The Seattle Gay News is a weekly newspaper aimed at the Seattle, and Puget Sound area LGBT community.

Prior to being elected to Seattle City Council, Conlin directed the Community and Environment Division at Metrocenter YMCA from 1985 to 1996, where he directed YMCA Earth Service Corps, created the Master Home Environmentalist certification program ( aimed at reducing indoor pollution ) and co-founded the policy group Sustainable Seattle.

Under Williams ' leadership, Aetna sought to make a positive impact on health care in America by serving as a catalyst for change, focusing the industry, public policy leaders, physicians and employers on issues aimed at increasing access and affordability, and transforming American health care into a more efficient system that delivers greater value to all Americans .< sup ></ sup > He has championed specific reforms in numerous broadcast media interviews and authored or co-authored op-ed articles in The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, The Financial Times and the Seattle Post-Intelligence .< sup ></ sup >

However, some of the more successful American League teams of recent memory, including the 2002 Anaheim Angels, the 2001 Seattle Mariners and the 2005 Chicago White Sox have experienced their success in part as a result of playing " small ball ," advancing runners through means such as the stolen base and the related hit and run play.

During Selig's terms as Executive Council Chairman ( from 1992 – 1998 ) and Commissioner, new stadiums have opened in Arizona, Atlanta, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Colorado, Detroit, Houston, Milwaukee, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Arlington, St. Louis, Washington, D. C., New York City ( Flushing, Queens and the Bronx ), Minneapolis, and Miami.

These wines continue to be associated with the homeless, mainly because marketers have been aggressive in targeting low-income communities as ideal consumers of these beverages ; organizations in cities such as Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, and Portland have urged makers of inexpensive fortified wine, including E & J Gallo Winery, to stop providing such products to liquor stores in impoverished areas.

He accepted that someone else in his group might have been on the same flight, but noted that he flew back to Seattle to talk with Microsoft again.

One alleged example of such extravagance was the shark episode, or red snapper incident, which is said to have taken place at the Edgewater Inn in Seattle on 28 July 1969.

The Seattle Washington, Jordan River Utah, and México City México Temples each have a 4. 6 meter casting of this statue.

Previous settings have included Denver and New York City with plans for season 4 to take place in Seattle.

Seattle is the only team to have played in the AFC ( American Football Conference ) and NFC Championship Games.

As of the 2011 season, the Seattle Seahawks have competed in 36 NFL seasons, dating back to their expansion year of 1976.

In the past two years, nearly 100 alumni have participated in Magis efforts such as the Alumni Mexico Mission Trek and the annual Serve Seattle project.

In some markets, local liberal hosts have existed for years, such as the British talk host Michael Jackson ( who was on the air at KABC in Los Angeles beginning in 1968 and is currently at KGIL ); Bernie Ward in San Francisco ; Jack Ellery in New Jersey and Tampa ; Dave Ross in Seattle, and Marc Germain in Los Angeles.

Electric buses, which use twin trolley poles ( one for live current, one for return ) but have wheels with tyres rolling on a hard surface rather than tracks, are called trolleybuses, trackless trolleys ( particularly in the Northeastern U. S .), or sometimes ( in the UK, as well as in Seattle and Vancouver ) simply trolleys.

( Not sanctioned, due to being within 10 years of the Seattle World's Fair in 1962, some countries decline, but many countries have pavilions with exotic crafts, art & food.

IWW organizing drives in recent years have included a major campaign to organize Borders Books in 1996, a strike at the Lincoln Park Mini Mall in Seattle that same year, organizing drives at Wherehouse Music, Keystone Job Corps, the community organization ACORN, various homeless and youth centers in

The IWW represents administrative and maintenance workers under contract in Seattle, while the union in Pittsburgh lost 22-21 in an NLRB election, only to have the results invalidated in late 2006, based on management's behavior before the election.

Some cities or counties also have an annual State of the City Address given by the mayor, county commissioner or board chair, including Sonoma County, California ; Orlando, Florida ; Cincinnati, Ohio ; Parma, Ohio ; Detroit, Michigan ; Seattle, Washington ; Birmingham, Alabama ; Boston, Massachusetts ; Los Angeles, California ; Buffalo, New York ; Rochester, New York ; San Antonio, Texas ; McAllen, Texas ; and San Diego, California.

The Times is the first newspaper to have borne that name, lending it to numerous other papers around the world, including The Times of India ( 1838 ), The Straits Times ( 1845 ), The New York Times ( 1851 ), The Irish Times ( 1859 ), the Los Angeles Times ( 1881 ), The Seattle Times ( 1891 ), The Daily Times ( Malawi ) ( 1900 ), The Canberra Times ( 1926 ), The Times ( Malta ) ( 1935 ) and The Times of Israel ( Israel ) ( 2012 ).

In Phoenix, Arizona and Seattle, Washington, among other places, metered on-ramps have been implemented.

Experiences in Portland and Seattle have demonstrated that successful collaborative planning depends on a number of interrelated factors: the process must be truly inclusive, with all stakeholders and affected groups invited to the table ; the community must have final decision-making authority ; full government commitment ( of both financial and intellectual resources ) must be manifest ; participants should be given clear objectives by planning staff, who facilitate the process by providing guidance, consultancy, expert opinions, and research ; and facilitators should be trained in conflict resolution and community organization.

