LLNL - The True Story -

By Ron Minnich The top machine on  top500.org  is now Chinese, 5 times faster than the nearest DOE machine. That's not set to change for at least two years:  http://nextbigfuture. com/2016/06/ibm-promises-200- petaflop-supercomputer.html ?, by which time 200 PF will probably be another also-ran. The Chinese system is also all non-US hardware. Somebody in the US Gov't thought an embargo might slow things down:  http://www.theregister. co.uk/2015/04/10/us_intel_ china_ban/ , b ut it had no effect; China built their own. The author of the article pointed out: " If the ERC honestly thinks that the ban will put a significant dent in China's supercomputing plans, it is either very foolish or dangerously misinformed."  Oops, that only took a year. I guess they were both foolish AND misinformed. The main effect of the embargo was to ensure Chinese independence of US hardware. Of course, the US is responding. We've got Meetings, Programs, Timelines, and Plans...

Students from Mexico at NM university pay deeply discounted tuition, and then go to work for LANL.  http://newscenter.nmsu.edu/Articles/view/11978/nmsu-s-descubre-program-to-offer-discounted-tuition-to-students-from-mexico

New York Times: Chinese Bank Spanks Workers http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/22/world/asia/chinese-bank-spanks-workers-and-the-internet-gives-it-a-flogging.html BEIJING — The training session started with a harsh public shaming. A performance coach took to the stage and asked eight employees at a Chinese bank to explain to a room of their peers why they had fallen short. “I didn’t cooperate well,” a woman said. “I wasn’t courageous enough,” another confessed. Then the session took a bizarre turn. The coach brandished a wooden stick and shouted, “Get your behinds ready!” He proceeded to slap the employees on their rears, going down the line four times. A woman recoiled in pain, and several workers gasped. ...

NIF may never ignite, DOE admits: http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/magazine/physicstoday/news/10.1063/PT.5.1076

http://www.abqjournal.com/793407/lab-managers-cited-after-worker-injured.html

Has LLNL announced 2016 cola adjustments for eligible TCP1 retirees?

UC retirees outside California get an HRA of $3,000 a year. LLNL retirees get only $2,450 a year. Note from moderator: what is HRA?

What is the current budget and estimated completion dates to address "Superfund" defined contamination at the LLNL Livermore main Site and LLNL Site 300 near Tracy?

http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/environment-department-lanl-cleanup-could-cost-b/article_be41efe6-40a5-53c4-af82-b101012c2418.html?utm_content=buffer7c192&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

http://www.abqjournal.com/785171/lockheed-martin-plans-to-bid.html

http://www.abqjournal.com/781564/feds-seeking-proposals-for-cleanup-at-lanl.html

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