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I added a small scoop of fresh fruit to the bottom of each mason jar before adding the juice/fruit mixture. I used seasonal fruit including strawberries and pomegranates as well as some frozen fruit that we had in the freezer.
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Bulb Plant Primer Part One
When someone mentions bulb plants it's natural to think of flowers or vegetables. However, there are many aquatic bulbs, and in this post we'll learn what's available to the planted tank enthusiast and how to keep them.
As with other aquatic plants, a good, nutrient rich substrate is vital to keeping bulb plants long term. Bulb plants store their nutrition in the bulb or corn and use it for growth. A good planted tank substrate provides the minerals (like iron and potassium) to keep the plant fed. Like all plants they prefer a warmed substrate. Low wattage cable heaters are available that pull nutrient rich warm water down to the roots, giving them circulation and can help eliminate dead spots.
Many do well in 2 watts per gallon of full spectrum light. All will do well in 4 wpg or even five, and some must have that bright light to thrive. Carbon Dioxide injection can be used, but some species grow spectacularly with or without it. Some are among the easiest plants to grow, some are among the most difficult aquatic plants to have success with. Thus, there's a bulb plant for nearly anyone.
Now some species
Aponogetons, from the African island of Madagascar and Southeast Asia, run the gamut from among the easiest plants to grow to among the most difficult to keep. Aponogetons' bulbs are long and cylindrical with two narrow ends. Leaves sprout from one or occasionally both ends. All of them keep to their natural rhythm of steady and in some species of explosive growth and look gorgeous for many months, then leaf production ceases, the plant may appear to die back as leaf production slows down and may stop. Old leaves may start to die. If conditions are good, new leaves will sprout and grow. In this Genus the rest period lasts month to six weeks, but nearly all of them insist on that rest period. Due to man-made hybridizing, the rest period isn't as severe as it once was, where the whole bulb was removed when the plant diminished, put in a jar with wet, cold sand and left in a cool dark place for six weeks, only returning it to the tank when growth started. Aponogetons were among the 'mystery bulbs' that were sold in a package near department store pet areas. A good number were Aponogeton species, though some were water lilies.
One of my personal favorite aquatic plants is A. ulvaceus of Madagascar. Twenty-inch long, almost 2 inch wide smooth, shiny, undulating bright green leaves, with greens, russets and golds in bright light, typify this plant. This gorgeous plant when happy grows like mad, shooting out leaf after leaf and becoming a dominant force in the aquarium. Each plant produces two flower spikes, but fertilization for seed production is only possible if there's another ulvaceus in the tank; use a soft brush to transfer pollen from one plant to another.
As with all Aponogetons, ulvaceus' corn should be laid on top of the gravel until growth ensues. Wait until several leaves and roots form before gently pushing the corn under the gravel.
On the other end as far as difficulty goes is a plant of almost mythical proportions; the Madagascar Lace Plant (A. madagascariensis). Some keepers have very little trouble with this plant, some give it up in despair. According to Innes (Exotic Aquarium Fishes, 15th Edition, 1953), the plant grows very well in the hard and alkaline waters of New England, but does just as well growing outdoors in half barrels of oak, which are of course acidic.
What makes this plant so popular is its leaves; they are skeletonized. Only visible are the veins; there is no leaf flesh between them. Those odd leaves reach up to 25 inches (usually much smaller) and puts up a fuzzy yellow flower when really happy.
There are geographical differences in the width of the leaf, depending on where the original wild parent plant came from. In some it is quite narrow, in others, reaching the width of an ulvaceus leaf.
Peat extracts, either in liquid form or granular in canister filters, is necessary with this plant. They prefer filtered light; it can be 4 watts per gallon but this plant needs to be shaded where the light is diffused. Most important is weekly water changes, up to 75 percent. It prefers water in the mid 70's, and it should be soft; less than 10 degrees of hardness.
The Madagascar Lace Plant, due to its difficulty, hasn't been hybridized, so the old-fashioned wait period must be ensured if an aquariast wishes to keep this plant for years (like all Aponogetons, they are long lived). The water should be slowly lowered over a week to 66 and held there for two months. When growth returns, the temperature should be slowly raised over a week to its normal temperature. Then you can move it back to the warm show tank and very, very carefully replant it.
