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
今年登山出門前要做功課一下
去年十一月份的大洪水, 不止嚴重的破壞了 Mt. Rainier 和 Olympic Nat’l Parks, 也毀損了一些 Nat’l Forests 等地的道路和 Trails. 比如非常受家庭歡迎的 Big Four Ice Cave 上跨越 Stillaguamish River 的橋樑已經被沖斷. 今年登山健行出門前, 要記得上網確認 Trails 是否有開放. 不過大多的 Trails 似乎還是完整的, 只有一些 Trails 就是有些洪水過後的 debris, 走的時候要當心. Side Note: Tainted animal feed widespread in China Chinese businesses say melamine commonly added to animal feed Longer wait times for taxis could mean city needs more cabs
終於過關…
Creation of Wild Sky Wilderness Area finally wins approval in U.S. House Wild Sky clears big hurdle 經過連續六年的努力, Wild Sky Wilderness Area 昨天終於在失敗三次的眾議院過關. 參議院目前應該是沒有問題, 因為參議院先前已經過關三次了. 總統先生也表示如果參眾兩院都過關, 他會簽署文件.