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Dang, Utah!
A collaborative collection of all things that make one say, "Dang, Utah!"
![Utah did this today. Dang.
thedailywhat:
Abstinence-Only Bill of the Day: With the nation’s attention trained on the media’s breathless coverage of Super Tuesday, Utah’s legislature this evening quietly passed a bill requiring schools to teach abstinence-only sex education, or else skip the classes altogether.
Additionally, both teachers and students would be prohibited from discussing contraception and homosexuality in the classroom.
HB363 passed in the state Senate by a vote of 19 to 10. Utah’s House approved the bill last month.
Senator Stuart Reid (R-Ogden) said the legislation takes sex ed out of the hands of teachers “who we have no idea what their morals are” and turns it over to parents.
But Democrats countered that parents already had control over their children’s sex education, as they were given a choice whether to keep their child enrolled in sex ed classes or pull them out.
Under the new legislation, sex ed classes — if they are offered at all — must teach abstinence only, and parents are required to opt in if they want their child to attend.
“It’s concerning when now we’re trying to dictate morality,” said Sen. Ross Romero (D-SLC). “We’ve been discussing this as if every child has the benefit of two loving and caring parents who are ready to have a conversation about appropriate sexual activity, and I’m here to tell you that’s just not the case.”
The Utah PTA expressed vehement opposition to the bill. “I just can’t believe they did this,” said the association’s president-elect, Liz Zentner. “I think they’re going to have to revisit it in a couple years when the teen pregnancy rates and teen [sexually transmitted disease] rates shoot through the roof.”
It remained unclear if Gov. Gary Herbert would sign the bill into law or veto it. Speaking ahead of a House Education Committee hearing on HB363 last month, Herbert said he felt the existing curriculum “works pretty well,” but also said he personally supports abstinence as a form of pre-marital contraception.
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Utah did this today. Dang.
Abstinence-Only Bill of the Day: With the nation’s attention trained on the media’s breathless coverage of Super Tuesday, Utah’s legislature this evening quietly passed a bill requiring schools to teach abstinence-only sex education, or else skip the classes altogether.
Additionally, both teachers and students would be prohibited from discussing contraception and homosexuality in the classroom.
HB363 passed in the state Senate by a vote of 19 to 10. Utah’s House approved the bill last month.
Senator Stuart Reid (R-Ogden) said the legislation takes sex ed out of the hands of teachers “who we have no idea what their morals are” and turns it over to parents.
But Democrats countered that parents already had control over their children’s sex education, as they were given a choice whether to keep their child enrolled in sex ed classes or pull them out.
Under the new legislation, sex ed classes — if they are offered at all — must teach abstinence only, and parents are required to opt in if they want their child to attend.
“It’s concerning when now we’re trying to dictate morality,” said Sen. Ross Romero (D-SLC). “We’ve been discussing this as if every child has the benefit of two loving and caring parents who are ready to have a conversation about appropriate sexual activity, and I’m here to tell you that’s just not the case.”
The Utah PTA expressed vehement opposition to the bill. “I just can’t believe they did this,” said the association’s president-elect, Liz Zentner. “I think they’re going to have to revisit it in a couple years when the teen pregnancy rates and teen [sexually transmitted disease] rates shoot through the roof.”
It remained unclear if Gov. Gary Herbert would sign the bill into law or veto it. Speaking ahead of a House Education Committee hearing on HB363 last month, Herbert said he felt the existing curriculum “works pretty well,” but also said he personally supports abstinence as a form of pre-marital contraception.
Fence Canyon Pictograph, Utah
Photo by Scott, Matador member
![Ouch, Utah!!
thedailywhat:
Mass Bird Downing of the Day: Aflockalypse is so early 2011, but someone forgot to tell that to the thousands of grebes that accidentally slammed into, among other southern Utah locations, the parking lot of a Cedar City Walmart, mistaking it for a body of water.
“They’re just everywhere,” said Teresa Griffin of the Utah Division of Wildlife Resource, which spent hours rescuing thousands of downed birds.
The flocks were making their way to Mexico for the winter when they decided to stop and rest. Apparently misled by weather conditions, they mistook the pavement for a lake, and crashed into the surface.
“I’ve been here 15 years and this was the worst downing I’ve seen,” said Griffin. “Most of the downings I’ve seen have been pretty localized, but this was very widespread.”
