Luján Amendment to Examine New Broadcasting Markets Passes House
Rep. Ben Ray Luján
CONGRESSIONAL News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Ben Ray Luján, D-NM, highlighted the passage of legislation July 23 that included an amendment he offered as part of the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act (STELA) reauthorization.
Luján’s amendment explores how new broadcasting markets could be created if they are based upon the potential of current and future technologies instead of the limitations of aging broadcasting antennas. The STELA bill reauthorizes the nation’s satellite television law, ensuring that 1.5 million subscribers Read More
Taos Fall Arts Festival Celebrates 40 Years
Projection installation of featured artist Markus Dorninger Courtesy/https:////www.paseotaos.orgTAOS ARTS News:
The oldest art festival in Taos, Taos Fall Arts Festival, is celebrating its 40th year by expanding and enhancing the festival, adding new features such as The Paseo on opening night. The 2014 festival is scheduled for Sept. 26-Oct. 5 with an opening reception 4-9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 26.
“We chose to create a community focus group and listen to local artists to find out how we could better serve the arts community going forward and local businesses,” spokesman Paul Figueroa Read More
NMpreps.com’s Elite Combine Showcases State’s Top High School Football Players
SPORTS News:
The seventh annual NMpreps.com’s Elite Combine powered by Defined Fitness is 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, July 26, and will showcase more than 200 of New Mexico’s best high school athletes.
The event is at the Cleveland High School Football Stadium, 4800 Laban Road, NE in Rio Rancho. Admission is free.
Each high school athlete will be tested in five core events:
- Bench Press;
- 40-Time;
- Vertical Jump;
- Standing Broad Jump; and
- Shuttle Run.
The 2014 premier event will showcase the athletic talent of top New Mexico high school football players. The Combine gives excellent Read More
Three Los Alamos Scientists Named ‘Most Influential Scientific Minds’
LANL News:
- Aiken, Korber and Perelson spotlighted in Thomson Reuters report
Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists Allison Aiken, Bette Korber and Alan Perelson have been named to Thomson Reuters list of “The World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds.”
“To have three of our premier scientists recognized on this list is a great honor and attests to the intellectual vitality that feeds the breadth of disciplines essential to our national security mission,” LANL Director Charles McMillan said. “The fact that one of those named is a former student and postdoctoral researcher makes me confident Read More
Nobel Laureate to Deliver Lecture in Los Alamos
Dr. Harold Varmus. Courtesy/vcihr.ca
JROMC News:
- The upcoming lecture by Dr. Harold Varmus, co-recipient of the 1989 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, is sponsored by the J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Committee
Nobel laureate Dr. Harold Varmus will deliver the 44th Oppenheimer Memorial Lecture at 7:30 p.m. Monday, July 28, in the Duane Smith Auditorium, 1300 Diamond Dr. in Los Alamos.
The lecture, titled “The History and Future of Cancer Research,” is free and open to the public.
Dr. Varmus, co-recipient of the Nobel Prize for studies of the genetic basis of cancer, became director Read More
Udall On Report That U.S. Military’s Burn Pits May Have Broken Federal Law
Open-Air Burn Pit, Feb. 14, 2014, at Shindand Airbase, with unused Afghan-operated incinerators in background. Courtesy/SIGAR
U.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Sen. Tom Udall responded to a new report that the U.S. military’s use of open-air burn pits at Shindand Air Base in Afghanistan may have violated federal law.
According to the report by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), made public today, most of the solid waste at Shindand Air Base was disposed of for years in open burn pits rather than incinerators. Despite the potential health
Madelyn Creedon Confirmed as NNSA Principal Deputy Administrator
Madelyn Creedon
NNSA News:
WASHINGTON – Madelyn Creedon was confirmed by the Senate this morning as the Department of Energy’s (DOE) principal deputy administrator for the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA).
“Madelyn Creedon’s confirmation comes at a critical point for the National Nuclear Security Administration,” DOE Secretary Ernest Moniz said. “She is well-prepared for her new role at the Department as it follows a long career of public service in national security, including at the Department of Defense, with the Senate Armed Services Committee, and, previously, Read More
Voyager Spacecraft Might Not Have Reached Interstellar Space
The heliosphere, in which the Sun and planets reside, is a large bubble inflated from the inside by the high-speed solar wind blowing out from the Sun. Pressure from the solar wind, along with pressure from the surrounding interstellar medium, determines the size and shape of the heliosphere. The supersonic flow of solar wind abruptly slows at the termination shock, the innermost boundary of the solar system. The edge of the solar system is the heliopause. The bow shock pushes ahead through the interstellar medium as the heliosphere plows through the galaxy. Courtesy/Southwest Research Institute Read More
Udall, Heinrich: New Leadership Needed at N.M. VA Medical Center
U.S. Sen. Tom Udall
U.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – July 21, as the acting Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary visits New Mexico, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich urged the VA to move quickly to hire a qualified permanent director for New Mexico’s VA hospital to help it immediately begin the work to regain the trust of veterans and address serious problems with scheduling, emergency response, care for rural veterans and other challenges.
Numerous vacancies at the VA, including the New Mexico VA Medical Center (VAMC) director, have made it extremely difficult to Read More
WIPP to Reduce Transportation Contract Drivers
WIPP News:
Visionary Solutions, a carrier contracted to transport waste to WIPP, will reduce its driver teams as a result of the February events that suspended waste disposal operations at the facility.
In anticipation of the decline in shipments, the Carlsbad Field Office asked Visionary Solutions to propose cost estimates that reflect the reduced need for transportation services. Visionary Solutions has now reduced its qualified two-person driving teams from 11 to three. The number of dedicated tractors or trucks also will be reduced to three.
WIPP will maintain its transportation Read More
