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Hygea Health Bite: 6 Tips to a Sexy Healthy Body

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Hygea Health Bite: 6 Tips to a Sexy Healthy Body
By Lisa C. Bakosi, CHC

Our relationship with food is easily the most intimate one we have. Sound crazy? Think about it, the food you ingest becomes your body parts – making up our blood, brain, lungs, and every other part of us.

Providing your body with the building blocks it needs means that you’re going to feel FABULOUS – looking FANTASTIC is also a welcomed side effect. Nothing is sexier than a healthy body and here are six tips to get you started.

Eat Your Colors – We have to thank Mother Nature for color-coding our nutrients for us. Phytonutrients (“phyto” Read More

How the Hen House Turns: Dogs As Bird-Sitters

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

Dogs As Bird-Sitters

When our first chickens arrived in a cardboard box 40 years ago, including Peeper’s mom Peeky, we had already adopted Poncho.

As a “Santa Fe Shepherd,” his instincts were just about right. He helped us herd the chickens back into the pen for the night. (Chickens don’t herd, but that’s another story.)

We didn’t try to train Poncho as a sheepdog, but we did train DeeDee and Scooter, pointer-heeler shelter dogs we adopted after the 2000 fire in Los Alamos. They were natural Read More

Column: Fall Prevention and Improving Gait and Balance through Exercise

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Fitness Column
By KENT PEGG

Fall Prevention and Improving Gait and Balance through Exercise

Proper balance and gait are essential components of physical function. If a person is going to be able to perform most activities of daily living, they need to have the capacity to safely stand and walk.

There are many causes of affected gait and balance including chronic disease, muscle weakness, neurological conditions, aging, cognitive impairments, and extremity disabilities.

Balance is a person’s ability to control upright posture under a variety of conditions. There are three sensory systems Read More

Solo Traveler: Tours

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Solo Traveler: Tours
Column by SHERRY HARDAGE

Those of us who travel independently sometimes have disdain for tours. We know how much things generally cost and think tours are often a rip-off.

I do not enjoy being taken to a restaurant the tour company has chosen, and then told what to order off a limited “tourist” menu. And I’ve come to despise being taken to a “crafts workshop” that is actually nothing more than a high priced trinket store on the pretext of a “cultural” experience.

But sometimes I opt for day-tours so I can be assured of getting to the places of interest in relative safely. In a country Read More

Food on the Hill: Yeast Rolls

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This Week’s Recipe:
Yeast Rolls

Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com

Ingredients:

  • 1 pkg. dry yeast
  • 1/4 cup lukewarm water(90-95 degrees)
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1/4 butter
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup scalded milk (just until you see small bubbles on the edge of the pan)
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • About 4 cups of sifted flour

Directions:

Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com

Proof yeast: Mix yeast and warm water and 1/2 teaspoon of the sugar and set aside. Wait about 5 minutes to see small bubbles on top (then ready to use)

Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com

While waiting for the yeast to proof, in another large bowl add
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Scribble Works Reviews: ‘DESPICABLE ME 2’

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Naftali Burakovsky, left, and Lorenzo Venneri

Scribble Works Reviews
By LORENZO VENNERI and NAFTALI BURACOVSKY

DESPICABLE ME 2: Funny, Stupid, and Quite Good

Despicable Me 2, directed by animation heavyweights Chris Renaud and Pierre Coffin, follows the story of the villain-turned-father Gru (Steve Carell.) Gru’s adventure to defeat a new supervillain and discover love along the way is both hilarious and enjoyable to watch.

Since this is an animated comedy, we can’t look at it as anything more. There is little to criticize, and although Despicable Me 2 is certainly not an excellent addition Read More

Column: A Novel Economic Development Model

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A Novel Economic Development Model
Column by Liviu Popa-Simil and Dave Jones

We’ve heard about economic development in Los Alamos many times and, in our opinion, the way it’s presently conceived and practiced, it’s simply counterproductive because it is not compatible with present reality or future predictions for our community, and we badly need another business development program, supported by the community.

The present economic reality for Los Alamos is:

  • The population is continuously decreasing by >3 percent since 2000, and by 2020 the median age will be above 50, making
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Yang: (Sometimes) Ignorance Is Bliss … Unless It’s By Design

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(Sometimes) Ignorance Is Bliss … Unless It’s By Design
By ELENA YANG

First, an update on the previous column, a fantasy regarding goats and bureaucracy. It could be real!

Washington Post had a story about a magician, his rabbit and bureaucracy (link listed below.) The magician had to file a “Rabbit Disaster” plan to satisfy an antiquated rule of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Evidently, the magician’s license was contingent on his rabbit rather than on his skills. My column was a pure fantasy, but maybe it was not so far-fetched?! 

Today, I want to tie “compartmentalization” and “ignorance.” Read More

Hannemann’s Music Corner: Ain’t Live Performance Fun

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Hannemann’s Music Corner: Ain’t Live Performance Fun
By RICHARD HANNEMANN

Okay, for a bit of levity …

In the late 80s to early 90s I was playing a lot in Santa Monica and I worked with some very talented musicians. We were a fairly tight group visiting each other at our various venues regularly during breaks. We traded licks, sat in with one another, borrowed strings ─ “Hey, you got a spare G string?” ─ which in my case was a bit absurd given that I was the only one playing a nylon string guitar and I got to carrying a set of steel strings in my case even though I don’t use them. Read More

Ask the Life Coach: Motivation – The Achilles Heel of Success

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Ask The Life Coach: En Route to Happiness
By YELENA GURVITS

“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend doing it daily.” ─Zig Zigler

 I thought I found the perfect quote to inspire and engage summer students at the Los Alamos National Laboratory who attended my seminar about life coaching. To say their reaction was lukewarm would be an understatement. They did not laugh. They did not disagree.

 It occurred to me I must have hit a nerve as most of them admitted that motivation is their Achilles heel. They often lose focus and zeal Read More