…4/26-09: making a parallel of yourself

52º in ABQ; 15% humidity at 6A…fire near Dunken has charred 31K acres; yesterday, two acres burned during AM fire near Rio Bravo & Second; substitute teacher who was fired did not think she did anything wrong; teacher will write a book about the incident from a victim’s point of view; walk for Cancer being held at the Cottonwood Mall, and will continue along the Rio Grande; $500 million in FED money will be allocated to American Indian tribes; Miss Indian World winner was interviewed on KOAT; wide variety of industries eyeing the state; the alternative energy sector, plus our oil & gas industry is keeping the NM economy stronger than other parts in the US; Brad prepared Turkey/Chicken Broth Vegetable Soup; Spirit of the N Valley Community Celebration Parade being held today; illegal tire fire burned near Belen; Duke City police have a variety of ‘weapons’ & tools of the trade, including shotguns, tasers and a $50K fully loaded car; S NM blaze threatening power lines; NM needs rain; Rio Rancher Observer is up for sale; Barbara Richardson hosted children’s bowling benefit event; S NM blaze threatening power lines; heart conference held at Santa Fe on Saturday; the W Mesa Mystery episode on ‘America’s Most Wanted’ appeared on TV last night; winds reached 40 mph in the Duke City yesterday; 500 tribes took part in the Gathering of Nations; Brad provided tips to Nancy on how to garden around the pool, went with her to garden store near I-40 to pick out plants; two men escaped from CYFD CTR, may have been seen near Raton; 10% of current staff has been laid off at the Isleta Casino; The Beach is nearly full, the complex will no longer allow new tenants to have pets; Nancy made, and gave us, some Calabacitas; SW ABQ shopping CTR to be built at Central & Unser;
dorm shooting injures three at the UVA campus in Hampton, school remains on lockdown; hail & twisters across OK, MO & KS; Blagojevich enjoyed his celebrity status; GA UNIV professor dropped his children at a movie theater, then shot his ex-wife; IA preparing for issuing same-sex marriage licenses; the Hyundai assurance; there will be a fourth season for ‘Heroes’, but with fewer episodes; ’The Soloist’ focuses on the Los Angeles homeless sector; lose your paycheck, lose your car?; US declaring a public health emergency; twenty swine flu cases reported in the US; no one knew what sickened Jay Leno; this weekend, the New Orleans Jazz Fest; Michelle Obama wardrobe: its pluses & minuses; $78 million paid for football player!; add OH to the list of ‘swine flu states’, causing schools to close around the country; Bulls beat the Celtics, tying the series; the Red Sox have won nine games in a row; IA son cuts out the pacemaker from his father’s chest; rape stand for breeding pit bulls to battle; Queens High have known swine flu cases; flights to MX may be cancelled without any penalties; love to make a person happy;

Italian cruise ship attacked by pirates; bull on the run in Irish supermarket; where did the swine flu start: avoid contact with others; N Korean leader ‘grooming’ his third son to take over leading that nation; Hillary Clinton is in Beirut; Peugeot has seen its profits decline; New Zealand school group went to MX, being examined for the illness; ‘public health event of INTL concern’; a body like a Lamborghini covered in jean; swine flu has crossed the border into Canada; areas are being quarantined to prevent a possible pandemic; Ming Dynasty junk collides with mystery vessel while finishing a Pacific voyage; 48 million hits on the Susan Boyle website; the beginning of pork bans; Australian flew a model airplane into the path of an airline, then placed the event on FaceBook, and set the tale to music; first flu death was in Oaxaca, MX; possible cases reported in Spain, France, Scotland & Israel; Europe reacts to the illness, and may ban pork from MX & the US; symptoms include;

Fever.
Cough.
Sore throat.
Muscle and joint pain.
Shortness of breath.