YANG: Intelligence Has Many Sides – It’s Easier to Acquire Hard Technologies Than to Grasp Soft Emotions
Intelligence Has Many Sides: It’s Easier to Acquire Hard Technologies Than to Grasp Soft EmotionsEveryone has experienced the distance between what we see ourselves and how others see us.
Not everyone notices such experience or acknowledges it. In order for such an experience to occur, one has to have a keen sense of self-awareness, and you can’t possibly grasp that distance if you lack the ability to gauge how others see you.
However, by itself, the concern for how others see you does not arise from self-awareness; rather, it’s often a sign for being self-centered. Read More
Open House April 5 Celebrating Los Alamos Airport’s New Air Service Launch
COUNTY News:
Los Alamos County and New Mexico Airlines will host an open house 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, April 5 at the Los Alamos County Airport—or LAM as it’s referred to by booking agents, pilots and travelers alike in anticipation of the service launch on Monday, April 8.
Chief Pilot Dave Jones will fly into LAM first thing Friday morning and will be giving tours of the plane and a limited number of flights for members of the media and other community officials.
Attendees will be able to enter a drawing for a roundtrip flight for two.
Airport Manager Peter Soderquist will be available to provide Read More
Dancers Perform at Wednesday Brown Bag
Members of Belisama Irish Dance Company in costume. Courtesy photo
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
They stole the competition at the CRN North American Irish Dance Championship and dazzled audiences at the Rhythm of Fire St. Patrick’s Day concert at the Lensic Theater.
Now, the dancers and musicians of Belisama Irish Dance Company are showing the community their talents during the Los Alamos Arts Council’s Brown Bag show at noon Wednesday, April 3 at Fuller Lodge.
Those who will take the stage during the free performance include Darcy Turin, Orli Shlachter, Lauren Partin, Maria Jones, Celia Kessler, and Read More
Kids Score Easter Eggs Thanks to Elks
The Easter Bunny arrived at Ashley Pond to greet the huge crowd of kids gathered to hunt Easter eggs Saturday morning. Photo by Greg Kendall/ladailypost.com
Hundreds gathered at Ashley Pond for the Elks Easter Egg Hunt. Three areas were taped off for different age groups. Photo by Greg Kendall/ladailypost.com
Ian and Yuna Vance at the Los Alamos Elks Easter Egg Hunt at Ashley Pond Saturday. Photo by Greg Kendall/ladailypost.com
Aden Garcia decked out in his cape holds his special dinosaur basket. Plastic eggs were filled with candy and temporary tattoos. Photo by Greg Kendall/ladailypost.com Read More
Smokey the Bear Visits Wildfire 2013 Event at Fuller Lodge
Smokey the Bear greets guests at the Wildfire 2013 event at Fuller Lodgen Saturday. Photo by Karen Kendall/ladailypost.com
Staff report
Community members turned out for Saturday’s Wildfire 2013 event at Fuller Lodge.
The Los Alamos Fire Department sponsored the annual event in partnership with several local agencies including the National Park Service, U.S. Forest Service, Valles Caldera National Preserve, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos County Emergency Management, Interagency Wildfire Management Team and National Weather Service.
The purpose of the event was Read More
Plant Trees, Grow Awareness During Earth Week
COUNTY News:
The healthiest county in the nation – Los Alamos, New Mexico – is also one of the most earth-friendly.
Los Alamos County will celebrate National Earth Week beginning April 22 and National Park Week April 20–28 with many free, family-friendly events.
There will be opportunities to replant trees destroyed in the 2011 Las Conchas Fire and a chance to “Dig Nature” with the Pajarito Environmental Education Center’s big Earth Day Festival, among other activities.
As part of a long term effort by the Forest Service, the Española Ranger District is looking for up to 50 volunteers to replant Read More
Arson Investigators Delve into Shed Fire in White Rock
Los Alamos Firefighters responded to a shed fire at a home on Carlsbad in White Rock Saturday. Arson investigators were called in to determine the cause of the suspicious fire. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Rotary Club of Los Alamos Dedicates Life Saving AED
Local Rotarian/Los Alamos Fire Chief Troy Hughes and President Linda Hull of the Rotary Club of Los Alamos dedicate an AED (automatic external defibrillator) for Fuller Lodge during a ceremony Wednesday, March 27 at the Lodge. Photo by Katy Korkos
Rotary Club President Linda Hull, center, and Rotarians Skip and Linda King speak with Karen Nilsson Brandt, left, whose father died of a heart attack at her wedding reception in Fuller Lodge 30 years ago. Photo by Katy Korkos
Staff report
The Rotary Club of Los Alamos dedicated an AED (automatic external defibrillator) for Fuller Read More
SFI Seminar: ‘Information Spread in Structured Populations’
Burton Voorhees
SFI Seminar
Burton Voorhees, Athabasca University will speak on “Information Spread in Structured Populations.”
Tuesday April 2 • 12:15 p.m. • Collins Conference Room
Abstract: Given a finite, genetically homogeneous population, suppose that a single mutant in introduced.
What is the probability this mutant will become fixed in the population? In 1958 the Australian statistician Patrick Moran answered this question for birth-death processes in unstructured populations.
