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Talk about a great find. I don't really remember what started me down the Technology section of our research library, but at one point, I found myself face to face with a 1975 edition of Joy of Cooking (WorldCat). I took it off the shelf and opened it up to a random page on preparing game – rabbits and squirrels. Looking around to see what else was at hand, I found a 1972 edition of the The Epicurean (WorldCat) which was an "unabridged, unedited" version taken from the plates of the first printing in 1893. Oh man, what fun! I spent about 20 minutes reading on the differences of serving a French party versus an American party versus a German party (all parties had 24 persons). Turns out the Germans don't get mineral waters during the appetizers.
Duly noted.
Speaking of the Germans, I kept looking around and found Spanish cookbooks, regional cookbooks from America, Kosher cookbooks and even one on the cuisine of South Africa. But most impressive was a 1972 printing of the Nurenburgerische Koch Buch. Now, I don't know German but I think that's a book on the food stylings of 17th century Nurenburg. I tried looking for mention of hossenfeffer to no avail.


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The 88-years old author of 20 books on Islam, Bernard Lewis, is a classic example of how intellectual horror of such individuals lead to physical horror of the kind we witness around the world today.
Bernard Lewis often proudly tells his audience about an insignificant encounter he once had in Jordan.
The insignificant encounter, however, becomes significant when Western public's limited understanding of Islam is viewed in the context of their lead opinion-maker's convoluted view about Muslims and Islam.
Lewis says one of his Arab friends argued: "We have time, we can wait. We got rid of the Crusaders. We got rid of the Turks. We'll get rid of the Jews."
Hearing this claim," Mr. Lewis says, he shot back, "Excuse me, but you've got your history wrong. The Turks got rid of the Crusaders. The British got rid of the Turks. The Jews got rid of the British. I wonder who is coming here next."
Turks and Arabs are irrelevant. What is undeniable is that Muslims got rid of the crusades. Period. On the other hand, the British not only got rid of Turks but also helped the whole Europe got rid of the centuries old Jewish problem.[1]
There is no need for Mr. Lewis to wonder who is coming next to replace America in the Middle East. It is the Zionists who did not get rid of British but will definitely get rid of America. Muslims will then get rid of them to prove the Jordanian friend of Mr. Lewis right in his observation.
Lewis and company use such sarcasm to underscore a serious point. Most Islamic countries have failed miserably at "modernizing" their societies, they contend, beckoning outsiders –" this time, Americans –" to intervene.
The Zionist inspired Lewis-doctrine of calling for a U.S. military invasion to reform Muslims has helped define the bloodiest shift in U.S. foreign policy in 50 years. The occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan is the initial phase of this doctrine in operation. It means the Zionists are more than half way through their agenda of replacing the US as a Ruling State.
In the last decade of 20th century, the Zionists changed quick gears to take the US out of its doctrine-of-containment mode. Threat from Islam under many different labels replaced Moscow as the global foe. And now America, having replaced British as the Ruling State and outlasted the Soviets to become the sole superpower, no longer seeks to contain but to confront, defeat and transform the world of Islam.
The US failure in remolding Afghanistan, Iraq and the rest of the Mideast is the writing on the wall. In the coming years, the US will remain bold and assertive as long as it believes it can transform lives and culture of a people through force. Persistent losses and embarrassing failure of the baseless theories will gradually make the US inward, defensive, cut off and replaced by Israel in the end.
We are in the initial phase of moving towards this end. According to Peter Waldman of Wall Street Journal, "as mentor and informal adviser to some top U.S. officials, Mr. Lewis has helped coax the White House to shed decades of thinking about Arab regimes and the use of military power."[2]
Lewis Doctrine of transforming a way of life of more than one billion people in the name of fostering democracy seems wise and imperative in his books alone. In reality, it is the beginning of re-colonisation of the Muslim world and the fall of the US power on the pattern of its predecessor, the United Kingdom.
It also sounds nice that the US has adopted this course only to be able to blunt terrorism and stabilize the Middle East. Instead, it has already sparked a much wider resistance –" called terrorism. At an Al-Jazeera poll, 56 percent respondents clicked a resounding "no" to the question: "Should Arab countries yield to US reform plans?"[3]
Instead of engaging in honest soul-searching and identifying the enemies within, the US administration was led to holding Muslims responsible for 9/11 soon after the attacks occurred. Muslims' "misunderstanding" of the US and Islamic threat was the answer to every question. "The only question left unanswered was how to frame the enemy," says David Frum, who was a speechwriter for President Bush.[4]
At this critical juncture, Lewis told White House staffers, military aides and staff members of the National Security Council in a special meeting that anti-Americanism stemmed from Muslims' "own inadequacies, not America's." Frum also recalls Lewis's private meeting with national security adviser, Condoleezza Rice and Dick Cheney.
The fallacy of this doctrine is not limited only to closing eyes to the US injustice, failures and the enemies within. It leads a long way to the dangerous miscalculation that even the most aggressive enemy wouldn't risk its own demise by provoking war with a powerful U.S. This doctrine blinds the Americans to the reality that the administration's Zionists sponsored advisors are, in fact, the grave diggers for the seemingly invincible U.S. With advisors like these, the US needs no enemies.
The fallacy deepens with the fact that such insane doctrines envision not a clash of interests or even ideology, but of cultures, values and ways of life. The reason: surpassing the already well under-control-U.S. is not a problem for the Zionists. Doing the same to the divided, humiliated and mostly occupied Muslim world is a problem as long as its values, principles and identity is not substantially diluted.
As a result, exploiting weaknesses of the power wielders in Washington, the spokespersons for Zionists put only two choices before them: "Get tough or get out" of the Muslim world, knowing that the super ego of the the super tyrants would not let them admit their crimes and do the necessary course correction.
Mentality of these promoters of war can be judged from the fact that besides serving as intelligence officer for the British Empire, Bernard Lewis inherited some historic grudges before becoming a pawn in the grand Zionist game. He strongly believes that, notwithstanding the US excesses over the last century, Muslims hate the West only because the Ottomans failed for the second time to sack Christian Vienna in 1683.
Mr. Lewis is also the father of the "clash of civilisation" theory which he described in a 1990 essay called "The Roots of Muslim Rage." According to Lewis, Muslims do not feel cheated due to undeniable realities, such as the US out-right support to Israeli aggression, occupation and the worst kind of human rights violations. All Muslims are portrayed to hate the West as a whole for 300 years only because the Christian civilization has overshadowed them militarily, economically and culturally.[5] So, there is no need for a policy change to reverse or at least bring an end to the continuing U.S. hypocrisy, double standards and injustice.
Friedman, Pipes, Perle and many hypocrites among Muslims in the name of "moderates"[6] regurgitate the same convoluted theory that Muslims hate US because they are "not rich, not strong and not successful."
The reality is that Christians and Muslims make only 55 per cent of the world population.[7] Even not all the 33 percent Christians are rich, strong and successful. If poverty, weakness and failure are the criteria for hating the US, more than 90 percent of the world population is thus supposed to hate the US. The reason is clear. Far less than 10 per cent of the world population belongs to the corporate world of super tyrants and Zionist political-entrepreneurs.
What hurts members of this league of hypocrites, in Bernard Lewis words, is their concern: why do they [Muslims] neither fear nor respect us?" Only the most naïve would believe Lewis's logic that instilling respect or at least fear through force is essential for America's security.
According to Wall Street Journal, only eight days after the Sept. 11 attacks, Mr. Lewis and his friend, Ahmad Chalabi argued for a military takeover of Iraq to avert still-worse terrorism in the future. [8]
This fact alone is enough to show the years of planning, the scope of links, and creation of the most suitable moments for proposing the core ideas in this great Zionist game. Imagine, the Americans are still busy counting their dead and they have yet to focus on the real culprits of the 9/11, when Lewis –" who is "close to government circles in Israel" (according to the Wall Street Journal) –" goes to underline the need for Iraq's occupation to their leader. Iraq is a country that has yet to be credibly linked with 9/11.
It shows that Bernard Lewis has not helped the world understand the complexity of the world of Islam. As a confidant of successive Israeli prime ministers, including Ariel Sharon, he simply worked as a tool for justifying Israeli crimes and occupations by and for Israel.
Mr. Wolfowitz has now signalled that the US administration accepted Mr. Lewis's prescription for the Muslim world of "losers, helpless and enraged." Ilan Pappe of Haifa University rightly argued that Mr. Lewis's view that political cultures can be remade through force contributed to Israel's decision to invade Lebanon in 1982.
It took Israel 18 years to abandon that strategy. Unfortunately, the US does not have that luxury at its disposal. Operating under the same assumption on a much wider scale, the US will fail far miserably than Israel in Lebanon.
As the US rose to touch the limits of its power, hundreds of thousands lost their lives as a result of its illegal sanctions and wars for transforming them in its own image. Millions more are destined to suffer as a result of the impending great fall of the final Titan.
The British got rid of the Turks and the Jews. The US replaced the British. Bernard Lewis wonders who is coming next. The pragmatics, however, wonder if Lewis would live enough to see the Zionists, whom he served for so long, replace the arrogant American administrators, whom he pushed into digging America's grave in the Middle East.
[1]. In 1914 with Balfour Declaration and in 1948 through the establishment of Israel, British got rid of the Jewish problem of Europe forever. Jews were run out of every country in Europe for 1700 years. In 250 Jews were run out of Carthage; in 415 of Alexandria; in 554 of Diocese of Clement (France); in 561 of Diocese of Uzzes (France); in 612 of Visigoth Spain; in 642 of Visigoth Empire; in 855 of Italy; in 876 of Sens; in 1012 of Mayence; in 1181 of France; in 1290 of England; in 1306 of France; in 1348 of Switzerland; in 1349 of Hielbronn (Germany); in 1349 of Hungary; in 1388 of Strasbourg; in 1394 of Germany; in 1394 of France; 1422 of Austria; 1424 of Fribourg & Zurich; 1426 of Cologne; in 1432 of Savory; in 1438 of Mainz; in 1439 of Augsburg; in in 1446 of Bavaria; in. 1453 of Franconis; in 1453 of Breslau; in 1454 of Wurzburg; in 1485 of Vincenza (Italy); in 1492 of Spain; in 1495 of Lithuania; in 1497 of Portugal; in 1499 of Germany; in 1514 of Strasbourg; in 1519 of Regensburg; in 1540 of Naples; in 1542 of Bohemia; in 1550 of Genoa; in 1551 of Bavaria; in 1555 of Pesaro; in 1559 of Austria; in 1561 of Prague; in 1567 of Wurzburg; in 1569 of Papal States; in 1571 of Brandenburg; in 1582 of Netherlands; in 1593 of Brandenburg, Austria; in 1597 of Cremona, Pavia & Lodi; in 1614 of Frankfort; in 1615 of Worms51. 1619 of Kiev; in 1649 of Ukraine; in 1654 of LittleRussia; in 1656 of Lithuania; in 1669 of Oran (North Africa); in 1670 of Vienna; in 1712 of Sandomir; in 1727 of Russia; in 1738 of Wurtemburg; in 1740 of Little Russia; in 1744 of Bohemia; in 1744 of Livonia; in 1745 of Moravia; in 1753 of Kovad (Lithuania); in 1761 of Bordeaux; in 1772 Jews deported to the Pale of Settlement (Russia); in 1775 of Warsaw; in 1789 of Alace; in 1804 of Villages in Russia; in 1808 of Villages & Countrysides (Russia); in 1815 of Lubeck & Bremen; in 1815 of Franconia, Swabia & Bavaria; in 1820 of Bremes; in 1843 of Russian Border Austria & Prussia; in 1862 of Area in the U.S. under Grant's Jurisdiction; in 1866 of Galatz, Romania; in 1919 of Bavaria (foreign born Jews); and in 1938-45 of Nazi Controlled Areas. See: http://www.adlusa.com/adl/kickdout.htm
[2]. Peter Waldman, "A HISTORIAN'S TAKE ON ISLAM STEERS U.S. IN TERRORISM FIGHT,"
Wall Street Journal, February 4, 2004.
[3]. Out of 8927 respondents 56% say no to the question: "Should Arab countries yield to US reform plans?" at Al-Jazeera poll. March 08, 2004. http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/890500CB-E84E-4E17-ACB5-768A7FBF3670.htm
[4]. Ibid., Peter Waldman.
[5]. "The question people are asking is why they hate us. That's the wrong question," said Mr. Lewis on C-SPAN shortly after the Sept. 11 attacks. "In a sense, they've been hating us for centuries, and it's very natural that they should.
[6]. For instance, see the article by Husain Haqqani (2003), "The American Mongols," Foreign Policy Magazine, May/June 2003 (http://www.foreignpolicy.com/issue_mayjune_2003/haqqani.html) which presents the same historical point of view for Muslim's dislikeness of the US policies. The ground reality contradict such theory which are only put forward to justify the modern tyranny perpetrated by the US with the help of its allies.
[7]. Major Religions of the World Ranked by Number of Adherents: Christianity: 2 billion, Islam: 1.3 billion, Hinduism: 900 million, Secular/Nonreligious/Agnostic/Atheist: 850 million, Buddhism: 360 million, Chinese traditional religion: 225 million, primal-indigenous: 150 million, African Traditional & Diasporic: 95 million, Sikhism: 23 million, Juche: 19 million, Spiritism: 14 million, Judaism: 14 million, Baha'i: 6 million, Jainism: 4 million, Shinto: 4 million. Cao Dai: 3 million, Tenrikyo: 2.4 million, Neo-Paganism: 1 million, Unitarian-Universalism: 800 thousand, Rastafarianism: 700 thousand, Scientology: 600 thousand, Zoroastrianism: 150 thousand. See: http://www.adherents.com/Religions_By_Adherents.html
[8] See the New York Times report (by Douglas Jhel March 11, 2004) that discloses Pentagon's paying $340,000 a month to the Iraqi political organization led by Ahmad Chalabi, a member of the interim Iraqi government who has close ties to the Bush administration, for "intelligence collection" about Iraq, according to Defense Department officials. Chalabi was thus a close friend of Bernard Lewis on the one hand and a close associate of Pentagon on the other. That's how the architects of military and intellectual horrors go hand in hand and sow the seeds of death and destruction. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/11/politics/11CHAL.html?ei=1&en=05951bd928161ad9&ex=1079969483&pagewanted=print&position=
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The spies who pushed for war It is now official: Israeli spies fed fake evidence to US government through Jewish US Government officials!
Thursday July 17, 2003, The Guardian
The war on Iraq: Conceived in Israel
Washington's Zionist hawks to reshape Mid-East for Israel
Who is driving the war against Iraq?
Zionists "Think Tanks" Push America into War
Media coverage of Israel's underground in the US –" and the 9/11 connection.
Spy Unit Skirted CIA on Iraq
When you read the above (last link), keep in mind that Douglas Feith is a JINSA/PNAC Zionist extremist Jew who is pictured at http://www.nowarforisrael.com as we really need to put the heat on these nefarious traitors to America (like Feith, Bolton, Perle, etc) who have no problem spending the lives of US soldiers (over 600 thus far in Iraq) for their 'protect Israel at all cost' agenda.


