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Garage Sale For Orphans 8:30-Noon Saturday

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Volunteers are hard at work getting everything ready for Saturday’s Garage Sale for Orphans at First Baptist Church. Courtesy photo

The community is invited to check out the many items for sale Saturday, Sept. 24 for which the proceeds benefit the orphans of Ferrier Village, Haiti. Courtesy photo

COMMUNITY News:

Members of First Baptist Church of Los Alamos announce that they have already received overwhelming support in the form of donations for their Garage Sale for Orphans, happening Saturday, Sept. 24.

This means they have a large amount of items for sale, including children’s
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Introducing The Daily Minor Planet: Delivering The Latest Asteroid News

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CfA News:
 
Have you ever wondered what piece of cosmic debris is whizzing past the Earth right now? Do you crave up-to-the-minute information about asteroids large and small? Well you’re in luck because today you can subscribe to a new service: the Daily Minor Planet.

Developed through a partnership between scientists at the Minor Planet Center and volunteers from the Oracle Corporation, the Daily Minor Planet will deliver reports on the latest asteroid happenings straight to your inbox.

“Most people don’t realize how common asteroid flybys are,” said Matt Holman, director

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CIR Fall 2016 Lecture Series Begins With ‘China/Japan Confrontation In The East China Sea’ Oct. 8

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CIR News:
 
Council on International Relations’ Fall 2016 lecture series on the China Seas begins with a talk by Ambassador Michael Armacost of Stanford University’s Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center.
 
Armacost is a former ambassador to Japan and the Philippines and his talk is entitled: The China/Japan Confrontation in the East China Sea.
 
The talk is 3 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 8 at the Forum at Santa Fe University of Art and Design, 1600 St. Michael’s Dr. Tickets are $20 for non-members and $15 CIR members.
 
Register at www.sfcir.org
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Universal News: This Just In – Gravity Waves Are Real

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The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) in Livingston, La. Courtesy/CalTech
 
By ROGER SNODGRASS
Los Alamos Daily Post

Gravity waves were detected in the universe for the first time on Sept. 14, 2015, a hundred years after they were predicted by Albert Einstein in his general theory of relativity. Even at the speed of light, they took 1.3 billion years to get here. The first detected gravitational waves were produced by a specific cataclysmic event, identified as two black holes coalescing, releasing enough energy in the last fraction of a second to warp time

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Luján Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month

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Hispanic Heritage Month: Embracing, Enriching, Enabling. Courtesy/defense.gov

From the Office of U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján:

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico’s Third District released the following statement in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, which is celebrated Sept. 15 to Oct. 15.

“As we celebrate the 28th anniversary of Hispanic Heritage Month, we recognize the longstanding contributions that the Hispanic community has made throughout our nation’s history.  This year’s theme, ‘Honoring our Heritage, Building our Future’ reminds us of the rich culture, Read More

Giant Algal Bloom Sheds Light On Formation Of White Cliffs Of Dover

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The White Cliffs of Dover have been a symbol of England at least since Roman times. New research is teaching scientists more about how this great structure came to be. Photo by Immanuel Giel/Wikimedia Commons
 
This microscopic view of a coccolithophore shows the saucer-shaped calcite plates the algae build around themselves. Scientists suspect the plates help coccolithophores survive and evade predators. Photo by Alison R. Taylor/University of North Carolina Wilmington Microscopy Facility/Wikimedia Commons
 
AGU News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A great algae bloom at the bottom

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Ceremony Marks 50th Anniversary Of Vietnam War

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Veterans News:

The 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War will be commemorated at a special 10 a.m. ceremony Sept. 30 in Las Vegas, N.M. at Veterans Park at the intersection of Mills Avenue and Fourth Street across from the Gene Torres Golf Course.

A nationwide initiative was issued by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates in 2008 to honor America’s Vietnam War veterans, and to also commemorate the 50th anniversary of our country’s involvement in the war, which lasted from November 1955 to May 1975. A 2012 Presidential Proclamation extended the commemoration through Veterans Day 2025.

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LAHS Student Studying In Bosnia And Herzegovina On State Department YES Abroad Scholarship

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LAHS student Darcy Turin atop the 564′ tall Avaz Twist Tower in Sarajevo. Courtesy photo

EDUCATION News:

Los Alamos High School student Darcy Turin has been awarded a YES Abroad scholarship for 2016-17 from the U.S. Department of State. She is living with a host family and studying in Bosnia and Herzegovina for the academic year.

Turin is one of only 65 competitively selected students from across the nation who has received a scholarship to participate in the Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES) Abroad program. The merit-based award covers the full cost of an academic year abroad, providing Read More

Four Steps That Could Help Keep Hackers From Hijacking 2016 Election

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Gary S. Miliefsky
SnoopWall Inc.
 
COMMUNITY News:
 
It’s a provocative question that reads like the cover blurb for a paperback spy novel, but it’s drawing serious attention in these days of cyber crime. Could hackers disrupt the U.S. presidential election and, if they did, what would be the implications for our democracy?
 
“Theoretically, there are several things a hacker could do to interfere with the election,” says Gary S. Miliefsky, CEO of SnoopWall (www.snoopwall.com), a company that specializes in cybersecurity.
 
“They could delete names from a voter list
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Rendering The Unthinkable: Artists Respond To 9/11

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‘Rendering the Unthinkable: Artists Respond to 9/11’. Courtesy/ 9/11 Memorial Museum in New York

‘World Trade Center as a Cloud’, 2011 by Christopher Saucedo. Pressed linen pulp on handmade paper. Three panels, each 40 inches x 60 inches. Saucedo, a Brooklyn native, created these images by pressing layers of fine white linen pulp onto a large blue field. The forms reference floating clouds, but on closer inspection can be seen as an ethereal representation of the World Trade Center. The artist’s brothers Stephen and Gregory Saucedo, both New York City firefighters, responded Read More