Pathfinders, a comprehensive psychosocial program for cancer patients and those suffering from life-threatening illnesses, is highlighted in the new documentary Pathfinders: What Love Is. Pathfinders began in Aspen, Colo with the goal of providing compassionate, whole person care to patients, their caregivers, family members and the community. Pathfinders’ masters-trained mental health professionals provide an approach to standard care that optimizes the level of care on an individual basis. Touted by the Duke University Comprehensive Cancer Center as the missing link to cancer care, PATHFINDERS: What Love Is addresses why it is important to focus on the whole person in today’s medical system."
Our little town in the mountains produces seven Olympians ready for the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
"Find this ritzy ski resort a little snobby? Aspenites are working on it," reports the Associated Press. "A city tourism initiative announced this week seeks to shake off Aspen's unfriendly reputation, according to the Aspen Daily News. The "Adopt a Tourist" promotion has city officials asking residents to volunteer to play host for visiting tourists. City promoters say the effort aims to put a more welcoming face on a town sometimes hostile to visitors. A sign behind the bar at one popular watering hole asks, 'If it's tourist season, why can't we shoot them?' The adoption program was the idea of Paul MacFarlane, a St. Louis native who moved to Aspen two years ago. He was inspired by seeing locals stop to help tourists read a local map on a downtown street corner."
"The next time there is a landmark case," writes Post blogger Ed Troy, the Liberal Gladiator, in comment #9, "just for fun and laughs why don't we make a justice by justice prediction on how they will vote."
Word on the street in the Roaring Fork Valley is the Willit's Farmer's Market is the place to be on Saturday for the freshest food around.
Dude, what's your idea of a good time? A night of snowboarding under the stars? TV Aspen Channel 19 News Director Jim Laurence reports on snowboarders who had to spend the night in a "snow cave."
"If the bigshot at Google was no longer capitalizing 'google,' could the end of civilization be that far behind?..." blogs the Con Man. "A funny thing happened on the way to written anarchy. My emails started to grow truncated, abortive. For years I had prided myself on watching the typos and ending with a spiffy salutation to my emails. All of that has gone out the window. It’s all I can do now to manage a period at the end of a one-sentence email. If you’re in this world you know what I’m talking about, and if you know what it all means please let me know. The best I can do is to say truncation says something about what we are becoming and what we are destined to become, with substance giving way to speed faster than fresh wheels on the autobahn. If we can eliminate whole words and then excise punctuation, will we not reach a point where you need GPS to find out what anything means? Don’t u c?"
"Those whose lives are fear-based can’t get past the fact that there are Arabs who have threatened Jews, killed Jews and apparently want to annihilate Israel," writes Post blogger Sue Gray in comment #6. "Never mind that there is a tangible reason for the violence: resistance to oppression."
"Why not machete the rest of the federal pie?" blogs the Con Man. "Because the two biggest pieces are all but untouchable: entitlement programs like Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security; and military spending of all kinds. Like the teabagger who said to get the government’s damn hands off his damn social security, military spending gets a pass post-9/11 in the name of national security. The same conservatives who decry government spending have a blind spot bigger than a silver dollar when it comes to all things military. Regardless of sexual orientation in Congress, when it comes to defense spending literally anything goes—and there was no better example of the futility of scrutinizing the military than Secretary of Defense Bob Gates attempts to crack down.
"Yes," writes Post blogger Edward Troy in comment #7, "this was a free speech veil covering for corporate political advertising. yet we are not free to yell fire in a movie theatre, nor are we able to incite riots -- very subjective."
"I don't see how you can view this as a partisan adjudication," writes Post blogger Mitch Mulhall to Ed Troy in comment #8. "SCOTUS cannot consider evidence that has not already been introduced in lower courts. The questions they consider are narrow."
"As a talk show host," writes the Con Man, "I am immensely gratified by the political career path yapping portends. I could become a talking points talking head like Mike Pence, the Congressman from Indiana who cut his bleep filling radio frequencies in his home state. I could wallow in the footsteps of J.D. Hayworth, the conservative former Congressman now ready to spank John McCain because the former Republican Presidential nominee is not nearly conservative enough. Or, if folks get scared enough about whatever, I could fold up my tent like Lou Dobbs of CNN and migrate toward the Presidential race in 2012, mumbling all the way about the way things are s’posed to be. ... Were I to run I would take my lead from Karl Rove: the architect himself chided those sadly limited to 'fact-based' stratagems. Facts are stubborn things, for sure, but only if you care about them."
"The peace agreements that Israel offers are, frankly, crap," writes new Post blogger hboronski in comment #5. "In one, for example, they offered the Palestinians a large area of land, but the media did not mention that this land was broken into fragments no larger than 2 km, all separated by Israeli roads."
TV Aspen News Director Jim Laurence is reporting local musicians have banded together to raise money for the Haiti relief effort.
