Video Vault: Captain America 2

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Video Vault: Captain America 2

Given that marvel movies are about guys in costumes fighting crime, it’s incredible how realistic and believable the stories are. But not only that, you have to add in Marvel’s ability to cross pollinate so many different characters stories.

And they always balance out the action with a good amount of character-building dialogue. We come to love these characters and genuinely care about what they go through. Too many action movies don’t spend enough time making us interested in what happens to the people, and instead get lost in explosions and dudes punching other dudes.

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What is Beautiful

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What is Beautiful

My best friend had a baby last night. A healthy little girl who is already screaming at her.

I decided that on my little pseudo-niece’s first day in the world I couldn’t write about makeup or vanity or anything addressing one’s exterior.

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I want her to grow up to be a strong, confident woman who knows she can be anything she wants to be and that no matter what, she is already the most beautiful woman in the world.

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So, today, I’d like to remind us all that we are most beautiful when we are ourselves. Without apology.

Welcome to life, baby girl.

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CU is Saying, “We Want You to Be A Cultured Buff.”

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CU is Saying, “We Want You to Be A Cultured Buff.”

The University of Colorado Boulder, being an international university, enrolls students from across the globe including South Africa, Kuwait, and Australia. Walking from one class to another, it’s commonplace to hear fellow students conversing in different languages. All of this diversity has contributed to CU’s recognition of having a culturally diverse campus. What American students may not be aware of, however, are the opportunities to become a part of a completely different culture themselves. CU currently sponsors over 300 study abroad programs in over 65 countries.

My three roommates studied abroad last semester; one in Dublin, Ireland, one in Florence, Italy, and the other in Australia – they all had different experiences entirely. Australia was sanction for adventure, with reef diving, rainforest exploring, and airplane flying: the perfect experience for Biology majors. Studying in Europe allowed my roommates to travel to many more places than just their initial destinations. By the time that they arrived home, they were able to say that they had visited Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Croatia, France, Spain, the Netherlands, England, Morocco, and Germany.

Studying abroad will do more than satisfy your travel cravings, it will teach you about independence and culture. CU offers one-on-one advising along …read more

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Sawhill Ponds Trailhead, Boulder

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Sawhill Ponds Trailhead, Boulder

Sawhill Ponds is another beautiful park in the plains in Boulder. For some Gunbarrel residents the park is in walking distance and provides beautiful landscape views, ponds for fishing, and wide hiking trails. The City of Boulder manages the park, which means Green tags for dogs are applicable here. The trails connect to Walden Ponds’ trails, which is right next door.

The trail at Sawhill Ponds in this lovely January weather we have been having

Ponds are melting in the warm weather

Learn more about the park here.

Have fun out there!

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Confessions Of A Budtender

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Confessions Of A Budtender

The question I hear most at my job is something along the lines of, “I mean, do you really like your job?”

And, it usually comes from a woman between 60 and 80 years old who is wearing bedazzled jeans and refuses to even smell the flower we have on display.

After I was asked this several times, I took a moment to really think about my truthful answer. I work over 40 hours a week, with little to no breaks throughout my day. I deal with complaints about ridiculous things and at least once a weeks someone calls me a b*%$# for not accepting their drivers license with void punched into it. The laws change so frequently that we are rarely on the same page as our vendors.

So, in all honestly, hell yeah! I love my job. I am so lucky to be part of an industry that isn’t stagnant. I work for entrepreneurs, share conversations with chemists, and see state of the art and exploratory science every day. I would never trade what I do for a 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. desk job.

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Rocky Mountain National Park Celebrates its 100th Birthday!

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Rocky Mountain National Park Celebrates its 100th Birthday!

Normally, when you’re celebrating someone’s hundredth birthday, you’re not talking about climbing mountains. The hundredth birthday Rocky Mountain National Park, however, is a little different than most birthdays. Back in 1915, on January 26th, Woodrow Wilson signed Rocky Mountain National park into law. People were visiting the gorgeous Rocky Mountains far before 1915, but that’s the date when Wilson made things official.

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Rocky Mountain National park is huge. To give you a basic idea, here’s a few interesting stats:

• More than 260,000 acres of unfathomable beauty.


• Includes sixty mountains that stand above 12,000 feet. The highest mountain is Longs Peak, which stands 14,259 feet tall.


• There are a total of 586 designated campgrounds and 167 backcountry campsites


• Includes one hundred and forty seven lakes, totaling in 1,151 acres of lake space.


• Rocky Mountain National Park received its highest number of annual visitors ever last year, totaling at a whopping 3.4 million guests in 2014.

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In a world of constant development and city building, it’s a great accomplishment that such a huge piece of nature has been conserved. Sure, the glaciers did most of the work when they carved out the mountains thousands of years ago, but it has taken …read more

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Prosperity Teachings of Ernest Holmes

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Prosperity Teachings of Ernest Holmes

1. “Every business, every place, every person, everything has a certain mental atmosphere of its own. This atmosphere decides what is to be drawn to it. For instance, you never saw a successful man who went around with an atmosphere of failure. Successful people think about success. A successful man is filled with that subtle something which permeates everything that he does with an atmosphere of confidence and strength. In the presence of some people we feel as though nothing were too great to undertake; we are uplifted; we are inspired to do great things; to accomplish; we feel strong, steady, sure. What a power we feel in the presence of big souls, strong men, noble women!”


2. “Here is something worth remembering. Unless we are working with people who think as we do, we had better be working alone. One stream of thought, even though it may not be very powerful, will do more for us than many powerful streams that are at a variance with each other. This means that, unless we are sure that we are working with people who harmonize, we would better work alone. Of course we cannot retire from business simply because people do not agree with …read more
   

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