November 1999, and five days are about to rock the world as tens of thousands of demonstrators take to the streets of Seattle in protest of the World Trade Organization’s Ministerial Meeting. Among them are Django (Andre Benjamin), Sam (Jennifer Carpenter), Lou (Michelle Rodriguez) and Jay (Martin Henderson). Each has a unique story, but they’re united in a common desire to be heard and to make a difference in the world. For these four protesters, this is very personal and the stakes are higher than mere politics. A peaceful demonstration to stop the WTO talks quickly escalates into a full-scale riot, and soon a State of Emergency is declared by the Mayor of Seattle. The streets are mayhem, and the WTO is paralyzed. Caught in the crossfire of civil liberties and keeping the peace are Seattle residents, including its beleaguered mayor (Ray Liotta), a riot cop on the streets (Woody Harrelson) and his pregnant wife (Charlize Theron). The choices they all make will change their lives forever. Writer/Director Stuart Townsend brings together this talented ensemble to intertwine different points of view – from protesters and police to delegates and doctors — each of whom intentionally or accidentally find themselves on the streets of Seattle in those last days of the millennium. Townsend seamlessly merges footage of the real event with his fictional narrative. Ultimately, Battle in Seattle illustrates that even against incredible odds, ordinary people can …
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Seattle

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15.013.Seattle-Seattle.View.from.Kerry.Park


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Sunset view of Seattle from Kerry Park, Queen Anne.

You can see another photo from the same session here and a nice panorama here.

I really love the warm colours in these ones.

View On Black

Seattle

Seattle Lomo


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Such fluffy spring clouds over Seattle.

Seattle

Seattle by Night


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Seattle, WA.

View Large On Black please

When you think of Seattle, you think of this view. Taken from Kerry park, this is probably one of the most recognizable views of the city.

Long exposure with a 100mm lens.

Seattle Center Dusk + Mt. Rainier


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This is the Seattle Center from Kerry Park on Queen Ann Hill….the mountain is Mt. Rainier. I have been training to climb it since January and hope to reach the summit in August. Guess what? I will be taking my camera…

BTW Mount Rainier is an active stratovolcano (also known as a composite volcano) in Pierce County, Washington, located 54 miles (87 km) southeast of Seattle, Washington, in the United States. It is the highest peak in the Cascade Range and Cascade Volcanic Arc at 14,411 feet (4,392 m). The mountain and the surrounding area are protected within Mount Rainier National Park. With 26 major glaciers, Mount Rainier is the most heavily glaciated peak in the lower 48 states with 35 square miles (91 km²) of permanent snowfields and glaciers. The summit is topped by two volcanic craters, each over 1,000 feet (300 m) in diameter with the larger east crater overlapping the west crater. Geothermal heat from the volcano keeps areas of both crater rims free of snow and ice, and has formed an extensive network of glacier caves within the ice-filled craters. A small crater lake, the highest in North America, occupies the lowest portion of the west crater below more than 160 feet (50 m) of ice and is accessible only via the caves.

Mount Rainier has a topographic prominence of 13,210 feet (4,026 m), greater than that of K2. It is a prominent feature of the southern landscape in most of the Seattle metropolitan area. On clear days, it can also be seen from as far away as Portland, Oregon, and Victoria, British Columbia. Because of its scenic dominance, Seattle-Tacoma-area residents sometimes refer to it simply as "the Mountain."

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Seattle Public Library


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Seattle Public Library — 4 photos stitched together

Seattle: Bloody woman claims she was hit by ‘machete’ in ‘Jungle’
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Seattle skyline


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This is a rather vintage view of Seattle’s skyline, taken from Kerry Park Viewpoint in the Queen Anne Hill neighborhood. On this day, Mount Rainier was hiding behind a sheet of clouds.

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One of the most common reasons is that he thinks that a cruise could be very boring travel; this is not at all true. The cruise ship offers everything that is just right for one’s enjoyment.

There are a lot of things and activities waiting for you so do not get stuck in a corner, go out and meet people- at daylight, you could enjoy the games. Moreover, it is also a reliever from stress and anxiety. The traditional way of relaxing near the pool with eyes set on the star-studded sky or flash one’s eyeballs on the beautiful people.

