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On Dec. 29, 2011, North Korea proclaimed Kim Jong Un as its Supreme Leader. By April 2012, the final and most important of numerous state agencies, the National Defense Commission, was turned over to the 28-year-old's command.]]>

 As the company planning to create a "ghost town" to test new technologies narrows down its construction site to Lea County, the unique project is starting to gain national attention.]]>

Is happiness the goal of psychotherapy']]> According to the Mesh, the future of business is sharing - but do we have the goods' Lisa Gansky describes herself, somewhat improbably, as 'a monkey with one trick': starting companies. Gansky has made a career of spotting potential trends, then molding those ideas into wildly successful business enterprises. And while Gansky herself has thrived in the current economic system'Ofoto, a mobile photo-sharing company she cofounded in 1999 and then sold to Kodak two years later for somwhere under $100 million, according to the Wall Street Journal, is just one example'her latest venture involves upending that system. In Gansky's view, a new economic paradigm is emerging with the potential to recast the way we think of buying, selling and creating wealth. She calls it the Mesh, and its premise is as simple as a kindergarten aphorism: We all need to learn to share.]]>

 Last week, SFR reported on New Mexico's update of its concealed-carry reciprocity with other states. While the Department of Public Safety says its recognition of 19 states hasn't changed throughout the process, a screenshot from its website in late April shows otherwise.

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 Military veteran AJ Kessel, who's running a long shot independent bid for US Senate, has collected about 2,000 signatures since he started gathering them in April. He has 16,000 to go by next month if he wants his name on the general election ballot.

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Is happiness the goal of psychotherapy']]>

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Barbara Buhler Lynes, who has been curator of the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum since it opened in 1999'that's 13 years, no small feat for an executor in this town'resigned May 11th, effective immediately ]]>

 After a fire on the property smoldered for over 10 years, a Socorro tire recycling facility settled a court order with the state today that includes a civil fine and installation of an anti-pollution barrier.]]>

 As the company planning to create a "ghost town" to test new technologies narrows down its construction site to Lea County, the unique project is starting to gain national attention.]]> We Will Never Forget David Lescht Sixty-four-years old isn't exactly elderly, and I had seen David Lescht around town on many recent occasions, so the news of his death late last week was hard for me to fathom.]]> Common core standards: an answer, or a question' Behind the push toward a national set of 'common core' standards in English and math is the attractive idea that every kid in the nation should be more or less reading, writing and arithmeticking at the same level at the same age.]]> Two candidates seek to continue former House Speaker Ben Luján's powerful legacy'but voters may be the ones who lose Voters in House District 46, which stretches from Santa Fe up through the northern pueblos to Española and includes parts of White Rock and Chimayó, have grown accustomed to power. Outgoing New Mexico House Speaker Ben Luján, who represented the district for more than 35 years, possessed a legendary ability to control the Legislature and defend northern New Mexico. But by next session, all of this will change.]]> Feds say New Mexico Gas Company isn't ready for another deep freeze On May 15, the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission voted to grant a protest, lodged by a branch of the federal Department of Energy, that questions whether New Mexico Gas Company is adequately prepared for another weather event like last winter's deep freeze'and whether it could have prevented the major service interruptions that devastated much of the state last year.]]> Legit or not, unopposed candidates are spending just as much campaign money as those who actually have challengers The campaign to unseat longtime state Sen. Phil Griego, D-Los Alamos, is heating up with allegations that Griego used campaign contributions for illegitimate purposes'NFL tickets, golf, personal credit card bills and new tires for his car. In 2010, Griego didn't even have an opponent'yet according to challenger (and former Santa Fe County Commissioner) Jack Sullivan, he raked in and then spent tens of thousands of dollars.]]> Optimism from an island president I find it frustrating that human beings perpetuate destructive behaviors until they're faced with death or worse fates. We don't floss until we've had cavities; we don't eat healthy or exercise until we've been diagnosed with cancer or heart disease; and we don't curb our gas emissions'until what, the seas melt and bury us' If we all lived on small islands like the Maldives, we might be facing that very question right now.]]> Time travel is really the act of standing still You are not the person you were a decade ago. You regenerate your cells every 7-10 years, becoming fundamentally different. The Time-Lapse exhibition at SITE Santa Fe, which closes May 20 after a three-month run, changes just subtly and frequently enough to remind us of this metamorphosis.]]> Musical reintroduces the anarchist Emma Goldman Love & Emma Goldman: A Rock Opera is about the enduring human voice. The original production by Sarah-Jane Moody and Jeremy Bleich (aka the experimental pop duo GoGoSnapRadio) is also about taking action for one's beliefs. It's about violence, justice, freedom and love. It's about Emma Goldman, the turn-of-the-century anarchist who spoke up, was deported and disappeared into history.]]>