Gruninger: Yoga Philosophy – The Gunas
By JACCI GRUNINGER, MS, C-IAYT
Los Alamos
No, I’m not talking about the Goonies movie, which was a classic and major stepping stone for many of today’s more famous actors. And, when we explore the gunas and the concept of energy, the movie could even be broken down into the various components you’ll find in today’s article.
The gunas are three types of energy and come from Sankhya philosophy. Guna translates as thread or quality. Think of threading (sewing) things together. The three gunas are present in everything, including ourselves. They are qualities that are found in everything.
A desk, Read More
Winegar: Golf Course Improvements A Win For Everyone
By SCOTT WINEGAR
Los Alamos
Our County’s largest recreational facility and central open space area needs long overdue deferred maintenance and upgrades to its infrastructure.
Built in 1947, the Los Alamos Golf Course, is the County’s largest and most used recreation facility. As one of the oldest courses in northern NM, it continues to be a county treasure where friends and family can enjoy the social and medical benefits of outdoor exercise. The appeal of the course is increasing as daily rounds are expected to reach 30,000 this year, doubling the 15,000 reached in 2016. In fact, if you include Read More
Devolder: Using Metrics To Measure Effectiveness Of Government & Political Candidates
By MARK DEVOLDER
Los Alamos
I feel a certain amount of frustration these days when I observe how the Federal, State, and Municipal governments operate.
Given the complexity of each entity, it is difficult at times to determine the effectiveness of each level of government as well as the effectiveness of new and/or incumbent political candidates. Therefore, what is needed is some method to measure that effectiveness.
Up until the 1930’s, big business was a dominant force in America. American Government was becoming increasingly dominant too (for example, America’s Great White Fleet Read More
Collord: Small Group Creates Petition Against Pueblo Canyon Bike Skills Park & Multi-Use Trail But Majority Of Town Supports Projects
By CHRIS COLLORD
President
Tuff Riders
A small but vocal group has created a petition to oppose the development of a bike skills park and multi-use trail in Pueblo Canyon, and even force the tabling of all future discussions of trail building in Pueblo Canyon.
View the final proposal here: Final Proposal.
Even though the petition is signed by only 125 people in a town of 15,000 (<1%), these types of tactics are difficult for County Councilors to ignore. People who enjoy Los Alamos trails and would like to see them maintained and expanded (which, I think, is by far the majority of the people Read More
Devolder: Operating Issues With Bear-Proof Dumpsters
By MARK DEVOLDER
Los Alamos
A new, tan bear-proof dumpster is located west of Fuller Lodge. The dumpster has a number of issues which require attention:
1) There are no instructions (that is, printed instructions or a graphic) on how to open the doors on top of the dumpster. This has led users to discard garbage in the adjacent blue recycle dumpster (for example, black plastic bags containing garbage, broken glass, and yard trimmings). The bear-proof dumpster is provided with two each steel doors on top of the dumpster. There is a “C”-shaped channel attached to the top of each door. Beneath the C-Channel Read More
Posts From the Road: Columbia River
Columbia River: A view of the Columbia River is seen from a higher viewpoint in Oregon, which shows both sides of the river and the surrounding landscape. This view is looking toward the east from a point east of Portland, Ore. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
River and Islands: The Columbia River is seen from the Vista House viewpoint. This is a view looking westward, which shows several islands that dot the river near Portland. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
By GARY WARREN
Photographer
Formerly of Los Alamos
The Columbia River is more than a border between two states in the Pacific Read More
Fr. Glenn: Dye In Water
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
Probably every budding young scientist has been fascinated in putting drops of food coloring in a glass of water and watching it spread throughout—diffusing until evenly distributed throughout the whole volume. Perhaps thus began in many the beginnings of scientific curiosity.
Now, early in the Bible’s Old Testament one finds quite a bit concerning cleanliness and uncleanliness of food, objects, etc., especially in the book of Leviticus which outlines much of the early Jewish moral and ritual laws. Certain foods were deemed unclean to eat, pork perhaps the best known Read More
