分類: 大西雅圖地區

Breakdown of traffic stops 看情形在過 Lake Washington 的 I-90 和 I-520 的橋上是最”安全”的.

網站 在西雅圖想要知道誰是菜鳥觀光客並不難. 在西雅圖有一種地圖, 上面除了有市中心, 西雅圖中心, Lake Union 和華盛頓大學的各個景點, 還印有旅館, 餐廳和購物等等的位置. 這地圖印得精美, 實用又方便. 還有日文版. 每當在街上, 看到有人拿著這地圖, 對照著街上的地點就知道這是新到的觀光客.

報導上說, 在西雅圖採買 $100 元的食物, 在雙子城和波士頓只須要花 $92 元. 大西雅圖地區平均價錢最貴的是 Safeway. 另外儘管 Fred Meyer 和 QFC 都是同一個老版. Fred Meyer 平均起來卻是比 QFC 便宜約 10%. 不過也不用洩氣, 儘管西雅圖地區有最貴的價錢, 比起其他地區店裡有較多的選擇. 產品的質量也好許多. 所有的連鎖店裡, 以 Haggen Food and Pharmacy 有最低的平均價和高的質量和服務水準. 不過也難怪, 這店是在大西雅圖地區非常北方的部份. 報導: Grocery bills are higher here Choice of store can save you $$

UW to limit 2-year transfers from community colleges === 從 Seattle Times 的新聞 === In a move that will further restrict access to the state’s flagship public university, top community college graduates will no longer be guaranteed admission to the University of Washington. The change was announced yesterday by UW and community-college officials, who cited over-enrollment and state budget cuts as the reason for the new policy. It will take effect next summer and affects only the UW’s Seattle campus, not its branches in Bothell and Tacoma. The limits on admission come at a time when community colleges are seeing record enrollment, with many students planning to transfer to four-year colleges once they earn their Associate of Arts or Science degrees. “It is going to change the game a bit. There is no question that a lot of students want to transfer to the UW,” said Earl Hale, executive director of the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges. “A lot of students’ plans are at stake here.” Since 1988, state residents who completed a community-college degree with at least a 2.75 grade-point average were guaranteed a direct transfer to the UW’s Seattle campus. But UW administrators said the number of students who qualify for admission under that agreement has been increasing at a faster rate than the number of new enrollment spaces funded by the state. For thousands of students, the community-college route is a second chance, a way to get into the UW if their high-school grades weren’t good enough. And many students can afford college only by attending community college or a technical school for the first two years. “It worries me terribly that we will have students who won’t get in,” said state Rep. Phyllis Gutierrez Kenney, D-Seattle, chairwoman of the House Higher Education Committee. Although she blamed the Legislature for underfunding universities, Kenney fears the UW’s decision leaves the impression that the university is elitist. Already, it takes the equivalent of about a 3.7 grade-point average and a 1,200 SAT score for a high-school student to be automatically accepted at the UW. Only 18 percent of Washington students who took the SAT in 2002 met or exceeded that standard. And in 2001, the UW began restricting transfers of students with only one year of community college, even with GPAs of 3.5 or better. Previously, such transfers were almost always accepted. UW officials said this latest decision to ration access to community-college transfers isn’t a political move to protest state cuts, but rather a last resort to handle overcrowding. For autumn quarter this year, they said, applications were received from 1,938 community-college transfer-agreement applicants, and there is room for only 1,100 to enroll. Admission for 838 students has been delayed to either winter or spring quarter 2004. “It is a growing and emerging problem since the late 1990s,” said Tim Washburn, the UW’s assistant vice president for enrollment services. “It was like the perfect storm. The economy is bad. More students are graduating from high schools. Less state funding is available. And we have more students here at school staying on and completing their degrees because the work opportunities aren’t good. All those things combined have exaggerated the problem.” The UW has promised to continue to honor an agreement with the state’s community colleges that specifies at least 30 percent of its new undergraduates annually will come from Washington community and technical colleges. Still, hundreds of community-college students each year likely will not be admitted to the UW, even with GPAs above 3.0, many community-college administrators predict. College administrators estimate that many students will try to beat the deadline and complete their associate degrees in order to enroll at the UW next fall. UW admissions officials anticipate the rush and plan to tell 500 to 800 would-be transfers that they will not be admitted until winter or spring quarter in 2005. And the autumn-quarter application deadline has been moved from April 15 to Feb. 15 to allow UW officials more time for an extensive admissions review. The news of the change in policy will have a big impact at Seattle Central, North Seattle and South Seattle community colleges, where more than 1,200 students transfer to the UW each year. One fallout may be that many students will remain at community colleges longer, which would create further overcrowding in the community-college system, said Seattle Community Colleges Chancellor Charles Mitchell, who oversees the three Seattle colleges. The policy revision will not only make transfer admissions more competitive, but the popularity of students’ academic fields could also decide their success at getting into the UW. Transfer students will have a tougher time gaining entrance to high-demand programs such as the Business School or College of Engineering, while transfers who seek enrollment in the College of Forest Resources or College of Ocean and Fishery Sciences may stand a better chance because those programs are underenrolled. How far along a student is in meeting all the prerequisite classes may also affect their admissions standing. “If you say you are a business major, but you haven’t taken econ, you will get less priority than someone who did take econ,” said Jan Yoshiwara, director of education services for the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges. “It won’t be uniform,” Washburn said of the new admissions-review policy. Tan Vinh: 206-515-5656 or [email protected]

