Chris Clark

Review: So What About Jurassic World?

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Review of Jurassic World by Thomas Holtz
Submitted by Ralph E. Chapman, Los Alamos
 
OK Los Alamosians,
 
As I have yet to see Jurassic World because of other commitments (soon, I hope) and there is lots of stuff (and crap) circulating around the web, I have assembled the review of a good friend of mine – Dr. Tom Holtz, a.k.a. King of the Dinosaur Geeks – from his Facebook posts and submit them here for you to read. He gave me permission to send them to the LADP.
 
These days it is almost impossible to keep half up with dinosaur stuff unless you do it full time and
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Los Alamos School Of Gymnastics Summer Campers Take Trip To Horse Stables

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Thursday’s field trip for the Los Alamos School of Gymnastics Summer Sports Camp was to the stables on North Mesa. Twenty three day camp participants took pony rides on Lola, guided by Camp Counselor and horse owner Amy Casson. Casson, a 2014 graduate of UCSD grew up participating in the Los Alamos School of Gymnastics Summer Sport Camp yearly. Courtesy photo
 
A Los Alamos School of Gymnastics Summer Sports camper rides Lola guided by Camp Counselor Amy Casson. Courtesy photo

 

 
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YMCA Summer Camp Kick-Off

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Flags and symbols for various European countries created by YMCA campers. Courtesy photo
 
Campers and staff learn the Hamster dance. Courtesy photo
 
YMCA News:
 
The Family YMCA’s Summer Camp kicked off its first full week of this year’s Around the World themed camp. 
 
Each week, the campers and staff will be “traveling” to a different part of the world, learning about various cultures, languages, traditions and more. This week, the campers went to Europe, stopping in places like Greece, France, and Italy. 
 
Indulging
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Monsoon Awareness Week In New Mexico June 14-19

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NOAA News:
 
SANTA FE ― Gov. Susana Martinez proclaims June 14-19, as “Monsoon Awareness Week” in New Mexico.
 
The National Weather Service (NWS) and New Mexico Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (NMDHSEM) marking Monsoon Awareness Week in New Mexico with a series of informational projects to promote awareness.
 
New Mexico joins the annual campaign to promote awareness of the life-threatening weather hazards that affect New Mexico during the summer monsoon.
 
The keys to avoiding
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Immediate Openings On Youth Conservation Crew

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YCC crew members visiting a grow tunnel. Courtesy photo
 
YCC News:
 
The Y has immediate openings for three crew leaders positions for seasonal employment working outdoors landscaping and building a community education garden infrastructure in the Y’s Youth Conservation Crew program.
 
Farming/gardening, building, landscaping experience, as well as supervisory and leadership skills are desired. Must be ages 18-25.
 
Applications are available HERE. Applicants must be New Mexico residents not currently employed. Wage is $12.25/hour. Applications also
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Los Alamos County Library System Checkout History

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LIBRARY News:
 
Welcome to the second in a series of stories outlining tips and tricks for using the new Library catalog, Checkout history.
 
Checkout history is a feature that allows you to save a list of everything that you check out from the library. The system will start saving this list AFTER you set this up. Anything that you checked out before you started saving your history will NOT be on the list.
 
To set up your checkout history:
  • Log in to your account and click on the My Account link.
  • Under the Personal Information tab choose Preferences
  • Check the boxes
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GOP Meeting At UNM-LA June 18

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GOP News:
 
The Republican Party of Los Alamos County will hold its regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 18 at UNM-LA, Bldg 2, Lecture Hall, Room 230. 
 
Guest speaker will be Rick Lopez who has been actively involved in New Mexico on behalf of the Republican Party for many years. He recently presented valuable insight and suggestions at the State training for County Chairs.
 
As we head into the upcoming election season, his perspective will be extremely helpful to the Republican Party of Los Alamos. A business meeting will follow his message.
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SFI: ‘The History And Future Of The Lab …’ June 18

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Ed Shanken, University of Washington
 
SFI News:
 
The Santa Fe Institute (SFI) Seminar presents “The History and Future of the Lab: Collaborative Research at the Intersections of Art, Science, and Technology” at 12:15 p.m., Thursday June 18, at Collins Conference Room.
 
Abstract: Creative teams comprised of diverse disciplines (i.e. art and science) ar more likely to achieve breakthrough innovations and also more likely to achieve significant outcomes than teams comprised of more closely allied fields. Art-science collaborations might be likened to
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IRS, Industry, States Take New Steps Together To Fight Identity Theft, Protect Taxpayers

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IRS News:
 
PHOENIX ― The Internal Revenue Service joined with representatives of tax preparation and software firms, payroll and tax financial product processors and state tax administrators to announce a sweeping new collaborative effort to combat identity theft refund fraud and protect the nation’s taxpayers.
 
The agreement—reached after the project was originally announced March 19—includes identifying new steps to validate taxpayer and tax return information at the time of filing. The effort will increase information sharing between
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