Karen Wray Fine Art Gallery Closing Doors Oct. 1
ART News:
Karen Wray Fine Art Gallery at 1475 Central Ave. has announced it’s closing its doors Oct. 1.
Most of its artists will keep their work in the gallery until Sept. 20 and owner Karen Wray encourages community members to start their holiday shopping early this year.
The gallery is open noon to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
Wray intends to move to a studio space on East Gate Drive in Los Alamos. She plans to start oil painting classes again soon and also offer classes in other media.
Visit https:////www.karenwrayfineart.com/, for her class schedule or Read More
Show Me The Money: Learn From Proven Expert at UNM-LA
Entrepreneurial expert Nicholas Seet. Courtesy photo
By MANDY MARKSTEINER
- In 2005, Seet won the Rice University Business Plan Competition and received $1.1 million in cash and prizes
Nicholas Seet is an expert at navigating the small business funding process. When his first startup, Auditude, was funded for $1 million, he quickly left his job at Deloitte Consulting and dove into entrepreneurship.
In 2005, Seet won the Rice University Business Plan Competition and received $1.1 million in cash and prizes, over 100 other competitors. In 2011 he sold Auditude to Adobe for a low-nine-figure Read More
Mini-Sumo Robot Competition Changes Location to Ashley Pond
HIVE News:
The second Mini-Sumo Robot Tournament sponsored by The Hive has changed its location.
The competition will now take place at Ashley Pond as part of the Los Alamos County Fair. General contest rules are available at https:////www.robotroom.com/SumoRules.html. Robots may be purchased or built by the contestant. The Competition is open to all mini-sumos that meet the size and weight limits.
“We had seven entries in our first competition and hope to have even more for this second competition,” Hive Steward Dave Jones said.
View portions of the first competition, at https://ladailypost.comcontent/el-matador-wins-mini-sumo-robot-competition-see-video Read More
Yang: Sometimes It’s A Lot Easier To Know Why…
Sometimes It’s A Lot Easier To Know Why, But A Lot Harder To Know HowSaying management should build “trust” is like saying, “Buy low and sell high.” It’s a no-brainer…till you try to execute the principle.
Of course, we can always find some amongst the managerial ranks who’d say, “Trust, shmust … I don’t care how you do it, just get it done. I don’t have the luxury of building trust.” And indeed, building trust takes a long time, without guaranteed positive outcomes. Further, any managerial slip, let alone a colossal mishap, could instantly diminish the trust savings account. Read More
Gulfstream G550 Jets Land at Los Alamos Airport
These two Gulfstream G550 jets were spotted parked at Los Alamos County Airport most of the day Friday and taking off around 5:15 p.m. Both planes are registered to Chevron USA. Photo by Jeff Humpton
Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com
Photo by Jeff Humpton
Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com
Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com
Hive Holds Second Mini-Sumo Robot Competition
Victor Popa-Simil, left, with ‘Little Jimmy’ takes on Allan Saenz with ‘El Matador’ last month at the Hive’s first Mini-Sumo Robot Competition. Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com
HIVE News:
The Hive will hold its second Mini-Sumo Robot Competition Saturday, Aug. 10 at the Hive, 134 N.M. 4 in White Rock.
Contest rules are available at https:////www.robotroom.com/SumoRules.html. Robots may be purchased or built by the contestant. The Competition is open to all mini-sumos that meet the size and weight limits.
“We had seven entries in our first Read More
Reward Offered for Information on Truck Vandalism
James Chrobocinski of Zia Realty Group is offering a reward for information that leads to the arrest of the person or persons responsible for damaging his truck with graffiti while parked on Trinity Drive in Los Alamos. Contact Chrobocinski at james@ZiaRealtyGroup.com or the Los Alamos Police Department at 505-662-8222. Courtesy photo
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Economic Development on Brown Bag Agenda
HIVE News:
The Hive will hold its usual brown bag networking lunch starting at about 11:30 a.m. (late is never a problem) Thursday.
Here is a link to a column by Liviu Popa-Simil and Dave Jones published recently in the Los Alamos Daily Post on the subject of economic development in Los Alamos County. It contains some ideas that deviate from the talking points that we normally hear. At about noon, Popa-Simil will walk the group through the proposal and then the floor will be opened to discussion.
As always, the Hive also welcomes presentations on projects from anyone. Contact Jones at ferljones@yahoo.com Read More
Back-to-School Tax Free Holiday Aug. 2-4
STATE News:
ALBUQUERQUE– Gov. Susana Martinez urges New Mexicans to take advantage of the upcoming Back-To-School Tax Free Holiday this weekend.
Martinez says parents, teachers, and students can purchase school supplies, clothing, computers, and other back-to- school items, without paying gross receipts tax. The Ninth Annual Tax Free Holiday starts 12:01 a.m. Friday, Aug. 2 and ends midnight Sunday, Aug. 4.
“The beginning of the school year can be an expensive time for parents, teachers and students,” Martinez said. “In these challenging economic times, this weekend Read More
LANL Upgrades Powerwall Theater With Christie Visualization Projection System
The Powerwall is used by LANL scientists to view objects and processes in 3D. Courtesy photo
LANL News:
CYPRESS, Calif. – Los Alamos National Laboratory has selected visualization leader Christie® for an extensive upgrade to its Powerwall Theater (PWT), an innovative facility that enables researchers to view the complex models and simulations they have created using some of the world’s fastest supercomputers.
The new theater will feature a total of 40 Christie Mirage WU-L WUXGA DLP® 3D LED projectors in a 5 wide by 4 high node grid configuration with double-stacked projectors in each node Read More
