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January 19th, 2011 - 11:36 pm § in Politics

State Representative Marko Liias: Tim Eyman is an ignorant blowhard

from Permanent Defence Published on January 26th, 2011 State Representative Marko Liias gave Eyman a piece of his mind in a Facebook note posted last night. It read, in part: I have proposed a simple little bill to give local transit agencies one way to protect transit service and reduce congestion.[...]

January 19th, 2011 - 11:12 pm § in Misc., UW

Seattle Times: Live chat about higher education in Wash. state

Seattle Times higher education reporter Katherine Long will answer your questions at 1 p.m. on Thursday about how higher education is funded in Washington, what cuts have been made to date due to the budget shortfall, and what the impacts have been to the state’s colleges and universities. Sub[...]

January 19th, 2011 - 3:05 pm § in Uncategorized

Major Change at the NIH

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – A National Center for Research Resources task force charged with moving programs that have been conducted by NCRR, has issued an early plan of where at the National Institutes of Health some of these programs will find homes under a planned reorganization. NCRR is being[...]

January 19th, 2011 - 9:47 am § in Religion, Science

SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Pope’s Blood Now a Relic

(Huff Post) WARSAW, Poland — A vial containing blood drawn from Pope John Paul II shortly before he died will be installed as a relic in a Polish church soon after his beatification later this year, an official said Monday. Ed. comment This might be more quaint and benign if we are NOT still recov[...]

January 19th, 2011 - 7:38 am § in Uncategorized

Publish Poems in Seattle

Seattle has mazing opportunities for poets. One opportunity here in the University District is the Floating Bridge Press.  The 16th Annual Floating Bridge Press Poetry Chapbook Competition is open for submissions until February 16, 2011. If you are a current resident of Washington State, you may su[...]