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TSO Events
\nOctober – December, 2018<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Reservations are required. See our Calendar of Events<\/span><\/a> and Contact Us<\/span><\/a> pages for information on event time, room number, and reservations. You have a reservation only after you get a confirmation reply. Please request a reservation before the last 24 hours. Please let us know as soon as possible, and before the last 48 hours, if you must cancel.<\/p>\n

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TELOS Readers Theater presents:
\nThe Dining Room<\/em> by A.R. Gurney<\/strong><\/span>
\nTuesday, November 13, 2018<\/p>\n

Pull up a finely-upholstered chair, sit at the polished oak table, and meet a dozen different families \u2013 all in an hour and a half, and always in the dining room. \u201cYou can learn a lot about a culture from how it eats,\u201d says one of the characters, and this play is a colorful parade of young & old, proper & unruly, self-satisfied & searching. The only thing they have in common is the privileged society of White Anglo-Saxon Protestants on the East coast in the 20th century.<\/p>\n

Gurney, whose other plays include The Cocktail Hour<\/em> and Sylvia<\/em>, spent most of his career gently satirizing these so-called \u201cWASPs\u201d \u2013 a world he knew well, having grown up in such a family himself. Come and enjoy your fellow Telosians in this delightful performance!<\/p>\n

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Trails and Rails at TELOS<\/strong><\/span>
\nTuesday, November 27, 2018<\/p>\n

Experience being on a long-distance AMTRAK train with commentary provided by National Park Service guides!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Daily, between mid-April and mid-September each year, National Park Service guides travel on the Coast Starlight (leaving Seattle for Portland, OR) and the Empire Builder (leaving Seattle for Chicago) trains, providing commentaries and information about the countryside, history, geography, animals, flora and fauna, etc., to passengers from across the USA and around the world.<\/p>\n

The service is a partnership between AMTRAK and the National Park Service, provided free to passengers as part of a national program called \u2018Trails and Rails\u2019.<\/p>\n

A team of experienced National Park Service guides invite you to join them at this TSO event.<\/p>\n

Sit back and relax as the experienced volunteers guide you through outstanding countryside, weaving stories and information into views from Puget Sound to Portland and Seattle to the Montana Hi-line.<\/p>\n

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Bellevue Traffic Engineering<\/strong><\/span>
\nWednesday, November 28, 2018<\/p>\n

The primary goal of traffic engineers is moving traffic in the most efficient yet in a safe manner. Traffic engineers can use analytical products to reconfigure hot spots such as channelization, traffic signal synchronization, traffic signal phasing, adaptive traffic signal control of the Flashing Yellow Arrow (FYA) and modifying the placement of signs & pavement markings. The presentation will provide several examples of engineering solutions to reduce traffic collisions specifically related to traffic signals.<\/p>\n

About the Speaker:<\/p>\n

Raid Tirhi, PE, is a Senior Intelligent Transportation Systems Engineer. He has been working for the City of Bellevue for about 10 years. He is a University of Washington graduate. He has 26 years of experience in transportation engineering, planning, modeling, design, and traffic operations. Raid currently deals with cutting edge technologies such as the adaptive traffic signal system, traffic camera management, and preparing Bellevue for autonomous and connected vehicles. He regularly staffs Bellevue\u2019s Traffic Management Center during weekday commutes and special events.<\/p>\n

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Introduction to Virtual Reality<\/strong>
\n(with Live Demos)<\/span>
\nThursday, November 29, 2018<\/p>\n

What is Virtual Reality all about? And what\u2019s Augmented Reality? And what\u2019s the difference? Eric Zocher will talk about these exciting new technologies that are already available on your phone or tablet. He will demonstrate shopping for virtual furniture, visiting Tasmania, finding Saturn in the night sky, and a coloring book that comes to life. You will see why there\u2019s a buzz about VR and how it will impact the future.<\/p>\n

About the Speaker:<\/p>\n

Eric Zocher is a former software executive and developer with forty years of experience. He led the development of dozens of products including Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat \/ PDF, and Microsoft FrontPage. Eric has been tracking the emergence of VR over the past couple of years and is excited to introduce it to others. As a new TELOS instructor, Eric will be teaching a complete hands-on course (\u201cTry Virtual Reality!\u201d) in January and February 2019.<\/p>\n

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The Queens and Women of Ancient Egypt<\/strong><\/span>
\nFriday, November 30, 2018<\/p>\n

