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Chamisa And Pinon Schools To Host: Around The World In White Rock Multicultural Festival April 24

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LAPS News:

The community is invited to attend the 10th annual Multicultural Festival, Around the World in White Rock, starting at 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 24 at Chamisa Elementary School.

Presented jointly by Chamisa Elementary and Piñon Elementary Schools, the festival features dance, music, games, crafts and food tastings.

There is still time for presenters to join in the festival. You can create a cultural display which can be interactive with food, crafts, games, trivia, etc., as well as a photographic display of your country/culture, and artifacts. One or two people will need to Read More

United Church Thrift Shop Donates To Kiwanis Club Of Los Alamos In Support Of African Library Project

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Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos African Library Project Book Loading Crew on the job recently filling a truck with 148 boxes containing 11,386 books for shipment to Ghana and Malawi. Courtesy/Kiwanis

Kiwanis African Library Project kids waving books. Courtesy/Kiwanis

By BROOKE DAVIS
Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos

The Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos is very thankful to the United Church Thrift Shop for their generous donation of $3,000 to the African Library Project (ALP).

The Women’s Christian Service Society operates the shop and acknowledged Kiwanian Sharon Allen for her dedication and untiring efforts Read More

Rep. Stansbury Signs Letter Urging Biden And Blinken To Withhold Military Aid To Israel

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Congressional News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) issued the following statement Friday after signing a letter written by Representatives Mark Pocan (D-WI), Jim McGovern (D-MA) and Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), also signed by Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), urging President Biden and Secretary Blinken to withhold offensive military aid to Israel if U.S. or international law was broken during the airstrikes that killed seven World Central Kitchen aid workers:

“Three days ago, seven World Central Kitchen aid workers were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza, bringing Read More

No Totality, No Problem … New Mexico Museum Of Natural History & Science To Host Family Event For April 8 Eclipse

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While New Mexico isn’t in the path of totality for the solar eclipse on April 8, NMMNHS is hosting a family-friendly event designed to help visitors explore and view the eclipse from different perspectives. Courtesy/NMMNHS

NMMNHS News:

As a reminder, a solar eclipse will be visible overhead in New Mexico this coming Monday. While the Land of Enchantment isn’t in the path of totality for the solar eclipse April 8, the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science (NMMNHS) is hosting a family-friendly event designed to help visitors explore and view the eclipse from different perspectives. Read More

Catch Of The Week: Backdoor Nearly Hits Linux

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By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos
For the Los Alamos Daily Post

What is “open source software”? Basically it is software with a source code anyone can inspect, modify and enhance. Open source is a great way to make your code available to everyone, and a good way to enhance and improve the services it provides. 

Linux is one of the most well-known kinds of open source software, used by about 42% of the world. There are many distributions, or “distros” of Linux, such as Red Hat, Debian, Kali, and many more.

In addition to the source code for the actual Linux OS, the source code for many utilities used by Linux Read More

‘The Little Holocaust Video That Could’ … 24 Years Later

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‘The little Holocaust video that could’ is being released worldwide. Courtesy/Jim Terr

Holocaust News:

Twenty four years after it was produced in the year 2000 with a small budget from several foundation and private grants, a one-hour video of interviews of New Mexico survivors of the Holocaust is being released worldwide, with a new introduction and with the benefit of internet viewing and download.

View the video here.

“We Were There: Seven Survivors of the Holocaust” was produced by Las Vegas, N.M. producer Jim Terr, then living in Santa Fe. Under a grant from World Voices Media of Santa Monica, Read More

Representatives From NACo Visit U.S. Border To Examine Best Practices For Local Governments

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NACo News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Representatives from the National Association of Counties (NACo) Immigration Reform Task Force joined other county leaders, including county recipients of FEMA Shelter and Services Program funds, in a visit to border sites in El Paso County, Texas.

Over two days, the group is set to tour facilities operated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), El Paso County and nonprofit organizations, highlighting the importance of collaboration and intergovernmental partnership in addressing the needs of migrants and asylum seekers.

The border trip is Read More