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Los Alamos Historical Society Team’s Last Day In Japan

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Kallie Funk and Judith Stauber cutting up at Nagasaki Ropeway. Courtesy photo
 
 
Blog Entry By Kallie Funk, Judith Stauber, Stephanie Yeamans
Los Alamos Historical Museum
 
Already feeling a little nostalgic on Saturday, April 9, our LAHM team worked to make the most out of our last full day in Japan. 
 
We first rode the tram up the famous Nagasaki Ropeway. The line climbs 333m to the top of Mount Inasa, west of Nagasaki. In 2012 the view from Mount Inasa was ranked as one of the top three best night views in the world, alongside Monaco and Hong Kong.
 
We headed up in
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LANL: Space Scientist Tapped For French Knighthood

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Roger Wiens, right, leader of Los Alamos National Laboratory’s ChemCam project, received the honorary title of knight in France’s Academic Order of Palms. Christophe Lemoine, Consul General of France, presented him with the insignia. Courtesy/Consulate General of France

LANL News:

  • ChemCam leader honored for touching the lives of ‘ambitious earthlings’

Space scientist Roger Wiens was awarded the honorary title of chevalier (knight) in France’s Academic Order of Palms for his work in forging strong ties between the French and American scientific communities.

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Spring 2016 Lecture Series: ‘European Member Politics And Why We Should Be Interested’

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CIR News:
 
Santa Fe Council on International Relations’ Spring 2016 International Lecture Series will focus on The European Union Under Pressure. 
 
The second of the four lectures will address European Member Politics and Why We Should Be Interested presented by Dr. Jeffrey Gedmin, Senior Fellow for the Future of Europe at 3 p.m., Saturday, April 30 at the Atlantic Council, Washington D.C. at The Forum, Santa Fe University of Art and Design in Santa Fe. 
 
Beginning with the six founding members of the European
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Los Alamos Historical Society Team Meets Counterparts At Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum

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Los Alamos Historical Society team, from left, Stephanie Yeamans, Judith Stauber and Kallie Funk with Director Akitoshi Nakamura Friday at the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum. Courtesy photo 

Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum Director Akitoshi Matsuo explaining Fat Man replica. Courtesy photo
 
LAHM team Kallie Funk, Judith Stauber and Stephanie Yeamans at nuclear weapons development exhibit. Courtesy photo
 

Blog Entry By Kallie Funk, Judith Stauber, Stephanie Yeamans

Los Alamos Historical Museum
 
Friday, April 8, our Los Alamos Historical
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Griggs: A Visit To The Ancient Mayan City Of Copán

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A dazzling, full-sized replica of the Rosalila in the Copán Museum of Mayan Sculpture. Although today they are weathered gray stone, the original buildings were colorful, elaborate theater sets proclaiming the glory of the city. Photo by talk2winik

 

By DAVID H. GRIGGS
Forign Correspondent
Los Alamos Daily Post

In 1839, the intrepid explorers Stephens and Catherwood hacked their way with machetes through the jungles of Central America. Amid the steaming green foliage and the towering ceiba trees, spider monkeys swung from vines and brilliant scarlet macaws flew through the trees. Read More

Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz To Discuss Role Of Science In Negotiation Of Iran Deal

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DOE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Monday, U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz will receive the Jit Trainor Award at an event hosted by Georgetown University’s Institute for the Study of Diplomacy.

At the event, he will deliver remarks on the science behind the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) with Iran and why the JCPOA is one of the strongest nonproliferation agreements in history.

Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering

The Secretary will highlight the scientific and technical merits of the deal and explain why the United States can be confident that Iran’s breakout time to a nuclear Read More

Los Alamos Historical Museum Team Tours Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum

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Los Alamos Historical Museum team in front of Cenotaph with tour guide. Courtesy photo

 

Diorama representing Hiroshima after atomic bombing. Courtesy photo

 

Exhibit in HPMM. Courtesy photo

 

Blog Entry By Kallie Funk, Judith Stauber, Stephanie Yeamans
Los Alamos Historical Museum

 

On Tuesday, April 5, our Los Alamos Historical Museum team started the day with a tour of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum (HPMM) guided by Yasuyoshi Komizo, chairperson of Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation, and Kenji Shiga, director of HPMM.

 

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DOE, Israeli Ministry Of National Infrastructure, Energy, Water Resources Expand Academic Cooperation

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DOE News:
 
The Minister of National Infrastructure, Energy and Water Resources (MIEW), Dr. Yuval Steinitz, and the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Dr. Ernest Moniz, announced Tuesday that the United States and Israel will launch a program that will award scholarships to energy postdoctoral students for a research exchange program as part of an effort to increase collaboration and enhance research and development efforts for science and technology in Israel and the U.S.
 
The announcement of the scholarship project was made by Minister Steinitz and Secretary
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Moniz Travels To Israel And Kazakhstan To Continue Discussions On Energy Cooperation

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DOE News:
 
WASHINGTON D.C. ― The U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz traveled to Israel. He will continue discussions with Yuval Steinitz, Israeli Minister of National Infrastructures, Energy, and Water Resources, on the ongoing energy partnership between the two countries.
 
He also will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem. These discussions will cover a wide range of issues, including the U.S.-Israel Energy Dialogue, as well as expanded cooperation in energy research and energy water nexus programs.
 
Secretary
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Los Alamos Historical Museum Team Travel To Hiroshima To Meet With Colleagues On Partnership

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Los Alamos Historical Museum team members, from left, Kallie Funk, Stephanie Yeamans and Judith Stauber at the Miyajima Torii Gate. Courtesy photo
 
Los Alamos Historical Museum Director Judith Stauber meets with Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum Director Kenji Shiga Monday in central Hiroshima, Japan. Courtesy photo
 
 
Blog Entry By Kallie Funk, Judith Stauber, Stephanie Yeamans
Los Alamos Historical Museum

Our Los Alamos Historical Museum team headed to Kyoto Station April 1 for travel to Hiroshima. After a two-hour ride on the shinkansen (bullet train), we arrived

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