A study in Seattle, Washington, showed that all wild salmon had roundworm larvae capable of infecting people, while farm-raised salmon did not have any roundworm larvae.

Many fast food operations have more local and regional roots, such as White Castle in the Midwest United States, along with Hardee's ( owned by CKE Restaurants, which also owns Carl's Jr., whose locations are primarily on the United States West Coast ); Krystal, Bojangles ' Famous Chicken ' n Biscuits, Cook Out, and Zaxby's restaurants in the American Southeast ; Raising Cane's in Louisiana ; Hot ' n Now in Michigan and Wisconsin ; In-N-Out Burger ( in California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, and Texas ) and Original Tommy's chains in Southern California ; Dick's Drive-In in Seattle, Washington and Arctic Circle in Utah and other western states ; Halo Burger around Flint, Michigan and Burgerville in the Portland, Oregon area.

In U. S. border communities such as Bellingham, Seattle, Buffalo, Detroit and Burlington, CBC radio and television stations can be received over-the-air and have a significant audience.

For example, gays and lesbians in San Francisco congregate in the gay and lesbian-oriented Castro neighborhood, while gays and lesbians in Seattle concentrate in the city's older bohemian stomping grounds of Capitol Hill and those of Montreal have concentrated in a working-class neighbourhood referred to administratively as " Centre-Sud ", but largely known as " Le Village ".

On April 29,, Clemens became the first pitcher in history to strike out 20 batters in a nine-inning major league game, against the Seattle Mariners at Fenway Park.

Instead, the name Seattle Seahawks (" Seahawk ", another name for Osprey ) was selected on June 17, 1975 after a public naming contest which drew more than 20, 000 entries and over 1, 700 different names.

Haywood averaged nearly 30 points and 20 rebounds per game in his only ABA season, then breached his Denver contract by signing with the Seattle SuperSonics and jumping to the NBA.

Following the 1999 season, Olerud returned home, agreeing to a three-year, $ 20 million contract with the Seattle Mariners.

The original Seattle Ridge double chairlift was installed in 1976, but due to a very poor snow year in 1976 – 77 it was not operated until December 20, 1977, christened by local legend Gretchen Fraser.

Average winter temperatures are only about 2 – 3 C ( 3 – 5 F ) degrees colder than in cities such as Portland and Seattle, and temperatures below − 20 C (− 4 F ) are very rare, but not unheard of.

City of Soap LakeSoap Lake is located in the center of the state of Washington, 20 miles north of Interstate 90 between Seattle and Spokane, sitting in a desert environment with nine inches or less of rainfall per year and 320 days of sun.

He said that in the process of clearing land, he cut, removed, and sold 296, 000 board feet from 20 acres to a Terence O ' Brien of Seattle.

Lake Forest Park officially incorporated on June 20, 1961, in large part to help maintain its specific identity in the face of increasing local development pressing north from Seattle.

It is located approximately 20 miles north-northeast of downtown Seattle and is part of the Seattle metropolitan area.

In the spring of 1993, the band released their single " Beautiful Son ", which was recorded in Seattle with producer Jack Endino as a fill-in bass player ; Love also played bass on the single's b-side " 20 Years In the Dakota ".

Bothell was mostly a bedroom community for people working in Seattle until the 1990s when business development brought new jobs to create a regional employment center with about 20, 000 jobs, many in high technology sectors such as biotechnology and software development.

Nelson announced his idea for a nationwide teach-in day on the environment in a speech to a fledgling conservation group in Seattle on September 20, 1969, and then again six days later in Atlantic City to a meeting of the United Auto Workers.

Letourneau and Fualaau were married on May 20, 2005 in the Seattle suburb of Woodinville in a ceremony at the Columbia Winery.

* On April 20, 1990, Brian Holman of the Seattle Mariners gave up a home run to Ken Phelps of the Oakland Athletics.

* 4 / 20: Live In Seattle ( 2006 )

An informal memorial was held for Staley on the night of April 20 at the Seattle Center which was attended by at least 1000 fans and friends, including Cantrell, Starr, Inez, Kinney and Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell.

Most major U. S. passenger carriers serve ANC, with the majority of passenger flight operations by Alaska Airlines to and from Seattle ( an average of 20 flights per day ) and Fairbanks ( an average of 13 flights per day ).

Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern train wreck in the University District, 20 August 1894.

They were able to clinch a playoff berth as the 5th seed in the NFC, eventually losing 21 – 20 against the Seahawks in Seattle on January 6, on a botched hold by Tony Romo during a field goal attempt.

Cunningham initially received his first formal dance and theater training at the Cornish School ( now Cornish College of the Arts ) in Seattle, which he attended from 1937 to 1939 at age 20.

* Traded by Lakers with Travis Knight and conditional 2001 1st-round pick to New York Knicks as part of four-team deal on September 20, 2000 ( Lakers received Emanual Davis, Greg Foster, Horace Grant and Chuck Person from Seattle SuperSonics ; New York also received Luc Longley and two 2nd-round picks from Phoenix Suns and Lazaro Borrell, Vernon Maxwell, Vladimir Stepania and conditional 2001 1st-round pick from Seattle ; Phoenix received Chris Dudley, conditional 2001 1st-round pick and cash from New York ; Seattle received Patrick Ewing from New York ).