The Bank of Washington has been a full service community bank headquartered in South Snohomish County, Washington since 1996. Started in Edmonds, WA as The Bank of Edmonds, they have now grown to a multi branch bank. In April 2000 they changed their name to The Bank of Washington to better reflect their market base. The Bank, as we are locally known, is proud to be a part of the Puget Sound Region and the communities they serve. They are community owned, locally staffed and committed to “Quality Local Banking.” The Bank’s product line is complete and designed for relationship banking for both business and personal needs and provides our customers with great value by combining great prices and excellent service.

As your full services community bank, they are committed to complete customer satisfaction and to providing responsive banking service on an individual basis. The Bank offers a full line of financial services for both business and personal banking. Their professional team of local decision-makers offers highly competitive rates and unsurpassed service. We will work to earn your trust and your business. They provide the full complement of real estate lending opportunities for consumers, builders and developers. Their bank provides construction lending on single-family residences, commercial and investment properties, as well as loans for vacant land acquisition and development.

For more information, please visit http://www.the-bank.com

Shoreline Bank is a growing commercial bank headquartered in North King County. Founded in the fall of 1999, the Bank was formed by the leadership and financial support of people in the Shoreline community and has expanded to serve customers and shareholders throughout the Puget Sound region. Their shareholders appreciate the unique opportunity to support a locally owned and operated bank committed to offering superior and convenient service. At Shoreline Bank they strive to support and be a part of the communities they serve. They continually support their local organizations and non-profits, so don’t be surprised if a Shoreline Bank employee is part of your organization!

Shoreline Bank is a growing community bank serving businesses and households in King and Snohomish Counties and beyond by offering exceptional service through experienced and motivated employees. Their mission is to create enduring banking
relationships and shareholder value. They continue to offer exceptional service by following their CREATE Values. At
Shoreline Bank each employee is aware of their core values and by focusing on these they can provide great service to their customers. They focus on complete and accurate performance in everything they do. Attention to detail is of paramount importance. They recognize that mistakes may occasionally occur. How they correct them is critical to exceeding customer expectations and retaining customer loyalty.

For more information, please visit http://www.eshorelinebank.com

First Class Financial Services is committed to helping you find the right mortgage product for your needs. They understand that every borrower is different, and they offer a variety of products to meet your individual requirements. They make the process of securing a mortgage simple and straightforward by offering you the latest in financial tools that enable you to make sound financial choices and they do all of this inside of their committment to Honesty, Integrity, Service & Trust. Their responsibility is to their clients not to the lending institution. We take your situation and tailor it to the lender, to find you the BEST possible mortgage for your situation.

They have affiliations with many local, national and non-traditional lenders that offer a wide variety of products. They are familiar with the fluctuating market and the different types of products that hundreds of different lenders offer. They will take the time and stress out of getting a home mortgage. They will make the loan process as smooth as possible as they know how home ownership will be one of the most significant financial commitment you will make in your lifetime. They appreciate the opportunity to work with you and look forward to your application! You owe it to yourself to apply online today! First Class Financial Services offers a variety of loan programs to accomodate virtually ANY borrower. They have access to hundreds of local and national lenders to provide you the highest quality, best priced loan for your situation.

For more information, please visit http://www.fcfsdenver.com

ARC Financial Services, Inc. provides unique, value-added resources and financial solutions for todays business entities. Established in 1987, ARC Financial Services, Inc (ARC) has provided corporate finance services to a variety of businesses. Initially, the company started out in equipment leasing and loans; but based on the extensive financial backgrounds of the key employees and the requests of clients, it quickly expanded into a full-service corporate financing resource. ARCs primary goal in corporate finance is to secure qualified borrowers financing for transactions ranging in size from $500 thousand to $75 million.

They are strategically positioned within the corporate finance community, which allows us to offer their clients the most favorable rates and terms. ARCs primary goal in corporate finance is to secure qualified borrowers financing for transactions ranging in size from $500 thousand to $75 million. We are strategically positioned within the corporate finance community, which allows them to offer their clients the most favorable rates and terms. Please view their Corporate Finance site for more detailed information. ARCs business philosophy is to adhere to the highest standards. They offer their clients, directly through their management and our industry contacts, the knowledge that they are working with a team of highly qualified professionals.

For more information, please visit http://www.arcfin.com

Seedco Financial is a national nonprofit organization that provides affordable financing and comprehensive technical assistance to nonprofit and for-profit organizations situated in economically-distressed and traditionally underserved communities. Seedco Financial’s lending activities are designed to strengthen the capacity of faith-based and community organizations, community development corporations, small businesses, and large-scale development projects. Seedco Financial works closely with community-based partners to develop and operate financing programs that address specific capital gaps within local markets, and seeks to obtain funding commitments from local financial institutions to serve local needs.

Seedco Financial is a subsidiary of Seedco, a national intermediary that creates opportunities for low-wage workers and their families. Seedco engages with community partners and anchor institutions to develop, operate, and learn from model programs of national significance that: 1) help people join the workforce and achieve economic self-sufficiency, 2) assist small businesses, and 3) promote asset building for residents and businesses in economically distressed communities. Seedco Financial provides financing to enable businesses, nonprofits or developers to proceed with their business or real estate projects. It also offers an affordable source of working capital for organizations seeking to expand, re-locate, or restructure.

