Behind The Lens: 2015 Year In White House Photos
Feb. 27, 2015 ‘It’s definitely true that former NBA player Shaquille O’Neal is a big guy. But I’ll admit that I used a wide angle lens and this angle to accentuate his size when he stopped by the Oval Office for a quick visit.’ Official White House Photo by Pete Souza
April 29, 2015 ‘Visiting wounded warriors at Walter Reed, the President signed a patient’s military banner at his request.’ Official White House Photo by Pete Souza
June 11, 2015 ‘We had just stopped by the annual Congressional Baseball Game at Nationals Park and we were already driving away underneath the stadium. The President
Garcia Richard Previews 2016 Legislative Session
Rep. Stephanie Garacia Richard addresses the concerns of Los Alamos business people at the Dec. 15 Chamber Breakfast. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.comBy BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post
During the Dec. 15 Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce Business Breakfast, Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard, D-District 43, outlined the key issues the upcoming 2016 legislative session will tackle.
The 30-day session is a budget session with a major focus on the state budget.
“The budget must be completed in 30 days,” Garcia Richard said. “It takes a lot of compromise.”
With oil and gas prices Read More
LAMC Rated Among Top New Mexico Hospitals
Los Alamos Medical Center at 3917 West Road in Los Alamos is ranked among the top four hospitals in New Mexico. Courtesy photo
Pastor Granillo: This Is Our Story
By Pastor RAUL GRANILLO“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” (John 1:1 NIV)
In the beginning God created (Genesis 1:1). From the account of the Bible, we can surmise that God created because God is love. But to understand this, we have to do some unpacking.
Imagine, even before Genesis 1:1, what God was like. We know that He was holy and glorious (Isaiah 6:3). And when Isaiah had his vision in the throne room he said, “‘Woe to me!’ I cried. ‘I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, Read More
LAMC Welcomes First Baby Of 2016!
First baby of the year in Los Alamos, Alice Giselle, was born at 8:42 p.m. Friday, Jan. 1, 2016 at LAMC. Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com
First Los Alamos baby of the year, Alice Giselle, with her parents Lauren Silver and Paul G. Brown II this morning at Los Alamos Medical Center. Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com
LAMC News:
Los Alamos Medical Center is ringing in 2016 with the year’s first bundle of joy. Weighing six pounds and two ounces and measuring 19 inches, beautiful baby Alice Giselle was born to Lauren Silver and Paul G. Brown II, at 8:42 p.m. Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
“We weren’t Read More
USAA Email Scam Alert
USAA Scam Alert:
Local residents are reporting that they have received an email from: USAA.Customer.Services5808PabRcgtw@EBflOusaa with the subject: Your Card Has Been Limited.
The email states:
Some information on your account appears to be missing or incorrect. At this time we require that you verify your account information. To do so, please download and open the document attached to this e-mail. Please follow the instructions from the document. Please verify your information promptly so that you can continue to enjoy all the benefits of your USAA account. This measure is mandatory, Read More
Letter To The Editor: Thanking Los Alamos!
By ELLEN MORRIS BOND
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, No Politics
A New Year’s Day light display in the sky above Los Alamos taken with an iPhone near Ashley Pond Park. Photo by Sean Reilly
A New Year’s Day light display in the sky above Los Alamos taken with an iPhone from a porch in White Rock. Photo by Douglas Reilly
A light display visible across Los Alamos taken by a LANL photographer using a fish-eye lens in 1988 from the roof of the old Administration Building. Courtesy/Douglas Reilly
Staff Report
Douglas Reilly explains that the sun with sun dogs are so-called because they follow (dog) the sun. Sean Reilly’s photo includes much of the circle that passes Read More
DaVita Dialysis Center Breaks Ground At LAMC
The DaVita Dialysis Center will be on the canyon side of LAMC with designated parking and a separate entrance. Courtesy photoPartnering with DaVita Kidney Care, Los Alamos Medical Center has broken ground on a six-chair dialysis center. DaVita Kidney Care is a leading provider of dialysis services in the United States, treating patients with chronic kidney failure and end stage renal disease.
DaVita Kidney Care strives to improve patients’ quality of life by innovating clinical care, and by offering integrated treatment plans, personalized care teams and convenient Read More
IUPAC: With Discovery Of Four New Chemical Elements – 7th Period Of Periodic Table Of Elements Is Complete
Simulation of an accelerated calcium-48 ion about to collide with an americium-243 target atom. Courtesy/DOE
SCIENCE News:
IUPAC – International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, announces the verification of the discoveries of four new chemical elements: The 7th period of the periodic table of elements is complete.
The fourth IUPAC/IUPAP Joint Working Party (JWP) on the priority of claims to the discovery of new elements has reviewed the relevant literature for elements 113, 115, 117, and 118 and has determined that the claims for discovery of these elements have been fulfilled, Read More
County Council Holds First Meeting Of 2016 Tuesday
COUNTY News:
The Los Alamos County Council will hold its first public meeting of 2016 at 7 p.m., Tuesday in Council Chambers at 1000 Central Ave.
