Albuquerque, NM

These ideas are much easier to start. My mother baked cookies.
Attitude is great but action keeps the world working. Working is good. Take Holy Basil for stress. My mother baked cookies because she could not afford to buy them. However my parents often managed to save $$$.

1) Keep you job if you have one….AND…plan ahead. Create 5 streams of income. Yep 5. Preferably doing things you enjoy. If your job gets wiped out, you’ll have some income. While you have your job, you can start saving extra cash for lean times. Old Maine farmers often had over $100,000 stored/buried in their fields. This money sometimes was found later after the farm was sold. It was still US bucks.
2) I am not a financial planner, however convert 30% of your non-401K savings/investments into material goods. A teacher I knew bought antiques. Hobby. When she lost her job, selling those antiques created income for at least 3 years. Pick items you love, siler, gold, stuff you can sell at any time.
3) Turn your hobbies into cash.
Resell books, DVD’s, Cameras, etc.
Love skin care products? Vitamins? Sell them.
Love clothes? Trade or sell them. Resale stores will do good in the upcoming days.
PART TIME sales adventures can create cash. PLus MLM’s let you get products at lower costs.
4) Study EBAY. USe it. Ditto: Craigslist.
5) Trim the budget.
6) Pay off debt.
7)Make a creative food budget.
Buy on sales. Stock up on non-perishables. My mother allways had a month’s or more food in the cupboards to cover the end of the month.
add more VEGETARIAN meals.
soups and stews are fun.
CUT OUT or reduce: FAST foods. Bring a bag lunch to work.
SKIP frozen dinners.
Bake cookies, breads, cakes, casseroles. Homemade is in. If you save $300/month…debt will shrink fast.
Learn to sew. If you can do alterations, you can create a clothing budget.
9) Turn your passion inot cash. You’ll have more fun.
10) Give to charities of your choice. Law of circulation. Be, feel abundant you are.
11) Read ABUNDANCE literature, it helps.
12) Write journals. More on this later. I gotta go keep my job. Mary

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Dear Mary,

For all of us there are times when we’re overwhelmed. There is too much to do, and too little time to do it! This, of course, causes stress; and we all know…stress is not good!

When I was a freshman in college, I learned a simple lesson that I never forgot. And to this day, when I have too many things on my plate and feel stress raising its ugly head, I repeat to myself what I heard over 40 years ago. It worked then, and for me…it still does!

I’ll share the story from my book, The Nature of Success, in the chapter titled: Set Realistic Goals. I hope it helps you as much as it did me!

Also, today I’m pleased to offer a special price of $10.00 per book, including a 3 minute inspirational movie based on the book. Just click here to watch the movie or to learn more.

Note: This offer expires at 11:59 PM CST on 10/15/08.

Live with Passion,

Mac Anderson
Founder, Simple Truths

P.S. I’ve autographed a limited number of these books. You can purchase a 10-pack of autographed copies of The Nature of Success for just $99 by clicking here.

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“Set Realistic Goals”
An excerpt from
The Nature of Success
By Mac Anderson

When I was a freshman in college I learned an unforgettable lesson.

I was having a rough week when there was a lot to do and very little time to do it. I was overwhelmed. I panicked.

That night a friend stopped by my dorm room. When I told him my problem, he said, “Mac, I’ll share something with you that my grandmother told me a few years ago. She said to always remember: ‘Inch by inch, life’s a cinch. Yard by yard, life is hard.’”

I said, “Bob, come on. Here I am drowning in work and your lifeline is a quote from your grandmother. Come on!”

After he left, however, those twelve little words kept dancing in my head. I took out a piece of notebook paper and listed all the things I had to do in the next three days. That night I began knocking them off one by one.

Three days later I took out that paper and marked through the last thing on the list. It felt great! And then I took out another piece of paper and wrote down the words: “Inch by inch, life’s a cinch. Yard by yard, life is hard.” I then folded the paper and put it in my wallet. As many of you know, I’ve been collecting quotes ever since.

You see, success doesn’t come cascading like Niagara Falls; it comes one drop at a time through short-term, realistic goals.

Experts on motivation disagree on a lot of things, but one thing they all agree on is that your levels of motivation are directly tied to your expected probabilities of success. In other words, if you believe you can do something (the goals are realistic), you’re likely to be highly motivated. If, however, you think you can’t (because the goals are unrealistic) your motivation level falls greatly.

The lesson here is to continue to dream big dreams, but realize that the short-term goals that take you to the next plateau are the real keys to success

Welcome to undergroundARTS, a weekly newsletter of happenings and opportunities in the arts in the Albuquerque area.

