Manhattan Project Doctor Was Pioneer In Radiobiology Field
Louis Hempelmann, Manhattan Project Badge Photo. Courtesy/Historical Society
By Heather McClenahan
Los Alamos Historical Society
Imagine being assigned a job in a field that doesn’t yet exist in a town that doesn’t show on any maps. That was the experience of Dr. Louis Hempelmann, the physician appointed as the medical director for the Manhattan Project laboratory in Los Alamos.
“I was supposed to be the medical director for the laboratory, with an emphasis on radiation,” Hempelmann told Martin Sherwin, co-author of American Prometheus, the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Robert Read More
McQuiston: Beware Of Summertime Scams And Fraudsters
Allen McQuiston
Jemez Agency
Serving Los Alamos since 1963
In the minds of so many, summertime evokes thoughts of relaxation, taking it easy, going on vacation, and enjoying yourself at the beach. But, unfortunately, criminals can take advantage of you any time of the year.
Fraudsters may use the fact that we are distracted by planning or going on vacation to con us. Moreover, it seems that the summer months are prone to be perfect for specific types of cons. Here are two of the most common summertime scams to avoid.
Contractor/Home Repair Fraud
Contractor fraud can happen at any time, but you should Read More
Snyder: When Gardens Made History
Los Alamos Historical Society Executive Director Elizabeth Martineau in the Victory Garden behind the Hans Bethe House on Bathtub Row. Enterprise Bank’s support helped create this garden open daily to the public. Photo by Gordon McDonough
By SHARON SNYDER
Los Alamos Historical Society
The Los Alamos Historical Society is planting a victory garden for the second year in a row, an effort that connects us to the Manhattan Project years and the World War II era. It is a living connection not only to Los Alamos history but also to our national history.
The term victory garden dates back to World War Read More
Weekly Fishing Report: June 21, 2021
Fishing enthusiast Jim O’Donnell of Los Alamos with his granddaughter, 4-year-old Willow Thran and the big ole’ catfish she caught on her own rod while fishing with O’Donnell recently in the Rio Grande. Courtesy photo
By GEORGE MORSE
Sports & Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post
The outdoor recreation season is in full swing. Campers, anglers and hikers are hitting the road to their favorite destinations. After a summer of closures and restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this summer will see the reopening of New Mexico July 1 just in time to celebrate the Fourth of July.
Campgrounds in New Read More
Emotional Healing: One Step At A Time … That’s Grief
By Dr. Ted Wiard
Golden Willow Retreat
People often do not like to hear that grief is a lifetime process, but it is, due to the fact that grief has derived from the fact that someone has had a loss in their life.
No matter what that loss is, it means that person’s life has been changed and the person now will go through a transitional time in order to adapt to that loss in their life. This experience of the loss and adaptation to that loss is now there for someone’s entire life. The goal is to not have a loss confine or define someone, but be a catalyst of change in a healthy way.
Adaptation from loss has to happen Read More
Gruninger: Strength Pose Of Month – Downward Facing Dog
By JACCI GRUNINGER, MS, C-IAYT, ERYT500
Los Alamos
Downward Facing Dog (Adho Mukha Shvanasana) has many benefits, but it is great for strengthening the arms, legs and core. It also is a hand balancing pose, inversion and posterior hip opener.
One thing to remember is the goal is to ELONGATE THE SPINE – to create space – NOT to get your heels to the ground. Trying to get the heels to the ground often negates the ability to lengthen the spine and creates all kinds of havoc around the shoulders and in the wrists.
So, keep in mind, lengthening the spine is MORE important than straightening Read More
Skolnik: COVID-19 – Looking Through A ‘Polio Lens’
By RICHARD SKOLNIK
Los Alamos
When we look at the present pandemic through the lens of US efforts to eliminate polio in the 1940s, ‘50s and ‘60s, we should be deeply concerned at some of what we see. Most notable is the lack of social cohesion around COVID-19 compared to the remarkable cohesion the US displayed in combatting polio.
One of the prevailing strengths of the US effort to discover and deploy a vaccine against polio was the remarkable amount of social cohesion around this work. The first successful search for a vaccine was supported by a private organization, headed by a trusted counselor Read More
