Is the reindeer helping the cow look out the window? Are they going for help or escaping? Do they even know if Dora is passed-out or dead? Only Autumn knows — she arranged this tableaux. (Strangely, Dora calls to mind the landscape painting with Icarus crashing into the water in the distance. I’m getting an insight into the therapeutic use of stuffed animals.)
Here, the artist contemplates her tools.
‘Charismatic’ senator runs for governor | Albuquerque Journal News By Dan Boyd / Journal Staff Writer
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Copyright © 2014 Albuquerque Journal
Howie Morales’ journey from teacher and high school baseball coach to Democratic candidate for governor hasn’t left much time for rest stops.
Morales, 41, is the youngest of the five candidates vying for the Democratic Party’s 2014 nomination, but he says his background as a state senator and former county clerk – in addition to a doctoral degree in education and top hospital job – has prepared him for the responsibilities of statewide office. …
In March, Morales stirred the attention of state politicos by receiving the largest share of delegate votes – about 29 percent – at the Democratic pre-primary nominating convention. He also has received endorsements from two of the state’s largest unions, which have 35,000 combined members in New Mexico and plenty of political heft.
But the Morales campaign also faces stark challenges, chiefly a limited campaign war chest – he reported having $44,700 in his campaign account earlier this week – and a shortage of statewide name recognition.
“A combination of low name recognition and a small bank account creates a challenge,” longtime New Mexico political analyst Brian Sanderoff said
‘Charismatic’ senator runs for governor | Albuquerque Journal News
The Bing photo of the day brings the dismal fate of axoloti, plus the words neoteny and endorheic lake, to my attention (I’m surrounded by the latter). It’s one thing to be food, another to be poisoned into extinction, but to survive solely to be be mutilated “for science” is tragic [shakes his fist].
Axolotl – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
As of 2010, wild axolotls were near extinction due to urbanization in Mexico City and consequent water pollution. They are currently listed by CITES as an endangered species and by IUCN as critically endangered in the wild, with a decreasing population. Axolotls are used extensively in scientific research due to their ability to regenerate limbs. Axolotls were also sold as food in Mexican markets and were a staple in the Aztec diet.
A four month long search in 2013 turned up no surviving individuals in the wild. Previous surveys in 1998, 2003 and 2008 had found 6000, 1000 and 100 axolotls per square kilometer in its Lake Xochimilco habitat, respectively.
Axolotl – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Endorheic basin – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
New Mexico has a number of desert endorheic basins including:
- The Tularosa Basin, a rift valley.
- Zuni Salt Lake, a maar.
- The Mimbres River Basin, in Grant County.
Though I was born in Hawai’I, I had a Smokey Bear stuffed animal at an early age. Years later, I live in New Mexico, birthplace of Smokey. Like Smokey, my brother turns 70 this year. Returning from a visit to see my brother, we flew over the first wildfire of the season in the Gila, the nation’s first designated Wilderness. It all seems connected.
Shannon Bulman co-authored the latest edition of Life Planning in New Mexico, written by former Bernalillo County Probate Judge Merri Rudd. In Santa Fe, Shannon’s opponents include the wife of the current probate judge and the clerk of the current judge. (In Bernalillo, vote for the incumbent Judge Willow Parks.Keep Judge Parks.)
Three vie for Santa Fe County probate judge position | Albuquerque Journal News
Shannon Bulman
OCCUPATION: Attorney
PARTY: Democrat
CITY/TOWN OF RESIDENCE: Santa Fe
AGE: 51POLITICAL/GOVERNMENT/JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE: Practiced law before New Mexico Courts for 24 years; trained probate judges and staff at state-wide conferences in 2012 and 2013; assistant general counsel, state Human Services Department, 1991-1993; assistant general counsel at state Department of Public Safety, 1990-1991; law clerk to Chief Judge William W. Bivins, New Mexico Court of Appeals 1989-1990.
Suppose your father dies unexpectedly and you don’t have thousands of dollars to pay for his burial. You go to the probate court late Thursday to be appointed personal representative so you can access his bank account to pay for the burial, but you’re told that the judge won’t be available until the following Tuesday afternoon. What are you going to do?
The Santa Fe Probate Court must be made more accessible to our residents. The court is currently in session only three hours per week. I commit to working harder for Santa Fe. The probate judge can and should provide education about the probate process to our residents and thoroughly train the full-time court staff to better serve the public. District Courts and the Bernalillo County Probate Court provide online access to court records.
The Santa Fe Probate Court should provide the same level of transparency to families and the public. There is work to be done to professionalize and improve access to our probate court. The probate judge needs to understand probate law to better serve families during a time of loss. My qualifications include:
– Representation of countless families in Northern New Mexico to probate the estates of their loved ones.
– Provided legal training to probate judges from across the state; co-author of 5th edition Life Planning in New Mexico, a book explaining estate planning and probate to non-attorneys.
– The only probate judge candidate awarded an AV Preeminent rating, the highest possible rating, by the Martindale-Hubbell peer review process. This rating signifies legal ability and ethics that are highly regarded by attorneys and judges in our community; and routinely acknowledged for pro bono work in our community.
I would be honored to utilize my experience and energy to serve the residents of our county as probate judge.
Three vie for Santa Fe County probate judge position | Albuquerque Journal News
Elect Shannon Bulman for Probate Judge on June 3! – Home
When she got the ball from him, he chased her. When he stopped, she ran circles around him with the ball.
No video in several of officer’s arrests | Albuquerque Journal News
By Nicole Perez / Journal Staff Writer
PUBLISHED: Tuesday, May 13, 2014 at 12:05 amAlbuquerque police officer Jeremy Dear’s lapel video wasn’t recording when he allegedly punched a man while trying to arrest him during a Downtown brawl in January 2013.
His lapel video wasn’t recording when he allegedly kicked a man in the genitals during a traffic stop a month later.
And police were unable to recover any video from his lapel camera after he shot and killed 19-year-old Mary Hawkes, who he said pulled a gun on him after a suspected car theft, last month. The camera’s manufacturer is examining the camera, police have said.
There were at least two other instances, which didn’t involve use of force, when he didn’t record his full encounters with the public, according to Dear’s personnel file obtained by KOAT-TV.
Under department policy, officers are supposed to record every interaction they have with members of the public.
It’s unclear if Dear was ever disciplined for any of the previous incidents in which he did not get video of his encounters. …
The DOJ report said requiring lapel camera use is a good policy but that it’s inconsistently used and not enforced strictly by APD.
“We found very few examples of officers being reprimanded for failing to record force incidents,” the report reads. “The fact that few officers were reprimanded for this failure suggests that supervisors have also failed to insist on this form of accountability.”
No video in several of officer’s arrests | Albuquerque Journal News
