‘Hilltoppers Give Back’ Work Party Set for Saturday
Work Party needed to help tidy up Los Alamos High School grounds Saturday. Courtesy/LAPSF
LAPSF News:
The LAPS Foundation invites Los Alamos High School alumni, current students, friends and parents of current and past students to help spruce up Los Alamos High School at a work party from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Aug. 25.
Using bond funds, the community and the schools have completed a wonderful new building, but there is still some work to be done.
In order to improve the appearance of the high school grounds, alumni and the community are invited to contribute some “sweat equity” Read More
Explosions for Research at Los Alamos
The science of explosives has been important at Los Alamos since 1943. A variety of experiments with explosives are represented in this video. Music Credit: Nerves – by Kevin MacLeod, Larva – by PhreDdy M.
Click HERE to view other videos provided by the Bradbury Science Museum including an interview with KRSN AM1490 owner David Sutton regarding the Las Conchas Fire and a video of President John F. Kennedy's 1962 visit Read More
Atomic City Children’s Theater Preps for Busy Year
Courtesy/Atomic City Children’s Theater
By Kirsten Laskey
For the last five years, Atomic City Children’s Theater (ACCT) has given local students an in-depth theater education and the organization shows no signs of slowing down during the 2012-2013 school year.
In fact, this year the program is expanding to include a field trip planned for January to the Junior Theater Festival in Atlanta, Ga., and a new program for third and fourth graders called Act II.
Director Daren Savage said ACCT has provided productions for fifth through eighth grade students but it was decided to extend to the younger Read More
Mountain’s Student Newspaper Project Part 3
Editor’s note: This is part 3 of a 15-part series featuring newspapers created by sixth grade students in teacher Michele Altherr’s gifted class at Mountain Elementary School.
This newspaper features the intelligent attributes of the ant as reported and published by Mountain Elementary School 6th grade student Martin Naud.
Fuller Lodge Art Center Releases Fall Class Schedule
Fuller Lodge Art Center at 2132 Central Ave., announces fall class schedule for teens and adults. Photo by Greg Kendall/ladailypost.com
Staff report
Have you always wanted to make your friends look like flesh-eating Zombies or create a stained glass snowflake? Fuller Lodge Art Center has just the class for you.
The Art Center has released its fall class schedule for teens and adults.
Classes include: Walking Dead Workshop, Stain Glass Snowflake, Beginning Oil Painting, Beginning Ceramics, Media Exploration, Stained Glass Basics, 3D Stained Glass, Ceramics, Latex, Masks, Sculpture Read More
Council Unanimously Passes Visitor Centers Operations Contract with LACDC
Member Services Coordinator Katy Korkos of the Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce smiles as County Council unanimously approves a $162.900 contract for general services with the Los Alamos Commerce and Development Corporation (dba Los Alamos Meeting & Visitor Bureau) plus applicable gross receipts tax for operations and management services of the Los Alamos and White Rock Visitor Centers. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
County Council Approves Amendments to 2013 Compensation & Classification Plan
Los Alamos County Human Resources Manager Denise Cassel briefs Council on proposed amendments to the FY 2013 Compensation and Classification Plan including a new job description for a Social Services Manager. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Following Los Alamos County Human Resources Manager Denise Cassel’s presentation, Council voted 5-1 to approve amendments to the FY 2013 Compensation and Classification Plan including a new job description for a Social Services Manager. Councilor Vincent Chiravalle voted against the measure. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Artwork Funding Approved for NEDO Smart House
Carolyn Bossert of the Art in Public Places Board, left, and Libby Carlsten of Los Alamos County present their recommendations of artwork for the NEDO Smart House to Council. Council voted 6-0 to aprrove $15,000 be spent on artwork for the NEDO Smart House. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Art by Alexander Scheinker approved for Nedo Smart House. Courtesy Photo
Art by Umi Raby approved for NEDO Smart House. Courtesy Photo
Art by Kevin Box approved for NEDO Smart House. Courtesy Photo
Art by Minesh Bacrania approved for NEDO Smart House. Courtesy Photo
LASO Manager Kevin Smith Updates Council on Land Transfer
Los Alamos Site Office Manager Kevin Smith briefs Council regarding the status of the transfer of land from the Department of Energy to Los Alamos County as Vicky Loucks from his office looks on. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Council Proclaims September 2012 as ‘Art & Culture Month’ in Los Alamos County
During tonight’s Los Alamos County Council meeting in the Community Building at 20th Street and Central Avenue, Council proclaimed September 2012 as “Art & Culture Month” in Los Alamos County. Accepting Council’s proclamation from left, Executive Director Marlane Hamilton of Los Alamos Arts Council, Arts Council President Tiffany Hinojosa and Fuller Lodge Art Center Executive Director Ken Nebel who also serves on the Los Alamos Art Council Board. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
County Councilor David Izraelevitz, center, presents a Read More
Public Invited to ‘The Scale of Justice’ Dedication
LOS ALAMOS COUNTY News
PLACE Makes Two Offers on Properties in Los Alamos
The WAV project in Ventura, California. Courtesy Photo.
