Summit Garden Club Plant Sale Sept. 8
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on August 27, 2018
GARDEN CLUB News:Summit Garden Club is hosting a plant sale 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8 at the Los Alamos Nature Center.
The community is invited to shop for plants at the nature center at 2600 Canyon Road, across from the United Church.
Read More Gibson And Medin Tie For Top Predictor
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on August 27, 2018
Courtesy photo
Courtesy photoACRR News:
Lindsay Gibson and Zach Medin tied for best prediction at 18 seconds off in the weekly pace race Aug. 21 in the Quemazon Complex.
Other accurate predictors were: Anders Medin, 8, with a 24 second differential, Luke Gibson, 6, and Roxana Candia who also was the first female finisher on the 1 mile course recording a 9:41 at 39 seconds off, Adrian Medin, 7, and Aaron Jackson tied at 42 seconds off, and Levi Gibson, 8, recording a 60 second difference as well as the top finisher on the 1 mile course with a time of 8:40.
On the 3 mile
Read More International Artists Explore Inner And Outer Space
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on August 27, 2018
Cristopher Cichocki. Courtesy photo
Courtesy photo
ART News:
International Artists Explore Inner and Outer Space: Space Cloud and Circular Dimensions: a LASER talk with Espacio La Nube of Madrid, Spain and Cristopher Cichocki of Coachella Valley, Calif.
Biocultura will present the fourth annual Leonardo Art, Science, Evening Rendezvous (LASER) Talk at 6 p.m.. Saturday, Sept. 8 at Santa Fe Community College Lecture Hall (see yellow balloons).For information and registration: https:////bioculturasantafe.com/events. Event is Free.
Hugo Cifre,
Read More Daily Postcard: Hummingbird On Canyon Rim Trail
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on August 27, 2018
Daily Postcard: An adult female broad-tailed hummingbird is spotted Saturday on the Canyon Rim Trail near Smith’s Marketplace. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com Read More
Udall, Heinrich Bill To Protect Chaco Canyon Area Receives Key Committee Hearing
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on August 26, 2018
U.S. SENATE News:WASHINGTON, D.C. ― Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) submitted testimony to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining hearing on the Chaco Cultural Heritage Protection Act (S. 2907), a bill he introduced with U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) to ensure the protection of culturally important areas nearby Chaco Culture National Historical Park.
Udall’s bill would prevent any future leasing or development of minerals owned by the U.S. government on lands in a 10-mile buffer region surrounding the
Read More Heinrich Statement On Rollback Of Clean Power Plan
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on August 25, 2018
U.S. Sen. Martin HeinrichU.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, issued the following statement regarding President Trump’s new rule to gut the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan:
“There is no doubt that climate change is already disrupting our lives. We are seeing unprecedented wildfires raging throughout the West, more extreme weather events across the nation, and volatile precipitation patterns in New Mexico that are causing
Read More Daily Postcard: Swallow Tail Butterfly In White Rock
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on August 25, 2018
Daily Postcard: A swallow tail butterfly on a flower last summer in a White Rock backyard. Photo by Helen Smith Read More
PEEC: Discoveries Of NASA’s Kepler Mission Saturday
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on August 24, 2018
Courtesy photoPEEC News:
Explore the stellar discoveries of the NASA Kepler Mission at the Los Alamos Nature Center’s planetarium with Joyce Guzik this at 2 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 25 right after Bear Festival.
The NASA Kepler spacecraft, launched in March 2009 into an Earth-trailing orbit around the Sun, has so far discovered more than 2,000 planets around other stars. It also has examined brightness variations for hundreds of thousands of stars, revealing many new variable star types and providing data for researchers to infer the size, mass, age and interior structure
Read More Udall, Heinrich, Luján Announce $1.48 Million For Los Alamos Electric Buses
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on August 24, 2018
CONGRESSIONAL News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Representative Ben Ray Luján announced that the Department of Transportation has awarded Los Alamos Atomic City Transit $1.485 million through the Low or No Emission Grant Program to purchase new zero-emission battery electric buses to replace the City’s existing diesel fleet.
Atomic City Transit offers transit service in both Los Alamos and White Rock, ADA complementary paratransit, and a shuttle service to Bandelier National Monument during peak visitor season.
NIST: Graphene Quantum Dot Structure Takes Cake
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on August 24, 2018
Illustration of the wedding cake structure formed by electrons magnetically confined within tiny regions in graphene. Photo by C. Gutiérrez/NISTNIST News:
In a marriage of quantum science and solid-state physics, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have used magnetic fields to confine groups of electrons to a series of concentric rings within graphene, a single layer of tightly packed carbon atoms.
