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NCRTD To Receive $3.6 million FTA Grant To Construct New Maintenance Facility

NCRTD News:

The North Central Regional Transit District will be the recipient of $3.6 million as part of a US Department of Transportation/Federal Transit Administration (FTA) grant “to modernize and improve America’s bus infrastructure” and construct a new 12,000 sq. ft maintenance facility at the District’s Espanola headquarters.

The facility will be constructed to service the District’s fleet of 65 vehicles and include a separate building to house vehicle washing bays.

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USDA Reopens Enrollment For Improved Dairy Safety Net Tool

USDA News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue is encouraging dairy producers to consider enrolling in the new and improved Margin Protection Program for Dairy (MPP-Dairy), which will provide better protections for dairy producers from shifting milk and feed prices.
 
With changes authorized under the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) has set the enrollment period to run April 9, 2018 to June 1, 2018.
 
“We recognize the financial hardships many of our nation’s dairy producers
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Spring Vendor Blender Underway Until 2 p.m. Today!

Shoppers are coming and going this morning at the Vendor Blender, which is underway until 2 p.m. today at Crossroads Church at 97 East Road. Spring products and gifts are available for purchase from 17 direct sales vendors including gifts for Mother’s Day, graduations, wedding showers and more. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More

Sen. Heinrich Tours Aerospace Company In Roswell

U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, second from left, tours Sceye, Inc. Wednesday in Roswell. Courtesy photo
 
U.S. SENATE News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C.  U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) Wednesday toured the development and assembly facility of Sceye, Inc., an aerospace company headquartered at the Roswell International Air Center.
 
Sceye, Inc. develops technologies to better the capabilities of drones and satellites and is currently working on a high-altitude airship that will harness solar energy and use advanced materials in all of its components. The company
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LAPS Foundation Partners With CB FOX To Offer Los Alamos High School Alumni T-Shirts

Hilltopper alumni t-shirts on sale now at CB FOX at 1735 Central Ave. CouresyLAPSF

LAPS FOUNDATION News:

The Los Alamos Public Schools Foundation and CB FOX Department Store have partnered to offer t-shirts to Los Alamos High School alumni.

There are two versions, which are on sale now in the men’s and women’s departments at the store at 1735 Central Ave., in downtown Los Alamos.

The high-quality shirts cost $29.98, and proceeds benefit all public schools in Los Alamos through the LAPS Foundation.

“The LAPS Foundation has offered alumni t-shirts in the past which were very popular,” LAPS Foundation Read More

State Democratic Platform Supports Methods That Could Triple Solar Jobs

DPNM News:
 
According to a study released by the University of New Mexico’s Bureau of Business and Economic Research, New Mexico has the capacity to triple solar energy jobs using many of the mechanisms included in the Democratic Party of New Mexico’s (DPNM) 2018 Platform.
 
The study specifically points to utilizing technology developed at the state’s national labs in entrepreneurial endeavors to provide quality jobs while diversifying New Mexico’s economy – principles supported by the DPNM Platform.
 
The New Mexico Democratic Party’s forward-looking platform
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Heinrich Highlights Economic Opportunity For Local Small Businesses And Labs In New Mexico

U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich
 
U.S. SENATE News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE  U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) convened a roundtable at the Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of Commerce to highlight opportunities for local small businesses to work with national labs in New Mexico.
 
The roundtable included Hispano Chamber President Ernie C’deBaca, Sandia National Labs Director Steve Younger, U.S. Small Business Association New Mexico District Director John Garcia, and the heads of Applied Technology Associates, Real Time Solutions, Ambitions Consulting
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ProcessQM Offers Nuclear Quality Assurance Training In Los Alamos May 7-9

Norman P. Moreau

BUSINESS News:

  • The NQA-1 workshop will take place in Los Alamos

ProcessQM LLC, a quality management company based in Northern New Mexico, announced it is hosting an “Understanding and Implementing ASME NQA-1” workshop this May in partnership with Theseus Professional Services.

Instructor Norman P. Moreau, PE, CSQE, CQA, ASME Fellow, will cover topics including regulatory requirements within the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the U.S. Department of Energy, evolution and structure of NQA-1, procurement of items and services, control of items and services, design

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World Futures: Education, Training, Learning And Knowledge: Part 5

By ANDY ANDEWS
Los Alamos World Futures Institute

In the previous columns of this series a bubble model was introduced with individual models bouncing around in a fluid of information and knowledge.

Bubbles can unite with other bubbles to form bigger bubbles such as families, companies, government entities, and other groups of bubbles and even countries. In so doing, the individual bubbles and amalgams must communicate with other bubbles, adapt and contribute.

The rules for interaction, which defines how the bubbles  all get along or not, defines the culture of a bubble, whatever its Read More

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