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 Seattle, Washington - www.1-seattle.com
Seattle's worldwide reputation for rain derives from the fact that it is cloudy an average of 226 days per year (vs. 132 in New York City) and the fact that most of its precipitation falls as drizzle or light rain, as Seattle is in the rain shadow of the Olympic mountains.
Seattle has an educated population: of Seattle's population over the age of 25, 47.2% (vs. a national average of 24%) hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 93% (vs. 80% nationally) have a high school diploma or equivalent.
Seattle is noted for its reliance on water traffic, with many people commuting to work from Bainbridge Island, Vashon Island, Bremerton, and Southworth via the Washington State Ferries system, which is the largest in the United States and the third largest in the world.
www.1-seattle.com   (6905 words)

  
 Top20Seattle.com - Your Top20Guide to Seattle, WA.
As of 2004, the population estimates of the city given by the U.S. Census Bureau was 571,480, however, in 2005, the city has an estimated population of 573,000 and a metropolitan population of almost 3.8 million.
Seattle does not even have its own jail, contracting out the few misdemeanor inmates it convicts to either the King County Jail (which is located downtown), the Yakima County Jail, or (for short-term holdings) the Renton City Jail.
Seattle was also the hometown of Jimi Hendrix, Duff McKagan(Guns 'n Roses) and Quincy Jones, while Ann and Nancy Wilson of the band Heart, often attributed to Seattle, were actually from the neighboring suburb of Bellevue.
top20seattle.com   (4934 words)

  
 Kayaking Seattle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Seattle Pacific University - Seattle Pacific University is a Christian university of the liberal arts, sciences and professions located on the north slope of Queen Anne Hill in Seattle, Washington.
It was founded in 1891 by the Oregon and Washington Conference of the Free Methodist Church as the Seattle Seminary, became The Seattle Seminary and College in 1913, Seattle Pacific College in 1915, and took its present name in 1977.
Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railroad - The Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway was a railroad founded in Seattle, Washington on April 28, 1885, with the purpose of creating a rail connection to North Dakota via Walla Wallu, an outpost on the Columbia River near today's Tri-Cities.
www.wcmvalladolid2003.com /kayakingseattle.html   (1038 words)

  
 The Kobe earthquake: Lessons for Seattle from its sister city   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
In both cities, a series of shallow faults are capable of violent shaking.
Port city and geography: Kobe is nestled between Osaka Bay and the Rokko Mountains, similar to Seattle’s relationship to Puget Sound and the Cascades.Both cities are major international commercial ports.
City made few preparations for aftershocks or landslides by bracing or reinforcing moderately damaged structures.
seattlepi.nwsource.com /local/60379_kobequake.shtml   (635 words)

  
 Seattle.gov - the official site of the City of Seattle - Home Page
City Light crews are working around the clock to restore power and many main feeders have been restored.
City leaders respond to Gov. Gregoire's decision to put the fate of the waterfront in the hands of Seattle voters.
The Seattle Channel wants to hear what you think was Seattle's biggest 2006 story.
www.cityofseattle.net   (396 words)

  
 List of sister cities in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of sister cities in the United States arranged alphabetically by state.
A searchable, interactive list is maintained by Sister Cities International.
This is a subset of the worldwide list List of twin towns and sister cities.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_sister_cities_in_the_United_States   (2451 words)

  
 sponsors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Whereas USCSCA is not a political organization, our modest work, to establish sister cities with our Cuban counterparts, is continually impeded by the ups and downs of U.S. policy towards Cuba.
Including Cuba on a list of terrorist nations and thereby preventing Americans from traveling to Cuba is clearly a policy that deserves to be questioned.
The Seattle Cuba Sister Cities Association has had positive contacts with democratically elected local Cuban officials for the last 1.5 years.
www.uscsca.org /sponsorslist.htm   (1201 words)

  
 Sister City Support Network » Events   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
We are one city assisting one other city in its long term effort to rebuild in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina by: networking within our community, with other towns who embrace Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi as a sister city, and most importantly, with locals who live in Bay Saint Louis.
The Sister City Project fund will provide grilled fish as the main course … and YOU are asked to bring SOMETHING to share: a side dish, salad, bread, dessert, or beverages..
The hitch with the agreement to rebuild was that the Sister City Project did not have the funding base for the cost of materials, and neither did the McCullums.
sistercitysupport.net /?cat=9   (2140 words)

