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Author Archives: Jim deMaine
We are not powerless against gun violence: Turn to civic action
By Helen Donnelly Goehring Special to The Seattle Times July 23, 2022 Ed Note: Helen is a resident of the Terraces at Skyline It is with a heavy heart that I ponder the media accounts of yet one more mass shooting … Continue reading
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Americans with disabilities act
Ed note: There are many people with disabilities at Skyline: motility, hearing and sight to name a few. We tend to overlook and take for granted our own abilities, but let’s look around. Let’s keep fighting for a skybridge before … Continue reading
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Where the Hell is Matt
Need a smile? Here it is! Thanks to Mary Jane F.
Dubai builds world’s largest vertical farm
Thanks to Pam P. The city known for importing almost all of its produce will now grow 2 million pounds of leafy greens each year inside the world’s largest vertical farm. As the world begins to turn its back on … Continue reading
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Vitamin D doesn’t help at all!
In this editorial in the New England Journal, the verdict on the ineffectiveness of Vitamin D is in: simply put–it doesn’t help prevent disease, extend life or prevent fractures.
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The Plague Year – The mistakes and the struggles behind America’s coronavirus tragedy.
By Lawrence Wright in the New Yorker From Pam P. As I listened to Matthew Pottinger testify in yesterday’s hearing, I kept thinking I’d heard about him before but it was in the context of Covid. I was surprised that … Continue reading
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What Baby Boomers Want (Options!), Senior Housing Delivers
Thanks to Put B. By Linda Baker in the NYT The pandemic crushed the senior housing market, cutting occupancy rates and stalling construction. Now, as the market begins an uneven rebound, developers are adapting to the coming wave of aging baby … Continue reading
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Dutch House Approves to Make Work From Home a Legal Right
Thanks to Pam P. By Diederik Baazil and Pablo Fernandez Cras in Bloomberg News The Dutch parliament approved legislation to establish work-from-home as a legal right, making the Netherlands one of the first countries to grant remote working flexibility by … Continue reading
The Skyline Dog Chorale presenting “Singing With The Sirens”
Thanks to Donna McK. Was it the sirens or were they told their COVID test was positive?
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|The Jewish Deli: An American Tale Told in Pickles and Pastrami
Thanks to Mike C. The Jewish Deli: An American Tale Told in Pickles and Pastrami “I’ll Have What She’s Having,” a traveling exhibit on the Jewish delicatessen, looks back at a vibrant institution fueled by immigration and irresistible food. In … Continue reading
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More than I dreamed of
Thanks to Mary Jane F.
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Whimsey Walks
Thanks to Mary M. Moss(feed)back A new app?“Apologies for the email out of the blue, Mr. Berger. I am a physician/epidemiologist, formerly on faculty at UW, and also a ceramic artist. I recently started up a project with some neighbors … Continue reading
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Jefferson’s words on the need to interpret the Constitution over time
Thanks to Margaret F. (from a letter to the Seattle Times). Click on this site for more words etched in marble in the Jefferson Memorial. Southeast Portico of the Jefferson Memorial: “I am not an advocate for frequent changes in … Continue reading
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Amazing sculptures
Thanks to Mary Jane F.
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Seattle Chamber Music Rehearsal at Skyline
Thanks to Diane S. This coming Thursday, from 2:30 to approximately 5 PM, there will be an open rehearsal of one of the pieces which will be played the following evening at the Seattle Chamber Music Society’s Summer Festival in … Continue reading
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Car makers ignore the increased injuries in women
Thanks to Bob P. Women have 73 percent greater odds of being seriously injured in a car crash than men. Yet the U.S. continues to use dummies based on male bodies for almost all of its crash testing – leaving … Continue reading
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Thinking about our language
Thanks to Rosemary W.
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Beauty on the 5th floor patio
One of the many nice design features of Skyline is the patio joining the CT and the Terraces. Hard work by residents provides us a wonderful setting where we can enjoy natural beauty in a peaceful setting.
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NASA’s new telescope shows star death, dancing galaxies
Thanks to Pam P Click here for NASA’s web site
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Commentary: Prosecute Trump? Merrick Garland is investigating aggressively but prosecuting cautiously
by journalist Doyle McManus The House committee on the Jan. 6, 2021, insurgency, whose hearings resume this week, has produced impressive evidence that could allow prosecutors to argue that former President Donald Trump committed crimes as he tried to overturn … Continue reading
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Explore The Atlantic
Thanks to Mary M. SUPPORTING SPONSOR For the first time, subscribers can read every story published in The Atlantic from 1857 to today. Below is a note from our editor in chief about preserving the … Continue reading
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An inventor promised flights from San Francisco to New York. He created an air disaster instead.
Thanks to Bob P. Katie Dowd, SFGATE July 10, 2022 Updated: July 10, 2022 6:59 a.m. J.A. Morrell felt very good about his sausage-shaped airship. In February 1908, the inventor boasted it could “take a businessman to New York from San Francisco … Continue reading
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