As a local entrepreneur I have attempted many types of businesses in the Albuquerque metro area,most of my ventures were in the realm of online websites and blogs,over the years I have created a Vast empire of online websites and blogs,however many of them failed,as it was a learning process,and then coupled with my education in English literature from New Mexico State University I wanted to create a blog where I could just write,After making personal blogs and journals to no avail my journey suddenly blossomed into a site I just created on a whim called the DukeCityTimes.Com This site is my most prized online publication reflecting the beauty and culture found in Albuquerque New Mexico, The DUKE CITY!The growth of this online newspaper has exploded exponentially and is ever expanding into print! I don''t have enough man hours or time to handle the work alone and am always looking for people to help me write,edit,report,publish,its truly is the media publishing business at its best.So thats how it happened,I'm still an entrepreneur and I'm looking at starting other publications/ventures,but it all started with the DukeCityTimes.Com ! thank you and please stop by and visit us again! sincerely,
Stephen K . Judy
Owner/Founder
DukeCityTimes.Com
We were absolutely amazed when we saw sarahs art,Sarah Werner a Local Albuquerque artist and UNM student has allowed us to post the following images in our online publication.The image of the city is absolutely stunning,and other works of sarahs pull at your soul and visual appetite,Creative and talented is an understatement,this artist is pushing the envelope to the upper reaches artistic creativity,It is a great privilege to post sarahs art on our site, you can see m
Born and raised in cleethorpes,England to a mother who was a dance teacher, Her first time on the stage was at the age of two, at age 4 she was playing Nelly the elephant in a singing and dancing production,staring in her first film at the age of 11 her career began blossoming, entering the Italia Conti acting school in great Britain at age 16 and graduating with a union membership in the British equity It was an honor and pleasure to interview this ,professional ,highly skilled and great actress/director Jessica Osbourne.
Jessica is a busy actress,finishing up her role in “rapture blister burn” and preparing for her part in the upcoming “love loss and what i wore” ,Jessica is the consummate actress,acting is her life;When I first met Jessica two things came to my mind,One, This is a real true actor,and two she is a true professional.From the actress Hollywood like glasses on the table,well earned might i add,to just the way she communicates,every word,facial expression,is years of roles and characters portrayed flawlessly while we talk,its as if she doesn’t know she doing it, i’m starting to call it that “acting thing”,Its what happens when you come across true actors with years and years of experience under there belts,its as if all the characters they played and all the lines they memorized has cultivated and blessed there inner spirit so much you can help but see it emanate when they talk with you,its like the finest type of communication a person can experience almost like a higher wavelength or pure art and literature,I’ve said this before and ill say it again,Its as if your entering a movie and your talking to a character,that’s how Jessica is,but its really her,shes just a pro,you know your talking to a true actress you can just tell.She has been in many roles, “the amateur”, “the man-app” “dangerous Liaisons” “mid summers night dreams” ,and when asked if she can jump in and out of character she can,and she kind of in a way gave me an example,which was very unique and showed me that she is a very true actress in that shes not stuck in roles,she can turn it on or off and be herself or jump into character which to me seemed like it would take a lot of skill and you can tell was learned in a school like the italian conti.I have the privilege and honor of interviewing famous and important people,specially actors,and I learn from them,what i learned from Jessica is that she works hard,and that she works hard even though shes a classically trained actress from a British school,and I can also tell that she is somewhat customized,doing roles and genres she likes,she says she likes comedy a lot,I can also tell its her passion,she would probably do it for free and probably does at times when she not doing paid features.Jessica told me she likes new mexico,that “there’s a high amount of talent here”,her favorite theaters are the duke city repertoire,the auxdog, and the motherroad theater although she can also be found doing comedy at the nexus brewery or the damn bar.My interview went very nice with Jessica,I asked her who her influences were,she said,Victoria wood,meryl streep and judy walters,all of who i could see reflecting off of her ,In closing I would like to say there’s nothing like meeting a real actress,and this was one of those times,so thank you Jessica and I look forward to seeing you again on the silver screen!
