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- Why I'll (probably) never leave Facebook
- Flush with cash and drunk with power after its $100 billion IPO, Facebook could be caught secretly brainwashing millions of new users into signing up (mind-control hoodies, anyone?) -- and still I might not quit the world's largest social network.
- Internet greets Facebook's IPO price
- Friends may be priceless. But 'friending' is worth $38 a share.
- Why I won't be quitting Facebook
- Flush with cash and drunk with power after its $100 billion IPO, Facebook could be caught secretly brainwashing millions of new users into signing up (mind-control hoodies, anyone?) -- and still I might not quit the world's largest social network.
- Google revamps search again
- So, let's say you're doing a Google search for "Kings." Did you mean the L.A. hockey team or the Sacramento basketball team? Maybe the TV show? Or maybe you actually wanted to know something about monarchs.
- How you help FB make billions
- Every post you "like." Every friend you add or fan page you join. Every place you check in, and every Web page you recommend.
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The Vashon Loop
- Veterinarian Forum on Animal Health
Veterinarians from King County and Washington State Departments of Health will be presenting the latest information regarding diseases that Islanders should be aware of, at a public forum to be held on Thursday, May 24th, at 6:45 P.M. at the McMurray Middle School Multipurpose Room.
read more - 5th Annual Father/Daughter Dance
Vashon Allied Arts is sponsoring its fifth annual Father/Daughter Dance, to be held at the Vashon Island Golf and Country Club on Saturday, May 19th. Last year’s event was a huge success, and most of the dad’s were left breathless by the end of the evening. Smiles and fun are guaranteed. Uncles, Grandfathers, and other stand-ins are also welcome. Proceeds from the event will benefit VAA’s Blue Heron Dance program.
read more - Annual Kite Day
Annual Kite Day on the beach at Pt. Robinson sponsored by the Board of the Keepers of the Lighthouse, 10 am -3 pm. on May 19th. There will be music by Geordie’s Byre and food for purchase. Tours of the lighthouse will be held and you might also enjoy the photo exhibit on display there. The Ship’s Store will be open if you need to buy a kite. As many as 200 kite flyers have been to the event in the past and organizers are hoping for a good turnout again this year
- VMICC Governance and Policy Committee
Just a quick note to let you know that the VMICC Governance and Policy Committee will meet at 10 AM, Friday, May 11 in the "round table" room at Minglement. They will be discussing a motion brought by Joan Sells & others calling for a bylaw change where the job currently appointed to the Outreach committee would instead be assigned to a member of the board of directors.
read more - Occupy the Highway
I am not an ambulance chaser by any stretch of the imagination, so it was a bit odd and out of character when I found myself grabbing my camera and bike helmet to pedal up to the scene of a car crash on the main highway this past Saturday morning. In doing this, I was responding to a friend who had just called to say that there was a car in the ditch, and the running-off-the-road that had landed it there had happened within the hour.
read more - Training classes on Facebook, Twitter and Pintrest
The Vashon Island Chamber of Commerce is offering training classes on Facebook, Twitter and Pintrest. If you are interested in learning why you should or how to get your business or organization up to speed with social media opportunities and don’t know where to begin, this is your chance!
read more - Vashon Intuitive Arts celebrates its 2nd Anniversary
We would like to celebrate all the events and classes that have been held here at Vashon Intuitive Arts. Dream Group, Yoga, Medicine Wheel, Art Walk, Reiki Jam, Women’s and Men’s groups, Qi Gong, Book Club, Drum Circle, Channeling Events, Hosting a dinner for Grandmother Margaret of the 13 Indigenous Grandmothers, Ascended Masters Study, Drum Making workshop, Wisdom Circle, Kabbalah 101, Kirtan, Crystal Bowl Ceremonies, Goddess Songs, Dance of Universal Peace,
read more - County to hold open house to discuss safety improvements on Vashon Highway
The King County Road Services Division will hold an open house from 7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Monday, May 21 at Chatauqua Elementary School to familiarize residents with proposed safety improvements on Vashon Highway.
