Skolnik: COVID Update #13 – Status Of The Pandemic And Vaccination Coverage, Hospitalization, And Deaths
By RICHARD SKOLNIK
Los Alamos
Status of the Pandemic and Vaccination Coverage, Hospitalization, and Deaths
The table below shows cases, hospitalizations, and deaths for the US, New Mexico, and Los Alamos County for the week ending February 28, 2022.
No COVID deaths among Los Alamos County residents were reported in the last two weeks. The New York Times shows a test positivity rate over the last 14 days of 18% for Los Alamos.
The graphic below (thanks to Eli Ben-Naim) shows the rolling 7-day average of cases in Los Alamos County over the last six months. The daily average number of new cases has fallen Read More
Weekly Fishing Report: March 1, 2022
By GEORGE MORSE
Sports And Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post
It looks like March is going to come in like a lamb this year in New Mexco. Temperatures are forecast to reach their warmest levels so far this year.
It looks like there is not going to be an ice-fishing season at Fenton Lake State Park this year. It’s still closed and it’s unlikely that the ice will thicken enough to safely allow anglers on it. On the bright side, once the ice melts at Fenton the open water fishing should be excellent.
As previewed last week, Clayton Lake state Park, Morphy Lake State Park and the Charette Lakes opened today to fishing. Read More
Leonard: Hydrogen Can Work – But N.M. Needs A Plan
By DANIEL LEONARD
Los Alamos
The tabling of the hydrogen hub plan presents a fantastic opportunity for a real discussion about what the hydrogen economy could look like in New Mexico.
The failed legislative effort focused on perks for the oil and gas industry at taxpayer expense. Discussion was long on rhetoric about jobs and short on details to ensure real emissions reductions. There was little mention of the value of hydrogen in a carbon-free future.
However, this legislative effort has brought the idea of a hydrogen economy to the forefront. Those concerned about climate change need to understand Read More
Gruninger: The Fourth Niyama Is Svadhyaya – Self Study
By JACCI GRUNINGER MS, C-IAYT, ERYT500
Los Alamos
The fourth Niyama is Svadhyaya, the study of the self.
“Yoga is the journey of the Self, through the Self, to the Self.” –The Bhagavad Gita
The work or practice we do on the mat is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to yoga.
On the mat work helps us to see, feel and watch the part that is under the iceberg.
Svadhyaya can be defined as:
- Self study;
- self awareness;
- Self knowledge;
- Self reflection; and
- Self-examination.
When I teach yoga or work with clients in yoga therapy, I will ask questions like what do you notice? How does your left side feel versus Read More
Leornard: Prebiotics And Why Feeding The Good Guys In Your Gut Is Important
Courtesy image
By LAURA LEONARD
Doctor of Chiropractic
Los Alamos
We’ve all heard of probiotics; the good bacteria, like lactobacillus that live in our gut. We get probiotics by taking supplements or by eating yogurt containing live bacteria.
Probiotics are often recommended after a course of antibiotics because they are known to disrupt the bacterial balance in our gut.
Prebiotics are the foods that feed the good bacteria residing in our gut.
Why are the good bacteria and the food that feeds them so important to our health? For obvious reasons, if the good guys get out of balance then the bad guys Read More
Fr. Glenn: Countering Instinct
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
Images of bombings, smoke, freedom fighters are strewn across the news sites once again. Heavy sigh. Over 30 years after the tearing down of “The Wall” in Berlin and the subsequent breakup of the Soviet Union—hardly even a generation—Russia sets it sights westward once again, making incursions into Ukraine, then…? Peace shattered in Europe once again. As General MacArthur remarked in his farewell speech to West Point, it does seem that “Only the dead have seen the end of war.”
Obviously—lamentably—there are always wars, rebellions and conflicts throughout the world. Read More
Tales Of Our Times: Monopoly Wars Turned Us On To Cinnamon Buns And Spiced Wine
Tales of our Times
By JOHN BARTLIT
New Mexico Citizens
for Clean Air & Water
Cinnamon, from the bark of a tree species in the tropics, adds greatly to the toasty baked goods and winter beverages we enjoy. How could that happen?
To the extent that history is known that far back, cinnamon production began on the island of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) as early as 2,800 B.C. From there, the cinnamon story is much like stories of other early foods that were widely prized in the world. The sum of the food stories sums up humans more than food history.
By 2,000 B.C., Arab marketeers learned to haul cinnamon by boat
