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• The Beauty of Broken-Up English in New Singaporean Movie Apprentice

  09-03-2017 23:45 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles Mudede"Say it in broken English..." Film Movement
  Boo Junfeng's Apprentice is set in contemporary Singapore and concerns a young man who becomes a prison guard with the goal of meeting and (it seems) confronting the man who hanged his father in the 1990s. This is a human story, in the sense that no one is really wrong or the "bad guy." The prison's hangman is not just doing a job but is deeply concerned about those he has to kill by law. And the hero's motives are not at all pure. Tha
  
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• The Beauty of Broken English in New Singaporean Movie Apprentice

  09-03-2017 23:45 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles Mudede"Say it in broken English..." Film Movement
  Boo Junfeng's Apprentice is set in contemporary Singapore and concerns a young man who becomes a prison guard with the goal of meeting and (it seems) confronting the man who hanged his father in the 1990s. This is a human story, in the sense that no one is really wrong or the "bad guy." The prison's hangman is not just doing a job but is deeply concerned about those he has to kill by law. And the hero's motives are not at all pure. Tha
  
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• Savage Love: Defining Deficiency Down

  09-03-2017 23:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan Savage Joe Newton
  My wife and I have a decent sex life. Pretty vanilla, but we're busy with work, chores, and life in general with two small kids, so I can't complain too much. About a year after having our second kid, I went down on my wife. As usual, we both enjoyed it greatly. Unfortunately, about a week later she got a yeast infection. She attributed the YI to the oral, and since then I am strictly forbidden from putting my mouth anywhere near her pussy. I understand that YI are no fu
  
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• Neumos Unveils Remodeled Showroom and Rechristened Runaway Bar

  09-03-2017 23:10 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dave SegalRunaway Bar. Dave Segal
  Last night popular Capitol Hill nightclub Neumos officially christened its remodel and unveiled the Runaway Bar, an upgrade of the old Moe Bar that sits adjacent to the 675-capacity music venue.Neumos mezzanine. Dave Segal
  For the most part, the changes look good, especially with regard to Neumos' mezzanine, where a large wall's been removed to create more real estate to better view the action onstage. The club also added five 4’x3’ screens to cap
  
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• Trump saved golf course from rising sea; why not Wash. towns?

  09-03-2017 23:09
  
  What's good enough to protect a Trump golf course in Ireland from rising sea levels, ought to be good enough for towns on the Washington Coast.  Don't ax the Coastal Zone Management Program, Rep. Derek Kilmer tells President Trump.
  
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• Paul Allen gives $40 million to UW computer science; regents name school after billionaire

  09-03-2017 23:09
  
  The University of Washington has elevated its computer-science department to the status of a school, and named it after Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.
  
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• NASA releases new Kepler data on 7 Earth-size worlds

  09-03-2017 22:59
  
  NASA announced this week that its astronomers were quick to point the Kepler spacecraft at the solar system in December, just after the discovery of several of the planets was announced. The mission was dubbed K2 and ran from early December to March 4.
  
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• The 21 Best Movies Playing in Seattle This Weekend

  09-03-2017 22:56 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffOoh and aww at the street-smart cats of Istanbul in the enchanting documentary Kedi.
  This weekend at the movies, escape from the reality of life for a few hours by watching the best mob movie ever made, learning about the founder of modern Botswana in A United Kingdom, appreciating Jordan Peele's directorial debut, Get Out, or catching up on Academy Award winners like Moonlight, Fences, and La La Land. You can even meet some of the cast of Twin Peaks at the screenin
  
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• The 21 Best Movies Playing in Seattle This Weekend: March 9-12, 2017

  09-03-2017 22:54 via thestranger.com
  
  The Stranger's critics' picks for March 9-12, 2017.by Stranger Things To Do StaffThis weekend at the movies, escape from the reality of life for a few hours by watching the best mob movie ever made, learning about the founder of modern Botswana in A United Kingdom, appreciating Jordan Peele's directorial debut, or catching up on Academy Award winners like Moonlight, Fences, and La La Land. See all of our critics' picks below, and click through the links to see specific movie times and trailers.
  
