…1/17-10: safe vs. secure

27º in ABQ; 60% humidity at 6A…empty stable fire in the S Valley; for the second time in a year, the Tucumcari police chief has been placed on paid ADMIN leave; which is more important: another film studio in NM, or a Spaceport?; NM is the first state to control propane fuel costs; get ready for a series of El Nino storms; wind energy project for the Navajo nation; S Valley streets are poorly lit; Alamogordo teacher accused of having sex with a student; bald eagles migrate to Farmington; APT house fire in NW ABQ; Lovington woman killed in two car collision; fire at Artesia refinery; 62 year old Duke City caretaker accused of assaulting a disabled woman in his protection; a journey to UNMH & Trader Joe’s; the cost to improve confusing Rail Runner crossings will be $20K apiece; we went to UNMH so I could print the registration report, then onward to Trader Joe’s; Brad made a real Pizza with Havarti, Green Olives, Marinara Sauce & Linguica!; Pete Domenici, a lawyer with no political experience, will run for NM GOV, a [R] with a passion for solving problems; personnel from Cannon AFB have been sent to Haiti; a $3.61 million lottery winner ticket is in NM; the Duke City APT fire started in a first floor wall, the structure is a total loss: there were no injuries, but tenants have nowhere to live;

the Colts & the Saints won their playoff games; OH country paid a man $1,500 after being bitten by a rabid bat; reality trip: tourists are willing to pay $65 apiece to tour Los Angeles gang neighborhoods where temporary ceasefires have taken place; going green: 250 foot tall trellises as ‘living architecture’ at a Portland, OR high-rise; Michelle Obama is 46 years old today; Bloomingdale’s expanding into outlet centers?; in 2009, more America accused of terrorism than any time before 9–11; Johnny Rockets will open sports bars, which will serve alcohol; five year old OH boy injured when wood was tossed from an I-75 overpass, and struck the SUV, smashing its sunroof and striking the child; the First Lady celebrated her B’day last night at Restaurant Nora, a ‘certified organic restaurant’, in the Dupont Circle area…what did they do, pay neighbors to leave that area for the evening, so the Secret Service could park all of their vehicles, since there are only tiny streets with very limited parking places?; severe storms for CA; a book called ‘DJ for Dummies’; $150 million has been raised by US aid groups for Haiti; the Vikings & NY Jets won; MA man has been arrested three times in three days in three different towns; will there be a movie about the CO ‘balloon boy’?; four MS students killed in AL hotel fire; hackers attacking ATM machines; when writing a Blog is considered a job; NYC cabbie found a bag with $21K in his backseat, returned it to its owner;‘Chemical Ali’ has been convicted and sentenced to death for the fourth time: Saddam Hussein’s cousin is convicted of crimes against humanity, ordering a poison gas attack which killed 5,600 people; Haitian aid is increasing, but its people are injured, hungry & displaced; remember: after five days, the quake effects have not gone away, and will not go away for weeks, months, and even years!; total chaos across that country; woman survives after being trapped for four days; why are some medical clinics still empty, waiting for the injured to arrive?; 835 hours of Olympics coverage; plan to ban Valentine’s Day?; religious ceremonies are being held outdoors in Haiti; five more people found alive; country’s GOVT now operating out of a conference room in a police station; golf course being used as a drop-off point; Haitian HOSP closed two years ago, due to lack of funds; security forces cannot stop lootings; has the town of Leogane been forgotten?; this nation is finally receiving positive INTL attention; three people were saved after being trapped in a grocery store since the tremor struck; please help Haitians by accessing this website;