Geoengineering The Climate Would Reduce Vital Rains
Monsoon rainfall wets Beijing streets and passersby in 2011. New research indicates geoengineering to reduce global warming would also reduce average global precipitation. Photo by Sierra F
AGU News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Although a significant build-up in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere would alter worldwide precipitation patterns, a widely discussed technological approach to reducing future global warming would also interfere with rainfall and snowfall, new research shows.
The international study finds that a massive increase in greenhouse gases and warming of the planet would Read More
QNM Offers ‘Preparing for Stategic Planning’ Workshop
QNM News:
ALBUQUERQUE—Quality New Mexico will conduct a workshop “Preparing for Strategic Planning – Your Approach to the Future” 8:30 a.m. to noon, Nov. 13 at CNM Workforce Training Center, 5600 Eagle Rock Ave NE, Albuquerque.
Registration is available at www.qualitynewmexico.org. The workshop fee is $150 for non-members and special discounts apply for Quality NM Members. You’ll use the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence to guide your planning for the future.
Who should attend? This workshop is designed for owners, leaders, managers, supervisors and team leaders. Read More
Scenes From Ruby K’s Yum Run
A group of 141 participants take off on Central Avenue near Fuller Lodge in the 9th Annual Ruby K’s Yum Run Oct. 26. The 1K, 5K and 10K races raised about $5,200 for local food bank LA Cares. Photo by Jim Nesmith
Photo by Jim Nesmith Read More
Los Alamos Golf Course Update
Los Alamos Golf Course. Courtesy/LAC
Progress continues on the clubhouse with window installation taking place. The HVAC work is nearly complete, sheet rock work in the basement has started and a great deal of site work is taking place in the parking lot.
Speaking of the parking lot, we appreciate the patience that players have shown, as the contractor works to complete this portion of construction site work. We expect this work to be completed in mid- November and players to have access again to the main entrance and parking lot.
To date we’ve had about Read More
Presentation Explores Importance of River Otters
River otters in winter. Photo by Diana-HargravesPEEC News:
Populations of otters throughout the world face increasing challenges as the quality and quantity of water resources decline. As conflicts over water use intensify, many otter species are being down-listed to Vulnerable or Endangered. With concerted conservation efforts, however, otter abundance is increasing in certain places, including New Mexico.
Presenter Melissa Savage will explain why otters are important to our state in a free talk at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7 at the Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC),
Udall Addresses Employment Non-Discrimination Act
U.S. Sen. Tom Udall
U.S. Senate News:
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Tom Udall Monday issued the following statement after the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) cleared an important procedural step in the U.S. Senate, winning a bipartisan filibuster-proof 61 votes for the first time in history and moving a significant step closer to passage:
“Today the Senate has taken an important step toward protecting LGBT Americans from workplace discrimination. Clearing this procedural hurdle with a bipartisan vote shows the progress we’ve made in the Senate and in our country.”
“I Read More
Wear Orange to Support RSD/CRPS
RSD/CRPS Awareness Poster. Art by Cheryl Lynn Poppe Staff Report:
November is national Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD)/Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) Awareness Month. Today, Nov. 5 is RSD/CRPS National Awareness Day. People around the world will wear orange to bring awareness to this disease and to advocate for a cure. Currently, there is no cure for RSD/CRPS.
RSD/CRPS is a malfunction of part of the nervous system. Nerves misfire, sending constant pain signals to the brain. It develops in response to an event the body regards as traumatic, such as an accident or a Read More
The Pain Free Athlete: Is Strength Training Ruining Your Posture?
The Pain Free Athlete Is Strength Training Ruining Your Posture?
If you’re lifting weights without addressing postural disparities such as one shoulder higher than the other, a hip that is rotated forward or rounded shoulders then yes, your unbalanced posture is becoming stronger and more engrained with every repetition performed.
I’m not saying don’t resistance train if you have postural disparities, but rather use your resistance workout to improve your posture and muscle balance.
Many of my clients are particularly concerned about the Read More
Holiday Success Tips and Tricks: Part 3
Holiday Success Tips and Tricks: Part 3Advertising
Marketing during the holiday rush is a must to really attract customers and boost business. Let’s talk about a few great ideas and best practices when advertising during the holidays.
Paid Advertising
There are time-tested ways to get the word out about your business. Radio is still a powerful medium and can get you into the ears of a highly targeted market. Search engine ads are more and more useful especially as online shopping becomes even more popular. Facebook ads are also highly Read More
Waffle Breakfast Benefits American Cancer Society
‘Matchstick Men’ Shows Thursday at MPL
Review by KELLY DOLEJSI
I love a good con, at least onscreen, and Ridley Scott’s “Matchstick Men” (2003, rated PG-13), on the “big” screen this week at Mesa Public Library, is a pretty fantastic con.
It tells the deviant story of Roy (Nick Cage), one of those rare con artists who has to open the door exactly three times before letting a guest in the house, a spotless environ where the guest must immediately remove his shoes and vigorously disinfect the receiver after using the phone.
Without medication, he’s compulsive to the point of being disabled, so when he loses his pills, he quickly deteriorates Read More
OBITUARY: Robert Francis Ford Nov. 2, 2013
ROBERT FRANCIS FORD Nov. 2, 2013
Robert Francis Ford, 78, of Rio Verde, Ariz., died Nov. 2, 2013. A former Santa Fe, N.M. resident, Bob was born and grew up in Weymouth, Mass.
