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  • Word on the Street 05-26-13
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  • Take a trip down memory lane with The Beatles

    Four British men with mop haircuts and suits take the stage, ready to perform. When the music starts, girls scream, faint and urinate on themselves. The new rock group’s appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show” will change America forever. They are The Beatles.
    Since their debut in the United States on Feb. 9, 1964, The Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr) have continued to weave their Beatlemania spell on minds throughout the world.
    The Beatles had an almost supernatural way of collaborating with one another, which can be heard on just about all of their albums.
    Their crowning achievement came on June 1, 1967 with the release of “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.” Throughout “Sgt. Pepper’s,” the lyrical content and musical composition complement each other in such a way, that not even time itself could dull this 46-year-old gem.
    From day one, “Sgt. Pepper’s” was a groundbreaking feat. For one, no other band at the time had donned alter egos in order to make an album as the Beatles did.

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  • CMN helps those that need it most

    Every minute, 62 children are admitted to a children’s hospital.
    According to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality website, one out of six discharges from United States hospitals is a child and in 2009, there were 6.4 million hospital stays for children ages 17 and younger.
    Despite the need for care, not all families are able to pay the medical bills incurred by a hospital stay. That’s where the Children’s Miracle Network comes in.
    There are 170 hospitals throughout the United States and Canada, which Children’s Miracle Network — an organization that raises money for hospitals — donates to.
    The University of New Mexico Children’s Hospital in Albuquerque is one of these CMN hospitals and children treats more than 57,000 children every year from New Mexico, Eastern Arizona, Southern Colorado and West Texas.
    Clint Curry, a CMN representative, said that the goal of CMN is to raise awareness of children’s hospitals.
    Children’s Miracle Network began in 1983 and is celebrating its 30-year anniversary this year. Since it was established, CMN has raised more than $4.7 billion.
    The funds go toward all types of programs, including robotic surgical equipment and cutting-edge research programs. The funds also go toward uncompensated medical care.

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  • Today in History May 25
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  • Community icon Steve Stoddard dies

    Steve Stoddard, a former state senator, lab chemist, community icon, war hero, a Living Treasure and godfather of the Los Alamos Republican party, died Friday, according to friends.

    "Steve Stoddard was a friend, a fellow Kiwanian, a mentor, a veteran, a public servant and indeed a Living Treasure.  He will be sorely missed by his immediate family, his Kiwanis family and all of Los Alamos.  We've lost a great one,” Los Alamos resident Morrie Pongratz said in an email Friday. “We just lost another member of the greatest generation.  These unselfish men and women made our land what it is today.  How apt that we recall them all this Memorial Day.”

    More on this story in Sunday's Los Alamos Monitor.

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  • Local orthodontist brings a piece of Hawaii to LA

    As the hot, dry summer begins to take its hold on Los Alamos, a new icy treat will be available to help residents survive the heat.
    Local orthodontist Dr. Devan Vest and his partner Dan Richards recently launched their new business venture Northshore Shave Ice Co. to provide the community with a unique summer treat.
    They began the season last week at the White Rock Kite Festival with plans to keep regular hours at Vest’s practice this summer.
    The concept for the business came many years earlier as the two were attending a small college and rooming together on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii. Both Vest and Richards fondly recount visiting the local shave ice vendor, to seek relief from a hot, salty day at the beach.
    “We would often spend the day at Waimea Bay and, when sufficiently salt crusted and sun baked, we would head over to Matsumoto’s in Haleiwa for shave ice,” Richards said. It was at this shop that the two hatched the idea of owning their own shave ice business someday.

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  • NWS issues warning on poor air quality

     

    There have been numerous independent reports Friday morning regarding the hazy skies and subsequent poor air quality within the Albuquerque Metro area, according to the National Weather Service.  The City of Albuquerque Air Quality Department released a Health Alert at 849am for poor air quality due to wildfire smoke. 

    Additionally, several inter-agency coordination calls have been held  this morning to discuss this unique situation. There is a prescribed burn south of Tuscon, AZ that is a contributing source region providing an undetermined amount of smoke particulate matter in the atmosphere. 

    This smoke is combining with the dust from windy conditions the past 12 to 24 hours. Additionally, a back door front ushered in a dramatic increase in low level moisture which can enhance the development of haze and associated visibility impacts. Observers at Sandia Peak and the Forest Service have verified that this haze is widespread along the Rio Grande Valley from Santa Fe to Albuquerque to Belen and Socorro and west  to near the Continental Divide.

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  • All about social media marketing

    Many business owners feel a sense of urgency and peer pressure about creating a social media presence before they’re ready because they assume they’re losing business to more tech-savvy competitors.
    But panic is a poor driver of decisions, and that’s why the entrepreneur needs to begin with a set of clear business objectives that will guide his use of these versatile tools.
    When it comes to business and marketing planning, strategy comes first and tools second.
    Whatever the marketing tactic, a business owner needs to know what he wants to accomplish before the ads start to air or the social media channels go live. Every business needs an overarching strategy for reaching its goals. The strategy is the foundation of its marketing plan, which, in turn, supports the company’s social media plan.
    Goals for social media marketing should be specific, measureable, attainable, relevant and time-bound — or S.M.A.R.T., in business jargon — so the business owner can stay on track and adjust her strategy to suit changing circumstances.

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  • The high cost of free speech

    I’m one of the few people I know (presuming of course that I know myself) who has actually read the U.S. Flag Code, Title 4 of the United States Code. The Flag Code is a federal law, which specifies treatment, display, respect, and permitted usage of the United States flag.
     The U.S. Flag Code is quite severe in its restrictions and interpretations of those three colors. In Section 8-J, it deems the flag as a living object - “The flag represents a living country and is itself considered a living thing.”
     Of course, we’re just talking about a piece of cloth (with high lead content if manufactured in China). But emotions can run very high over that cloth. Rip up a $990 designer Reed Krakoff T-shirt (like Ann Romney wore during one of her speeches on how her family was in touch with average Americans) and people will laugh at you. Rather, they should laugh at anyone stupid enough to spend that much money on a T-shirt.
     However, tear an American flag in half and it’s no laughing matter. Wars have been waged over lesser emotional responses.

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  • Church Listings 05-24-13

    Baha’i Faith
    For information, email losalamosla@gmail.com. For general information, call the Baha’i Faith phone at 1-800-228-6483.

    Bethlehem Lutheran
    Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church, a member of the ELCA is at 2390 North Road. 662-5151, bethluth.com. Worship services are at 8:15 and 10:45 a.m., with coffee and doughnuts served between services during our Education Hour of classes for all ages. The preaching is biblical by our Pastors Bruce Kuenzel and Nicolé Ferry, the music is lively, children are welcome and abundant and a well-staffed nursery is provided. All are welcome.

    Bryce Ave. Presbyterian
    The church is located at 3333 Bryce Ave. The Rev. Henry Fernandez preaches, bapca.org, info@bapca.org. For information, call 672-3364.

    Buddhist
    Kannon Zendo, 35 Barranca Road. kannonzendo.org. Henry Chigen Finney, 661-6874. Meditation in the Zen tradition will be offered Wednesday evenings at the Kannon Zendo in Los Alamos.

    Calvary Chapel
    Sunday school classes for all ages at 9:15 a.m. Join us at 10:30 a.m. for worship and a study of the Biblical Jesus as He relates to people in our look at the Gospel of Exodus.

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