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Allison: In-home Hospice Care Offers Numerous Benefits

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By JACK ALLISON
Executive Director
Los Alamos Visiting Nurse Service
I am honored to speak to our community about the importance and benefits of in-home hospice care. At our organization, Los Alamos Visiting Nurse Service (LAVNS), we believe that every individual deserves to receive compassionate and personalized care during their end-of-life journey. In-home hospice care allows patients to remain in the comfort of their own homes surrounded by loved ones while receiving the support they need.
Hospice care is a specialized form of healthcare that focuses on enhancing the quality of life
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Denish: Who Wins, Who Loses

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By DIANE DENISH
Corner to Corner
© 2024 New Mexico News Services

It’s hard to know who the biggest loser in the Hunter Biden trial might be. Hunter Biden, of course, who was convicted on three felony counts on June 11 by a jury of his Delaware peers, lost the legal case.

Donald Trump lost something bigger; his complaints about two-tiered justice were stopped cold.

During the Biden trial, only snippets of the courtroom drama were reported: who was testifying and to what they were testifying. As with most news, it was hard to get the full context of courtroom action.

What is clear to voters is the split Read More

Weekly Fishing Report: June 17, 2024

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By GEORGE MORSE 
Sports and Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post

Spring runoff has peaked early and streamflows are dropping throughout the state. This is an excellent time to fish streams like the Rio Chama, Rio de los Pinos and the Pecos. The higher flows of spring runoff put the trout in an actively feeding mood and now that the flows are dropping and easier to fish the fishing can be quite good.

Lakes and reservoirs are starting to warm up. Fish will be moving into deeper water. This is a good time to start exploring the small tributary streams where most of the fish will be wild as a result of natural reproduction Read More

Posts From The Road: Meteor Crater In Arizona Desert

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Panoramic View: A panoramic view of the Meteor Crater as seen from the upper viewpoint on the rim shows the massive crater which is 3/4 of a mile wide and 560 feet deep. The reddish deck to the right of center is the lower viewpoint. To the far right is a portion of the rooftop on the visitors center. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Upper Viewpoint: While on the lower viewpoint, I photographed the upper deck viewpoint where the panoramic photo was made. The two viewpoints are about 250 feet differences in elevation. Also shown are the crater walls and the massive rocks which were thrown about during Read More

Fr. Glenn: The Gift Of Fatherhood

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

Well, it’s mid-June, so it must be Fathers’ Day! A most happy and blessed Dads’ day to all your fathers out there, for being a father is honor, responsibility and privilege—indeed, very likely a man’s greatest responsibility when he has children. So cherish the gift that fatherhood is! … knowing that your love and care for your children is to reflect the love and care of God the Eternal Father for all.

For if a man fails to protect and provide for his little ones (other than in circumstances beyond his control—illness and the like), many will think him not much of a man at all Read More

Gessing: New Mexico The Hoarder

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By PAUL GESSING
President
Rio Grande Foundation

Occasionally the evening news reports on people keeping more animals than they can handle.

Other times children of deceased parents are astonished by how much “stuff” their parents or grandparents hang onto only to leave piles of unwanted things to be thrown out.

The State of New Mexico is a hoarder. It hoards cash. One might think this is a good thing because, after all, isn’t keeping cash for a “rainy day” (such as a downturn in oil and gas) a good thing?

Not really. Government is not an individual. People work and save for a future when we cannot work Read More

All Shall Be Well: Where Are You?

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Clergy from left, The Rev. Mary Ann Hill, Rector, Trinity on the Hill, Pastor Nicolé Ferry, Deacon Cynthia Biddlecomb, retired; Associate Priest Lynn Finnegan and Pastor Deb Church. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com

By Pastor Lynn Finnagan 
Associate Priest
The Episcopal Church of the Holy Faith
Santa Fe

“Where are you?” I ask this question several times a day, every day. Unfortunately, the question is always directed toward an inanimate object such as my cell phone or my sunglasses! In the creation mythology found in Genesis, the first book of the Bible, God asks the same question of humanity: Read More

Cinema Cindy Reviews: Inside Out 2

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By CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB
Los Alamos

“Inside Out 2” filled the New Reel Theater at SALA on its opening night, Friday. In fact, a few of the last groups of folks to arrive had to split up just to find seats. Los Alamos wasn’t alone in this; word has it that this new Pixar film is filling theater seats across the country.

This is a film for all ages, good, animated fun with insightful, psychological underpinnings. The story reprises the role of the emotions in the brain of a girl who is just becoming a teenager. Parents of teenagers will easily relate, while the youngest parents in the theater may cringe when Read More

Catch Of The Week: Snowflake Data Breach

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By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos
For the Los Alamos Daily Post

Everyone knows having a super strong and unique password is the best way to protect your online accounts, right? Righttt?

Maybe once upon a time, but in today’s world the best way to protect your accounts is by using MFA (multi-factor authentication) to protect your accounts.

This was recently demonstrated, very painfully, by the Snowflake data breach.

What is Snowflake? Snowflake is an American company offering cloud-based data storage and analytics service, generally termed “data-as-a-service”. This allows corporate users Read More

McQuiston: Beware Of Home Scams This Summer

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By ALLEN MCQUISTON
Jemez Insurance Agency
Serving Los Alamos Since 1963

Summertime may be a time of relaxation and vacations for most, but unfortunately fraudulent contractors don’t take the summer months off. Instead, these scammers take advantage of the fact that people are out of their typical routines during the season, and use those distractions to con homeowners in a variety of creative and dangerous ways.

In this article, we uncover the two most common forms of summertime scams, and provide some tips for protecting yourself from these fraudsters.

The Most Common Contractor Scams in Read More