Santa Fe Faces: A Photo Legacy Exhibition Of Alan Pearlman Portraits March 13
Archie West, portrait by Alan Pearlman. Archival pigment print. Courtesy/Palace of the Governor Photo ArchivesCapt. Mark Kelly Applauds New Mexico Senate Public Affairs Committee For Advancing Legislation
NASA astronaut Capt. Mark KellyCIP Meeting On Parks & Recreation Is Underway
Members of the Parks and Recreation Board join County Councilors at this evening’s public meeting focused on parks and recreation projects that the community is interested in seeing funded as part of the CIP process. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Acting Council Chair Susan O’Leary opens the meeting and welcomes the public to this evening’s meeting in Council Chambers. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Ellie Hayward, a junior at Los Alamos High School is a player with Fusion Volleyball and is explaining the difficulties the team encounters and the need Read More
Five Los Alamos Scientists Receive 2015 Fellows Prize
Hou-Tong Chen, Manvendra Dubey and Herbert Van De Sompel are the winners of the 2015 Fellows Prize for Outstanding Research; Rebecca Chamberlin and David Morris are the winners of the Fellows Prize for Outstanding Leadership. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
- Researchers recognized for exemplary science research and leadership
Five Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists were honored for their achievements in the fields of leadership and science at an award ceremony Tuesday.
Hou-Tong Chen, Manvendra Dubey and Herbert Van De Sompel are the winners of the 2015 Fellows Prize for Outstanding Read More
Wiemann’s ‘Investing For Women’ Seminar Delivers Straight Answers; Boosts Confidence
Shelly Wiemann
Shelly Wiemann, a financial advisor for Edward Jones, hosted a seminar for female investors Feb. 4 at Cottonwood on the Green in Los Alamos.
“I’m interacting with a lot of female investors; women who are in charge of their own financial destiny,” Wiemann said. “We have the only female-run financial services office in Los Alamos. We want to encourage every woman in town to know that there is a resource for you.”
More than 40 women attended the seminar. Whether married, divorced, single, widowed or still in the
Udall, Heinrich: Tech Transfer Funding To Help NMSU Students Move Innovations To Marketplace
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By DAREL MADRID‘Lions of Illyria’ Opens Feb. 26
LALT News:
Join the Los Alamos Little Theatre for Lions in Illyria Feb. 26-March 6. The play is on stage 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays and 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays.
Based on William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, and adapted by Robert Kauzlaric, the story has been adapted for all ages with themes of friendship, bullying, love, and sibling rivalry, plus epic sword-fighting, dancing, disguises, and silliness!
Four adult actors bring the story alive, transforming into a crazy cast of animal characters inhabiting the magical world of Illyria.
Separated from her brother by a storm at sea, the young Read More
Chandler And O’Leary Analyze Bills At Legislature
Los Alamos County Vice Chair Susan O’Leary, left, and retiring Probate Judge Chris Chandler are serving as analysts during the 30 Day Session at the State Capitol Building in Santa Fe. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Valentines Babysitting Fundraiser Friday
LANL Virus Expert Gave Early Warning On Zika
ZIKA MAP Source: Created by Congressional Research Service from Pan American Health Organization and Centers for Disease Control maps of Zika cases at https:////www.paho.org and https:////www.cdc.gov/zika/geo/index.html, accessed Jan. 2, 2016. Courtesy photoLANL researcher Brian Foley has worked in bioinformatics since 1984. He has spent 20 years in HIV research at Los Alamos National Laboratory and has published 98 papers currently listed on Research Gate, the science networking site
LANL Microbiologist Brian Foley
A specialist Read More
Daily Postcard: Down Pueblo Canyon
Daily Postcard: Pueblo Canyon. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Santa Fe National Forest Waives Fees In Honor Of Presidents Day; Offices Will Be Closed
SFNF News:All Santa Fe National Forest offices will be closed that day in observance of the federal holiday. Forest offices will resume regular business hours on Tuesday, Feb. 16.
Fees at all national forests and grasslands will be waived at many day-use sites, such as picnic grounds and developed trailheads, in cooperation with other federal agencies under the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act. Day-use
Capital Projects Public Meeting Focuses On Parks & Recreation At 6 p.m. Today
COUNTY News:
The next capital projects public meeting takes place this evening and focuses on Parks & Recreation projects. Councilors and members of the Parks & Recreation Board are expected to be there to listen to public feedback.
The meeting starts at 6 p.m. in Council Chambers inside the municipal building. Individuals who would like to give public comment should plan to arrive a little bit early to sign in, and are asked to bring a copy of their comments to leave with the staff for the public record.
Two meetings remain in February – residents in White Rock can weigh in with their comments Read More
Gravitational Waves Found, Black-hole Models Led Way
A simulation of two merging black holes, creating gravitational waves. Courtesy/LIGO
LANL News:
- Supercomputer models predicted, instruments detected, Einstein was right
Gravitational waves were predicted by Einstein’s theory of general relativity in 1916, and now, almost exactly 100 years later, the faint ripples across space-time have been found. The advanced Laser Interferometric Gravitational-wave Observatory (aLIGO) has achieved the first direct measurement.
“We already have indirect evidence of gravitational wave emission from binary pulsars like the Hulse-Taylor Read More
County Selects New Deputy Public Works Director
Jon Bulthuis
COUNTY News:
Jon Bulthuis has accepted the Deputy Public Works Director position at Los Alamos County.
Bulthuis will start working in his new position March 14 and oversee the fleet, facilities, transit and airport divisions.
He has worked most of his career with the City of Santa Fe and is currently Santa Fe’s Transportation Department Director where he oversees parking, transit and airport.
Bulthuis lives in White Rock with his wife and two children. He holds a Master of Urban and Regional Planning and a Master of Business Administration.
‘Good to Great’ Author Keynotes 2016 Quality New Mexico Learning Summit
Bill Wadt stopped by the Los Alamos Daily Post newsroom Tuesday to discuss the importance of the 2016 Quality New Mexico Learning Summit set for April 12-13 at Isleta Resort. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Jim Collins, student and teacher of leadership and what “makes great companies tick,” will keynote Quality New Mexico’s Learning Summit “Excellence by Choice” April 12-13 at Isleta Resort.
Collins has authored or co-authored six books that have sold in total more than 10 million copies worldwide. GOOD TO GREAT, the #1 bestseller, Read More
Yang: Of Mice & Cheese, And Little People: Resistance, Action And Change
By ELENA YANGA Global Look At Women And Cardiovascular Disease
By LORI COFFELT, RN
LAMC Emergency Room Director
The World Heart Federation and the World Health Organization tells us that cardiovascular disease (CVD) – heart disease and stroke – is the biggest killer of women globally, killing more women than all cancers, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and malaria combined. Here are a few remarkable statistics:
Heart disease and stroke cause 8.6 million deaths among women annually– a third of all deaths in women worldwide. Of this: 3.4 million women die of ischemic heart disease; 3 million women die from stroke each year; the remainder 2.2 million Read More
District Attorney’s Office Issues Scam Alert
DA News:
The District Attorney’s Office is alerting residents to a scam underway in Los Alamos and surrounding areas.
The caller identifies himself or herself as an investigator with the District Attorney’s Office, talks about some case and says they need to clear warrants and collect money.
The District Attorney’s Office said residents are reporting receiving a call from the same telephone number: 505.221.3486. DO NOT call this number back, rather hang up and call the Los Alamos Police Department at 505.662-8222 or the District Attorney’s Office at 505.827.5000. Read More