Ed. Passover is now a week away. A wish for Passover from Americans for Peace Now. Ed. BRS and I are long term members of PeaceNow and striongly recommend it to all of our friends, Muslims, Jews, Zionists, and Palestinians. Their stand for Peace is why I am so upset by the death of Mer [&helli[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Good Deeds’
April 8th, 2011 - 8:01 am § in Misc.
UPDATE: How to Donate for Japan Relief
From our American School in Japan alumnus, a complete listing of reputable charities engaged in relief work following the Tohoku Earthquake of March 11, tailored for donors outside Japan. Contact poster for complete info on donating from within Japan.[...]
March 20th, 2011 - 6:14 am § in Misc.
سال نو مبارك
Happy New Year, Persian Style! Haji FiRuz History: Hadji Firouz was a man in red clothes who went from street to street singing and be ating a tambourine on New Year’s eve (which is also the eve of spring). He was usually accompanied by one or two other persons. It is said that he [&hel[...]
To Jim McDermott, PLEASE READ THIS
UW TOPS IN PRIMARY CARE AND NIH RESEARCH! Ed. A few days ago we posted a riposte to Congressman McDermott because he failed to site the UWSOM in an article he authored in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine. His article talked a lot about the importance of primary care and physicians[...]
March 5th, 2011 - 11:10 pm § in Schools & Colleges, UW
Seattle Meeting, Support for Higher Ed. Monday Evening, Cleveland High
Keeping the Promise for Higher Education – a Community Conversation Monday, March 7, 2011 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. at Cleveland High School to make your voice heard. Leading this conversation: KING 5’s Lori Matsukawa Brad Smith, Microsoft Ed Taylor, Un[...]
PROTEST ON CAMPUS:Wednesday, March 2, 10:30am by George Washington Statue
from AAUP listserv: USAS (United Students Against Sweatshops) at the University of Washington, formerly known as the Student Labor Action Project (SLAP), would like to invite you and members of the UW American Association of University Professors (AAUP) to join students in a solidarity action wi[...]
February 27th, 2011 - 8:09 am § in Politics
Witnesses: Gaddafi Forces Shooting From Ambulances
More evidence that the battle tactics Gaddafi is using against the protesters are becoming even more brutal. The New York Times reports: An increasingly gruesome picture began to emerge Saturday of the violent tactics used by the government of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi to quell protesters in Tripoli, [...]
A Wonderful Human Just Died
Lynn Allen, R.I.P. by Goldy, 02/24/2011, 10:26 PM … cross posted from HorsesAss Lynn Allen was one of the first political bloggers I met, way back when the local liberal blogosphere was just taking shape, and while she may not have been one of the best known or most read, within our community [...]
February 20th, 2011 - 2:03 pm § in Environment, Misc.
History Cafe Invades Cap Hill
More and more Seattleites identify themselves as "Locovores". At the most recent History Cafe, we were regaled by tales of urban agriculture past and present in the comfortable, living-room atmosphere of Capitol Hill's Roy St. Coffee. [...]
Picardo P-Patch Enters New Era
Seattle's P-Patch community gardening program -- which has been cited as a national model -- originated here, in the boggy heartland of the former Picardo family truck farm on 25th Ave. NE in Wedgwood. The area became a pokey suburban subdivision when the family sold off their land after the War, bu[...]