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Public Transportation Key To Boosting Health For Aging New Mexicans

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on June 24, 2018
By Stan Cooper
AARP Volunteer
NM Transit Association Board Member 
 
Most of us take for granted that we can wake up each day, get in our car, drive to work, drive home, drive to the grocery store or to a movie, and get wherever we want to go. But for some of us, the time will come when we can no longer drive a car and we must give up the keys.
 
The loss of a vehicle can often lead to cases of isolation, which causes a decrease in physical activity, and mental engagement. People are no longer able to participate in everyday activities like visiting friends, going to social events
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U.S. Sen. Tom Udall Votes For Major Defense Bill To Strengthen New Mexico And Nation

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on June 24, 2018
U.S. Sen. Tom Udall
 
U.S. SENATE News:
 
WASHINGTON. D.C. ― U.S. Sen. Tom Udall joined the full Senate in voting to pass the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), a major bill to benefit New Mexico’s service members and military families, veterans, military bases, and defense programs throughout the state.
 
The NDAA, which passed the Senate by a margin of 85-10 and must now be reconciled with a House version of the bill, contains a number of provisions that Udall fought for to strengthen New Mexico.
 
“The funding authorized by this major defense bill will provide critical
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DEA Wins National Blue Pencil Award Of Excellence For Its Website Targeting College Drug Abuse

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on June 24, 2018
Page from DEA award-winning website at www.campusdrugprevention.gov. Courtesy/DEA
 
DEA News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s website for professionals working to prevent drug abuse among college students has received a Blue Pencil Award of Excellence by the National Association of Government Communicators.
 
In July 2017, DEA launched www.campusdrugprevention.gov to support drug abuse prevention programs on college campuses. The website was created as a one-stop resource for professionals working to prevent drug abuse among
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UNM President Stokes: My First 100 Days…

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on June 24, 2018
UNM President Garnett S. Stokes
 
UNM News:
 
Saturday, June 9, marked my 100th day as president of The University of New Mexico, a milestone worthy of reflection. If these few months have taught me anything, it’s that I am honored to be part of the UNM community. And that is largely thanks to all of you.
 
Making Connections
 
Outreach and public input will remain a hallmark of my administration. Since my first day, one of my most important goals has been to connect with the people whom we serve. Over my first 100 days I have had numerous opportunities to meet and interact with people
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LANL: Exploring Carbon Nanotube Optics As Pathway For Quantum Information Processing

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on June 24, 2018

Depiction of a carbon nanotube defect site generated by functionalization of a nanotube with a simple organic molecule. Altering the electronic structure at the defect enables room-temperature single photon emission at telecom wavelengths. Courtesy/LANL

 

LANL News:

 

Researchers at Los Alamos and partners in France and Germany are exploring the enhanced potential of carbon nanotubes as single-photon emitters for quantum information processing. Their analysis of progress in the field is published in this week’s edition of the journal Nature Materials.

 

“We Read More

Shin: The Black Market For Opioids

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on June 24, 2018
By LISA SHIN
Los Alamos
Candidate for House Dist. 43

OpioidBillSummary

On Friday, June 22, 2018, the U.S. House of Representatives passed comprehensive, bipartisan legislation, H.R. 6, aimed at the opioid crisis. Rep. Greg Walden described the combination of 58 bills as “one of the most significant congressional efforts against a drug crisis in our nation’s history.”

Here in New Mexico, particularly in Rio Arriba, deaths from opioid overdose have become a daily occurrence, with one of the highest death rates in the Nation. Rio Arriba’s Wal-Mart is fighting the epidemic with Read More

SFNF, Valles Caldera Closures Remain Despite Rains

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on June 23, 2018

SFNF News:

SANTA FE – While the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) and Valles Caldera National Preserve (Preserve) have received some rain, fire danger is still high to extreme.

For the SFNF, forest conditions mean the forest-wide closure remains in effect until much more significant and widespread precipitation is received. 

The Preserve, managed by the National Park Service, will remain in partial closure. 

“It typically takes several rain events over time before the moisture saturates the ground well enough for vegetation to sufficiently hydrate,” said Kimberly DeVall, spokesperson Read More

‘Midnight, Texas’ Films Second Season In New Mexico

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on June 23, 2018
NMFO News:
 
SANTA FE ― New Mexico Film Office Director Nick Maniatis announced that the television series “Midnight, Texas” produced by Universal Television and David Janollari Entertainment will be filming from mid-June through mid-September in Albuquerque.
 
The production will employ approximately 400 New Mexico crew members, 40 New Mexico actors and approximately 1,600 New Mexico background talent.
 
“We’re very excited that New Mexico has been chosen as the site for the second season,” Film Office Director Nick Maniatis said.
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World Nuke Count: 14,465 Bombs

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on June 23, 2018

Courtesy/belvpo

HSNW News:

A new report finds that all the nuclear weapon-possessing states are developing new nuclear weapon systems and modernizing their existing systems.

Nine states—the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, China, India, Pakistan, Israel, and North Korea—possess approximately 14,465 nuclear weapons. This marked a decrease from the approximately 14,935 nuclear weapons these states were estimated to possess at the beginning of 2017.

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) released June 18 the findings of SIPRI Yearbook Read More

World Futures: Statistics (And Probability) – Part One

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on June 23, 2018
By ANDY ANDREWS
Los Alamos World
Futures Institute
 

In exploring the future of humanity and the world we must rely on the collection and analysis of statistical data and apply the inferences drawn to decision making, selecting what road we will take both collectively and individually.

In the previous series of columns about risks, rewards and responsibilities, we started with probability and concluded that often we cannot truly assess the probabilities in making personal decisions. Will he or she say yes or no when we ask her or him for a date? Yet in many fields of endeavor we are completely Read More

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