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Re: ABQJournal Online » Truth Is Cheney’s Latest Victim

ntipton — Fri, 25 May 2012 07:26:24 -0000

aprove

Re: Dreaming of Dessert?

ntipton — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:21:09 -0000

You, too, Katie. Keep up the good work. LOVE your site.

Re: ABQNews: Trinity Site Open for Tours Saturday

ntipton — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 10:58:17 -0000

Thanks for the heads-up, Bombbuilder. The AP had the wrong date and we took their word for it.

Re: ABQNews: Nutrition Question of the Week

ntipton — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 09:25:11 -0000

Note: Shelley is an RD and works as a clinical nutritionist at the University of New Mexico

Re: ABQNews: Nutrition Question of the Week

ntipton — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 09:24:10 -0000

Here's the answer from Stefanie Tierney, RD, spokeswoman for the New Mexico Dietetics Association:

When one ingredient gets demonized, it sometimes leads us to forget about the big picture. Choosing nutrient dense foods. The natural sugar in milk and fruit comes along with other important nutrients like vitamins, minerals, protein (milk), and fiber (fruit). Instead of trying to avoid sugar, look for foods that have more nutrients.
Nutrient dense foods contain lots of nutrients (vit/min, fiber, protein, healthy fats) and are relatively low in calories. Examples: fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean meats/meat alternatives, lowfat dairy/alternatives, and healthy fats.
While I definitely think we can start reducing added sugar in our diets (read the food label), we definitely do not want to limit nutrient dense foods like fruits and dairy that provide natural sugars as well as so many other healthful components.

Re: ABQNews: Help for Those Who Ask: "What Should I Eat?"

ntipton — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:16:11 -0000

Here's a reply from Shelley Rael registered dietitian health education consultant at the University of New Mexico’s Employee Health Promotion:

Always make a "meal" using a healthy (and ideally lean) protein, a couple of servings of veggies and a whole grain. Microwave isn't bad, processed is what you want to steer clear of.

Mix and match the following:

Protein: canned beans, nut butters, canned fish (if you are pescetarian), eggs (1 per day is ok), 1 ounce of cheese (1/4 cup shredded), mixed nuts and seeds (to add to salad mixes)

Veggies: steamed anything, whether fresh or frozen; salad mixes with the beans, fish or egg added on top.

Whole grain: whole wheat tortilla, frozen brown rice, whole grain toast (this is where you add nut butter)

You can search for “quick and easy vegetarian meals” and many will have the no-cook options.

Re: ABQNews: Help for Those Who Ask: "What Should I Eat?"

ntipton — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:50:52 -0000

Hi, nan. I've passed along your question to our team of RDs. In the mean time, I found a site called meatlessmonday.com that has some really good-looking recipes.
Many of these don't look very complicated. Give it a look and let me know if you get inspired.

Re: ABQNews: Help for Those Who Ask: "What Should I Eat?"

ntipton — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 13:58:25 -0000

Some things that have worked for me..... package the leftovers in single servings and either freeze them for later or take them for lunch.
Cooking doesn't have to be complicated or take tons of time. Some sources for quick, healthy meals can be found at myrecipes.com under "healthy diet"
If you need ides, you can sign up for a daily e-mail. This site has saved me on many days.
I'll ask our RDs if they have any other ideas.
Thanks for the question.

Re: Albuquerque Journal

ntipton — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 15:41:56 -0000

Ms Westphal,

My wife and I live about a block off of Kayenta Street. We have been here for a little over 3 years and since McMahon was cut through have seen the traffic on Kayenta increase dramatically. Cars coming off of Irving use Kayenta to get over to MaMahon and vis a versa and the majority are not honoring the 30 mph speed limit. The traffic on McMahon also travels very fast and if one trys to go 35 mph, the speed limit, you risk getting tailgated. The other problem is making a left turn onto Irving from Kayenta during rush hours. It is very difficult to turn left during those times. I have requested a 4 way stop at that intersection but was told that the city did not want to do anything until the developer finishes the road, making it a 4 lane. We have been here over 3 years and it has not been finished yet and with the economic problems it does not seem likely to get finished anytime soon. In the meantime there is the potential for a bad accident at that intersection.

