G. Eldon Smith's Blog: My Thoughts, page 4
September 13, 2015
Thoughts and Opinions
Quotes If you have to ask, "Is that good enough?" the answer will undoubtedly be, "No, it isn't." ~ G. Eldon Smith A visit to:Roxborough State Park in the foothills just above Denver attracts visitors with its amazing red-rock formations and abundant wildlife.
Visitors from all over the world come to see the wonders of Roxborough State Park
Denver-area residents have one of nature’s jewels in their backyard.
Roxborough is a Colorado Natural Area and a National Natural Landmark for good reason. The park, with close to 4000-acres, is filled with dramatic red-rock formations, distinct plant communities, and a host of wildlife ranging from black bears to mule deer.
Visitors can take in all of Roxborough’s geological wonders via a series of trails for every level of hiker. The Fountain Valley Overlook is only 100 yards from the Visitor Center and provides spectacular views of several beautiful rock formations, including the Fountain Formation, Lyons Formation, and the Dakota Hogback.
Many visitors tote their cameras to capture one of the many beautiful views or animal sightings such as red fox from one of the park’s overlooks.
Lines From Murder in the Rockies
"We've got a five piece band here on weekends. They play that new ragtime music and it is syncopated and ever so tuneful. The music is hot and the beer is cold." "What does syncopated mean?"
Coyle rushed down the stairs two at a time and ran next door to Fong's Drangon Palace, with the shrunken pants and jacket trailing behind him. He became the kite and the shrunken apparel served as the tail.
Murder in the Rockies is available at most electronic retailers and many fine bookstores
Riddles
1) David was out for a walk when it started to rain. He did not have an umbrella and he wasn't wearing a hat. His clothes were soaked, yet not a single hair on his head got wet.
2) Why are 1990 dollar bills worth more than 1989 dollar bills?
3) Why can't Kevin Laroche, who is now living in Canada, not be buried in the USA?
Answers1)
David is bald2) The same reason seven dollars is worth more than six dollars3) Because he is still alive
Comments
Please leave your comment and questions in the space below
Visitors from all over the world come to see the wonders of Roxborough State Park
Denver-area residents have one of nature’s jewels in their backyard.
Roxborough is a Colorado Natural Area and a National Natural Landmark for good reason. The park, with close to 4000-acres, is filled with dramatic red-rock formations, distinct plant communities, and a host of wildlife ranging from black bears to mule deer.
Visitors can take in all of Roxborough’s geological wonders via a series of trails for every level of hiker. The Fountain Valley Overlook is only 100 yards from the Visitor Center and provides spectacular views of several beautiful rock formations, including the Fountain Formation, Lyons Formation, and the Dakota Hogback.
Many visitors tote their cameras to capture one of the many beautiful views or animal sightings such as red fox from one of the park’s overlooks.
Lines From Murder in the Rockies
"We've got a five piece band here on weekends. They play that new ragtime music and it is syncopated and ever so tuneful. The music is hot and the beer is cold." "What does syncopated mean?"
Coyle rushed down the stairs two at a time and ran next door to Fong's Drangon Palace, with the shrunken pants and jacket trailing behind him. He became the kite and the shrunken apparel served as the tail.
Murder in the Rockies is available at most electronic retailers and many fine bookstores
Riddles
1) David was out for a walk when it started to rain. He did not have an umbrella and he wasn't wearing a hat. His clothes were soaked, yet not a single hair on his head got wet.
2) Why are 1990 dollar bills worth more than 1989 dollar bills?
3) Why can't Kevin Laroche, who is now living in Canada, not be buried in the USA?
Answers1)
David is bald2) The same reason seven dollars is worth more than six dollars3) Because he is still alive
Comments
Please leave your comment and questions in the space below
September 6, 2015
Thoughts and Opinions
Quote
I've never met a grandparent who said their grandchildren were dumb. The grandchildren have all either skipped a grade, are reading The Wall Street Journal, or are just plain smart, according to their grandparents.
. ~ G. Eldon Smith
All things Colorado quiz
1. We all know Horace Tabor's second wife's name was Baby Doe. What was his first wife's name?
a. Augusta
b. Bertha
c. Clara
d. Dianna
2. The three states whose borders come together to touch Colorado at the "Four Corners" are?
a.Oklahoma, Texas, Nevada
b. Utah, Arizona, Nevada
c. Utah, Arizona, New Mexico
d. Wyoming, Kansas, Nebraska
3. Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. performed under the stage name of __________?
a. Henry Fonda
b. Johnny Trinidad
c. Hank Durango
d. John Denver
4. Colorado was admitted to the Union as the __________?
a. 31st state
b. 38th state
c. 42nd state
d. None of the above
5. Guys and Dolls was written by Colorado author _____________?
a. Sandra Dallas
b. Glen Miller
c. Mary Chase
d. Damon Runyon
6. The Colorado State Fair is annually held in ________________?
a. a different Colorado city each year
b. Colorado Springs
c. Pueblo
d. Denver
Where the Deer and the Antelope Play
The only truly and completely American large mammal alive today is the pronghorn. Not a deer, not an antelope, not a goat, the pronghorn family Antilocapridae originated right here and stayed put for 19 million years. The pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) is indigenous to interior western and central North America. Though not an Antelope, it is often known colloquially in North America as an antelope, because it closely resembles the true antelopes of the Old World.
Relative to their small stature, pronghorn have a large windpipe, heart and lungs, making them extraordinarily fast. They can maintain speeds of 40 miles per hour for several miles and purportedly run up to 60 miles per hour in short bursts. They are considered the fastest animal in the Western Hemisphere and the second-fastest land mammal in the world, after the cheetah.
Pronghorns prefer open, expansive terrain at elevations varying between 3,000 and 5,900 ft, with the densest populations in areas receiving around 9–15 inches of rainfall per year. They eat a wide variety of plant foods, often including plants unpalatable or toxic to domestic animals, cattle Healthy pronghorn populations tend to stay within 3.-4 miles of water.
A National Wildlife Federation study concludes that herds across Colorado and southern Wyoming "may not be able to fully recover" unless federal and state agencies initiate larger-scale planning to protect their habitat. The veteran biologists who did the work relied on data supplied by state game managers and attributed the drop-offs in numbers to a combination of factors: drought, invasion of weeds, residential construction and the acceleration of oil and gas drilling that has brought well pads, pipelines and roads.
Another animal of the Great Plains, the Jackalope, a crossbeed between a Jack Rabbit and an Antelope also known as the Warrior Rabbit. Rarely seen because they are very fast (60 miles an hour in short bursts) and quick to get out of sight.