Some offer spa and other beauty as well as teenagers. But there are others too. As the night curtains are dropped, there are numerous bars and parties could help you socialize and mingle with others.

Others are afraid to try experiencing a cruise for he or she might be seasick. Seasickness is normal back in the past. Nowadays ships are so smooth-sailing, so they do not have large tendency to let you have seasickness. The chance to travel is worth the adventure, you do not have to be very cautious about it.

The biggest mistake a person could think is that he or she will not feel comfortable. The reason she tries to evade from cruising is that there are many people who could not drink and those who could. There are people who are like that, but I am like this…is the usual drama. You need not worry about that we could fix it anytime soon.

For younger people, they do not consider joining the older population. They think that it is not good to be in a cruise and travel because people there are all old. This is half of the truth- but let us appreciate the fact that you are there and you are unique. Meeting people along the way is not something to be afraid of bridging the differences.

The reason of others is that they have a bit of knowledge in ships and they think it is disadvantageous means to travel. You are there to unwind not to look at you an engineer who knows all the parts of their function and enumerate them to people you meet.

These are just some of the many misconceptions. These are not that strong for someone who has in his heart what he does. And, sometimes we need to look for other things… When the fact is they are just near our reach. Travel, it is a chance to be savored and not wasted.

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There are many ways that stress can harm the body. The release of chemicals called catecholamine from brain will include hormones that include adrenaline and epinephrine. A person may feel an increase in their heart rate and blood pressure. This will occur when the body is feeling the stress and their lungs and heart are going to work harder. The rate of breathing will increase and the lungs will take in more oxygen.

The blood flow increases to get the body ready for other demands that stress brings on.
A person will probably have dryness of the mouth. Blood flow will decrease to areas that are less important for basic survival and this will include the mouth. The cause of dryness of the mouth will mean that a person will have a hard time talking and swallowing.

The skin can become clammy as the blood flow is diverted to vital organs and muscles. You will feel hot or cold when this happens and you may have feelings of hot flashes as well. You will also find that digesting food is more difficult and you may experience stomach problems like nausea or cramps.

Having long-term stress can lead to physical or psychological damage to the body. Stress develops slowly into more serious problems, which can include anxiety disorders or depression. This is when a person will feel lonely and disgusted with their body and will not want to be around any other people. When this is the case, it is time for them to get the help that they need to cope with their stress. This is the only way that they can get rid of the stress that is ruining their lives.

Stress can make a person push their loved ones away. It can affect personal relationships and make it hard for people to want to be around you. Some people will get irritable and upset over the smallest thing. They will get angry easily and find themselves yelling at the people that they love the most. This is a normal side effect of stress but it can be helped and a person can start to feel like themselves again with a little help and understanding.

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* "Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go." – Oscar Wilde

* "I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." – Albert Einstein

* "Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge." – Charles Darwin 1871 (The descent of man)

* "Nature doesn’t care how smart you are. You can still be wrong." – Richard Feynman

* "Philosophy of science is about as useful to scientists as ornithology is to birds." – Richard Feynman

* "Whenever I’m wrong, the world just makes little bit less sense." – Frasier

* "I have more respect for the fellow with a single idea who gets there than for the fellow with a thousand ideas who does nothing." – Thomas Edison

* "Morality is about doing the right thing when no one is watching." – Atheist’s Wager

* "If atheism is a belief system then not collecting stamps is a hobby." – Jafafa Hots (Slashdot comment)

* "Do _I_ know what "rhetorical" means?" – Homer Simpson

* "Skill shows through where genius wears thin." – Wittgenstein

* "You cannot build a society around steak and sunshine and expect life to move quickly." – Maciej Ceglowski on Argentina

* "It is said that papers in string theory are published at a rate greater than the speed of light. This, however, is not problematic since no information is being transmitted." – H. Kleinert.

