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WALKER: Discovering The Inside Story

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A technologist prepares a patient for an MRI. Courtesy photo
 
 
By FREDERICK WALKER, M.A, RT (R)(N)
LAMC

The week of Nov. 8-14 is National Radiology Technology Week. This week-long celebration calls attention to the important role medical imaging plays in patient care and health care safety.

This week is especially important to the imaging field as it commemorates the discovery of the x-ray by Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen Nov. 8, 1895.

Los Alamos Medical Center is home to a multi-disciplinary group of Radiologic Technologists. The imaging capabilities at LAMC include routine Radiology, Read More

This Week At The Reel Deal

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By JIM O’DONNELL
Real Deal Theater

This Friday we are opening Spectre and The Peanut Movie. Bridge of Spies, The Martian, and Burnt will hold limited for another week. Sicario will end Thursday.  

I and saw Burnt Monday evening and I disagree with the critics reviews. I thought Bradley Cooper gave another fine performance as an elite but troubled chef. If you like Cooper and Sienna Miller and food, put it on your to do list. We will hold it limited for another week.

I have been trying to get Steve Jobs for a couple weeks now but Universal has not released it wide enough for us yet. It has had very Read More

Cinema Cindy Reviews ‘Burnt’

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By CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB
Los Alamos

“Burnt” is an enjoyable film that takes us into the intensity and competitive spirit of world class, prima donna, gourmet chefs. Bradley Cooper plays the lead here as an American chef named Adam Jones. Once a Paris sensation with two Michelin stars to his name, Jones blew it all on drugs, parties and women. But that’s the backstory.

Movie poster for ‘Burnt.’ Courtesy Reel Deal Theater

The film opens in New Orleans as Adam is doing what he calls “penance” for all that, now that he’s been sober for more than two years. He is focused on making amends, facing Read More

The Elephant In The Room: 11 Facts For Veterans Day

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The Elephant in the Room
By the Los Alamos Republican Party

Veterans Day is Wednesday. It is a day our nation sets aside to honor those men and women who have served in the armed forces.

Here are 11 facts about Veterans Day:

1. On Nov. 11, 1918, World War I, also known as The Great War, came to an end with an armistice between the combatants.  

2. The following year, an “Armistice Day” was proclaimed by President Woodrow Wilson in the United States. In 1926, Congress adopted a resolution directing the President to issue an official proclamation each year on Nov. 11, honoring the war dead and veterans. Read More

Living Well Los Alamos: Holiday Turkey Safety

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Living Well Los Alamos
By HELEN IDZOREK
 
This is the time of year when we begin planning holiday meals.
 
Many of us will cook a turkey with all the trimmings to celebrate Thanksgiving. Though delicious, turkey dinners can be potential sources of food borne illness.
 
Harmful bacteria grow best in temperatures between 40°F and 140°F. The total time a turkey is held at this temperature danger zone should not be more than two hours.
 
How Long to Thaw?
 
Weight in Pounds ― Thawing Time in Refrigerator ― Thawing Time in Cold Water:
 
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Felicia Orth: Piñon And Portabellas

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Piñon Pine on Barranca. Courtesy photo
 
By FELICIA ORTH
Los Alamos
 
The Piñon Pine, or nut pine (Pinus edulis) was designated in 1948 as the state tree of New Mexico.
 
It grows slowly, not very tall, and is often found with juniper trees. We have one adjacent to our driveway, and have known it primarily for the copious amounts of fragrant sap it produces.
 
This year, presumably as a result of the rains in May and June, we found many pine nuts all over the ground nearby, and, like many local populations over the centuries, collected them in happy anticipation of adding the roasted
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O’Leary: Time For A Recreation Bond In Los Alamos

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Editor’s note: Discussion on whether to hold a recreation bond election in November 2016 is on this evening’s County Council agenda. Following is a column by County Councilor Susan O’Leary on this issue published in the September edition of the Los Alamos Daily Post.
 
By SUSAN O’LEARY
Los Alamos County Councilor

As an opening position, I’ll start by saying that Los Alamos is a very nice place to live with tremendous potential to become an absolutely fantastic place to live. Given citizen engagement and our region’s physical and historical attributes, Los Alamos can Read More

Free Film Series Screens ‘Wadjda’

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Movie poster for ‘Wadjda.’ Courtesy photo

 

Review by KELLY DOLEJSI 

Los Alamos

 

It’s no surprise that current-day Saudi Arabia looks oppressive when seen through a young girl’s eyes. More startling are the small ways that sweeping political change can begin.

 

An award-winner at film festivals around the world, “Wadjda” (2012, rated PG, subtitled), is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a long time. It’s a wonderful choice for this month’s installment of Mesa Public Library’s Free Film Series, screening 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the upstairs meeting-room Read More

Yang: Seriously, It’s Not Always About Money

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By ELENA YANG
Los Alamos

Why do people want to work? Why do you want to work? Is the paycheck the only incentive? Do only professionals care about “the meaning of work?” 

While there aren’t straightforward answers – and philosophical discussions are called for – Professor Barry Schwartz in his “Rethinking Work” (link) informs us that empirical evidence has pointed to “we want more than just monetary reward from our work,” and it applies across the board 

More than a decade ago, the Yale organizational behavior professor Amy Wrzesniewski and colleagues did a study on custodians in Read More

Griggs: Dateline Morocco 2015

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Author David Griggs and three ladies from Dublin, Ireland, cooking Vegetarian Tagine last month at Amal Women’s Training Center and Moroccan Restaurant in Marrakech. Courtesy photo

The finished product: a steaming platter of Vegetarian Tajine. Courtesy photo

 

By DAVID H. GRIGGS
Formerly of Los Alamos

Some write “tajine”, others write “tagine”. I say “delicious” … my introduction to Moroccan cooking at Amal Women’s Training Center and Moroccan Restaurant.

Last May, during a chance encounter at a Farmers’ Market in Roanoke, Va., I met three people from Morocco. We chatted about Read More