A. madagascariensis's leaves must be kept free of algae and debris. Fish such as a troupe of Otocinclus should be employed to keep the leaves clear.
One who keeps the Madagascar Lace Plant successfully long term should be justly proud.
Strongly stemmed, hammered, medium green leaves typify A. boivinianus, another Madagascar species. Its bulb is truly bulb-shaped, with leaves coming out of the top. A lusty plant that grows surprisingly rapidly, boivinianus prefers space to grow; it doesn't do well in a heavily-planted tank. The character of the leaves - the hammered, spear -shaped look and the translucent green, makes this plant easy to ID. It prefers and does best in very bright light, and can flower and bear fruit in the aquarium. It commonly reaches 20 inches tall, and has no other special requirements other than a good substrate and bright light.
One of the most commonly available and most hybridized species is A. crispus of Sri Lanka (Ceylon). A smaller species, crispus has crinkled-edged, oblong lancelet leaves about a foot tall. Because its been crossed with several species of Aponogeton, the true crispus isn't easy to find as it once was. Only the flower, which it does occasionally appear in the aquarium, can reveal its true identity.
No matter. Other than good light (3 or 4 WPG is preferred) and a good substrate, crispus needs little else, and will produce many leaves rapidly when it settles in. A wait period isn't as needed as it once was, but the cool sand in a dark place when growth stops may improve its life span. I haven't given my plants a wait period, and they have grown perfectly for years in my tanks.
If the leaves grow taller and thinner and reach the top of the tank, the lighting is insufficient. Otherwise, crispus is one of the easiest of the Genus to grow.
From India and the Malay Peninsula comes A. undulatus. The species name gives a clue; the leaves undulate. They are middle green, spear shaped, and 10 inches tall, and are one of the few Aponogetons which is easy to propagate. A mature plant produces little miniatures of itself, complete with bulbs, around its rootstock. When established, they can be removed and replanted.
The leaves have odd translucent areas, and are not indicative of a problem. Like all Aponogetons, it likes temps in the mid-to upper 70's. Undulatus grows very well, and poses no problems for the grower. No rest period is needed. A lovely plant, undulatus is usually the plant hybridized with crispus, but is more common in its natural form.
One of the most beautiful of the bulb plants as well as one of the most difficult to grow is the Orchid Lily - Barclaya longifolia of Myamar, Thailand, Indochina and Eastern Africa.
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Wow awesome write up as usual Dave! I didn't know anything about bulbs before hand. Always a huge wealth of info!Fish are friends, not an expendable entertainment device!
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I am new to this forum, but can I add to Daves info?
Another Aponogeton favorite of mine is Aponogeton longiplumulosus. It looks somewhat like cripus, but the leaves remain more narrow, and the edges are more wavy and curly. Its very easy to grow, and the leaves get quite long like most Aponogetons.
Another group of bulb plants or tubers is the Crinums. Typically known as the water onion plant, it also has other more interesting species with very long crinkly leaves such as calamistratum and natans.
Crinums do not have any dormant period.
There's a Part 2 to my bulb plant primer, and it includes the crinums. Just FYI.
And I in no way mind you adding to my primers.
So Dave since this is up in new posts LOL what do you think about those bulbs they sell in bags at walmart? The ones that you supposedly just drop in the tank and viola you have a tank full of live plants???Gayle
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Some of them are Apongetons, some water lilies, some Apo hybrids. If the bulb is round, it's usually a water lily, corn-shaped, it's an Apo.
Usually only one or two of the bulbs will actually sprout, and if it's an Apo, it'll grow like mad and look beautiful for several months, before it goes into a rest period. The leaves will grow smaller and smaller until there are none. In a tropical tank they rarely return after several months (the length of rest period varies among species), but if you run into a hybrid, the plant will usually return to spectacular growth in six or eight weeks.
Those 'mystery bulb' packs used to be very common in shops. I never got a lily to grow, I suspect because they were probably a temperate species, but I grew several gorgeous Apos from those bulbs.
I just figured with hanging there one the shelf for who knows how long they would not grow into anything. I have been curious to try them I admit!Gayle
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Fitch Ratings has cut China's local-currency rating from double-A minus to A-plus, adding yet another reason for investors to worry about China. Or has it?