No human injuries were reported, but thousands of grebes did not survive the incident. The ones wildlife officials managed to rescue were transported to nearby bodies of water, where they were released.
“It’s close, it’s isolated and it doesn’t freeze,” said Lynn Chamberlain, another DWR employee. “If we can put them on a body of water that’s not frozen over they’ll have a better chance of survival.”
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Mass Bird Downing of the Day: Aflockalypse is so early 2011, but someone forgot to tell that to the thousands of grebes that accidentally slammed into, among other southern Utah locations, the parking lot of a Cedar City Walmart, mistaking it for a body of water.
“They’re just everywhere,” said Teresa Griffin of the Utah Division of Wildlife Resource, which spent hours rescuing thousands of downed birds.
The flocks were making their way to Mexico for the winter when they decided to stop and rest. Apparently misled by weather conditions, they mistook the pavement for a lake, and crashed into the surface.
“I’ve been here 15 years and this was the worst downing I’ve seen,” said Griffin. “Most of the downings I’ve seen have been pretty localized, but this was very widespread.”
No human injuries were reported, but thousands of grebes did not survive the incident. The ones wildlife officials managed to rescue were transported to nearby bodies of water, where they were released.
“It’s close, it’s isolated and it doesn’t freeze,” said Lynn Chamberlain, another DWR employee. “If we can put them on a body of water that’s not frozen over they’ll have a better chance of survival.”
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![Dang, Wasatch Front!!
thedailywhat:
Centennial Logo of the Day: Paramount Pictures today officially unveiled its latest logo, designed to mark the movie studio’s 100th anniversary.
The redesigned logo will debut with screenings of Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol, and will continue to represent the company throughout 2012.
Fun Facts: Paramount’s logo, which is the oldest surviving Hollywood film logo, depicts Utah’s Wasatch mountain range.
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Centennial Logo of the Day: Paramount Pictures today officially unveiled its latest logo, designed to mark the movie studio’s 100th anniversary.
The redesigned logo will debut with screenings of Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol, and will continue to represent the company throughout 2012.
Fun Facts: Paramount’s logo, which is the oldest surviving Hollywood film logo, depicts Utah’s Wasatch mountain range.
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English climbers Tom Randall and Pete Whittaker have each free-climbed the Century Crack, a 120-foot offwidth in the Utah desert, of which about 80 feet is a horizontal roof. They graded the climb 5.14b.
(Source: yourfeetarefreezing)
Fall Trees, Utah
Photograph by Robert Hooper
(Source: yellowtelescope)
This is without a doubt, one of the best things you will ever see with your human eyeballs. I was truly blown away by this video. Amazing Utah sites; Arches at Night! Come on!!
If you watch this in anything but 1080p, you are a fool. You’ve been warned.
ANOTHER! new Dinosaur?
Dinosaurs knew what they had in the majestic pre-historic landscape that is now Utah.
This is the 100th new dinosaur discovered in Utah this year.Not really, but there were a few others.
The first preview for John Carter. Disney’s adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs‘ A Princess of Mars.
Parts of this movie were filmed in and around Green River and Moab, Utah. That’s Emery County and Grand County. — we think it was the parts where they’re in space.
‘Mike the Headless Chicken (April 1945 – March 1947) was a chicken that lived for 18 months after his head had been mostly cut off. Thought by many to be a hoax, the bird was taken by his owner to the University of Utah in Salt Lake City to establish its authenticity.’
This happened in the 40s. The bird in case had his head chopped off, but they missed much of his brain stem, which controls the respiratory system. Thus, he continued to live, being fed by syringe down his ” hole”.
Check: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_the_Headless_Chicken
Dang, chicken!
(via lickystickypickywe)
Kickstarter Launched
ROCK & ROCKS!
Project Green River is an outdoor arts festival on Broadway in Green River, Utah put on by Epicenter. The Second Annual PGR is taking place on Sept 17, 2011 from noon-midnight. Rock ‘N Roll in the desert!
Go to our Kickstarter to donate to Epicenter and learn more about Project Green River. Please help us spread the word via email and Facebook. Our goal is to raise $7,000 during the month of July.
This is our big annual fund-raiser so make it count, guys! We appreciate you.
Check out the official website for Utah’s World Famous Dinosaur Diamond!
You must check out the amazing video!!!! Dang, Utah….’s Dinosaur Diamond website!
