Live Nativity Christmas Eve At United Church
Courtesy/United Church
UNITED CHURCH News:
The United Church is planning a living Nativity 5-8 p.m., Christmas Eve in the parking lot west of the Church at 2525 Canyon Road, across Canyon Road from the Aquatics Center.
The nativity will be held between a family service at 4 p.m. and a candlelight service at 11 p.m. and the public is invited to attend and interact with the Living Nativity, greet the Holy Family, shepherds and kings and pet the stable animals.
For information, visit www.unitedchurchla.org Read More
Massage Therapist Strives for Deeper Connection
Owner Michelle Harkey of Mullein Leaf Massage. Photo by Mandy Marksteiner
By Mandy Marksteiner
“I enjoy being able to help people,” said Michelle Harkey, who opened Mullein Leaf Massage, 3500 Trinity Dr., Ste. A-5, a year and a half ago when she moved to Los Alamos. “I want to connect with people and make a difference on a level that not everyone is willing to make: a deeper level that is physical, intellectual and emotional.”
Letting go of chronic tension
People with chronic tension may wonder why they always have pain in the same place. Even if they get a massage and change possible physical causes, Read More
State Offices in Santa Fe on 2-Hour Delay
NMDOT News:
The New Mexico Department of Transportation has announced that due to inclement road conditions, all state offices in Santa Fe ONLY are on a two hour delay. Read More
World’s First Hazard Scale Created for Wildland Fires
Figure 1. Matrix for Capturing Exposure from Wildland Fuels. One side of the matrix represents the four types of fuel sources considered: homogeneous surface fuels (such as prairie grasses), inhomogeneous surface fuels (such as palmetto), inhomogeneous shrubs and low vegetation (such as chaparral) and canopied forest (such as the forests of pine, cedar, juniper or aspen found in the intermountain west region between the Rockies and the Sierra Madre/Cascades.) The other two sides of the matrix represent three types of topography (ravine, slope and flat) and three local weather conditions Read More
Exploiting the Power of IBM Blue Gene/Q Supercomputers
Sequoia supercomputer. Photo by Bob Hirschfeld/LLNL
NNSA News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Breaking new ground for scientific computing, two teams of Department of Energy (DOE) scientists have for the first time exceeded a sustained performance level of 10 petaflops (quadrillion floating point operations per second) on the Sequoia supercomputer at the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL.)
A team led by Argonne National Laboratory used the recently developed Hardware/Hybrid Accelerated Cosmology Codes (HACC) framework to achieve Read More
Column: I’m Thankful I’m Still on the Course
I’m Thankful I’m Still on the Course. Par 4, No Bogeys … Life with CancerWhat if you were diagosed with cancer? You’d be thankful just to get through it and survive, right? Well, what if you had cancer 4 times? What would be your thoughts? Could you still be thankful? I mean, who beats cancer four times?
When I recently got news of my fourth cancer diagnosis, all I could think of was “how on earth can I go through this again? Why can’t I just beat this?”
Consumed by thoughts of my family, and not being with them, I couldn’t be thankful for anything. Here I am, desperately trying to reach Read More
Udall Statement on Disabilities Treaty
U.S. SENATE News:Brainpower & Brownbags Lectures, 2013, Part 1
Eugenia Manderfield, ca. 1884-1891, by Dana B. Chase. Palace of the Governors Photo Archives 010268.
NMHM News:
From Trail Riders to Bomb Builders with a Few Stops In-Between
SANTA FE – Experts on the Santa Fe Trail, women of the West, Clyde Tingley, “St. Kate’s” and the Manhattan Project will deliver lectures in the first half of the 2013 Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture Series.
The annual series, organized by Tomas Jaehn of the museum’s Fray Angélico Chávez History Library, is free and open to the public (and, yes, you can bring a lunch.)
Each lecture begins at noon in the Meem Community Room; Read More
Los Alamos Honored For Building Award Winning High School
Los Alamos High School Principal Sandy Warnock with architects Sanjay Engineer, lead architect on the LAHS design project and Art Tatum of Fanning, Bard, Tatum Architects. Courtesy/LAPS
LAPS News:
It is now official. What the local community has known for the past year was validated with state awards that honored Los Alamos High School for its design and quality construction.
Simply stated, Los Alamos builds award winning schools.
The New Mexico Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors selected LAHS as its 2012 “Excellence in Construction Award” winner this past October. The National Read More
‘Dixie Diner Sundays’ Start Dec. 9
A crowd fills the bar and dining areas at Dixie Girl Restaurant in downtown Los Alamos during Happy Hour. Photo by Greg Kendall/ladailypost.com
DIXIE GIRL & HILL DINER NEWS:
Denise Lane, owner of both the Dixie Girl and Hill Diner has announced a change in Sunday offerings at the two restaurants.
Beginning Sunday Dec. 9, Hill Diner will not be open Sundays, but the Dixie Girl will be open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. for Sunday brunch and lunch.
