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<p>&ldquo;The Japanese market is a consistent market that doesn't ebb or flow a lot in times of higher supply and lower prices,&rdquo; said <strong>Kent Kupfner, executive vice president of Montana Wheat and Barley Committee</strong>, the producer-funded checkoff organization for wheat and barley growers in the state.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Economically speaking, (Japanese investors) have had a major impact on the Montana wheat and barley industry. They invested in shuttle-loading capability elevators. Those facilities can load 110 car trains in 15 hours or less. They're efficient and they can handle grain in a very efficient manner,&rdquo; Kupfner added.</p>
<p>The Japanese partnership with Montana&rsquo;s agricultural industry has also yielded collaborations between the Montana Wheat and Barley Committee and Montana State University (MSU) for the research and development of wheat varieties specifically for the Japanese market.</p>
<p>&ldquo;We're very aware of the quality demands and use characteristics that the Japanese flour menu industry wants to see. Our breeders are well aware of the qualities that they need to breed into their varieties, whether it&rsquo;s noodle making or specific end use like specialty breads. Collaboration between Montana Wheat and Barley and Montana State University research centers is also very important. Roughly half our budget goes directly to MSU to fund research for wheat varieties,&rdquo; Kupfner said.</p>
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<p>&ldquo;New Mexico has signed an agreement with Colorado, Utah and Washington to partner in The Western Interstate Hydrogen Hub, WISHH. We&rsquo;re working on proposals for the U.S. Department of Transportation to create hydrogen fuel corridors. New Mexico is also going to have the largest wind farm and grid project, the SunZia Project, which will provide power to the West Coast,&rdquo; De La Rosa added. &nbsp;</p>
<p>In a city destined to find new international fame with the upcoming release of the film &ldquo;Oppenheimer,&rdquo; which chronicles the birth of the Nuclear Age, Los Alamos Utilities has taken up the challenge of finding both short-term and long-term renewable energy solutions.</p>
<p>&ldquo;We just closed a coal fire plant and are trying to find replacement electric generation that's renewable. We're in the Small Modular Reactor project, but those are long-term projects that take time to develop. Our short-term goal is to find renewable resources &ndash; wind, solar, and battery &ndash; that cannot yet provide multiple days of stored energy. Our biggest challenge right now is exploring opportunities for long-term electricity storage,&rdquo; said Los Alamos Utilities Manager Philo Shelton.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, at the University of New Mexico, a research team led by Prof. Manel Mart&iacute;nez-Ram&oacute;n of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is developing an algorithm that will help electrical grids use energy more efficiently.</p>
<p>The project is a part of the New Mexico EPSCoR Smart Grid Center grant, funded by the National Science Foundation. The grant will involve the establishment of &ldquo;a novel, interdisciplinary research center, the NM SMART Grid Center, which is pursuing next-generation electric power production and delivery through the creation of a SMART electric grid (one that is Sustainable, Modular, Adaptive, Resilient, and Transactive),&rdquo; according to the EPSCoR website.</p>
<p>The smart grid that the EPSCoR project is developing will use artificial intelligence to automatically adjust energy storage based on how much energy will likely be needed under specific conditions. Weather is a very important factor in these decisions.</p>
<p>&ldquo;There are several articles that show that temperature has a strong correlation with energy consumption since the utilities that consume most of the energy in the house are temperature regulators,&rdquo; said UNM Graduate Research Assistant Nestor Pereira.</p>
<p>To help smart grids predict energy needs accurately, Mart&iacute;nez-Ram&oacute;n&rsquo;s team is devising an algorithm that will tell a smart grid what weather and power load data on which to base its decisions on any given day.</p>',
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<figcaption class="image-caption">The Lucid Air Sapphire is the company's top-of-the-line sedan, which delivers more than 1,200 horsepower, a top speed exceeding 270 kph, a 0-60 time of under 2 seconds, and a maximum range of up to 830 km on a single charge.</figcaption>
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<p>In the past, the main obstacles facing EVs were the lack of infrastructure, i.e. charging stations, and sticker shock. However, a company based in the U.S. West appears to have surmounted those issues.</p>
<p>&ldquo;As a company, we believe that we have a real problem with global warming. We also believe that pure battery electric is the right solution. However, in order to do that, we need to overcome some fundamental hurdles, first of which is range anxiety. We've addressed that with the first car, with its 520-mile range and currently in production,&rdquo; Lucid Motors CEO and CTO Peter Rawlinson said.</p>
<p>From its manufacturing plant in Arizona, Lucid Motors assembles four models of luxury electric cars, all with affordable prices and equipped with the latest technology. In fact, the technology that gives Lucid cars its long range is the very same one that makes them less expensive.</p>
<p>&ldquo;The way we achieve range is much more profound and important. We do that with less batteries. If we can go farther with less batteries, we could go the same distance with a much smaller battery pack. Because the battery is the most expensive component of an electric car, we have a profound influence on its manufacturing cost. Now, the cost of ownership is the greatest remaining hurdle to widespread adoption,&rdquo; Rawlinson said.</p>
<p><strong><em><a href="https://lucidmotors.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://lucidmotors.com</a> </em></strong></p>',
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<figcaption class="image-caption">Its cities are significant drivers of this boom through effective economic management, with Mesa being a standout success story. Located in Maricopa County, Mesa is the leading hub for the state's semiconductor industry in the East Valley section of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area.</figcaption>
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<p>Its cities are significant drivers of this boom through effective economic management, with Mesa being a standout success story. Located in Maricopa County, Mesa is the leading hub for the state's semiconductor industry in the East Valley section of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area.</p>
<p>&ldquo;TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) is a major draw obviously. But Intel has also been here for years and they're still expanding. With this semiconductor expansion going on, we're ripe for the supply chain, whether first-tier or second-tier supplier. We're within half an hour to Intel and an hour to TSMC,&rdquo; Mesa Economic Development Director William Jabjiniak said.</p>
<p>Another key to Mesa&rsquo;s success is strategic urban planning.</p>
<p>&ldquo;We've created the Elliott Road Tech Corridor. Its zoning overlay helps you get through business quicker and get entitlements. There&rsquo;s also the Pecos Advanced Manufacturing Zone, again an effort to invest in infrastructure and cut Entitlement risk. Those developments have been very positive for us,&rdquo; Jabjiniak said.</p>
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<figcaption class="image-caption">Millions of lives can be saved around the world thanks to recent breakthroughs in the medical technology sector.</figcaption>
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<p>In Utah, Second Heart Assist, Inc. is developing the most advanced circulatory assist pumps for heart failure, high-risk PCI kidney failure, limb salvage, and cardiogenic shock patients. It has the potential to enhance the lives of millions who suffer from these debilitating ailments worldwide.&nbsp;</p>
<p>&ldquo;When people are admitted and develop heart failure, they typically retain a lot of fluids and are quite congested and have trouble breathing and are admitted to the hospital,&rdquo; Second Heart Assist Chief Medical Officer Dr. Leslie Miller explained.</p>
<p>&ldquo;This device is designed to both help patients with heart failure to pump more effectively deliver that blood on top of what we propel from the pump into the kidneys to markedly improve kidney function, increase urine output, and shorten the length of stay. It's a very beneficial design to help the so-called cardiorena,&rdquo; Miller added.</p>
<p>Another startup, Colorado&rsquo;s Aspero Medical has developed the Ancora platform. The device leverages its patented Pillar balloon technology in an interventional overtube that provides better access, stability, control, and usability in flexible endoscopy interventions. The technology improves anchoring consistency in the gastrointestinal tract, minimizing surgical time and enabling more complete procedures on the first attempt.</p>
<p>&ldquo;For 10 years at the University of Colorado, we looked at texturing materials specifically for medical devices and robots used inside the body. The foundational technology in the company allows for flexible balloons to better anchor against slippery surfaces inside the body,&rdquo; Aspero Medical CEO Dr. Mark Rentschler explained.</p>',
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<p>Established in 1872, Yellowstone is the oldest and perhaps most famous of America&rsquo;s national parks, Yellowstone. Spanning the states of Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho, the park is known for its wildlife and many geothermal features, among them Old Faithful, which has erupted every 44 minutes to two hours since the year 2000. Visitors can stay at the Old Faithful Inn to catch the popular geyser shoot between 3,700 to 8,400 gallons of boiling water up to 185 feet high for up to 5 minutes.</p>
<p>Grizzly bears, moose, and American bison are just some of the fauna to be spotted at the park, the central location of the Kevin Costner TV drama series &ldquo;Yellowstone.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Straddling Nevada and California, Death Valley is the fifth-largest National Park in the United States. The hottest and driest place in North America, Death Valley&rsquo;s terrain is dominated by salt flats, sand dunes, and badlands. Its harsh desert climate is home to diverse plant life, like the Creosote Bush and the Joshua Tree.</p>
<p>Then, there&rsquo;s Utah&rsquo;s Zion National Park, which was once populated by the Ancestral Puebloans also known as Anasazi, and later on settled by the Mormons. The park counts mountains, canyons, buttes, mesas, monoliths, rivers, slot canyons, and natural arches as some of its natural land features and rock formations. It is also home to 289 species of birds, 75 mammals (including 19 species of bat), and 32 species of reptiles.</p>',
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<p>The Idaho Department of Commerce&rsquo;s single-point-of-contact approach has immensely improved the ease of doing business for expanding companies. This, plus the state&rsquo;s high GDP growth, low unemployment, and incentive programs, have made Idaho a magnet for Japanese business.</p>
<p>Cities like Idaho Falls, Magic Valley and Twin Falls are experiencing a boom after having attracted Japanese companies that decided to expand their North American presence. ON Semiconductors opened offices in Nampa, Pocatello, and Meridian. There are eight Japanese majority-owned companies in the state that employ over 700 workers in 12 major metropolitan areas within an 800-mile radius of the capital Boise.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The Idaho Japan Business Council leads the way in helping connect Japanese investment with the Gem State.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Our goal is to connect Japanese and American business, or more exactly American and Japanese communities, so they can know each other and hopefully understand each other,&rdquo; Honorary Consul General of Japan in Idaho Ed Klopfenstein said.</p>
<p>Even the potato has received a Japanese upgrade as well. American company J.R. Simplot Co. formed a joint venture with ITOCHU Corp. called Simplot Japan to produce frozen french fries, fruits and vegetables, like avocados.</p>
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			'content' => '<p>The College of Southern Idaho&rsquo;s Applied Technology and Innovation Center (ATI) offers students training in various programs that range from food technology and processing to industrial maintenance systems, drafting, programmable logic controllers, renewable energy systems technology, and computer-aided design.</p>
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<p>Graduates from these programs, in turn, provide Idaho with a steady stream of highly skilled individuals who make up the state&rsquo;s workforce, which is one of the top reasons Japanese business has increased rapidly in the state.</p>
<p>Atom Seimitsu, a Tokyo-based company that manufactures robotic equipment for the semiconductor industry, connected with ATI multiple times. The collaboration has resulted in numerous possible applications in the agricultural industry, including fully automated greenhouses and food processing plants.</p>
<p>Cutting-edge R&amp;D at the University of Idaho and Boise State is also why SAKAE Casting, a Japanese manufacturing company that specializes in aluminum casting of cold plates, came to Idaho.</p>
<p>&ldquo;They reached out to the government of Idaho. The government of Idaho provided some funding to Boise State University through the IgM fund, I believe. And that particular fund helped start some initial research,&rdquo; said Ed Klopfenstein, the Honorary Consul General of Japan in Idaho.</p>
<p>&ldquo;And then through other private sources, they've been able to expand that research. Most universities don't open up themselves to foreign companies like this. Boise State opened its arms,&rdquo; Klopfenstein added.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>With the influx of foreign investment, Idaho&rsquo;s GDP has grown an average of 2.8% every year since 2015.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&ldquo;We'd like to uncover and hopefully communicate to Japan why Idaho is a good place to invest in for these Japanese companies and why they should do business with local Idaho companies. That's been the centerpiece of Idaho&rsquo;s relationship with Japan,&rdquo; he also said.</p>',
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			'title' => 'Japan America Society of Colorado: The state's nexus for all things Japanese',
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<p>&ldquo;The mission of Japan America Society is connecting Colorado and Japan by creating opportunities through business, education, and culture. So, those are our three pillars that we operate under,&rdquo; said JASC Executive Director Claudine Locascio.</p>
<p>Locascio, who studied in Doshisha University in Kyoto, has been with the JASC since 2012. She was one of the delegates in Governor Jared Polis&rsquo;s recent trade mission to Japan. She oversees the JASC&rsquo;s yearlong schedule loaded with a plethora of cultural, business, and educational events.</p>
<p>A JASC event that students of Japanese culture from the Rocky Mountain Region (Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and Wyoming) always look forward to is the Japan Cup. Hosted by the JASC since 2008, Japan Cup brings together students of all interested middle schools, high schools, and colleges for a day-long competition that challenges them on a wide variety of subjects, like current events and Japanese language and culture.</p>
<p>Another culturally significant event is the annual Japanese Kite Festival. In Japan, making kites using <em>washi</em> paper is a venerable artform passed down from many generations; and flying kites remains a popular pastime and is believed to bring good luck.</p>
<p>JASC keeps this beloved Japanese tradition alive by organizing this widely popular two-day event, which features kite-making workshops and kite-flying lessons conducted by a renowned Japanese kite master.</p>
<p>Thirty-four years into their mission, JASC has stayed relevant and stronger than ever.</p>',
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<figcaption class="image-caption">Colorado leads the charge in developing hydrogen-powered cars, which are predicted to be the future of the automotive industry.</figcaption>
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<p>How can a car use hydrogen for fuel? The term hydrogen-fueled is a misnomer because these vehicles will be powered by an electric motor. So, the more proper term is FECV, short for Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle. In simple terms, power from the car&rsquo;s battery will come from the reaction created when hydrogen is mixed with dioxygen.</p>
<p>With the continued rise of electric vehicles or EVs, FECVs should not be viewed as competitors.</p>
<p>&ldquo;If you look at the design of the vehicle, it absolutely speaks to that complementary approach. You are still going to have a battery, but it's going to be five to 10% of the mass of a pure battery electric vehicle that would otherwise be in that powertrain. We have always looked at this as a complementary solution. It is competitive only at the margins,&rdquo; said Seth Terry, CEO of New Day Hydrogen, a Colorado based company and member of the Colorado Hydrogen Network, a non-profit organization that is actively advocating for the shift to hydrogen fuel.</p>
<p>Even Le Mans, the famed 24 hours endurance race, is embracing hydrogen power. ACO and GreenGT, the racing teams behind Mission H24 which is pushing for zero-carbon neutrality in auto racing, realized this milestone when the H24 prototype became the first hydrogen powered racer to run at the legendary circuit in northwestern France.</p>',
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<figcaption class="image-caption">Japan America Society of Colorado Executive Director Claudine Locascio</figcaption>
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<p>Leading a delegation made up of 23 members of the Global Business Development Division of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and Trade (OEDIT), the governor held high-level meetings in Tokyo and Osaka. This particular trade mission was particularly symbolic as it happened on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the first direct flight between Denver and Tokyo.</p>
<p>The Japan America Society of Colorado, which marked its 34th anniversary this year, has been at the forefront of cultivating this rich relationship through business, education, and culture.</p>
<p>&ldquo;We're a very program-heavy organization, and we are a membership organization. So really our goal is bringing people together who have shared experiences with Japan,&rdquo; Japan America Society of Colorado Executive Director Claudine Locascio said.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Sometimes that's the business community, sometimes that's our education community. We work all the way through college, and sometimes it's purely cultural experiences that we can help share in the community,&rdquo; Locascio also said.</p>
<p>Although Colorado is known more as a beer brewing state, a different drink, one with intrinsically Japanese ties is making fans in the state. Colorado Sake Company has taken advantage of the state&rsquo;s pristine water, said to be perfect for fermentation and the secret ingredient behind Colorado&rsquo;s robust beer industry, to introduce America to <em>sake</em>.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Japanese people love what we're doing. Even <em>sake </em>reps from Japan love what we're doing because it's just promoting sake in America,&rdquo; said William Stuart, proprietor of the Colorado Sake Company.</p>',
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			'content' => '<p>When man found out that fermented grains produced alcohol, beer soon followed. And the world has been imbibing copious amounts of the foamy beverage with gusto ever since.</p>
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<figcaption class="image-caption">Thanks to beer, Colorado has added another reason for domestic and international tourists to visit.</figcaption>
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<p>One U.S. state with a long and storied brewing history is Colorado. The Mile High State has been brewing beer for 164 years. The tradition can be traced all the way back to the Gold Rush, when Eastern Europeans immigrants arrived in the mid-19th century prospecting for gold <em>&ldquo;in them thar hills.&rdquo;</em> These newly-minted Americans brought with them arcane knowledge in the brewing arts.</p>
<p>Perhaps no other beer brand is tied to Colorado more than Coors. In 1873, Adolph Coors and Jacob Schueler established their first brewery in Golden, Colorado. The two bought Czech immigrant William Silhan&rsquo;s pilsner-style beer recipe, which became their first bottled concoction, and the rest as the clich&eacute; goes, is beer history.</p>
<p>Fast forward to 1978, U.S. President Jimmy Carter signed H.R. 1337, which allowed the ordinary Joe to, without fear of legal repercussion, brew his own beer at home; and the artisan product craft beer was born. Today, Colorado is the third largest producer of craft beer in the United States with an average annual output of 1,522,834 barrels.</p>
<p>Fort Collins, Colorado, sometimes referred to as the Napa Valley of beer, is also home to what is called &ldquo;The Brewmuda Triangle,&rdquo; where a three-sided combination of large, regional, and small breweries produce 70% of all the beer brewed in Colorado.</p>
<p>Beer is such a popular tourist draw to Colorado that a Denver company &ndash; Denver Pub Crawl &ndash; offers an experience unlike any other. For a fee, you&rsquo;ll get a more than 4-hour guided crawling tour through 4 to 6 downtown Denver bars. Cheers Colorado!</p>',
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<figcaption class="image-caption">Colorado is not short on outdoor adventure and sports activities.</figcaption>
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<p>First up, head to the town of Durango. Come in the summer months and you can take the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railway, a historic train trip that runs through the valley from Durango to Silverton. The nearby Purgatory Ski Resort, just 15 minutes out of Durango, provides heavenly skiing and snowboarding with slopes that rival those of Aspen.</p>
<p>Speaking of Aspen, the world-famous ski resort town now prides itself as a year-round tourist destination teeming with first-class hotels and restaurants. If the town&rsquo;s full, nearby Glenwood Springs provides a popular alternative destination for the spillover crowd.</p>
<p>Then there&rsquo;s Pikes Peak, home of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. The Race to the Clouds takes place every June and starts from Mile 7 on Pikes Peak Highway. From there, world-class drivers race up a 19.99 km course with 156 turns, starting from an elevation of 1,440 m. and finishing at 4,302 m. above sea level. This ultimate test of race driving skill is always a sight to behold.</p>
<p>Finally, check out The Nikola Tesla Downtown Lightning Laboratory in Colorado Springs. Famed Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla set up his laboratory at Wardenclyffe during the turn of the 20th century where he experimented on wireless high frequency electricity transmission. The site has been transformed into a museum and science center as a tribute to his genius.&nbsp;</p>',
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<p>&ldquo;The Japanese market is a consistent market that doesn't ebb or flow a lot in times of higher supply and lower prices,&rdquo; said <strong>Kent Kupfner, executive vice president of Montana Wheat and Barley Committee</strong>, the producer-funded checkoff organization for wheat and barley growers in the state.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Economically speaking, (Japanese investors) have had a major impact on the Montana wheat and barley industry. They invested in shuttle-loading capability elevators. Those facilities can load 110 car trains in 15 hours or less. They're efficient and they can handle grain in a very efficient manner,&rdquo; Kupfner added.</p>
<p>The Japanese partnership with Montana&rsquo;s agricultural industry has also yielded collaborations between the Montana Wheat and Barley Committee and Montana State University (MSU) for the research and development of wheat varieties specifically for the Japanese market.</p>
<p>&ldquo;We're very aware of the quality demands and use characteristics that the Japanese flour menu industry wants to see. Our breeders are well aware of the qualities that they need to breed into their varieties, whether it&rsquo;s noodle making or specific end use like specialty breads. Collaboration between Montana Wheat and Barley and Montana State University research centers is also very important. Roughly half our budget goes directly to MSU to fund research for wheat varieties,&rdquo; Kupfner said.</p>
<p><a href="https://montanawbc.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em><strong>https://montanawbc.com</strong></em></a></p>',
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<p>&ldquo;The Japanese market is a consistent market that doesn't ebb or flow a lot in times of higher supply and lower prices,&rdquo; said <strong>Kent Kupfner, executive vice president of Montana Wheat and Barley Committee</strong>, the producer-funded checkoff organization for wheat and barley growers in the state.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Economically speaking, (Japanese investors) have had a major impact on the Montana wheat and barley industry. They invested in shuttle-loading capability elevators. Those facilities can load 110 car trains in 15 hours or less. They're efficient and they can handle grain in a very efficient manner,&rdquo; Kupfner added.</p>
<p>The Japanese partnership with Montana&rsquo;s agricultural industry has also yielded collaborations between the Montana Wheat and Barley Committee and Montana State University (MSU) for the research and development of wheat varieties specifically for the Japanese market.</p>
<p>&ldquo;We're very aware of the quality demands and use characteristics that the Japanese flour menu industry wants to see. Our breeders are well aware of the qualities that they need to breed into their varieties, whether it&rsquo;s noodle making or specific end use like specialty breads. Collaboration between Montana Wheat and Barley and Montana State University research centers is also very important. Roughly half our budget goes directly to MSU to fund research for wheat varieties,&rdquo; Kupfner said.</p>
<p><a href="https://montanawbc.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em><strong>https://montanawbc.com</strong></em></a></p>',
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<p>&ldquo;The New Mexico Department of Transportation didn't own a single electric vehicle in its fleet for years. It had no EV (electric vehicle) charging infrastructure at any of the facilities it owns across the state. Now, New Mexico is known as the first state to submit a NEVI plan, or National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Plan,&rdquo; said Joseph De La Rosa, Special Projects Chief for the New Mexico Department of Transportation and the New Mexico Economic Development Department.</p>
<p>&ldquo;New Mexico has signed an agreement with Colorado, Utah and Washington to partner in The Western Interstate Hydrogen Hub, WISHH. We&rsquo;re working on proposals for the U.S. Department of Transportation to create hydrogen fuel corridors. New Mexico is also going to have the largest wind farm and grid project, the SunZia Project, which will provide power to the West Coast,&rdquo; De La Rosa added. &nbsp;</p>
<p>In a city destined to find new international fame with the upcoming release of the film &ldquo;Oppenheimer,&rdquo; which chronicles the birth of the Nuclear Age, Los Alamos Utilities has taken up the challenge of finding both short-term and long-term renewable energy solutions.</p>
