Chris Clark

Pet Of The Week: Yumi The Dog

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Yumi the dog

SHELTER News:

Pet of the Week: Yumi has had some delays in being available for adoption but she is now free and clear to find a goog home.

Yumi is playful, sweet, cuddly, walks great on a leash and is very motivated to learn new commands for treats. She is about 3 years old and has done well socializing with others dogs at the shelter – but not cats.

After a roll in the grass, she loves to have her tummy rubbed and will follow up with a great big snuggle.

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New Mexico Delegation Presses For Disaster Assistance For Farmers, Ranchers Following December Storms

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SENATE News:
 
WASHINGTON ― U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Representatives Steve Pearce, Ben Ray Luján and Michelle Lujan Grisham asked U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to quickly approve the State of New Mexico’s request for disaster assistance following December’s catastrophic winter storm.
 
The storm hurt farmers and ranchers across 18 New Mexico counties, and a secretarial disaster designation would allow them to access Farm Service Agency emergency loans. These loans can be used for 
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DOE Announces $18 Million To Develop Solar Energy Storage Solutions, Boost Grid Resiliency

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DOE News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― As part of the Energy Department’s Grid Modernization Initiative announced by Secretary Ernest Moniz last week to improve the resiliency, reliability and security of the nation’s electrical power grid, DOE today announced $18 million in funding for six new projects across the United States.
 
These projects will enable the development and demonstration of integrated, scalable, and cost-effective solar technologies that incorporate energy storage to power American homes after the sun sets or when clouds are overhead.
 
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Secretary Jewell Launches Comprehensive Review Of Federal Coal Program

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Secretary Sally Jewell
 
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― Secretary Sally Jewell announced Friday, that the Interior Department will launch a comprehensive review to identify and evaluate potential reforms to the federal coal program in order to ensure that it is properly structured to provide a fair return to taxpayers and reflect its impacts on the environment, while continuing to help meet our energy needs.
 
This is another step along the path that President Obama announced in Tuesday’s State of the Union address to improve
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Rep. Nate Gentry Pre-Files Funding Request For Comprehensive Criminal Database

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Rep. Nate Gentry
 
NMLEGIS News:
 
SANTA FE ― Rep. Nate Gentry pre-filed an appropriations request to develop a real-time centralized database to allow judge’s and courts get a full picture of a defendant’s past criminal history. 
 
Gentry’s request, HB 153, would provide $700,000 to the Department of Public Safety (DPS) for supplemental personnel and infrastructure to allow DPS to quickly respond to court requests for comprehensive background reports. 
 
Currently, courts often must consult up to six different criminal databases to discover
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SFI Lecture ‘DNA, Love, And Gender’ Tuesday

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Karissa Sanbonmatsu, LANL
 
SFI News:
 
The Santa Fe Institute (SFI) lecture “DNA, Love, and Gender” with Karissa Sanbonmatsu is at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday Jan. 19, at The Lensic Performing Arts Center.
 
When it comes to human behavior, some traits are neither nature nor nurture, but something altogether different. That “something” is epigenetics, the science that helps to explain how the environment, including some social interactions, alter DNA.
 
In this talk, Dr. Karissa Sanbonmatsu gives an overview of the new science of epigenetics, which may help to
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Letter To The Editor: School Funding Election – Vote Yes

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By DAVID CARROLL
Los Alamos
 
Between 2003 and 2008, I and several other interested citizens served on the Bond Oversight Committee for Los Alamos Public Schools (LAPS). 
 
We were tasked with assisting LAPS in reviewing and prioritizing projects funded by the various bonds, referenda, etc., passed by Los Alamos voters. 
 
The committee was an interesting assignment and offered detailed insight into how the New Mexico PED allocates funding and interacts with local school districts. One fact repeated frequently was that
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