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Sen. Martin Heinrich Urges Humanitarian Relief For Gaza

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U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich

          • Heinrich sends letter calling on Secretary Blinken to meet UN’s call for humanitarian assistance to Gaza

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), and 32 colleagues are urging the Biden-Harris Administration, through U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, to work with the international community in answering the United Nations’ call for emergency humanitarian assistance to Gaza.

In addition to the letter, Heinrich issued the following statement:

“The loss and tragedy in Israel and Gaza have been devastating. America Read More

School For Advanced Research To Repatriate 60 Archaeological Items To Mexico During Ceremony Oct. 19 In Albuquerque

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SAR News:

ALBUQUERQUE — At a joint ceremony Oct. 19, the School for Advanced Research (SAR) will voluntarily repatriate 60 archaeological items of Mexican origin to the Consulate of Mexico in Albuquerque.

The 60 items came to SAR over a 31-year period, from 1941 to 1972. Some were burial related, while others fell outside of SAR’s Indian Arts Research Center’s (IARC) scope in the Native American Southwest. As a result, the items were deaccessioned and IARC staff researched available options for appropriately re-homing the items.

Rather than send the pieces to other U.S. institutions, it was Read More

Posts From Abroad: Van Gogh Museum In Amsterdam

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Van Gogh’s ‘A Self Portrait’ photographed Tuesday in the Vincent van Gogh museum in Amsterdam during a tour by local area residents Liddie and Rick Martinez. Vincent Willem van Gogh was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter  among the most famous and influential in the history of Western art. In just over a decade he created approximately 2,100 artworks, including around 860 oil paintings, most of them in the last two years of his life. Born: March 30, 1853 in Zundert, Netherlands – Died: July 29, 1890 in Auvers-sur-Oise, France. Photo by Liddie Martinez

Van Gogh’s ‘Butterflies And Poppies’ hanging Read More

Capt. Henry Cho Makes History As First U.S. Space Force Guardian To Receive Coast Guard Arctic Service Medal

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U.S. Space Force Capt. Henry Cho in front of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB-20), Aug.6, 2023, in the Arctic region. Cho is the first USSF Guardian to receive the Arctic Service Medal. Courtesy/USSF

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB-20) travels through the Arctic July 31, 2023. Capt. Henry Cho captured this image while serving aboard. Cho is the first USSF Guardian to receive the Coast Guard Arctic Service Medal, awarded to a member who has served aboard a Coast Guard vessel operating in polar waters north of latitude 60 degrees North, specifically in the Bering Sea, Davis Strait or Denmark Read More

‘Community In Conflict’ At Santa Fe International Film Festival

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Community News:

A unique, new documentary examining a “Community in Conflict” has been accepted into the Santa Fe International Film Fiesta next weekend. The screening of the film will be 12:15 p.m.  Saturday, Oct. 21, at the Jean Cocteau Cinema, 418 Montezuma Ave., in Santa Fe. Tickets can be purchased online at BoxOffice.Santafe.Film. The Box Office phone number is 505-397-0138.

A trailer of the film can be viewed at COMMUNITYINCONFLICT.COM. The history begins when a committee of Community Leaders wished to identify the site of the Santa Fe Internment Camp where men of Japanese descent Read More

LANL: Hunga Volcano Eruption Sparks Most Intense Lightning Storm Ever Detected On Earth

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Powerful volcanic eruptions produce ash plumes that can create their own weather systems, providing the conditions for lightning at higher altitudes than normally seen. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

  • Ash plumes can create lightning conditions far beyond the range of typical thunderstorms

By SONJA BEHNKE

Just beneath the surface of the south Pacific Ocean lies the Hunga volcano. Part of the Tonga archipelago and north of Tonga’s main island Tongatapu, Hunga lies in a very active seismic zone and has erupted four times since 1988, most recently in 2022.

The latest eruption caused a tsunami wave Read More

Sun During 2023 Annular Solar Eclipse Over Los Alamos

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The sun during the 2023 Annular Solar Eclipse this morning viewed from Los Alamos. The black spots on the sun are sun spots. Photo by Tyler Slocum

The sun during the 2023 Annular Solar Eclipse this morning viewed from Los Alamos. The black spots on the sun are sun spots. Photo by Tyler Slocum

The sun during the 2023 Annular Solar Eclipse this morning viewed from Los Alamos. The black spots on the sun are sun spots. Photo by Tyler Slocum

The sun during the 2023 Annular Solar Eclipse this morning viewed from Los Alamos. The black spots on the sun are sun spots. Photo by Tyler Slocum

The sun during the 2023 Annular Read More

Retired Astrophysicist Galen Gisler Explains Eclipse Details

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Event coordinator, retired astrophysicist and PEEC volunteer Galen Gisler explaining details of this morning’s viewing of the 2023 Anndular Solar Eclipse at LAHS. Courtesy/J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Committee

Local 2023 Anndular Solar Eclipse News:

2023 Anndular Solar Eclipse event coordinator, retired astrophysicist and PEEC volunteer Galen Gisler explained details of this morning’s viewing hosted in the courtyard at Los Alamos High School by Los Alamos Public Schools in colaboration with the County and other organizations and businesses.

Eclipses occur when the Moon passes Read More