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[Homer]

Great to hear about the customer service…we need more stories like this.

But……a tanning salon? Really? You’re paying to kill yourself slowly. All to look darker? Very odd in my opinion. Even if it’s one of those spray tans, why a tan? I just don’t get the allure. Are we covering up little imperfections all over our body by darkening it? Still can’t believe these salons are still in business.

[melissa]

We went last night, my two kids and I. We shared a combination pho, egg roll, shrimp salad roll, and coconut juice. Everything was delectable. We had more food (or is that phood?) than we could eat. Unbelievable depth to the broth. It was full of warm, complex flavors. We loved the various meats, except the tripe, which wasn’t to our taste. The mint and crunchy bits in the salad roll raised it above the usual salad roll.

Oh, and I always overtip when it’s me and the kids, as they take up as much space as grownups but eat far less. Even with an over 20 percent tip, it was still $20. And leftovers for the hubby tonight. He ooooohed and aaaahed over the pho.

The folks who work there are friendly, solicitous, and unintrusive. They are quick to accomodate any request and go above and beyond what I’d expect. When we ordered the coconut juice, I explained that the kids wanted to share it, so she brought it in two glasses. Fortunately for me, the kids didn’t want to eat the slices of young coconut in the sweetened coconut water. Delectable. Again.

I have a feeling that this place will become our refuge this winter when it’s cold and we haven’t time to fix dinner.

[cinco01]

Four of us went to Blackboard Bistro Last night. It was our second time and both times the food was excellent. Loved the Sliders and the Gnocchi and the brown butter with pumpkin seeds they give you with the bread is fabulous. The service is very friendly and personable. Keep up the good work we’ll be back.

[Farmerbetsy]

The Leaders of LLL of West Seattle are thrilled to announce the upcoming parenting conference to the West Seattle community at large. All parents are welcome to attend with their children, caregivers, grandparents, and friends. Fascinating topics and wonderful people combine for an unforgettable conference experience.

The 2010 La Leche League of Washington Conference

Embrace Enrich Embolden

October 15, 16 & 17, 2010

Redmond, WA Marriott Town Center

Begin the weekend on Friday, October 15, 2010, with speakers Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC, covering infant latch, personal code of ethics, & breastfeeding language awareness; Deborah McCarter-Spaulding, Ph.D, RN, discussing breastfeeding & feminism; & Julie Mennella, Ph.D, examining first-flavor experiences of the breastfed infant & the transfer of alcohol into breastmilk.

Our multi-faceted program continues with at least two topic choices per concurrent session, Saturday October 16, & Sunday, October 17, & an E-CERP session Saturday evening, with speakers Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC; Deborah McCarter-Spaulding, Ph.D, RN;Nancy Mohrbacher, IBCLC; MaryAnn O’Hara, M.D., M.P.H., M.St, F.A.B.M; Tom Hawn, MD, Ph.D; Jim Taylor, MD; Sheila Kingsbury, ND, RH (AHG); Isabella Knox, MD, EdM; Jay Fathi, MD; Karen Santos, PT; & Leslie Butterfield, Ph.D.

Our 3-day program is approved for anyone seeking technical breastfeeding information: Medical Physicians, Midwives, Nurses, Lactation Consultants, LLL Leaders, Dietitians, Naturopathic Physicians, Bodywork Professionals, Childbirth & Health Educators, Postpartum & Birth Doulas, Family Therapists, Psychologists, Sociologists & persons working with breastfeeding mothers/infants or women’s health issues & studies.

Topics Covered Include:

• Tongue-Tie & Frenotomy

• Breastfeeding & Self-Efficacy

• Mammalian Behavior

• Watch Your Language

• Breastfeeding & Employment

• Improving Hospital-Based Practices

• Vitamin D

• Herbal Galactagogues

• Birth Practices & Breastfeeding

• Manual Medicine & Breastfeeding Dysfunction

• Natural Laws of Breastfeeding

• Breast Pain

• Birth Control & Breastfeeding

• Transitioning Term & Pre-Term Baby To the Breast

• Infant Latch

• Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative

• Infections

• Science of Attachment

• Working & Breastfeeding

• NICU Families

• Teen Mothers

• Northwest Milk Bank

• Using the International Code for Change

Application for Continuing Education Hours:

An application for credits has been submitted to: International Board Lactation Consultant Examiners, Midwifery Education Accreditation Council & WA State Dietetics Association. Contact hours for this continuing nursing education activity has been submitted to the Washington State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. All attendees will receive a continuing education certificate. This continuing education activity is recognized as an approved CE program by ICEA, Lamaze & DONA.