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• Seattle Hiphop Pioneer Jonathan Moore Dies at 47

  09-03-2017 22:42 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeThe Mayor Jonathan Moore at Fat's Chicken & Waffles on Feb 9, 2016. Charles Mudede
  Last night, Caitlin Brower and Erika White announced on Facebook that March 8 was Jonathan Moore's last day in this world. Moore—who has one son with White and one son with Brower—played a central role in the construction of a hiphop platform that made local hiphop a reality for hundreds of artists, including, of course, Macklemore. Before Moore (aka Wordsayer), underground hiphop
  
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• 'Prince of Pot' arrested again in Canada

  09-03-2017 22:37
  
  Marc Emery, Canada's "Prince of Pot" who hoped to be mayor of Vancouver, is back behind bars.
  
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• Seattle landlords sue over city’s first-come, first-served rental law

  09-03-2017 22:31
  
  The landlords say the new policy violates their right to rent property in a nondiscriminatory manner to the people they choose at the price they choose.
  
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• Seattle landlords sue, challenge city’s first-come, first-served rental law

  09-03-2017 22:31
  
  The landlords say the new policy violates their right to rent property in a nondiscriminatory manner to the people they choose at the price they choose.
  
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• Washington Attorney General Will Take on Trump's New Travel Ban, Too

  09-03-2017 22:06 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sydney BrownstonePresident Trump can't get away with a repackaged Muslim ban, Attorney General Bob Ferguson says. SB
  Go, Bobby Ferguson, go! Two days after President Trump issued a new, supposedly more legal version of an executive order banning citizens from six Muslim-majority countries and Syrian refugees from entering the US, Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced today that his office will soon be filing a motion to block the implementation of the new travel ban.
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• Car-price errors found in licensing tax calculations; DOL could issue refunds

  09-03-2017 22:04
  
  With Sound Transit under siege for the formula it uses to determine a car’s value, Washington state’s Department of Licensing has discovered some mistakes with the original car prices that it plugs into that formula to determine what taxes are owed.
  
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• Age of brightest spot on dwarf planet Ceres determined, explaining a lot

  09-03-2017 21:52
  
  Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research have used the latest round of images and other data from Dawn to determine that the bright dome, officially named Cerealia Facula, is only about 4 million years old. That's some 30 million years younger than the crater itself. And that tells them a lot.
  
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• House votes to delay school-funding ‘levy cliff’; legislation goes to Gov. Inslee

  09-03-2017 21:08
  
  The Washington House Thursday voted to delay the so-called school-funding “levy cliff,” a measure sought by Democrats and many school districts. The bill now goes to Gov. Jay Inslee’s desk.
  
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• Wash., Ore., New York will challenge Trump's new travel order

  09-03-2017 21:03
  
  Washington, Oregon and New York want a federal court's restraining order against President Trump's travel ban to remain in place, and plan to file an amended complaint challenging Trump's second travel order.
  
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• Where To Go During The March Edition of Capitol Hill Art Walk Tonight

  09-03-2017 20:58 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffCheck out Past Selves: A Capitol Hill Art Walk Performance Event at HyBrid Space.
  March's edition of Capitol Hill Art Walk is tonight, which means there will be plenty of gallery openings, events, free booze, and the opportunity to mingle with other artsy folks in Capitol Hill. This month's unmissable oddities and openings include tiny ass paintings (of asses) by Ty Wardwell at Glo's; Krista Lee Wolfe's cautionary tale/meta experiment An Art Show on How Not to Have
  
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• New cat cafe to set up camp on Cap Hill this summer

  09-03-2017 20:55
  
  For anyone who likes to grab coffee with feline friends next to a scratch post, keep your eyes out for Neko Cafe, which is slated to open on East Pine Street later this year.
  
