What's Happening in Seattle this Week
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<span style=3D"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Verdana; color: black=
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Presentation:</span></b><span style=3D"font-size: 10.0pt; font-famil=
y: Verdana; color: black">
<a href=3D"http://bellevuecollege.edu/news/releases/archives/2008/di=
sabilitypride10-9-08.asp">
Not Just Ramps</a>, Oct 23rd, free, of dramatic vignettes of how peo=
ple=20
with disabilities get through their day. People with disabilit=
ies don=92t=20
come to top-of-mind when thinking about minority classes. Anyone of =
us=20
is only one accident away from this minority status ourselves.</span=
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<span style=3D"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Verdana; color: black=
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Lecture:</span></b><span style=3D"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Ve=
rdana; color: black">
<a href=3D"http://www.thelinkforwomen.com/event_detailsSeattle.asp?w=
orkshop=3DCareer&presenter=3D809411428437042">
Leadership and the Sexes</a>, Oct 25th, $75, of using the best of bo=
th=20
genders to create success in business. They're making this one=
=20
practical, since it's backed up by research and best-use practices.&=
nbsp;=20
It's always interesting how people decide to slice the human experie=
nce,=20
such as by race, age, nationality, etc.. Here, gender in the w=
orkplace=20
is their focus.</span></p>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Verdana; color: black=
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Housing:</span></b><span style=3D"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Ve=
rdana; color: black">
<a href=3D"http://www.ci.bothell.wa.us/dept/CM/PIO/NewsEvents/releas=
es/2008/100708ManuHome.html">
Manufactured Home Owner Forum</a>, Oct 23rd, free. This is a f=
orum to=20
learn more about property rights under the Manufactured/Mobile Home=
=20
Landlord Tenant Act, as well as strategies to organize community sup=
port=20
and leadership to manage the unique challenges faced by manufactured=
=20
home owners. If you live in one of these homes, you're probabl=
y finding=20
out that you're coming out on the short end of respect, so go learn =
what=20
your real position is.</span></p>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Verdana; color: black=
">
Fashion:</span></b><span style=3D"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Ve=
rdana; color: black">
<a href=3D"http://www1.macys.com/campaign/sitelets/passport2008/cine=
ma.jsp">
Macy's Passport: Fashion Cinema</a>, Oct 23rd, $25. Macy's tak=
es the=20
cat walk to the big screen. If you can't finagle the front sea=
t at the=20
fashion show, this becomes the next best thing. Since the show=
is=20
simulcast in 26 cities, they're going to be pouring on the glitz and=
=20
special effects.</span></p>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Verdana; color: black=
">
Theater:</span></b><span style=3D"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Ve=
rdana; color: black">
<a href=3D"http://www.5thavenue.org/showsandtickets/?perf=3DDC1029E0=
9">The=20
Drowsy Chaperone</a>, starting Oct 29th, $22+, a delicious little fl=
uff=20
piece of musical theater. You won't leave smarter, but you wil=
l leave=20
with an aching side from laughing. * The
<a href=3D"http://disney.go.com/theatre/thelionking/#/home/">Lion Ki=
ng</a>=20
returns, not until next year, but for a blockbuster show like this, =
you=20
gotta buy the tickets early, when they go on sale
<a href=3D"http://www.theparamount.com/artists/?artist=3D857">starti=
ng on=20
the 24th</a>, $20+. * Also,
<a href=3D"http://www.kpcenter.org/cgi-bin/event.cgi?id=3D304">God B=
less=20
America</a>, Oct 26th, $29. This guy takes a bunch of=20
thrift-store-found slides of American families through the decades,=
=20
mixing comedy, kitsch, and the reflection of our collective national=
=20
psyche.</span></p>
<p><b>
<span style=3D"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Verdana; color: black=
">
Getaway:</span></b><span style=3D"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Ve=
rdana; color: black">
<a href=3D"http://www.tourismvancouver.com/visitors/">Vancouver BC</=
a>,=20
apparently, we Seattleites are pretty familiar with this town during=
the=20
sunny months, so now, they want to make our northern sister city the=
=20
place to go during the winter. This town is like Seattle would=
be, with=20
people who are more laid back and who have more liberal social polic=
ies,=20
which really means more fun.</span></p>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Verdana; color: black=
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Transportation:</span></b><span style=3D"font-size: 10.0pt; font-fam=