Choose to attend the conference Friday, Saturday or Sunday or all three days for a package discount. Register online now at http://www.lllwaconf.org or mail your registration by 9/1/10 to take advantage of the early rate. Early Registration begins 7/1/10 to 9/1/10. Regular Registration begins 9/2/10 to 10/12/10. Register by 10/12/10 to guarantee meals. Walk-In Registration is welcome, without meals & we cannot guarantee session choice.

For more information contact marianne@amesrgi.com & visit our website: http://www.lllwaconf.org.

[Al]

Got this nice reply to the gravel issue from Mr. Goldsmith, that is solved with a quick blacktop fix shortly after the gravel issue arose. SDOT is working on the east part of the detour at this point so will update when I can.

Thank you for taking the time to register your concern about the safety of the temporary bicycle path through our construction zone at Spokane Street and East Marginal Way. A very similar message was posted on the Cascade Bicycle Club message board last week, the benefit of which was that it drew our attention to the short gravel section at the western end of the detour. While the asphalt paving was ordered right after the message board posting, I drove out to check myself after receiving your email message, and am pleased to report the loose gravel has been replaced with smooth asphalt.

Please be assured that we are committed to safety, and continue to work with our contractors to ensure that temporary conditions and/or detours do not present risks to bicyclists, pedestrians, or motorists. Needless to say, active construction zones do present a host of challenges as we strive to minimize the resulting inconvenience for citizens.

It is our goal and expectation that the finished Spokane Street Viaduct Widening Project not only will facilitate the movement of freight, transit and general traffic, but will also improve bicycle and pedestrian access. The project includes a 10 foot wide bike-pedestrian facility on the north side of Spokane between 6th Avenue and East Marginal Way that will connect seamlessly to the existing bike path west of East Marginal Way. We expect to be completed by mid-2012.

Please feel free to contact me should you have any other issues or concerns with this project at 206-615-0860 or stuart.goldsmith@seattle.gov.

Regards,

Stuart Goldsmith

Supervising Project Manager

Seattle Department of Transportation

[nighthawk]

I also like Bybee nims. There is also Mercer Slough farm.

[JoB]

LOL..

have you been in Blackhawk? they don’t want anything to conflict with gambling revenue.. bicycles might slow gamblers down.

i am surprised they haven’t entirely routed vehicles off the narrow streets that now house casinos …

maybe they are afraid that the elderly infirm who fill those buses couldn’t walk the block or two from the parking lot to the casino doors…

http://www.blackhawkcolorado.com/

or that denying door to door traffic would cause tour buses to go elsewhere. there is plenty of competition not that far away.

I prefer Central City

http://www.centralcitycolorado.com/

there’s more to do there.

In fact, Blackhawk used to be just a wide spot in the road on the way to Central City.

I’ll check it out next month when i visit denver.

no bicycle.. so the ban won’t affect me:)

[ws4ever]

Mine says he is staying awake until Santa gets here. Chupy year = 3 days, so his eyes glaze and he dozes off if I explain. Suggests I get job as sleep therapist. Harrumph. Santa’s sleigh may arrive late this year.

[Ken]

10.6 supports nearly any drive you can fit into it. Don’t you have a macBOOK pro? That is different from the mac pro desktop referenced above. I don’t remember the exact one…

Even apple uses off the shelf drives for laptops and has an internal bracket that makes them fit into the slot, but each version of macbook (13,15,17)has a different list of compatible drives, some more available then others.

[Garden_nymph]

So the true reason for this opposition to the project is revealed. It is trying to prove the continued need of a US military presence in the Middle East to “protect” us from the violent Muslims. (Please note, I do not agree with the above mentioned belief system.) It is about oil, has always been about oil and continues to be about oil… They have it and we want it.

[KBear]

Opposition to this project is feeding anti-American sentiment in places like Iraq and Afghanistan. So the loudmouth bigots with their anti-Muslim slogans are actually making things more dangerous for our troops over there. How patriotic is that?

[Garden_nymph]

Does anyone really think that if this organization PLANS to be a terrorist training ground, they would write it in the papers they filed to get their facility built?! Let’s not loose sight of reality folks!