"This rivals Bush v. Gore for partisan political adjudications." writes Post blogger Edward Troy, the Liberal Gladiator, in comment #7.
Want to see all those things you can't believe you just saw from the Winter X Games, a mere two weeks before the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver? But was it worth it for imminent Olympians. "U.S. Olympic freestyle skier Daron Rahlves of Truckee dislocated his right hip after a nasty wreck in his opening skicross race Sunday at the Winter X Games in Aspen, Colorado," reports Associated Press. "The injury is a setback as Rahlves prepares to compete in the upcoming Olympic Games in Vancouver. But a doctor who checked him out at the scene was optimistic after the crash, which resulted in Rahlves' fourth hip dislocation.
A few hours after the accident, X Games officials said the hip had been popped back into place and Rahlves was putting pressure on it."
The Con Man is convinced that everyone has missed the ultimate importance of the iPad to the evolution of media. "In the rush to slobber over one’s self," he blogs, "the real point of the iPad was either missed or dismissed in a whiff of epic proportions. To whit I submit this humble rejoinder to the hordes. At the end of the day, at the end of this decade, the iPad will be seen as the first device that collected all the media together in one truly portable place. The real power of the iPad model will thus come not from the monetization of any one thing but in the creation of a whole new form—a form of forms, if you will."
In comment #6, Post blogger Mitch Mulhall says concerns about foreign interventions in elections are "tripe" or some other smelly form of fishwrap.
"Within one hour of skiing Powderhorn in Grand Mesa, Colorado, my wife said: 'I love this place,'” writes Post blogger Michael Conniff. "This revelation is no small thing in our little world because my new bride—we married in May 2009—had lost her mojo when it came to skiing and I’m the one to blame.... After a year or two in Colorado, she stopped getting a pass and literally stopped skiing, with me shouldering plenty of blame for same. I won’t say I had to drag her to Powderhorn but what’s the point when you live just outside Aspen, with Ajax, Highlands, Buttermilk, and the massive Snowmass all reachable within the time it takes to listen to a long-play single?"
"Mitch," writes Post blogger Ed Troy, the Liberal Gladiator, in comment #5. "To clarify: One wealthy person shpuld have the same political voice as one poor or poorer person?"
Post blogger Edward Troy of Basalt, a man of many talents, is a personal trainer who now provides you with his fitness tip of the day.
"Though corporations do indeed 'consist of American people,'" writes Post blogger Michael Conniff in comment #4, "they are in fact legal entities with officers who have fidicuary responsibilities and shareholders who own the company. They are not individuals. Corporations do not file individual tax returns nor do they pay personal income taxes. To simplify this distinction, if corporations 'consisted of people' then why are suits frequently filed (and even won) against both corporations AND the individuals responsible for running the company? They are not one and the same.... So much for 'originalism.' More like original sin if you ask me."
"One week to rule them all," writes Post blogger Courtney Smith of Qittle. "ESPN’s Winter X Games 14 comes to Aspen/Snowmass this week (January 28-31). And with a group of newly appointed Olympians, insane features on Buttermilk Mountain, a super stacked lineup of musicians and loads of swag to be given away, there is no doubt this year will be the biggest yet. Big tricks, big parties, big prizes. Among them, Qittle(TM) is giving away two (2) O-matic snowboards. One board will be given away as part of Qittle’s Swag Friday prizes, where one winner is chosen from those who have entered into Qittle’s ”Live the Dream” contest. The ultimate winner of the “Live the Dream” contest will win a year living in Aspen/Snowmass, however there are weekly winners on each of the Swag Fridays."
"Some corporations consist of American people," writes Post blogger Mitch Mulhall in comment #3, "people to whom the US Constitution extends as much right to free speech as I enjoy typing on this blog."
"By January people where asking the obvious question," writes Post blogger Michael Conniff, "the question they've asked before under different circumstances: where in the world is Pitkin County Sheriff Bob Braudis? One source in local law enforcement said he was in Europe. Another said he'd been gone since Thanksgiving. But as per usual in the Sheriff's tenure, no one seemed exactly sure, and no one in the press seemed willing to ask. Now we know and the news is not good. The Sheriff was indeed in Europe with his girlfriend, but upon his return he was hospitalized, in serious-enough condition to be put in intensive care in a Denver hospital."
The home of the resident genius at the Rocky Mountain Institute in Old Snowmass has qualifieds as one of the "strangest homes in the world."
Aspen's favorite local hero--snowboarder and Olympic medalist Chris Klug--is returning to the biggest stage in the world after qualifying for the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver.
TV Aspen News Director Jim Laurence is reporting a suspect in the robbery of Clark's Market in Basalt has been identified by police.
"By throwing in the impotent unions as an equivalent political factor with corporations, the reactionaries on the court are now able to cover up the throwing of several succeeding elections into the lap of the ultra wealthy and corporations...."
