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Seattle is the largest city in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located in the U.S. State of Washington between Puget Sound and Lake Washington, nearly 108 miles (174 km) south of the United States–Canadian border in King County, of which it is the county seat.
Seattle was founded in the 1850s and named after Chief Seattle, also known as Noah Sealth. As of 2006, the city had an estimated population of 578,800 and a metropolitan population of almost 3.8 million. Seattle is the hub for the Greater Puget Sound region. Its official nickname is the Emerald City because of the lush evergreen trees in the surrounding area; it is also referred to as the Rainy City, the Gateway to Alaska, Queen City, and Jet City, due to the local influence of Boeing. Seattle residents are known as Seattleites.
Seattle is known as the birthplace of grunge music, and it has a reputation for heavy coffee consumption: locally founded coffee companies include Starbucks, Seattle's Best and Tully's Coffee. Seattle was also the site of the 1999 meeting of the World Trade Organization, and the attendant demonstrations by anti-globalization activists, which were in keeping with Seattle's Democratic history and reputation for liberal politics. Researchers at Central Connecticut State University ranked Seattle the most literate city in America in 2005.
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Copenhagen 2009 looking more & more like Seattle 1999. #Cop15
HiMYSYeD (HiMY SYeD) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 08:34:43 -0000
Copenhagen 2009 looking more & more like Seattle 1999. #Cop15
Algum publicitário ai se lembra de Seattle? 1999
Jkerouac (João) Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:26:56 -0000
Algum publicitário ai se lembra de Seattle? 1999
L'agenda polÃtica de Seattle l'any 1999 encara ens serveix a Copenhague aquest 2009: http://icio.us/3zbdct
oriolllado (Oriol Lladó) Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:52:35 -0000
L'agenda política de Seattle l'any 1999 encara ens serveix a Copenhague aquest 2009: http://icio.us/3zbdct
Poor nations walk out of Copenhagen talks. Seattle 1999 all over again? Let's hope it ends better.
owenbarder (Owen Barder) Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:17:15 -0000
Poor nations walk out of Copenhagen talks. Seattle 1999 all over again? Let's hope it ends better.
RT @SealTheDeal2012: Seattle, 10 years later - "Greece and Iceland now know what Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand knew in 1999" http://j ...
Battal (Battal) Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:18:44 -0000
RT @SealTheDeal2012: Seattle, 10 years later - "Greece and Iceland now know what Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand knew in 1999" http://j ...
Seattle, 10 years later - "Greece and Iceland now know what Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand knew in 1999" http://j.mp/8TUMme #cop15
SealTheDeal2012 (Seal The Deal 2012) Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:14:00 -0000
Seattle, 10 years later - "Greece and Iceland now know what Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand knew in 1999" http://j.mp/8TUMme #cop15
FBI Raids Independent Media Center - Security plans intended to protect Western leaders attending a trade summit were posted on a Seattle-based web site. On Saturday night, FBI agents raided the offices of the Independent Media Center in downtown Seattle. [Seattle Post-Intelligencer]
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Seattle: Contempt Causes Insanity - An Aesthetic Realism commentary defining economic freedom--what does it mean for the world and its wealth to be owned in a way that is free?
Seattle Apology - A Seattle resident offers public apology to WTO countries for the allegedly spoiled and uncivilized activists who disrupted the city in 1999.
Meta Description: [ Describes why the events of the WTO happen, the protestors and vandals, the effects of their actions, and an apology ]
The Rumble in Seattle - Article by Stephen Van Esch looking at the arguments of saner minds concerning the WTO.
Meta Description: [
In most urban centres people do not know the neighbours across the hall, yet they will exchange the most intimate details of their personal lives with strangers in Swaziland via electronic chat rooms. In the midst of this world there exists a place where the hangers-on, the merely somewha... ]
WTO Action - Historical note on a internet campaign promoting the Cross-Canada Caravan to the Seattle 1999 Protests.
Meta Description: [ OpenConcept's origins were based in the anti-globalization movement framed by the Battle of Seattle. In the fall of 1999 we were contracted to provide a web site for the Cross Canada Caravan Against the WTO. This was a loose coalition of unions, ]
WTO Protests at Seattle - Critiques of press coverage of Seattle WTO meeting and links to information about WTO.
Meta Description: [ This part of the globalissues.org web site looks at the events in Seattle during the 1999 WTO ministerial meeting. ]
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