Good morning and happy Monday, ladies and gentlemen. I hope you enjoyed yet another gorgeous Colorado weekend, but fair warning: I saw a school bus on the road this morning, which , that means the clock is ticking on summer. Sorry to bum you out, but let’s just forget about it and get right into the news.
But first: , a and everything we posted on , , and a .
Let’s get busy.
Coburn makes history in steeplechase
There is almost no more bizarre (or challenging) Olympic track and field event than the steeplechase. And for the first time ever, . If you don’t know about Boulder’s Emma Coburn, (and she was ).
+ One of the other Coloradans in the meet — Buena Vista’s Mason Finley — , but he still tossed one 203 feet, 7 inches, which, you know. Pretty impressive.
+ Speaking of discus, if you reverse the tape on their throws .
+ Reminder: , .
Blind man Ubering
“Many blind and vision-impaired people can listen to e-mails at 300 words per minute. It literally sounds like The Chipmunks. Or a teenage girl.”
Mike Hess, tech executive who has been blind since birth
Mike Hess founded the Blind Institute of Technology in Lakewood to help blind and visually impaired workers find tech jobs, but one angle was still hard to conquer: transportation. But thanks to a partnership with Uber, . Tamara Chuang’s profile of Hess , so take some time and read about the fascinating ways that blind and visually impaired people use and develop the technology we all take for granted.
Graduating class of one
Karval, one of the many shrinking towns on Colorado’s Eastern Plains, only has a handful of residents. The Karval School, on the other hand, has 35 students that draw from farms and ranches and acts as the central space to stitch together a sense of community in a far-flung region of the state. RJ Sangosti — one the best photographers in the country for my money — that is a window into a slowly receding lifestyle. You should definitely check it out.
By The Numbers
200
That’s how many citations the city of Boulder has issued since June 1 (mostly for failing to maintain bear-resistant trash cans). Now let’s all remember the episode of The Simpsons where a small plot about a bear in Springfield .
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Quick Hits
+ It took a former Olympian to over the weekend.
+ Thousands of Louisianans are homeless after .
+ Is it ?
+ For instance, there are should be regulated.
+ Imam Maulama Akonjee and his associate Thara Uddin over the weekend. The Muslim community .
+ Milwaukee protesting a police .
+ How Trevor Siemian – the Broncos’ most unknown QB — .
+ Sometimes living in the future is great, and sometimes it’s seeing .
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+ For the first time pretty much ever, .
+ Texas lawyer Jerry Guerinot has a perfect record: In defending nearly 3 dozen capital cases, .
+ Patrick Roy and Joe Sakic show , even in professional sports.
+ What should you do with people trained to give the country energy from oil, gas and coal? How about ?
+ If you don’t use much water in Denver, you might be .
+ “Don’t squeeze them,” and .
What We’re Reading
+ Yeah, yeah, yeah, we’ve all been watching the Rio Olympics. That level of athletic prowess is impressive, for sure, but can Usain Bolt ?
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+ In order to predict how the mighty Mississippi River would flood, the U.S. government (representing 1.25 million square miles of America) in Clinton, Miss., complete with miniature dams, levees, cities and a powerful sprinkler system that could recreate flood conditions.
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+ If I told you that the brain of a guy that can stand on a sheer rock face 1,800 above the ground without ropes or any support system works a little differently, ?
+ F-22 Raptors — the most advanced fighter jets in the world — cost $143 million each, but .
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Song of the Day
It’s a big day here at Mile High Roundup HQ. It’s the first half-birthday of . In just six months, the list has grown to 164 songs spanning nearly 11 hours so it’s the perfect thing to put on when you just need a lot of good music without a lot of work. It’s the KFC family-size bucket of music (and nearly as crispy). Even if you aren’t a Spotify user, Joe set up a so you can still jam out to your heart’s content.
Here’s your assignment for the day: Find a song you like on the playlist, start playing it and switch it to shuffle. I guarantee you’ll hear at least a few more good ones. Let me know your favorite track or better yet, give me a suggestion on what you’d like to see featured. But enough about what has come before, let’s focus on the future (by going back to the past)!
Song: ““
Artist: The Waitresses
Sounds (and looks) like: The most early-80s thing that has ever existed (while still being a solid jam).
Hat Tips & Corrections
Correction from Joe The last enclosed mall that was built in the U.S. was built October 2014 in Sarasota, Florida. You can read the New York Times’ story about the mall that bucked the trend here
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