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Company Trains World’s Largest Neural Network

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TECHNOLOGY News:
 
NASHVILLE, Tenn. ― Digital Reasoning, a leader in cognitive computing, today announces it has trained the largest neural network in the world to date with a stunning 160 billion parameters.
 
Google’s previous record was 11.2 billion, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory recently trained a neural network with 15 billion parameters.
 
The results of Digital Reasoning’s research with deep learning and neural networks is published in the Journal of Machine Learning and Arxiv alongside other notable companies
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LAHS Graduate Chloe Keilers Represents New Mexico At National Youth Science Camp

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Chloe Keilers gives remarks in May after receiving the Rotary Club of Los Alamos Service Award. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

EDUCATION News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Chloe Madsen Keilers, a 2015 Los Alamos High School graduate, is representing New Mexico as a delegate to the 2015 National Youth Science Camp®.

She joins top science students June 10 to 17 July from across the nation and around the world for this acclaimed honors science leadership program, which ends with a highlight trip to Washington, D.C.

NYSC delegates will meet science policy makers and senators for a luncheon hosted Read More

Eighteen Candidates Become US Citizens During Bandelier’s July 4 Naturalization Ceremony

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During Saturday’s Naturalization ceremony at Bandelier, 18 candidates from nine countries took the oath to become citizens of the United States. Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com

USCIS Officer Peter Rechkemmer opens Saturday’s Naturalization ceremony at Bandelier. Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com

Chief US District Judge The Honorable M. Christina Armijo officiates at Saturday.s Naturalization Ceremony at Bandelier. Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com
 
Special guest speaker Stephanie
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Udall, Heinrich Urge Minimizing Impact Of Data Breach, Improving Security Controls

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U.S. SENATE News: 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Wednesday, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich strongly urged the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to take steps to minimize harm to federal employees in New Mexico and across the country who were affected by the recent data breach that resulted in the theft of millions of employees’ personal information.

In a letter to the OPM director, the senators expressed their disappointment with the data breach and called on OPM to take specific actions to improve security controls and prevent cyber theft.

In June, OPM warned that millions Read More

NASA Grant To Help Control Mosquitoes

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NASA News:
 
BROOKINGS, S.D. ―  When it comes to fighting West Nile virus, it’s all about timing.
 
Through a three-year NASA grant, two South Dakota State University researchers will help mosquito control officials use mosquito surveillance and environmental data to target West Nile virus.
 
People notice the nuisance mosquitoes that come out early in the season, but the Culex tarsalis mosquito, which carries West Nile, is active later in the season and later in the evening, explained SDSU biology professor Michael Hildreth.
 
Since 2003, he has helped
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IRS Spotlights Tax Help In Six Languages

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IRS News:
 
PHOENIX ― The Internal Revenue Service reminds taxpayers that a wide range of publications and online resources are available in six languages on IRS.gov, the agency’s popular web site.
 
IRS.gov features online resources in Chinese, Korean, Russian and Vietnamese, as well as English and Spanish. These multilingual resources are available throughout the year, not just during tax season.
 
Available resources include the agency’s cornerstone Taxpayer Bill of Rights document, Publication 1, titled “Your Rights as a Taxpayer.”
 
The
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Sen. Martin Heinrich Helps HOPE Crew At Bandelier

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Sen. Martin Heinrich stands with members of the Rocky Mountain Youth Corps’ Hands-On Preservation Experience (HOPE) crew and Bandelier staff for a group photo as their day of work comes toward a close Wednesday at Bandelier. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com

The HOPE crew presents Sen. Martin Heinrich with a plaque in appreciation for his participation on their project Wednesday at Bandelier. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com

Staff Report

U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M. participated Wednesday in a restoration service project with the Rocky Mountain Youth Corps’ Read More

DNCU Among Healthiest Credit Unions In America

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FINANCIAL News:

Del Norte Credit Union is ranked among the Top 200 Healthiest Credit Unions in America.

DepositAccounts has just released the 2015 edition of the Top 200 Healthiest Credit Unions in America and Del Norte Credit Union has made the list for the second straight year, one of only 66 credit unions to do so out of 6,655 total federally insured credit unions.

Del Norte Credit Union stands out in all of the primary evaluation categories, including:

  •  Texas Ratio – The Texas Ratio is an indicator of how much capital a bank has available compared to the total
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Local United Way Earns 4-Star Rating From Charity Navigator … Seventh Consecutive Time

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UWNNM News:

United Way of Northern New Mexico’s (UWNNM) sound fiscal management practices and commitment to accountability and transparency have earned it a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator, America’s largest independent charity evaluator.

This is the 7th consecutive time that UWNNM has earned this top distinction.

Since 2002, using objective, data-driven analysis, Charity Navigator has awarded only the most fiscally responsible organizations a 4-star rating. In 2011, Charity Navigator added 17 metrics, focused on governance and ethical practices as well as measures of openness, Read More

Bandelier Hosts Naturalization Ceremony July 4

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Participants at the July 4, 2013 Naturalization Ceremony at Bandelier National Monument. Courtesy/NPS Photo

BANDELIER News:

July 4th is traditionally a day when Americans celebrate freedom and independence. 

For the fourth year,  Bandelier National Monument is proud to partner with the United States Citizenship and Naturalization Services to host a naturalization ceremony at the park on that day.  Eighteen candidates from nine countries, after working for years to fulfill their requirements, will be taking the oath and becoming the newest citizens of the United States. Read More