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Wreaths Across America Honors ‘The Four Chaplains’ Feb. 3

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Wreaths Across America News:

COLUMBIA FALLS, Maine — Wreaths Across America will honor the American heroes known as “The Four Chaplains” with a special Facebook live event at noon EST, Wednesday, Feb. 3.

Jan. 23, 1943, the U.S.A.T. Dorchester left New York harbor bound for Greenland carrying more than  900 officers, servicemen and civilian workers.

The ship was a coastal passenger steamship requisitioned and operated by the War Shipping Administration (WSA) for wartime use as a troop ship.

The ship was transiting the Labrador Sea when it was torpedoed by a German U-boat (U-233) Feb. 3, 1943. Read More

Los Alamos National Laboratory Names Lisa Danielson Director Of The Center For Space And Earth Sciences

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Lisa Danielson is the new director of the Center for Space and Earth Science. Courtesy/LANLLANL News:

Los Alamos National Laboratory has named Lisa Danielson the new director for the Center for Space and Earth Science.

As one of six strategic centers within the National Security Education Center, CSES is a multi- and Interdisciplinary Center for Astrophysics, Near Space Environment, Planetary Science, Geophysics, Earth Systems and Climate, and Bioscience.

CSES provides a gateway for collaborations with academic institutions in these science areas, provides external visibility and

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Change In International Travel Takes Effect Tuesday

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COUNTY News:

Los Alamos County residents should be aware of a recent change in international travel that takes effect Tuesday, Jan. 26.

A COVID-19 test will be required no more than three days ahead of a departing international flight back into the United States, in order to show negative test results to the airline prior to boarding.

Anyone with coming up international travel should review the information on the CDC website here. Read More

One Los Alamos Diversity Int’l. Week: Day 6 Turkey

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Turkish Baklava. Courtesy/Neslihan Ceren

One Los Alamos News:

The recipe for day 6 of One Los Alamos Diversity Week is Turkish Baklava by Neslihan Ceren.

Ceren is from Turkey. She teaches different genres of dance to ages 3 and up (Ballet for children, Belly Dance and Bollywood Fusion). Ceren also works at Los Alamos Public Schools (Mountain Elementary School). She lives in Los Alamos with her husband, son Semih and daughter Sare Beste.

“Baklava has been the most popular dessert in the Turkish Empire including the Ottoman Empire,” Ceren said. “The recipe I am sharing with you originated in the Read More

One Los Alamos Diversity Week Recipe: Day 5 Venezuela

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Venezuelan Arroz con Coco (Coconut Rice Pudding) by Isolina Viloria. Courtesy/wikipedia

One Los Alamos News:

The recipe for day 5 of One Los Alamos Diversity Week is Venezuelan Arroz con Coco (Coconut Rice Pudding) by Isolina Viloria.

Viloria is from Valencia, Venezuela. She moved to Los Alamos 14 years ago. She enjoys hiking, biking, traveling, dancing, puzzles and board games. 

This is a very simple but delicious recipe commonly made in Venezuela especially in the coastal region where there are many coconut palm trees. It is traditionally served during  Easter.

Ingredients

  • 2 Cups Basmati
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One Los Alamos Diversity Week Int’l. Recipe: Day 4 Poland

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A bowl of Polish borscht garnished with dill and a dollop of smetana (sour cream). Courtesy/wikipedia

One Los Alamos News:

The recipe for Day 4 of One Los Alamos Diversity Week is Polish Borscht from a Polish friend of One Los Alamos.

Recipe for the Polish version of Borscht

Ingredients

  • 1.5 liters of broth
  • about 220 ml of beetroot juice
  • 4 red beets
  • 2 potatoes
  • 2 carrots
  • 1 parsley
  • 1/2 season
  • 1 small white onion
  • a piece of celery
  • clove of garlic
  • 0.5 cups Hansel beans
  • a small bunch of dill
  • 2 tablespoons of cream
  • a slice of butter
  • 1 leek

SPICES:

  • black pepper
  • bay leaf
  • ground cumin
  • sugar
  • vinegar
  • salt to taste

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Mountaineers Feature Antarctic Explorations Jan. 26

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France Córdova in the ice-free dry valleys of Antarctica will discuss ‘The Best Journey in the World’ at the Jan. 26 virtual meeting of the Los Alamos Mountaineers. Courtesy/NSF

By BILL PRIEDHORSKY
Los Alamos Mountaineers

The November Los Alamos Mountaineers meeting continues in its electronic format, consistent with the needs of this special time.

The meeting is 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 26. As usual, the Mountaineers meeting is held in collaboration with the Pajarito Environmental Education Center. This month, the meeting features a talk by France Anne Córdova entitled “The Best Journey in Read More

Skolnik: Global Health Challenges In The Age Of COVID

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By RICHARD SKOLNIK
Los Alamos

(Based on remarks given to the Honors Program of the Erasmus Medical College, Rotterdam, The Netherlands)

Global Health Challenges in the Age of COVID

The Key Issues

The present pandemic is the quintessential global health problem. Yet, it is not the only global health challenge that we face. I comment below both on the pandemic and on other critical issues in global health.

Getting COVID under Control

“The health of anyone, anywhere, is the health of everyone, everywhere”. COVID highlights the importance of this, since no country can be safe, as long as the virus Read More

Heinrich, Luján Support Biden Plan To Utilize Defense Production Act, Increase Medical Equipment And Supplies

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From the Office of U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Luján joined 24 of their Senate colleagues in a letter to President-elect Joe Biden, supporting his incoming administration’s plan to quickly utilize all available authorities under the Defense Production Act (DPA) to rapidly increase the production and stockpiling of medical, testing and protective equipment supplies.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, Heinrich and Luján have been calling on the Trump administration to fully utilize the DPA to ramp up nationwide production Read More

One Los Alamos Diversity Week Int’l. Recipe: Day 3 Italy

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Pasta Alla Norma. Courtesy photo

Recipe by Elena E. Giorgi

Elena E. Giorgi is a scientist, award-winning author and IPA-awarded photographer.

She likes to say she spends her days analyzing genetic data, her evenings chasing sunsets and her nights pretending she’s somebody else.

Giorgi has shared two of her favorite recipes from:

Pasta Alla Norma

Ingredients:

  • 2 large, firm eggplants
  • extra-virgin olive
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