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Botox: The Other Alternative to Wrinkles

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Skin Care Column
Botox: The Other Alternative to Wrinkles
By JUNE ENGLISH

There are both dynamic and static lines on the face. Static lines are there whether you smile or not and they have to do with age and induced changes in the collagen of the skin.

Dynamic facial lines appear as we smile and around the eyes, they are commonly referred to as “crow’s feet.” They are caused by a pull on the skin by the underlying facial mimetic musculature.

Repeated pulling eventually causes structural changes in the overlying skin giving rise to permanent “frown lines” on the forehead, between the eyes, and of course Read More

Solo Traveler: Train-Wreck Moments

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Arnulf Wirth, a resident of Ha’Omek’Ka who was originally from Germany, shows one of several composting bins for kitchen, farm and toilet waste. Photo by Sherry Hardage
 
Solo Traveler: Train-Wreck Moments
By SHERRY HARDAGE

My friend Margarita was a stewardess with Delta for 20 years and an avid global traveler before she settled down in retirement.

We share an interest in the affairs of the world and have enjoyed many hours talking about our travels. I told her how a recent experience at a sustainable farm in southern Mexico had dramatically altered my thinking about life.

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Healing Hands: The Mobile Massage Therapist

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Healing Hands: The Mobile Massage Therapist
By GREGORY BARTHELL

Many local massage therapists make house calls and do on-site chair massage, taking treatment to people to whom it might not be possible otherwise. A portable massage table or chair and a quiet place to set up are all that is necessary to provide therapeutic massage.

Groups of people at work can set up a time and place for the therapist to set up a massage chair and receive 10 to 15 minute treatments per person. Home bound people can call and have a mobile massage therapist come to them, or it makes a great surprise for a loved one to receive Read More

Pain Free Athlete: How Fit Are You?

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The Pain Free Athlete
By JESSICA KISIEL
 
How Fit Are You?

Can you … Bench press 1.5 times your body weight? Complete 50 abdominal crunches in one minute? Squat 2 times your body weight?

Feeling unfit right now, I am! These, however, are a few of the assessments that are commonly used to determine fitness level. If you analyze the components of these tests you’ll notice they are measuring your muscular development and ability to perform a specific movement against resistance or within a limited amount of time. How well do these skills translate into real life and fitness? Honestly, 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 Godzilla and Million Dollar Arm. Wewill hold Neighbors andThe Amazing Spiderman 2for another week. Heaven is for Real, and Bears willend this Thursday.

We originally had not planned on Godzilla, but It has been getting great reviews, and I’ve heard from our local teenagers that they want more scary movies at the Reel Deal, so here it is. I hope you like it.

Movie poster for ‘Godzilla.’ Courtesy/Reel Deal Theater

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How the Hen House Turns: Wild Neighbors (Number Four) Skunks

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How the Hen House Turns:
Wild Neighbors (Number Four) Skunks
Column by Carolyn A. (Cary) Neeper, Ph. D.

Our daughter’s pet skunk Streak lived from 1974 until 1981. In those years, wild skunks often dug under the Hen House. They lived there quietly, only occasionally stealing an egg. They probably helped themselves to leftover lay pellets in the birds’ open dishes.

We took kindly to them, and they returned the favor, if they sensed no danger coming from our direction. After our children’s dog Poncho died, they had free run of our three-fourths acre.

Our only defense was moth balls, which we used to

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Food on the Hill: Apricot Ice Cream

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This week’s recipe: Apricot Ice Cream
 
Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com

Ingredients:

1 ½ cups sugar
4 cups apricots, peeled and pitted
1 2/3 cups whole milk
2/3 heavy cream
1 tablespoons lemon juice
4 egg yolks

Equipment:

Food processor or blender
Ice cream maker (Freeze the center core of the Ice Cream maker over night to prep it for making the ice cream.)

 Directions:

In a large heavy sauce pan, mix together the milk, cream, and sugar. Heat the mixture on low to medium low heat for 4 to 5 minutes, stirring constantly. The mixture must be warm, but not scalded. All of the sugar must
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Yang: Recommendation Letters For What They Really Are – Self-Promotion & Self-Protection

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Recommendation Letters For What They Really Are – Self-Promotion & Self-Protection
By ELENA YANG

Like many many things in our lives, once a practice adds a positive sheen or serves a useful purpose, it becomes a fad, which in turn becomes an end in itself. “Recommendation letters” is one such practice. It has become absurdity onto itself … not all the time, but often enough. 

What is the added value of a recommendation letter? Does it really offer more genuine information about the candidate than the candidate’s own track record would indicate? Are half the recommendation letters below Read More

PEEC Amateur Naturalist: Part 4 Erosion of the Pajarito Plateau

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Amateur Naturalist: Part 4 Erosion of the Pajarito Plateau
By ROBERT DRYJA

There have been three major geologic events that have contributed to the creation of the Pajarito Plateau. Two events occurred 1.0 and 1.4 million years ago when major eruptions to the west of Los Alamos created the Valles Caldera. Volcanic tuff from these eruptions accumulated hundreds of feet deep and created a broad plain extending from the Caldera to what is now the Rio Grande.

These eastward and southeastward flows encountered basaltic lava flows coming from another volcanic field to the southeast of what is now Read More

Pegg: The Right Time to Workout

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The Right Time to Workout
By Kent Pegg

Whether you’re just beginning your workout program or are a seasoned veteran exerciser, you may be asking yourself “What is the best time of day to exercise?” It’s a tough question and one that you can find research to support virtually every time of day as the best.

The first thing to keep in mind when determining when you should exercise is your own personal preference. If one particular time of day works best for you, then that’s the time you should stick with. You’re far more likely to maintain your workout routine by doing what is easiest for you. Most people Read More