from Huff Post Maria Jose Cristerna’s striking appearance may generate gasps, but the 35-year-old tattoo artist reportedly says a horrific history of domestic violence triggered her decision to re-invent herself as a “vampire.” Cristerna recently showed off a new set of titanium &#[...]
Archive for October, 2013
Buchenwald; the survivors
Wiesenthal, Simon M 01908-12-3131 December 1908 02005-09-3030 September 2005 (96) Ukraine (based Wikipedia entries) After being forced to work as a slave labourer in Nazi concentration camps, Wiesenthal dedicated most of his life to tracking down and gathering information on fugitive Nazi w[...]
October 31st, 2013 - 1:04 pm § in The Ave Scene
Happy Halloween To My Family
With family dispersed from Boston ot South Carolina, New York, Pasadena and Oslo, we wanted you all to know what Halloween in Seattle is like[...]
The UGLY CHINESE
REMEMBER THE DAYS OF THE UGLY AMERICAN? Japan urged to stop being provocative over Diaoyu Islands Historical Fiction: China’s South China Sea Claims • Shinzo Abe: No dealing on Diaoyu Islands • Japan highlights China as ‘security threat’ UN tribunal meets on South China S[...]
October 30th, 2013 - 10:07 am § in Uncategorized
Buchenwald I: Segregation in Hell
I just returned from Brandeis where we discussed my Dad’s collection of WW II photographs. He actually arrived in the camp as the commanding officer of a US Army medical group dispatched by Eisenhower to go wherever my father felt the need was greatest. The Americans had come to the beech [...]
October 30th, 2013 - 7:34 am § in Misc.
PRESIDENT ROMNEY: Helping Ann!
Ann Romney talks about President Romney has helped her continue riding horses since they moved to the White House. [...]
October 29th, 2013 - 4:19 am § in The Ave Scene
BALMER BLUES: Chromecast: Another Missed Opportunity for Microsoft
Remember Web TV? Why can’t Microsoft market? The company has placed its toes into the TV market at least since it s purchase of Web TV in 1996. This history is a long one … with promises, showy purchases, set top boxes, creation of MSNBC, and claims the X Box would dominate the livin[...]
October 29th, 2013 - 4:14 am § in Science, The Ave Scene
GMOs for safety
About 2/3rds of the way through this video on high tech safety, watch how UW scientists, working with colleagues at U Colorado show how bacteria can add new genes to plants! These genes are designed to detect bombs at the airports![...]
THE Ave Endorses Suzanne Dale Estey for School Board
Suzanne Dale Estey Announces Campaign for School Board Thurs, Oct 31, 2013 Look at it this way. In a District that represents a collection of intellectual super stars in our companies, our foundations, and our business world, no body considers the Seattle schools or its leaders as outstanding. I[...]