<p>&ldquo;We just closed a coal fire plant and are trying to find replacement electric generation that's renewable. We're in the Small Modular Reactor project, but those are long-term projects that take time to develop. Our short-term goal is to find renewable resources &ndash; wind, solar, and battery &ndash; that cannot yet provide multiple days of stored energy. Our biggest challenge right now is exploring opportunities for long-term electricity storage,&rdquo; said Los Alamos Utilities Manager Philo Shelton.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, at the University of New Mexico, a research team led by Prof. Manel Mart&iacute;nez-Ram&oacute;n of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is developing an algorithm that will help electrical grids use energy more efficiently.</p>
<p>The project is a part of the New Mexico EPSCoR Smart Grid Center grant, funded by the National Science Foundation. The grant will involve the establishment of &ldquo;a novel, interdisciplinary research center, the NM SMART Grid Center, which is pursuing next-generation electric power production and delivery through the creation of a SMART electric grid (one that is Sustainable, Modular, Adaptive, Resilient, and Transactive),&rdquo; according to the EPSCoR website.</p>
<p>The smart grid that the EPSCoR project is developing will use artificial intelligence to automatically adjust energy storage based on how much energy will likely be needed under specific conditions. Weather is a very important factor in these decisions.</p>
<p>&ldquo;There are several articles that show that temperature has a strong correlation with energy consumption since the utilities that consume most of the energy in the house are temperature regulators,&rdquo; said UNM Graduate Research Assistant Nestor Pereira.</p>
<p>To help smart grids predict energy needs accurately, Mart&iacute;nez-Ram&oacute;n&rsquo;s team is devising an algorithm that will tell a smart grid what weather and power load data on which to base its decisions on any given day.</p>',
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<figcaption class="image-caption">The Lucid Air Sapphire is the company's top-of-the-line sedan, which delivers more than 1,200 horsepower, a top speed exceeding 270 kph, a 0-60 time of under 2 seconds, and a maximum range of up to 830 km on a single charge.</figcaption>
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<p>In the past, the main obstacles facing EVs were the lack of infrastructure, i.e. charging stations, and sticker shock. However, a company based in the U.S. West appears to have surmounted those issues.</p>
<p>&ldquo;As a company, we believe that we have a real problem with global warming. We also believe that pure battery electric is the right solution. However, in order to do that, we need to overcome some fundamental hurdles, first of which is range anxiety. We've addressed that with the first car, with its 520-mile range and currently in production,&rdquo; Lucid Motors CEO and CTO Peter Rawlinson said.</p>
<p>From its manufacturing plant in Arizona, Lucid Motors assembles four models of luxury electric cars, all with affordable prices and equipped with the latest technology. In fact, the technology that gives Lucid cars its long range is the very same one that makes them less expensive.</p>
<p>&ldquo;The way we achieve range is much more profound and important. We do that with less batteries. If we can go farther with less batteries, we could go the same distance with a much smaller battery pack. Because the battery is the most expensive component of an electric car, we have a profound influence on its manufacturing cost. Now, the cost of ownership is the greatest remaining hurdle to widespread adoption,&rdquo; Rawlinson said.</p>
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<figcaption class="image-caption">Its cities are significant drivers of this boom through effective economic management, with Mesa being a standout success story. Located in Maricopa County, Mesa is the leading hub for the state's semiconductor industry in the East Valley section of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area.</figcaption>
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<p>Its cities are significant drivers of this boom through effective economic management, with Mesa being a standout success story. Located in Maricopa County, Mesa is the leading hub for the state's semiconductor industry in the East Valley section of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area.</p>
<p>&ldquo;TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) is a major draw obviously. But Intel has also been here for years and they're still expanding. With this semiconductor expansion going on, we're ripe for the supply chain, whether first-tier or second-tier supplier. We're within half an hour to Intel and an hour to TSMC,&rdquo; Mesa Economic Development Director William Jabjiniak said.</p>
<p>Another key to Mesa&rsquo;s success is strategic urban planning.</p>
<p>&ldquo;We've created the Elliott Road Tech Corridor. Its zoning overlay helps you get through business quicker and get entitlements. There&rsquo;s also the Pecos Advanced Manufacturing Zone, again an effort to invest in infrastructure and cut Entitlement risk. Those developments have been very positive for us,&rdquo; Jabjiniak said.</p>
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<figcaption class="image-caption">Millions of lives can be saved around the world thanks to recent breakthroughs in the medical technology sector.</figcaption>
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<p>In Utah, Second Heart Assist, Inc. is developing the most advanced circulatory assist pumps for heart failure, high-risk PCI kidney failure, limb salvage, and cardiogenic shock patients. It has the potential to enhance the lives of millions who suffer from these debilitating ailments worldwide.&nbsp;</p>
<p>&ldquo;When people are admitted and develop heart failure, they typically retain a lot of fluids and are quite congested and have trouble breathing and are admitted to the hospital,&rdquo; Second Heart Assist Chief Medical Officer Dr. Leslie Miller explained.</p>
<p>&ldquo;This device is designed to both help patients with heart failure to pump more effectively deliver that blood on top of what we propel from the pump into the kidneys to markedly improve kidney function, increase urine output, and shorten the length of stay. It's a very beneficial design to help the so-called cardiorena,&rdquo; Miller added.</p>
<p>Another startup, Colorado&rsquo;s Aspero Medical has developed the Ancora platform. The device leverages its patented Pillar balloon technology in an interventional overtube that provides better access, stability, control, and usability in flexible endoscopy interventions. The technology improves anchoring consistency in the gastrointestinal tract, minimizing surgical time and enabling more complete procedures on the first attempt.</p>
<p>&ldquo;For 10 years at the University of Colorado, we looked at texturing materials specifically for medical devices and robots used inside the body. The foundational technology in the company allows for flexible balloons to better anchor against slippery surfaces inside the body,&rdquo; Aspero Medical CEO Dr. Mark Rentschler explained.</p>',
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<figcaption class="image-caption">Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Parks remains one of the top tourist attractions in the United States.</figcaption>
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<p>Established in 1872, Yellowstone is the oldest and perhaps most famous of America&rsquo;s national parks, Yellowstone. Spanning the states of Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho, the park is known for its wildlife and many geothermal features, among them Old Faithful, which has erupted every 44 minutes to two hours since the year 2000. Visitors can stay at the Old Faithful Inn to catch the popular geyser shoot between 3,700 to 8,400 gallons of boiling water up to 185 feet high for up to 5 minutes.</p>
<p>Grizzly bears, moose, and American bison are just some of the fauna to be spotted at the park, the central location of the Kevin Costner TV drama series &ldquo;Yellowstone.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Straddling Nevada and California, Death Valley is the fifth-largest National Park in the United States. The hottest and driest place in North America, Death Valley&rsquo;s terrain is dominated by salt flats, sand dunes, and badlands. Its harsh desert climate is home to diverse plant life, like the Creosote Bush and the Joshua Tree.</p>
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<p>The Idaho Department of Commerce&rsquo;s single-point-of-contact approach has immensely improved the ease of doing business for expanding companies. This, plus the state&rsquo;s high GDP growth, low unemployment, and incentive programs, have made Idaho a magnet for Japanese business.</p>
<p>Cities like Idaho Falls, Magic Valley and Twin Falls are experiencing a boom after having attracted Japanese companies that decided to expand their North American presence. ON Semiconductors opened offices in Nampa, Pocatello, and Meridian. There are eight Japanese majority-owned companies in the state that employ over 700 workers in 12 major metropolitan areas within an 800-mile radius of the capital Boise.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The Idaho Japan Business Council leads the way in helping connect Japanese investment with the Gem State.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Our goal is to connect Japanese and American business, or more exactly American and Japanese communities, so they can know each other and hopefully understand each other,&rdquo; Honorary Consul General of Japan in Idaho Ed Klopfenstein said.</p>
<p>Even the potato has received a Japanese upgrade as well. American company J.R. Simplot Co. formed a joint venture with ITOCHU Corp. called Simplot Japan to produce frozen french fries, fruits and vegetables, like avocados.</p>
<p>&ldquo;You would think potatoes are just potatoes. But, everything from robotics to chemistry, to farming science is coming together to make potatoes a leading industry for this state,&rdquo; Klopfenstein explained.</p>',
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			'content' => '<p>The College of Southern Idaho&rsquo;s Applied Technology and Innovation Center (ATI) offers students training in various programs that range from food technology and processing to industrial maintenance systems, drafting, programmable logic controllers, renewable energy systems technology, and computer-aided design.</p>
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<p>Graduates from these programs, in turn, provide Idaho with a steady stream of highly skilled individuals who make up the state&rsquo;s workforce, which is one of the top reasons Japanese business has increased rapidly in the state.</p>
<p>Atom Seimitsu, a Tokyo-based company that manufactures robotic equipment for the semiconductor industry, connected with ATI multiple times. The collaboration has resulted in numerous possible applications in the agricultural industry, including fully automated greenhouses and food processing plants.</p>
<p>Cutting-edge R&amp;D at the University of Idaho and Boise State is also why SAKAE Casting, a Japanese manufacturing company that specializes in aluminum casting of cold plates, came to Idaho.</p>
<p>&ldquo;They reached out to the government of Idaho. The government of Idaho provided some funding to Boise State University through the IgM fund, I believe. And that particular fund helped start some initial research,&rdquo; said Ed Klopfenstein, the Honorary Consul General of Japan in Idaho.</p>
<p>&ldquo;And then through other private sources, they've been able to expand that research. Most universities don't open up themselves to foreign companies like this. Boise State opened its arms,&rdquo; Klopfenstein added.</p>
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<p>With the influx of foreign investment, Idaho&rsquo;s GDP has grown an average of 2.8% every year since 2015.</p>
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<p>&ldquo;We'd like to uncover and hopefully communicate to Japan why Idaho is a good place to invest in for these Japanese companies and why they should do business with local Idaho companies. That's been the centerpiece of Idaho&rsquo;s relationship with Japan,&rdquo; he also said.</p>',
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<p>&ldquo;The mission of Japan America Society is connecting Colorado and Japan by creating opportunities through business, education, and culture. So, those are our three pillars that we operate under,&rdquo; said JASC Executive Director Claudine Locascio.</p>
<p>Locascio, who studied in Doshisha University in Kyoto, has been with the JASC since 2012. She was one of the delegates in Governor Jared Polis&rsquo;s recent trade mission to Japan. She oversees the JASC&rsquo;s yearlong schedule loaded with a plethora of cultural, business, and educational events.</p>
<p>A JASC event that students of Japanese culture from the Rocky Mountain Region (Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and Wyoming) always look forward to is the Japan Cup. Hosted by the JASC since 2008, Japan Cup brings together students of all interested middle schools, high schools, and colleges for a day-long competition that challenges them on a wide variety of subjects, like current events and Japanese language and culture.</p>
<p>Another culturally significant event is the annual Japanese Kite Festival. In Japan, making kites using <em>washi</em> paper is a venerable artform passed down from many generations; and flying kites remains a popular pastime and is believed to bring good luck.</p>
<p>JASC keeps this beloved Japanese tradition alive by organizing this widely popular two-day event, which features kite-making workshops and kite-flying lessons conducted by a renowned Japanese kite master.</p>
<p>Thirty-four years into their mission, JASC has stayed relevant and stronger than ever.</p>',
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			'content' => '<p>Making up almost 75% of all matter, hydrogen is the most common chemical substance in the universe. The U.S. state of Colorado is at the forefront of research and development to harness the infinite power of hydrogen and turn it into mankind&rsquo;s fuel of choice for zero-carbon cars that will emit only water droplets.</p>
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<p>How can a car use hydrogen for fuel? The term hydrogen-fueled is a misnomer because these vehicles will be powered by an electric motor. So, the more proper term is FECV, short for Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle. In simple terms, power from the car&rsquo;s battery will come from the reaction created when hydrogen is mixed with dioxygen.</p>
<p>With the continued rise of electric vehicles or EVs, FECVs should not be viewed as competitors.</p>
<p>&ldquo;If you look at the design of the vehicle, it absolutely speaks to that complementary approach. You are still going to have a battery, but it's going to be five to 10% of the mass of a pure battery electric vehicle that would otherwise be in that powertrain. We have always looked at this as a complementary solution. It is competitive only at the margins,&rdquo; said Seth Terry, CEO of New Day Hydrogen, a Colorado based company and member of the Colorado Hydrogen Network, a non-profit organization that is actively advocating for the shift to hydrogen fuel.</p>
<p>Even Le Mans, the famed 24 hours endurance race, is embracing hydrogen power. ACO and GreenGT, the racing teams behind Mission H24 which is pushing for zero-carbon neutrality in auto racing, realized this milestone when the H24 prototype became the first hydrogen powered racer to run at the legendary circuit in northwestern France.</p>',
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			'title' => 'Colorado-Japan relations: Trade, culture, and sake',
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			'description' => 'Colorado Gov. Jared Polis wrapped up a five-day trade mission to Japan in March, during which he met with potential investors keen on developing the booming aerospace and green technology sectors, and further strengthening the technology sector of the state, whose 6th largest trading partner is Japan.',
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			'content' => '<p>Colorado Gov. Jared Polis wrapped up a five-day trade mission to Japan in March, during which he met with potential investors keen on developing the booming aerospace and green technology sectors, and further strengthening the technology sector of the state, whose 6th largest trading partner is Japan.</p>
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<figcaption class="image-caption">Japan America Society of Colorado Executive Director Claudine Locascio</figcaption>
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<p>Leading a delegation made up of 23 members of the Global Business Development Division of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and Trade (OEDIT), the governor held high-level meetings in Tokyo and Osaka. This particular trade mission was particularly symbolic as it happened on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the first direct flight between Denver and Tokyo.</p>
<p>The Japan America Society of Colorado, which marked its 34th anniversary this year, has been at the forefront of cultivating this rich relationship through business, education, and culture.</p>
<p>&ldquo;We're a very program-heavy organization, and we are a membership organization. So really our goal is bringing people together who have shared experiences with Japan,&rdquo; Japan America Society of Colorado Executive Director Claudine Locascio said.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Sometimes that's the business community, sometimes that's our education community. We work all the way through college, and sometimes it's purely cultural experiences that we can help share in the community,&rdquo; Locascio also said.</p>
<p>Although Colorado is known more as a beer brewing state, a different drink, one with intrinsically Japanese ties is making fans in the state. Colorado Sake Company has taken advantage of the state&rsquo;s pristine water, said to be perfect for fermentation and the secret ingredient behind Colorado&rsquo;s robust beer industry, to introduce America to <em>sake</em>.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Japanese people love what we're doing. Even <em>sake </em>reps from Japan love what we're doing because it's just promoting sake in America,&rdquo; said William Stuart, proprietor of the Colorado Sake Company.</p>',
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			'content' => '<p>When man found out that fermented grains produced alcohol, beer soon followed. And the world has been imbibing copious amounts of the foamy beverage with gusto ever since.</p>
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<figcaption class="image-caption">Thanks to beer, Colorado has added another reason for domestic and international tourists to visit.</figcaption>
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<p>One U.S. state with a long and storied brewing history is Colorado. The Mile High State has been brewing beer for 164 years. The tradition can be traced all the way back to the Gold Rush, when Eastern Europeans immigrants arrived in the mid-19th century prospecting for gold <em>&ldquo;in them thar hills.&rdquo;</em> These newly-minted Americans brought with them arcane knowledge in the brewing arts.</p>
<p>Perhaps no other beer brand is tied to Colorado more than Coors. In 1873, Adolph Coors and Jacob Schueler established their first brewery in Golden, Colorado. The two bought Czech immigrant William Silhan&rsquo;s pilsner-style beer recipe, which became their first bottled concoction, and the rest as the clich&eacute; goes, is beer history.</p>
<p>Fast forward to 1978, U.S. President Jimmy Carter signed H.R. 1337, which allowed the ordinary Joe to, without fear of legal repercussion, brew his own beer at home; and the artisan product craft beer was born. Today, Colorado is the third largest producer of craft beer in the United States with an average annual output of 1,522,834 barrels.</p>
<p>Fort Collins, Colorado, sometimes referred to as the Napa Valley of beer, is also home to what is called &ldquo;The Brewmuda Triangle,&rdquo; where a three-sided combination of large, regional, and small breweries produce 70% of all the beer brewed in Colorado.</p>
<p>Beer is such a popular tourist draw to Colorado that a Denver company &ndash; Denver Pub Crawl &ndash; offers an experience unlike any other. For a fee, you&rsquo;ll get a more than 4-hour guided crawling tour through 4 to 6 downtown Denver bars. Cheers Colorado!</p>',
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<p>First up, head to the town of Durango. Come in the summer months and you can take the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railway, a historic train trip that runs through the valley from Durango to Silverton. The nearby Purgatory Ski Resort, just 15 minutes out of Durango, provides heavenly skiing and snowboarding with slopes that rival those of Aspen.</p>
<p>Speaking of Aspen, the world-famous ski resort town now prides itself as a year-round tourist destination teeming with first-class hotels and restaurants. If the town&rsquo;s full, nearby Glenwood Springs provides a popular alternative destination for the spillover crowd.</p>
<p>Then there&rsquo;s Pikes Peak, home of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. The Race to the Clouds takes place every June and starts from Mile 7 on Pikes Peak Highway. From there, world-class drivers race up a 19.99 km course with 156 turns, starting from an elevation of 1,440 m. and finishing at 4,302 m. above sea level. This ultimate test of race driving skill is always a sight to behold.</p>
<p>Finally, check out The Nikola Tesla Downtown Lightning Laboratory in Colorado Springs. Famed Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla set up his laboratory at Wardenclyffe during the turn of the 20th century where he experimented on wireless high frequency electricity transmission. The site has been transformed into a museum and science center as a tribute to his genius.&nbsp;</p>',
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<p>&ldquo;The Japanese market is a consistent market that doesn't ebb or flow a lot in times of higher supply and lower prices,&rdquo; said <strong>Kent Kupfner, executive vice president of Montana Wheat and Barley Committee</strong>, the producer-funded checkoff organization for wheat and barley growers in the state.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Economically speaking, (Japanese investors) have had a major impact on the Montana wheat and barley industry. They invested in shuttle-loading capability elevators. Those facilities can load 110 car trains in 15 hours or less. They're efficient and they can handle grain in a very efficient manner,&rdquo; Kupfner added.</p>
<p>The Japanese partnership with Montana&rsquo;s agricultural industry has also yielded collaborations between the Montana Wheat and Barley Committee and Montana State University (MSU) for the research and development of wheat varieties specifically for the Japanese market.</p>
<p>&ldquo;We're very aware of the quality demands and use characteristics that the Japanese flour menu industry wants to see. Our breeders are well aware of the qualities that they need to breed into their varieties, whether it&rsquo;s noodle making or specific end use like specialty breads. Collaboration between Montana Wheat and Barley and Montana State University research centers is also very important. Roughly half our budget goes directly to MSU to fund research for wheat varieties,&rdquo; Kupfner said.</p>
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<p>&ldquo;The Japanese market is a consistent market that doesn't ebb or flow a lot in times of higher supply and lower prices,&rdquo; said <strong>Kent Kupfner, executive vice president of Montana Wheat and Barley Committee</strong>, the producer-funded checkoff organization for wheat and barley growers in the state.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Economically speaking, (Japanese investors) have had a major impact on the Montana wheat and barley industry. They invested in shuttle-loading capability elevators. Those facilities can load 110 car trains in 15 hours or less. They're efficient and they can handle grain in a very efficient manner,&rdquo; Kupfner added.</p>
<p>The Japanese partnership with Montana&rsquo;s agricultural industry has also yielded collaborations between the Montana Wheat and Barley Committee and Montana State University (MSU) for the research and development of wheat varieties specifically for the Japanese market.</p>
<p>&ldquo;We're very aware of the quality demands and use characteristics that the Japanese flour menu industry wants to see. Our breeders are well aware of the qualities that they need to breed into their varieties, whether it&rsquo;s noodle making or specific end use like specialty breads. Collaboration between Montana Wheat and Barley and Montana State University research centers is also very important. Roughly half our budget goes directly to MSU to fund research for wheat varieties,&rdquo; Kupfner said.</p>
<p><a href="https://montanawbc.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em><strong>https://montanawbc.com</strong></em></a></p>',
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<p>&ldquo;The New Mexico Department of Transportation didn't own a single electric vehicle in its fleet for years. It had no EV (electric vehicle) charging infrastructure at any of the facilities it owns across the state. Now, New Mexico is known as the first state to submit a NEVI plan, or National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Plan,&rdquo; said Joseph De La Rosa, Special Projects Chief for the New Mexico Department of Transportation and the New Mexico Economic Development Department.</p>
<p>&ldquo;New Mexico has signed an agreement with Colorado, Utah and Washington to partner in The Western Interstate Hydrogen Hub, WISHH. We&rsquo;re working on proposals for the U.S. Department of Transportation to create hydrogen fuel corridors. New Mexico is also going to have the largest wind farm and grid project, the SunZia Project, which will provide power to the West Coast,&rdquo; De La Rosa added. &nbsp;</p>
<p>In a city destined to find new international fame with the upcoming release of the film &ldquo;Oppenheimer,&rdquo; which chronicles the birth of the Nuclear Age, Los Alamos Utilities has taken up the challenge of finding both short-term and long-term renewable energy solutions.</p>
<p>&ldquo;We just closed a coal fire plant and are trying to find replacement electric generation that's renewable. We're in the Small Modular Reactor project, but those are long-term projects that take time to develop. Our short-term goal is to find renewable resources &ndash; wind, solar, and battery &ndash; that cannot yet provide multiple days of stored energy. Our biggest challenge right now is exploring opportunities for long-term electricity storage,&rdquo; said Los Alamos Utilities Manager Philo Shelton.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, at the University of New Mexico, a research team led by Prof. Manel Mart&iacute;nez-Ram&oacute;n of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is developing an algorithm that will help electrical grids use energy more efficiently.</p>
<p>The project is a part of the New Mexico EPSCoR Smart Grid Center grant, funded by the National Science Foundation. The grant will involve the establishment of &ldquo;a novel, interdisciplinary research center, the NM SMART Grid Center, which is pursuing next-generation electric power production and delivery through the creation of a SMART electric grid (one that is Sustainable, Modular, Adaptive, Resilient, and Transactive),&rdquo; according to the EPSCoR website.</p>
<p>The smart grid that the EPSCoR project is developing will use artificial intelligence to automatically adjust energy storage based on how much energy will likely be needed under specific conditions. Weather is a very important factor in these decisions.</p>
<p>&ldquo;There are several articles that show that temperature has a strong correlation with energy consumption since the utilities that consume most of the energy in the house are temperature regulators,&rdquo; said UNM Graduate Research Assistant Nestor Pereira.</p>
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<figcaption class="image-caption">The Lucid Air Sapphire is the company's top-of-the-line sedan, which delivers more than 1,200 horsepower, a top speed exceeding 270 kph, a 0-60 time of under 2 seconds, and a maximum range of up to 830 km on a single charge.</figcaption>