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Our ever popular Give or Take events are taking to the streets! We'll be joining Banbury Market and anyone can come along to drop off or take away clothes, books, DVDs, small electrical items, toys and other home items. There'll also be Freegle Live, Banbury CAG seed swap, recycling and energy stall and Love Food Hate Waste experts. Find us opposite HMV


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DALLAS -- The World Cup may be taking place in Russia this year, but come 2026, the tournament will be back in The States for the first time since 1994! The joint bid from the U.S., Mexico, and Canada beat out Morocco at Wednesday's FIFA vote in Moscow.
"You know, there's no doubt that when the World Cup is here in eight years it's going to do incredible things to elevate the sport of soccer to levels we probably can't even imagine today," said the MLS Commissioner, Don Garber.
Breaking it down, of the 80 matches that'll be played in 2026, the U.S. will get 60, while Mexico and Canada get 10 each. That means there's a strong possibility that Dallas will be one of the host cities like it was last time.
In '94, the games were played at the Cotton Bowl. The city spent roughly $18 million to get Fair Park and the stadium ready, while pocketing about $20 million in revenue.
That's chump change compared to the estimated impact playing host will have on the region in eight years. The Dallas City Council says estimates range between $300-$500 million!
AT&T Stadium would more-than-likely be the main draw this time around, with the Cotton Bowl and Toyota Stadium good candidates for training sites and base camps for teams.
"Dallas is centrally located for this entire bid. We have a great airport, we have great infrastructure, we have plenty of hotel rooms," said Dan Hunt, the President of FC Dallas. "And by the way, we've hosted the '94 World Cup, which was very successful, hosted a Super Bowl here, and hosted a number of other events. This is a big-event city."
however this all pans out, come eight years from now Team USA better be ready to bring it! Because as one of the host countries, we get an automatic bid... ready or not.


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The site did share news about the ELCA and some of its ecumenical partners, and these items were often the sort of thing you might not find somewhere else -- news about somebody else's synod, including not only press items but the occasional tidbit gleaned from a synod council report. It quickly became an indispensable source of information.
But there was more to it than just news. Susan would ask readers for opinions, and get them -- often in large numbers, in the comments section. Then she would poke and prod a bit, asking people to clarify half-formed ideas and sometimes coming right out and criticizing the the ones that really bugged her. (Our favorite response to a comment: "Thanks, Mr. Sensitivity.")
On the sidebar was a list of recently updated blogs by Lutheran bloggers, many of them friends of the Egg. That right-side panel became a reader's guide to what like-minded Lutherans were up to.
And yes, we do mean "like-minded." Did PGL offer pure unsullied "objective" journalism? Not at all. Susan has some pretty strong convictions, and she didn't mind promoting them. (As we often say to ourselves in Egg staff meetings, "It's not the New York Times, dammit. It's my freakin' blog.") They aren't always convictions that we share, by the way, but that's the whole point. A demand for total agreement is the telltale sign of sectarian thinking, and neither her blog nor ours -- nor the ELCA -- makes such a demand.
In its one brief year, Pretty Good Lutherans made a big impression. It was a great model for building community. It was apparently not a good model, or even a workable one, for earning a living. So Susan has moved on to "new projects," about which we will be happy to hear when she announces them. And the Lutheran world is left with a little hole, which we hope will be filled in time.