Like the other folks that wrote in, we also hear at night, the high speed motorcycles and cars traveling on Kayenta.
I don't know the answer to the speeding other than more inforcement, perhaps the speed van on Kayenta and or McMahon. I do think a 4 way stop at Irving and Kayenta is warrented and we should not have to wait until the road is finished.

Re: Accident Stats on Red Light Cameras

ntipton — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:02:07 -0000

Interesting facts related to red light cameras. Unfortunately there was no "cause" reference to "speed cameras" as they were lumped into the mix of the red light cameras' effects. Such sloppy journalism passes easily by Albuquerque's "Joe Six-Packs" but intelligent readers such as those from the the national laboratories won't let you off the hook for this. The 2009 Legislative session will create greater transparency in Santa Fe for programs and they finally will be held accountable to justify their outcomes vs. taxpayer cost. Let's keep what works and eliminate what is not effective in reaching the end result. Make the connection to the Speed Camera revenue generators or drop their references.

Tom Ciccateri

Re: Accident Stats on Red Light Cameras

ntipton — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:01:21 -0000

While your article pointed out that the statistics don't validate that the red light cameras caused the drop in accidents your headlines tell a very different story. You failed to mention that with huge increases in the price of gas drivers drove less and slower and accidents are down nationwide. While I've always supported the use of technology to improve our lives this program has and is the product of a dysfunctional government that has forgotten that respect for the citizen of this city must apply to all the citizens all the time. This program was crammed down our throats using big money and big brother. Using technology as a big stick to treat people like dirt will never bring about the desired results.

Regards,
Barney Metzner

Re: Accident Stats on Red Light Cameras

ntipton — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:00:37 -0000

How many miles of roads are there in Albuquerque and Bernalillo County? How many intersections? How can anybody extrapolate stats from just 4 intersections, note modest shifts in numbers and then declare “…the numbers prove that the program has made city streets safer.” Really? What a stretch of the imagination. What a ludicrous assertion. All in the name of defending a cash cow program of dubious value to the vast majority of the citizens of our city.

I think all that can be said about the camera citation program is that drivers are more cautious at 20 intersections that have them. Period. What drivers do when not monitored is still evident to anyone who spends time on the roads. Proceed with caution. Bad drivers everywhere!

Paul Mansfield

Corrales

Re: Albuquerque Journal

ntipton — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 12:51:19 -0000

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
Jim Belshaw’s farewell column prompts his legion of fans to write farewells of their own

HEY, JIM, I’m gonna miss you! I’ll never forget how supportive you were when I wrote about our grandson in the first wave of Marines into Iraq and his, and my, fear of how he would be received when he came home. Your words are etched in my memory when you said that you, and other veterans, just would not allow the abuse of these young people returning, like they were after Vietnam. And he wasn’t! ... I don’t always agree with you, but I can say with all honesty, my life is richer because you came into it via your words. ... MARGE GREEN

I WILL MISS your insights, dry wit and ability to cut to the heart of issues. I think there must be a book in your future — a compilation of the Best of Belshaw perhaps? I would be waiting in line at Page One for the reading. ...

Salud, amor, pesetas y el tiempo para gustarlos.

