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United Nations Day Founded 68 Years Ago

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The United Nations was founded 68 years ago on Oct. 24, 1945. The olive branches on the UN flag symbolize peace. The world map depicts the area of concern to the United Nations in achieving its main purpose, peace and security. Photo by Skip Dunn

 

UNITED NATIONS DAY
By SKIP DUNN

Following the failure and collapse of the post World War I League of Nations and subsequent World War II, a group of 51 nations drew up the Charter for a new United Nations. The preamble to the Charter rings true today for the now 193 member states (nations):

WE THE PEOPLES OF THE UNITED NATIONS DETERMINED

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Udall Welcomes Conservation Plan for Lesser Prairie-Chicken

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Lesser Prairie-Chicken. Courtesy photo

U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Tom Udall welcomed the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (FWS) decision to endorse the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies’ Lesser Prairie-Chicken Range-Wide Conservation Plan (RWP). 

Udall has been a leading supporter for the groundbreaking, five-state effort to conserve the habitat of the lesser prairie-chicken, which was proposed for listing as a “threatened” species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The FWS endorsement is an important Read More

NIST Carbon Nanotube Chips Go Ballooning for Climate Science

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Scientific balloon launched from New Mexico in September 2013 carrying an experimental instrument designed to collect and measure the energy of light emitted by the Sun, with the help of NIST chips coated with carbon nanotubes. Courtesy/LASP

NIST News:

A huge plastic balloon floated high in the skies over New Mexico Sept. 29, carrying instruments to collect climate-related test data with the help of carbon nanotube chips made by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

The onboard instrument was an experimental spectrometer designed to collect and measure visible and Read More

LAHS 9th Grader Takes Best Junior Handler at National Show

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Jennifer Necker of Los Alamos and Owen ready for judging in the Veteran class at the 2013 English Setter Association of America national show. Courtesy photo

Jennifer Necker, 2013 English Setter Association of America Best Junior Handler, with Judge Dr. BJ Parsons, left, and club president, Janet Gray. Courtesy photo

Staff Report

Los Alamos High School 9th grader, Jennifer Necker, traveled to Huron, Ohio last week to compete in the 2013 English Setter Association of America annual national show. Necker garnered a 4th place in a competitive Veteran Dog class, for dogs more than seven years Read More

Victoria Rygh: Proud to be an American

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Los Alamos resident Victoria Rygh displays her certificate of American citizenship with her husband Scott Rygh, left, and U.S. Sen. Tom Udall. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

U.S. Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., left, with Patti Reynolds and representatives from Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham and Ben Ray Lujan’s office applaud the newly sworn American citizens. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

 

By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post
 

ALBUQUERQUE—Los Alamos resident Victoria Rygh of Honduras joined 68 other New Mexico residents, representing 29 countries, to

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Letter to the Editor: Happy 40th Birthday, 1973 Oil Crisis

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By RICHARD DUNN
Los Alamos

On Oct. 17, 1973, OPEC launched a full oil embargo against the U.S. For months we were faced with gasoline shortages and price spikes across the U.S.
55 mph limits were imposed, CAFE mileage standards were established, carpools were formed.

The USA became a net importer of oil and, shortly thereafter, became a debtor nation. The “Japanese invasion” blossomed with little Honda Civics. Locally, a small group of citizens started Los Alamos Bus to commute to the Lab. I joined four other high school teachers and administrators in a carpool. A number of dormant Read More

Los Alamos Resident to Become U.S. Citizen

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STATE News:

Los Alamos resident Victoria Rygh of Honduras will be among the 68 New Mexico residents representing 29 countries who will become U.S. citizens today in Albuquerque. 

Rygh has lived in Los Alamos for five years and works at Los Alamos Medical Center.

U.S. Sen. Tom Udall of New Mexico will deliver the keynote address for the naturalization ceremony. The ceremony, to be held at the South Broadway Cultural Center, will celebrate the naturalization of these citizens – the process by which U.S. citizenship is granted to a foreign citizen or national after he or she fulfills the requirements

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Curiosity Confirms Origins of Martian Meteorites

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Scientists identified meteorites, such as this one nicknamed ‘Black Beauty,’ as Martian in origin. Courtesy/NASA

 

AGU News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Earth’s most eminent emissary to Mars has just proven that those rare Martian visitors that sometimes drop in on Earth — a.k.a. Martian meteorites — really are from the Red Planet. A key new measurement of Mars’ atmosphere by NASA’s Curiosity rover provides the most definitive evidence yet of the origins of Mars meteorites while at the same time providing a way to rule out Martian origins of other meteorites. 
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Two of New Mexico’s Three Representatives Vote to End Government Shutdown

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U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján

U.S. CONGRESSIONAL News:

Luján Votes to End Shutdown, Avoid Government Default, and Keep Labs Open
 
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico’s Third District voted tonight for compromise legislation that will end the government shutdown, raise the debt ceiling so the government can pay its bills, and establishes a conference committee for the House and Senate to negotiate on a budget for the coming year.
 
“While I would have preferred legislation that extends the debt limit for a longer period of time and that funds the government at a higher Read More

U.S. House Passes Bill to End Government Shutdown!

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U.S. CONGRESSIONAL News:

The United States House of Representatives just passed a Senate-brokered bill to fully reopen the government and raise the federal government’s debt ceiling.

In a 285 to 144 vote, the action came after 16 days of a partial government shutdown and one day before the Treasury Department warned that the nation could run out of money to pay its bills unless it raised its borrowing limit.

The bill now goes to President Barack Obama who said he will sign it and vowed to get things back up and running as soon as possible.

“I will sign it immediately,” the President Read More