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1. To make some verbal comment regarding someone or something. Sarah's mother said some mean things about her new boyfriend after they left. I wanted to say a couple things about your report before you leave.
2. To reveal, demonstrate, or indicate some trait or aspect of someone or something. A: "Tommy's got a really bad temper, don't you think?" B: "Yes, though I think it says something about his parents, to be honest." The fact that they could have such a popular product and still manage to lose money says a lot about their competence as a company.
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Perched grandly on 16th and Valencia, the Roxie has been the oldest continuously operating theater in San Francisco since 1909. For that, we salute it. Yes, actually salute it - especially after stumbling around the Mission in an Elixir haze at one in the morning and suddenly knowing exactly where you are. Thanks, looming hot pink neon sign.
In early years the Roxie boasted vaudeville-esque variety shows with pratfalls, pretty girls in skimpy outfits, and people juggling weird stuff. Turned into a movie theater in 1933, it went through a brief and tawdry stint with pornography in the late '60s before being revived as an arthouse in the '70s.
Best known these days for documentaries and film festivals like Indiefest and Docfest, the good people of the Roxie have decided to return it to its roots. Starting in early May, Roxie Stages will bring back vaudeville - funky, glitzy live revues performed before weekend movies. No word on dancing girls in skimpy outfits, but the odds are promising.
The Roxie stage will also serve up other live theater. Charles Phoenix, self-proclaimed ambassador of Americana, performs his retro slide show (think space age suburbia and enormous turquoise Buicks) mid-month and David Templeton mounts his hilarious one-man show about escaping fundamentalism (complete with proselytizing puppets) in May.


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The government has failed to act on a promise to tackle the waste caused by the billions of plastic bags sold every year in England, with ministers accused by campaigners of "kicking the issue into the long grass".
The number of bags issued by supermarkets in England soared by more than 7% in 2011 to 6.7bn "single-use" bags, prompting renewed calls from campaigners for a 5p charge similar to the one introduced by Wales that year. As well as littering streets and the countryside, the bags are blamed for killing and harming marine life, according to Campaign to Protect Rural England, Keep Britain Tidy, the Marine Conservation Society and Surfers Against Sewage.
The environment minister, Richard Benyon, pledged in June that the government would make a decision on a charge for single-use bags in England before the end of last year. But no decision was taken in 2012, and there is no firm timetable for action, a spokesman for the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said.
Every other country in the UK has either already imposed a charge or is in the process of doing so.
The Welsh environment minister who introduced the scheme, John Griffiths, has said England is missing a trick by not introducing a charge, which led to reductions of 70-96% in Welsh supermarkets. The Welsh charge goes to charities rather than government and has already raised more than £800,000 for charities including the RSPB and Keep Wales Tidy.
Over half of English adults think a 5p charge is not unreasonable for England, and 75% would cut down use if one was introduced, a poll commissioned by a coalition of plastic bag campaigners found last September.
Scotland will report this year on the results of a 2012 consultation proposing a mandatory charge of 5p or more for all retailers. Ireland has had a plastic bag tax since 2002, which cut use by 95%, and currently stands at €0.22 per bag. Northern Ireland is introducing a 5p tax in April.
Defra said: "We want to work with retailers to help them lift their game to cut the number of bags they hand out. We are monitoring the results of the charging scheme in Wales and the outcome of the Scottish consultation on a charge so that we can make a fully informed decision."
The Green party MP and former leader Caroline Lucas said: "Plastic bags make a mess of our streets and green spaces and cause huge environmental problems – from the oil-based materials used to make them, to the vast numbers lying as waste in open landfill sites. While there has been an encouraging shift towards 'bags for life', it's clear that more needs to be done at the legislative level.
"Instead of kicking this issue into the long grass, the government must now come forward with measures to reduce single-use carriers – as promised last year – ideally to include an obligatory 'plastax' on single-use bags. Schemes elsewhere have been very successful and there's real public support for such a measure, so what are ministers waiting for?"
Samantha Harding, campaign manager at the Campaign to Protect Rural England and spokeswoman for Break the Bag Habit coalition, said: "Why is a charge not happening in England, when there are such definite benefits to it, and a growth in consumer support, and support for the charge in England being on parity with that in Wales before it was introduced?
"The only people against it are the plastics lobby. For the government to say it's going to sit back and monitor, and give no indicator of how long it is going to monitor for, is unacceptable. England alone remains the country not doing anything."
Awareness of the waste and wildlife hazards posed by plastic bags surged in 2007 when the small Devon town of Modbury became the first in Europe to ban them, and in 2008, when the Daily Mail launched a campaign to introduce a bag charge.


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Nov 16, 2018
In this episode of the podcast, Tim welcomes back Laura Pavlakovich Tim asks Laura a few questions that lead to all kinds of cool discussions around her Type 1 journey, including funny moments, her vision for connecting other Type 1s and a lot more.
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Software Engineering
Our world's major companies, governments and organisations depend on smartly designed and implemented software. And they rely on the expertise of skilled software engineers to make it happen.
What is software engineering?
Software engineers develop, analyse and improve software to ensure it runs effectively, safely and securely.
With a strong foundation in IT, mathematics and science, software engineering relies on skills in the following areas:
- mathematical foundations of software engineering
- fundamental software processes and lifecycles
- software-engineering methodologies and standard notations
- principles of software architecture and re-use
- software quality frameworks and validation
- software development.
Careers in software engineering
Software engineers are needed in almost every industry - from aerospace to medicine.
You'll be in high demand by government organisations and corporations who undertake major software development. And you'll be equally well-positioned to work for small and medium enterprises that provide software engineering and integration services to these governments and businesses.
Typical roles include:
- Applications developer
- Internet developer
- Programming specialist
- Systems programmer
- Software designer
- Software engineer
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- Consultant
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Faculty position available in Department of Bioengineering for Cellular and Molecular Imaging
The Department of Bioengineering at Penn State University seeks to hire a full time faculty member at the level of associate of full professor in the area of cellular and molecular imaging. Imaging modalities include magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), ultrasound, optical, fluorescence, and mass spectrometry. Desired applications areas include nanomedicine, materials research, life science and translational medicine. Special consideration will be given to candidates who apply new methods, technology, or tools to problems in cardiovascular disease, cancer, and neuroscience. Candidate will be expected to secure extramural funding, be effective educators in the applications of engineering to the life sciences and medicine at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and participate in service to further the missions of the department, college, and university.
We seek candidates who are recognized experts in in vivo imaging at the cellular and molecular level. However, we would be particularly interested in a candidate whose expertise is in MRI and one who can build a strong program in molecular imaging and systems biology. Such a candidate could help bridge activities ongoing in the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, Material Research Institute, Institute for CyberScience, Center for Neural Engineering, Cancer Institute, and the College of Medicine.
The core mission of Penn State's department of bioengineering is to improve healthcare effectiveness and delivery by employing fundamental engineering principles to solve problems in life sciences and medicine at the basic science, clinical, and industry levels. The department maintains strong ties to world-class institutes such as the Materials Research Institute, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, Cancer Institute and the Heart and Vascular Institute as well as centers for Neural Engineering and Nanomedicine and Materials. In addition, the department and graduate programs are committed the high quality education for undergraduates and graduate students in line with the college's mission of training world class engineers and with the Penn State's land-grant mission of enhancing quality of life in the commonwealth and nation through technology and innovation.
To apply:
For more information, please visit the website: www.bioe.psu.edu. To apply, send current contact information, curriculum vitae, statement of research and teaching objectives, five reprints, and the names of 3-5 references to Doretta Garvey, email@example.com (electronic submission is preferred). Inquiries should be directed to Dr. William O. Hancock, Professor of Bioengineering, Chair of the Bioengineering Faculty Search Committee via email (email@example.com) or phone (814) 863-0492. To ensure full consideration, applications should be received by January 15, 2013. Interviews will take place in the spring of 2012. Salary is negotiable and commensurate with qualifications and experience.


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If you have a child between the ages of 6 and 12, chances are you've been subjected to the homespun chemistry experiment that is slime: a combination of ordinary school glue, baking soda and borax – a common laundry detergent additive. Thanks to a chemical reaction between these three ingredients, you magically have pliable slime that kids love to stretch, squeeze and then forget on the dining room table.
The trouble is that borax is not safe for children, especially when they touch it for long periods of time, like they do when mixing and playing with slime.
What's wrong with borax, you ask?
First of all, borax – aka boric acid, sodium borate, sodium tetraborate or disodium tetraborate – is not classified as a skin irritant, but some borates are eye irritants. There have been multiple media reports of children who had burns on their hands after making and playing with slime, but it is unclear why these burns have occurred.
Secondly, and even more concerning, borax can be toxic in high doses – it's used to kill ants and other pests in addition to its use in laundry detergent. Borax exposure can result in hormone disruption, including potential damage to the male reproductive system.
What about using contact solution instead of borax?
Real talk: There is no such thing as a safe slime recipe.
I wanted to write an article about slime, particularly making slime without borax. But, sadly, EWG's experts cannot recommend contact solution as a safer alternative for making slime.
Why? Because even small amounts of boric acid can be unsafe for children.
In 2016, Health Canada released a statement with a similar warning, advising people to avoid any homemade recipe using boric acid, as overexposure "has the potential to cause developmental and reproductive health effects." Because we are often exposed to boric acid through other sources – in our food, water and home products – people should avoid unnecessary exposures, especially children and pregnant women.
"The concern is not with any one product, but rather multiple exposures from a variety of sources," Health Canada said.
But, you might be thinking, contact solution is Food and Drug Administration approved! We put it in our eyes!
Yes, this is true, but when contact solution is used in slime recipes it can be added in much larger amounts than what is used in a contact lens case. The amount of contact solution is proportionate to the amount of glue – the more glue, the more solution necessary.
And contact solution packaging does not indicate the amount (or percentage) of boric acid in the product – only that it is an ingredient. This makes it impossible to know if it truly is a "trace amount" as many slime recipes claim, or if it's a lot.
Between unknown amounts of solution in the recipe, unknown amounts of boric acid in the solution and the fact that children are squishing the ingredients between their fingers for extended periods of time – that's the fun! – kids could be exposed to a lot of boric acid.
I wish this weren't true. I wish we had an EWG-approved, kid-safe slime recipe for you. But you need borax to make the slime magic happen, and it's just not safe.
Do you have a tactile activity your kids like just as much as making slime? Let us know on our Facebook page.


