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How The Hen House Turns: Animal Partners

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Youngsters get aquainted. Courtesy photo
 
Animal Partners
By Carolyn A. (Cary) Neeper, Ph. D.
 
The word partner is appropriate, I believe, when applied to the relationship between humans and animals who have agreed to cooperate for whatever they are asked to do.

Asked is the key word here, for animals have been routinely coerced or enslaved by humans over many thousands of years. I’ll look at that in the next article.

A partnership assumes some degree of fulfillment or reward for both parties. Martin Clunes, the delightful animal lover who plays Doc Martin, made a special aired Read More

Smart Design With Suzette: Prepping Your Home For Spring

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By SUZETTE FOX
Los Alamos

Spring is right around the corner. From the interior of your home to the exterior, getting your home ready for spring will ensure you’ll be ready to enjoy the warmer weather. Many new homeowners don’t know where to begin. Here are some guidelines to get started.

Start On Your Exterior

The outside of your home has taken wear and tear from the winter. Walk around your home and examine caulking around windows and doors, as well as open windows and doors and look at weather stripping. Replace old or cracking caulk and replace weather stripping. Inspect the Read More

Cinema Cindy Reviews … Hail Caesar!

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Pastor Granillo: Cognitive Dissonance

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By Pastor RAUL GRANILLO
Los Alamos

Cognitive Dissonance.

Cognitive Dissonance – The state of having inconsistent thoughts, beliefs, or attitudes, especially as relating to behavioral decisions and attitude change.

As a small child, I remember taking sips from my dad’s beer at every opportunity I could; I watched him get drunk countless times and scare me with who he would become. I took a drink so that I could be more like him.

I remember the first time I took a chew of Copenhagen; a guy with half his face gone had recently spoken at the school about the dangers of tobacco. I took a chew and thought, Read More

Living Well Los Alamos: Free Application For Federal Student Aid

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By HELEN IDZOREK
County Extension Service

Graduation is a mere four months away. Whether you are a high school senior preparing to enter college next fall or a non-traditional student who is planning to return to school as an adult learner, many people will be completing their Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).

The FAFSA determines eligibility for student loans, grants, need-based student employment and other forms of aid. Everyone should fill out a FAFSA even if they believe they (or their parents) make too much money, they have poor grades, are too old or that the form is too difficult Read More

The Elephant In The Room: Election 2016!

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The Elephant in the Room
By the Los Alamos Republican Party

We’ve barely gotten into the political voting season and it’s been exciting on both sides of the aisle!  

This is the time of the year when things start to get really busy – campaigning, rallies, parties, elections. Even here in Los Alamos, your local GOP has got a lot going on and we would love for you to join us!

Our first event is a “Meet & Greet” of Republican Primary and General Election candidates at 6:30 p.m., this Thursday, March 10.  

Have you wondered who is running for local and state offices on the Republican side Read More

Williams: A Closer Look At Lop-sided Roundabout Proposed For Central – N.M. 502

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Image by Joel M. Williams
 
 
By JOEL M. WILLIAMS
Los Alamos

The flier sent out to announce the latest about the N.M. 502 project does not give any feel for what the roundabout will look like or behave like. So, I thought I would provide the citizenry with a diagram of what one would expect in a standard roundabout versus what is proposed to be built. The proposed is a far cry from standard.

I have overlain color markings onto the latest drawings from the NMDOT in the figure. For those who wish to actually be enquiring minds, I am adding some notes after the figure to help you understand this “abnormal” Read More

Roger This: Limiting Liability For Our Nuclear Nightmares

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By ROGER SNODGRASS
Los Alamos Daily Post

In his novel, Odds Against Tomorrow, a talented young writer Nathaniel Rich, explores the converging vectors of risk, natural and manmade disaster and finance in the wisp of time folded between today and tomorrow.

Published in 2013, a few months after Superstorm Sandy battered the entire East Cost while pounding New York and the Jersey Shore, this story of an apocalyptic inundation of Manhattan could not have been better timed. Introducing a  “long-short” scheme to profit from a whole market basket of global fears, Rich spins up a valuable parable Read More

Yang: Bringing Arts Into Organizations…

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By ELENA YANG
Los Alamos

Bringing Arts Into Organizations: Not just for leadership education; art is about life for us all – Part I

It takes a while for a management theory or a framework to catch the imagination of practitioners and become commonly known and practiced.  The converse is also true; it takes a while for management academics to notice what’s been developed into recent practice in the working world. This is by way of excusing myself to write about a decade-old article. 

In the Academy of Management Learning & Education December 2006 issue, there is a special section Read More

Catabolic Vs. Anabolic Leaders – Part 6

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By LeAnne Parsons
Los Alamos
 
Emotions don’t belong in the workplace – or do they? Depends on who you ask!
 
If you ask catabolic leaders, they’re likely to agree. But anabolic leaders have a different point of view – they understand that emotions can’t be left at the office door. Our comparison between anabolic and catabolic leaders continues with an exploration of how aware they are of their own and others’ emotions, how they express their emotions, and how they manage or control them in the work environment.
 
Awareness, expression, and management
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