I for one would like to stand up and state that I am against hate, intolerance and laws that only protect a few. I believe this community center is a great idea. I think it can bring healing to the open wound that is 9/11. Actions speak louder than words; this facility can provide proof and perspective about the Muslim faith that many have not had the opportunity to see before. It will be in an area of porn shops, head shops and strip bars. How many churches would choose to built there?! We have applauded the Boys and Girls Club for doing the same thing. Instead of standing in the way of this facility being built, let’s applaud their efforts and allow ourselves to be pleasantly surprised. Who among us believe the government would not seize a facility training terrorists?! (This is a rhetorical question for those who have been stating equally ridiculous questions earlier in this thread.)

In the Seattle Times today is the article, “155 years later, descendants of treaty signers gather to apologize, reconcile”. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012698328_tribe23.html

The last line of it reads, ‘”The people have come here for change and a new beginning,” … “It starts with us.”‘

Indeed folks, it starts with us! I would like to see the proposed community facility offer the same change and new beginning. I for one fully support it! Give Peace a Chance.

(By the way, I NEVER sited Wikipedia as a source of info and don’t plan to. The military base information I provided was from the bases they represented.)

[JanS]

Sue…that post was removed from craigslist

[Sue]

Jan, this looks to be the ad for this: http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/apa/1914470731.html

[hosedown]

Wow, so many kind responses. They have been mostly great to read. A few exceptions; I want to be clear, in spite of how frustrated and at times furious I get when I find a new wet spot or open the door after work to be blown away by the pig farm stench, I still pet my little guy all the time, let him sleep with me, make him scrambled eggs with cheese once in a while (which he loves) and overall try to make him as comfortable and happy as possible. So I found the suggestion that I put him down because “I don’t love him anymore” to be puzzling, because I do love him still. Maybe you have to be in my position to know how you can feel both love and sometimes hate for another creature. (Or maybe you just have to be married, ba-dum-bum.)

Anyhow, this feedback has really been great and has helped me clarify my own feelings about how to proceed. I know everyone has their own opinions and I don’t mean to discount any of them or cast judgment at all, but I personally would put my cat down before crating him all day. I feel bad enough keeping him in a large-ish apartment all the time, much less in a tiny space. Even a small room I wouldn’t do. I know how much he would hate that – maybe with a different cat I would, who knows. BUt I know my guy hates to be confined. Also, as soon as I could tell he’s pretty much in pain all the time I would feel okay having him put down. I know he has some pain right now but there are several times every day he’s just sitting there, looking happy as he ever has. I personally think I would not let my cat drag itself around all day, crying the whole time – that seems like pretty blatant evidence that something should be done. But easy to say from the outside – maybe I would if under certain circumstances.

Anyhow, my current plan is to keep mitigating it to whatever extent possible and give up the idea of having a girlfriend, because any sane chick would probably run after the first whiff of my place. And really, who am I kidding? When was the last time I attracted a sane woman?

So thanks to everyone for their input. It really has been helpful.

[JanS]

when this is all said and done, we will all be looking back on this with shame. It’s no longer a NY issue, it’s becoming an international issue about how the world views us. The rallies yesterday at GZ where shameful. There are lies being spread every day about this community center, and about the Imam. He is not a terrorist, he works with the state dept., and in fact is on a state dept. funded tour as we speak here. As far as I’m concerned there is no excuse for what is happening. It’s hateful, it’s political, it’s being fueled by crazies.

For those that think it’s “disrespectful to have this community center (which ain’t even close to GZ – it’s blocks away – can’t even see it from GZ) I’d like to know why they think that. Why a COMMUNITY Center that will have a gym, cooking school, be a meeting place, is disrespectful.Why trying to bring people together is disrespetful. Why the other “mosque” located in the same area isn’t disrespectful.

I shake my head when I listen to the fear mongers, to the nuts that don’t want permits issued to the building of any “mosques” anywhere in the US. We need to wake up and use our common sense. The Newt Gingrich’s of the world need to shut the he!! up, and think before they enter the fray. The guy from American Family values, or whatever it is, who said that it would be OK, if they denounce the Koran…how ignorant can one person be? He needs to shut the he!! up too.