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<p>In the past, the main obstacles facing EVs were the lack of infrastructure, i.e. charging stations, and sticker shock. However, a company based in the U.S. West appears to have surmounted those issues.</p>
<p>&ldquo;As a company, we believe that we have a real problem with global warming. We also believe that pure battery electric is the right solution. However, in order to do that, we need to overcome some fundamental hurdles, first of which is range anxiety. We've addressed that with the first car, with its 520-mile range and currently in production,&rdquo; Lucid Motors CEO and CTO Peter Rawlinson said.</p>
<p>From its manufacturing plant in Arizona, Lucid Motors assembles four models of luxury electric cars, all with affordable prices and equipped with the latest technology. In fact, the technology that gives Lucid cars its long range is the very same one that makes them less expensive.</p>
<p>&ldquo;The way we achieve range is much more profound and important. We do that with less batteries. If we can go farther with less batteries, we could go the same distance with a much smaller battery pack. Because the battery is the most expensive component of an electric car, we have a profound influence on its manufacturing cost. Now, the cost of ownership is the greatest remaining hurdle to widespread adoption,&rdquo; Rawlinson said.</p>
<p><strong><em><a href="https://lucidmotors.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://lucidmotors.com</a> </em></strong></p>',
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<figcaption class="image-caption">Its cities are significant drivers of this boom through effective economic management, with Mesa being a standout success story. Located in Maricopa County, Mesa is the leading hub for the state's semiconductor industry in the East Valley section of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area.</figcaption>
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<p>Its cities are significant drivers of this boom through effective economic management, with Mesa being a standout success story. Located in Maricopa County, Mesa is the leading hub for the state's semiconductor industry in the East Valley section of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area.</p>
<p>&ldquo;TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) is a major draw obviously. But Intel has also been here for years and they're still expanding. With this semiconductor expansion going on, we're ripe for the supply chain, whether first-tier or second-tier supplier. We're within half an hour to Intel and an hour to TSMC,&rdquo; Mesa Economic Development Director William Jabjiniak said.</p>
<p>Another key to Mesa&rsquo;s success is strategic urban planning.</p>
<p>&ldquo;We've created the Elliott Road Tech Corridor. Its zoning overlay helps you get through business quicker and get entitlements. There&rsquo;s also the Pecos Advanced Manufacturing Zone, again an effort to invest in infrastructure and cut Entitlement risk. Those developments have been very positive for us,&rdquo; Jabjiniak said.</p>
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<p>In Utah, Second Heart Assist, Inc. is developing the most advanced circulatory assist pumps for heart failure, high-risk PCI kidney failure, limb salvage, and cardiogenic shock patients. It has the potential to enhance the lives of millions who suffer from these debilitating ailments worldwide.&nbsp;</p>
<p>&ldquo;When people are admitted and develop heart failure, they typically retain a lot of fluids and are quite congested and have trouble breathing and are admitted to the hospital,&rdquo; Second Heart Assist Chief Medical Officer Dr. Leslie Miller explained.</p>
<p>&ldquo;This device is designed to both help patients with heart failure to pump more effectively deliver that blood on top of what we propel from the pump into the kidneys to markedly improve kidney function, increase urine output, and shorten the length of stay. It's a very beneficial design to help the so-called cardiorena,&rdquo; Miller added.</p>
<p>Another startup, Colorado&rsquo;s Aspero Medical has developed the Ancora platform. The device leverages its patented Pillar balloon technology in an interventional overtube that provides better access, stability, control, and usability in flexible endoscopy interventions. The technology improves anchoring consistency in the gastrointestinal tract, minimizing surgical time and enabling more complete procedures on the first attempt.</p>
<p>&ldquo;For 10 years at the University of Colorado, we looked at texturing materials specifically for medical devices and robots used inside the body. The foundational technology in the company allows for flexible balloons to better anchor against slippery surfaces inside the body,&rdquo; Aspero Medical CEO Dr. Mark Rentschler explained.</p>',
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			'title' => 'The Mountain West Region: Home of America's great national parks',
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			'description' => 'America is teeming with awe-inspiring natural beauty, but nowhere is this more evident than in the Mountain West states, where you'll find the largest concentration of national parks in all of the United States.',
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<figcaption class="image-caption">Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Parks remains one of the top tourist attractions in the United States.</figcaption>
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<p>Established in 1872, Yellowstone is the oldest and perhaps most famous of America&rsquo;s national parks, Yellowstone. Spanning the states of Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho, the park is known for its wildlife and many geothermal features, among them Old Faithful, which has erupted every 44 minutes to two hours since the year 2000. Visitors can stay at the Old Faithful Inn to catch the popular geyser shoot between 3,700 to 8,400 gallons of boiling water up to 185 feet high for up to 5 minutes.</p>
<p>Grizzly bears, moose, and American bison are just some of the fauna to be spotted at the park, the central location of the Kevin Costner TV drama series &ldquo;Yellowstone.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Straddling Nevada and California, Death Valley is the fifth-largest National Park in the United States. The hottest and driest place in North America, Death Valley&rsquo;s terrain is dominated by salt flats, sand dunes, and badlands. Its harsh desert climate is home to diverse plant life, like the Creosote Bush and the Joshua Tree.</p>
<p>Then, there&rsquo;s Utah&rsquo;s Zion National Park, which was once populated by the Ancestral Puebloans also known as Anasazi, and later on settled by the Mormons. The park counts mountains, canyons, buttes, mesas, monoliths, rivers, slot canyons, and natural arches as some of its natural land features and rock formations. It is also home to 289 species of birds, 75 mammals (including 19 species of bat), and 32 species of reptiles.</p>',
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<p>The Idaho Department of Commerce&rsquo;s single-point-of-contact approach has immensely improved the ease of doing business for expanding companies. This, plus the state&rsquo;s high GDP growth, low unemployment, and incentive programs, have made Idaho a magnet for Japanese business.</p>
<p>Cities like Idaho Falls, Magic Valley and Twin Falls are experiencing a boom after having attracted Japanese companies that decided to expand their North American presence. ON Semiconductors opened offices in Nampa, Pocatello, and Meridian. There are eight Japanese majority-owned companies in the state that employ over 700 workers in 12 major metropolitan areas within an 800-mile radius of the capital Boise.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The Idaho Japan Business Council leads the way in helping connect Japanese investment with the Gem State.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Our goal is to connect Japanese and American business, or more exactly American and Japanese communities, so they can know each other and hopefully understand each other,&rdquo; Honorary Consul General of Japan in Idaho Ed Klopfenstein said.</p>
<p>Even the potato has received a Japanese upgrade as well. American company J.R. Simplot Co. formed a joint venture with ITOCHU Corp. called Simplot Japan to produce frozen french fries, fruits and vegetables, like avocados.</p>
<p>&ldquo;You would think potatoes are just potatoes. But, everything from robotics to chemistry, to farming science is coming together to make potatoes a leading industry for this state,&rdquo; Klopfenstein explained.</p>',
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			'description' => 'The College of Southern Idaho's Applied Technology and Innovation Center (ATI) offers students training in various programs that range from food technology and processing to industrial maintenance systems, drafting, programmable logic controllers, renewable energy systems technology, and computer-aided design. ',
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			'content' => '<p>The College of Southern Idaho&rsquo;s Applied Technology and Innovation Center (ATI) offers students training in various programs that range from food technology and processing to industrial maintenance systems, drafting, programmable logic controllers, renewable energy systems technology, and computer-aided design.</p>
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<figcaption class="image-caption">Ed Klopfenstein, Honorary Consul General of Japan in Idaho</figcaption>
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<p>Graduates from these programs, in turn, provide Idaho with a steady stream of highly skilled individuals who make up the state&rsquo;s workforce, which is one of the top reasons Japanese business has increased rapidly in the state.</p>
<p>Atom Seimitsu, a Tokyo-based company that manufactures robotic equipment for the semiconductor industry, connected with ATI multiple times. The collaboration has resulted in numerous possible applications in the agricultural industry, including fully automated greenhouses and food processing plants.</p>
<p>Cutting-edge R&amp;D at the University of Idaho and Boise State is also why SAKAE Casting, a Japanese manufacturing company that specializes in aluminum casting of cold plates, came to Idaho.</p>
<p>&ldquo;They reached out to the government of Idaho. The government of Idaho provided some funding to Boise State University through the IgM fund, I believe. And that particular fund helped start some initial research,&rdquo; said Ed Klopfenstein, the Honorary Consul General of Japan in Idaho.</p>
<p>&ldquo;And then through other private sources, they've been able to expand that research. Most universities don't open up themselves to foreign companies like this. Boise State opened its arms,&rdquo; Klopfenstein added.</p>
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<p>With the influx of foreign investment, Idaho&rsquo;s GDP has grown an average of 2.8% every year since 2015.</p>
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<p>&ldquo;We'd like to uncover and hopefully communicate to Japan why Idaho is a good place to invest in for these Japanese companies and why they should do business with local Idaho companies. That's been the centerpiece of Idaho&rsquo;s relationship with Japan,&rdquo; he also said.</p>',
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			'title' => 'Japan America Society of Colorado: The state's nexus for all things Japanese',
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<p>&ldquo;The mission of Japan America Society is connecting Colorado and Japan by creating opportunities through business, education, and culture. So, those are our three pillars that we operate under,&rdquo; said JASC Executive Director Claudine Locascio.</p>
<p>Locascio, who studied in Doshisha University in Kyoto, has been with the JASC since 2012. She was one of the delegates in Governor Jared Polis&rsquo;s recent trade mission to Japan. She oversees the JASC&rsquo;s yearlong schedule loaded with a plethora of cultural, business, and educational events.</p>
<p>A JASC event that students of Japanese culture from the Rocky Mountain Region (Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and Wyoming) always look forward to is the Japan Cup. Hosted by the JASC since 2008, Japan Cup brings together students of all interested middle schools, high schools, and colleges for a day-long competition that challenges them on a wide variety of subjects, like current events and Japanese language and culture.</p>
<p>Another culturally significant event is the annual Japanese Kite Festival. In Japan, making kites using <em>washi</em> paper is a venerable artform passed down from many generations; and flying kites remains a popular pastime and is believed to bring good luck.</p>
<p>JASC keeps this beloved Japanese tradition alive by organizing this widely popular two-day event, which features kite-making workshops and kite-flying lessons conducted by a renowned Japanese kite master.</p>
<p>Thirty-four years into their mission, JASC has stayed relevant and stronger than ever.</p>',
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			'title' => 'The dawn of the hydrogen-powered car',
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			'description' => 'Making up almost 75% of all matter, hydrogen is the most common chemical substance in the universe. The U.S. state of Colorado is at the forefront of research and development to harness the infinite power of hydrogen and turn it into mankind's fuel of choice for zero-carbon cars that will emit only water droplets.',
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			'content' => '<p>Making up almost 75% of all matter, hydrogen is the most common chemical substance in the universe. The U.S. state of Colorado is at the forefront of research and development to harness the infinite power of hydrogen and turn it into mankind&rsquo;s fuel of choice for zero-carbon cars that will emit only water droplets.</p>
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<figcaption class="image-caption">Colorado leads the charge in developing hydrogen-powered cars, which are predicted to be the future of the automotive industry.</figcaption>
</figure>
<p>How can a car use hydrogen for fuel? The term hydrogen-fueled is a misnomer because these vehicles will be powered by an electric motor. So, the more proper term is FECV, short for Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle. In simple terms, power from the car&rsquo;s battery will come from the reaction created when hydrogen is mixed with dioxygen.</p>
<p>With the continued rise of electric vehicles or EVs, FECVs should not be viewed as competitors.</p>
<p>&ldquo;If you look at the design of the vehicle, it absolutely speaks to that complementary approach. You are still going to have a battery, but it's going to be five to 10% of the mass of a pure battery electric vehicle that would otherwise be in that powertrain. We have always looked at this as a complementary solution. It is competitive only at the margins,&rdquo; said Seth Terry, CEO of New Day Hydrogen, a Colorado based company and member of the Colorado Hydrogen Network, a non-profit organization that is actively advocating for the shift to hydrogen fuel.</p>
<p>Even Le Mans, the famed 24 hours endurance race, is embracing hydrogen power. ACO and GreenGT, the racing teams behind Mission H24 which is pushing for zero-carbon neutrality in auto racing, realized this milestone when the H24 prototype became the first hydrogen powered racer to run at the legendary circuit in northwestern France.</p>',
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			'title' => 'Colorado-Japan relations: Trade, culture, and sake',
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			'description' => 'Colorado Gov. Jared Polis wrapped up a five-day trade mission to Japan in March, during which he met with potential investors keen on developing the booming aerospace and green technology sectors, and further strengthening the technology sector of the state, whose 6th largest trading partner is Japan.',
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<figcaption class="image-caption">Japan America Society of Colorado Executive Director Claudine Locascio</figcaption>
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<p>Leading a delegation made up of 23 members of the Global Business Development Division of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and Trade (OEDIT), the governor held high-level meetings in Tokyo and Osaka. This particular trade mission was particularly symbolic as it happened on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the first direct flight between Denver and Tokyo.</p>
<p>The Japan America Society of Colorado, which marked its 34th anniversary this year, has been at the forefront of cultivating this rich relationship through business, education, and culture.</p>
<p>&ldquo;We're a very program-heavy organization, and we are a membership organization. So really our goal is bringing people together who have shared experiences with Japan,&rdquo; Japan America Society of Colorado Executive Director Claudine Locascio said.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Sometimes that's the business community, sometimes that's our education community. We work all the way through college, and sometimes it's purely cultural experiences that we can help share in the community,&rdquo; Locascio also said.</p>
<p>Although Colorado is known more as a beer brewing state, a different drink, one with intrinsically Japanese ties is making fans in the state. Colorado Sake Company has taken advantage of the state&rsquo;s pristine water, said to be perfect for fermentation and the secret ingredient behind Colorado&rsquo;s robust beer industry, to introduce America to <em>sake</em>.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Japanese people love what we're doing. Even <em>sake </em>reps from Japan love what we're doing because it's just promoting sake in America,&rdquo; said William Stuart, proprietor of the Colorado Sake Company.</p>',
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<p>Perhaps no other beer brand is tied to Colorado more than Coors. In 1873, Adolph Coors and Jacob Schueler established their first brewery in Golden, Colorado. The two bought Czech immigrant William Silhan&rsquo;s pilsner-style beer recipe, which became their first bottled concoction, and the rest as the clich&eacute; goes, is beer history.</p>
<p>Fast forward to 1978, U.S. President Jimmy Carter signed H.R. 1337, which allowed the ordinary Joe to, without fear of legal repercussion, brew his own beer at home; and the artisan product craft beer was born. Today, Colorado is the third largest producer of craft beer in the United States with an average annual output of 1,522,834 barrels.</p>
<p>Fort Collins, Colorado, sometimes referred to as the Napa Valley of beer, is also home to what is called &ldquo;The Brewmuda Triangle,&rdquo; where a three-sided combination of large, regional, and small breweries produce 70% of all the beer brewed in Colorado.</p>
<p>Beer is such a popular tourist draw to Colorado that a Denver company &ndash; Denver Pub Crawl &ndash; offers an experience unlike any other. For a fee, you&rsquo;ll get a more than 4-hour guided crawling tour through 4 to 6 downtown Denver bars. Cheers Colorado!</p>',
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<p>First up, head to the town of Durango. Come in the summer months and you can take the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railway, a historic train trip that runs through the valley from Durango to Silverton. The nearby Purgatory Ski Resort, just 15 minutes out of Durango, provides heavenly skiing and snowboarding with slopes that rival those of Aspen.</p>
<p>Speaking of Aspen, the world-famous ski resort town now prides itself as a year-round tourist destination teeming with first-class hotels and restaurants. If the town&rsquo;s full, nearby Glenwood Springs provides a popular alternative destination for the spillover crowd.</p>
<p>Then there&rsquo;s Pikes Peak, home of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. The Race to the Clouds takes place every June and starts from Mile 7 on Pikes Peak Highway. From there, world-class drivers race up a 19.99 km course with 156 turns, starting from an elevation of 1,440 m. and finishing at 4,302 m. above sea level. This ultimate test of race driving skill is always a sight to behold.</p>
<p>Finally, check out The Nikola Tesla Downtown Lightning Laboratory in Colorado Springs. Famed Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla set up his laboratory at Wardenclyffe during the turn of the 20th century where he experimented on wireless high frequency electricity transmission. The site has been transformed into a museum and science center as a tribute to his genius.&nbsp;</p>',
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<p>&ldquo;The New Mexico Department of Transportation didn't own a single electric vehicle in its fleet for years. It had no EV (electric vehicle) charging infrastructure at any of the facilities it owns across the state. Now, New Mexico is known as the first state to submit a NEVI plan, or National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Plan,&rdquo; said Joseph De La Rosa, Special Projects Chief for the New Mexico Department of Transportation and the New Mexico Economic Development Department.</p>
<p>&ldquo;New Mexico has signed an agreement with Colorado, Utah and Washington to partner in The Western Interstate Hydrogen Hub, WISHH. We&rsquo;re working on proposals for the U.S. Department of Transportation to create hydrogen fuel corridors. New Mexico is also going to have the largest wind farm and grid project, the SunZia Project, which will provide power to the West Coast,&rdquo; De La Rosa added. &nbsp;</p>
<p>In a city destined to find new international fame with the upcoming release of the film &ldquo;Oppenheimer,&rdquo; which chronicles the birth of the Nuclear Age, Los Alamos Utilities has taken up the challenge of finding both short-term and long-term renewable energy solutions.</p>
<p>&ldquo;We just closed a coal fire plant and are trying to find replacement electric generation that's renewable. We're in the Small Modular Reactor project, but those are long-term projects that take time to develop. Our short-term goal is to find renewable resources &ndash; wind, solar, and battery &ndash; that cannot yet provide multiple days of stored energy. Our biggest challenge right now is exploring opportunities for long-term electricity storage,&rdquo; said Los Alamos Utilities Manager Philo Shelton.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, at the University of New Mexico, a research team led by Prof. Manel Mart&iacute;nez-Ram&oacute;n of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is developing an algorithm that will help electrical grids use energy more efficiently.</p>
<p>The project is a part of the New Mexico EPSCoR Smart Grid Center grant, funded by the National Science Foundation. The grant will involve the establishment of &ldquo;a novel, interdisciplinary research center, the NM SMART Grid Center, which is pursuing next-generation electric power production and delivery through the creation of a SMART electric grid (one that is Sustainable, Modular, Adaptive, Resilient, and Transactive),&rdquo; according to the EPSCoR website.</p>
<p>The smart grid that the EPSCoR project is developing will use artificial intelligence to automatically adjust energy storage based on how much energy will likely be needed under specific conditions. Weather is a very important factor in these decisions.</p>
<p>&ldquo;There are several articles that show that temperature has a strong correlation with energy consumption since the utilities that consume most of the energy in the house are temperature regulators,&rdquo; said UNM Graduate Research Assistant Nestor Pereira.</p>
<p>To help smart grids predict energy needs accurately, Mart&iacute;nez-Ram&oacute;n&rsquo;s team is devising an algorithm that will tell a smart grid what weather and power load data on which to base its decisions on any given day.</p>',
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<p>&ldquo;The Japanese market is a consistent market that doesn't ebb or flow a lot in times of higher supply and lower prices,&rdquo; said <strong>Kent Kupfner, executive vice president of Montana Wheat and Barley Committee</strong>, the producer-funded checkoff organization for wheat and barley growers in the state.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Economically speaking, (Japanese investors) have had a major impact on the Montana wheat and barley industry. They invested in shuttle-loading capability elevators. Those facilities can load 110 car trains in 15 hours or less. They're efficient and they can handle grain in a very efficient manner,&rdquo; Kupfner added.</p>
<p>The Japanese partnership with Montana&rsquo;s agricultural industry has also yielded collaborations between the Montana Wheat and Barley Committee and Montana State University (MSU) for the research and development of wheat varieties specifically for the Japanese market.</p>
<p>&ldquo;We're very aware of the quality demands and use characteristics that the Japanese flour menu industry wants to see. Our breeders are well aware of the qualities that they need to breed into their varieties, whether it&rsquo;s noodle making or specific end use like specialty breads. Collaboration between Montana Wheat and Barley and Montana State University research centers is also very important. Roughly half our budget goes directly to MSU to fund research for wheat varieties,&rdquo; Kupfner said.</p>
<p><a href="https://montanawbc.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em><strong>https://montanawbc.com</strong></em></a></p>',
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<p>&ldquo;The New Mexico Department of Transportation didn't own a single electric vehicle in its fleet for years. It had no EV (electric vehicle) charging infrastructure at any of the facilities it owns across the state. Now, New Mexico is known as the first state to submit a NEVI plan, or National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Plan,&rdquo; said Joseph De La Rosa, Special Projects Chief for the New Mexico Department of Transportation and the New Mexico Economic Development Department.</p>
<p>&ldquo;New Mexico has signed an agreement with Colorado, Utah and Washington to partner in The Western Interstate Hydrogen Hub, WISHH. We&rsquo;re working on proposals for the U.S. Department of Transportation to create hydrogen fuel corridors. New Mexico is also going to have the largest wind farm and grid project, the SunZia Project, which will provide power to the West Coast,&rdquo; De La Rosa added. &nbsp;</p>
<p>In a city destined to find new international fame with the upcoming release of the film &ldquo;Oppenheimer,&rdquo; which chronicles the birth of the Nuclear Age, Los Alamos Utilities has taken up the challenge of finding both short-term and long-term renewable energy solutions.</p>
<p>&ldquo;We just closed a coal fire plant and are trying to find replacement electric generation that's renewable. We're in the Small Modular Reactor project, but those are long-term projects that take time to develop. Our short-term goal is to find renewable resources &ndash; wind, solar, and battery &ndash; that cannot yet provide multiple days of stored energy. Our biggest challenge right now is exploring opportunities for long-term electricity storage,&rdquo; said Los Alamos Utilities Manager Philo Shelton.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, at the University of New Mexico, a research team led by Prof. Manel Mart&iacute;nez-Ram&oacute;n of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is developing an algorithm that will help electrical grids use energy more efficiently.</p>
<p>The project is a part of the New Mexico EPSCoR Smart Grid Center grant, funded by the National Science Foundation. The grant will involve the establishment of &ldquo;a novel, interdisciplinary research center, the NM SMART Grid Center, which is pursuing next-generation electric power production and delivery through the creation of a SMART electric grid (one that is Sustainable, Modular, Adaptive, Resilient, and Transactive),&rdquo; according to the EPSCoR website.</p>
<p>The smart grid that the EPSCoR project is developing will use artificial intelligence to automatically adjust energy storage based on how much energy will likely be needed under specific conditions. Weather is a very important factor in these decisions.</p>
<p>&ldquo;There are several articles that show that temperature has a strong correlation with energy consumption since the utilities that consume most of the energy in the house are temperature regulators,&rdquo; said UNM Graduate Research Assistant Nestor Pereira.</p>