This tiered “wedding cake,” which appears in images that show the energy level structure of the electrons, experimentally confirms
Read More Daily Postcard: Early Evening View Over LAHS
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on August 24, 2018
Daily Postcard: Early evening view over Los Alamos High School. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Horse Owners Share Thoughts On Bike Flow Trail
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on August 23, 2018
From left, June Wall, Amy Rogers, Louis Schulte and Nancy Boudrie share their thoughts on the bike flow trail during an interview at the Los Alamos Daily Post. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.comBy KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com
As community input on the Los Alamos County’s bike flow trail project is collected, members of the equestrian community hope their perspectivehot on the project is considered.
A few local horseback riders recently spoke with the Los Alamos Daily Post about the bike flow trail and shared their thoughts on the primary Read More
Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument Reopens After Closure From Severe Weather Damage
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on August 23, 2018
BLM News:ALBUQUERQUE ― The Bureau of Land Management is announcing that Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument is open after being closed due to severe weather damage to the access road, trails and facilities.
The Monument has undergone intensive road maintenance and reconstruction of trail segments, and is now open for visitation.
For more information, please contact BLM Outdoor Recreation Planner Jamie Garcia at 505.761.8787.
Read More AGU: Acceleration Of Mountain Glacier Melt Could Impact Pacific Northwest Water Supplies
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on August 23, 2018
Mount Rainier, Mount Rainier National Park in Washington. Courtesy/National Park Service
The Olympic Mountain Province rises to an elevation of 7,980 feet. The higher peaks are covered with glaciers and snowfields, feeding the many rivers that radiate outward from the center of the range. Courtesy/Washington State Department of Natural Resource
The Nisqually Reach region has been identified as an area important for fish, aquatic mammals, and benthic habitats and an area of unique geologic processes. Courtesy/Washington State Department of Natural ResourcesDaily Postcard: View Of Valley From Main Hill
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on August 23, 2018
Daily Postcard: A view of the valley from the Main Hill Road. Photo by Tammy Jimines Read More
Ribbon Cutting For Rotary Tree House At Los Alamos Nature Center 11 A.M. Saturday
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on August 22, 2018
NIST: Big-Picture Thinking Can Advance Nanoparticle Manufacturing
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on August 22, 2018
Electron micrograph showing gallium arsenide nanoparticles of varying shapes and sizes. Such heterogeneity can increase costs and limit profits when making nanoparticles into products. A new NIST study recommends that researchers, manufacturers and administrators work together to solve this, and other common problems, in nanoparticle manufacturing. Courtesy/A. Demotiere, E. Shevchenko/Argonne National LaboratoryNIST News:
Nanoparticle manufacturing, the production of material units less than 100 nanometers in size (100,000 times smaller than a marble), is
Read More Weekly Fishing Report Aug. 22
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on August 22, 2018
By GEORGE MORSELos Alamos Daily Post
Sports and Outdoors
The big news for local anglers in Northern New Mexico is the re-opening today of the Canjilon Lakes for fishing.
The Lakes have been closed to fishing for several years as the Forest Service cleared out dead trees that posed a hazard for campers and anglers. The lakes were also dredged to make them deeper and capable of carrying over trout through the winter.
In preparation for the re-opening, the State Game and Fish Department has stocked the Lakes heavily with rainbow trout. The Lakes were stocked Aug. 14 and Aug. 16 with
Read More UNM-LA: Astrophysics Discussion For Everyone
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on August 22, 2018
Courtesy/UNM-LA
Dr. Nicole Lloyd-Ronning. Photo by Kateri MorrisUNM-LA News:
This fall, UNM-Los Alamos (UNM-LA) Community Education is offering “Explore Your Universe: Modern Astrophysics for Everyone.”
This class provides a unique learning opportunity for all community members, from high school students to retirees, who have an interest in enriching their knowledge of our universe.
The class meets 3-4 p.m., Tuesdays at UNM-LA, beginning Sept. 4 and running through Nov. 20, facilitated by Dr. Nicole Lloyd-Ronning. Lloyd-Ronning is an astrophysicist,
Read More What’s At The Farmers Market This Week
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on August 22, 2018
Fruit baskets. Courtesy photoLAFM News:
What at this week’s Market?
This week at market: garlic, onions, beets, radishes, tomatoes, cucumbers, shishitos, carrots, green chile, jalapeno`s, watermelons, cantalopes, grapes, peaches, apples, plums, squash blossoms, sharpening Service, Kettle corn if not to humid, Bison, Lamb, Chicken and Turkey, Eggs, weavings, gourds, plants, vegetable starts, hanging plants, herbs, grape plants, Flowers, cut flowers, vinegars, sauces, jams & jellies, tortillas, Burritos and Taco’s sizzling or mild, Lettuce
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