tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post7684237132326244850..comments2023-08-27T06:53:36.768-06:00Comments on LANL: The Rest of the Story: European VacationFrank Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02134775226991383924noreply@blogger.comBlogger96125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-68260297618659204742008-07-27T13:58:00.000-06:002008-07-27T13:58:00.000-06:00Agreed- top tier, just like CLES.Agreed- top tier, just like CLES.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-33447818423170933212008-07-26T18:06:00.000-06:002008-07-26T18:06:00.000-06:00Hi Pinky, this thread still seems to have a lot of...Hi Pinky, this thread still seems to have a lot of life in it - any way you can "revive" it and bring it up front again?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-78336688769567633062008-07-24T19:42:00.000-06:002008-07-24T19:42:00.000-06:00Lazy = brings in no funding, milks off of the doll...Lazy = brings in no funding, milks off of the dollars of others, doesn't publish, complains about being tasked with any "real" work, refuses to work on programmatic activities, works 9-5 (if you are lucky), and gets defensive if you even question their hours. As for names, that would just bring bad focus on my AD Neu and she has had enough blog publicity lately.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-84755866422135133172008-07-23T21:55:00.000-06:002008-07-23T21:55:00.000-06:00to 8:02 pmCan you actually name some of the lazy P...to 8:02 pm<BR/>Can you actually name some of the lazy PDs that got converted to TSM since LANS took over? And what makes you say they are lazy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-86760230588269979442008-07-23T20:02:00.000-06:002008-07-23T20:02:00.000-06:00To 7:13 PM ... and lazy PDs in C-Div get converted...To 7:13 PM ... and lazy PDs in C-Div get converted to lazy TSMs ... it is a sad pattern I have witnessed since it was announced that LANS was taking over LANL.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-29484357123766920732008-07-22T19:13:00.000-06:002008-07-22T19:13:00.000-06:00Actually 7:25 PM, Baker is leaving because he is t...Actually 7:25 PM, Baker is leaving because he is tired of the slacker PDs that come in at 9 and leave by 5 and think they are doing him a favor. He has said on numerous occasions the blatant-in-your-face poor attitude of the PDs at LANL would not be tolerated anywhere else. Here they learn that they can scream "abuse, help!" and people come-a-ruunin. ANywhere else the PI would be like, fine, you are fired.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-18540441556957108442008-07-19T10:40:00.000-06:002008-07-19T10:40:00.000-06:00... and Dave Clark... and Dave ClarkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-90967530113336606022008-07-18T19:54:00.000-06:002008-07-18T19:54:00.000-06:007:24 PM, you can add John Kazuba to the list ...7:24 PM, you can add John Kazuba to the list ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-45968248306248645102008-07-18T07:13:00.000-06:002008-07-18T07:13:00.000-06:00Al has tried to clean house, but Argonne Chemistry...Al has tried to clean house, but Argonne Chemistry makes LANL's infrastructure look modern and luxurious by comparison. The grass is not always greener.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-68832697255561697292008-07-17T21:03:00.000-06:002008-07-17T21:03:00.000-06:0012:43 PM - nobody will ask the questions. Neu is a...12:43 PM - nobody will ask the questions. Neu is a vindictive, calculating, back-stabbing uhh person who makes certain that anyone who questions her goes down. That is why she hires men who are spineless wimps to serve under her (e.g. like Thorn, Petersen, Gordon, etc.)...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-32321975463771817232008-07-17T19:24:00.000-06:002008-07-17T19:24:00.000-06:00Baker, JG, now Burns. Tell me this is not true. C...Baker, JG, now Burns. Tell me this is not true. Come on Toto lets find that yellow brick road. Or perhaps Al is just cleaning house. Tee hee.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-48697639118408156842008-07-17T12:43:00.000-06:002008-07-17T12:43:00.000-06:00There are some really good questions here for the ...There are some really good questions here for the next All-Hands' Meeting.<BR/><BR/>Who will ask them?<BR/>There must be some person who is about to retire and has no intention to return as an affiliate!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-45167314571024141992008-07-17T07:19:00.000-06:002008-07-17T07:19:00.000-06:00Actually to be completely realistic, the foundatio...Actually to be completely realistic, the foundation of the TR portfolio in C-NR in particular was built way back under group leaders Glenn Bentley (radiochemistry and debris analysis) and Inez Triay (clean chemistry and mass spec). <BR/><BR/>But I concur that Burns has been its modern champion and knows and interacts with the pertinent sponsors in ways that Neu never has, and never will (unless it's to tell them about her idiotic organometallic chemistry project).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-17131856550393315332008-07-16T20:16:00.000-06:002008-07-16T20:16:00.000-06:00Where is Carol going?Where is Carol going?