Post blogger Jim Vail returns to the fold with news of new course of Web studies--and some challenging chomper issues he might just as soon forget.
Vail Resorts has decided the old "International" trail on Vail Mountain will be heretofore know as a trail named for Lindsey Vonn, the Olympic gold medalist.
"The women were originally scheduled for a downhill training session Saturday morning," reports Barry Syrluga at the Vancouver Games. "But because the course will need to be prepared for the subsequent men's downhill .... That means Vonn, a gold favorite in the downhill and super-G who intends to compete in all five disciplines, will have more time to heal."
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A folkie in punk’s clothing, Ani DiFranco battled successfully against the Goliath of corporate rock to emerge as one of the most influential and inspirational cult heroines of the 1990s. Her songs tackle complex and emotional issues with insight and compassion, her music’s empowering attitude and anger tempered by the poignant candor of singer/songwriter confessionalism. Ani is touring in support of her first career retrospective, “Canon,” released on Sept. 11, 2007.
Continue Reading March 6th, 2008
Western Colorado has evolved to become the center of interest in the national energy picture. Almost every known energy resource exists in abundance in this region. Western Colorado is now stepping forward to bring together the brightest minds, the latest technology and the most visionary participants to discover together how we might meet the energy needs of our children and grandchildren.
Continue Reading February 13th, 2008
How's immigration working out for you fellow Americans? Got a goober in your back pocket? Like what you see in Mexi-fornia? How about Mexi-zona? What can you say about Mexi-Texas? How about that 1965 Immigration Reform Act that added 100 million people in four decades? How about the next 100 million immigrants added by 2040?
Continue Reading February 8th, 2008
I have listened to your show since you went on during the afternoon hours a few years ago. I have always enjoyed your show because you engage your guests and your audience about the compelling events and issues of our time. I think you are great at your job because I and many other people look forward each morning to the topic you choose and your position regarding it. What caught my attention about your show in the beginning was how interesting it was to hear people debating politics on the radio. The second thing that struck me about your show was how fiercely intelligent you are and how formidable you are to debate. On the day that you decided to use the Eagle Valley name I gained an additional type of respect for you. That is, you actually lived up to the catch phrase of your show "With liberty and justice for all". You listened to the arguments of the callers and made a logical decision to use the correct name for a geographic area in your listening audience.
Continue Reading January 23rd, 2008
I was sniffing around the internet for local news when I came upon this story about a new contraption that’s supposed to keep you safe in the event you find yourself being overtaken by an avalanche. In a week that has brought us two fatalities on separate occasions in the East Vail chutes, and a GSPI feature about some hair-raising backcountry travel by one group of intrepid locals, I learn of a device that takes charge of an avalanche critical moments before a beacon has a chance to be useful: the Avalance Airbag System.
Continue Reading January 13th, 2008
Has this ever happened to you? It has happened to me at least 4 or 5 dozen times in the past few years. And at least a dozen times each for the Spanish Lotto, the Irish Sweepstakes, Australian Lottery and Thai Lottery. All told, I should be worth in excess of $500 million! Yeah, right!
Continue Reading December 22nd, 2007
In 49 B.C., Julius Caesar defied the Roman senate by crossing the Rubicon River to wage civil war against another Roman, Pompey the Great. By crossing the Rubicon, Caesar made a decision whereby he could not turn back.
Today, “Crossing the Rubicon” means no way to change, repair or undo your destiny. Yes, Caesar conquered Pompey, but the Roman senate, along with Brutus, stabbed Caesar to death.
Continue Reading October 22nd, 2007
As America grows by 3,000,000 people annually on its way to adding 100 million people in the next 33 years, our planet home grows by 77 million people each year and will add another 2.1 billion by 2040.
In order to drive cars, boats, planes and fuel industry, Americans use 20 million barrels of oil each day while the rest of the world burns 62 million barrels. That equals 82 million barrels of oil every 24 hours!
Continue Reading October 22nd, 2007
To support each American citizen, 12 acres of land must be developed, i.e., taken out of its natural setting. It must be paved over, planted in crops, built into suburbs, schools, colleges, fire houses, malls, roads and everything that sustains our society. That means the next added 100 million Americans wreak havoc on the natural world in an ever more deadly population dance.
If I could lead several hundred million average Americans to China at 1.3 billion, India at 1.1 billion or Bangladesh with 144 million people in a landmass the size of Iowa--for a week tour of THEIR population nightmares, you’d see a massive throng of Americans demanding our borders be secured as well as a national population policy implemented.
Continue Reading October 22nd, 2007
Last Friday, Ann Curry, on NBC Nightly News, reported that drought-stricken Georgia's Lake Lanier, that provides water for five million people, will not last more than 79 more days at current water consumption. "What does Lake Lanier need?" she asked the reporter standing by the lake. "Lots of rain…about four months of rain," the reporter said.
If Georgia stands in the cross-hairs of a water crisis today at 9,363,000 people, what will be its fate be by 2050 – when its predicted population reaches 16,966,000 people?
Continue Reading October 22nd, 2007
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