Do you have company for the Balloon Fiesta? Why not combine the Fiesta experience with an introduction to some of Albuquerque’s many arts events … they will gain an appreciation of Albuquerque’s vibrant art scene (and many of these events are FREE)!

Visual Arts
Art Exhibits, Studio Tours, and more…

Pathos and Eros opens at Matrix Fine Art
October’s show at Matrix features the paintings of Rodney Wood and masks by Judith Rauchfuss. Both artists are exceptionally skilled - but I have to confess that looking at Wood’s paintings makes me want to go home, put away my easel and give my brushes to Goodwill (or someone). You must check out his work, either during the First Friday Artscrawl opening or before November 1. There are a total of 26 First Friday Artscrawl openings tonight including a show for Wes Pulkka at AIA Albuquerque. Details on all 26 are on the Artscrawl website.
FREE Artists Reception Friday, October 3, 5- 8pm
Matrix Fine Art
3812 Central SE, #100A
(505) 268-8952
matrixfineart.com

Open House at DSG Fine Art
This special open house event features new paintings by Jim Bagley, Barbara Coleman, Angus Macpherson, Frank McCulloch, Dennis Liberty, Victoria Martinez Rodgers and Doris Steider. Stop by and say hello to John and Nancy.
FREE Reception Friday, October 3, 6pm
DSG Fine Art
510 14th Street SW
(505) 266-7751
dsg-art.com

Guadalupe Trail Studio Tour
Visit fourteen artists at six studios along historic Guadalupe Trail in the Village of Los Ranchos. Participating artists are Sarah Anderson, Maude Andrade, Lincoln Draper, Betsy Greenlee, Martha Rajkay, Alison Hudson, Bob Keers, Orlinda Keers, Karl Koenig, Susan Neal, Megan Sturges, Todd Tibbals, Fran Ryan and Cindy Welch. To begin the tour, stop at Sky Dog Art Space at 7103 Fourth Street to pick up maps and information.
FREE Studio Tour Sat-Sun, October 4-5, 10- 4
Village of Los Ranchos
between Pueblo Solano and Los Ranchos Road
(505) 898-8828
skydogart.com

Maria Romero Cash and Gregory Lomayesva
Shiprock Trading Company will feature the whimsical sculpture of santera Marie Romero Cash and her son Gregory Lomayesva during the 7th Annual Old Town Santero Market.
FREE Special Event Saturday, October 4, 10- 6
Shiprock Trading Company
413 Romero NW
(505) 242-4080
shiprocktrading .com

A Closer Look at Coleman Gallery
Paintings by three artists who apply paint in unique ways opens at Coleman Saturday. Julia Catron employs a resist process; Jay Etkin applies layers of paint and drags them up, down or across using squeegee type tools; Annie Nash pushes the paint around with her hands, tapping and pulling to create physical texture.
FREE Reception Saturday, October 4, 3-5
Coleman Gallery Contemporary Art
4115 Silver SE
(505) 232-0224
colema ncontemporary.com

Art Walk to the Madrid Galleries Saturday
If you are looking for something different to do after the balloon launch Saturday, plan to spend the afternoon and evening strolling from gallery to gallery in Madrid. Included is a show of paintings, color photography and printmaking at Johnsons of Madrid complete with a sculpture garden and Mel and Diana Johnson’s studios. From 1-3 enjoy Mary Springel’s Chamber Music followed by the artists receptions.
Receptions Saturday, October 4, 3-5pm
The Johnsons of Madrid Galleries
2843 State Highway 14 in Madrid
(505) 471-1054
turquoisetrail.org

You are Here opens at JCC
This exhibit of original hand-pulled etchings, monotypes, serigraphs, lithographs and woodcuts is presented by the Greater Albuquerque Roller and Print Society. Featured are Aaron Bass, Cecilia Dail, Shirley Levy, Diane Orchard, Janet Shagam, Barbara Shapiro, Nancy Wiedower and Joanna Weiss.
FREE reception Sunday, October 5, 2- 5pm
Jewish Community Center of Greater Albuquerque
5520 Wyoming NE
(505) 332-0565
jccabq.org

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

River of Tears (Rio de Lagrimas) at N4th
Las Meganenas weaves prose and song with fact and mysticism to create a piece that both honors and laments the life and death of the women working along our borders and the families who have lost them. Simultaneous translation into Spanish is available with headsets. This is a benefit for Maquiladora workers.
Performances Fri-Sat, Oct. 3-4 8pm, Sun. Oct. 5, 2pm
N4th Theater
4904 Fourth St. NW
(505) 344-4542
vsartsnm.org