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Dr. Paul Farmer, physician and anthropologist, is chief strategist and co-founder of Partners In Health, Kolokotrones University Professor and chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and chief of the Division of Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. He also serves as U.N. Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Community-based Medicine and Lessons from Haiti.
Dr. Jim Yong Kim is president of the World Bank Group. A physician and anthropologist, Dr. Kim has dedicated himself to international development for more than two decades. Before joining the World Bank, Kim served as as director of the World Health Organization's HIV/AIDS Department, president of Dartmouth College, and held professorships at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health. He has received a MacArthur "Genius" Fellowship and has been recognized as one of America's "25 Best Leaders" by U.S. News & World Report.
Ophelia Dahl has been advocating for the health and rights of poor people for nearly 30 years. In 1983, she volunteered at the small Eye Care Haiti clinic in Haiti's impoverished Central Plateau. There she met Paul Farmer, and they have been working ever since to deliver high-quality health care to the destitute sick. Dahl is chairman of Dahl & Dahl LLP, which manages the literary estate of her late father, the writer Roald Dahl. She also serves as vice president on the board of Roald Dahl's Museum and Story Centre.
Dr. Agnes Binagwaho is a Rwandan pediatrician who served as the Minister of Health of Rwanda for five years. Dr. Binagwaho is currently a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, a Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College, and the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Global Health Equity in Rwanda. She is active in advocacy and political mobilization on behalf of women and children, in Rwanda and worldwide.
Dr. Joia Mukherjee is the chief medical officer of Partners In Health. She's associate professor of medicine in the Division of Global Health Equity, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and associate professor of global health and social medicine at Harvard Medical School.
St. Ker François is from Cange, Haiti. An eloquent spokesman for the right to health for all, he was one of the world's first patients in a rural area to be treated with the HIV/AIDS drug "cocktail" that had long been available for the wealthier world. He is a firm believer in tout moun se moun—all humans are human.
Adeline Merçon is a health rights activist from Cange, Haiti. She was Dr. Paul Farmer's first patient to be treated with a full course of anti-retrovirals. On the day that she was first seen by Dr. Farmer, she was so ill that her father was building her coffin. She is now a mother, an educator, and a passionate advocate for health justice.
Melquiades Huauya Oré was only a teenager when he developed the devastating illness of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis. His condition worsened, as it took several years before doctors discovered he had the drug resistant strain and had been given the wrong medicine. After years of life-and-death struggle, he got the proper medicine and social support needed to endure the arduous treatment course, and he began recovering. He is now a thriving young man, intent on sharing his story and fighting for the rights of other patients.


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Beware! With its vibrant coloured design, and alarmingly long list of features this Happy Hop 6 in 1 Play Centre will almost certainly become the centre of your kids' kingdom of play and imagination. Simply plug your bouncer in and in a small matter of time, your little ones will be playing happily, burning off excess energy and taking part in great exercise.
This seriously bouncy bouncer will make your kids fall over with excitement, taking the bouncer to a new level of sliding, bouncing, ball playing, climbing, crawling and basketball playing fun! Great for developing motor skills, coordination and most importantly of all, enjoying being a kid and having as much fun as possible!
Feel safe in the knowledge that this bouncer will keep kids secure and safely ensconced within the soft and bouncy material while they play. Buy it for for a guaranteed great party, special occasions, during friendly gatherings or for use in the backyard, for sleep overs and more.
In this kit is everything you would need to plug and play from the moment you open the box – bouncer, fan, carry bag, ground stakes, instructions and a repair kit, all delivered quickly to your door in one handy box. You'll never have to rent again. Now that's convenience at a bargain price which you can't pass by!
- Happy Hop 10 in 1 Play Centre
- Bounce, slide, ball pit, basketball hoop, climb and crawl.
- You never have to rent again!
- Great for developing motor skills, coordination and most importantly, just being a kid and having fun!
- Strong laminated polyester material.
- Strong stitching bonds for added durability.
- Anchor pegs for stable grounding.
- Continuous air flow blower/fan.
- Up to 4 kids can enjoy the fun at once.
- What's in the box:
- Happy Hop 6 in 1 Play Centre
- Blower.
- Ground stakes.
- Repair kit.
- Carry bag.
- 50 plastic balls.
- Maximum weight capacity: 181kg.
- Dimensions(LxWxH): 3.6 x 3 x 2.4m.
- Manufacturer's recommended age: 3 and 10. Maximum age 10 years.


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This is an ongoing project that is all about creating something magical from spontaneity on location or on set. In the spirit of randomness the model calls for these shoots will generally go out with 24 hour notice or less.
Whether you are young or old, itty bitty or considered plus size, an experienced model or you feel completely uncomfortable in front of the camera…
I want to tell part of your story through the art of photography.
I look forward to getting to know you!
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Let the Adventure Begin!
In a few hours I will be on my way to Lofoten Islands, Norway, back where I belong. Norway has always had an important place in my heart and I have been thinking of seeing her again one day or the other since I left her. I am then very excited about this new adventure although, I admit it, a little bit anxious too. I mean, this is the very first time I am traveling
Back Where I Belong: An Adventure Above the Arctic Circle
Stronger than ever after the 400km trek around Annapurna I had the chance to experience last spring in Nepal, I could certainly not stop like this. Once adventure grabs you by the guts, odds are that, as a drug, it will eat you from the inside. Then the only thing your body and soul desire is to leave the comfort and routine of daily life to go back into the wild and live in the worst conditions,


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It costs the state of New Jersey more money to incarcerate just one inmate in prison for a year than to fund one Princeton's student tuition fees during the same period in college. Across the US, there has been a disturbing rising trend whereby more and more money is being spent on the prison system as compared to education spending. The US also has the highest incarceration rate in the world, with nearly 25 percent of the world's prisoners being found in the country.
Is the level of prison spending really necessary or can the funds be better diverted to other more important avenues such as education? Check out this infographic that highlights the difference in spending between the prison and education system in the US, as well as a comparison between the US prison system and those of the rest of the world.
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Monday, June 18, 2012
Fathers' day
This year, Carmel's present was to accidentally call 9-1-1 from my parents' house. The cop who showed up 15 minutes later was a really nice guy though.
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Picnic on Sunday, June 10th
The time has come for Julie and I to say goodbye. Please join us for a picnic in Central Park, 1PM on the Great Lawn, on Sunday, June 10th, for some hugs, some laughter, some Frisbee, and some fond farewells. Bring something you want to consume. In the spirit of Florida, +1s, randos, and sketchy friends are welcome.
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12 CFR § 792.19 - How does NCUA calculate the fees for processing my request?
We will charge you our allowable direct costs, unless they are less than the cost of billing you. Direct costs means those expenditures that NCUA actually incurs in searching for, duplicating and reviewing documents to respond to a FOIA request. Search means all time spent looking for material that is responsive to a request, including page-by-page or line-by-line identification of material within documents. Searches may be done manually or by computer. Search does not include modification of an existing program or system that would significantly interfere with the operation of an automated information system. Review means examining documents to determine whether any portion should be withheld and preparing documents for disclosure. Fees are subject to change as costs increase. The current rate schedule is available on our web site at http://www.ncua.gov. We may contract with the private sector to locate, reproduce or disseminate records. NCUA will not contract out responsibilities that FOIA requires it to discharge, such as determining the applicability of an exemption, or determining whether to waive or reduce fees. The following labor and duplication rate calculations apply:
(a) NCUA will charge fees at the following rates for manual searches for and review of records:
(1) If search/review is done by clerical staff, the hourly rate for CU-5, plus 16% of that rate to cover benefits;
(2) If search/review is done by professional staff, the hourly rate for CU-13, plus 16% of that rate to cover benefits.
(b) NCUA will charge fees at the hourly rate for CU-13, plus 16% of that rate to cover benefits, plus the hourly cost of operating the computer for computer searches for records.
(c) NCUA will charge the following duplication fees:
(1) The per-page fee for paper copy reproduction of a document is $.10;
(2) The fee for documents generated by computer is the hourly fee for the computer operator, plus the cost of materials (computer paper, tapes, labels, etc.);
(3) If any other method of duplication is used, NCUA will charge the actual direct cost of duplication.


