About 9 AM Stockholm time Monday, the Karolinska is going to wake up one to three biologists and announce they have won the Nobel Prize. Thompson Reuters has their list based on citation, I call this hokey. Here is Thompsons’s list with my thumb added in an appropriate direction where[...]
Posts Tagged ‘People’
September 23rd, 2011 - 3:21 pm § in Schools & Colleges, Science
The AVE Challenge: Who is going to win the Nobel Sunday Night?
September 20th, 2011 - 8:27 am § in The Ave Scene, UW
UW: The Early Entrance Program Begets a Great Pianist
from PANDORA: Pianist Aaron Parks is a forward-thinking jazz musician who came to the public’s attention during his time with trumpeter Terence Blanchard. Born in Seattle, WA, Parks began playing piano at a young age and by the time he was 14 had enrolled in an early entrance degree program at[...]
September 14th, 2011 - 10:48 am § in The Ave Scene
Seattle Scene: Rooting for the Two Mcs .. McG and McD.
Over at Horsesass, Carl brags that McDermott and McGinn, our Congressman and mayor and two of Carl’s favorites,m are doing great things cuz te city is going to spend 10 million bucks remodeling an old building in pioneer square. GREAT NEWS! Yep, I am impressed! McD (I guess) gets credit fo[...]
September 14th, 2011 - 6:12 am § in America, The Ave Scene
BREAKING NEWS: Trouble, serious trouble, at Fort Lewis
At an Army base near Seattle, soldiers are committing suicide, murdering their families—and in one case, waterboarding their own kids. Winston Ross reports from a base on the brink. excerpts from The Daily Beast. Jonathan Gilbert had no idea what he was getting into—that he’d wind up in Iraq, [...]
The Cam Cop Craze
Holy 1984! Bruce Harrell, a city councilman who has self designated himself as a representative of people of color, has taken up the Copcam cause. The idea is to mount videocams on the cops .. presumably only when they are on duty .. to assure that the cops can be held responsible for their ac[...]
September 2nd, 2011 - 11:14 am § in The Ave Scene, UW
The AVE: a vision for Seattle’s new waterfront.
Any successful effort to create a marvelous waterfront park for Seattle should include turning Elliot Avenue into a grand entrance into the city. Once you cross the Ballard Bridge, there are fields, a very underused shopping center, warehouses, and amazing access to three great attraction … [...]
BREAKING NEWS: Kucinich implicated by letter to Gaddafi’s son.
Al Jazeera has just announced that they have found a letter between from Dennis Kucinich to Saif el Islam, Gaddafi’s most feared son, suggesting ways that the Gaddafi regime could combat the NATO led effort, including possible law suits. The letter requests cooperation between the Congress[...]
July 19th, 2011 - 10:39 am § in Politics, The Ave Scene
Breaking News: Could Kucinich turn WA-01 red in 2012?
Kucinich Kucinich According to the Huffington Post Dennis Kucinich has chosen Washington’s first District, Jay Insleee’s current district, as his new home. Dennis Kucinich has been appearing at every opportunity someplace or other amongst gatherings of Seattle’s committed liberals.[...]
The UW in Comments at the Seattle Times
A colleague on the AAUP Listserve bemoans the criticism he finds in comments on the blog run by the Seattle Times,. I think my colleague is worried about the wrong problem. The Times itself is a relic, a wrecked ship afloat on the remains of Blethen family fortunes. The website is likely better [...]
Two Views: Is McKenna hiding from cameras?…… campaigning in the closet?
Frightened by a camera, Rob McKenna retreats to the “cupcake table” from HorsesAss by Darryl, 07/08/2011, 11:01 AM The King County Young Republicans met at the North Bellevue Community Center last night to hear Rob McKenna speak. It didn’t go as planned. The event was held in a public venue, a[...]