Lifestyles

Pastor Granillo: Freedom To Live

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By Pastor RAUL GRANILLO
Los Alamos

“Do you have any regrets?”

I can’t tell you how many times I have been asked that question. I hear it asked of people all the time. We seem to be very interested in how people feel about their choices. And why not? After all, how they feel about a choice they’ve made helps us decide if it a path is worth the effort or not.

For the longest time when asked, I would always answer, “No, of course not. My decisions created the path that got me where I am.” (I think this is the most common answer I hear from others.) Today when I consider my past before I met Christ, I look at it more holistically Read More

How The Hen House Turns: Turkey Poults

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How The Hen House Turns
By CAROLYN (CARY) NEEPER Ph.D.
 
Turkey Poults

From May 26  to June 1, 1982, I traveled to Española with my friend Marge.

At the Country Farm Supply, all the turkey poults were crowded together at one end of a large metal tray in the chick room. Their feathers stuck together. The storekeeper tried to relieve their crowding by pulling them apart, but they continued to crowd themselves together. Finally, he put some older roosters in the tray to keep them stirred up.

“I need a turkey hen,” I said, out of ignorance.

“We don’t sex turkeys,” the clerk said.

I took two, when Read More

New Mexicans To Ride The Havana Express

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NMJW News:
 
History is being made with a group of New Mexicans traveling to Cuba for the first time since the US legalized travel there earlier this year.
 
The New Mexico Jazz Workshop is sponsoring a trip to the land of Rumba, Ritmo and Rum with the theme “Havana, Then and Now.”
 
Cuba is the birthplace of the Cuba Libre, the Cha-Cha, Mambo and Latin Jazz and travelers on the Jazz Workshop tour can drink in the rhythmic music for seven days and six nights starting March 16th through March 21st 2016.
 
This is the first organized trip to Havana from the New Mexico Jazz Workshop
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Skin Care Column: Minimizing Aging Factors

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Skin Care Colum
By JUNE ENGLISH and JENNIFER LINDER, M.D. (PCA)
 
Minimizing Aging Factors

Although we can’t stop the hands of time, the factors thought to be responsible for 85 percent of visible aging are largely preventable.

One of the primary offenders is UV exposure. Other forces responsible for extrinsic aging are less frequently discussed, such as pollution, sleep deprivation and smoking.

By addressing these extrinsic factors, our fight against skin aging can be more successful:

  • Pollution – Car exhaust produces copious amount of reactive oxygen species (ROS) that are
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Scenes From Acoma Pueblo

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From Mesa top at Acoma Pueblo. Photo by Jenn Bartrum
 
Acoma Pueblo Church. Photo by Jenn Bartrum
 

Staff Report

The beauty and history of the Pueblo of Acoma were revealed during a recent visit.

There is a great difference of opinion as to the age of the Acoma Nation. While traditional Acoma oral history reflects on a time far beyond our imagination, a time of creation and emergence onto this world, the Acoma people have always known of a special place called “Haaku,” a spiritual homeland prepared for their eternal settlement.

Recent excavations on Acoma Mesa tend to suggest Read More

Faith & Science: Evolution 6 p.m. Today

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LAFSF News:
 
The faith and science talk for today, presented by Nelson Hoffman, deals with the idea of evolution, the meaning of the term, and various ways that Christians look at evolution (Evidence for or against evolution will be discussed by a future speaker).
 
The term evolution has several meanings: adaptation or microevolution, where traits of organisms go through a succession of relatively small genetic variations that often cause the formation of new subspecies; the observed changes in physical anatomy preserved by the fossil record; the general
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Food On The Hill: German Potato Salad

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German Potato Salad. Photo by Felicia Orth
 
Food on the Hill
By FELICIA ORTH
Los Alamos
 
German Potato Salad
 
Growing up, this was the only potato salad we ate, usually prepared in large quantities by my Grandmother Mabel for the summertime holiday celebrations in St. Louis.

It’s best when served near room temperature, or just a little warmer, so if you make it in advance take the chill off it before serving. It is not a difficult recipe, but it is important to dress the potatoes as soon as possible after they cook; otherwise they don’t absorb the other ingredients. Here’s to nourishing Read More

LeAnne Parsons: Interpretations

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By LeAnne Parsons
Los Alamos

Last month, we took a break from our discussion of the Big 4 energy blocks to discuss the release of Bruce D Schneider’s new book, Energy Leadership. The book is doing extremely well – it has sold out on Amazon twice, and reached #1 on both the Organizational Development and Workplace Bestseller Lists and #2 on the Leadership Bestseller List. Thanks to all who have purchased the book. We’d love to hear your feedback on it – thewalkyourtalkcoach@gmail.com.

Jumping July! 

The Big 4 energy blocks keep you stuck and prevent you from achieving what you want to in your Read More

Middle of Nowhere: Taos Pueblo

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View of the Taos Pueblo. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

One of the buildings in the Taos Pueblo. While it may appear to be one structure, it is actually made up of many housing units that share common walls. The buildings at the Pueblo are made entirely of adobe. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

 

By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post

The middle of nowhere can be deceiving.

The phrase seems to conjure up places no one knows about or at least very few. As a result, it is easy to assume places described as the “middle of nowhere” are locations cloaked in obscurity. But that Read More