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Los Alamos Medical Center Earns Patient Safety Award

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LAMC Patient Safety Award. Courtesy photo
 
LAMS News:

Los Alamos Medical Center (LAMC) was recently recognized by the Hospital Engagement Network (HEN) Partnership for Patients campaign.

The HEN campaign project was designed to help identify solutions to reduce hospital acquired conditions and readmissions, and then provide those solutions to hospitals and other health care providers. LAMC received the award for meeting and improving all patient safety goals and core measures across the entire hospital system.

“We improved by 89 percent over the past three year period, moving Read More

Fusion Multisport Provides Ski/Snowboard Tuning

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The ski and snowboard tuning shop at Fusion Multisport, 106 Central Park Square. Courtesy photo

Spotlight On Fusion Multisport
Staff Report

Well the snow is finally falling. Could this be the year Los Alamos breaks out of its 3-year snow drought? Predictions say yes but regardless, there will be snow somewhere. 

This means it’s time to get those boards in shape. Fusion Multisport at 106 Central Park Square in the heart of Los Alamos provides ski and snowboard tuning. Fusion Multisport does all manner of base and edge work from a simple hot wax to base and edge replacements. Tuning is Read More

LAAC Creates Holiday Window Displays At CB FOX

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Window display created at CB FOX on Central Avenue in downtown Los Alamos by Jan Donelly. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
Window display created at CB FOX on Central Avenue by Jan Donelly. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
 
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos

The large plate glass windows at CB FOX Department Store triggered a vision for Los Alamos Arts Council Executive Director Marlane Hamilton.

Hamilton said she thought for years the windows would be perfect for a holiday display, similar to the ones featured at department stores in New York City. So when Jan Donelly joined Read More

LeAnne Parsons’ Unique Tool Measures Energy Level

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By MANDY MARKSTEINER

For some, the holidays can feel like an emotional roller coaster.

At times you’re bursting with generosity and positive energy. You look forward to connecting with loved ones, sharing good times and enjoying the season. But it can be easy to slip into negative thinking, depression, grief and loneliness. It’s almost as if your personality changes depending on your level of stress and energy.

It does.

Your energy level plays an enormous role in how you show up in the world. It can make the difference between people being motivated and inspired by you, or people avoiding you like Read More

Black Mesa Winery Wins Top Honors At Jefferson Cup Wine Competition – A First For New Mexico Wines

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BUSINESS News:

Black Mesa Winery in Velarde has received top honors at the 15th Jefferson Cup Invitational Wine Competition. This year is the first time a New Mexico Winery was invited to the competition.

Black Mesa’s winning wines were the 2012 Burd Vineyard Montepulciano, the 2011 New Mexico Cabernet Sauvignon, and the Cosecha Ultima, a late harvest dessert wine made with grapes from the Las Parras Vineyard in Abiquiu. The 2011 Cabernet Sauvignon and the Cosecha Ultima also were chosen for the competition’s highest award, the Jefferson Cup. Their fourth submission, the 2011 Coyote, received Read More

HD3 And Intel Hosting Discovery Day Feb. 25-26

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HD3 News:

High Desert Discovery District (HD3) – New Mexico’s first privately-led high technology start-up accelerator and Intel are partnering to host “Millennial Innovation: HD3 Discovery Day™ @ Intel” Feb. 25-26 at the Rio Rancho Intel Campus.

The two day event will focus on statewide innovation, commercialization and start-up opportunities arising from New Mexico’s millennial age population.

“Intel believes a culture of innovation is essential to keeping the U.S. on the leading edge of education and stimulating economic activity,” said Kirby Jefferson, vice president Technology Read More

New Faces At Los Alamos Co+op

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New Co+op Front End Manager Jose Peraita and Deli Manager Theresa Westfall. Courtesy photo

CO+OP News:

The Co+op hired two new senior managers this week including Front End Manager Jose Peraita and Deli Manager Theresa Westfall. They will start their new roles at the Co+op later this month.

Peraita currently works in the Co+op Deli and has fully embraced the spirit of co-ops in his interactions with customers and staff. He will take over as front end manager from Tim Morrison who was part of the original management team. Morrison is leaving the Co+op to start graduate school abroad.

Westfall has Read More

Yang: Artist-Entrepreneur Nexus

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Artist-Entrepreneur Nexus

By ELENA YANG
Los Alamos

The knowing-doing gap infects the majority of us, at least occasionally if not frequently. Sometimes, it’s a matter of exercising our will to push ourselves into action, but more often than not, the stumbling block transcends willpower.

Recently, I came across a short article in a small town, advising artists to treat their artwork as a business enterprise. Self-promotion, learning different 21st century tools to market the art, attending to tax issues, hiring an accountant or bookkeeper, and so on. How can you refute such good-intentioned Read More

Heinrich Introduces Bill To Establish Tech Transfer Maturation Program

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U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., a member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, introduced S. 2973, the National Laboratory Technology Maturation Act.

The bill would launch a new National Laboratory Technology Maturation Program (NLTMP) at the U.S. Department of Energy to facilitate successful commercialization of laboratory-developed technologies.

The new program would provide funding to each national laboratory to be used by small businesses with a licensed technology from a laboratory, such as Sandia National Laboratories Read More