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Izraelevitz: Passover, Glazed Donuts and Graduate School

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Passover, Glazed Donuts and Graduate School
Column by DAVID IZRAELEVITZ

Passover, glazed donuts and graduate school do not mix well. This is a fact that I encountered, for five consecutive years, when I was a graduate student working on my doctoral degree.

Full appreciation of this physical law requires some background, so please bear with me for a paragraph or two.

Passover, or Pesach in Hebrew, is the Jewish week-long holiday celebrating the Biblical Exodus of the Jews from Egypt.

There is a ceremonial dinner, called the Passover Seder, that begins the week of Passover and introduces the observance Read More

Church of Christ to Host Women’s Mini-Conference

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CHURCH OF CHRIST News:

“Wrapped in God’s Love” is the theme for the county-wide mini-conference, “Women-to-Women Brunch and More.”

The mini-conference, which seeks to connect Los Alamos women with each other and with God, will take place 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday, March 23, at the Los Alamos Church of Christ, 2323 Diamond Dr.

The morning of Christian fellowship, encouragement and strengthening is open to all women of the community.

There is no charge for the conference. Brunch will be served and complimentary babysitting will be available.

Dr. Zandree Stidham is one of the featured speakers Read More

Geeks Take the Challenge at New Dixie Pub

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The Dixie Girl Restaurant in downtown Los Alamos hosted a ‘Geeks Who Drink’ trivia contest Thursday night. From left, Isaac Martinez, Jordan Garcia, Crystal Clearwater, Ryan Adams, Cody Martin and Nels Webber toast the opening of the new trivia game night. ‘Geeks Who Drink’ is a Denver-based company that hosts bar trivia at more than 200 pubs and restaurants in 21 states. Photo by Greg Kendall/ldailypost.com

Taylor Wynn of the Denver-based company, ‘Geeks Who Drink’, moderates the trivia concert Thursday night in the new Dixie Pub room of the Dixie Read More

Traveling the World on $100 a Day

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Kerri (Foxx) Frazier, Jason Frazier and Sydney Frazier Riding bikes in Paris, France. Courtesy photo

Kerri (Foxx) Frazier, Sydney Frazier and Jason Frazier in Denia, Spain. Courtesy Photo

 

Traveling the World on $100 a Day
By TERALENE FOXX
Los Alamos

Travel can be expensive. Can you travel around the world on $100/day/person? 

Jason, Kerri (1991 graduate of Los Alamos High School) and their daughter Sydney, 8, are on a Round the World Trip (https://ladailypost.comcontent/traveling-world.)

Before going, they researched costs and found the estimated $25,000 per person per Read More

‘Habemus papam’ … We Have A Pope!

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Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina

Staff report

Top Ranking Cardinal Deacon Jean-Louis Tauran emerged onto the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome today and confirmed “Habemus papam” (We have a pope.)

The 115 cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church tasked with electing the 266th successor of Peter have named Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J., Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina, as pope to succeed Benedict XVI.

The new pope, born Dec. 17, 1936 in Buenos Aires has taken the name Pope Francis 1. He was ordained for the Jesuits Dec. 13, 1969 during his theological studies Read More

Food on the Hill: Molasses Krinkels

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This Week’s Recipe:

 
Molasses Krinkels

Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com

Ingredients:

 
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup butter(softened)
1/4 cup shortening
1/4 cup dark molasses
1 egg
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon each of cinnamon and ginger
1/2 teaspoon clove1/4 teaspoon salt
White Sugar for dipping

Directions:

Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com

Cream shortening, butter and brown sugar until well mixed.

Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com

Then mix in all wet ingredients into the creamed butter mixture. In a separate bowl mix dry ingredients (not the Read More

Comet PanStarrs Makes Appearance in Los Alamos

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Pajarito Astronomer Club President Steve Becker sets up his telescope to view the comet PanStarrs. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

By KIRSTEN LASKEY

A large group of people lined up on the soccer fields at Overlook Park Sunday night. A telescope was being set up and sets of binoculars were pointed at the horizon. The sun was slipping away and the sky grew darker. The show was about to begin.

The Dark Night series will not officially kick off until April, but Sunday, the Pajarito Astronomers and the Pajarito Environmental Education Center hosted a special event to see the PanStarrs comet. Read More