Lifestyles

Los Alamos Jewish Center Hosts Annual Community Passover Seder April 15

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LAJC News:

The Los Alamos Jewish Center will hold its annual community Passover Seder this year at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 15 at the Betty Ehart Senior. The event is open to anyone interested in attending.

The Seder is a ceremonial dinner filled with rituals designed to celebrate the Jewish people’s exodus from Egypt. The Seder, which is Hebrew for “order,” ushers in the week of Pesach in which Jews refrain from eating Chametz. (Chametz means “leaven” and is any food that’s made of grain and water that have been allowed to ferment and “rise.”)

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Solo Traveler: Dangerous Walking

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A typical San Miguel de Allende street, complete with a hole. Photo by Sherry Hardage
 
Solo Traveler: Dangerous Walking
By SHERRY HARDAGE

One afternoon I walked down the andador in San Cristóbal de las Casas. It is a street that has been closed off to traffic and repaved with nice flagstones for pedestrians. It’s always full of tourists, buskers and indigenous women selling crafts.

A tall European woman turned to watch a street performer but continued walking forward. If I hadn’t stepped aside she would have walked right into me!

When I lived in San Miguel de Allende for a short time, I saw a Read More

Healing Hands: Myofascial Trigger Point Therapy

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Healing Hands: Myofascial Trigger Point Therapy
By GREGORY BARTHELL

A trigger point is an area of muscle fibers that are in continuous contraction located within a tight band of muscle. This hypoxic “knot” (Partland and Simmons 2013) can be felt as a lump that twitches when pressed and can also be very tender, sting, and have increased referred pain.

Referred pain can be pain that has the same intensity as a trigger point in the same muscle but away from the trigger point itself. You can possibly feel these knots in your own neck and you already know how painful they can be.

People I work with who have Read More

Knights Of Columbus Free Throw State Championship Winners Announced

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Trophies were awarded to this year’s Knights of Columbus Free Throw Championship competitors Tuesday at the Knights of Columbus Hall at Trinity Drive and DP Road. From left, Grand Knight Steve Ciddio, 12-year-old 1st place champion Alicia Gonzales, Fr. Glennon F. Jones, Pastor of Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, 11-year-old 3rd place champion Eli Iramk-Bent and Knights of Columbus Youth Coordinator Roger Anaya. First place 14-year-old champion Michaela Vigil-Lujan was competing in Portales so unable to attend Tuesday’s award ceremony. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More

Last Chance to Vote on Creole Nouvelle … So Far Thursday is Top Night!

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Esther Lucchini last Friday night at her packed restaurant. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Staff Report

The top vote getter in the survey underway for which night Creole Nouvelle should reopen for dinner is Thursday night.

Cast your vote here through tonight and read the results in the morning in the Los Alamos Daily Post on which night Creole Nouvelle should reopen for dinner. 

Co-owners Esther Lucchini and her husband Peter began Feb. 23 reopening their restaurant at 1793 Deacon St., at 5:30 p.m. every Friday night and have been overwhemed by the crowds.

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How the Hen House Turns: The Puzzle of Animal Consciousness

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How the Hen House Turns:
The Puzzle of Animal Consciousness
Column by Carolyn A. (Cary) Neeper, Ph. D.

The movie “The Life of Pi” is thoughtful exploration of religion and meaning and the animal mind. As well as a  masterful use of 3D to express nature’s power and human fragility and beauty without going over the top too often.

The effects did not steal too much story time, just a little, with lengthy storms. What impressed me most was the director’s restraint in leaving the large questions unanswered, and his letting the human be a human and the tiger be a tiger.

Tigers are Read More

Food on the Hill: Mashed Potatoes With Rosemary

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This week’s recipe: Mashed Potatoes with Rosemary
 
Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com

Ingredients:

1 1/2 pounds of red medium size potatoes, scrubbed and cut into quarters
2 bays leaves
5 cloves of garlic, whole
5 tablespoons butter
¾ teaspoon fresh rosemary, chopped fine
2 cloves of garlic, pressed
6 oz. cream cheese, softened
½ cup chopped onions
½ teaspoon fresh black pepper
1 cup of reserved potato water

Directions:

Put the potatoes in a pan with water enough to cover them by two inches. Simmer about 25- 30 minutes until fork tender.  Reserve 1 cup of potato water.  Read More