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How the Hen House Turns: Personhood

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How the Hen House Turns: Personhood
Column by Carolyn A. (Cary) Neeper, Ph. D.

Over the years—40 of them, more or less—the Hen House gang has made one thing quite clear. Persons, conscious beings, dwell inside the feathers and behind the beaks of birds who dwell there.

K-Lynn Smith and Sarah Zielinski agree with me. Their article ,“Brainy Bird” in Scientific American, February 2014, pp. 62-65 https:////www.scientificamerican.com/magazine/sa/current/ ‎tells us that scientists have learned that a chicken “… can be deceptive and cunning … possess communication skills … Read More

Food on the Hill: Appetizers, Part Two

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This week’s Recipe: Stuffed Peppers with Caviar

 

Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com
 
Ingredients:
 
Bottle of Perradew peppers (Albertsons or Whole Foods)
Herb goat Cheese, room temperature
Romanoff black Lumpfish Caviar (Albertsons)

Directions:

Drain the peppers well.

Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com

Place the goat cheese in a strong Ziploc bag and snip off the point of the bag. Fill the peppers with the cheese.

 

Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com

Place a small amount of caviar on each pepper top.

 

Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com

Chicken Read More

Healing Hands: Managing Pain with Massage

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Healing Hands: Managing Pain with Massage
By GREGORY BARTHELL

Your local massage therapist can help you manage pain. The American Academy of Pain Management (AAPM) reports that up to 50 percent of all primary care physician visits are due to some type of musculo-skeletal pain. Pain reduction is indicated for a majority of people suffering from musculo-skeletal pain with regular application of therapeutic massage.

Massage effectively and therapeutically applied, warms the soft tissue and improves circulation which in turn improves oxygen and nutrient uptake. Cellular waste products Read More

Yang: Appearing Confident ≠ Being Competent

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Appearing Confident ≠ Being Competent
By ELENA YANG

Do we know, with high confidence, how to discern competence from confidence? I am sure we have encountered, or dare I say, even been fooled, by people who act confidently but who really are borderline nincompoops. If we were fooled, we usually keep quiet lest we appear incompetent ourselves.

Last week, my column focused on Amy Cuddy’s research that demonstrates the value of “faking it till making it.” She would argue, from her own experience and research, that there are plenty of people who are genuinely competent but doubt themselves and therefore Read More

Solo Traveler: Red Light Districts

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Hot tamales for sale in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico. Photo by Sherry Hardage
 
Solo Traveler: Red Light Districts
By SHERRY HARDAGE

When I turned 15, my family lived in the Panhandle of Texas. The town, Dimmitt, wasn’t exactly the buckle on the Bible Belt, but it was definitely one of the holes.

The city fathers believed that dancing was a sin-like playing cards and drinking alcohol. Playing cards leads to gambling, drinking alcohol leads to a life of debauchery, and dancing leads to sinful unmarried sex.

We never had a dance at the high school for prom or homecoming but Read More

Skin Care Column: Why Clients Prefer Chemical Peels

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Skin Care Column: Why Clients Prefer Chemical Peels
By JUNE ENGLISH

According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, chemical peel sare the second most common non-surgical procedure performed by medical professionals and clinical estheticians today.

This cornerstone of topical treatments offers numerous advantages to the client looking for a non-invasive skin treatment. When chemical peels were introduced more than 50 years ago, the formulations were highly aggressive. Newer chemical peel formulations have evolved into skin-friendly blends that include biocompatible lactic Read More

This Week at the Reel Deal

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By JIM O’DONNELL
Reel Deal Theater

This Friday, Jan. 24, we will be opening Lone Survivor. Sorry you’ve had to wait for it, but as much as we tried, Universal wouldn’t give it to us on the break. As I’ve said before, if it’s a great movie it may take some time but there’s no need to go off the hill. We will bring the films to you. 

Also opening this Friday is Nebraska, starring Bruce Dern. It’s directed by Alexander Payne who also directed two of my favorite movies: Sideways and The Descendants.

It opened in a very limited way in four screenings in November, but has gained momentum and praise. Read More

How the Hen House Turns: Efficiency Can Secure the Future

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How the Hen House Turns: Efficiency Can Secure the Future
Column by Carolyn A. (Cary) Neeper, Ph. D.

In his book Anasazi America, David E. Stuart (https:////www.anasaziamerica.com) illustrates the point that when it comes to surviving for the long term, energy efficiency in a society trumps power and growth. The implications for our current addiction to overproduction as an economic panacea are ominous.

A few related thoughts from the Hen House: Chickens are very efficient nibblers. They can spend all day roaming around the yard, pecking at this and that—it’s hard to tell what—and Read More

Food on the Hill: Appetizers, Part One

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This week’s Recipe: Caprese on a stick

Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com

Ingredients:

Grape tomatoes
Small mozzarella balls (found in the specialty cheeses)
Fresh basil leaves
Good extra virgin olive oil
Good balsamic vinegar
Little bit of flake sea salt (optional)
6 inch long skewers

Directions:

Arrange them to look like the picture above. Drizzle the oil and vinegar over the top. Sprinkle very little salt over the top also.

Chocolate Hazelnut spread with Orange zest

Ingredients:
Hawaiian sweet dinner rolls
Nutella hazelnut spread
Orange zest

Directions:

Slice the dinner rolls Read More

Yang: Adopting Power Posture To Feel Powerful, Yet Power Saps Empathy…

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Adopting Power Posture To Feel Powerful, Yet Power Saps Empathy…
By ELENA YANG

“Fake it till you make it.” Whether we like “faking” or not, whether we believe this sentiment or not, and whether we want to adopt such “principle” or not, according to Amy Cuddy’s research, a powerful body language can help us grow our confidence, while also changing others’ perceptions of us.

Amy Cuddy is a professor at the Harvard Business School. Both her personal journey and research interests have led her to study the relationships between our nonverbal language, performance, and confidence (link below).  As Read More