Annual Free YMCA Workout Thanksgiving Day
YMCA News:
It’s that time of year again; bring the relatives, friends and neighbors to the free Thanksgiving Day Workout at the Family YMCA for ages 13 and up. Doors open at 8:50 a.m. to the gymnasium.
There will be several different workout styles for all fitness levels. Be sure to hang around after the workout for some fun door prizes.
For more information, visit www.laymca.org or call 505.662.3100. Read More
How The Hen House Turns: Sentient Beings
How the Hen House TurnsAs you may have noticed, in this column I tend to focus on animal awareness and street smarts (about humans (sometimes even about streets). Hence I took notice when I found Michael Shermer’s “Skeptic” article in the February Scientific American subtitled “A Moral Starting Point: How Science Can Inform ethics.”
As I struggled to find a positive way to speak in fiction about our iffy future, I took notice of Shermer’s definition of the “moral starting point” as “the survival and flourishing of sentient beings.” (Italics Read More
Brown Mackie College & EDMC Schools To Forgive $632,000 In Loans Made To New Mexico Students
EDMC News:This Week At The Reel Deal
By JIM O’DONNELLThis Friday we are opening Hunger Games, Mockingjay, Part 2 and The Night Before. Spectre and The Peanut Movie will hold for another week. The Good Dinosaur will open on Wed, Nov. 25 and will replace Peanuts, which ends Nov. 24.
Movie poster for ‘Mockingjay Part 11.’ Courtesy Real Deal Theater
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part II: As the war of Panem escalates to the destruction of other districts by the Capitol, Katniss Everdeen, the reluctant leader of the rebellion, must bring together an army against President Snow, while all she Read More
Rio Arriba Adult Literacy Program Needs ESL Tutors
Tutor and student. Courtesy photo
RAALP News:
Become an English-as-a-Second-Language tutor with the Rio Arriba Adult Literacy Program (RAALP).
You do not need to speak a foreign language to be an ESL tutor. Training, study materials, and on-going support provided. The next ESL tutor training is 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Jan. 8 and 9 in Española.
Tutors make a volunteer commitment of two hours per week. Tutor-student pairs meet at any public place at a time convenient to them. RAALP has 25 new English learners from the area on the waiting list
For more information or to sign up, contact RAALP at 505.747.6162 Read More
Los Alamos Symphony Holiday Concert Dec. 4
Teatro Paraguas Presents Festive Bilingual Evening
Theater News:
Teatro Paraguas will present a festive bilingual evening of live music, carols and comedy entitled A Musical Piñata for Christmas III for eight performances beginning Dec. 11.
This production is the third annual holiday celebration at Teatro Paraguas.
TP’s musical director JoJo Sena de Tarnoff has formed an ensemble of musicians and actors ranging in age from 7 to 70. The evening will begin with a traditional Mexican version of Las Posadas, arranged by Thelma Arquello and Mario Reynolds, followed by traditional and contemporary Christmas carols Read More
Gear Up For Sunday’s Annual Los Alamos CROP Hunger Walk & Turkey Trot
Runners participate in the 2014 Turkey Trot. File photoCOMMUNITY News:
More than 100 runners and walkers will begin a symbolic circuit on North Mesa, from the middle school to the stables and back, with the motto, “We walk because they walk” at 2 p.m. Sunday.
Millions of people around the world do not have water or food resources close at hand and must walk, sometimes miles a day, to bring nourishment to their families. They walk, so we walk in solidarity with them.
The 2015 CROP Hunger Walk and Turkey Trot is held each year to remember those who struggle to feed themselves or to find water. The event Read More
County Reminds Motorists Of Winter Safety Tips
COUNTY News:
Winter weather is here, and the County would like to remind residents of some important safety considerations for motorists to take in order to make their travel as safe as possible.
Motorists are encouraged to equip their vehicles with chains and/or snow tires and carry a container of sand and a shovel in their vehicle. Barrels of sand for public use are placed at locations that historically become icy and slick during storms, including:
- San Ildefonso South at both ends of the guardrail;
- North Mesa Road east of the roundabout;
- Near the end of 37th Street off of Diamond Drive;
- At
Letter To The Editor: Response To Insensitive Comments About Turkish People
By ISRAEL OWENSI’m writing in response to Gerald’s (Antos) letter about refugees where he takes the liberty to meander off the main topic and make insensitive comments about Turkish people.
In his letter, he draws from his personal experience to more or less insinuate that Turks are religious fanatics looking for handouts, and act irrationally when they don’t get what they want. This is very unfortunate since the topic was about the plight of refugees and not Turkish people.
