopts ‘Taxpayer Bill of Rights’

IRS Commissioner John A. Koskinen

IRS News:

PHOENIX – The Internal Revenue Service has announced the adoption of a “Taxpayer Bill of Rights” that will become a cornerstone document to provide the nation’s taxpayers with a better understanding of their rights.

The Taxpayer Bill of Rights takes the multiple existing rights embedded in the tax code and groups them into 10 broad categories, making them more visible and easier for taxpayers to find on IRS.gov.

Publication 1, “Your Rights as a Taxpayer,” has been updated with the 10 rights and will be sent Read More

The Internet’s Next Big Idea: Connecting People, Information and Things

Image Courtesy/NIST

NIST News:

By Chris Greer, Senior Executive for Cyber-Physical Systems
National Institute of Standards and Technology

In the early 1990s, a Web page consisted of crude, rainbow-colored, text-filled boxes that “hyperlinked” to more text. Today, your Internet-enabled smartphone not only gives you access to libraries’ worth of information, but also helps you navigate the physical world.

Cyber-physical systems, also called the Internet of Things, are the next big advance for our use of the web. They allow complex systems of feedback and control that can help a robot coordinate Read More

Yang: To Be Normal, Or To Be Weird? That Is NOT The Question

To Be Normal, Or To Be Weird? That Is NOT The Question

By ELENA YANG
Los Alamos

The questions should be: How weird is weird? For how long should weirdness be allowed to go on? Of course, what I really should put in the title is “To have normal ideas or to have weird ideas…” Kind of boring, isn’t? In order to catch people’s attention, I have to step beyond the normal boundary. This is the same rationale with which Robert Sutton begins his book, Weird Ideas That Work, published in 2002. 

To be innovative, or to be creative, is all about operating outside the norm.

Mr. Sutton breaks down the organizing Read More

Business Owners Showcase Their Services at Chamberfest

Valerie Montoya of Navarro, a LANL subcontractor, hands out swag Saturday afternoon at Chamberfest. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
 
Valerie Nevarez of SA Associated Services, LLC and Sandra Villa of Beauty Villa show off their wares at Chamberfest. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
 
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post

Saturday, 65 Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce business members pulled out promotional banners, key chains, tote bags and pamphlets and headed to Central Park Square to mingle with the public and spread the word about their enterprises.

The Read More

NM Wineries Offer Tasting at UnQuarked – The Wine Room Opening in August in Central Park Square

During Saturday’s Chamberfest in downtown Los Alamos, Christelle Sanchez and Jesse Padberg of Vivac Winery serve up samples at the wine tasting in the space where UnQuarked – The Wine Room, 145 Central Park Square is scheduled to open in August. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Gerard Johnson of Anasazi Fields Winery explains the qualities of various vintages during Saturday’s wine tasting at UnQuarked – The Wine Room. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Tony Black of Black’s Smuggler Winery shows off his wares. Photo
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The Kids of Chamberfest 2014

Siblings play in the giant sand pile at Chamberfest sponsored by LANB Saturday in downtown Los Alamos. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Kids fish for ducks at the CB FOX Duck Pond. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Frothy fun in sudsy pit. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Karate kids. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Dipping for ducks. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Suiting up for sumo. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
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LAVNS Announces New Leadership Team

Georgina Williams, new executive director of Los Alamos Visiting Nurse Service. Courtesy/LAVNS

LVNS News:

Georgina Williams, former Los Alamos Public School District prevention specialist and licensed therapist, has accepted the position of executive director for Los Alamos Visiting Nurse Service (LAVNS) effective June 2. Joining Williams on the leadership team is Debbie Storms, RN, as director of clinical services.

LAVNS is the only non-profit home health care and hospice organization in Los Alamos and has been providing patient care in Northern New Mexico for more than 41 years. Read More

Does Biostimulation Accelerate Algae Growth?

Courtesy/AlgaStar

SCIENCE News:

Does Biostimulation Accelerate Algae Growth?

Algae and bacteria are the fastest growing organisms on our planet. A single algae cell can produce over one million daughter cells in one day. Is this fast enough? All algae producers are limited by sustainable biomass accumulation. Growth rates impact both capital and operational costs. A 20 percent increase in growth rate could give some growers a 30 percent increase in revenue.

John Ericsson, CEO, AlgaStar Inc. presented at the 2013 Algae Biomass Summit in Orlando, Fla., a session titled: Increasing Algal Read More

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