Full Body Burden is a haunting work of narrative nonfiction about a young woman, Kristen Iversen, growing up in a small Colorado town close to Rocky Flats, a secret nuclear weapons plant once designated "the most contaminated site in America." It's the story of a childhood and adolescence in the shadow of the Cold War, in a landscape at once startlingly beautiful and--unknown to those who lived there--tainted with invisible yet deadly particles of...

In his previous books, Katz introduced us to the menagerie at Bedlam Farm, including Izzy, the border collie rescue. Affectionate and intuitive, Izzy is unlike any dog Katz has encountered, and the two undertake a journey Katz could not have imagined without the arrival of a new companion: a spirited, bright-eyed black Labrador puppy named Lenore. As trained hospice volunteers visiting homes and nursing facilities, Katz and Izzy bring comfort to people...

As provocative today as when it was first published in 1954, Lord of the Flies continues to ignite passionate debate with its startling, brutal portrait of human nature. William Golding's compelling story about a group of very ordinary boys marooned on a coral island has been labeled a parable, an allegory, a myth, a morality tale, a parody, a political treatise, and even a vision of the apocalypse. But above all, it has earned its place as one of...

The Air Pollution Control Division (Division) developed this policy to provide owners and operators of housed commercial swine feeding operations (HCSFOs) with testing and monitoring parameters and methods to demonstrate compliance with the total volatile solids (TVS) requirements of Regulation No. 2, Part B.

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has agreed to the following guidelines to conduct inspections to minimize biosecurity risks to the animals in housed commercial swine feeding operations. These guidelines are necessary because state and local inspectors present an element of disease risk due to their other professional duties that may involve livestock. These guidelines are meant to reduce risk and yet allow inspectors to accomplish...

A panel of independent experts was charged with the responsibility to recommend an effective mechanism to implement Air Quality Control Commission Regulation 2, Part B, Section IV.A., which allows the use of alternative or experimental covers on anaerobic lagoons in lieu of an approved cover. These covers must demonstrate that the control of odorous gases is of comparable effectiveness to an approved cover, as defined in Regulation No. 2, Part B....