Skolnik: COVID Briefing Note #4 – Los Alamos Faces The Highest Case Counts Ever
By RICHARD SKOLNIKLos Alamos
Editor’s Note: This is the fourth in a series of COVID-19 Updates by Richard Skolnik that appear bi-weekly in the Los Alamos Daily Post. These are meant to keep the community informed on the status of the pandemic, critical new findings on the pandemic, and what this information suggests for our community’s response to COVID-19. These updates complement the data that Eli Ben-Naim prepares for the Post. Unless otherwise noted, data is from the New York Times and the New Mexico Department of Health.
Pandemic Data and Trends – For the Week Ending Oct. 18, 2021
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Weekly Fishing Report: Oct. 19, 2021
By GEORGE MORSE
Sports And Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post
The weather has been getting colder in the mornings. It will not be long before the smaller, high-elevation lakes like Canjilon, Hopewell and the Trout Lakes begin to freeze over. By Thanksgiving, they may be inaccessible due to snow.
People are sometimes surprised to find out that New Mexico offers some good ice fishing. Eagle Nest Lake, Fenton Lake and Lake Maloya usually begin freezing in December and by January the ice is thick enough for them to be opened for ice fishing. Be sure to call ahead and check on the ice conditions.
Despite Read More
Gruninger: Strength Pose Of The Month – Half Locust
The half locust pose. Courtesy photo
By JACCI GRUNINGER, MS, C-IAYT, ERYT500
Los Alamos
You might spend your day hunched over your computer, seated in a forward rounding position, head slightly thrust forward.
Typical American. Years of slouching and always being in a forward moving position can shorten your back muscles making it harder and harder to stand up straight. Long term, neglecting the back back muscles can lead to osteoporosis, vertebral compression and fractures of the spine.
The key is to create balance between the front and back body muscles, which usually means more backbending Read More
Whipple: Breathing & Posture Tips For Better Health
By Dr. Laura Whipple DC
Los Alamos
My column from the last week of September focused on stress, head forward posture or ‘tech neck’ and impaired breathing that I see regularly in the clinic.
This biomechanical issue is commonly responsible for tension headaches, neck, jaw, shoulder and upper back pain. The chest muscles are often very tight creating a hunched over posture, which causes weakness in the upper back and shoulder. As a result, the diaphragm is not able to expand the lungs properly and the smaller muscles of the chest and neck are needed to fully expand the lungs.
A great way to evaluate Read More
McQuiston: Time To Fall Back (And Check Smoke Alarms)
By ALLEN MCQUISTON
Jemez Agency
Serving Los Alamos Since 1963
Daylight Saving Time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 7 when we “fall back” an hour.
A general rule of thumb is to replace the batteries in your smoke detectors when Daylight Saving Time ends and begins (unless you have a special detector – more on that below).
In addition to replacing your batteries, here are some guidelines that are smart to follow when checking/testing smoke alarms:
- Smoke alarms should be maintained according to the manufacturer’s instructions, so look over and keep the instructions.
- Test smoke alarms at least once a month
Posts From The Road: Georgetown, Colorado
Gold Rush: Aspen trees shine in the afternoon sun on a dirt road off of the Guanella Pass Scenic Byway. While much gold was mined in Colorado, the area near Georgetown was mined for silver. During the silver mining boom days, Georgetown was known as the ‘Silver Queen of the Rockies’. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
Falling Leaves: Aspen trees line a road near the Guanella Pass Scenic Byway even as many of the leaves have fallen and cover the dirt road with a coating of gold. Guanella Pass is a favorite leaf-peeping location because of its beautiful aspen forests as well as its close proximity Read More
Fr. Glenn: Finding Strength
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
Well, it was definitely Friday. Lots of businesses get slammed on Mondays—car repair shops, banks, etc. But for others it can be on Fridays, usually when you have a busy weekend in the making anyway. Plans change, pressures and tempers rise, etc. So easy to just give in to anger and either lash out or despair. Or both.
Cruising the online guides the other evening, I came across a docudrama called “Shackleton’s Captain” on tubi.com—a very engaging story about the South Pole expedition in the early 1900s. Sir Ernest Shackleton gathered a crew and sought to be the first expedition Read More
