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My new P5c arrived a short time ago, and I thought I would put up some first impressions and a report on it's first trip to the range....
The pistol comes in a very small and cheap plastic box. Very unbefitting for such a famous and expensive handgun. Included is the manual (auf Deutsch), test target, a plastic cleaning rod, and a spare magazine.
Opening the box revealed a beautiful pistol! Mine has wooden grips, which IMO give it a more refined look than does the plastic versions. My FFL dealer was amazed as well, having never seen one of these before. The pistol fills the hand well for a compact sidearm. It's grip length is shorter than a P7, but still long enough for fingers three through five. In fact, the overall size is within a few tenths of an inch of that of the P7, with the exception of thickness (P5c a bit thicker, mostly due to the wood grips). The straight backstrap is checkered, and the frontstrap has vertical grooves.
An interesting thing about the pistol is that the slide release lever is also the decocker. Pushing down once releases the open slide. Push down again and it decocks the hammer. The hammer is more of a nub and looks rather odd when cocked, but it is easy to use. Cocking the hammer is easier than our CZ85, and it has no half-cock notch (doesn't need one). The magazine release is located behind the trigger guard, which is different from the regular P5 which has the heel release. The rear sight is screwdriver adjustable for windage, and the sights are of the single white dot over bar variety. There is no safety, which is not uncommon in a double-action pistol. There is no magazine safety.
Taking the P5c apart reveals how complicated some of the parts are, particularly the barrel assembly. The barrel and locking mechanism has the appearance of being a very complicated piece of machinery. I can't imagine how many steps it took to machine the two pieces that make up the barrel assembly. The slide also seems to be more complicated that most others as well. Now I can understand why they are so expensive. Field stripping is about the easiest that you will find, even easier than a Glock. Remove the magazine, press the muzzle down on the table, flip the takedown lever, and pull the slide off the frame. Since there is no guide rod/spring, the barrel just falls right out of the slide.
The recoil springs are located along the sides of the frame, rather than around or under the barrel. There are two springs, one on each side of the frame. The P5 is unusual in that the barrel and slide both move straight rearward upon firing, then the barrel unlocks from the slide and stops, while the slide continues rearward. IOW the barrel moves, but doesn't tilt to unlock. Since the barrel moves rearward with the slide, it's not possible to do a press/pinch-check. The feedramp is built into the frame. The ejection port is on the left, so of course the empties eject to the left.
The pistol was cleaned and then lubed with regular gun oil on the frame/barrel/slide mating surfaces, and Tetra Gun Spray on the mechanism.
Shooting the pistol was a great pleasure, however there were a few hiccups. I had six or seven ejection/feed failures in the 100 rounds fired. I only had regular Blazer on hand (my other autos eat that stuff up, and as it's the cheapest good ammo in these parts, I always have some on hand), so I don't know if this was due to the pistol or the ammo. Felt recoil was about what one would expect for a pistol of this weight. Mags drop free when released.
The trigger was very interesting. The double-action pull was pretty average - very similar to our CZ85, but not nearly as nice as that on my Colt Detective Special. Not greatly smooth, but not exactly gritty either. It has only a hint of stacking at the very end of the pull. The single-action pull however is a very different animal. I would characterize it as a three-stage pull. The first stage is short, has no weight, and just takes up some slack. The second stage lifts up the rear of the firing pin, then comes to a stop. The third stage releases the sear. Sounds unusual to be sure, but the third stage is fairly light and crisp. The last stage has less travel and requires less pressure than does the second stage of my P7PSP. When firing slowly, the crisp letoff seems to be conducive to accuracy.
And accurate this pistol seems to be. I didn't shoot for maximum accuracy, but I did shoot it enough to get a good feel for it, and I'm impressed. The reason why I'm impressed is because the barrel is so short. In fact, it has the shortest barrel I've ever seen in an auto of this general size. It is downright stubby, with the rifled portion just under 2.5" in length. I just didn't think that a pistol with a barrel this short would group so well, however the best group shot that day was with the new P5c. I'm sure that part of this is because the trigger letoff is so much better than our Glocks, H&K's, (other) Walther's and CZ's. I think that with some practice, I could consistently outshoot my P7, whose trigger is not as nice (but still pretty decent in it's own right). The P5c shot to point-of-aim at about seven yards, so I did not adjust the sights at all. Here is a pic of the barrel, underneath a Sig 225 barrel.
Overall I'm very happy with this new pistol. It's about the perfect size for all-round use - not too big, not too small, not too heavy. I think it is the most handsome of my sidearms, probably due to the wooden grips and the fact that I don't consider our Glocks, Sigs, and other Walthers to be handsome at all. I won't carry it concealed however, as I don't want to put the holster wear on it, and because the G26 makes a better CCW for my purposes anyway. However, if I could only have one centerfire auto, this would be it. I used to say that about my P7, but now the P5c resides on the top shelf in the gun safe.
thanks for reading this far,
Addendum: Second range session, this time with WWB and UMC ammo. Approx. 250 rounds fired without any type of failures. Then went back to Blazer and had a few FTF's. Therefore, it seems that it doesn't like Blazer, but does just fine with regular brass-cased ammo.


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Elitza writes:
Dear TWiM Team,
I just finished listening to the TWiM 35 on LPS in Vibrio (among other topics). Dr. Elio Schaechter mentioned a field in Microbiology that I think is of great interest to the scientific community and should definitely be covered in a podcast. The topic is: Outer Membrane Biogenesis in Gram-negative bacteria. For decades people have been hypothesizing and trying to find an evolutionary link that would answer the following questions: how did a second membrane in bacteria come about and was the last universal common ancestor (LUCA) a single or double-membraned organism. These questions are extremely difficult to address and rely heavily on bioinformatics and phylogenetic analysis.
I'm the first author of the paper that I'm suggesting here as a resource for a potential podcast. I've read extensive amounts of scientific literature before the paper was finalized and published in Cell to realize that currently, there are no favored hypotheses and the very few hypotheses that exist are highly controversial. In our paper we structurally characterize (using electron cryo-tomography) the process of endospore formation. The process is typically thought of as exclusive to Gram-positive bacteria members of the phylum Firmicutes, however, we imaged a Gram-negative organism (Acetonema longum) that is also able to sporulate! Through our structural studies, phylogenetic profiling and biochemical analysis we showed that A. longum possesses a true outer membrane. Not only that, after sporulation, the spore is surrounded by two membranes both of which originated from the inner membrane of the mother cell. Upon outgrowth, the second membrane of the spore becomes the outer membrane of the bacterium and therefore is remodeled from and inner into and outer membrane. These are fascinating new results that may provide us with a missing link between Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria and give insights into how an outer membrane may have evolved.
Here are a couple of links to the paper I'm suggesting and a commentary by Dr. W. Vollmer on this work:
Fabio writes:
Dear Prof. Schmidt, I listened the podcast in Microbiology that you recently contributed together with Vincent Racaniello, Joseph John and Elio Schaechter. You made a very nice summary and commentary of the International Symposium on Staphylococci held last August in Lyon.
