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Los Alamos County Officials Gather With Japanese Dignitaries For Meeting And Reception In Santa Fe

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Councilor Geoff Rodgers, left, with Consul General of Japan Ikuhiko Ono, center, and Consul General of Mexico Mauricio Ibara Ponce de Leon at La Fonda on the Plaza in Santa Fe. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

 

By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post
caclark@ladailypost.com

Senior officials from JETRO (the Japan External Trade Organization) met in Santa Fe Friday with various business and community leaders to promote economic dialogue between Japan and New Mexico. The JETRO delegation featured Director Sachiko Yoshimura of JETRO offices in Los Angeles.

Topics of discussion

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Think New Mexico Among World’s Top Think Tanks

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TTCSP News:

The Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program (TTCSP) at the University of Pennsylvania’s International Relations Program recently recognized Think New Mexico as one of the top think tanks in the world in its seventh annual “Global Go To Think Tank Index Report.” According to TTCSP, “the index has become the gold standard for think tanks around the world and is widely cited by governments, donors, journals and policymakers.”

Think New Mexico is a nonpartisan, results-oriented think tank dedicated to improving the quality of life for all New Mexicans, especially those who lack a Read More

New Airborne GPS Technology For Weather Conditions Takes Flight

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Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego geophysicist Jennifer Haase is seated at the controls of GISMOS, a 205-pound GPS atmospheric measurement system, testing the equipment prior to flights during a 2010 campaign. The equipment is installed in the cabin of a reconfigured Gulfstream V business jet. Courtesy/Scripps Institution of Oceanography

AGU News:

LA JOLLA – GPS technology has broadly advanced science and society’s ability to pinpoint locations and motion, from driving directions to tracking ground motions during earthquakes. A new technique stands to improve weather

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LAHS Students to Compete at Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Los Angeles

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From left, Coleman Kendrick, team members Esteban Abeyta and Ashvini Vaidya and second alternate Devon Conradson are heading for the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair May 11-16 in Los Angeles. Courtesy photo

LAHS News:

Los Alamos High School students qualified last weekend at the Northeastern New Mexico Regional Fair for the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair May 11-16 in Los Angeles.

Coleman Kendrick and the team of Esteban Abeyta and Ashvini Vaidya won Grand Awards and both projects qualified for the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. Devon Read More

American Legion Post 90 Honors WWII/Korea Veteran Wendell Armour of Los Alamos

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From left, Wendell Armour is honored with an American flag by American Legion Post 90 members Mark Hamilton, Ken Nadeau and Ed Miller. Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com

Wendell Armour rides his scooter. Photo by Christine Bullock

Staff Report:

Members of the Los Alamos American Legion Post 90 presented an American flag to Wendell Armour Thursday in appreciation of his service in WWII and Korea.

Armour is one of the most decorated veterans in Los Alamos. He received Purple Hearts, Bronze and Silver Stars and several other awards including the Combat Infantry Badge.

Wendell is 92 Read More

AAUW Forum: ‘Furor in the Muslim World’

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Lt. Col. Ed Rau (retired). Courtesy/AAUW

AAUW News:

Lt. Col. Ed Rau (retired) will discuss the political situation in the Middle East at a public forum sponsored by the American Association of University Women (AAUW) 7-8:30 p.m. Thursday, March 20 at Mesa Public Library (upstairs meeting rooms).  

Rau will focus especially on the countries of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Yemen, Iraq, Turkey, Libya, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine.

He will discuss the historical background, current players, costs of conflicts and possible hopeful outcomes in the Read More

LANL’s Director Emeritus Sig Hecker Presents Comparative Look at Four Nuclear Hot Spots

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Siegfried S. Hecker

CIR News:

Santa Fe Council on International Relations World Affairs Discussion Event – A Comparative Look at Four Nuclear Hot Spots: India, Pakistan, North Korea and Iran.

Speaker: Siegfried S. Hecker, Director Emeritus, Los Alamos National Laboratory and Stanford University research professor

Thursday, March 20, 5 p.m.

Location: Santa Fe Woman’s Club, 1616 Old Pecos Trail

$20 Non-members; $15 CIR Members – Qualified Students may attend for Free

Whereas North Korea and Iran are in the global spotlight today, South Asia remains the most dangerous Read More

Jewish Film Festival Premieres in Los Alamos

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Film still from ‘Precious Life’ Courtesy/SFJFF

SFJFF News:

The award-winning Israeli documentary film, Precious Life, is coming to the  Reel Deal Theater for a one-time screening at 4 p.m. Sunday, March 9.

Precious Life follows the real-life story of a Palestinian baby with a rare immune deficiency disorder, and the Israeli doctor who hopes to save the baby’s life. It is an up-close and personal story set against the larger backdrop of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The film was featured at the Telluride, Toronto and Mill Valley Film Festivals, and won the Ophir Award Read More

German Dinner Celebrates White Rock Presbyterian Church Relationship With Aufverstehungskirche

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The evangelical Church Auferstehungskirche was built 1913-1914 and has had a sister church relationship with the White Rock Presbyterian Church for some 20 years. Courtesy photo

The Europa-Orgel ‘Felix Mendelssohn’ inside Church Auferstehungskirche was constructed in 2004 by the organ builder William Sauer. Courtesy photo

WRPC News:

Friends and neighbors of White Rock Presbyterian Church are invited to a German dinner at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, March 9 at the church, 310 Rover Blvd.

Bratwurst, red sour cabbage, hot German potato salad, green beans, bread, drink and German chocolate Read More

Uncovering the Secret World of the Plastisphere

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SEA Education Association scientist Greg Boyd holds recovered foam floats containing invertebrates and microbial biofilm. Courtesy/Erik Zettler, SEA
 
AGU News:
 
HONOLULU – Scientists are revealing how microbes living on floating pieces of plastic marine debris affect the ocean ecosystem, and the potential harm they pose to invertebrates, humans and other animals. New research being presented here today delves deeper into the largely unexplored world of the “Plastisphere” – an ecological community of microbial organisms living on ocean plastic that was first discovered
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