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Boulder County to begin mailing ballots Monday
Oct 12th
Boulder County, Colo. – The Boulder County Clerk & Recorder’s Office on Monday will begin sending ballots to voters who have requested a mail-in ballot for the 2012 General Election.
So far, 132,381 Boulder County voters are set to receive mail ballots for the Tuesday, Nov. 6, election. Voters who turned in their registrations or mail ballot requests by Oct. 9 should receive their ballot in the mail by Friday, Oct. 19. (Mail-in ballot requests received since Oct. 9 are still being processed and may take a few extra days.) Each mail ballot packet includes a list of ballot drop-off points that will open between now and Election Day. After returning their ballot, voters can check www.BoulderCountyVotes.org to make sure it was received.
Voters who aren’t signed up to receive a mail-in ballot can still request one by visiting www.GoVoteColorado.com with a Colorado ID or driver’s license; completing a request form at www.BoulderCountyVotes.org; emailing Vote@BoulderCountyVotes.org; or calling 303-413-7740.
Boulder County voters have the choice of voting by mail-in ballot, at an early voting location or at their polling place on Election Day. They can visitwww.BoulderCountyVotes.org to check their registration, view ballot content, request a replacement ballot if their ballot is lost or damaged, or find more information about the election.
Boulder County registration statistics (as of Oct. 12):
- Total registered voters in Boulder County: 248,141
- Active registered voters: 181,360
- Active mail ballot voters: 132,381 (includes 124,022 active permanent mail-in voters)
- Active registered voters: 181,360
Recent voter registration activity in Boulder County:
- People who have registered to vote in Boulder County since Aug. 1: 19,328 (includes new voters and new county residents). Of those transactions, 5,241 were online.
- Total number of people who have registered or updated their registration in Boulder County since Aug. 1: 56,994. Of those transactions, 17,193 were online.
Key Dates for the 2012 General Election:
- Week of Oct. 15: Ballots will be sent to voters who have requested a mail ballot for the general election or signed up as permanent mail-in voters.
- Monday, Oct. 22: Early voting begins. Locations and hours are available at www.BoulderCountyVotes.org.
- Tuesday, Nov. 6: Election Day. Polling locations will be open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. All ballots must be in the hands of the Boulder County Clerk & Recorder’s Office by 7 p.m.
Nobel Prize-winner David Wineland praised as mentor to CU-Boulder graduate students
Oct 9th
David J. Wineland, a lecturer in the University of Colorado Boulder physics department who today won the 2012 Nobel Prize in physics, was described as both “brilliant and humble” by one of his former graduate students.
Wineland is a physicist with the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Boulder and internationally recognized for developing the technique of using lasers to cool ions to near absolute zero. His experiments have been used to test theories in quantum physics and may lead to the development of quantum computers. He shared the prize with Serge Haroche of France.
Wineland joined the CU-Boulder physics faculty as a lecturer in 2000 and currently works with four CU-Boulder graduate students pursuing doctorates, said physics department chair Paul Beale.
“It would be difficult to find a more brilliant and humble scientist,” said John Jost, who worked in Wineland’s group for about 10 years as a CU-Boulder doctoral student and postdoctoral researcher. “I feel lucky to have worked in his lab for my Ph.D. regardless of whether or not he won the Nobel Prize. He was always available when we had questions and problems in the lab and usually had some great idea about what to try next. At the same time, he gave us the freedom to figure things out on our own.”
In August, Jost began a Marie Curie fellowship as a postdoctoral researcher in the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Wineland’s first demonstration of laser cooling in 1978 led many other scientists to pursue the laser cooling and trapping of atoms. His research helped make possible the creation of the world’s first Bose-Einstein condensate, for which Carl Wieman of CU and JILA and Eric Cornell of NIST and JILA and CU were awarded the Nobel Prize in physics in 2001. JILA is a joint institute of CU-Boulder and NIST.
Five CU-Boulder faculty members have now won individual Nobel Prizes. The other two winners are Tom Cech in chemistry and John “Jan” Hall in physics.
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Flower Bin’s Giant Pumpkin Contest Sat. Oct 12
Oct 6th
Flower Bin’s Giant Pumpkin Contest Saturday, October 12th
Flower Bin Children’s entries from 2012
Did you or your children grow a pumpkin this year?
Plan on entering it in this years contest!
Last year there were 11 adult entries ranging from 261 lbs to 1,149 lbs.
The children’s contest consisted of 14 participants ranging from 4 lbs to 136 lbs.
You or your child could be this year’s winner!
Flower Bin 1st place pumpkin 2012 – Barry Todd 1,149 lbs
Heaviest pumpkin wins! The adult winners will receive Cash Prizes!
First – $500.00
Second – $300
Third – $100
Flowerbin 1st Place Kid winners 2012 – Carter and Eliza Navulur – 136 lbs
First, Second and Third place ribbons and honorable mention ribbons for all other children
Entries must arrive before 11 AM. Inspection will proceed the weigh-in which begins at noon. (We open at 9 AM)
The contest is judged by the Great Pumpkin Commonwealth rules.
All spectators are welcome. This is a great family events with many picture oppurtunities!
Find out more at: http://www.theflowerbin.net/events.html