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Even Brunettes Can Enjoy Life Blondies
I enjoy the Paleo way of eating, although I'm not sure I could ever entirely give up grains completely. Nor do I think I want to. I don't like the thought of taking away a certain food group completely. With that way of thinking comes way to much emphasis on not doing something, which in turns, makes me want that "forbidden fruit" that much more.
No, no. Placing that emphasis just makes me think about what I can't have or shouldn't have. But if I take away the forbiddenness and add an "instead of" in front of the said item, well then, that just makes it a truly wonderful (and once in a while) indulgence.
Kinda like these blondies. They may not be Paleo but they are certainly gluten and dairy free. Oh, and they are mighty tasty. Mighty. I say to enjoy life to the fullest, we must enjoy what we do, what we eat, and who we are.
I'm just a brunette in search of finding balance in food and health. And Enjoy(ing) Life Blondies…
Brunette's Enjoy Life Blondies
[adapted from the back of the Enjoy Life Mega Chunks gluten and dairy free chocolate]
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Grease an 8″ by 8″ pan and set aside. Combine dry ingredients in a medium bowl, whisk together and set aside. Mix banana, NuNaturals (or sugar), brown sugar, vanilla, and eggs together, mashing bananas as well as possible. Combine dry ingredients with the banana mixture. Stir to combine and slowly, one tablespoon at a time, add in the almond milk. Combine unil the batter is a similar consistency as sticky cookie dough. Batter will be on the thick side. Fold chocolate chunks into cookie dough.
Spread the dough into greased pan. Bake for 33 to 35 minutes and until the edges are slightly browned. If using, melt the sunflower seed butter for 20 seconds in the microwave and spoon over the top of the blondies.
Allow to cool completely, then slice into 16 squares.
Enjoy Life Blondies. It's like a cookie field of tasty. And Enjoy Life brand makes yummy happen. (This is purely my opinion. I purchased, and continue to purchase, Enjoy Life products on my own. I am not sponsored to write this, but I'll gladly take some freebie's! Hint, hint.)
How do you enjoy life?
How are you enjoying your Monday?


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Academic Advice at TU Dortmund University
The Academic Advice team assists school students, prospective students who have already gained their high school diploma (Abitur) and anyone else interested in studying or with a question about studying at TU Dortmund University.
The team can advise you on a wide variety of topics such as:
- Study orientation
- Choosing a program and making your decision
- Study options
- Program contents and requirements
- University admission and admission requirements
- Application and enrollment
- How to organize and structure your studies
- Changing program or subject
- Doubts about studying
- Studying without a high school diploma (Abitur)
Personal advice is available without an appointment or prior registration.
Monday: 13:00-15:30
Tuesday: 09:00-12:00
Wednesday: 13:00-15:30
Thursday: closed
Friday: 09:00-12:00
On the last Tuesday in the month only late office hours from 15:00-17:30.
We offer you individual advice free of charge and help you with any questions or concerns you might have. What we discuss with you is confidential and remains so.
Please come to our office at the latest 30 minutes before we close. Our address is Emil-Figge-Str. 61, North Campus, 44227 Dortmund. The service counter in the foyer will give you a queue number. We look forward to meeting you!
Preliminary information to do with programs, university admission, dates and deadlines, application and enrollment formalities and contact persons is available by telephone and email.
Phone: +49 (0)231 755-2345
Monday: 09:00-12:00 and 13:00-15:00
Tuesday: 09:00-12:00 and 13:00-15:00
Wednesday: 09:00-12:00 and 13:00-15:00
Thursday: 09:00-12:00 and 13:00-15:00
Friday: 09:00-12:00
Email: zsbtu-dortmundde
If you are unable to visit us on campus during our opening hours, we can also provide advice over the phone:
Thursday: 10:00-11:30 Uhr
Phone: +49 (0)231 755-8080
TU Dortmund University
Central Student Advisory Service – Academic Advice
Emil-Figge-Str. 61
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Central Student Advisory Service (ZSB)
All universities have a Central Student Advisory Service. It is the first point of contact for orientation and guidance at the respective institution. The Central Student Advisory Service of TU Dortmund University encompasses Academic Advice, Psychological Student Counseling, Information Services and Talent Scouting.
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The campus of TU Dortmund University is located close to interstate junction Dortmund West, where the Sauerlandlinie A 45 (Frankfurt-Dortmund) crosses the Ruhrschnellweg B 1 / A 40. The best interstate exit to take from A 45 is "Dortmund-Eichlinghofen" (closer to Campus Süd), and from B 1 / A 40 "Dortmund-Dorstfeld" (closer to Campus Nord). Signs for the university are located at both exits. Also, there is a new exit before you pass over the B 1-bridge leading into Dortmund.
To get from Campus Nord to Campus Süd by car, there is the connection via Vogelpothsweg/Baroper Straße. We recommend you leave your car on one of the parking lots at Campus Nord and use the H-Bahn (suspended monorail system), which conveniently connects the two campuses.
TU Dortmund University has its own train station ("Dortmund Universität"). From there, suburban trains (S-Bahn) leave for Dortmund main station ("Dortmund Hauptbahnhof") and Düsseldorf main station via the "Düsseldorf Airport Train Station" (take S-Bahn number 1, which leaves every 20 or 30 minutes). The university is easily reached from Bochum, Essen, Mülheim an der Ruhr and Duisburg.
You can also take the bus or subway train from Dortmund city to the university: From Dortmund main station, you can take any train bound for the Station "Stadtgarten", usually lines U41, U45, U 47 and U49. At "Stadtgarten" you switch trains and get on line U42 towards "Hombruch". Look out for the Station "An der Palmweide". From the bus stop just across the road, busses bound for TU Dortmund University leave every ten minutes (445, 447 and 462). Another option is to take the subway routes U41, U45, U47 and U49 from Dortmund main station to the stop "Dortmund Kampstraße". From there, take U43 or U44 to the stop "Dortmund Wittener Straße". Switch to bus line 447 and get off at "Dortmund Universität S".
Dortmund Airport offers flights to several destinations in Central Europe. There are regular connections to Katowice, Kraków, London and Munich. For the approximately 20km-trip from Dortmund Airport to TU Dortmund University, you can use a shuttle bus to the railway Station "Bahnhof Holzwickede", from which trains depart to Dortmund main station (please visit Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr for more information). Normally, the fastest way is to catch a taxi at Dortmund Airport.
The H-Bahn is one of the hallmarks of TU Dortmund University. There are two stations on Campus Nord. One ("Dortmund Universität S") is directly located at the suburban train stop, which connects the university directly with the city of Dortmund and the rest of the Ruhr Area. Also from this station, there are connections to the "Technologiepark" and (via Campus Süd) Eichlinghofen. The other station is located at the dining hall at Campus Nord and offers a direct connection to Campus Süd every five minutes.
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Online Shop Opens
New Online Shop
Our new online shop is now up and running, our new range of accessories and furniture will be available in July. For now we have George & Edi candles, our New Zealand wool throws and our ever popular gift vouchers available for purchase. You can have them delivered to your door or pick them up in store.


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Shaffer: Congress is not getting the job done
October 14, 2012
Brandon Shaffer said his experience as a Naval officer is exactly what Congress needs in Washington, D.C.
Shaffer, a Democrat who is president of the Colorado State Senate, served in the Navy for four years. He said there are things he learned in the military that would benefit the 4th Congressional District. Shaffer's Republican opponent, U.S. Rep. Cory Gardner, is completing his freshman term in Congress.
"There are fewer veterans today in Congress since World War II, and there are things you learn in the service and how to accomplish them and how to get the job done," Shaffer said. "Today's Congress is managing our country from one manufactured crisis to another. Whether it was the debt-limit debacle of last summer, the failure to pass a balanced budget this year or the failure to pass a farm bill which expired last weekend (Sept. 30), they're not getting the job done. I'm running for Congress in order to work in a bipartisan way to balance budgets and create jobs and get the job done."
As far as the failure to pass a renewed farm bill, Shaffer said voters should look at it from the perspective of the farmers who need to plan ahead on what type of crops they're going to plant next season.
"It's one thing to have to deal with the unpredictability of the weather, but you shouldn't have to deal with the unpredictability of Congress, as well," Shaffer said. "On the farm bill, there was a procedure in the House of Representatives to force a vote on the farm bill and it's called 'a petition to discharge' the bill. If you get the majority of the representatives to sign the petition to discharge a bill from a committee, you can force a vote on that bill in the committee in order to discharge it out to bring it to the floor of the House of Representatives. It's important to note that Rep. Gardner refused to sign that petition to discharge. People need to know that he's playing games with the farm bill."
Shaffer believes in training students for jobs through Colorado's community colleges.
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"You see that there is an opportunity for our community colleges to create jobs today, but also to plan for infrastructure and long-range economic development in the 4th Congressional District through investments in community colleges," he said. "One of the things that would be absolutely devastating to the 4th Congressional District's economy are the cuts that Rep. Gardner has now voted on twice to programs. At Morgan Community College, 80 percent of the students are attending based on financial-aid through the Pell Grants. The cuts of $1,000 per student that are being proposed in Washington, D.C., would be absolutely devastating both to the institution and to the opportunities that are available to students trying to go to college."
Shaffer said he wants to provide incentives for small businesses to partner with community colleges to help create a training pipeline so that students coming out of community colleges have a skill set ready to work in 21st century jobs.
Shaffer supports the wind energy production tax credit.
"I think that it is another way that we can put people back to work immediately in support of burgeoning industry in the 4th Congressional District," Shaffer said. "One of the things that is so frustrating about the debate around the wind energy tax credit in Washington, D.C., is that Rep. Gardner and others have tied the passage of the wind energy tax credit to the Keystone Pipeline, saying if you do one we'll do the other knowing that the president of the United States vetoed the Keystone Pipeline."
The $7 billion Keystone XL Pipeline would transfer synthetic crude oil from Canada to the Gulf Coast refineries in Texas, and also in Illinois and Oklahoma.
"It's not a genuine offer to try to get the wind energy tax credit passed," Shaffer said. "Instead of embracing the wind energy tax credit and doing everything possible to get that thing through both the House and the Senate to the president's desk, they're trying to make a deal that they know has no chance of actually passing. It's just more political games that are being played with our economy and ultimately hurting people in the 4th Congressional District."