Erica Jong, author of the infamous "zipless fuck," comes to Aspen for a literary fiesta at the behest of the Aspen Writers Foundation.
Front page coverage in the Sunday Denver Post raises the question as to the potential proliferation of so-called date rape drugs in Aspen. "At Belly Up, Aspen's largest and busiest live-music bar," reports Nancy Lofholm, "drinks have begun disappearing. Belly Up bartenders have been instructed to discard drinks left unattended on the bar by customers who wander off or head to the dance floor. In reports of lost nights reminiscent of the movie "The Hangover," about a dozen people around Aspen and Snowmass have reported they think "roofies" — the street name for the so-called date-rape drug Rohypnol — have been slipped into their beverages at parties and in bars. So now places like Belly Up are taking steps to prevent anyone from having access to an unattended drink. People who believe they have been victims of the amnesia-inducing drug in the Aspen area have awakened in strange places...."
"How the 'originalists' of the Supreme Court could rule that the Founding Fathers would have wanted unfettered corporate money in campaigns is beyond understanding," writes Post blogger Michael Conniff in comment #1. "I would point out that Justice Alito, as one example, has voted for corporate interests over the interests of citizens time after time after time. Thanks to the conservative majority of the court, it is far better today to be a corporation than a citizen. We the people, indeed. Coming as it does during the same week as Scott Brown's ascension to "the people's seat" in Massachusetts, the Court's decision raises the obvious question: how can the conservative movement, wrapped in populism, manage to reconcile the decision of a conservative court enshrining money in politics in a way that will change it forever? I'd love an answer to that particular question."
The Wheeler Opera House comes alive Saturday night with the sound of chuckles, guffaws, cackles, et al., thanks to Standup Smackdown #1.
"I have seen these Live in HD presentations at two different movie theaters in Denver," writes Post blogger St3eve Goldenberg in comment #1, "and was impressed with the excellent sound and super clarity of the video."
In a wrenching report in Haiti, Susie Krabacher of Aspen talks to CNN anchor John Roberts about a harrowing series of events -- including 32 children missing and not yet accounted for. "It was devestation...." she said on CNN. "The clinic is completely gone. Our surgical suite looks like a pancake. We have 32 children unaccounted for at the abandoned baby unit.... Our schools are still standing..... All of our orphans have been moved out of Port au Prince. Fuel is absolutely impossible to get. We had to pull out our gunes yesterday to protect ourselves to get fuel.... The unit is standing, the children are gone.... That will be my mission. I won't be leaving until I find them.... I will find them. I hope that I find them safe.... I'm running on adrenaline and I just want to see their smiles again."
Public radio station KDNK of Carbondale has proudly supplemented its News Director with a full-time reporter.
"With much of the electorate comprised of Homer Simpson, King of the Hill, Tea Party mental midgets," writes Post blogger Edward Troy, the Liberal Gladiator, "does any thinking person have any question how this will play out?"
A new bill introduced in the Colorado legislature concerns the proliferation of medical marijuana statewide. Bente Birkland reports.
The Aspen Music Festival and School (AMFS) brings to Aspen the hugely successful The Met: Live in HD opera series, beginning with Richard Strauss’s masterpiece, Der Rosenkavalier at the Wheeler Opera House on Wednesday, January 27. The encore-broadcast features opera superstars Renée Fleming (an AMFS alumna) as the Marschallin and Susan Graham as Octavian. Edo De Waart conducts a cast that includes Christine Schäfer as Sophie, Eric Cutler as the Italian singer, Thomas Allen as Faninal, and Kristinn Sigmundsson as Baron Ochs. This performance is hosted by legendary tenor Plácido Domingo with intermission features including backstage interviews with the cast. There will be a free champagne reception at the first intermission for all attendees.
The world-class dance troupe arrives for a command performance at the Aspen District Theatre.
No wonder actor Charlie Sheen asked for a postponement of his Wednesday court date: his wife is not well. But the judge in Aspen still insists they must BOTH show up Friday.
TV Aspen Channel 19 News Director Jim Laurence is blogging away about the plethora of local groups and organizations coming together in Aspen and Snowmass to help the victims of the earthquake in Haiti.
"I wear panties for no one," writes Post blogger Edward Troy in comment #3 aimed at infowars.com. "You are a GOP fifth columnist, full of misinformation agitprop."
"In the summer of 2007 I reported from the Aspen Institute upon the 'Death Of Newspapers Greatly Exaggerated' as put forth by William Dean Singleton, the chief bottle-washer at MediaNews Group, owner of the Denver Post, the San Jose Mercury, and multiple other newspapers across the country. Now comes the news of the bankruptcy filing of Affiliated Media Inc., the MediaNews holding company, in a Chapter 11 shuffle that means, according to Singleton’s official statement, that “current shareholders will be losing the value of their holdings.” That’s right: if you owned stock, you just got wiped out faster than you can say 'ShamWow'.... More to the point: how can a company that came up so short 'participate in the consolidation and re-invention of the newspaper industry'?"