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The credit rating agency lowered China's long-term local currency rating to A+ from AA-, with a stable outlook. It kept China's foreign-currency rating unchanged at A+, saying it is well supported by China's massive foreign-exchange reserves, worth $3.387 trillion at the end of 2012.
"Risks over China's financial stability have grown," Fitch said in a statement.
The stock of bank credit extended to the private sector was worth 135.7% of China's gross domestic product at the end of 2012, the highest level of any emerging market economy rated by Fitch, it said.
Fitch, however, isn't adding anything new to the conversation, as these worries have been highlighted by China's bears for several months now. During the first three months of this year, Lombard Street argued that China's surge in wealth-management products "could be its very own subprime," GMO compared China to Japan, and even Charles Schwab–the company, not the person–fretted about it.
Nor did investors react much to the news, as China ETFs, for instance, finished higher on the day, though off their highs. The iShares FTSE China 25 Index (FXI) gained 1.7% to $36.24, the iShares MSCI China Index ETF (MCHI) jumped 1.5% to $44.52 and the Market Vectors China ETF (PEK), which tracks shares available primarily to Chinese citizens, rose 0.7% to $32.52.
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Small-angle scattering (SAS) with X-rays (pictured) or neutrons provides structural data for many biomolecules not suited for other analytical methods because of their flexible structures. A newly developed set of metrics for SAS experiments will reduce the time needed to analyze these molecules.
The shapes and assemblies of biological macromolecules such as proteins and nucleic acids (including RNA and DNA) help explain and predict how these large molecules perform and determine specific functions within living cells and organisms. However, many of these molecules are highly flexible, making their structures difficult to characterize by standard techniques such as X-ray crystallography. A new approach developed at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) overcomes these limitations.
The new technique will enable researchers will sharpen researchers' ability to understand the structure of flexible biomolecules.
Small-angle scattering (SAS) of X-rays or neutrons reveals information about the conformations and assemblies of such molecules in solution, but these time-consuming experiments are difficult to analyze and often provide models of unknown accuracy. The novel LBNL approach employs metrics based upon the discovery of a SAS invariant, meaning its value does not change regardless of how or where the measurement was performed. This new invariant, termed the volume of correlation (Vc), can be calculated from a single scattering dataset. LBNL scientists Robert Rambo and John Tainer used Vc to define metrics for conformation, mass, and model accuracy from experimentally measured parameters. They then tested the definition on several proteins and RNAs with known structures using small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) at the Advanced Light Source's Structurally Integrated Biology for the Life Sciences (SIBYLS) station. They found that the Vc invariant and the derived metrics calculated from the experimental data agreed with known characteristics of the test molecules. Further experiments identified changes in the shape of biological macromolecules when solution conditions were altered, for example showing a smaller Vc when a metal ion was added that tightly bound to the macromolecule causing it to become more compact.
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Rambo, R., and Tainer, J. "Accurate assessment of mass, models and resolution by small-angle scattering." Nature 496, 477–481 (2013). [DOI: 10.1038/nature12070]
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http://espn.go.com/blog/afceast/post...-greg-jenningsThe AFC East blog will be full go with NFL free agency once the regular season ends. However, there will be a few interesting stories that catch our eye that we will address before then. The latest interesting development came from Green Bay Packers receiver and pending free agent Greg Jennings. The two-time Pro Bowl receiver told Steve Wyche of NFL Network that he doesn't think the Packers will sign him to a long-term extension.
It's rare that a player admits that publicly, but it does make a lot of sense for Jennings to bolt Green Bay.
Jennings has been injured most of this year, playing in just six games, but he wants a huge payday. Jennings believes his play the past several years warrants a large contract extension, but he may have to get that from another team.
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Gamespot has a hands-on
of FF12, and it contains the first details on the battle system. It looks like they're changing a lot. No random battles, no separate battle screen, maneuverable characters, and pausable real-time combat.
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I like it. As long as you're able to pause to issue orders, it's all good.
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Pausable real-time? Oh ho! Sounds very much like Vagrant Story. In any case, it's been a while since I've looked forward to a Final Fantasy title this much.