Acting classes-Jessica Osborne will be Holding acting classes at the Aux Dog Theater in nob hill starting march 29th,the courses are full scale professional acting courses including but not limited to,vocal production,cold reading,scene study,creating vocal character,physical character creation,background work, and accent and dialect work, The focus of her instruction is on the technical side of acting.For more information please visit the auxdog theater,email Jessica.marie.osbourne@gmail.com or call 505-604-4522 for more information.
Win tickets to The duke city Amped show featuring DRIVENDOWN
Rock masterpiece band DRIVENDOWN is participating in a contest that will allow you to see them at the march 7th amped show,top notch hard rockers will show you how rock and roll is done,you can enter the contest to see DRIVENDOWN at there facebook page www.facebook.com/Drivendown
Eric Wagner is a local new mexico actor that resides in Santa Fe new mexico,he is involved with many productions in the new mexico area and has a long career in the film and music industry.For the past 20 years Eric has filmed in movies such as remo williams 1st adventure,performed many of his musical compilations around the state as well as featured in many corporate commercials.Eric is an excellent actor and musician,with many up coming productions featuring Eric he truly is hard at work and coming to a set near you!
One day after Russia has surprisingly decided to invade Ukraine,a country south of Russia with Russian heritage,the international community is beginning to cut all ties with Russia,Russia is getting ready for a larger scale war,Ukraine is bracing itself to prepare for major war operations and is also asking the international community to help.
President Obama has already talked to Russian president Vladimir Putin about the incident and warned the Russian president that this is a violation of international law and that there will be economic consequences, but the president ,talking to Putin from the oval office wearing jeans and a sweater didn’t seem to be threatening with military action in any manner,and the us hasn’t even changed its military posture,meaning the U.S. for now isn’t considering military aid for Ukraine,although sen.John carry has said that all options are on the table.
Recently I had the great privilege of interviewing Actor and Emmy award winning costume designer Preston Harmon.Not only Did I learn about life and the art of acting,I was truly amazed at this entertainers story;Born in California to a father that wan an actor as well as minstrel Preston learned of acting at an early age,its in his blood,in his words “he knew what he was destined for and that was acting”, While acting in California he was fortunate to work with a variety of star as well such as ,Lucille ball, whoopi Goldberg and ,Lawrence fishburn, he also worked for Disney as costume designer where he won an Emmy for his designs.Whats interesting about this story is the extreme odds in which he has defied in his life,being “legally” blind you couldn’t tell as he answers his cell, walks around, can see you, and pretty much has normal vision.Another thing you couldn’t tell about Preston is that he defeated cancer,having been diagnosed a few year back he said in his words “its my cancer and I can do with it what I want, I can give up and let it win or I can carry on and defeat it,” When you first meet Preston,you know your meeting an actor,with a tall slim build ,long purple trench coat, hat from the 20’s and skilled facial expressions ,Lawrence fishburn once said was impeccable facial acting,meeting Preston is meeting a true character,to be honest,I felt like I was in the room with a legend,and a true piece of furniture in the acting/theater/film world,I’m an actor myself and I actually became a better actor just by talking to him for a few minutes,maybe that’s why Preston is so while known around town within the acting community,you know they say that new mexico is the next Hollywood,or in prestons words, “chilliwood” and that being said I guess even though hes originally from California he might be one of the original few actors of new mexico. Mr. harmon says that he enjoys all types of acting however he may have an affinity towards comedy,and that was very apparent, he also is writing on some things,when you talk to preston you can help but laugh because his personality is so causally entertaining its quite different and refreshing,you know your in the presence of a morpher,a chameleon,its quite unique, I guess you could get unique vibes from presidents,doctors,lawyers,business people,but when you meet a true actor,someone that can be any of them in any given moment,it does something magical,you feel like your in a movie just talking to the person,that’s how Preston is,once you start talking to Preston your in a movie,in Hollywood,he could probably charge people just for talking to him,In conclusion,It was an honor and privilege to interview Preston Harmon, he truly is a national treasure and a legendary actor.