<p>To help smart grids predict energy needs accurately, Mart&iacute;nez-Ram&oacute;n&rsquo;s team is devising an algorithm that will tell a smart grid what weather and power load data on which to base its decisions on any given day.</p>',
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<figcaption class="image-caption">The Lucid Air Sapphire is the company's top-of-the-line sedan, which delivers more than 1,200 horsepower, a top speed exceeding 270 kph, a 0-60 time of under 2 seconds, and a maximum range of up to 830 km on a single charge.</figcaption>
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<p>In the past, the main obstacles facing EVs were the lack of infrastructure, i.e. charging stations, and sticker shock. However, a company based in the U.S. West appears to have surmounted those issues.</p>
<p>&ldquo;As a company, we believe that we have a real problem with global warming. We also believe that pure battery electric is the right solution. However, in order to do that, we need to overcome some fundamental hurdles, first of which is range anxiety. We've addressed that with the first car, with its 520-mile range and currently in production,&rdquo; Lucid Motors CEO and CTO Peter Rawlinson said.</p>
<p>From its manufacturing plant in Arizona, Lucid Motors assembles four models of luxury electric cars, all with affordable prices and equipped with the latest technology. In fact, the technology that gives Lucid cars its long range is the very same one that makes them less expensive.</p>
<p>&ldquo;The way we achieve range is much more profound and important. We do that with less batteries. If we can go farther with less batteries, we could go the same distance with a much smaller battery pack. Because the battery is the most expensive component of an electric car, we have a profound influence on its manufacturing cost. Now, the cost of ownership is the greatest remaining hurdle to widespread adoption,&rdquo; Rawlinson said.</p>
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<p>Its cities are significant drivers of this boom through effective economic management, with Mesa being a standout success story. Located in Maricopa County, Mesa is the leading hub for the state's semiconductor industry in the East Valley section of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area.</p>
<p>&ldquo;TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) is a major draw obviously. But Intel has also been here for years and they're still expanding. With this semiconductor expansion going on, we're ripe for the supply chain, whether first-tier or second-tier supplier. We're within half an hour to Intel and an hour to TSMC,&rdquo; Mesa Economic Development Director William Jabjiniak said.</p>
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<p>&ldquo;We've created the Elliott Road Tech Corridor. Its zoning overlay helps you get through business quicker and get entitlements. There&rsquo;s also the Pecos Advanced Manufacturing Zone, again an effort to invest in infrastructure and cut Entitlement risk. Those developments have been very positive for us,&rdquo; Jabjiniak said.</p>
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<figcaption class="image-caption">Millions of lives can be saved around the world thanks to recent breakthroughs in the medical technology sector.</figcaption>
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<p>In Utah, Second Heart Assist, Inc. is developing the most advanced circulatory assist pumps for heart failure, high-risk PCI kidney failure, limb salvage, and cardiogenic shock patients. It has the potential to enhance the lives of millions who suffer from these debilitating ailments worldwide.&nbsp;</p>
<p>&ldquo;When people are admitted and develop heart failure, they typically retain a lot of fluids and are quite congested and have trouble breathing and are admitted to the hospital,&rdquo; Second Heart Assist Chief Medical Officer Dr. Leslie Miller explained.</p>
<p>&ldquo;This device is designed to both help patients with heart failure to pump more effectively deliver that blood on top of what we propel from the pump into the kidneys to markedly improve kidney function, increase urine output, and shorten the length of stay. It's a very beneficial design to help the so-called cardiorena,&rdquo; Miller added.</p>
<p>Another startup, Colorado&rsquo;s Aspero Medical has developed the Ancora platform. The device leverages its patented Pillar balloon technology in an interventional overtube that provides better access, stability, control, and usability in flexible endoscopy interventions. The technology improves anchoring consistency in the gastrointestinal tract, minimizing surgical time and enabling more complete procedures on the first attempt.</p>
<p>&ldquo;For 10 years at the University of Colorado, we looked at texturing materials specifically for medical devices and robots used inside the body. The foundational technology in the company allows for flexible balloons to better anchor against slippery surfaces inside the body,&rdquo; Aspero Medical CEO Dr. Mark Rentschler explained.</p>',
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<figcaption class="image-caption">Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Parks remains one of the top tourist attractions in the United States.</figcaption>
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<p>Established in 1872, Yellowstone is the oldest and perhaps most famous of America&rsquo;s national parks, Yellowstone. Spanning the states of Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho, the park is known for its wildlife and many geothermal features, among them Old Faithful, which has erupted every 44 minutes to two hours since the year 2000. Visitors can stay at the Old Faithful Inn to catch the popular geyser shoot between 3,700 to 8,400 gallons of boiling water up to 185 feet high for up to 5 minutes.</p>
<p>Grizzly bears, moose, and American bison are just some of the fauna to be spotted at the park, the central location of the Kevin Costner TV drama series &ldquo;Yellowstone.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Straddling Nevada and California, Death Valley is the fifth-largest National Park in the United States. The hottest and driest place in North America, Death Valley&rsquo;s terrain is dominated by salt flats, sand dunes, and badlands. Its harsh desert climate is home to diverse plant life, like the Creosote Bush and the Joshua Tree.</p>
<p>Then, there&rsquo;s Utah&rsquo;s Zion National Park, which was once populated by the Ancestral Puebloans also known as Anasazi, and later on settled by the Mormons. The park counts mountains, canyons, buttes, mesas, monoliths, rivers, slot canyons, and natural arches as some of its natural land features and rock formations. It is also home to 289 species of birds, 75 mammals (including 19 species of bat), and 32 species of reptiles.</p>',
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<p>The Idaho Department of Commerce&rsquo;s single-point-of-contact approach has immensely improved the ease of doing business for expanding companies. This, plus the state&rsquo;s high GDP growth, low unemployment, and incentive programs, have made Idaho a magnet for Japanese business.</p>
<p>Cities like Idaho Falls, Magic Valley and Twin Falls are experiencing a boom after having attracted Japanese companies that decided to expand their North American presence. ON Semiconductors opened offices in Nampa, Pocatello, and Meridian. There are eight Japanese majority-owned companies in the state that employ over 700 workers in 12 major metropolitan areas within an 800-mile radius of the capital Boise.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The Idaho Japan Business Council leads the way in helping connect Japanese investment with the Gem State.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Our goal is to connect Japanese and American business, or more exactly American and Japanese communities, so they can know each other and hopefully understand each other,&rdquo; Honorary Consul General of Japan in Idaho Ed Klopfenstein said.</p>
<p>Even the potato has received a Japanese upgrade as well. American company J.R. Simplot Co. formed a joint venture with ITOCHU Corp. called Simplot Japan to produce frozen french fries, fruits and vegetables, like avocados.</p>
<p>&ldquo;You would think potatoes are just potatoes. But, everything from robotics to chemistry, to farming science is coming together to make potatoes a leading industry for this state,&rdquo; Klopfenstein explained.</p>',
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			'content' => '<p>The College of Southern Idaho&rsquo;s Applied Technology and Innovation Center (ATI) offers students training in various programs that range from food technology and processing to industrial maintenance systems, drafting, programmable logic controllers, renewable energy systems technology, and computer-aided design.</p>
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<figcaption class="image-caption">Ed Klopfenstein, Honorary Consul General of Japan in Idaho</figcaption>
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<p>Graduates from these programs, in turn, provide Idaho with a steady stream of highly skilled individuals who make up the state&rsquo;s workforce, which is one of the top reasons Japanese business has increased rapidly in the state.</p>
<p>Atom Seimitsu, a Tokyo-based company that manufactures robotic equipment for the semiconductor industry, connected with ATI multiple times. The collaboration has resulted in numerous possible applications in the agricultural industry, including fully automated greenhouses and food processing plants.</p>
<p>Cutting-edge R&amp;D at the University of Idaho and Boise State is also why SAKAE Casting, a Japanese manufacturing company that specializes in aluminum casting of cold plates, came to Idaho.</p>
<p>&ldquo;They reached out to the government of Idaho. The government of Idaho provided some funding to Boise State University through the IgM fund, I believe. And that particular fund helped start some initial research,&rdquo; said Ed Klopfenstein, the Honorary Consul General of Japan in Idaho.</p>
<p>&ldquo;And then through other private sources, they've been able to expand that research. Most universities don't open up themselves to foreign companies like this. Boise State opened its arms,&rdquo; Klopfenstein added.</p>
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<p>With the influx of foreign investment, Idaho&rsquo;s GDP has grown an average of 2.8% every year since 2015.</p>
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<p>&ldquo;We'd like to uncover and hopefully communicate to Japan why Idaho is a good place to invest in for these Japanese companies and why they should do business with local Idaho companies. That's been the centerpiece of Idaho&rsquo;s relationship with Japan,&rdquo; he also said.</p>',
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<p>&ldquo;The mission of Japan America Society is connecting Colorado and Japan by creating opportunities through business, education, and culture. So, those are our three pillars that we operate under,&rdquo; said JASC Executive Director Claudine Locascio.</p>
<p>Locascio, who studied in Doshisha University in Kyoto, has been with the JASC since 2012. She was one of the delegates in Governor Jared Polis&rsquo;s recent trade mission to Japan. She oversees the JASC&rsquo;s yearlong schedule loaded with a plethora of cultural, business, and educational events.</p>
<p>A JASC event that students of Japanese culture from the Rocky Mountain Region (Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and Wyoming) always look forward to is the Japan Cup. Hosted by the JASC since 2008, Japan Cup brings together students of all interested middle schools, high schools, and colleges for a day-long competition that challenges them on a wide variety of subjects, like current events and Japanese language and culture.</p>
<p>Another culturally significant event is the annual Japanese Kite Festival. In Japan, making kites using <em>washi</em> paper is a venerable artform passed down from many generations; and flying kites remains a popular pastime and is believed to bring good luck.</p>
<p>JASC keeps this beloved Japanese tradition alive by organizing this widely popular two-day event, which features kite-making workshops and kite-flying lessons conducted by a renowned Japanese kite master.</p>
<p>Thirty-four years into their mission, JASC has stayed relevant and stronger than ever.</p>',
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<figcaption class="image-caption">Colorado leads the charge in developing hydrogen-powered cars, which are predicted to be the future of the automotive industry.</figcaption>
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<p>How can a car use hydrogen for fuel? The term hydrogen-fueled is a misnomer because these vehicles will be powered by an electric motor. So, the more proper term is FECV, short for Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle. In simple terms, power from the car&rsquo;s battery will come from the reaction created when hydrogen is mixed with dioxygen.</p>
<p>With the continued rise of electric vehicles or EVs, FECVs should not be viewed as competitors.</p>
<p>&ldquo;If you look at the design of the vehicle, it absolutely speaks to that complementary approach. You are still going to have a battery, but it's going to be five to 10% of the mass of a pure battery electric vehicle that would otherwise be in that powertrain. We have always looked at this as a complementary solution. It is competitive only at the margins,&rdquo; said Seth Terry, CEO of New Day Hydrogen, a Colorado based company and member of the Colorado Hydrogen Network, a non-profit organization that is actively advocating for the shift to hydrogen fuel.</p>
<p>Even Le Mans, the famed 24 hours endurance race, is embracing hydrogen power. ACO and GreenGT, the racing teams behind Mission H24 which is pushing for zero-carbon neutrality in auto racing, realized this milestone when the H24 prototype became the first hydrogen powered racer to run at the legendary circuit in northwestern France.</p>',
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<p>Leading a delegation made up of 23 members of the Global Business Development Division of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and Trade (OEDIT), the governor held high-level meetings in Tokyo and Osaka. This particular trade mission was particularly symbolic as it happened on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the first direct flight between Denver and Tokyo.</p>
<p>The Japan America Society of Colorado, which marked its 34th anniversary this year, has been at the forefront of cultivating this rich relationship through business, education, and culture.</p>
<p>&ldquo;We're a very program-heavy organization, and we are a membership organization. So really our goal is bringing people together who have shared experiences with Japan,&rdquo; Japan America Society of Colorado Executive Director Claudine Locascio said.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Sometimes that's the business community, sometimes that's our education community. We work all the way through college, and sometimes it's purely cultural experiences that we can help share in the community,&rdquo; Locascio also said.</p>
<p>Although Colorado is known more as a beer brewing state, a different drink, one with intrinsically Japanese ties is making fans in the state. Colorado Sake Company has taken advantage of the state&rsquo;s pristine water, said to be perfect for fermentation and the secret ingredient behind Colorado&rsquo;s robust beer industry, to introduce America to <em>sake</em>.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Japanese people love what we're doing. Even <em>sake </em>reps from Japan love what we're doing because it's just promoting sake in America,&rdquo; said William Stuart, proprietor of the Colorado Sake Company.</p>',
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<p>One U.S. state with a long and storied brewing history is Colorado. The Mile High State has been brewing beer for 164 years. The tradition can be traced all the way back to the Gold Rush, when Eastern Europeans immigrants arrived in the mid-19th century prospecting for gold <em>&ldquo;in them thar hills.&rdquo;</em> These newly-minted Americans brought with them arcane knowledge in the brewing arts.</p>
<p>Perhaps no other beer brand is tied to Colorado more than Coors. In 1873, Adolph Coors and Jacob Schueler established their first brewery in Golden, Colorado. The two bought Czech immigrant William Silhan&rsquo;s pilsner-style beer recipe, which became their first bottled concoction, and the rest as the clich&eacute; goes, is beer history.</p>
<p>Fast forward to 1978, U.S. President Jimmy Carter signed H.R. 1337, which allowed the ordinary Joe to, without fear of legal repercussion, brew his own beer at home; and the artisan product craft beer was born. Today, Colorado is the third largest producer of craft beer in the United States with an average annual output of 1,522,834 barrels.</p>
<p>Fort Collins, Colorado, sometimes referred to as the Napa Valley of beer, is also home to what is called &ldquo;The Brewmuda Triangle,&rdquo; where a three-sided combination of large, regional, and small breweries produce 70% of all the beer brewed in Colorado.</p>
<p>Beer is such a popular tourist draw to Colorado that a Denver company &ndash; Denver Pub Crawl &ndash; offers an experience unlike any other. For a fee, you&rsquo;ll get a more than 4-hour guided crawling tour through 4 to 6 downtown Denver bars. Cheers Colorado!</p>',
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<p>First up, head to the town of Durango. Come in the summer months and you can take the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railway, a historic train trip that runs through the valley from Durango to Silverton. The nearby Purgatory Ski Resort, just 15 minutes out of Durango, provides heavenly skiing and snowboarding with slopes that rival those of Aspen.</p>
<p>Speaking of Aspen, the world-famous ski resort town now prides itself as a year-round tourist destination teeming with first-class hotels and restaurants. If the town&rsquo;s full, nearby Glenwood Springs provides a popular alternative destination for the spillover crowd.</p>
<p>Then there&rsquo;s Pikes Peak, home of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. The Race to the Clouds takes place every June and starts from Mile 7 on Pikes Peak Highway. From there, world-class drivers race up a 19.99 km course with 156 turns, starting from an elevation of 1,440 m. and finishing at 4,302 m. above sea level. This ultimate test of race driving skill is always a sight to behold.</p>
<p>Finally, check out The Nikola Tesla Downtown Lightning Laboratory in Colorado Springs. Famed Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla set up his laboratory at Wardenclyffe during the turn of the 20th century where he experimented on wireless high frequency electricity transmission. The site has been transformed into a museum and science center as a tribute to his genius.&nbsp;</p>',
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<p>&ldquo;New Mexico has signed an agreement with Colorado, Utah and Washington to partner in The Western Interstate Hydrogen Hub, WISHH. We&rsquo;re working on proposals for the U.S. Department of Transportation to create hydrogen fuel corridors. New Mexico is also going to have the largest wind farm and grid project, the SunZia Project, which will provide power to the West Coast,&rdquo; De La Rosa added. &nbsp;</p>
<p>In a city destined to find new international fame with the upcoming release of the film &ldquo;Oppenheimer,&rdquo; which chronicles the birth of the Nuclear Age, Los Alamos Utilities has taken up the challenge of finding both short-term and long-term renewable energy solutions.</p>
<p>&ldquo;We just closed a coal fire plant and are trying to find replacement electric generation that's renewable. We're in the Small Modular Reactor project, but those are long-term projects that take time to develop. Our short-term goal is to find renewable resources &ndash; wind, solar, and battery &ndash; that cannot yet provide multiple days of stored energy. Our biggest challenge right now is exploring opportunities for long-term electricity storage,&rdquo; said Los Alamos Utilities Manager Philo Shelton.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, at the University of New Mexico, a research team led by Prof. Manel Mart&iacute;nez-Ram&oacute;n of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is developing an algorithm that will help electrical grids use energy more efficiently.</p>
<p>The project is a part of the New Mexico EPSCoR Smart Grid Center grant, funded by the National Science Foundation. The grant will involve the establishment of &ldquo;a novel, interdisciplinary research center, the NM SMART Grid Center, which is pursuing next-generation electric power production and delivery through the creation of a SMART electric grid (one that is Sustainable, Modular, Adaptive, Resilient, and Transactive),&rdquo; according to the EPSCoR website.</p>
<p>The smart grid that the EPSCoR project is developing will use artificial intelligence to automatically adjust energy storage based on how much energy will likely be needed under specific conditions. Weather is a very important factor in these decisions.</p>
<p>&ldquo;There are several articles that show that temperature has a strong correlation with energy consumption since the utilities that consume most of the energy in the house are temperature regulators,&rdquo; said UNM Graduate Research Assistant Nestor Pereira.</p>
<p>To help smart grids predict energy needs accurately, Mart&iacute;nez-Ram&oacute;n&rsquo;s team is devising an algorithm that will tell a smart grid what weather and power load data on which to base its decisions on any given day.</p>',
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<p>&ldquo;The Japanese market is a consistent market that doesn't ebb or flow a lot in times of higher supply and lower prices,&rdquo; said <strong>Kent Kupfner, executive vice president of Montana Wheat and Barley Committee</strong>, the producer-funded checkoff organization for wheat and barley growers in the state.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Economically speaking, (Japanese investors) have had a major impact on the Montana wheat and barley industry. They invested in shuttle-loading capability elevators. Those facilities can load 110 car trains in 15 hours or less. They're efficient and they can handle grain in a very efficient manner,&rdquo; Kupfner added.</p>
<p>The Japanese partnership with Montana&rsquo;s agricultural industry has also yielded collaborations between the Montana Wheat and Barley Committee and Montana State University (MSU) for the research and development of wheat varieties specifically for the Japanese market.</p>
<p>&ldquo;We're very aware of the quality demands and use characteristics that the Japanese flour menu industry wants to see. Our breeders are well aware of the qualities that they need to breed into their varieties, whether it&rsquo;s noodle making or specific end use like specialty breads. Collaboration between Montana Wheat and Barley and Montana State University research centers is also very important. Roughly half our budget goes directly to MSU to fund research for wheat varieties,&rdquo; Kupfner said.</p>
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<p>&ldquo;The New Mexico Department of Transportation didn't own a single electric vehicle in its fleet for years. It had no EV (electric vehicle) charging infrastructure at any of the facilities it owns across the state. Now, New Mexico is known as the first state to submit a NEVI plan, or National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Plan,&rdquo; said Joseph De La Rosa, Special Projects Chief for the New Mexico Department of Transportation and the New Mexico Economic Development Department.</p>
<p>&ldquo;New Mexico has signed an agreement with Colorado, Utah and Washington to partner in The Western Interstate Hydrogen Hub, WISHH. We&rsquo;re working on proposals for the U.S. Department of Transportation to create hydrogen fuel corridors. New Mexico is also going to have the largest wind farm and grid project, the SunZia Project, which will provide power to the West Coast,&rdquo; De La Rosa added. &nbsp;</p>
<p>In a city destined to find new international fame with the upcoming release of the film &ldquo;Oppenheimer,&rdquo; which chronicles the birth of the Nuclear Age, Los Alamos Utilities has taken up the challenge of finding both short-term and long-term renewable energy solutions.</p>
<p>&ldquo;We just closed a coal fire plant and are trying to find replacement electric generation that's renewable. We're in the Small Modular Reactor project, but those are long-term projects that take time to develop. Our short-term goal is to find renewable resources &ndash; wind, solar, and battery &ndash; that cannot yet provide multiple days of stored energy. Our biggest challenge right now is exploring opportunities for long-term electricity storage,&rdquo; said Los Alamos Utilities Manager Philo Shelton.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, at the University of New Mexico, a research team led by Prof. Manel Mart&iacute;nez-Ram&oacute;n of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is developing an algorithm that will help electrical grids use energy more efficiently.</p>
<p>The project is a part of the New Mexico EPSCoR Smart Grid Center grant, funded by the National Science Foundation. The grant will involve the establishment of &ldquo;a novel, interdisciplinary research center, the NM SMART Grid Center, which is pursuing next-generation electric power production and delivery through the creation of a SMART electric grid (one that is Sustainable, Modular, Adaptive, Resilient, and Transactive),&rdquo; according to the EPSCoR website.</p>
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<p>&ldquo;There are several articles that show that temperature has a strong correlation with energy consumption since the utilities that consume most of the energy in the house are temperature regulators,&rdquo; said UNM Graduate Research Assistant Nestor Pereira.</p>
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<figcaption class="image-caption">The Lucid Air Sapphire is the company's top-of-the-line sedan, which delivers more than 1,200 horsepower, a top speed exceeding 270 kph, a 0-60 time of under 2 seconds, and a maximum range of up to 830 km on a single charge.</figcaption>
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<p>In the past, the main obstacles facing EVs were the lack of infrastructure, i.e. charging stations, and sticker shock. However, a company based in the U.S. West appears to have surmounted those issues.</p>
<p>&ldquo;As a company, we believe that we have a real problem with global warming. We also believe that pure battery electric is the right solution. However, in order to do that, we need to overcome some fundamental hurdles, first of which is range anxiety. We've addressed that with the first car, with its 520-mile range and currently in production,&rdquo; Lucid Motors CEO and CTO Peter Rawlinson said.</p>
<p>From its manufacturing plant in Arizona, Lucid Motors assembles four models of luxury electric cars, all with affordable prices and equipped with the latest technology. In fact, the technology that gives Lucid cars its long range is the very same one that makes them less expensive.</p>
<p>&ldquo;The way we achieve range is much more profound and important. We do that with less batteries. If we can go farther with less batteries, we could go the same distance with a much smaller battery pack. Because the battery is the most expensive component of an electric car, we have a profound influence on its manufacturing cost. Now, the cost of ownership is the greatest remaining hurdle to widespread adoption,&rdquo; Rawlinson said.</p>
<p><strong><em><a href="https://lucidmotors.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://lucidmotors.com</a> </em></strong></p>',
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<figcaption class="image-caption">Its cities are significant drivers of this boom through effective economic management, with Mesa being a standout success story. Located in Maricopa County, Mesa is the leading hub for the state's semiconductor industry in the East Valley section of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area.</figcaption>
