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Help With The Hard Stuff: 'Getting Commitment, not just Agreement'

Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on May 23, 2013 - 8:42am
HELP WITH THE HARD STUFF:
 
Part 8 (of 10)–“Getting Commitment, not just Agreement”
By GINI NELSON, JD, MA
 
I ended my last column promising to explore some of the older and newer alternatives to a conventional law practice that exist and are evolving in legal services. To me, it’s an access to justice issue. How can you, the person who needs help with the hard stuff, get that help effectively and affordably from lawyers? I think it’s hard, especially when the issues have you especially stressed and the involvement is tumultuous, as is common in divorce.

I think it’s especially hard

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HOFMANN: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services Offers Insights into Long Term Care

Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on May 23, 2013 - 6:50am
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Offers Insights into Long Term Care
Column by SUE HOFMANN

Consumers may hear many confusing statements regarding the topic of long term care, both published in the public domain and repeated by misinformed individuals. 

Over the next few weeks, I will be submitting a series of columns containing accurate information provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services website http://longtermcare.gov. I encourage you to watch for and read these informative columns.

The LTC Basics #1: 

What is Long Term Care?

Most people over 65 will

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Solo Traveler: Why Go Alone?

Submitted by Bonnie J. Gordon
on May 21, 2013 - 9:16am
Solo Traveler
Column by SHERRY HARDAGE
 
Why Go Alone?

The disadvantages of traveling alone are all too obvious. Nobody knows exactly where you are, who you’re with, or what you are doing.

Without a companion, it can be terribly lonely, especially while traveling in countries with different languages. It can be downright scary if a country has a bad reputation for violence or mistreatment of women. So you rarely hear about the advantages of solo travel.

When traveling with someone, we tend to speak our own language. We share experiences and observations with our companion.

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Food on the Hill: Panini with Prosciutto, Peaches and Provolone

Submitted by Bonnie J. Gordon
on May 21, 2013 - 8:33am

This week's Recipe:
Panini with Prosciutto, Peaches and Provolone
 
Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com
 
This recipe makes one sandwich. It is wonderful with the sweet of the peaches and the salty of the prosciutto and the gooey of the melted cheese.
 
Ingredients:
Ciabatta bun or Telera sandwich buns
Butter
2 slices of provolone cheese
1 ripe peach, peeled and sliced
3 slices of prosciutto
PAM spray
 

Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com

Directions:

You can get the cheese and the meat at the deli counter, that way you can get as much or as little as you need.

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Column: Parents, Children, and Divorce

Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on May 21, 2013 - 8:27am
Parents, Children, and Divorce
By "Concerned Student"
Los Alamos

With an ever-increasing world population, marriages are becoming more and more common. However, with the increasing number of marriages, there comes a subsequent increase in the number of divorces. Statistics suggest that every one in two marriages will end in divorce, and 40 percent of the children born in this decade will have to experience the marital transition of their parents.

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Pajarito Reads: Local Sci-Fi Writer Carolyn Neeper Explores Creating a Sustainable Society

Submitted by Bonnie J. Gordon
on May 20, 2013 - 7:23am
Column by BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post

Los Alamos science fiction writer Carolyn Neeper has been contemplating and engaging in interspecies communication for many years.

As readers of her column in the Los Alamos Daily Post, "How the Hen House Turns" know, Neeper is deeply involved with the animals in her life, be they skunks, dogs or turkeys. It doesn’t hurt that Neeper also is a microbiologist.

“We aren’t unique in our emotional responses,” Neeper said. “We exaggerate our uniqueness. We need to appreciate more that we’re simply a part of it all.”

Neeper has watched the

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Yang: Cooperate To Cheat … To Get A Good Grade, Or, To Learn?

Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on May 20, 2013 - 6:57am
Cooperate To Cheat … To Get A Good Grade, Or, To Learn?
By ELENA YANG

Here is an interesting read: http://blogs.kcrw.com/whichwayla/2013/04/cheating-to-learn-how-a-ucla-professor-gamed-a-game-theory-midterm

To sum it up: An UCLA professor of Behavioral Ecology allowed his students to create their own rules for a midterm test.

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