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I have no idea why it happens so much more frequently these days, but every now and then you get reports of young adults and teens just dropping dead from a heart condition nobody knew they had. Young athletes regularly get screened for these nowadays, but most people aren't aware of the risk.

I don't think this happens more frequently, it's just that historically people died much more frequently. So even when someone young and seemingly healthy died without a clear explanation it didn't seem much out of the ordinary since young and healthy people were dying on a regular basis.

This still seems odd as a news item, it's very tragic (and I'm not a fan of all the people trying to make a funny comment) but people do die at work.

Happened to a cousin of mine, he went to take a nap and never woke up. After that tragedy his parents were having all of his younger siblings screened as a precaution.

I have no idea why it happens so much more frequently these days, but every now and then you get reports of young adults and teens just dropping dead from a heart condition nobody knew they had. Young athletes regularly get screened for these nowadays, but most people aren't aware of the risk.

I don't think this happens more frequently, it's just that historically people died much more frequently. So even when someone young and seemingly healthy died without a clear explanation it didn't seem much out of the ordinary since young and healthy people were dying on a regular basis.

This still seems odd as a news item, it's very tragic (and I'm not a fan of all the people trying to make a funny comment) but people do die at work.

I have no idea why it happens so much more frequently these days, but every now and then you get reports of young adults and teens just dropping dead from a heart condition nobody knew they had. Young athletes regularly get screened for these nowadays, but most people aren't aware of the risk.

Not technically Denver. He's in the Boulder/Lafayette area. His address is 2510 Blue Heron Circle, Lafayette, CO. It's publicly available in several Boulder Daily Camera news articles, just in case anyone decides to nuke me for posting personal information. Article link where i found it is below. http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_13109068

Look at Australia, Mite. Gun control works if you are serious about it, despite what Ann Coulter says.

If you take the time to learn what information is actually on the ballot you'll see that the lawsuit has no merit. The barcode relates the ballot to what was scanned when the vote was automatically tallied in case there are errors or a recount. Any possibility that the ballot could be linked back to an individual voter was speculation, the plaintiffs couldn't produce any evidence that it could actually happen.

Don't forget there is also a partial solar eclipse happening on May 20 in the Western U.S. More info here:
http://www.dailycamera.com/get-out/ci_20490292/colorado-have-best-solar-eclipse-u-s-has

They've started doing that at the dorm parking lots in my University town. They've also been replacing street lights with LED light that have small PV panels on top.

Hello fellow 3-digit UID bike enthusiast. I'm in Boulder and we have a similarly enlightened bike culture here. According to a recent study, 12.3% of Boulder citizens bike to work, more than any other city in the country. It's not quite Amsterdam but we're certainly trying. I currently alternate between a Trek 5500 and a Gary Fisher Tassajara, depending on the weather and my prevailing mood ("do I want to go to work on the road or off road today?"). I've also been involved with doing bike moves, where we move the contents of an apartment / condo / etc. entirely via bikes with trailers. I'll be doing my fourth bike move in a year this weekend. You are right, having the infrastructure in place to allow these sorts of things is relatively easy technically but it takes dedicated people willing to push politically to see it enacted.

"I'm curious if carrying a small amateur radio would make any sense at all." Yes. http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_14440362 The person rescued is a friend. He had been carrying a small, 5 watt handheld 2-meter radio for 20 years whenever he went skiing or hiking. This time it saved his bacon, but he was experienced, well prepared and had done some research and some tests. The radio without the preparation would just have been weight. He was lucky, too. The repeaters serving Colorado's Front Range (I live in Boulder) are on pretty high peaks and reach into the mountain areas some, but as has already been said you will probably have to be on a ridge to communicate with anybody. There are fewer repeaters in less populated areas but more than you might imagine. A more-or-less accurate list is here: http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Amateur_Radio_Repeaters_in_Colorado.

In the US, as an individual, you have to get a prescription for it from your doctor.

That's not saying much. Here in Colorado college students can get medical pot licenses for nausea. Maybe California is more strict.

Benefits include reducing the amount of poisons (herbicides) used in sensitive areas. In addition the goats provide fertilizer and till the ground with their hooves,

http://www.dailycamera.com/news/2008/jun/20/grazing-mowers-herd-of-goats-takes-on-the-rez/

then he proceeded to escape, kill his wife & baby daughter (a teenager escaped) and then himself.

pretty crazy, no?: http://www.dailycamera.com/news/2008/jul/26/spam-king-murder-suicide-surviving-daughter-in/

As reported by the Camera's Kate Larsen a week earlier (Dec. 17), I have three Web cams (three more than last year) at my house watching my 26,000 Christmas lights. Needless to say, my 7-year-old and 4-year-old sons were excited to see if Santa would show up on these Web cams. And, not surprisingly, the Big Red Guy (and especially Rudolph) are quite visible stopping by our Lafayette house on Christmas Eve.

So while it would be (way!) out of place for me to weigh in on journalistic reporting as other letter writers have, I thought I would write to say that while Todd accurately reported that the physics of Santa are a challenge, the conclusion is wrong. Yes, sometimes, the paper doesn't get the story right ... and yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.

Santa does deliver presents on Christmas Eve to children around the world.

The magic/miracle is still alive, and I would suggest that Camera readers (and their kids) review the video at www.komar.org to judge for themselves.

And you'd better believe I'll be watching next year as Santa returns at Christmas.

