Workers prepare a tall ladder, which they used to climb onto the roof of El Parasol Tuesday afternoon. Everything appeared to be in order and they climbed back down after a few minutes. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Los Alamos Concert Association Artistic Director Ann McLaughlin describes this year’s concert season to Rotary Club members during a noon meeting Tuesday at the Dixie Girl Restaurant. Rotary Club members will attend the opening of LACA’s concert season featuring Rachel Barton Pine, violin with Matthew Hagle, piano at 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 23 at Duane Smith Auditoruim. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Column by Carlos ValdezThe sudden appearance of drying needles, dead branches, or even dead Ponderosa Pine trees can alarm anyone, especially homeowners.
Damage occurs throughout New Mexico where Ponderosa Pine is found growing, but is most severe in the urban setting, on the fringe of forested areas, and on shallow, rocky, or droughty soil types.
That describes Los Alamos to a tee. Trees growing near roads or in areas of soil disturbance or abundant competing vegetation are most frequently affected.
According to Danny Norlander, New Mexico Read More
LAPS News:
…”and away they go!” Portable classrooms leave Los Alamos High School Monday headed to their new home at Los Alamos Middle School. Courtesy/LAPS
Courtesy/LAPS
Courtesy/LAPS
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SANTA FE INSTITUTE News:
Monday, July 23 • 12:15 p.m. • Medium Conference Room
The Immune System Detects Intruders by Randomly Migrating Detectors
Rob J. De Boer
Theoretical Biology & Bioinformatics, Utrecht University; SFI External Professor
Abstract: The immune system is a distributed system where billions of individual cells, each carrying a unique receptor (detector), scavenge the body to detect the presence of pathogens (intruders) in any of its tissues.
The very few cells detecting a pathogen will expand, generating a large clone of effector cells that together become capable Read More
COOPERATIVE EXTENSION News:
It’s County Fair Time 2012!
Attention gardeners, bakers, quilters and artists – you have two weeks to get your entries ready for the Los Alamos County Fair.
If you are into robotics, here is an opportunity to exhibit your favorite robot as well as your home preserves, garden produce and those lovely quilts.
The County Fair and Rodeo runs Aug. 9-12.
Anyone living or working in Los Alamos County is eligible to enter.
Exhibit categories include:
By Carol A. Clark
New Mexico House District 43 Rep. Jim Hall is sending the letter below to all members of the New Mexico Congressional Delegation today voicing his opposition to the New Mexico Department of Transportation’s apparent attempt to block artwork depicting crosses slated to adorn two new bridges on N.M. 4 in Jemez Springs.
Hall expressed dismay that NMDOT would take such action, calling it “incredible.”
Jemez Springs Mayor Edmond Temple told the Los Alamos Daily Post last night that since he has notified various state officials, including Hall, and the story Read More
SHERIFF’S OFFICE News:
Los Alamos County Sheriff Marco Lucero checks his file during Monday’s compliance verification operation, which the Sheriff’s Office conducted throughout Los Alamos County to ensure that local registered sex offenders continue to reside at the address they have listed with the Sheriff’s Office. Lucero said that his office was able to confirm compliance in all cases. Courtesy photo
Los Alamos County Deputy Sheriff John Horne, left, and Sheriff Marco Lucero at the home of a registered sex offender during the department’s address Read More
Editor’s Note: Updated with article by Russ Gordon, producer of Friday’s Los Alamos County Summer Concert.
Los Alamos fans gather near the stage when the Derailers performed Aug. 21, 2009 at the Mari-Mac Shopping Center. The band is set to play at 7 p.m. Friday, July 20 at the Entrada Business Park. The Los Alamos Cooperative Market and the Holiday Inn Express are sponsoring the event, which is free and open to the public. Photo by Skip Wecksung
By Russ Gordon
We have the Texas country dance band, the Derailers playing this Friday, July 20 at Entrada Business Park for “Holiday Read More
NIST NEWS:
A new report by a national committee of U.S. industry and university leaders details 16 recommendations “aimed at reinventing manufacturing in a way that ensures U.S. competitiveness, feeds into the nation’s innovation economy, and invigorates the domestic manufacturing base.”
The report was prepared by the 18-member steering committee of the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (AMP) that was launched by President Obama in June 2011 and co-chaired by Susan Hockfield, now president emerita of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Andrew Liveris, president, Read More