Cinema Cindy Reviews Kingsman: The Golden Circle
By CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB“Kingsman: The Golden Circle” is the second in what promises to be a fun franchise, loosely based on a UK-made series of spy action-comedy comic books that were first published by Marvel’s “Icon” Comics in 2012.
A sequel to “Kingsman: The Secret Service” (2014), The Golden Circle features some of the same central characters; but the threat of world domination is posed by a very different villain. Support for the good British guys comes from a new quarter, an American underground spy service.
Taron Egerton’s central character, Gary “Eggsy” Unwin, who went through
Letter To The Editor: Thank You Community
By CATHERINE FRY, RPhJust One Thing To Do This Week: Honor Your Bette
By MARY BETH MAASSEN
Los Alamos
For many, many years Bette was my best friend. We were together during a particularly drama-filled era of our lives.
We were going through angst-filled ups and downs, as both of our marriages fell to pieces while we were trying to meet the never-ending demands of raising children. We took turns holding each other up and holding each other together when necessary. On the day Bette’s divorce was final she found out she had advanced-stage breast cancer.
I was at home with her when the doctor’s office called wanting her to come in so they could discuss her biopsy results. Read More
World Futures: Accuracy And Precision (Part Three)
World Futures: What Do We Need?
By ANDY ANDREWS
Los Alamos World Futures Institute
In the last column, we looked at national and international measurement systems and another brief observation of randomness, ending again with the question how accurate and precise things need to be?
If you examine a 12 ounce can of soda, it probably says 12 fluid ounces (fl. oz.) and 355 milliliters (ml). If you convert 12 fl. oz. to ml, it actually is 354.882744 ml. Probably good enough to wash down the hotdog at the barbeque. In a similar manner, one U.S. pint equals 472.176473 ml. Probably more than you wanted Read More
Weekly Fishing Report: Sept. 28
By George Morse An Open Book: A Lucky Day
By DAVID IZRAELEVITZ
Los Alamos
The house had sold, most things were packed, and we had a place to live in faraway Los Alamos. Remaining on our to-do list was to finally visit those tourist sites we had always postponed for some time later. On our list was the Lowell National Historical Park, so we packed up the kids, 4, 6, and 8 years old on a beautiful fall morning in New England, and made the short drive to the shores of the Merrimack River, where some of the earliest textile mill buildings of the American Industrial Revolution had been restored.
My first exposure to a National Historical Park, we enjoyed Read More