To me, there is no compromise here. They need to build this in spite of the opposition. They shouldn’t have to prove anything to anyone. They have a perfect right to do what they want. Again, I say, the argument is simply about hate and prejudice against Muslims and Islam. Fear mongering at it’s worst. And Americans need to wake up to what is really going on…we need to use our brains and the common sense that we should have. We need to remember what America stands for, what we as a nation are to the rest of the world. We have to remember what exactly it is we’re sending our young men and women to Afghanistan and Iraq to fight for..that’s it’s imperative that we join together, not divide on the basis of religion.

For those on here who object to the location of this community center, look inside yourselves and soul search and ask yourself why…and be honest with yourself when you answer.

[EmmyJane]

Wow, seriously? What is wrong with people? I will forever be in debt to Marianne because she introduced us to our Maxwell kitty kat.

[Ken]

Imam Feisal has addressed groups in the past about the need for Muslims outside the United States to search for common ground with American Muslims and members of other faiths. The State Department distributes copies of Imam Feisal’s book “What’s Right With Islam: A New Vision for Muslims and the West,” translated into Arabic.

dangerous radical indeed.

“His work on tolerance and religious diversity is well-known and he brings a moderate perspective to foreign audiences on what it’s like to be a practicing Muslim in the United States,” State Department spokesman P. J. Crowley said Tuesday. He added that the department’s public-diplomacy offices “have a long-term relationship with” Rauf – including during the past Bush administration, when the religious leader undertook a similar speaking tour.

http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/adam_serwer_archive?month=08&year=2010&base_name=more_on_raufs_radicalism

[dobro]

Ron Paul says something I agree with. I’m shocked, but in a good way.

PS I’m going to copy/paste his remarks rather than linking. If that is some violation of blog policy please delete and I’ll repost. I don’t believe there’s any copyright issue. Here ’tis…

“Is the controversy over building a mosque near ground zero a grand distraction or a grand opportunity? Or is it, once again, grandiose demagoguery?

It has been said, “Nero fiddled while Rome burned.” Are we not overly preoccupied with this controversy, now being used in various ways by grandstanding politicians? It looks to me like the politicians are “fiddling while the economy burns.”

The debate should have provided the conservative defenders of property rights with a perfect example of how the right to own property also protects the 1st Amendment rights of assembly and religion by supporting the building of the mosque.

Instead, we hear lip service given to the property rights position while demanding that the need to be “sensitive” requires an all-out assault on the building of a mosque, several blocks from “ground zero.”

Just think of what might (not) have happened if the whole issue had been ignored and the national debate stuck with war, peace, and prosperity. There certainly would have been a lot less emotionalism on both sides. The fact that so much attention has been given the mosque debate, raises the question of just why and driven by whom?

In my opinion it has come from the neo-conservatives who demand continual war in the Middle East and Central Asia and are compelled to constantly justify it.

They never miss a chance to use hatred toward Muslims to rally support for the ill conceived preventative wars. A select quote from soldiers from in Afghanistan and Iraq expressing concern over the mosque is pure propaganda and an affront to their bravery and sacrifice.

The claim is that we are in the Middle East to protect our liberties is misleading. To continue this charade, millions of Muslims are indicted and we are obligated to rescue them from their religious and political leaders. And, we’re supposed to believe that abusing our liberties here at home and pursuing unconstitutional wars overseas will solve our problems.

The nineteen suicide bombers didn’t come from Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan or Iran. Fifteen came from our ally Saudi Arabia, a country that harbors strong American resentment, yet we invade and occupy Iraq where no al Qaeda existed prior to 9/11.

Many fellow conservatives say they understand the property rights and 1st Amendment issues and don’t want a legal ban on building the mosque. They just want everybody to be “sensitive” and force, through public pressure, cancellation of the mosque construction.

This sentiment seems to confirm that Islam itself is to be made the issue, and radical religious Islamic views were the only reasons for 9/11. If it became known that 9/11 resulted in part from a desire to retaliate against what many Muslims saw as American aggression and occupation, the need to demonize Islam would be difficult if not impossible.

There is no doubt that a small portion of radical, angry Islamists do want to kill us but the question remains, what exactly motivates this hatred?

If Islam is further discredited by making the building of the mosque the issue, then the false justification for our wars in the Middle East will continue to be acceptable.

The justification to ban the mosque is no more rational than banning a soccer field in the same place because all the suicide bombers loved to play soccer.

Conservatives are once again, unfortunately, failing to defend private property rights, a policy we claim to cherish. In addition conservatives missed a chance to challenge the hypocrisy of the left which now claims they defend property rights of Muslims, yet rarely if ever, the property rights of American private businesses.

