Martha Katko’s Photo Makes National Geographic’s Editor’s Choice List
Los Alamos resident Martha Katko shot her photograph entered in this year’s National Geographic Photography contest while visiting Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. “Walking near the waterfront in Vancouver, I was struck by the beautiful reflection of the nearby buildings in the glass of the Convention Center.” Photo by Martha Katko
Staff Report
Reflecting Vancouver is the name of a photograph taken by Los Alamos resident Martha Katko that National Geographic Magazine has chosen as one of its eight Editor’s Choice photos for the week.
Katko is a Senior Human Resources
Governor to Attend Jim Hall Campaign Rally Sunday
ELECTION 2012 News:Video: League of Women Voters Oct. 11 Forum: Dist. 43, Supreme Court, Court of Appeals Candidates
League of Women Voters President Barbara Calef , left, looks on as Stephanie Garcia Richard and Jim Hall, candidates for NM House District 43, shake hands after their lively debate. Courtesy pac8.org
Staff Report
The following is a video produced and made available to the Los Alamos Daily Post by Public Access Channel 8 (PAC 8.)
The video is in Windows Media Video format (WMV.) There are converters available for the quicktime player on Apple systems.
This video was recorded at the Fellowship Hall of the White Rock Baptist Church, 80 N.M. 4, at 7 p.m. Oct. 11. It is approximately Read More
NNSA Holds Radiation Emergency Training in Denmark
NNSA News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Participants from five countries took part in a National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) International Training Course on Consequence Management (I-CM) last week in Denmark.
The training was hosted by the Danish Emergency Management Agency.
“The training was part of NNSA’s broader effort to build and enhance nuclear emergency management systems worldwide,” said NNSA Associate Administrator for Emergency Operations Joseph Krol. “The international course provided commonly accepted methods in addition to lessons learned by NNSA responders in Read More
U.S., Russia Partner to Complete Krasnoyarsk Regional Training Center, Reaffirm Commitment
NNSA is responsible for the management and security of the nation’s nuclear weapons, nuclear nonproliferation, and naval reactor programs. It also responds to nuclear and radiological emergencies in the United States and abroad. Courtesy/NNSA
NNSA News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and the Russian Federation Ministry of Defense (RF MOD) announced Friday the commissioning of the Krasnoyarsk Regional Training Center (KRTC) near Krasnoyarsk, Russia.
The KRTC will provide training for personnel who maintain or operate security systems Read More
Talk: 21st Century Science Powered by 19th Century Power Plants
SUSTAINABILITY BOARD News:
Tom Ribe will speak at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18 at UNM-LA Building 2, Room 230.
Los Alamos County Environmental Sustainability Board and Los Alamos Sustainable Energy Network are sponsoring the talk and discussion that will overview Los Alamos’s power sources, and urge an update of the electricity supply over the next decade to address climate change.
Los Alamos’ power supply is vulnerable and unreliable and should be produced in Los Alamos, using a combination of energy conservation, green power, and cutting edge nuclear power. Read More
Column: Hope isn’t Enough
By Allen E. WehWebster’s definition of hope is “to cherish a desire with expectation of fulfillment,” but hope is not a plan.
Regrettably, this country’s foreign policy has been largely based on hope during the past three plus years, and it shows.
People can desire this, and hope for that, but without good policies these things can never be fulfilled, and the recent violence in the Middle East reinforces this indisputable truth.
The brutal murder of our Ambassador and three other Americans in Libya by radical Islamists, along with the Read More
FBI Media Alert: Public’s Help Sought in Man’s Death
FBI News:
Dale Johnson went missing for more than a week before his body was found in a mountainous area near Mescalero, N.M., on July 8, 2011.
The FBI and Bureau of Indian Affairs still are investigating the 58-year-old Mescalero man’s death, and are asking the public for help.
Johnson’s body was found in a remote area directly north of the Feast or Ceremonial Grounds on the Mescalero Apache Reservation.
No information about the condition of the body is being released at this time.
Johnson’s relatives reported him missing on June 29, 2011.
Anyone with information about what Read More
Okhay Owingeh Pueblo Man Sentenced to Probation for Embezzling $25,900 from Cities of Gold Casino
FBI News:
ALBUQUERQUE—Thursday morning in Albuquerque federal court, Calvin R. Trujillo, 25, was sentenced to five years of probation for his conviction on a theft by an employee of a gaming establishment on Indian Land charge. Trujillo also was ordered to pay $25,900 in restitution.
Trujillo pled guilty May 24 to criminal information charging him with theft by an employee of a gambling establishment on Indian Land, under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
In his plea agreement, Trujillo admitted that, between Nov. 10, 2010 and Dec. 22, 2010, he stole $25,900 from his employer, Read More
Main Hill Road Work To Be Completed This Weekend
Courtesy/NMDOT
NMDOT News:
The New Mexico Department of Transportation will complete its pavement rehabilitation work on N.M. 502 this weekend.
The hill to Los Alamos, from mile marker 4 to mile marker 6, has been periodically closed since Oct. 2.
The road will be closed again today until approximately 2:00 p.m. while crews mill the centerline and finish striping work.
Weather permitting, the project will then be completed.
NMDOT advises all motorists to take the N.M. 4/East Jemez Road truck route to Los Alamos and the Los Alamos National Laboratory when road work is in progress.
For up to date Read More