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Great Backyard Bird Count Results: Wow!

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Hairy Woodpecker. Photo by Brad Imhoff/Macaulay Library

Cornell Lab of Ornithology News:

ITHACA, N.Y., & PORT ROWAN, ON — The 2023 Great Backyard Bird Count exceeded all expectations.

Organizers estimate that more than 500,000 participants from around the globe made the latest count the best ever.

First, a look at the numbers:

  • 7,538 species reported;
  • 202 participating countries;
  • 390,652 bird lists submitted;
  • 151,479 photos, videos, and sounds uploaded;
  • 555,291 estimated global participants.

See the more detailed final report.

Ranked by number of checklists submitted, the highest Read More

Scenes From Chamisa & Pinion Elementary Schools 2023 Multicultural Festival

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Chamisa and Pinion elementary schools in White Rock hosted a Multicultural Festival in the Pinion Gymnasium  Wednesday evening to celebrate the cultural diversity of White Rock and its surrounding communities. The event was well attended, and all enjoyed the activities and the 22 presenters and their booths. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Melinda Atkinson and her daughter in traditional dress at the South Korea booth. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Ivanna Austell in traditional dress at the Brazil booth. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Claire Schappert greets guests Read More

SFWAF Presents Two-Day Symposium ‘When Ukraine Meets Russia Head-On’ April 13-14

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Courtesy/SFWAF

SFWAF News:

The Santa Fe World Affairs Forum (SFWAF) announces its April 13-14 Symposium “When Ukraine Meets Russia Head-On” at the Santa Fe Community College.

When Russia invaded Ukraine Feb. 24, 2022, no one believed that a supposedly weak Ukraine could maintain its independence. As for Vladimir Putin, he expected to topple the Zelenskyy government in a matter of days—or less. And so, flagrantly violating the norms and laws that had promoted world peace and stability for 70 some years, a heavily armored column of Russian troops headed for Kiev. They never got there.

How could Read More

Community Invited To Multicultural Festival March 15

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LAPS News:

The community is invited to attend the10th annual Multicultural Festival, Around the World in White Rock. This year the event is 5 p.m. Wedensday, March 15 at Piñon Elementary School.

Presented jointly by Chamisa Elementary and Piñon Elementary Schools, the festival features dance, music, games, crafts and food tastings. This year will feature Brazil, Chile, China, Ethiopia, France, Germany, India, Korea, Norway, Uzbekistan and Cochiti Pueblo.

There also will be performances by Elias Davila, a hoop dancer from San Ildefonso Pueblo, Dance Arts Los Alamos Scottish Highland Read More

President’s Fiscal Year 2024 NNSA Budget Enables Modernization And strengthens Nation’s Nuclear Security Enterprise

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NNSA News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) released details of President Biden’s Fiscal Year 2024 Budget request for NNSA, a proposal designed to support the nuclear deterrent, nuclear security, and naval reactors.

The budget will allow NNSA to deliver the safe, secure, reliable, and effective nuclear deterrent the nation requires and continue NNSA’s progress in modernizing key production capabilities. It will advance nonproliferation and nuclear security efforts as well as the naval nuclear reactor mission. The budget

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Huang: Questions To Ask On China’s Tree-Planting Day

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On this 2023 Tree-Planting Day, a video circulating around China shows four giant pandas sitting down and having their ‘Summit Peace Talks’ while sharing apple chips in their hometown Sichuan. Courtesy/Zhen Huang

By ZHEN HUANG
Los Alamos

Today, March 12th marks China’s National Tree-Planting Day.

US Agriculturist Sterling Morton created the first Tree-Planting Day in 1872. It was created in order to inspire our passions for planting and protecting trees, and to protect and improve the natural environment on which we depend.

China’s Tree-Planting Day was initially proposed by our founding Read More

Los Alamos Firefighters Mark International Women’s Day

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In celebration of International Women’s Day (IWD), the following Los Alamos County firefighters gathered for a photo at Station 6 near the airport from left, Wendy Servey, Deputy Fire Chief (serving 17 years with LAFD); Jennifer Edmunds, Firefighter II/EMT-B (serving almost 1 year with LAFD); Joy Lopez, Firefighter II/EMT-I (retired, over 20 years with LAFD); Charlie Merow, Firefighter II/EMT-B (serving over 1 year with LAFD) and not pictured – Kelly Grace-Meyer, Captain/Paramedic (retired after 20 years with LAFD). IWD is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and Read More

Heinrich, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Bill To Tackle National Security Threats From Foreign Technology

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U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, co-led the introduction of the Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology (RESTRICT) Act.

The legislation that will comprehensively address the ongoing threat posed by technology from foreign adversaries by better empowering the U.S. Department of Commerce to review, prevent, and mitigate information communications and technology transactions that pose undue risk to national security. The legislation Read More

Celebrating International Women’s Day Around The World

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By CAROLYN CARTER
Global President
International Women’s Forum

March 8 is celebrated as International Women’s Day in over 25 countries around the world – and presents an internationally recognized opportunity to applaud the achievements of women as individuals, recognize our contributions to the world and raise awareness of glass ceilings still to be shattered.

International Women’s Day (IWD) started in the early 1900s as a call to action to acknowledge women’s value and champion equality, and was first marked by the United Nations in 1975, just one year after the Women’s Forum was founded. Read More

Huang: ‘As Long As It Takes’ – How Long Is Long?

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A young Ukrainian girl’s biggest wish: ‘To end the war now’. Courtesy/Zhen Huang

By Zhen Huang
Los Alamos

During the unannounced visit to Kyvi, President Biden repeated what he said at a joint news conference in the White House with the Ukraine’s President Zelensky Dec. 21, 2022:

“The American people are with you every step of the way, and we will stay with you. We will stay with you for as long as it takes.”

“As long as it takes”?

It’s been one year since the decade-long military conflicts in eastern Ukraine escalated to a full scale war. The Ukraine people have endured a year of escalating violence, Read More