The Council also is meeting in closed session at 6 p.m. Tuesday.
The first order of business at Tuesday’s meeting is to elect a new council chair and vice chair to serve for the next 12 months.
Council also is scheduled to vote on amendments to the Los Alamos County Code of Ordinances:
- To Require Property And Premises Owners To Keep Clear All Adjacent And Abutting Public Ways, Right-Of-Ways, Setbacks, and Sidewalks;
- To Regulate Parking of Unhitched
Top LANL Sci-Tech & Spy Stories 2015
Courtesy/FBI
VIDEO: Leonardo Mascheroni Of Los Alamos Offering Nuclear Weapons To Venezuela
In FBI undercover video and audio recordings, Pedro Leonardo Mascheroni of Los Alamos explains to undercover agent Jimenez that he had a “top of the top” clearance and that he held a security clearance from the Department of Defense and from the Department of Energy.
Mascheroni, 79, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Argentina, was recently sentenced to 60 months in prison for Atomic Energy Act and other violations relating to his communication of classified nuclear Read More
2015 Top Stories Of The Year
From left, Los Alamos County Council Chair Kristin Henderson, former Councilor Fran Berting, Los Alamos Historical Society Executive Director Heather McClenahan, Dr. Ben Neal, second from right, and at far right, Bandelier Superintendent Jason Lott join U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich, and seated, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz at this morning’s signing ceremony, in Washington, D.C., to officially establish the Manhattan Project National Historical Park. Courtesy/NPS
MPNHP Field Team leader Arthur Knox wowed Read More
Sun Dogs Spotted Over White Rock Canyon
Spectacular sun dogs spotted this morning over White Rock Canyon. Photo by Bob DrakeHaving A Happy New Year’s Day At Pajarito
A snowboarder is having a Happy New Year’s Day at Pajarito. Photo by Pamela Prichard Read More
Unusual Snow Bow Or Sun Dogs Spotted In Los Alamos
This unusual and amazing snow bow or sun dog was spotted early this morning from Woodland Road in Los Alamos. Sun dogs, mock suns or phantom suns, scientific name parhelia (singular parhelion), are an atmospheric phenomenon that consists of a pair of bright spots on either side on the Sun, often co-occurring with a luminous ring known as a 22° halo. Sun dogs are a member of a large family of halos, created by light interacting with ice crystals in the atmosphere. Sun dogs typically appear as two subtly colored patches of light to the left and right of the Sun, approximately 22° distant and at the same
Letter To The Editor: Catholicism, Gayness, Blind Men, And Elephants
By KAHLIL SPENCERHaving neither the expertise nor the interest in engaging either Roy Moore or Rev. Glenn Jones in a discussion of Catholicism vs. Gay Love, I will offer this. The story of the Blind Men and the Elephant.
John Godfrey Saxe’s (1816-1887) version of the famous Indian legend,
It was six men of Indostan
To learning much inclined,
Who went to see the Elephant
(Though all of them were blind),
That each by observation
Might satisfy his mind.
The First approach’d the Elephant,
And happening to fall
Against his broad and sturdy side,
At once began to bawl:
“God Read More
Pajarito Mountain New Year’s Eve Torch Light Parade
Kids watch the Pajarito Mountain New Year’s Eve Torch Light Parade. Photo by KayLinda Crawford/ladailypost.com
Skiers in the Pajarito Mountain New Year’s Eve Torch Light Parade. Photo by KayLinda Crawford/ladailypost.com
Torch light parade carriers reach the ski lodge and arrange torches in the snow to wish Pajarito Mountain a Happy New Year. Photo by KayLinda Crawford/ladailypost.com
Folks gather to watch the torch light parade. Photo by KayLinda Crawford/ladailypost.com Read More
Board Upholds LANL Clean Air Operating Permit
Kathy Sanchez, the environmental health and justice program manager of Tewa Woman United, an intertribal women’s collective in Northern New Mexico, testified recently on behalf of additional clean air measures at LANL. Courtesy photo
SANTA FE – Despite eloquent testimony by Kathy Sanchez, the great-granddaughter of world famous Pueblo de San Ildefonso pottery maker, Maria Antonia Martinez, the New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board denied a permit appeal in which she and others sought additional air quality monitoring in a Read More
Community And Alumni Meeting Targets $10 Million XQ Super School Project Grant Proposal
LAHS drama instructor David Daniel leads a XQ Grant Proposal discussion Dec. 30 at Los Alamos Teen Center along with LATC Director Sylvan Argo and Assistant Director George Marsden. Courtesy photo
LAPS News:
The work group to explore ideas for a $10 million educational grant to submit to the XQ Super School Project met Wednesday evening, Dec. 30 at the new Los Alamos Teen Center (LATC).
More than 30 community members including many Los Alamos high school alumni as far back as 1962 attended along with various school officials and teachers. Five young people in attendance were 2016 graduates. The Read More