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With their ability to hover in place, fly upside-down or backwards, and cross seas without stopping, hummingbirds seem immune to the ordinary laws of physics. Their jewel-tone feathers flash in the sun brighter than rubies or emeralds. Their wings flap faster than the eye can see. Their courtship flights defy gravity. These tiny dynamos of the avian world both fascinate and flummox us. Find out more about one of the fiercest birds in the animal kingdom, as master birder Connie Sidles shows you the wonders of hummingbirds and tells you how to attract them to your garden.
Speaker: Connie Sidles
Dates: 9/20/2024 - 9/20/2024
Times: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Days: F
Sessions: 1
Building: Rosehill Community Center, Mukilteo
Fee: $0.00
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- Pain & the Brain (In Person)
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Join us at the Winthrop Public Library as we continue to learn about the brain and understand pain with Dr. John D. Loeser, professor emeritus of Neurological Surgery and Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at the University of Washington. He has been active in research, teaching and patient care in the field of Pain Management for over 55 years.
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- The FDA: what it does and what it doesn’t regulate (Zoom)
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Speaker: David Hammond
Dates: W, 9/25/2024
Times: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Location: Zoom Online
Find out how products make it to market and what the FDA does once they’re on the shelf. Dave Hammond is an associate professor in biomedical regulatory affairs at the UW and a consultant to medical product companies interacting with the FDA. In 27 years of working in this field, he’s seen a lot of things go well and has funny stories of those that haven’t.
Members, look for the Zoom pre-registration link in an upcoming Weekly Email.
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- Settling the Oregon Boundary Question: Great Britain, the United States, and the Struggle for Control of the Pacific Northwest, 1818-1846 (In-Person and Zoom livestream)
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For three decades in the nineteenth century, Great Britain and the United States maintained joint occupancy of the Oregon country, the region consisting of present-day Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and British Columbia. Britain's presence took the form of the Hudson's Bay Company, the dominant economic force in the region. As more and more American settlers entered the Pacific Northwest, however, the two nations struggled for control. This lecture will examine the interests of each nation, how the struggle nearly erupted into violence, and the process by which the border at the 49th parallel was established in 1846.
**For those attending in-person bring your lunch at noon and enjoy the lecture at 12:30.
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This talk is also being live-streamed on Zoom. Click here to pre-register on Zoom.
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- Rx for Brain Health: Thoughtful Medication Management for Older Adults (In Person)
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Speaker: Leigh Ann Mike
Dates: Th, 10/10/2024
Times: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Location: UW Seattle Campus Allen Center for Computer Science and Engineering
Join us as we discover how smart medication choices can enhance brain health as we age. Dr. Leigh Ann Mike is a Clinical Associate Professor of Pharmacy, Shirley & Herb Bridge Endowed Professor for Women in Pharmacy, and Assistant Director for Education in the Plein Center for Geriatric Pharmacy at UW. She completed professional training at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her practice experiences include Consultant Pharmacist at a Seattle-area assisted living community and Critical Care Pharmacist at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, Washington. Her professional interests include the care of older adults, especially in acute/critical care settings and humanizing/whole-person care.
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- The Glaciation of Puget Sound (In-Person)
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It may be hard to imagine 3,000 ft of ice covering Seattle, but indeed the Puget Lowland was overrun by the Cordilleran Ice Sheet multiple times during the Pleistocene. The story of glacial advance and retreat is written in the landscape around us. Join us as we take a visual tour of our region to see the geologic evidence the ice left behind. This presentation will help you see the natural features of the Seattle area through the eyes of a geologist.
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- Introducing Parkinson's Disease: Not Just a Tremor (Zoom)
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Speaker: Kimmy Su
Dates: W, 11/13/2024
Times: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Location: Zoom Online
Join us as we learn about how Parkinson's disease is diagnosed and treated. Kimmy Su is an Assistant Professor of Neurology and movement disorders specialist at the University of Washington and VA Puget Sound Healthcare System. She is also the medical director for the American Parkinson's Disease Association Northwest Chapter and is a strong advocate for empowerment through education.
This Brain Health lecture is open to all. Click here to pre-register on Zoom.
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- The Alphorn– Music of the Alps (In-Person)
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A Performance-Book-Talk on Swiss Alphorn Music
A simple musical instrument of the Alpine shepherds, the alphorn became a source of fascination for travelers in the 19th century. As a result, it became a symbol of musical tradition in Switzerland. Thanks to its soothing sound and the unique visual appearance of the instrument, alphorn music is enjoying growing popularity, interestingly also in the Seattle region. We demonstrate historical and new alphorn music and get to the bottom of questions such as: What music can be played on a wind instrument that has no valves, finger holes or keys? What function does the alphorn have in the rituals, customs and traditions of the Alpine region? How is its musical history connected to the natural environment of the Alpine region and to the purely vocal call of the Swiss yodel?
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- UFO Northwest: How Washington State Spawned the Men In Black (In-Person and Zoom livestream)
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On August 1, 1947, the tragic crash of a B-25 bomber in Washington State triggered an FBI investigation of “The Maury Island Incident”—an infamous Northwest UFO sighting, and history’s first alleged encounter with the so-called “Men in Black.”
The FBI’s records from 1947, which were sealed for decades, reveal Cold War fears, jurisdictional disputes, cover-ups, false confessions, a courageous FBI Special Agent, and the hands-on involvement of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover.
Relying on the FBI records, this talk exposes a Washington story that shapes our current UFO narratives, from 1950’s pulp magazines to the ubiquitous X-Files and Men in Black film franchises. Also examined: how the Northwest’s unique position in UFO history is challenged by others that assert contradictory narratives.
**For those attending in-person bring your lunch at noon and enjoy the lecture at 12:30.
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This talk is also being live-streamed on Zoom. Click here to pre-register on Zoom.
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- Mount St. Helens – The Untold Story (In-Person)
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The 1980s eruption of Mount St. Helens was one of the largest volcanic eruptions in human history. It killed 57 people, caused more than one billion dollars in damage, and deposited ash across the United States and Canada. Almost everyone who was living in the Pacific Northwest in 1980 remembers where they were when they heard that Mount St. Helens had erupted.
The loss of life could have been much worse than it was. If the volcano had erupted 24 hours later, ten times as many people could have died. But why were people so close to such a dangerous volcano? Seattle author Steve Olson explains how the history, economics, and even culture of Washington State affected the human toll of that unforgettable day. Interweaving accounts of those who lived and those who died with the past, present, and future of the mountain, he provides new insights into what happened at Mount St. Helens and how to avoid such tragedies in the future.
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