Preston harmon has featured in the signal,terminator,breaking bad,in plain sight,a million ways to die,and many other films,
Cuando yo naci era una oruga ojona horrible (por eso me regalo mi mami?), La senora a la que me regalo me golpeaba duro y seguido , y con mucha razon, quien iba a querer a una oruga horrible, con tremendos ojotes que siempre esteban hinchados y para acabarla de amolar me orinaba en la cama, me orinaba parada y mordia todo lo que miraba.
Entre insultos golpes y lagrimas logre llegar a los catorce anos. Un dia,decidi largarme de esa casa, buscare a mi madre,me dije,pense que ya no era tan monstrousa,tal vez ahora si me quedria. Asi fue como llegue a los estados unidos,,cuando encontre a mi madre ella no dio saltos de alegria,todo lo contrario.
Vagando por las calles un hombre me violo.Ahora era aun mas monstrousa,con una enorme barriga, cuando se me salio la bebe,vagamos sin rumbo fijo hasta llegar a una gran cuidad,la bebe loraba,,,yo pedia leche en los restaurantes,algunas vezez nos corrian, en una ocasion deje a la oorugilla detras de un enorme tambo de basura con la intenncion de ir sola a conseguir un poco de leche,volvi al anochecer y la orugilla continuaba alli,pero estaba muy diisgustada.
Con la fortuna que consegui,rentamos un cuartito y compramos leche y una bolsita de sopita,la cual nos duro un mes (ya no me gusta sopita)
han pasado muchos anos,ahora abogo por los derechos de los ninos,les presto mi voz,ya que son pequenitos e indefensos,lucho por una mejor educacion temprana y cuidado de calidad para ellos.
Mi major orgullo es mi hijo alberto,es ingeniero civil,tiene varios titulos,una maestria del acreditado colegio princeton y en un ratito mas tendra un doctorado de la universidad de nuevo mexico.
Ya no soy una oruga horrible,ahora soy una hermosa y colorida mariposa.
While venturing downtown,We came across a busker named Raven,He was singing this song “the ghost of steve foster” Hes a rather skilled musicians that said he came down here from Canada,the song and the whole show was rather entertaining,even some girls passing by locked arms and started doing the “dosey do”, It is really nice having musicians like this visit our city,i think some people don’t understand the creativity they bring,most people just pass by,but if you take time out and watch the show you can have a moment of escape from the world,We tossed him a dollar,would of paid for a ticket if we had too,but thanks raven for bringing your style of music to the duke city, we appreciate it immensely!
Around the Local media theres been different stories about the albuquerque Police and the brutality they inflict,arising to the question,are the albuquerque poilce too tough on crime kind of like the LAPD? If you dont already know Los Angeles is the sister city of Albuquerque,all the draftees from the albuquerque dukes(before they were the isotopes) went directly to the LA Dogers because they had a sister city recruiting program,does this mean that we inherit LAPD’S reputation in our own police force as well?Well as it stand nobody knows except the brutalized the aggressors and the media, there have been multiple settlements and complaints from the public about albuquerque police brutality,If you asked me my honest opinion on the subject,I would say this, Albuquerque is a beautiful and hitoric city,but it is a tough town,on both sides,I think that the police are just increasing there agression to combat a city that is quite different than any other city in the world,tough criminals make tough police,the police just might have a different edge on it becauise they have the legislators and the judges and the politicians making sure that they are ahead of the criminals,but ultimatley I would just chalk it up to albuqerque is a tough town,I dont know how else the police would handle there reputation,I mean maybe they are really hurting and lashing out cause they cant take it,maybe the criminals are very aggressive and dangerouse and these are just police officers shooting at whatever moves,maybe politicians like it that way to get the heat off of them and there blue collar crimes?maybe our laws arent tough enough and the criminals get out and go back to there ways and walk all over the police officers,who knows,whatever it is if you live in albuqerque,you live in a tough town and when the police stop you,dont make no sudden movements,and do what they tell you,or else!..