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It looks OK... I have to admit I was still hoping for a more Tactics like system... silly, I know.
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Am I the only one who really didn't like Vagrant Story? It wasn't that it was bad - I was enjoying the story and liked the concept of the game, good cinemas and all, but I hated having to switch weapons constantly. Did you even really have to anyways? I would have a weapon to kill bats easily, undead easily, and some others, it's been awhile. Maybe I should go pick it up again . . . considering I AM a Square fanboy and all :wink:
But seriously, convince me to pick it up (if you liked it in the first place that is, hehehe)
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I'll agree with you that it was a pain in the ass to constantly switch weapons after each enemy, or you'd be having a VERY tough time through the latter game. Going against a boss unprepared, and making 1 point damage per hit was... something else.
However, the rest of the fighting mechanics was smoother. You could attack when you were ready, avoid 'till then, choose to hack at a specific part, and whatnot. I imagine (hope) the fighting system would be more akin to that, WITHOUT the constant weapon changing.
The main reason I enjoyed Vagrant Story was for its refreshing style and story (at the time it was released). My recommendation, if you're really thinking of picking it up, is to first read up on the weapon shifting at gamefaqs, so you know what's required on that front. Once you know what to do with the weapons/gear, you'll be able to enjoy the rest of the game more, without having to constantly worry about what to equip for what situation.
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I think I have to agree with Gabe at
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FF XII was actually one of the first games I checked out at E3 this year. I admit I am a recent convert to the series. I only got into Final Fantasy games with X, and even then I played it nearly a year after it actually came out. I loved X so much though that I went out and purchased the rest of the games in the series and have been slowly working my way backwards through them. Besides the great stories in each game the thing I really loved about them was the combat. I liked seeing all my characters lined up on one side of the screen with the crazy vegetable monster or whatever on the other side. Each game had its new features. Things like Materia or the Sphere Grid were super compelling additions to the game, but they simply complemented the already familiar style of combat.
Like Tycho said, I'm still going to buy FF:XII. I'll play it just like I played and enjoyed Crystal Chronicles, tactics and even XI. While I was playing all those spin offs I always expected that eventually Squareenix would deliver XII and I'd get to play a real Final Fantasy game again. Now that I see XII is some kind of .Hack style MMO game without either of the M's or even the O, I can't help but fell disappointed. It seems to me that the people who want that sort of combat already have their game in XI. Meanwhile the rest of us who enjoy the classic FF combat have been patiently waiting for its return since we loaded up X-2 and let out a long sigh.
Obviously it still looks incredible and I'm sure it's got an amazing story that will pull me in and hook me for the entire game. I don't think it's going to be a bad game. It's just another spin off like Crystal Chronicles that I'll play and enjoy while I wait for the next real Final Fantasy game.
Quite honestly why I know a lot of people bitch about the FF combat of random battles, characters lined up, turn based, etc. -
the games still sell millions!
so why screw with it? To please who? Fans? No they already love the games. Non-fans? Why please non-fans at the risk of pissing off fans? To sell less copies?
I know some people love change but quite honestly I love formulaic - if I love the forumla. I don't want something different, I want more of the same. That is why I watch serieses on TV, why I read the same authors in books, and why I like to go to the same resturaunts. Not all the time mind you but when I want a certain thing (TV, book, food, or video game) I want to know that I will get it if I go to a certain outlet. I don't want to go to Outback and find out they are now only serving vegitarian food - no matter how good. I want a steak. Similarly I don't play FF because I want real time action combat (for that I play Zelda, or Onimusha, or any of the millions of games that already do that!). I play it because I want the screen to shatter at random times and to hear the battle music!
I will still buy it. I may even love it but like Gabe "It's just another spin off like Crystal Chronicles that I'll play and enjoy while I wait for the next real Final Fantasy game."
And the saddest news
no signature Final Fantasy victory music as you collect your gil and cure potions after you win
I loved that music!