Furthermore, I would like to thank you for all your nice words about the symposium that we organized and on our recent opinion paper titled "Inferring reasons for the failure of S. aureus vaccines in clinical trials" and published in Frontiers Cell. Inf. Microbio.
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Alice writes:
Hey TWIM-MERs -- this is from a wildlife rehab newsletter, thought you might be interested:
MRSA in Wildlife
One of the most notorious and hard-to-treat bacteria in humans has been found in wildlife, according to a new study in the Journal of Wildlife Diseases. Researchers isolated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in two rabbits and a shorebird. Wild animals may act as an environmental reservoir for the disease from which humans could get infected.
Molecular typing of the isolates showed that the shorebird carried a hospital-associated strain of MRSA, while the rabbits had community-associated strains. The rabbits' MRSA also was resistant to tetracycline, which is common in farm animals.
Perhaps most troubling of all was that one of the pigeons carried a Staphylococcus bacterium that, while still sensitive to methicillin, was resistant to the antibiotic vancomycin. "Vancomycin is used as a last resort in MRSA infections," says study co-author Shylo Wardyn, "and vancomycin-resistant staph strains are rare in humans." Abstract: http://www.jwildlifedis.org/content/48/4/1069.abstractlink
Peter writes:
Happy Halloween greetings Twim Team.
For a slightly microbiology themed Halloween costume I constructed a Plague Doctor mask.
You can see its construction on the instructables site:
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Hello, TWiM!
News Article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/oct/15/pacific-iron-fertilisation-geoengineering
Comment: I feel like this issue is quite broad and interesting and was hoping that ocean geoengineering might be worth discussing. It's my understanding that scientists are wary of such approaches, to say the least, but this event seems to demonstrate a certain necessity for the international community to come to terms with geoengineering and sort out strategies and methods. As a layman, I'd be very interested in what you guys have to say!
Quick excerpt from the beginning of the article:
"A controversial American businessman dumped around 100 tonnes of iron sulphate into the Pacific Ocean as part of a geoengineering scheme off the west coast of Canada in July, a Guardian investigation can reveal.
Satellite images appear to confirm the claim by Californian Russ George that the iron has spawned an artificial plankton bloom as large as 10,000 square kilometres. The intention is for the plankton to absorb carbon dioxide and then sink to the ocean bed – a geoengineering technique known as ocean fertilisation that he hopes will net lucrative carbon credits.
George is the former chief executive of Planktos Inc, whose previous failed efforts to conduct large-scale commercial dumps near the Galapagos and Canary Islands led to his vessels being barred from ports by the Spanish and Ecuadorean governments. The US Environmental Protection Agency warned him that flying a US flag for his Galapagos project would violate US laws, and his activities are credited in part to the passing of international moratoria at the United Nations limiting ocean fertilisation experiments
Scientists are debating whether iron fertilisation can lock carbon into the deep ocean over the long term, and have raised concerns that it can irreparably harm ocean ecosystems, produce toxic tides and lifeless waters, and worsen ocean acidification and global warming."
Thank you for the great podcasts,
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Dear TWiMmians,
I just found the latest edition of Clinical Microbiology and Infection and read about a concept that is new to me: culturomics.
Maybe you'll be as intrigued as me by this concept. It contrasts well wil all the high-throughput-genomics hype these days. It might be a good article to put on the show (some day?).
Here are the links, I am happy to forward pdf's of the articles to you if needed.
Culturomics: a new approach to study the human microbiome
Microbial culturomics: paradigm shift in the human gut microbiome study
And again, thank you for three great show to walk, commute, run, bike and do housework to:)
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The region's jobs picture appears to be brightening, according to an economic analysis released by the Eastern Connecticut Workforce Investment Board.
John Beauregard, executive director of the Franklin-based agency that operates the region's four CTWorks career centers, said Friday that the Norwich-New London labor market likely bottomed out in May and has been on its way up ever since, adding 600 positions in the past five months.
"It's taking a step in the right direction," Beauregard said in a phone interview.
In a report produced in collaboration with Don Klepper-Smith, chief economist of New Haven-based DataCore Partners LLC, the workforce board declared this week that the region's five-year jobs slide, which continued long after the Great Recession of 2008-2009 was over, finally has reached an end, barring unforeseen major downsizings among large local employers.
The region, hit over the past few years by significant layoffs in key sectors of the economy such as gaming and pharmaceuticals, should slowly begin to return to job-growth normalcy, the report said, with an expected gain of 500 positions next year.
"May 2013 finally marked the trough for job erosion in the Norwich-New London labor market area," Klepper-Smith said in the report. "Clearly, the indicators are pointing to Norwich-New London finally being at or close to a firm bottom and ready to move upward again."
It's a trough that saw the Norwich-New London area lose more than 12,000 jobs as the region's unemployment rate more than doubled. Between April 2007, when the region's casinos were riding high, and January 2011, when Pfizer Inc. was in the midst of a severe downsizing, the jobless rate rose from 3.9 percent to 9.8 percent in the Norwich-New London labor market that includes Westerly.
In August, the latest month for which figures were available because of delays related to October's government shutdown, the unemployment rate in the region was a more manageable 8.1 percent, according to U.S. Labor Department statistics.
"I think what we're seeing is the accumulation of numerous under-the-radar types of activity in the labor market," Beauregard said in the report. "As long as this positive activity is not unraveled by large-block layoffs such as those the region experienced over the last two and a half years, I think we'll start to see sustained job increases once again."
Beauregard referred to major layoffs and job attrition at Pfizer, Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods Resort Casino over the past few years, as well as some roller coaster numbers at Electric Boat. The casinos have shed about 5,000 jobs in the past few years, while Pfizer has eliminated more than 2,500 positions, which doesn't include hundreds of contractors who have lost regular paychecks in the region as the pharmaceutical giant outsourced more of its work.
"There's no doubt that the larger layoff amount that New London County experienced provided a lingering effect on regional job figures," Beauregard said. "The primary problem is the fact that there's little to counterbalance the large layoffs with, since remaining employers tend to make do with their existing workforce during uncertain times."
Despite projections from DataCore Partners showing the region's jobs numbers edging up over the past five months, economists are still expecting an overall loss of 1,500 jobs in the region during 2013. The losses, frontloaded in January through May, have given the Norwich-New London area the dubious distinction of being the worst-performing labor market in the state so far this year.
A year ago, the region also was listed as among the bottom 10 in the nation in terms of job recoveries after the recession.
By contrast, the Willimantic-Danielson labor market, which the local workforce board also tracks, has seen job gains of 1.1 percent so far this year — slightly better than the state's overall performance. But Beauregard pointed out that the northeastern part of the state had a longer way to go, having lost 11 percent of its workforce compared with 9 percent for New London County.
