Business

Intro To Entrepreneurship Returns To UNM-LA

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Instructor Nik Seet will teach Intro to Entrepreneurship (Business Plan Development) at UNM-LA during the spring semester. Photo by Mandy Marksteiner
 
Instructor Nik Seet, third from left, with his students who raised more than $15,000 for their startups in a few weeks. Photo by Mandy Marksteiner
 

Intro to Entrepreneurship returns to UNM-LA

By Mandy Marksteiner

Have you ever wanted to start your own business? Learn the process of starting a successful company from someone who has both academic training in entrepreneurship and the experience of turning his garage-invented Read More

Rural Mail Will Suffer With More Plant Closures

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Mail processing plant. Courtesy/USPS

NNA News:

By John Edgecombe Jr., Publisher
The Nebraska Signal, Geneva, NE
And President, National Newspaper Association

A friend of mine from South Dakota noted that the U.S. Postal Service delivered a lump of coal to many small towns last Christmas when it proceeded to eliminate overnight mail in most of the nation in 2015. That was a good description. USPS will slow delivery officially by one day for First-Class and Periodicals mail. Many members of Congress have asked it to hold off. But USPS is plowing ahead.

It is time for lawmakers to consider how rural Read More

Meetups For Entrepreneurs, Innovators And Idea People

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Courtesy/LAEN

LAEN News:

There are several regular opportunities to get together with other people in Los Alamos who are interested in networking about entrepreneurial interests, inventions, innovations and ideas. 

A Meetup group at https:////www.meetup.com/LAENet has a calendar of these events and provides a message board for connecting with others who may share your interests.

Each month there is an “Entrepreneur and Start-up Mixer” on the second Wednesday of the month at Diamond Mix, 1900 Diamond Dr. in the Pueblo Complex. The January meeting is 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, Read More

2014 Business Recycler Of The Year Announced

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Los Alamos County Council this evening recognized Jemez House Thrift Shop as the 2014 Los Alamos County Business Recycler of the Year. From left, Margaret Reeves of Jemez House Thrift Shop, Environmental Sustainability Board Board Chair Stephen Boerigter, Daisy Gorman-Nichols of Jemez House, Public Works Director Philo Shelton and Los Alamos County Environmental Services Division Manager Angelica Gurule. Jemez House Thrift Shop is at 13 Sherwood Blvd Ste F in White Rock. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

STAFF REPORT

The Los Alamos County Council Read More

Los Alamos Doctor Receives FDA Appointment

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Richard Honsinger, MD

COMMUNITY News:

Richard Honsinger, MD of Los Alamos Medical Care Clinic has received an appointment to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the period of 2014-2018. 

He is selected as a practicing allergist/immunologist.

The meetings are held in Washington, D.C. several times a year. He will continue to practice allergy and immunology at Los Alamos Medical Care Clinic and will continue to do consultations in Santa Fe on a weekly basis. Appointments can be made at 505.662.4351

Dr. Honsinger is board certified in internal medicine and allergy/immunology. Read More

LAMC To Permanently House Air Medical Helicopter

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Patients at Los Alamos Medical Center (LAMC) in need of air transport to a hospital off the hill, will no longer have to wait for a helicopter to fly in from somewhere else. LAMC has contracted with Classic Air Medical, headquartered in Woods Cross, Utah to permanently house a medical air helicopter in Los Alamos. Classic Air Medical’s helicopter is now at the Los Alamos County Airport and will be moved to LAMC once its helipad extension project is completed. Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com

The seal on the side of the new air medical helicopter temporarily housed at Los Alamos County Read More

Yang: Do Geeks Have Three Ears & Eight Fingers?

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Do Geeks Have Three Ears & Eight Fingers?
 
By ELENA YANG
Los Alamos

Go figure. Right after I mentioned in the last column before the holiday that www.stumbleupon.com is one of the sites that can generally lift my spirits, I “stumbled upon” an article that impacts me like a particle landing in my eye. 

The title of the article is The Unspoken Truth about Managing Geeks, by J. Ello, “currently managing IT for the Krannert School of Management at Purdue University.” In essence, his view is that geeks in IT are logical beings, always pursuing the “right” answers and solutions, not suffering Read More

IRS Begins Accepting Tax Returns Jan. 20

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IRS News:

PHOENIX – Following the passage of the extenders legislation, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) anticipates opening the 2015 filing season as scheduled.

The IRS will begin accepting tax returns electronically Jan. 20. Paper tax returns will begin processing at the same time.

The decision follows Congress renewing a number of “extender” provisions of the tax law that expired at the end of 2013. These provisions were renewed by Congress through the end of 2014. The final legislation was signed into law Dec. 19, 2014.

“We have reviewed the late tax law changes Read More

DOE’s New Energy Efficiency Standards Will Help Americans Save Money, Reduce Carbon Pollution

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DOE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In support of the President’s Climate Action Plan, the Energy Department has announced two new energy efficiency standards.

The new standards for general service fluorescent lamps (GSFLs) and automatic commercial ice makers (ACIMs) are the ninth and tenth standards to be finalized in 2014. Altogether, the 10 standards finalized this year will help reduce carbon dioxide emissions by more than 435 million metric tons and save American families and businesses $78 billion in electricity bills through 2030.

“As part of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan, the Read More

Businesses Brace For More Sophisticated Cyberattacks

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HSNW News:

The recent Sony Pictures hack is one more reason for industries to prepare for a series of cyberattacks which will likely occur in 2015.

From massive data leaks to distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, hackers will continue to find vulnerabilities within targeted network systems. Cybersecurity firms, including Symantec Malaysia, are recommending more ways to help clients defend themselves from such attacks.

“In 2015, attackers will continue to look for new vulnerabilities so that they can ‘hack the planet’,” says Nigel Tan, Symantec Malaysia’s director of Read More