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"Now that I see XII is some kind of .Hack style MMO"
I have no idea where the writer came up with that. I don't see anything in FF12 that bears any resemblance to MMORPG games or .hack. The producer did state FFXI as an inspiration, but only in the fact that enemies are visible on-screen and your character model changes when you equip different items. From the previews and videos I've seen, the combat looks very similar to KoTOR, which was very well done. The combat is a pretty big change, but this game is still classic Final Fantasy. FFX is the best game of all time in my opinion, but I'm very excited to see what they do with FF12.
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You obviously don't know what is meant by the differences between a biological vs social construct
quote:Insofar as phenotypic traits are isolated to a genetic subpopulation (i.e., race), those traits constitute biological rather than social construct. Since you think I don't know what is meant by the differences between a biological vs social construct, you'll just have to trust me on this.
Sure, there are genetic factors at play that dictates whether a person will have high or low melanin production, but the same can be said about stature, eye color, hair texture, earlobe attachement, etc. These are all well-documented and scientifically proven, and they represent normal genetic variation within a distinct species.
quote:Are you familiar with hypertension, melanoma, sarcoidosis, predilection for gastric carcinoma, Asian vs African athletic differences, etc? "People believe significant differences must exist" because significant differences do exist . . . . . and in biological construct no less.
Are you familiar with phrenology?
It's just that SOCIALLY, because of the importance we placed on race from a historical perspective, people believe significant differences must exist.
I disagree, I believe that today it is a hell of a privilage to be born in the Unites States.
Are you familiar with hypertension, melanoma, sarcoidosis, predilection for gastric carcinoma, Asian vs African athletic differences, etc? "People believe significant differences must exist" because significant differences do exist . . . . . and in biological construct no less.
It is because IQ study, after IQ study, after IQ study, after IQ study, after IQ study, after IQ study, after IQ study, after IQ study, after IQ study have all shown a similar result. i.e., Asians score better than Caucasians.
Is that because people assume significant Asian-Caucasians differences must exist?
Significant differences, as it relates to IQ between these groups may exist, sure. Wheres the research that shows the etiology of these differences is rooted in DNA and is present from birth?
"Race differences show up by 3 years of age, even after matching on maternal education and other variables," said Rushton. "Therefore they cannot be due to poor education since this has not yet begun to exert an effect. That's why Jensen and I looked at the genetic hypothesis in detail. We examined 10 categories of evidence."
The Worldwide Pattern of IQ Scores. East Asians average higher on IQ tests than Whites, both in the U. S. and in Asia, even though IQ tests were developed for use in the Euro-American culture. Around the world, the average IQ for East Asians centers around 106; for Whites, about 100; and for Blacks about 85 in the U.S. and 70 in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Brain Size Differences. Studies using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) find a correlation of brain size with IQ of about 0.40. Larger brains contain more neurons and synapses and process information faster. Race differences in brain size are present at birth. By adulthood, East Asians average 1 cubic inch more cranial capacity than Whites who average 5 cubic inches more than Blacks.
Trans-Racial Adoption Studies. Race differences in IQ remain following adoption by White middle class parents. East Asians grow to average higher IQs than Whites while Blacks score lower. The Minnesota Trans-Racial Adoption Study followed children to age 17 and found race differences were even greater than at age 7: White children, 106; Mixed-Race children, 99; and Black children, 89.
Racial Admixture Studies. Black children with lighter skin, for example, average higher IQ scores. In South Africa, the IQ of the mixed-race "Colored" population averages 85, intermediate to the African 70 and White 100.
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Race Differences and the Out-of-Africa theory of Human Origins. East Asian-White-Black differences fit the theory that modern humans arose in Africa about 100,000 years ago and expanded northward. During prolonged winters there was evolutionary selection for higher IQ created by problems of raising children, gathering and storing food, gaining shelter, and making clothes.
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There are two sets of eligibility criteria for receiving SSI: (1) financial criteria, based on the income and resources of the child and family; and (2) medical criteria about the child's impairment or combination of impairments.
And since there's no denying that on average, blacks in this country earn less, this could account for the disproportionate number of blacks receiving this SSI.
More poor whites than poor blacks in America, I read that here oftem.
no denying that on average, blacks in this country earn less,
no denying that on average, blacks in this country earn less,
I'm sure IQ study, after IQ study, after IQ study of high-income households vs those in low-income households will show a similar IQ gap. Does that point to an innate, genetic cause?
