Congratulations to the 2012 Guggenheim Fellows from Seattle: Ellis Goldberg, Near Eastern Studies Huck Hodge, Music Composition Haruko Nishimura, Choreography Richard Olmstead, Plant Sciences[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Seattle Scene’
March 14th, 2012 - 1:00 pm § in America, The Ave Scene
Mulally, the Book
Remember Boeing? The aircraft company founded in Seattle that moved to Chicago to please McDonald Douglas? Oh yeh .. after Alan Mulally rebuilt the commercial aircraft division? What happened to Mulally .. the Seattle guy?[...]
March 14th, 2012 - 10:11 am § in UW
UW Rankings: UW Med Ranks at the top of BOTH Research and Primary Care!
Somebody should share this with Jim McDermott Our Congressman continues, as far as I know, to be utterly unaware of the prominence of the UW …. By KING 5 News http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46720469/ns/local_news-seattle_wa/ U.S. News & World Report has ranked several University of Washington[...]
March 12th, 2012 - 10:44 am § in The Ave Scene
Seattle Times Turns Doonesbury to Editorial Page
The Seattle Times will run the strip in the national news section, rather than with other comics, said Executive Editor David Boardman. Boardman said the decision required much discussion, as well as research to verify that cartoonist Garry Trudeau’s take on the Texas law was essentially accur[...]
February 1st, 2012 - 10:10 am § in Misc., The Ave Scene
Literate in Seattle
By Bob Minzesheimer, USA TODAY For the second consecutive year, Washington, D.C. , is ranked as the most literate city in the country, according to an annual statistical survey to be released today. Here is the top 10 for 2011, as ranked by Central Connecticut State University President Jack Miller,[...]
January 11th, 2012 - 1:35 am § in Uncategorized
Seattle’s White Haired Congressman
from Seattle Salmon The Other Washington- Seattle Congressman Jim McDermott made a bet. At a press conference convened at Washington D.C.’s famed dive, the Tune Inn, “Bahgdad Jim” boasted that he could do anything – ANYTHING – and still be reelected in 2012. “Anything?” asked the S[...]
January 7th, 2012 - 3:25 am § in The Ave Scene
Too many folks who want to be Mayor?
READMORE at Publicola. For what it is worth, I like a lot of these people but will pay special attention to Ed Murray and Peter Steinbrueck. Ed has been my state senator and a very effective leader in the Senate. He has the political heft to get tings done not only in Seattle but in […][...]
January 2nd, 2012 - 9:16 am § in The Ave Scene
Shootout on Mount Rainier
Seattle Times: Massive manhunt after ranger slain at Mount Rainier Benjamin Colton Barnes, left, is a person of interest in the fatal shooting of Park Ranger Margaret Anderson at Mount Rainier National Park. I have never understood the idea that a gun is defensive. Would a rifle have protected R[...]
December 21st, 2011 - 11:58 am § in Hypocrisy
Darcy Burner, Nerd?
Darcy and I are both “Harvards.” I am thrilled that my fellow alum is bright, committed, and wants to be a Congressman. BUT Darcy needs to do something about the “her image” thing. When Darcy ran for Congress before, Congressman Reichert made an issue … with lots [...]
Allen Brain Institute Becomes Impressive
Paul Allen’s support for the Allen Institute has always seemed more a personal and, perhaps, amateurish effort to do something impressive than the sort of hard-edged .. almost industrial commitment … his buddy Gates has made in malaria research or the fundamental science that has driven [...]