text: I know that K-Mart's first OTC 12" Luke Skywalkers had the upper diagonal Star Wars banner sticker, as well their first "blue" Boba Fett. But did the Stormtrooper have it too, the extra sticker? Haven't seen a picture of it with one yet. And do you think the blue Boba Fett was simply wearing the ultimate 12" Jango Fett's undergarment? Is it the same shade of blue?

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text: Beit She'arim National Park encompasses some of the most dramatic and interesting evidence of the Jewish past in the Galilee and of the Jewish world of Roman times. After the Romans exiled the Jews from Jerusalem in the second century CE, Jewish community life reestablished itself in the Galilee, and Beit She'arim rose to prominence as the headquarters of the Sanhedrin. It was also the Jewish world's best-known cemetery, after Rabbi Judah the Prince, the redactor of the Mishnah, was laid to rest here. Excavations have unearthed 20 catacombs. A small museum occupies one, and visitors can walk the dramatically lit halls of another, where over 200 stone coffins bear fascinating inscriptions and designs that are testimony to the complex Jewish cultural milieu of those days. The remains of a synagogue also attest to the town's vibrant Jewish life, and an olive press recalls its main livelihood. On a hill above the national park, which is located near the town of Tivon southeast of Haifa, is a statue of the pioneer Alexander Zayid, founder of the watchmen's organization, the Shomer, who settled here in the 1920s and discovered the tombs.


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Original post made by Jon S, Jordan Middle School, on May 24, 2013
Hi all,
I want to share with you the sad news that Sara Elsbernd, data secretary at Jordan, passed away unexpectedly last night. The information we received from her partner was that she collapsed at home during the evening and the paramedics were unable to revive her. Greg Barnes, Jordan Principal, notified the staff before school this morning and shared the news with the students via a broadcast during morning announcements. The school has arranged for additional counseling support to be available for students and staff. A message will go out to the community later this morning.
Sara began working in the PAUSD in 2000 and has been a loved staff member at Jordan from the very start. She was active in the CSEA and served as vice president for a number of years.
When we receive information regarding any planned memorial services we will share the information with the PAUSD community.
Scott J. Bowers, Ed.D.
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Palo Alto, CA 94306
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A child of mine attends Jordan but we did not receive the above email, which is more detailed.
The principal sent us this email:
Dear Jordan Families,
It is with a heavy heart that I share with you news of the unexpected passing of our data secretary Sara Elsbernd. It goes without saying that many of us here at Jordan are deeply saddened by this news.
Faculty and students were informed of the news earlier this morning. The front office staff has ensured that additional counseling services will be available today for those students who are in need of support during this emotional time. I want to thank Terman, JLS, GUNN, and PALY for their outreach and support this morning.
Our thoughts turn toward her family and the support they will need in the coming days.
Please know that while we are mourning our loss today, we are also working to provide a normal transition to the end of the school year.
For those of you who may not know Sara, she was a passionate San Francisco Giants fan. In memory of her, and for all she's meant to the our community, I invite you to join us in wearing orange and black on Tuesday.
Greg Barnes


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The U12 East Boys (Coached by Ole Froystad) and U11 East Girls (Coached by Yong Kim and Tim Bunnell) both had a successful weekend at the Cottage Grove Running with the Wolves Tournament. They both went undefeated and won the championship.
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There is no EU in TF, it's all a rich tapestry of broken continuities, and Beast Wars is part of the G1 canon so there *are* sparks and you are a whiner. Classics is not part of the G1 canon so it's as much EU as any Minicon.
There is no EU in TF, it's all a rich tapestry of broken continuities, and Beast Wars is part of the G1 canon so there *are* sparks and you are a whiner. Classics is not part of the G1 canon so it's as much EU as any Minicon.
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
Minicons are not EU, they are official characters. But, they have no place in classics. (Hionestly, it would not have been much work for Hasbro to come up with better scouts.)