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<p>Its cities are significant drivers of this boom through effective economic management, with Mesa being a standout success story. Located in Maricopa County, Mesa is the leading hub for the state's semiconductor industry in the East Valley section of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area.</p>
<p>&ldquo;TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) is a major draw obviously. But Intel has also been here for years and they're still expanding. With this semiconductor expansion going on, we're ripe for the supply chain, whether first-tier or second-tier supplier. We're within half an hour to Intel and an hour to TSMC,&rdquo; Mesa Economic Development Director William Jabjiniak said.</p>
<p>Another key to Mesa&rsquo;s success is strategic urban planning.</p>
<p>&ldquo;We've created the Elliott Road Tech Corridor. Its zoning overlay helps you get through business quicker and get entitlements. There&rsquo;s also the Pecos Advanced Manufacturing Zone, again an effort to invest in infrastructure and cut Entitlement risk. Those developments have been very positive for us,&rdquo; Jabjiniak said.</p>
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<figcaption class="image-caption">Millions of lives can be saved around the world thanks to recent breakthroughs in the medical technology sector.</figcaption>
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<p>In Utah, Second Heart Assist, Inc. is developing the most advanced circulatory assist pumps for heart failure, high-risk PCI kidney failure, limb salvage, and cardiogenic shock patients. It has the potential to enhance the lives of millions who suffer from these debilitating ailments worldwide.&nbsp;</p>
<p>&ldquo;When people are admitted and develop heart failure, they typically retain a lot of fluids and are quite congested and have trouble breathing and are admitted to the hospital,&rdquo; Second Heart Assist Chief Medical Officer Dr. Leslie Miller explained.</p>
<p>&ldquo;This device is designed to both help patients with heart failure to pump more effectively deliver that blood on top of what we propel from the pump into the kidneys to markedly improve kidney function, increase urine output, and shorten the length of stay. It's a very beneficial design to help the so-called cardiorena,&rdquo; Miller added.</p>
<p>Another startup, Colorado&rsquo;s Aspero Medical has developed the Ancora platform. The device leverages its patented Pillar balloon technology in an interventional overtube that provides better access, stability, control, and usability in flexible endoscopy interventions. The technology improves anchoring consistency in the gastrointestinal tract, minimizing surgical time and enabling more complete procedures on the first attempt.</p>
<p>&ldquo;For 10 years at the University of Colorado, we looked at texturing materials specifically for medical devices and robots used inside the body. The foundational technology in the company allows for flexible balloons to better anchor against slippery surfaces inside the body,&rdquo; Aspero Medical CEO Dr. Mark Rentschler explained.</p>',
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<figcaption class="image-caption">Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Parks remains one of the top tourist attractions in the United States.</figcaption>
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<p>Established in 1872, Yellowstone is the oldest and perhaps most famous of America&rsquo;s national parks, Yellowstone. Spanning the states of Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho, the park is known for its wildlife and many geothermal features, among them Old Faithful, which has erupted every 44 minutes to two hours since the year 2000. Visitors can stay at the Old Faithful Inn to catch the popular geyser shoot between 3,700 to 8,400 gallons of boiling water up to 185 feet high for up to 5 minutes.</p>
<p>Grizzly bears, moose, and American bison are just some of the fauna to be spotted at the park, the central location of the Kevin Costner TV drama series &ldquo;Yellowstone.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Straddling Nevada and California, Death Valley is the fifth-largest National Park in the United States. The hottest and driest place in North America, Death Valley&rsquo;s terrain is dominated by salt flats, sand dunes, and badlands. Its harsh desert climate is home to diverse plant life, like the Creosote Bush and the Joshua Tree.</p>
<p>Then, there&rsquo;s Utah&rsquo;s Zion National Park, which was once populated by the Ancestral Puebloans also known as Anasazi, and later on settled by the Mormons. The park counts mountains, canyons, buttes, mesas, monoliths, rivers, slot canyons, and natural arches as some of its natural land features and rock formations. It is also home to 289 species of birds, 75 mammals (including 19 species of bat), and 32 species of reptiles.</p>',
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<p>The Idaho Department of Commerce&rsquo;s single-point-of-contact approach has immensely improved the ease of doing business for expanding companies. This, plus the state&rsquo;s high GDP growth, low unemployment, and incentive programs, have made Idaho a magnet for Japanese business.</p>
<p>Cities like Idaho Falls, Magic Valley and Twin Falls are experiencing a boom after having attracted Japanese companies that decided to expand their North American presence. ON Semiconductors opened offices in Nampa, Pocatello, and Meridian. There are eight Japanese majority-owned companies in the state that employ over 700 workers in 12 major metropolitan areas within an 800-mile radius of the capital Boise.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The Idaho Japan Business Council leads the way in helping connect Japanese investment with the Gem State.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Our goal is to connect Japanese and American business, or more exactly American and Japanese communities, so they can know each other and hopefully understand each other,&rdquo; Honorary Consul General of Japan in Idaho Ed Klopfenstein said.</p>
<p>Even the potato has received a Japanese upgrade as well. American company J.R. Simplot Co. formed a joint venture with ITOCHU Corp. called Simplot Japan to produce frozen french fries, fruits and vegetables, like avocados.</p>
<p>&ldquo;You would think potatoes are just potatoes. But, everything from robotics to chemistry, to farming science is coming together to make potatoes a leading industry for this state,&rdquo; Klopfenstein explained.</p>',
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<p>Graduates from these programs, in turn, provide Idaho with a steady stream of highly skilled individuals who make up the state&rsquo;s workforce, which is one of the top reasons Japanese business has increased rapidly in the state.</p>
<p>Atom Seimitsu, a Tokyo-based company that manufactures robotic equipment for the semiconductor industry, connected with ATI multiple times. The collaboration has resulted in numerous possible applications in the agricultural industry, including fully automated greenhouses and food processing plants.</p>
<p>Cutting-edge R&amp;D at the University of Idaho and Boise State is also why SAKAE Casting, a Japanese manufacturing company that specializes in aluminum casting of cold plates, came to Idaho.</p>
<p>&ldquo;They reached out to the government of Idaho. The government of Idaho provided some funding to Boise State University through the IgM fund, I believe. And that particular fund helped start some initial research,&rdquo; said Ed Klopfenstein, the Honorary Consul General of Japan in Idaho.</p>
<p>&ldquo;And then through other private sources, they've been able to expand that research. Most universities don't open up themselves to foreign companies like this. Boise State opened its arms,&rdquo; Klopfenstein added.</p>
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<p>With the influx of foreign investment, Idaho&rsquo;s GDP has grown an average of 2.8% every year since 2015.</p>
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<p>&ldquo;We'd like to uncover and hopefully communicate to Japan why Idaho is a good place to invest in for these Japanese companies and why they should do business with local Idaho companies. That's been the centerpiece of Idaho&rsquo;s relationship with Japan,&rdquo; he also said.</p>',
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<p>&ldquo;The mission of Japan America Society is connecting Colorado and Japan by creating opportunities through business, education, and culture. So, those are our three pillars that we operate under,&rdquo; said JASC Executive Director Claudine Locascio.</p>
<p>Locascio, who studied in Doshisha University in Kyoto, has been with the JASC since 2012. She was one of the delegates in Governor Jared Polis&rsquo;s recent trade mission to Japan. She oversees the JASC&rsquo;s yearlong schedule loaded with a plethora of cultural, business, and educational events.</p>
<p>A JASC event that students of Japanese culture from the Rocky Mountain Region (Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and Wyoming) always look forward to is the Japan Cup. Hosted by the JASC since 2008, Japan Cup brings together students of all interested middle schools, high schools, and colleges for a day-long competition that challenges them on a wide variety of subjects, like current events and Japanese language and culture.</p>
<p>Another culturally significant event is the annual Japanese Kite Festival. In Japan, making kites using <em>washi</em> paper is a venerable artform passed down from many generations; and flying kites remains a popular pastime and is believed to bring good luck.</p>
<p>JASC keeps this beloved Japanese tradition alive by organizing this widely popular two-day event, which features kite-making workshops and kite-flying lessons conducted by a renowned Japanese kite master.</p>
<p>Thirty-four years into their mission, JASC has stayed relevant and stronger than ever.</p>',
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<p>How can a car use hydrogen for fuel? The term hydrogen-fueled is a misnomer because these vehicles will be powered by an electric motor. So, the more proper term is FECV, short for Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle. In simple terms, power from the car&rsquo;s battery will come from the reaction created when hydrogen is mixed with dioxygen.</p>
<p>With the continued rise of electric vehicles or EVs, FECVs should not be viewed as competitors.</p>
<p>&ldquo;If you look at the design of the vehicle, it absolutely speaks to that complementary approach. You are still going to have a battery, but it's going to be five to 10% of the mass of a pure battery electric vehicle that would otherwise be in that powertrain. We have always looked at this as a complementary solution. It is competitive only at the margins,&rdquo; said Seth Terry, CEO of New Day Hydrogen, a Colorado based company and member of the Colorado Hydrogen Network, a non-profit organization that is actively advocating for the shift to hydrogen fuel.</p>
<p>Even Le Mans, the famed 24 hours endurance race, is embracing hydrogen power. ACO and GreenGT, the racing teams behind Mission H24 which is pushing for zero-carbon neutrality in auto racing, realized this milestone when the H24 prototype became the first hydrogen powered racer to run at the legendary circuit in northwestern France.</p>',
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<p>Leading a delegation made up of 23 members of the Global Business Development Division of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and Trade (OEDIT), the governor held high-level meetings in Tokyo and Osaka. This particular trade mission was particularly symbolic as it happened on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the first direct flight between Denver and Tokyo.</p>
<p>The Japan America Society of Colorado, which marked its 34th anniversary this year, has been at the forefront of cultivating this rich relationship through business, education, and culture.</p>
<p>&ldquo;We're a very program-heavy organization, and we are a membership organization. So really our goal is bringing people together who have shared experiences with Japan,&rdquo; Japan America Society of Colorado Executive Director Claudine Locascio said.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Sometimes that's the business community, sometimes that's our education community. We work all the way through college, and sometimes it's purely cultural experiences that we can help share in the community,&rdquo; Locascio also said.</p>
<p>Although Colorado is known more as a beer brewing state, a different drink, one with intrinsically Japanese ties is making fans in the state. Colorado Sake Company has taken advantage of the state&rsquo;s pristine water, said to be perfect for fermentation and the secret ingredient behind Colorado&rsquo;s robust beer industry, to introduce America to <em>sake</em>.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Japanese people love what we're doing. Even <em>sake </em>reps from Japan love what we're doing because it's just promoting sake in America,&rdquo; said William Stuart, proprietor of the Colorado Sake Company.</p>',
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<p>One U.S. state with a long and storied brewing history is Colorado. The Mile High State has been brewing beer for 164 years. The tradition can be traced all the way back to the Gold Rush, when Eastern Europeans immigrants arrived in the mid-19th century prospecting for gold <em>&ldquo;in them thar hills.&rdquo;</em> These newly-minted Americans brought with them arcane knowledge in the brewing arts.</p>
<p>Perhaps no other beer brand is tied to Colorado more than Coors. In 1873, Adolph Coors and Jacob Schueler established their first brewery in Golden, Colorado. The two bought Czech immigrant William Silhan&rsquo;s pilsner-style beer recipe, which became their first bottled concoction, and the rest as the clich&eacute; goes, is beer history.</p>
<p>Fast forward to 1978, U.S. President Jimmy Carter signed H.R. 1337, which allowed the ordinary Joe to, without fear of legal repercussion, brew his own beer at home; and the artisan product craft beer was born. Today, Colorado is the third largest producer of craft beer in the United States with an average annual output of 1,522,834 barrels.</p>
<p>Fort Collins, Colorado, sometimes referred to as the Napa Valley of beer, is also home to what is called &ldquo;The Brewmuda Triangle,&rdquo; where a three-sided combination of large, regional, and small breweries produce 70% of all the beer brewed in Colorado.</p>
<p>Beer is such a popular tourist draw to Colorado that a Denver company &ndash; Denver Pub Crawl &ndash; offers an experience unlike any other. For a fee, you&rsquo;ll get a more than 4-hour guided crawling tour through 4 to 6 downtown Denver bars. Cheers Colorado!</p>',
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<p>First up, head to the town of Durango. Come in the summer months and you can take the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railway, a historic train trip that runs through the valley from Durango to Silverton. The nearby Purgatory Ski Resort, just 15 minutes out of Durango, provides heavenly skiing and snowboarding with slopes that rival those of Aspen.</p>
<p>Speaking of Aspen, the world-famous ski resort town now prides itself as a year-round tourist destination teeming with first-class hotels and restaurants. If the town&rsquo;s full, nearby Glenwood Springs provides a popular alternative destination for the spillover crowd.</p>
<p>Then there&rsquo;s Pikes Peak, home of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. The Race to the Clouds takes place every June and starts from Mile 7 on Pikes Peak Highway. From there, world-class drivers race up a 19.99 km course with 156 turns, starting from an elevation of 1,440 m. and finishing at 4,302 m. above sea level. This ultimate test of race driving skill is always a sight to behold.</p>
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<figcaption class="image-caption">The Lucid Air Sapphire is the company's top-of-the-line sedan, which delivers more than 1,200 horsepower, a top speed exceeding 270 kph, a 0-60 time of under 2 seconds, and a maximum range of up to 830 km on a single charge.</figcaption>
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<p>In the past, the main obstacles facing EVs were the lack of infrastructure, i.e. charging stations, and sticker shock. However, a company based in the U.S. West appears to have surmounted those issues.</p>
<p>&ldquo;As a company, we believe that we have a real problem with global warming. We also believe that pure battery electric is the right solution. However, in order to do that, we need to overcome some fundamental hurdles, first of which is range anxiety. We've addressed that with the first car, with its 520-mile range and currently in production,&rdquo; Lucid Motors CEO and CTO Peter Rawlinson said.</p>
<p>From its manufacturing plant in Arizona, Lucid Motors assembles four models of luxury electric cars, all with affordable prices and equipped with the latest technology. In fact, the technology that gives Lucid cars its long range is the very same one that makes them less expensive.</p>
<p>&ldquo;The way we achieve range is much more profound and important. We do that with less batteries. If we can go farther with less batteries, we could go the same distance with a much smaller battery pack. Because the battery is the most expensive component of an electric car, we have a profound influence on its manufacturing cost. Now, the cost of ownership is the greatest remaining hurdle to widespread adoption,&rdquo; Rawlinson said.</p>
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<p>&ldquo;The Japanese market is a consistent market that doesn't ebb or flow a lot in times of higher supply and lower prices,&rdquo; said <strong>Kent Kupfner, executive vice president of Montana Wheat and Barley Committee</strong>, the producer-funded checkoff organization for wheat and barley growers in the state.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Economically speaking, (Japanese investors) have had a major impact on the Montana wheat and barley industry. They invested in shuttle-loading capability elevators. Those facilities can load 110 car trains in 15 hours or less. They're efficient and they can handle grain in a very efficient manner,&rdquo; Kupfner added.</p>
<p>The Japanese partnership with Montana&rsquo;s agricultural industry has also yielded collaborations between the Montana Wheat and Barley Committee and Montana State University (MSU) for the research and development of wheat varieties specifically for the Japanese market.</p>
<p>&ldquo;We're very aware of the quality demands and use characteristics that the Japanese flour menu industry wants to see. Our breeders are well aware of the qualities that they need to breed into their varieties, whether it&rsquo;s noodle making or specific end use like specialty breads. Collaboration between Montana Wheat and Barley and Montana State University research centers is also very important. Roughly half our budget goes directly to MSU to fund research for wheat varieties,&rdquo; Kupfner said.</p>
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<p>&ldquo;New Mexico has signed an agreement with Colorado, Utah and Washington to partner in The Western Interstate Hydrogen Hub, WISHH. We&rsquo;re working on proposals for the U.S. Department of Transportation to create hydrogen fuel corridors. New Mexico is also going to have the largest wind farm and grid project, the SunZia Project, which will provide power to the West Coast,&rdquo; De La Rosa added. &nbsp;</p>
<p>In a city destined to find new international fame with the upcoming release of the film &ldquo;Oppenheimer,&rdquo; which chronicles the birth of the Nuclear Age, Los Alamos Utilities has taken up the challenge of finding both short-term and long-term renewable energy solutions.</p>
<p>&ldquo;We just closed a coal fire plant and are trying to find replacement electric generation that's renewable. We're in the Small Modular Reactor project, but those are long-term projects that take time to develop. Our short-term goal is to find renewable resources &ndash; wind, solar, and battery &ndash; that cannot yet provide multiple days of stored energy. Our biggest challenge right now is exploring opportunities for long-term electricity storage,&rdquo; said Los Alamos Utilities Manager Philo Shelton.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, at the University of New Mexico, a research team led by Prof. Manel Mart&iacute;nez-Ram&oacute;n of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is developing an algorithm that will help electrical grids use energy more efficiently.</p>
<p>The project is a part of the New Mexico EPSCoR Smart Grid Center grant, funded by the National Science Foundation. The grant will involve the establishment of &ldquo;a novel, interdisciplinary research center, the NM SMART Grid Center, which is pursuing next-generation electric power production and delivery through the creation of a SMART electric grid (one that is Sustainable, Modular, Adaptive, Resilient, and Transactive),&rdquo; according to the EPSCoR website.</p>
<p>The smart grid that the EPSCoR project is developing will use artificial intelligence to automatically adjust energy storage based on how much energy will likely be needed under specific conditions. Weather is a very important factor in these decisions.</p>
<p>&ldquo;There are several articles that show that temperature has a strong correlation with energy consumption since the utilities that consume most of the energy in the house are temperature regulators,&rdquo; said UNM Graduate Research Assistant Nestor Pereira.</p>
<p>To help smart grids predict energy needs accurately, Mart&iacute;nez-Ram&oacute;n&rsquo;s team is devising an algorithm that will tell a smart grid what weather and power load data on which to base its decisions on any given day.</p>',
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<figcaption class="image-caption">The Lucid Air Sapphire is the company's top-of-the-line sedan, which delivers more than 1,200 horsepower, a top speed exceeding 270 kph, a 0-60 time of under 2 seconds, and a maximum range of up to 830 km on a single charge.</figcaption>
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<p>In the past, the main obstacles facing EVs were the lack of infrastructure, i.e. charging stations, and sticker shock. However, a company based in the U.S. West appears to have surmounted those issues.</p>
<p>&ldquo;As a company, we believe that we have a real problem with global warming. We also believe that pure battery electric is the right solution. However, in order to do that, we need to overcome some fundamental hurdles, first of which is range anxiety. We've addressed that with the first car, with its 520-mile range and currently in production,&rdquo; Lucid Motors CEO and CTO Peter Rawlinson said.</p>
<p>From its manufacturing plant in Arizona, Lucid Motors assembles four models of luxury electric cars, all with affordable prices and equipped with the latest technology. In fact, the technology that gives Lucid cars its long range is the very same one that makes them less expensive.</p>
<p>&ldquo;The way we achieve range is much more profound and important. We do that with less batteries. If we can go farther with less batteries, we could go the same distance with a much smaller battery pack. Because the battery is the most expensive component of an electric car, we have a profound influence on its manufacturing cost. Now, the cost of ownership is the greatest remaining hurdle to widespread adoption,&rdquo; Rawlinson said.</p>
<p><strong><em><a href="https://lucidmotors.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://lucidmotors.com</a> </em></strong></p>',
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<figcaption class="image-caption">Its cities are significant drivers of this boom through effective economic management, with Mesa being a standout success story. Located in Maricopa County, Mesa is the leading hub for the state's semiconductor industry in the East Valley section of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area.</figcaption>
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<p>Its cities are significant drivers of this boom through effective economic management, with Mesa being a standout success story. Located in Maricopa County, Mesa is the leading hub for the state's semiconductor industry in the East Valley section of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area.</p>
<p>&ldquo;TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) is a major draw obviously. But Intel has also been here for years and they're still expanding. With this semiconductor expansion going on, we're ripe for the supply chain, whether first-tier or second-tier supplier. We're within half an hour to Intel and an hour to TSMC,&rdquo; Mesa Economic Development Director William Jabjiniak said.</p>
<p>Another key to Mesa&rsquo;s success is strategic urban planning.</p>
<p>&ldquo;We've created the Elliott Road Tech Corridor. Its zoning overlay helps you get through business quicker and get entitlements. There&rsquo;s also the Pecos Advanced Manufacturing Zone, again an effort to invest in infrastructure and cut Entitlement risk. Those developments have been very positive for us,&rdquo; Jabjiniak said.</p>
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<figcaption class="image-caption">Millions of lives can be saved around the world thanks to recent breakthroughs in the medical technology sector.</figcaption>
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<p>In Utah, Second Heart Assist, Inc. is developing the most advanced circulatory assist pumps for heart failure, high-risk PCI kidney failure, limb salvage, and cardiogenic shock patients. It has the potential to enhance the lives of millions who suffer from these debilitating ailments worldwide.&nbsp;</p>
<p>&ldquo;When people are admitted and develop heart failure, they typically retain a lot of fluids and are quite congested and have trouble breathing and are admitted to the hospital,&rdquo; Second Heart Assist Chief Medical Officer Dr. Leslie Miller explained.</p>
<p>&ldquo;This device is designed to both help patients with heart failure to pump more effectively deliver that blood on top of what we propel from the pump into the kidneys to markedly improve kidney function, increase urine output, and shorten the length of stay. It's a very beneficial design to help the so-called cardiorena,&rdquo; Miller added.</p>
<p>Another startup, Colorado&rsquo;s Aspero Medical has developed the Ancora platform. The device leverages its patented Pillar balloon technology in an interventional overtube that provides better access, stability, control, and usability in flexible endoscopy interventions. The technology improves anchoring consistency in the gastrointestinal tract, minimizing surgical time and enabling more complete procedures on the first attempt.</p>
<p>&ldquo;For 10 years at the University of Colorado, we looked at texturing materials specifically for medical devices and robots used inside the body. The foundational technology in the company allows for flexible balloons to better anchor against slippery surfaces inside the body,&rdquo; Aspero Medical CEO Dr. Mark Rentschler explained.</p>',
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<p>Established in 1872, Yellowstone is the oldest and perhaps most famous of America&rsquo;s national parks, Yellowstone. Spanning the states of Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho, the park is known for its wildlife and many geothermal features, among them Old Faithful, which has erupted every 44 minutes to two hours since the year 2000. Visitors can stay at the Old Faithful Inn to catch the popular geyser shoot between 3,700 to 8,400 gallons of boiling water up to 185 feet high for up to 5 minutes.</p>
<p>Grizzly bears, moose, and American bison are just some of the fauna to be spotted at the park, the central location of the Kevin Costner TV drama series &ldquo;Yellowstone.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Straddling Nevada and California, Death Valley is the fifth-largest National Park in the United States. The hottest and driest place in North America, Death Valley&rsquo;s terrain is dominated by salt flats, sand dunes, and badlands. Its harsh desert climate is home to diverse plant life, like the Creosote Bush and the Joshua Tree.</p>
<p>Then, there&rsquo;s Utah&rsquo;s Zion National Park, which was once populated by the Ancestral Puebloans also known as Anasazi, and later on settled by the Mormons. The park counts mountains, canyons, buttes, mesas, monoliths, rivers, slot canyons, and natural arches as some of its natural land features and rock formations. It is also home to 289 species of birds, 75 mammals (including 19 species of bat), and 32 species of reptiles.</p>',
