Chris Clark

LIVE!: Jesús Muñoz Flamenco’s New Production Brings 12 Internationally Renowned Artists To NHCC

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Jesús Muñoz Flamenco. Courtesy/NHCC
 
NHCC News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE ― The National Hispanic Cultural Center and Jesús Muñoz Flamenco present the new production, Live!, at 8 p.m., Friday, Feb. 26 and Saturday, Feb. 27, in the National Hispanic Cultural Center’s Albuquerque Journal Theatre.
 
Tickets are $25, $40, $50, $60 and $75, with a $5 discount for students, seniors, and children 12 and under, and are available from the NHCC Box Office at 505.724.4771 or here.
 
Live! showcases the artistry of 12 internationally
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WalletHub Study: The True Cost Of Smoking By State

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WalletHub News:
 
With Tobacco-Free Awareness Week reminding us of the societal and economic costs of smoking, which total more than $320 billion a year and rising, the personal finance website WalletHub has released its report on The True Cost of Smoking by State, which ranks New Mexico number 30 in the nation. 
 
 
To encourage the more than 66 million tobacco users in the U.S. to kick the dangerous habit, WalletHub’s analysts calculated the potential monetary losses — including the cumulative cost of a cigarette pack per day over several decades, health
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First State Run Women’s Transitional Living Home

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Construction underway at one of the transistional housing units. Courtesy/NMCD
 
NMCD News:
 
The New Mexico Corrections Department is excited to announce the first ever state run gender specific transitional living center.
 
The Pavilions, upon completion later this year, will house 30 female offenders. The first housing unit will be completed this spring, allowing about a dozen women to move into this female specific program focused on rehabilitation, life skills, and reconnecting with children and family; in essence changing these women
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‘Intro To Entrepreneurship’ At UNM-LA Feb. 26 – May. 6

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UNMLA News:
 
This spring Nik Seet will teach “Intro to Entrepreneurship”, noon to 4 p.m. Fridays, Feb. 26 to May 6 in Building 6 Room 625 at UNM-LA.
 
During the class, students will spend time creating and presenting a business plan. Many businesses make the mistake of not taking their business plan seriously, but then run into problems.
 
Click here to read an interview where Seet explains what a difference a business plan can make to hiring employees, finding partners, or raising money. 
 
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Kids Count: New Mexico Highest In Child Poverty

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VFC News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE — New Mexico has seen some improvement in child well-being—particularly in teen birth rates and on-time high school graduation rates—but not everything is looking up.
 
The state now has the highest rate of child poverty in the nation, according to the 2015 New Mexico KIDS COUNT report, which is set for release at a press conference this morning. While child poverty is down slightly—from 31 percent in 2013 to 30 percent in 2014—other states have seen bigger improvements in child poverty, leaving New Mexico dead last in this indicator.
 
“Child poverty
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Warmer Oceans Could Substantially Boost Destructive Power Of Future Superstorms

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AGU News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Hurricane Sandy became the second costliest hurricane to hit the United States when it blew ashore in October 2012, killing 159 people and inflicting $71 billion in damage.
 
Informally known as a “superstorm” after it made landfall, Sandy was so destructive largely because of its unusual size and track. After moving north from the tropical waters where it spawned, Sandy turned out to sea before hooking back west, growing in size and crashing head-on into the East Coast, gaining strength when it merged with an eastbound mid-latitude
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Udall, Heinrich Call On Legislature To Put Constitutional Amendment On Ballot To Help NM Children

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SENATE News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Tuesday, the first day of the state legislative session, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrichsent a letter to the leaders of the New Mexico House and Senate, formally calling on them to work together to improve the well-being of New Mexico’s children.
 
Specifically, Udall and Heinrich urged legislators to bring up and pass a measure that would allow voters to amend the constitution and invest a portion of the state’s Land Grant Permanent Fund in the most effective early childhood programs. 
 
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James Pre-files Bill To Provide Adult Children Visitation Rights

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Rep. Conrad James
 
STATE News:
 
SANTA FE ― Rep. Conrad James pre-filed legislation, HB 120, which would ensure visitation rights of adult children if their loved ones are under the care of another person.
 
“Children should not be forbidden from keeping in contact with their ill parents,” James said. “When an ill parent is under the care of another person, it is imperative that their children are able to visit them and maintain that relationship under those difficult circumstances.”
 
Not everyone sees eye to eye when it comes to visiting and caring for an elderly
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Letter To The Editor: Energy

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By ROY M. MOORE
Los Alamos
 
In my quest to find intelligent life on Earth, I’ve come to a roadblock on the issue of moving our world from hydrocarbons to the exclusive use of renewable hydrogen as our only fuel.
 
I’ve written the President, my two Senators, my congressman, Gov. Martinez, the Navajo Nation, PNM, The Sierra Club, all my local representatives, several newspapers, several TV stations, and I’ve presented this very concept before our county council, until they kicked me out.
 
The Los Alamos Daily Post printed my letter to President Obama,
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