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• Poster of the Week for Geographer

  26-03-2015 23:30 via thestranger.com
  
  The great part about a poster like this is how—weeks or months from now, after the elements have had their way with it and newer posters have come and gone—bits and pieces of these mesmerizing stripes will peek through the layers of paper, cling to dumpsters and poles, and create unexpected new patterns.
  
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• Seattle Driver Blocking Bicycle Lane to Cyclist: "I Literally Don't Give a Fuck About Anything You Say"

  26-03-2015 23:25 via thestranger.com
  
  That escalated quickly.SDOT
  The car driver, as the cyclist points out, appears to be parked directly in front of the equivalent of one of these official signs, at right, telling drivers to "please" not to park in the cycle track.Reached via Reddit, where he posted the video, the cyclist says he commutes from Ballard to downtown via Fremont Bridge and Dexter Avenue. Dexter is where the incident this morning took place. He's a software engineer who asked not to be named."I admitted in the thread,
  
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• Food & Drink News: Three Carb-Focused Openings, Huxley Wallace's Big Plans, Parchment Pop-Up's One-Year Anniversary

  26-03-2015 22:47 via thestranger.com
  
  Lisa Nakamura is now serving her gnocchi at Gnocchi Bar on Capitol Hill.Gnocchi Bar
  Now Open
  Gnocchi Bar, from chef Lisa Nakamura, is open for business on the corner of 12th and Pine on Capitol Hill. The restaurant takes its inspiration from thehandmade pasta dish that was a favorite at Nakamura's last restaurant, Allium, located on Orcas Island. Nakamura, who has also worked at the Herbfarm and French Laundry, spent the last year running a successful gnocchi pop-up and IndieGoGo campaign to fun
  
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• Elusive figure in federal probe has long history with state auditor

  26-03-2015 22:46
  
  Amid an ongoing federal criminal investigation into State Auditor Troy Kelley and his prior business dealings, Jason Jerue has emerged as a central figure. And he’s hard to find.
  
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• The Sweet Life of Barrels

  26-03-2015 22:27 via thestranger.com
  The Sweet Life of Barrels: Seattle Brewers and Distillers Find New Inspiration in the Oldest of Vesselsby Angela GarbesI'm standing in the barrel room of Captive Spirits Distilling in Ballard (1518 NW 52nd St, 852-4794) with distiller and owner Ben Capdevielle, hovering over two well-worn, 53-gallon bourbon barrels. The barrels are branded with words and logos that reveal the journey they took to get here: first, Kentucky, where they held Wild Turkey, then Seattle (Sodo, specifically), where Wes
  
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• Here's That Trailer for the Arnold Schwarzenegger Zombie Drama You Didn't Ask For

  26-03-2015 22:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Here's the first look we've gotten at Maggie, a movie in which Abigail Breslin plays a zombie and Arnold Schwarzenegger plays her dad. It definitely looks like a movie in which Abigail Breslin plays a zombie and Arnold Schwarzenegger plays her dad!That's a weird trailer, and I can't imagine audiences are like clamoring for this, but I'll watch the hell out of Maggie. Not only does it seem significantly more interesting than the rest of the zombie stuff we've been glutted with over the past decad
  
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• Terry Teachout on the Greatness and Limitations of Phillip Glass

  26-03-2015 21:54 via thestranger.com
  
  On this nearly cloudless day in Seattle, why not spend a little time with Phillip Glass and Terry Teachout's illuminating new essay on the 78 year-old composer—one of the few known beyond classical circles besides Aaron Copland—in Commentary magazine.
  Even if you think you know what you think about Glass—many love him, probably just as many loathe him—I'm guessing Teachout has something to tell you. His essay, Philip Glass Half-Full (hardy har), is just what I always wan
  
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• Terry Teachout on the Greatness and Limitations of Philip Glass

  26-03-2015 21:54 via thestranger.com
  
  On this nearly cloudless day in Seattle, why not spend a little time with Philip Glass and Terry Teachout's illuminating new essay on the 78-year-old composer—one of the few known beyond classical circles besides Aaron Copland—in Commentary magazine.
  Even if you think you know what you think about Glass—many love him, probably just as many loathe him—I'm guessing Teachout has something to tell you. His essay, Philip Glass Half-Full (hardy har), is just what I always want
  
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• Byline test - do not publish

  26-03-2015 21:35
  Testing double byline from different publications.
  
