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Monthly Archives: January 2023
Support for memory loss
The UW Memory and Brain Wellness Clinic is open for the needs of our patients, including visits by phone, video conference, or in person. If you have an upcoming appointment, you will be contacted beforehand to explore what visit format is best. Please check … Continue reading
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Pro or Con – make your opinion known
EOL Washington has proposed legislation to improve Medical Aid in Dying (MAID) care and access. See below.
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It’s not over ’till it’s over
This is an interesting, even breathtaking couple of photos. l Be sure to read the 1st caption below the picture before going to the 2nd photo. Look closely at the first photo take your time, then scroll down very slowly… Look … Continue reading
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Édouard Manet’s Life in 5 Short Facts
Ann M. suggests that art lovers may enjoy this brief, free daily publication about artists and art history: https://mailchi.mp/dailyartmagazine.com/manet-the-white-lotus-botero-in-colombia?e=592b4e5f70 The email to subscribe is: newsletter@dailyartmagazine.com
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ArtSEA: Flower power beats winter blues at Seattle galleries
by Brangien Davis in Crosscut Plus, new arts leaders take the reins at Pratt, Coyote Central and the Frye Art Museum. For a joyous and much-needed jolt from the January gray, step into Woodside Braseth Gallery, where an immersive explosion of … Continue reading
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It seems like yesterday
Thanks to Rosemary W.
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Also, stay off ladders
Thanks to Sybil-Ann
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The causes don’t match either!
Thanks to Pam P.
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Skyline, 2/3s complete
This Google Street View, from the St. James side of the 9th & Columbia intersection looking SW, likely dates from 2006. The Tower is up to the 17th floor above 8th Avenue, ten to go on the front side’s shed … Continue reading
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Graystone tower crane
They have moved the external cage up to the top, likely a sign that you can watch the takedown process this weekend or next. The cage supports the top while a multistory section is unbolted and slid out sideways.
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No more Amazon donations to SRA
Amazon announces end to its decade long charity program, leaving charities that rely on the company’s donations in a lurch. Author: Associated PressPublished: 12:29 PM PST January 25, 2023Updated: 12:29 PM PST January 25, 2023 SEATTLE — Amazon’s surprise decision to shut down its AmazonSmile … Continue reading
WE NEED MORE STORIES LIKE THIS
Thanks to Sybil-Ann
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Trump Angrily Orders Pence to Return All Classified Documents to Mar-a-Lago
By Andy Borowitz in the New Yorker. Thanks to Pam P. “Mike Pence kept me from having a complete collection of documents, and that, quite frankly, is a disgrace,” the former President said.
January Skyline quarterly residents’ association meeting – on video
Thanks to Put B. and the staff To find the recent SRA quarterly meeting, one scrolls down to the section titled “Videos” on Caremerge and expands it to show subtitles. One of them is 2023 Videos, with a blue highlight … Continue reading
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HB 1281 Protecting Access to Medical Aid in Dying
Thanks to Mary Jane F. HB 1281 Protecting Access to MAID Hearing Wednesday at 1:30pm We need your help! HB 1281, Protecting Access to Medical Aid-in-Dying, is scheduled for a hearing in the House Health Care … Continue reading
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So just where are those six AEDs at Skyline?
If someone yells out, “Go get me an AED!” Are you ready to respond?
CPR and Defibrillators: What You Need to Know
By Gina Kolata in the NYT Before 1958, there was no such thing as CPR. If someone’s heart stopped because of cardiac arrest, that person fell to the ground, with no pulse, no breathing. And they were simply declared dead. All … Continue reading
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How to safe a life in 90 seconds with CPR
This is a useful skill that able residents and willing staff should learn. As resident Leonard Cobb MD notes, learning this skill and having an AED may enable you to save a life one day. Some residents who are frail … Continue reading
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Don’t Try to Appease Economic Terrorists
By Paul Krugman in the NYT A few days ago I received an automated text from my bank. For some reason the bank’s algorithm flagged a valid charge on my debit card as potentially questionable; the text asked me to verify … Continue reading
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Anderson Cooper Explores Grief and Loss in Deeply Personal Podcast
Ed note: Shakespeare’s 73 sonnet speaks of anticipating loss: “This thou perceivist which makes thy love more strong; To love that well which thou must leave ere long.” Grief surrounds us as we near life’s end. How do we deal … Continue reading
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Where is heaven?
“Heaven is not located on high, but where the good of love is, and this resides within a person, wherever he or she might be.” Emanuel Swedenborg