As reported by the Camera's Kate Larsen a week earlier (Dec. 17), I have three Web cams (three more than last year) at my house watching my 26,000 Christmas lights. Needless to say, my 7-year-old and 4-year-old sons were excited to see if Santa would show up on these Web cams. And, not surprisingly, the Big Red Guy (and especially Rudolph) are quite visible stopping by our Lafayette house on Christmas Eve.

So while it would be (way!) out of place for me to weigh in on journalistic reporting as other letter writers have, I thought I would write to say that while Todd accurately reported that the physics of Santa are a challenge, the conclusion is wrong. Yes, sometimes, the paper doesn't get the story right ... and yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.

Santa does deliver presents on Christmas Eve to children around the world.

The magic/miracle is still alive, and I would suggest that Camera readers (and their kids) review the video at www.komar.org to judge for themselves.

And you'd better believe I'll be watching next year as Santa returns at Christmas.

As reported by the Camera's Kate Larsen a week earlier (Dec. 17), I have three Web cams (three more than last year) at my house watching my 26,000 Christmas lights. Needless to say, my 7-year-old and 4-year-old sons were excited to see if Santa would show up on these Web cams. And, not surprisingly, the Big Red Guy (and especially Rudolph) are quite visible stopping by our Lafayette house on Christmas Eve.

So while it would be (way!) out of place for me to weigh in on journalistic reporting as other letter writers have, I thought I would write to say that while Todd accurately reported that the physics of Santa are a challenge, the conclusion is wrong. Yes, sometimes, the paper doesn't get the story right ... and yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.

Santa does deliver presents on Christmas Eve to children around the world.

The magic/miracle is still alive, and I would suggest that Camera readers (and their kids) review the video at www.komar.org to judge for themselves.

And you'd better believe I'll be watching next year as Santa returns at Christmas.

This is certainly a new twist in dealing with all of those exploding meth labs.

My wife says my parent comment scooped Boulder's Daily Camera (the local newspaper for Sun and StorageTek in those parts).

Silly free registration required:
http://www.dailycamera.com/bdc/local_business/arti cle/0,1713,BDC_2461_3827456,00.html

Some choice quotes:

'Brian Freed, an analyst who covers StorageTek for Morgan, Keegan & Co. Inc., in Memphis, Tenn., said it wouldn't surprise him if Sun moved the StorageTek employees to its campus.'

'StorageTek's Louisville site is "probably something they'll sell," he said.'

Hmm, is that like it's no big deal that a Budweiser distributor employee was fired for drinking Coors while he was not on the job, as documented here. I guess this also means nothing in the grand scheme.

It would be highly interesting how the courts will sort our all the IP obtained through aquisition of employees, technology, etc.
Colorado used to be a hot bed of storage technology but somewhere along the lines the 90s saw a consolidation and only the big guys seem to have a chance to play in the field. Surprisingly many of these companies got much of their talent from IBM Boulder refugees or high tech families in the area typically often related to IBM.

Here is an article from the Boulder paper showing the high tech companies that often get over looked in the area; look at #1,2,4,7, and 12.

It's amazing that in a world where employees in Japan have the balls to sue former employees for shafting them over huge profits -- that American companies actually think that they can totally own an Idea and not share the wealth with the inventor beyond a simple paycheck.

Corporations enjoy an overly indulgent privilage of being treated as a person by the law -- companies can NOT come up with an idea of their own -- humans do.

It will all be tracked down to an employee that came over and used what he/she knew from a former postion or way of doing things. How sad is that for the advancement of science and technology.

Thank goodness dupont didn't patent the use of beakers and tubes in science experiments.

Scott Richter

Phone number: (303) 550-9828(Daily Camera)
Email: scottrichter422@yahoo.com

Enjoy!

A local newspaper reporter actually spoke with Richter and revealed two phone numbers: the one listed above, and another unpublished number he used to speak with him. Quite a potty-mouth Mr. Richter has. Here's the article.

From the parent's article:

(303) 550-9828

Apparently the guy answers this one. article here

The Daily Camera a local newspaper in Boulder also has this story. A nice quote: Richter did not return my phone calls Thursday, so I couldn't ask him how someone who admitted he was guilty of a felony could now assert his innocence. Since he didn't answer the phone, maybe he'd respond to a letter. His office address is 1333 W. 120th Avenue, Suite 101, Westminster, Colo., 80234. (Just in case you're curious.)

D'oh! It probably works better with the link (I will use preview, I will use preview...)

According to Clint Talbott of the Daily Camera, Scott Richter's office address is:

1333 W. 120th Avenue Suite 101
Westminster, CO, 80234

No mention of a home mailing address, unfortunately. Maybe it's actually listed in the Qwest white pages? Somehow, though, I doubt it. . .

I don't know about Utah, but some states have laws where private citizens can sue to force the district attorney to bring criminal charges against someone (such as Colorado). Can't something be done about this? I would be very willing to contribute to a fund to do this. Or would this be more difficult to do since it would be a federal case?

In Colorado, Comcast and Qwest said customers who couldn't access the Internet bombarded the company with calls. The companies directed their customers to Web sites offering software fixes.

A new casualty of this war was announced yesterday, Dataplay has shut down. Among the causes of their demize was the pressure put on them by record lables and those that enforce entertainment copyright.

My attempt at making the links 'clickable'
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The article about them