Pino Fire Not Expected to Impact Facilities Over Labor Day Weekend
SFNF News:
SANTA FE – The lightning caused Pino Fire, on Santa Fe National Forest’s Jemez Ranger District, is now estimated at 120 acres. The fire is located five miles south of State Highway 4 and six miles east of Jemez Springs.
The heavy rain that was expected yesterday produced a little over one tenth of an inch of rain on the fire. Robust drying is forecast to begin Friday and carry through next week. This drying trend will result in lower humidities and better opportunities for fire growth. An increase in smoke is expected.
Minimal fire activity was observed yesterday. Fire crews continued Read More
Pain Free Athlete: Prevent Osteoporosis With Aligned Posture
The Pain Free AthletePrevent Osteoporosis with Aligned Posture
I’m worried about osteoporosis, as are many of my clients. Osteoporosis is a thinning of the bones, which increases the likelihood of fractures and can lead to disability and death. The diagnosis of osteopenia also denotes decreased bone mass and is a precursor to osteoporosis.
Similar to high blood pressure, osteoporosis is a silent disease. You can have it for many years without knowing because there are no symptoms. The body doesn’t warn you of the internal decline of your bones. Often the first Read More
LAMS Morning Walk-Run Club Seeks Members
SFI Seminar: ‘The Secret Life of Active Colloids’
Gabriel Redner
SFI News:
The Santa Fe Institute will host a seminar at 12:15 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 2 in the Collins Conference Room, 1399 Hyde Park Road. Gabriel Redner, Brandeis University, will speak on “The Secret Life of Active Colloids.”
Abstract
Active systems are composed of self-propelled units which interact to produce a wide range of complex behaviors. In this talk I will describe a minimalist active system comprised of self-propelled spheres immersed in a fluid and confined to two dimensions, interacting through hard-core repulsion alone. I will describe an unusual type Read More
New Los Alamos Business Provides Indoor Play Space For Kids
Kids try out the Los Alamos Atomic Play climbing wall. Photo by Mandy Marksteiner
Nik Seet, founder of the Los Alamos Venture Accelerator, plays blocks with kids. Photo by Mandy Marksteiner
By Mandy Marksteiner
Next time your kids are bouncing off the walls, take them to the new indoor play area coming to town.
Barbara Kaldi, entrepreneur, mother of two, and part time student, wanted to start a business where kids could enjoy unstructured high-energy playtime.
Parents in Los Alamos were clearly interested in her business idea: she asked for input from online forums like Keep it Local Los Alamos Read More
Police Inventory Lists 66 Firearms At Steve Porter’s Pajarito Acres Home
This SKS Russian 7.62 with bayonet is among 66 firearms police recently inventoried and confiscated from Steven C. Porter’s residence in Pajarito Acres. Courtesy/LAPD
Staff Report
Los Alamos Police arrested Steven C. Porter Monday and charged him with escape from a community custody program, a felony, for tampering with his court ordered electronic monitoring device.
He is being held in jail without bond and scheduled to go back before Los Alamos Magistrate Court Judge Pat Casados at 8:30 a.m., Thursday at the Justice Center.
Porter, 46, was initially arrested Sunday, Aug. Read More
Municipal Court Closing Sept. 1-5
COURT News:
The Los Alamos County Municipal Court will be closed Monday, Sept. 1 for Labor Day and Sept. 2-5 for Court Staff Training.
Direct questions to 505.662.8025. Read More
School Board Discusses Superintendent Candidates In Special Closed Meeting Thursday
LAPS News:
The Los Alamos School Board will hold a Special Meeting at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 28 at the Los Alamos Public Schools Administration Building, Conference Room A.
The agenda items for the Special Meeting include a motion to go into a closed Executive Session to discuss prospective candidates for the position of superintendent and their qualifications, per Section 10-15-1-(H)(2) as allowed in the Open Meetings Act NMSA 1978.
After the Executive Session, the meeting will adjourn. Read More
NWF Certifies Wildlife Habitat at Los Alamos Co+op
Sign proclaiming the garden at the Los Alamos Co+op Market an official Certified Wildlife Habitat™ site. Courtesy/ LACM
CO+OP News:
The National Wildlife Federation® (NWF) has recognized that the Los Alamos Co+op Market has successfully created an official Certified Wildlife Habitat™ site.
NWF celebrates the effort to create a garden space that improves habitat for birds, butterflies, frogs and other wildlife by providing essential elements needed by all wildlife – natural food sources, clean water, cover, and places to raise young.
“Providing a home for wildlife in our communities Read More
Free Flight Giveaway During ScienceFest Events
New Mexico Airlines plane. Courtesy/NMA
COUNTY News:
During upcoming ScienceFest events in September, Los Alamos County Airport (LAM) will promote the new commercial air service being offered between Los Alamos and Albuquerque by giving away two free round-trip flights on New Mexico Airlines, the company under contract to the County that provides commercial airline service between LAM and Albuquerque’s Sunport (ABQ).