Local hero -- and legend-- Chris Davenports speaks about Antarctica at the Ute City Mountaineer.
Brent Gardner-Smith is moonlighting as a blogger obsessed with the snow or the lack thereof.
Post blogger Mike McGarry, no stranger to controversy, does his personal take on the spat between Andrew Kole and Michael Conniff.
"As I'd observed some months ago when this discussion was in progress," writes Post blogger kehoff in comment #4, "the Palestinians have had in excess of 60 years to make compromise and have their own state...."
Give a man a bike and anything's possible. "Couldn't have found a more perfect spot among tall pines and a needle-soft floor to pitch my tent on this day," he writes in comment #68, "which I shall remember for the rest of my life. Birds are chirping above me as the light fades from the sky and a cool wind whispers through the trees making them creak as they sway back and forth. The campfire chases away the darkness in a small circle surrounded by ¬towering redwoods. Sunshine blessed us today as we rode the 49er Trail toward Sonora, California. Flowers bloomed along the road like a bouquet from a child's coloring book. But something happened today that fills my heart with sorrow."
When it comes to the Aspen scene, Andrew Israel does not miss a trick, especially when it comes to Winterskol and Soupskol.
"The issues Mitch brought up earlier," writes Post blogger Edward Troy, the Liberal Gladiator, in comment #64, "are absolutely valid problems without functioning sloutions. That they exist does not mean global warming isn't a problem or is mitigated. Solving some of those problems might actually help with global warming. The biosphere on this planet is warming and so I will do my best to not call it climate change for any nebulous reason PC or not. The sun is also warming as more hydrogen is converted into helium and increases core density making the core radius smaller and therefore increases the gravity which increases the rate on fusionable (excuse this "word") collisions and thus heat while lowering the density of the suns outer layers because mass has gone to the core and mostly because the outer layers have more volume because of increased heat/energy from the core via radiative, conductive and convective means."
TV Aspen Channel 19 News Director Jim Laurence tells you how you can give to disaster relief in Haiti thanks to Joe and Susie Krabacher of Aspen.
"Con Man accuses me of Racism, Homophobia," writes Post blogger infowars.com in comment #2. "Thats what the media and professional status quo political pushers do."
TV Aspen Channel 19 News Director is all over the Aspen City Hall hearing on the re-development of the historic Bidwell Building, originally built by famed Aspen Architect Fritz Benedict.
If someone accuses you of being unpopular, the least you can do is name your friends. Of course, if you actually have to name your friends, and one of your peeps is the Mayor of Aspen, then maybe you are not burdened by having too many. Andrew Kole's friends can be found in comment #1: "Roger Marolt, Karen Nye, Cliff Weiss, Elizabeth Milias, Mimi Lenk, Pete Louras, Mick Ireland (a maybe — not a definite), Pam Cunningham, Derek Johnson, Gram Slaton, Terri Butler, Boogie, David Cook, Adam Frisch, the girls at Victoria's, and the former cast of the TV show, 'Eight Is Enough,' to name just a few." Wags have been going around Aspen asking the simple question: "How come Andrew Kole doesn't think you're his friend?"
Infowars.com, who sees conspiracy under every toadstool and Toyota, does not have a huge problem with racism or homophobia. What happens when the shephard becomes the sheep?
Dena Marion , one of Aspen's favorite chefs--Ajax Tavern, D 19, The Wild Fig--rocked the house with her work on "Iron Chef."
Keller Williams, the mad scientist of the guitar, comes back to Aspen to cook up something new.
Charlie Sheen, star of the small screen with a hit CBS comedy, wants to be alone when he comes to Aspen.
"Uh infowars," writes Post blogger Sue Gray in comment #60, "I guess you're not aware that glaciers are on land, not the ocean. We're not talking about icebergs, we're talking about frozen rivers of ice that have existed for thousands of years melting into the sea. The Antarctic ice sheet is from 7000 to 15000 feet thick and covers nearly the entire continent. You don't think if it melts that will raise the sea level? There are glaciers melting in Greenland, Alaska, and the Himalayas. All adding new, previously bound up water to the ocean. It's already happening and no matter how much you question authority, physics is still going to be in play.z
And you just made the exact point scientists are trying to make with Carbon Dioxide levels in our atmosphere: too much, and we run out of air to breath. We die. That's what toxic means."
Who is the man? On January 29th at Belly Up Aspen, it's Snoop Dogg to celebrate the new hole in the wall's anniversary.
"Imagine a year of your life submerged in outdoor activities, culture and fine dining in a place high in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado," writes Qittle. "Qittle is now providing people the chance to make this dream a reality. On January 1, 2010, Qittle’s “Live the Dream – A Year in Aspen/Snowmass” contest went live, and those eligible can now go to the website http://livethedreamaspensnowmass.com and register for their chance to win.