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-889312428085152052008-07-16T19:16:00.000-06:002008-07-16T19:16:00.000-06:00I heard today that Carol Burns is leaving ADCLES b...I heard today that Carol Burns is leaving ADCLES because of Mary Neu and her vindictive and retaliation behavior. Will anyone do anything about this? Likely not, but let's make it very clear that it has been Carol Burns who has built the TR portfolio in ADCLES and NOT Neu.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-27574012880758146602008-07-15T10:18:00.000-06:002008-07-15T10:18:00.000-06:00One AD, 80 comments, no answers to the big quetion...One AD, 80 comments, no answers to the big quetion asked repeatedly ... how many "Bectels" do you that that garners?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-15680403060196777432008-07-14T20:43:00.000-06:002008-07-14T20:43:00.000-06:007:45 PM - going to Brown University ...7:45 PM - going to Brown University ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-71478598642335012272008-07-14T19:45:00.000-06:002008-07-14T19:45:00.000-06:00Could you elaborate on John Gordon leaving?Could you elaborate on John Gordon leaving?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-52171050935455226602008-07-14T19:25:00.000-06:002008-07-14T19:25:00.000-06:002:43 PM, the lack of answers to this question shou...2:43 PM, the lack of answers to this question should be quite telling. We have an AD in charge of 3 important organizations at LANL. Her inexperience is causing people like TOm Baker, John Gordon, and others to leavev(or just retire) and she is killing science in Chemistry, Biology, and Environmental Divisions for her own self-gain. We should thank MIke and TErry for this gift.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-51306304710551223262008-07-14T14:43:00.000-06:002008-07-14T14:43:00.000-06:00Neu could have three Nobel prizes and that still d...Neu could have three Nobel prizes and that still doesn't answer the question: How did she get to be an AD with no management experience to speak of?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-80199055624667133812008-07-14T08:43:00.000-06:002008-07-14T08:43:00.000-06:00"Too bad she has been paying for this work by skim..."Too bad she has been paying for this work by skimming illegally from programs such as medical radioisotope production and from Chemistry Division overhead." - 7/14/08 7:21 AM<BR/><BR/>Wait just a minute, LANS has implemented a strict project code crack-down. They've been informing staff that using project codes for work outside the bounds of those codes can be used as grounds for being sacked. <BR/><BR/>Oh, silly me, I forgot. These strict LANS project code usage rules don't apply to those at the top.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-79868103004650306222008-07-14T08:31:00.000-06:002008-07-14T08:31:00.000-06:0012:02, that's exactly the point. Neu is so intelle...12:02, that's exactly the point. Neu is so intellectually bankrupt as a scientist that all she knows how to do is scrape up Dave Clark's leftovers and repackage them as her own. Carbonates? Sure, Neu comes up with a new Np compound a decade after her postdoc with Dave Clark and now she "owns" the field singlehandedly. (Witness her self-serving carbonate talk in NOLA). <BR/><BR/>Same thing for organometallics. Clark and Sattelberger published the synthesis of Pu tris-amides in the 1990's. Neu has her unfunded-mandate LTFN lackey remake the compound and get the crystal structure. Ooooh! What a breakthrough! And conveniently in the initial web publication, she conveniently "forgot" to cite Clark's original synthesis paper. <BR/><BR/>But, like the Communist Party, Neu controls the internal press and gets to tell the story her way. <BR/><BR/>Neu apparently counts on people forgetting about - or being too stupid to look up - the work that precedes hers. She is a wannabe with no real ideas of her own. (It's notable that her only JACS-worthy publications were coauthored by Clark). Her only remaining claim to fame is the bacterial reduction of Pu in the environment, and her work in that field has been severely criticized by her peers. <BR/><BR/>In short, she is a legend in her own mind. <BR/><BR/>And Mike's too, I guess.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-40097500731196189942008-07-14T08:07:00.000-06:002008-07-14T08:07:00.000-06:00People - check out the LANL homepage today adverti...People - check out the LANL homepage today advertiing a talk about Plutonium by none other than Dave Clark. Yeah, ADCLES is such a respected expert in the field (ie revitalized it) that she can't even get an invite to give a talk from her own institution! Perhaps she can bully the organizers and talk about her poster!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-55432553995030505722008-07-14T07:21:00.000-06:002008-07-14T07:21:00.000-06:00Me too - ROTFL at the "singlehandedly revitalizing...Me too - ROTFL at the "singlehandedly revitalizing" comment. Yes, Mary has garnered much publicity for this work in the pages of the PADSTE highlights and her own web ADCLES site. <BR/><BR/>Too bad she has been paying for this work by skimming illegally from programs such as medical radioisotope production and from Chemistry Division overhead.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-53064150444343878892008-07-14T06:12:00.000-06:002008-07-14T06:12:00.000-06:00Sounds like our ADCLES has delusions of grandeur ....Sounds like our ADCLES has delusions of grandeur ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com