Defending the controversial use of property should be no more difficult than defending the 1st Amendment principle of defending controversial speech. But many conservatives and liberals do not want to diminish the hatred for Islam–the driving emotion that keeps us in the wars in the Middle East and Central Asia.

It is repeatedly said that 64% of the people, after listening to the political demagogues, don’t want the mosque to be built. What would we do if 75% of the people insist that no more Catholic churches be built in New York City? The point being is that majorities can become oppressors of minority rights as well as individual dictators. Statistics of support is irrelevant when it comes to the purpose of government in a free society—protecting liberty.

The outcry over the building of the mosque, near ground zero, implies that Islam alone was responsible for the 9/11 attacks. According to those who are condemning the building of the mosque, the nineteen suicide terrorists on 9/11 spoke for all Muslims. This is like blaming all Christians for the wars of aggression and occupation because some Christians supported the neo-conservative’s aggressive wars.”

[JoB]

HMCRich…

we have plenty of nuts here in the good old united states that have perpetrated terrorism in the name of Christ.

somehow i am guessing that if a church wants to build in those neighborhoods..

no-one is squawking.

and that’s a church.

this is a community center.

that passed New York’s extensive permit process without protest..

until a right wing nutjob got hold of it and made it the new patriotic cause.

I have looked through my constitution and i can’t find any reference to discrimination being ok if you are muslim and someone who professes to your religion has done something truly awful.

but i do find a reference to separation of church and state.

[HMC Rich]

It is reasonable to question what is going to be a major meeting place that will be 15 stories tall when the Imam looks at Shariah compliancy.

We were attacked by devout and extreme Muslims on 9/11. Is it not reasonable to ask questions? Most Americans who are not of the Islamic faith cannot completely understand all of the issues involved. I cannot. We are a nation of laws formed in the Judeo Christian ethic. We must follow the legality of it all properly.

Is this Cordoba House going to promote Shariah teachings? Its literature says so. Is it going to be a religious institution or a terrorist recruitment, indoctrination and training center. If so then the citizens have a right to be incensed about this center. If not then there is not anything to worry about.

Western compassion and Sharia law can and are at odds with each other. I do not want Shariah law to be above our laws. Shariah Law promotes a vicious anti-female code which orders death by stoning, promotes child marriage, decriminalizes abuse of women, and gives wives no rights in divorce, but it also explicitly recognizes the duty of all Muslims to wage Jihad against non-believers and promotes violence to achieve its goals. Most of us in the U.S. are infidels. We can only be somewhat equal if we become converts.

Like I said, I do not understand enough. Is the western style of living compatible with the many sides of Islam. Some Yes and some No. The moderate side of Islam was defeated in the 11th century.

Here is a link of a cleric that disliked Bush. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1175221/The-Muslim-cleric-blames-British-mosques-7-7-bombings-says-multiculturalism-disaster-throw-Islamic-fanatics-out.html

Here is a minority voice of Islam http://www.reformislam.org/

I also found this interesting on the history of Islamic Philosophy. You need to know Muslims use the Koran and the Hadith. Look them up and then look at this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Islamic_philosophy

It seems to me the old moderates were defeated by the more aggressive sects of Islam around the 11th century (give or take a century). This is part of the issue in our times. A moderate muslim in western view is in actuality a bad or non practicing muslim. But trying to pigeon hole all Islamic worshipers into a few groups would be disingenuous on my part.

There are a lot of questions still to be asked.

[JanS]

Todd…I bundle with DSL and phone thru Qwest. I pay $59.48/mo, for their “Choice” package.

[WSB]

Teenager and I visited Bakery Nouveau this evening (once in a rare while we wander in there, during non-crowded hours) and noticed signs touting that they just started something new on Friday and Saturday nights: Whole pizzas. I’ve never even tried their slices, but this still sounds tempting. More info on their website:

http://blog.bakerynouveau.com/post/983261449/pizza-night-update

[Annie]

Right, JoB, I was just using the Pope as an example. Don’t Protestant churches have a central leader or a hierarchy of leaders?

So maybe fragmentation is also one of the many things that Christianity and Islam have in common.

By the way Frank Rich wrote an editorial about this – if I weren’t so tired, I’d find the link. I think I read it on Huffington Post but I’m not sure which newspaper he writes for. Some interesting history in it.

[JoB]

Lisa..

sorry i missed meeting you.

i slept through the sale

do you have plants left?