Seattle radio station 103.7 The Mountain (KMTT) unveiled Monday a new daily announcer line-up, which includes the return of veteran Seattle personality and fan favorite, Marty Riemer.
If you are in the midst of your pregnancy or if you are starting out 2011 with a bun in the oven, chances are you have adopted a new lifestyle. Not only do you have to think of yourself, but you must consider every choice you make and the effects on your baby. Taking care of yourself during pregnancy requires a lifestyle change, not just a New Year’s Resolution. Without further adieu, here are some easy ways to be good to you, your baby, and the environment.
The Seattle Public Library, in collaboration with Kaplan, will offer a free SAT practice test from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 5 at the Central Library, 1000 Fourth Ave., Level 4, Rooms 1 and 2.
Thomas Jefferson declared that “to preserve our independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our selection between economy and liberty or profusion and servitude.” A growing number of states are choosing economy and liberty and suffering the indignities of the bureaucrats and special interests whose privileges are threatened. Florida is the latest state to reject the high-speed rail money pit while Washington begs for another opportunity to waste transportation dollars.
A week has passed since King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg announced no charges would be filed against Seattle Police Officer Ian Birk in the shooting death of John T. Williams. Looking back, several points come clear. •State law protects police in the use of deadly force, stating it’s OK if the officer believes his or her life is in danger and acts without malice and in “good faith.” For the rest of us, “a person is guilty of manslaughter in the second degree when, with criminal negligence, he causes the death of another person.” The law needs to be changed. We empathize with the police officers given the pressures they are under. However, in a case like this, there is no excuse for legal impotence in the face of criminal negligence. •The Seattle Police Department’s (SPD) Firearms Review Board, in its findings on the shooting, laid out in no uncertain terms the egregious failures of Birk’s conduct, concluding the shooting lie “outside of [the police department’s] policy, tactics and training.” An obviously well-coached Birk stuck to his story on the stand: that he felt threatened.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced in early March that they would not change policies to allow planes to fly lower over Magnolia, Queen Anne and south Ballard. The FAA said that after considering all the public input regarking the issue, officials decided to re-evaluate the proposal.
We’re all at risk for cancer, but I’m at more risk than most of the population. We recently discovered that my family carries the BRCA2 genetic defect, which increases our chances of breast and cervical cancer.
It is getting harder to put food on the table, not only for low-income households but for middle-class families as well. Prices have soared lately not just at high-end grocery stores, like Whole Foods or QFC, but also at large chains known for their price competitiveness, like Safeway, Sam’s Club and Costco.
Since the Food and Drug Administration (F.D.A.) has lowered the minimum weight requirements for gastric Lap-Band surgery, which made many more millions of Americans eligible for the procedure, a whole new industry of weight loss device makers has emerged, trying to cash in on this vastly expanding market (no pun intended).
Nirvana: Taking Punk to the MassesOrganized by EMP, Nirvana: Taking Punk to the Masses is the most extensive exhibition of memorabilia celebrating the music and history of Seattle grunge luminaries, Nirvana. The exhibit features more than 200 rare and never-before-seen artifacts and photography from the band, their crews, and families. The show opens to the public on Saturday, April 16, 2011. Winter hours September 7, 2010 - May 30, 2011, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. The museum is located at 325 5th Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98109. 206-770-2700, main line; 206-770-2702, box office; 1-877-EMP-SFM1, toll-free; www.empsfm.org <http://www.empsfm.org>
Every time we turn around, it seems as if some local agency is getting to the bottom of things and finding out that what’s there isn’t so pretty. Scandals have rocked the Seattle Public Schools (SPS), with its small-business contracting program, and the Seattle Police Department, which is under federal investigation into whether its officers use excessive force too liberally.
The Washington Press Association recognized two Pacific Publishing Co. writers for their work with 2010 Communicator of Excellence awards.
Allowing people to fall back into the abyss of untreated mental illness is cruel, wasteful and sometimes extremely dangerous. But this is the inevitable result of state budget cuts that are shredding our mental-health safety net.