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<p>The Idaho Department of Commerce&rsquo;s single-point-of-contact approach has immensely improved the ease of doing business for expanding companies. This, plus the state&rsquo;s high GDP growth, low unemployment, and incentive programs, have made Idaho a magnet for Japanese business.</p>
<p>Cities like Idaho Falls, Magic Valley and Twin Falls are experiencing a boom after having attracted Japanese companies that decided to expand their North American presence. ON Semiconductors opened offices in Nampa, Pocatello, and Meridian. There are eight Japanese majority-owned companies in the state that employ over 700 workers in 12 major metropolitan areas within an 800-mile radius of the capital Boise.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The Idaho Japan Business Council leads the way in helping connect Japanese investment with the Gem State.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Our goal is to connect Japanese and American business, or more exactly American and Japanese communities, so they can know each other and hopefully understand each other,&rdquo; Honorary Consul General of Japan in Idaho Ed Klopfenstein said.</p>
<p>Even the potato has received a Japanese upgrade as well. American company J.R. Simplot Co. formed a joint venture with ITOCHU Corp. called Simplot Japan to produce frozen french fries, fruits and vegetables, like avocados.</p>
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			'content' => '<p>The College of Southern Idaho&rsquo;s Applied Technology and Innovation Center (ATI) offers students training in various programs that range from food technology and processing to industrial maintenance systems, drafting, programmable logic controllers, renewable energy systems technology, and computer-aided design.</p>
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<p>Graduates from these programs, in turn, provide Idaho with a steady stream of highly skilled individuals who make up the state&rsquo;s workforce, which is one of the top reasons Japanese business has increased rapidly in the state.</p>
<p>Atom Seimitsu, a Tokyo-based company that manufactures robotic equipment for the semiconductor industry, connected with ATI multiple times. The collaboration has resulted in numerous possible applications in the agricultural industry, including fully automated greenhouses and food processing plants.</p>
<p>Cutting-edge R&amp;D at the University of Idaho and Boise State is also why SAKAE Casting, a Japanese manufacturing company that specializes in aluminum casting of cold plates, came to Idaho.</p>
<p>&ldquo;They reached out to the government of Idaho. The government of Idaho provided some funding to Boise State University through the IgM fund, I believe. And that particular fund helped start some initial research,&rdquo; said Ed Klopfenstein, the Honorary Consul General of Japan in Idaho.</p>
<p>&ldquo;And then through other private sources, they've been able to expand that research. Most universities don't open up themselves to foreign companies like this. Boise State opened its arms,&rdquo; Klopfenstein added.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>With the influx of foreign investment, Idaho&rsquo;s GDP has grown an average of 2.8% every year since 2015.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&ldquo;We'd like to uncover and hopefully communicate to Japan why Idaho is a good place to invest in for these Japanese companies and why they should do business with local Idaho companies. That's been the centerpiece of Idaho&rsquo;s relationship with Japan,&rdquo; he also said.</p>',
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			'title' => 'Japan America Society of Colorado: The state's nexus for all things Japanese',
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<p>&ldquo;The mission of Japan America Society is connecting Colorado and Japan by creating opportunities through business, education, and culture. So, those are our three pillars that we operate under,&rdquo; said JASC Executive Director Claudine Locascio.</p>
<p>Locascio, who studied in Doshisha University in Kyoto, has been with the JASC since 2012. She was one of the delegates in Governor Jared Polis&rsquo;s recent trade mission to Japan. She oversees the JASC&rsquo;s yearlong schedule loaded with a plethora of cultural, business, and educational events.</p>
<p>A JASC event that students of Japanese culture from the Rocky Mountain Region (Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and Wyoming) always look forward to is the Japan Cup. Hosted by the JASC since 2008, Japan Cup brings together students of all interested middle schools, high schools, and colleges for a day-long competition that challenges them on a wide variety of subjects, like current events and Japanese language and culture.</p>
<p>Another culturally significant event is the annual Japanese Kite Festival. In Japan, making kites using <em>washi</em> paper is a venerable artform passed down from many generations; and flying kites remains a popular pastime and is believed to bring good luck.</p>
<p>JASC keeps this beloved Japanese tradition alive by organizing this widely popular two-day event, which features kite-making workshops and kite-flying lessons conducted by a renowned Japanese kite master.</p>
<p>Thirty-four years into their mission, JASC has stayed relevant and stronger than ever.</p>',
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<figcaption class="image-caption">Colorado leads the charge in developing hydrogen-powered cars, which are predicted to be the future of the automotive industry.</figcaption>
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<p>How can a car use hydrogen for fuel? The term hydrogen-fueled is a misnomer because these vehicles will be powered by an electric motor. So, the more proper term is FECV, short for Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle. In simple terms, power from the car&rsquo;s battery will come from the reaction created when hydrogen is mixed with dioxygen.</p>
<p>With the continued rise of electric vehicles or EVs, FECVs should not be viewed as competitors.</p>
<p>&ldquo;If you look at the design of the vehicle, it absolutely speaks to that complementary approach. You are still going to have a battery, but it's going to be five to 10% of the mass of a pure battery electric vehicle that would otherwise be in that powertrain. We have always looked at this as a complementary solution. It is competitive only at the margins,&rdquo; said Seth Terry, CEO of New Day Hydrogen, a Colorado based company and member of the Colorado Hydrogen Network, a non-profit organization that is actively advocating for the shift to hydrogen fuel.</p>
<p>Even Le Mans, the famed 24 hours endurance race, is embracing hydrogen power. ACO and GreenGT, the racing teams behind Mission H24 which is pushing for zero-carbon neutrality in auto racing, realized this milestone when the H24 prototype became the first hydrogen powered racer to run at the legendary circuit in northwestern France.</p>',
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<figcaption class="image-caption">Japan America Society of Colorado Executive Director Claudine Locascio</figcaption>
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<p>Leading a delegation made up of 23 members of the Global Business Development Division of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and Trade (OEDIT), the governor held high-level meetings in Tokyo and Osaka. This particular trade mission was particularly symbolic as it happened on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the first direct flight between Denver and Tokyo.</p>
<p>The Japan America Society of Colorado, which marked its 34th anniversary this year, has been at the forefront of cultivating this rich relationship through business, education, and culture.</p>
<p>&ldquo;We're a very program-heavy organization, and we are a membership organization. So really our goal is bringing people together who have shared experiences with Japan,&rdquo; Japan America Society of Colorado Executive Director Claudine Locascio said.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Sometimes that's the business community, sometimes that's our education community. We work all the way through college, and sometimes it's purely cultural experiences that we can help share in the community,&rdquo; Locascio also said.</p>
<p>Although Colorado is known more as a beer brewing state, a different drink, one with intrinsically Japanese ties is making fans in the state. Colorado Sake Company has taken advantage of the state&rsquo;s pristine water, said to be perfect for fermentation and the secret ingredient behind Colorado&rsquo;s robust beer industry, to introduce America to <em>sake</em>.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Japanese people love what we're doing. Even <em>sake </em>reps from Japan love what we're doing because it's just promoting sake in America,&rdquo; said William Stuart, proprietor of the Colorado Sake Company.</p>',
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			'content' => '<p>When man found out that fermented grains produced alcohol, beer soon followed. And the world has been imbibing copious amounts of the foamy beverage with gusto ever since.</p>
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<figcaption class="image-caption">Thanks to beer, Colorado has added another reason for domestic and international tourists to visit.</figcaption>
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<p>One U.S. state with a long and storied brewing history is Colorado. The Mile High State has been brewing beer for 164 years. The tradition can be traced all the way back to the Gold Rush, when Eastern Europeans immigrants arrived in the mid-19th century prospecting for gold <em>&ldquo;in them thar hills.&rdquo;</em> These newly-minted Americans brought with them arcane knowledge in the brewing arts.</p>
<p>Perhaps no other beer brand is tied to Colorado more than Coors. In 1873, Adolph Coors and Jacob Schueler established their first brewery in Golden, Colorado. The two bought Czech immigrant William Silhan&rsquo;s pilsner-style beer recipe, which became their first bottled concoction, and the rest as the clich&eacute; goes, is beer history.</p>
<p>Fast forward to 1978, U.S. President Jimmy Carter signed H.R. 1337, which allowed the ordinary Joe to, without fear of legal repercussion, brew his own beer at home; and the artisan product craft beer was born. Today, Colorado is the third largest producer of craft beer in the United States with an average annual output of 1,522,834 barrels.</p>
<p>Fort Collins, Colorado, sometimes referred to as the Napa Valley of beer, is also home to what is called &ldquo;The Brewmuda Triangle,&rdquo; where a three-sided combination of large, regional, and small breweries produce 70% of all the beer brewed in Colorado.</p>
<p>Beer is such a popular tourist draw to Colorado that a Denver company &ndash; Denver Pub Crawl &ndash; offers an experience unlike any other. For a fee, you&rsquo;ll get a more than 4-hour guided crawling tour through 4 to 6 downtown Denver bars. Cheers Colorado!</p>',
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<figcaption class="image-caption">Colorado is not short on outdoor adventure and sports activities.</figcaption>
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<p>First up, head to the town of Durango. Come in the summer months and you can take the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railway, a historic train trip that runs through the valley from Durango to Silverton. The nearby Purgatory Ski Resort, just 15 minutes out of Durango, provides heavenly skiing and snowboarding with slopes that rival those of Aspen.</p>
<p>Speaking of Aspen, the world-famous ski resort town now prides itself as a year-round tourist destination teeming with first-class hotels and restaurants. If the town&rsquo;s full, nearby Glenwood Springs provides a popular alternative destination for the spillover crowd.</p>
<p>Then there&rsquo;s Pikes Peak, home of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. The Race to the Clouds takes place every June and starts from Mile 7 on Pikes Peak Highway. From there, world-class drivers race up a 19.99 km course with 156 turns, starting from an elevation of 1,440 m. and finishing at 4,302 m. above sea level. This ultimate test of race driving skill is always a sight to behold.</p>
<p>Finally, check out The Nikola Tesla Downtown Lightning Laboratory in Colorado Springs. Famed Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla set up his laboratory at Wardenclyffe during the turn of the 20th century where he experimented on wireless high frequency electricity transmission. The site has been transformed into a museum and science center as a tribute to his genius.&nbsp;</p>',
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<figcaption class="image-caption">The Lucid Air Sapphire is the company's top-of-the-line sedan, which delivers more than 1,200 horsepower, a top speed exceeding 270 kph, a 0-60 time of under 2 seconds, and a maximum range of up to 830 km on a single charge.</figcaption>
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<p>&ldquo;As a company, we believe that we have a real problem with global warming. We also believe that pure battery electric is the right solution. However, in order to do that, we need to overcome some fundamental hurdles, first of which is range anxiety. We've addressed that with the first car, with its 520-mile range and currently in production,&rdquo; Lucid Motors CEO and CTO Peter Rawlinson said.</p>
<p>From its manufacturing plant in Arizona, Lucid Motors assembles four models of luxury electric cars, all with affordable prices and equipped with the latest technology. In fact, the technology that gives Lucid cars its long range is the very same one that makes them less expensive.</p>
<p>&ldquo;The way we achieve range is much more profound and important. We do that with less batteries. If we can go farther with less batteries, we could go the same distance with a much smaller battery pack. Because the battery is the most expensive component of an electric car, we have a profound influence on its manufacturing cost. Now, the cost of ownership is the greatest remaining hurdle to widespread adoption,&rdquo; Rawlinson said.</p>
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<p>&ldquo;Economically speaking, (Japanese investors) have had a major impact on the Montana wheat and barley industry. They invested in shuttle-loading capability elevators. Those facilities can load 110 car trains in 15 hours or less. They're efficient and they can handle grain in a very efficient manner,&rdquo; Kupfner added.</p>
<p>The Japanese partnership with Montana&rsquo;s agricultural industry has also yielded collaborations between the Montana Wheat and Barley Committee and Montana State University (MSU) for the research and development of wheat varieties specifically for the Japanese market.</p>
<p>&ldquo;We're very aware of the quality demands and use characteristics that the Japanese flour menu industry wants to see. Our breeders are well aware of the qualities that they need to breed into their varieties, whether it&rsquo;s noodle making or specific end use like specialty breads. Collaboration between Montana Wheat and Barley and Montana State University research centers is also very important. Roughly half our budget goes directly to MSU to fund research for wheat varieties,&rdquo; Kupfner said.</p>
<p><a href="https://montanawbc.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em><strong>https://montanawbc.com</strong></em></a></p>',
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<p>&ldquo;The New Mexico Department of Transportation didn't own a single electric vehicle in its fleet for years. It had no EV (electric vehicle) charging infrastructure at any of the facilities it owns across the state. Now, New Mexico is known as the first state to submit a NEVI plan, or National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Plan,&rdquo; said Joseph De La Rosa, Special Projects Chief for the New Mexico Department of Transportation and the New Mexico Economic Development Department.</p>
<p>&ldquo;New Mexico has signed an agreement with Colorado, Utah and Washington to partner in The Western Interstate Hydrogen Hub, WISHH. We&rsquo;re working on proposals for the U.S. Department of Transportation to create hydrogen fuel corridors. New Mexico is also going to have the largest wind farm and grid project, the SunZia Project, which will provide power to the West Coast,&rdquo; De La Rosa added. &nbsp;</p>
<p>In a city destined to find new international fame with the upcoming release of the film &ldquo;Oppenheimer,&rdquo; which chronicles the birth of the Nuclear Age, Los Alamos Utilities has taken up the challenge of finding both short-term and long-term renewable energy solutions.</p>
<p>&ldquo;We just closed a coal fire plant and are trying to find replacement electric generation that's renewable. We're in the Small Modular Reactor project, but those are long-term projects that take time to develop. Our short-term goal is to find renewable resources &ndash; wind, solar, and battery &ndash; that cannot yet provide multiple days of stored energy. Our biggest challenge right now is exploring opportunities for long-term electricity storage,&rdquo; said Los Alamos Utilities Manager Philo Shelton.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, at the University of New Mexico, a research team led by Prof. Manel Mart&iacute;nez-Ram&oacute;n of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is developing an algorithm that will help electrical grids use energy more efficiently.</p>
<p>The project is a part of the New Mexico EPSCoR Smart Grid Center grant, funded by the National Science Foundation. The grant will involve the establishment of &ldquo;a novel, interdisciplinary research center, the NM SMART Grid Center, which is pursuing next-generation electric power production and delivery through the creation of a SMART electric grid (one that is Sustainable, Modular, Adaptive, Resilient, and Transactive),&rdquo; according to the EPSCoR website.</p>
<p>The smart grid that the EPSCoR project is developing will use artificial intelligence to automatically adjust energy storage based on how much energy will likely be needed under specific conditions. Weather is a very important factor in these decisions.</p>
<p>&ldquo;There are several articles that show that temperature has a strong correlation with energy consumption since the utilities that consume most of the energy in the house are temperature regulators,&rdquo; said UNM Graduate Research Assistant Nestor Pereira.</p>
<p>To help smart grids predict energy needs accurately, Mart&iacute;nez-Ram&oacute;n&rsquo;s team is devising an algorithm that will tell a smart grid what weather and power load data on which to base its decisions on any given day.</p>',
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<figcaption class="image-caption">The Lucid Air Sapphire is the company's top-of-the-line sedan, which delivers more than 1,200 horsepower, a top speed exceeding 270 kph, a 0-60 time of under 2 seconds, and a maximum range of up to 830 km on a single charge.</figcaption>
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<p>In the past, the main obstacles facing EVs were the lack of infrastructure, i.e. charging stations, and sticker shock. However, a company based in the U.S. West appears to have surmounted those issues.</p>
<p>&ldquo;As a company, we believe that we have a real problem with global warming. We also believe that pure battery electric is the right solution. However, in order to do that, we need to overcome some fundamental hurdles, first of which is range anxiety. We've addressed that with the first car, with its 520-mile range and currently in production,&rdquo; Lucid Motors CEO and CTO Peter Rawlinson said.</p>
<p>From its manufacturing plant in Arizona, Lucid Motors assembles four models of luxury electric cars, all with affordable prices and equipped with the latest technology. In fact, the technology that gives Lucid cars its long range is the very same one that makes them less expensive.</p>
<p>&ldquo;The way we achieve range is much more profound and important. We do that with less batteries. If we can go farther with less batteries, we could go the same distance with a much smaller battery pack. Because the battery is the most expensive component of an electric car, we have a profound influence on its manufacturing cost. Now, the cost of ownership is the greatest remaining hurdle to widespread adoption,&rdquo; Rawlinson said.</p>
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<figcaption class="image-caption">Its cities are significant drivers of this boom through effective economic management, with Mesa being a standout success story. Located in Maricopa County, Mesa is the leading hub for the state's semiconductor industry in the East Valley section of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area.</figcaption>
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<p>Its cities are significant drivers of this boom through effective economic management, with Mesa being a standout success story. Located in Maricopa County, Mesa is the leading hub for the state's semiconductor industry in the East Valley section of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area.</p>
<p>&ldquo;TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) is a major draw obviously. But Intel has also been here for years and they're still expanding. With this semiconductor expansion going on, we're ripe for the supply chain, whether first-tier or second-tier supplier. We're within half an hour to Intel and an hour to TSMC,&rdquo; Mesa Economic Development Director William Jabjiniak said.</p>
<p>Another key to Mesa&rsquo;s success is strategic urban planning.</p>
<p>&ldquo;We've created the Elliott Road Tech Corridor. Its zoning overlay helps you get through business quicker and get entitlements. There&rsquo;s also the Pecos Advanced Manufacturing Zone, again an effort to invest in infrastructure and cut Entitlement risk. Those developments have been very positive for us,&rdquo; Jabjiniak said.</p>
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<figcaption class="image-caption">Millions of lives can be saved around the world thanks to recent breakthroughs in the medical technology sector.</figcaption>
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<p>In Utah, Second Heart Assist, Inc. is developing the most advanced circulatory assist pumps for heart failure, high-risk PCI kidney failure, limb salvage, and cardiogenic shock patients. It has the potential to enhance the lives of millions who suffer from these debilitating ailments worldwide.&nbsp;</p>
<p>&ldquo;When people are admitted and develop heart failure, they typically retain a lot of fluids and are quite congested and have trouble breathing and are admitted to the hospital,&rdquo; Second Heart Assist Chief Medical Officer Dr. Leslie Miller explained.</p>
<p>&ldquo;This device is designed to both help patients with heart failure to pump more effectively deliver that blood on top of what we propel from the pump into the kidneys to markedly improve kidney function, increase urine output, and shorten the length of stay. It's a very beneficial design to help the so-called cardiorena,&rdquo; Miller added.</p>
<p>Another startup, Colorado&rsquo;s Aspero Medical has developed the Ancora platform. The device leverages its patented Pillar balloon technology in an interventional overtube that provides better access, stability, control, and usability in flexible endoscopy interventions. The technology improves anchoring consistency in the gastrointestinal tract, minimizing surgical time and enabling more complete procedures on the first attempt.</p>
<p>&ldquo;For 10 years at the University of Colorado, we looked at texturing materials specifically for medical devices and robots used inside the body. The foundational technology in the company allows for flexible balloons to better anchor against slippery surfaces inside the body,&rdquo; Aspero Medical CEO Dr. Mark Rentschler explained.</p>',
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<figcaption class="image-caption">Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Parks remains one of the top tourist attractions in the United States.</figcaption>
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<p>Established in 1872, Yellowstone is the oldest and perhaps most famous of America&rsquo;s national parks, Yellowstone. Spanning the states of Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho, the park is known for its wildlife and many geothermal features, among them Old Faithful, which has erupted every 44 minutes to two hours since the year 2000. Visitors can stay at the Old Faithful Inn to catch the popular geyser shoot between 3,700 to 8,400 gallons of boiling water up to 185 feet high for up to 5 minutes.</p>
<p>Grizzly bears, moose, and American bison are just some of the fauna to be spotted at the park, the central location of the Kevin Costner TV drama series &ldquo;Yellowstone.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Straddling Nevada and California, Death Valley is the fifth-largest National Park in the United States. The hottest and driest place in North America, Death Valley&rsquo;s terrain is dominated by salt flats, sand dunes, and badlands. Its harsh desert climate is home to diverse plant life, like the Creosote Bush and the Joshua Tree.</p>
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<p>The Idaho Department of Commerce&rsquo;s single-point-of-contact approach has immensely improved the ease of doing business for expanding companies. This, plus the state&rsquo;s high GDP growth, low unemployment, and incentive programs, have made Idaho a magnet for Japanese business.</p>
<p>Cities like Idaho Falls, Magic Valley and Twin Falls are experiencing a boom after having attracted Japanese companies that decided to expand their North American presence. ON Semiconductors opened offices in Nampa, Pocatello, and Meridian. There are eight Japanese majority-owned companies in the state that employ over 700 workers in 12 major metropolitan areas within an 800-mile radius of the capital Boise.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The Idaho Japan Business Council leads the way in helping connect Japanese investment with the Gem State.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Our goal is to connect Japanese and American business, or more exactly American and Japanese communities, so they can know each other and hopefully understand each other,&rdquo; Honorary Consul General of Japan in Idaho Ed Klopfenstein said.</p>
<p>Even the potato has received a Japanese upgrade as well. American company J.R. Simplot Co. formed a joint venture with ITOCHU Corp. called Simplot Japan to produce frozen french fries, fruits and vegetables, like avocados.</p>
<p>&ldquo;You would think potatoes are just potatoes. But, everything from robotics to chemistry, to farming science is coming together to make potatoes a leading industry for this state,&rdquo; Klopfenstein explained.</p>',
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			'content' => '<p>The College of Southern Idaho&rsquo;s Applied Technology and Innovation Center (ATI) offers students training in various programs that range from food technology and processing to industrial maintenance systems, drafting, programmable logic controllers, renewable energy systems technology, and computer-aided design.</p>
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<p>Graduates from these programs, in turn, provide Idaho with a steady stream of highly skilled individuals who make up the state&rsquo;s workforce, which is one of the top reasons Japanese business has increased rapidly in the state.</p>
<p>Atom Seimitsu, a Tokyo-based company that manufactures robotic equipment for the semiconductor industry, connected with ATI multiple times. The collaboration has resulted in numerous possible applications in the agricultural industry, including fully automated greenhouses and food processing plants.</p>
<p>Cutting-edge R&amp;D at the University of Idaho and Boise State is also why SAKAE Casting, a Japanese manufacturing company that specializes in aluminum casting of cold plates, came to Idaho.</p>
<p>&ldquo;They reached out to the government of Idaho. The government of Idaho provided some funding to Boise State University through the IgM fund, I believe. And that particular fund helped start some initial research,&rdquo; said Ed Klopfenstein, the Honorary Consul General of Japan in Idaho.</p>
<p>&ldquo;And then through other private sources, they've been able to expand that research. Most universities don't open up themselves to foreign companies like this. Boise State opened its arms,&rdquo; Klopfenstein added.</p>
