Sunday, March 22, 2009

…3/21-09: every survivor has a survival story

51º in ABQ; 60% humidity at 6A…N NM man killed in AFG; FEMA Deputy ADMIN CTR for NATL preparedness comes from NM Homeland Security Force; more bones found on the W Mesa; snow next week in N NM?; no money for new projects, just those that in progress; tougher emission controls may be delayed; dangerous meth lab found in Edgewood; officers drew their tasers when victim’s father was attacked outside Santa Fe courtroom by the father of an attacker [threatening murder], who will spend nine months at an S NM Juvenile Detention CTR; Styx & Cheap Trick are appearing in the Inn of the MT Gods; man drove recklessly on Duke City street, but not being chased by police, parked his vehicle on the side of the interstate, and was struck trying to cross I-40 near Juan Tabo; a Project Economy Job Fair like no other, fifty employers, hundreds of positions, being held at the Duke City Convention CTR; ’look enthusiastic’; also answer questions about topics such as child support; types of unemployment health INS, how to handle stress, and how to write the ‘right’ résumé; ABQ Mayor says the Duke City is in a recession; the last day of the NM legislative season, did not approve money for stem cell research, will not provide help to the College of Santa Fe; repeal the appeal the death penalty, consider a reverse referendum; two bills preventing cyber stalking & allowing employees to take leave if a person has been abused; new person to lead the UNM Board of Regents; a ‘subject expert person’; NM website crashed today, DEPT of IT says the problem was solved…for now; Brad prepared Pineapple Fried Rice with Mixed Vegetables; most people know the words of Abba songs; fatal collision near Encino killed two people, injured two others, meth found in the car; Tribal Equinox, a leather affair, being held in ABQ this weekend; at 41 years old, Julia Roberts [who has a home in N NM] is not ‘past her prime': she is the number one actress in terms of her movies making in the US; 4K attended today’s KOAT Job Fair; Mamma Mia!, a must see show per ABQ Journal reporter;

the era of bartering continues; greed may be going away [at least, for the moment]; beauty salons are lowering prices, making some profit, instead of $0; AIG workers are going into hiding; is Obama too optimistic about the turnaround of the economy; people are pushing the PRES proposal across the US; 150K postal workers being offered early retirement, cut MGMT staff, and close six district offices across the US; hackers could invade the ‘smart grid’ of American electricity, causing major blackouts; twenty states are going after AIG; most Credit Unions are not severely affected by the recession; the era of 90s bands, America is going Retro, the return of ‘grunge’ bands; Long Island fireman started a fire that killed a woman & her three children; the KY Bourbon Burger; VISTA is the worst gadget of 2008; truck leaked hydrofluoric acid, the spill forced 5K people, in three E PA communities, to be evacuated: driver tried to avoid a deer in the road; blame the AIG Board of Directors; over four million babies were born in 2007, the largest number since 1957; recession may mean the return of doing yoga, watching movies & playing board games at home; numbers do not add up in the PRES budget; correction: the Treasury SECY is Tim Geithner; US veterans’ jobless rate on the rise; too fat to serve in the military; now, $218 million in AIG bonuses?; the White House organic garden; longevity in a company is a plus factor when looking for work; the angst of acne; is the PRES budget ‘a threat to the nation’?; Taco Bell overcharged a customer by at least $100; offer low interest, or reduce the cost by 50%, to entice investors in taking a chance on $1 trillion of toxic assets; $2 million in cocaine found in boxes containing bananas; the lifestyle of the rich, and infamous; four Oakland police officers shot, suspect killed during a traffic stop; trust the trusts…NYC vs. DC: Wall ST vs. PA AVE; two more fires in Coatesville, PA; four children die in OH mobile home fire; parents & a baby survive; RI strip club has a job fair;

Brazil is the fifth largest country in the world; ABC reporter encountered fire ants and a 5.9 quake in Costa Rica; there was no problem in unfurling the solar wings; astronauts helping the Space Station staff do chores, will perform a second spacewalk; N Korea holding two American journalists; Azul [Blue]: the latest airline; end thirty years of strained relations between the US & Iran; start of the Iranian New Year; NM GOV, and his opinion of the captured reporters by N Korea, who were abducted in a vague border land that separates China from its ‘neighbor’; oil remains over $50 per barrel;

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