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A bit of information: Higher education costs ala Jeff Bingaman

Monday, August 25th, 2008

This is New Mexico, and I really appreciate these newsletters which gives us an idea of a few important issues that the Senate are working hard on. Give a hand to communication!

Making College More Affordable

Just one year after Congress passed the largest increase in student aid in more than 50 years, I am pleased to report we have enacted another bill that helps make college more affordable and accessible to New Mexicans.

At the end of July, the Senate passed The Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008, which makes it much easier for New Mexico students to navigate the financial aid process and qualify for financial assistance. It also increases the maximum Pell Grant award and provides those grants year round so students can take courses in the summer.

The legislation requires greater transparency in the costs of attending college, helps reduce the costs of college textbooks and holds colleges accountable for their rising costs. It also reforms the student loan system and provides loan forgiveness, scholarships, and fellowships, and removes barriers for students with disabilities to qualify for financial aid.

I am particularly proud of the increases in funding for minority serving institutions included in this legislation. As a member of the Senate Health, Education Labor and Pensions Committee that finalized the bill, I urged the inclusion of increased funding levels for Hispanic Serving Institutions to $175 million. This funding is used to support two-and four-year Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs); most New Mexico colleges will qualify for such funds.

Also at my urging the bill creates a long-overdue program for graduate students enrolled at HSIs and funds it at $69 million over six years. The graduate program will provide support for fellowships and other services for graduate students. It will also provide funding to improve facilities and for faculty development, as well as for technology and distance education.

In addition to providing aid to HSIs, I was also able to include a provision that authorizes $25 million for Native American Serving Institutions – an initiative that provides funding to nontribal colleges with a student population that is at least 10 percent Native American. Grants of at least $200,000 would support curriculum development and academic instruction, faculty development, the purchase of books and other educational materials, and academic tutoring and counseling. Currently, eligible schools in New Mexico include San Juan College, University of New Mexico-Gallup, and New Mexico State University-Grants.

The Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 also helps students prepare for and succeed in college by strengthening the TRIO and GEAR UP programs and requiring students enrolled in these initiatives to take more rigorous school coursework such as Advanced Placement classes.

This new bill, which I expect will soon be signed into law, comes just one year after The College Cost Reduction Act of 2007 was enacted. That measure increased student aid by more than $20 billion over the next 5 years, of which New Mexico will receive $200 million.

Making sure that our nation remains competitive and continues to be an economic leader in the world is very important. We can retain this position by making sure students have the best and highest levels of education. New Mexico has a tremendous talent pool that, if given the tools, will succeed in becoming the nation’s best doctors, teachers, agriculture specialists, technical specialists, and businessmen and women. This bill goes a long way in helping us achieve that goal.

Housing Crisis

Our flagging economy is affecting millions of American families, many of whom are trying to avoid home foreclosure. To help those families, Congress approved the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 – a measure aimed at stabilizing the housing market and providing relief to hundreds of thousands of Americans who are struggling to keep their homes.

The bill provides assistance for communities devastated by foreclosures, counseling for families in need and also contains programs that assist returning soldiers to avoid foreclosure. It also provides tax benefits for homeowners, homebuyers, and homebuilders aimed at helping the housing market recover. It also modernizes the Federal Housing Administration, implements greater oversight and creates a new program that would help at least 400,000 families save their homes from foreclosure.

One of the most important parts of the bill is the affordable housing trust fund it creates to address the imbalance between the amount of extremely low-income households in our country and the number of affordable rental housing units available to them. The National Housing Trust Fund doesn’t cost the taxpayers because it does not require annual funding from Congress. Instead, it is funded by tapping a portion of the profits that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac make on their mortgage loans, which are estimated to yield at least $300 million a year and perhaps as much as $700 million.

This long-overdue legislation will provide some relief to struggling Americans.

Consumer Protection

As a result of an alarming number of recalls of imported products found to be dangerous to children, Congress has approved and the President has signed consumer protection legislation.

High levels of lead and other poisonous chemicals were found in toys and other imported goods entering the United States. Reports of injuries, and in rare cases even deaths, have eroded consumer confidence in the safety of products coming from overseas.

The Consumer Safety Commission Reform Act takes aim at transforming the commission into a much more effective watchdog. The bill also increases investment so that more safety inspection personnel can be hired and the lab facilities can also be updated. It also protects children from unsafe products by requiring testing and certification of children’s products, and by banning the use of lead in children’s toys. The bill also mandates tracking labels for children’s goods that will enable the purchaser to ascertain the manufacturer, production time period, and other identifying characteristics to help easily identify recalled products.

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Navajo Weaving Demonstration in Old Town..plus Albuquerque sings..

Friday, August 15th, 2008

Here’s another newsletter! Just another important update for fun and education in the big city. Plus make sure to review the details of the SALSA Festival. I have wriiten several other blogs before this all about stuff to do in NM this weekend. Scroll. And I thought I was going to have time to watch a movie tonight! Ha! Aalso check out some of the free music events around NM during the week. Should keep you dancing often!

Navajo Weaving Demonstration in Old Town
Evelyn Lopez, Navajo weaver, will create a textile on a traditional vertical loom on Saturday. This is part of a special Salsa Artscrawl presented as part of the City’s 4th Annual Salsa Fiesta.
Demonstration Saturday, August 16, noon- 4pm
Shiprock Trading Company
413 Romero St. NW in Old Town
(505) 242-4080
shiprocktrading .com

Silk Painters Exhibition at the Balloon Museum
Over 20 silk banners featuring balloon themes will hang in the soaring spaces of the Albuquerque International Balloon Museum through the end of the Balloon Fiesta on October 12. Entitled The Art of Ballooning-Patterns in the Sky, the exquisite works of art in this juried exhibition have been donated by the artists. Funds raised in a silent auction will be divided between the Museum Foundation and Silk Painters International in support of their educational programs. Admission is free on Sundays from 9-1 and all day on the first Friday of each month.
Ongoing exhibition through October 12, Tue-Sun 9- 5
Albuquerque International Balloon Museum
9201 Balloon Museum Drive NE (north of Alameda)

Harwood Art Center Call for Artists
The Harwood’s outdoor installations seek artists to create site-specific, temporary, outdoor installation on site at the Center. All ideas to be considered must: 1. Entice and engage the community and passersby; 2. Benefit from community involvement; and 3. Be impervious to, or happily engage, destructive forces.
harwoodartcenter.org/ss/land-art-design

