He began carving out of necessity, making tools needed for daily life. From watching his father, a master carver, he learned the cuts and techniques that would lead him to become a master carver in his own right with a long and storied career. For Tulalip master carver Joe Gobin, his work has, in many ways, swung back around to necessity as a force for keeping his tribe's stories and its rich Lushootseed language alive.

The Mukilteo Multimodal Ferry Terminal project boosts transportation safety and reliability for a growing Seattle metropolitan region.

We've heard it before: It's not what you know but who you know. That is especially true in today's competitive world where a degree alone is not enough. New grads also need a strong professional network to help them get where they want to go. But what if networks are only admitting people who look like their members? What if—unwittingly or not—they exclude multi-ethnic groups in a cycle that becomes self-perpetuating?

Stand up if … If you were raised by a single parent. If you (or your parents) are an immigrant to this country. If you have a hidden disability. If you have felt pressure to remain silent on issues of diversity. If you had to take vacation time from work to practice your religion. The list goes on and more people stand. Soon, everyone is standing. Along the way, many are surprised by the reasons people stand. Assumptions are smashed.

AERO magazine has always been forward-looking. For this issue, our last in print before AERO goes digital, we're looking back in time to our roots and reason for being. This takes us back 73 years to World War II when the United States needed warplanes—fast. Boeing had ceased commercial production to focus on the B-17. In South Seattle, the sound of rivet guns filled the air; this was the time of Rosie the Riveter.

Swimming the length of the pool, I am conscious of the camera and of the sensation of sweating. It is possible to sweat in a pool. I’m the lone American in a swimming class of thirteen Germans. The instructor is filming us to record technical flaws. Everyone here, it seems, swims better than I do. Awkwardness and anxiousness are part of any first lesson, but there is something deeper about this anxiousness.

Currently, about 74.5 million people in the United States have high blood pressure, also known as hypertension. Uncontrolled high blood pressure can lead to stroke, heart failure, or kidney disease. Of those with hypertension, only about 68 percent are aware of their condition. Just 27 percent have it under control.

For most of my life, I’ve been unafraid of change. Like many people, I crave challenge. But when I got married, sold my home and car, left a job I’d had for 10 years, and moved with my new husband, his cat and my dog from Seattle to Germany all within a matter of weeks, I feared I had pushed my luck.