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Author Archives: Jim deMaine
NPR Station Stops Airing Trump Coronavirus Briefings For ‘False Information’
Thanks to Pam P. for letting us know what we’re missing 🙂 A National Public Radio station has tuned out President Donald Trump. Seattle’s KUOW said fact-checking the president’s falsehoods and exaggeration became a challenge during the live broadcast. KUOW … Continue reading
In case you need another reminder
Thanks to Diane S!
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Neil Diamond sings “Hands..washing hands”
Thanks to Donna McK — something to sing about!
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Epidemiology of Covid-19 in a Long-Term Care Facility in King County, Washington
Ed note: This is an abstract from an article published in the New England Journal of Medicine. We are fortunate to have followed good precautions here at Skyline. BACKGROUND Long-term care facilities are high-risk settings for severe outcomes from outbreaks … Continue reading
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Hiromi Lorraine Sakata Collection of Afghan Traditional Music (1966-67; 1971-73)
Ed note: Did you hear yesterday’s NPR program or see today’s NY Times about the Library of Congress’s National Recording Registrar? Well, it’s not hard to believe, but Lorraine’s Afghan Music field recordings from 1966-67 and 1971-73 made it on the … Continue reading
Can a crisis reform a curmudgeon!?
Thanks to Alice Wesley for letting us know a bright side of the current crisis. I suspect many acts of kindness are in the air. In fact, if some are going to receive a “stimulus check” from the government, where … Continue reading
Skyline.Notices 3/26/20
Skyline Legacy Recipes Are you missing seeing your neighbors? Longing for something to do? Here is the perfect activity for you. You can do this while you stay in your apartment. Surely you have a favorite cake, chicken dish, appetizer … Continue reading
About the COVID-19 Response Fund
If interested, please consider donating to the Seattle Foundation’s COVID-19 Response Fund – click here Hosted by Seattle Foundation, the COVID-19 Response Fund will provide flexible resources to organizations in our region working with communities who are disproportionately impacted by … Continue reading
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Keeping the Coronavirus from Infecting Health-Care Workers – Note: Please read!
by Atul Gawande, MD in the New Yorker The message is getting out: #StayHome. In this early phase of the coronavirus pandemic, with undetected cases accelerating transmission even as testing ramps up, that is critical. But there are many people whom the … Continue reading
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Here are 450 Ivy League courses you can take online right now for free
Can we truly make use of the time on our hands? First, I’d suggest not indulging in the 24/7 news cycle more than one hour a day. Second, call old friends. Then, set a schedule for yourself–exercise, read, or play … Continue reading
Finally, some quiet time at the Louvre
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Free on-line courses from Yale University
Would you like to take a free on-line college level course with no strings attached–from Yale? Click here for the link. Thanks to Mike C. for finding this.
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Shakespeare Got Through It. We Will, Too.
Creative people will not only survive, they will create. byLouis Fantasi Thanks to Ann M for sending this timely piece A 19th-century engraving imagining William Shakespeare’s family life. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons) In July 1564, William Shakespeare was three months old … Continue reading
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Can Smart Thermometers Track the Spread of the Coronavirus?
Kinsa Health has sold or given away more than a million smart thermometers to households. Credit…Tony Cenicola/The New York Times Ed Note: Perhaps this technique could be used to daily track all residents and employees in CCRCs and other venues. … Continue reading
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How are you shopping?
Put B. has sent along this link for comparative local grocery shopping. I think we are all having different experiences. I’ve got an order into COSTCO on Instacart but it won’t be here until Thursday. I hope it’s more accurate … Continue reading
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Plensa’s precautions in the Sculpture Garden
Thanks to Mike C. and, yes, we need to be able to smile! We know what art critics think of that 46-foot-tall head, the sculpture that is installed at the Olympic Sculpture Park: Magnifique. Jaume Plensa, the Spanish artist who made it, … Continue reading
What sex are computers?
Thanks to Rosemary W. for enlightening us!
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Lockdown by Irish Poet Richard Hendrick
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Cool app for shopping
Want to shop at COSTCO, QFC, Safeway or many other stores and get same day delivery. This looks like a cool app but there is a 5% delivery fee or you can a monthly fee for free deliveries. The app … Continue reading
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First Hill Information
Information from First Hill Association. Consider take-out, phone orders and social distancing as a priority. Stay safe.
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