Staff report
PLACE has made two separate offers on sites in downtown Los Alamos. Both site owners are considering the offers.
PLACE is a nonprofit development organization that builds creative urban villages for cities. PLACE plans to build an Urban Village project for Los Alamos.
PLACE expects to enter into a single-source supplier of services agreement with the County once a site has been acquired.
LANB Wellness Program Reaps Healthy Dividends
President Steve Wells of Los Alamos National Bank discusses the positive impact that a wellness program implemented at LANB has had on employees and productivity. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
By Carol A. Clark
Following a 12-week health and fitness program implemented at Los Alamos National Bank and Title Guarantee, participating employees lost a whopping 460 pounds collectively and added an astounding 179 years to their life expectancy.
“The whole concept is that a healthier employee is a happier employee and is a more productive employee,” LANB President Steve Read More
LANL Laser Research Shows Promise for Cancer Treatment
Sasi Palaniyappan, right, and Rahul Shah inside a target chamber where the TRIDENT short pulse laser is aimed at a very thin foil target. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
- New insights gained on how lasers generate ions in dense plasmas
Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory have observed for the first time how a laser penetrates dense, electron-rich plasma to generate ions.
The process has applications for developing next generation particle accelerators and new cancer treatments.
The results, published online August 19 in Nature Physics, also confirm predictions made more than 60 years Read More
Baldrige Program Celebrates 25 Years of Performance Excellence
Commerce Secretary Malcolm “Mac” Baldrige and President Ronald Reagan return to the White House after horseback riding in June 1981. Shortly after Baldrige was killed in a rodeo accident, President Reagan honored his friend and colleague on Aug. 20, 1987, by signing the bill that established the Baldrige National Quality Award. Courtesy/The Baldrige Family
BALDRIGE News:
Not many 25-year-olds can boast that in their short lifetime they have helped thousands of organizations develop and maintain world-class operations, innovative management, efficient procedures, Read More
Mountain’s Student Newspaper Project Part 2
Editor’s note: This is part 2 of a 15-part series featuring newspapers created by sixth grade students in teacher Michele Altherr’s gifted class at Mountain Elementary School.
This newspaper features the intelligent attributes of the African Grey Parrot as reported and published by Mountain Elementary School student Emily Krepps.
Food on the Hill: Pizza
“Food on the Hill” by Sue York
This week’s recipe…
Pizza
Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com
Things that are a MUST have for this recipe:
You must have a pizza stone (also called a baking stone) for the inside of the oven. The only way you are going to get a crispy crust and the right pizza taste is if you can put a lot of heat to the crust in a fast way (pizza stone.)
The other thing you must have is parchment paper. I have tried for years to be able to get the pizza in to the oven in one piece in one clean jerk and the best way I have found to form the crust and to get it into the oven is parchment Read More
SFI Seminar – Models.Behaving.Badly: On Theories, Models, Intuition and Finance
SFI News:
Models.Behaving.Badly: On Theories, Models, Intuition and Finance
By Emanuel Derman
Columbia University
Thursday, Aug. 23 • 12:15 p.m. • Medium Conference Room
Abstract: Models are metaphors that explain the world we don’t understand in terms of worlds we do.
They are merely analogies, provide partial insight, stand on someone else’s feet.
Theories stand on their own feet, and rely on no analogies.
Models tell you what something is more or less like; theories try to tell you what something is.
Financial models are not theories; they are analogies, idealizations that always Read More
Northern New Mexico’s First-Ever Regional Encyclopedia
Encyclopedia of Santa Fe and Northern New Mexico. Courtesy
A book signing for the Encyclopedia of Santa Fe and Northern New Mexico, written by Mark H. Cross is set for 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 26 at Otowi Station in Los Alamos.
Cross also will be interviewed at 8:30 a.m. Thursday on KRSN 1490 AM.
The Encyclopedia of Santa Fe and Northern New Mexico is a catalog of the people, places, arts, cultures and colloquialisms unique to the City Different and the Land of Enchantment.
The publication contains:
- 1,000+ alphabetical entries, fully indexed
- 180 illustrations — photographs, maps and charts
- Phonetic
DOE Hosts Public Hearing Tonight at Holiday Inn Express
DOE News:
The Department of Energy is holding public hearings on a Surplus Plutonium Disposition Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement.
The hearings are scheduled for:
- Los Alamos on Tuesday, Aug. 21 at the Holiday Inn Express, 60 Entrada Drive;
- Santa Fe on Thursday, Aug. 23 at the Courtyard by Marriott, 3347 Cerrillos Road; and
- Carlsbad on Aug. 28 hearing at the Pecos River Village Conference Center, 711 Muscatel Avenue.
The hearings will be 5:30-8 p.m. with a presentation beginning at 6:30 p.m. and public comments beginning around 6:45 p.m.
The comment period ends Sept. 25.
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