Carol A. Clark

‘Food on the Hill’: Caramel Banana Bread

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“Food on the Hill” by Sue York

This week’s recipe…

Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com

Caramel Banana Bread
 
4 cups bread flour
2 cups of walnut pieces
1 ½ cups sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
8 tablespoons butter- melted
3 eggs
2 teaspoons caramel extract (can find it in Santa Fe or Internet)
½ cup caramel ice cream syrup in glass jar– plus ¾ cup to drizzle over each piece of bread during plating 6 large bananas mashed but with little lumps still in them.
 
Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com
 
Prepare pans – cut pieces of parchment
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NNSA Production Office Open for Business

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NNSA Production Office Manager Steve Erhart, left, presents DOE Secretary Steven Chu with an overview last year of a B83 tooling system. Courtesy/NNSA
NNSA News:
  • New organization combines federal offices in Tennessee and Texas

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Production Office (NPO) is now in operation, providing federal oversight of nuclear production missions at the Pantex Site in Amarillo, Texas, and the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tenn.

“This is an historic move for NNSA that puts us in a position to improve performance, reduce

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Journey Through Indian Country Part 3: Murder on the Zuni Reservation

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Floyd Yuselew killed his friend in this house on the Zuni Reservation during a confrontation after a night of drinking in 2009. The victim’s body was found months later, still well-preserved by the winter freeze. Courtesy/FBI

FBI Series Part 3:

Special Agent John Fortunato walked behind the abandoned house on the Zuni Reservation in western New Mexico and pointed out where Floyd Yuselew dug a grave to bury the friend he had murdered with an ax to the head.

The two had been drinking, and investigators believe the murder was committed because Yuselew thought his buddy had been flirting with his girlfriend. Read More

Seeing the Color of Disease

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Microarrayer machines (A) now can mix colors and deposit them on microscope slides, which can be used to calibrate hyperspectral imagers (HSI) for use in medical applications. The finished slides can be custom-colored (B) to calibrate HSIs to find specific types of tumors or disease tissue. Close up, they resemble dot-matrix printwork (C). Credit: Clarke/NIST

NIST News:

A powerful color-based imaging technique is making the jump from remote sensing to the operating room—and a team of scientists* at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have taken steps to ensure it Read More

Obituary: Thomas Keane 1956 – June 14, 2012

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Thomas Keane, 55, passed away Thursday, June 14, 2012. Tom was born in Chicago, Ill and was a 1975 graduate of Los Alamos High School.

Tom is preceded in death by his mother, Rosemary Keane, father, James R. Keane and step-daughter, Cynthia J. Archuleta.
 
He is survived by his wife, Judy Keane (Navarrette), daughter, Kristy Ortega (Chris), son, James Keane (Sarah), daughter, Dusty Rose Keane, son, TJ Keane, and 2 step-son Simon Montoya and Jerome Montoya. 2 brothers, Jim Keane (Nadine) and Terrance Keane (Dee) and 3 sisters, Sandi Hosack (Keith), Patty Remelius, and Jackie Kolakowski
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Eco-Tourism Bonanza: Make LA America’s Zip-line Capital

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Multiple zip-line example. Courtesy photo

By William T. Sellers

As a recent Los Alamos resident returning to New Mexico after 17 years, the lab was a major business client of mine during the 1980s and 1990s.

Compared with those days, Los Alamos has come a long way.

Yet, from attending the latest capital improvement projects meeting I must confess: the end result was a bit of a disappointment.

I have long heard from local business and community interests, going back to my early days and then today, on the need for local investments that “create their own synergies.”

From my perspective, Los Alamos Read More

LANL to Host Robot Rodeo Tuesday

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Courtesy/LANL

  • Events test skills of hazardous devices team from around the Southwest

Hazardous devices teams from around the Southwest will wrangle their bomb squad robots at the sixth annual Robot Rodeo beginning Tuesday, June 19 at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL.)

The rodeo gets under way at 8 a.m. in Technical Area 49, a remote section of Laboratory property near the entrance to Bandelier National Monument.

Eight teams are scheduled to participate in the three-day competition.

“The Robot Rodeo gives bomb squad teams the opportunity to practice and hone their skills in a lively but Read More

Local Woman Vacations Hard…

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While vacationing in Hawaii 11 days ago, Heather Burke of Los Alamos smashed the top of her head into the Kailua Beach Park Bridge causing the skin around her eyes to blacken and resemble the face of a racoon. “I had stepped out of our kayak and let my daughter continue paddling as I walked along side when I collided with the bridge … we vacation hard,” Burke said laughing. She and her husband Brady Burke own Enterprise Computing Systems, LLC and Piñon PC Support. Her husband remained behind in Los Alamos due to work commitments and expressed shock when he saw his wife’s face Read More

Los Alamos Police Blotter: June 7 to June 13, 2012

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The following information is provided by the Los Alamos Police Department.

Neither arrests nor charges indicate a conviction, and neither means that a person is guilty of the charges filed against them.

June 7 at 7:30 a.m. / Police charged Cory Kershner, 23, of Los Alamos with criminal damage to property at 3301 Canyon Road and issued him a summons to appear in court. The estimated damage is less than $1,000.

June 7 at 12:08 p.m. / A 43-year-old Los Alamos woman reported damage to her property on Casa Grande Drive. The estimated loss is less than $1,000.

BRENNAN HAZEN

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Best Western Hilltop House Hotel Rebrands as Hilltop House Hotel and Conference Center

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A temporary banner replaces the “Best Western” sign at the hotel at 400 Trinity Drive at Central Avenue. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

The Best Western Hilltop House Hotel is changing its name to the Hilltop House Hotel and Conference Center.  

“We feel that this change better describes the full extent of what our property can do,” said owner Ron Selvage in a news release.

This new direction also supports the owners’ desire to have complete freedom to independently manage the investments and dedicate more investment in the hotel rather than Read More