A sunny start to today with highs around 80 degrees and increasing chance of rain as we move into the evening. For tonight, we’ll dip down to lows around 50 degrees.
For Wednesday we’ll see sunny skies and highs in the lower 80s.
Now, here’s the news.
The City of Raton is now accepting small business grant application from local businesses affected by CO- VID-19.
At the end of August Raton was awarded $718,875 by the state for business relief funding under the New Mexico CARES Act.
Grants will be considered for businesses with less than 50 employees and $2 million per year in gross sales that experienced a “significant decline” in revenue.
The deadline for applications is October 1. “Businesses will be asked to provide documentation showing loss in sales and change in market conditions attributing to the negative impact of COVID-19 on business,” said the city.
Applications are available on www.ratonnm.gov, as well as in-person at Raton City Hall at 224 Savage Avenue. For more information contact Director of Economic Development at jbarfield@cityofraton.com, or by calling 575-445-5991.
Colorado’s economy is performing strongly as it rebounds from the recession caused by COVID-19, a pair of state economic forecasts released Friday said.
The Office of State Planning and Budgeting (OSPB), part of Gov. Jared Polis’ administration, said in its September forecast that the state’s economy is performing “better than the national average,” but that “economic activity remains well below normal levels.”
Over half the jobs lost during the onset of the pandemic have been regained, the OSPB forecast said, “but the unemployment rate remains elevated at 6.7 percent and nearly 250,000 Coloradans are receiving unemployment benefits.”
The forecast projects the general fund’s revenue will drop 4.7 percent in fiscal year 2020-21 and increase 4.7 percent the fiscal year after that.
Polis touted his ad- ministration’s actions early in the pandemic for the state’s current fiscal outlook.
Birds are the undisputed masters of aerodynamics.
No matter how many supercomputers and wind tunnels scientists throw at solving flight's thorny calculations, they'll never match the perfection of airborne avians.
A focused peregrine falcon diving on its prey, a pair of feisty hummingbirds in a territorial dogfight, or a huge albatross soaring effortlessly for days over the ocean are the envy of aerodynamicists and pilots.
The airborne cacophony of a huge flock of geese, honking away while flying in a perfect "V" formation, is a wonder to see and hear.
Those formations have also provided the inspiration for researchers at Airbus UpNext, the aircraft manufacturer's future-flight demonstration and technology incubator.
As far back as a century ago, avian scientists began to understand that birds were increasing aerodynamic efficiencies by flying in close formation, taking advantage of the changed airflow in each bird's wake.
With that in mind, the Airbus fello'fly flight demonstration project will fly two large commercial aircraft in formation, looking to mimic the energy savings of our feathered friends.
Building on test flights in 2016 with an Airbus A380 megajet and A350-900 wide-body jetliner, fello'fly hopes to demonstrate and quantify the aerodynamic efficiencies while developing in-flight operational procedures.
Autoflight systems will be required to maintain the correct position, reducing the workload on the pilots and ensuring a smooth ride for passengers by avoiding the more turbulent components of the wake.
Procedures to enable the two aircraft to coordinate their position will be tested -- much like during an aerial refueling mission.
Once the wake energy retrieval concept is proven out, operational and financial considerations will still have to be solved.
On top of that, air traffic service providers and government aviation agencies will need to be convinced to change regulations to allow for much closer aircraft separation standards than what are currently in place.
Flight planning procedures will have to be developed for planes to match routes with other aircraft, along with positions and altitudes to begin a formation flight.
And a process to share the savings in fuel costs amongst airlines will be a priority.
Not too much happening this week, but Mount Carmel is still offering their online, virtual health and wellness classes on their website, MountCarmelCenter.org. Jump on to check out what they’ve got coming up.
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