Answsers to the Quiz
1.- a, 2.- c, 3.- d, 4. - b, 5. - d, 6. - c
If you got all 6 answers correct, consider yourself an Honorary Coloradoan
I've never met a grandparent who said their grandchildren were dumb. The grandchildren have all either skipped a grade, are reading The Wall Street Journal, or are just plain smart, according to their grandparents.
. ~ G. Eldon Smith
All things Colorado quiz
1. We all know Horace Tabor's second wife's name was Baby Doe. What was his first wife's name?
a. Augusta
b. Bertha
c. Clara
d. Dianna
2. The three states whose borders come together to touch Colorado at the "Four Corners" are?
a.Oklahoma, Texas, Nevada
b. Utah, Arizona, Nevada
c. Utah, Arizona, New Mexico
d. Wyoming, Kansas, Nebraska
3. Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. performed under the stage name of __________?
a. Henry Fonda
b. Johnny Trinidad
c. Hank Durango
d. John Denver
4. Colorado was admitted to the Union as the __________?
a. 31st state
b. 38th state
c. 42nd state
d. None of the above
5. Guys and Dolls was written by Colorado author _____________?
a. Sandra Dallas
b. Glen Miller
c. Mary Chase
d. Damon Runyon
6. The Colorado State Fair is annually held in ________________?
a. a different Colorado city each year
b. Colorado Springs
c. Pueblo
d. Denver
Where the Deer and the Antelope Play
The only truly and completely American large mammal alive today is the pronghorn. Not a deer, not an antelope, not a goat, the pronghorn family Antilocapridae originated right here and stayed put for 19 million years. The pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) is indigenous to interior western and central North America. Though not an Antelope, it is often known colloquially in North America as an antelope, because it closely resembles the true antelopes of the Old World.
Relative to their small stature, pronghorn have a large windpipe, heart and lungs, making them extraordinarily fast. They can maintain speeds of 40 miles per hour for several miles and purportedly run up to 60 miles per hour in short bursts. They are considered the fastest animal in the Western Hemisphere and the second-fastest land mammal in the world, after the cheetah.
Pronghorns prefer open, expansive terrain at elevations varying between 3,000 and 5,900 ft, with the densest populations in areas receiving around 9–15 inches of rainfall per year. They eat a wide variety of plant foods, often including plants unpalatable or toxic to domestic animals, cattle Healthy pronghorn populations tend to stay within 3.-4 miles of water.
A National Wildlife Federation study concludes that herds across Colorado and southern Wyoming "may not be able to fully recover" unless federal and state agencies initiate larger-scale planning to protect their habitat. The veteran biologists who did the work relied on data supplied by state game managers and attributed the drop-offs in numbers to a combination of factors: drought, invasion of weeds, residential construction and the acceleration of oil and gas drilling that has brought well pads, pipelines and roads.
Another animal of the Great Plains, the Jackalope, a crossbeed between a Jack Rabbit and an Antelope also known as the Warrior Rabbit. Rarely seen because they are very fast (60 miles an hour in short bursts) and quick to get out of sight.
Answsers to the Quiz
1.- a, 2.- c, 3.- d, 4. - b, 5. - d, 6. - c
If you got all 6 answers correct, consider yourself an Honorary Coloradoan
August 30, 2015
Thoughts and Opinions
Quotes
Birds have wings; they're free; they can fly where they want when they want. They have the kind of mobility many people envy.
~Roger Tory Peterson
Happier Times
The last few weeks this blog has concentrated on two murder trials and capital punishment. As a novelist, I write murder mysteries.(Example: Murder in the Rockies excerpt below) I would never write something as horrible as these two cases because nobody would believe them, too unrealistic. It is time to return to happier times...beautiful Colorado's nature and wildlife.
Greater Sage Grouse
Picture
Sagebrush is the most widespread vegetation in the intermountain lowlands of the western United States, Greater Sage Grouse are a striking and charismatic bird that derives their name, food and shelter from the sagebrush on which they depend.
The bird experienced a 50 percent decrease in breeding males in the United States. The Agriculture Secretary has funding for a plan for saving the greater sage grouse. A $211 million initiative which will run through 2018. The Agriculture Department pays ranchers in Colorado and 15 other western states to make improvements on their property to make it more suitable for grouse.
Sage Grouse are totally dependent on sagebrush-dominated habitats. Sagebrush is a crucial component of their diet year-round, and Greater Sage Grouse select sagebrush almost exclusively for cover. Their habitat and cover requirements are inseparably tied to sagebrush. Sage Grouse are the charismatic ambassador for the Sagebrush Sea, a little known but critically important western landscape that supports hundreds of fish and wildlife species.
Is the plural of Grouse...Grice?
Picture
Murder in the Rockies Excerpt:
Chapter 2
Coyle spent the day sightseeing. In a neighborhood called “Millionaires’ Row” he stopped a woman wearing a nanny’s uniform of a starched white hat and apron who was pushing a pram. A four or five year old boy followed her, but was in no hurry to keep up and definitely not paying attention to anything she had to say.
“Excuse me miss, which way to where they are constructing the State Capitol building?” Coyle inquired.
Nonchalantly she pointed south, “Over that way a couple of blocks.”
Coyle observed that people can not give directions without pointing.
She turned to the youngster playing in the street, “Master Wilford, watch out for horses and stay away from those horse apples,” she said in her nanny voice.
Then she turned back to Coyle and continued. “You’re not from around here are you? Did you come here to see the hangin’?”
“And what hanging would that be?”
“That horrid Conway chap what murdered Mr. Defler.
Heard on the Street
He who angers you, controls you!
If Bill Gates had a penny for every time I had to reboot my computer...oh wait, he does.
Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.
If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends?
Birds have wings; they're free; they can fly where they want when they want. They have the kind of mobility many people envy.
~Roger Tory Peterson
Happier Times
The last few weeks this blog has concentrated on two murder trials and capital punishment. As a novelist, I write murder mysteries.(Example: Murder in the Rockies excerpt below) I would never write something as horrible as these two cases because nobody would believe them, too unrealistic. It is time to return to happier times...beautiful Colorado's nature and wildlife.
Greater Sage Grouse
Picture
Sagebrush is the most widespread vegetation in the intermountain lowlands of the western United States, Greater Sage Grouse are a striking and charismatic bird that derives their name, food and shelter from the sagebrush on which they depend.
