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Pastor Granillo: Love.

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By Pastor RAUL GRANILLO
Los Alamos
 
Love.

It can be frustrating to hear a Christian’s response to a tragedy to be only, “My prayers are with you.”

It can be frustrating because many do not believe in the power of prayer and so they feel as if no real help is being offered, and nothing else will be done. But to be fair, for many Christians, prayer is an act that relieves them of the responsibility to get further involved in what may be happening. Prayer is important—it has the power to change the world; but it should never be an excuse for inaction.

James wrote, “Suppose a brother or sister is without Read More

Mrs. Beadsley’s Jewel Box: Holiday Gift Ideas

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By DEBRA LOWENSTEIN
Mrs. Beadsely’s Vintage Jewelry

It’s that time of year again. We are all racking our brains to come up with that unique and relevant gift idea for family and friends. Vintage and antique things are definitely unique; that’s the easy part. But what about something that’s really relevant to a particular person? How about a gift that will actually thrill someone; that they will truly love? Great gifting isn’t easy and it takes time. But maybe it doesn’t need to be that hard.

Guys can be hard to shop for. Here’s a few ideas you might not Read More

Coaching Café: Catabolic Vs. Anabolic Leaders – Part 3

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By LeAnne Parsons
Los Alamos
 
It was such a pleasure to chat with so many of you during the month about what you were learning and sharing with others!
 
Many of us have a desire to step up our anabolic energy and let go of the catabolic energy that keeps us stuck at work and at home!
 
In our exploration of the characteristics of anabolic and catabolic leaders, so far we’ve determined that anabolic leaders “lead” and “participate,” while catabolic leaders “manage” and “delegate.” 
 
This month, let’s look at another aspect of leadership – how information is passed
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Local To Global: How Los Alamos County’s Good Government Helps Mitigate Climate Disruption

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By JODY BENSON
Los Alamo Sierra Club

The United Nations initiated their Climate Talks in Paris Monday despite the Daesh/ISIS attack Nov. 13.

The refusal to postpone the international meeting accentuates the fact that the world thinks the climate issue is at least as important (or even perhaps what exacerbates) terrorism. Most leaders recognize climate as the most critical concern humans will confront into the next century. Actually, these leaders recognize that this is the most critical issue for humans right now. 

We in Los Alamos know first hand about how climate change has disrupted Read More

Yang: Introversion Is Not Taught In Business Schools

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By ELENA YANG
Los Alamos

In fact, introversion is deliberately marginalized at business schools. One Harvard Business School (HBS) professor once said, “If a student talks often and forcefully, then he’s a player; if he doesn’t, he’s on the margin.” 

At HBS, the culture is all about pursuing the extrovert dream: being forthright, being vocal, being a team player (or at least seen as such until seizing the opportunity to dominate the team), being outgoing, and acting confidently at all costs, or at least, seemingly so. 

Extroverts thrive in such an environment. The majority of introverts Read More

How The Hen House Turns: Animal Oxymorans (1)

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How the Hen House Turns

By CAROLYN (CARY) NEEPER Ph.D.
 
Animal Oxymorans (1)

We humans like to oversimplify things. So it is with animals. Too often we think of them as domestic or not, pets or not, dangerous or not, when in fact they are a little bit of this and a lot of that and a smidgen of something else—just like the rest of us.

Take rats, for instance. It’s not fun to find a  rat in one’s backyard, only to be told that they live in the sidewalk ivy bed. I’ll agree, but it doesn’t mean that all rats are nasty. They have been living in or near human habitats for thousands of years. As a result, they Read More

Pastor Granillo: Hope.

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By Pastor RAUL GRANILLO
Los Alamos

Hope.

“Hope is a waking dream.” – Aristotle

“Hope” is one of those terms that we have romanticized and made very ambiguous. That may be the reason we often enjoy quotes like, “Hope is a waking dream.” After all it is mysterious, poetic, and speaks to hope as being something we imagine as possible; while at the same time accepting “hope” as something easily lost as we begin to awaken to reality.

For too many, the romantic notion of hope has left them cynical in a world where darkness pours into a lit restaurant, music hall, or even an elementary school. Hope seems to flee

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TALES OF OUR TIMES: Why Hazy Days Are Hazy

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Tales of Our Times
By JOHN BARTLIT
New Mexico Citizens
for Clean Air & Water

Why Hazy Days are Hazy

Why is hazy air hazy? A 5¢ question with a $50 answer. Today’s story is the $3.98 version in three parts—physics, weather conditions and human actions.
    
The chapter on physics tells us that hazy air has more fine particles in it than clear air.  “Fine particles” are very small bits of solids or liquids, so small they stay in the air without settling.
    
And so small they “scatter” a lot of light. That is, they “knock
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This Week At The Reel Deal

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By JIM O’DONNELL
Reel Deal Theater

The Good Dinosaur opened Wednesday and Creed, Mockingjay, Part 2, The Night Before and Spectre will hold for another week.

I originally was not going to open Creed as I was thinking “what another Stallone boxing movie!” Then I looked a little deeper, read some reviews and watched some trailers. This film might just rival the original Rocky (well almost). The critics are going wild over it and it’s getting a 95 percent rating. Warner Bros. made us open it Wednesday and messed up our schedule so be sure and look to our website for the most updated version.

Another Read More

Column: What I’m Thankful For In 2015

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Column By TOM GARRISON
Special to the Los Alamos Daily Post

Each holiday season I compose and send to relatives and friends a “Thanksgiving Thankful List” for the preceding year.

My wife, Deb, and I enjoy our life in Utah’s red rock country and have many things for which we are thankful. I hope sharing them brings a smile and acknowledgement that even the seldom thought of can be a source of thankfulness.

This is my 2015 list:

  • Deb and I are in debt to the Roman god of lists—Listus (well, I made that up). We are inveterate list makers. How can one get through a week without your “to do list?” Fairly often people
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