Carol A. Clark

Letter to the Editor: Caveat Civis LosAlamosum

By GEORGE CHANDLER
Los Alamos

Regarding the letter from Gibson et al:

Q.E.D.!!

Take note of the cognitive dissonance that runs through all the arguments against the charter changes. In a rhetorical sleight of hand, Gibson et al appear to deny my point that they are firmly and wrongly convinced that the council inappropriately intends to seize the utilities revenues. 

In the next paragraph they promise to produce proof that councils everywhere lust after and if given the opportunity will seize the utilities revenues. And only the unaccountable and unelected Utilities Board and the ambiguities Read More

Applicants Sought For Sec Sandoval Chalk Walk

Courtesy photo

LAAC News:

The Los Alamos Arts Council is hosting the 5th annual Sec Sandoval Chalk Walk Saturday, Sept. 13, a festival and celebration of chalk drawing, the artistic process and, of course, all the local, creative, talented individuals who make Los Alamos an unusual and quietly exotic place to call home.

 

Join us for a celebration of art and community on the sidewalks near Ashley Pond in collaboration with The Los Alamos ScienceFest. Special prizes will be awarded to an entrant in each category selected by the judges. This is definitely an event for all ages, and aspiring

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New Child Psychiatrist in Los Alamos Presents Talk at JJAB Sept. 17

JJAB News:
 
The Juvenile Justice Advisory Board’s next meeting is 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 17 in Building #1, Camino Entrada Road, Pajarito Cliffs Site. 
 
Dr. Brian Haigh, the new child psychiatrist in Los Alamos, will give a presentation about reasons to refer to a child psychiatrist. 
 
The public is welcome to attend.
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Broken by Secrets: Robert Oppenheimer and the Early Atomic Age

Gen. Leslie Groves speaks at a ceremony honoring Robert Oppenheimer, far left, in Los Alamos in 1945. Courtesy/Palace of the Governors Archives

NMHM News:

  • A Free First Friday Evening Talk

SANTA FE—Less than a decade after he helped craft the weapons that helped bring an end to World War II, Robert Oppenheimer was stripped of his top security clearance.

In a public display played out in the nation’s newspapers, he was removed as even an advisor to the Atomic Energy Commission. Learn more about “Oppie’s” fall from grace when Dr. Jon Hunner, interim director of the New Mexico History Museum, speaks Read More

More Than 50 Players Gather For Mad About Science Trivia Night

A big crowd gathered Monday to play Mad About Science Trivia at the Pajarito Brewpub. The event was part of ScienceCafe. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
A team puzzles over a Science Trivia question. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Game Master William Tucker reads a question. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
A team works out their answer to a trivia question. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
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Letter to the Editor: Schools Please Take Precautions to Avoid Spread of Enterovirus 68

By Liviu Popa-Simil, PhD.
A concerned parent

In a talk with my sons with respect to the Human Enterovirus 68 (a respiratory virus infecting and hospitalizing children across 10 states including nearby Colorado), about staying away from crowded places, I have identified some very sensitive points in schools where kids are forced to crawl like “chickens in a non-ecological chicken farm” (animal protection groups call that animal cruelty).

These are the locker spaces where all students come at once during almost every break, crawling one over another, spreading spit and vapors

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Financing the Entrepreneurial Enterprise Course in Crowd-Financing Begins Sept. 19

BUSINESS News:

Local entrepreneurs are invited to take a course on launching a startup and getting it funded at the Los Alamos Commerce and Development Corporation (in the Small Business Center, behind the Post Office).

Nicholas Seet, the founder of the Los Alamos Venture Accelerator (LAVA), will teach Financing the Entrepreneurial Enterprise noon to 4 p.m., each Friday beginning Sept. 19.

The class will be hands-on, project-based and cover entrepreneurship theory and best practices, building a team, identifying resources, and raising funds.

Seet is an expert at financing startups: Read More

Letter to the Editor: Heat, But No Light, in Chandler’s Letter

By Robert Gibson, Ken Milder, Lawry Mann, John Arrowsmith, Chris Ortega and Felicia Orth
Citizens to Preserve Sound Utilities

The letter from George Chandler of Sept. 6 has prompted requests for further information regarding Charter Question 2 on the November ballot to the group of us organized in opposition. We have prepared several letters to share for informational purposes, and will participate in the Forum on this issue Oct. 7.

For now, we will note that there are a number of erroneous statements in the letter, and that each of the errors will be addressed in upcoming letters. 

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DEA Releases New Rules Creating Convenient, Safe, Secure Prescription Drug Disposal Options

DEA News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U. S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA’s) Final Rule for the Disposal of Controlled Substances, which implements the Secure and Responsible Drug Disposal Act of 2010, was made available online Monday for preview by the Federal Register at https://s3.amazonaws.com/public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2014-20926.pdf

The Act, in an effort to curtail the prescription drug abuse epidemic, authorized DEA to develop and implement regulations that outline methods to transfer unused or unwanted pharmaceutical controlled substances Read More