But white people built that privilege
there is nothing stopping black people from doing the same.
White people are more likely to have a married household, have more discipline, set high goals, work hard enough in life to help your kids climb a litte farther up the socio-economic rung, not have illigitame children...etc. The answer to leveling the playing field isn't bringing the white people down. It is in black people accepting the fact that no one is going to give them a way out, they have to do it themselves.
My great-great-grandfather on my moms side came to LA from Virgina with nothing to his name. He had a small farm here. Our family today consists of the top 3 largest farmers in the two parishes in the area. And no one gave our family a bit of help. One generation after another worked their arse off to get it where it is today.
My grandparents on my dads side both were born to sharecropper parents. They were treated about as poorly as a human can be without actually being a slave. My grandfather went to work as a laborer building pipelines across LA for pennies an hour before learning to be a crane operator. My dad and uncle became crane operators as well. My cousins and eye were able to go to school with minimal debt thanks to their hard work, even though it took a few sacrifices along the way. All three of us have engineering degrees. I hope to work hard enough to send my children to an even better school to become whatever they dream to be.
When you have such an incredibly high HS drop out rate, there is no doubt you will have a lower earning potential.
I'm sure IQ study, after IQ study, after IQ study of high-income households vs those in low-income households will show a similar IQ gap. Does that point to an innate, genetic cause?
Well, I could argue in a similar vein, that people on this board are hesitant or afraid to bring up the legacy of slavery and the long-lasting effects enslaving a race of people can have on them going forward.
Ehh on the backs of whom?
quote:I believe his concern with IQ was in the findings of differences between racial groups, and potential racial stigmatization. I share that concern. But science is what it is. The findings of IQ-race are reproducible and demonstrate a clear genetic correlation.
Yes. The correlation between IQ and income is easy to see and explain. The higher the IQ the greater range of career options. Like I said 10 pages ago. You cannot become a doctor if you are born with an IQ of 85.
Imo, this victim mentality is holding black people back.
However, how long can one blame slavery for the crime rates, low IQ scores and family problems of black americans? Let's not compare them to white americans or hispanic/asian americans for a minute. When will the time come when every person is on an even playing field and has the opportunity to do whatever they want to do in life, regardless of race?
I would argue that right now, most any american of any ethnicity can build themselves a strong career, life, and family values that they will be able to pass on to the next generation.
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I found the Acklay at the Kirkwood Wal-Mart this afternoon. It was the last one, but they are out of reeks, too.
I was at the Fenton Walmart this morning and they had about 12 12" Jango' s if anyone is looking for him.
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Two left on pegs.
This morning, the Manchester Wal-Mart had Palpatine and Djas Puhr, but all in damage packaging. They also had at least 3 each of Chewie, Han, and Pilot Obi Wan.
I found a Teemto at the Manchester wal-mart at 12:00. It was the only one. Send me a PM if you want to know where I hid it.
They also have more Han, Obi-pilot and Djas Pur.
TRU in Sunset Hills had 2 X-wings left this afternoon after I bought 1.
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Still searching for:
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Deluxe Yoda
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Target Accessory sets
Landspeeder (the verdicts still out on this one anyway)
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With so much new stuff out there, it makes it frustrating to leave without anything.
The Target in Brentwood has pegs for the accessory sets, although they were empty last night. They did have the "new" micro machine packs in stock, if anyone is looking for those.
Target on Manchester JUST NOW received I'd say (without knowing how many are packed in a case) at least 10 cases of Unleashed Maul/Jango. Even if they were to mark the price down ($15.99), these will be clogging the pegs at this location for quite some time.
Today the Walmart in Fenton had the action fleet and a few ackley's.
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However, these have got to be one of the most unfriendly formats for finding relevant information that I have come across in some time. Entries are not titled, indexed in any way, rated, or anything. It is just 2234509850907834 random posts to read through in a big pile. For now, Advogato is small, so the pile is almost of a managable size for those with too much spare time on their hands to sift through it all looking for the good stuff. But that trend won't continue for much longer. Besides, even now it is too much for the casual user to go read through all the diary entries looking for something good. In fact, I'd be suprised if more than a handful of people read this entry. Searching, indexing, and bidirectional annotations are desperately needed here.


