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Hygea Healthy Bite: Why Tomatoes in Jars are Better for your Health

November 3, 2013 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

Hygea Healthy Bite: Why Tomatoes in Jars are Better for your Health

By: Lisa Bakosi, MS, CHC

The federal Food and Drug Administration barred Bisphenol A (BPA) in baby bottles and children’s cups in June 2012 but it is still prevalent in food packaging and in our bodies.In fact, BPA is found in detectable levels in 93 percent of Americans over the age of six, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In this column, we’ll cover what it is, where to find it, and easy ways to avoid it.

So, what the heck is BPA?…

It was first synthesized in 1891 and has become a key building block of Read More

Hannemann’s Music Corner: Introduction to Notation

November 1, 2013 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

Hannemann’s Music Corner

Column by RICHARD HANNEMAN

Introduction to Notation

It’s time we learn music notation. Notation, in some form of representing sounds on paper, goes back as far as the Greeks. Notation has been described as a set of playing instructions, but it is much more than that.

Learning notation is learning musical literacy. Musical literacy serves the same function of linguistic literacy, allowing you to share thoughts and ideas and to communicate with others through music, just as linguistic literacy allows you to share thoughts and ideas and to communicate Read More

How the Hen House Turns: Turkey Is Rude, Every Morning

October 30, 2013 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

How the Hen House Turns: Turkey Is Rude, Every Morning

Column by Carolyn A. (Cary) Neeper, Ph. D.

You’d think turkey would know me by now. I’ve had her nearly 12 years and raised her from a chick. At least I watched the White Silkie, Ms. Fluff, raise her after the second bear attack. I’ve been bringing her lay pellets and cracked corn for a long time. I let her raise a couple chicken chicks after she set for four weeks. I bring her apple cores and give her a bite of sandwich when we have lunch on the back porch.

So why does she get all huffy and trill at me every morning now? Has she gone wild Read More

Food on the Hill: Pumpkin Waffles

October 29, 2013 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

This week’s recipe:

Pumpkin Waffles

Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com

The evening before:

1 pkg of dry yeast

½ cup of warm (105 degree) water

1 1/8 cups of milk, warmed

1/3 cup of cream, warmed

1 ¼ cups pumpkin

1 stick (1/4 pound) of unsalted butter, melted

1 tablespoon sugar

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 teaspoon ground ginger

½ teaspoon cloves

2 cups of flour

Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com

Next morning:

1 teaspoon salt

¼ teaspoon baking soda

2 large eggs, beaten

¼ to ½ cup of milk to thin batter

Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com

In the Evening:

Add the yeast to the warm water and stir until Read More

Solo Traveler: Packing Tips

October 28, 2013 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

Solo Traveler: Packing Tips

By SHERRY HARDAGE

In the last column I talked about traveling light, taking one carry-on suitcase and a large purse-like bag for electronics. That sounds fine and dandy, but in reality, how do you pack everything you need for a month (or six) in two small carry-on bags?

It might help to take a look at what constitutes “need.” We’re familiar with the travel-sized packages of lotion, shampoo, deodorant, and toothpaste. Unfortunately, the TSA has a limit on the amount of solids, pastes, and creams that can be carried onboard.

The bottom of the suitcase unzipped to pack flat

Yang: M&M – the kind that leaves a bad taste

October 28, 2013 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

M&M – the kind that leaves a bad taste

By ELENA YANG

I am not a fan of chocolate, but an occasional handful of M&Ms is fun. But now contemplate the combination of “Managers & Meetings.” How many of you think that’s fun, tasty, and leaves you wanting more? Even managers themselves often lament the number of meetings they have to attend, with a typical response, “Well … I guess it’s a necessary evil.” The non-managers are usually powerless to eliminate meetings. So it is up to the managers. The problem is that their bar for “necessary” meetings may be too low. Meetings should be the last resort Read More

Education 101: LAPS Five Year Forecast & Its Implications

October 27, 2013 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

Education 101: LAPS Five Year Forecast & Its Implications

By Save Our Schools Los Alamos

On Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013, the Los Alamos Public Schools (LAPS) Administration presented a five year financial forecast to the Los Alamos School Board. The chief concern represented in their forecast is that declining enrollment from in-district families endangers the breadth and depth of academic programs and services Los Alamos has come to expect. In order to provide the diversity of middle and high school student programs currently available, LAPS needs a total enrollment of at least 3,500 students. Read More

Solo Traveler: Round the World Travel – Packing Light

October 23, 2013 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

Sherry Hardage is currently exploring Thailand. This is a spirit house, a little edifice for the displaced spirits when a building or house is built on land the spirits inhabited. They are given food, drink and incense every morning by the new owners of the land, and the squirrels benefit from everyone’s generosity. Photo by Sherry Hardage

Solo Traveler: Round the World Travel – Packing Light

Column by SHERRY HARDAGE

I have always been impressed with people who go on a round the world trip with nothing but a tiny suitcase and what they are wearing.

Deva Houti was an Indian historian Read More

How the Hen House Turns: Turkey and Bobbi Goose … A Hint of Wildness

October 23, 2013 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

How the Hen House Turns

Column by Carolyn A. (Cary) Neeper, Ph. D.

Turkey and Bobbi Goose … A Hint of Wildness

Here’s another exploration of what it means to be wild. Take Turkey (Little Bear), for example. She’s now about 11 years old, raised by two adoptive loving mothers—both White Silkie hens in our small community of geese, ducks, bird-sitting dogs, and a human providing semi-reliable afternoon treats of apple cores and honeydew melon rinds.

I wouldn’t call her wild, except when she trapped and nearly killed a marauding crow, and when she decides she doesn’t Read More