Performing Arts
Theater, Dance, Lectures, Poetry and more …

A Festival of Native American Theater and Film
N4th Theater presents three plays, selected from among 18 submitted by Native American playwrights in the U.S. and Canada for staged readings. One will be selected for a full production during the 2009 Two Worlds Festival. Friday at 8pm: Little Big Horn, a two-act comedy by Alan Kilpatrick, begins in 1876 at the Battle of the Little Big Horn and moves to an American embassy in the present-day Middle East to tell the story of Marine Cpl. Norman Hayes, born Sioux but adopted and raised by a Jewish couple. Saturday at 4pm: Fancy Dancer, a dark comedy by Canadian playwright Dawn Dumont, taps into Native trickster stories and the public’s obsession with television, but it also tackles a terrifying reality - the disappearance of more than 500 Native women in Canada during the last 15 years. Saturday at 8pm: Asdzani Shash-The Woman Who Turned Into a Bear, is a contemporary retelling of a Navajo legend by Albuquerque native Rhiana Yazzie, set in a convalescent home near the Navajo reservation and in the world of storytelling and myth. ONLY $5 per play, $12 for all three. Next weekend two short films by Native American filmmakers will be screened.
Performances Friday and Saturday, August 15- 16
N4th Theater
4904 4th St. NW
505-344-4542
vsartsnm.org

Rabbit Hole opens at Adobe Theater
Becca and Howie Corbett have everything a family could want until a life shattering accident turns their world upside down and leaves the couple to drift apart. This play charts their bittersweet search for comfort in the darkest places and a a path that will lead them back into the light of day. Winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize, David Lindsay-Abaire has crafted a drama that is intensively emotional and searingly honest. Runs through September 7 with performances Fridays and Saturdays at 8, Sundays at 2.
Performance Friday, August 15, 8pm
Adobe Theater
9813 4th St. NW
(505) 898-9222
adobetheater.co m A Light in My Soul (Una Luz en Mi Alma)
Working Classroom and the NHCC present the world premiere of a new drama about an escised chapter of NM history. It was developed in collaboration with the New York-based Tectonic Theater Project, playwright Leigh Fondakowski and director Krista DeNio. The play is a dramatic interpretation of the history and culture of New Mexico’s conversos or crypto-Jews. After its Albuquerque premiere, the play will move to Espanola August 22-23 and Las Vegas August 29.
Performances Fri-Sat Aug 15-16, 8pm, Sun. Aug. 17 2pm
National Hispanic Cultural Center
1701 Fourth Street SW
(505) 246-2261
nhccnm.org

Music
musical performances, workshops and festivals

4th Annual Old Town Salsa Fiesta Saturday
Beginning at 2pm until 9pm there will be non-stop entertainment in the Gazebo with music at many of the galleries around Old Town as well. There will be a break from 5-6 when historic San Felipe de Neri Church will celebrate mass. Taste test salsa entries and delicious wines at six locations, enjoy live music and dance throughout Old Town and down Mountain Road. Tickets for the Salsa competition tasting and wine tasting are $3 each or both for $5. Show a receipt for that day from an Old Town Merchant for $25 or more, and the tickets are FREE. A live performance recreating the history of New Mexico will be presented at the Albuquerque Museum’s Amphitheater FREE of charge from 5-7pm and there will be a concert in Tiguex Park by the NM Symphony Orchestra. In addition, there will be children’s activities at Plaza Don Luis that include face painting, an arts workshop and entertainment by children’s groups. Check out the schedule and the Rapid Ride schedules at the web site.
abqsalsafiesta.o rg or call 311

The Church of Beethoven
A group of musicians from the NM Symphony Orchestra present classical music with Felix Wurman on cello, David Felbert on violin, James Shields on clarinet and Chrissy Saari on flute.
Performance Saturday, August 16, 10:30pm
The Filling Station
1024 Fourth St. SW
(505) 890-6593
fillingstationab q.com

Santa Fe Treasure Chris Calloway passes
Singer Chris Calloway lost a decade-long battle with cancer on August 7. Chris Calloway was the daughter of the famous Cotton Club bandleader and international icon Cab Calloway and was heir to an American musical legacy. She began her career on the Ed Sullivan show with an introduction to the world by her Dad, 30 years ago. For 20 years Chris performed with her father and his Hi De Ho Orchestra. Together as a father/daughter team, they toured the U.S., including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center and Kennedy Center in New York; Europe, South America, Japan and Australia. Her father passed away in 1995.

New Mexico Southwest Sounds wins a Telly Award
The NM Music Commission’s TV show New Mexico Southwest Sounds has won a Telly for overall content and production, taking away the highest honor - a Silver Telly. The 30-minute productions feature performances and interviews with New Mexico musicians along with scenic video provided by the NM Tourism Department. Videos were shot at the National Hispanic Cultural Center. The shows have aired on ABC affiliate KOAT-TV and will continue airing on local affiliates. The videos can also be seen on the Music Commission website’s You Tube link.
newmexicomu sic.org

Globalquerque is coming - Sept. 19-20
17 artists from 5 continents on 3 stages plus a FREE family fun day on Saturday, Sept. 20, workshops, dance classes, art, instrument making, and The Global Village of Craft, Culture and Cuisine. Tickets now on sale at the NHCC box office and Ticketmaster.
(505) 232-9868
globalquerque.c om

Film Arts
art films, films about art, and news from the Film Industry

Indigenous Filmmakers of the Americas
Women in Film International is accepting short film submissions for its upcoming event, A Night to Celebrate: Short Films by Indigenous People of the Americas, to be held at Barnsdall Gallery Theater in Los Angeles on Saturday, October 25th. For more information and an application please email NativeShortLA@yahoo.com or call 908-310-7141 attention Tessa Bell.
Deadline September 12,2008

The Art in Film Series will present Agnes Martin: With My Back to the World in September. This groundbreaking documentary on internationally renowned painter, was shot over a period of four years from 1998 through 2002, Martin’s 90th year. Interviews are intercut with shots of her at work in her studio in Taos and with images of her work from over five decades. It is a venue for Martin to speak about her work, her methods, her life as an artist, and her views about the creative process. She also discusses her film, Gabriel, and reads from her poetry and lectures. In keeping with Martin’s chosen life of solitude, she alone appears in the documentary.
Screening Sat-Sun, Sept. 6-7, 2pm
The Guild Cinema
3405 Central NE
(505) 255-1848
guildcinema.com

Workshops, calls for entry, workshops and more opportunities
A complete listing of auditions and other calls as well as every type of arts event can be referenced at the Arts Alliance website where you can also subscribe to their all new Something to Do Online Newsletter.
.abqwwwarts.org www.abqarts.org

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One of my special Anniversaries: Santa Fe Chamber Music gave

Friday, August 15th, 2008

Just one year ago I was able to attend the Santa FE Chamber Music Festival’s Youth COncert for free. It was an incredible event where there’s also an event with the music at the 1st NNational Bank. I even was able to have a short interview with Mr. Kim. If yo can get some free tickets, or pay to go see this fun filled and amazing concert!

