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One Seattle chaplain's story of homelessness

Posted Tue, Jun 10, 9:00 PM by Craig Rennebohm

A chaplain whose pioneering work to end homelessness is recognized worldwide shares the story of encountering the limits of the city's mental health system.

Craig Rennebohm is Chaplain with the Mental Health Chaplaincy in Seattle. He can be reached by e-mail through David Paul.
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When the Northwest was red

Posted Thu, Oct 9, 4:00 AM
by Knute Berger

There's a cool Web site that lets you look at the electoral college results in presidential races since 1789. It features a U.S. map that shows the color of states as they were carried every four years: red for Republican, blue for Democrat, purple for Whig. It's fun to look at the Great Nearby and see the trends.

Seattle: Coming back to earth

Government workers caught knapping

Arts Beat »

Survival tips for Seattle theaters

Posted Fri, Oct 10, 4:49 PM

Tip No. 1: ban Shakespeare for five years. Some of the other ideas would help hasten theaters' demise.

The SSO starts to look beyond Maestro Schwarz

Trying to diagram Palin's sentences

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The state's economic strength helps Gregoire

Posted Fri, Oct 10, 4:00 PM
by David Brewster

Some misery is more equal than others, as new figures show. The governor also gains a notch by being able to dole out budget savings.

Government-owned AIG is still lobbying the government

Warren Buffett overtakes Bill Gates as the richest American

Politics / Government »

The 'Troopergate' report says the Alaska governor abused power

Posted Fri, Oct 10, 5:47 PM

"A legislative investigation has concluded that Gov. Sarah Palin abused her power in pushing for the firing of an Alaska state trooper who was once married to her sister. The report by investigator Steve Branchflower was made public late this afternoon by a 12-0 vote of the Legislative Council, which authorized the investigation."

Montana governor was a Palin before Palin

Sausage Links, angry at ads edition

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Travel »

The FAA is looking into You Tube videos shot in Horizon Air cockpits

Posted Wed, Oct 8, 10:41 AM

Someone who was riding in a cockpit jump seat shot and posted them, which violates federal and airline rules.

The Butchart Gardens

The travel industry hits air turbulence

Flip Side »

San Francisco voters buried in a blizzard of ballot measures

Posted Sat, Oct 4, 1:25 PM

It's numbing as you look through propositions from A to V. And don't miss Proposition R, on whether to change the name of the Oceanside Water Treatment Plant to the George W. Bush Sewage Plant.

The geniuses who aren't on Wall Street

When brain surgery isn't brain surgery

Sports »

Remember the Sonics? There are no political repercussions from their departure

Posted Fri, Oct 10, 2:25 PM

Writes Todd Dybas: "Only jilted Sonics fans will let the team's departure affect their lever of preference in a month. Beyond that, no one cares enough to let the settlement determine their vote."

The next Seattle Mariners general manager could be a woman

Washington State holds tryout, picks new quarterback

Lifestyle / Leisure »

In the garden: apples and generosity

Posted Fri, Oct 10, 3:55 AM
by Geri Larkin

One of Buddha's most interesting and helpful teachings, for me, was about the process of refining gold. He said that gold isn't refined in one step. Instead, first the big non-gold boulders are removed from a mix of metal and dirt. Then the smaller pebbles are removed and then the smaller ones, until, after multiple screenings, what is left is gold.

'Zero net energy' homes: an experiment in Issaquah

What does Tina Brown's new Web site have?

Food »

In the garden: apples and generosity

Posted Fri, Oct 10, 3:55 AM
by Geri Larkin

One of Buddha's most interesting and helpful teachings, for me, was about the process of refining gold. He said that gold isn't refined in one step. Instead, first the big non-gold boulders are removed from a mix of metal and dirt. Then the smaller pebbles are removed and then the smaller ones, until, after multiple screenings, what is left is gold.

Seattle: Coming back to earth

Kapow! Coffee given the boot

Recreation / Outdoors »

The Butchart Gardens

Posted Wed, Oct 8, 6:00 AM
by Flickr contributor Ben

Near Victoria, B.C.

(Historical) context is everything

Paddle or sail

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