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aesling wrote:Dishonored. I finally got time to make some good progress in it yesterday, and I'm loving it.
Frick yes. I'm about to go play more of this now. But I agree, stealth is the way to go. It takes longer (a good thing), it's more challenging and thus more rewarding, and it's supposed to get a better ending. And it's just really fun. Also, the game just looks awesome and doesn't need a supercomputer to run it.
I'm also reading Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson, which takes place in late 1600s London during the rise of natural philosophy, and that's how they modeled this game, albeit with some extra technology (but still mostly true to the ideas that were being propagated at the time). So it's kind of a cool companion model for me.


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OXFORD – The Tupelo man accused in a scheme to send poisoned letters to public officials pleaded not guilty Wednesday through court documents.
This way, J. Everett Dutschke avoided a scheduled federal court appearance in Oxford today to enter this plea before Magistrate Judge S. Allan Alexander.
Dutschke, 41, stands indicted on five counts that he made the poison, ricin and used the mail to send it as a weapon to threaten President Barack Obama, U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker of Tupelo and Lee County Justice Court Judge Sadie Holland.
When he signed the hearing waiver, he drew a "smiley face" beside his signature as he's done on numerous other court documents.
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The former martial arts instructor was arrested at his South Canal Street home on April 27, four days after federal prosecutors dropped charges against another man whom they said carried out the letter plot.
Dutschke and the man, Elvis impersonator Kevin Curtis of Corinth, apparently conducted a long-term feud.
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Dutschke denies any involvement in the letters. He continues to be held without bond in the Lafayette County Detention Center.
The indictment charges Dutschke with developing, producing and stockpiling the poison ricin, threatening the president and others and attempting to impede the investigation. It also claims he mailed the letters from Tupelo to retaliate against Curtis.
In April, Dutschke pleaded not guilty in Lee Justice Court to two child molestation charges involving three girls younger than 16, at least one of whom was a student at his martial arts studio. He also was appealing a conviction on a different charge of indecent exposure.


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I'm not planning to get involved in either of those this year because I just want to relax and hunt
That is why I did not enter last year. It's not what others do but what I let it do to me that I don't like. I was in a local NWTF chapter contest for years and it made me something I didn't like. Instead of being happy hunting birds I was trying to sort them and it stole some enjoyment from my hunting. Now many years later the trophies are hidden away in the basement and collect dust more than anything, no one gives a da@@ anymore. I watched last year and it was run very friendly and cordially done. I think the fact there is nothing at stake but a little gloating and fun makes it work, as soon as you start measuring it says someone is better than another and it turns. If it becomes a scoring contest I'm out. No offense to anyone, it's like Bobby said it's my reaction to that I dislike not anyone else s. Like the old song Girls Just wanna Have Fun only it's Turkey Hunters Just wanna Have fun.


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Pick a refiner, any refiner, and there's a good chance it's lagging the S&P 500′s 24% gain this year. HollyFrontier (HFC), for one, has lost 3.8% in 2013, while Tesoro (TSO) has gained just 7.1% and Marathon Petroleum (MPC) has advanced about 13%.
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Hey Mark
Don't sell the 410 short my hunting buddie started shooting a 94 winchester in the 410 bore for deer
and has been very succesful the last 4 yrs. with it.
He keeps telling me he is going to use it for turkeys.
ORIGINAL: mark hay
do i look down my nose at people who don't do things like i do? no i do not!!
ORIGINAL: wisturkeyhunter
I do hunt them without a blind or decoy not because I think I'm better then anyone else but because its more enjoyable that way.
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CaptJack is right. I went through three ecollars (Cls 70 (old style), Cls 70 (new style), Flyway Special) before I wound up with a Pro 500. But I have backups now if my 500 goes down for any reason plus I gave my Flyway to my son. For maintenance and hunting the Flyway is fine.
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You will spend it eventually and more... $325 for your first then $489 later. I always say if you think an expert is expensive try an amatuer.
