Posts tagged Boulder
Conference on World Affairs online problems : Twitter let down Grays attend
Apr 9th
A search for Conference on world Affairs lands lookers on dead link for most of the day. The schedule was not there and was only recently put up. That foul-up had to render the first day useless.
The first day of the conference was nearly void of CU students once again. Most of the attendees were grays in their 40s, 50s and 
60s. This again brings into question: is the conference relevant?
The All a Twitter panel discussion in the UMC was attended not by Boulders Twitter SM startup crowd but by mostly older people who were not exactly tweeps. This session was not what one would have expected. It was not start-up Boulder week, not Ignite Boulder and it wasn’t Twitter.
The panelists were an interesting mix too: Mark Frauenfelder Ross Haenfler Andy Ihnatko Sanho Tree . Sociology professor Ross Haenfler said he stopped tweeting and compared it to drug addiction and himself to a recovering addict. He then went on to say that most people on twitter waste enormous amounts of their life on social media. Not a glowing endorsement of TWitter or SM.
Boing Boing founder and Boulderite Ross Haenfler was certainly the biggest web superstar to attend the panel. Though Boing Boing significance and contribution was lost on the audience, it was also lost on the conference. He seemed concerned about the significance of multiple uses of tweets.
Andy Ihnako Chicago Sun times Geek reporter also talked about how twitter wraps around your mind and has the potential to enslave.
Sanho Tree is a leftist Fellow and social activist. He talked about social activism on Twitter.
The tone of this session was politically leftist with continuous barbs thrown at conservatives who use twitter. So much for CU chancellors new policy of fair and balanced. All of the panelists criticized main stream media for not covering the news. None of them could explain the business side of Twitter. They also seemed oblivious to the fact that Television and News papers lost their foothold to online advertisers such as Google and Facebook
The one saving grace of this panel was to point out just what a waste of a persons life Twitter can be. They couldn’t stress how addictive Twitter and Facebook are and impossible to manage. This was a surprise, but not to the gray attendees. Seemed they seen it all before in a younger life. And the young? They were nowhere to be seen. One would have thought the room would have been packed with 18 to 34 year olds. Maybe they were studying or at work. Maybe this panel should have been held at night in a bar or coffee house.
Climber airlifted to hospital after 65-foot fall
Apr 9th
A male climber believed to be in his early twenties was airlifted to a Denver hospital today after falling approximately 65-feet off a rock formation he was climbing.
The victim was “scrambling” alone on Red Rocks, a formation near the Mount Sanitas Trail and Settler’s Park in Boulder. Scrambling is a cross between hiking and climbing, mostly without ropes.
The man fell at approximately 11:42 a.m., when nearby hikers heard him yelling for help and called 9-1-1. The Boulder Fire Department, AMR Ambulance, Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks rangers, the Boulder Sheriff’s Department and members of Rocky Mountain Rescue responded.
The victim was airlifted to St. Anthony’s Central Hospital in Denver. It’s believed that the man suffered severe head trauma and other injuries, but further details are not available at this time. The victim’s boots were untied, and one was found partway up the rocks.
The victim’s identity is not available.
Easter in Boulder what does it really mean? Jesus still Number one.
Apr 7th
Easter is considered a high holy day here in Boulder
Jesus of Nazareth lived for 31 years. He is roundly considered by Boulder to be the son of God of Abraham. With all the powers of 
the creator of the universe Jesus is widely proclaimed here to be God. Boulder has over 20 Christian churches and Christianity is the prominent religion in the city. Followers of Jesus say that he communicates with them through prayer and meditation. Jesus is considered the Christ which is to say he is God.
Easter is the day he rose from the dead and then ascended through the clouds into heaven to be with the God of Moses. The event shook the world to its core. His crucifixion was a sacrifice to absolve all of humanity from sin, sins of the past present and future. Sin is the act which separates humans from love, the love of God and integration with God at the end of this life. Jesus is considered to be alive today and has the power to integrate humans with the universe.
With out freedom from sin humans are destined to “the void ” at the end of this life, so a connection with God is essential for a completed life. This is the one condition God place on human kind when he created us.
King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
“Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;” from the holy scriptures Deuteronomy 7:9
Jesus was the last person sent to earth with this message. He also said that he will return to carry the message again. What was so profound about Jesus is that he was so real, had such an impact on humanity, that those who call upon him , even in this day and age seem to have a miraculous transformation.
Jesus is also the number one Guru in Boulder. He is Jesus the teacher, the Rabbi and the risen Christ. He has always held the number one spot because of the profound effects he has had on the life of Boulderites.
To find out more about Jesus ask at any Christian church in Boulder.
