Grist Magazine, Environmental News & Commentary (est. 1999), is an online magazine (www.grist.org), headquartered in Seattle, Washington. Their stated editorial goal is to present environmental news in a lively, accessible style: ...at Grist, we believe that news about green issues and sustainable living doesn't have to be predictable, demoralizing, or dull. We butter the vegetables! And add salt! And strain metaphors! 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... A Webzine is an ezine hosted on the World Wide Web rather than in print. ... City nickname Emerald City City bird Great Blue Heron City flower Dahlia City mottos The City of Flowers The City of Goodwill City song Seattle, the Peerless City Mayor Greg Nickels County King County Area   - Total   - Land   - Water   - % water 369. ... State nickname: The Evergreen State Other U.S. States Capital Olympia Largest city Seattle Governor Christine Gregoire Official languages None Area 184,824 km² (18th)  - Land 172,587 km²  - Water 12,237 km² (6. ...

Grist is a US non-profit corporation, funded by grants, donations and advertising. It received a grant of UD$1.3 million from the V. Kann Rasmussen Foundation, to assist in its transition to non-profit status, improve product, and reach new audiences. It is available free of charge. US,Us or us may stand for the United States of America us, the oblique case form of the English language pronoun we. ... A non-profit organization (often called non-profit org or simply non-profit or not-for-profit) is an organization whose primary objective is something other than the generation of profit. ... Grant can refer to several things: Clan Grant — a Scottish clan. ... A donation is a gift to a fund or cause, usually for charitable reasons. ... Generally speaking, advertising is the paid promotion of goods, services, companies and ideas by an identified sponsor. ... FREE (Full Reactive Eyes Entertainment) is the genre created by Yu Suzuki to describe his game Shenmue for the Sega Dreamcast. ...