The special “Dixie Diner Sunday Menu” will include both new items and some familiar Hill Diner favorites. Sundays will include all day Happy Hour and football on the Read More
County’s New Housing Manager Meets With Los Alamos Housing Partnership Board
Paul Andrus, third from left, introduces himself to members of the Los Alamos Housing Partnership Board from left, Anne Nobile, Cindy Hollabaugh and Bob Fuselier Tuesday during a meeting held at a residence in White Rock. The group discussed the Los Alamos Housing Partnership mission, the local housing market and how the Partnership and County might work together to enhance housing in Los Alamos. The County hired Andrus last month as manager of Housing and Special Projects in the Community and Economic Development Department. He is from Aurora, Colo., has a wife, children and three schnauzers. Read More
SFI Seminar: ‘Information Theoretic Tools for Social Media’
SFI News:
Greg Ver Steeg will present a talk on “Information Theoretic Tools for Social Media” at the Santa Fe Institute, 1399 Hyde Park Road in Santa Fe.
Monday, Dec. 10 • 12:15 p.m. • Medium Conference Room
Abstract: Information theory provides a powerful set of tools for discovering relationships among variables with minimal assumptions. Social media platforms provide a rich source of information than can include temporal, spatial, textual and network information.
What are the interesting information theoretic measures Read More
NNSA Conducts Pollux Subcritical Experiment at Nevada National Security Site
Courtesy/NNSA
NNSA News:
LAS VEGAS – The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) announced Friday that Pollux, a subcritical experiment, was successfully conducted Thursday at its Nevada National Security Site (NNSS.)
NNSA Administrator Thomas D’Agostino. Courtesy/NNSA
The experiment, conducted by staff from NNSS, Los Alamos National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories, gathered scientific data that will provide crucial information to maintain the safety and effectiveness of the nation’s nuclear weapons.
“Challenging subcritical experiments maintain our Read More
Art in Public Places Board Meets Dec. 12
Arctic bear by Jean Balagna is on display at Mesa Public Library. Courtesy photo
APPB News:
The Art in Public Places Board is set to meet 4:30-6 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 12 at Mesa Public Library in Upstairs Meeting Room #3.
The meeting is open to the public.
AGENDA
I. CALL TO ORDER
II. PUBLIC COMMENT (This section on the agenda is reserved for questions and comments from the public on items that are not otherwise included in this agenda. Speakers will be limited to 4 minutes each.)
III. APP BOARD BUSINESS
A. Approval of Minutes from Nov. 14, 2012
B. Welcome to new APPB Member(s)
C. Farewell to long-time APPB Read More
Letter to the Editor: Vote Yes on Special Mail-In Ballot General Obligation Bond Jan. 29, 2013
By Los Alamos Public School District
PLEASE VOTE!
What: School Bond Vote
When: Jan. 29, 2013
How: Mail-In Ballot
Why: Important For Our Future!
On Jan. 29, 2013, the voters of Los Alamos County will have the opportunity to build a brighter future for students with their vote on an all-mailed ballot for a $20 million construction bond that will not raise the tax rate. The upcoming bond will fund the replacement of the academic wing of Aspen Elementary School.
The bond will also fund a variety of infrastructure costs such as new sewer and water lines for several schools. The bond will fund other much Read More
The Family Y Has Adopted Families for the Holiday
YMCA News:
The Family Y has adopted families for the holiday!
If you would like to help us make the holiday special for these families and purchase a gift for one of the Y families, come by the Y at 1450 Iris St., and select a tag from the tree in our lobby.
After selecting a tag from the tree please follow these four easy steps:
- Purchase the gift requested on the tag.
- Wrap the gift.
- Attach the tag that was selected from the tree.
- Return the gift to the Y.
The gifts must be returned to the Y by Dec. 10 in order in ensure timely delivery to the Y’s adopted families.
Thank you for Read More
Lodgers’ Tax Advisory Board Meets Tuesday
LTAB News:
The Los Alamos County Lodgers’ Tax Advisory Board is meeting 1-3 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 11 in the Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce Conference Room at 109 Central Park Square.
AGENDA
I. ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS All 1 p.m. (20 min.)
A. Call to Order/Introductions
B. Review of the Statement of Antitrust Policy
C. Approval of Today’s Agenda
D. Public Comment
E. Approval of Minutes
II. BOARD DEVELOPMENT ACTIONS All 1:20 p.m. (15 min.)
A. Board Vacancy Status Report/Schedule
B. Farewell Event with Linda Deck and Ken Ashley (celebration date)
C. 2013 LTAB Meetings Calendar (Day/Time) Read More
SFNF to Burn 3,500 Acres of Hazardous Fuels
SFNF News:
Fire managers plan to begin ignitions Tuesday, Dec. 11 within the Coyote Ranger District to treat hazardous fuels with prescribed fire.
The total acreage includes Mesa Camino and Gallina WUI prescribed burn project areas. Depending on conditions, either one or the other project area will be treated next week.
This is an ongoing project that began 10 years ago. Approximately 75 percent of the project has been completed in prior treatments.
Gallina WUI, Mesa Camino, Coyote Ranger District:
- Approximately 50 to 100 acres are to be treated per day when conditions are favorable
- The broadcast
New Microscopy Technique Gets Close Enough to See Lengths of Atomic Bonds
For the first time, scientists have used an imaging technique that’s so precise that it’s possible to see the different lengths of individual atomic bonds. Using a method called non-contact atomic force microscopy, IBM researchers scanned a microscopic probe with a tip only an atom wide over a nanographene molecule and measured the forces between the probe and the sample. In this colored image, the bonds with more electrons—which are also shorter—are a brighter green. Courtesy/IBM Research-Zurich Read More
Oppenheimer Place Glows With Holiday Spirit
Oppenheimer Place is lined with electric farolitos that brighten the holiday season. Photo by Don Kendall Read More