Chris Clark

Final 2015 White Rock Artist Market Saturday

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Artist market at White Rock Visitor Center. Courtesy photo
 
WRVC News:
 
The White Rock Artist Market continues 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 3, outside the White Rock Visitor Center on N.M. 4. 
 
This market will feature local artists and artisans selling a variety of different types of locally made art. This is the final White Rock Artist Market of 2015. The Artist Markets program will continue in 2016.
 
For more information, contact Melanie Pena at 505.661.4836 or email melanie@losalamos.org. 
 
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SFI: ‘Social Consumer-Resource Dynamics’ Oct. 6

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John Fryxell, University of Guelph
 
SFI News:
 
The Santa Fe Institute (SFI) hosts Colloquium “Social Consumer-Resource Dynamics” at 3:30 p.m., Tuesday Oct. 6, at Noyce Conference Room.
 
Abstract: Classic ecological theory is based on mass action principles derived from the ideal gas law.
 
While the simplicity of this approach has been very useful, it is clear that the biology of living organisms violates several of the key central assumptions.
 
At the same time, there is also growing recognition that active non-living particles can have
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NASA Confirms Evidence That Liquid Water Flows On Present Day Mars

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Courtesy/NASA
 
NASA News:
 
New findings from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) provide the strongest evidence yet that liquid water flows intermittently on present day Mars.

Using an imaging spectrometer on MRO, researchers detected signatures of hydrated minerals on slopes where mysterious streaks are seen on the Red Planet. These darkish streaks appear to ebb and flow over time. They darken and appear to flow down steep slopes during warm seasons, and then fade in cooler seasons. They appear in several locations on Mars when temperatures are above minus 10 degrees

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Concordia Santa Fe’s Wind Orchestra Presents ‘At The Museum’ Oct. 25

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MUSIC News:
 
Concordia Santa Fe’s Wind Orchestra presents “At the Museum,” a program featuring the latest wind arrangement of Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. 
 
The 40-member ensemble will present this exciting new adaptation of the landmark work, along with Norman Dello Joio’s similarly-themed piece, Scenes from “The Louvre,” under the direction of guest conductor Steven Davis of the University of Missouri ― Kansas City Conservatory of Music.
Admission is free, with donations gratefully
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Moniz On Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty

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Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz
 
DOE News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― U.S. Secretary Of Energy Ernest Moniz released the following statement on the occasion of the 2015 conference on facilitating entry into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty:
 
“In 1992, the United States government voluntarily implemented a moratorium on nuclear explosive testing—a policy that has been observed ever since, by four presidential administrations, both Democrat and Republican. 
 
“Four years later, the United States was the first country to sign the
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Talks Target Redrock Canyon Country Issue

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Monument Arch. Photo by James Kay
 
PEEC News:
 
The redrock canyon country of southern Utah is one of most stunningly beautiful landscapes on this planet, containing spectacular geologic formations, amazing cliff dwellings and rock art of ancient peoples, and world class hiking, climbing, rafting and biking. Yet most of this magnificent region lies unprotected. And this year, the future of Utah’s redrock hangs in the balance.

The Utah delegation is poised to introduce public lands legislation for the entire eastern half of Utah, which may diminish, rather than

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FBI Seeks Woman With Colorful Backpack Who Attempted To Rob Albuquerque Bank

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FBI News:
 
The FBI and Albuquerque Police Department are looking for a woman with a colorful backpack who attempted to rob a Wells Fargo bank inside a Smith’s grocery store in northeast Albuquerque Saturday, Sept. 26.
 
The suspect is described as an African-American woman in her early 20s, approximately 5’5” to 5’6” tall, with a thin build and long dark hair with blonde highlights. She wore a long-sleeve olive green T-shirt, blue jeans, a camouflage boonie hat, and carried a backpack with letters of the alphabet and yellow, orange, blue and black squares on it.
 
Witnesses said
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NNSA Partnership Successfully Removes All Remaining HEU From Uzbekistan

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NNSA News:
 
WASHINGTON, DC ― Today, the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) announced the successful return of the final 5 kilograms (approximately 11 pounds) of highly enriched uranium (HEU) spent fuel from the IIN-3M “Foton” research reactor in Tashkent, Uzbekistan to Russia.
 
This is the eighth shipment of HEU from Uzbekistan since 2004 and marks the removal of all HEU from the country.
 
Since the Russian Research Reactor Fuel Return program began in 2002, DOE/NNSA has collaborated with the Rosatom State Atomic Energy
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This Week At Farmers Market Oct. 1

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LAFM News:
 
Look and see what’s at Farmers Market this week:
 
Chiles, peppers, egg plant, cucumbers, tomatoes, squash, carrots, ungraded eggs, cheeses, apples, grapes, honey, honey sticks, weavings, pickled cucumbers and beets, jams, vinegars, pork, beef, garlic, onions, sharpening service, kettle corn, plants, cut flowers, kohl robi, green beans, potatoes, corn, apple cider, cider snowcones, coffee, breakfast rolls, tarts, breads, tortillas, sprouts, pea and mung bean, sage decorations, goat milk soap, soaps, lavender body products, pies, fruit breads, herb
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