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Nautical Meets Celestial
There are two things I love to do in this ancient city...take boat rides and watch the moonrise. I'm known to head to a nearby beach or river dock to see my lunar friend come up over the horizon.
Recently, I had the pleasure of experiencing both of my loves simultaneously. It was remarkable and I look forward to doing it again. St. Augustine's municipal marina is home to the Schooner Freedom. It's a beautiful sail boat that makes passengers feel like they're on a film set. They host regular sailing excursions including a monthly full moon sail. Shortly after boarding, a few of us were invited to help raise the sails - super cool and an incidental workout. The full moon sort of snuck up on me as I happened to sit on an east facing seat onboard. You probably know the sight...a full rich golden moon just over the horizon; giving the illusion of being enchantingly enormous with the landscape of homes and trees in the foreground. The sight always leaves me speechless and in awe.
The crew was made up of a cool variety of folks. They were knowledgeable and enthusiastic about all things nautical and mingled with us passengers during the sail.
Admission on the Schooner Freedom includes a variety of beer and wine. As we got farther from the marina and darkness fully set it, the experience became more and more surreal and sensory. An acoustic guitarist/vocalist played familiar songs like "Over The Rainbow" during the sail, which was a pleasant touch.
We passengers all seemed pensive for most of the sail. Being on the water is calming and spurs quiet reflection on things as simple as the day's events or as profound as our place in the universe under shining celestial bodies.
The sail was a special one. By the time it was over, one romantic passenger had proposed to another!
(She said yes.)

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The Bumble White Elephant Gift Guide
Tic-Tac-Toe Set, Queen Bee Pouch, French Press, Phone Dock, Super-Long Phone Charger, Key Chains, Nameplate, Cocktail Kit, Wine Corks, Table Topics
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Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources
"NutraSweet Health and Safety Concerns"
November 3, 1987
My name is Mary Nash Stoddard. I live in Dallas, Texas and I am founder of the Aspartame Consumer Safety Network. Since going public with my story about the drastic reaction I had to aspartame in 1985-86, (see article Dallas Times Herald, 7/27/87), I have had an opportunity to reach thousands of people via TV interviews, guest appearances on radio talk shows, and personal experiences on behalf of the national Aspartame Consumer Safety Network. I have supported my endeavors strictly with my own limited private funds, because of my strong personal commitment.
One of my main concerns is that the number of people who are being affected by this chemical are not getting their reactions reported and officially tallied by the proper government agency, the Food and Drug Administration. Callers are being mislead or misinformed by individuals in the Regional FDA office in Dallas/Fort Worth. For example:
Debbie B. - Diagnosed this year with a brain tumor. Drank 8-10 cans of Diet Coke daily. She called the Dallas FDA. They told her NutraSweet could not possibly be her problem, although she believes it is.
Joye J. - Told by FDA representative that NutraSweet was very safe. She had a bad reaction to it and knew better.
Larry Taylor, CRNA - Anesthetist who has had seizures related to aspartame use. FDA in Dallas gave him the National AIDS Hotline number to call for more information. (see separate testimony transcript)
Gail F. - Experienced a drastic aspartame reaction. When she called the Dallas FDA in October, 1987, they told her it was safe and that Mary Stoddard was working for the Sugar Lobby! (a provable lie!)
Mary Nash Stoddard - My own personal experiences with the FDA are a virtual horror story. My first call to their Dallas office put me in touch with a Mrs. Hazel Wallace, their Consumer Affairs Officer. Her official line was that a very few people were 'sensitive' to aspartame, similarly to people who are 'allergic' to shellfish, etc. However, Wallace went on to relate to me the story of her own college-age daughter, who drank lots of Diet Coke and two years was diagnosed with a brain tumor. The daughter had two surgeries for it, after blacking out, having seizures, etc. This once-aspiring concert pianist is left with one hand that is useless and draws up to her shoulder at off times. The daughter was dieting heavily, using aspartame, to fit into her wedding dress. Off the record, she thought aspartame might be responsible for her medical problems. Mrs. Wallace promised to set up a public meeting between our group (ACSN) and the Regional FDA Director this fall. So far, nothing has come of that, After the article was published in the Dallas Times Herald newspaper, July 27, 1987, I was invited to do a Dallas radio talk show, with Host David Gold and another guest, Dallas FDA Regional Director, D. Helton. During the course of that popular show, with thousands of listeners that day, FDA Director Helton lost his composure, calling me a 'liar' On the Air, accusing me of making serious libelous statements when I said, 'Arthur Hull Hays, Jr. went to work for Burson Marsteller, the NutraSweet public relations firm, mere months after approving aspartame for aqueous solution, in 1983.' This is a matter of public record, which Helton flatly denied.
In August of 1987, I decided, out of curiosity, to call the Dallas Regional FDA Office, to see what they were telling people at that time. Ramona Farchee told me 'don't worry''NutraSweet is perfectly safe - like bananas and milk - consisting of two amino acids, which are the Building Blocks of Life.' She could not remember getting more than a 'few' complaints in all her years with the FDA. She 'drinks it herself' and almost sounded like the TV commercial for the NutraSweet products.
My concern is that most individuals would never pursue registering a complaint after this sort of treatment during a call to the FDA office.
How many patients with reactions are going to associate their reaction to something our government (FDA) has approved. Doctors, for the most part, certainly do not make the connection, so how then, could the patient? Most often it occurs from an accidental re-exposure to aspartame, and a distinct return of the symptoms, as happened in my case.
Respectfully yours,
Mary Nash Stoddard
Aspartame Consumer Safety Network
Dallas Texas 75229
214-352-4268 ( New Number: 214-387-4001)
Senate Hearing 100-567, pg. 428-429
"NutraSweet - Health and Safety Concerns"
Hearing before the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, U.S. Senate - One Hundredth Congress - First Session on: Examining The Health and Safety Concerns of NutraSweet (Aspartame). November 3, 1987
Printed for the use of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources
U.S. Government Printing Office - Washington: 1988 83-178
For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402
Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts, Chairman
Clairborne Pell, Rhode Island
Howard M. Metzenbaum, Ohio
Spark M. Matsunaga, Hawaii
Christopher J. Dodd, Connecticut
Paul Simon, Illinois
Tom Harkin, Iowa
Brock Adams, Washington
Barbara A. Mikulski, Maryland
Orrin G. Hatch, Utah
Robert T. Stafford, Vermont
Dan Quayle, Indiana
Strom Thurmond, South Carolina
Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., Connecticut
Thad Cochran, Mississippi
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I'm excited to be a part of the #gaplove campaign! Being an early riser hasn't always been my thing, I so love sleeping in you guys. But on this particular morning it was so much fun to get up early, go catch the morning light with Ben to shoot photos for the campaign. Sometimes the early hours, while everyone else is still sleeping is somehow refreshing!
The outerwear pieces and cozy knitwear from Gap is perfect for this cold-one-day-not-so-much-the-next-day weather. I'm planning for another few days of travels after being back in New Orleans for the weekend - these goodies are perfect for the trip!
There's a few more of the things I'm loving from the collection below. What's in your travel bag right now you guys?
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I started something new this year which feels pretty amazing so far. There is this neat concept called the The 100 Day Project where one will for 100 days do the same type of thing daily and post to social media to share (and for great accountability!). I'm focusing on PATTERNS - hand drawn, gouache painted, paper collaged, repeats tidied up in Photoshop, etc. - patterns for 100 days. It's day 10 already and I'm so excited about what I already have. For me, this is the perfect type of discipline building exercise. Being your own supervisor is a tough job and I'm not naturally prone to consistency. I'm loving that having this daily commitment is building up those muscles. You can find my patterns on Instagram with the hashtag #100daysofpatternsbydevon as well as in the feeds of #100daysofpattern and #the100dayproject. I'm also posting to my new Facebook business page - Devon Holzwarth, Art & Illustration. I suppose that's another bit of news - a new business page over at FB. I think it was about time ;) I'm still thinking about what I should be posting there but I figure it's a bit of what's here and from Instagram and other business bits that I think to include. I've also started up a Society6 shop presence again but haven't loaded many goods yet. Many many prints to come as I have been painting and making consistently this last year but haven't been scanning and editing. That stuff takes time! I'm on it now. Little bit daily and I'll catch up.
So here are my first 10/100 days of pattern.
Enjoy your day!!
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At Sporting Systems, we adhere to safety best practices and comply 100% with all State and Federal laws regarding firearm sale and use. Consult the following for answers to the questions we encounter most often:
Because we want you to be relaxed and enjoy your visit. Hospitality and service is what we offer; the guns sell themselves.