Mobile marketing company Qittle has partnered with various local and national clients for “Live the Dream” contest. One lucky winner will receive accommodation, grocery allowance, lift pass, equipment for winter and summer activities and tickets to local events among other prizes. He or she will work for Qittle hosting a weekly radio/TV show that will air locally and will also be responsible for his or her own blog, where they will share their experience in Aspen/Snowmass with the world."
"Just like you fear-mongers that say man is the reason of global warming, yet Mars and other planets and moons have frozen areas," writes Post blogger infowars.com in commetn #59, "yet some are closer to the Sun and have no cars or cow farts. And then theres the fact that these same super-duper-leaders said we would have an ice age in the 70s. And to change it too climate change..... WOW.... there called seasons Sue. And if those seasons worry you, then get a group together to stop the HARP program and complain about the chemtrails this government finally admitted to doing. but who cares cuzz Al Gore invented the internet, and Obama won the Peach Prize huh."
Come to Belly Up for the TY KU Premium Liqueur Cocktail Competition made with the #1 selling distilled spirit in the world with favorite local bartenders.
"Suggesting that the host Michael Conniff speak in a 'Negro dialect,' was one of the most offensive things I have heard in quite some time from any caller on any subject," writes Post blogger Edward Troy.
Critics of the treatment of sled dogs at Krabloonik in Snowmass continue to fight.
Just listen now to what I say: this is your chance to make it in the music biz.
"Thinking that global warming means it gets warmer everywhere all of the time is like, well, thinking that carbon dioxide isn’t a toxin just because we exhale it," writes Post blogger Sue Gray in comment #50. "It’s pretty friggin simplistic to think 'global warming' is a farce just because it’s cold and it hails somewhere. But it still befuddles a lot of people. That’s why several years ago, the term was modified to 'climate change,' so it won’t confuse those prone to literal interpretations. If the title confuses you, the science behind it must really rattle your cranium, so let me try to put this in layman’s terms…"
"It feels good to have so many people happy for me," said Aspen's Gretchen Bleiler. "And I won with a run I've never done before. That always feels good, too." Those words came Saturday in Mammoth Mountain, California, where Bleier qualified for the Vancouver Olympics.
"Though FAIR went down in flames," writes Post blogger Michael Conniff in comment #1. " I hope everyone will read or re-read our reportage from October 2008 in which we laid the groundwork for this entire story...."
"The VH1 show is laughable, at first i was kind of disgusted, but now I just think its funny. If this is the kind of entertainment that Viacom thinks will sell taco bell--so be it."
"I DO require all comers to solicit my vote by speaking to what's important to me and my family," writes new Post blogger shirley in comment #1. "Besides, there is no 'Indpendent' in Colorado; only 'Unaffiliated."
TV Aspen Channel 19 News Director Jim Laurence is reporting that Wheeler Opera House executive director Gram Slaton is throwing the towel in on a $30 million expansion.
"Despite your best efforts to put words in my mouth, I'd have to say the figure who best encapsulates my views on the global warming debate is Freeman Dyson. Of the climatic models used to proffer the arguments supporting the positions of Al Gore and others...." writes Post blogger Mitch Mulhall, "I have never argued against the development of renewable energy technologies, nor have I argue for eliminating the use of coal, petroleum, and other fossil fuels. My attitude is best summarized in an old, Colorado School of Mines bumper sticker that says, "BAN MINING, let the bastards freeze in the dark." The closer Congress gets to control over CO2 levels in the atmosphere, the closer they get to controlling what we exhale, which in your case is mostly hot air."
"It's no secret that anyone who lives in Aspen knows that "The Secrets of Aspen" on VH1 is about as true to life as a fake boob job," writes Post blogger Michael Conniff in comment #1..
"A friend of mine was saying she had time listening to my putatively liberal radio talk show 'Con Games' (KNFO 106.1 FM in Aspen, 95.5 in Vail) because I had changed my tone over the last year and was now ranting and raving at Republicans rather than strumming kumbaya around the campfire. Her main complaint was that when I rage against the Republican machine, I am no longer talking about her, but about those spindle-fold-and-mutilate whack jobs who have built a shrine to Rush Limbaugh and other nattering nabobs of negativism. Ergo: she feels I am lumping her together with the lunatic fringe.... I actually am blaming about her and other Republicans who consider themselves somehow 'moderate.' One should feel uncomfortable when one’s feet are roasting on the barbie."
Who do you love? Almost no one in Aspen even likes VH1's "Secrets Of Aspen." Click here to find our the truth in videos for yourself.