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I just purchased a reconditioned Tritronics Flyway 2 dog collar set up from Collarclinic.com, I like the tube style transmitter and I thought it was a great value for under $300 including shipping and 6 month warrantee. This is my first E-collar. I was considering the TT pro 200 or a Dogtra 2302. After seeing some posts I stongly considered the TT Flyway and TT 500. When I saw the reconditioned Flyway 2 dog offered at $279.00 I thought it was a "No Brainer". Please tell me I will not have buyers remorse in 6 months.
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I used a Flyway Special for a long time before I went to the Pro 500. I think you will be happy with it.
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The price for your pup and the price for a good quality collar, will be the cheapest part of owning and training a field trial or a good hunting dog.
Bite the bullet and go with the Pro 500.
"Remember, it's about the Dog and the Dog work, it's not about you"
The sport models lasted me about 1-2 years then started having serious problems that caused dog training problems, For Tritronics the Pro 500 is the one to buy. If you are going to hunt your dog the Dogtra 3500 might be a better choice as it can be used easily while in a jacket pocket.
The problem I had with the sport models was the level dial wearing out causing intermitent or no corections when pushing the button.
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Just food for thought but I am a hunter only and would not have a tube style. I want the smallest transmitter possible. I understand for those that train for FT or multiple dogs that the tube is the way to go but not for hunting IMO. I use the Sportdog 1225 and really like it. However, I think TT is the way to go.
Like Kelly said, for hunting the Dogtra is the way to go...however, its features are comparable with the TT @ any level. Its all about personal preference. I personally have several Dogtra 3500's and for all the features they offer and the price as compared to a TT Pro, IMO, they cant be beat. I own several because of the number of dogs I run a day. If a battery gets low I simply pick up another freshly charged collar and continue on about my business...but I wouldn't buy 2 collars...a tube style for training and another for hunting if I only had one dog...i'd buy the Dogtra, use it for both, and take the savings ($369 for the 3500 vs $489 for the TT 500) and put it to good use else where. Again, personal preference.
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Shares of Red Hat (RHT) are down $5.94, over 11%, at $46.99, after the company yesterday afternoon reported fiscal Q2 revenue and profit that topped analyst' estimates, and narrowed its full-year revenue range to slightly below Street consensus.
The main issue for analysts was a "billings" number, the amount of collected revenue, that fell below their estimates. CEO Jim Whitehurst told me in an interview, included in yesterday's post, that analysts need time to adjust their model to the vagaries of revenue collection as its business grows larger with some customers.
The stock received two downgrades today, that I can see, with Pacific Crest's Rob Owens cutting his rating to Sector Perform from Outperform, and Piper Jaffray's Mark Murphy cut his rating to Neutral from Overweight, and cut his price target to $50 from $59.
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Well, it looks like Hurricane Rita is headed towards Texas.
If it hits Houston, it could be really bad.
A friend of mine, Rob Levin, lives with his family in a trailer in Houston. Trailers and hurricanes do not go together well. I just read on his blog that he's planning to evacuate.
Readers of my diary might know him as "lilo" on the FreeNode IRC network (which he runs). I used to work with him at Transvirtual, and I know a lot of people that used to work with him at Linuxcare.
He's already in a bit of a financial tough spot, and it sounds like he's going to have to evacuate. He's a really nice guy who's trying to live a somewhat unconventional lifestyle with a wife and a kid. He's caught some flack in the past for some of his attempts at raising money so he could work on the IRC network, but I know him and it's not like he's living an extravagant lifestyle. "Parenting" an IRC network can make you a lot of enemies. In person, he's really one of the nicest guys I know.
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The large group of gobblers ( 11 in Jan) frequenting my bird feeder have split into smaller groups of 2 and 3.


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Feb '17 - 1.0216
Jan '17 - 1.0201
Dec '16 - 1.0201
Nov '16 - 1.0190
Oct '16 - 1.0241
Sep '16 - 1.0211
Aug '16 - 1.0179
Jul '16 - 1.0185
Jun '16 - 1.0245


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This last episode was decent but not a classic in my opinion. I still enjoyed watching it and it had some good moments.
The greenscreen was more noticeable in this one, definitely, but not the only time they've used it on the show.
I'm on disc 2 of Season 5 right now and I'm really enjoying it, even more than when they first aired...I think season 5 is definitely underrated.