I’m writing several blogs tonight. Please go back and forward to get the news you need.
Here’s a promo for a previous blog:


Blogsville: 451Press.com
Here’s an additional plus, now you will be able to listen again on the R-a-d-i-o to the concerts.

Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival’s 2007 Season to begin airing on KHFM 95.5 in New Mexico on Friday Aug. 15 at 7:00 PM

Re-live the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival’s 2007 season in the comfort of your home or car! Beginning Friday, August 15th tune in to KHFM 95.5, Albuquerque, to hear the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival’s 2007 season radio series broadcast.

The radio broadcast series is hosted by Kerry Frumkin and produced by Louis Frank of WFMT. It has been airing on different radio stations across the country since the late spring. Coinciding with the last few weeks of the 2008 summer season, the series is presented on KHFM 95.5 beginning this weekend, and will air on consecutive Fridays at 8:00 pm. (Please check local listings for more information.) The radio series also includes commentary from Festival Artistic Director Marc Neikrug, and several of the 2007 season guest artists whose playing is featured.

The Festival’s radio series is produced and nationally distributed by The WFMT Radio Network since 2005. Continuing its international presence, the Festival’s 2007 series was also broadcast again on the United Kingdom’s BBC Radio 3 in its Lunchtime Concert series.

Just a few examples of the great music you will hear:

BEETHOVEN, String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135

Featuring the Orion String Quartet: Daniel Phillips, Todd Phillips, Steven Tenenbom, Timothy Eddy

DEBUSSY, Syrinx for Solo Flute

Featuring Tara Helen O’Connor, flute

HK GRUBER, Frankenstein!!, a pan-demonium for chansonnier & ensemble

HK Gruber, chansonnier; Bart Feller, piccolo; Todd Levy, clarinet; Bill Barnewitz, horn; Stefanie Przybylska, bassoon; Charley Lea, trumpet; David Tolen percussion; Giora Schmidt, LP How, violin; Carla-Maria Rodrigues, viola; Zuill Bailey, cello; Marji Danilow, bass; Victor Santiago Asuncion, piano; Jeffrey Milarsky, conductor.

MENDELSSOHN, Piano Trio No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 66

Featuring The Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio: Joseph Kalichstein, piano; Jaime Laredo, violin; Sharon Robinson, cello

TCHAIKOVSKY, Trio in a minor, op. 50 for piano, violin, and cello, “In memory of a Great Artist”

Featuring Pinchas Zukerman, violin; Gary Hoffman, cello; Jon Kimura Parker, piano

There’s much, much more! So tune in to KHFM 95.5!

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Free Tickets to August 21st Concert for Area’s Young Musicians and Their Families

The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival and the First National Bank of Santa Fe both recognize the dedication, effort and time it takes to learn the beautiful art of music. Following the success of last year’s first collaboration, the two organizations are pleased to acknowledge and encourage the area’s young musicians again with a special free concert and post-concert reception on August 21.

Through a generous grant from First National Bank of Santa Fe, any young musician in the area, with their parent’s permission, may request up to four complimentary tickets for themselves and family members to the Thursday, August 21st 6:00 pm concert at Santa Fe’s Lensic Performing Arts Center. The concert features some of the most sought-after classical musicians in the United States.

Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival

Music of the Masters

Thursday, August 21 at 6:00 pm

Lensic Performing Arts Center, Santa Fe, New Mexic

Free to young musicians and their families; Tickets for the General Public are: $58, 45, 29, 17

Bruch, String Octet
with violinists Daniel Phillips, Benny Kim, Wu Jie and Guillermo Figueroa; violists L.P. How and Pierre Lapointe;
cellist Eric Kim; bassist Marji Danilow;

Janácek, Mládí (Youth)

with Tara Helen O’Connor on flute & piccolo; oboist Liang Wang; clarinetist Michael Rusinek; bass clarinetist Kyle Knox; bassoonist Nancy Goeres and horn player Julie Landsman

Mendelssohn, Sextet

with violinist Daniel Phillips; violists Guillermo Figueroa and Benny Kim; cellist Gary Hoffman; bassist Marji Danilow and pianist Jeremy Denk

Following the concert, First National Bank of Santa Fe will host a reception for the young musicians and their families in the lobby of its main office on the Plaza at 62 Lincoln Avenue, where they can meet, mingle and ask questions of the performers from the concert. Interested students and/or their parents can call the Festival’s ticket office at (505) 982-1890 to order their free tickets for this event.

First National Bank of Santa Fe is a locally owned and operated bank that has been serving the financial needs of New Mexicans for over 137 years. A full service bank, First National offers commercial lending, trust and estate planning, private banking, investment management and insurance services. There are nine convenient locations, including offices in Eldorado, Los Alamos and Albuquerque. www.fnb-sf.com.

For more information on this special offer, please call Kristen Tidwell, Development & Outreach Director of the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, at 505.983.2075, ext. 108 or e-mail her at kristen@sfcmf.org

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Neikrug’s Through Roses, to be performed at Festival on August 24th, to be recorded for the third time by Koch, and will culminate a special five-day event in New York City this November

The Financial Times praised Marc Neikrug for the 1980 world premiere of Through Roses in London, stating, “His compositional gifts on the evidence of Through Roses are profuse and versatile; there would be few elegancies of sound, one imagines, he could not contrive.”, and the Allgemeiner Anzeiger in Zurich commented on the 1985 Zurich performance, “At the end of the hour-long performance not a hand moved to applaud; not because of artistic disappointment but rather from too much pain unleashed by the confrontation with unimaginable events, beyond any measure or category.”

Marc Neikrug’s world-renowned music-theatre piece, Through Roses, has been performed over 800 times and translated into ll languages since its debut in 1981. The subject of two films: a documentary co-produced by England’s Channel 4 and Germany’s WDR, and a motion picture featuring Academy Award winning actor Maximilian Schell produced by Cinecentrum, the emotion-laden piece will be recorded for the third time by Koch in the United States (it previously has been recorded for the Deutsche Gramophon and Enja labels) and released this November 2008.

Artists featured on the recording will be those heard performing on August 24th concert at 6:00 pm at the Lensic: actor John Rubinstein; flutist Tara Helen O’Connor; oboist Liang Wang; clarinetist Todd Levy, violinist Pinchas Zukerman, violist Jethro Marks, cellist Amanda Forsyth, pianist Jeremy Denk, percussionist David Tolen and Marc Neikrug, conductor.

The work will also be the culminating piece of a special, five-day event being presented by the Museum of Jewish Heritage—A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, in association with Canada’s Royal Conservatory of Music. Entitled “Music in Exile-Émigré Composers of the 1930s,” the series of concerts and talks, which celebrates the music of Jewish composers forced to flee the Third Reich and German composers who resisted the Nazi regime, begins on Sunday, November 9, 2008, the 70th anniversary of Kristallnacht, and 75 years since Adolf Hitler’s rise to power.

