PEEC Amateur Naturalist: Taking Flight
Jorge Ayarza from Colombia is teaching students about catching and handling birds with mist nets. Here the students are having a hands-on experience with the soft bags that are used to safely transport birds from the nets to the data collection area. Photo by Stephen Fettig
Maria del Pilar González Barroso from Mexico and Diego Alejandro Cueva from Colombia view a Townsend’s Warbler just before releasing it back into the wild. Photo by Stephen Fettig
PEEC Amateur Naturalist: Taking FlightParticular thanks to Bandelier National Monument, Stephen Fettig, and Read More
Bradbury Presents Lunchtime Lecture on History of the Elements
Elks Present $8,000 to Worthy Causes
From left, Los Alamos Elks Exalted Ruler Mark Sandoval, Special Olympiad Gabe Rau, Los Alamos Elks Lecturing Knight Bill Gregory, John Rau of the Special Olympics of Northern New Mexico, Allison Hendricks Smith and Bob Biggers of the Make-A-Wish Foundation and Los Alamos Elks Past Exalted Ruler Lisa Harris. Courtesy photo
ELKS News:
The Los Alamos Elks Lodge #2083 recently presented $8,000 in checks from proceeds raised at their annual Elks Golf Tournament for Charity event held last June.
The Elks presented checks to four organizations during the ceremony including $4,000 to the Make-A-Wish
LANL Team Contributes to First Bionic Eye
Schematic of artificial retina system. Courtesy/DOELANL News:
As part of the multi-institutional Artificial Retina Project, Los Alamos researchers helped develop the first bionic eye.
Recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the Argus II will help people blinded by the rare hereditary disease retinitis pigmentosa or seniors suffering from severe macular degeneration—diseases that destroy the light-sensing cell in the retina. Los Alamos scientists served as the Advanced Concepts team, focusing on fundamental issues and out-of the box ideas.
The Argus II operates Read More
Authors Speak Series Hosts Photographer and Author Don Usner
LIBRARY News:
Mesa Public Library Art Gallery presents seventy remarkable photographic portraits by Don Usner of participants in the Lannan Foundation’s Readings and Conversations literary series of the last 15 years. All the portraits are black and white and eloquently reveal the personality of each author.
The exhibition is open to the public this month, and at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 21 Don Usner will be guest speaker for the monthly Authors Speak event. Both an author and photographer, he will discuss his experience meeting and photographing the Lannan authors as well as his own books.
The Read More
Treasures From Vault Exhibit Opens at Millicent Rogers Museum
Picture of Millicent Rogers with museum exhibits. Courtesy photo
MRM News:
The Millicent Rogers Museum, located in Taos, announces the Nov 18 opening of Treasures from the Vault. This exhibit of rarely or never-before-seen objects from the permanent collections of the museum will be open through Jan. 26, 2014.
“We are thrilled to be able to exhibit these objects that visitors may never have seen from our collections,” Museum Executive Director Peter S. Seibert said. “With more than 7,000 objects in our collection, the Millicent Rogers Museum collection is truly Read More
SFI Lecture: Theoretical Neurobiologist Mark Changizi
Theoretical Neurobiologist Mark Changizi
SFI News:
The Santa Fe Institute presents a SFI Seminar with Mark Changizi of 2A1 Labs at 12:15 p.m. Monday, Nov. 18 in the Collins Conference Room at SFI (1399 Hyde Park Road, Santa Fe). His talk is titled “The Omes That Matter: Teleone, Nature-ome and Culture-ome.” The public is invited to attend this free talk and bring a lunch if they wish.
Talk Abstract: To understand biology and brain we must have, in addition to comprehensive mechanistic inventories like the genome and connectome, a comprehensive account of all the functions the biology implements Read More
Bill Expanding White Sands Missile Range Clears Key Committee
U.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Thursday, a bill sponsored by U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., Tom Udall, D-N.M., and John Cornyn, R-TX, to strengthen the missions at White Sands Missile Range and Fort Bliss cleared the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Earlier this year Heinrich, a member of the committee, along with Senators Udall and Cornyn, introduced the bipartisan proposal that represents a three-party agreement between the two military installations and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
“This expansion to White Sands Missile Range is critical Read More
Udall Introduces Bill to Prevent Stormwater Pollution
U.S. Sen. Tom Udall
U.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Thursday, U.S. Sen. Tom Udall announced that he has introduced a bill to reduce the leading cause of water pollution nationwide, while creating jobs and supporting infrastructure and neighborhood redevelopment.
Polluted stormwater runoff is caused when rain or snow flows over roads, roofs, parking lots and other surfaces, picking up toxic chemicals and sediment and carrying them to rivers and streams. The Innovative Stormwater Infrastructure Act of 2013 would encourage the use of Read More
Tour Top Open Houses This Weekend!
REAL ESTATE News:
Tour the top open houses scheduled for this weekend throughout the area!
The Los Alamos Daily Post features a weekly section highlighting the open houses throughout Los Alamos, White Rock, Jemez Springs and Santa Fe. Photographs, details and a map depicting the location of each open house are included in this weekly section.