Although their social position was determined principally by the status of their fathers and husbands, women enjoyed a higher profile in Egyptian society than was possible in many other civilizations of the ancient world. They were equal with men before the law and, although only men were permitted to hold government office, the wife, mother or daughter of a king or prominent official could wield considerable influence. In the event of a king\u2019s minority, his mother might rule as regent. On rare occasions, as in the case of Hatshepsut, the stepmother of Thutmose III, a woman might even assume the full mantle of royal power and rule as king.<\/p>\n

We will examine how women are depicted in art and in the archaeological record: women\u2019s role in literary compositions; in property and contract law; in public and private life; and in religion and mythology.<\/p>\n

About the Speaker:<\/p>\n

Ancient Egypt has been a passion for most of Cynthia Smith\u2019s life. She pursued a master\u2019s degree in Egyptian Archaeology from University College London specializing in New Kingdom tomb stelae (grave stones).<\/p>\n

Since relocating to the Pacific Northwest she has taught the series Egyptian Voices from the Past<\/em> at TELOS since 2008 and taught Temples, Tombs and Tut<\/em> at Bellevue College Fall Quarter 2012. She is the Vice President of the Northwest Chapter of the American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) and was a member of the Pacific Science Center Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs<\/em> exhibit Advisory Board (2011 \u2013 2012).<\/p>\n

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King County Property Tax Information Session<\/strong><\/span>
\nTuesday, December 4, 2018<\/p>\n

John Wilson, King County Assessor, and Andy Nicholas, Washington State Budget & Policy Center, will share information regarding the current tax policy and some options which may be pursued to help seniors manage their property tax bills.<\/p>\n

In mid-February, King County home owners received their property-tax bills. Countywide, this year\u2019s bills are at least 17 percent higher than last year\u2019s \u2013 a result of the state legislature\u2019s solution to the McCleary school funding plan as well as rising property values and voter approved transportation taxes.<\/p>\n

This combination of state mandated tax increases to fully fund schools and passage of several recent regional and local ballot measures has resulted in what the assessor\u2019s office has called the \u201clargest property tax increase in King County in modern history.\u201d The tax significantly affects seniors, especially those on a fixed income. The talk will explain this year\u2019s increase and the available property exemptions for low income seniors, and will also discuss concerns about potential fraud directed at seniors as a result of the increased tax. There will also be a question and answer portion.<\/p>\n

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TSO Semi-Annual Meeting and Holiday Party<\/strong><\/span>
\nWednesday, December 5, 2018<\/p>\n

Come celebrate the holiday season, interact with fellow students outside of a classroom, and participate in the TELOS Student Organization. We’ll conduct business of concern to all TSO\/TELOS students, including updating by-laws, and allowing students to meet club officers, council and committee members, and make suggestions to improve the organization.<\/p>\n

Information about the Party: TSO Semi-Annual Meeting and Holiday Party (click here<\/span><\/a> for poster)
\nLocation: VFW POST 2995, 4330 148th Ave NE, Redmond, WA 98052<\/span><\/a>
\nDate: Wednesday, December 5, 2018
\nTime: 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
\nRSVP before November 30<\/p>\n

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Ursula\u2019s Story<\/strong><\/span>
\nThursday, December 6, 2018<\/p>\n

Chaitania, performance artist, therapist and teacher, engaged her German mother-in-law in many conversations about Ursula\u2019s life growing up in Nazi Germany, where she became a member of Hitler Youth at age 15 in 1933. The results of the discussions are an original screenplay and the recent stage adaptation.<\/p>\n

The story<\/span> traverses the rocky landscape of Ursula\u2019s early certainty in the illusory Nazi propaganda machine. At war\u2019s end in 1945, having learned what her country had done, she realized her existence had been based on lies. For the rest of her life, she experienced a paralyzing fear and deep shame.<\/p>\n

About the Speaker:<\/p>\n

Chaitania holds a Master\u2019s degree in Psychology, with a concentration in propaganda and brainwashing and its effect on society and individuals, as well as a bachelor\u2019s degree in Depth Psychology and Art as a Way to Heal. She was on the Dance faculty of Cornish College of the Arts, and Academic Dean and faculty member at WuHsing Tao School, where she taught psychology. Currently, she is writing the book Ursula and Our Conversations, screenplay and staged reading, as well as giving lectures on the subject.<\/p>\n

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Safeguarding and Empowering Your Health Data<\/strong><\/span>
\nTuesday, December 11, 2018<\/p>\n

Don’t let your personal health data get out of control.<\/p>\n