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Tulip announces the launch of Factory Kit, the industry's first quick-start solution for powering digital manufacturing. Factory Kit is an intuitive self-service solution that includes everything that engineers need to quickly design, build and deploy Manufacturing Apps without writing code.
"While automation within manufacturing organizations has grown significantly, the manufacturing workforce has been left behind by technology. Manufacturing engineers still rely on paper and legacy technology to collect data, and workers on the shop floor lack the productivity tools we take for granted in other industries," said Natan Linder, Tulip's CEO. "We started Tulip to change this through our Manufacturing App Platform, and today we're launching Factory Kit to make it even easier for engineers to get started."
Factory Kit leverages Tulip's award-winning Manufacturing App Platform, which brings the power of Industrial IoT and advanced analytics to the front-line engineer and the associate on the shop floor. Manufacturing Apps integrate human, sensor, and machine data, allowing engineers to gain actionable insights, implement process changes, and continuously improve their operations.
Factory Kit provides access to Tulip's cloud-based Manufacturing App Platform as well as sample apps and analytics ready to use out of the box. The Kit includes the building blocks engineers need to get started with Manufacturing Apps, including a Tulip I/O Gateway that lets them connect their devices to the apps they build and the Tulip Light Kit for driving Pick-to-Light (PTL) processes. Also bundled with the kit are an array of IoT sensors and devices including a break beam sensor, environmental sensors, barcode scanner, foot pedal and tower light.
Factory Kit lets engineers go from prototype to production in a few hours, on their own, without needing to know how to code. The time-to-value for the Kit is unprecedented in the industry. "On my own, I was able to create apps that really drive process improvements and help increase efficiencies without needing a support team of IT. It can be done intuitively through the software itself," said Drew Pope, Senior Process Engineer at Nautique Boat Company, an early adopter of Tulip.
The Tulip Factory Kit gives manufacturers the chance to push bottom-up digital transformation initiatives and empower their engineers—the people closest to their operations—with the tools they need to digitize their processes.


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If you like beer and have not yet been to the Hart House Restaurant in Burnaby, here is a great chance to enjoy new beer releases and top notch food. Here is the press release about the dinner which is on Friday, March 22, 2019.
On Friday, March 22 2019 the Strathcona Beer Company will introduce its spring releases at a Brewmaster's Dinner hosted by Burnaby's Hart House Restaurant. The dinner will give guests a chance to taste the new crop of locally made beers paired with outstanding Pacific Northwest cuisine.
Strathcona is all about celebrating the local and homegrown. Based in Vancouver's Strathcona neighbourhood, the brewery creates top-quality craft beer, but it also promotes social development and sees itself as a positive part of a vital community. Strathcona Brewmaster and founding partner Michael "Fezz" Nazarec will be on hand at the dinner to comment on Strathcona's new releases, which will be paired with a menu designed by Hart House Chef Mike Genest. The evening's cuisine will emphasize local ingredients that complement the BC craft beers.


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By Katherine Olender, MPH MS candidate and 2014 IFIC Foundation Sylvia Rowe Fellow
It seems that now, more than ever, Americans are paying attention to what they eat. Whether for health, lifestyle, or economic reasons, many Americans carefully consider the source and production processes of their food choices.
According to the International Food Information Council Foundation 2014 Food and Health Survey, 70 percent consider production processes and 26 percent consider the source of their food when making food purchasing decisions. For some consumers, use of biotechnology (also sometimes referred to inaccurately as genetic modification or "GMOs," or accurately as genetic engineering) is one of the considerations when choosing foods. Public dialogue on food biotechnology is often portrayed negatively. Yet, the newly released 2014 International Food Information Council survey, Consumer Perceptions of Food Technology, shows consumers continue to be generally positive about the use of biotechnology in food production when provided with information on its uses and benefits.
While this most recent survey (conducted with 1,000 U.S. adult consumers using an online survey tool) does indicate a decrease in favorability toward some aspects of food biotechnology than in previous years, the shift is only slight. Further, when consumers consider the health and environmental benefits biotechnology can offer, they are overwhelmingly favorable, indicating that accurate and complete information is important to helping consumers make informed food choices. The following are the key takeaways from this year's Survey:
Consumers are Receiving Mixed Messages on Biotechnology – Consistent with previous years, most Americans have heard about biotechnology, with one in ten having heard or read "a lot" and 60 percent "a little or some." Just over one-quarter (28 percent) of Americans are favorable toward plant biotechnology. This is a significant drop since 2012, when 37 percent were favorable. Yet, the percentage of those with favorable views in 2014 is consistent with both 2010 and 2008, indicating that the 2012 jump in favorability may have been an anomaly.
Additionally, 29 percent are unfavorable towards biotechnology, higher compared to previous years (20 percent in 2012). Interestingly, close to half (43 percent) of consumers do not have an opinion about plant biotechnology. These consumers report feeling neutral or not having enough information. Consumers report hearing a mix of positive and negative messages on the topic, which may be leading to confusion.
Consumers are Likely to Purchase Foods Produced Using Biotechnology for Health/Environmental Benefits – An overwhelming majority of Americans are favorable towards biotechnology that benefits their health or the environment. Seventy-two percent would purchase foods that provide more healthful fats and 69 percent would purchase foods that would reduce the potential for carcinogens. About two-thirds would purchase foods modified to eliminate trans fats or to improve their vitamin content.
The environmental benefits are equally appealing. Seven in ten consumers report they would both purchase foods modified to require fewer pesticide applications and use less land, water, and/or pesticides.
"When consumers understand the potential benefits that technology in food production can have for both people and the planet, they can get behind it. People need to know what's in it for them," said Marianne Smith Edge, MS, RD, LD, FADA, FAND, Senior Vice President of Nutrition and Food Safety at IFIC.
Some Consumers Desire Labels, but Rarely for Genetically Engineered Foods – Consumers continue to be satisfied with the information currently on food labels, suggesting that efforts to label foods produced using biotechnology are driven by only a small portion of the population (Other surveys finding a high percentage supporting labeling are often "push" polls designed to elicit a positive response).
Consistent with 2012, three-quarters (74 percent) of consumers cannot think of any additional information they would like to see on food labels. Of those who want more information on the label, a desire for more nutrition information and general ingredient information continue to top consumers' wish lists, at eight percent and five percent. Only four percent of consumers want information about biotechnology or related terms. Though this desire for biotechnology labeling is very low, it has increased since 2012 (See Table 1). This indicates that although labeling continues to make headlines, consumers still place more value on other aspects of their food.
Table 1: Interest in adding information to current food labels (2014 IFIC Food Technology Survey
The majority of Americans (63 percent) continue to support the current FDA policy for labeling foods produced through biotechnology, which calls for labeling only when biotechnology substantially changes the food's nutritional content or composition, or when a potential safety issue (such as a food allergen) is identified. There is only a small decline in support for the current FDA labeling policy, with 19 percent who oppose the policy (14 percent in 2012).
"Years of legislation, ballot measures, and mischaracterization of food biotechnology have not affected overall support of FDA's biotech labeling policy," said IFIC President and CEO David Schmidt. "However, they have likely played a role in the modest increase we're seeing in those who oppose it."
High Confidence in Food Safety an Indicator for Perceptions of Biotechnology – An overwhelming 67 percent of American consumers report confidence in the safety of the US food supply, consistent since 2008. While more consumers in 2014 (14 percent) report lacking confidence in the U.S. food supply than in 2012 (10 percent), this number is still low. Eighteen percent of consumers rank both disease/contamination and food handling/preparation as their top food safety concerns. Just seven percent mentioned biotechnology, although an increase from two percent in 2012.
Consumers are More Aware of GE Foods in the Grocery Store – More Americans than ever are aware that genetically engineered foods are available in supermarkets: 37 percent of consumers (up from 30 percent in 2012 and 23 percent in 2008), say such foods are available. Of those consumers (n=380), half or more correctly identify the following genetically engineered foods available in the grocery store: corn products (69 percent), (some) vegetables (68 percent), (some) fruits (62 percent), (some) cereals and grains (57 percent), soy (50 percent), and (some) milk and dairy (48 percent). However, many respondents incorrectly selected genetically engineered meats (51 percent), poultry (49 percent), eggs (41 percent), breads and crackers (40 percent), and fish (33 percent) as foods currently available in supermarkets.
This indicates that while awareness of genetically engineered foods is growing, there is still a degree of confusion about currently available foods produced using biotechnology. Credible organizations such as government agencies (FDA, USDA) and scientific societies offer this information in many forms, including on their websites and social media channels.
Consumers Value (but Don't Want to Pay More for) Sustainable Foods – While two-thirds of Americans say it is important that their foods are produced sustainably, fewer are willing to pay more for it. Twenty-six percent, down from 33 percent in 2012, would pay more for sustainable food and beverage products. This may be partially due to increases in food prices faced by consumers in recent years (The 2014 Food & Health Survey shows consumers rank price as more important than sustainability when making food and beverage decisions).
Millennials and Moms Differ in their Perceptions of Biotechnology & Sustainability – For the first time, the survey examined specific insights of "Millennials" and "Moms," whose unique values offer a lens through which to cultivate positive dialogue on the benefits of biotechnology. Moms are twice as likely (18 percent) to have heard "a lot" about biotechnology, compared to non-moms (9 percent), and both Moms and Millennials tend to favor some aspects of biotechnology more than other consumers. Seventy-seven percent of moms are likely to purchase foods made with oils that had been modified by biotechnology to eliminate the trans fat content in the food, compared to 64 percent of non-moms. In addition, 40 percent of Millennials (aged 18-34) are favorable toward plant biotechnology, compared to about 25 percent of the rest of the population.
Table 2: Millennials – Importance of Sustainability, 2014 IFIC Food Technology Survey
Both groups also place greater value on sustainable food production practices than other consumer groups. Three-quarters (76 percent) of Millennials agree is important that the foods they purchase or consume are produced using sustainable practices, compared to 62 percent of the rest of the population and more than one-third of moms and close to half of Millennials are willing to pay more for sustainable foods, much higher than other consumers.
Opportunities for More Dialogue – The results of the 2014 survey highlights opportunities to better understand and address consumer questions and concerns about biotechnology.
Communication Takeaways:
- Information should come from "trusted sources." Consumers trust health organizations (50 percent), government agencies (45 percent), and health professionals (45 percent) most for information on biotechnology. Journalists, bloggers, and celebrities are at the bottom of the list of trusted sources, at nine, seven, and five percent, respectively. Trusted sources have credibility that will resonate with consumers and can respond to consumers' questions, opinions, and thoughts about biotechnology.
- Communicate the benefits of biotechnology.
Consumers value health and the environment, and are more favorable to biotechnology when discussed in the context of these values.
- Focus on sustainability with Millennials and Moms. Millennials and Moms are significantly more interested in sustainably produced foods than other demographics. Communicate how biotechnology supports sustainable practices to bolster support among these key demographics.
- Don't forget Millennials. Millennials' current attitudes and values, as well as their use of technology and social media to actively engage in food conversations, make them perfectly poised to embrace biotechnology
- Listen: Listening leads to effective dialogue, and dialogue builds trust. It is essential that we listen to consumers in order to appropriately consider and respond to concerns, answer questions, and provide accurate information about biotechnology.
The 2014 IFIC Consumer Perceptions of Food Technology Survey resources, including the Executive Summary, Topline Summary, and slide presentation
can be found here.
About the Survey: Independent research firm Market Strategies International of Livonia, Michigan conducted the 2014 IFIC Consumer Perceptions of Food Technology Survey from March 28 – April 7, 2014. Data were weighted on gender, age, race, education, marital status, region, and income to be nationally reflective. The online survey collected data from 1,000 U.S. adults aged 18 and older. Statistical significance was determined at the 95 percent confidence level, and the margin of error is +/-3 percent for the total sample, and +/-7 percent for the smaller moms/Millennials sample. This Survey, formerly known as the "IFIC Survey of Consumer Attitudinal Trends toward Food Biotechnology," has been conducted since 1997.
For more information about food biotechnology, view the following resources:
IFIC & IFIC Foundation:
2014 IFIC Consumer Perceptions of Food Technology Survey – Executive Summary, Topline Summary, Slide Presentation, and Infographics
Food Biotechnology: A Communicator's Guide to Improving Understanding
Physicians Offer Expert Advice on Food Biotechnology
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA):
Biotechnology: Genetically Engineered Plants for Food and Feed
Questions & Answers on Food from Genetically Engineered Plants
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA):
Questions and Answers: Biotechnology and the USDA


