YANG: Opposites Attract? Or, We Prefer To Hang Out With Like-Minded? Handling Differences/Conflicts – Part II
Opposites Attract? Or, We Prefer To Hang Out With Like-Minded? Handling Differences/Conflicts – part IIJust as differences do not automatically lead to conflicts, they don’t inevitably cause mistakes either.
However, pushing ideas into feasible plans and on to development involves risks; that’s where potential mistakes occur.
If most people already feel uncomfortable with voicing different opinions, proposals, or ideas, the discomfort increases with the higher risks that come with realizing such ideas or plans.
Consider this colossal mistake: Read More
Letter to the Editor: Use Slant Drilling in WR Parks?
By JOHN BARTLITThoughts From the Big Chair: Jonathan Winters, Roger Ebert and A Little Late Night Talk
Thoughts From the Big Chair
Jonathan Winters, Roger Ebert and A Little Late Night Talk
Hey gang. Sorry to be absent for a few weeks but work and massive amounts of pollen really gave me a bit of a time crunch and brain freeze.
This week I’m going to cover some shorter topics and next week I will have a longer essay on “The Problems and Perils of “Good TV” and Participatory Television;” my thoughts on the general changes I’ve seen in the TV landscape – both good and bad.
On to this week’s topics…
Jonathan Winters Read More
How The Hen House Turns: Rattlesnake Behavior And A Few Brief Reviews
At the end of Streak’s story last week, I promised a rattlesnake story.
Then I received a comment from Joy Drake for my blog at caryneeper.com, and I decided the theme today would digress to include a note about recent research that addresses the issue she mentioned – “ascribing human emotions” to animals.
Are we imagining things when a dog smiles? Or wags its tail, or jumps around excitedly when we get out the leashes? Or when Lucy goose says “Speuw” Read More
Column: Six Factors Affecting Auto Insurance Premiums
Six Factors Affecting Auto Insurance PremiumsThere are a number of key factors most insurance companies use to calculate how much you’ll end up paying for your auto insurance.
What’s important to remember is that you can control many of these factors.
Your location, age and driving habits all play a major role, as do the types of vehicles you drive and your record of accidents.
In many cases, the choices you make about the coverage you want determine the cost of your premium.
Below is a more detailed look at six key factors that affect your auto insurance premiums, as well Read More
A View From the Stacks: National Library Week and Library Programs
Column by STEVEN THOMASApril 14-20 is National Library Week, with the theme of Communities Matter @ Your Library.
First held in 1958, National Library Week is sponsored by the American Library Association and libraries across the country each April.
It’s a time to celebrate the contributions of libraries and librarians as well as to promote library use and support.
Public libraries continue to play an enormous role in our communities and in our nation as a whole.
For example, did you know:
- Reference librarians in the nation’s public and academic libraries answer nearly 6.6
Letter to the Editor: Thanks for Wonderful Support of Sock Hop
By JOY BEERY, Executive DirectorEnthusiastic dancers encouraged by ELVIS (aka Morrie Pongratz) Tim Gallegos, DJ, were the highlight of the 2013 Family Council Sock Hop.
The ticket and food sales as well as donations will support the variety of programs at the Counseling Center and the Youth Activity Centers.
Secundino Sandoval donated a $3,000 painting called “Resilience” – begun before the Los Conchas fire and completed after the evacuation.
We are reminded that those families who have gone through both fires certainly have displayed resilience Read More
