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Mrs. Beadsley’s Jewel Box: Importance Of A Loupe

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By DEBRA LOWENSTEIN
Owner of Mrs. Beadsley

One of the first things I bought when I started acquiring old jewelry was a loupe.

A loupe is a small lens used to magnify (typically 10x); most come with a handy case to keep the lens clean and unscratched. A loupe can reveal many details on a piece of jewelry. Even if you have 20/20 vision you should still have this small device. A loupe suitable for jewelry costs between $12 and $40.

What do I look for with my loupe? The first thing I look for are markings. The initial markings I am interested in are those which identify the metal used in the piece. Such markings Read More

CDC: STDs Are A Hidden Health Epidemic

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By BARBARA VAN EECHOUT, MD
Los Alamos Medical Center

In your mental file cabinet, it’s easy to place sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) under “problems that affect other people.” But a startling new report from the CDC just may shatter your illusions.

About 20 million new cases of STDs occur each year, meaning your chances of becoming infected are greater than you think. Ignore the risk at your peril—left untreated, some STDs can cause cancer, infertility, and even death. Arming yourself with knowledge about these diseases can help you protect yourself and your loved ones.

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This Week At The Reel Deal

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By JIM O’DONNELL
Reel Deal Theater

This Friday we are opening Bridge of Spies and Goosebumps. The Martian and Pan will hold another week. Everest, The Intern, and Hotel Transylvania 2 will end Thursday.  

Don’t miss our showing of Meru at 7 p.m. today. This is a fundraising event for our favorite nature center, PEEC. Tickets are now on sale at the Reel Deal Theater; $12.

Movie poster for ‘Bridge of Spies.’ Courtesy/Reel Deal Theater

Bridge of Spies: This film is going to be great-especially in this town. We were not sure we were going to get it until last week-I’m ecstatic Read More

The Pajarito Rambler: Wildflower Paradise

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The Pajarito Rambler
By NINA THAYER
Los Alamos

Wildflower Paradise: Dot Grant Trail in Late Summer

This is truly Wildflower Paradise. The walk this rambler will share is near the Guaje Pines Cemetery, joins the Dot Grant Trail (See Craig Martin, Los Alamos Trails, 2nd ed., #20.) and returns by an unnamed trail. 

There are a whole complex of trails in this area and the one described is about a mile around an interesting loop with two rather different microenvironments. This rambler identified more than two-dozen species on this particular day, and experts will see and know twice as many.

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How The Hen House Turns: Dogs, Cats and Wildness

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Themba (Hope in Zulu) the Cheetah is one of the educational animals used by Wildcat Education and Conservation Fund to promote conservation of wild cats. The fastest of all land animals, cheetahs can run up to 70 miles per hour in pursuit of their prey. A cheetah’s maximum stride length is around 22 feet, with almost half of that distance traveled fully airborne. Once found throughout Africa and Asia, the cheetah has been sharply reduced through hunting and habitat destruction to sub-Saharan Africa with a small population in Iran. Only around 12,000 cheetahs are left in all of Africa,
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Pastor Granillo: Do We Love?

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Pastor Raul Granillo
Los Alamos

“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love” (1 Corinthians 13:13 NIV).

The idea of love is about as vague today as it was when Paul wrote this. For some, it is the most powerful emotion; for others it is a source of vulnerability that is destined to hurt.

There are some who think that love is all we need to bring this world together; and there are some who think that love is a once in a lifetime thing that people need to watch for so that they do not miss their opportunity at a happily-ever-after life. We talk a lot about love in our lives, Read More

Cinema Cindy Reviews … Pan

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Cinema Cindy Reviews… Pan
By Cynthia Biddlecomb

“Pan,” the new Disney movie creating a backstory for the beloved Peter Pan, is visually satisfying. In it, Peter (Levi Miller) is 12 years old, living in an orphanage in London under the blitz of World War II and wondering who his parents might have been.

The nuns in Lambeth Home for Boys, on whose front steps Peter was left as a baby, are stereotypical—the mean and greedy Mother Barnabas and her underlings: most are strict with the boys; only one shows any tenderness.

Peter wears the pan flute pendant his mother left on him as a baby. The boys work hard

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Barbee: Doing The RIGHT Thing When No One Is Looking

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Business Ethics
By Julianna Barbee
Director of Americas Small Business Development Center NM NNMC

Ethical business practices bring their own rewards by raising the performance and reputation of those who practice them. Businesses that set ethical guidelines and promote ethical behavior are demonstrating that honesty, respect and safety aren’t expendable when times are tough.

Businesses that are willing to go beyond the minimum legal requirements of the market and to hold themselves and their employees to a high standard of moral behavior are bright spots in today’s economy.

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Cinema Cindy Reviews … The Martian

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Kent Pegg: Exercising Seniors

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By KENT PEGG
Los Alamos
 
We all know that regular exercise is one of the best ways to stay healthy and active. But is it ever too late to start?
 
And, if you’ve been a regular exerciser, do you need to scale back or eliminate exercise as you age?
 
The answer to both of these questions is a definite “No!” Both new exercisers and seasoned experts can benefit from regular exercise in their 60s, 70s, 80s, and beyond.
 
Whatever your age, if you haven’t been exercising, now is the best time to begin.
 
Today, many people are living well into their nineties. This
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