Carol A. Clark

Renewable Energy Used in Three New County Buildings

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Eco-Station Administration. Courtesy/LAC

COUNTY News:

The County has recently completed Solar Thermal Hot Water Systems for the Animal Shelter, Justice Center and Eco-Station Administration buildings.

In an effort to meet the County’s goals for commitment to sustainability and hydrocarbon independence initiatives, the County accepted grants of $103,000 for both the Animal Shelter and Justice Center in June 2010.

The grants were funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

An additional $100,000 grant was received in 2006 from the New Mexico Energy, Minerals Read More

Bradbury Hosts Entrepreneur Night 5-9 p.m. Today

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BRADBURY News:

Entrepreneur’s will be at the Bradbury Science Museum from 5-9 p.m., today to network and share details of their business ventures.

Members of the Los Alamos Entrepreneur’s Network (LAEN) will be out in force.

The event is free and open to the public and part of the museum’s “Friday Nights @ the Museum” in which the Museum remains open until 9 p.m. Fridays during June and July offering different movies, speakers and demos free of charge to the public. Read More

Bingaman Talks About Reducing Forest Fire Threat

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In June, Sen. Jeff Bingaman attended the groundbreaking for the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Ptoject, which will bring water to more than 250,000 people and create more than 450 jobs through its construction. Courtesy photo

By U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman:

New Mexico has just experienced one of the worst wildfire seasons in the state’s history.

Just weeks into fire season, firefighters were hard at work battling both our largest fire, Whitewater-Baldy, and most destructive fire ever, Little Bear.

With the arrival of monsoon season, we all hope the worst of the fire season is over. Our task now is to Read More

NIST Assists in Solar Stake-Out to Improve Space Weather Forecasts

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With the aim of improving forecasts of space weather, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory will peer deep inside the sun, to where the solar magnetic field is generated. It also will keep tabs on how energy is released into the solar atmosphere and how the sun’s output of extreme ultraviolet radiation varies. Courtesy/NASA, Ryan Zuber

NIST News:

The sun is about to undergo unremitting scrutiny. About six times each minute of every hour for at least five years, a soon-to-be launched NASA satellite will measure the sun’s quirky—and sometimes stormy—output of extreme ultraviolet Read More

SFI Lecture: The Paradox of the Plankton Meets Public Health: How do So Many Serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae Coexist

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The Santa Fe Institute presents a talk by Marc Lipsitch, Director, Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics, Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard University; SFI External Faculty called:

The Paradox of the Plankton Meets Public Health: How do So Many Serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae Coex

• 12:15 p.m. • Friday, July 20 • Noyce Conference Room

Marc Lipsitch

Abstract: Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major human pathogen, responsible for ~800,000 deaths annually and much additional morbidity worldwide.

Conjugate vaccines, introduced in 2000, provide Read More

LAMC Partners with Emergency Medicine Physician Group

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Los Alamos Medical Center. Courtesy photo

LAMC News:

Following the completion of an extensive RFP process, which vetted five emergency physician group providers, and with input from members of the Los Alamos Medical Center medical staff, LAMC  announced today that they will be partnering with the EmCare Emergency Physicians Group to provide emergency medical care for patients beginning Thursday, Aug. 16. 

EmCare is a part of Emergency Medical Services Corporation, the leading provider of emergency medical services in the United States. 

EmCare will be following the Read More

Los Alamos Teachers Join Massive Protest in Santa Fe

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Los Alamos Federation of School Employees President, Ellen Mills, center, LAFSE Vice President and State AFT Vice President Ryan Ross and LAFSE Treasurer Virginia Kachelmeier joined Colleen Goddard, Addie Jacobson and Karyl Ann Armbruster of Los Alamos and several hundred people from across the state protesting Santa Fe Wednesday against a teacher evaluation proposal in play at the governor’s office. Photo by Karyl Ann Armbruster 

By Karyl Ann Armbruster

Hundreds of teachers, instructional assistants, parents, retirees, students, legislators and other community members Read More

Public Invited to Albuquerque & Four Corners Pipes and Drums ‘Practice’ Event July 25

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Members of the Albuquerque & Four Corners Pipes and Drums perform at Fuller Lodge. Photo by James E. Rickman

AFCPD News:

The Albuquerque & Four Corners Pipes and Drums will present an outdoor “practice” from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, July 25 at Urban Park.

The band will play traditional and mystic music of the great Highland bagpipe and drum ensemble. The group first played in 1984 with pipers and drummers from two area bands; today band members are from Los Alamos and Santa Fe. The band is led by piper Anthony Puckett of Los Alamos;

Pipers are Don Machen, Leslie Puckett, Tristan Goodwin, 16 and Read More

Local Monsoon Season Offers Great Cloud Watching

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The summer monsoons bring great cloud watching to Northern New Mexico. This scene is a view looking north from White Rock Overlook at about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday. The grey cloud-like formation hanging down to the left of Black Mesa is actually rain falling and evaporating before it hits the ground, which is called virga. Photo by TK Thompson/ladailypost.com Read More