Fresh out of high school he joined the Navy and served in the Korean Conflict as an electronics technician (Petty Officer First Class) on the USS Lake Champlain and was decorated with various citations and commendations for bravery and valor.
Bob returned to Boston and completed his undergraduate, Master’s and Doctorate degrees in Electrical Engineering at Northeastern University. While there he excelled in football and Read More
Winter Weather Advisory
NWS News:
…A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON MST TUESDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON MST TUESDAY.
* LOCAL IMPACTS…TRAVEL COULD BECOME DIFFICULT DUE TO WET SNOW AND SLUSHY CONDITIONS ALONG N.M. 4 BETWEEN LA CUEVA TO LOS ALAMOS AND ALONG HIGHWAY 84 BETWEEN TIERRA AMARILLA TO THE COLORADO BORDER.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS…1 TO 3 INCHES BELOW 7,500 FEET AND 3 TO 6 INCHES ABOVE 7,500 FEET. LOCALLY UP TO 8 INCHES ABOVE 9,500 Read More
Handgun Missing From SOC’s Inventory
LAPD News:
Los Alamos Police Commander Preston Ballew has issued a press release related to a handgun missing from SOC’s inventory. SOC is the contracted physical security force for Los Alamos National Laboratory.
According to Ballew, an officer from his department took a report at approximately 6:35 p.m., Nov. 1 from SOC. The weapon was discovered missing during an inventory check earlier in the day, Ballew stated in the release. The Los Alamos Police Department is investigating this incident and working closely with LANL, DOE and SOC to locate and identify how this weapon became missing. Read More
Local Computer Business Helps Solve Technical Dilemmas
ECS, LLC owners Heather and Brady Burke with their daughter Kaity. Courtesy photo
Business News:
Did you get a piece of technology recently, a phone, tablet, DVD player or computer that has you baffled? The folks at Enterprise Computing Systems (ECS) might be the ones to help. The employees of ECS are members of four local families.
“We can set up your phone (iphone or android) to send and receive email, your DVD player to stream Netflix, cajole your computers into sharing folders and printers, clean your computer of malware, and more,” ECS Office Manager Carrie DeBurgomaster said. Read More
Holiday Success Tips and Tricks: Part 2
Holiday Success Tips and Tricks: Part 2Getting Customers!
As we continue our Holiday Success series, we want to start where it counts: CUSTOMERS. Your holiday success plan must start with customers. No matter what type of business or organization you operate, without them your business just doesn’t work. Businesses must attract new customers and keep current customers to thrive in this economy.
During the holiday season, the best place to get customers is to reach out to your existing customers. There are a number of ways to reinforce Read More
Los Alamos Police Blotter: Oct. 24 to Oct. 30, 2013
The following information is provided by the Los Alamos Police Department.
Neither arrests nor charges indicate a conviction, and neither means that a person is guilty of the charges filed against them.
ISSAC PEARSON
Oct. 24 at 1:55 p.m. / Police arrested Issac Pearson, 40, of Los Alamos near East Jemez Road and N.M. 4 and charged him with driving on a suspended or revoked license.
Oct. 24 at 5:30 p.m. / A 51-year-old Richland man reported that someone broke into a home on Oppenheimer Drive. The estimated loss is unknown.
Oct. 24 at 7:19 p.m. / A 57-year-old Los Alamos woman reported Read More
LANL Foundation Offers $1,000 Awards for NNM Residents Wanting to Return to College
LANL FOUNDATION News:
Northern New Mexicans wanting to return to college for a certificate or two-year program are eligible for $1,000 awards from the Regional College/Returning Student program of the Los Alamos Employees’ Scholarship Fund.
The application deadline is Dec. 2 to the Los Alamos National Laboratory Foundation’s Regional College/Returning Student Scholarship Fund. Applications must be submitted on line at www.lanlfoundation.org.
The awards go to students returning to a formal education after an absence, such as business, the military or personal reasons. Candidates Read More
Voting Opens for Business Recycler of the Year
COUNTY News:
Voting is now open to select the 2013 Los Alamos County Business Recycler of the Year. The three finalists selected by the Los Alamos County Environmental Sustainability Board are CB FOX, the Los Alamos Cooperative Market and Los Alamos Monitor. Visit the Los Alamos County Environmental Services page to vote. Voting will remain open until Friday, Nov. 22.
Each of the three finalists was sent a recycling questionnaire in order to gain more insight into the programs they have in place and the motivations behind those programs. CB FOX is focused on recycling the high volumes of cardboard Read More
Solo Traveler: Money Security
A beach on the island of Koh Tao in Thailand, where Sherry Hardage is currently traveling. Photo by Sherry Hardage
Solo Traveler: Money SecurityI have become convinced that the ubiquitous ATM has made it possible for most people to travel anywhere.
When I first traveled abroad, alone at age 18, I carried traveler’s checks. In some countries these days, traveler’s checks can only be cashed at banks and can be burdensome if cash is needed right away.
You might want to check the exchange rates for your destination. In some cities, such as Bangkok, the exchange rate is better Read More