Professional building designer and real estate guru Robert Paige is contemplating about possibly purchasing land in the Rio Rancho area to build a custom 5 bedroom home?what does this mean for Rio rancho,well not only would the city of vision,gain a new resident,but it would also gain an architect that’s bringing a fresh new look and design to the area,with more than 15 years design experience Mr. Paige is well versed in the design of comfortable luxurious living,,if Paige comes to new mexico rio rancho will benefit from the design style he brings from the Florida Miami area.Paige is no new comer to new mexico having graduated from NMSU with a bachelors and UTEP with a masters he knows the area,maybe this time around hell stay and change the landscape of new mexico.
Local Electrician Builds super bike! by stephen k judy
Local Electrician Builds super bike!
by stephen k judy
A local electrician named tom has created his own bike,this isn’t just any type of bike this bike is a super bike,the bike contains a special motor from china that fits on the front wheel that powers it forward,it even has reverse,furthermore the bike has a key ignition,an air horn,two more horns,turn signals lights two computer systems and in the future a possible battery pack,whats most interesting about this story is that tom didn’t buy this bike,he built it from scratch,the bike also has a special suspension system(some of it is still being developed) but the suspension will help the bike with stability,turning and sway,also the bike has hidden fold out basket compartments and a compartment on the back to carry things, roughly the bike weighs about 100-110 pounds,tom the electrician from Albuquerque west side built it from scratch including the frame and plans to make more tweaks to the bike in the future.To help the bike for visibility it has a flexible pole with flags and a special alien light on the back that illuminates at night so drivers can see its there it also has a triangle type reflector and air horn,so next time your driving around town be careful and courteous to pedestrians and bikers,there a work of art riding around out there, the bike also goes around 45-50 miles an hour and can keep up with traffic.(photos courtesy of tom the bikes owner for the duke city times.)
Its windy and cold today in Albuquerque,hopefully it will subside and the sun will come out again and we can enjoy warm weather,even though its windy today,at least we can be thankful that its warming up and spring and Easter is on the way,there’s good times ahead for the duke city!
While you try to obtain an on SBA business loan there are certain requirements that need to be fulfilled. Let us have a look at them below:
The first requirement is to provide a detailed profile of the business that you are currently running. This will include detailing of the business type that you are running. You will also need to provide the time limit from when you are running this business. Also, any information regarding the overall sales, profit and loss reports will also need to be discussed. Finally, the total number of people working under you needs to be mentioned along with the area of location of the venture. Apart from providing this information, you will also be asked to provide all the business operation related news.
The next requirement is the process to select the correct SBA loan that will best meet your purpose. You will need to discuss the amount you feel is necessary for your venture and then specifying the detailed information about how you will use these funds for your business. One thing should be kept in mind: Always read carefully all the schemes and plans available before applying. You need to ensure that you are choosing the best scheme to meet your needs and requirements. Unless you undergo the correct selection and application procedure, you will find that you have achieved nothing as your application will be ruled out.
The next step of the application process is extremely crucial. It is related with all the financial statements regarding your business venture status. However, this scenario is common to every loan package that you will obtain from anywhere. All the financial statements are required to be submitted pertaining to the last three years and also of the present year.
Not only the financial statements but also certain other financial calculative sheets need to be included. The account payables, receivables and the transactions related to cash flow are also required to be shown. The major advantage in this criterion is that suitable proof can be provided through some statements of cash flow on monthly basis to highlight the fact that you can repay the loan amount without any sort of trouble or difficulty.
One of the best places to obtain SBA business loans is BeneTrends, Inc. The reliability and genuine service is guaranteed
The weather in new mexico is finally getting better,perfect time for interviews,pictures,and reporting,have to write lots of new and interesting articles and things a news paper does!
Last year’s hiatus helped me find perspective and rediscover hope. America has changed, and so have I. It’s time for me to focus on things other than political journalism.
California’s fires and blackouts are the latest indicator of the harsh reality we’re preparing to hand to our children. It’s not too late to change course, but we must act now.
It doesn’t matter if it’s President Donald Trump or state Sen. Michael Padilla. We have a right to see when they talk about public business and discuss it.
