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  • Tech parade

    Albuquerque – Los Alamos National Laboratory gets some special attention each year at Technology Ventures Corporation’s Equity Capital Symposium. The LANL Tech Showcase is the first event on the schedule, followed by the investor reception in the adjoining room and then the Wine and Food Flight Extravaganza, where buyers and sellers begin to bond.

    During this year’s showcase, LANL officials used the occasion to kick off a new tool in their tech transfer kit, the Los Alamos Venture Acceleration (LAVA) Initiative.

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  • Never too old: UNM-LA grads celebrate hard-earned degrees

    Pride and inspiration, plenty of humor and surely a little relief filled the UNM-Los Alamos Courtyard Friday for the 27th annual graduation convocation.

    Graduate Paul Howard, 43, certainly won the medal for perseverance – staying the course for 25 years to complete his bachelor’s degree.

    Vowing not to get emotional, Howard kept his word until he thanked his wife.

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  • Monitor reporter chosen as NM Press Women president

    ALBUQUERQUE—New Mexico Press Women (NMPW) elected Carol A. Clark to the position of state board president during its annual conference held recently at the Marriott Hotel in Albuquerque.

    Clark is the county editor and senior reporter for the Los Alamos Monitor, where she has worked for five years.

    She also produces and hosts “Behind the White Coat: Conversations with Los Alamos Scientists,” which is broadcast on PAC 8 and UCTV.

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  • LAPD seeking tagger in White Rock

    Police are closing in on “Fatso” — the tagger trashing White Rock. Fatso started defacing buildings and other structures throughout the community in recent weeks with a string of “Phatty Loco” and “Sur 13” graffiti.

    Det. Doug Johnson in an interview Thursday explained that this individual’s spray painting spree is responsible for hundreds of dollars worth of damage.

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  • Diamond Drive on council's map

    Los Alamos County Council will discuss the Diamond Drive Project Tuesday, which many say has inconvenienced motorists and retailers.

    Because of short notice, only a limited amount of information was available, but one item staff promised to prepare before the meeting was a chronology of traffic control actions at the intersection of Diamond Drive and Arkansas. Also, in the staff report was a note that some key staff members would not be able to attend because they were in training out of state.

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  • Airport Basin: 60-percent design phase approved

    The Airport Basin project now moves into the 60-percent phase following a nearly unanimous vote by county councilors during a special meeting Thursday in Council Chambers.

    Public Works Director Kyle Zimmerman walked council through the meeting.

    Zimmerman explained the changes and cost savings that have occurred since council approved the 30-percent design phase May 1, 2007. At that time, council approved the addition of Value Engineering Services to the scope of the project, which has facilitated the identification of efficiencies and savings potential.

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  • Retailers sound desperate plea

    Phase 2 of the Diamond Drive Project is having a devasting impact on local businesses, say shopkeepers whose stores are directly impacted by the construction.

    “We are concerned and we are scared,” said Jackie Beebe, who, together with husband Leonard, owns Hilltop Shopping Center at 3801 Arkansas Ave.

    Ana Fukui and husband K Fukui, owners of Sushi Café, located in Suite G of the shopping center, said business is definitely down.

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  • High risk meets high gain

    ALBUQUERQUE – Among the many high points of the 15th annual Technology Ventures Corporation’s (TVC) New Mexico Capital Equity Symposium was the keynote talk Thursday by Stuart Alsop.

    “Venture capitalism is about dreams done by people who are mostly insane,” he said. “Banks operate at about 2-4 percent profit; we’re expected to make ridiculous returns.”

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  • 3M buys IMTEC

    3M Corp. of St. Paul, Minn., announced Thursday it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire IMTEC Corp. IMTEC is the dental implant and computer tomography company with which the Los Alamos engineering company HYTEC recently merged.

    The 3M announcement said the acquisition would give the company access to two of the fastest growing segments in the dental industry. 3M is one of the largest dental suppliers.

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  • N.M. to issue new drivers’ licenses

    Things will go a little differently next time you go to obtain or renew a driver license.

    In an effort to improve security for New Mexico’s 1.7 million holders of driver’s licenses and state-issued IDs, the Motor Vehicle Division (MVD) is completely overhauling its system. Licenses now offer 12 security features where they used to have four. And every license in the state will be created in one, centralized location.

    While this means a few changes for customers, it also means a far smaller risk of identity theft.

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