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• Congressman Dave Reichert Voted for Trumpcare; Planned Parenthood Rally Outside His Office This Afternoon

  09-03-2017 20:51 via thestranger.com
  
  by Rich Smith:(Courtesy of Dave ReichertAs we've been shouting all morning, the bill that would repeal Obamacare and replace it with Trumpcare—a bill that is officially called, I swear to god, The World's Greatest Healthcare Plan of 2017, because fuck it, France and Italy don't exist, nothing matters, every man for himself—passed through the House Ways and Means Committee this morning after only 18 hours of mark-ups and discussion. The Congressional Budget Office hasn't scored the bi
  
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• Congressman Dave Reichert Voted for Trumpcare

  09-03-2017 20:51 via thestranger.com
  
  by Rich Smith:(Courtesy of Dave ReichertAs we've been shouting all morning, the bill that would repeal Obamacare and replace it with Trumpcare passed through the House Ways and Means Committee this morning after only 18 hours of mark-ups and discussion. The Congressional Budget Office hasn't scored the bill yet, so no one knows exactly how much it will cost or how many people stand to lose coverage. And yet, like every other Republican on the committee, Congressman Dave Reichert (R-Auburn) voted
  
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• Washington AG says order blocking Trump’s first travel ban should apply to new one

  09-03-2017 20:46
  
  Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson said Thursday that a judicial injunction which halted President Donald Trump’s travel-ban order last month also should block enforcement of the president’s revised order.
  
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• The World Outside The Stranger's Office Looks Like Potato Soup Today, and I Had a Hard Time Getting Out of Bed

  09-03-2017 20:42 via thestranger.com
  
  by Christopher Frizzelle
  But that's because I was reading Twitter under the covers (we all have our morning routines) when I saw the headline "An Artist and a Poet Consider Loneliness." Go to that page and you'll see a piece of art by Marilyn Minter and a poem by Alex Dimitrov. Maybe it was the early morning, or maybe it was the size of my iPhone screen, but I had a hard time getting into the poem with my eyeballs. So I gave my ears a chance. I scrolled down past the poem and clicked on the play
  
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• Student arrested for threat to ‘shoot up’ Lynnwood High, say deputies

  09-03-2017 20:25
  
  Several students reportedly overheard the freshman say “I’m going to shoot up the school tomorrow” and “I have a gun in my bag.”
  
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• Up to 50 mph winds forecast for Seattle, W. Washington Friday

  09-03-2017 20:24
  
  The National Weather service expects gusts up to 50 mph Friday morning.
  
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• Strong winds expected early Friday, with gusts up to 50 mph

  09-03-2017 20:21
  
  The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory for the Seattle area covering the hours of 1 to 10 a.m., with the strongest winds expected between 3 and 7 a.m.
  
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• As if you didn’t know: Seattle area has had a ‘severe’ winter

  09-03-2017 20:19
  
  If cloudy skies, driving rain and thunder snow aren’t your thing, it’s been a relatively miserable winter. And, there’s data to prove it.
  
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• The Indescribably Weird and Wonderful World of Local Press Mount Analogue

  09-03-2017 20:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Rich SmithFinal Rose: Screenshots from The Bachelor, rearranged. And from Manners: Collages like these break up the poems and upend expectations.
  Before she founded Mount Analogue, a local press that also hosts stimulating and bizarre art events around Seattle, Colleen Louise Barry was a 22-year-old publishing assistant working 60 hours a week at Random House in New York City. Like any young book lover, Barry conceived of the publishing world as "magical, mythical, and glamorous," she tells m
  
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• Would Someone Please Explain to Paul Ryan How This "Insurance" Stuff Works?