* "You’re not old until regret take the place of your dreams" – Uknown

* "A first sign of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die." – Franz Kafka

* "Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana." – Groucho Marx

* "Fools you are who say you like to learn from your mistakes. I prefer to learn from the mistakes of others, and avoid the cost of my own." – Otto von Bismarck

* "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." – Voltaire

* "Don’t ask yourself what the world needs; Ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive." – Howard Thurman

* "God lives in the gaps of our knowledge." – Greg Perkins (From Henry Drummond)

* "I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ." – Mahatma Gandhi

* "Beware of altruism. It is based on self-deception, the root of all evil." – Robert Heinlein, (though Lazarus)

* "C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot; C++ makes it harder, but when you do it blows your whole leg off." – Bjarne Stroustrup

* "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." -  Eleanor Roosevelt

* "I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly. If something is in me which can be called religious then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it." – Albert Einstein (1954)

* "You have come into a hard world. I know of only one easy place in it, and that is the grave." – Henry Ward Beecher

* "The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government." – Henry Ward Beecher

* "The most dangerous people are the ignorant." – Henry Ward Beecher

* "It’s easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top." – Henry Ward Beecher

* "Even not-so-great paintings – in fact, any slapdash attempt at splashing paint onto a surface – will get you laid more than writing software, especially if you have the slightest hint of being a tortured, brooding soul about you." – Maciej Ceglowski

* "Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight." – Bill Gates

* "You can accomplish anything you want in life provided you don’t mind who gets the credit." – Harry S. Truman

* "And while it would be great to have programmers who are also great at sales, graphic design, system administration, and cooking, it’s unrealistic. Like teaching a pig to sing, it wastes your time and it annoys the pig." – Joel Spolsky

* "Let the willing and the able self-select out of the mainstream and into the upstream." – David Heinemeier Hansson (2006-04-07)

* "People have strange little preferences. For example, I love flashlights, tubing of any sort, moss, and ball bearings. No reason. I just like those things." – Scott Adams

* "Fairness is a concept that was invented so that children and idiots could participate in arguments." – Scott Adams

* "I know that some of you think that life without caffeine is actually worth living. But it isn’t." – Scott Adams

* "What is past is prologue." – William Shakespeare

* "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." – George Orwell

* "Om du tror kompetens kostar pengar, vad tror du d?? inkompetens kostar?" – Johan Sta?«l von Holstein

* "Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent." – Isaac Asimov

* "Don’t look for malice where incompetence will do." – Napoleon

* "Denial is a special case of optimism." – Leighton Read

* "Ethanol is for drinking, not driving." – Jay Keasling

* "If consumers even know there’s a DRM, what it is, and how it works, we’ve already failed." – Disney Executive

* "What do I think of Western civilisation? I think it would be a very good idea." – Gandhi

* "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." – Martin Luther King Jr.

* "Ask yourself: Why is it important for me to believe that I know the answers?" – Buddah

* "He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts…for support rather than illumination." – Andrew Lang (1844-1912)

* "Philosophy is questions that may never be answered. Religion is answers that may never be questioned." – Unknown

* "The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter." – Winston Churchill

* Respect goes both ways. Fear only goes one. – Unknown

* "Saying creation is true because not everything about evolution is known, is like saying that because the world isn’t perfectly round (it is a bit flattened at the poles) it must be flat." – Claes Mogren 14/11-2006

* "Stupider is a word for people who would use it" – Mark Shuttleworth

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This is borne out of data from a survey conducted by Leo J. Shapiro & Associates, on behalf of the American Bar Association’s Section of Litigation, which shows that close to three quarters of American adults experience some event during a twelve-month period that may require the services of a lawyer. Over half of those who
needed an attorney chose not to hire one, and close to 80% of those yet to experience legal problems gave strong indications they might go down the same route.

Why all the doom and gloom? Price is the most sticking point for most consumers. When it comes to hiring a lawyer, hourly fees of $100 up to $1000 are out of reach of most people’s budget. And then comes the trepidation of searching for a good attorney and the right service: there is a lot of uncertainty and confusion as what a lawyer will do, and how to tell the good from the bad.

A legal plan may solve these problems and change the way you think of legal services. Thanks to this arrangement, you can now talk to a lawyer whenever you have a problem, without fear this will leave you out of pocket. In fact, you don’t even need to be embroiled in a legal problem to get legal advice:  just pick up the phone, call your attorney and get the necessary legal advice susceptible of resolving any potential problems – with professional legal advice and follow-up, you can prevent ninety percent of your legal questions becoming legal problems.