Held at the Museum’s Edmond J. Safra Hall at 36 Battery Place in New York City, the series culminates on Thursday, November 13 with a 7 pm concert that concludes with Marc Neikrug’s work, Through Roses, which will feature the noted theater, film, and television actor Saul Rubinek. Mr. Rubinik portrays violinist Carl Stern, tormented by his memories of Auschwitz, where through the rose hedges of the camp commandant’s garden, he witnessed the horror of the arrival of his fellow prisoners of war, the selection process and the inevitable journey to the gas chambers. Called an “extraordinary achievement” by The New York Times when it premiered in New York 27 years ago , this is its first New York performance since then.

The New York performance on November 13 will feature: Saul Rubinek, actor/director; Marc Neikrug, conductor; Daniel Phillips, violinist; Anne-Marie McDermott, pianist; Tara Helen O’Connor, flutist; Steve Tenenbom, violist; Tim Eddy, cellist; Alan Kay, clarinetist; Steve Taylor, oboist, and Jonathan Haas, percussionist. Information and tickets for “Music in Exile-Émigré Composers of the 1930s” are available by calling the Museum of Jewish Heritage at 646.437.4202 or by visiting the Museum’s Web site at www.mjhnyc.org

Spotlight on Festival Supporters

The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival wishes to thank all of the businesses and individuals whose support have made the 2008 Festival possible. In this portion of the newsletter, we’ll be acknowledging our supporters each month. Should you have the opportunity to avail yourself of their services, please do so.

The Festival thanks
Thornburg Investment Management
for its generosity and support
of the 2008 season.

Thornburg Investment Management® is a privately held investment management company based in Santa Fe, NM. Founded in 1982, the firm manages $50 billion (as of 7/31/08) in six equity funds, eight bond funds, and separate portfolios for institutions and individuals. Thornburg Investment’s disciplined investment style focuses on investors’ long-term goals.

Green Globe Festival August 16 Lots of fun: Come!

Friday, August 15th, 2008
Photo by Mary MAcIntyre

Photo by Mary MAcIntyre

This is a short notice. Could be a great event and is only $15…imagine. Too bad I have to work.
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Green Globe Festival

At the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta Park
We are a sponsor of this year’s Green Globe Festival and will be pouring beer all day! Get your earth conscious buzz on.

The Green Globe Festival is not just the name of a party. It is a way of thinking, changing, living. The entire planet is feeling the pains of resource shortage and climate change. This is not only going to continue, it is going to get worse. Sustainable living is working with the planet to insure our ability to survive. Alternative energy, water conservation, sustainable agriculture, no matter the facet of our lives, there is a sustainable solution for almost all of our needs. The Green Globe Festival is the coming together of our community to educate ourselves on how we can all contribute to our future. Professionals and educators from across the state will be speaking and presenting information on how we can all help our community survive.

The Green Globe Festival is not just a multi-subject seminar. It is one heck of a party! It is the coming together of local and national acts in support of the move to sustainability. This year we have nine bands and a Hula troop, that’s right all, guys and girls in grass skirts! Gates are to open at 9 am and speakers will begin at 10am. Music performances will begin at 12pm and run till 10 pm with speakers featured between select performance sets throughout the afternoon. So come on out with the family and learn how you can help our community and have a great time doing it.

2008 Lineup includes:
Hawaiian Pride
Nosotros
Jeff Scroggins & Fresh Horses
Civitas
Jenn Grinels
Felonious Groove Foundation
Rebilt
The Big Spank
Aranda
Ryan McGarvey

Time: 12:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Cover: $ 10 in advance ($15 day of show) $10 for students
www.greenglobefestival.com

From the greenglobefestival site…the speakers

THE SPEAKERS

Alfonz Viszolay of VM Technology
Alfonz Viszolay is a Hungarian-born engineer and inventor. Over the course of his career he has done many environmental remediation projects for large corporations. At the Green Globe Festival he is presenting a biofuel-producing living algae system, a version of which will ultimately be installed at the Santa Fe Brewing Company to provide fuel for their vehicle fleet. To find out more about Viszolay’s Algae Machine, watch video and slideshows of the installation and a demonstration at the Santa Fe Brewing/VM Technologies booth.

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Del Jimenez of New Mexico State University
Del Jimenez is a product of Arizona, born in Phoenix and raised in Scottsdale. He holds an Associate of Arts Degree in Agriculture, received at Eastern Arizona College in Thatcher, Bachelors of Science degrees in Animal Science, Agronomy, and Horticulture from the University of Arizona, and a Masters of Arts in Extension Education from New Mexico State University. Del worked internationally for many years in Central and South America doing large agri-industrial projects and has also farmed over 8,000 acres a year on his own farm.

Del Jimenez now works for New Mexico State University’s Cooperative Extension Service as an Agriculture Specialist. He covers the northern half of the state of New Mexico, working with limited resource farmers and ranchers implementing sustainable farming and ranching programs appropriate for their needs. See what Del is up to at alcaldesc.nmsu.edu.

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Dr. James Biggs of the Conservation Partnership
Dr. James Biggs has been involved in a wide-range of local and regional wildlife science and management projects in New Mexico. Much of his current research pertains to the distribution, movement patterns, and habitat use patterns of large herbivores. His interests center on wildlife-habitat interactions and ecosystem approaches to managing wildlife and habitat resources, in addition to habitat conservation, which he believes is directly linked to sustainable living through responsible development and the “localization” vs. “globalization” of our food and natural resources production and distribution.

Dr. Biggs recently left Los Alamos National Laboratory after a 17 year career as a wildlife biologist to focus his efforts on rangeland conservation. Dr. Biggs started “The Conservation Partnership, LLC” to provide technical support to landowners and developers at all levels of land management, from land use planning to long-term ecological monitoring. His goal is to work with interested parties to ensure long-term conservation of our natural resources.

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Terry McMains the Director at Large of the American Rain Catchment Systems Association
Terry J. McMains is considered a leading pioneer in water sustainability and was the first in the US to implement rain harvesting systems as a standard in large scale residential development. Terry has designed and installed over 600 projects throughout the United States for commercial, mixed use, military, university, and healthcare development. Terry is one of twelve accredited rain harvesting professionals in the nation and is currently serving as Director at Large for the American Rain Catchment Systems Association. Terry is considered a leading resource for rain harvesting and innovative water management consultation and design for new and existing development. To find out more about what Terry is doing follow this link: www.aquaharvestintl.com.

