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Local GOP Women to Visit Roundhouse

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LAFRW News:

Members of the Los Alamos Federated Republican Women will visit the New Mexico State Capitol Friday, Feb. 1, attending the Legislature and the annual Governor’s Tea.

Republican women who would like to join in the visit should contact Norma Tech at 505-662-7424 for details.

There is a small fee for attending the Governor’s Tea and reservations must be received by Jan. 25.

Carpooling will be available from Los Alamos. For further information, contact Mary Wilhoit at 858-922-9070. Read More

Workshop to Educate Baby Boomers on Social Security

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PORTFOLIO News:

An educational workshop titled “Savvy Social Security Planning: What Baby Boomers Need to Know to Maximize Retirement Income” has been scheduled for noon Tuesday, Jan. 29, at Mesa Public Library, 2400 Central Ave. in Los Alamos.

This workshop is free of charge and will cover:

  • Five factors to consider when deciding when to apply for benefits;
  • When it makes sense to delay benefits – and when it does not;
  • How to estimate your benefits;
  • How to minimize taxes on Social Security benefits; and
  • How to coordinate Social Security with your other
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Dr. Anastasia Steffen Discusses Forest Fire Effects on Obsidian Artifacts in the Jemez Mountains

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During Tuesday’s presentation at PEEC, Dr. Anastasia Steffen explains that patterns in the fracture face determine whether an obsidian rock fracture was caused by fire or man. Photo by TK Thompson/ladailypost.com
 
PEEC Co-founder and board member Becky Shankland addresses the audience at Tuesday’s talk. Photo by TK Thompson/ladailypost.com
 
Staff Report:
 
Dr. Anastasia Steffen of the Valles Caldera National Preserve presented a night Tuesday evening at the Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) in Los Alamos.
 
The topic of her
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Dr. Paul Bauer Featured Speaker at Jan. 26 Los Alamos Geological Society Banquet

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LAGS News:

Dr. Paul Bauer of the New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources is the featured speaker for the Los Alamos Geological Society’s 2013 Banquet.

The community is invited to attend the event, which begins at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 26 at the Christian Church, 92 East Road, and at 7 p.m., Bauer will present his talk.

Titled “Down the Rio Grande: A Paddler’s Perspective of Rocks and Rapids,” Bauer’s presentation is a geo-photo-journey down the northern Rio Grande, with an emphasis on the river hydrogeology and the evolution of the sublime landscape.

It will include some Read More

Los Alamos County Science Fair Draws 319 Students

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Los Alamos students at the 2012 Regional Science Fair. Courtesy photo.

LAPS News:

The annual Los Alamos County Science Fair will take place Saturday, Jan. 26 in the Los Alamos High School Commons Area and between 1-3 p.m., the public is invited to view the projects.

Los Alamos Public Schools and home school students and teachers in grades K-12 will display projects in 4-5th grade individual elementary, K-6 grade elementary class, 6-8 grade junior division and 9-12 grade senior division.

The elementary projects are divided into three categories: Physical, Earth and Life Sciences. The students Read More

‘Show Some Class’ Closing Reception Saturday

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Doris Jackson builds a stained glass piece. Courtesy/FLAC

By Nancy Coombs

Three summers ago, Fuller Lodge Art Center hosted a week-long exhibit of children’s artwork after Summer Art Camp, with the art hung in the regular Exhibit Gallery.

The show was so popular that it has become an annual tradition. Now the Art Center is expanding the concept of student art shows by offering a two-week exhibit of adult student work from Jan. 11 through Jan. 26.

Stained glass lamp by Patricia Kokesh. Courtesy/FLAC

Show Some Class will feature more than 100 works by students, their teachers and also works Read More

The Marketing and Business of Dinosaurs…

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Dinosaur fossil. Courtesy https:////www.staff.olympia.org/external/OHSLibrary/dino5.jpg

LAEN News:

Do you have a dinosaur you want to sell? Or maybe you want to establish a Jurassic park using that speck of DNA you found in a piece of amber?

Or maybe you are searching for a research grant in order to make blueprints of a paleontological marvel? Or maybe you are just curious about how the community of dinosaur hunters gets its money?

Find out with a fascinating presentation by Ralph E. Chapman at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 24 at The Hive, 134 N.M. 4 in White Rock.

In his 2012 book “Marketing for Read More

SING OUT!

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TCC News:

SING OUT! The Taos Community Chorus, with Conductor Tina Sandoval, invites you to join us in singing this season in an exciting program of SPIRITUALS, arranged by Moses Hogan, William L. Dawson, Alice Parker and Robert Shaw, and many other outstanding arrangers and composers.

These stirring choral arrangements will move your soul!

Rehearsals begin Monday, Feb. 4, 2013, 6:30-9 p.m., at the First Presbyterian Church of Taos, 215 Paseo Del Pueblo Norte.

The chorus rehearses every Monday evening at this same time. Concert performances are May 4, 5, 11 and 12.

For more information on becoming Read More

Rick Nebel Discusses DC Transformer Project Jan. 24

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THE HIVE News:
 
The Hive, 134 N.M. 4, is hosting it’s weekly brown-bag lunch gathering starting at about 11:30 a.m. V, Jan. 24.
 
At noon Thursday, Rick Nebel will provide a presentation on his development of a DC transformer.
 
Introduction:
 

About 100 years ago, there was a dispute between Thomas Edison and Nicola Tesla about whether the United States would run on alternating current (AC) power or direct current (DC) power.

 

Tesla ended up winning that battle solely on the basis that it is easy to move the voltages and currents up and down with AC power using transformers.

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