Lifestyles

Visual Learning: The Pros and Cons

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By JONA JONE

Different people have different learning styles. There are those of you who can remember names of people you have just met. Or easily execute complex choreographies learned within an hour.

There also are people who can easily remember images, or situations they’ve experienced. These people are sensitive to colors, shapes and how things are related to each other. If you are the latter, then you can call yourself a visual learner.

Visual learners have an amazing memory. They are usually highly sensitive to how certain things look and can Read More

Skin Care Column: Three Most Common Skin Problems

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Skin Care Column
Three Most Common Skin Problems
By JUNE ENGLISH, LE and VALORIE TRELOAR MD, CNS

What is the main reason people visit their doctors? It is not heart disease, diabetes or arthritis. It’s skin problems. Here are three of the most common:

Dermatitis (red, itchy skin)

Dermatitis is the name for inflamed skin that can be red, itchy and swollen. There can be oozing, crusting and scaling.

The cause is dryness and the microscopic cracks, tears and blisters that accompany it. It is the main skin problem plaguing people age 50 and older. The reason: Older people produce smaller amounts of skin-lubricating Read More

Passenger Numbers For Los Alamos-ABQ Commuter Flights Spike!

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COUNTY News: 

  • NM Airlines Hopes to Better Connect DOE Lab Employees to LANL

Officials at the Los Alamos County Airport expect as much as a 30 percent increase in the number of passengers in recent months aboard their Los Alamos–Albuquerque flights.

In May 2014 alone, the airport saw a dramatic 15 percent increase in total passengers flying aboard New Mexico Airlines. The uptick in travelers is likely the direct result of recent schedule modifications and the addition of new flights, according to Airport Manager Peter Soderquist.  

Effective May 12, 2014, New Mexico Airlines revised Read More

How the Hen House Turns: Conversations With Dogs

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

Do we read far too much into the body language of animals? Or do we not give them enough credit for their general intelligence? I’m afraid we miss half of the sophisticated body language that they desperately try to make us understand.

Take for example the conversation I had with Poncho, our black and white Santa Fe shepherd. I was sitting at the sewing machine doing something I no longer do, when Poncho came into the house. He surveyed the backpacks in the hallway and ran up to me, jumping and whining and wagging Read More

Aaron’s Kids Closet Opens Saturday at 715 Diamond

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AARON’S KIDS News:

Aaron’s Kids Closet has opened its doors over the last few months to serve this community. The First United Methodist Church of Los Alamos at 715 Diamond Dr., provides clothes and shoes to school age children at no cost. 

Aaron’s Kids Closet is open 9-11 a.m. Saturday, June 21 at the First United Methodist Church.

Those in need should feel free to come shop for their children’s needs. When cleaning out those drawers and closets, keep Aaron’s Kids Closet in mind since it operatse strictly on donations of gently used clothes and shoes.

Drop Read More

Living Labyrinths for Peace Closing Ceremony Friday in Taos

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Visitors walk the Rainbow Labyrinth at Living Labyrinths for Peace. Courtesy/LL4P

LL4P News:

The building housing Living Labyrinths for Peace has been sold and the LL4P Center is looking for a new home. The public is invited to the Closing Celebration 6-8 p.m.. Friday, June 20 at 1021 Salazar, Suite DD in Taos.

LL4P aspires to create educational opportunities and labyrinth installations that unite art, education, science, technology and nature with the human spirit, inspiring people of all races, beliefs and cultures to find a healing path that leads from individual inner peace to collective Read More

Massage Therapist Gabriela Baumeister Gets Bodies Back to Balance

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Licensed Massage Therapist Gabriela Baumeister brings her skills to Los Alamos two days a week. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post

Licensed Massage Therapist Gabriela Baumeister came to Santa Fe to study at the N.M. Mexico Academy of Healing Arts. An avid rock climber and outdoorswoman, Baumeister fell in love with the area and decided to remain in Santa Fe. She has been practicing in New Mexico for 13 years.

Baumeister has a clinic in Santa Fe and travels to Los Alamos on Wednesdays and Thursdays to see clients. In Los Alamos, her practice Read More

Food on the Hill: Veal Marsala

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This week’s recipe: Veal Marsala
 
 
Ingredients:
 
12 ounces of mushrooms, sliced
¾ pound of veal, pounded thin
1 cup of flour
salt and pepper
paprika
1/4 cup of butter, softened
2/3 cup of Marsala wine (do NOT get the cooking Marsala wine, go to the wine section and buy it)
1/2 Beef broth
1/2 cup oil
1/2 cup butter
2 teaspoons of cornstarch
1 tablespoon of water
 
Directions:
 
Fry the mushrooms in the ¼ cup of butter. Do this in batches, so they get a golden crust to them.
 
 
Set aside the cooked mushrooms. Do NOT clean the pan in between any of the cooking.
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Two Los Alamos Eateries Make Top 50 Breakfast Burritos List

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State News:

Monday, Gov. Susana Martinez unveiled the New Mexico True Breakfast Burrito Byway’s Top 50 burritos that earned a spot on the map.

Two Los Alamos restuarants earned a place on the list: Violas and Chile Works, both located on Trinity Drive.

“New Mexico’s delicious, unique, authentic cuisine is one of the many things that draw visitors to our state,” Martinez said. “The New Mexico True Breakfast Burrito Byway is a fun and exciting way to highlight our incredible cuisine, promote tourism and help bring even more dollars to New Mexico restaurants.” Read More

United Church of Los Alamos Mexico Mission Volunteers Construct Homes For Families

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United Church of Los Alamos and Unitarian Church members at a home building trip in April in Puerto Peñasco. Courtesy photo

During their April trip to Puerto Peñasco, the group built a double size home for a family of six previously living in a one room home. Courtesy photo

By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post

A profound sense of fulfillment experienced by Los Alamos youth and adults who build homes for Mexican families living in dreadful circumstances draws many to volunteer year after year.

Laura and Randy Erickson have participated in 32 of these annual week-long trips and helped build the

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