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你相信全美國最好的巧克力在西雅圖? 說實在我也不相信. 每個人的口味都不一樣, 我想這要親自吃過才知道吧.

Fran has been named the best Chocolatier in America by some of the most venerated food publications in America, including "The Book of Chocolate."

Fran's Chocolates 在西雅圖有兩間店:

U-Village:
2594 NE University Village
Seattle, WA
如何到達: 在第三街乘坐 Metro #25 到 University of Washington, 在 NE 45 街上, 過 25th Avenue NE 時下車. University Village 就在對面.
Downtown Bellevue:
10305 N.E. l0th Street
Bellevue, WA

如何到達: 當公車隧道沒有關閉時, 在公車隧道裡乘坐往南的 Sound Transit #550 (當公車隧道關閉時在第三街上乘坐往南的 Sound Transit #550) 到終站 Bellevue Transit Center, 店在第 10 街上距 Transit Center 不到一條街.
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這部份以前在這讀地理課時讀過, 不過歷史的部份已經忘了. 我只記得新興的城市在設計時是以這為依據. 舊城市的都市計劃就沒有這樣了.

美國的道路有一個共通點, 奇數是南北向, 偶數是東西向. 比如州際道路由西向東(5, 15, 25, 35, 45, 55…)和由南向北(10, 20, 30, 40, 50…). 這種牌列在平坦的地區更是明顯. 當碰到一條有數字的道路時, 可以依數字的奇數或偶數來判斷自己的行進方向.

城市裡的市中心一定是 Main Street 和 State Street 交差點為起點. Main Street 是南北向. State Street 則是東西向. 數字則是以這為起點向外增加. 有時候也有可能是以 1st Street 為東西向的起點. 這種情形常發生於位於河邊, 湖邊, 山腳下或海邊的城市. 因為地形的關係所以城市只有"半邊". 如果城市的排列不是方方正正"坐北朝南"型的, 則以比較接近南北向的為 Main Street. Main Street 以西是 West, Main Street 以東是 East. 所以當看到一條街寫著 East Maple, 表示是市中心的東邊. 當然南北向則以 North 和 South 來代表. South Cedar 表示是在 State Street (1st Street) 的南邊. 當站在 East Maple 和 South Cedar 的街口時, 表示是在市中心的東南方.

這裡的主要街道大多是其中一個方向會是以數字表示. 很少會看到有上述的例子(East Maple 和 South Cedar); 住宅區比較有可能會發生這種情形. 如果數字是東西向的(一般是 Street), 則以 State Street 為準, 往北的街道為 North 1st Street, North 2nd Street…, 往南的街道為 South 1st Street, South 2nd Street… 如果街道是南北向的(一般是 Avenue), 則以 Main Street 為準, 往東的街道為 East 1st Avenue, East 2nd Avenue…, 往西的街道為 West 1st Avenue, West 2nd Avenue…以此類推. 每十條街是一個英哩. 所以市中心到 30th Street 是約三英哩.

地址也是由市中心發展出來, 如果有個地址是 6543 South 65th Street(你絕對不會看到 6543 South 2nd Street, 因為 2nd Street 是兩百多號了吧). 表示這地址是約在市中心以南約 6.5 英哩的位置. 如果有個地址是 2314 West Maple, 表示這地址是在市中心的西邊. 從數字上看是介於 23rd Street 和 24th Street 之間. 所以現在要找的是確定 Maple Street 是在市中心的北方或是南方. 因為有可能是在 South 23rd 和 South 24th 之間或是在 North 23rd 和 North 24th 之間.

我想這樣寫的確很頭痛, 也許拿張紙把你住附近的 Main Street(南北向) 和 State Street(東西向) 畫出來, 再畫上數字的街道, 然後再讀這文章也許就比較容易懂.