Entertainment
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APPril Showers…

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Oliver Roth
April 22, 2016

THEATER:THE BROADWAY BEAT –  APPril Showers… 

 
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Tech & Science
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Digital Wherewithal

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Dean Landsman
April 21, 2016

Having a digital home, perhaps a digital presence, to many seems like just another part of everyday life.  To others, merely having access or connectivity would be a major step up, a leap across a digital divide.

Digital wherewithal is what separates the haves from the have-nots.

Some take digital access for granted.  For the Haves this is everyday life.  Connectivity is everywhere, in pockets, purses, cases on a belt...

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Home
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Home is Where the Couch Is

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Kindra Foster
April 20, 2016

 

Karen Beaman of Lincoln, Nebraska, found herself single and mother to two children at the age of 22. Without a father in the house, it seemed as if the feeling of home was slipping away. Karen’s mother, Ann, swooped in to help her pick up the pieces. “Mom is always saying, when things fall apart, pay attention to routine,” Beaman said. So, together they created a new routine involving the children, then aged three and five....

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News
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Bringing Love and Hope to Women in Need

PR for People Team
April 19, 2016

Martha Picinich, a business owner and graduate student at Seattle Pacific University, has taken on a new “hobby” – harvesting purses.

She collects gently used purses and diaper bags that take on a new life and a new purpose.  They are filled with donated items that are especially valuable to women and children living on the streets or in transitional housing.  In addition, each purse contains a note to the recipient sharing a...

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News
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Pete Soukus: A Chance to Trust

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Patricia Vaccarino
April 12, 2016

For years, Pete Soukus lived on top of the hill in Seattle’s wealthy Magnolia neighborhood that overlooks Interbay and Tent City 5. Pete still lives in Magnolia, but his new home now lies in the shadow of the hill, inside of Tent City 5.  Until alcohol took over his life, Pete had a career in product management and supply-chain logistics, a home and a family.  Then according to Pete, “I drank myself to the point of almost losing my life...

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Beauty
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Raihana Mahan Enjoys Making her Clients Beautiful

PR for People Team
April 10, 2016

Raihana Mahan is one of the most popular aestheticians in the Seattle metro area. She is known for her gentle touch, her fine attention to the smallest details, and her sparkling eyes that show her easy sense of humor.  Here is a little known fact about Raihana: she reigned as a local beauty queen Mrs. Sammamish in 2006. (Sammamish is an eastside city located in the heart of Microsoft country.)

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People
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Ned Halilovic: We Were Strangers Once Ourselves

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Manny Frishberg
April 05, 2016

Ned Halilovic is a refugee. His earliest memories are of a war zone, where people were killing one another over their religion and nationality. Just like today’s refugees from Syria and Afghanistan, only Ned’s war was a generation earlier, and closer to home.

“I was born in ’86 in a small town in southern Europe, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina,” he says, as if anyone alive in those years could have not heard of Sarajevo. “...

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Health
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Nurturing With Nature: Supporting a New Generation of Autistic Adults

Cindy Weinstein
April 04, 2016

Alex, my neighbor, is on the cusp of manhood. Ample facial hair, marked weight gain and height, and a pronounced husky voice confirm this milestone. I recall many years witnessing Alex’s growth – and his delays. I now find myself wondering about his future as an autistic young adult, and how his social and educational needs will be met once he ages out of children’s services.

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