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Boulder Police accepting applications for Victim Advocate volunteers
Feb 1st
The Boulder Police Department is seeking victim advocate volunteers to work closely with police officers, providing support and assistance to community members who have become victims of crimes, accidents, natural disasters or other critical events.
Applicants must be a least 21 years old and must be able to attend a required 40-hour training course covering crisis intervention, community resources, active listening and emotional responses to grief and trauma. The training will be held from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays and 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Saturdays. It begins April 3 and runs through April 21.
Victim advocates are asked to make a one-year commitment and to be available for one shift per month.
For more information or to obtain an application for either volunteer opportunity, please contact Susan Townley at 303-441-4048 orTownleyS@bouldercolorado.gov.
The deadline to apply is Friday, March 30.
Keystone pipeline rising from the dead?
Jan 30th
44 SENATORS BEHIND KEYSTONE BILL TOOK $23 MILLION IN CAMPAIGN CASH FROM BIG OIL
Washington, D.C. – Forty-four Senators who introduced legislation today backing the controversial Keystone XL pipeline received $23.4 million in campaign contributions from the oil and gas industry since 1989,according to analysis by 350.org and Public Campaign Action Fund. The figures reflected data coded by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics and available on their website and include contributions through September 30, 2011. Fourth quarter filings are due to the Federal Election Commission tomorrow.
The bill, which was announced today by Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and cosponsored by 42 GOP senators and one Democratic Senator, would approve the Keystone XL project despite the Obama Administration’s rejection of its permit following months of intensifying protest against it and studies downplaying its potential economic impact.
“We no longer can just accept business as usual on Capitol Hill – the idea that the fossil fuel lobby puts a quarter in the slot, turns the handle, and gets a shiny toy has to come to an end,” said Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org. “The nation’s top scientists, not to mention ten recent winners of the Nobel Peace Prize, have explained why this is a lousy idea. That should speak as loudly as campaign cash.”
The analysis of campaign donations for the cosponsors found that seven of them have taken more than one million dollars over their careers from the oil industry. The cosponsors collectively received more than $1.1 million over the first three quarters of 2011, the last data available in advance of tomorrow’s FEC deadline.
“The introduction of this Keystone bill is not about jobs for Americans, it’s about these Senators’ trying to protect their own jobs,” commented David Donnelly, national campaigns director of Public Campaign Action Fund. “They’re looking out for themselves, paying back their Big Oil donors, and trying to cash in for more Big Oil money.”
Lifetime Contributions to 44 Senators from Oil and Gas Industry
| Name | Career Oil & Gas $$ |
| McCain, John (R-AZ) |
$2,869,241 |
| Hutchison, Kay Bailey (R-TX) |
$2,223,271 |
| Cornyn, John (R-TX) |
$1,864,050 |
| Inhofe, James M (R-OK) |
$1,352,523 |
| Isakson, Johnny (R-GA) |
$1,352,523 |
| McConnell, Mitch (R-KY) |
$1,089,811 |
| Vitter, David (R-LA) |
$1,011,685 |
| Blunt, Roy (R-MO) |
$756,198 |
| Thune, John (R-SD) |
$648,962 |
| Coburn, Tom (R-OK) |
$551,663 |
| Burr, Richard (R-NC) |
$549,852 |
| Murkowski, Lisa (R-AK) |
$532,489 |
| Wicker, Roger (R-MS) |
$528,310 |
| Corker, Bob (R-TN) |
$444,350 |
| Roberts, Pat (R-KS) |
$428,800 |
| Alexander, Lamar (R-TN) |
$414,550 |
| Moran, Jerry (R-KS) |
$384,496 |
| Chambliss, Saxby (R-GA) |
$381,192 |
| Barrasso, John A (R-WY) |
$370,150 |
| Hatch, Orrin G (R-UT) |
$363,525 |
| Toomey, Pat (R-PA) |
$358,716 |
| Shelby, Richard (R-AL) |
$352,700 |
| Coats, Daniel R (R-IN) |
$348,908 |
| Kyl, Jon (R-AZ) |
$334,332 |
| Portman, Rob (R-OH) |
$321,458 |
| Crapo, Mike (R-ID) |
$312,189 |
| Enzi, Mike (R-WY) |
$305,650 |
| Sessions, Jeff (R-AL) |
$297,000 |
| Grassley, Chuck (R-IA) |
$270,050 |
| Hoeven, John (R-ND) |
$263,289 |
| DeMint, James W (R-SC) |
$248,389 |
| Rubio, Marco (R-FL) |
$238,034 |
| Cochran, Thad (R-MS) |
$231,485 |
| Lugar, Richard G (R-IN) |
$200,925 |
| Heller, Dean (R-NV) |
$156,450 |
| Graham, Lindsey (R-SC) |
$149,875 |
| Manchin, Joe (D-WV) |
$143,400 |
| Boozman, John (R-AR) |
$141,952 |
| Ayotte, Kelly (R-NH) |
$140,368 |
| Johnson, Ron (R-WI) |
$113,700 |
| Paul, Rand (R-KY.) |
$105,840 |
| Risch, James E (R-ID) |
$88,350 |
| Johanns, Mike (R-NE) |
$82,800 |
| Lee, Mike (R-UT) |
$50,350 |
|
Total: |
$23,373,851 |
Available online at http://bit.ly/w3B6kl.
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A bad day for climbers on Boulder’s Flatirons
Jan 17th
Fallen Climbers
Monday, January 16, 2012
On January 15, 2012, at approximately 5 pm, the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office, the Boulder Fire Department, AMR Ambulance Service and Rocky Mountain Rescue responded to the second flatiron, west of Boulder. Harry Bucy and his son were climbing when Harry fell approximately 30 feet. Mr. Bucy was rescued and transported to the Boulder Community Hospital where he was treated for non-life threatening injuries.
Forty minutes after responding to the for-mentioned rescue, rescuers were called to another fallen climber on the first flatiron. Daniel Garcia had fallen approximately 15 feet, also sustaining non-life threatening injuries and transported to the Boulder Community Hospital.
Neither rescue, nor the victims were associated with each other.