Post blogger infowars.com, no stranger has figured out the truth, Ruth, about climate change. "Where’s Al Gore now?" he blogs in comment #46. "This winter, at least in the United States has record breaking low tempertures as far south as Florida in the 30’s even hitting 27 , snowing in texas off and on for the last few weeks , the great lakes states are below zero for the last week and even where I live up by Bartsow , Ca. in the high dessert , the avg low for this week will be 30.5 degrees ! The lowest temps in Ireland in over 30 years.... The truth of the matter is that hail , in general , is more frequent today then in the past , It contradicts the ‘ Global Warming ” scam . I guess The Weather Channel has also sold out to the American People . . . John Coleman must be hanging his head in shame."
Ever wonder what it's like to be Post blogger Sue Gray? In comments #1 and #2, you don't have to worry any more. "As a result of the lop-sided coverage of the Israel/Palestine issue in our media," she blogs, "which focuses mainly on the transgressions of a minute number of Palestinians, most Americans are unaware of the daily suffering endured by the men, women, and children living under Israeli occupation. This has led some Americans to develop a view that favors portrayal of Israeli Jews as victims of Arab hatred and violence, when the opposite is more often true. "
"A few years ago," writes Post blogger Edward Troy, the Liberal Gladiator, "I enthusiastically entered the Virgin Earth contest to remove a billion tons of CO2 from the atmosphere per year for ten years...."
Post blogger Mitch Mulhall turns to the ultimate climate change denier -- a man who has spent his career as a local weatherman. Dr. Frank Fields, anyone?
"I don't even believe that news "reporting" is really that much different from what you call "blogging". More or less half true 100% of the time is about as good as it gets.
"The difference is (as is what separates magicians from faith healers) that honest bloggers know and explain that they are engaged in advocacy (i.e. quite likely some form of deceit)," writes Post blogger Harvie Branscomb in comment #10, "while journalists usually actually believe that they are 'telling the truth' and healing the society too. The odd thing is, of course, that faith healing actually could have a positive effect on health once in a while too. So it is with journalism. Are you, then, con man, one of the magicians? Or are you one of the faith healers? "
Post blogger and Post Time Media shareholder Marcosthecuban, AKA Marcos Rodriguez, continues to add to his real estate and radio holdings throughout the Roaring Fork Valley.
"Blogging is almost completely misunderstood," writes Post blogger Michael Conniff, founder of Aspen Post in comment #10, "particularly in Aspen, and particularly among Aspen journalists. When we started Aspen Post four years ago, local journalists were on the attack, saying we were "stealing" their content and not paying contributors. When their own payments to their contributors were slashed, and when the economy laid them low, they were less likely to say they've been wronged. And, by the way, when was the last time a local paper (or any paper) paid a letter-writer for contributing content. The answer: never. Like every other journalists, I brought my own misconceptions to the task. I thought local columnists like Alison Berkley would jump in, but not so. It was those without a regular platform -- the Ed Troys, Sue Grays, and Mitch Mulhalls of the world -- who jumped in and ran with what we had created."
The foodie experts at EatAspen.com are smacking their lips.
"Of course," writes Post blogger Harvie Branscomb in comment #9, "'reporting' and 'journalism' are at least vaguely synonymous- one presumably being one of the acts involved in pursuit of the other. You know I intended to ask about the difference between 'journalism' and 'blogging' -- the distinction which you made -- giving me for an explanation only the mysterious analogy of jazz. (If you have to ask you ain't never going to find out.) That has got to be one of the best non-answers of all time. It sounds like you are saying "blogging" is an art which can only be appreciated by artists. Yes, blogging seems to create cults of believers. Maybe that is what you mean."
Medical consultaion with your M.D. is recommended with any exercise program.
If you have an exercise discipline or athletic performance sport you actively participate in, you should pay very close attention to the energy system(s) that dominate your event. Those energy systems are; in order of how long they last, power produced on a per unit of time basis and when and if they are activated to dominate energy production the ATP-PC Adenosine Tri-Phosphate Phospho-Creatine system, the anaerobic glycolysis system (not always activated to energy production dominance) and the base aerobic energy system upon which all others and the animal kingdom of life to which we as humans belong, depends on. All of these systems interact in a very complex way, but we will keep it simple for this tip.
Most team sports involve powerful explosive bursts of energy on top of lower level intensities. So when you are striving for greater fitness for your sport, for example; using weight lifting, running, and plyometrics, to be a better competitor in soccer or basketball, you should seek to generate better aerobic capacity through the timing, duration and intensity of bursts in speed of repetitions and how long sets last, sprint times what percentage of absolute top speed you will reach, type of plyometric jumps and what time frame those jumps will occur in.
Many individual sports also have the need for varied energy expenditures, on a time unit basis, especially those lasting longer than 20 seconds. You read that correctly -- 20 seconds. By 7-8 seconds of maximal effort, your body will have already begun to shift from the ATP-PC energy system into anaerobic glycolysis, this is what causes the intense burn and your muscles can feel like molten lead. Somewhere between 45-90 seconds this burning will reach a maximum. Events lasting this long are exceptionally difficult to train for, and require great mental discipline to overcome the "burn."