  
 US Cuba Sister Cities Association
At a meeting in New York City in September of 1998, while sharing our stories of the benefits and astounding successes of our sister city projects, participants noted the desire of many other cities to enter into equally beneficial mutual exchanges by developing official people-to-people community linkages.
The “US-CUBA Sister Cities Association,” agrees to create a nationwide organization inviting people interested in learning more about sister cities and those already engaged in the work to join together to create a broad, new network between the people of Cuba and the people of the United States.
To foster sister city relationships and understanding through mutually beneficial exchanges between individuals, community groups, organizations, and institutions in the United States with counterparts in Cuba.
www.uscsca.org /default.htm   (1190 words)

  
 Seattle-Limbe Sister City Association
The development of people-to-people relationships between the citizens of Seattle and Limbe that encourage understanding one another as individuals, as members of the community and as citizens of the global community.
Le chef des pompiers de Seattle a donné des avis sur la prévention des incendies, et l'association a donné des instruments de musique pour une école entière, a donné des livres d'anglais pour une école, et a envoyé des ordinateurs.
That means that the list administrator reads them and then consults with the board about whether the email is appropriate to send the to the list.
www.seattle-limbe.org   (3726 words)

  
 List of Seattle sister cities - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Seattle, Washington has 21 sister cities, according to Sister Cities International [1].
The City of Seattle formerly had a relationship with:
Washington State Lt. Governor's list of the state's Sister city relationships.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Seattle_sister_cities   (83 words)

  
 Metroblogging Austin: Sister, Sister
Did you know that Austin has 10 sister cities (4 in Asia, 2 in Africa, 1 in Europe, 1 in South America, 1 in Mexico and 1 in Austrailia)?
Not only that, but ten sisters isn't enough for us and we're wooing a city in Turkey this summer.
I was living in Oita prefecture (a prefecture is like a cross between a county and a state) when the sister city delegation from Austin came to Oita City.
austin.metblogs.com /archives/2006/06/sister_sister.phtml   (285 words)

  
 Asia Pacific Cities Summit - Asia Pacific Cities Summit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The 2005 Asia Pacific Cities Summit was officially opened by the Honourable Wang Hongju, Mayor of Chongqing on 12 October 2005.
If you are concerned about managing growth and change in cities, the 2005 Asia Pacific Cities Summit, hosted by the City of Chongqing, China, 11-14 October, will offer an intensive program to challenge your thinking and give you the opportunity to make valuable new contacts from around the world, including China's top 20 cities.
BRISBANE City Council is partnering with the Chongqing Municipal...
www.apsummit.org   (549 words)

  
 Sister Cities International   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
City with manyhistorical and colonial relics as a reminder of the portugues 1500, English/German1800,French 1900.Restored colonial biuldings
Desired characteristics of a Sister City (limit: 200 words):
Is this request supported by your local sister city organization?
www.sister-cities.org /icrc/cityseek/list/display?recID=34246   (116 words)

  
 Seattle, Washington media list - Seattle newspapers, Seattle TV stations, Seattle media contacts at Mondo Times
Seattle, Washington media list - Seattle newspapers, Seattle TV stations, Seattle media contacts at Mondo Times
Download Seattle media contact lists at our sister site Easy Media List.
Find Seattle, Washington government, news, weather and maps at FindaCity.net, covering over 5,900 American cities and towns.
www.mondotimes.com /1/world/us/47/2645   (88 words)

  
 Condé Nast Traveler's lists of the top hotels, restaurants, and more on Concierge.com
Condé Nast Traveler's lists of the top hotels, restaurants, and more on Concierge.com
The top cities, resorts, islands, and hotels, and more
The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached, or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of CondéNet Inc.
www.concierge.com /cntraveler/lists   (236 words)

  
 **sister** - OneLook Dictionary Search   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Show: All matches, Common words and phrases only, Common words only
on a clear day i can't see my sister
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 43 Things
Goals tagged "2007 resolution" are used to calculate our Top 2007 Resolutions list.
esperanzachica wants to trust someone completely make radical changes in 2007 make friends with people who live in the same city as me Stay at my job past August get corrective eye surgery or lasik devise and implement Plan D Chat with Maya Angelou about poetry
SuperRock wants to organize my computer files Scrapbook all my photos learn to paint learn to dance live purposefully really learn/re-learn human anatomy read Anna Karenina eat more fruit Read through the Bible
www.43things.com   (409 words)

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