Among the region's strengths so far this year, according to the report, has been a 19 percent rise in new-housing units in New London, Norwich, Groton, Ledyard, Windham and Stonington. New London County single-family home sales are also showing strength, up 2 percent on the year, while prices have been relatively flat, according to the report.
The report added that most of the major impacts from layoffs at Pfizer have been accounted for, and that proactive workforce-development and economic development efforts have helped ensure that "a turning point in the local economy is at hand."
Gene Harper, human resources manager at EB and board chairman of the Eastern Connecticut Workforce Investment Board, said the jobs agency and its partners helped thousands of local workers update their skills and change career paths since the economic upheaval of the Great Recession.
"A more competitive workforce will help accelerate any anticipated job growth in 2014 and beyond," Harper said in the report.
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Come on, Bluebee, I'm waiting..........
"The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the US Government cannot pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our Government's reckless fiscal policies. Increasing America's debt weakens us domestically and internationally. Leadership means that, 'the buck stops here.' Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better."~ Senator Barack H. Obama, March 2006
"America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better."~ Senator Barack H. Obama, March 2006
Here are a couple more good quotes:"No matter how we reform health care, we will keep this promise to the American people: If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor, period. If you like your health-care plan, you'll be able to keep your health-care plan, period. No one will take it away, no matter what." - Barack Hussein Obama"You've heard it here, I'm on television so everybody knows it. I believe in the Second Amendment. I believe in people's lawful right to bear arms. I will not take your shotgun away. I will not take your rifle away. I won't take your handgun away." - Barack Hussein Obama
Well.. by golly.. Imagine my surprise.... So much for the America I grew up in, served, and loved.
and EXACTLY how many times was the debt ceiling raised during the Bush Administration? < this is a question, so do you at least have a guess or an answer???? seems none of the 'real conservatives' here now believe Dick Cheney own words that 'the national debt doesn't really matter'. < of course this was a line who's primary intention was to sell you on the Iraq War which I am guessing many here never even questioned at the time it was uttered. being that all you fine conservatives and believe in personal responsibility.... can I depend on any or all of you to pay for my portion of the national debt associated with the Iraq War?I myself don't know (don't have the evidence... which would be a series of balance sheet and flow of funds statement) if the debt matters or not?
another moot snip..George W Bush was inaugurated President on 1/20/2001 and remained President until 1/20/2009...During his Presidency the National debt rose from $5,727,776,738,304.64 to $10,626,877,048,913.00, a total of $4,899,100,310,608.36OR $1,676,625,705.20 a DAY for his 2,922 days as President!Barrack Obama was inaugurated President on 1/20/2009...Thus far, during his Presidency, the National dept has risen from $10,626,877,048,913.00 to $17,151,627,467,959.50, a total of $6,524,750,419,046.50OR $3,711,462,126.88 a DAY for his 1,758 days as PresidentThat's more than DOUBLING the rate of growth of the National Debt when you compare GW's Presidency to BO's...IT'S AN INCREASE OF 121 PERCENT, to be exact!!!tecumseh...I am assuming you numbers are correct* (which is to say I don't absolutely know for certain, but they look approximately correct to me). you over arching conclusion is however subject to question....
*there is a large difference between growth rate and rate of growth as far as economic analysis is concern <not really all that important but sometimes words and terms do matter (pretty much the same idea as the difference between square miles and miles square). so to examine rate of growth you would need to compare number of the Bush presidency with those of the Clinton presidency.another snip...NUMBERS DON'T LIE!tecumseh....numbers may not lie but without a doubt you do have to place these in context. first thing I would want to know is if the numerous 'off budget' items in the Bush Administration are include in these numbers < a trillion dollar war here and another trillion dollar war there pretty soon adds up to real money. then of course (and the first thing any economist would do is to 'level' the numbers for inflation. I would also suggest that how or what you spend the money on (I don't think this much matter whether you are talking about an individual or a political entity) does matter < I have long suspect that at the end of the day this actually matter more than any other singular factor.at one time having been a banker (I do much prefer being a beekeeper) I will also suggest to you the numbers you provided really don't mean much if you are looking at this in a cold hard financial/economic sense. which is to say some people borrow large sums of money and do quite well while others borrow just a little and suffer greatly for this decision. when I crunch numbers long ago for folks that borrow large sums of money really the two types of financial documents that you needed to determine a credit worthy client was (typically a series of) yearly balance sheets and cash flow statements. how much their debt commitments rose or fell in any one year or series of years really had little to do with the analysis < over a bit longer time frame this would suggest how capable an individual was to handle debt.so I am not arguing with your numbers but using the proper number and then how you crunch these numbers does make a great deal of difference in final outcome.


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For a semi-auto I'd suggest a Beretta 92FS, M-9, or M-9A1, all of which can be had in your price range. Ammo is available and is reasonable compared to other calibers. 9mm rounds like the Glaser PowerBall are genuinely effective rounds as are CorBon choices, Speer Gold Dot, and Federal HydraShok.
Range ammo is great from Winchester, Remington UMC, and Blazer Brass. The weight of the 92FS is a contributor to it's performance and tolerance for recoil. Very little muzzle jump and repeatable sub 1 1/2" double taps are achievable fairly early on shooting a good bit. From your description of the smaller grip on the Glocks you tried, you will have no trouble with the size of the Beretta grip. Before you choose any handgun go to a range that rents and try several. Everyone is different and handguns are personal weapons that require a great deal of attention to shoot well. Enjoy, shoot well and often.


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This workshop draws together several strands of current research on sociotechnical imaginaries in the STS Program at Harvard. Through multiple engagements with new, emerging, and reemerging technologies, the workshop explores the material, discursive, and political resources with which societies create shared visions of what they want, or do not want, from advances in technology. Of primary interest throughout is the connection of remembered technoscientific pasts to the threats and promises of imagined futures.


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I wrote this last year to be of help for people in your situation:
Newbie to guns? Need help? Where to start?
Try reading that first, and follow some of the tips - The rental (or meeting up with people and trying their guns) is the best idea so U can find out what you like.
As I stated in my original post linked above - the are a variety of brands, and most are good. The price does vary - for instance, HKs are always expensive, but are great guns. U need not pay the price of an HK to get a good gun, though.
Beretta 92s are fantastic guns. Most of the complainst U hear about them are from people still pissed that the Beretta replaced the 1911 as the service pistol. And, since the military doesn't buy factory magazines (they use cheap aftermarket ones instead) - they sometimes have issues. But, a Beretta 92 with a factory mag will be 100% reliable. I've owned several 92s over the years, and I plan to probably buy a stainless one next month.
Now, there are certain guns and brands I won't buy - but we all have that list. Personally, I won't buy a Taurus, and I have my reasons. But U will have tons of Taurus fans here that will disagree with me.
U will also get tons of suggestions in posts below mine. And, everyone has their fav gun - they will recommend it to you (mine is the Walther P99 A/S). But, find what works for YOU!