Yes. We will process private party transfers. We will also accept shipment from online retailers. However, please contact us PRIOR to shipping those items, we must have an incoming record and provide a copy of our FFL to the seller. We can also ship items for the same $30 transfer fee plus the actual cost of shipping.
We charge $30 for online transfers, private party and transfers from gun shows. Each additional firearm is $20 each. If you're active military, a vet, fire/ems or police, there is no charge for the first transfer (up to 2 per person/per year). NFA transfer are $75 each and no fee waiver. Proof of service/employment is required at the time transfer for the fee waiver.
Any items left over 30 days will be assessed a small storage fee of $10 per month. Any items left over 90 days, MAY be sold and the proceeds donated to a local law enforcement or veteran charity.
Any item received without a completed transfer form application will be assessed an additional $20 fee and "free transfers" are no longer applicable. Clients must provide advance notice via the firearm transfer form or completing the form on this page; click on the link below
Sales taxes paid with credit card will be subject to 5% surcharge on sales tax only. (to cover credit cards fees for the free transfers, example $100 sales tax due will be charged $105 if paid by card)
We don't really. Consider what's included: credit card fees, faxing, emailing, filing pistol transfers, maintaining records, ATF audits, printing, mailing documents, phone calls, tracking numbers, liability insurance, B&O taxes, labor, data entry, receiving, storage, and a coffee or beverage while you wait for the approval. You're really getting a great deal.
You are NOT charged on private party transfers. However, on any transfer from a commercial operation, we are required to collect 8.4% sales tax. Please bring a copy of your invoice with you when you pick up your firearm.
Yes, if they are in excellent condition and match the type of product we have in the store.
Yes, the fee will vary based on the item value and market demand, generally fees are 25%. Consignments must be left 90 days or will forfeit the consignment fee if returned early. To return a consignment item, you must pass a NICS background check and complete the paperwork as if you're purchasing the firearm.
Yes, we do. There are some limitations based on the firearms and sights required. There is no charge for guns and sights purchased here. We will mount our sights on your gun for $20. We will mount your sights on your existing gun for $30.
Not at this time. It is in our short-term plan. We do armorers'-level work on pistols and rifles.
Yes we are, but please note that supplies for Blue Label guns are very tight and getting tighter. $100 deposit required
Yes, and they are a lot of fun, too. Reducing noise is both polite to those nearby, as well as good for your safety by reducing potential damage to your hearing. It is legal to hunt with a suppressor in many states, including Washington.
Approximately 5-6 months after submission. We can usually process your form 4 within 24 hours of your purchase, but cannot promise this time frame.
Yes, but we have to deliver through your home state class 3 FFL.
- a shotgun having a barrel or barrels of less than 18 inches in length;
- a weapon made from a shotgun if such weapon as modified has an overall length of less than 26 inches or a barrel or barrels of less than 18 inches in length;
- a rifle having a barrel or barrels of less than 16 inches in length;
- a weapon made from a rifle if such weapon as modified has an overall length of less than 26 inches or a barrel or barrels of less than 16 inches in length;
- any other weapon, as define in subsection (e);
- a machinegun;
- any silencer (as defined in section 921 of title 18, United States Code); and
- a destructive device.
Yes. The approved application received from ATF serves as evidence of registration of the NFA firearm. This document must be made available upon request of any ATF officer. It is suggested that a photocopy of the approved application be carried by the possessor when the weapon is being transported.
No. The NFA permits only manufacturers, makers, importers, and certain governmental entities to register firearms.
Yes, unless the barrel of the pistol is at least 16 inches in length (and the overall length of the firearm with stock attached is at least 26 inches). However, certain stocked handguns, such as original semiautomatic Mauser "Broomhandles" and Lugers, have been removed from the purview of the NFA as collectors' items.
Yes, and you will not be required to again register the firearm before replacing the short barrel. ATF recommends written notification to the NFA Branch when a firearm's configuration is permanently changed or removed from the purview of the NFA.
A person may make an NFA firearm by filing and receiving an approved ATF Form 1 Application to Make and Register a Firearm.
A person may transfer an NFA firearm to another person by filing and receiving an approved ATF Form 4, Application for Tax Paid Transfer and Registration of Firearm.
Applications to make or transfer a firearm will not be approved if Federal, State, or local law prohibits the making or possession of the firearm.
Contact the nearest ATF office immediately. A listing of the telephone numbers can be found online at www.atf.gov/contact/atf-field-divisions.
Yes, unless the registered possessor is a qualified dealer, manufacturer or importer, or a licensed collector transporting only curios or relics. Prior approval must be obtained, even if the move is temporary. Approval is requested by either submitting a letter containing all necessary information, or by submitting ATF Form 5320.20, Application to Transport Interstate or to Temporarily Export Certain National Firearms Act (NFA) Firearms. This requirement does not apply to the lawful interstate transportation of silencers. Possession of the firearms also must comply with all State and local laws.
Generally, no. However, applications to make and register machine guns on or after May 19, 1986 for the benefit of a Federal, State, or local government entity will be approved if documentation can be provided, along with the application to make a machinegun, which establishes that the machine gun is particularly suitable for use by Federal, State or local governmental entities and is being made at the request and on behalf of such an entity.
Yes. If the machinegun was lawfully registered and possessed before May 19, 1986, it may be transferred pursuant to an approved ATF Form 3 or Form 4, as applicable. Local laws will still apply. Currently it is still illegal in Washington, but legal in Oregon.
If you have a current WASHINGTON concealed carry permit, you must first be approved by the NICs check. This generally takes a few minutes. However, we can quickly obtain the following replies from the NICs system:
- Proceed – Your firearm will be delivered immediately.
- Deny – The transaction has been terminated by the FBI. You may appeal the decision directly with the FBI. (See UPIN, below)
- Researching – The system is busy and cannot produce results at this time.
- Delay – These will often clear in 24-48 hours
If you do not have a current WASHINGTON Concealed Carry Permit, your application will be sent to your local law enforcement office for approval. They have up to 10 business days to return a decision. After 10 days, we are able to deliver the firearm at OUR discretion. If we receive no response from the Chief LEO after 10 days, we will runs a NICS check, and with proceed we MAY deliver the firearm in accordance with Washington State Law. Police officers without a CPL are subject to the same waiting period as all other citizens.
No, only the original signer of the paperwork can take possession of the firearm.
A UPIN is a unique personal identification number, issued by the FBI, if you are frequently delayed or denied access to firearms and wish to appeal the FBI decision. The process takes about 6 months to complete. For more information about UPINs, click here.
Only those firearms subject to the National Firearms Act (NFA) (e.g., machineguns, short–barreled rifles and shotguns, silencers, destructive devices, and firearms designated as "any other weapons") must be registered with ATF.
Firearms registration may be required by State or local law. Any person considering acquiring a firearm should contact his or her State Attorney General's Office to inquire about the laws and possible State or local restrictions.
The definition of misdemeanor crime of domestic violence in the Gun Control Act (GCA) includes any offense classified as a "misdemeanor" under Federal, State or Tribal law. In States that do not classify offenses as misdemeanors, the definition includes any State or local offense punishable by imprisonment for a term of 1 year or less or punishable by a fine.
Yes. In such transactions, the law enforcement official is treated no differently from any other unlicensed transferee, and a NICS background check must be conducted.
Firearm transfers are exempt from the requirement for a NICS background check in three situations. These include transfers: (1) to transferees having a State permit that has been recognized by ATF as an alternative to a NICS check; (2) of National Firearms Act weapons to persons approved by ATF; and (3) certified by ATF as exempt because compliance with the NICS background check requirement is impracticable.
If the licensee receives a "denied" response at any time prior to the transfer of the firearm, he or she may not transfer the firearm.
If the FBI provides a "denied" response after the third business day, and the firearm has already been transferred, the licensee should notify the NICS Section.
The licensee should inform the transferee that the NICS check indicates that the transfer of the firearm should not be made, however the system does not provide a reason for the denial. The licensee should provide the transferee with the name and address of the denying agency and the NICS or State transaction number, and an appeals brochure created by the FBI or State POC outlining the transferee's appeal rights and responsibilities. An FBI appeal brochure is available through the FBI NICS section, or at www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/nics/appeals/nics-appeals-process/appeals-home.
A NICS check is valid for 30 calendar days for any transaction. The 30 calendar day period is counted beginning on the day after NICS was initially contacted. Where more than 30 calendar days have passed since the licensee first contacted NICS, the licensee must initiate a new NICS check prior to transferring the firearm. It is not necessary to complete a new ATF Form 4473, but the results of the new NICS background check must be recorded on the form.