Whether and how the introduction of structure in the population alters the Moran Read More
Meetups Grow Friday Nights at Dixie Pub
From left, Cary Grzadzinski, Anna Dillane and Bryan Williamson join a growing group of people gathering Friday nights for a ‘Meetup’ event during Happy Hour at the newly remodeled Dixie Pub at the back of the Dixie Girl Restaurant, 1789 Central Ave. Community members are invited to drop by around 5:30 p.m. each Friday for specials on beer, well drinks, martinis, peel and eat shrimp, oysters on the half shell and other bar food. Anna Dillane facilitates the weekly Meetups. For more information, visit https:////www.meetup.com/Los-Alamos-Yours-to-Discover/ Photo by Carol A. Read More
LAMS Opens New Living Skills Facility
LAMS students and staff and LAPS officials cut the ribbon Friday afternoon on the new Living Skills Center. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Living Skills Teacher Rebecca Smith shows her students some of the special features of the new Living Skills Center at LAMS. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.comThe Living Skills Program at Los Alamos Middle School has a brand new space.
School officials, staff and students from the program cut the ribbon and officially opened the new space Friday afternoon.
The multi-room facility was designed Read More
A View From the Stacks: Exhibit Space Means the Library is Much More Than Just Books
Column by CAROL MEINEFrom cutting edge contemporary art installations to quilts, recycled scrap metal sculpture to World War II memorabilia, traveling museum exhibits to exhibits designed and created by university students, the Mesa Public Library Art Gallery provides the only flexible, general exhibition space in Los Alamos County.
It is a great space: light filled and soaring, a gem tucked away on the third floor in the landmark building designed by world renowned architect Antoine Predock, dubbed by New Mexico museum professionals one of Read More
Column: Easter Challenge
Easter ChallengeCounty Budget Hearings Set for April 15-17
Comparison of Expenditures by Category. Courtesy/LAC
COUNTY News:
Los Alamos County Office of Management and Budget released the prosposed 2014 County Budget.
By County Charter, the proposed budget for the next fiscal year must be published each year no later than March 31.
The proposed Los Alamos County budget for FY14 is available for review at the 311 Customer Care Center in Central Park Square and at the reference desk at Mesa Public Library.
The schedule for budget hearings also was announced. The budget hearings are 7-10 p.m. April 15-17.
Public Comment is 7-7:30 p.m. and 9:30-10 p.m. Read More
County Line: March 29
Annual Easter Egg Hunt – Sunday at the Golf Course
Get out and enjoy the spring weather with your family and friends at our local golf course – the egg-stravaganza is sponsored by the local golf association – the fun begins at 1:00 p.m.
Council takes a break from meetings
No Council meetings for the next two weeks, but after that, get ready for Councilors to dive into budget hearings for three days (April 15 through 17, starting at 7:00 p.m. in Council Chambers).
Publication of the Proposed County Budget for FY14
By County Charter, the proposed budget for the next fiscal year must Read More
AAUW: Dorothy Shaner Presents Talk April 4
AAUW News:
Dorothy Shaner will present, Burma/Myanmar: Nexus of a modern Silk Road or Battleground in a new “Great Game”? at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 4 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 2390 North Road in Los Alamos. at 7:30 pm. Thursday, April 4.
The talk is open to the public and light refreshments will be served.
Shaner has lived in Los Alamos for 11 years and is a member of the American Association of University Women.
She claims no “expertise” on Burma, but offers background on the subject.
While raising children and getting her Ph.D. in Political Science at the University Read More
Karen Wray Fine Art Celebrates Spring With ‘Living Things’
‘Mother Daughter Time’ by Heather Ward 
After the snow melts and the winds die down, the artists at Karen Wray Fine Art Gallery will be ready to celebrate spring with their upcoming exhibit, Living Things.
The artists will kick off the new exhibit with a public reception from 5-7 p.m., April 19.
“All of my work is about animals,” said Heather Ward, the newest artist to be represented at Karen Wray Fine Art. “They’re all so different and unique. There’s something amazing
First Female Selected to Lead U.S. Secret Service
SECRET SERVICE News:
U.S. Secret Service Director Julia Pierson
Julia Pierson was sworn in as U.S. Secret Service Director Wednesday, March 27, in a ceremony in the Oval Office.
President Obama watched as Vice President Joe Biden administered the oath to the highly respected veteran of the Secret Service and praised her dedication, professionalism and commitment to her work:
“I have to say that Julia’s reputation within the Service is extraordinary,” President Obama said following the ceremony. “She’s come up through the ranks. She’s done just about every job there Read More
Research Deciphers HIV Attack Plan
Los Alamos National Laboratory scientist Bette Korber. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
- Scientists get inside look at how AIDS virus grooms its assault team
A new study by Los Alamos National Laboratory and University of Pennsylvania scientists defines previously unknown properties of transmitted HIV-1, the virus that causes AIDS.
The viruses that successfully pass from a chronically infected person to a new individual are both remarkably resistant to a powerful initial human immune-response mechanism, and they are blanketed in a greater amount of envelope protein that helps them access and Read More
UPS Agrees to Forfeit $40 Million
DEA News:
DEA Administrator Michele M. Leonhart
SAN FRANCISCO – The Drug Enforcement Administration today announced that United Parcel Service, Inc. (“UPS”) and the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California (“USAO-NDCA”) entered into a Non-Prosecution Agreement (“NPA”) today in which UPS agreed to forfeit $40 million in payments it has received from illicit online pharmacies and to implement a compliance program designed to ensure that illegal online pharmacies will not be able to use UPS’s services to distribute drugs.
UPS has cooperated fully with the Read More