Also, guns I thought were my fav 10 years ago are not my favs now. This will probably not be your only gun, if you get into handguns and enjoy shooting.


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It's construction season, so let's get building! Includes a 48-page activity book with cool facts, puzzles, and games, plus the punch-out characters, reusable stickers, and a fold-out construction site scene.
The book takes the reader on a virtual roadtrip, telling the reader about the highway's legends, stories, people and funky businesses that are the essence of the Route 66 experience.
One Percenter Revolution: Riding Free in the 21st Century finishes the trilogy started by best-selling author and editor of Easyriders magazine Dave Nichols, following a whole new generation of outlaw motorcyclists.
Harley-Davidson Sportster: Sixty Years tells the complete story of the Sportster. First produced in 1957, it has gone on to become one of the top selling motorcycles of the twenty-first century.
This definitive collection pulls together Triumphs entire, incredible body of work with hundreds of modern and vintage photographs and information.


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Oregon History: The "Oregon Question" and Provisional Government
Oregon was an Indian land but a prize lusted for by two partisans. In 1845 President James K. Polk informed Great Britain he wanted resolution of the issue of sovereignty in the Pacific Northwest. In the agreement reached in 1828, the nations had one year in which to resolve the long-simmering "Oregon Question." Polk was an avowed expansionist. A Democrat, he sought the presidency in 1844 on a simple platform: the annexation of Texas and the occupation of Oregon. The Tyler administration took care of acquiring Texas before Polk was sworn into office, but he persisted in an aggressive agenda of American expansion. Polk campaigned under the popular slogan "54-40 or fight," a contention that the southern boundary of Russian America was the northern boundary of Oregon. He pressed through diplomatic channels and used his inaugural address to assert American rights to all of Oregon. His ambitions far exceeded the area of American activity.
Resolution came on June 15, 1846, in the Oregon Treaty. Polk was already in pursuit of a greater prize--California--and had helped engineer a declaration of war against Mexico by massing troops along the Texas border until they were attacked by Mexican soldiers. Oregon became a sidebar in the unfolding story of the Mexican War. While Congress was willing to plunge the country into a war against its neighbor to the south, it was opposed to entering a conflict with Great Britain. That nation, beset with internal disputes over Corn Law reform, was likewise eager to reach a settlement. Thus in 1846 the two countries agreed to extend the boundary on the 49th parallel westward from the crest of the Rockies to the primary channel between Vancouver Island and the continent. British citizens and the Hudson's Bay Company retained trading and navigational rights in the Columbia River, though the United States subsequently terminated those privileges in 1859.
By 1846 the arguments of the United States to claim the Oregon Country were founded on more than "discovery rights." Several thousand Americans had settled in the region. Every year the arrival of new emigrants tipped the scale against the Hudson's Bay Company. The Americans had also established a Provisional Government. Its genesis came with the death in 1841 of Ewing Young. A former mountain man who had built up cattle herds in the Chehalem Valley and owned more than $3,000 in promissory notes from his neighbors, Young died without heirs. Residents gathered after his funeral to discuss what to do with his property. They agreed to name a committee to draft a civil code. Father Blanchet served as chair. When they assembled four months later, Blanchet reported his committee had not met. Disagreements between French-Canadians and Americans about the form of self-government and its powers had created an impasse.
The arrival of overland emigrants in 1842 and the increase of retired fur trappers who settled in the Willamette Valley with their mixed-blood families complicated matters. Old settlers and new arrivals worried about their land claims. They wondered what might happen if Congress passed Linn's bills granting lands to Americans who settled in Oregon. Wild animals brought to a head the decisions for a government. Grizzlies, black bears, cougars, and wolves ranged freely in the Willamette Valley. Their destruction of livestock gave cause in the spring of 1843 for a "Wolf Meeting." A second Wolf Meeting led to the decision to create a system of government. On May 2, 1843, at Champoeg, Joseph Meek posed the critical question: "Who's for a divide? All for the report of the committee and organization follow me," he shouted. By a close vote, perhaps 52 to 50, those wanting the government prevailed.
What was the significance of the Provisional Government? In spite of claims that the vote in the spring of 1843 on French Prairie sealed the fate of American sovereignty to the Oregon Country, there is no evidence that the Polk administration weighed the action. What was important and known to the decision-makers across the continent was that an American colony had developed on the shores of the far Pacific Ocean. The Provisional Government informed the Polk administration of its existence. It passed memorials in 1843 and 1845 seeking congressional attention to the needs of Americans in Oregon. The memorial of June 28, 1845, petitioned for naval yards, mail service, land grants, military protection, and territorial status. On December 8 Thomas Hart Benton presented the document to the Senate. These endorsements and his election were all the expansionist President Polk needed in an era when many felt it was America's manifest destiny to spread from sea to sea. Whitman's ride across the continent in 1838 and the events at Champoeg--the lore of Oregon history--did not tip the scales. The United States had embarked on a grand scheme of territorial growth. Oregon was only part of the plan.
The Oregon Provisional Government played an important role in creating order on a frontier. For more than two decades the Hudson's Bay Company held and exercised civil authority and control of the fur trade, while maintaining peace in dealing with Indian tribes. Its power did not extend to American settlers and ended in 1846 with the Oregon Treaty. The Provisional Government filled the void. It provided for laws governing land claims, instituted taxation, formed counties, created the offices of governor and legislators, and set up a court system. Popularly elected representatives hammered out these decisions between 1843 and 1845. The proposals were often revised, for newly arrived emigrants increased the electorate and brought their experience and men with political ambitions. The Provisional Government was in constant flux, but George Abernethy, a former lay worker for the Methodist Mission, continued as governor.
J. Henry Brown collected the correspondence and decisions made in Oregon City and published them as Brown's Political History of Oregon (1892). He dedicated his documentary volume to the "intrepid men and women" who helped lay the foundation of the Pacific states and "builded better than they knew." The legislature patterned many of its laws on those of the Iowa Territory, including weights and measures, criminal codes, and vagrancy. In 1843 the legislature put bounties on wolves, panthers, bears, and lynxes. Cash payments for the skin of the head with ears of these animals soon decimated their population and led to the extinction of several species in Oregon. The Law of Land Claims permitted individuals to file on as much as a square mile, but only one claim at a time, and restricted filings on key town sites or waterpower locations.
The Provisional Legislature banned permanent residency of free African-Americans and mulattoes. Any reaching age 18 had two years to leave the Oregon Country, as did anyone held in slavery. The initial penalty for failure to leave was not less than 20 nor more than 39 lashes. In 1844 the legislature amended the law to put violators out to low bid for public labor and removal. The law, though never enforced, confirmed the racial prejudice of the frontier generation moving into the Willamette Valley.


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Yes! This so deserved to win!
Congratz Bootboots. Was hoping for Guacamole but not too upset that it lost to this one.