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• UW may not comply with Seattle minimum wage hike

  26-03-2015 21:31
  
  UW may not comply with Seattle minimum wage hike
  
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• There Couldn't Be a Better Soundtrack for This Moment Than Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp a Butterfly

  26-03-2015 21:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Lamar couldn’t provide a better soundtrack for this particular moment in American history.
  "Just think, if niggas decide to retaliate," warned the prophet Ice Cube in the spring of 1990. "It ain't wise to chastise and preach, just open the eyes of each—'cause laws are made to be broken up. What niggas need to do is start loc-ing up." The resonance of these words became deafening during the LA uprising of 1992. Let me tell you something you already know: A quarter of a century later,
  
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• Bellevue man pleads guilty to fatally stabbing ex-wife

  26-03-2015 19:14
  
  Bellevue man pleads guilty to fatally stabbing ex-wife
  
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• I Was a Teenage Marilyn Manson Fan—Loving the Delightfully Stupid Rock Star the Whole World Loved to Hate

  26-03-2015 19:00 via thestranger.com
  
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  I cautiously/desperately wanted to listen to Marilyn Manson after seeing the poster for his third (and best) album, Mechanical Animals, hanging on the far back wall of the lacking music store in the lacking mall. I was 12, the internet was still a primitive concept, and all nudity still seemed mildly alarming—especially pale, sinister, rivetingly gross alien nudity. So this was what a MAR1LYN MAN5ON was. I had totally heard of her...
  
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• Pre-Season Mariners Expectations Crest with Sports Illustrated Cover, Will Certainly Not Blow Up in Our Faces

  26-03-2015 18:45 via thestranger.com
  
  If you subscribe to print magazines (presumably because you felt bad for someone claiming to raise money for charity), you may be aware that Felix Hernandez and Robinson Cano are on the cover of Sports Illustrated this week. And man, they look great.
  Look at them, looking great.I’m so amped for Mariners baseball I barely understand what’s happening. Not only do the Mariners have Felix and Robbie, who are both goddamn phenomenal baseball players, but this spring training has been a m
  
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• Sammamish police recover cache of stolen jewelry

  26-03-2015 18:03
  
  Sammamish police recover cache of stolen jewelry
  
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• Indiana Governor Signs Bill Legalizing Anti-LGBT Discrimination

  26-03-2015 18:00 via thestranger.com
  
  A shitty governor makes a shitty place even shittier by signing some deeply shitty legislation into law. Confused by these "religious freedom" bills that are popping up all over? Matt Baume explains it all for you...This is the backlash—but it's also an overreach and these laws are going to backfire, i.e. "have unintended consequences," like legalizing discrimination against other groups. It's going to be a bumpy few years.[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story
  
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• Imagery in Three Dimensions—You Are Not Dead Author Wendy Xu on Artists Transforming Her Poems into Objects

  26-03-2015 18:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Poet Wendy Xu and the cast-iron potatoes she inspired (made by Francesca Lohmann).
  Technically, no. You're not dead. But when the universe keeps singling you out for history's greatest disasters, it's nice to be reminded that the bright corners of the human imagination have the power to prevail over the mono-cloud overhead. Wendy Xu's book of poems, You Are Not Dead, is here to help. Her voice welcomes you to a world in which "the wind plucks flowers for sailing," and where one can be "on fire a
  
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• Why Flying Into the Alps Is Like Flying into the World Trade Center

  26-03-2015 17:32 via thestranger.com
  
  Marseille prosecutor states that the copilot of the Germanwings flight, Andreas Lubitz, deliberately crashed the plane. William Perugini/Shutterstock
  Almost as soon as I heard about the Germanwings Airbus crashing into the Alps, I became suspicious, and with good reason. Usually, news of a plane crash reaffirms my irrational fear of flying. Irrational because in 2012, for example, less than 500 out of a whopping 3 billion airplane passengers died in a crash. That kind of safety record is almost
  
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• New app to speed customs process in use at Sea-Tac Airport

  26-03-2015 16:53
  
  New app to speed customs process in use at Sea-Tac Airport
  
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• 3 drinks a day may raise risk of liver cancer; coffee may lower it

  26-03-2015 16:46
  Three or more alcoholic drinks a day can cause liver cancer, according to an international panel that includes a Seattle researcher. Now some good news: Drinking coffee lowers the cancer risk.
  
