Like a mother checking on her newborn, Debbie Ackley had been waking at night to sneak a peek — online — at a plant-lover’s dream: a flower more than 5 feet tall that has its roots in Denver Botanic Gardens and is said to have an aroma of rotting flesh.
On Wednesday, . They patiently waited as long as five hours to get a whiff of the 15-year-old corpse flower’s inaugural bloom.
Although no one seemed to mind the wait, several complained that the flower, endearingly named Stinky by gardens staffers, wasn’t as smelly as expected.
“I was hoping it would smell like rotten fish,” said Joni Klieger, 61. “It wasn’t as horrible as I thought it would be.”
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Chick-fil-A’s reputation as an opponent of same-sex marriage , with several City Council members this week passionately questioning a proposed concession agreement.
Councilman Paul Lopez called opposition to the chain at DIA “really, truly a moral issue on the city.”
His position comes despite ardent assurances from the concessionaires — who have operated other DIA restaurants — that strict nondiscrimination policies will include protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
Robin Kniech, the council’s first openly gay member, said she was most worried about a local franchise generating “corporate profits used to fund and fuel discrimination.” She was first to raiseChick-fil-A leaders’ politics during a Tuesday committee hearing.
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The U.S. Geological Survey has confirmed that .
“It’s unlikely that there will be any report of damage or casualties,” said Robert Sanders, a duty seismologist for the national earthquake center in Golden for the USGS.
The duration of the earthquake was 95 seconds, according to a USGS report. At a depth of 5 kilometers, the temblor registered 2.8 kilometers horizontally and 2 kilometers vertically, the report says.
A dispatcher for the Las Animas Sheriff’s Office said no one felt anything in Trinidad.
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