I actually really like this shirt, but a close friend recently passed away from cancer, so I'm not sure if I should get it or not. What's even more ironic is that I'll be running, or at least walking, a marathon in like three weeks to raise more awareness for cancer and in her honor... I'm so conflicted.
Looks like he's racing for the cure for fingerless hands.
Believe me if I were in shape I'd consider racing for something. Keyword: consider. Great job with the shirt!
You know, I always wanted to create a Support our Ribbons ribbon that was some sort of patch work/tie die but I think that the joke might offend some people, and I wonder if this shirt falls in to this category.
Think I should wear this shirt to planned parenthood?
how about a race for the cure for my shirt woot buying addiction? though i don't think you guys would like that much =p
Yeah BootsBoots! I'm sure you'll donate your winnings to cure the children or Africa or something . . . ;-)
In for one! And my first First Sucker!
I thought it was funny at first, but since my grandmother just died from breast cancer, I'm not digging this shirt so much. Personally, I think it's a bit tasteless.
Between this and The Apathy Coalition, I think we're getting a pretty good idea of Boots's attitudes towards life.
Look at that, even the guy with stubby legs is racing for...something.
Congrats Boots! well deserved! such a great and funny shirt!!!!
I really like this shirt, but think it would be better without the text at the bottom...it would leave more up to the imagination...still a good job I think. =)
I would need a secret costumed ironic identity to carry this off...hmmm, what color cape would go?
I refuse to think of the Children until they learn to think for themselves.
I was born in that year. I might buy it specifically for that.
oh man, i've got apathy coalition and now this one comes on an even better color for me. i'm totally unemployed and you're trying to bankrupt me boots.
How can he race with no feet? He'll never get those nike sponsorships to help cure africa!
I like the idea of this shirt, I just don't like the wording of it.
The double "for"s gets me... If it was "Race for a cure or something" or "Race for the cure of something" I'd like it a lot better.
This is great stuff.
Man... I stayed up for this shirt? I was hoping for either Zombie Doom Squad or Holy Guacamole. No real gripe with this shirt, except I felt it was too much of a slogan shirt and not enough of a graphic shirt.
Kidgoldstein wrote:Man... I stayed up for this shirt? I was hoping for either Zombie Doom Squad or Holy Guacamole. No real gripe with this shirt, except I felt it was too much of a slogan shirt and not enough of a graphic shirt.
Going to have to agree. This shirt is funny, but ...meh. It just looks like something that anyone could throw together without much difficulty.
Bring on the DOOM SQUAD.
i have nothing to say about this outcome except YES.
and i hope to see "the vintage truth" tomorrow. :D
genericsmith wrote:I like the idea of this shirt, I just don't like the wording of it.
The double "for"s gets me... If it was "Race for a cure or something" or "Race for the cure of something" I'd like it a lot better.
I think the awkward wording and phrasing is perfect as it adds to the humor.
4000 people die of rabies every 1000 years.
It's like raising money for TBA.
I'm going to wear this to 10k's this summer just to watch the radical runner's reaction!
Anyone wanna come to my place and watch Wrath of Kahn on the big screen?
Bought and bought!
Love it, Boots. Congrats.<3
So whats the joke here?
Congrats, bootsy!
I feel like the slogan is trying to say that we need to find a cure for children. Have children really become that malignant to our society?
I really shouldn't buy this but I would just love to see the look on the people's faces who I had to listen to all through high school 'Donate for this, donate for that, go to this walk, go to that walk.' Mwuahahahaha
I think this fellow's hands are actually well protected... let's say rubberized... to... protect this world from MORE children :D
I was going to buy this shirt then I realized the figure on the shirt is wearing #44-
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The retired numbers for former baseball players Hank Aaron, Willie McCovey and Reggie Jackson
Retired NFL Numbers: Floyd Little (Denver Broncos) and Pete Retzlaff (Philadelphia Eagles)
Retired NBA Numbers: Dan Issel, (Denver Nuggets); Jerry West (L.A. Lakers); Paul Westphal (Phoenix Suns); Sam Lacey (Sacramento Kings); and George Gervin (San Antonio Spurs).
I don't think they would appreciate it if they saw me wear it, and me personally, I don't want to offend legend.
can we get it in moisture wicking instead of cotton?! i'd wear this every time i ran.
i was born in 82! i have no choice but to get this!
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My buddy's comin over we'll take the boat to my honey hole in the delta
he shot it sat with 10 green heads to show for it and no one has been out
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I'm not sure how to even ask this question and what the question really is, whether it deals with the to infinitive or the main verb, etc.
Why in the sentence "Do you want me to move?" do you have to say TO move
vs in the sentence "Can you help me move?" do you not need TO?
When you look at the the sentence structure, they are both questions, both followed by me after the main verb, but one takes TO infinitive and the other doesn't.
All acceptable, but why?:
"Do you want me to help?"
"Do you want me to move?"
"Do you want me to call you?"
"Can you help me cook?" vs "Can you help me TO cook this?"
"Can you help me push this?"
"Can you help me TO care for this child?"
Students want to know why you use TO in some cases but not others, especially between the "Do you..." questions vs the "Can you..."
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The first of my post were not directed in the most appropriate ways as i was fishing for the sale of some items a member had made. I know that in most cases this is not looked upon to favourably in most forum communities and i apologise for my error
Please allow me to take the time to introduce myself.
My name is Robert and i am 26 years of age with two beautiful children with my partner Megan of 10 years. I work as a response officer at a chocolate factory here in my home state of Tasmania Australia.
My brother and i along with a friend run a non for profit group called Heroes4Kids (H4K) with the primary focus being on children and giving them the opportunity to meet there hero up close and in person. To date we have done a lot of work with the local make a wish foundation branch in assisting as a hero escort from the air port to the childs home after they have had their wish granted. We have also helped raise a small sum of money as well.
My part in H4K is costume research and development. It is up to me to gain contact with fellow costumers such as your selves and learn from the methods you adopt in your costume fabrication and to gain insights into other methods of costume production.
On the flip side should we not be in the position to make a particular part of a costume we like to support other artists in their work by purchasing components from them and in turn giving them public credit and referrals
Here are some pictures of the costumes have and have had in the past.
My costuming skills are more based in weapons and leather fabrication. I also dabble in a bit of the armour fabrication as well but only on the leather side.
I myself am not in the need for a jango or Boba fett armour but i am on the hunt for resources as i know one or two of our members have expressed interest in it.
Again i apologise for my lack of respect for the community in my actions. I hope we can start again and that you would all be willing to assist me in my hunt for all things costumeif you have any questions please don't be afraid to ask


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what fun the game ??
