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When Congress established the Valles Caldera National Preserve in 2000 as an independent government agency, it probably didn’t mean that their creation would be financially unaccountable during its first nine years.

But one thing led to another and nine years later the governing board of trustees has finally completed audits for a period of three of those years, from 2004-2007.

Romance can appear in many different forms. There’s the romance of getting a second chance to play a particular piece of music, the sentiment felt for a composer’s last work and the endearment of performing with a friend.

All these forms of romance will be present during the upcoming Los Alamos Arts Council’s Brown Bag show. The music begins at 12:30 p.m. June 3 at Fuller Lodge and will feature violinist Kay Newnam of Los Alamos and pianist Sergio Rodriguez of Santa  Fe.

John Ehrenfeld’s experience as a professor of engineering, product design and philosophy at MIT ensure that his book, “Sustainability by Design,” is the most impeccable, rigorous, scientifically and philosophically based contribution toward comprehending and possibly achieving sustainability on this planet that I have ever encountered.

In the early chapters he educates his readers about the easily recognizable global material and energy imbalances that currently prevent this from happening.

By Betsy Gillette, director of market research and planning, Technology Ventures Corporation

Intelligence gathering isn’t just for international spies and private detectives. It’s also a way to identify one’s business rivals and compile information about them in order to gain a competitive advantage.