Amateur Naturalist: The Geometry Of Tree Branches
Picture 1: The initial branch on this tree is several feet long but the pairs of branches that then emerge are shorter in length. Photo by Robert Dryja
By ROBERT DRYJA
Los Alamos
Winter can be good time to see how trees grow since their branches are free of leafs. Branches grow in different ways depending on what they are doing to help the tree grow. The branches may weigh hundred of pounds in a large tree. The primary purpose of the trunk emerging from the ground therefore is to support the rest of the tree. A trunk grows vertically since the weights of the branches above it now are directed downward. A Read More
All Shall Be Well: Nietzsche, Nazis & An Inconvenient Gospel
Clergy from left, Deacon Amy Schmuck, Deacon Cynthia Biddlecomb, retired, The Rev. Mary Ann Hill and The Rev. Lynn Finnegan. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com
By The Rev. Mary Ann Hill
Rector
Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church
Next Sunday, March 16, I will be in Germany for the 80th anniversary of the fire-bombing of Würzburg. Ninety percent of the city was destroyed in 20 minutes, and I had family members among the 5,000 people who perished in that bombing. Every ordinary German family eventually suffered under Hitler, and that doesn’t even begin to touch the suffering inflicted on the Read More
Determan: Time To Speak Up For Tax Reforms For Health Care Workers
From ANDREA DETERMAN
Chair
DPLA
Think New Mexico’s proposed legislation to fully repeal New Mexico’s Gross Receipts Tax (GRT) on medical services is approaching its critical decision point.
This morning, House Bill 344 passed the House Health & Human Services Committee unanimously and it now heads to the House Taxation and Revenue Committee. Meanwhile, the Senate version of the bill, Senate Bill 295, received a positive hearing in the Senate Tax, Bustiness & Transportation Committee yesterday afternoon.
The House and Senate tax committees will soon be meeting to decide Read More
Musk/Trump And CDC – Laying The Foundation For The Next Pandemic
By RICHARD SKOLNIK
White Rock
The staffing and budget cuts that Musk/Trump are taking to CDC will do immeasurable harm to the health of Americans and to the health of people globally. These harms will take many years to overcome and must be stopped now.
Eliminating critical personnel and funds will immediately harm CDC’s ability to detect, prevent, and help us respond to infectious disease threats. It will harm our preparedness to deal in a timely manner with the next emerging infectious disease, at a time when vaccination rates are falling and bird flu poses potentially grave risks to us and to Read More
Houck: Retirement Series – 1 Of 5
By DAVID HOUCK
Qualifying Broker
Atomic Realty LLC
Retirement is a major decision, understand your personal motivation to retire? It is usually influenced by your unique financial and emotional factors. People retire for different reasons and at different ages.
Some retire because they are young and feel that with a budget they can enjoy a very long retirement, some temporarily retire taking a year or two off to find themselves and the lifestyle they are seeking. Most retire because they feel they have worked a career, have children, and grandchildren and free time they want to enjoy. There Read More
Duplicate Bridge In Los Alamos: Feb. 24, 2025
Bridge News:
This is a very competitive hand from the Feb. 24 game.
This is board #2. East is the dealer and N/S are vulnerable.
| North | ||||
| ♠ KT82 | ||||
| ♥ T832 | ||||
| ♦ 98 | ||||
| ♣ A62 | ||||
| West | East | |||
| ♠ 974 | ♠ 5 | |||
| ♥ 75 | ♥ KQJ96 | |||
| ♦ AQT5 | ♦ KJ4 | |||
| ♣ K874 | ♣ QT93 | |||
| South | ||||
| ♠ AQJ63 | ||||
| ♥ A4 | ||||
| ♦ 7632 | ||||
| ♣ J5 | ||||
East is the dealer and opens with 1♥. South overcalls 1♠. West makes a takeout double, showing a decent hand and support for the unbid suits. West raises to 2♠, and East now bids 3♣. That will likely end the auction, given that N/S are vulnerable, and going set a trick or two, particularly if doubled, will cost a lot more than an E/W part score in clubs. Read More
Weekly Fishing Report: March 7, 2025
By GEORGE MORSE
Sports and Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post
The snowpack in Northern New Mexico is 34 percent of normal. The weather last week was warm and dry. Locally the snowpack at the Hopewell measuring station was 55-percent of normal with a snow depth of 24 inches a week ago.
Two weeks ago there were two different weather patterns in New Mexico. Temperatures were bitterly cold in Eastern New Mexico, but much milder in the Central and Western parts of the state. This week temperatures are forecast to be above normal with possibly some snow in the higher elevations.
The snowpack in Southern Read More