Long time not to play games, do not know what point of the game fun? My
friends, what fun the game on the recommendation of it, I went to GK player
looked, they then set out a lot of games, I feel pretty good, and do not
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Phoenix Opens Second Half of Horizon League Schedule in Ohio
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) - With the first half of the Horizon League season in the books, the Green Bay volleyball team (11-10, 2-5 HL) is set to open the second half of its conference slate this weekend with a pair of road matches in the state of Ohio. The Phoenix first travels to Youngstown to take on Youngstown State (12-9, 2-5 HL) at Beeghly Center on Friday (6 p.m. CT) before heading to Cleveland to face Cleveland State (14-6, 6-1 HL) on Saturday (1 p.m. CT) at Woodling Gymnasium.
Fans can follow Friday's match at Youngstown State with live stats and free live video, while live stats will also be available for Saturday's contest at Cleveland State. Links can be found on the volleyball schedule page on GreenBayPhoenix.com. The official Green Bay volleyball Twitter (@GBPhoenixVB) and Facebook (Green Bay Phoenix Volleyball) accounts will also be posting live updates throughout the match.
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Youngstown State enters Friday's contest with the same Horizon League record as the Phoenix (2-5), but Green Bay owns the tiebreaker for the sixth spot in the conference standings thanks to its 3-2 win over the Penguins on Sept. 22 at the Kress Center. Leah Van Zeeland (Kaukauna, Wis.) paced the Phoenix in the win with 18 kills, 21 digs and eight blocks, while junior Jenna Cavanaugh led the Penguins with 19 kills of her own.
Friday's match will feature the Horizon League's top two blocking teams, as the Phoenix ranks first (2.31) and the Penguins rank second (2.16) in blocks per set. Cavanaugh leads the conference individually with 1.26 blocks per set, while Green Bay's Katie Mroczenski (New Berlin, Wis.) is close behind at 1.23.
Cleveland State sits atop the conference at the halfway point, owning a 6-1 Horizon League record. The Vikings took the first meeting between the two teams on Sept. 21 in Green Bay, a match in which the visitors jumped out to a 2-0 lead and denied a valiant Phoenix comeback attempt.
CSU is one of the top offensive teams in the Horizon League, leading the way in hitting percentage (.252), kills (14.33) and assists (13.33). Marie Frease leads the conference in hitting percentage at .352, while Kara Koch is tops in the league in kills with 348 (4.83 per set).
Green Bay went 2-1 in its three-match homestand last week, earning a pair of 3-0 wins over Chicago State (Oct. 9) and Wright State (Oct. 13), while also falling 3-0 to Valparaiso (Oct. 12).
The Phoenix closed the first half of its Horizon League schedule with Saturday's sweep of the Raiders, a match in which senior Carmen Leitermann (Schofield, Wis.) recorded her 97th career solo block. The total tied former Green Bay standout Marie Kaland's (1992-95) school record - the longest-standing career mark in the Phoenix record books. Also on Saturday, senior Brittany Groth (Oak Creek, Wis.) registered 20 more digs to push her league-leading dig total to 501. Valparaiso's Taylor Root (466) is the only other player in the conference with more than 400 digs on the year, and Groth is currently ranked second among all NCAA Division I players in digs per set with 6.19.
Green Bay head coach Debbie Kirch joined host Ryan Hartwig in studio for this week's episode of Match Point. The two recapped the team's 2-1 homestand last week and previewed the second half of the Horizon League season. Watch this week's episode below.
Following the two-match Ohio road swing, the Phoenix returns to the Kress Center next weekend to begin its final regular season homestand. Green Bay welcomes in-state rival Milwaukee on Friday, Oct. 26 at 7 p.m., kicking off a three-match stretch on its home court that wraps up Nov. 2-3 against Loyola and UIC.
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Friday, September 14, 2012
I Guess We Had It Coming
First of all, I blame Ben. And Jerry. I also blame Shaw's supermarket. If Ben and Jerry didn't make such amazing frozen yogurt and Shaw's didn't put it on sale (3 for $10, or as like to think of it, 6 for $20) we would have never gotten yelled at.
The supermarket used to be the worst possible place for me to go with the boys.
The first time I brought Mikias, he was 4 and had been home with us for only a few days. He was so overwhelmed by the enormous display of fruit that he lunged out of the seat of the shopping cart and on to the fruit. The only thing that stopped him from laying his whole body on the fruit were his clunky new snow boots which were stuck in the leg holes. He alternated between laughing with delight at the abundance of food and screaming in frustration at being half stuck in the cart, while at the same time ripping the peel off of an orange with his teeth. Not surprisingly, we attracted a small crowd. A stranger helped me wrangle him back into the cart. I apologized to everyone for making such a spectacle. I told the produce guy that I would pay for the half eaten orange and any other damaged fruit. Everyone was kind to us. No one yelled.
The first few times I took Jemberu to the supermarket, he was calm and sweet. He sat in the cart and took it all in. Then he learned a little English. And became rather possessive of me. A little girl, about 3, like him, was looking our way. Jemberu said to her, "Do not look at MY mom. Look at you OWN mom!" He shot her a death glare and then smiled up at me and said, "Right, Mom?"
Speechless, I gave the other mom a look of apology. She smiled at me nicely and gave me the 'it's cool' look. She could have been offended. She could have yelled at me for my rude child. But she didn't.
So here we were at Shaw's this summer, on our "A" game and we got yelled at. An elderly woman was in the Ben and Jerry's freezer cast with the freezer door resting on her back. I hovered nearby waiting for my turn. About 2 solid minutes had passed and she appeared to be no closer to picking her flavor. I said to the boys, "While I wait for my turn here, you can each pick out an ice cream."
A few seconds later the woman yelled, "WHAT is going on here?" I asked her what was wrong. Turns out that when Mikias was picking out his flavor in the next case, he pulled open the door that was resting on her back. When he was done he let it go and it hit her on her back. I apologized and explained to her what had happened and that it was an accident.
She said, "You people are making me so mad!"
To the boys she said, "You people need to learn how to act! This is a busy supermarket, you need to learn how to behave!"
Mikias gently touched her arm, looked her in the eyes and said, "I am so sorry. I didn't know the door was going to hit you. I am really sorry."
She kept at us, "You people are awful!"
Sure we could make this better, I asked, "What can we do to help you?"
She said, "STOP talking to me!"
I looked over at Jemberu, who was very quiet throughout this exchange. He was glaring at the yelling woman and kicking the wheel of our shopping cart. I forced him to make eye contact with me so I could beg him (while honoring the request for our silence) to stop and not say a word. He angrily said, "What's her problem?
I whisked the boys into the next aisle and told them that what happened was an accident, we did our best to make it better and there is nothing else we can do, so let's hightail it out of here and go home to eat ice cream.
Jemberu said, "I know what you can do. You can tell her to SHUT HER STINKIN' BLOW HOLE!" He was furious at the woman for yelling at us. He didn't care about making it better. He wanted to fight back. Mikias, on the other hand, felt awful and embarrassed. The rest of the day they both kept brining it up. Jemberu saying "I can't stop thinking about that lady yelling at us. She was such a jerk!" Mikias saying, "I really had no idea the door was going to hit her." He blamed himself. Jemberu blamed the woman, she need to calm down and stop being such a screaming meanie.
