Letter to the Editor: UNM-LA Has Huge Impact on Local Education
By Pete Sheehey
Los Alamos County Councilor
UNM-LA has a huge positive impact on local education, starting with many of our high school students; our 16-year-old has been learning robotics there. Local entrepreneur William Sellers has argued that Los Alamos does not need “our own little private university.”
But let’s look in detail at what UNM-LA actually does (losalamos.unm.edu, or ourcommunityourcollege.com). It doesn’t pretend to be a self-contained university. It offers classes to: young people, to help them get their education started conveniently Read More
Solo Traveler: Travel Apps
Solo Traveler: Travel AppsWith all the wonderful devices available today, which ones do you take on a solo trip?
Last year, I purchased an iPad. I thought about an iPhone, but with my over-60 eyes I could never read that tiny screen. The iPad has a built-in GPS that works with Google Maps, a feature I didn’t discover until a recent trip to Silver City.
I found my destination on a map and then turned off the cellular connection. As I drove, a voice came from the iPad telling me where to turn. For a long trip to Europe, I wanted to have access to language translators, which I thought Read More
Sydney’s Corner: Birds of Florence, Italy
Sydney Frazier in Florence, Italy. Photo by Jason Frazier
I am an ecologist by training and interests; I love the out-of-doors. But with all the gadgets we have now (ipads, cellphones, computers), how do our children and grandchildren learn and become passionate about the natural and cultural world around them? How do we teach them earth-care and tolerance?
I passionately believe that the only way we come to appreciate the world around us is to be out exploring and experiencing the world. Climbing trees, Read More
Column: Playing it Safe in the Sun
Skincare ColumnTans look great, but looks can be deceiving. That beautiful golden brown really means you’ve burned your skin. Keep that up repeatedly and you wind up with wrinkled, spotted, leathery skin or worse – skin cancer. Here’s how to protect yourself from the sun’s harmful rays.
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Limit your time in the sun. Avoid the sun when it’s at its strongest, between mid-morning and mid-afternoon. Be aware that ultraviolet (UV) sunlight reflected from water, sand,snow, and cement can be as intense as direct sunlight. Clouds
How the Hen House Turns: Weeds
How the Hen House Turns: Weeds
Column by Carolyn A. (Cary) Neeper, Ph. D.
My cloudy Sunday morning started with a sudden pink display that gradually turned peach, a lovely time with even light. I decided to take pictures of what the rains have produced in our back yard.
I took a walk through our New Mexico jungle, following Kiebler and Ms. Ritz back to their pen and letting Lucy and the big birds out for a swim in the stock tank before the noon thunder announced the daily summer sprinkle.
Today I am taking a break from Hen House history to share with you the miracle of what last years’ bare dirt has brought Read More
Money IQ: Storage in the Cloud
Money IQ
Have you ever wondered what the “cloud” was or where it lived? Everyone is talking about saving their files in the “cloud.”
The cloud is a reference to storing a person’s files (e.g. documents, pictures, movies, music, etc.) in a remote location. A remote location is typically many servers set up by a company with the intent to have large amounts of storage available to customers. (More about Cloud Storage can be found on https:////en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_storage) This storage is useful because of the convenience, cost and comfort it provides. Read More
Letter to the Editor: Comments About White Rock Water Wells
Comments About White Rock Water WellsWater is by far the most valuable resource in the West. I hope that everyone understands that, when the term San Juan-Chama is used, it does not mean that the water in question has ever been in the San Juan or Chama or Rio Grande rivers.
Water trading has a long history. If I have rights to a certain amount of water in the Rio Grande, and you have rights to a certain amount of water, I can take mine higher up, so long as I let your amount of water come down to you. The whole object of the proposed wells is to take our water out just before it gets into the Rio Grande. Read More