Example1: A NICS check is initiated on May 15th. The licensee receives a "proceed" from NICS. The transferee does not return to pick up the firearm until June 22nd of the same year. The licensee must conduct another NICS check before transferring the firearm to the transferee.
Example 2: A NICS check is initiated on May 15th. The licensee receives a "delayed" response from NICS; no further response is received. The transferee does not return to pick up the firearm until June 16th of the same year. The licensee must conduct another NICS check before transferring the firearm to the transferee.
No. A licensee must initiate a new NICS background check for each completed firearms transaction. However, a person may purchase or acquire several firearms in one transaction.[27 CFR 478.102]
Example: A transferee completes an ATF Form 4473 for a single firearm on February 15. The licensee receives a "proceed" from NICS that day. The licensee signs the form, and the firearm is transferred. On February 20, the transferee returns to the licensee's premises and wishes to acquire a second firearm. The acquisition of the second firearm is a separate transaction. Therefore, a new NICS check must be initiated by the licensee.
Example: A transferee completes ATF Form 4473 for a single firearm on February 15. The licensee receives a "proceed" from NICS that day. The transferee does not return to pick up the firearm until February 20. Before the licensee completes the transfer of the first firearm, the transferee decides to acquire an additional firearm. The second firearm may be recorded on the same Form 4473. The acquisition of the 2 firearms is considered a single transaction. Therefore, the licensee is not required to conduct a new NICS check prior to transferring the second firearm.
The licensee must initiate another NICS check before the firearm may be transferred.
Yes. Compliance with Federal background check provisions does not excuse a licensee from compliance with State law. A licensee must follow State law waiting periods.
Example: State X is acting as a point of contact for NICS checks. State law requires the licensee to wait 10 days, rather than 3 days, for a response to the background check prior to transferring a firearm. Because State law provides a 10 day period before a licensee may transfer a firearm, the licensee may not transfer the firearm until 10 days have elapsed since conducting the background check.
Example: State X is acting as a point of contact for NICS checks. State law allows a licensee to transfer a firearm 24 hours after conducting a NICS check and receiving a "delayed" response. Although State law would permit a licensee to transfer a firearm 24 hours after receiving a "delayed" response, the licensee must comply with Federal law which requires the licensee wait 3 business days prior to transferring a firearm where the licensee has not received notice the transfer would be prohibited.
Example: The law of State X provides for a 5 day waiting period before a handgun may be transferred by a licensee. An individual completes an ATF Form 4473 for the purchase of a handgun, a NICS check is conducted, and a "proceed" response is given by NICS. Although the licensee received a "proceed" response, the licensee must comply with the State waiting period, and the licensee may not transfer the firearm until the State 5 day waiting period has elapsed.
No. This information is solicited on an optional basis. However, providing this information will help ensure the lawfulness of the sale and avoid the possibility that the transferee will be incorrectly identified as a felon or other prohibited person.
The identification document presented by the transferee must have a photograph of the transferee, as well as the transferee's name, residence address, and date of birth. The identification document must also be valid (e.g., unexpired) and have been issued by a governmental entity for the purpose of identification of individuals. An example of an acceptable identification document is a current driver's license.
A combination of government issued documents may be used to meet the requirements of an identification document. For example, a passport which contains the name, date of birth, and photograph of the holder may be combined with a voter or vehicle registration card containing the residence address of the transferee in order to comply with the identification document requirements. A passport issued by a foreign government is also acceptable so long as it has all of the required information.
Whether a hunting license or permit issued by a retailer meets the definition of an identification document is State law specific. This license or permit meets the definition of an identification document if the State in which the retailer is located has authorized the retailer to supply State issued documents. If the State recognizes the hunting license or permit as government issued, then this license or permit would qualify as being government issued for the purposes of supplementing another government issued identification document.
A description of the location of the residence on an identification document, such as a rural route, is sufficient to constitute a residence address provided the purchaser resides in a State or locality where it is considered to be a legal residence address.
For more information, check out our FFL Transfers page, here.
Yes, we encourage it. Use our workbench, use our tools, ask for our guidance. We are here to help, but please respect our time constraints during the business hours, as well as our posted closing time, as we have other clients to assist and families to go home to. If you'd like dedicated assistance, please book a private builders session. See the Build A BeAR-15 video.
A Washington resident, who is at least 21 years old. We can also transfer them through a dealer in your home state.
Barrel, trigger, optics. A barrel makes the gun accurate. A trigger helps make you more accurate. The optics let you see what you want to hit, so the trigger and barrel can do their jobs.
No, a license is not required to make a firearm solely for personal use. However, a license is required to manufacture firearms for sale or distribution. The law prohibits a person from assembling a non–sporting semiautomatic rifle or shotgun from 10 or more imported parts, as well as firearms that cannot be detected by metal detectors or x–ray machines. In addition, the making of an NFA firearm requires a tax payment and advance approval by ATF.
Yes, in some cases, items being marketed as unfinished or "80%" receivers do meet the definition of a "firearm" as defined in the GCA. Persons who are unsure about whether an item they are planning to buy or sell is considered a firearm under the GCA should contact ATF's Firearms and Ammunition Technology Division (FATD).
"80% receiver," "80% finished," "80% complete," "unfinished receiver" are all terms referring to an item that some may believe has not yet reached a stage of manufacture that meets the definition of firearm frame or receiver found in the Gun Control Act of 1968 (GCA). These are not statutory terms or terms ATF employs or endorses.
Receiver blanks that do not meet the definition of a "firearm" are not subject to regulation under the GCA. The ATF has long held that items such as receiver blanks, "castings" or "machined bodies" in which the fire-control cavity area is completely solid and un-machined have not reached the "stage of manufacture" which would result in the classification of a firearm per the GCA.
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Receivers that meet the definition of a "firearm" must have markings, including a serial number. See 27 CFR § 478.92 (Firearm manufacturers marking requirements).
Because black powder firearms are considered antique firearms, the possession of a black powder firearm by a person subject to Federal firearms disabilities is not prohibited by the GCA. However, a person subject to Federal firearms disabilities may not receive and/or possess black powder firearms that can be readily converted to fire fixed ammunition by replacing the barrel, bolt, breechblock, or any combination thereof which are classified as "firearms." Additionally, State law may prohibit the possession of a black powder firearm by persons who are not Federally prohibited from possessing them. Please contact your State Attorney General's Office for information regarding black powder firearms.
Parts & Accessories – full payment at time of order.
Firearms – common items, $100 non refundable deposit
Firearms – uncommon items, full payment on order
No returns on special order items.
Firearms – will be treated as used firearms and taken on trade or repurchased at used prices.
Suppressors & SBRs – Non refundable after order.
Parts & Accessories – 100% refund / credit with original receipt and packaging, unused condition for 30 days. If packaging is damaged or missing, subject to a 30% restocking fee. After 30 days, in store credit may be issued at manager's discretion.
Classes and training – No refunds or credits if cancelled 7 days or less before the class/training.
Trusts – No refunds on trust packages once prepared, regardless of delivery. Missed signing/notary dates are subject to a $40 reprint/rework fee per missed appointment.
50% down and balance due within 60 days. Layaways are non refundable.
Personal firearms being carried into the store:
Upon entry, we will ask to inspect any firearm that is not immediately on your person. (cased, bagged, boxed or otherwise). We encourage lawful and legal open or concealed carry in our store, we only ask that you do not handle, draw or present your carry weapons while on premises, this is hard rule with no exceptions other than lawful self defense.
Do not bring in ANY loaded firearm.
Do not bring in loose ammunition or loaded magazines in your weapon, range bag or elsewhere, do not remove backup magazines from your person.
We are happy to discuss your concerns, but the safety of clients and employees are of the utmost importance. Please respect our rules and then you won't have to ring the dumbbell.
Clark County – https://www.clark.wa.gov/sheriff/firearms
Walk in, 3 weeks or so to process applications
Cowlitz County https://www.co.cowlitz.wa.us/index.aspx?nid=993
Walk in, time to process is about 6 weeks.
Skamania County http://skamaniasheriff.com/departments/civil/
Walk in, Wednesday only, limited hours.
Multnomah County https://www.mcso.us/site/faq.php
Make Appointment online. Process is about 6 months.
Clackamas County https://www.clackamas.us/sheriff/concealed.html
Online renewals and appointments. 45 days or less to process new CHL's. Does not offer CHL to out of state residents
Washington County https://www.co.washington.or.us/Sheriff/OtherServices/ConcealedHandguns/
Online application, mailed to Sherriff's office, appointments for fingerprinting and photo. 45 days or less to process new CHL's. Does not offer CHL to out of state residents
Hood River County https://www.hoodriversheriff.com/what-we-do/administrative-services/gun-licensing
Call and make appointment. Out of state: Skanamia County residents only
Wasco County https://wasco-chl.youcanbook.me/
Online application and appointments. Out of sate applications have been suspended.