The bird experienced a 50 percent decrease in breeding males in the United States. The Agriculture Secretary has funding for a plan for saving the greater sage grouse. A $211 million initiative which will run through 2018. The Agriculture Department pays ranchers in Colorado and 15 other western states to make improvements on their property to make it more suitable for grouse.
Sage Grouse are totally dependent on sagebrush-dominated habitats. Sagebrush is a crucial component of their diet year-round, and Greater Sage Grouse select sagebrush almost exclusively for cover. Their habitat and cover requirements are inseparably tied to sagebrush. Sage Grouse are the charismatic ambassador for the Sagebrush Sea, a little known but critically important western landscape that supports hundreds of fish and wildlife species.
Is the plural of Grouse...Grice?
Picture
Murder in the Rockies Excerpt:
Chapter 2
Coyle spent the day sightseeing. In a neighborhood called “Millionaires’ Row” he stopped a woman wearing a nanny’s uniform of a starched white hat and apron who was pushing a pram. A four or five year old boy followed her, but was in no hurry to keep up and definitely not paying attention to anything she had to say.
“Excuse me miss, which way to where they are constructing the State Capitol building?” Coyle inquired.
Nonchalantly she pointed south, “Over that way a couple of blocks.”
Coyle observed that people can not give directions without pointing.
She turned to the youngster playing in the street, “Master Wilford, watch out for horses and stay away from those horse apples,” she said in her nanny voice.
Then she turned back to Coyle and continued. “You’re not from around here are you? Did you come here to see the hangin’?”
“And what hanging would that be?”
“That horrid Conway chap what murdered Mr. Defler.
Heard on the Street
He who angers you, controls you!
If Bill Gates had a penny for every time I had to reboot my computer...oh wait, he does.
Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.
If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends?
August 24, 2015
Thoughts and Opinions
Quotes
Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer true
I'm half crazy just for the love of you
It won't be a stylish marriage
I can't afford a carriage
But you'll look sweet upon the seat
of a bicycle built for two.
~Daniel
Daniel, Daniel, I'm not crazy
Just for the likes of you
There won't be any marriage
if you can't afford a carriage
I'll switched if I'll get hitched
On a bicycle built for two. ~Daisy
Monday A.M. UpdatesRuhan Dennis won the overall USA Pro Challenge championship and his BMC teammate Brent Bookwalter was second.Kristen Armstrong (no relation to another bike racer named Armstrong) won the overall woman's USA Pro Challenge at age 42. Has ambitions to make the Olympic team for next summer's games.
USA Pro Challenge
All week a professional bike race has been taking place in the mountains of Colorado. Stages have taken place from one town to another and over the passes in between. Aspen, Breckenridge, Fort Collins, and Denver, are stops for the stages.
We will update the blog to help you know the results. After the fourth stage, Ruhan Dennis of Austria's Team BMC. is the leader. Dennis has a comfortable 44 second lead going into the final stage which ends in Denver today, Sunday.
What is unusual about this race is that elite female cyclists will be competing on the same course as the men in a Women's USA Pro Challenge. Twelve teams will participate in the inaugural women's pro-bicycle race in the state.
Kristin Armstrong won the first stage, and Tayler Wiles won the second (sprint) stage. Armstrong still has the yellow jersey as the overall leader. The women's final stage will end in Golden, CO today.
Meanwhile, runners completed a 100 mile Trail Run in Leadville, CO, elevation 10,152 feet above sea level.
Dexter Lewis Murder Trial As the trial reached the Aggravating Factors phase of the sentencing portion of the trial, Lewis's mother testified about how Lewis's father was shot in a gang related incident when Lewis was almost four. She remarried into a situation where she was beaten routinely and then dragged into the bedroom and raped. Young Dexter witnessed this. She also beat Dexter.
It was the picture of a dysfunctional upbringing. This family has an extreme level of generational dysfunction Dr. Mark Cunningham, an Austin, Texas expert on childhood trauma said in a hearing not attended by jurors.
Cunningham described how an abused child grows into a violent adult. He described a morality continuum about how when a child is abused his level of morality decreases. Matt Wenig, deputy district attorney objected saying Cunningham was an expert in childhood trauma but not in morality. Judge Madden will rule on that when court resumes on Monday.
The question arises, was Dexter Lewis less mentally ill than James Holmes who killled twelve people in the Aurora Theater and was given a Life in Prison without possible parole sentence? Holmes was spared the death penalty because he is mentally ill. Will Lewis also be spared?
On a happier note
A bicycle can't stand on its own because it is two-tired.
What is the difference between a nicely dressed man on a tricycle and a poorly dressed man on a bicycle? A tire.
Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer true
I'm half crazy just for the love of you
It won't be a stylish marriage
I can't afford a carriage
But you'll look sweet upon the seat
of a bicycle built for two.
~Daniel
Daniel, Daniel, I'm not crazy
Just for the likes of you
There won't be any marriage
if you can't afford a carriage
I'll switched if I'll get hitched
On a bicycle built for two. ~Daisy
Monday A.M. UpdatesRuhan Dennis won the overall USA Pro Challenge championship and his BMC teammate Brent Bookwalter was second.Kristen Armstrong (no relation to another bike racer named Armstrong) won the overall woman's USA Pro Challenge at age 42. Has ambitions to make the Olympic team for next summer's games.
USA Pro Challenge
All week a professional bike race has been taking place in the mountains of Colorado. Stages have taken place from one town to another and over the passes in between. Aspen, Breckenridge, Fort Collins, and Denver, are stops for the stages.
We will update the blog to help you know the results. After the fourth stage, Ruhan Dennis of Austria's Team BMC. is the leader. Dennis has a comfortable 44 second lead going into the final stage which ends in Denver today, Sunday.
What is unusual about this race is that elite female cyclists will be competing on the same course as the men in a Women's USA Pro Challenge. Twelve teams will participate in the inaugural women's pro-bicycle race in the state.
Kristin Armstrong won the first stage, and Tayler Wiles won the second (sprint) stage. Armstrong still has the yellow jersey as the overall leader. The women's final stage will end in Golden, CO today.
Meanwhile, runners completed a 100 mile Trail Run in Leadville, CO, elevation 10,152 feet above sea level.
Dexter Lewis Murder Trial As the trial reached the Aggravating Factors phase of the sentencing portion of the trial, Lewis's mother testified about how Lewis's father was shot in a gang related incident when Lewis was almost four. She remarried into a situation where she was beaten routinely and then dragged into the bedroom and raped. Young Dexter witnessed this. She also beat Dexter.
