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Udall, Heinrich Advance New Mexico’s Health, Education, Workforce Priorities In Funding Bill

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U.S. SENATE News:

  • Bill invests in child care, opioid treatment and prevention, medical research, workforce development and rural health

 WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined the full Senate in voting 85-7 to pass the fiscal year 2019 Labor, Health and Human Services appropriations bill.

The bill provides significant support for critical programs and services for New Mexicans, including early childhood development, workforce development, telehealth, Read More

American Geophysical Union Announces Recipients Of 2018 Union Medals, Awards And Prizes

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AGU News:
 
33 individuals are recognized this year for their dedication to science for the benefit of humanity and their achievements in Earth and space science.
 
The recipients represent many areas of Earth and space science and come from a variety of backgrounds including early career researchers, climate scientists, data scientists, and journalists. Their passion, vision, creativity, and leadership have helped to expand scientific understanding, pave the way to new research directions, and have made Earth and space science accessible, relevant, and inspiring to audiences
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Museum’s Unique Fossil Collection & Paleoart Exhibit Open For Paleontologists Convention In Albuquerque

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Left, Forelimb of an early Paleocene mammal, Pantolambda, from the San Juan Basin, New Mexico. Middle: Bisti Beast (Bistahieversor sealeyi) Skull. Right: Miocene Gomphotherium skull being prepared. Courtesy/NM Museum of Natural History & Science

MUSEUM News:

Fossils are the focus this Fall when the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science displays rarely seen specimens from its permanent collection in a new exhibition, Back to Bones: New Mexico’s Links to the Past. In September, the museum opens a Paleoart show entitled Picturing the Past, and Read More

DEA Acts Against Dangerous, Deadly Designer Synthetic Drug Linked To 151 Overdose Deaths Since 2015

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DEA News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― The Drug Enforcement Administration Friday announced action against a dangerous designer synthetic cathinone linked to 151 overdose deaths in the United States between 2015 and 2018.
 
Published in Friday’s Federal Register, DEA’s action puts N-Ethylpentylone into Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. Schedule I substances refer to those with no legitimate, accepted medical or industrial use in the U.S. This action is based on a finding by the DEA Acting Administrator Uttam Dhillon that the placement of N-ethylpentylone in Schedule I is
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Native American Indian Country May Make History With 2018 Farm Bill

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Former San Ildefonso Pueblo Gov. James Mountain discusses the Native American Indian Farm Bill during an interview Wednesday afternoon at the Los Alamos Daily Post. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

 
By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post
 

Former San Ildefonso Gov. James Mountain discussed the 2018 Farm Bill during a meeting Wednesday at the Los Alamos Daily Post.

The bill will give the USDA and tribes the tools to improve access to nutritious food, productive agriculture, healthy forests and robust rural economic development in Native communities Read More

Luján Leads Efforts To Support Southwest Chief Line

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U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján
 
CONGRESSIONAL News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) sent bipartisan letters to Amtrak Headquarters and the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development (THUD) expressing support for the Amtrak Southwest Chief Line.
 
The letter to THUD requests the inclusion of the bipartisan Senate amendment that provides $50 million for maintenance and safety improvements along the Southwest Chief route in the final THUD Appropriations bill.
 
In the letter to Amtrak, the Members ask for
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HSNW: Detecting ‘Deepfake’ Videos In Blink Of An Eye

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By SIWEI LYU
Homeland Security News Wire
 
A new form of misinformation is poised to spread through online communities as the 2018 midterm election campaigns heat up.
 
Called “deepfakes” after the pseudonymous online account that popularized the technique – which may have chosen its name because the process uses a technical method called “deep learning” – these fake videos look very realistic.
 
Because these techniques are so new, people are having trouble telling the difference between real videos and the deepfake videos. My work with colleagues has found a way to reliably
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AFT President Weingarten: My Labor Day Message

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By RANDI WEINGARTEN, president
American Federation of Teachers

A growing and enduring middle class, great public schools, a living wage, affordable healthcare and college, a decent retirement, a voice at work and in our democracy, communities that are safe and welcoming—these are American aspirations, and they are what the American labor movement has fought for, for generations.

We have fought to ensure these aspirations are attainable for everyone, no matter your ZIP code, race, religion, ethnicity, sex or gender identity.

That’s who we are as a labor movement and as the American Federation

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Armbruster: The Meaning Of Labor Day

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By KARYL ANN ARMBRUSTER
Union member since 1970, negotiating team member 1995-2009
LAFSE president 2002-2008, LAMS teacher 17 years 

Labor Day is not just a day off. It represents the lives hundreds of workers put on the line to make America great.

Our Los Alamos Federation of School Employees (LAFSE), a part of AFL-CIO has helped make working conditions in Los Alamos Public Schools where more than 60 percent of teachers belong even better.

LAFSE is responsible for leave days, the sick leave bank, for speech and language therapists, nurses and counselors earning the same pay as teachers

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Justice Department Announces Release Of New Fentanyl Safety Video For First Responders

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DEA News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― The Office of Justice Programs’ Bureau of Justice Assistance has released the Fentanyl Safety Recommendations for First Responders’ companion training video Fentanyl: The Real Deal.
 
The video was produced by U.S. Customs and Border Protection to help first responders protect themselves when the presence of fentanyl is suspected or encountered on the job. The video is available here.
 
Fentanyl: The Real Deal provides recommendations to law enforcement on how to navigate safely around the increased prevalence of fentanyl in the illicit
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