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Yang: Status Quo & Development/Change …

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Status Quo & Development/Change (for the better…we hope)
By ELENA YANG

The perennial question: Is the glass “half empty” or “half full?” It all depends on your perspective.  

When I commented on whether one looks at the glass from a stationary perspective or dynamic perspective (link below), I stumbled upon the well-researched topic of “mindfulness” that I hadn’t known about at the time.  Persons dominated by a “fixed mindset” (stationary) and “growth mindset” (dynamic) see the world very differently; both mindsets are powerful engines that drive human thinking and behavior.  Read More

Ruby K’s Bagel Café Celebrates Ninth Year!

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Ruby and Mike Alexander, owners of Ruby’s Bagel Café celebrate the restaurant’s ninth anniversary. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Mike and Ruby Alexander with their core staff, from left, bagel maker Ernesto Aguilar, baker Bernard Torres and manager Sarah Haag. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post

Ruby K’s Bagel Café, now a beloved Los Alamos institution, celebrated its ninth anniversary Feb. 19. How did Ruby K’s Bagel Café come into existence?

“Blame the margaritas!” Ruby K’s co-owner Ruby Alexander Read More

Creole Nouvelle Now Open Friday Nights!

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Creole Nouvelle co-owner Esther Lucchini is surrounded by patrons inside her restaurant Friday night. She and her husband Peter Lucchini, who co-owns the eatery at 1793 Deacon St., opened for dinner for the first time Friday to great success and will continue to open 5:30-8 p.m. every Friday going forward. Creole Nouvelle also is open 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., Monday through Friday and offers a variety of items including a sea food gumbo with shrimp, crab and craw fish, oyster po’ boy and prime rib po’ boy sandwiches, cajun pasta, a popular bread pudding and much more. For Read More

‘Yours Truly Diana’s’ Has New Location

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Owner Diana Norwood of ‘Yours Truly, Diana’s’ at her new location at the corner of 35th Street and Diamond Drive. Norwood has provided professional certified dog and cat grooming in Los Alamos for years and recently moved from her longtime location on DP Road. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

‘Yours Truly, Diana’s’ owner Diana Norwood with freshly groomed Tyrone the 5-year-old Yorkie. Tyrone weighs in at five pounds and likes to maintain a stylish appearance for his three 40-75 pound girlfriends including Sophie the Red Merle Australian Shepherd, Read More

Fit It In ‘One Bag Sale’ Saturday

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LOCAL BUSINESS News:

Los Alamos Home Improvement / Ace Hardware is hosting a special “One Bag Sale” 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22 at 232 DP Road.

Anything a shopper can fit inside one bag is 20 percent off with the exception of tools. The store is a member of the largest retailer-owned hardware cooperative known as Ace Hardware and uniquely tailored to meet the needs of the local community.

Check out the Hardware Services available at the store including paint, lumber, fixtures and more.

For more information, call 505.662.5371.

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Venture Acceleration Fund Proposals Due March 21

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LANL News:

Applications Due March 21

ESPANOLA—The Venture Acceleration Fund (VAF) is accepting applications for the 2014 calendar year, due March 21.

Selected companies will receive awards of up to $100,000 to assist in taking their innovations to market more quickly. Companies located in the Northern New Mexico counties of Los Alamos, Santa Fe, Sandoval, Rio Arriba, Taos, San Miguel and Mora are given preference for funding, as are projects associated with Los Alamos technology or expertise.

Since its inception in 2006, VAF has assisted 39 New Mexico companies through marketing and technology Read More

‘Helping Our Middle Class Entrepreneurs’ Act Introduced

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U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham

U.S. HOUSE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham, N.M.-1, has introduced the Helping Our Middle Class Entrepreneurs (HOME) Act (H.R. 4052), legislation to support small businesses and encourage entrepreneurship.

Specifically, the bill would simplify the income tax filing process for small business owners who operate primarily out of their homes by creating a permanent $1,500 standard home office deduction. According to the U.S. Small Business Administration, home-based enterprises make up 52 percent of all small businesses.

Currently, Read More

UNM-LA to Offer Free $tart $mart Salary Negotiation Workshop

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UNM-LA News:

The University of New Mexico-Los Alamos (UNM-LA) is hosting $tart $mart, an interactive salary negotiation workshop, 9 a.m. to noon Friday, Feb. 28, in the Lecture Hall 230 on the UNM-LA campus.

The free workshop is open to all students, particularly women, but anyone interested in sharpening their salary negotiating skills is welcome to attend.

The $tart $mart workshops are a joint project of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) and the Women Are Getting Even (WAGE) Project. According to the WAGE website, over the course of a her working life, a woman will get paid Read More

Giant’s Gas Pumps Were Out of Commission in White Rock

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Every gas pump was out of service at this Giant Gas Station at the corner of Rover Boulevard and N.M. 4 this evening. Clerks inside the store reported at about 8:30 p.m. that electrical work was underway in the area and the electricity to their gas pumps had been shut off for about an hour. The traffic lights at the intersection of Rover Boulevard and N.M. 4 were not turning yellow or green but rather flashing red during this same time period. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More

Ribbons Are Cut on Los Alamos Businesses

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Chamber Director Katy Korkos jokes with LeAnne Parsons as she prepares to cut the ribbon on her business ‘La Dolce Vita Coaching – Legacy Now Lived’ at the Community Bank Building this evening. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Trish Alvidrez cuts the ribbon on her new business ‘Zia Financial Group,’ an Ameriprise Financial Franchise in the Community Bank Building this evening. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More