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Column: We Should Colonize Mars!

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We Should Colonize Mars!

Column by T. JACKSON KING
Los Alamos

We should colonize Mars.

It is a simple statement, but the imperative to colonize another planet may have escaped many people, even those who stayed up late and watched as the rover Curiosity landed safely on the surface of Mars.

Why colonize Mars?

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Well, we could cite the romantic reason given by the Russian mathematician Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, the first human to propose launching rockets into orbit, the building of space habitats, the building of Moon bases, the exploitation of the asteroid belt and Read More

Help With The Hard Stuff: Lawyers are Human, Too

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Help With The Hard Stuff

Part 2 (of 10) – Lawyers are Human, Too

By GINI NELSON, JD, MA

I said in my last column, “You’re going to the lawyer to help you with solving a complex problem in an increasingly interconnected, unstable, and hopelessly complicated world – something lawyers can be very good at.” 

Notice I said lawyers can be very good at it, not that they always are good at it. It’s also true that lawyers can be not very good at helping you solve complex problems.

That’s because lawyers are human, just like everyone else. And, being human, they can be as prone to mistaken assumptions Read More

Hannemann’s Music Corner: Baiting the Hook

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Baiting the Hook
 
Column by RICHARD HANNEMANN
Los Alamos
 
There is an old gag: on a piece of paper write, “how do you drive someone bonkers all day (over).” On the other side you write, “how do you drive someone bonkers all day (over).”
 
There are wonderfully fun variations on this, e.g. “Pete and repete went fishing. Pete fell out of the boat. Who was left?”
 
When you get the answer, “repeat” you say, “Pete and repete went fishing …” You get the drift. Shaggy dog stories are of similar nature.
 
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Column: Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life

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Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life

Column by ANN SHAFER
Los Alamos

You’ve just hit 50 and you are now aware that you are in the second half of your life. What are you going to do with the rest of your life? 

You know what you don’t want to do. You don’t want to spend your life sitting in front of your TV watching show after show or spending hours playing computer games.

Sage-ing International is an organization that honors living the second half of your life in a joyful, fulfilling, and beneficial manner. It is also known as conscious aging. 

We now live longer and spend more of our retirement Read More

Money IQ: Too Good to be True (Continued)

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Money IQ
By MELISSA ROMERO

Too Good to be True (Continued)

Last week we discussed how criminals are always looking for unsuspecting victims to help them steal and launder funds.

“Money mules” are individuals who are usually tricked into helping transfer stolen funds from one country to another.

The fraudster uses social websites like Facebook, Myspace and Twitter to locate their victims. Below is another example of “Too good to be true.” 

Mr. Right – You receive a notification on Facebook that someone is asking to be your friend. You don’t recognize the name, Tom Morgan, but you think to Read More

Column: Fiscal Disaster Zone

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Fiscal Disaster Zone

Column by T. JACKSON KING
Los Alamos
 
Amidst the current talk of sequestering of already budgeted federal monies, federal budget cuts and “Do This Or Else” threats from politicians, we taxpayers should know one simple truth—our federal and state budget problems come from the problem of greed.

The major contributor to our national crisis is large corporate greed, as in the 200 plus large corporations that pay no federal income tax on their earnings.

Some of these corporations were bailed out by Washington D.C. in 2009 and then in 2010 they decided to “gift” their stupid Read More

Food on the Hill: Greek Style Chicken

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“Food on the Hill” by Sue York

This Week’s Recipe:

Greek Style Chicken

Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com

Ingredients…

2 pounds chicken- breast and thighs, skinned
1 small can black olives, drained
1 head of garlic, crush with side of knife
1 tablespoon dried oregano
salt and pepper
capers, do not drain
1/2 cup red wine vinegar
1/2 cup olive oil
1/2 cup pitted dried prunes, quartered
3/4 cup Spanish olives with juice
4-6 bay leaves
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1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white wine

Directions…

Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com
 
Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com
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Pajarito Reads: Robert Fuselier Explores How Survival Strategies Rooted Deep in the Brain Control our Behavior

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Column by BONNIE GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post

Robert (Bob) Fuselier may be the ideal person to tackle the subject of his new book, “From Violence to Freedom.”

Fuselier is a veterinarian, which of course gives him a lot of insight into animal behavior and a background in medicine and biology.

Bob Fuselier

He’s also a world traveler, having done volunteer work in Honduras and more recently, in Afghanistan, where he saw how different cultures cope with human behavior. Fuselier also has a lifelong fascination with exploring our spiritual nature and a passionate interest in the brain and how it functions. Read More

Column: Great Skis, Great Skiing, to Great Organizations… Part 1

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Great Skis, Great Skiing, to Great Organizations – From Personal Development to Organizational Development Part I

Column by ELENA YANG

I have been working on four books for the past few weeks; two are about personal development and the other two are about organizations (see listing below.)

The overlapping messages are generally about living with passion, learning to release creative energy, staying disciplined and having fun.

On a recent skiing trip, they began to meld together for me. So, this entry is both personal and organizational.

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Thoughts From the Big Chair: ‘Ziggy and Brubeck and Crocs, Oh My!’

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Thoughts From the Big Chair
Comments on Television and Associated Media From a Lifelong Addict
Column by RALPH E. CHAPMAN

“Ziggy and Brubeck and Crocs, Oh My!”

Hey gang! This week, I think I’m going to stick to a couple shorter topics on different ends of the Reality Show continuum…

The Grammys

The Grammys were on last week and I managed to watch a good deal of the telecast over a few days using the old DVR.

It’s tough to watch the whole program at one time because, as with most Hollywood awards shows, it overflows with lots of ego, over-hyped records and performances, and, of course, mindless banter. Read More