Maize Maze at Los Poblanos
This year’s theme is Made in the Shade. The maze features a giant cottonwood cut into a field of heirloom corn that will feed migratory flocks of cranes and geese over the winter.
Ongoing through November 2
Los Poblanos Fields Open Space
1701 Montano Rd. NW
(505) 345-4580
riograndefarm.or g

Fund Raiser for Poets
This fund-raiser offers an unlimited buffet, 25 point game card good for games and rides, a poetry slam feature and money slam with cash prizes every round, poet auction, dancing and projections on a full-size movie theater screen with DJ Imeh and friends from ALLSEEINGEAR Soundsystems, and more. The five hour event will benefit two important cultural events: the historic Albuquerque Slam Poet Laureate program and the Albuquerque City Slam Champion’s trip to nationals to represent Albuquerque in North Carolina. Presented by NM Poetry Tangents.
Special event Friday, October 10, 6pm
4595 San Mateo NE
Buy three tickets for $40 and receive a free CD
(505) 349-3918
nmpoetrytangents.org

Music
musical performances, workshops and festivals

Up With People! at the Zoo tonight
The internationally-known group, Up With People! will bring their high-energy performance to the Rio Grande Zoo Bandshell with their guiding principle of using music as a way to communicate with and inspire people. In each city they visit, student participants perform in a vibrant and moving musical stage show that brings the community together, highlighting local partnering organizations and sparking people to action in meeting the needs of their communities and the world.
Performance Friday, October 3, 7:30pm
Gates open 6:00pm; animal exhibits open until 7:30pm
Rio Grande Zoo
903 Tenth Street SW
(505) 764-6200
cabq.gov/biop ark/zoo

Another opportunity to hear Chirgilchin
Chirgilchin were the runaway hit of ¡Globalquerque! 2006. Everyone was captivated by their otherworldly vocal techniques. Atmospheric and mesmeric, throat singing is almost too difficult to describe in words. It must be heard to be believed-the music, produced by resonating low sounds in the throat, creates a middle note and a haunting, flute-like harmonic. Chirgilchin (meaning “mirage” or “miracle”) is a group of musicians from Tuva, a small Russian province north of Western Mongolia. Singing the ancient folk songs in the Tuvan language, the group also plays hand made instruments. The ensemble has appeared in concert throughout the United States, Russia, Finland, Belgium, France, Italy, New Zealand, Portugal, and Canada. Presented by AMP Concerts. Tickets available at South Broadway Cultural Center and the amp website. .
Performance Sunday, October 5, 7pm
South Broadway Cultural Center
1025 Broadway SE
(505) 232-9868
ampconcerts.org

Henry Rollins’ Recountdown at the KiMo
Henry Rollins is an American singer-songwriter, spoken word artist, author, actor and publisher. After joining the short-lived Washington, D.C. band State of Alert in 1980, Rollins fronted the Californian hardcore punk band Black Flag from 1981 until 1986.
Performance Tuesday, October 7, 8-11pm
KiMo Theatre
421 Central Avenue NW
(505) 768-3544
cabq.gov/kimo

Great Big Sea at the Historic El Rey
The St. John’s-based, Juno-nominated band Great Big Sea fuses Newfoundland traditional music with modern pop in a crowd-pleasing formula both heartfelt and vital. A pure force of nature, much like the ocean surge they take their name from, Great Big Sea’s blend of instruments like mandolin, bodhran, fiddle, and concertina, along with their vocal harmonies, revels in the melodies they create and the Newfoundland tunes they love. Their ninth studio album, Fortune’s Favour, sees them boldly embracing new sounds and new ideas, fearlessly pushing the boundaries of their own art and music. In their lifelong quest to marry the traditional music of Newfoundland with their own pop explorations, Check them out on You Tube. Buy tickets on-line through Brown Paper Tickets or by phone: 1-800-838- 3006. Also available at Bookworks, 4022 Rio Grande Blvd. NW, 344-8139 and Natural Sound, 3422 Central Ave. SE, 255-8295.
Performance Wednesday, October 8, 8pm
The El Rey Theater
620-624 Central Ave SW
abqmusic.com