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Dan Duffield of Direct Power and Water
Daniel received his baccalaureate degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Missouri in December 1994. He also attended the Solar Technology Institute in Carbondale, Colorado in 1989. As an undergraduate, he played an active role in the design and construction of the vehicle entered by the University of Missouri into the 1993 and 1995 Department of Energy’s National Photovoltaic cross-country vehicle race - “SunRayce 93″. He has an A.A.S. degree in Building Construction Technology, a basic certificate in welding, and is a graduate of Computer Technology Curriculum from the Bryan Institute. In addition, he received the NABCEP PV Installer Certification in 2005 and holds a New Mexico Electrical Contracting license. He has engineered, designed and installed systems for Sandia National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, AT&T Wireless, Sprint PCS, worked with hundreds of remote home clients, and established many custom remote electrical power system applications. He has received factory training and authorization to perform service on Trace Inverters. He is a member of SMA’s Solar Pro Club. He also has been a member of IEEE for 12 years.

As a contracted Mitsubishi UPS service provider, he sizes large commercial Mitsubishi UPS systems (Un-interruptible Power Supplies) and specifies the necessary complimentary components for protecting computer networks, industrial machinery, internet computer server farms/facilities and other critical electrical appliances and machinery.

Daniel has been living with a stand-alone photovoltaic residential energy system for over nine years.

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Katherine Yuhas the Water Conservation Officer for the Albuquerque-Bernalillo County Water Authority
Katherine Yuhas attended the University of Pennsylvania for her undergraduate work in geology and Penn State University for graduate work in geochemistry. She worked at the NM Environment Department in ground water protection from 1995-2000 and was the hydrologist for Santa Fe County from 2000-2003. Katherine has been the water conservation officer for the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority for the past five years.

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Michael Cadigan City Councilman
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Denna Archuleta, Bernalillo County Commissioner
Deanna Archuleta represents an integral and vibrant part of our urban community including Nob Hill, Altura Park, Bel-Air, Parkland Hills and Alta Monte areas.

Beginning her first term in January of 2005, she has been actively involved in the community and focused her efforts on healthcare, substance abuse treatment, the UNM Hospital and economic and structural revitalization in existing neighborhoods. She has been instrumental in legislative funding and direction for the new Metropolitan Assessment and Treatment Services Center (MATS), the acquisition and renovation of the historic Hiland Theater and working with new businesses to re-locate or establish their industry in Bernalillo County. She was elected Vice-Chair of the Board of County Commission in January 2008 and was also elected Chair of the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority. She is a member of the Metropolitan Detention Center Operation Subcommittee, the Legislative Committee, the Regional Juvenile Detention Committee and the Board of Finance.

Commissioner Archuleta, a native New Mexican, is also the new Southwest Regional Manager for The Wilderness Society, a national non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and protecting America’s wilderness areas. Prior to her election, she served as President of the Summit Park Neighborhood Association, which provided a first-hand opportunity to develop the district’s vision. She also served as a representative of the Big I Task Force, as a member of the City of Albuquerque Transit Advisory Board, Vice-President of the APS Citizens’ Advisory Council and PTA President.

A New Mexico native, she received her Masters from the University of New Mexico and is currently finishing her Doctoral degree. She has two sons.

Representing the needs of her constituents, she serves on the following boards and committees:

Albuquerque / Bernalillo County Government Commission (ABCGC)
Metropolitan Detention Center Operation Subcommittee
Alb/Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority
Board of Finance
Legislative Committee
Regional Juvenile Detention Committee

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EWASTE: We pay to remove our trash, don’t we?

Friday, August 8th, 2008

Organize:  Photo by Mary MacIntyre

Organize: Photo by Mary MacIntyre

My world has been pretty full lately, and in my hustle I often neglect concerns that can be pressing on the earth. As I finally received enough money to deal with my computer needs, I went to my favorite computer store: Santa Fe Computer Works, on Parkway Av in Santa FE NM, 87507. It’s off Rufina. If you are new in town, this defiintely the place to go for more service at a reasonable cost than just about anywhere. I had in mind buying a new faster…computer. The owner Steve checked on the computers I had, asked me to bring them in, and showed me that for my present needs, a simple upgrade was all I needed. That was great as I got to purchase a re-conditioned laptop and a new LCD monitor. He sells new computers too, and has a longer warranty than most vendors on his products. The warranty and knowing that he’ll do the service in house matters a lot to me.

I heard him take a call and discovered that he is “loaning” the local Obama for America campaign a lot of computers, printers, cables, and basically whatever they need to operate more efficiently. He works with several non-profits as well. I am proud how he and many smaller businesses do their best to really support local projects. When I asked if I could have permission to blog about this he said, “Sure. However I have something else that really important to me. EWASTE.”
What followed was a long story of countries and companies complicit in a nightmarish tale. The drama is enough to make one sick.

I’ll try to keep this short. Awhile back, Steve took a consulting job with the US Post Office. They wanted to recycle their old scanners. As a good detective would do, he researched the normal story about EWASTE. What he learned was rather disappointing. Most of our waste is sold to companies in China. Many companies that claim to be earth friendly make more money and incur less expenses by selling to the Chinese. “Duh”, you may say, “so what else is new Mary? It’s a global economy right?”
When I go to recycle or do good for the earth, I seek a truely earth friendly venue.

Go visit a Chinese processing plant, and according to Steve, you’ll find children smashing monitors with sledge hammers. Children. Inside you monitor is a lead coating to reduce the radiation from the monitior to protect us. When the kids crash that monitor the lead is airborn. These children work long days, everyday, with thousands of monitors. They work in the dust. They breathe the dust. Look up the effects of lead poisioning. This is only one part of the story.

Steve did further research, and discovered that there are a few businesses in the United States that have safer technologies to reclaim the parts that can be recycable without posioning their workers. It costs more. They are monitiored and have earned the highest DOD and EPA clearances and licenses. The US Post Office went for the American companies. Encourage your community to learn about this.

In the meantime, Steve had to consider his own business. He also is concerned about educating others about these issues. First, he has created a local, at his business, recycling project. Remember this costs money. TO recycle a computer is $15, a monitor $6. Please verify the prices to make sure I am accurate. His customers often complain about the prices. I would have at first thought twice about it. However, he said he explained it to one guy this way,” You have your trash picked up, don’t you?” “Yes”, “The city charges you for trash pick-up don’t they?” “Yeah”. “Your electronics are your trash aren’t they?” “Yes.” So-o-o. It is better to become responsible citizens. It is necessary that we support our earth. Don’t forget those children.

Then I asked Steve, “What about the City of Santa Fe, the State of New Mexico?” He told me about research he has done and guess what? Some entities feel that they can pass on their guilt, responsibility, etc. to the next guy, and somehow become innocent. Sounds familiar, give our toxic waste to a management company and don’t pay attention to where they dispose of it. Hmmm, they dump it in landfills,rivers, on the side of the road….ever heard this song before. Guess what most of our EWASTE still goes to China. Picture those children again. They are just like the poor kids in our cities who are exposed to lots of toxic waste daily. They are like the Native Americans exposed to waste from uranium mining.

