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Sunday Wellness Column: Essential Oils and Aromatherapy for Emotional Wellness

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Essential Oils and Aromatherapy for Emotional Wellness
 
Patricia (Trish) Wald-Hopkins MSc, DABT, LMT, RMP
Holistic Wellness Practitioner

Essential oils (EOs) are volatile, aromatic plant essences derived most commonly by steam distillation of various botanical sources including petals, leaves, roots and in some cases the entire plant.

For example, the EOs of the orange are extracted from its flowers, leaves and the rinds of its fruits. Each EO contains a specific bioactive signature that is used alone or in a synergistic blend to support/nourish the body, mind and spirit to a state

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The Amateur Naturalist: Summer Monsoons and Temporary Streams

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The Amateur Naturalist
Summer Monsoons and Temporary Streams
By ROBERT DRYJA

The summer monsoon rains during the past several weeks have brought many of the temporary streams in our area to life. 

Why have some streams been flowing but others have remained dry? Why have some flowed for only a short time? Rain water is a primary consideration, but it is the level of water in the ground below and around a stream that has a major influence on whether a stream will have flowing water on a continuing basis.  

The ground around a stream may contain sufficient water so that some of the water Read More

Skin Care Column: Probiotics and Skin Care

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Skin Care Column
Probiotics and Skin Care

By JUNE ENGLISH, LE

Today many people are aware that probiotics can be found in sources like Greek yogurt and supplements. However the benefits of probiotics can be found beyond the dairy case and vitamin shelves.

Topical probiotics have been shown to enhance the skin’s natural defense barriers, as well as increase immune responses. Immunity is important not just for fighting infection but for overall skin function, including the production of collagen.

Certain strains of lactic acid bacteria have been shown to modulate growth factor production. Read More

The Stumbing Critic: Anime 101

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The Stumbing Critic: Anime 101
By STEVEN WALTER

Movies became a primary focus of my reviews because film is an easy medium to criticize. A small part of my day can be spent in a theater and a few hours of content are easily encapsulated. One might assume that movies are my passion, but watching anime supersedes film for me. Despite the global popularity of anime, most folks I encounter don’t watch it for a plethora of reasons.

As a style of animation, anime can turn people away with incredible proficiency. Additional misunderstanding about content (distinguishing between normal anime and pornographic Read More

How the Hen House Turns: The Human Factor (One)

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How the Hen House Turns
The Human Factor (One)
Column by Carolyn A. (Cary) Neeper, Ph. D.

I have worried about leaving Gwendolyn, the chicken I raised in the house during a spring too cold for hen-less chicks. (No one in the Hen House gang had set. Domestic birds don’t take chicks if they haven’t set eggs the required three or four full weeks.)

Gwen, I thought, was a normal adult, independent hen until she lost her “littermate” Americia. Then she began to come to me when I sat on the bench by the stock tank. She would tuck her head under my arm and stay there. She stayed quiet, snuggled against me, for a half Read More

Food on the Hill: Country Chicken Tart

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This Week’s Recipe: Country Chicken Tart
 
Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com
 
Ingredients:
 
1 pkg of puff pastry (frozen)
16 oz. of good chicken stock
3 ½ cups of cooked chicken, cut into chunks (I use the rotisserie chicken for this dish)
4 tablespoons of butter, melted
4 tablespoons of flour
2 teaspoons of dried thyme
one can of whole potatoes, cut into chunks
¾ cup of pearl onions, cut in half
¾ cup of sliced mushrooms (I used morel, but any will work)
½ cup frozen peas
salt and pepper
1 egg, mixed well
 
Directions:
 
Defrost the puff pastry according to the
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Column: I Love the Co+op Because …

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Los Alamos Co+op Market Board of Directors welcome newest member Megan Green. From left, Cecile Hemez, Karen Kendall, Consuelo Montoya, Merry McIntyre, Megan Green, David Fellenz, Tracy McFarland and Ed Santiago. Not pictured Kathy Gursky. Photo by Steve Watts

I Love the Co+op Because …

By KAREN KENDALL
Co+op board treasurer
 
Your Los Alamos Co+op Market Board has been having a busy and fun summer attending Gordon’s concerts to meet folks and talk about the Co+op.
 
We’ve been asking people at the concerts to write on our white board and finish the sentence “I love our Co+op because…”
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Food on the Hill: Croissants and Sausage Gravy

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This week’s recipe: Croissants and Sausage Gravy
 
Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com
 
Ingredients:
 
6 croissants, cut horizontally (you can also use biscuits for this)
2 lbs of Jimmy Dean Sausage (I use one regular and one hot) cooked, drained and crumbled
3 tablespoons of melted butter
3 tablespoons of flour
1 ½ tablespoons of fresh sage, chopped fine
1 ½ cups of milk
¾ cup of heave cream
Salt and Pepper
 
Directions:
 
In a large skillet,cook and drain the sausage. Cool enough to handle and crumble it.
 
Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com
 
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Yang: Here We Go Again … From Time & Motion Studies To Surveillance

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By ELENA YANG
Los Alamos

When Frederick Taylor did his “scientific method” studies of time and motion in the late 19th century, he intended to bring about higher productivity and economic efficiency. 

An unexpected outcome of these studies was giving workers interval breaks and better pay as incentives. Taylor himself cared less about the workers’ welfare than about how to streamline production. Scholars after Taylor tried to offer a counterbalance to the stark “scientific method” by emphasizing “human relations.” Since then, the debate between quantification and qualification Read More

This Week at the Reel Deal

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Column By JIM O’DONNELL 
Reel Deal Theater   

This week we are opening “Into the Storm,” and “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.” “Lucy,” and “Guardians of the Galaxy” (great film!) will hold for another week. “Sex Tape” and “The Purge: Anarchy” will end this Thursday.

This summer movie season has been a tough one to choose the right films for our town and, let’s face it, most of the films this season were not that good. Yes there were a few notable ones, but not many. Nationally, box office receipts Read More