The Los Alamos Bathtub Row Brewing Team picks up their race bibs early this morning before heading out to compete in the annual Bataan Memorial Death March at White Sands Missile Range. The team of Katie Bahran, Rian Bahran, Kendra Van Buren, Tim White and Jesson Hutchinson are competing in the co-ed category. The Bataan Memorial Death March is a challenging march through the high desert terrain of White Sands Missile Range, conducted in honor of the heroic service members who defended the Philippine Islands during World War II, sacrificing their freedom, health and, in many cases, Read More
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Los Alamos – Japan Initiative 2016
HISTORICAL MUSEUM News:
Los Alamos Historical Museum staff is busy making final preparations for a March 24 trip to Japan to increase cultural understanding between the communities of Los Alamos, Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
“Museums are in a unique position to facilitate discussion of difficult subject matter in non-threatening ways,” said Los Alamos Historical Museum Director Judith Stauber. While New Mexico and Japan share a history connected by world-changing events, on a societal level, cultural controversy still exists. Museum-to-museum relationship building can help overcome Read More
Video Details Accomplishments, Path Forward For WIPP
WIPP News:
Participants at the Waste Management Symposium in Phoenix learned last week about the progress that has been made to recover the Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) and what steps remain to restart WIPP, the nation’s only deep-geologic repository for defense transuranic waste later this year.
As part of the update, WIPP’s leadership team showed a short video that provides key elements of the recovery progress and restart activities. View the video here.
DNFSB Hosts Public Hearing on LANL TRU Waste Management
March 22, the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Read More
LANL: Nature Study Reveals Rapid Ice-Wedge Loss Across Arctic
LANL scientist Cathy Wilson measuring how soil properties change with depth at the DOE Next Generation Ecosystem Experiment, NGEE-Arctic, field site near Barrow, Alaska. Courtesy/LANL
Ice wedge polygons impound snowmelt runoff at the DOE Next Generation Ecosystem Experiment field site near Barrow, Alaska. Thousands of square miles in the Arctic are covered by an interconnected network of ponds in polygon-shaped formations. Recent research reveals rapid and widespread degradation and melting. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
- Widespread permafrost phenomenon with major hydrological,
Ukraine, Poland & Lithuania: Uneasy Neighborhood April 1
AIA News:ALBUQUERQUE ― The Albuquerque International Association (AIA) will host a public lecture by Dr. Lenka Bustikova titled “Ukraine, Poland & Lithuania: Uneasy Neighborhood” at 3 p.m., Friday, April 1, at the UNM Continuing Education Conference Center (1634 University Blvd NE).
Dr. Bustikova is Assistant Professor in the School of Politics and Global Studies at Arizona State University. Her research focuses on Eastern Europe, ethnic politics and voting behavior.
Between 1569 and 1795 Poland and
Santa Fe Doctor Deploying To Syrian Border
Dr. Andrew Lustig assisting arriving refugees in Lesvos, Greece. Courtesy photoGoDOCS News:
SANTA FE ― Global Outreach Doctors (GoDocs), a humanitarian organization of MDs, RNs, DOMs and other professionals led by Naturopath Dr. Andrew Lustig of Santa Fe is about to deploy a team of 12 March 29 to the Syrian/Jordan border.
The Zataari Refugee Camp just passed its third anniversary and shelters more than 120,000 men, women and children. GoDocs along with its partner, Syrian American Medical Society, will bring aid and supplies to more than 1000 refugees each day
Lenten Fish Fry At IHM Friday, March 18
Orphans at Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos Orphanage, Rancho Santa Fe in Honduras. Courtesy/Cheryl Wampler
The community gathers for Mass. Courtesy/Cheryl Wampler
COMMUNITY News:
The community is invited to a Lenten Fish Fry, 5-7 p.m. March 18, in the Parish Hall of Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church in Los Alamos.
The event is a fundraiser for the Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos Orphanage, Rancho Santa Fe in Honduras. All proceeds from the event go to the orphanage.
In October 2014, the Rancho accepted 84 additional children, which further stretched its resources. Donations will be gratefully Read More
Y Global Teens Engage With Community, Look To Africa
YMCA News:Los Alamos Teen Center is hosting an informational meeting for Y Global Teens 5:30-6:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 22.
For both parents and teens, this meeting will offer an opportunity for anyone interested to ask/answer questions, and learn some of our basic program information and timelines/dates for travel and other activities.
Y Global Teens is a leadership development and service learning program that engages teenagers ages 14-19 in a year-long empowering international experience culminating with a 10
Nuke Bird Vulnerability
Indian Point nuclear power plant. Courtesy/wikipedia
HSNW News:
- Bird droppings cause N.Y. nuclear reactor power outage
One of the nuclear reactors at Indian Point nuclear power plant outside New York City was safely shut down for three days last December, following an electrical disturbance on outdoor high voltage transmission lines.
Entergy Corp., which operates the power plant, hired outside expert to analyze the incident, and they found that the culprit was what the experts call bird “streaming.”
“If it has nowhere to send its electricity, the generator senses that and Read More
Life Changing Auction At 2 p.m. Today
Site Boss Brad Meyer shares a special gift with family members by placing a cross near the entry. Photo by UNCHLA Pastor David Elton
UNITED CHURCH News:
The United Church of Los Alamos and the Universalist Unitarian Church hope the community will attend a life changing auction at 2 p.m. today.
The silent auction begins at 2 p.m., followed by a live auction at 3 p.m., featuring 60 items from the gently used to handmade just for the occasion. Those items along with gift certificates for memory making to muscle intensive activities for all ages ranging from yard work to babysitting and more.
“The campers Read More