  09-03-2017 19:36 via thestranger.com
  by Dan SavageRyan: The whole idea of Obamacare is...the people who are healthy pay for the...sick. It's not working, & that's why it's in a death spiral pic.twitter.com/ztTXrn7bpH— David Mack (@davidmackau) March 9, 2017
  Dear Paul,
  Car insurance premiums paid by drivers who don't get in crashes subsidize the care and/or legal liabilities of drivers who do get in crashes. Lucky, un-crashed people pay for unlucky, crashed people. That's not a "fatal conceit." That's literally how car ins
  
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• Police, FBI seek public’s help in shooting of Sikh man

  09-03-2017 19:26
  
  Police have yet to identify a suspect in the shooting that has drawn national attention and prompted a federal civil-rights investigation.
  
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• Kent police, FBI to brief media on investigation into shooting of Sikh man

  09-03-2017 19:26
  
  The Sikh man told police he was shot in the arm in a Kent driveway by a masked man who told him to “go back to your own country.”
  
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• Heartwarming Clinic Comics Will Be on Display at Cupcake Royale

  09-03-2017 19:26 via thestranger.com
  
  by Leilani PolkPickles PAT MORIARITY
  KeyArena became the Seattle/King County Free Health Clinic for four days this past October, treating nearly 4,500 Seattle folks with dental, vision and minor medical needs, giving out flu shots, performing X-rays and mammograms. As an added bonus, a group of comics artists were on hand, interviewing patients and creating drawings of their stories.The Stranger published some of the artists' comics in November (check them out here). Now, they'll be having their
  
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• UPDATE: Stevens Pass closed, Snoqualmie Pass open eastbound

  09-03-2017 19:25
  
  Interstate 90 over Snoqualmie Pass remained closed westbound Thursday afternoon under high avalanche danger and U.S. 2 over Stevens Pass was closed in both directions.
  
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• UPDATE: Snoqualmie Pass fully reopened, Stevens Pass closed

  09-03-2017 19:25
  
  Interstate 90 over Snoqualmie Pass remained closed westbound Thursday afternoon under high avalanche danger and U.S. 2 over Stevens Pass was closed in both directions.
  
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• UPDATE: Snoqualmie Pass closed both directions

  09-03-2017 19:25
  
  Interstate 90 over Snoqualmie Pass was already closed westbound at three points east of the pass Thursday morning, and was expected to close eastbound at North Bend later in the day.
  
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• Snoqualmie Pass closed westbound, east likely to follow

  09-03-2017 19:25
  
  Interstate 90 over Snoqualmie Pass was already closed westbound at three points east of the pass Thursday morning, and was expected to close eastbound at North Bend later in the day.
  
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• Rain arriving after heavy snowfall pounds Cascades ski areas; avalanche danger high in backcountry

  09-03-2017 19:19
  
  The words of wisdom for skiers and snowboarders is to hit the hillsides sooner rather than later. After what seems like an endless winter of snowy fun, it appears soggy, wet weather is in the mix for the next few days. But, before the drastic change occurs we’ll still be in “snowmageddon” mode as a […]
  
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• Change arriving after heavy snowfall pounds Cascades, avalanche warning high in backcountry

  09-03-2017 19:19
  
  The words of wisdom for skiers and snowboarders is to hit the hillsides sooner than later. After what seems like an endless winter of snowy fun, it appears soggy, wet weather is in the mix for the next few days. But, before the drastic change occurs we’ll still be in “snowmageddon” mode as a low […]
  
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• Wounded Spokane County deputy released from the hospital

  09-03-2017 18:46
  
  The man who allegedly shot the deputy was killed in a shootout at a house with deputies.
  
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• Oregon city bans dogs downtown for owners not living there

  09-03-2017 18:01
  
  EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — A wave of complaints about aggressive dogs in the downtown area of Oregon’s third most populous city has prompted Eugene city councilors to ban dogs from the downtown area except those owned by people who live or work there. The Eugene City Council Wednesday voted 6-2 to approve the ban that […]
  
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• Eugene, Oregon, bans dogs downtown for owners not living there

  09-03-2017 18:01
  
  A wave of complaints about aggressive dogs in the downtown area of Oregon's third most populous city has prompted Eugene city councilors to ban dogs from the downtown area except those owned by people who live or work there.
  