Joel Harrison’s Vox Americana at the Outpost
Guitarist, composer and vocalist, Joel Harrison’s music defies categorization. Equally at home writing songs or complex chamber music; playing modern jazz or bar blues, the Washington D.C. native, who now lives in New York City, graduated from Bard College in 1980 with a BA in composition and performance. Vox Americana is a 65-minute, multi- movement suite whose stylistic palette, while based in jazz aesthetics, ranges through classical, Appalachian, African, and Latin American retaining its own unique probing voice. Vox Americana addresses questions of American identity, and ranges in mood from dark and elegaic to explosive and affirmative. Accompanying the music is a text that was culled, in non-linear fashion, from asking hundreds of people the following questions: Who are you? What does it mean to be an American? Where is our country headed? Vox Americana features some of the most prominent members of the new generation of New York musicians - Joel Harrison, guitar & vocals; Dave Binney, saxophone; Heun Choi, cello; Chris Howes, violin; Daniel Kelly, piano; Jerome Harris, bass; and Jordan Perlson, drums.
Performance Thursday, October 9, 7:30pm
Outpost Performance Space
210 Yale SE
(505) 268-0044
outpostspace.org

La Musgana at NHCC
Formed in 1986, La Musgana (The Water Rat) is central Spain’s most renowned folk music ensemble. The Madrid-based group performs arrangements of indigenous Spanish music dating back to the Middle Ages, on traditional and modern instruments. They draw their repertoire from an area of Spain where Moroccans, Celts, Europeans and Africans have all left their mark, and from the rich rituals that celebrate all aspects of life with exquisite melodies and irrestible rhythms.
Performance Thursday, October 9, 8pm
National Hispanic Cultural Center
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts
1701 Fourth St. SW
(505) 724-4771
nhccnm.org

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

Beautiful Losers next Art in Film offering
Beautiful Losers celebrates the spirit behind one of the most influential cultural moments of a generation. In the early 1990’s a loose-knit group of likeminded outsiders found common ground at a little NYC storefront gallery. Rooted in the DIY (do-it-yourself) subcultures of skateboarding, surf, punk, hip hop & graffiti, they made art that reflected the lifestyles they led. Developing their craft with almost no influence from the “establishment” art world, this group, and the subcultures they sprang from, have now become a movement that has been transforming pop culture. Starring a selection of artists who are considered leaders within this culture, Beautiful Losers focuses on the telling of personal stories. It speaks to themes of what happens when the outside becomes “in” as it explores the creative ethos connecting these artists and today’s youth.
Screening Sat-Sun, Oct. 4-5, 2pm
The Guild Cinema
3405 Central NE
(505) 255-1848
guildcinema.com

YDI Mi Voz Auditions for Fall 2008 Session
Youth Development Inc.’s (YDI) Mi Voz program teaches above-the-line filmmaking skills to middle school age kids. This will be the fourth 16-week session for YDI Mi Voz. Each session has a theme: The Fall 2008 session’s theme is The Zia’s Heart and is about New Mexican art and artists. The Zia’s Heart is a series of short documentaries that will be produced, directed, shot, edited and delivered by a group of middle school age students in Albuquerque. Each short documentary will spotlight a different art form produced by a local artist. Students will shadow chosen artists in different fields and document their creativity, their craft, and how it ties in to identifying Albuquerque and New Mexico as unique in the arts scene. YDI Mi Voz is a safe and free after school program for middle school age young people where they learn all aspects of visual storytelling using digital video. The purposes of the program are: 1. It contributes to building a “native workforce” for New Mexico’s blossoming film industry, giving young people a head start in using industry standard tools and techniques. 2. The finished products will expose New Mexico’s art and artists to a broader audience, letting its audience know the value of what has become such a large part of our city and state identities. 3. By providing Mi Voz classes under the YDI banner, students and their families have access to the wide range of social services YDI provides. We are actively seeking out participants for this session. During the 16-week after school course, students will be taught producing, directing, shooting, and editing using top of the line digital video equipment. The course is free to participants, but interested students must audition first to gauge their interest and dedication. 14 students will be selected. Classes are taught by Marcos Baca and Brian Beeler, working professionals in the area of digital art and filmmaking. 4 youth instructors who have participated previously will be at every class to mentor new students, as well as guest lectures by UNM Cinematic Arts Professors and other independent producers.
Auditions Wed-Thurs, Oct. 8-9, 3:30- 5:30pm
YDI Mi Voz office
100 Roma NW
(505) 212-7442

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.
www.abqarts.org

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Melting Ice and Rhetoric:
October 3: Greenland’s Melting Ice
on Frito Friday (7:00 pm)

October 8: Unwinding the Rhetoric
(6:30 pm)

What Happens if Greenland Turns Green?