Columbia County – https://www.co.columbia.or.us/sheriff/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27&Itemid=53
Appointment hours only. No out of county applications at this time.
Utah State Concealed Carry https://bci.utah.gov/concealed-firearm/
Non residents, with approved 4 hour class
Arizona State Concealed Carry https://www.azdps.gov/services/concealed_weapons/
Non residents, with approved class
Florida State Concealed Carry https://www.freshfromflorida.com/Divisions-Offices/Licensing/Concealed-Weapon-License
Non residents, with approved class
These are subject to change at any time. You should confirm the current regulations with the areas you intend to travel. You must comply with all local laws, regardless of your permit status.
Permitless carry states:
Alaska, Arizona, Kansas, Maine, Mississippi, Vermont, West Virginia.
Washington Reciprocity:
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Oregon Reciprocity:
Florida Reciprocity:
|Alabama (1,3)
|Alaska (1)
|Arizona (5)
|Arkansas (1)
|Colorado (1,4)
|Georgia (1)
|Idaho (3,5)
|Indiana (1,3,5)
|Iowa (5)
|Kansas (1)
|Louisiana (1)
|Michigan (1,4)
|Maine (3,4)
|Mississippi (1)
|Missouri (3)
|Montana (3)
|Nebraska (1)
|New Hampshire (1,3,4,5)
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(1) While Florida's law allows licensees to carry stun guns, knives, and billy clubs in a concealed fashion, the laws in these states allow for concealed carry of handguns or pistols only, not weapons in general. Florida license holders are prohibited from carrying other types of weapons while in these states.
(2) The State of Vermont does not issue weapon/firearms licenses. Florida licensees – indeed, licensed or unlicensed citizens from any state – may carry in Vermont. This presents a problem for reciprocity with Florida. Florida law provides that an out-of-state resident must have in his or her immediate possession a valid license to carry a concealed weapon or firearm. Since Vermont residents have no such license, the right to concealed carry cannot be extended to them under Florida law.
(3) Individuals under 21 years of age qualify for concealed weapon licenses in these states. HOWEVER, any licensee of these reciprocity states who is not 21 years of age or older is prohibited from carrying a concealed weapon or firearm in Florida.
(4) These states will honor the Florida concealed weapon license only if the licensee is a resident of the state of Florida.
(5) These states issue concealed carry licenses to qualified individuals who are non-residents. These non-resident permits cannot be honored under Florida's reciprocity provision.
UTAH Reciprocity:
Although there are many states that will recognize the Utah concealed firearm permit, the State of Utah has formal reciprocity (written agreement) with the following states (Click on the name of the state for further information):
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Colorado
- Florida
- Georgia
- Louisiana
- Mississippi
- New Hampshire
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- South Dakota
- Texas
- Virginia
- Washington State
- West Virginia
The following states recognize the Utah concealed firearm permit. (Click on the name of the state for further information):
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- Delaware
- Idaho
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Maine
- Michigan
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Oklahoma
- Tennessee
- Vermont
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
The following states DO NOT recognize the Utah concealed firearm permit. (Click on the name of the state for further information):
- California
- Connecticut
- Hawaii
- Illinois
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Minnesota
- Nevada
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- Oregon
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
(Previously known as ATF Proposed Rule 41p)
Please Note:
This FAQ is for information purposes only and is NOT legal advice.
Please consult with an attorney if you have any legal questions.
What is ATF Rule 41f?
ATF Rule 41f is the final regulatory rule signed by the Obama administration on January 4, 2016 regarding the transfer and manufacture of weapons regulated by the National Firearms Act. The initial proposed rule (Rule 41p) proposed adding a new definition of a "responsible person" (RP) to the regulations and would have required all RPs in any entity used to purchase or manufacture NFA weapons to obtain the signature of their Chief Law Enforcement Officer (CLEO signature) on the application, as well as submit fingerprints and photographs for review by ATF examiners. Entities, such as trusts, LLCs and corporations, have become popular for acquiring NFA weapons because individuals experienced great difficulty in obtaining the CLEO signature in many areas of the country, if it was not outright impossible, and the use of an entity to acquire such weapons did not previously require the applicant to obtain the CLEO signature.
Over 9,500 comments were submitted to the ATF voicing opposition to this proposed rule, highlighting the fact that the rule, as proposed, would create a defacto ban on NFA weapons such as silencers in jurisdictions where CLEO signatures were impossible to secure, in addition to other related concerns.
ATF Rule 41f is the Obama administration's final version of the proposed rule and will have a substantial impact on the use of trusts and other entities in the acquisition and sharing of NFA weapons.
When does Rule 41f take effect?
The effective date of the rule will be 180 days from the date that it is published in the Federal Register, which was January 15, 2016. That makes it effective July 13, 2016. All paperwork that was submitted to the NFA Branch for processing prior to July 13, 2016 will be processed under the former rules.
What is a Responsible Person?
While the comments of the preamble to the rule give varying interpretations of an RP, the actual language of the rule basically says that an RP is any individual who possesses the power or authority to direct the management and policies of the trust or entity to receive, possess, ship, transport, deliver, transfer, or otherwise dispose of a firearm for, or on behalf of, the trust or legal entity. The definition goes one step further in defining an RP for a trust, saying that this definition includes any person with the capability to exercise such power and possesses the power or authority to possess, ship, transport, deliver, transfer, or otherwise dispose of a firearm for, or on behalf of, the trust.
Boiled down, this refers to grantors and trustees of a trust. The ATF even clarifies that beneficiaries of the trust are not considered to be RPs if they do not have the capability to exercise the powers or authorities specified.
The language addressing RPs in a trust appears to raise the possibility that a class of trustees could be created who have no authority to "direct the management and policies of the trust" but may still have possession of trust assets, which would appear to be similar in rights and powers to lower level employees of a business entity.
If confirmed, this may provide a mechanism to permit possession of NFA weapons by others without having to go through the new application requirements created by the new rule.
How will this affect my existing gun trust?
The construction of the final rule does not apply directly to existing trusts or entities in possession of NFA weapons, but to future applications made by both individuals and entities. After July 13, 2016, you will be required to submit or do the following with any Form 1 or Form 4 application:
- a complete copy of your trust and any schedule or exhibit referenced by it;
- for each RP –
- Two FD-258 fingerprint cards
- A 2X2-inch photograph taken within the last year
- A completed NFA Responsible Person Questionnaire (ATF Form 5320.23). This form will require the input of a RP's full name, position, Social Security number (optional), home address, date and place of birth and nationality
- Provide CLEO "notification"
- Prior to submission, the applicant must forward a completed copy of the application form (Form 1 or Form 4) and all other RPs must forward a completed copy of their Form 5320.23 to the CLEO of the locality in which the applicant or RP is located. The new rule also defines who may be considered the CLEO as "the local chief of police, county sheriff, head of the State police, or State or local district attorney or prosecutor."
If I have had an application approved within the preceding 24 months, will I have to resubmit all of the documents required above?
No. If a trust application has been approved within the preceding 24 months of your current application, and there has been no change to the documentation previously provided (no new PRs), a certification can be submitted instead, stating that the information has not been changed since the prior approval and identifying the prior application by form number, serial number and the date on which it was approved.
Will already pending applications be impacted by Rule 41f?
No. The final rule clearly states that it "is not retroactive" and will not apply to applications that are in pending status, which will include "all applications postmarked prior to the effective date of the rule".
Will I need to submit anything to the ATF simply because I change my trust?
Apparently not. The proposed rule considered a requirement that notification of the change would have to be submitted to the ATF within 30 days of the change in RPs. However, the final rule states "The Department is not requiring, in this final rule, that new responsible persons submit a Form 5320.23 within 30 days of any change of responsible persons at a trust or legal entity." However, if a Form 1 or Form 4 is submitted, documentation reflecting changes existing at that time must be filed with the ATF as specified above.
This may also provide a mechanism to simplify applications. If you have added RPs and have subsequently removed them prior to making a future application, so that conditions reflect the status at the time of the prior application or as exist in your original trust document, no additional RP information may be necessary.
What happened to the CLEO signature requirement?