Even paced efforts, during events lasting longer than about five minutes, are designed to mitigate that performance killing burn. One can train to increase tolerance of the "burn," by repeating intervals in the TIME FRAME AND INTENSITY required to have the anaerobic glycolysis energy system dominate energy production.
No matter what combination of the ATP-PC and anaerobic glycolysis systems are used, all recovery from them is aerobic. So it is quite possible to get significant cardio vascular conditioning using compound weight lifting exercises done repetitively over a long enough time frame. There is no science or empirical athletic performance showing how the ATP-PC system or the anaerobic glycolytic system can be significantly improved by exclusively training in the aerobic system.
So your tip is to use the correct energy system(s) in your training AND the correct exercises to get the best satisfaction and results from your chosen sport or workout program.
Your Personal Trainer
Edward Troy
February 8th, 2010
Edward Troy
Monday February 8, 2010
A wacky turn of events could lead to even greater fame for local singer Dan Sheridan. The Daily Show is looking into airing a segment spoofing the firing of the musician by the Aspen Skiing Company. Sheridan was let go from his après-ski gig at Sneaky’s Tavern last month----after singing his song “Big Money” which ridicules wealth.
He was later re=hired but with the warning not to perform the song on skico property again. If Jon Stewart wants to do the deal----The Skiing Company says it wants to be represented too! (the millions of Daily Show viewers could decide hey! A trip to Aspen---just the thing!).
More paparazzi descend on Aspen today for the first court appearance of actor Charlie Sheen. The 2:30 hearing this afternoon at the pitkin county courthouse prohibits all recording and video equipment----but we will be attending…taking notes and listening to what Sheen has to say about his alleged holding of a knife to his wife’s throat during a Christmas vacation in Aspen.
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The concert for Haiti is this week. A large group of local musicians including John Oates, Jimmy Ibbotson, Bobby Mason, and others will perform in a benefit concert at the Wheeler Opera House on Thursday night, February 11th, at seven p.m. A silent auction will be held at six p.m.
All the proceeds from the auction and the show go to help the victims of the earthquake in Haiti---and this Wednesday we’ll be talking with Melissa Hefferon Gabosi---who is helping to organize the event. You can still make a donation online: haitichildren.com
February 8th, 2010
Jim Laurence
Aspen, Colo, Pathfinders, a comprehensive psychosocial program for cancer patients and those suffering from life-threatening illnesses, is highlighted in the new documentary Pathfinders: What Love Is.
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February 7th, 2010
Post Staff
I once met a bigshot from Google who had decided, as bigshots so often do, that the rules of decorum no longer applied to his kind. In this case that meant Mr. Big decided that he no longer need to bother with capital letters in his emails.
Why? For the obvious reason: creating a capital letter requires an extra step, the ultimately unhip pressing of the shift key.
It struck me at the time as a seismic shift. If the bigshot at Google was no longer capitalizing “google,” could the end of civilization be that far behind? Like everyone else I have watched as texting on cell phones became its own language: wtf, where r u ? is not a bad starting point for this discussion, but to see the means of communications changing was not to know what it all meant.
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February 4th, 2010
Michael Conniff
Thursday February 4, 2010
Roads are icy but should be not become too bad today---as diminishing snow showers will shape the weather and travel report today----but be prepared when you head out----the heaviest snow fall is yet to come.
A concert for Haiti! One week from today at the Wheeler Opera House---
Jimmy Ibbotson will perform, Twirp Anderson, Defiance String Band and several others. All proceeds go to aid the victims.
KSNO, KUUR, and TV Aspen are the sponsors-----go online to the Wheeler Opera house or drop by the Wheeler for Tickets to the event next Thursday night at seven-----a silent auction will precede the music performances at six p.m.
Two snowboarders had to spend the night in a snow cave this week---awaiting rescue near Vail.
25 year old Christin Morton and Ben Englesen, 25, found themselves caught on a ridge above the ski area on Tuesday afternoon------it took twenty rescuers from the Eagle Valley to reach the pair –they were brought out at noon on Wednesday=----tired and cold but otherwise okay.
The two snowboarders said they became mired in snow described as deep and rotten---and that they could find no escape.
Send your news tips and opinions to news@aspenglenwood.com, and listen to KUUR and KSNO radio, and watch TV Aspen, Comcast Cable Channel 19!
February 4th, 2010
Jim Laurence
The charade pertaining to gays in the military—I love you, man!—is all but over, but in the meantime military apologists on the right and the left need never ask nor tell about the elephantiasis of untouchable defense spending.
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February 3rd, 2010
Michael Conniff
A benefit scheduled next week could raise money that could eclipse the more than 13 thousand dollars generated by a performance of local comics and the band H3 and Mason at the Silvertree Hotel recently------a benefit concert for the Haitian earthquake victims will be held one week from tomorrow---featuring some stars including John Oates of Hall and Oates fame.
