Seattle Cheese Festival at Pike Place Market

Seattle Cheese Festival Mad dash to finish 787 gets trickier [img=images/images_seattlepi_20070517.gif popup=false] 照片出處: Seattle PI Side Note: 10 bogus investment schemes to beware of Women find they’re priced out of condos downtown West Nile taking toll on birds Half of newcomers here are minorities New study taking a close look at brain’s growth By 12, brain is nearly at adult level for learning Medical Side Note: Study: Tomatoes no defense against prostate cancer Foreign-born are hardest-hit as cases of TB soar in county

Seattle Maritime Festival

這週末是 Seattle Maritime Festival, 是一年一度的 Odyssey Maritime Discovery Center 的免費週末. 早點去也許可以拿到免費的 Harbor Tour 的票. “Free Harbor Tours presented by the Port of Seattle – 11:30 a.m., 1 p.m., and 2:30 p.m. Thanks to the Port of Seattle and Argosy Cruises, you can discover the working waterfront during three free, one-hour, public tours. Board at Bell Harbor Marina/Pier 66 one-half hour prior to each departure. There is a limit of 300 guests for each tour. Stop by the Information Booth at Pier 66 to pick up your ticket. There is a limit of four tickets per adult, 18 years or older.” 句子摘自於Port of Seattle 網站 Side Note: Downloaders face the music as record industry sues Stamp prices go up today More homeowners in area facing possible foreclosures Gasoline prices hit a record Ready for $4 a gallon? Medical Side Note: Infant mental health a growing field in psychiatry Is life unfair? Watch your health Study: Vitamins tied to prostate cancer Are you overweight? Most county adults are

六月一日起的新法律

Kids could be stuck in booster seats until 16 自六月一日起, 小朋友必須要坐在汽車安全坐椅, 一直到八歲或四呎九吋高. 舊的法律是六歲或超過 60 英磅. 違者罰 $112. 一些大型車輛的安全帶如果沒有小朋友的格式, 那小朋友則要坐在汽車安全坐椅一直到 16 歲. [img=images/images_herald_20070511.jpg popup=false] 照片出處: Everett Herald 這新法律又稱之為 “Anton’s Law” (Public Law 107-318). 是為了紀念一位死於 1996 年汽車翻覆事件的四歲 Yakima 小朋友 Anton Skeen. 儘管他當時有繫安全帶, 但是安全帶的設計並不適合他的身材. Side Note: Fewer in Washington state are marrying — and divorcing Medical Side Note: Thin people can be too fat on the inside A vaccine shortage means extra shot for kids

西雅圖國際影展

今年的西雅圖國際影展從五月二十四至六月十七日. * 如果想看多部電影有 Packages 可以選擇. * 各播放戲院的地址(公車資訊在最後面). 台灣來的片子有三部: 盛夏光年 (Eternal Summer) June 03, 9:15 PM – Pacific Place Cinema June 07, 4:30 PM – Lincoln Square Cinemas 黑眼圈 (I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone) May 30, 9:30 PM – Harvard Exit June 02, 1:30 PM – Pacific Place Cinema 刺青 (Spider Lilies) June 07, 7:15 PM – Pacific Place Cinema June 12, 4:30 PM – Harvard Exit 中國來的片子有兩部: 落葉歸根 (Getting Home) June 10, 11:00 AM – Neptune Theatre June 17, 6:45 PM – Egyptian Theatre 今天的魚怎麼樣? (How is Your Fish Today?) June 13, 9:30 PM – Harvard Exit June 14, 4:30 PM – SIFF Cinema 香港來的片子有五部: 父子 (After This Our Exile) May 26, 4:15 PM – Pacific Place Cinema May 29, 9:30 PM – Pacific Place Cinema 夜宴 (The Banquet) June 07, 9:15 PM – Neptune Theatre June 11, 9:30 PM – Lincoln Square Cinemas 墨攻 (A Battle of Wits) May 26, 6:00 PM – Neptune Theatre May 28, 3:30 PM – Neptune Theatre 傷城 (Confession of Pain) June 13, 4:00 PM – Lincoln Square Cinemas June 15, 10:00 PM – Neptune Theatre 放逐 (Exiled) May 27, 9:15 PM – Pacific Place Cinema May 31, 4:45 PM – Egyptian Theatre 新加坡今年也有兩部各 15 分鐘和 7 分鐘的短片. Cinerama (2100 4th): 西雅圖市中心 Egyptian (801 E. Pine Street): Metro #2, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #43, #49, #60 Harvard Exit (807 E. Roy Street): Metro #9, #14, #39, #60 Lincoln Square (700 Bellevue Way N.E., Bellevue): Metro #222, #230, #234, #240, #243, #253, #261, #271, Sound Transit #550 SIFF Cinema (Seattle Center 內): Metro #1, #2, #3, #4, #8, #13, #15, #16, #18, #19, #24, #33, #45, #74, #81, #82 Neptune (1303 N.E. 45th Street): Metro #9, #43, #44, #48, #66, #67, #71, #72, #73, #74, #75, #76, #79 Northwest Film Forum (1515 12th Ave.): Metro #2, #9, #10, #11, #12, #43, #49, #60 Pacific Place (600 Pine Street): 西雅圖市中心 以上公車資訊來自 Seattle Times

1999 年起第 44 位的不幸

Wreck kills activist for U.S. 2 safety [img=images/images_herald_20070504.jpg popup=false] 照片出處: HeraldNet Side Note: Borrower, beware: Debt disaster looms as rates rise on easy-money mortgages Subprime mortgage: A loan with a higher interest rate, charged by lenders to cover the higher risk of lending to borrowers with shakier credit and finances. Adjustable-rate mortgage: A mortgage on which the interest rates and payments may change as often as every month. Prepayment penalty: A fine paid by the borrower to the lender if the borrower pays off the loan in full ahead of the agreed-upon schedule. Balloon payment: A payment for the balance of a mortgage after a period of low payments at the front end of the loan. Negative amortization payment: Payments that cover none of the principal of a loan and only part of the interest due. The unpaid interest is added to a borrower’s debt, which gets bigger instead of smaller over time. Interest-only payments: Payments that cover the interest on a debt but none of the principal. Many young kids have TV in bedroom Buying a home here: You’ll pay even more Home sales in city shoot up 14% in April 40 percent of babies watch TV, UW study finds Medical Side Note: Many in Seattle ignore risk posed by the sun