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• French Prosecutor Accuses Young German Pilot of Crashing Plane Into the Alps

  26-03-2015 16:44 via thestranger.com
  Marseille prosecutor states that the co-pilot of the Germanwings flight, Andreas Lubitz, deliberately crashed the plane. William Perugini/Shutterstock
  Almost as soon as I heard about the Germanwings Airbus crashing into the Alps, I became suspicious, and with good reason. Usually, news of a plane crash reaffirms my irrational fear of flying. Irrational because in 2012, for example, less than 500 out of a whopping 3 billion airplane passengers died in a crash. That kind of safety record is almost
  
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• The Morning News: UW Has No Plans to Raise Wages on April 1, Mayor Defends Fish Truck in the Middle of the Road

  26-03-2015 16:39 via thestranger.com
  
  Anyone making minimum wage at the University of Washington won't get a raise come April 1, when the city's new law takes effect. Denise Lett/Shutterstock
  The City's Largest Employer Has No Plans to Raise Wages on April 1: The University of Washington claims that as a public entity, it falls into a gray area in which the city can't regulate how much it pays workers. That question may get answered in the ongoing SeaTac lawsuit over minimum wage, but in the meantime UW won't increase wages for the
  
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• Copilot Deliberately Crashed German Plane with 150 On Board

  26-03-2015 16:36 via thestranger.com
  
  NYT:
  The chief Marseille prosecutor handling the investigation of the crash of a Germanwings jetliner said on Thursday that evidence from the cockpit voice recorder indicated that the co-pilot had deliberately locked the captain out of the cockpit and steered the plane into its fatal descent.... He said it appeared that the intention of the co-pilot, identified as Andreas Lubitz, had been “to destroy the aircraft.”
  The captain was locked out of the cockpit—he spent the final mo
  
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• Co-Pilot Deliberately Crashed German Plane With 150 On Board

  26-03-2015 16:36 via thestranger.com
  
  NYT:
  The chief Marseille prosecutor handling the investigation of the crash of a Germanwings jetliner said on Thursday that evidence from the cockpit voice recorder indicated that the co-pilot had deliberately locked the captain out of the cockpit and steered the plane into its fatal descent.... He said it appeared that the intention of the co-pilot, identified as Andreas Lubitz, had been “to destroy the aircraft.”
  The captain was locked out of the cockpit—he spent the final mo
  
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• 86-year-old University Place man gets 9 months in jail for vehicular assault

  26-03-2015 15:10
  
  86-year-old University Place man gets 9 months in jail for vehicular assault
  
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• Everett students to change schools to ease overcrowding

  26-03-2015 14:33
  
  Everett students to change schools to ease overcrowding
  
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• 44 pounds of meth found in men’s storage unit during drug bust

  26-03-2015 14:04
  
  Police find 44 pounds of meth in men’s storage unit
  
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• An Important Homeless Encampments Decision Is Now In the Hands of Bruce Harrell and Sally Bagshaw

  26-03-2015 14:00 via thestranger.com
  
  The blue areas on this map show where three homeless encampments would be allowed under the mayor's proposal. Some on the council want to add in the yellow areas, too. (Click to enlarge.)
  A city council effort to allow homeless encampments in residential areas of the city—killed a couple weeks ago by a sneaky effort from Tim Burgess and Jean Godden—is back and setting up some council suspense for next Monday’s meeting.First, let's recap: There are two decisions to watch here. O
  
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• Mayor Murray announces goal to combat Seattle’s skyrocketing rents

  26-03-2015 13:49
  
  Mayor Murray to announce plan to combat Seattle’s skyrocketing rents
  
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• Seattle’s $15 wage law may not affect city’s biggest boss: UW

  26-03-2015 09:16
  
  Seattle’s minimum-wage law kicks in April 1, but the largest employer within the city — the University of Washington — isn’t bumping up pay for its lowest-paid workers then, and it’s unclear whether it will have to follow the new law.
  
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• Life or death? Penalty phase next for McEnroe, found guilty in Carnation slayings

  26-03-2015 08:01
  
  Joseph McEnroe could face the death penalty after being found guilty Wednesday of first-degree aggravated murder in the deaths of six members of a family in rural Carnation on Christmas Eve 2007.
  
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• Auditor has long history with elusive figure in federal investigation

  26-03-2015 07:46
  
  Amid an ongoing federal criminal investigation into State Auditor Troy Kelley and his prior business dealings, Jason Jerue has emerged as a central figure. And he’s hard to find.
  
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• New Kent schools chief once taught in Seattle district

  26-03-2015 07:31
  
  The Kent School Board chose Calvin Watts as its new schools chief Wednesday following a monthslong superintendent search.
  
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• Kids slap, punch, pull hair — but no one’s hurt; it’s film class

  26-03-2015 07:01
  Children attending an Oregon movie camp learn to deliver slaps, gut punches and hair pulling without any injuries.
  
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• Solving the math problem: Teen volunteers help kids at libraries

  26-03-2015 06:46
  
  Rainier Beach Library programs keeps kids engaged in something positive.
  