The performers will take the stage at the Wheeler Opera House Thursday night February 11th…..KSNO is the official sponsor----along with sister stations KUUR and TV Aspen.
A rash of phony one hundred dollar bills that swept through several Aspen stores last October has an alleged counterfeiter trying to strike a deal with prosecutors. 30 year old Christian Gaxiola of Escondido, California was identified in a photo line up last fall after a clerk at the Parallel 15 coffee shop recognized him as the man who gave her a fake C-note---and a major tip for just a cup of coffee. The Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory and some other stores also saw phony bills surface. Gaxiola says he only handed out 2 counterfeit bills----not the dozen that were discovered in the downtown core. He’ll face sentencing on March 9th.
Garfield county residents who prefer or are limited to taking the bus to work might see some expanded service—if, government representatives can agree on a plan. City and town leaders from Glenwood Springs to Rifle met on Tuesday----all seem to think that it might be time to contribute money to support RFTA bus service. The only other option for the area, with its growth continuing despite the economic downturn----is for those communities to join and form their own transit service.
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February 3rd, 2010
Jim Laurence
Tuesday February 2, 2010
No visits yet with Pitkin County Sheriff Bob Braudis, who was treated at a Denver hospital recently for a severe upper respiratory infection. Braudis, 65, is undergoing treatment now at Aspen Valley Hospital----but his recovery will still take some time.
Joy in the courtroom and paparazzi everywhere in Aspen soon---Charlie Sheen makes his first court appearance next Monday afternoon---in the hearing connected to his alleged threatening of his wife on Christmas Day in Aspen….we’ll cover the hearing and let you know what happens.
And that benefit concert coming up soon for the victims of the Haitian earthquake ---local musicians will gather at the Wheeler Opera House on Thursday February 11th for a fundraiser…..we’ll talk soon with organizer Melissa Hefferon=----KSNO is the official sponsor.
It’s easy to help the victims with an online donation: haitichildren.com
Send your news tips and opinions to news@aspenglenwood.com, and listen to KUUR and KSNO radio!
February 2nd, 2010
Jim Laurence
As a talk show host, I am immensely gratified by the political career path yapping portends. I could become a talking points talking head like Mike Pence, the Congressman from Indiana who cut his bleep filling radio frequencies in his home state. I could wallow in the footsteps of J.D. Hayworth, the conservative former Congressman now ready to spank John McCain because the former Republican Presidential nominee is not nearly conservative enough. Or, if folks get scared enough about whatever, I could fold up my tent like Lou Dobbs of CNN and migrate toward the Presidential race in 2012, mumbling all the way about the way things are s’posed to be.
Were I conservative, I would have much to run on, but the beauty of my campaign is I would never have to revert to the facts. Were I to run I would take my lead from Karl Rove: the architect himself chided those sadly limited to “fact-based” stratagems. Facts are stubborn thing, for sure, but only if you care about them. Once you leggo things that actually happened, you can run happily as a conservative until the internet gives way to the outernet—about the time being “weak on climate change” becomes a right-wing talking point in 2050.
As a talk show host, I am immensely gratified by the political career path yapping portends. I could become a talking points talking head like Mike Pence, the Congressman from Indiana who cut his bleep filling radio frequencies in his home state. I could wallow in the footsteps of J.D. Hayworth, the conservative former Congressman now ready to spank John McCain because the former Republican Presidential nominee is not nearly conservative enough. Or, if folks get scared enough about whatever, I could fold up my tent like Lou Dobbs of CNN and migrate toward the Presidential race in 2012, mumbling all the way about the way things are s’posed to be.
Were I conservative, I would have much to run on, but the beauty of my campaign is I would never have to revert to the facts. Were I to run I would take my lead from Karl Rove: the architect himself chided those sadly limited to “fact-based” stratagems. Facts are stubborn thing, for sure, but only if you care about them. Once you leggo things that actually happened, you can run happily as a conservative until the internet gives way to the outernet—about the time being “weak on climate change” becomes a right-wing talking point in 2050.
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February 2nd, 2010
Michael Conniff
Monday February 1, 2010
The pleas go out still to help those in Haiti----coming up one week from this Wednesday---a special performance of local musicians at the Wheeler Opera house hopes to raise more dollars for relief…and we’ll be interview organizer Melissa Hefferon soon on local news to find out more---but you can make a donation easily online---haitichildren.com
Town leaders in Basalt have decided to move much of the planning department into space vacated at the old library in Lion’s Park…but a good part of the building downtown will also go to the Wyly community arts center….about 1450 square feet of the 3800 square feet available.
The new library in Basalt opened recently---it’s located by the Post Office adjacent to highway 82.
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February 1st, 2010
Jim Laurence
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