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About SeattleAll information from Wikipedia's Seattle page.
Seattle is the birthplace of grunge music and has a reputation for heavy coffee consumption; coffee companies founded or based in Seattle include Starbucks, Seattle's Best Coffee, and Tully's. There are also many successful independent artisanal espresso roasters and cafes. Researchers at Central Connecticut State University ranked Seattle the most literate city of America's sixty-nine largest cities in 2005 and 2006, second most literate in 2007 (after Minneapolis), and tied with Minneapolis in 2008. Moreover, analysis conducted by the United States Census Bureau of 2003 survey data indicated that Seattle was the most educated large city in the U.S. with 51.6 percent of residents 25 and older having at least bachelor degrees. Seattle's mild climate is usually classified as Marine west coast. However, its wet-winter/dry-summer pattern shows some characteristics of a Mediterranean climate, and it is sometimes classified this way. |
Conference VenueHotel 10001000 First Avenue Seattle, WA 98104 Ph: (206) 957-1000 Important Dates
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