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• Trump's Plan: Pass Nothing, Sabotage the ACA, Let Americans Die, Blame Obama

  09-03-2017 17:56 via thestranger.com
  by Dan SavageIt looks like I called it on yesterday's Blabbermouth. Eli asked what we thought might happen if the Republicans didn't manage to pass their Trumpcare/Ryancare/Wealthcare plan—which they would have to do over the objections of AARP, the American Hospital Association, and even rightwing lunatics—and I said they would proceed to monkey-wrench Obamacare, push it toward collapse, and then blame Obama and the Democrats when millions of Americans lost their healthcare and tens
  
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• The Morning News: Obamacare Repeal Advances, Could Collapse State Insurance Market (Things Are Bad!)

  09-03-2017 17:54 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sydney BrownstoneRepublicans to that person on the gurney: FUCK YOU. CHAIKOM/SHUTTERSTOCK.COM
  A House Committee Advanced Part of the GOP Plan to Repeal, Replace Obamacare: The House Ways and Means Committee approved the legislation at 4 a.m., after 18 hours of rejecting Democratic amendment after Democratic amendment, the New York Times reports. The Times: "Among other proposals, Republicans on the Ways and Means Committee turned back Democratic amendments requiring that people not lose healt
  
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• America's Next Top Model Recap: SPOILER ALERT... Seattle Wins!

  09-03-2017 17:37 via thestranger.com
  
  by Chase Burns"Don't you wish you could put them in a blender?" —Tyra Banks CBS Television Distribution. Collage by author.
  We didn't know how this would go. After 22 cycles, America's Next Top Model had died. Tyra Banks was expected to go into a tall NYC tower and spend the rest of her days trying weird beauty products like Wilhelmina Slater on Ugly Betty. But Tyra Banks is not meant to be contained. She's the pyramidion on the pyramid of top models. Banks would be back (kinda) but in the
  
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• America's Next Top Model Recap: Mistakes Were Made, But The Top Model Is...

  09-03-2017 17:37 via thestranger.com
  
  by Chase Burns"Don't you wish you could put them in a blender?" —Tyra Banks CBS Television Distribution. Collage by author.
  We didn't know how this would go. After 22 cycles, America's Next Top Model had died. Tyra Banks was expected to go into a tall NYC tower and spend the rest of her days trying weird beauty products like Wilhelmina Slater on Ugly Betty. But Tyra Banks is not meant to be contained. She's the pyramidion on the pyramid of top models. Banks would be back (kinda) but in the
  
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• Doctors: Radiation not biggest impact on Fukushima health

  09-03-2017 17:22
  
  Doctors who oversaw a health study of Fukushima residents said childhood thyroid cancer cases were not the biggest cause of health problems for residents. They say evacuees' stress and changing lifestyles have prompted obesity and diabetes, increasing the risk of strokes and heart problems.
  
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• Seattle’s Muir Elementary closes due to norovirus

  09-03-2017 17:00
  
  Students at Seattle’s John Muir Elementary have been told to stay home because of norovirus, spread through direct contact with someone who has it.
  
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• Washington attorney general to say whether he’ll sue over Trump’s new travel ban

  09-03-2017 16:47
  
  Attorney General Bob Ferguson is expected to announce Thursday if he will again sue the Trump administration to block its travel ban on citizens from six Muslim-majority countries.
  
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• Hungarian-American Nobel winner George A. Olah dies at 89

  09-03-2017 16:31
  
  Olah, a Holocaust survivor who escaped Hungary after the 1956 anti-Soviet revolution, won the Nobel for his contribution to the chemistry of carbocations — unstable carbon molecules.
  
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