For more information, please visit http://www.seedcofinancial.org

The Aerospace Sector, due to its very nature, is a field of high technology. The availability of advanced technologies and, still more, the ability to develop them with continuity, is considered in every country the basic requirement for the growth and durable success of its industries. CIRA-Centro Italiano Ricerche Aerospaziali (Italian Aerospace Research Centre ) was established in July 1984 to respond to these needs.

CIRA is a shareholders’ consortium with a public-owned majority: the State, through the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche -National Research Council (CNR), have held, since 1998, the majority of the share capital, to which the Campania Region and the main Italian aerospace industries also participate.CIRA is located in Campania, a region with a high concentration of industries that operate in the aerospace sector: Alenia, Fiat Avio, Alfa Romeo Avio, Vulcan Air, Piaggio, Magnaghi, Tecnam, etc. The joint public-private participation has made CIRA’s objectives consistent with national strategic guidelines and the needs of industry, thereby contributing to Italy’s social and economic development.

For more information, please visit http://www.cira.it

Operations began in 1964, and for the first ten years the primary role of Haystack was as a planetary astronomy radar, observing the reflection characteristics and orbital parameters of the Moon, Venus, Mars, and Mercury. Topographical characteristics of the lunar surface were examined with emphasis on the proposed landing sites for the Apollo lander, and similar observations were made in support of the Viking lander on Mars. In 1970, the Haystack facility was transferred from the Air Force to MIT to be operated under agreement with NEROC to foster and encourage radio astronomy.

Haystack is renowned for many astronomical discoveries such as the initial detections of various molecular species in interstellar space. The Haystack radio telescope is a fully steerable parabolic antenna 37 meters in diameter, enclosed in the world’s largest space-frame radome. This material has been designed to minimize signal loss across the frequency bands of astronomical interest. The Haystack 37-m diameter antenna surface is made of 96 honeycomb aluminum panels which are set to a root-mean-square tolerance of 0.25 mm. The first digital correlation spectrometer for radio astronomy was built at Haystack in the early sixties. It was used for the discovery at Millstone Hill in 1963 of the OH (hydroxyl) radical, which was the first molecule to be detected in interstellar space.

For more information, please visit http://www.haystack.mit.edu

The Nantucket Maria Mitchell Association is a private non-profit organization located on the island of Nantucket, Massachusetts. The Maria Mitchell Association (MMA) was founded in 1902 to preserve the legacy of Nantucket native astronomer, naturalist, librarian, and, above all, educator, Maria Mitchell. After she discovered a comet in 1847, Mitchells international fame led to many acheivements and awards, including an appointment as the first American Professor of Astronomy at Vassar College.

The Maria Mitchell Association operates two observatories, a natural science museum, an aquarium, and preserves the historic birthplace of Maria Mitchell. A wide variety of science and history-related programming is offered throughout the year for people of all ages.Today, the organization bearing her name strives to continue her legacy through preservation of her birthplace and papers, astronomical and natural science research, and interactive, hands-on educational programs for all ages. Maria Mitchells contributions to astronomy, science, and education are the basis for their continuing tradition of high quality research and teaching which inspires todays learners and tomorrows scientists.

For more information, please visit http://www.mmo.org

The Science and Technology Facilities Council is an independent, non-departmental public body of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (DBIS). They are a science-driven organisation, making it possible for a broad range of scientists to do the highest quality research tackling some of the most fundamental scientific questions. They do this by funding researchers in universities directly through grants particularly in astronomy, particle physics, space science and nuclear physics.

They provide access to world-class facilities overseas, including through CERN, the European Space Agency (ESA), the European Southern Observatory (ESO), the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) and telescope facilities in Chile, Hawaii, La Palma, Australia and the MERLIN/VLBI National Facility, which includes the Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory. The STFC was formed as a new Research Council on 1 April 2007 through a merger of the Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (CCLRC) and the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (PPARC) and the transfer of responsibility for nuclear physics from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).

For more information, please visit http://www.scitech.ac.uk

The Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy (CARMA) is a university-based millimeter array consisting of six 10.4-meter, nine 6.1-meter, and eight 3.5-meter antennas that are used in combination to image astronomical Universe at millimeter wavelengths. Located on a new high-altitude site in eastern California, CARMA provides unparalleled sensitivity, broad frequency coverage, sub-arcsecond resolution and wide-field heterogeneous imaging capabilities, along with innovative technologies and educational opportunities.

Science with CARMA centers around the study of the cold universe through imaging of radio emission from molecules, dust, and relic emission from the very early Universe. Primary science areas include: the formation, evolution, and dynamics of galaxies, the formation of stars and planetary systems around other stars, the composition of planetary atmospheres, comets and other small bodies in their Solar System, and the evolution of galaxy clusters and the Universe. The CARMA institutions, through their involvement in CARMA, support active research groups encompassing professors, research scientists, graduate students, and undergraduate students.

For more information, please visit http://www.mmarray.org/