The Hawaiian Islands are well known all over the world as favorite vacation destinations and for the North Shore’s amazing surf competitions. Dozens of movies and television shows have given viewers a depiction of one part of Hawaiian life or another, but perhaps the most profoundly known piece of Hawaii is Pearl Harbor and what […]
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Recently, US Represented caught up with Colorado Springs author Lucy Bell and illustrator Linda Martin to discuss their collaboration on a newly published children’s book. Molly and the Cat Who Stole Her Tongue is a ten-chapter, 10,000-word adventure story for six to ten-year-olds (though any age would find it enjoyable). It has 22 illustrations that bring
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There isn’t a definitive reason for the water crisis that has recently struck Fountain, Colorado, but there’s plenty of finger pointing from all parties involved, such as health departments, local military, utility companies, and even city officials themselves refuse to take responsibility. Although these officials have taken precautionary measures to mitigate damage to human life,
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For as long as anyone can remember, humans have struggled to consciously address proper solid waste management and environmental health. In America, early colonies allowed rodents to clean street garbage. Oceans, lakes, and rivers were common places for waste dumping. Westward expansion, along with economic and technological advancements, boosted the accumulation of garbage across the
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All of my getting-me-to-here years, plus the place in which those years went by, have left no trace upon your memory. You even casually mused recently how we would ferry your ashes one day to England where, you said, Dad lay alone in a cemetery plot for two. As if a man who had never
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A watershed is an elevated land area that channels rainfall and snowmelt to creeks, streams, and rivers. The South Platte watershed provides Colorado with 75% of its municipal water. Yet ongoing threats from weather and human activity damage this fragile ecosystem. Preventing contamination of the water source requires constant maintenance. The Coalition for the Upper
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