I kept thinking about how many awful times we had had in the supermarket. Times I had been humbled, embarrassed or just plain stressed that things weren't going to go well. Keeping a tight reign on the boys, willing them to get the hang of being in public without creating a scene. And finally we had done it. They get it. The supermarket with the boys is no longer stressful. They are helpful and even fun. "What's next on the list, I'll get it!" "I'll push the cart!" Seriously, they are great, they have come so far. We have become model supermarket patrons and we got yelled at.
I guess we had it coming.
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You will understand this comment no doubt! When my oldest, Brandon, was about 4 we went shopping. He was having a hard time and spent the trip whining. As I was in line to check out a man behind me said "if that was my kid I would smack him". I looked at the man and said "that is why he is not your kid and why God sent him to me".ReplyDeleteReplies
It amazes me that people say that kind of thing! Great come back.Delete
This made me laugh out loud. We just recently adopted our little boy (now almost 3 months old). Yesterday was the first time since bringing him home that I made it through the grocery store without him screaming. It always starts at the check-out line, and the cashiers there knew us within a couple days. they started saying things like, "wow, he really doesn't like it here, huh?" or, "oh, boy, you've got a fussy one there." Really, who DOES like the grocery store? And maybe he's fussy because it's the temperature of a meat cooler in this whole place, and I forgot to put him in his snowsuit in August to come get groceries...ReplyDelete
And to iamthezookeeper, GOOD FOR YOU!!!Replies
I agree, supermarkets are the worst...and SO COLD.Delete
Congratulations on your new son!
My husband always says that being old doesn't entitle you to being an a-hole. I agree. Jemberu is right.ReplyDelete
I feel that it's ok my for my kids to call out a bully head on. I encourage my kids to stand up for themselves without being rude. Fine line there! But it takes someone standing up to a bully, to prevent the next person from being bullied.
I have a tendency to butt my way in when I see someone ELSE being picked on too. But that's just my $.02
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Sherry, too bad you weren't there when we were getting yelled at! My instinct is always to diffuse the situation but you am Jemberu are probably right :)Delete
- AnonymousSeptember 14, 2012 at 3:38 PM
This made me miss you because you told me this story in person while we ate Ben and Jerry's in your living room! Love you Alison!!ReplyDelete
I love you too Jocie! It was probably while telling you this story that I realized it might make a good blog post :)Delete
- AnonymousSeptember 14, 2012 at 5:16 PM
Love reading your memoirs.ReplyDelete
The fact that you love it makes it fun for me to write it! Thanks Claudia!Delete
I admit it...I agree with Jemberu that she needs to shut her stinkin' blow hole! What a rude woman. But you're right - when I think of all the times people COULD have been offended (like when my son swatted a woman right on the hiney), we're really doing okay.ReplyDeleteReplies
Hahaha! A swat on the hiney! That's funny!Delete
You're right, we really are doing okay.
"You people"? Am I the only one here who sees that as blatantly racist? I'm with Jemberu. Mikias was very polite, but when that didn't work, and with what she said... I agree with Sherry.ReplyDelete
Thanks for this comment. I felt the same way. I kept thinking, 'You people?? Are you really saying that?'
Oh you know darn well 'blow hole' would've been the nicest thing i could say.. You go jemby! (although I'm all talk. In person i'm always thinking i'm the one in the wrong. We got our first "you don't touch that water fountain little boy" from an old fart (elderly is too respectful) last week at a church function. After I said- "yes. yes you can get a drink of water" her daughters 'best response' was "oh that's not what she meant. he can drink from it- but he was 'touching' it". ??? seriously? Jemby's blow hole would've been handy then)ReplyDeleteReplies
I would love to see you and Jemby in action together! You'd straighten people out :)Delete
We've had some interesting supermarket experiences ourselves. And not just customers, but workers. One time we had to even report a worker who kept harassing us with questions. Great job in modeling for your kids how to respond well.ReplyDelete
wow - sounds like she was having a REALLY bad day! You handled it great - and set an awesome example for your kids. I am really sure I could not have been that gracious (and "move that hiney lady so the rest of us can get some ice cream" probably would have been part of it!!)ReplyDelete
Unfortunately, those people do exist and I am beyond impressed with your boys' reaction to the entire debacle. They showed more respect and maturity than that old woman.ReplyDelete
While people are inclined to make excused for "old" people, her remarks were uncalled for and I hope she has learned that she, as an elder, will serve as an example.
Kudos to your little gentleman on how they handled everything.
As always, I look forward to your next post :)Replies
Of course I catch my spelling error after publishing, "excuses"Delete
So sorry that happened. Hopefully you won't have any more problems like that. I hate taking my kids to the grocey store - too much stimulation.ReplyDelete
It is always interesting to me how two children will react so differently to the same situation (one looking at themselves and one looking at the other party). Both have value, since self awareness is so important ( a sign of maturity). But the ability to also stand up and see when others are also responsible and deserve blame. Sounds like you are doing a good job!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks JRay! I am with you, so interesting how two kids process the same event.Delete
Thanks for reading and taking the time to comment. I always appreciate it.


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Homebred Iowa Holstein herd ranks near top for type
Vernice and Dan Moon, Monona, Iowa, have been named the third Robert "Whitey" McKown Master Breeder Award winner which will be presented at the 45th World Dairy Expo.
The winner of the McKown Master Breeder Award is chosen by the members of the Klussendorf Association. The award honors a well-managed breeder herd who emphasizes all qualities of the Klussendorf Award, including ability, character, endeavor, and sportsmanship.
Vernice and Dan Moon's Moondale Holstein herd fits every criteria of the award. Vernice and Dan, along with Vernice's wife, Bev; Dan's wife, Nancy; and Dan and Nancy's children, Kyle, Emily, and Ryan, also are involved with Moondale Holsteins. (Shown in the 2005 photo is the Moon family who provided the Holstein Class for the 75th Anniversary Hoard's Dairyman Cow Judging Contest.)
The Moondale prefix began in 1962 when Dan's father, Vernice, began buying registered Holsteins. Since that initial purchase, the 50-cow herd has become a well-recognized breeding establishment. In the past 50 years, the Moons have bred 134 Excellent cows. Of those, 23 are Excellent 92; 11, EX-93; 5, EX-94; and 2, EX-95 with the highest being EX-95 4E. In addition, the herd has bred six Gold Medal Dams (GMD) and five Dams of Merit (DOM).
The Moons are 17-year recipients of the Progressive Breeders Registry (PBR) Award given annually to the nation's top type and production herds. This past year, the Moon's homebred herd averaged 112.4 breed age average (BAA) for type which ranked them in the top 25 herds in the nation.
At their most recent classification, they had a 113 BAA with 26 Excellent cows, 20 Very Good, with none lower. In the past, the Moondale herd ranked as high as fifth nationally for BAA competing side-by-side with operations that have a higher percentage of purchased animals.
