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How to identify BS – innovative course at the University of Washington
How can we sort out the fake news and all the BS that is thrown our way. Well, the UW has now put together a one credit course. The s… word might annoy you but the academic approach to sorting … Continue reading
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Safeguarding Health and Preventing Nuclear Catastrophe
Ed Note: The Washington State Physicians for Social Responsibility *WPSR) is sponsoring the presentation. The concerns have become even more relevant as nuclear rhetoric heats up: “The US national security adviser, John Bolton, has confirmed that the US will withdrawal from the … Continue reading
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Support our Skyline Residents’ Association with AmazonSmile!
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Malcolm Gladwell: The strange tale of the Norden bombsight
From Wikepedia: Malcolm Timothy Gladwell CM (born September 3, 1963) is a Canadian journalist, author, and public speaker.[1] He has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1996. He has written five books, The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference (2000), Blink: The … Continue reading
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FDA Approves Sale of Prescription Placebos – from the Onion
FDA Approves Sale Of Prescription Placebo – the Onion ^ | September 17, 2003 (forwarded by Ann Milam) WASHINGTON, DC—After more than four decades of testing in tandem with other drugs, placebo gained approval for prescription use from the Food and … Continue reading
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Plan Ahead for the First Hill Autumn Clean Up
The First Hill Improvement Association is happy to be hosting the sixth Autumn Cleanup! Saturday, October 13th 10am-12pm First Hill Park (1201 University) Meet your neighbors, learn about what’s going on in the neighborhood, and make the neighborhood a … Continue reading
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A drone outside the window
And guess where it landed: They carried it inside the cathedral a minute later. It seems to be the latest in wedding photography.
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Amazon Spheres, corrected link
https://photos.app.goo.gl/gouwvqjBUWnyBFpK9
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Spheres and Green Walls
The complete slideshow for the expedition to Amazon Spheres is at https://photos.app.goo.gl/gouwvqjBUWnyBFpK9 but here is a sample:
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Worldwide smoke
That’s Seattle in the orange at upper left, Southern Africa at lower center. Note how some of the Canadian smoke has traveled to mid-Atlantic south of Greenland and accumulated there.
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Thoughts about everyday words
Are you looking for quiet essays with thoughts about every day words. If so, keep this one at your bedside. Here’s one example from a essay about giving from Whyte. Giving is a difficult and almost contemplative art form that … Continue reading
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Construction surrounds us
First, here is the south-of-the-Frye assisted living building that will reach 24 stories within a few months. Below is the west-of-the Frye lot clearing for the twin towers that will be a few stories higher than Skyline. They dug out … Continue reading
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Construction begins to the NE and NW
Here is the 800 Columbia lot to our NW. Internal fences are down; new perimeter fence up. Note alley is blocked and no-parking signs on Columbia. Progress photos will be taken from this same spot, the NW corner of our … Continue reading
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Street Bingo (and snacks) in the neighborhood
Join the First Hill Improvement Association and your neighbors for an evening of B-I-N-G-O on Terry Avenue between Marion and Columbia Streets! The first round starts right at 6pm, so arrive early to secure a spot! There will be prizes from … Continue reading
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Are things getting worse – or does it just feel that way ..
Frank Conlon sent this fascinating study for us to ponder – from The Guardian Concepts like ‘trauma’ or ‘violence’ have stretched to encompass things no previous generation would have worried about. Is everything completely terrible – or is the world … Continue reading
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Skyline Video – Dr. Barak Gastner speaks about Re-imagining Dementia
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Making a meal of an artichoke
Outside on the 4th floor, after lunch.
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