Three entrepreneurs Will Win Portion of $1,500 at LAVA’s Elevator Pitch Contest Sept. 11
Image Courtesy/LAVA
BUSINESS News:
Three entrepreneurs who deliver the best 60-second speech at the Elevator Pitch Contest Thursday morning will share in $1,500 in total prize money.
SIVI Corporation and Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Feynman Center for Innovation (FCI) and Community Programs Office (CPO) are sponsoring the event and providing the prize money. The contest is hosted by LACDC’s Los Alamos Venture Accelerator (LAVA) and part of Los Alamos ScienceFest.
The Elevator Pitch Contest is 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Fuller Lodge and open to anyone with a business or even Read More
Registration for Dog Training Classes Begins Sept. 15
Kayleen Lederman and Owen work on jumping skills during the Introduction to Agility class for Kids. Courtesy/LADOC
LADOC News:
Registration for the next session of dog training classes offered by the Los Alamos Dog Obedience Club (LADOC) will begin Sept. 15.
Classes this session will include Puppy Kindergarten, Basic Manners and Introduction to Agility for Kids, paRENT Free Club for Kids, and Rally, Obedience and Agility Practice.
Classes will begin the week of Oct. 6. Class schedule, registration guidelines and registration forms will be available on the LADOC website (https:////ladoc.dogbits.com Read More
ACRR Pace Racers Take Ice Bucket Challenge
Runners Roxanna Candia, Bill Rice and Pillar Candia took the Ice Bucket Challenge Tuesday evening following the Atomic City Road Runners Pace Race at Burnt Mesa. The trio took the challenge to promote awareness of the disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and encourage donations for research. Courtesy photo Bill Rice Top Predictor in Weekly Pace Race
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Courtesy/ACRR- Tamara Jurado was 10 seconds off;
- Artemia Rojas recorded a 11 second differential;
- Katie Gattiker was 13 seconds off;
- Lauraine Maness and Nick Parra-Vasquez tied at 15 seconds; and
- Linda Vance had a 35 second difference.
Astronaut John Phillips Visits Bradbury Science Museum
Former shuttle astronaut John Phillips presented a talk at the Bradury Science Museum Saturday as part of Los Alamos ScienceFest festivities underway this week. Phillips’ talk was sponsored, along with RocketDayand the launch of 220 model rockets at Overlook Park, by Los Alamos National Laboratory and Boeing. Los Alamos ScienceFest runs through Sept. 5-13 and includes demonstrations, interactive activities, art, discussions for inquisitive minds of all ages and more. Photo by Mark Hartman
Former shuttle astronaut John Phillips presented a talk at the Bradury Science Museum Read More
Annual Jerry Bower Memorial 5K Race Sept. 20
Winners from the 2012 Jerry Bower Memorial 5K Race Nikol Strother and Chris Buntain. Courtesy photo Yang: Sometimes It Seems Easier To Donate ($ or goods) Than To Be Gracious
Sometimes It Seems Easier To Donate ($ or goods) Than To Be GraciousWhen I first ran across this article, “The Lesson of Grace in Teaching, I was moved by the story behind the title, but didn’t think it had direct bearing on business or management.
Then, I remembered my own principle: Everything is connected in system perspective. Indeed, “grace” is useful in teaching, and there are many principles in the teaching profession from which management can learn.
After Francis Edward Su’s award speech for teaching mathematics, he received so many requests for Read More
Beer Coop Sponsors Lyrics & Libations at Pond Saturday
I-25 Northbound Off-Ramp to St. Francis Closed Sept. 11
NMDOT News:
SANTA FE – The New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) is alerting motorists that the I-25 northbound off-ramp (Exit 282) to St. Francis Drive will be closed at 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 11 and re-open at 5 a.m., Sept. 12.
The contractor will be removing paint on the roadway due to vandalism that occurred last week. During this closure, motorists may use the Old Pecos Trail off-ramp (Exit 284) or the Cerrillos Road off-ramp (Exit 278).
Drivers are urged to proceed through the work zone with caution, observe traffic control signs and obey speed limits. Updates on this Read More
LAHS Choir Golf Tournament Fundraiser Seeks Sponsors
Participants Sought For Los Alamos High School Ballroom Dance Fundraiser
Los Alamos High School Ballroom Dance students. Courtesy photo
LAHS News:
Ever dreamed about learning how to dance? Never had time? Now it’s your chance!
As a part of fundraising efforts for the Los Alamos High School Dance Program, Ballroom Dance students and their teacher Natasha Barkhudarova will be offering four weekly sessions of Rumba Dance Classes for Beginners, starting Sept. 16.
Classes will be 7-8 p.m. Tuesdays, Sept. 16, 23, 30 and Oct. 7, at Los Alamos High School Topper Theater.
Everybody is welcome to join the class and no partner is required. Cost is $40 for adults; $20 for children,
Entreprenurial Teen Grand Challenge Participants Wow Judges
The Quality Mobile Small Engine Repair Team from Espanola took First Place in the Entreprenurial Teen Grand Challenge and received $400 to build their business. The event was held Monday at UNM-Los Alamos as part of Los Alamos ScienceFest 2014. Judges were impressed by the achievable goals outlined in their proposal. Seven teams from around northern New Mexico competed in the Challenge, presenting their business plan to a panel of six judges. Team members, from left, Alejandro Atencio, Joshua Lopez and lead mechanic Xena Martinez. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
SecondBull Snake Spotted Sunbathing on Canyon Rim Trail
This bull snake was spotted basking in the sun on the asphalt at about 10 a.m., Monday near the eastern trail head of the Canyon Rim Trail, across from the Los Alamos Co-op. Photo by Michelle StumpLetter 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
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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
New Child Psychiatrist in Los Alamos Presents Talk at JJAB Sept. 17
JJAB News: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.comLetter to the Editor: Schools Please Take Precautions to Avoid Spread of Enterovirus 68
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
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