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• Why the Artist Raymond Boisjoly Decided Against Seattle (It's Not What You Think)

  21-04-2015 23:45 via thestranger.com
  
  This was the first piece Raymond Boisjoly showed in Seattle in 2009 at Crawl Space (R.I.P.). Courtesy of the artist
  There are 4,351 faculty members at the University of Washington, as many people as live in, say, the small town of Buckley, Washington. But only a few are artists holding full-time, tenure-track jobs. Two or three open positions at the UW School of Art is a big deal, and this year, the school has been searching for replacements for retired veterans Akio Takamori, Paul Berger, and a
  
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• Woo Girls Get Some Wheat Paste: What Does This Poster Really Mean?

  21-04-2015 23:15 via thestranger.com
  
  There seems to be some retaliation, posted today, at the usual location of John Criscitello's anti-gentrification poster "We Came Here to Get Away From You." But what is the REAL MESSAGE here?Kelly O[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• The Physical Intelligence of Hannah Sanghee Park's The Same-Different

  21-04-2015 23:15 via thestranger.com
  
  Hannah Sanghee Park
  Puns are the highest and lowest form of wordplay. At worst, they're schlocky uncle jokes that remind you why you only see that part of the family once a year. But in their most exalted form, puns restore physicality to language, reminding us that words have many senses, facets, and valences. They're charged stones we can pick up off the page or remove from our mouths and throw at people.
  Hannah Sanghee Park's first book of poems, The Same-Different (LSU Press), winner of the
  
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• ACLU Calls Legislature's Plans to Raid Pot Taxes "Dangerously Shortsighted and Unwise"

  21-04-2015 22:53 via thestranger.com
  
  In 2012, voters approved spending marijuana taxes on public health. Now, Republicans and Democrats want to grab that cash for other needs. ROBERT ULLMAN
  Budget negotiations in the state legislature are not going well. House Democrats want taxes; Senate Republicans don't.Now, Republicans are telling Democrats to hand their tax proposals over to the Republican-controlled senate (where leaders promise no new taxes) before the two sides start negotiating. As the Seattle Times reports, the Democrats
  
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• Amazon launches close-to-home hotel bookings

  21-04-2015 22:16
  
  New “Amazon Destinations” service recommends local getaways/hotels for vacations near Seattle, Los Angeles and New York.
  
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• Food & Drink News: Kraken Congee Opens in Pioneer Square, Nine New "Streateries" Coming This Year

  21-04-2015 21:19 via thestranger.com
  
  Kraken Congee is now serving their pan-Asian-inspired rice porridges in Pioneer Square. Kraken Congee
  Now Open
  Longtime pop-up Kraken Congee has opened its doors in the subterranean Pioneer Square space recently vacated by Little Uncle. In addition to their pan-Asian-inspired rice porridges with toppings such as pork belly adobo, five-spice duck confit, and nuoc-cham-marinated hanger steak, owners Garrett Doherty and Shane Robinson have also taken advantage of the large wok they inherited from L
  
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• "Life in Seattle" as Seen Through the Eyes of a 2013 Amazon Recruiting Video

  21-04-2015 20:06 via thestranger.com
  
  It's possible this Amazon recruiting video from 2013 is super-old news (and here I use "news" as others use "literally"), but even if it is, damn, dude. "Life in Seattle" was presumably designed to lure reluctant brainboxes to a city (justly) famous for bad weather and bad attitudes. Though there are many subtexts in the clip, I will leave it to the internet to dissect the various strands of "privilege" that it flatters and seduces. The theme I'm fixated on is the one that says, "Don't worry. S
  
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• There Is a Newly Discovered Frog in Costa Rica with Skin Like See-Through Glass

  21-04-2015 20:02 via thestranger.com
  
  Glass-bottom frogs, you make the rocking world go round.J.P. Lawrence / ShutterstockI would like to celebrate and to welcome to your consciousness the newly discovered glass frog, Hyalinobatrachium diane.
  Light passes through its skin and reveals a treasure chest of organs. Topaz gallbladder. Ruby heart. A thin red thread for a central vein. The frog hops from broadleaf to broadleaf in the Costa Rican rainforest, revealing the whole of its insides only to the relative safety of dusk as it dodges
  
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• Molly Conley’s killer sentenced to nearly 91 years in prison

  21-04-2015 18:59
  The man convicted of killing 15-year-old Molly Conley during a drive-by shooting spree nearly two years ago was sentenced Tuesday morning to 91 years in prison.
  