MARY MAILANDER KINDLEY

I’M SO VERY shocked and sad knowing that I’ve read your last column. I mostly want to thank you for your unique and always sensitive take on life in Albuquerque, but I also to be sure that you know how terribly you’ll be missed. I know it’s not as final as losing Tim Russert, but it feels a bit similar. You’ve been the best part of the Journal for all these years... the paper will simply never be the same. ... Take good care and please stay off your roof this spring! CAROLYN HUDSON

IWAS VERY surprised and quite sad at reading your column this morning. I had the good fortune and honor to be the subject of one of your columns in the mid ’90s concerning the demolition of the Journal building and the sadness I felt as a former paperboy. I had grown up around the loading dock, and we commiserated about the passing of the old Journal. Thank you for honoring my memories with your words. I have always enjoyed your work very much and will miss seeing your sly grin and reading your wry comments. ... GERARD ALONZO

I CANNOT BELIEVE you are retiring. Albuquerque will be the loser. I wrote you once. While the e-mail was complimentary, you nevertheless responded. As a newspaper columnist myself, that taught me a lesson. Always respond to readers, no matter how negative. ... I liked what you said that you always came up richer for the disagreement. “They made me consider viewpoints I hadn’t considered before,” you wrote. Amen. I know how hard it is to come up with a column day after day, week after week. I haven’t always agreed with you, but I eternally have respected you. You may have been my favorite newspaper columnist. You have become a legend in Albuquerque. ... SALLY CAPPON Santa Maria CA Times

JIM BELSHAW’S conversations with his readers will be missed by many of us throughout the state. He was interesting, self-deprecating, provocative and he introduced us to many good people in the New Mexico community who were mostly about helping others. When he entered the political arena, it was with a light touch, raising questions along with an arched eyebrow that implied, “Is this for real?” Then he would share with us the outraged, sensible or bombastic replies from readers, which were as revealing as the column itself. This is truly a writer who will be missed. TIM KRAFT

JUST THIS PAST week I was unpacking the “emergency bag” I have carried around for this past year. In it was a fat notebook of my 91-year-old mother’s medical records, water bottles, snacks and a well-thumbed copy of “Semi-Native” by Jim Arnholz. Inside the cover of that book is taped a photo out of the Journal of the same man, Jim Belshaw. I carried that book because it was perfect for waits in doctors’ offices or the hospital when I would read to my mom to help time go by interestingly. It prompted good questions and good conversation during those long moments. ... For a long time I have read your column. It comes right after the comics and before my day really starts. I have appreciated your understated, open, kind and observant take on the world as it presents itself to you. ... The image of repotting is a resonate one. I am looking forward to hearing about or reading about how you are blooming in a new way.

Thank you for all the years. Your writing has — you have — been a gift. I wish you profligate blooming with no thorns in your back!

KATHY WILLCUTT

ABRILLIANT, bittersweet finale. Bravo. ... I will miss your column. It really is the only thing I look for between the end of the World Series and the first week in April.

As they say in the Spanish language theatre: “¡Duende!”

WILLIAM LANG

EVEN IF the Journal does have able writers, especially in the “UpFront” stable — Linthicum, Krueger, Cole — you are the anchor, you have set the standards and established the expectations.

Now, off to the sunset like Gary Larson, Berkeley Breathed and similar icons. I choose cartoonists, because you do in words what they do with pictures and captions. ...

MARY LOU NEWBURN

WHEN I READ your final column in today’s Journal I knew I had to send this one I’ve had for many years, along to you.

We moved here originally in 1974, so when your column appeared we were avid readers. A move to Las Cruces in 1984 made us lonesome for the tales of “Dr. Swamp Cooler,” so a subscription to the Journal in Las Cruces was continued.

A year ago we returned to the area, but this time to Bernalillo. We have been happily reading your column for a good many years and can honestly say we think that you have been “right on” more times than not.

Thanks for many good reads and lots of laughs!

SUSAN KEY

WHAT DO I say to someone who is like a family member moving away?

You have been a special part of the Albuquerque Journal and therefore an icon of Albuquerque.

PAUL JUSTICE

IHAVE BEEN a fan of yours since 1978 or 1979 when you visited Ernie Pyle Middle School and were so extraordinarily kind — and inspiring — to my son. ...