ily: Verdana; color: black">
<a href=3D"http://www.pugetsound.org/connect/events/1020trans">Movin=
g=20
Seattle Forward: A Transportation Vision</a>, Oct 20th, free. =
This is=20
certainly a tough nut to crack, and no solution comes cheap. =
=20
Transportation visionaries also tend to espouse some Pollyanna view =
of=20
the future, where we all live close to work and people are naturally=
=20
willing to make big lifestyle changes. So, go hear the views f=
rom three=20
smart people, of how we can accommodate a growing population without=
=20
clogging our streets as bad as cholesterol plaque in an artery.</spa=
n></p>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Verdana; color: black=
">
Film:</span></b><span style=3D"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Verda=
na; color: black">
<a href=3D"http://communitycinema.org/">Lioness</a>, Oct 25th, free,=
=20
followed by a panel discussion, of the story of a group of female Ar=
my=20
support soldiers who became the first women in American history to b=
e=20
sent into direct ground combat. Then, panelists of local femal=
e=20
veterans and VA Puget Sound Health Women's Clinic staff discuss the=
=20
ramifications and lessons.</span></p>
<p><b>
<span style=3D"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Verdana; color: black=
">
Children's:</span></b><span style=3D"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family:=
Verdana; color: black">
<a href=3D"http://www.storybooktheater.org/">Pinocchio</a>, starting=
Oct=20
25th, $9, the kid's classic about the growing proboscis. You k=
now the=20
story - he wants to become a real boy, but the wily fox and cat stan=
d in=20
his way. Now, go share this story with your kids.</span></p>
<b><span style=3D"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Verdana; color: bl=
ack">
Organization:</span></b><span style=3D"font-size: 10.0pt; font-famil=
y: Verdana; color: black">
<a href=3D"http://www.swiss-network.org/seattle/">Swiss Network Seat=
tle</a>,=20
for those Swiss professionals who still feel the ties back to the ho=
me=20
country. Events take place in-person and online, for professio=
nals,=20
artists, and others in the academic community.</span></div> </td>=
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<p align=3D"center" style=3D"margin-bottom:24.0pt;text-align:center">
<span style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"><b>
When Ignorance Is Bliss: <br>
</b>
Actually, you are better off not knowing this...</span></p>
<p align=3D"center" style=3D"margin-bottom:24.0pt;text-align:center">
<img border=3D"0" src=3D"http://www.quickcleanjanitorial.com/sitebuilderco=
ntent/sitebuilderpictures/dust_mite.jpg" width=3D"311" height=3D"195"></p>
<p style=3D"margin-bottom: 24.0pt"><b>
<span style=3D"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Verdana; color: black=
">The=20
Creepies in Your Daily Environment</span></b><span style=3D"font-siz=
e: 10.0pt; font-family: Verdana; color: black">:=20
If you viewed your daily environment with a microscope, you'd become=
a=20
clean freak who never leaves the house. You've got thousands o=
f mites=20
living in your bed sheets right now feasting upon your flaked-off de=
ad=20
skin cells. There's all those yucky germs on public surfaces, or eve=
n=20
breathing in the fecal leftovers from all of those mites (which in t=
urn=20
causes allergic reactions). Don't even get started on examinin=
g public=20
lavatories.</span></p>
<p style=3D"margin-bottom: 24.0pt"><b>
<span style=3D"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Verdana; color: black=
">The=20
Real Lyrics to that Song</span></b><span style=3D"font-size: 10.0pt;=
font-family: Verdana; color: black">:=20
A little bit of a mystery makes the song more enchanting. When=
listing=20
to <i>Smells Like Teen Spirit</i>, <i>Blinded by the Light</i>, or g=
ood=20
ol' <i>Louie Louie</i>, or whatever song you can't ungarble, it's be=
tter=20
to you use your imagination and personalize the song.</span></p>
<b><span style=3D"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Verdana; color: bl=
ack">A=20
Lady's Beauty Maintenance Routine</span></b><span style=3D"font-size=
: 10.0pt; font-family: Verdana; color: black">:=20
It takes some effort to keep up the soft skin and smelling good.&nbs=
p; So, do=20
you really want to watch a gal take care of her little mustache, plu=
ck=20
and shape the eyebrows, or put on a pair of pantyhose? Or, as =
Lauren=20
Bacall supposedly said, "Never let a man see you put on pantyho=
se."</span><p> </p>
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<b>Cool Video: </b>Here's the truth about
<a href=3D"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DS-6cIy_s8pQ">cockroaches=20
surviving radiation</a>, from the folks at <i>Mythbusters</i>.</span></fon=
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