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World Futures: Data / Information / Knowledge

By ANDY ANDREWS
Los Alamos World Futures Institute

For a 30 day period, every day at precisely 10 a.m. (or 10:00 or 1000 hrs.) Greenwich Mean Time, you record the temperature on the same thermometer at precisely the same location in both degrees Celsius and degrees Fahrenheit. You now have 30 data points.

On a piece of graph paper you label the bottom, horizontal axis from zero to 31. On the left side at the zero point you create a vertical Celsius scale and on the right side (at the 31 point) you create a Fahrenheit scale precisely synchronized to the Celsius scale. Then you plot the data.

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Letter To The Editor: Shopping At Smith’s

By JAMES H. GRIFFIN
Los Alamos
 
When shopping in the frozen foods section at Smith’s I’m sure everyone has noticed much of the LED lighting within the cases is turned off.
 
The overhead lighting reflects off the case and makes it difficult to read the labels. My own solution is simple. I just open the door. Works for me but I’d rather have the lights on.
 
Since LED lighting is advertised as lasting for tens of thousands of hours and since it’s also very economical to operate, I asked one of Eric’s (former store director) floor managers last
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IRS: Home Office Deduction Often Overlooked By Small Business Owners

IRS News:
 
PHOENIX  The Internal Revenue Service today reminded small business owners who work from a home office that there are two options for claiming the Home Office Deduction. The Home Office Deduction is often overlooked by small business owners.
 
As part of National Small Business Week (April 30-May 6), the IRS is highlighting a series of tips and resources available for small business owners.
 
Regular Method
 
The first option for calculating the Home Office Deduction is the Regular Method. This method requires computing the business use of the home by
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Meow Wolf Fires Up First Food Truck: Trinity Kitchen

Eliot Chavanne helms Trinity Kitchen at Meow Wolf in Santa Fe with assistant Connor Black. Courtesy photo

MEOW WOLF News:

SANTA FE – Colorful and cross-disciplinary arts collective Meow Wolf announces its first voyage into the savory world of the Santa Fe culinary scene: Trinity Kitchen, a new food truck serving authentic Cajun cuisine and other southern favorites based in the parking lot outside the Art Complex and House of Eternal Return on Rufina Street.

Soft open is Monday, May 22 with Grand Opening on Friday, May 26 when Meow Wolf launches Summer In The Multiverse featuring Read More

County Council Proclaims Hospital Week May 7-13

Los Alamos Medical Center CEO John Whiteside addresses the Los Alamos County Council during Tuesday night’s meeting in Council Chambers. Whiteside conducted a PowerPoint presentation in which he updated the councilors on new accomplishments achieved at LAMC. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Los Alamos County Councilor Antonio Maggiore, center, presents LAMC CEO John Whiteside and his staff with a proclamation on behalf of the Council recognizing the week of May 7-13 as Hospital Week in Los Alamos County. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Staff Report

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LAAC Celebrates 50 Years Of Arts And Crafts Fairs

Tito Rios serenades the crowd at the Los Alamos Arts Council’s Spring Arts and Crafts Fair Saturday at Fuller Lodge. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

Artist Gary Strein talks to a customer during the Los Alamos Arts Council’s Spring Arts and Crafts Fair Saturday. Stein has a long history of participating in the annual fair. He first participated in it between 15 and 18 years ago. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

Jesus Rodriguez makes a purchase from Venus Brightstar Saturday. Brightstar, who is from Santa Fe, said she has been attending the fair for about 10 years. Read More

Centerra Awards $10,000 To Rio Arriba Teachers

2016 winner Elias Alison 2nd Grade Teacher at ETS Fairview Elementary School in Espanola with his students and Centerra-Los Alamos General Manager Ted Spain, left, during the check presentation. Courtesy photo
 
LANL Foundation News:
 
ESPANOLA — Centerra – Los Alamos has again provided $10,000 to the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Foundation to continue the Rio Arriba County Excellence in Teaching Award program.
 
“We are so proud to continue to recognize the teachers in the communities where many of our employees live and
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Letter To The Editor: Just Say No On Rec Bond

By KEI DAVIS
Los Alamos
 

Carolynn Roberts has said it best so far, IMO.

Does this tax hike apply to commercial properties as well? If so, then rents will go up, local businesses will have to charge more for their goods and services, thus driving more business away, so they’ll have to charge even more, the all-too-common death spiral to going bankrupt/out of business in “wealthy” Los Alamos.

Just say “NO” to wanton fiscal irresponsibility.

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On The Job In Los Alamos: At Pyramid Cafe

On the job in Los Alamos: The crew at Pyramid Café, from left, Ousmane Loka Sylla, Humberto Zubia, Nfaly Drame, Robert Van Lyssel and Dakoda Ami gather Saturday for a photo at the restaurant. Photo by Maire O’Nell/ladailypost.com

Off the job in Los Alamos: Acrobats Nfaly Drame, top, and Ousmane Loko Sylla take a few minutes away from their job Saturday at the Pyramide Cafe to prove they are acrobats from Guinea, West Africa. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com
 
Nfaly Drame in the middle of a somersault Saturday outside Pyramid Café. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com
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