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Los Alamos Medical Center’s Dr. Chris Hammond & Santa Fe Firefighter Rollin Tylerr Jones Care For Patients In Ukraine

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LAMC ER Doctor Chris Hammond, left, and Santa Fe Firefighter Rollin Tylerr Jones traveled in March to Ukraine to offer assistance through the non-governmental organization, Humanitarian Aid and Rescue Project. Photo by Stefan Wachs

Santa Fe Firefighter Rollin Tylerr Jones, far left, LAMC ER Doctor Chris Hammond, kneeling, treating a patient last month in Ukraine. Photo by Stefan Wachs

By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com

When a crisis occurs in the world, many people’s response is to watch the news, make donations or organize charity events. Locals Chris Hammond Read More

Los Alamos County Council Proclaims April 19, 2022 ‘Norma Jean Valdez Day’

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LAFD Senior Management Analyst Norma Jean Valdez accepts a proclamation today in Council Chambers declaring Tuesday, April 19, 2022, ‘Norma Jean Valdez Day’. From left, Deputy Fire Chief Steve Dawald, Councilor Keith Lepsch, Valdez and Fire Chief Troy Hughes who nominated Valdez for the prestigious CPSE Ray Picard Award. Screenshot/LADP

LAFD Senior Management Analyst Norma Jean Valdez receives a standing ovation from Council and County staff for bringing international recognition to Los Alamos and New Mexico. Screenshot/LADP

Staff Report

Los Alamos County Council today proclaimed Read More

Los Alamos Peace Glow Event Sends Inspirational Message To People Of Ukraine

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Los Alamos High School Rotary Interact Club President Yunseo Kim addressed the crowd of 300 community members with an inspirational speech during the Rotary Club of Los Alamos Peace Glow fundraiser for the people of Ukraine Saturday night at Overlook Park in White Rock. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

View from a drone of 300 community members gathered in the shape of a heart at the Rotary Club of Los Alamos fundraiser for the people of Ukraine Saturday night at Overlook in White Rock. Drone photo by Cpl. Sheldon Simpson/LAPD

Rotary Club of Los Alamos News: 

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Los Alamos Peace Glow Event Raises $4,101 For Ukraine!

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Some 300 members of the community joined the Rotary Club of Los Alamos and Interact Club at sunset this evening to form a Peace Glow heart and raise money for Ukrainian. The event raised $4,101 for the Disaster Relief fund to help aid the Ukrainian people. LAHS student and Interact Club Yunseo Kim, gave an inspirational speech to the crowd gathered at Overlook Park in White Rock. Read the full story and see more photos from the event in Sunday’s Los Alamos Daily Post. Drone Shot Courtesy/LAPD
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LAHS Interact & Rotary Clubs Host Peace Glow Saturday

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Rotary Club of Los Alamos and the Los Alamos High School Rotary Interact Club will host a Peace Glow this Saturday, April 16 to raise money for funding relief in Ukraine and its surrounding nations. Courtesy/LAHS

LAHS News:

The Rotary Club of Los Alamos and the Los Alamos High School Rotary Interact Club will be hosting a Peace Glow at 7 p.m. this Saturday, April 16 at Overlook Park in White Rock.

This event is taking place to raise money for funding relief in Ukraine and its surrounding nations.

The Peace Glow will take place on the Spirio soccer fields. Blue and yellow glow sticks may be purchased for Read More

LANL: Curiosity Rover ChemCam Engineering Team Awarded Explorers Club Citation Of Merit

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The ChemCam Engineering Team at Los Alamos National Laboratory, from left, Cindy Little, Margie Root, Tony Nelson, Nina Lanza, Amanda Sheridan and Roberta Beal. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

The Curiosity Rover ChemCam Engineering Team was awarded the Citation of Merit by the Explorers Club, a society that promotes exploration and scientific field study. The team was nominated for their hard work to recover the use of the ChemCam laser on Mars after the high-voltage power supply started behaving off-nominally in 2021.

The ChemCam Engineering Team members from Los Alamos are Roberta Beal, Nina Read More

Seventeen Museums Across World Release Joint Statement Condemning Russian War Crimes In Ukraine

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IHMEC News:

In response to the reports of mass graves and acts of brutality against Ukrainian citizens by Russian armed forces, 17 Holocaust Museums from four countries have raised their voices together to speak out.

In a joint statement, the organizations condemn these acts as war crimes and support the International Criminal Court as it investigates charges of genocide by the Russian military against the Ukrainian people.

This statement represents a global network of institutions which educate visitors about previous atrocities in Europe and beyond to work toward a future where “never Read More

AGU: Ancient Helium Leaking From Core Offers Clues Of Earth’s Formation

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The center of Lagoon Nebula, captured by the Hubble Telescope. Nebulae are the primary sources of helium-3, and the amount of He-3 leaking from the Earth’s core suggests the planet formed inside the solar nebula, according to a new study in the AGU journal Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. Courtesy/NASA, ESA

AGU News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Helium-3, a rare isotope of helium gas, is leaking out of Earth’s core, a new study reports. Because almost all helium-3 is from the Big Bang, the gas leak adds evidence that Earth formed inside a solar nebula, which has long been debated.

Helium-3 has been Read More

TUS: Reconstructing States Of Nonlinear Dynamical System

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The stock market behaves unpredictably and is an example of a nonlinear dynamical system. In this study, researchers from TUS and Saitama University developed a novel method to predict how such nonlinear systems change with time, yielding an important discovery for the field of data science. Courtesy/Katrina Tuliao

Tokyo University of Science News:

We often encounter nonlinear dynamical systems that behave unpredictably, such as the earth’s climate and the stock market. To analyze them, measurements taken over time are used to reconstruct the state of the system. However, this depends Read More

Valerie Plame And CIA Experts Present 3-Day Conference On Ukraine: A Hinge Moment In History?

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Conference News:

Valerie Plame and CIA experts present a 3-day conference May 1-3 in Tucson, Ariz., on Ukraine: A Hinge Moment in History?

World-class CIA experts will share their personal insights and analysis on Putin’s thinking, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and what’s next. Hear a deep dive into the Ukraine crisis, and also many other timely topics. 

Session Titles: 

  • Putin’s World View and what it Means for the West
  • Afghanistan: Doomed for Failure from the Start?
  • Delusion and Illusion in Moscow – CIA’s use of Disguises
  • The Homefront: Intel and Security Challenges
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