Is It Really Cheating If You Don’t Get Caught?
Column: On the Mesa Facing North by Greg Kendall
Today, Lance Armstrong threw in the towel in his fight to clear his name in the ongoing Tour De France doping scandals. Armstrong issued a statement that has been published in an earlier Los Alamos Daily Post story (see link below.)
In his statement, Armstrong discusses how “enough is enough” after dealing with claims that he cheated and had an unfair advantage in winning his seven Tours since 1999.
As I read through his statement, I kept looking for one sentence from Armstrong, “I never used performance enhancing drugs Read More
Will the Metric System Make a Comeback?
One of eight proposed logos under consideration by Linda Anderman. Courtesy
METRIC SYSTEM News:
Los Alamos resident Linda Anderman has an ambitious plan: to produce an independent documentary about what happened to the metric system in the United States.
“As a product of the 1950s, I was taught that the metric system was an eventuality, but as a child, it didn’t really occur to me that it never came to pass,” Anderman said.
A discussion with a colleague near the end of last year prompted her to do some research about what had happened in the intervening years.
“As Read More
ChemCam Laser First Analyses Yield Beautiful Results
This photo mosaic shows the scour mark, dubbed Goulburn, left by the thrusters on the sky crane that helped lower NASA’s Curiosity rover to the Red Planet. It is located 16 to 20 feet (5 to 6 meters) to the left of the rover’s landing position. The sky crane appears to have uncovered an outcrop of loosely consolidated rocks during the rover’s landing. The mosaic consists of six images from the remote micro-imager (RMI) on the Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam) instrument, shown around an image from the Mast Camera for context. Each RMI image has a field of view of 4 to 5 inches (10 to Read More
Case Study: How Standards Can Make U.S. More Secure
NIST News:
Courtesy/NIST
By Erik Puskar
Before 9/11, most radiation detectors were designed for use in laboratories. After 9/11, the new Office of Homeland Security, which became the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), needed to plan for the possibility that terrorists would try to smuggle “dirty bomb” components into the country.
Consequently the first responder community needs radiation detectors that are accurate, reliable, rugged, and easy to use.
DHS needed to develop and deploy rugged detector equipment that non-specialists and first responders could use easily Read More
Luján Announces $600,000 in Drug-Free Communities Grants
US REPRESENTATIVE BEN RAY LUJAN News
U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico’s Third District announced today that five organizations in Northern New Mexico are receiving more than $600,000 through grants from the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program.
The DFC program, which is administered by the Office of National Drug Control Policy, is designed to support community coalitions as they mobilize individuals and organizations to reduce youth substance abuse.
Coalitions are composed of community leaders, parents, youth, teachers, religious and fraternal organizations, Read More
Public Scoping Underway for Bandelier Transportation Plan
Bandelier NP News:
The National Park Service has initiated the process to complete a Transportation Plan/Environmental Assessment to improve transportation conditions at Bandelier National Monument.
Over three decades, a number of studies and workshops have documented transportation and congestion management challenges at Bandelier National Monument, including traffic congestion at the park entrance and a lack of adequate parking in Frijoles Canyon.
Recent fires and flooding have reduced available parking in Frijoles Canyon, creating more challenges to transportation at the Read More
Gov. Martinez Speaks Tuesday at GOP Convention
GOP News:
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus has announced that the theme for the 2012 Republican National Convention will be “We Built It.”
Location: Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa, Fla.
Dates: Aug. 27-30
Official Convention Website: 2012 GOP Convention
Press release on the convention from the 2012 GOP Convention:
History will be made in Tampa August 27-30, when 2,286 delegates and 2,125 alternate delegates from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and five U.S. territories gather together to nominate their candidate for president of the United States at the 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
NMDOT Sponsors Statewide Child Safety Seat Clinic
NMDOT News:
SANTA FE–The New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) is pleased to sponsor a statewide child safety seat clinic from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Aug. 25.
The clinics will take place in four cities and six different locations as part of the “100 Days and Nights of Summer” campaign that was kicked off late last month.
The clinics are held on a first-come, first-served basis and the service is free and open to the public.
“Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for children ages 3 to 14. Whether they’re taking short trips or long vacations, we want New Mexico families Read More
N.M. 599 Bridge Work Starts Aug. 20
NMDOT is alerting motorists to bridge work starting on N.M. 599 on the northwest side of Santa Fe.
The project, which involves grinding, overlay, and joint replacement work, starts Monday, Aug. 20 and will be completed in two to three weeks, weather permitting.
The N.M. 599 bridges being worked on are over Via Abajo at mile marker 7.4, Camino La Tierra at mile marker 10.1, and Avenida Rincon at mile marker 13.9.
The work is being performed by two NMDOT contractors, Meridian and Villalobos Construction Company.
There will be lane closures in both directions on N.M. 599 between 8 a.m. and 8 Read More