It was the picture of a dysfunctional upbringing. This family has an extreme level of generational dysfunction Dr. Mark Cunningham, an Austin, Texas expert on childhood trauma said in a hearing not attended by jurors.
Cunningham described how an abused child grows into a violent adult. He described a morality continuum about how when a child is abused his level of morality decreases. Matt Wenig, deputy district attorney objected saying Cunningham was an expert in childhood trauma but not in morality. Judge Madden will rule on that when court resumes on Monday.
The question arises, was Dexter Lewis less mentally ill than James Holmes who killled twelve people in the Aurora Theater and was given a Life in Prison without possible parole sentence? Holmes was spared the death penalty because he is mentally ill. Will Lewis also be spared?
On a happier note
A bicycle can't stand on its own because it is two-tired.
What is the difference between a nicely dressed man on a tricycle and a poorly dressed man on a bicycle? A tire.
August 17, 2015
Thoughts and Opinions
Quotes
A writer's job is to tell the truth.
I don't pick subjects as much as they pick me.
Writers don't retire. I will always be a writer.
~Andy Rooney on writing
Local News
Lindsey Vonn, champion skier from Vail,CO, broke an ankle while practicing for the winter World Cup season. She is downplaying the seriousness, as athletes often do. Vonn is returning from New Zealand to Vail for further examinations on her ankle.
The Dexter Lewis capital punishment trial has declared Lewis guilty, and has now entered the second stage of penalty phase; the aggravating factor phase.The defense is claiming Lewis had a bad childhood because his father was killed in a gang related incident when Dexter was four. This trial is unusually complicated because of the Holmes trial in which Holmes received a life in prison without possibility of parole sentence. Can the jury be unswayed by the other decision?
Centennial, CO ZIP Code 80122,(where I live) is rated as one of the hottest real estate markets in the Country. You can't prove it by me.
Broncos beat the Seahawks in a meaningless practice game. Did they actually keep score? At least football is here to wash away the taste of the Colorado Rockies awful season. By the way, Murder in the Rockies doesn't have anything to do with the baseball Rockies.
Excerpt From Murder in the Rockies
As Conway recovered and struggled to his hands and knees, he wiped blood pouring from his ear. He saw Defler heading for the swinging doors.
Defler turned and snarled, “You best stay away from Lilly LaRue! She’s mine!”
Still on his knees the rancher said, “I’ll kill you, you son of a bitch.”
Behind the bar, the bartender did not know what to do. When Murphy had briefed him on his job duties, a situation like this hadn't been mentioned. The bartender looked at the broken chair and the blood on the floor. “Who is going to pay for that chair?” he thought. He pondered for a minute and then poured himself a whiskey, and another. Then he poured a round on the house.
“This isn’t the only job in town,” the bartender decided as he poured himself another shot and vowed that the next day he would get back on the wagon.
Heard on the Street
You kill vegetarian vampires with a steak to the heart.
Opportunity may knock once, but temptation bangs on the front door forever.
Why can’t you hear a pterodactyl go to the bathroom? Because the “P” is silent.
Some minds are like concrete - Thoroughly mixed up and permanently set.
A grenade thrown into a kitchen in France would result in Linoleum Blownapart.
Book Giveaway
Popular author of cozy mysteries, Jerusha Jones, is doing a book giveaway on Goodreads. The first book of her Imogene Museum series, Rock Bottom, will be given to 20 random entries. Get all the details at this link:
https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh...
A writer's job is to tell the truth.
I don't pick subjects as much as they pick me.
Writers don't retire. I will always be a writer.
~Andy Rooney on writing
Local News
Lindsey Vonn, champion skier from Vail,CO, broke an ankle while practicing for the winter World Cup season. She is downplaying the seriousness, as athletes often do. Vonn is returning from New Zealand to Vail for further examinations on her ankle.
The Dexter Lewis capital punishment trial has declared Lewis guilty, and has now entered the second stage of penalty phase; the aggravating factor phase.The defense is claiming Lewis had a bad childhood because his father was killed in a gang related incident when Dexter was four. This trial is unusually complicated because of the Holmes trial in which Holmes received a life in prison without possibility of parole sentence. Can the jury be unswayed by the other decision?
Centennial, CO ZIP Code 80122,(where I live) is rated as one of the hottest real estate markets in the Country. You can't prove it by me.
Broncos beat the Seahawks in a meaningless practice game. Did they actually keep score? At least football is here to wash away the taste of the Colorado Rockies awful season. By the way, Murder in the Rockies doesn't have anything to do with the baseball Rockies.
Excerpt From Murder in the Rockies
As Conway recovered and struggled to his hands and knees, he wiped blood pouring from his ear. He saw Defler heading for the swinging doors.
Defler turned and snarled, “You best stay away from Lilly LaRue! She’s mine!”
Still on his knees the rancher said, “I’ll kill you, you son of a bitch.”
Behind the bar, the bartender did not know what to do. When Murphy had briefed him on his job duties, a situation like this hadn't been mentioned. The bartender looked at the broken chair and the blood on the floor. “Who is going to pay for that chair?” he thought. He pondered for a minute and then poured himself a whiskey, and another. Then he poured a round on the house.
“This isn’t the only job in town,” the bartender decided as he poured himself another shot and vowed that the next day he would get back on the wagon.
Heard on the Street
You kill vegetarian vampires with a steak to the heart.
Opportunity may knock once, but temptation bangs on the front door forever.
Why can’t you hear a pterodactyl go to the bathroom? Because the “P” is silent.
Some minds are like concrete - Thoroughly mixed up and permanently set.
A grenade thrown into a kitchen in France would result in Linoleum Blownapart.
Book Giveaway
Popular author of cozy mysteries, Jerusha Jones, is doing a book giveaway on Goodreads. The first book of her Imogene Museum series, Rock Bottom, will be given to 20 random entries. Get all the details at this link:
https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh...
August 9, 2015
Thoughts and Opinions
08/09/2015
Quotes
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining. ~John F. Kennedy
It usually helps me write by reading - somehow the reading gear in your head turns the writing gear.
~Steven Wright
Trust me, James C. Holmes is not a direct decedent of Sherlock Holmes ~ G. Eldon Smith
If you can make a girl laugh, you can make her do anything.~ Marilyn Monroe
Colorado Facts
Did you know:
Highest paved road in North America (climbs up to 14,258’ above sea level) – the road to Mt. Evans
Largest mineral hot springs pool in the world in Glenwood Springs
First rodeo – July 4th, 1869 in Deer Trail
Highest suspension bridge in the nation over the Royal Gorge near Cañon City
Called the "Centennial State" because it gained statehood one hundred years after the signing of the
Declaration of Independence
Excerpt From Murder in the Rockies
“A murderer? Who did he kill?" Coyle questioned in rapid sequence. “Were there witnesses? Who saw the murder?”