The CLEO signature requirement was replaced with a CLEO notification requirement and this change applies to all transferees and makers of NFA firearms. This significant change from the proposed rule is certainly a welcome sight, given that a requirement that all RPs would have to obtain CLEO signature would have created a prohibition by regulation in many areas of the country. However, the requirement is still problematic in that it requires you to disclose confidential tax information and there is no centralized place designated to send it. Remember, the definition of a CLEO includes your local chief of police, county sheriff, head of the State police, or State or local district attorney or prosecutor. That raises the question, how do I prove that I submitted it if my local police chief fails to retain it in his records? Multiple RPs in a single trust could submit their Form 5320.23 to multiple CLEOs, creating chaos if you are ever forced to prove your compliance with the new rule. This would suggest that the use of registered mail to deliver such forms would be advisable.
The new rule clarifies that "an executor, administrator, personal representative, or other person authorized under State law to dispose of property in an estate (collectively "executor") may possess a firearm registered to a decedent during the term of probate without such possession being treated as a transfer".
The phrase "during the term of probate" seems to assume the fact that all estates are going to be probated in the proper timeframe. In most states, there is only a limited period of time to commence a judicial probate process, oftentimes a period of 3 years. Many estates do not require a probate process to transfer the decedent's other assets, because of the existence of joint ownership, beneficiary designations and revocable living trust planning.
If the family forgets or never realizes that a probate must be opened to transfer a simple suppressor with a value of less than $1,000, they may be precluded from doing so after limitation period has expired. Does this new rule change then prohibit any transfer from occurring after that point when it may not be possible to appoint an executor anymore?
What will the new rule do to existing wait times for NFA applications?
This may be the most concerning element of the new rule. The ATF actually estimates that implementation of the new rule will INCREASE processing times to "six to eight months", but expects that this will again subside once they have adapted and adjusted to the new process. It further states that the agency "will work to increase its resources and staffing to process the applications", which unfortunately may be nothing more than a hollow statement. But here is possibly the most alarming statement of all: "Of course, continued increases in the number of applications submitted may correspondingly continue to place pressure on processing times." Given the frenzied buying of gun trusts and rush to get applications submitted that has been seen in just the single day since the new rule was signed, this statement looks quite prophetic, indeed.
Is it too late to set up a gun trust and make applications?
Absolutely not. You can create a gun trust right away and get applications submitted that may never be impacted by the new rule, assuming that you don't make future applications after its effective date.
Does the new rule render gun trusts meaningless?
No, not at all. The gun trust will still be extremely advantageous in owning NFA weapons. While you may be subject to some new requirements in making future applications (which may be minimized, as discussed above), a gun trust is without doubt the best way to legally share the use of NFA weapons with others. The possibility of an accidental felony transfer of NFA weapons by permitting others to use them can be eliminated by holding the weapons in trust and making others beneficiaries and co-trustees of the trust.
In addition, use of a gun trust eliminates the need for a judicial probate process to transfer the weapons upon your death. When you consider that an attorney's retainer to do the most basic of probates may be $2,500 or more, this is a no-brainer.
Finally, a properly constructed gun trust is a comprehensive management system to instruct successors on how these weapons need to be handled, so that they know what restrictions are involved and don't get into trouble with these weapons.


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I was thinking about something that happened not such a long time ago, I was just starting to boulder, got the shoes, chalk bag and a detailed map on Joshua Tree, mapping out all the epic bouldering routes out there.
I remember thinking to myself, I have no idea what I am about to start doing, but my curiosity of what was going to happen when I start was too great to worry too much about anything other then, seeing the sunrise before I start.
As I began looking for the boulders in the book, I had realized something very important that I had overlooked, the damn GPS 6 digit grid was right next to the boulder I was looking for. The problem of course was that I didn't have…yup, a GPS. So the next boulder I got to that looked climbable I started on.
One route in particular was pretty wild and I quickly realized that I couldn't go back down the way I came up, also called down climbing. Now for some reason as I am standing there in the most inefficient way possible and wearing out my grips before I could get this problem figured out. This weird awareness washed over my mind and as it did a loud burst of a laugh "HA!" came out of my mouth.
So I am holding these grips and now the strain in the fingers and the forearms are starting to burn like a healthy layer of tiger balm was applied to them, and the toes were aching in my new shoes as if they were being pinched in vise under my own weight. I forgot all about my troubles in my zen moment, "How like life, you can never go back the way you came" I said to myself.
No matter how I reached down and in to the boulder to those familiar toe holds that were there as I went up, that angle was skewed and different now to my body position as I was moving down, cause I was not where I was before, I couldn't trust those holds to be were I thought I had left them. They weren't there any more and neither was I. The only way down at that point was to keep moving up and down climb the over side.


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They stole the hearts of millions at the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations – and now the African Children's Choir are coming to Dunchurch.
The choir travels the world, acting as the ambassador for Africa's most vulnerable children, raising much needed awareness as they go. The youngsters will be showcasing their inspirational talents at St Peter's Church on Saturday, May 27.
Millions of viewers around the world saw their performance of Sing with Gary Barlow at the jubilee celebrations, and the choir has attracted fans from all over the world, including some celebrity admirers.
International superstar Annie Lennox said: "I first encountered the African Children's Choir as they were heading towards the stage to perform for Nelson Mandela's 46664 campaign. Since then I've come to appreciate more and more just how uniquely special they are."
Music for Life, the official fundraising charity of the African Children's Choir, works in seven African countries, and has educated more than 52,000 children as well as helping improve the lives of over 100,000 people through relief and development programmes during its 32 year history.
Funds raised contribute towards not only the entire education and care of all the touring children, but also to the continued development and support of the Music for Life programmes that help some of the continent's most vulnerable children.
Spokeswoman Shauncey Ferguson said: "The concerts reflect the energy, beauty, dignity and unlimited ability of these incredible children through song, music and dance.
"Many of the choir children have lost one or both parents to poverty and disease. The performances are both uplifting and humbling, and are an opportunity to experience the vitality of the youth from this challenged continent."
The concert starts at 7.30pm. Visit africanchildrens choir.org.uk to book.


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Think of Arizona, and you'll inevitably think of cacti. But there's more to the "Grand Canyon State" than cacti — so much more, that this week's It's A Snap photo contest winner, Boise, Idaho's Elizabeth Belts Kauffman, finds it a challenge to choose just one favorite spot in the stunning southwest state.
"It depends on what landscape you're looking for," said Belts Kauffman, a professional photographer, whose image of a sunset at the McDowell Sonoran Preserve, in Scottsdale, Ariz., was this week's top-rated image.
Working together with her husband (Jason D.B. Kauffman) — also a photographer and an environmental writer — on assignment in Phoenix this past March for a wedding shoot at the Desert Botanical Gardens, the couple visited the preserve in an effort to capture the essence of the West. But doing just that isn't always easy.
"The photo was truly a joint effort between my husband and I. We both set up the shot for composition and then while my husband was controlling the camera, I was running around using a flash to light up the cholla cacti in the foreground," she said. "It was stormy all week and we knew to get the best light we had to go in the evening — it was the most incredible sunset."
Her advice for visitors: "Go in early spring and get out and hike. It's the perfect time of year to travel to Arizona, and no 117-degree temperatures," she said. "People think of beauty as green, but Arizona's got so many colors and textures. Fortunately, this year, it was a very wet spring, lots of rain, and it's the greenest I've ever seen it, so beautiful."
The Idaho native says Phoenix has amazing public lands, and the couple enjoyed hikes in South Mountain, The Superstition Wilderness, Camelback Mountain, and The McDowell Sonoran Preserve.
As hard as it is to choose her favorite places in Arizona, she said other spots worth visiting are Slot Canyons, Red Rock country, Tucson, Bisbee, and Patagonia where they spent time researching for a story on Jaguar conservation along the Southwestern United States-Northwestern Mexico border.
The winning photo was captured with a Canon 5D Mark II, with a 16-35mm lens, brilliant filters, and a Canon flash.
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Shivapuri Nagarjun National Park is situated in the north of Kathmandu valley and is the nearest national park to the capital city, Kathmandu. The park lies between 1350 and 2732 m altitude and is spread over Kathmandu, Nuwakot and Sindhupalchwok districts of central Nepal. It is rich in biodiversity, with more than 2000 plant species, 21 mammals and 180 birds, and also has cultural and livelihoods' importance for local communities. Sundarijal catchment inside the park provides up to one-third of the piped water of Kathmandu Valley. Water from the catchment is also used for generating hydroelectricity, irrigating paddy fields, bottled water, and the soft drink industry. The catchment is also an important site for both domestic and international visitors who come to enjoy its natural beauty.
