辦護照竟然只要 12 天, 還包括週末!!! 不過我想大概是小朋友的護照不用做調查什麼的, 所以就快很多… Note: 不要相信 Branch Office 的人說的, Birth Certificate 根本沒有還回來. 結果還要再重新去 County Health District 辦一張…$25. 我知道如果是親自去西雅圖市中心的 Jackson Federal Building 辦, 裡面的人直接看 Certificate 就當場還回來. 可是去 Branch Office 辦 Certificate 就要和護照申請表一起送過去. 有沒有還回來就要看運氣了…我想? 真的會還回來嗎? 也許再等幾天看看??? === 謝謝阿光, 我們今天(3/5/08)收到了. 原來是分開寄的 === Side Note: Fatal mix: Young drivers and riders Gift cards worthless if retailer folds Is modern lifestyle a sickening way to live? Baby Einstein alters claim that its DVDs educate infants Medical Side Note: New health risk seen after hormone use Cancer study likely to change practice of colonoscopy Flat growths in colon are cancer risk
總統先生, 您還真不知民間疾苦???
$4-a-gallon gas? Predictions surprise Bush
節錄自上面新聞的對話:
Peter Maer of CBS News Radio asked: “What's your advice to the average American who is hurting now, facing the prospect of $4-a-gallon gasoline, a lot of people facing … ”
“Wait, what did you just say?” the president interrupted. “You're predicting $4-a-gallon gasoline?”
Maer responded: “A number of analysts are predicting $4-a-gallon gasoline.”
Bush's rejoinder: “Oh, yeah? That's interesting. I hadn't heard that.”
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Snow and rain are laden with bacteria
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Vitamin E won't help, may hurt, cancer study says
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Google Page Side Note: Government warns owners about Fords
GET 這麼貴啦!!!
由於都是用 529 Plan, 所以對華盛頓州的 GET (Guaranteed Education Tuition Program) 並沒有特別的花時間去讀讀. 不過由於近幾個月以來, 529 Plan 跟著經濟起舞, 所以才想想也該有個保險一點的. 不過發現今年的 GET 每個 unit 都要 $74. 100 units 等於一年的學雜費等, 如果可以一次付清 400 units, 四年學雜費是 400 units * $74 約 $29,600. 如果是用分期的方式繳 18 年. 每個月是 $250 * 12 個月 * 18 年, 總共是 $54,000. $54,000 – $29,600 = $24,400 就這樣的當利息和服務費等給付了. 只是有錢能一次付清 $29,600 的人, 又那會想要加入 GET. 還不如拿去投資可能有更大的收益… Side Note: Daily walks cut risk of stroke, study says U.S. existing-home sales, prices fall; King County bucks price trend TB increasingly resistant to some drugs
幫小朋友申請護照這麼麻煩…
這星期才發現自 2 月 1 日起, 幫小朋友申請護照這麼麻煩. 父母雙方都要到場. 如果其中一位不能去, 就要另外拿表寫全權交由另一方處理. 這表格還要拿去 Notary 才行. 有時間去 Notary 不如就直接親自到場去幫小朋友申請護照了…
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Microsoft DreamSpark 趁著還是學生的時候趕緊下載來用… 
Microsoft gives students free access to complex tools Site Note: Toys will cost more this year Medical Side Note: Lights at night tied to breast cancer
住 Rainier Valley 和 Beacon Hill 請小心自身安全
2008/02/14 Bus Stop Attacker Strikes Again 2008/01/24 Search on for suspect in bus stop assault Police need public’s help to find suspect in attack 2007/11/30 Police Say Sexual Attacker Preying On Asian Women 攻擊者針對亞洲女性, 目前為止約有 21 例的類似案件. 而且最近幾次有越來越大膽的趨勢. 搭乘下列公車的人 (Metro #7, #9, #32, #34, #36, #42, #48) 以及住在 Rainier Valley 和 Beacon Hill, 請小心自身安全. Side Note: Home sales, prices decline across Washington Medical Side Note: Study links obesity to more types of cancer