“Can’t say.”
“Then what evidence do they have against him?” Coyle asked, unconsciously using his interrogating techniques.
“Don’t need no ev-i-dence; they just know he done it. In the old days all we needed was the old cottonwood tree and a good, strong rope. Wouldn’t have needed any trial then, and don’t need no ev-i-dence now,” the old-timer said. He nodded at the crowd. Coyle obliged by stepping aside, and the old man hurried down the street.
Murder in the Rockies available on Amazon and most electronic retailers, also fine bookstores. If your bookstore is out, they can order more copies from Ingram Distributing.
Heard on the Street
Man who run in front of car get tired.
Man who run behind car get exhausted.
Quotes
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining. ~John F. Kennedy
It usually helps me write by reading - somehow the reading gear in your head turns the writing gear.
~Steven Wright
Trust me, James C. Holmes is not a direct decedent of Sherlock Holmes ~ G. Eldon Smith
If you can make a girl laugh, you can make her do anything.~ Marilyn Monroe
Colorado Facts
Did you know:
Highest paved road in North America (climbs up to 14,258’ above sea level) – the road to Mt. Evans
Largest mineral hot springs pool in the world in Glenwood Springs
First rodeo – July 4th, 1869 in Deer Trail
Highest suspension bridge in the nation over the Royal Gorge near Cañon City
Called the "Centennial State" because it gained statehood one hundred years after the signing of the
Declaration of Independence
Excerpt From Murder in the Rockies
“A murderer? Who did he kill?" Coyle questioned in rapid sequence. “Were there witnesses? Who saw the murder?”
“Can’t say.”
“Then what evidence do they have against him?” Coyle asked, unconsciously using his interrogating techniques.
“Don’t need no ev-i-dence; they just know he done it. In the old days all we needed was the old cottonwood tree and a good, strong rope. Wouldn’t have needed any trial then, and don’t need no ev-i-dence now,” the old-timer said. He nodded at the crowd. Coyle obliged by stepping aside, and the old man hurried down the street.
Murder in the Rockies available on Amazon and most electronic retailers, also fine bookstores. If your bookstore is out, they can order more copies from Ingram Distributing.
Heard on the Street
Man who run in front of car get tired.
Man who run behind car get exhausted.
August 3, 2015
Thoughts and Opinions
Quotes
The value of an idea lies in the using of it. ~Thomas A. Edison
You can't learn in school what the world is going to do next year. ~Henry Ford
Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects. ~Will Rogers
Updates
The Holmes trial, the jury is out. We will have updates when something happens. Check here.
Colorado Hero
This week's Colorado Heroes actually earned notoriety in Massachusetts.
Born June 1, 1849, in Kingfield, Maine, Francis Edgar Stanley and Freelan Oscar Stanley and their four brothers and one sister farmed the family's land. When F.E. and twin brother F.O. turned 18, they entered Western State Normal School in nearby Farmington, to become teachers. After a difference of opinion with an educator, F.E. left shortly after his arrival. He soon took a position as a teacher/principal in North New Portland, near his hometown. There he met Augusta May Walker, also a teacher, and married her in 1870. After a few years in the education field, the couple realized that, although teaching was a noble profession, it was no way to support a family.
F.E., an avid artist, took up a form of painting using an experimental tool that would atomize paint. Acclaimed for his very realistic black and white portraits, he received a patent for what became the airbrush. As cameras became increasingly popular, F.E. purchased one to expand his portrait business-one of the largest studios in New England. It grew into the Stanley Dry Plate Co., and in 1884, F.E. and F.O. began their longstanding partnership. Two years later, they were granted a patent for a dry-plate coating machine, and eventually relocated to Watertown, Massachusetts. Although the company was grossing almost $1 million annually by the turn of the century, F.E.'s growing interest in horseless carriages turned into an obsession.
In the summer of 1897, they attended a local fair where they witnessed a French inventor demonstrate his steam-driven car. Apparently impelled by his wife's inability to ride a bicycle, Francis vowed to build something that his wife could ride. The French inventor's steam car was the impetus Francis needed. After the fair, the brothers began to develop a steam car of their own.
The brothers formed a car company in 1898 and produced their first steam car, which was dubbed The Flying Teapot. An instant success, the car was easy to run and achieved a top speed of 35 miles per hour (56 kph), quite fast for the turn of the century. Its major drawback was the need to stop every ten miles or so to refill the boiler. The brothers sold their company after only a few months, but they returned to the business of making cars in 1902 when they formed the Stanley Motor Carriage Company. They staged various events to publicize their steam cars, including racing up mountains and racing against gas-powered cars. Eventually the Stanleys sold their photographic plate business to George Eastman (Kodak) and concentrated on the manufacture of their steam cars, which came to be known unofficially as Stanley Steamers.
At age 53, F.O. Stanley contracted tuberculosis and doctors told him he had one year to live.
He moved to the Colorado mountains. There F.O. built the famed Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado, later associated with Stephen King's novel The Shining. F.O. become a leading and well-loved citizen of Estes Park. He lived to be 91.
I have seen an actual Stanley Steamer in the basement of the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park. It is very "cool" for a car propelled by steam.
Riddles
1: How many bananas can you eat if your stomach is empty?
2: What do you call a bear without an ear?
3. A boy fell off a 100 foot ladder. But he did not get hurt. Why not?
Answers to Riddles
1: Just one—after that, it’s not empty anymore.
2: A “b”.
3. He fell off the bottom step.
The value of an idea lies in the using of it. ~Thomas A. Edison
You can't learn in school what the world is going to do next year. ~Henry Ford
Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects. ~Will Rogers
Updates
The Holmes trial, the jury is out. We will have updates when something happens. Check here.
Colorado Hero
This week's Colorado Heroes actually earned notoriety in Massachusetts.
Born June 1, 1849, in Kingfield, Maine, Francis Edgar Stanley and Freelan Oscar Stanley and their four brothers and one sister farmed the family's land. When F.E. and twin brother F.O. turned 18, they entered Western State Normal School in nearby Farmington, to become teachers. After a difference of opinion with an educator, F.E. left shortly after his arrival. He soon took a position as a teacher/principal in North New Portland, near his hometown. There he met Augusta May Walker, also a teacher, and married her in 1870. After a few years in the education field, the couple realized that, although teaching was a noble profession, it was no way to support a family.