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Vashon Beachcomber
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- Pirate soccer team heads to State quarter-finals
- Vashon boys soccer gets another shot at Overlake after defeating Rochester 3-1 in the opening round of the 1A State Soccer Tournament on Wednesday.
- Homeless find a place at Village Green
- By urban standards, Vashon’s scene at its most centrally located park is mild. For the most part, the people who hang out there are a peaceable bunch. But they routinely leave a mess behind, and the bathroom, built at public expense, is often so dirty that the Vashon Park District considers it a public health hazard.
- Seniors go up, up and away
- Several Island seniors gathered at the Sportsmen’s Club early Monday morning to do something they had never done before: take a ride in a hot air balloon.
- Little pertussis reported recently on Vashon
- Vashon reported no cases of pertussis in April and has reported only one case so far this month, according to officials at Public Health — Seattle King County.
- Free-wheeling VashonALL captures the Island’s attention
- Need a replacement for your lost phone charger? How about a few bales of hay, some used bricks or a loaner refrigerator? Or maybe you’re seeking expert advice about how the heck to eject a stuck CD from a player.
- Credit union's unusual problem: A few too many deposits
- Vashon’s thriving credit union has had to put a halt to new business accounts — but for a most unusual reason: The small credit union is a little too flush with cash.
- Schools foundation faces final push in ambitious campaign
- With $380,000 raised to date, the Vashon Island School District’s foundation is still pushing hard to meet its $500,000 goal by June 30, when the district’s fiscal year ends, according to the foundation’s chair.
- County officials question design of VAA's proposed performing arts center
- King County’s Historic Preservation Office has raised concerns about the design of Vashon Allied Arts’ performing arts center, saying the glass-fronted, barn-inspired structure fails to complement the historic intersection where it’s slated to be built.
- New stewards bring fresh energy to Vashon's skatepark
- Thanks in part to an infusion of volunteer support, the Burton Adventure Recreation Center (BARC) will likely have a new outdoor skatepark as well as an upgraded indoor skatepark by the end of the year.
- For a Vashon architect, the VHS project hits close to home
- Brian Carter is the lead architect for the new Vashon High School building. It’s a project that’s close to his heart not only because he has a daughter at VHS and a son who graduated from the school, but because it’s a building that will play a special role on Vashon, a place he has called home for 15 years.
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Do you know what to do? What would you do if your home were damaged so bad you could not stay there? How would you cope with the power being out for seven days or longer? How would you help your neighbor? Making sure that not only you are ready but so will your pets. www.VashonBePrepared.org
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- ?Princelings? in China Use Family Ties to Gain Riches
- The authorities are eager to paint the fallen official Bo Xilai, whose family has a substantial fortune, as a rogue operator. But other officials? relatives have also amassed vast wealth.
- A Start-Up Is Gold for Facebook?s New Millionaires
- At Facebook, ground zero for the nouveau tech riche in Silicon Valley, peer pressure dictates that consumption be kept on the down low.
- New Details Are Released in Shooting of Trayvon Martin
- Documents made public by the special prosecutor in the Florida case describe an attempt to revive the 17-year-old victim and injuries to George Zimmerman, the gunman.
- Art Review: The Barnes Foundation, From Suburb to City
- Some lovers of the Barnes Foundation?s art collection were fearful that moving it to a new space in Philadelphia would be disastrous. They were wrong, the critic Roberta Smith says.
- Joe Ricketts Rejects Plan to Finance Anti-Obama Ads
- Word that Joe Ricketts had considered bankrolling advertisements invoking the incendiary race-infused statements of President Obama?s former pastor drew wide denunciation.
- With Little to Lose, Many Greeks Shrug Off Dire Warnings
- Pronouncements about the consequences of leaving the euro seem to be falling on increasingly deaf ears.
- Donna Summer, 1948-2012: Donna Summer, Queen of Disco, Dies at 63
- Ms. Summer was a five-time Grammy winner who became a superstar in the 1970s with hits like ?Last Dance.?
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Says Wife Struggled With Depression
- An autopsy on Mary Kennedy, whose body was found in a barn behind the family home in Bedford, N.Y., concluded that she had died from asphyxiation by hanging.
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