Carol A. Clark

Luján Statement Opposes Short-Term Spending Bill

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U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján
 
CONGRESSIONAL News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) Thursday issued the following statement on the Republican short-term spending bill offered in the House:
 
“Republican leaders, who control both Houses of Congress and the Executive Branch, have needlessly wasted months instead of passing a bill to fund basic government services – everything from providing Social Security payments and veterans’ benefits to disaster assistance and defense spending.
 
Democrats have been working in a bipartisan way to reach an agreement
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Heinrich Votes Against Expanding Warrantless Government Surveillance

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Sen. Martin Heinrich
 
U.S. SENATE News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― Thursday, U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, issued the following statement after voting against renewing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Amendments Act (FISA) for six years:
 
“Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act was originally intended to collect the communications of foreign targets, which is without controversy. However, it has become disturbingly routine for the government to search through
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UNM-LA Honors Three Faculty Initiative Awardees

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Dean of Instruction Dr. Sharon Hurley, left, and CEO Dr. Cindy Rooney, right, honor the most recent recipients of the UNM-LA Faculty Initiative Award, Dr. Kristy Nadler, Dr. Dennis Davies-Wilson and Dr. Irina Alvestad. Photo by Nancy Coombs/UNM-LA

UNM-LA News:

At the UNM-LA Faculty Spring Semester meeting Wednesday, Jan. 9, Dennis Davies-Wilson, Dr. Irina Alvestad and Dr. Kristy Nadler were recognized as the most recent recipients of the UNM-LA Faculty Initiative Award.

The Faculty Initiative Award was established in 2005, when a retired UNM-LA instructor started an endowment Read More

New Mexico Women In Film PSA Screening With Tewa Women United Today

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NNMC News:
 
Northern New Mexico College will host New Mexico Women in Film (NMWIF) as they screen their 2017 Public Service Announcement on behalf of Tewa Women United from 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 20 at the Center for the Arts.
 
Every year NMWIF works with a non-profit organization to produce a PSA, and in 2017 the group worked with Tewa Women United on a film that explores the “correlation between violence against women and violence against mother Earth,” as was the vision of NMWIF board member Leslie Fleming-Mitchell.
 
The event will feature
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Home Country: A Great Hoax

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Home Country
By SLIM RANDLES
 
It might have been the winter doldrums that did it. You can never be sure of these things. It’s just that … well, Doc is one of those guys who can’t stand to see anyone bored. He claims it’s bad for their inner chemistry, and since he has more initials after his name than anyone else in town, we tend to listen to him.
 
When it happened, we in the inner circle of the World Dilemma Think Tank down at the Mule Barn truck stop thought back on what Doc had said a year ago when the temperature dropped, along with everyone’s spirits.
 
“In weather like this,” Doc pronounced,
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UNM-LA Community Ed Classes For Lifelong Learners

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UNM-LA News:

UNM-Los Alamos (UNM-LA) Community Education classes are starting this month, targeting a broad range of interests. From Health and Wellness to Language, from Home, Garden and Fine Arts to Professional and Personal Development, there are many classes to feed the spirit of lifelong learners.

UNM-LA Community Education Program Coordinator Mike Katko invites the public to, “Come join us!”

New and short-term classes begin each month, and the Community Education department is always interested in adding new subjects. Registration continues throughout the spring.

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Communication Seven: Vulnerabilities Stemming From Electronic Communication

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SONYIA WILLIAMS Los Alamos World
Futures Institute
Student Intern

Throughout this series of articles, we have explored the new efficiency of translation through the use of mechanical translators and how they have changed the world of translation. We also analyzed the growing use of electronic communication.

Electronic communication has allowed individuals to communicate throughout their community, throughout their state, throughout their country, and even throughout the world with the click of a few buttons. This extremely innovative form of technology has allowed the human race Read More

Valles Caldera Opens 2018 Livestock Program Application Period

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Valles Caldera National Preserve opens application period for its 2018 livestock grazing program. Courtesy/VCNP

VCNP News:

  • Applications Due by Feb. 20

JEMEZ SPRINGS — Valles Caldera National Preserve has opened the application period for its 2018 livestock grazing program. Livestock grazing on the preserve is authorized by Congress for the purposes of scientific research and/or interpretation of the ranching history of the preserve.

The National Park Service (NPS) is seeking permit applications to graze livestock on the preserve for a four-month grazing season (June 1, 2018 through

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State, Federal Prison Populations Decline Third Year

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DOJ News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Bureau of Justice Statistics has announced that the number of prisoners in state and federal correctional facilities fell by 1 percent from year-end 2015 to 2016. This was the third consecutive year that the U.S. prison population declined.
 
State and federal prisons held an estimated 1,505,400 prisoners in 2016, which is 21,200 fewer than in 2015. The population of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) accounted for more than a third (34 percent) of the total change in the prison population, dropping by 7,300 prisoners, from 196,500 to 189,200 prisoners.
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