F.E., an avid artist, took up a form of painting using an experimental tool that would atomize paint. Acclaimed for his very realistic black and white portraits, he received a patent for what became the airbrush. As cameras became increasingly popular, F.E. purchased one to expand his portrait business-one of the largest studios in New England. It grew into the Stanley Dry Plate Co., and in 1884, F.E. and F.O. began their longstanding partnership. Two years later, they were granted a patent for a dry-plate coating machine, and eventually relocated to Watertown, Massachusetts. Although the company was grossing almost $1 million annually by the turn of the century, F.E.'s growing interest in horseless carriages turned into an obsession.
In the summer of 1897, they attended a local fair where they witnessed a French inventor demonstrate his steam-driven car. Apparently impelled by his wife's inability to ride a bicycle, Francis vowed to build something that his wife could ride. The French inventor's steam car was the impetus Francis needed. After the fair, the brothers began to develop a steam car of their own.
The brothers formed a car company in 1898 and produced their first steam car, which was dubbed The Flying Teapot. An instant success, the car was easy to run and achieved a top speed of 35 miles per hour (56 kph), quite fast for the turn of the century. Its major drawback was the need to stop every ten miles or so to refill the boiler. The brothers sold their company after only a few months, but they returned to the business of making cars in 1902 when they formed the Stanley Motor Carriage Company. They staged various events to publicize their steam cars, including racing up mountains and racing against gas-powered cars. Eventually the Stanleys sold their photographic plate business to George Eastman (Kodak) and concentrated on the manufacture of their steam cars, which came to be known unofficially as Stanley Steamers.
At age 53, F.O. Stanley contracted tuberculosis and doctors told him he had one year to live.
He moved to the Colorado mountains. There F.O. built the famed Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado, later associated with Stephen King's novel The Shining. F.O. become a leading and well-loved citizen of Estes Park. He lived to be 91.
I have seen an actual Stanley Steamer in the basement of the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park. It is very "cool" for a car propelled by steam.
Riddles
1: How many bananas can you eat if your stomach is empty?
2: What do you call a bear without an ear?
3. A boy fell off a 100 foot ladder. But he did not get hurt. Why not?
Answers to Riddles
1: Just one—after that, it’s not empty anymore.
2: A “b”.
3. He fell off the bottom step.
Thoughts and Opinions
Quotes
The value of an idea lies in the using of it. ~Thomas A. Edison
You can't learn in school what the world is going to do next year. ~Henry Ford
Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects. ~Will Rogers
Updates
The Holmes trial, the jury is out. We will have updates when something happens. Check here.
Colorado Hero
This week's Colorado Heroes actually earned notoriety in Massachusetts.
Born June 1, 1849, in Kingfield, Maine, Francis Edgar Stanley and Freelan Oscar Stanley and their four brothers and one sister farmed the family's land. When F.E. and twin brother F.O. turned 18, they entered Western State Normal School in nearby Farmington, to become teachers. After a difference of opinion with an educator, F.E. left shortly after his arrival. He soon took a position as a teacher/principal in North New Portland, near his hometown. There he met Augusta May Walker, also a teacher, and married her in 1870. After a few years in the education field, the couple realized that, although teaching was a noble profession, it was no way to support a family.
F.E., an avid artist, took up a form of painting using an experimental tool that would atomize paint. Acclaimed for his very realistic black and white portraits, he received a patent for what became the airbrush. As cameras became increasingly popular, F.E. purchased one to expand his portrait business-one of the largest studios in New England. It grew into the Stanley Dry Plate Co., and in 1884, F.E. and F.O. began their longstanding partnership. Two years later, they were granted a patent for a dry-plate coating machine, and eventually relocated to Watertown, Massachusetts. Although the company was grossing almost $1 million annually by the turn of the century, F.E.'s growing interest in horseless carriages turned into an obsession.
In the summer of 1897, they attended a local fair where they witnessed a French inventor demonstrate his steam-driven car. Apparently impelled by his wife's inability to ride a bicycle, Francis vowed to build something that his wife could ride. The French inventor's steam car was the impetus Francis needed. After the fair, the brothers began to develop a steam car of their own.
The brothers formed a car company in 1898 and produced their first steam car, which was dubbed The Flying Teapot. An instant success, the car was easy to run and achieved a top speed of 35 miles per hour (56 kph), quite fast for the turn of the century. Its major drawback was the need to stop every ten miles or so to refill the boiler. The brothers sold their company after only a few months, but they returned to the business of making cars in 1902 when they formed the Stanley Motor Carriage Company. They staged various events to publicize their steam cars, including racing up mountains and racing against gas-powered cars. Eventually the Stanleys sold their photographic plate business to George Eastman (Kodak) and concentrated on the manufacture of their steam cars, which came to be known unofficially as Stanley Steamers.
At age 53, F.O. Stanley contracted tuberculosis and doctors told him he had one year to live.
He moved to the Colorado mountains. There F.O. built the famed Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado, later associated with Stephen King's novel The Shining. F.O. become a leading and well-loved citizen of Estes Park. He lived to be 91.
I have seen an actual Stanley Steamer in the basement of the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park. It is very "cool" for a car propelled by steam.
Riddles
1: How many bananas can you eat if your stomach is empty?
2: What do you call a bear without an ear?
3. A boy fell off a 100 foot ladder. But he did not get hurt. Why not?
Answers to Riddles
1: Just one—after that, it’s not empty anymore.
2: A “b”.
3. He fell off the bottom step.
The value of an idea lies in the using of it. ~Thomas A. Edison
You can't learn in school what the world is going to do next year. ~Henry Ford
Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects. ~Will Rogers
Updates
The Holmes trial, the jury is out. We will have updates when something happens. Check here.
Colorado Hero
This week's Colorado Heroes actually earned notoriety in Massachusetts.
Born June 1, 1849, in Kingfield, Maine, Francis Edgar Stanley and Freelan Oscar Stanley and their four brothers and one sister farmed the family's land. When F.E. and twin brother F.O. turned 18, they entered Western State Normal School in nearby Farmington, to become teachers. After a difference of opinion with an educator, F.E. left shortly after his arrival. He soon took a position as a teacher/principal in North New Portland, near his hometown. There he met Augusta May Walker, also a teacher, and married her in 1870. After a few years in the education field, the couple realized that, although teaching was a noble profession, it was no way to support a family.