The issues
The park manager are facing difficulty in its management. Deforestation for agricultural cultivation and harvest of forest products coupled with human–wildlife conflict were serious issues. The local people's livelihoods depended on access to forest resources and continued cultivation for those living inside the park. Limited budget for park management made it difficult to effectively control deforestation. This was compounded by the fact that local people had no interest in upland conservation because they did not receive tangible incentives. However, upland watershed conservation was of significant economic value to the downstream population, with water services provided at low or zero cost to users, and at low or zero reward or compensation for the upland conservation efforts of the locals and the park authority.
The park is also a story of quintessential conservation at the cost of local livelihoods. There are people living in the villages located within the park boundary who have literally been fenced in and are subjected to 'command and control'. The condition of the land and ecosystem of the catchment improved significantly while the local people's status remains difficult, with many households living in poverty especially through human–wildlife conflict, lack of infrastructure and development. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature's biophysical-economic-livelihoods assessment of conservation inside the park indicated that even though conservation makes economic sense, continuing to expect catchment land and resource managers to cover the costs for downstream water users will further marginalise the local people.
Environmental services and the people involved
Environmental services
Regular supply of clean water for domestic use and hydropower generation, biodiversity, recreation and religious significance
People who provide the services
National Park Authority and local communities (320 households of 1667 people)
People who benefit from the services
Water users in Kathmandu valley, farmers downstream, water company, industries, visitors and tourism
People who act as intermediaries between the providers and the beneficiaries
Nepal Environment and Tourism Initiative Foundation
The park protects a vital catchment of the Bagmati, Bishnumati and Yashomati rivers. The watershed is one of the main sources of drinking water for Kathmandu. Everyday about 30 million litre (about one-third of the demand) is tapped from the rivers as well as several other smaller streams. The downstream users include the hydropower plant, drinking water processing centres, and farmers (irrigation). The water company, Kathmandu Upatyaka Khanepani Limited (KUKL), is the key beneficiary (on behalf of water users). Some hydropower is also generated by the state-owned Nepal Electricity Authority. Tourism is a significant income-generating sector for the government. A number of industries downstream rely on water from the upstream catchment.
The rewards
Potential for a payment for environmental services mechanism
While all evidence points to the need for a rewards mechanism for enhancing conservation and local livelihoods, there is little clarity on how such a mechanism could be designed and what the policy issues are. There are multiple stakeholders: Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation, local communities living in and around the park, Nepal Army guarding the park, KUKL representing the water users in Kathmandu and local communities living downstream.
Continuing work and future plans
The feasibility study of 2010 established the rationale for initiating an environmental services rewards' scheme in Sundarijal watershed, identified major stakeholders, recommended a potential framework for the scheme and made a number of suggestions.
In 2011, numerous activities were implemented to enhance local stakeholders' awareness about ecosystem services and improve their negotiation skills in order to negotiate with the beneficiaries of the services. A local stakeholder forum was established to co-ordinate progress. A 13-member Sundarijal Environment Committee was also established and remains active in pursuing government agencies and ecosystem services' beneficiary groups. Eco-clubs at local schools, established to promote conservation awareness have been mobilised in collaboration with local university students and local clubs.
The field-level activities were led by the Nepal Environment and Tourism Initiative Foundation. Dialogues with various stakeholders (ecosystem services' beneficiaries) and relevant government agencies continue to engage them in the development and implementation of a feasible rewards' scheme. Significant progress has been made. Research support was provided by Forest Action and ICIMOD. Analysis of national policies—in particular those related to land-use changes and their drivers, and buffer zone management—in order to develop recommendations for pro-rewards national policies in the country. Efforts are underway to secure funding for local activities to complement rewards' schemes initiatives. Consultations with the key stakeholders are being held with the local Sundarijal Environment Committee taking the leading role.
No rewards' scheme has yet been developed although a framework for a feasible scheme has been proposed based on a series of studies. The locally formed Sundarijal Environment Committee with support from Nepal Environment and Tourism Initiative Foundation and ICIMOD is taking a proactive role in approaching various ecosystem beneficiary groups and government agencies to implement the scheme. The progress is relatively slow, mainly due to the unstable political situation, unclear intentions and confidence of key beneficiary groups.
- International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
A regional intergovernmental learning and knowledge sharing centre serving the eight regional member countries of the Hindu Kush Himalayas - Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan – and based in Kathmandu, Nepal, which aims to assist mountain people to understand these changes, adapt to them, and make the most of new opportunities, while addressing upstream-downstream issues.
- Nepal Environment and Tourism Initiative Foundation
A local NGO promoting conservation and responsible tourism in Shivapuri and other tourist destinations around Kathmandu
- Forest Action Nepal
A local NGO active in policy and action research in the field of natural resource management and livelihoods
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Christmas with the Petes 2014
Hoping everyone had as wonderful a Christmas as we did. This year was our year with the Peterson side (minus one of Scott's sisters who lives in DC). We had a blast with Scott's wonderful family playing games, watching movies, laughing to tears and over-eating lots of delicious food. All while a bunch of crazy toddlers ran around on sugar highs. We even got to ride on a "Christmas Bus" which the kids thought was the absolute coolest thing ever. Our brother-in-law owns a student transport company for the University down where they live and surprised everyone with a bus ride to see Christmas lights. The ride also included a half dressed up Santa (well a Santa hat), his elf and a present for each person. All while blasting some cheery Christmas tunes and watching the kids (and some adults) chant "Christmas bus!" as loud as they could. T'was a darling idea and is sure to be a new tradition.
This Christmas Scarlett actually got the idea of Santa coming down the chimney and leaving gifts under the tree. The magic was there this year and Scott and I enjoyed using it against her to prevent any "naughty" behavior. It even worked a couple times! But really, it was a rush leaving out cookies and carrots with Scarlett and watching her come down the stairs and seeing all the gifts left under grandma and grandpa's tree. I can't wait for Welles to get excited over Christmas traditions, too.
More importantly, Scarlett can almost tell the story of Christ's birth in the manger. We have to help her, but she does know that Christmas is Jesus' birthday. Watching her try to recite that night, play by play with the little laminated nativity makes this mommy so proud.
It was a Magical and white Christmas for the Peterson family. Nothing beats this insane and wonderful time of year when you have amazing people to share it with.
Merry Christmas, friends! Now let's ring in 2015...


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Day One: Berry Basket Starbucks Gift Idea
I am so excited to kick off my Five Days of Berry Basket Gift Ideas for the holidays! I thought it would be fun to show you how I use one berry basket to come up with 5 different gift ideas you can create for the holidays and we are kicking off day one with a Berry Basket Starbucks Gift Idea! I mean, who doesn't love a Starbucks gift card and right now, they have the best selections for the holiday including this one that is my current favorite! I simply used brown crinkle paper inside the basket, added in my Starbucks gift card, a mini Christmas Tree, and finish it with a little ribbon. I love how cute and simple this gift idea turned out and it would be perfect for a Teacher's gift or a neighbor gift.


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The Drop
The Drop is a classic six-panel, baseball-style cap in cobalt blue with a contrasting sky blue brim and raised embroidery detail in white. All March Caps feature top eyelets and an adjustable snap-back closure. Each cap comes with a hand-numbered card signed by the designer.
"When I paint I like to be raw; I'm not obsessive about perfection. Keeping the cap design very simple was a unique challenge for me."
– Camilla Engstrom, Designer
The Story Behind The Drop.
March Caps' first-ever collaboration, The Drop, was designed with Brooklyn-based artist and model Camilla Engstrom. The droplet motif—simple and suggestive—calls on the themes found in Camilla's paintings and drawings, but is rendered in March's minimal visual language.


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Conjugacy of Coxeter Elements
For a Coxeter group $(W,S)$, a permutation of the set $S$ is called a Coxeter word and the group element represented by the product is called a Coxeter element. Moving the first letter to the end of the word is called a rotation and two Coxeter elements are rotation equivalent if their words can be transformed into each other through a sequence of rotations and legal commutations.
We prove that Coxeter elements are conjugate if and only if they are rotation equivalent. This was known for some special cases but not for Coxeter groups in general.
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Company 251 is a private venue space created by Moveable Feast & Co.
The 1908 historic building that was originally the international harvester manufacturing co. has been transformed into a 21st century luxury event space. Company 251 is an event venue open to private events, concerts, productions, exhibition and corporate + private parties. The cultivated interior is carefully constructed with industrial elegance and original architectural elements. Boasting exposed brick walls, wood columns, marble bars, large windows + an industrial overhead door bringing lots of natural light to this 50,000 sq. ft. raw space. Company 251 + MF & co. personally craft a luxury experience that celebrates life + the joy of entertaining.
Our History
The 50,000 square foot warehouse we now call, company 251 was founded by Cyrus McCormick, who invented the first commercially successful mechanical reaper + in 1851 co-founded the McCormick Reaper Works, which would merge with the Deering Harvester Company in 1906 to become the International Harvester Corporation.
