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A Night in Casablanca
Always
American Beauty
American Graffiti
Animal House
As Good As It Gets
Billy Jack
Birdman of Alcatraz
Body Heat
Born on the Fourth of July
Bugsy
Caddyshack
Casablanca
Cast Away
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Cold Mountain
Dances with Wolves
Dead Poets Society
Death of a Salesman
Diner
Dirty Harry
Doctor Detroit
Doctor Zhivago
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Field of Dreams
Flags of Our Fathers
Gone With the Wind
Good Will Hunting
It Could Happen to You
LA Confidential
Lawrence of Arabia
Mighty Joe Young (1949 film)
Mr Hollands Opus
My Cousin Vinny
Office Space
Pay It Forward
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Road to Perdition
Rocky
Sabrina (1995 film)
Saving Private Ryan
Silverado
Spiderman
Stand By Me
Star Trek: First Contact
Star Wars
Starman
The Big Carnival (Ace in the Hole)
The Big Lebowski
The Blues Brothers
The Cider House Rules
The Fisher King {MY ALLTIME FAVORITE)
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
The Green Mile
The Lost Weekend
The Natural
The Shawshank Redemption
The Ten Commandments
Unforgiven
Young Frankenstein

Colorado Springs

At an elevation near 6,200 feet above sea level, Colorado Springs is located in relatively flat semi–arid country on the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains. Immediately to the west the mountains rise abruptly to heights ranging from 10,000 to 14,000 feet but generally averaging near 11,000 feet. To the east lie gently undulating prairie lands. The land slopes upward to the north, reaching an average height of about 8,000 feet in 20 miles at the top of Palmer Lake Divide and Monument Hill.

Colorado Springs is in the Arkansas River drainage basin. The principal tributary feeding the Arkansas from this area is Fountain Creek which rises in the high mountains west of the city and is fed by Monument Creek originating to the north in the Palmer Lake Divide area.

Other topographical features of the area, and particularly its wide range of elevations, help to give Colorado Springs the various and altogether delightful plains and mountain mixture of climate that has established the locality as a highly desirable place to live.

The higher elevations immediately to the west and north of the city produce significant differences in temperature and precipitation. Precipitation amounts at these higher elevations are approximately twice those at nearby lower elevations and the number of rainy days is almost triple.

In Colorado Springs itself, precipitation is relatively sparse. Over 80 percent of it falls between April 1 and September 30, mostly as heavy downpours accompanying summer thunderstorms.

Temperatures, in view of the station latitude and elevation, are mild. Uncomfortable extremes, in either summer or winter, are comparatively rare and of short duration. Relative humidity is normally low and wind movement moderately high. This is notably true of the west–to–east movement of the chinook winds, that cause rapid rises in winter temperatures and remind us that the Indian meaning of CHINOOK is SNOW EATER.

The growing season varies considerably in length but averages from the first week in May to the first week of October.

What is America's greatest challenge and problem at this time ?
	Global Warming
	Consequences of Unregulated Capitalism
	Corrupt and Inept Elected Officials
	George Bush and Richard Cheney
	Massive Poor Fuel Economy Vehicles
	Lack of Mass Transit Alternatives
	Breakdown of Civility and Courtesy thoughout our Society
	Growing Vast Income Inequality
	Lack of Opportunity for Many Citizens
	Illegal Immigration
	National, Public, and Private Debt
	All of the Above
	Something Else

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