F.E., an avid artist, took up a form of painting using an experimental tool that would atomize paint. Acclaimed for his very realistic black and white portraits, he received a patent for what became the airbrush. As cameras became increasingly popular, F.E. purchased one to expand his portrait business-one of the largest studios in New England. It grew into the Stanley Dry Plate Co., and in 1884, F.E. and F.O. began their longstanding partnership. Two years later, they were granted a patent for a dry-plate coating machine, and eventually relocated to Watertown, Massachusetts. Although the company was grossing almost $1 million annually by the turn of the century, F.E.'s growing interest in horseless carriages turned into an obsession.
In the summer of 1897, they attended a local fair where they witnessed a French inventor demonstrate his steam-driven car. Apparently impelled by his wife's inability to ride a bicycle, Francis vowed to build something that his wife could ride. The French inventor's steam car was the impetus Francis needed. After the fair, the brothers began to develop a steam car of their own.
The brothers formed a car company in 1898 and produced their first steam car, which was dubbed The Flying Teapot. An instant success, the car was easy to run and achieved a top speed of 35 miles per hour (56 kph), quite fast for the turn of the century. Its major drawback was the need to stop every ten miles or so to refill the boiler. The brothers sold their company after only a few months, but they returned to the business of making cars in 1902 when they formed the Stanley Motor Carriage Company. They staged various events to publicize their steam cars, including racing up mountains and racing against gas-powered cars. Eventually the Stanleys sold their photographic plate business to George Eastman (Kodak) and concentrated on the manufacture of their steam cars, which came to be known unofficially as Stanley Steamers.
At age 53, F.O. Stanley contracted tuberculosis and doctors told him he had one year to live.
He moved to the Colorado mountains. There F.O. built the famed Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado, later associated with Stephen King's novel The Shining. F.O. become a leading and well-loved citizen of Estes Park. He lived to be 91.
I have seen an actual Stanley Steamer in the basement of the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park. It is very "cool" for a car propelled by steam.
Riddles
1: How many bananas can you eat if your stomach is empty?
2: What do you call a bear without an ear?
3. A boy fell off a 100 foot ladder. But he did not get hurt. Why not?
Answers to Riddles
1: Just one—after that, it’s not empty anymore.
2: A “b”.
3. He fell off the bottom step.
July 27, 2015
Thoughts and Opinions
Quote
Roses are red, violets are blue, I'm schizophrenic, and so am I. ~Oscar Levant
Aurora Theater Shooting Trial
The jury did not hear Friday's testimony because one juror told Judge Carlos Samour Jr. she had a sinus infection so severe she could not concentrate on her work. Judge Samour sent the jury home early and video taped the witnesses for the jury to hear the witness testimony later. This part of the penalty phase was the opportunity for the defense to humanize the defendant and plead for life in prison rather than the death penalty. The witnesses all had good things to say about "Jimmy's" childhood. Some of the witnesses have not seen him for several years.
Space News
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Recent fly-by data have led scientists to conclude Pluto's temperature is minus 380 degree Fahrenheit. The ice on the surface is frozen nitrogen. Movements by the ice flows are evidence that the ice is nitrogen because frozen nitrogen is soft. Frozen water at that temperature would be too hard to move. The reddish color is caused by a layer of haze.
Meanwhile, during the same week, Kepler-452b has been identified as a "cousin" planet to Earth. It orbits a star that is similar to our sun. It takes 385 days to complete its orbit. The discovery was made by NASA's Kepler space telescope. Kepler was built by Boulder-based Ball Aerospace in Colorado. Kepler's operations are supported by from the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado. So far it the closest planet to being a match with Earth. Only 1,400 light-years from earth...who knows, maybe the 51st state.
PictureG. Eldon Smith, author
Cripple Creek, Colorado
Although Murder in the Rockies was set in Denver and the forthcoming Two Miles High and Six Feet Under is set in Leadville, Cripple Creek, was also one of the biggest gold strikes in Colorado history. Found on the slopes of Pike's Peak, the land was considered only good for a cow pasture. The name Cripple Creek came from the fact that the rocks and rugged terrain around the creek often led to cattle becoming lame.
A determined gold-seeking cowboy named "Crazy Bob" Womack found a "floater," a piece of ore that broke off a rock and floated downstream.Womack (nicknamed Crazy Bob because of his drinking habits) would not give up. He spent years looking for where that floater had come from. When Womack found it in 1890, it didn't take long for the news of the strike to get out, and thousands of prospectors came hoping to strike it rich. Thus the saying, "Pikes Peak or Bust."
Millions of dollars were made in Cripple Creek and sister city, Victor. Spencer Penrose's profits from his C.O.D. mine built the Broadmoor Hotel, one of the finest hotels in Colorado and beyond.
Womack sold his claim for $300 during a drinking spree. He ended up broke and living with his sister in nearby Colorado Springs. He died broke and destitute.
Protagonist Andrew Coyle, Esq. was practicing law in the area in the 1890s. Who knows...maybe he will become involved in a case in the Pikes Peak region around the Cripple Creek-Victor mining district.
Heard on the Street
When everything’s coming your way, you’re in the wrong lane.
Roses are red, violets are blue, I'm schizophrenic, and so am I. ~Oscar Levant
Aurora Theater Shooting Trial
The jury did not hear Friday's testimony because one juror told Judge Carlos Samour Jr. she had a sinus infection so severe she could not concentrate on her work. Judge Samour sent the jury home early and video taped the witnesses for the jury to hear the witness testimony later. This part of the penalty phase was the opportunity for the defense to humanize the defendant and plead for life in prison rather than the death penalty. The witnesses all had good things to say about "Jimmy's" childhood. Some of the witnesses have not seen him for several years.
Space News
Picture
Recent fly-by data have led scientists to conclude Pluto's temperature is minus 380 degree Fahrenheit. The ice on the surface is frozen nitrogen. Movements by the ice flows are evidence that the ice is nitrogen because frozen nitrogen is soft. Frozen water at that temperature would be too hard to move. The reddish color is caused by a layer of haze.
Meanwhile, during the same week, Kepler-452b has been identified as a "cousin" planet to Earth. It orbits a star that is similar to our sun. It takes 385 days to complete its orbit. The discovery was made by NASA's Kepler space telescope. Kepler was built by Boulder-based Ball Aerospace in Colorado. Kepler's operations are supported by from the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado. So far it the closest planet to being a match with Earth. Only 1,400 light-years from earth...who knows, maybe the 51st state.
