Carol A. Clark

Voters Will Decide Questions in November

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Council voted 5-2 tonight to let voters decide several questions, which if approved, would amend certain sections of the Los Alamos County Charter. From left, Council Vice Chair Ron Selvage, Chair Sharon Stover and Councilor David Izraelevitz. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Former Charter Review Committee members from left, Kyle Wheeler and Chris Chandler, along with Chandler’s husband George Chandler, a local attorney, listen to Council as it decides to let the voters decide. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More

Council Ponders Taking Questions to the Voters

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Los Alamos County Contract Attorney Chay Rennick, left, and former Charter Review Committee Vice Chair Larry Warner brief Councilors on a proposed election resolution setting forth four questions to be submitted at the Nov. 6, 2012 General Election to the voters, which questions would amend certain sections of the Los Alamos County Charter. The Charter Review Committee recommends that Council approve the motion as presented. Earlier this year, the Council approved ordinances 598 through 618, which were a result of the work of the Charter Review Committee. These 21 ordinances propose to Read More

Vehicle Accident Closes Truck Route

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Courtesy photo

A County trash truck was sideswiped this afternoon while heading down the truck route by a car going uphill. The driver of the car left his lane and collided with the trash truck.

Los Alamos Firefighters used the jaws of life to remove the driver from his car. LAFD is transporting him to Los Alamos Medical Center with unknown injuries.

The gas tank on the trash truck punctured and leaked some fuel onto the ground where the accident occurred.

Hazmat is removing the fuel spill and the vehicles are in the process of being towed from the area.

Officials expect that by 3:30-4 p.m. the truck Read More

Henderson Launches County Council Campaign

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Coming off her top win in the June 5 Primary Election, Democratic County Council Candidate Kristin Henderson kicked off her General Election campaign with an outdoor barbecue event at Urban Park June 16. Photo by George Chandler

Photo by George Chandler

County Councilor David Izraelevitz shares a moment of humor with local attorney Chris Chandler during the Kristin Henderson campaign event. Photo by George Chandler

County Council Candidate Kristin Henderson speaks with supporters during her campaign kick off June 16 at Urban Park. Photo by George Chandler

Supporters chat during Kristin Read More

Hall Prefers Civility of New Mexico Politics

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District 43 Report
By State Representative Jim Hall

This is the fourth report in the series on State House District 43. The district is large, diverse, and filled with active people and events. This report is necessarily brief and only covers a few events. 

First, there is now more background information on the Las Conchas Fire, the science, and proposed policy and technical responses. 

As I mentioned in my special report, one of the major events was the EPSCoR sponsored meeting on “Fire and Water: The Las Conchas Fire.”

The final meeting report is at: (https:////nmfirst.org/_literature_139628/Town_Hall_on_New_Mexico_Fire_and_Water_Final_Report Read More

Luján Named Ranking Member of Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs

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Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico’s Third District announced today that he has been named Ranking Member of the House Natural Resource Committee’s Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.

Luján, who is serving in his second term, will replace Rep. Dan Boren of Oklahoma as Ranking Member.

“It is an honor to be named to this important position that is critical for the many states that are home to native communities,” Luján said. “As Ranking Member, I look forward to building on my efforts to strengthen an effective government-to-government relationship that respects Read More

Journey Through Indian Country Part 4: Teamwork Makes a Difficult Job Easier

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The uninitiated can get lost very quickly on the reservation. “When the sun goes down,” said a Navajo criminal investigator, “in some places on the reservation you can’t see your hand in front of your face.” Courtesy/FBI

FBI Series Part 4:

Louis St. Germaine, a long-time criminal investigator for the Navajo Nation, has worked closely with FBI agents over the years and recalls the surprise many of them express when first coming to Indian Country.

“Sometimes agents expect to see street numbers and paved roads,” said St. Germaine, who was born and raised on the reservation. “Out here, you make one Read More

Food on the Hill: Strawberry Delight

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“Food on the Hill” by Sue York
 
 
This week’s recipe…
 
 
Strawberry Delight
 
***** Make sure to mix up the Jello layer first (needs time to set up a bit.) Use a 9 x 13 pan
 
Ingredients:
CRUST:
  • 2 cups crushed small stick (sticks only) pretzels (about 6 oz). I find it best to crush them in the bag they come in. Take what you don’t need out and put them in a different bag.
  • 3/4 cup melted butter
  • 3 Tablespoons sugar

FILLING:
  • 1- 8oz cream cheese, room temperature
  • 1- 8 oz cool whip
  • 1 cup sugar
TOPPING:
  • 1 large strawberry Jello
  • 3 cups boiling water
  • 1- 16 oz
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Drumheads Tuned to Make Quantum Dots

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NIST researchers showed that straining graphene membrane creates pseudomagnetic fields that confines the graphene’s electrons and creates quantized quantum dot-like energy levels. The background is a false color image of the graphene drumheads made from a single layer of graphene over 1 micron-sized pits etched in a silicon dioxide substrate.Credit: N. Klimov and T. Li, NIST/UMD

NIST News:

Tightening or relaxing the tension on a drumhead will change the way the drum sounds.

The same goes for drumheads made from graphene, only instead of changing the sound, stretching graphene Read More

Friendship: An Evolutionary Puzzle

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SFI News:

Dan Hruschka will present his talk: Friendship: An Evolutionary Puzzle at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday June 27 in the James A. Little Theater in Santa Fe.

Hruschka is a Santa Fe Institute Omidyar Fellow alumnus, is an assistant professor of anthropology at Arizona State University and author of Friendship: Development, Ecology, and Evolution of a Relationship

Abstract: Friends sacrifice for one another with little concern for past behavior or consequences.

Such unconditional helping provides an important buffer against hardship. But it also poses an evolutionary puzzle.

How have people Read More