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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

June 8 at 11 p.m. / Police arrested Read More

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

World’s Fastest Supercomputer Passes 16 Petaflops!

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NNSA News:

An IBM technician loads CPUs into Sequoia, the world’s fastest supercomputer. Courtesy Courtesy LLNL.gov/IBM

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) announced this morning that a supercomputer called Sequoia at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) was ranked the world’s most powerful computing system.

Every six months, the biggest supercomputers have a giant race to see which can lay claim to being the world’s fastest high-performance computing cluster.

Clocking in at 16.32 sustained petaflops (quadrillion floating point Read More

Rotary Club Sponsors Sunday’s Deborah Beene Memorial Award-Winners Concert

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Jin Park, left, and Dalton Smith wait for the Deborah Beene Memorial Award-Winners Concert to begin Sunday afternoon at Fuller Lodge. The Rotary Club of Los Alamos hosted the annual concert. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com

David Li plays a piece by Samuel Barber. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com

Bryant Letellier plays Sontata in A Minor on his trombone. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com
Jin Park plays a piece by Maria Theresa Von Paradis. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com
Susan Hargreaves, a soprano, sings In dem Shatten. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com Read More

LALT Awards Scholarship; Elects Board

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Aidan Bradbury-Aranda has been accepted into the School of Cinematic Arts at the the University of Southern California. Courtesy photo

At the June 10 Annual Meeting of the Los Alamos Little Theatre, members elected the new Board of Directors and applauded the 2012 recipient of the LALT scholarship.

Los Alamos High School graduate Aidan Bradbury-Aranda received the $1,000 LALT scholarship, given for academic achievement and intent to pursue a career associated with the performing arts.

Bradbury-Aranda will attend the University of Southern California where he was accepted into the School Read More

Santa Fe Rodeo Parade Draws Spectators to Plaza

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The Santa Fe Rodeo Parade was held Saturday June 16. The Rodeo itself runs June 20-23. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com
2012 Santa Fe Rodeo Queen Alexandria Layne Tapia waves to the crowd during the Rodeo Parade. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com
A  princess of the Santa Fe Rodeo rides in the Rodeo Parade. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com
Santa Fe Rodeo mascot “El Toro Diablo” makes its way down the streets of Santa Fe during the Rodeo parade. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com
A rodeo clown entertains the crowd. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com Read More

Kiwanis Meets Tuesday at the Masonic Lodge

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KIWANIS CLUB OF LOS ALAMOS News:
 
 
The Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos meets each Tuesday, noon to 1 p.m., at the Masonic Lodge, on Sage, near the intersection of 15th Street and Canyon Road.
 
Tuesday June 19, speaker Melinda Fuller of Del Norte Credit Union will discuss the Quality New Mexico program and its recent award to Del Norte of a “Level 2 Recognition” for “Commitment to Performance Excellence.”
 
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