PictureG. Eldon Smith, author
Cripple Creek, Colorado
Although Murder in the Rockies was set in Denver and the forthcoming Two Miles High and Six Feet Under is set in Leadville, Cripple Creek, was also one of the biggest gold strikes in Colorado history. Found on the slopes of Pike's Peak, the land was considered only good for a cow pasture. The name Cripple Creek came from the fact that the rocks and rugged terrain around the creek often led to cattle becoming lame.
A determined gold-seeking cowboy named "Crazy Bob" Womack found a "floater," a piece of ore that broke off a rock and floated downstream.Womack (nicknamed Crazy Bob because of his drinking habits) would not give up. He spent years looking for where that floater had come from. When Womack found it in 1890, it didn't take long for the news of the strike to get out, and thousands of prospectors came hoping to strike it rich. Thus the saying, "Pikes Peak or Bust."
Millions of dollars were made in Cripple Creek and sister city, Victor. Spencer Penrose's profits from his C.O.D. mine built the Broadmoor Hotel, one of the finest hotels in Colorado and beyond.
Womack sold his claim for $300 during a drinking spree. He ended up broke and living with his sister in nearby Colorado Springs. He died broke and destitute.
Protagonist Andrew Coyle, Esq. was practicing law in the area in the 1890s. Who knows...maybe he will become involved in a case in the Pikes Peak region around the Cripple Creek-Victor mining district.
Heard on the Street
When everything’s coming your way, you’re in the wrong lane.
July 21, 2015
Thoughts and Opinions
Quotes
I think we have a good chance of surviving long enough to colonize the solar system. ~Stephen Hawkings
It's not going to do any good to land on Mars if we're stupid. ~Ray Bradbury
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Colorado-New Horizons-Pluto
New Horizons’ connections to Colorado’s aerospace industry and educational community are extensive. Alan Stern, the principal investigator of the New Horizons mission to Pluto, received his doctorate from University of Colorado-Boulder in 1989.
When Stern was a CU grad student, he, Fran Bagenal, and a group of fellow researchers banded together to form what was later called the Pluto Underground. In the late 1980s they pushed NASA to support a mission to explore Pluto, and in the early 2000s Stern helped rally support for the project after NASA attempted to kill the mission.
Crucial components were built in Colorado, including key instruments such as the suite of high-resolution image detectors that took pictures of Pluto’s surface. The instrument package, named “Ralph,” was built by Ball Aerospace, which is based in Boulder, and serves as the probe’s eyes and helps scientists learn about Pluto’s geology, atmosphere, and temperature.
The Atlas V rocket that launched New Horizons on its way was built by Lockheed Martin Space Systems, which is based south of Denver. Custom Microwave, a small company in Longmont, developed a special coating used to protect instruments from radiation and light.
Two University of Colorado professors were involved in the mission: Fran Bagenal is a New Horizons co-investigator who leads the New Horizons Particles and Plasma Team and is a faculty member in the department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences, and physics Professor Mihaly Horanyi of CU-Boulder’s Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, led a team of students that designed and built the Student Dust Counter instrument for New Horizons.
Scientists learned that Pluto has mountains but Colorado's mountain are higher!
Holmes Trial
The jury will be required to make three more decisions during the penalty phase of the Aurora Theater Shooting Trial. Aggravating Circumstances: The Prosecution has already shown numerous examples of premeditated murder. Mitigating Circumstances: The Defense will point out Holmes' mental illness made him do it. Victim Impact: There might be weeks of testimony about how lives were changed because of the damage done by the convicted murderer. The jury will vote after each of the three issues, whether to go on to the next issue. The decision will then go to the Colorado Supreme Court for review. The trial judge, Carlos Samour Jr., will then make the final decision- Death or Life in Prison.
Heard on the Street
I used to like my neighbors, until they put a password on their Wi-Fi.
Never argue with a fool, they will lower you to their level, and then beat you with experience.
If practice makes perfect, and nobody's perfect, why practice?
Check out Murder in the Rockies by G. Eldon Smith a fictional murder trial.
I think we have a good chance of surviving long enough to colonize the solar system. ~Stephen Hawkings
It's not going to do any good to land on Mars if we're stupid. ~Ray Bradbury
Picture
Colorado-New Horizons-Pluto
New Horizons’ connections to Colorado’s aerospace industry and educational community are extensive. Alan Stern, the principal investigator of the New Horizons mission to Pluto, received his doctorate from University of Colorado-Boulder in 1989.
When Stern was a CU grad student, he, Fran Bagenal, and a group of fellow researchers banded together to form what was later called the Pluto Underground. In the late 1980s they pushed NASA to support a mission to explore Pluto, and in the early 2000s Stern helped rally support for the project after NASA attempted to kill the mission.
Crucial components were built in Colorado, including key instruments such as the suite of high-resolution image detectors that took pictures of Pluto’s surface. The instrument package, named “Ralph,” was built by Ball Aerospace, which is based in Boulder, and serves as the probe’s eyes and helps scientists learn about Pluto’s geology, atmosphere, and temperature.
The Atlas V rocket that launched New Horizons on its way was built by Lockheed Martin Space Systems, which is based south of Denver. Custom Microwave, a small company in Longmont, developed a special coating used to protect instruments from radiation and light.
Two University of Colorado professors were involved in the mission: Fran Bagenal is a New Horizons co-investigator who leads the New Horizons Particles and Plasma Team and is a faculty member in the department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences, and physics Professor Mihaly Horanyi of CU-Boulder’s Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, led a team of students that designed and built the Student Dust Counter instrument for New Horizons.
Scientists learned that Pluto has mountains but Colorado's mountain are higher!
Holmes Trial
The jury will be required to make three more decisions during the penalty phase of the Aurora Theater Shooting Trial. Aggravating Circumstances: The Prosecution has already shown numerous examples of premeditated murder. Mitigating Circumstances: The Defense will point out Holmes' mental illness made him do it. Victim Impact: There might be weeks of testimony about how lives were changed because of the damage done by the convicted murderer. The jury will vote after each of the three issues, whether to go on to the next issue. The decision will then go to the Colorado Supreme Court for review. The trial judge, Carlos Samour Jr., will then make the final decision- Death or Life in Prison.
Heard on the Street
I used to like my neighbors, until they put a password on their Wi-Fi.
Never argue with a fool, they will lower you to their level, and then beat you with experience.
If practice makes perfect, and nobody's perfect, why practice?
Check out Murder in the Rockies by G. Eldon Smith a fictional murder trial.
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"Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words?" -Earnest Hemingway (about William Faulkner)
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