Oh, here ya'll:
Hearts of Steel #4:
Bah. It fell flat and imploded. Grade: D Not worth discussing further.
Dawn of Futures Present
BotCon 06 exclusive comic
After the monumental let-down that was Hearts of
Steel, it was nice to get exactly what I expected from
a Transformers comic. And, when a TF comic has a
title that is clearly trying to piggy back on an old
arc from the Claremont years of X-Men, you can expect
something truly awful.
Frankly, this might be the worst Transformers comic
I have ever read. Yes, it is worst than IDW's Beast
Wars comic, Dreamwave's WWII comic, worse than
Universe/Wreckers, and even worse than the club-comic.
I could at least read those without putting the comic
down in despair. This comic actually made me mourn
for a fanfic that it over-wrote. (The fanfic in
question is a CG animation thing, produced I think by
a guy named Trent Troop.)
Besides being completely devoid of any ideas, this
comic is not just "stuff what happens", it is "stuff
what happens in the stupidest possible way and for no
reason." One such gem occurs in a contrived first
meeting between Tigatron and Airrazor. I am assuming
these to characters were shoe-horn-swoggled because
the voice actors were at the convention. I would not
have minded the characters appearing. But, the
context was idiotic. (I actually dislike my Tigatron
and Airrazor toys now, because I associate them with
this garbage.) Long and short, Tigatron is a cop, and
is pursuing the Predacons who just stole the disk. He
attempts to commandeer Airrazors ship, on the basis
that he *is tracking very dangerous criminals and
everything could go to hell if he fails*. Airrazor
says that nobody is piloting her ride (cleverly names
"Chromia 10") but her. Tigatron then says he will get
another ship in that case, (hey, no biggie right, he
is just carrying out super duper important orders from
the Maximal Council), then Airrazor says she will give
him a ride............. Boy, it is a good thing that
they were able to take time out to banter while
Megatron and co were getting away.
Later, Tigatron and Airrazor fight the Lazerbeak and
Buzzsaw exclusives while the Axalon and Darkside
battle over Cybertron. Then, in a bit of
techno-jibber worthy of the worst most contrived
fanfic, the two future Maximals have their sparks
beamed aboard the Maximal ship at the last minute.
Just their sparks are beamed aboard, into conveniently
blank protoforms, because obviously Primal and co
would have packed plenty of those aboard a ship that
was departing for a long-term mission, rather than
supplies or the like.
It would have been just as easy to show Tigatron and
Airrazor as random crew members (preferably no knowing
each other at all) on the ship, rather than contriving
some gibber-tale about how they just happened to be
chasing the Predacons too.
For all of my complaints about IDW's Beast Wars comic,
it did not try to contrive back-story for the sake of
playing up characters for the sake of show-casing said
characters. Wreckers and Universe more or less read
like a small child's play session. But they avoided
the kind of idiotic back-story a small child would
come up with. Dreamwave's WWII comic at least did its
own thing, rather than try to piggy back on its source
Grade: F There is no reason for a comic distributed
primarly through a convention for adult collectors
should be written at a level that could insult a
reasonably bright 10 year old.
There were lots and lots, just outside the checkout area.Originally Posted by JediTricks
They are magnificent. I haven't been this universally pleased by a line since...I've never been this universally pleased. Even my least favorite, Astrotrain, kicks major ***. I didn't pick up Megatron, because they're more expensive at Fry's, but as awesome as all of these are, maybe I should've. I'm really, very, very happy.
And as a side note, i didn't realize the spinny things in Starscream's chest are actually his landing gear turned in. Awesome.
All Hail Darth Schmitsky!
I got in the mail (and already read) Aspects of Evil, Perchance to Dream, Earthforce, and Way of the Warrior.
Tycho, I have to take back what I said. Springer is a cool cat, after all.