Since I am (by birth and conviction) a dyed-in-the-wool conservative, there have been times (well, lots of times) that you and I haven’t exactly seen eye to eye on political issues.

However, your love of people and your rare gift for making them spring to life in print have shone so brightly that they eclipsed any hard feelings I might have had. ...

ANN APPLEGARTH

WELL, I COULD say, “It’s about time.” But that would be sarcastic, snide and unoriginal, completely at odds with my character. Besides, I bet you are inundated with similar remarks.

I must comment on sunsets and those classic westerns when the cowboy left the luscious lady and rode off into the distance. As someone else said, if we could bottle up and sell whatever it is that’s out there, we’d be richer than God. (Any metaphor connecting a luscious lady to the Albuquerque Journal is unintended.)

Do you plan to do any real writing in retirement? (Sorry, but you have to give me one cheap shot.) ... Anyway, best regards and most sincere congratulations on your career, and may you find whatever lies out there toward the setting sun.

FRED BALES

IT CAN’T BE true! Your last column? The universe is going to deprive us of the bright spot in every Journal that contains your column?

We moved back to Albuquerque in 1985, and my late husband, Paul Johnson, devoured each and every one!

He turned to your column first, relayed your information to me, and finally got me hooked, too. He loved your wit, your insight, your opinions, because usually they coincided with his. ...

MARY JOHNSON

I HAVE JUST finished reading your final column and almost cried. At a time of many losses and confusion I’m just not ready to face another — you are like the sun coming up in the morning. ...

To change is to grow, but how I resist. As you cited Tony Hillerman (another one of my favorite people) as saying “time to repot yourself,” I thought, indeed, it is.

I’m rereading some of my Zen writings on letting go, and at least for a short time it makes me feel better. So we have to let you go as well. ...

You actually had a very important job, and we will miss you.

PAULA DOUGHERTY

I WAS NONE to happy to read your final column. I have been reading you since I moved to Albuquerque five years ago, and I must say I will miss your insight, wit and humor. ...

We’ve never met, but I feel I do know you. I hope you have a wonderful retirement. ...

JARED WOOLLY

READ YOUR column and am saddened. ... You have been one of those stable realities persisting through the ebb and flow of our lives. ...

KATHY BRANDT

JIM, I CAN’T believe it! Where are you going to repot? I will really miss your wit and wisdom. ...

I guess I know now why all these other folks are doing the columns. Took quite a few to replace you didn’t it?

My best regards, you fellow traveller, you.

BILL SNEAD

THE WHOLE Albuquerque area will greatly miss your wit and wisdom. I think of you as the conscience of the area — sort of a gentle Mike Royko. ...

What will all the long-suffering swamp cooler users do without Dr. Swamp Cooler to help them? I foresee great mourning in late May!

LARRY RODGERS

IWAS TELLING my wife, Kathy, recently that I missed reading your columns lately. This morning, your “sunset” column touched me dearly.

There is an old Chinese saying, “there is no unending banquet.” Your columns through almost 30 years have added so much richness and flavor to the Journal media table.

May you find relief and rejuvenation in your aching back and may you continue your wonderful contributions to the literary world beyond the newspaper column writing.

DAVID HSI

JIM, YOU contributed immensely to the betterment of our community life here in the Duke City.

As regular readers and long-time subscribers to the Journal, we found your thoughtful and insightful writing to be among those things that gave flavor to living here.

I truly regret your departure from the pages we scan daily and chat about in our home. And, you might be interested to know that quite a few of our friends ... are also lamenting. ...

There are those of us who will be cruising the bookstores eagerly anticipating “The Best of Belshaw” or maybe “Jim’s Nastics.”

Just keep it short and have some cartoons for the less literate.

HOWARD PAUL

THANK YOU for the many years of insight. You’ve grown, and I’ve grown because of you.

DAVE NEALE

Re: City Giving Away Lightbulbs

ntipton — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:09:23 -0000

I wrote her as well

Nancy Tipton
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