Who We Are
Matt + Ashley Marquez purchased Moveable Feast on December 1, 2013 + changed the name to Moveable Feast & Co. They renamed it because from the beginning they had a much larger vision for Moveable Feast. That vision became a reality when they came across this building in the heart of Aurora's middle avenue historic district. They inked the deal + COMPANY 251 was born.


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WikiProject Côte d'Ivoire
The Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, Africa
|latitude: 7.3, longitude: -5.2
|Browse map of The Republic of Côte d'Ivoire 7°18′00.00″ N, 5°12′00.00″ W
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The Republic of Côte d'Ivoire is a Country in Africa at latitude 7°18′00.00″ North, longitude 5°12′00.00″ West.
Use OpenStreetMap data
- Go to openstreetmap.org and look at the map. From the menu, you can use the export function for basic exporting options.
- Use OSM in your smartphone with OsmAnd.
- With http://umap.openstreetmap.fr you can make your own maps.
- Walking Papers - Generate maps that can be used for field surveys
- Also MapOSMatic can generate maps
- Geofabrik extracts for Ivory Coast - Raw OSM data and shapefiles
- And much more possibilities
OpenStreetMap Community of Ivory Coast
This community exists officially since August 03, 2013 following a mapping party organized in Attécoubé (Abidjan).
Contact through the social networks:
Mailing list for OSM in Ivory Coast:
Many places in Ivory Coast are not mapped yet or don't have many details. And in many places the tracing could be improved. Get involved and help us to make OSM in Ivory Coast better!
Residential roads are missing in many areas around the main cities, they're visible in Bing imagery or Mapbox Satellite. Bouake especially, and Yamoussoukro too. Abidjan is mostly good but missing some on outskirts.
GPS track logs
Because there is no good aerial imagery available for the country (outside the big towns), we need GPS track logs that can be recorded with a mobile phone. Because currently there are few GPS track logs, this is a good way to contribute. You can collect GPS data with a smartphone, for example using OSMtracker.
New mappers
- Getting Involved
- Beginners' guide
- Map Features - List of tags to apply to different features on the map
- How to map a...
Do not use
The key:highway type helps indicate the importance of the highway within the road network as a whole, and not its current state of repair or its surface. For the latter, you can use key:surface or key:smoothness. See also Highway Tag Africa. Order of roads (importance):
1. highway=motorway (only the motorway Abidjan-Yamousoukro)
2. highway=trunc (not used in Ivory Coast)
3. highway=primary
4. highway=secondary
5. highway=tertiary
6. Within residential aereas: highway=residential // Outside the residential aereas (countryside/overland): highway=unclassified
7. highway=service (very small roads without through traffic)
A "primary" road stays "primary" also while it passes through a town or a village.
Please note: The value track of the key highway is used to represent roads for agricultural use typically passing through fields/farmland, forest tracks etc. It is not used for small roads within towns or villages, even if their state of repair is bad.
In Ivory Coast and especially in Abidjan, people normally orient themselves with the crossroad names and roundabout names. As many roads have still no name, an address is normally something like "I live near to the XXX crossroad." Therefore, crossroad names and roundabout names are important. They are tagged with junction=yes and "name=XXX". The tag "name" includes the word "carrefour" if appropriate; that means for example "Carrefour Duncan" (and not only "Duncan") and « Carrefour de la vie » (and not only « de la vie »). If it is a simple crossroad, the junction node of the two way is tagged.
- Bing aerial imagery
- "MapBox Satellite" has sometimes better images than Bing and is also available in the JOSM settings dialog: tms[17]:http://{switch:a,b,c}.tiles.mapbox.com/v3/openstreetmap.map-4wvf9l0l/{zoom}/{x}/{y}.png
- Landsat8 aerial imagery (west of Ivory Coast): tms[19]:http://imagery.openstreetmap.fr/tms/1.0.0/guinee_c10_l8_pxs432/{zoom}/{x}/{y}
- GEOnet_Names_Server (GNS) can be accessed as a WMS layer to find names of "unknown" town and villages. If you work in JOSM, you can download this file (http://sourceforge.net/projects/ivorycoastgeonetnames/files/GEOnet%20Names%20C_te%20d_Ivoire%20_%20Espaces%20peupl_s.xml.osm.bz2/download) which is an .osm.bz2 file which makes it quite comfortable to work with this data in JOSM. Attention: The data is of very poor quality. Even the data with status "Approved" is often shifted some kilometers and very often completly wrong!
- Map Library has basic administrative boundaries of Ivory Coast, but is completly outdated. In OSM there are yet boundaries of districts and regions who are based on Map Mibrary, but up to date (2014).
- Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection has various maps. For Ivory Coast see [1].
See also Potential Datasources for OSM generally.
Quality control
- OSM is a Common Operational Dataset
- MapAction uses OSM data
- IOM - Situation des populations sur les sites de déplacés dans l'Ouest de la Côte d'Ivoire - 19 Juillet 2011
- OSM map of Abidjan in the Courrier International newspaper : Poor quality image


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Cinema Audio Society Awards Announces Sound Nominees
The nominees have been determined for the 2002 Cinema Audio Society Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing, to be held on March 8, 2003, at the Sheraton Universal Hotel.
The Society will also be honoring this year's C. A. S. Career Achievement honoree, Mr. Charles Wilborn. Wilborn is a veteran sound mixer and Oscar nominee for such films as Days of Thunder, Godfather II, Dead Poets' Society, all of the Rocky films, Casino, Stuart Little II and many others. The Emcee of the Banquet will be comedian Gary Kroeger, who is a Saturday Night Live alumni and who is currently appearing on the TV show Hidden Hills.
For Outstanding Sound Mixing for Motion Pictures: Catch Me If You Can, Chicago, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Road To Perdition and Spider-Man.
For Outstanding Sound Mixing for Television Movies and Mini-Series: The Gathering Storm, Live from Baghdad, Martin and Lewis, Shackleton--Part 1 and Steven Spielberg Presents: "Taken"--Part 9.
For Outstanding Sound Mixing for Television Series: Alias--"Cipher", CSI: Crime Scene Investigation--"Fight Night", Six Feet Under--"The Last Time", 24--"11:00 P.M. to 12:00 A.M.", The West Wing--"Posse Comitatus" and The X-Files--"The Truth" 9x20 Finale.
For Outstanding Sound Mixing for Television--Non-Fiction, Variety or Music Series or Specials: Dance in America: From Broadway: "Fosse"; In Memoriam: New York City, 9/11/01; XIX Winter Olympics--Opening Ceremonies; and Robin Williams: Live on Broadway.
For more, visit www.CinemaAudioSociety.org.


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Glare /ɡler/ – a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brighness to which the eyes are adopted. Bright sollar light, reflecting off a part of the International Space Station is streaming through the illuminator to reach the sight of an astronaut.
Glare I, 52"x70", 2015
Glare I, detail
International Space Station's Seflie, 90" x 102", 2014
Glare II, 52" x 70", 2015


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All the darkest fears of the modern era have become reality in Ken Macleod's tenth novel. Climate change is in full effect, war has sprawled across the Middle East and into Asia, a flu pandemic has killed millions and the economic rise of China has come at the expense of the US. The book opens in an unspecified year in the near future with what appears to be a nuclear explosion at an American air force base in Scotland. Was it a terrorist attack, an accident or the first strike of the next world war?
Moments earlier, Roisin Travis escapes from a peace camp close to the base with photographs that may hold the truth about the blast. When she contacts her father with news of the explosion he puts into action a long-held plan to go on the run.
As the security services try to track down the Travis family, the book pits underground bloggers against Government agents intent on subverting the blogosphere with fake blogs, hijacked blogs and disinformation:
"Cartwright and his colleagues knew that they couldn't rely on online material, because they and hundreds like them spent every working day fucking it up. Contaminating online information was what Information Management Services did. Outsourcing the supply of disinformation to a swarm of freelance contractors had been one of Homeland Security's smarter moves."
The Execution Channel is a top-notch thriller, an airport novel (though perhaps best not read in an airport given some of the scenes therein), but little more than that. The characters are clearly but shallowly defined. It's pretty much one motivation per person and nobody has to wrestle with any particularly tricky internal conflicts.
For all that, this is a darkly entertaining read. Macleod has great fun spinning and unspinning the fears and memes of our age. His perspective on blogging and its effect on the powerful will amuse bloggers and their readers. And his alternate reality version of 9/11, which serves (in my mind at least) as a thorough debunking of conspiracy theorists, is almost worth the price of the book alone.