LAM will sponsor three booths:
- RocketDay 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 6 at Overlook Park;
- Science of Flight 9 a.m. to noon Sept. 13 at the airport; and
- ExpoDay 11 a.m.
Yellowstone Supereruption Would Send Ash Across North America
An aerial flight over Yellowstone’s Midway Geyser Basin in 2004 shows Grand Prismatic Spring and Excelsior Geyser Crater, which drain into the nearby Firehole River. Courtesy/USGSSuicide Awareness & Prevention Week Workshops Announced
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Council Issues Los Alamos ScienceFest Proclamation
Los Alamos MainStreet Executive Director Suzette Fox accepts a proclamation from Council Vice Chair Kristin Henderson. Photo by Kelly Stewart
COUNTY News:
The Los Alamos County Council issued a proclamation at its meeting Tuesday evening declaring Sept. 5-13 as Los Alamos ScienceFest Week.
Proclamation:
WHEREAS: In 2007, the County Council voiced their desire to establish a unique, annual event that would set Los Alamos apart from any other place in the nation, with a long-range goal of bringing tourists and visitors here, as well as providing a wonderful venue for local friends, families Read More
Los Alamos’ Amy Storey (Trixie ConQueso) Appears on TV Thursday
Amy Storey of Los Alamos performing this summer in Las Vegas, Nev., at the ‘WonderGround’ variety show. Courtesy/SherylAnn Garrett
Amy Storey, center, with her backup dancers ‘The Cheesy Delights’ Piper Wohlbier and Marcie Long. Courtesy photoAmy Storey of Los Alamos will appear as Trixie ConQueso at 7 a.m., Thursday on The Morning Brew with Larry Ahrens.
Storey is promoting the ‘Fierce Women Party’ set for Labor Day, Sept. 2 at the Tractor Brewing Company on 4th Street in the Nob Hill area of Albuquerque. She will
No Trash Pickup Monday
COUNTY News:
There will be no residential or commercial trash and recycling collection service provided Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 1.
If the observed date falls on your normal trash day, place your materials out Wednesday, Sept. 3.
Click here for the entire holiday waste collection schedule. Read More
LANL: MagRay Scanning Technology Could Enhance Airport Security, Benefit Passengers
LANL News:
For most people, the upcoming Labor Day holiday marks the end of summer travel season.
But for those already thinking about the headaches involved in air travel for fall and winter vacations, take heart! Thanks to a piece of technology developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory, one element of the onerous airport security screening process may soon be a thing of the past.
Los Alamos scientists have advanced a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) technology that may provide a breakthrough for screening liquids at airport security. They’ve added low-power X-ray data to the mix, Read More
Nicholas Parra-Vasquez Accepts ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
Nicholas Parra-Vasquez of Los Alamos accepts the ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) ice bucket challenge Tuesday, stating he will donate $20 to ALS and challenging friends to do the same. Ted Williams pours the ice water following the Tuesday night pace race at the trailhead of the ‘Jim Billen’ trail by the Aquatic Center in Los Alamos. Photo by Mark Bjorklund Read More
Alert: Traffic Impact Expected As C-130 Airplane Travels by Flatbed to LANL Today
LANL News:
- Traffic to be impacted during transport
Los Alamos National Laboratory will receive a C-130 airplane from Kirtland Air Force Base today and motorists traveling along the expected route from Albuquerque to Los Alamos should be aware that this transportation could cause traffic delays and adjust their schedules, or take an alternate route.
The plane, which is surplus from Kirtland Air Force Base, has been demilitarized and will be located at the Laboratory’s emergency response training area at Technical Area 49. The fuselage of the plane will be used for emergency response training Read More
This Week at the Reel Deal
Column by JIM O’DONNELLThis week we are opening The Hundred Foot Journey and A Most Wanted Man (Phillip Seymour Hoffman’s last film.)
Sin City, The Giver, and Guardians of the Galaxy will hold for another week. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will end this Thursday. Despite poor reviews, I saw Sin City and liked it. It is indeed an artistic work of cinematography and definitely worth a look.
Thanks to all of you who waited patiently for The Hundred Foot Journey, and A Most Wanted Man. Hope we have a good turn-out so we can continue to get this type of genre at the Reel Read More
New Mexico Artist Greg Reiche Begins Sculpture Design Process for New Nature Center
Flor del Llano, a public art piece designed by Greg Reiche for the city of Longmont, Colo. Courtes/gregreichdesign.comPEEC News:
Last week, the Arts in Public Places Committee and members of the Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) met with artist Greg Reiche to formally kick off the design process for the sculpture to adorn the outside of the new Los Alamos County Nature Center.
The group toured the construction site where the new facility is well under construction, giving the artist a chance to better understand PEEC, its mission, and the role the new center will play in the community. Read More