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...Rockies mining town is the wildflower capital of Colorado...
...Britain's Invensys, an industrial giant reborn this spring as an energy and production management firm, read Natural Capitalism and invited Amory Lovins to speak at the company. To an audience of 400 managers, Lovins, a globetrotting consultant who makes his home at the Rocky Mountain Institute in Colorado, posed questions the group had never heard. How do spiders spin threads stronger than Kevlar but without factories? How might Exxon officials have cleaned up Alaska after the Valdez disaster if they had known that hair absorbs oil better than anything else? Says Haythornthwaite: "He had us eating...
...some situations it can do more harm than good, especially if it makes kids who can't control their behavior feel worse about themselves. When family arguments do break out, they need to be conducted in a controlled way. Psychology professor David Miklowitz of the University of Colorado encourages families to avoid what he calls the "three volley," a provocation followed by a rejoinder, then a rebuttal. Hold the volleys to just one or two, and you'll avoid some domestic breakdowns...
...costs didn't deter ordained minister and balloon pilot Stephen Blucher, 60, who opened his own ballooning company, Rocky Mountain Hot Air Lines, 18 years ago in Colorado Springs, Colo. "The freedom that you feel up in a balloon, the majesty of the scenery below and the camaraderie you get from crewing can't be found in any other sport that I can think of," says Blucher, who has even performed weddings on his balloons...
...Federation of America. In most four-season climates, these events take place between the beginning of April and the end of October. They range from the Quick Check New Jersey Festival in Readington (July 26-28) to the National Balloon Classic in Indianola, Iowa (Aug. 2-10), to the Colorado Springs Balloon Classic (Aug. 31 to Sept...