The last time I checked, there were refugees looking to settle in Turkey, and not the other way around. Read More
Los Alamos Technology Gains National Backing
Descartes Labs artificial intelligence can race through mountains of data and read a landscape in seconds. An early emphasis for this technology is in evaluating and predicting agricultural output, like these irrigated fields near Roswell. Courtesy/2015 NASA/LANDSAT
Los Alamos pixels and Los Alamos dots were both riding high this week.
Descartes Labs, Inc., a one-year-old company specializing in satellite imagery recognition and analysis, announced Tuesday that it had raised $5 million in a venture capital round, thanks to a group of investors Read More
Los Alamos Public Schools Foundation’s ‘A Taste Of Knowledge’ Event Is Canceled
LAPSF News:
The Los Alamos Public Schools Foundation’s A TASTE OF KNOWLEDGE Beer and Wine Tasting Event scheduled for 5-8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20 at Fuller Lodge has been canceled. Read More
Public Survey On UNM-LA Bachelor And Graduate Programs Ends Friday
The public is encouraged to give feedback as to what types of bachelor and graduate programs it would like to see at UNM-LA. Courtesy/BigStock
UNM-LA News:
A survey seeking input on the interest in upper division and graduate programs in Los Alamos closes Friday.
This survey, prepared by students in the MBA program at the University of New Mexico-Anderson School of Management, has already been completed by approximately 100 individuals. The data collected in the survey will help determine which types of academic programs and delivery methods might best meet local community needs.
If you have Read More
Regional Coalition Of LANL Communities Discusses Consent Order Negotiations With NMED And EM-LA
RCLC News:
HERNANDEZ — The Regional Coalition of LANL Communities (RCLC) hosted representatives from the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) and the Los Alamos Environmental Management Field Office (EM-LA) to discuss the Consent Order agreement guiding the regulatory environment for cleanup of legacy nuclear waste at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL).
NMED Secretary Ryan Flynn gave an overview of the current consent order and expected changes to the upcoming version to be signed, and EM-LA Manager Doug Hintze presented the new campaign approach that will be utilized Read More
Classical Music World: The Power Of Fame
By ANN MCLAUGHLIN, Artistic DirectorI’m frequently asked how much the Los Alamos Concert Association pays the artists we present. That information is confidential when it comes to the fees charged by specific artists, but I can talk about this in more general terms.
We pay our artists anywhere from several thousand dollars for a single performance to tens of thousands. In addition to the basic fee, we frequently offer to take care of ground transport and lodging expenses once artists arrive in New Mexico.
Artists, by the way, always pay for airfare Read More
Luján Calls For Action On Immigration Reform
U.S. Rep. Ben Ray LujánLetter To The Editor: Response To ‘Keep Them All Out’
By RAO GARIMELLAHow ironic that the letter “I Say Keep Them All Out” was published just a week before Thanksgiving day, the holiday that the refugee Pilgrims fleeing religious persecution are said to have celebrated after surviving their first year in the New World, with the help of Native Americans.
I am sure the subsequent land grabs and violence against the “Natives” by descendants of the “Refugees” makes some natives feel like it should have been “Misgiving day.”
Nevertheless, the new world survived and became a great nation that welcomed many others to peace and prosperity. I Read More
‘Strange Trio’ Re-dedication Ceremony Dec. 2
‘Strange Trio’ being installed Oct. 13 at Overlook Park. A public Re-dedication Ceremony is set for Dec. 2 at the corner of Meadow Lane and Overlook Road in White Rock. Courtesy/LAC
A cloud is captured by ‘Strange Trio’ in this photo taken from an unusual angle when the sculpture was installed at Ashley Pond Park in Los Alamos. Photo by TK Thompson
COUNTY News:
The public is invited to attend a ribbon-cutting event for “Strange Trio,” the colossal steel sculpture relocated Oct. 13 to the entrance of Overlook Park in White Rock.
The re-dedication ceremony is at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. Read More
Hey What’s That ‘Hitch In My Giddy Up’
By KREIG PETERSONThis week, let’s talk about strain/counter strain syndrome, its often painful, insidious side effects and what you can do about it.
Normally the human body maintains a homeostatic balance in its numerous complex muscle systems. Muscles are designed to do a job and return to their normal relaxed position. There is a complicated system that allows muscles to do their jobs. All muscles have an antagonist that dampens the desired movement.
A good example of this is in the forearm. The muscles on the bottom of the arm are flexors and the top extensors. Make a firm fist Read More
BRIDGE BITES: The Power of Tens
BRIDGE BITES: The Power of Tens
By Brian Gunnell from The American Contract Bridge League
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♠ Q852 ♥ 8542 ♦ J3 ♣ KQ2 |
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1NT Pass??
Put yourself in the South chair. Your partner opens a 15-17 1NT and you have to Read More