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Written by Heid Jerstad
The brake-screeching and flinging-of-the-bus-around-corners school of driving is made much of by those new to it, but for most passengers this is no more than the gentle massage of the road, especially if you have a seat. The speed bumps between Chandigarh and Paonta Sahib seem like a somewhat misguided innovation, especially given the many natural undulations in the road which encourage slow driving. But after all, in undulating parts of South Asia roads are a relatively recent phenomenon and for those who have been used to having roads around, the provision of these in places where there have been none is, I would claim, life-changing. The access a road provides compared to walking and the speed of motorised vehicles compared to the bullock-cart (itself requiring at least a track) shortens old journeys and makes possible many new ones. Mules and donkeys are used for moving milk cans and rocks, not for riding (I think this goes for yaks as well).
Women carry bundles of fodder (dry grass, leafy branches or green weeds) on the easy flat roads. Children dawdle home from school. Older men sit around and smoke bidis (small pungent cigarettes) and read newspapers, keeping an eye out for what is going past. Young men haul impossibly huge bundles of blankets, cloth for women's suits or steel utensils up the ladders to dump them on the roof of the bus. These peddlers take the shop to the village, so women too busy with milking buffaloes and fetching water can spread out the wares in their courtyards and consider and bargain at leisure, amid much discussion of whether the cloth is from Saharunpore, Dehradun or further afield (the further the peddler has gone to get it, the more value attached). There is enough regularity that women will not plan to go into town, saying they will buy cloth for the next wedding or spring festival from a peddler.
There is a sense of humanity along the road as the bus waits for those rushing behind (though complaints about how the bus will be 'late' from the conductor in chivvying people onboard – 'sit down!' he shouts optimistically at those slow to board when there are no spare seats), unlike bus culture in somewhere like Oslo where the bus will sail on past if you are not actually at the bus stop and sticking out your arm. Ladies are given priority, especially ladies with babies. A lady stopped a goods car and wrinkled her nose at space in the back (outside, where you stand, full of men) and a young man in a red checked shirt got out to make space for her. You can't tell who is on the roof until the shadow shows up on the rocky side of the road and there are the shadows of the men sitting up there. I did it once on a goods transport car – amazing view – but I'd like to go on the roof of a bus one day. Maybe when travelling with a male relative.
Ribbon development – which my mum explained to me at an unscheduled overnighting in Belgrade – means that when you build a road people set up shop and build houses along it. Dehradun seems structured along these lines, and the patch of protected wilderness on the Delhi-Dehradun road highlights the degree to which roads all around populous mountain areas are regularly lined with clusters of built-up areas neither village nor town and postdating the road. As mountain villages predate roads the effects of a road can be irregularly felt. A house which was well situated with regards to fields, the temple and water can become remote with the building of a road far from it. Roads in the hills encroach less on fields than they increase the general steepness quotient – to be flat they require an approximation of a cliff above and below. Thus they erode the possibility of a path crossing the road in another direction and funneling movement through the road itself. Those cases where there is flat space level with (on the drop side) the road are the result of landslides – roads slowly move the mountain down (along with the extensive mining/quarrying – the explosions of which sound like thunder from 'my' village). Building pakka (cement) hotels and shops can be risky, as there is less of a bedrock on these steep slopes below the road and more of a mass of undecided earth and rocks. The alternative is to carve out a chunk of the hill above the road, creating an even higher cliff behind the building.
Buses and the regular cars (which carry crates of tomatoes and other goods in the open back) operate as a postal service too, taking milk to town to sell, a packet of cloth from a brother to his married sister, a toy for a child. People wait out by the road on the drivers side and he reaches down to somewhere near his feet to pluck out what was sent for them, or says no, I don't have that, it must be on another bus. Village families send soured buttermilk (lassi) to relatives in town in large plastic bottles (like the ones the driver keeps an emergency stock of petrol in). This morning I got up early to send 350 rs for the sewing of a Jaunsari dress (reminiscent of English late Victorian) with our local car – the driver is to meet with the shopkeeper who will interface with the tailor I gave the fabric to. Then when the car comes back in the afternoon I'll go up to the road again to pick up the finished item (blouse and heavy long skirt). All you need is a person at the other end who will pick the thing up, and even then chances are that if you have the drivers number you'll get whatever it was back if not picked up.
There are fewer buses in wedding season – they are hired to take the groomsparty to fetch the bride – but they are remarkably prompt and regular. The green and white HPTC government buses are more comfortable than the private ones (more cushiony seating, a bar to rest your feet on), except the deluxe type which frequent very particular routes – Rishikesh to Dharamsala, Delhi to Jaipur. These latter are very various, some terribly shabby and with shiny patches where the seat cover has worn through and some which incline well. These will stop for meals and loo breaks at fancy fast food spots or upmarket dhabas (if that isn't a contradiction in terms – I mean cleanish and not openly doubling as a brothel).
The bus is an enabler, for married women to visit their natal home, for young people, husbands and (rarely) wives to study and work elsewhere, for shopping and pilgrimage and to hospitals to have operations and babies. And there would be no bus without the road, no matter how basic or worn down by the mining trucks. New roads are being carved out of the soft clay with tractors to connect up more villages and hamlets, though the coverage is still incomplete. People strap fridges to their backs and trek up the steep winding path from the road, or half-carry an old man with a broken arm to where the ambulance can drive to in the middle of the night.
Soft white choking dust comes in the windows of the bus. The warmth of many bodies in winter translates to slipperiness of handholds in summer. During the monsoon the constant risk of landslides and actually having to walk keeps things interesting. On the plains perhaps the mud could bog a vehicle down. In the heat the movement gives a pleasant breeze (which coats and lines you with black particles), it is only when stopping (for the driver to have a glass of refreshing sugarcane juice, for instance) that the heat hits home. Petrol pumps are few and far between – petrol prices are said to be rising, but then they just went down by one rupee yesterday (16th April).
The bus is a new kind of public space – sometimes tragically so – but a low level of harassment goes on both on roads and in buses. A man may walk past and say 'hello' in a low voice, but be gone too quickly for you to slap him. A young man in a pale turquoise t-shirt moved to sit next to my friend and was quietly asking her what she was from and what her name was. On the face of it, pretty innocent stuff. But it she didn't like it and it made me uncomfortable and get that powerless feeling that comes when this happens to me. Since it wasn't happening to me I was able to disapprove of the conductor sitting just ahead and not saying anything, and loudly advise the young man that there were free seats in the back (the bus was half-empty). He immediately scuttled away to the front of the bus, and the conductor laughingly commented to my friend that I had scared him pretty badly. Trying to think about what I could have said that would have been constructive (in the UK it could have been something about joining a sport or hobby to meet girls) the only thing I could think of was 'shaadi kar lo!' – 'get married!' Ideas?
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This unique museum of regional history is housed in the mountaintop home of Dr. William Henry Burritt. The remarkable 14-room mansion built in the shape of an X in the 1930's is insulated with 2,200 bales of wheat straw. The Historic Park contains restored farm buildings which interpret rural life during 1850 and 1900. Many nature trails wind through heavily wooded forest. The grounds, open year round, offer a breathtaking panoramic view of Huntsville and the Tennessee Valley. On a clear day you can see the Tennessee River and the towering NASA rocket test stands.
Grounds open year round.
Click here for the attraction reopening guide.
Hours of Operation
- Closed: Mondays, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day.
- Hours: Summer Hours (Apr - Oct): Tue - Sat: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Sun 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM Winter Hours (Nov - Mar): Tue - Sat: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Sun: 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM Open: President's Day, 4th of July, Labor Day and Memorial Day. Office Hours: Mon - Fri: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM


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Midsummer Magic
August 13, 2009
Martha, Melissa Jean, Michael, Kathy & Heidi
Midsummer Magic
Key West moved from the ridiculous to the sublime for us this week as the rowdy antics of the bar wars gave way to the most magical evening of the summer and two wonderful parties this week which renewed our spirits and deepened our appreciation of this wonderful island community which we call home.
Jean Carper & Anja
The first party was a fundraising gala for our friend Anja Marais. Anja has been awarded the fabulous Mino Paper Art Residency in Japan, one of only four artists in the world this year and the party was held at the beautiful home of writer Jean Carper to raise funds to help support Anja's trip. The party was wonderful as the community turned out in full force to help Anja get to Japan. Not unexpectedly, it was a huge success and Anja will be headed to Japan soon.
Joyce, Anja & Mike
Key West Botanical Garden
The next party was the wonderful gathering of the creative organized each year by the amazing Michael Shields, the third annual Midsummer's Night Dream & Spectacle. The incredible party has outgrown its location at the home of Joyce Stahl where it had been held previously. Thankfully the newly expanded, beautiful Key West Tropical Forest & Botanical Garden was available to host the spectacular gathering.
Gae & Kathy
Just about every creative person on the island for the summer including writers, playwrights, musicians, poets, artists was either performing or attending what has replaced the old Reef Relief Cayo Carnival as the party of the year in Key West. It was an amazing gathering that could be enjoyed by the entire family and featured four stages that featured all manner of entertainment running concurrently. None of the artists were paid a cent to perform, just appearing by the generosity of spirit and the desire to perform for friends and neighbors.
Gae, Michael, Todd & Bill
Raven Cooper
Held to coincide with the annual Perseid meteor shower, the night could not have been more perfect. The weather, while typically warm was actually not too oppressive and the entire place had a magical feel, helped in large measure by the many costumed fairies who flitted about the grounds. The food by Help Yourself restaurant was fantastic and the libations flowed freely.
It is hard to explain what made the party so spectacular, it is hard to pin down exactly, but the positive vibe was inescapable. More than the combined talents of Key West's most interesting and creative people, it was the coming together of a wide mix of people to just have a good time. It really felt like a communal experience in the best sense of the word.
Michelle Meck, firedancer
To select highlights from the party would be almost impossible as there were so many wonderful performances. The main stage alone featured many of my favorite Key West perfomers including Raven Cooper, Queen Kathleen, Clayton Lopez, Suzanne Moore & Larry Baeder.
Queen Kathleen
One of the cooler things involved Fire Dancing, which lit up the night with beautiful grace and spectacular exhibitions of fire dancing. We even got to see one of the Perseid meteors streak across the sky, just before the evening concluded with a performance by Key West Burlesque. A fitting wrap up for our new favorite Key West party. Thanks to Michael and everyone involved in a truly magical night.
Key West Burlesque


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Law enforcement agencies in the State of Washington act as agents for Department of Licensing and issue Concealed Pistol Licenses (CPLs) to eligible residents and to eligible non-residents who are hunting or participating in trade shows or shooting events while visiting Washington State.
Applicants must be at least 21 years of age, be free of any felony convictions (including juvenile convictions) and clear of certain domestic violence convictions*, and be of sound mental health.
Applicants must apply in person at their local police department or sheriff's office, or if living in an unincorporated area, the local sheriff's office. Non-Washington state residents may apply at any police or sheriff's office in the state. You can download an application here.
You may apply at Ferndale Police Department any time during regular business hours (Monday – Friday, 8AM – 5 PM.) When making an initial application, your non-refundable fee will be collected and you will be scheduled to return for fingerprinting. A background check will be performed and once you are determined to be eligible, you will receive your permit within 30 days of your application. If you have not been a resident for the previous 90 days, or if you do not have valid Washington state identification, we have up to 60 days in which to issue the license.
Those renewing a CPL may do so during regular business hours and will usually receive their new license within a week.
* Any of the following crimes when committed by one family or household member against another: assault in the fourth degree, coercion, stalking, reckless endangerment in the second degree, criminal trespass in the first degree, violation of the provisions of a protection order or no-contact order restraining the person or excluding the person from a residence.
Original CPL – $49.25 includes the FBI fingerprint fee of $13.25. The license is good for five years.
Renewals – $32
Late renewals (up to 90 days beyond expiration date) – $42
Firearms Dealers License – $125 per year
Alien Firearm Licenses must be purchased from the County Sheriff's Office.
All payments must be cash, check or money order; we do not accept debit or credit cards. Application fees are not refundable.
Download a printable CPL application form here.
Federal law (18U.S.C. 922(g)(9)) makes it unlawful for any person to possess a firearm who has been convicted in any court of domestic violence assault (felony or misdemeanor) regardless of the date of conviction, unless specific firearms rights have been restored.
This law differs from Washington state law which applies only to domestic violence crimes committed after July 1, 1993. Therefore, it is possible to be prohibited from firearms possession under federal law while allowed a CPL under Washington state law.
If you are in any doubt as to your eligibility to possess firearms, we encourage you to seek legal counsel prior to submitting an application for a concealed pistol license.
Application fees are not refundable.
Dealers are required to be licensed in the jurisdiction in which they will be doing business; the annual fee of $125 covers pistol, ammunition, and firearms other than pistols.
Dealers may make application at the Ferndale Police Department during regular business hours and must present their Federal Firearm License and Washington State Business License with their payment. They will be set for a fingerprinting appointment; the dealer and all employees who will be selling firearms must undergo a full background check performed by the Police Department.
Once the successful background check has been completed, the license will be issued. It is good for one year from date of issue.
Download a printable Firearms Dealer License application form here.
In July of 2009 the Alien Firearms License Law changed. It is now legal for a non-citizen who is a lawful permanent resident in the State of Washington, or for a non-resident who is legally here visiting for hunting or to participate in trade shows or shooting events, to possess or carry a firearm without having to first obtain an Alien Firearms License. Aliens who are here temporarily, such as students or people with temporary work visas, will have to acquire the Alien Firearms License before being allowed to possess or carry firearms. These licenses must be acquired from the Sheriff's Office.


text: First an apology for the lack of coverage of Sebring thus far. Our main laptop for production died while in Sebring for the 12 Hours and we were left a bit out of the race ourselves as a result. Laptop now working and data luckily secure, we're getting caught up just as quickly as possible. First up chronologically are photos from practice


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