Click on the map to read details about the featured homes. Print out a copy of the map before heading out to tour the open houses or pull up the map on a smart phone or ipad from the road! Click on the Real Estate Section “red button” near the top of Read More
Clark & Kendall’s Weekend Preview: Nov. 15
Sponsored by www.fyila.com
Friday, Nov. 15
Los Alamos Little Theater presents “8×10: The Fourth Dimension,” 7:30 p.m. Fridays Nov. 15 and 22.
Tickets are $12 ($10 for students and seniors) and available at CB FOX and at the door. LALT is at 1670 Nectar St. in Los Alamos.
Be Moved Performance by New Mexico Dance Theater 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15 at Duane Smith Auditorium
Saturday, Nov. 16
Waffle Breakfast to benefit American Cancer Society 7 to 10 a.m. Saturday Nov. 16 at Masonic Lodge (Canyon & 15th)
What Turkeys Eat for Thanksgiving 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 16 at PEEC
Leslie Dendy will Read More
School Board Swaps ACS for Honeywell on Aspen Construction Project
Dave Wharram of Gerald Martin at Thursday’s Special School Board Meeting. Photo by Bonnie J Gordon/ladailypost.com
STAFF Report
Dave Wharram of Gerald Martin, who serves as the owner representative for LAPS construction projects at Los Alamos Middle School and Aspen Elementary reported on those projects Thursday at a Special School Board Meeting dealing with construction issues.
In a 4-1 vote (Matt Williams voted nay), the Board approved hiring Honeywell as the Controls Contractor on the Aspen Project, rather than retaining ACS, the contractor hired by Jaynes Construction for Read More
Innovators Invited to Register for Information Day Event
NMC News:
The New Mexico Consortium and Los Alamos Commerce and Development Corporation, partnering with High Desert Discovery District (HD3), is holding two events for innovators.
The first event is Information Day, which is an information briefing 2-3 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 19. This pre-Discovery Day event will give innovators a chance to learn more from HD3 CEO, board members and advisors.
Those innovators who like what they hear and want to learn more are invited to the second event, Discovery Day, which will give them the chance to present their ideas and discoveries to a highly experienced Read More
Holiday Superblitz Begins This Weekend
NMDOT News:
SANTA FE – Buckle up, watch your speed and don’t drink and drive. The State of New Mexico’s Holiday Superblitz gets underway today.
During this time, law enforcement agencies from across the state, including local, state and tribal, will be out in force conducting sobriety checkpoints, saturation patrols, seatbelt enforcement, speeding enforcement and looking for other traffic safety violations.
This crackdown coincides with the holidays, since drunk driving crashes increase significantly during this time of the year.
“Let’s make this holiday season a time Read More
Philippine People Thank Americans
This is one of thousands of postcards being sent by people in the Philippines after the devastating earthquake and typhoon. Courtesy image Read More
LANL Celebrates Native American Heritage Month
Fitness Column: Body Mass Index-Helpful or Useless?
Fitness ColumnBody Mass Index (BMI) is a commonly used tool to estimate the amount of fat on a person’s body. For decades the term has been used by health professionals and trainers when assessing an individual’s fitness level. A person’s BMI depends on two things: their height and their weight.
Is the measurement an accurate evaluation of someone’s health? Often, it is not. While BMI can give you an estimation of your level of health and fitness, since BMI takes into account only height and weight, many will not get a true assessment from this number. Read More
Pajarito Mountain Freeride Team Holds Recruitment Night
Pajarito Mountain Freeride Team. Courtesy photoPMFT News:
The Pajarito Mountain Freeride Team will have a Recruitment/Registration Night at 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 17 at Pajarito Mountain Lodge. Learn more about the team and sign up if you’re ready.
The group will watch the team movie from last season, so everyone can see what the team is all about. The team will then answer any questions. If you decide you want to join the team, there will be an opportunity to go over the Team Handbook, sign all of the necessary forms, and pay this year’s tuition. The price went down this year. It is $400 ($200 for Read More
Meteor Strike on NM-PBS Science Café
NOVA ‘Meteor Strike.’ Courtesy/PBS
NM-PBS News:
ALBUQUERQUE – On the morning of Feb. 15, 2013, a 7,000-ton asteroid crashed into the Earth’s atmosphere, exploded, and fell to the ground across a wide swatch near the Ural Mountains in Russia.
According to NASA, the Siberian meteor exploded with the power of 30 Hiroshima bombs and was the largest object to burst in the atmosphere since the Tunguska event of 1908—another impact in Siberia that left few eyewitnesses or clues.
The meteor strike is the subject of the NM-PBS November Science Café taking place 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Read More
Olions Present One-acts at the Blackbox
Mateo Cardiel and Megan Pimentel rehearse for the Olions one-act plays, which begin Friday at the LAHS Blackbox Theater. Courtesy photoLAHS News:
The Los Alamos High School Olions Thespian Club will present four one-act plays in the LAHS Black Box Theater at 7 p.m., Nov. 16, 17 and 23, with 2 p.m. matinees Nov. 17 and 23.
Olions sponsor Rachel Saxton will direct “This Property is Condemned,” written by Tennessee Williams. The three remaining plays are student written and directed. They are Haley Henson’s “Chemistry,” Katie Downing’s “Terms Read More