It's all seems a little silly but you never know, Macleod could be onto something. Any number of incidents from this book could happen tomorrow.


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Antígona González by Sara Uribe, translated by John Pluecker
a creative review by Joyelle McSweeney
to go outside the gates; to retrieve the body of the brother; to be obscene, exposed, beyond the walls; to be obscene, off the scene, powerful and shunned; to walk in an empty circle forever; and, still as a sunless style, to stand in the middle of the circle, and cast no shadow; to make the sign of the sun with its tongue in its throat:
to search for the body of the brother, Tadeo. The closest thing to happiness for me right now, hermanito, would be for them to call me tomorrow to tell me your body has appeared. To follow the fragments, the dreadful path, which is also the mundane: the mundane horror of the dead which is continuous with the mundane horror of the living. To want what the dead want. To meet at that zero point. That's the only thing I want now, a body, a grave. That refuge.
to go outside the gates; to become like the dead brother; to take his place in the round, bee-hived shaped sepulchre; to starve; to become the symbol for gold; a zero-place; the zero-mouth (Bolaño); to turn up your starved face; to signal the gods through the roof of the tomb:
to trace the dead by becoming like the dead; to trace their route, his route; to move through a channel made of absences: Like the dream, you were what disappears, and you were also all those empty places that do not disappear. To speak with Tadeo, who is absent, by speaking a language of absences. To move through those absences.
Tadeo González. Ausente.
Tadeo González. Ausente.
Tadeo González. Ausente.
outside the walls: to occupy the tomb; to make a para-site, an alternative to the would-be center of power (the king/the state). Here dead bodies gravitate; here dead bodies accumulate (you, your brother, your lover); the tomb is becoming steadily more crowded with the dead; while the palace is drained, evacuated. You claim a here, you make of a non-place a here, while Creon is left alone there, within the now-empty corridors of power, within the empty walls of the state. The empty skull of the state:
What is power? They is power. Their presence. I realized Tamaulipas was Thebes / and Creon this silence stifling everything. But we is counter-power. The first person plural, the choral voice, has long been a tool of protest and poetry, a way to speak to, from, and for those harmed and suppressed by a grid of interlocking hegemonies—a way to activate the numerical power of the masses. In this case, the chorus speaks simultaneously as themselves and as the disappeared, the priceless/ disposable, victims of the juntas, of the narcowars, of punitive economic and migration policies, of the violent depredations of politicians, police and corporations on both sides of the US-Mexican border and throughout Latin America:
Somos los que deshabita desde la memoria. Tropel. Estampida. Inmersión. Diáspora. Un agujero en el bolsillo. Un fantasma que se niega a abandonarte. Nostotros somos essa invasión. Un cuerpo hecho de murmullos. Un cuerpo que no aparece, que nadie quiere nombrar.
Aquí todos somos limbo.
We are what vacates from the space of memory. Horde. Stampede. Immersion. Diaspora. A hole in a pocket. A ghost who refuses to abandon you. We are that invasion. A body made of murmurings. A body that doesn't appear, that no one wishes to name.
Here we are all limbo.
Not all 'in limbo', but all limbo itself, indivisible, a cancelled yet ineradicable stratum, a static absence that disrupts the well-lit field of presence, of state power, of capital. An adjustment of Satan's more heroic claim myself am hell, but following a comparable spatial logic, and claiming for this would-be non-place the status of Here.
ANTÍGONA GONZÁLEZ by SARA URIBE
Antígona González is a book of refractions, appropriations, conjurations, fragmentations, of ghost cerements stitched and re-stitched, until there is no telling where one voice begins and another ends: Who is Antígona González and what are we going to do with all the other Antigones? Who says this? Uribe is the latest artist to find herself and her heroine moving along the long, dismal path of this we, abjected from the light of power's bona fides and onto a sacred, spectral plane of grief, abnegation and reluctant counterpower: I didn't want to be an Antigone // but it happened to me. The book splices Latin American and European versions of Antigone, human rights reports and scholarly texts, along with the account of our present heroine; its voice thus amplifies even as it grows more specific. Devastatingly, Antígona finally communes not with Tadeo but with the other bereft searchers who have massed in San Fernando, Tamaulipas, in the dubious hopes of recognizing a loved one among a group of corpses. The repeated choral declaration Somos muchos in the book's final passages evokes dismay as well as power. It is a wail as much as a roar. Reflecting this ambivalence, the choral voice undulatingly splits and reforms; on its final page, the voice of Sophocles's Antigone issues from the chorus's now singular throat: ¿Me ayudarás a levantar el cadáver? Will you join me in taking up the body? As the first Antigone hurls out this challenge to her sister Ismene, Uribe here throws her moral challenge to her reader(s). The white space around this question terrifyingly undecided; is it heavy with silence, or loud with groans as a long, dismal column of sisters bends to the work?
ANTÍGONA GONZÁLEZ by SARA URIBE, translated by John Pluecker
Translator John Pluecker has accepted Uribe's challenge, becoming an accomplice-sister to Antígona and to Antígona, bringing this text into English via a tight weaving of direct speech and quoted/retranslated sources. Amid this multiplicitous structure, Pluecker has aimed for a seamlessness of touch which imbues a sense of focus, momentum and 'all-of-a-pieceness' to this pieced-together work. Elaborate notes make sure the choral/archival aspect of Uribe's project is not lost on the Anglophone reader, and also discloses the heretofore spectral presence of performance, as Uribe's multivocal work was in fact commissioned as a monologue for Sandra Muñoz and performed on site in Tamaulipas. Pluecker's translation multiplies the work's already multiple audience and referents, its speaking-sisters and addressee-sisters—and thus its political reach and potential future contexts. It thus reiterates the logic of the book itself, with its sad yet empowering collocation of "all the other Antigones." The continuity of this translation with the action and method of the book reminds us that Antigone's act was itself a forbidden translation, a crossing of a boundary, a 'carrying-across', etymologically speaking. In Pluecker's afterward, he offers this synopses of the gravity his task:
Translation becomes a response, a lifting, a hand offered to help to bear the weight. Translation is never enough, though often too much or all that we have to offer. One becomes many.
Translation has made him one of the other Antigones.
Joyelle McSweeney is the author of eight books of poetry, drama, fiction and essays. Her most recent books are: The Necropastoral: Poetry, Media, Occults (Goth eco/poetics); Dead Youth, or, the Leaks, a verse play which won the first Leslie Scalapino Prize for Innovative Women Performance Artists; and Percussion Grenade, poems and a play. With Johannes Göransson, she edits Action Books, teaches at Notre Dame, and lives in South Bend, Indiana.


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There are total 8 letters in Mirepoix, Starting with M and ending with X.
Mirepoix is a scrabble word? Yes (19 Points) Mirepoix has worth 19 Scrabble points.
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In Mirepoix M is 13th, I is 9th, R is 18th, E is 5th, P is 16th, O is 15th, X is 24th letters in Alphabet Series.
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UN.Gift Campaign
We are excited to have the opportunity to collaborate with a number of UNH Departments and student orgs to host the UN.Gift Box on campus from April 19-23. The GIFT box is a creative awareness raising project launched by STOP THE TRAFFIK and the United Nations Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking (UN.GIFT) at the London 2012 Olympics. The UN.GIFT Box is a 7 foot sq professionally built interactive display that looks like a giant present on the outside. The box mirrors the deception used to lure individuals into slavery and offers visitors a chance to walk inside and discover stories of survivors of human trafficking and modern day slavery from around New England. Deb O'Hara-Rusckowski, RN, MBA, MTS, Member of United Nations NGO Committee to Stop Trafficking in Persons will be joining us in Durham on April 12, to train the volunteer team who will staff the display throughout its time in Durham. If you or your organization would like to find out more about the project, get involved, attend the April 12 training, or come out to participate in the campaign while it's on campus, let us know through the comments box. You can sign up to volunteer at our UNH site, or other Boston area sites at http://theriversouthcenter.org


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Casting is a manufacturing process by which a liquid material is usually poured into a mold, which contains a hollow cavity of the desired shape, and then allowed to solidify. The solidified part is also known as a casting, which is ejected or broken out of the mold to complete the process.
Sand casting, also known as sand molded casting, is a metal casting process characterized by using sand as the mold material.
It is relatively cheap and sufficiently refractory even for steel foundry use. A suitable bonding agent (usually clay) is mixed or occurs with the sand. The mixture is moistened with water to develop strength and plasticity of the clay and to make the aggregate suitable for molding. The term "sand casting" can also refer to a casting produced via the sand casting process.
There are six steps in this process:
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