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• T-cell therapy sends young cancer patients into remission

  21-04-2015 18:46
  
  More than 90 percent of children and young adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, or ALL, are in remission after treatment as part of a promising Seattle Children’s clinical trial, researchers reported.
  
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• Seattle school test-tampering probe: $25K spent, no end in sight

  21-04-2015 17:46
  
  Seattle Public Schools has spent more than $25,000 investigating what happened at Beacon Hill International School, where nearly every wrong answer on last spring’s state exams was erased and changed to a correct response.
  
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• Graham students save life of classmate who had heart attack

  21-04-2015 16:44
  
  Graham students save life of classmate who had heart attack
  
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• Google pushes websites to be mobile-friendly with downgrade in search results

  21-04-2015 15:12
  
  Google pushes websites to be mobile-friendly with downgrade in search results
  
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• New parking app allows users to rent parking spots

  21-04-2015 14:54
  
  New parking app allows users to rent parking spots
  
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• Security to increase at Sea-Tac after Atlanta gun smuggling case

  21-04-2015 14:15
  
  Security to increase at Sea-Tac after Atlanta gun smuggling case
  
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• Man who fatally shot teen Molly Conley to learn fate

  21-04-2015 14:01
  
  Man who fatally shot teen Molly Conley to learn fate
  
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• Man who fatally shot teen Molly Conley learns fate

  21-04-2015 14:01
  
  Man who fatally shot teen Molly Conley learns fate
  
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• After summer peak, pot prices down by half

  21-04-2015 13:56
  
  After summer peak, pot prices down by half
  
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• 71 cats rescued from filthy home in Grant County

  21-04-2015 13:44
  
  71 cats rescued from filthy home in Grant County
  
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• Pot celebrated at 420 Fest

  21-04-2015 08:01
  
  People gathered at the old Rainier Brewery building on Monday for a 420 Fest — on the 20th day of the fourth month — to celebrate legal pot.
  
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• Monday’s record high to be followed by cooler temps

  21-04-2015 08:01
  
  Seattle saw a record temperature of 72 degrees on Monday.
  
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• Seattle City Council to pick from 8 finalists for Clark’s seat

  21-04-2015 07:46
  
  The Seattle City Council selected eight finalists Monday to temporarily fill the seat vacated earlier this month by former Councilmember Sally Clark.
  
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• Famed true crime writer Ann Rule victim of theft

  21-04-2015 07:10
  
  Fame true crime writer Ann Rule victim of theft
  
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• Steve Gordon, Sonics special assistant, charged with federal wire fraud

  21-04-2015 07:01
  
  Steve Gordon has been charged with federal wire fraud for initiating at least $4 million in business deals under false pretenses, including his claim that billionaire Steve Ballmer was his partner.
  
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• City Council blocks Sawant’s bid to send elephants to sanctuary

  21-04-2015 06:57
  Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant was rebuffed Monday in her attempt to fast-track legislation that would send Woodland Park Zoo’s two elephants to a California sanctuary.
  
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• Credit unions still gaining fans, long after switch from big banks

  21-04-2015 06:55
  
  The Seattle area is No. 1 for conversion to credit unions.
  
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• State treasurer calls for income tax to help fund education

  21-04-2015 06:54
  A new personal income tax, slashed business taxes and elimination of the state property tax: State Treasurer Jim McIntire calls for a revenue overhaul to fund K-12 education.
  
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• Test-tampering probe: $25,000, but no end in sight

  21-04-2015 06:52
  
  Seattle Public Schools has spent more than $25,000 investigating what happened at Beacon Hill International School, where nearly every wrong answer on last spring’s state exams was erased and changed to a correct response.
  
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• Get ready for a long, slow summer of highway work

  21-04-2015 06:44
  
  Washington State Department of Transportation expects to repave some 50 lane-miles this year, covering only half its backlog of 115 worn-out lane miles from Federal Way to Blaine.
  
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• In Missoula, anxiety over book on campus assaults

  21-04-2015 06:29
  All of Missoula is talking about “Missoula,” a new book by Jon Krakauer. The book offers a searing view into campus sexual assaults, some by University of Montana football players, and how victims were treated by the local justice system.
  
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• Everything’s busy in spring

  21-04-2015 06:01
  
  At Seattle’s Washington Park Arboretum, it’s a busy, blooming time.
  
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• Harium Martin-Morris won’t run again for Seattle School Board

  21-04-2015 05:46
  
  Seattle School Board member Harium Martin-Morris, who was first elected in 2007, will not run for re-election this fall.
  
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• Wedding ring returned after thief gives it up

  21-04-2015 04:16
  An Alaska woman’s lost wedding ring turns up in an unusual place.
  
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