Chris Clark

IRS, States, Industry Continue Progress To Protect Taxpayers From Identity Theft

IRS News:
 
PHOENIX  The Internal Revenue Service, state tax administrators and leaders of the tax industry announced today continued progress to expand and strengthen protections against identity theft refund fraud for the 2016 tax season.
 
The public-private sector partnership announced success in identifying and testing more than 20 new data elements on tax return submissions that will be shared with the IRS and the states to help detect and prevent identity-theft related filings.
 
In addition, the software industry is putting in place enhanced identity requirements
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Bandelier Welcomes New Artists In Residence

Bandelier Artists in Residence Patricia Galagan and Philip Metcalf. Courtesy/NPS
 
BNM News:
 
Bandelier National Monument is welcoming their next artists in residence, husband and wife fine art photographers Philip Metcalf and Patricia Galagan. They will be in the park through Nov. 7.
 
Metcalf and Galagan are based in New Mexico. Their landscape photography has increasingly been influenced by environmental concerns in the American Southwest, especially the effects of fire, floods, drought, and rising temperatures.
 
They often work
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Reminders And Safety Tips For Hunting On Santa Fe National Forest

SFNF News:
 
SANTA FE  The Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) urges hunters to set safety as their top priority and remain aware of their surroundings when hunting on National Forest System (NFS) lands. 
 
A good rule of thumb is look up, look down, look all around.
 
Hunters are advised to use extra caution in areas previously burned by wildfires which may have a large number of hazard trees and unstable soils prone to flash flooding. 
 
Hazard trees are dead, dying or unstable trees with the potential to cause property damage, personal injury or death if or when
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Dedication Of Memorial Sculptures Nov. 11

Warriors Repose. Courtesy of González + Sisneros Studio

 

Cristina Gonzales and Jacob Sisneros with mockette of Warriors Repose. Courtesy/González + Sisneros Studio
 
 
NHCC News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE  The Department of Cultural Affairs, National Hispanic Cultural Center, New Mexico Arts, and the families of Manuel Mora and Pete Padilla are proud  to announce the upcoming dedication of two, completed sculptures to pay tribute to the sacrifices made by Hispanic veterans and, in particular, Pete Padilla and Manuel Mora.  
 
The dedication
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Historic Change Underway At Historical Museum As It Moves To Temporary Quarters Today

Los Alamos Historical Museum DirectorJudith Stauber, foreground, and Los Alamos Historical Society Executive Director Heather McClenahan tack up a sign this morning on the front door of the museum with information about its temporary move to 20th Street and Central Avenue. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
 
The Los Alamos Historical Society Guest Cottage Museum is temporarily closed and moving into the teen center building next to Ashly Pond Park at 20th Street. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
 
Staff Report

The Los Alamos Historical Museum closed today through

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SFI: Prediction And Diffusion … Oct. 20

Dan Goldstein, Microsoft Research
 
SFI News:
 
The Santa Fe Institute (SFI) hosts “Prediction and Diffusion with Online Social Network Data” at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20 at Noyce Conference Room in Santa Fe. 
 
Abstract: Because of online social networks like Facebook, Twitter, and the like, social science researchers finally have access to data that have been missing for most of human history.
 
These data describe networks of people’s social worlds, as well as the behaviors of people and their social contacts.
 
These data seem to hold
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November Events At New Mexico History Museum

Woolworth’s Frito Pie window, Santa Fe, 1990, by Kitty Leaken. Palace of the Governors Photo Archives, Santa Fe New Mexican Collection, HP.2014.14.1406. Courtesy/New Mexico History Museum
 
NMHM News:
 
SANTA FE — Besides great exhibits, the New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors is hosting a month’s worth of vibrant events:
 
Sunday, Nov. 1, winter hours begin
 
Through April, the museum is closed on Mondays, but open Tuesday–Sunday, 10 a,m. to 5 p.m. Free Friday Evenings, 5-8 p.m., will change from every Friday to
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Upcoming Events At Aspen Ridge And Sombrillo

LARC News:
 
The Los Alamos Retirement Community with Aspen Ridge Assisted Living and Sombrillo Nursing Facility invite the community to stop by thier Trick or Treat Booth on Mainstreet 4-6:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 30. 
 
They also are hosting a trick or treat event Halloween afternoon at Sombrillo.
 
The The Lads fo Enchantment are singing at 7 p.m., Nov. 4 at Aspen Ridge Lodge in the main lobby and the community is welcome to attend. Refreshments will be served.
 
For tours of the facilities, call Cynthia Goldblatt at 505.695.8981 or 505.662.4300.
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