If anyone has time and energy, and perhaps a little political savvy to take on our local issues, join in. I’ll ask Steve for notes and names and addresses. Please contact me here. Work locally and change the world. These matters are our responsibility. If you are in Santa Fe, bring your stuff to Santa Fe Computer Works. If you have truckloads, bring friends to help sort parts safely. Call first for lots of stuff. You could also create a fund to help pay for workers, or pay fees to those who don’t have much $$$. Tell him I sent you. Reuse when possible. My computers may last me another 2-3 years!

In the meantime: organize.

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There’s always something buzzing at the Santa Fe Complex.

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
Photo by Mary MacIntyre

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Art and science. Mix them up and tumble them around. If you love both attend the events, become connected and perhaps even participate! Check this out and earlier blogs on the complex.

On tap at the complex . . .
August 6: Aequias of Taos County

The acequias of Taos County create a rich network of physical and social features. Join Michael Cox as he describes his work mapping and understanding the acequia network of Taos County. Additional speakers will be added to the event and posted here.

August 8: Unruly Data Makes for a Bad Hair Day
Traditional structured database tools are limiting because they require pre-defined structures and fields. Chris Feola, president of xextPression and named one of the 50 most influential people in new media by Online Journalism Review, describes the ins-and-outs of information overload in the computer culture. In particular, he will discuss imposing order of data to extract meaningful information from it. Light refreshments will be provided. Admission is free but donations to defray costs are appreciated. More information is available here.

Come Visit Us

Santa Fe Complex is located next to the Railyard Art District and within walking distance of the hotels, restaurants and shops at the plaza downtown. We’re housed in two facilities, the conference area at 624 Agua Fria and the project space at 632 Agua Fria.

The conference area contains meeting rooms and facilities for short-term use associated with on-going complex projects. The project space houses the great room, where we hold events and offer working facilities for laptop users, coffee lounge and work carrels.

While there is parking at 624 Agua Fria, the Romero Street parking lot is more conveniently located for the 632 facility. Romero St. is an old-style Santa Fe ox-cart road just east of the 624 driveway. Follow it until it opens up to two lanes and turn hard right into the parking lot for 632.

Here’s a map to our location, a representative shot showing the Railyard District and a sketchup drawing of the facility at 632. For more information, call 505/216.7562 or click here.

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Jazz as only NM can do!!! Big summer events.

Monday, July 14th, 2008

Hi everyone, due to technical difficulties I have been unable to write here for awhile. But today I am back and I will return this evening to catch up with more details, etc. Especially some music. It summertime, so let’s play, dance, and have some fun. Here’s some news, and look at the previous blog too.

Hello,

I am sending press releases re our upcoming Summer Music Festival concerts on 7/18 & 7/19, and 7/25 & 7/26. Please distribute the information for us. Thank you for helping us promote our concerts! Please call or email if you have any questions.

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New Mexico Jazz Workshop
505-255-9798

P R E S S R E L E A S E
New Mexico Jazz Workshop 5500 Lomas Blvd NE Albuquerque, NM 87110 505-255-9798 Fax: 505-232-8420

Date: July 14, 2008 Phone: 505-255-9798 Fax: 505-232-8420
Contact: Concepcion Lopez-Cherry Email: lopez-cherry007@nmjazz.org

The New Mexico Jazz Workshop presents its
32nd Annual Summer Music Festival
“Salsa and Jazz/Blues Under the Stars”

Presenting:

Son Como Son
Friday, July 18, 7:00-10:00 pm
Albuquerque Museum Amphitheater
2000 Mountain Road NW, Old Town Albuquerque

Son Como Son (in partnership with the New Mexico Jazz Festival) –
Friday, July 18, 7:00-10:00 pm:
Led by Cesar Bauvallet, with over twenty-one years experience as a performer, arranger, and composer in Cuba and the U.S., Son Como Son has performed with such legends as Eddie Palmieri, The Afro-Cuban All-Stars, Poncho Sanchez, and Los Van Van. Son Como Son will perform at three Salsa Under The Stars Concerts this year. Audiences can expect a truly superior night of dancing to the spirited music of this seminal Salsa band.

Admission: $12 Adults; $10 Seniors (60+) and Students w/ID; $9 New Mexico Jazz Workshop (NMJW) and Albuquerque Museum Members.

Pleasure Pilots, Memphis P’Tails,
and Chris Dracup
Saturday, July 19, 7:00-10:00 pm
Albuquerque Museum Amphitheater
2000 Mountain Road NW, Old Town Albuquerque

Pleasure Pilots, Memphis P’Tails, and Chris Dracup –
Saturday, July 19, 7:00-10:00 pm:
The Pleasure Pilots is a popular New Mexico-based dance band playing rocking vintage rhythm and blues, swing and jump music. Instrumentation includes: guitar, piano and Hammond B3, drums, bass, tenor and baritone saxophones. The band specializes in recreating the roots of rhythm and blues. The Pilots won the Junior League of Albuquerque’s “Barttle of the Blues Bands” on October 13, 2007. Conceptually, the band draws much of its material from vintage rhythm and blues artists popular in the 1950’s and early 1960’s. (Louis Jordan, Jackie Brenston, Amos Milburn, T-bone Walker, Fats Domino, Ray Charles, Albert King, among others). The primary focus of the music, however, is DANCE!

Led by Albuquerque blues guitar virtuoso Darin Goldstone, The Memphis P’Tails are a powerful Blues experience, drawing energy and raw power from the fathers of the genre, while staying true to their own Southwest heritage. The band’s inspiration came from Muddy Waters, B. B. King, Magic Sam, Otis Rush, Albert King, Freddie King, Johnny Winter, Stevie Ray Vaughn, and many other guitar-wielding bluesmen who helped shape the distinctive sound. The desert and the mountains did the rest. The result is explosive and in your face, like blues distilled to its purest, finest essence, and served up in a shot glass. Real Blues, straight, no chase, Blues white lightning.

New Mexico blues man Chris Dracup, will deliver a heaping amount of soulful blues guitar and solo vocals.

Admission: $12 Adults; $10 Seniors (60+) and Students w/ID; $9 New Mexico Jazz Workshop (NMJW) and Albuquerque Museum Members.

For event & ticket info, call 255-9798
Or visit the NMJW website at www.nmjazz.org

Doors open at 6:30 pm. Families are welcome and children under 12 are free. Summer Music Festival Passes and Group Discounts available. The Cooperage Restaurant offers a fine selection of grilled entrees, salads, desserts, and a full-service bar. A portion of the proceeds from their sales benefits The New Mexico Jazz Workshop Institute of Music. All concert ticket purchases are final. No refunds, rain checks, resales or exchanges. Concerts may be delayed and/or cancelled due to severe inclement weather.

