Carpal Tunnel Syndrome can be very painful, numbing in fact.Women tend to get it twice as much as men. Pregnant women tend to get it. Those with diabetes are prone to it. And anyone who does a lot of keyboarding, may think they have it but studies show that carpel tunnel doesn't surface with excessive keyboarders.
Summer was an exciting time! With the Beijing Olympics, John Edwards' affair, Republican John McCain's political ad, which compares Paris Hilton and Britney Spears to Barack Obama, how can Americans keep up? Of course the international and national hoopla saturates much of the media, Washington State has its own excitement.
Even after the Republican National Convention ended, the spotlight on Alaska Governor, Sarah Palin, continues to shine. The former mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, spoke at the RNC on Wednesday night to nearly 37 million viewers as she accepted the Republican nomination as vice president. Much of the news about Governor Palin stems from her 17-year-old unmarried daughter, Bristol Palin, who is five months pregnant.
Apparently the wires got crossed at McPublicRelations, the outfit that runs the marketing and touring of the ever-so serious career of Neil Diamond.
Senator John McCain and Governor Sarah Palin's series of events this week marked another new embarrassment in American politics. Not only have they both been out of touch with America's reality, but they have insulted the public by giving ridiculous excuses and explanations for their approach to a failed economy, access to a sheltered vice presidential nominee, and a suspended presidential campaign.
Having hit bottom and literally learning from her experiences, Laura Cruikshank, 48, made a WWISH (Women's Wellness & Integrated Social Health) for an on-line, interactive clearinghouse for women's resources.
It's payback time for Gene Mayer - but in a good way. The owner of the 34th Street Garage in Magnolia Village is repaying the kindness and help of an old friend in Oregon by fixing up the old friend's 1971 Porsche 911 for free, Mayer said.
If you think the dozen or so cranes disported around the city are transforming the face of Seattle now, well, as they say, "You ain't seen nothin' yet."
The Seattle City Council unanimously approved a plan on Sept. 22 that would see 108 to 125 new units of market-rate housing and 85 units of housing for the formerly homeless built on surplus military property at Fort Lawton.
In May, as reported in the Queen Anne/Magnolia News, the Conger family, Dean, Karen, Jaime, Mera and Aeron, set out from Elliott Bay Marina and headed north to Vancouver Island. The second leg of the months-long trip will take them to the bottom of Mexico and quite possibly beyond. Below is Co-Captain Karen Conger's most recent log.
For years, self-aggrandizing local politicians have had, as one of their favorite memes, the desire to ensure that Seattle is a "World Class City." What it means to be a "World Class City," and what the criteria are for becoming one, are never really spelled out. Usually it involves building sports stadiums or other civic amenities, or giving big tax breaks to developers and huge corporations. In other words, world-class cities throw other people's money around like it's no big deal.
In life, you get what you bring to the table. Or do you? When Seattle police detective Ron Smith and four other members of the Iron Pigs motorcycle club, all off-duty at the time, rumbled into the biker mecca of Sturgis, S.D., on Aug. 9, packing, they self-prophesized a near-deadly outcome.
As a Beach Naturalist and dog lover, it distressed me to read your Sept. 17 editorial complaining about the city Ordinance which bans dogs on Seattle beaches. We cannot continue outdated practices and traditions and expect to have anything left for the future. There are too many of us.
A consultant hired by the city has chosen an Interbay Golf Course overflow parking lot as the top pick for replacing Fire Station No. 20 on 13th Avenue West. Second- and third-place picks are on Seattle City Light property at the corner of 17th Ave. W. and W. Bertona St. and on Northwest Label property at the corner of 20th Ave. W. and W. Bertona St., respectively.