No stranger to the show ring, the Moons have won the Premier Breeder banner at the Iowa State Holstein Show for 16 of the past 19 years. Additionally, they have been Premier Breeder 11 times. In 2007, Moondale Stephanie was Reserve All-American 5-Year-Old Cow after placing second in her class at World Dairy Expo.
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Ohne Titel Spring 2014
Flip, flip, flip! The head-turning locomotion of the short, swishy little New York skirt is becoming one of the identifiers of spring 2014. Flora Gill and Alexa Adams of Ohne Titel showed some of the best-in-category. What sets theirs apart is the fact that they're knitted; intricately constructed in narrow fluted stripes, arrow patterns, and undulating lines. It's a four-star-quality technical accomplishment which pushes the notion of "sweater-dressing" to a whole new level of desirability. And this in a spring collection, too.
How have they managed such a feat? Backstage, the designers explained that the potential of computerized knitting technology has blasted through all the old limitations in the way the digital age has also liberated print designers to push their creativity forward in leaps and bounds. Gill is the knit-geek of the two—a designer who uses her math-trained brain to work out how to plug previously unachievable patterns into state-of-the-art machinery in Chinese factories. The results—circle skirts in reversible black-and-white, dresses with complex vertical stripes engineered to go in at the waist and flare out below, multiple cropped knits fashioned in undulating waves—are brilliant.
And there's more impressive news. This great creative leap forward is being achieved at attainable prices. Ohne Titel report that they've been able to lower their costs to contemporary-category level. The result is that they've tripled their sales, been able to move into bigger premises and take on more staff. This pair of hardworking young women are on the up.


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The architectural design process has taken another step toward the cloud. The popular Architectural Graphic Standards (AGS), which is part of the Graphic Standards series published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., is now available on MADCAD.com through a cloud-based, annual subscription service.
After its debut in 1932, AGS soon became a bookshelf staple for design professionals and students alike. With instructional text and clear technical drawings by the architects and original authors, Charles Ramsey and Harold Sleeper, AGS is now updated regularly by members of the AIA. The 11th and latest edition of the "architect's bible"—as it is commonly referred by the publisher—was released in 2007. Like its predecessors, the 11th edition was available in hardcover copy and on CD. At 1,120 pages, the literal heavyweight in design standards rarely made it outside of the office to jobsites.
The cloud-based version alleviates the heft. Users can access the online version from any desktop computer, tablet, or mobile device with an Internet browser and connection. Along with the ability to search and access content and 3,000 architectural details in DFX, DGN, and DWG formats, subscribers can create custom libraries that link AGS content with MADCAD's repository of more than 50,000 cloud-based codes and standards, which include publications by ASHRAE, the International Code Council, OSHA, SMACNA, and the U.S. Green Building Council.
An annual subscription to AGS costs $150 per user. An annual subscription to AGS along with several major design codes codes standards costs $820 per user.
Other titles in the Graphic Standard series, such as the Architectural Graphic Standards for Residential Construction, Interior Graphic Standards, and Landscape Architectural Graphic Standards, will be available on MADCAD in the near future, according to a press release issued jointly by Wiley and MADCAD.


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Notorious Metro City villian Megamind (voice of Will Ferrell) becomes an unlikely savior to the troubled metropolis after defeating beloved do-gooder Metro Man (voice of Brad Pitt) and creating a new opponent who refuses to play by the rules. Megamind was only an infant when his parents loaded him into an emergency escape pod and jettisoned him into space just as their planet was being sucked into a black hole. His destination: planet Earth. Meanwhile, another slightly more wholesome baby sets out on the same trajectory. But while the latter will ultimately land in the home of a wealthy couple and grow up to become Metro Man, hero of Metro City, poor Megamind finds his fate taking the opposite course when his pod crashes in a prison yard, leaving him to be raised by convicts. Later, in grade school, the kids all flock to Metro Man, leaving a frustrated Megamind to embrace a life of diabolical misdeeds. As the years go by, Metro Man and Megamind develop an intense adversarial relationship that pits them in battle over Metro City time and again. Undeterred by his unbroken losing streak, Megamind hatches an ingenious scheme to finally destroy Metro Man by kidnapping pretty reporter Roxanne Ritchi (voice of Tina Fey), and luring the predictable hero into a deadly trap. Then something unexpected happens -- Megamind's plan actually works. Now, with Metro Man out of the picture, Megamind and his Minion (voice of David Cross) stake their claim on Metro City. But what good is ultimate power when you don't even have to fight for it? Realizing that life is simply out of balance without Metro Man to be the hero, Megamind creates a new foe who will be just as righteous and powerful as his fallen adversary. Unfortunately, Megamind's schemes usually have a way of backfiring, and when Metro City's newest savior proves even more evil than Megamind, the blue-hued antihero prepares to fight back with everything he's got.
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"[With a] minimalist, modernist look. It creates a crispness that feels more contemporary than retro, which not only is very aesthetically pleasing but makes it easier to savor the film's many sight gags."
Los Angeles Times
"The movie's central joke -- that good and evil are meaningless unless both exist in continual opposition -- is unusually sophisticated for an animated movie. And the screenplay by Alan Schoolcraft and Brent Simons plays that insight every which way."
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3.5 stars out of 4 -- "In MEGAMIND, an animated fable about a similar clash of moral titans, funny reigns victorious....[An] utterly delightful film..."
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4 stars out of 5 -- "[With] plenty of fun action sequences in the mix. This is Farrell's show and as Megamind he has found his most appealing screen character since Elf."
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"[P]acked with references familiar to longtime superhero aficionados....It pours on the humor..." -- Grade: B+
"MEGAMIND has plenty going for it, not least a physically elegant frontman with a meticulously groomed mini-beard and lavender-blue skin....There are dashes of visual magnificence here and there..."
"Will Ferrell has a ball....Director Tom McGrath keeps the action spinning..."
Rolling Stone
"Ferrell's high-pitched vocal delivery makes this fey, eccentric, blue-skinned, green-eyed monster engaging..."
"Fast-paced but not frantic, goofily good-natured and attractively designed for widescreen 3D....[With a] nifty concept and high-octane cast..."
Hollywood Reporter
3 stars out of 4 -- "MEGAMIND is an amusing family entertainment and gains some energy from clever dialogue and the fun Will Ferrell has with his character."
Chicago Sun-Times
3 stars out of 5 -- "The upside-down premise delivers the gags thick, fast, and with a healthy success rate. Ferrell delivers solidly, again confirming why he's one of the best comedic line-readers out there."
"The saving grace of the amiably amusing MEGAMIND -- apart, that is, from the nimble dynamism that 3D animation lends to its tower-leaping flights and fights -- turns out to be Megamind himself."
Sight and Sound
4 stars out of 5 -- "Ferrell has a ball with his character's comic vanity, Pitt is superbly smug and Jonah Hill is enjoyable odious..."
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