What was I thinking? Now I must go through with it. Training hard and putting a team together for the annual Columbia Tower Stair Climb in an effort to fundraise for Leukemia. I think this may be the tallest building in Seattle. What I do know is that each time I go there it is up a couple el
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02/18/2008
Barbara Corcoran recently shared these tips on the today show. This definately makes sense in this market where sellers may be under pressure financially to dump the house. It is a buyer's market so take your time and exercise due dilligence."My neighbors are wonderful!" Really? Why not check
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02/18/2008
Home values will "stabilize again," but it will be a rocky ride with some time until they do -- especially for home sellers. If you can, stay put and ride this out. For sellers whose circumstances demand that they sell in today's soft market:Realize that your house is worth only "what someone is
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01/03/2008
I have been so moved by the Secret in 2007 that I want to share with You. Believe this......it works! Here is a short recap I wrote:"THE SECRET IS THE ANSWER TO ALL THAT HAS BEEN, ALL THAT IS, AND ALL THAT WILL EVER BE." ~Ralph W
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01/01/2008
Reverse mortgages used to be a way for homeowners to get extra cash during retirement. Now they're also being used for a more-pressing purpose: helping people who are struggling to meet payments on high-interest-rate loans to keep their homes. The strategy calls for persuading lenders to take th
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01/01/2008
Circus Contraption's Klezmer-fueled "dark cabaret" never fails to make us smile, and the Aerialistas have a way with the rope and trapeze that goes way over our heads in the best possible way. The troupes perform at Seattle Center as part of the Winterfest revels, and the shows are free. Center H
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12/30/2007
Boeing recently finalized a deal with British Airways creating a total for 790 orders of the Dreamliner plane. British Airways' order gives the plane one of the industry's most successful launches ever - even though the airliner has yet to take flight. Boeing expects to fly the first 787 around
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12/30/2007
There has been much talk of the Bush administration planning to help subprime borrowers whose loans are due to reset to higher interest rates next year. But hundreds of thousands of borrowers that obtained the Pay Option ARM with good credit will see sharp increases in their payments if unable to
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12/30/2007
Metro closed the tunnel Dec. 17, reopened it Dec. 18, then closed it again Dec. 19. It has remained closed.The computer system, installed this year, is designed to let operators control signals, ventilation, elevators, security cameras and lights from a control center near Safeco Field in an emer
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12/26/2007
I was so excited when I heard that President Bush signed into law this month, legislation that will bring more fuel-efficient vehicles into auto showrooms and require wider use of ethanol, calling it "a major step" toward energy independence and easing global warming. The legislation signed by Bu
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12/26/2007