Did you read the whole Five Magazine Issue? See the two previous POsts?

Monday, July 14th, 2008

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There’s a lot more in this Five issue, including more of this article, so click here: readfive.com for so much news.

By Ross Burns
When Perry Farrell hopped a Greyhound from Miami to
Los Angeles, he didn’t take much with him, just some
art supplies, a bag of weed and a surfboard. As he bounced from
apartment to apartment, that same surfboard was the one thing that
always went with him, but he eventually stopped using it. When
he got into music, he stopped surfi ng and sometimes didn’t see the
outdoors for days at a time.
“I was a bit of a Howard Hughes. I was the guy who hadn’t cut his
fi ngernails and was losing his mind in quiet and solitude,” Farrell tells
me. Farrell spent the better part of the 1980s and early 1990s in a
haze of sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll, but even in his darkest days, Farrell
was productive. As the leader of the band Jane’s Addiction, he made
his mark as one of the most infl uential rock musicians of all time.
He’s been called a visionary and an icon and he earned the nickname
“Th e Godfather” for his contributions to alternative rock. His other
groups, Porno for Pyros and Satellite Party have also received high
critical acclaim.
Farrell is also the founder of Lollapalooza, one of the leading music
festivals in the world.
Lollapalooza began in 1991, in part as a farewell tour for Jane’s
Addiction. One thing that sets the festival apart from others is
its eclectic mix of alternative rock, hip-hop, industrial, metal and
nonmusical performers. Th e lineups over the years are a who’s-who
– Metallica, Beastie Boys, Lupe Fiasco, Red Hot Chili Peppers,
Pearl Jam and the Pixies. Some of the big names scheduled for 2008
are Radiohead and Rage Against the Machine. Farrell, who’s always
been known as a fl amboyant performer, is looking forward to
performances by Nine Inch Nails and Chicago’s own Kanye
West, who he’s heard….
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Nutrition? ANyway ther’ll be plenty of fun in five magazine and in Taos this summer!

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News from Five Magazine

Saturday, July 5th, 2008

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At last! Let’s see how far I get. www.readfive.comThis summer in Taos Joan Armitrading will perform. Here an interview by Bill Nevins with Joan A.

“Under the surface there
was always a rumble,
a rootsy, joyful but
sometimes menacing
depth of feeling that is
historically associated with
that quintessential music
of the worldwide African
Diaspora, the blues.”

It’s a short list, but a glorious one – great woman blues guitarists.
Th ere’s Memphis Minnie, Rosetta Th arpe, Jessie Mae Hemphill,
Etta Baker, Ruthie Foster, Rory Block, Bonnie Raitt . . . and Joan
Armatrading. Th at’s right, with the 2007 release of her selfproduced,
Grammy-nominated, Billboard blues number one
charting album Into the Blues (429 Records), and her current
performance tour,
the great British
pop-rock-reggae
singer-songwriter
Joan Armatrading
unquestionably
enters that
exclusive and
distinguished
sorority of female
fretboard blues
masters.
Into the Blues is a
fresh, stunningly
original work for
which Armatrading
wrote all the songs,
delivers all the
vocals and plays all the instruments except the drums. It would
draw much-deserved critical praise even if it had been released by
an obscure new artist.
Armatrading herself points out in recent interviews that this
blues collection is not so much a departure as a long-simmering
artistic progression. Indeed, as veteran Armatrading fans well
know, this musician with an unmistakably deep-reaching voice
has changed her vocal and instrumental styles several times
– from contemplative, near-jazzy observation songs like “Love
and Aff ection” and “Down to Zero,” to full-bore, loud soul-pop
masterpieces like “Drop the Pilot” and “Me Myself I,” to teasing,
loping reggae-rockers like “Rosie.” Yet, under the surface there was
always a rumble, a rootsy, joyful but sometimes menacing depth of
feeling that is historically associated with that quintessential music
of the worldwide African Diaspora, the blues.
Armatrading has received an MBE from the Queen and a
Joan Armatrading
Dives Deeply and Spiritually Into the Blues
by Bill Nevins
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Amazing Grace: Start here for renewed freedom in AMerica

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

“It was grace that brought….it was grace that leaves us whole…”

Dedicated to the planet earth, where some suggests that humans are stewards for the planet’s well being. Here is a call for Americans to unite, and once again change the world for good, health, freedom, and harmony.

Yes listen to several versions:

“I once was lost, but now I am found….”

“I was once blind, but now I see….”

Now that I see, I can alter my ways, and help others realize our mutual response ability.

Let us sing together and work together to cherish our planet, our country, and one another. Let us work together for the healing of our mother earth.

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What would happen if we made cars that did not need oil?

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

I just watched a fantastic film on DVD called Amazing Grace. It told the story of Mr. William Wilberforce and a long fight against slavery as commerce for England.

Do go see this movie on a DVD. On the near of July 4, when the country will rise up and celebrate the birth of our nation, with dance, pancake breakfasts, music festivals, and fireworks, how many will reflect on the history of economics, commerce, wars, and our most recently denied challenge: global warming.

In the movie, Mr Wiberforce took on an overwhelming challenge and experienced many defeats. Yet, with the help of a woman, he regained his health and returned to his mission where he in a fine strategic move used a political ploy to put an end to slavery for the British empire. He also awakened a people’s sense of morality.

In these days the concept of morality seldom rises to challenge commerce running destructively wild on a rampage destined for destruction. Errant wars divert the people’s conscience so that powers to be can ignore our plant’s health, our elder’s medical care, among multiple other human issues.

What is America’s sense of morality where oil is concerned. In the USA, government and industry lunge forward gasping for more drilling, more nuclear power plants, more coal plants, hoping that their desperation will garnish more power, pollution, and control. Perhaps as stated in the movie, “the King is Mad…and the corporations crazy.

Industry, as in the movie, has lost all moral consciousness. Humans matter not, nor does the planet that sustains us. All too many good people are trapped in the guise of profit and need. I dare note if we combined 20% of the oil companies massive profit, and 40% of our militaries bomb budget, we could convert to alternate fuel and energy sources. Plus there would be plenty of new homegrown USA jobs for American workers. Alas morality and responsibility are values not in vogue by many these days.

Perhaps this fourth of July, we need to look deeply at our roots. Remember what America used to be. Commit ourselves to rid ourselves of an oppressive regime, and scandoulous and racketeerring commerce. Perhaps we need to stand united and find real solutions to our energy needs, and our planet’s health. Perhaps, even take responsibilty for taking care of the earth.

What would happen if cars did not need oil? If houses were heated by the sun? If jobs were created at home to help with our conversion. Make a few links and spread the word.