Basic services such as the drafting of your will, review of sample health contracts and writing letters on your behalf are handled at no cost to you. If you want further coverage to include family problems, such as a divorce or custody of children, and any legal representation in court, then you simply pay a premium and get more inclusive coverage.

Even if your plan doesn’t cover complex legal matters, it can still save your money on those sky-high attorney fees. Discounts of up to 20percent are offered on hourly and flat rates. Ultimately, it’s not all down to how much you can save. Having an attorney readily available at all times gives you peace of mind, in the knowledge that there is someone you can use on retainer for advice and help on anything of legal nature.

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Often, we dream big dreams and have great aspirations. Unfortunately, our dreams remain just that – dreams. And our aspirations easily collect dust in our attic.

This is a sad turn of events in our life. Instead of experiencing exciting adventures in self actualization, we get caught up in the humdrum of living from day-to-day just barely existing.

But you know what? Life could be so much better, if only we learned to aim higher.

The most common problem to setting goals is the word impossible. Most people get hung up thinking I can’t do this. It’s too hard. It’s too impossible. No one can do this.

However, if everyone thought that, there would be no inventions, no innovations, and no breakthroughs in human accomplishment.

Remember that scientists were baffled when they took a look at the humble bumblebee. Theoretically, they said, it was impossible for the bumblebee to fly. Unfortunately for the bumble, bee no one has told it so. So fly it does.

On the other hand, some people suffer from dreaming totally outrageous dreams and not acting on them. The result? Broken dreams, and tattered aspirations.

If you limit yourself with self-doubt, and self-limiting assumptions, you will never be able to break past what you deem impossible. If you reach too far out into the sky without working towards your goal, you will find yourself clinging on to the impossible dream.

Try this exercise. Take a piece of paper and write down some goals in your life. Under one header, list down things ‘you know you can do’. Under another header, write the things ‘you might be able to do.’ And under one more, list the things that that are ‘ impossible for you to do.’

Now look at all the headers strive every day to accomplish the goals that are under things ‘you know you can do’. Check them when you are able to accomplish them. As you slowly are able to check all of your goals under that heading, try accomplishing the goals under the other header-the one that reads ‘you might be able to do.’

As of the items you wrote under things I could do are accomplished, you can move the goals that are under things that are ‘ impossible for you to do’ to the list of things ‘you might be able to do.’

As you iterate through this process, you will find out that the goals you thought were impossible become easier to accomplish. And the impossible begin to seem possible after all.

You see, the technique here is not to limit your imagination. It is to aim high, and start working towards that goal little by little. However, it also is unwise to set a goal that is truly unrealistic.

Those who just dream towards a goal without working hard end up disappointed and disillusioned.

On the other hand, if you told someone a hundred years ago that it was possible for man to be on the moon, they would laugh at you. If you had told them that you could send mail from here to the other side of the world in a few seconds, they would say you were out of your mind. But, through sheer desire and perseverance, these impossible dreams are now realities.

Thomas Edison once said that genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. Nothing could be truer. For one to accomplish his or her dreams, there has to be had work and discipline. But take note that that 1% has to be a think-big dream, and not some easily accomplished one.

Ask any gym rat and he or she will tell you that there can be no gains unless you are put out of your comfort zone. Remember the saying, “No pain, no gain”? That is as true as it can be.

So dream on, friend! Don’t get caught up with your perceived limitations. Think big and work hard to attain those dreams. As you step up the ladder of progress, you will just about find out that the impossible has just become a little bit more possible.

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Traditional
Written By: Lydia Maria Child
Music By: Unknown

Over the river and thru the wood,
To grandfather's house we go;
The horse knows the way
To carry the sleigh,
Thru the white and drifted snow, oh!
Over the river and thru the wood,
Oh, how the wind does blow!
It stings the toes,
And bites the nose,
As over the ground we go.

Over the river and thru the wood,
To have a first-rate play;
Oh, hear the bell ring,
"Ting-a-ling-ling!"
Hurrah for Thanksgiving Day-ay!
Over the river and thru the wood,
Trot fast my dapple gray!
Spring over the ground,
Like a hunting hound!
For this is Thanksgiving Day.

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