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Los Alamos Rotary Shares Good News Of Polio Eradication

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By ALISON PANNELL
Rotary Club of Los Alamos

In honor of World Polio Day, Oct. 24, the Rotary Club of Los Alamos is pleased to share the good news about efforts to eradicate polio worldwide, and inform you about the upcoming Purple Pinkie Polio Awareness Campaign to be held in the Los Alamos Elementary Schools on Friday, Oct. 27.

Polio, or poliomyelitis, is a highly infectious and disabling disease caused by the poliovirus. The virus is spread person to person, typically through water contaminated with feces from an infected individual or through exposure to mucus when an infected person coughs Read More

Posts From Abroad: Sights Around Glasgow, Scotland

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Helen and Chris Ortega, formerly of Los Alamos, are on a tour of Scotland and shared photos of their travels. Chris Ortega is shown here descending the staircase at his hotel Thursday in Glasgow. This port city is on the River Clyde in Scotland’s western Lowlands. It’s famed for its Victorian and art nouveau architecture, a rich legacy of the city’s 18th–20th-century prosperity due to trade and shipbuilding. Today it’s a national cultural hub, home to institutions including the Scottish Opera, Scottish Ballet and National Theatre of Scotland, as well as acclaimed museums and a thriving music Read More

All Shall Be Well: I Don’t Know How To Pray

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Clergy from left, Deacon Cynthia Biddlecomb, retired; Pastor Nicolé Ferry, Associate Rector Lynn Finnegan and Pastor Deb Church. Courtesy photo

By Rev. Deb Beloved Church
White Rock Presbyterian Church

According to one news source (NBCNews.com), updated at 8:41 p.m. MST, Oct. 19, 2023, since the surprise attack on Israel by Hamas on Thursday, Oct. 7, “More than 3,700 people have been killed and more than 13,000 have been injured in Gaza. In Israel, 1,400 people have been killed and 3,500 have been wounded.”

That’s more than 20,000 people, killed or wounded, in less than two weeks, with far too Read More

Posts From Abroad: Touring Cádiz, Spain

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Touring Cadiz, Spain Friday, local area residents Liddie and Rick Martinez shared photos of scenery, an Andalusian Dancing Horse Show, shops and more. Cádiz is in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula off the Atlantic Ocean. The city and port of Cádiz date back over 3,500 years, making it the oldest in the western world. Photo by Liddie Martinez

Scene from an Andalusian Dancing Horse Show Friday in Cadiz, Spain. Photo by Liddie Martinez

Scene of a bodega in Cadiz Friday where sherry is blended and stored. Photo by Liddie Martinez

Scene of a fruit market toured Friday in Cadiz. Photo by Liddie Read More

Los Alamos Mother And Daughter Stage Peaceful Protest Today At Ashley Pond Calling For Ceasefire In Gaza

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Los Alamos residents Kelly Myers and her daughter Emma Abata staged a peaceful protest this morning at Ashley Pond and along Trinity Drive calling for an ‘immediate ceasefire in Gaza’. ‘We feel this is so important and we plan to stage peaceful protests with others every Saturday morning until this stops.’  Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Los Alamos residents Kelly Myers and her daughter Emma Abata staging a peaceful protest this morning along Trinity Drive calling for an ‘immediate ceasefire in Gaza’. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
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New Mexico Governor To Lead Clean Hydrogen Trade Mission To Australia

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Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham

From the Office of the Governor:

SYDNEY, Australia – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is leading a business and trade mission today to Australia on Sunday to participate in the Asia Pacific Hydrogen 2023 Summit and meet with manufacturing companies interested in expanding to New Mexico.

The governor will make an economic development announcement around clean hydrogen during the mission. During the summit, she will speak Oct. 26 on a panel titled “Regional Collaboration & Trade from Asia-Pacific to the World”. The governor will also meet with several Australian Read More

Three Los Alamos National Laboratory Projects Use Artificial Intelligence And Machine Learning To Propel Science

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Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

  • Multiyear efforts include partnerships with national laboratories and universities

Projects that seek to deploy artificial intelligence and machine learning for science and energy have been bolstered by Department of Energy Office of Science funding in recent weeks. Three Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) projects use the cutting-edge tools to improve the performance of accelerators, devices that charge particles to high speeds for research and development on a variety of subjects. Another Los Alamos project uses deep learning — a method of artificial Read More

An Open Book: The Land Of Milk And Honey, And War

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By DAVID IZRAELEVITZ
Los Aamos

Several conversations keep coming to mind as I read the upsetting news in the Middle East. The first occurred in 1978 when I worked the summer of my college freshman year as a gofer in a welding shop.

I happened to meet a welder who had grown up in the West Bank. We never had a long conversation, maybe we were both too reticent, but I do remember his sadness and longing for home. I had never met any Palestinian before nor have I since.

When I visited Israel for the first time in 1981, I heard hateful words about Palestinians as a people from some in my own family. I felt the revulsion Read More

Los Alamos National Laboratory Researcher Ruth Skoug Named 2023 American Geophysical Union Fellow

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Los Alamos National Laboratory Researcher Ruth Skoug joins the prestigious AGU fellow group. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

Ruth Skoug, of Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Space Science and Applications group, was named fellow by the American Geophysical Union (AGU); Skoug is among 63 new fellows this year. Since 1962, AGU has elected fewer than 0.1 percent of its members to join this prestigious group of individuals.

She was selected for her far-reaching impact to experimental space plasma physics in the solar wind and magnetosphere.

“Ruth’s research has played a major role in the understanding Read More