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<p>With the influx of foreign investment, Idaho&rsquo;s GDP has grown an average of 2.8% every year since 2015.</p>
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<p>&ldquo;We'd like to uncover and hopefully communicate to Japan why Idaho is a good place to invest in for these Japanese companies and why they should do business with local Idaho companies. That's been the centerpiece of Idaho&rsquo;s relationship with Japan,&rdquo; he also said.</p>',
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<p>&ldquo;The mission of Japan America Society is connecting Colorado and Japan by creating opportunities through business, education, and culture. So, those are our three pillars that we operate under,&rdquo; said JASC Executive Director Claudine Locascio.</p>
<p>Locascio, who studied in Doshisha University in Kyoto, has been with the JASC since 2012. She was one of the delegates in Governor Jared Polis&rsquo;s recent trade mission to Japan. She oversees the JASC&rsquo;s yearlong schedule loaded with a plethora of cultural, business, and educational events.</p>
<p>A JASC event that students of Japanese culture from the Rocky Mountain Region (Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and Wyoming) always look forward to is the Japan Cup. Hosted by the JASC since 2008, Japan Cup brings together students of all interested middle schools, high schools, and colleges for a day-long competition that challenges them on a wide variety of subjects, like current events and Japanese language and culture.</p>
<p>Another culturally significant event is the annual Japanese Kite Festival. In Japan, making kites using <em>washi</em> paper is a venerable artform passed down from many generations; and flying kites remains a popular pastime and is believed to bring good luck.</p>
<p>JASC keeps this beloved Japanese tradition alive by organizing this widely popular two-day event, which features kite-making workshops and kite-flying lessons conducted by a renowned Japanese kite master.</p>
<p>Thirty-four years into their mission, JASC has stayed relevant and stronger than ever.</p>',
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			'content' => '<p>Making up almost 75% of all matter, hydrogen is the most common chemical substance in the universe. The U.S. state of Colorado is at the forefront of research and development to harness the infinite power of hydrogen and turn it into mankind&rsquo;s fuel of choice for zero-carbon cars that will emit only water droplets.</p>
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<p>How can a car use hydrogen for fuel? The term hydrogen-fueled is a misnomer because these vehicles will be powered by an electric motor. So, the more proper term is FECV, short for Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle. In simple terms, power from the car&rsquo;s battery will come from the reaction created when hydrogen is mixed with dioxygen.</p>
<p>With the continued rise of electric vehicles or EVs, FECVs should not be viewed as competitors.</p>
<p>&ldquo;If you look at the design of the vehicle, it absolutely speaks to that complementary approach. You are still going to have a battery, but it's going to be five to 10% of the mass of a pure battery electric vehicle that would otherwise be in that powertrain. We have always looked at this as a complementary solution. It is competitive only at the margins,&rdquo; said Seth Terry, CEO of New Day Hydrogen, a Colorado based company and member of the Colorado Hydrogen Network, a non-profit organization that is actively advocating for the shift to hydrogen fuel.</p>
<p>Even Le Mans, the famed 24 hours endurance race, is embracing hydrogen power. ACO and GreenGT, the racing teams behind Mission H24 which is pushing for zero-carbon neutrality in auto racing, realized this milestone when the H24 prototype became the first hydrogen powered racer to run at the legendary circuit in northwestern France.</p>',
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			'title' => 'Colorado-Japan relations: Trade, culture, and sake',
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			'description' => 'Colorado Gov. Jared Polis wrapped up a five-day trade mission to Japan in March, during which he met with potential investors keen on developing the booming aerospace and green technology sectors, and further strengthening the technology sector of the state, whose 6th largest trading partner is Japan.',
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			'content' => '<p>Colorado Gov. Jared Polis wrapped up a five-day trade mission to Japan in March, during which he met with potential investors keen on developing the booming aerospace and green technology sectors, and further strengthening the technology sector of the state, whose 6th largest trading partner is Japan.</p>
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<figcaption class="image-caption">Japan America Society of Colorado Executive Director Claudine Locascio</figcaption>
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<p>Leading a delegation made up of 23 members of the Global Business Development Division of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and Trade (OEDIT), the governor held high-level meetings in Tokyo and Osaka. This particular trade mission was particularly symbolic as it happened on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the first direct flight between Denver and Tokyo.</p>
<p>The Japan America Society of Colorado, which marked its 34th anniversary this year, has been at the forefront of cultivating this rich relationship through business, education, and culture.</p>
<p>&ldquo;We're a very program-heavy organization, and we are a membership organization. So really our goal is bringing people together who have shared experiences with Japan,&rdquo; Japan America Society of Colorado Executive Director Claudine Locascio said.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Sometimes that's the business community, sometimes that's our education community. We work all the way through college, and sometimes it's purely cultural experiences that we can help share in the community,&rdquo; Locascio also said.</p>
<p>Although Colorado is known more as a beer brewing state, a different drink, one with intrinsically Japanese ties is making fans in the state. Colorado Sake Company has taken advantage of the state&rsquo;s pristine water, said to be perfect for fermentation and the secret ingredient behind Colorado&rsquo;s robust beer industry, to introduce America to <em>sake</em>.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Japanese people love what we're doing. Even <em>sake </em>reps from Japan love what we're doing because it's just promoting sake in America,&rdquo; said William Stuart, proprietor of the Colorado Sake Company.</p>',
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			'content' => '<p>When man found out that fermented grains produced alcohol, beer soon followed. And the world has been imbibing copious amounts of the foamy beverage with gusto ever since.</p>
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<figcaption class="image-caption">Thanks to beer, Colorado has added another reason for domestic and international tourists to visit.</figcaption>
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<p>One U.S. state with a long and storied brewing history is Colorado. The Mile High State has been brewing beer for 164 years. The tradition can be traced all the way back to the Gold Rush, when Eastern Europeans immigrants arrived in the mid-19th century prospecting for gold <em>&ldquo;in them thar hills.&rdquo;</em> These newly-minted Americans brought with them arcane knowledge in the brewing arts.</p>
<p>Perhaps no other beer brand is tied to Colorado more than Coors. In 1873, Adolph Coors and Jacob Schueler established their first brewery in Golden, Colorado. The two bought Czech immigrant William Silhan&rsquo;s pilsner-style beer recipe, which became their first bottled concoction, and the rest as the clich&eacute; goes, is beer history.</p>
<p>Fast forward to 1978, U.S. President Jimmy Carter signed H.R. 1337, which allowed the ordinary Joe to, without fear of legal repercussion, brew his own beer at home; and the artisan product craft beer was born. Today, Colorado is the third largest producer of craft beer in the United States with an average annual output of 1,522,834 barrels.</p>
<p>Fort Collins, Colorado, sometimes referred to as the Napa Valley of beer, is also home to what is called &ldquo;The Brewmuda Triangle,&rdquo; where a three-sided combination of large, regional, and small breweries produce 70% of all the beer brewed in Colorado.</p>
<p>Beer is such a popular tourist draw to Colorado that a Denver company &ndash; Denver Pub Crawl &ndash; offers an experience unlike any other. For a fee, you&rsquo;ll get a more than 4-hour guided crawling tour through 4 to 6 downtown Denver bars. Cheers Colorado!</p>',
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<p>First up, head to the town of Durango. Come in the summer months and you can take the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railway, a historic train trip that runs through the valley from Durango to Silverton. The nearby Purgatory Ski Resort, just 15 minutes out of Durango, provides heavenly skiing and snowboarding with slopes that rival those of Aspen.</p>
<p>Speaking of Aspen, the world-famous ski resort town now prides itself as a year-round tourist destination teeming with first-class hotels and restaurants. If the town&rsquo;s full, nearby Glenwood Springs provides a popular alternative destination for the spillover crowd.</p>
<p>Then there&rsquo;s Pikes Peak, home of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. The Race to the Clouds takes place every June and starts from Mile 7 on Pikes Peak Highway. From there, world-class drivers race up a 19.99 km course with 156 turns, starting from an elevation of 1,440 m. and finishing at 4,302 m. above sea level. This ultimate test of race driving skill is always a sight to behold.</p>
<p>Finally, check out The Nikola Tesla Downtown Lightning Laboratory in Colorado Springs. Famed Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla set up his laboratory at Wardenclyffe during the turn of the 20th century where he experimented on wireless high frequency electricity transmission. The site has been transformed into a museum and science center as a tribute to his genius.&nbsp;</p>',
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<p>Its cities are significant drivers of this boom through effective economic management, with Mesa being a standout success story. Located in Maricopa County, Mesa is the leading hub for the state's semiconductor industry in the East Valley section of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area.</p>
<p>&ldquo;TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) is a major draw obviously. But Intel has also been here for years and they're still expanding. With this semiconductor expansion going on, we're ripe for the supply chain, whether first-tier or second-tier supplier. We're within half an hour to Intel and an hour to TSMC,&rdquo; Mesa Economic Development Director William Jabjiniak said.</p>
<p>Another key to Mesa&rsquo;s success is strategic urban planning.</p>
<p>&ldquo;We've created the Elliott Road Tech Corridor. Its zoning overlay helps you get through business quicker and get entitlements. There&rsquo;s also the Pecos Advanced Manufacturing Zone, again an effort to invest in infrastructure and cut Entitlement risk. Those developments have been very positive for us,&rdquo; Jabjiniak said.</p>
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<figcaption class="image-caption">Kent Kupfner, executive vice president of Montana Wheat and Barley Committee</figcaption>
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<p>&ldquo;The Japanese market is a consistent market that doesn't ebb or flow a lot in times of higher supply and lower prices,&rdquo; said <strong>Kent Kupfner, executive vice president of Montana Wheat and Barley Committee</strong>, the producer-funded checkoff organization for wheat and barley growers in the state.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Economically speaking, (Japanese investors) have had a major impact on the Montana wheat and barley industry. They invested in shuttle-loading capability elevators. Those facilities can load 110 car trains in 15 hours or less. They're efficient and they can handle grain in a very efficient manner,&rdquo; Kupfner added.</p>
<p>The Japanese partnership with Montana&rsquo;s agricultural industry has also yielded collaborations between the Montana Wheat and Barley Committee and Montana State University (MSU) for the research and development of wheat varieties specifically for the Japanese market.</p>
<p>&ldquo;We're very aware of the quality demands and use characteristics that the Japanese flour menu industry wants to see. Our breeders are well aware of the qualities that they need to breed into their varieties, whether it&rsquo;s noodle making or specific end use like specialty breads. Collaboration between Montana Wheat and Barley and Montana State University research centers is also very important. Roughly half our budget goes directly to MSU to fund research for wheat varieties,&rdquo; Kupfner said.</p>
<p><a href="https://montanawbc.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em><strong>https://montanawbc.com</strong></em></a></p>',
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<p>&ldquo;The New Mexico Department of Transportation didn't own a single electric vehicle in its fleet for years. It had no EV (electric vehicle) charging infrastructure at any of the facilities it owns across the state. Now, New Mexico is known as the first state to submit a NEVI plan, or National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Plan,&rdquo; said Joseph De La Rosa, Special Projects Chief for the New Mexico Department of Transportation and the New Mexico Economic Development Department.</p>
<p>&ldquo;New Mexico has signed an agreement with Colorado, Utah and Washington to partner in The Western Interstate Hydrogen Hub, WISHH. We&rsquo;re working on proposals for the U.S. Department of Transportation to create hydrogen fuel corridors. New Mexico is also going to have the largest wind farm and grid project, the SunZia Project, which will provide power to the West Coast,&rdquo; De La Rosa added. &nbsp;</p>
<p>In a city destined to find new international fame with the upcoming release of the film &ldquo;Oppenheimer,&rdquo; which chronicles the birth of the Nuclear Age, Los Alamos Utilities has taken up the challenge of finding both short-term and long-term renewable energy solutions.</p>
<p>&ldquo;We just closed a coal fire plant and are trying to find replacement electric generation that's renewable. We're in the Small Modular Reactor project, but those are long-term projects that take time to develop. Our short-term goal is to find renewable resources &ndash; wind, solar, and battery &ndash; that cannot yet provide multiple days of stored energy. Our biggest challenge right now is exploring opportunities for long-term electricity storage,&rdquo; said Los Alamos Utilities Manager Philo Shelton.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, at the University of New Mexico, a research team led by Prof. Manel Mart&iacute;nez-Ram&oacute;n of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is developing an algorithm that will help electrical grids use energy more efficiently.</p>
<p>The project is a part of the New Mexico EPSCoR Smart Grid Center grant, funded by the National Science Foundation. The grant will involve the establishment of &ldquo;a novel, interdisciplinary research center, the NM SMART Grid Center, which is pursuing next-generation electric power production and delivery through the creation of a SMART electric grid (one that is Sustainable, Modular, Adaptive, Resilient, and Transactive),&rdquo; according to the EPSCoR website.</p>
<p>The smart grid that the EPSCoR project is developing will use artificial intelligence to automatically adjust energy storage based on how much energy will likely be needed under specific conditions. Weather is a very important factor in these decisions.</p>
<p>&ldquo;There are several articles that show that temperature has a strong correlation with energy consumption since the utilities that consume most of the energy in the house are temperature regulators,&rdquo; said UNM Graduate Research Assistant Nestor Pereira.</p>
<p>To help smart grids predict energy needs accurately, Mart&iacute;nez-Ram&oacute;n&rsquo;s team is devising an algorithm that will tell a smart grid what weather and power load data on which to base its decisions on any given day.</p>',
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<figcaption class="image-caption">The Lucid Air Sapphire is the company's top-of-the-line sedan, which delivers more than 1,200 horsepower, a top speed exceeding 270 kph, a 0-60 time of under 2 seconds, and a maximum range of up to 830 km on a single charge.</figcaption>
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<p>In the past, the main obstacles facing EVs were the lack of infrastructure, i.e. charging stations, and sticker shock. However, a company based in the U.S. West appears to have surmounted those issues.</p>
<p>&ldquo;As a company, we believe that we have a real problem with global warming. We also believe that pure battery electric is the right solution. However, in order to do that, we need to overcome some fundamental hurdles, first of which is range anxiety. We've addressed that with the first car, with its 520-mile range and currently in production,&rdquo; Lucid Motors CEO and CTO Peter Rawlinson said.</p>
<p>From its manufacturing plant in Arizona, Lucid Motors assembles four models of luxury electric cars, all with affordable prices and equipped with the latest technology. In fact, the technology that gives Lucid cars its long range is the very same one that makes them less expensive.</p>
<p>&ldquo;The way we achieve range is much more profound and important. We do that with less batteries. If we can go farther with less batteries, we could go the same distance with a much smaller battery pack. Because the battery is the most expensive component of an electric car, we have a profound influence on its manufacturing cost. Now, the cost of ownership is the greatest remaining hurdle to widespread adoption,&rdquo; Rawlinson said.</p>
<p><strong><em><a href="https://lucidmotors.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://lucidmotors.com</a> </em></strong></p>',
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<figcaption class="image-caption">Its cities are significant drivers of this boom through effective economic management, with Mesa being a standout success story. Located in Maricopa County, Mesa is the leading hub for the state's semiconductor industry in the East Valley section of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area.</figcaption>
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<p>Its cities are significant drivers of this boom through effective economic management, with Mesa being a standout success story. Located in Maricopa County, Mesa is the leading hub for the state's semiconductor industry in the East Valley section of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area.</p>
<p>&ldquo;TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) is a major draw obviously. But Intel has also been here for years and they're still expanding. With this semiconductor expansion going on, we're ripe for the supply chain, whether first-tier or second-tier supplier. We're within half an hour to Intel and an hour to TSMC,&rdquo; Mesa Economic Development Director William Jabjiniak said.</p>
<p>Another key to Mesa&rsquo;s success is strategic urban planning.</p>
<p>&ldquo;We've created the Elliott Road Tech Corridor. Its zoning overlay helps you get through business quicker and get entitlements. There&rsquo;s also the Pecos Advanced Manufacturing Zone, again an effort to invest in infrastructure and cut Entitlement risk. Those developments have been very positive for us,&rdquo; Jabjiniak said.</p>
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<figcaption class="image-caption">Millions of lives can be saved around the world thanks to recent breakthroughs in the medical technology sector.</figcaption>
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<p>In Utah, Second Heart Assist, Inc. is developing the most advanced circulatory assist pumps for heart failure, high-risk PCI kidney failure, limb salvage, and cardiogenic shock patients. It has the potential to enhance the lives of millions who suffer from these debilitating ailments worldwide.&nbsp;</p>
<p>&ldquo;When people are admitted and develop heart failure, they typically retain a lot of fluids and are quite congested and have trouble breathing and are admitted to the hospital,&rdquo; Second Heart Assist Chief Medical Officer Dr. Leslie Miller explained.</p>
<p>&ldquo;This device is designed to both help patients with heart failure to pump more effectively deliver that blood on top of what we propel from the pump into the kidneys to markedly improve kidney function, increase urine output, and shorten the length of stay. It's a very beneficial design to help the so-called cardiorena,&rdquo; Miller added.</p>
<p>Another startup, Colorado&rsquo;s Aspero Medical has developed the Ancora platform. The device leverages its patented Pillar balloon technology in an interventional overtube that provides better access, stability, control, and usability in flexible endoscopy interventions. The technology improves anchoring consistency in the gastrointestinal tract, minimizing surgical time and enabling more complete procedures on the first attempt.</p>
<p>&ldquo;For 10 years at the University of Colorado, we looked at texturing materials specifically for medical devices and robots used inside the body. The foundational technology in the company allows for flexible balloons to better anchor against slippery surfaces inside the body,&rdquo; Aspero Medical CEO Dr. Mark Rentschler explained.</p>',
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			'content' => '<p>America is teeming with awe-inspiring natural beauty, but nowhere is this more evident than in the Mountain West states, where you&rsquo;ll find the largest concentration of national parks in all of the United States.</p>
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<figcaption class="image-caption">Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Parks remains one of the top tourist attractions in the United States.</figcaption>
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<p>Established in 1872, Yellowstone is the oldest and perhaps most famous of America&rsquo;s national parks, Yellowstone. Spanning the states of Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho, the park is known for its wildlife and many geothermal features, among them Old Faithful, which has erupted every 44 minutes to two hours since the year 2000. Visitors can stay at the Old Faithful Inn to catch the popular geyser shoot between 3,700 to 8,400 gallons of boiling water up to 185 feet high for up to 5 minutes.</p>
<p>Grizzly bears, moose, and American bison are just some of the fauna to be spotted at the park, the central location of the Kevin Costner TV drama series &ldquo;Yellowstone.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Straddling Nevada and California, Death Valley is the fifth-largest National Park in the United States. The hottest and driest place in North America, Death Valley&rsquo;s terrain is dominated by salt flats, sand dunes, and badlands. Its harsh desert climate is home to diverse plant life, like the Creosote Bush and the Joshua Tree.</p>
<p>Then, there&rsquo;s Utah&rsquo;s Zion National Park, which was once populated by the Ancestral Puebloans also known as Anasazi, and later on settled by the Mormons. The park counts mountains, canyons, buttes, mesas, monoliths, rivers, slot canyons, and natural arches as some of its natural land features and rock formations. It is also home to 289 species of birds, 75 mammals (including 19 species of bat), and 32 species of reptiles.</p>',
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<p>The Idaho Department of Commerce&rsquo;s single-point-of-contact approach has immensely improved the ease of doing business for expanding companies. This, plus the state&rsquo;s high GDP growth, low unemployment, and incentive programs, have made Idaho a magnet for Japanese business.</p>
<p>Cities like Idaho Falls, Magic Valley and Twin Falls are experiencing a boom after having attracted Japanese companies that decided to expand their North American presence. ON Semiconductors opened offices in Nampa, Pocatello, and Meridian. There are eight Japanese majority-owned companies in the state that employ over 700 workers in 12 major metropolitan areas within an 800-mile radius of the capital Boise.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The Idaho Japan Business Council leads the way in helping connect Japanese investment with the Gem State.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Our goal is to connect Japanese and American business, or more exactly American and Japanese communities, so they can know each other and hopefully understand each other,&rdquo; Honorary Consul General of Japan in Idaho Ed Klopfenstein said.</p>
<p>Even the potato has received a Japanese upgrade as well. American company J.R. Simplot Co. formed a joint venture with ITOCHU Corp. called Simplot Japan to produce frozen french fries, fruits and vegetables, like avocados.</p>
<p>&ldquo;You would think potatoes are just potatoes. But, everything from robotics to chemistry, to farming science is coming together to make potatoes a leading industry for this state,&rdquo; Klopfenstein explained.</p>',
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			'content' => '<p>The College of Southern Idaho&rsquo;s Applied Technology and Innovation Center (ATI) offers students training in various programs that range from food technology and processing to industrial maintenance systems, drafting, programmable logic controllers, renewable energy systems technology, and computer-aided design.</p>
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<figcaption class="image-caption">Ed Klopfenstein, Honorary Consul General of Japan in Idaho</figcaption>
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<p>Graduates from these programs, in turn, provide Idaho with a steady stream of highly skilled individuals who make up the state&rsquo;s workforce, which is one of the top reasons Japanese business has increased rapidly in the state.</p>
<p>Atom Seimitsu, a Tokyo-based company that manufactures robotic equipment for the semiconductor industry, connected with ATI multiple times. The collaboration has resulted in numerous possible applications in the agricultural industry, including fully automated greenhouses and food processing plants.</p>
<p>Cutting-edge R&amp;D at the University of Idaho and Boise State is also why SAKAE Casting, a Japanese manufacturing company that specializes in aluminum casting of cold plates, came to Idaho.</p>
<p>&ldquo;They reached out to the government of Idaho. The government of Idaho provided some funding to Boise State University through the IgM fund, I believe. And that particular fund helped start some initial research,&rdquo; said Ed Klopfenstein, the Honorary Consul General of Japan in Idaho.</p>
<p>&ldquo;And then through other private sources, they've been able to expand that research. Most universities don't open up themselves to foreign companies like this. Boise State opened its arms,&rdquo; Klopfenstein added.</p>
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<p>With the influx of foreign investment, Idaho&rsquo;s GDP has grown an average of 2.8% every year since 2015.</p>
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<p>&ldquo;We'd like to uncover and hopefully communicate to Japan why Idaho is a good place to invest in for these Japanese companies and why they should do business with local Idaho companies. That's been the centerpiece of Idaho&rsquo;s relationship with Japan,&rdquo; he also said.</p>',
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			'title' => 'Japan America Society of Colorado: The state's nexus for all things Japanese',
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			'description' => 'In the U.S. state of Colorado, the center around which all things Japanese revolves is the Japan America Society of Colorado, which was established in 1989. Its mission is to connect Colorado and Japan by creating opportunities through business, education, and culture. ',
