Author: Darren Kelly

Ask any regular visitor and they’ll tell you—choosing the best hikes in Rocky Mountain National Park is no easy feat. Verdant fields of alpine wildflowers, glacially-carved valleys, and massive stands of fragrant ponderosa pines are just a few reasons that millions of visitors flock to Rocky Mountain’s 355 miles of trails each year. And the peak-filled park, which is situated ninety minutes north of Denver on the ancestral homelands of the Ute and Arapaho people, is a high-altitude mecca for wildlife seekers and lake lovers alike. With so much on offer and a wide range of elevations, though, choosing an ideal, safe trail can feel…

The “fish kill” was a result of low dissolved oxygen in the water, which is common in the summer when temperatures rise, according to Texas Parks & Wildlife. Officials are asking beachgoers to steer clear of a Texas beach after thousands of dead fish began washing up on Friday. The “fish kill” on the Gulf Coast beach, about 65 miles south of Houston, was a result of low dissolved oxygen in the water, according to Texas Parks & Wildlife. Low oxygen levels are common in the summer when temperatures rise, making it so the fish can’t ‘breathe’ under water, the…

Coordinating the snarl of “alphabet agencies” in the American intelligence community, the “Office of the Director of National Intelligence” instructed the “National Intelligence Council” to prepare “an assessment of the implications of governments’ use of the Internet and other digital technologies to suppress freedom and control public debate”. The (predictable) result was a 31 October 2022 study, some 40%-redacted, entitled “Digital Repression Growing Globally, Threatening Freedoms” which specifically aimed at how “autocrats and personalist leaders in backsliding democracies” have definitely awoken to the potential political power of cyber-technology and invested heavily in controlling the flow of information and shaping public…

Boston Celtics first-year head coach Joe Mazzulla admitted Sunday night the group lost its defensive identity in its Game 3 loss to the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference finals. “I think some of that defensive identity has been lost, and we have to get that back, and that’s where part of that is on me to make sure we get that back,” Mazzulla told reporters Sunday after Boston’s 128-102 defeat put them in a 3-0 hole in the best-of-seven series, per ASAP Sports. It isn’t solely on Mazzulla to get it back. These are professionals who shouldn’t need a pat on the butt in order to have the desire…

The May 3 state visit of President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon to Kazakhstan showed that the strategic cooperation will grow in the coming years, Yersultan Zhanseitov from the Institute of World Economy and Politics said in an interview with Jibek Joly TV Channel. “I believe the main goal of the visit is purely economic. Trade is one of the biggest topics alongside other topics such as transport corridors as the way to develop our bilateral trade, also politics and geopolitics like matters of Afghanistan and Central Asian integration,” the expert said. According to him, regional integration will play a major…

Small in size and big in attributes, Costa Rica in South America offers visitors a tropical holiday destination with immense diversity. Wet habitats of clouds and rainforests are home to hundreds of species of wildlife that will wow nature lovers. Warm turquoise waters offer idyllic scuba diving and surfing; the more adventurous can explore waterfalls or hike an active volcano. If holidaying in one of the most biodiverse places on earth appeals to you, Costa Rica should be on your list of destinations. We found that driving is the most convenient way to get around Costa Rica for freedom and…

Costa Rica always has many good events to surprise its inhabitants and tourists, of course we are talking about its biodiversity . Without a doubt, walking in nature and appreciating the incredible animal species will be quite a spectacle for our eyes, and if we have a way to capture it at the moment, even better. In the Central American country, the sighting of various animals such as felines, whales, sloths, crocodiles, quetzals, among others is fascinating, of course as long as we are not in danger or neither are they.Swimming Puma For example, this past Holy Week, a group of…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Raping a person who can’t give consent, either because they are drugged or disabled, is not considered a violent felony in California. “When you say to women in my district that raping an unconscious woman is not a violent crime, they have a physical reaction,” said Republican Assemblywoman Megan Dahle (R- Redding). Afterward, Dahle tries to explain to her constituents what that means. “If you do not have any violent crimes, felonies on your record, you can be released early,” she said. As far as why it’s like that, voters passed Proposition 57 in 2016. It was supported…

Last week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $391,500,000 to California for essential drinking water infrastructure upgrades through the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF). Thanks to a $6 billion boost from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, EPA is increasing the investments available to rebuild the nation’s water infrastructure. “Communities, economies, and ecosystems across the US rely on clean water, but the nation’s water infrastructure has been woefully neglected for decades, leading to a dilapidated, contamination-riddled system. Everyone deserves access to safe drinking water, which is why we included historic funding in the Bipartisan Infrastructure law to invest in…

(OSV News) — Church officials from a diocese in northern Costa Rica confirmed that they welcomed two women religious, members of the Dominican Sisters of the Anunciata, after they were expelled from neighboring Nicaragua in mid-April. In a video posted on the Facebook page of the Diocese of Tilarán-Liberia, Deacon Gustavo Wattson said that two women religious — Sisters Isabel and Cecilia Blanco, both Costa Rican nationals and biological sisters — left Nicaragua April 12 at the Peñas Blancas border point. Nicaraguan government officials have not said why the women religious were expelled. But in October 2020, the country’s general…