The fuss about herbs is the fuss about GOvernment control.

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

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FTC goes bananas: Help fight now.

This week the FTC, Federal Trade Commission the Big Brother Watching US group, made one person shut down his site because he included information on used of herbs. Now he is sueing them for denying his first amendment freddom of speech. (Bravo!)

As a writer, I believe that we need to make a stand for free speech. Please read on….

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Before I write about 29 of my favorite HEALING herbs, if you are someone who know about the FTC case against the Internet Marketer,see if his lawyer would like others to join the case to make a class action suit.

I googled healing herbs and came up with 827,000 listings. So then I googled healing herbs us sites and got about 425,000 for us sites.

The guy who got hit was actually referring to US Federal Publications, available to anyone about HEALIBG HERBS. So I ask you, why does the US government want to prevent Americans from learning about docuements that they have previously approved for publication about health and Herbs?

I won’t go into that discussion now. A couple of thousand years ago, a knowledgeable Jewish man proclaimed, “Heal Yourself!” His name was Jesus and it might be curious to see how often he told us to do that. Check the Bible.

Although he was referring to the power of the holy spirit or God to heal us, if you also check the Bible, you could probably find many references to herbs that were used for healing. Your government, if you are a US citizen, doesn’t want you to print or publish this information.

Seems like censorship to me.

So here is your list of my favorite 29 healing herbs.

1) Peppermint
2) Astragalus
3) Holy Basil
4) Golednseal
5) Oregano
6) Plaintain
7) Comfrey
8) Red Clover
9) Marigold
10) Onion
11) Garlic
12) Cayenne Pepper
13) Fennel
14) Ginger
15) Milk Thistle
16) Tumeric
17) Nettles
18) rooibus
19) celery seed
20) cats claw
21) calendula
22) aloe
23) Dandelion
24) oat straw
25) catnip
26) yarrow
27) chickweed
28) thyme
29) maca

Yes they are all healing herbs. Yes it would be best to consult herbalists, naturpathic doctors, some of the 425,000 websites, and books to learn more about these fairly common herbs. Most of these may be found in your backyard, or kitchen cupboard. All but a few can be found and are commonly grown in North America.

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I am using this as an example. If I were to make claims about their use, suggest what they could do, or apparently publish a reference sheet from where I got this information the FTC could make a lot of threats to me, possibly levy fines, and in some states in the USA lock me up (in prison).

Please share this information, and I think if all internet marketers rallied to support freedom of speech or the guy who got shut down, we could have a real good case.

When we don’t make a stand, it’s just that much easier for us to lose what we think is ours.
29: Yep they can all be used for healing many discomforts. Add your thoughts please.
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Holograms, Art, and The Santa Fe Complex

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

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Whoa, I got this announcement late!!! So anyway, they talk about the Wednesday night Blenders. Get information about next Wednesday’s event. Make it a potluck and bring some light yummy food. Fruit, cheese, dips, veggies, hummus, are all good ideas. Save some money at Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage and look like a contributing hero. Food helps us learn and relax.

Santa Fe Complex Announces June 25 Blender
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Wednesday, June 25
6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
632 Agua Fria St.

Blenders are a Wednesday night feature at Santa Fe Complex, located at 632 Agua Fria St. Entrance is on Romero St. Admission is free. Light refreshments will be served; donations to defray their costs are welcome. Click here for directions.

Santa Fe, NM - June 25, 2008 - Santa Fe has the great good fortune of hosting three pioneers in holography: Rebecca Deem, Fred Unterseher, and August Muth. They will join Wednesday’s Blender at Santa Fe Complex to discuss their work, some of which is on display at the complex. The speakers will limit their formal presentations to 15 minutes each, leaving time for contributions from the audience and lots of discussion.

These three artists, innovators and technologists pzarticipated in the grand opening of Santa Fe Complex on June 14. They will be speaking on their pieces from that show and other topics in holography tonight from 6 to 8 PM.

About the Speakers

Rebecca Deem: Rebecca first saw holograms at an art gallery in 1970 while completing an Art supervision degree. In 1988, she received the Shearwater Foundation Art Holography Award. In 1995 with partner Fred Unterseher, she co-founded Zone Holografix Studios, an art and teaching studio with a pulse laser lab. She continues to exhibit artwork, teach and write for electronic and print publications.

Fred Unterseher: Fred graduated from the San Francisco Art Institute in the early 70’s. He worked on the cooperative projects Artaud, The Emeryville Artists Coop., ANT FARM (the art/media collective famous for Cadillac Ranch). He co-founded the San Francisco School of Holography with Lloyd Cross and Gerry Pethick. He conceived and co-authored the HOLOGRAPHY HANDBOOK, A Practical Guide to Holography in 1987. He was Director of Education at the Museum of Holography, New York, New York. He was a member of the team that created the first pulsed laser portrait of a president (Ronald Reagan)in 1989. In 1995 he co-founded Holografix Studios with Rebecca Deem. He is a consultant for NASA and JPL on 3-D imaging systems and until recently taught at the Brooks Institute of Photography & Pasadena City College.

August Muth: August was born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico and his early years in the vast landscape and dry climate of the high desert and mountains gave him the opportunity to develop a true appreciation for the elegance of light. After three years of studying art and physics at the university level in the southwest, August moved to New York City to pursue his studies and visions within the world of art there. In 1983, after viewing his first hologram, he realized he had discovered a direct path to a deeper understanding of the force of light. In 1984 and l985, he developed his holography skills at the Museum of Holography in N.Y.C. under the direction of Fred Untersher, a pioneer and early innovator in holography.

Since 1986, he has specialized in the field of “reflection dichromated gelatin holography”. This type of holography is unsurpassed in its clarity and superior quality. His progress in developing and refining processes and techniques in this demanding technology have allowed him to manipulate light into various beautiful and subtle forms. His most recent works include the lamination of optical glass and creation of holograms in multiple layers. He calls this current body of work “Time Capsules”, a reference to light as being the vehicle of time.

What Is Holography?

Holography (from the Greek, όλος-hòlòs whole + γραφή-grafè writing, drawing) is the science of producing holograms. It is a technique that allows the light scattered from an object to be recorded and later reconstructed so that it appears as if the object is in the same position relative to the recording medium as it was when recorded. The image changes as the position and orientation of the viewing system changes in exactly the same way is if the object were still present. Holograms can also be made using other types of waves. (See: Wikipedia.)

About Santa Fe Complex
We are a community studio creating connections in science, technology and art. Our roots lie in the rich cultural, scientific and artistic traditions of northern New Mexico; our vision is a world where technology supports a renaissance in art and science that opens our minds and hearts to our full human potential.

Santa Fe Complex
Don Begley
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Santa Fe, NM 87501
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