Food on the Hill: Harissa Bean Dip
Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com
Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com
Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.comYang: The Never-Ending Nature-Nurture Debate
The Never-Ending Nature-Nurture DebateMr. Anders Ericsson and his colleagues would like to convince us that so-called “innate talent” is highly overrated … if it exists at all. They are convinced by their own research (and others’) that ultimately, it is long-term and highly committed effort, at least 10,000 hours or 10 years, that propel certain people to the top echelon of experts and elite performers in all fields.
After reading two articles by Ericsson and several colleagues, one published in Psychological Review (PR) (link below) and the other in Harvard Business Read More
PEEC Amateur Naturalist: Part 3 When White Rock was a Lake
PEEC Amateur Naturalist: Part 3 When White Rock was a Lake
By ROBERT DRYJA
Much of the Pajarito Plateau had been created as a result of two major events that occurred 1.2 and 1.6 million years ago. Volcanic eruptions at these times emptied a lava chamber of an estimated 145 cubic miles of material and created the Valles Caldera.
Part of this material was thrown skyward, eventually to be blown on the eastern side of the Sierra de los Valles mountains. Other material also flowed eastward over these mountains. The resulting layers of lighter or denser lava created the Pajarito Plateau. The magnitude Read More
Letter to the Editor: Food Drive May 10 Benefits LA Cares, Your local Food Pantry and More…
By JEANE BUTLERThe National Association of Letter Carriers and Boy Scouts of America Food Drive is Saturday, May 10. They will be collecting donated canned, boxed, and dry goods from community members.
Just bag or box donated items and place them by your mailbox the morning of May 10. Our supermarkets often have case lot sales. Cases would be so helpful in filling up our nearly empty pantry. If you miss the Food Drive you may leave donated items year-round anytime during opening hours at the Aquatic Center and Los Alamos County Social Services at 1505 Read More
This Week at the Reel Deal
Column by JIM O’DONNELLThis week we are opening The Other Woman. We will hold Captain America, Transcendence and Rio 2. The Grand Budapest Hotel will end this Thursday so don’t miss it. It is quirky and funny.
‘The Other Woman’ movie poster. Courtesy/Reel Deal Theater
In The Other Woman, after discovering her boyfriend is married, a woman (Cameron Diaz) tries to get her ruined life back on track. But when she accidentally meets the wife he’s been cheating on (Leslie Mann), she realizes they have much in common, and her sworn enemy becomes her Read More
Fitness Column: Summer Shape Up
Fitness Column: Summer Shape UpWinter is over. Spring break has come and gone. That means summer is just around the corner. In the next few weeks the days will get longer and warmer and that means we’ll be wearing more shorts, tank tops and swimsuits.
Many of you may have gained a few pounds over the winter, and if you’re going to look the way you want this summer, now is the time to get your body in shape. The first thing you’re going to need to do to change your body for the summer is to begin exercising more. As always, a combination of weight training and cardiovascular exercise works the best. Read More
How the Hen House Turns: Wild Neighbors (Number One)
How the Hen House Turns:On the other side of the yard from the Hen House—on the west side—sits the covered front porch. It is enclosed by a wooden fence topped with a two-by-four railing. On that railing and on the various shaped blocks that decorate the fencing, go unsalted peanuts in the shell, for the jays.
A feeder tray sits atop the west side of the railing, next to a plastic bowl of water. That feeder is filled every morning with one-half cup of sunflower seeds and one-fourth cup or less of thistle seed and cracked corn. A pinecone Read More