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<p>&ldquo;The mission of Japan America Society is connecting Colorado and Japan by creating opportunities through business, education, and culture. So, those are our three pillars that we operate under,&rdquo; said JASC Executive Director Claudine Locascio.</p>
<p>Locascio, who studied in Doshisha University in Kyoto, has been with the JASC since 2012. She was one of the delegates in Governor Jared Polis&rsquo;s recent trade mission to Japan. She oversees the JASC&rsquo;s yearlong schedule loaded with a plethora of cultural, business, and educational events.</p>
<p>A JASC event that students of Japanese culture from the Rocky Mountain Region (Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and Wyoming) always look forward to is the Japan Cup. Hosted by the JASC since 2008, Japan Cup brings together students of all interested middle schools, high schools, and colleges for a day-long competition that challenges them on a wide variety of subjects, like current events and Japanese language and culture.</p>
<p>Another culturally significant event is the annual Japanese Kite Festival. In Japan, making kites using <em>washi</em> paper is a venerable artform passed down from many generations; and flying kites remains a popular pastime and is believed to bring good luck.</p>
<p>JASC keeps this beloved Japanese tradition alive by organizing this widely popular two-day event, which features kite-making workshops and kite-flying lessons conducted by a renowned Japanese kite master.</p>
<p>Thirty-four years into their mission, JASC has stayed relevant and stronger than ever.</p>',
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			'title' => 'The dawn of the hydrogen-powered car',
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			'description' => 'Making up almost 75% of all matter, hydrogen is the most common chemical substance in the universe. The U.S. state of Colorado is at the forefront of research and development to harness the infinite power of hydrogen and turn it into mankind's fuel of choice for zero-carbon cars that will emit only water droplets.',
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			'content' => '<p>Making up almost 75% of all matter, hydrogen is the most common chemical substance in the universe. The U.S. state of Colorado is at the forefront of research and development to harness the infinite power of hydrogen and turn it into mankind&rsquo;s fuel of choice for zero-carbon cars that will emit only water droplets.</p>
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<figcaption class="image-caption">Colorado leads the charge in developing hydrogen-powered cars, which are predicted to be the future of the automotive industry.</figcaption>
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<p>How can a car use hydrogen for fuel? The term hydrogen-fueled is a misnomer because these vehicles will be powered by an electric motor. So, the more proper term is FECV, short for Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle. In simple terms, power from the car&rsquo;s battery will come from the reaction created when hydrogen is mixed with dioxygen.</p>
<p>With the continued rise of electric vehicles or EVs, FECVs should not be viewed as competitors.</p>
<p>&ldquo;If you look at the design of the vehicle, it absolutely speaks to that complementary approach. You are still going to have a battery, but it's going to be five to 10% of the mass of a pure battery electric vehicle that would otherwise be in that powertrain. We have always looked at this as a complementary solution. It is competitive only at the margins,&rdquo; said Seth Terry, CEO of New Day Hydrogen, a Colorado based company and member of the Colorado Hydrogen Network, a non-profit organization that is actively advocating for the shift to hydrogen fuel.</p>
<p>Even Le Mans, the famed 24 hours endurance race, is embracing hydrogen power. ACO and GreenGT, the racing teams behind Mission H24 which is pushing for zero-carbon neutrality in auto racing, realized this milestone when the H24 prototype became the first hydrogen powered racer to run at the legendary circuit in northwestern France.</p>',
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			'title' => 'Colorado-Japan relations: Trade, culture, and sake',
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			'description' => 'Colorado Gov. Jared Polis wrapped up a five-day trade mission to Japan in March, during which he met with potential investors keen on developing the booming aerospace and green technology sectors, and further strengthening the technology sector of the state, whose 6th largest trading partner is Japan.',
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<figcaption class="image-caption">Japan America Society of Colorado Executive Director Claudine Locascio</figcaption>
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<p>Leading a delegation made up of 23 members of the Global Business Development Division of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and Trade (OEDIT), the governor held high-level meetings in Tokyo and Osaka. This particular trade mission was particularly symbolic as it happened on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the first direct flight between Denver and Tokyo.</p>
<p>The Japan America Society of Colorado, which marked its 34th anniversary this year, has been at the forefront of cultivating this rich relationship through business, education, and culture.</p>
<p>&ldquo;We're a very program-heavy organization, and we are a membership organization. So really our goal is bringing people together who have shared experiences with Japan,&rdquo; Japan America Society of Colorado Executive Director Claudine Locascio said.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Sometimes that's the business community, sometimes that's our education community. We work all the way through college, and sometimes it's purely cultural experiences that we can help share in the community,&rdquo; Locascio also said.</p>
<p>Although Colorado is known more as a beer brewing state, a different drink, one with intrinsically Japanese ties is making fans in the state. Colorado Sake Company has taken advantage of the state&rsquo;s pristine water, said to be perfect for fermentation and the secret ingredient behind Colorado&rsquo;s robust beer industry, to introduce America to <em>sake</em>.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Japanese people love what we're doing. Even <em>sake </em>reps from Japan love what we're doing because it's just promoting sake in America,&rdquo; said William Stuart, proprietor of the Colorado Sake Company.</p>',
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<p>Perhaps no other beer brand is tied to Colorado more than Coors. In 1873, Adolph Coors and Jacob Schueler established their first brewery in Golden, Colorado. The two bought Czech immigrant William Silhan&rsquo;s pilsner-style beer recipe, which became their first bottled concoction, and the rest as the clich&eacute; goes, is beer history.</p>
<p>Fast forward to 1978, U.S. President Jimmy Carter signed H.R. 1337, which allowed the ordinary Joe to, without fear of legal repercussion, brew his own beer at home; and the artisan product craft beer was born. Today, Colorado is the third largest producer of craft beer in the United States with an average annual output of 1,522,834 barrels.</p>
<p>Fort Collins, Colorado, sometimes referred to as the Napa Valley of beer, is also home to what is called &ldquo;The Brewmuda Triangle,&rdquo; where a three-sided combination of large, regional, and small breweries produce 70% of all the beer brewed in Colorado.</p>
<p>Beer is such a popular tourist draw to Colorado that a Denver company &ndash; Denver Pub Crawl &ndash; offers an experience unlike any other. For a fee, you&rsquo;ll get a more than 4-hour guided crawling tour through 4 to 6 downtown Denver bars. Cheers Colorado!</p>',
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<p>First up, head to the town of Durango. Come in the summer months and you can take the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railway, a historic train trip that runs through the valley from Durango to Silverton. The nearby Purgatory Ski Resort, just 15 minutes out of Durango, provides heavenly skiing and snowboarding with slopes that rival those of Aspen.</p>
<p>Speaking of Aspen, the world-famous ski resort town now prides itself as a year-round tourist destination teeming with first-class hotels and restaurants. If the town&rsquo;s full, nearby Glenwood Springs provides a popular alternative destination for the spillover crowd.</p>
<p>Then there&rsquo;s Pikes Peak, home of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. The Race to the Clouds takes place every June and starts from Mile 7 on Pikes Peak Highway. From there, world-class drivers race up a 19.99 km course with 156 turns, starting from an elevation of 1,440 m. and finishing at 4,302 m. above sea level. This ultimate test of race driving skill is always a sight to behold.</p>
<p>Finally, check out The Nikola Tesla Downtown Lightning Laboratory in Colorado Springs. Famed Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla set up his laboratory at Wardenclyffe during the turn of the 20th century where he experimented on wireless high frequency electricity transmission. The site has been transformed into a museum and science center as a tribute to his genius.&nbsp;</p>',
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<p>Its cities are significant drivers of this boom through effective economic management, with Mesa being a standout success story. Located in Maricopa County, Mesa is the leading hub for the state's semiconductor industry in the East Valley section of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area.</p>
<p>&ldquo;TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) is a major draw obviously. But Intel has also been here for years and they're still expanding. With this semiconductor expansion going on, we're ripe for the supply chain, whether first-tier or second-tier supplier. We're within half an hour to Intel and an hour to TSMC,&rdquo; Mesa Economic Development Director William Jabjiniak said.</p>
<p>Another key to Mesa&rsquo;s success is strategic urban planning.</p>
<p>&ldquo;We've created the Elliott Road Tech Corridor. Its zoning overlay helps you get through business quicker and get entitlements. There&rsquo;s also the Pecos Advanced Manufacturing Zone, again an effort to invest in infrastructure and cut Entitlement risk. Those developments have been very positive for us,&rdquo; Jabjiniak said.</p>
<p>Another of Arizona's metropolitan successes is Scottsdale, which consistently ranks among the most desirable communities in America for living, visiting, and business. Its vibrant Old Town is renowned as the premier urban center in the state, boasting over 90 restaurants, 320 retail shops, and 80+ art galleries. Additionally, Scottsdale is recognized as the top city in the U.S. for jobs.</p>',
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Arizona is rollin'

Arizona has been experiencing robust economic growth lately that it outperformed all other states in various rankings. The Grand Canyon State toppe...

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<p>&ldquo;The Japanese market is a consistent market that doesn't ebb or flow a lot in times of higher supply and lower prices,&rdquo; said <strong>Kent Kupfner, executive vice president of Montana Wheat and Barley Committee</strong>, the producer-funded checkoff organization for wheat and barley growers in the state.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Economically speaking, (Japanese investors) have had a major impact on the Montana wheat and barley industry. They invested in shuttle-loading capability elevators. Those facilities can load 110 car trains in 15 hours or less. They're efficient and they can handle grain in a very efficient manner,&rdquo; Kupfner added.</p>
<p>The Japanese partnership with Montana&rsquo;s agricultural industry has also yielded collaborations between the Montana Wheat and Barley Committee and Montana State University (MSU) for the research and development of wheat varieties specifically for the Japanese market.</p>
<p>&ldquo;We're very aware of the quality demands and use characteristics that the Japanese flour menu industry wants to see. Our breeders are well aware of the qualities that they need to breed into their varieties, whether it&rsquo;s noodle making or specific end use like specialty breads. Collaboration between Montana Wheat and Barley and Montana State University research centers is also very important. Roughly half our budget goes directly to MSU to fund research for wheat varieties,&rdquo; Kupfner said.</p>
<p><a href="https://montanawbc.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em><strong>https://montanawbc.com</strong></em></a></p>',
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<p>&ldquo;The New Mexico Department of Transportation didn't own a single electric vehicle in its fleet for years. It had no EV (electric vehicle) charging infrastructure at any of the facilities it owns across the state. Now, New Mexico is known as the first state to submit a NEVI plan, or National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Plan,&rdquo; said Joseph De La Rosa, Special Projects Chief for the New Mexico Department of Transportation and the New Mexico Economic Development Department.</p>
<p>&ldquo;New Mexico has signed an agreement with Colorado, Utah and Washington to partner in The Western Interstate Hydrogen Hub, WISHH. We&rsquo;re working on proposals for the U.S. Department of Transportation to create hydrogen fuel corridors. New Mexico is also going to have the largest wind farm and grid project, the SunZia Project, which will provide power to the West Coast,&rdquo; De La Rosa added. &nbsp;</p>
<p>In a city destined to find new international fame with the upcoming release of the film &ldquo;Oppenheimer,&rdquo; which chronicles the birth of the Nuclear Age, Los Alamos Utilities has taken up the challenge of finding both short-term and long-term renewable energy solutions.</p>
<p>&ldquo;We just closed a coal fire plant and are trying to find replacement electric generation that's renewable. We're in the Small Modular Reactor project, but those are long-term projects that take time to develop. Our short-term goal is to find renewable resources &ndash; wind, solar, and battery &ndash; that cannot yet provide multiple days of stored energy. Our biggest challenge right now is exploring opportunities for long-term electricity storage,&rdquo; said Los Alamos Utilities Manager Philo Shelton.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, at the University of New Mexico, a research team led by Prof. Manel Mart&iacute;nez-Ram&oacute;n of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is developing an algorithm that will help electrical grids use energy more efficiently.</p>
<p>The project is a part of the New Mexico EPSCoR Smart Grid Center grant, funded by the National Science Foundation. The grant will involve the establishment of &ldquo;a novel, interdisciplinary research center, the NM SMART Grid Center, which is pursuing next-generation electric power production and delivery through the creation of a SMART electric grid (one that is Sustainable, Modular, Adaptive, Resilient, and Transactive),&rdquo; according to the EPSCoR website.</p>
<p>The smart grid that the EPSCoR project is developing will use artificial intelligence to automatically adjust energy storage based on how much energy will likely be needed under specific conditions. Weather is a very important factor in these decisions.</p>
<p>&ldquo;There are several articles that show that temperature has a strong correlation with energy consumption since the utilities that consume most of the energy in the house are temperature regulators,&rdquo; said UNM Graduate Research Assistant Nestor Pereira.</p>
<p>To help smart grids predict energy needs accurately, Mart&iacute;nez-Ram&oacute;n&rsquo;s team is devising an algorithm that will tell a smart grid what weather and power load data on which to base its decisions on any given day.</p>',
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<figcaption class="image-caption">The Lucid Air Sapphire is the company's top-of-the-line sedan, which delivers more than 1,200 horsepower, a top speed exceeding 270 kph, a 0-60 time of under 2 seconds, and a maximum range of up to 830 km on a single charge.</figcaption>
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<p>In the past, the main obstacles facing EVs were the lack of infrastructure, i.e. charging stations, and sticker shock. However, a company based in the U.S. West appears to have surmounted those issues.</p>
<p>&ldquo;As a company, we believe that we have a real problem with global warming. We also believe that pure battery electric is the right solution. However, in order to do that, we need to overcome some fundamental hurdles, first of which is range anxiety. We've addressed that with the first car, with its 520-mile range and currently in production,&rdquo; Lucid Motors CEO and CTO Peter Rawlinson said.</p>
<p>From its manufacturing plant in Arizona, Lucid Motors assembles four models of luxury electric cars, all with affordable prices and equipped with the latest technology. In fact, the technology that gives Lucid cars its long range is the very same one that makes them less expensive.</p>
<p>&ldquo;The way we achieve range is much more profound and important. We do that with less batteries. If we can go farther with less batteries, we could go the same distance with a much smaller battery pack. Because the battery is the most expensive component of an electric car, we have a profound influence on its manufacturing cost. Now, the cost of ownership is the greatest remaining hurdle to widespread adoption,&rdquo; Rawlinson said.</p>
<p><strong><em><a href="https://lucidmotors.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://lucidmotors.com</a> </em></strong></p>',
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<p>Its cities are significant drivers of this boom through effective economic management, with Mesa being a standout success story. Located in Maricopa County, Mesa is the leading hub for the state's semiconductor industry in the East Valley section of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area.</p>
<p>&ldquo;TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) is a major draw obviously. But Intel has also been here for years and they're still expanding. With this semiconductor expansion going on, we're ripe for the supply chain, whether first-tier or second-tier supplier. We're within half an hour to Intel and an hour to TSMC,&rdquo; Mesa Economic Development Director William Jabjiniak said.</p>
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<p>&ldquo;We've created the Elliott Road Tech Corridor. Its zoning overlay helps you get through business quicker and get entitlements. There&rsquo;s also the Pecos Advanced Manufacturing Zone, again an effort to invest in infrastructure and cut Entitlement risk. Those developments have been very positive for us,&rdquo; Jabjiniak said.</p>
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			'content' => '<p>The field of medical technology has seen its fair share of breakthroughs, but two startups in the Mountain West are transforming healthcare with game-changing innovations that could potentially save countless lives.</p>
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<figcaption class="image-caption">Millions of lives can be saved around the world thanks to recent breakthroughs in the medical technology sector.</figcaption>
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<p>In Utah, Second Heart Assist, Inc. is developing the most advanced circulatory assist pumps for heart failure, high-risk PCI kidney failure, limb salvage, and cardiogenic shock patients. It has the potential to enhance the lives of millions who suffer from these debilitating ailments worldwide.&nbsp;</p>
<p>&ldquo;When people are admitted and develop heart failure, they typically retain a lot of fluids and are quite congested and have trouble breathing and are admitted to the hospital,&rdquo; Second Heart Assist Chief Medical Officer Dr. Leslie Miller explained.</p>
<p>&ldquo;This device is designed to both help patients with heart failure to pump more effectively deliver that blood on top of what we propel from the pump into the kidneys to markedly improve kidney function, increase urine output, and shorten the length of stay. It's a very beneficial design to help the so-called cardiorena,&rdquo; Miller added.</p>
<p>Another startup, Colorado&rsquo;s Aspero Medical has developed the Ancora platform. The device leverages its patented Pillar balloon technology in an interventional overtube that provides better access, stability, control, and usability in flexible endoscopy interventions. The technology improves anchoring consistency in the gastrointestinal tract, minimizing surgical time and enabling more complete procedures on the first attempt.</p>
<p>&ldquo;For 10 years at the University of Colorado, we looked at texturing materials specifically for medical devices and robots used inside the body. The foundational technology in the company allows for flexible balloons to better anchor against slippery surfaces inside the body,&rdquo; Aspero Medical CEO Dr. Mark Rentschler explained.</p>',
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<figcaption class="image-caption">Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Parks remains one of the top tourist attractions in the United States.</figcaption>
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<p>Established in 1872, Yellowstone is the oldest and perhaps most famous of America&rsquo;s national parks, Yellowstone. Spanning the states of Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho, the park is known for its wildlife and many geothermal features, among them Old Faithful, which has erupted every 44 minutes to two hours since the year 2000. Visitors can stay at the Old Faithful Inn to catch the popular geyser shoot between 3,700 to 8,400 gallons of boiling water up to 185 feet high for up to 5 minutes.</p>
<p>Grizzly bears, moose, and American bison are just some of the fauna to be spotted at the park, the central location of the Kevin Costner TV drama series &ldquo;Yellowstone.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Straddling Nevada and California, Death Valley is the fifth-largest National Park in the United States. The hottest and driest place in North America, Death Valley&rsquo;s terrain is dominated by salt flats, sand dunes, and badlands. Its harsh desert climate is home to diverse plant life, like the Creosote Bush and the Joshua Tree.</p>
<p>Then, there&rsquo;s Utah&rsquo;s Zion National Park, which was once populated by the Ancestral Puebloans also known as Anasazi, and later on settled by the Mormons. The park counts mountains, canyons, buttes, mesas, monoliths, rivers, slot canyons, and natural arches as some of its natural land features and rock formations. It is also home to 289 species of birds, 75 mammals (including 19 species of bat), and 32 species of reptiles.</p>',
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<p>The Idaho Department of Commerce&rsquo;s single-point-of-contact approach has immensely improved the ease of doing business for expanding companies. This, plus the state&rsquo;s high GDP growth, low unemployment, and incentive programs, have made Idaho a magnet for Japanese business.</p>
<p>Cities like Idaho Falls, Magic Valley and Twin Falls are experiencing a boom after having attracted Japanese companies that decided to expand their North American presence. ON Semiconductors opened offices in Nampa, Pocatello, and Meridian. There are eight Japanese majority-owned companies in the state that employ over 700 workers in 12 major metropolitan areas within an 800-mile radius of the capital Boise.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The Idaho Japan Business Council leads the way in helping connect Japanese investment with the Gem State.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Our goal is to connect Japanese and American business, or more exactly American and Japanese communities, so they can know each other and hopefully understand each other,&rdquo; Honorary Consul General of Japan in Idaho Ed Klopfenstein said.</p>
<p>Even the potato has received a Japanese upgrade as well. American company J.R. Simplot Co. formed a joint venture with ITOCHU Corp. called Simplot Japan to produce frozen french fries, fruits and vegetables, like avocados.</p>
<p>&ldquo;You would think potatoes are just potatoes. But, everything from robotics to chemistry, to farming science is coming together to make potatoes a leading industry for this state,&rdquo; Klopfenstein explained.</p>',
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			'content' => '<p>The College of Southern Idaho&rsquo;s Applied Technology and Innovation Center (ATI) offers students training in various programs that range from food technology and processing to industrial maintenance systems, drafting, programmable logic controllers, renewable energy systems technology, and computer-aided design.</p>
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<figcaption class="image-caption">Ed Klopfenstein, Honorary Consul General of Japan in Idaho</figcaption>
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<p>Graduates from these programs, in turn, provide Idaho with a steady stream of highly skilled individuals who make up the state&rsquo;s workforce, which is one of the top reasons Japanese business has increased rapidly in the state.</p>
<p>Atom Seimitsu, a Tokyo-based company that manufactures robotic equipment for the semiconductor industry, connected with ATI multiple times. The collaboration has resulted in numerous possible applications in the agricultural industry, including fully automated greenhouses and food processing plants.</p>
<p>Cutting-edge R&amp;D at the University of Idaho and Boise State is also why SAKAE Casting, a Japanese manufacturing company that specializes in aluminum casting of cold plates, came to Idaho.</p>
<p>&ldquo;They reached out to the government of Idaho. The government of Idaho provided some funding to Boise State University through the IgM fund, I believe. And that particular fund helped start some initial research,&rdquo; said Ed Klopfenstein, the Honorary Consul General of Japan in Idaho.</p>
<p>&ldquo;And then through other private sources, they've been able to expand that research. Most universities don't open up themselves to foreign companies like this. Boise State opened its arms,&rdquo; Klopfenstein added.</p>
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<p>With the influx of foreign investment, Idaho&rsquo;s GDP has grown an average of 2.8% every year since 2015.</p>
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<p>&ldquo;We'd like to uncover and hopefully communicate to Japan why Idaho is a good place to invest in for these Japanese companies and why they should do business with local Idaho companies. That's been the centerpiece of Idaho&rsquo;s relationship with Japan,&rdquo; he also said.</p>',
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<p>&ldquo;The mission of Japan America Society is connecting Colorado and Japan by creating opportunities through business, education, and culture. So, those are our three pillars that we operate under,&rdquo; said JASC Executive Director Claudine Locascio.</p>
<p>Locascio, who studied in Doshisha University in Kyoto, has been with the JASC since 2012. She was one of the delegates in Governor Jared Polis&rsquo;s recent trade mission to Japan. She oversees the JASC&rsquo;s yearlong schedule loaded with a plethora of cultural, business, and educational events.</p>
<p>A JASC event that students of Japanese culture from the Rocky Mountain Region (Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and Wyoming) always look forward to is the Japan Cup. Hosted by the JASC since 2008, Japan Cup brings together students of all interested middle schools, high schools, and colleges for a day-long competition that challenges them on a wide variety of subjects, like current events and Japanese language and culture.</p>
<p>Another culturally significant event is the annual Japanese Kite Festival. In Japan, making kites using <em>washi</em> paper is a venerable artform passed down from many generations; and flying kites remains a popular pastime and is believed to bring good luck.</p>
<p>JASC keeps this beloved Japanese tradition alive by organizing this widely popular two-day event, which features kite-making workshops and kite-flying lessons conducted by a renowned Japanese kite master.</p>
<p>Thirty-four years into their mission, JASC has stayed relevant and stronger than ever.</p>',
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