Lifestyles

SFNF: Wildfire Season Is Coming And Now Is The Perfect Time To Prepare Homes For Possible Ember Storms

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SFNF News:

SANTA FE — Wildfire season is coming and now is the perfect time to prepare your home for a possible ember storm. 

The 2022 Wildfire Preparedness is Year-Round campaign provides monthly wildfire preparedness tasks that follow the changing seasons.

The March message from the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) and partners at other forests, agencies and non-governmental organizations is when the wind blows, embers can follow.

Although climate change and increasing drought are making wildfire seasons year-round, we are at most risk when winds are at their worst. In New Mexico, Read More

Gruninger: The Fourth Niyama Is Svadhyaya – Self Study

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By JACCI GRUNINGER MS, C-IAYT, ERYT500
Los Alamos

The fourth Niyama is Svadhyaya, the study of the self.

“Yoga is the journey of the Self, through the Self, to the Self.” –The Bhagavad Gita

The work or practice we do on the mat is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to yoga. 

On the mat work helps us to see, feel and watch the part that is under the iceberg.

Svadhyaya can be defined as:

  • Self study;
  • self awareness;
  • Self knowledge;
  • Self reflection; and
  • Self-examination.

When I teach yoga or work with clients in yoga therapy, I will ask questions like what do you notice? How does your left side feel versus Read More

Leornard: Prebiotics And Why Feeding The Good Guys In Your Gut Is Important

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By LAURA LEONARD
Doctor of Chiropractic
Los Alamos

We’ve all heard of probiotics; the good bacteria, like lactobacillus that live in our gut. We get probiotics by taking supplements or by eating yogurt containing live bacteria.

Probiotics are often recommended after a course of antibiotics because they are known to disrupt the bacterial balance in our gut.

Prebiotics are the foods that feed the good bacteria residing in our gut.

Why are the good bacteria and the food that feeds them so important to our health? For obvious reasons, if the good guys get out of balance then the bad guys Read More

Posts From The Road: RV/Manufactured Home Hall Of Fame

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Roadway Through Time: A view of the RV display at the RV/MH Hall of Fame in Elkhart, Ind. shows the RVs parked along a roadway with decorations made to look like a campsite. The RVs are displayed beginning with the oldest models and progressing forward through the decades. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

The Earl: This 1913 Earl travel trailer is displayed with a Model T Ford. The 1913 Earl is the oldest RV that has survived through the years. It was made by a Los Angeles carriage maker and restored in 1980. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

By GARY WARREN
Photographer
Formerly of Los Alamos Read More

Fr. Glenn: Countering Instinct

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

Images of bombings, smoke, freedom fighters are strewn across the news sites once again. Heavy sigh.  Over 30 years after the tearing down of “The Wall” in Berlin and the subsequent breakup of the Soviet Union—hardly even a generation—Russia sets it sights westward once again, making incursions into Ukraine, then…? Peace shattered in Europe once again. As General MacArthur remarked in his farewell speech to West Point, it does seem that “Only the dead have seen the end of war.”

Obviously—lamentably—there are always wars, rebellions and conflicts throughout the world. Read More

Early Morning Traffic Controls On Canyon Road March 1

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Los Alamos Department of Public Utilities will conduct work near the Aquatic Center bus stop March 1. Courtesy/LAC

COUNTY News:

Crews from the Los Alamos County Department of Public Utilities will be doing work at 5:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 1 on the shoulder of Canyon Road near the bus stop in front of the Aquatic Center.

While the work is expected to be completed in under an hour, traffic controls will be in place. Cones will make a slight traffic diversion and the bike lane and sidewalk will be closed in the work area.

Gas, Water and Sewer Division crews will be conducting a video inspection of the County-owned Read More

Laboratory Retiree Group: First Tuesday Breakfast March 1

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LRG News:

Fully vaccinated Los Alamos National Laboratory retirees (and potential retirees) are invited to drop in at the Los Alamos Retirement Group (LRG) monthly breakfast, 8:30-10:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 1, at the Morning Glory Restaurant, 1377 Diamond Dr., across from Los Alamos High School.

Morning Glory serves a full breakfast and pastries.

Retirees buy their breakfast; LRG pays for coffee or tea.

For more information, email sgirard@losalamos.com or call 505.672.3497. Read More

NMDOT: Get Home Safely On Fat Tuesday

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NMDOT News:

ALBUQUERQUE — The New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT)  and its partners are promoting a safe ride home program to combat drunk driving in New Mexico.

Since 2018, NMDOT has partnered with Bernalillo County, the city of Albuquerque, Cumulus radio stations and Uber have provided more than 26,000 safe rides home by supporting the “Take a Ride on Us” program for people living in the Bernalillo County metro area.

The program offers 500 participants living in and around Albuquerque an Uber credit of up to $15, two rides per person beginning noon Tuesday, March 1 through 3 a.m. Read More