If Life is a Highway…
Here’s a friendly reminder, according to the Boulder Municipal Court, of the most common traffic violations: Inattentive Driving Reckless Driving Speed Contest 20mph and more over speed limit Stop for school bus required Eluding Obedience to peace officers directing traffic A…
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Even if the Shoe Fits, Maybe You Shouldn’t Wear It
If you’re thinking about wearing those haute Gucci pumps that you just broke the bank on: Don’t. OK, we know how not cool that sounds. But wearing the wrong kind of shoes can cause severe heel foot, knee, hip and…
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Ask a Greaser!
When we asked, Brett Sawchak, CU Biodiesel outreach director, if he thought vegetable oil biodiesel-fueled cars smell like French fries, he replied, “Biodiesel does have a distinct smell to it. Some say it smells like French fries, I think it…
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What’s the deal with vegetable oil?
First things first, a common mistake people make is to think they can dump vegetable oil straight into their fuel tanks. The EPA has not condoned the act of using straight vegetable oil as gas. They say raw vegetable oils…
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Down The Road: Ten Transportation Issues Impacting You in the Next 10 Years
Getting around Metro Denver and the Front Range is getting easier every day. But making faster progress may mean digging in to our collective couches for the pocket change to make it happen. In the next 10 years, transportation issues…
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Winged Migration
A small bird darts just overhead, hugging the side of the ridge, holding its wings back like an F-14. Binoculars and cameras point quickly in the little jet’s direction. “What is it?” someone asks.
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Jennifer Wilger
For Micah Wilger, it was sharks and whales instead of cows and hogs—but his family’s path was set to cross Temple Grandin’s from age 3. It was at that age Wilger and Grandin were diagnosed with disorders that make typical…
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Cruise Control
A few years back, I interviewed a woman who had a degenerative eye disease that took her vision slowly and awkwardly. Several accidents ensured her vision constantly changed—partially blind in her right eye, mostly blind in her left eye, and…
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Foodie: Mike O’Shay’s on Serious Eats
Mike O’Shay’s got a great write up for their salmon BLT on big-time foodie blog Serious Eats.
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