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Meteorologist Tom Bird checks weather data that may affect the fight against the Jaroso Fire. LUIS SÁNCHEZ SATURNO/THE NEW MEXICAN
Are our kids all right? Report says no Kids Count rates N.M. dead last in children’s well-being By Robert Nott The New Mexican
When it comes to the economic wellbeing, education, health, and family and community support of children, guess where New Mexico stands in national rankings? RePORT Dead last, according to the 2013 national Kids FIndIngS Count Data Book. The report, published every year since 1990 by New Mexico children living the private, nonprofit in poverty Annie E. Casey Foundation in Baltimore, utilizes a number of indica- teens not tors to track the welfare in school of children across the or working country. The indicators include the rate of low-birth-weight babies, fourth-graders not reading to the number of children grade level living in single-parent families, the number of children whose parents eighth-graders lack secure employment not proficient and the number of teens in math who abuse alcohol or drugs. children in It utilizes data from the U.S. Census Bureau, single-parent families the U.S. Department of Education, the National Center for Education Statistics and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, among other sources. The report lists New Mexico — which has held a slot somewhere between 43 and 49 since 2000 — at 50 this year, just below Mississippi (49) and Nevada (48).
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The operations chief On Friday, the Jaroso Fire was still zero percent contained and smoldering like a sleeping tiger. On Saturday, it hit a new patch of dead and downed trees, sending up a new pillar of smoke that worried Santa Feans who could see it. Fire managers know at any moment, given the right conditions, the blaze could roar to life and make another fast, intense run through bug-killed trees and up steep slopes. On Inciweb.org, where the latest conditions for large fires are listed every day, the Jaroso Fire’s condition has remained steady — growth potential: high; terrain difficulty: extreme.
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Hostess to launch beloved snack cake with wider reach By Candice Choi
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NEW YORK — Hostess is betting on a sweet comeback for Twinkies when they return to shelves next month. The company that went bankrupt after an acrimonious fight with its unionized workers last year is back up and running under new owners and a leaner structure. It says
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Fat fight back on obesity’s designation as ‘disease’ By Marni Jameson
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it plans to have Twinkies and other snack cakes back on shelves starting July 15. Based on the outpouring of nostalgia sparked by its demise, Hostess is expecting a blockbuster return next month for Twinkies and other sugary treats, such as CupCakes and Donettes. The company says the cakes will taste the same but that the boxes will now bear the tag line “The Sweetest Comeback In The History Of Ever.” “A lot of impostor products have come to the market while Hostess has been off
ORLANDO, Fla. — When the American Medical Association this past week declared obesity a disease — a move that instantly labeled one-third of Americans as sick — it launched a controversy not seen since alcoholism received the disease designation. Hailed by some obesity experts as a long-overdue victory, the news from the nation’s largest and most respected medical group was denounced by others who say the move fuels the stigma against obese Americans. Fat activists promptly started the #IAmNotADisease hashtag on Twitter, and a petition demanding that the AMA reverse its position, which had nearly 1,200 signatures by Friday. Calling obesity a disease will open doors to better treatment and better reimbursements, said Dr. Steve Smith, president-elect of The Obesity Society, which has referred to obesity as a disease since 2008.
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n June 10, the day lightning started the Jaroso Fire deep in the Pecos Wilderness, a young smokejumper died fighting a wildfire in California’s Modoc National Forest. The death of Luke Sheehy, 28, was still on John Truett’s mind recently as he looked at a map showing his team’s tactical plan for fighting the Jaroso Fire. Sheehy was struck and killed by a limb that broke off a tree and fell more than 60 feet on top of him. Tragedies like this hit firefighters in the gut. Maybe it hits even harder for people like Truett, charged with keeping firefighters safe. Truett is the operations chief for the Type I national incident team that managed the Jaroso Fire until Sunday. Terrain and weather have kept ground crews out of the Jaroso Fire area. It is too unsafe. The fire still isn’t threatening any houses or watersheds. But like teams on other wildland fires, the one assigned to Jaroso had a plan within 48 hours after the blaze was reported of how they would attack it if it started making a run for critical resources. Truett’s decisions, and those of incident commander Tony Sciatta, are backed by a team of specialists who are trained to understand and predict what a wildfire will do. They use maps, weather data and experience to determine the right plan in the right place at the right time. “We’re not out there just putting our fingers in the air,” Truett said. “We have a lot of science behind it.”
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A plume of smoke seen from the Jaroso Fire in the Pecos Wilderness billows into the sky over Pojoaque on Sunday. Although the fire had been quietly smoldering for about a week, it hit a pocket of fuel Saturday and Sunday, sending up smoke that had area residents worried. Firefighters have been unable to reach the blaze burning in remote, dangerous terrain. CLYDE MUELLER/THE NEW MEXICAN
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