Greenland is the world’s largest island, and the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) is the Northern Hemisphere’s largest terrestrial permanent ice- and snow covered area. Scientists have been monitoring the ice sheet for decades and are discovering that the ice appears to be melting. If true, what will a green Greenland mean for the rest of the world?

Dr. Sebastian H. Mernild, a post-doc fellow at the International Arctic Research Center and Water & Environmental Research Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, is in Santa Fe this weekend. The internationally renowned researcher has agreed to join Frito Friday, October 5, for a casual and informative discussion on his research on the Greenland Ice Sheet in a climate perspective.

Dr. Mernild discusses the future perspectives for this scenario at Frito Friday. He says, “Ice mass and snow cover serve as water reservoirs that are highly vulnerable to ongoing climatic variations and change. The Arctic is undergoing a system-wide response to climatic change, and the effect of a warmer and wetter climate on terrestrial cryospheric and hydrological processes and their components have already been documented.”

Click here for more information on Dr. Mernild’s work. Join Dr. Mernild at 7:00 at Santa Fe Complex to learn more about his perspective on the future of Greenland’s ice and the world’s coastlines.

Swimming Against the Flow (October 7, 6:30 pm)

Presidential debates; vice presidents, too; ads, emails and web pages: claims and counterclaims abound. Come to this second workshop at Santa Fe Complex to learn how to look beyond the scripts and see what is really going on this this fall’s campaigns.

From soap to soapboxes, ads, debaters and talking heads work overtime to control or influence the flow of information available to voters. Learn how to swim against the flow, by navigating upstream through the flood of information around us to find where the information comes from and investigating its accuracy in this second of the Three Tuesdays workshops before November’s elections.

On Tuesday night, October 7, journalist Tom Johnson will show workshop participants how to track data to their upstream sources. Web pages and their data are not static events; learn how to find the “signs” of where they came from, who owns the site(s) and sometimes who links to them. Johnson will discuss how investigators can use these attributes to advantage and also take a step back to consider the “architecture of sophisticated web searching.”

The third and final workshop, on October 14, will explore the payoff for the research done by the workshop’s participants: following the money to see what and who is supporting the campaign. This final workshop looks at web sites that make it easier to follow the election money and focuses on how to get their data into a spreadsheet. Then what? A short intro to slicing-and-dicing the numbers. (Even if you are a spreadsheet maven, please come and act as a coach.)

These workshops will give participants an opportunity to do some hands-on (”On-line hands-on”, that is) investigation of New Mexico politics. Participants are also encouraged to bring a laptop if they can. After learning to do the online research needed to understand what’s happening in the fall political campaign, participants will have the opportunity to do homework assignments and contribute to the Three Tuesdays wiki so their discoveries will be available to the general public.

Everyone is welcome but space will be limited. A suggested donation of $45 covers all three events or $20 will help produce each session. Click here to sign up.

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Tom Johnson’s 30-year career path in journalism is one that regularly moved from the classroom to the newsroom and back. He worked for TIME magazine in El Salvador in the mid-80s, was the founding editor of MacWEEK, and a deputy editor of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. His areas of interest are analytic journalism, dynamic simulation models of publishing systems, complexity theory, the application of Geographic Information Systems in journalism and the impact of the digital revolution on journalism and journalism education. He is the founder and co-director of the Institute for Analytic Journalism and a member of the Advisory Board of Santa Fe Complex.

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

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

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. For more information, call Don Begley at 505/216.7562.

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We recorded the call!
For those of you dialing in today, you know how full the conference lines were…
I knew that what Jim Hansberger had to say about the current economy would be important, so I made sure the call got recorded.

Frankly, all of the recent bailouts and drama surrounding the economic market isn’t surprising to me because there’s been so much attention on negativity and demise that we’re feeding the very beast we say we’d like to kill. The media, as well as most viewers, are placing their attention on so much fear that it’s doing nothing but creating the very thing we don’t want.

So… I got on the phone with my good friend (and personal investment advisor) Jim Hansberger.
Jim is, as you may recall, one of the best-of-the-best. In fact, he advises numerous senators in Washington and speaks with them daily. To say he knows what’s going on would be a gross understatement.

So who could be better for me to get the inside scoop for you?
Enough talk… Click here to listen to the interview online in its entirety!

This important information will help you not just to survive the current economy, but to actually thrive in it.
Listen, if you’re expecting the same type of stuff you’d hear on CNBC, CNN or FOX, forget about it. This is the inside scoop that you’ll never hear in the mainstream media.

Please make sure you listen to this call, it’s really that important.
To your continued wealth and happiness,

James Arthur Ray
President/CEO
James Ray International

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