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• Super Bowl ticket claims by Washington residents reach $820,000

  26-03-2015 05:46
  
  Washington residents made 133 complaints for Super Bowl ticket ‘short sales’ through the state’s Attorney General’s Office as of Friday.
  
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• Mayor defends time, methods used to clear Hwy. 99 fish spill

  26-03-2015 05:46
  
  An overturned semitruck on the Alaskan Way Viaduct blocked traffic for about nine hours and caused traffic delays throughout the Seattle area.
  
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• Sen. Cantwell tries to toughen federal rules for oil trains

  26-03-2015 04:01
  Senate Democrats have proposed federal legislation to strengthen safety standards for trains that carry volatile shipments of crude oil.
  
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• Free Will Astrology for the Week of March 25

  26-03-2015 01:00 via thestranger.com
  
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  ARIES (March 21–April 19): The term "jumped the shark" refers to a TV show that was once great but gradually grew stale, and then resorted to implausible plot twists in a desperate attempt to revive its creative verve. I'm a little worried that you may do the equivalent of jumping the shark in your own sphere. APRIL FOOL! I lied. I'm not at all worried that you'll jump the shark. It's true that you did go through a stagnant, meandering phase there for a short time. But y
  
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• Shots From Last Weekend's Best DJ Nights

  26-03-2015 00:42 via thestranger.com
  
  Andy Butler at the Eagle, Proper at Baltic Room, and Family Tree at ETG.Kevin "NARK" Kauer with Andy Butler of Hercules & Love Affair fame at the Eagle where Butler played on Friday before headlining at the Big Building on Saturday. Brooklyn BenjestorfProof that a cage dancer at the Eagle beats a male stripper catering to straight girls any day of the week. Brooklyn Benjestorf
  Zak the Barber looking as dreamy as ever at the Eagle. Brooklyn Benjestorf
  Headlining DJs Brian Lyons and Erin O'Con
  
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• The High List: Alice B. Toklas, Marilyn Mason, Dina Martina, and a Spelling Bee!?

  26-03-2015 00:20 via thestranger.com
  Dina Martina's voice sounds like a cat having an epileptic fit on a chalkboard.DAVID BELISLE
  APRIL Séance
  BOOKS Wed March 25, Sorrento Hotel (900 Madison St)
  Séance you say? Inside of the lavish and most-likely-haunted Sorrento Hotel? Sounds like an event I wouldn't not want to be stoned for. Rebecca Brown, Joshua Beckman, and Jan Wallace are your hosts, aiming to summon the spirit of Alice B. Toklas (aka Gertrude Stein's girlfriend) with readings, music, and (regular) brownies.
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• The High List: Alice B. Toklas, Marilyn Manson, Dina Martina, and a Spelling Bee!?

  26-03-2015 00:20 via thestranger.com
  
  Dina Martina's voice sounds like a cat having an epileptic fit on a chalkboard.DAVID BELISLE
  APRIL SéanceBOOKS Wed March 25, Sorrento Hotel (900 Madison St)Séance you say? Inside of the lavish and most-likely-haunted Sorrento Hotel? Sounds like an event I wouldn't not want to be stoned for. Rebecca Brown, Joshua Beckman, and Jan Wallace are your hosts, aiming to summon the spirit of Alice B. Toklas (aka Gertrude Stein's girlfriend) with readings, music, and (regular) brownies.Nearby sn
  
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• Where in the World Are Shell's Arctic Drilling Ships?

  26-03-2015 00:10 via thestranger.com
  
  The blurry thing in the background? That's the Noble Discoverer, one of Shell's Arctic drill ships currently on its way to Seattle. (The raft in the foreground contains a bunch of Greenpeace protesters.) Jiri Rezac/Greenpeace
  We haven't yet heard whether the Feds will affirm the 2008 Chukchi Sea lease sale that would allow Shell to drill in the Arctic this summer—the decision is expected any day now—but we do know that Shell's ships are already on the move toward the Pacific Coast.
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• Where in the World Are Shell's Arctic Drilling Rigs?

  26-03-2015 00:10 via thestranger.com
  
  The blurry thing in the background? That's the Noble Discoverer, a drill ship belonging to the Shell fleet that's currently on its way to Seattle. (The raft in the foreground contains a bunch of Greenpeace protesters.) Jiri Rezac/Greenpeace
  We haven't yet heard whether the Feds will affirm the 2008 Chukchi Sea lease sale that would allow Shell to drill in the Arctic this summer—the decision is expected any day now—but we do know that Shell's rigs are already on the move toward the Pa
  
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