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Wednesday, December 21, 2005
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Tattered Cover podcasts
New West: "If you miss a favorite author like Al Franken or Joan Didion when they appear at Denver's Tattered Cover Book Store, you're no longer completely out of luck. Thanks to a new partnership between the legendary independent and a local firm called BurstMarketing, podcasts are now being prepared with Colorado readings from these and other big-name authors. The collaboration, called Authors On Tour - Live!, will generate free weekly weekly downloads featuring recently published authors reading from and discussing their works while at the Tattered Cover. The first of these 30-45 minute shows, with J.R. Moehringer, author of the acclaimed memoir 'The Tender Bar,' an introduction by store owner Joyce Meskis, and thoughts by Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper, is available now."
8:20:56 PM 
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In-Stream flows for trout
The Craig Daily Press reports that Moffat County Commissioners are not happy about a proposal for in-stream water to protect cutthroat trout. From the article, "Proposals by state water officials aimed at maintaining water levels in two local streams are unnecessary, Moffat County officials said Tuesday. At issue are water rights and efforts to protect Colorado cutthroat trout. Moffat County commissioners signed a letter to the Colorado Water Conservation Board on Tuesday in which they said they oppose instream-flow designations on Beaver Creek and Little Cottonwood Creek. The instream-flow designations are designed to maintain the water levels in the streams. If the water board approves the designations, the state would have a water right on the streams. The water right could be used to maintain current levels if there is a future conflict about where the water should go. Officials from the Colorado Water Conservation District say the designations are needed to maintain water levels for cutthroat trout."
Category: Colorado Water
6:16:20 AM
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Beauprez for Governor?
From today's Denver Post: "The Colorado AFL-CIO labor union organized a protest outside the Englewood campaign office of Rep. Bob Beauprez on Tuesday, part of its national "Who's on Our Side" campaign for the 2006 elections. Beauprez, a Republican candidate for governor in 2006, has not represented working families while in Washington and wouldn't as governor, either, said the 12 demonstrators who turned out.
"'We're losing our middle class in this country,' said Jody Weant, president of a local chapter of the Association of Flight Attendants. 'If we get Bob Beauprez as governor, we're not going to have any workers' protections in this state.'
"John Marshall, Beauprez's campaign spokesman, dismissed Tuesday's demonstration as the act of 'a desperate organization grasping at straws.' The AFL- CIO lost two member unions earlier this year."
Category: Denver November 2006 Election
6:04:28 AM
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New GOCO rules for whitewater parks
Great Outdoors Colorado is reviewing their rules on whitewater parks, according to the Rocky Mountain News [December 21, 2005, "White-water park rules drafted"]. From the article, "Great Outdoors Colorado is drafting new rules for white-water parks, saying it wants to clarify its own policies on how grants to build the parks are awarded. White-water advocates worry that the proposed rules may serve to restrict construction of the parks, which are wildly popular with kayakers and the cities that host them. At the same time, the Colorado Water Conservation Board - charged with regulating the streams in which the parks operate - has asked GOCO to tread lightly in the highly charged water arena, saying that cities that win GOCO grants to build the parks too often use the extra money to battle the water board in court over the contentious water issues associated with the kayak courses...GOCO's local government committee will discuss the proposed rules at a meeting at 10 a.m., Feb. 16 at its offices in Denver, at 1600 Broadway, suite 1650. The GOCO board is expected to examine the proposal at its meeting in March."
Category: Colorado Water
5:52:39 AM
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Intelligent Design?
The Colorado legislature may debate Intelligent Design, according to the Rocky Mountain News [December 21, 2005, "Debate over intelligent design theory"]. From the article, "Sen. Greg Brophy, R-Wray, said he is strongly considering introducing a bill allowing schools to teach the theory that life forms show evidence of an intelligent creator. The legislature convenes in January. Brophy's remarks came after a ruling by District Court Judge John E. Jones III that a curriculum adopted by the Dover, Pa., board of education violates the separation of church and state."
Here's an article from today's Denver Post with details of Judge John E. Jones' ruling about Intelligent Design in Pennsylvania [December 21, 2005, "'Intelligent design' loses ruling"]. From the article, "In the nation's first case to test the legal merits of intelligent design, Judge John E. Jones issued a broad, stinging rebuke to its advocates and provided strong support for scientists who have fought to bar intelligent design from the science curriculum. The judge also assailed members of the Dover, Pa., school board, who he said lied to cover up their religious motives, made a decision of 'breathtaking inanity' and 'dragged' their community into 'this legal maelstrom with its resulting utter waste of monetary and personal resources.'
"Jones, a Republican appointed by President Bush, concluded that intelligent design was not science, and pointed out that even its proponents admit that they must change the very definition of science to include supernatural explanations to support the claim. He said that teaching intelligent design as science in public school violates the First Amendment of the Constitution, which prohibits public officials from using their positions to impose or establish a particular religion."
Category: 2008 Presidential Election
5:41:27 AM
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