We're talking about the only true G1 canon I accept as totally irrefutable, major continuity problems aside. And there are no Minicons in Marvel's comic, nor will there ever be, thank Primus. Though there are a bunch of goofy round alien robots called Mecannibals, who are a lot more fun in the British comic than in the American one.
That's my jacket!
darnit! CD Grimlock is sold out on hasbrotoyshop
however, Mirage, Bumblebee and Rodimus are available. remember to use Fall25 when you check out for 25% off plus free shipping. sure it says you have to wait until 11/15 to get them but it beats the retail price!
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I had a fun little lunch trip yesterday, accidentally stumbling upon Classics BB, Hot Rod, Screamer, and Astrotrain at a Boscov's here in Frederick, MD. I was useless for the rest of the day at work.
There have been reviews out the wazoo on most TF sites, so there's not much to add in that regard. I can say for certain that pictures don't do these things justice. Screamer tends to look "fat" in most online pictures, while in hand, I didn't find that to be the case at all. Same with Astrotrain's shuttle mode, it's far more sleek and aerodynamic looking in person. And Bumblebee tends to look big-ish in pictures, when in fact he's fairly tiny in both modes.
My favorite of the group is probably BB. I love Screamer, but I think BB surprised me the most, and the design is just so dead on. He's small and cute, but stocky and tough looking all at the same time. Absolutely perfect.
Only thing I'm worried about with Classics is the timing. I'm afraid Hasbro will lose sight of it when the movie hits next summer. At Botcon, they seemed to hint at getting all the Seekers out in one way or another, which would fill out the Decepticon ranks nicely, but I'm worried about them getting out enough of the original autobots. They'd be foolish not get out a Prowl and repaint it as Bluestreak and Smokescreen. I'd even settle for Sideswipe and Sunstreaker being straight repaints of each other.
What's the final word on continuing with Classics? Will Hasbro have it run along side the movie line if it's successful? If a movie sequel happens, will they keep the movie line going between films (ala SW)?
They said at Comic Con that they ONLY planned on running movie products building up to the release and following it. I am very worried about my Alternators, as I want Rumble and Ravage before this goes down, and I'd appreciate it if Alternators or MPE's got a tank edition Megatron, some kind of Soundwave, and if the MPE Starscream could get Skywarp and Thundercracker repaints, if not resculpts (totally, or partially). Because I plan on using Alternators in place of what I expect will be crappier movie figures, I want:
A-Nemesis Prime re-issued with a new head, as Ironhide
A- Ratchet - close to the movie version, less Bionicle
A - BumbleBee - very possible given the Chevy license for Corvette
A - Barricade - repaint Wheeljack / Grimlock and deco as a cop car
There are only a handful of other T's:
Frenzy will require a unique figure. I may buy one, may not.
Megatron will give me pause if it is that aborted Predator they have been showing.
I paid a heck of a lot (still don't know how much) for Starscream from Japan (MPE)
Bonecrusher will be "wait and see" - I need an Alternator scale version
Brawl - ditto - now a MPE might work nice, but I'd prefer this be Megatron
Blackout - whatever the chopper's name - a MPE is required here!!! That'd be too cool!
Scorponok - depends on the movie. I may pretend Scorponok never happened.
I already mentioned Barricade as an A-Wheeljack repaint being perfect.
BAD Pts Need: R5-C7 lf leg (x2), , R4-P44 right leg BAD Pts Offered For Trade: PM me - I have lots of parts now including BG-J38!. New Kyle Katarn is also available.
Optimus Prime (gorilla)
This toy is a recolor of the BWX Optimus Primal. Over-all, I actually like this toy better. The brown color on the fur looks better than one might expect, and the fact this toy is 5 dollars cheaper will likely appeal to collectors who did not want the PVC packed with the BWX toy. The biggest problem is the uninspired character profile on the packaging.
Grade: B Worth picking up, even if you have the BWX toy.
The Marvel stuff has been over-written like pre-Crisis DC, not two ways about it. I liked some of the UK comics (not so much the stuff listed above), but I would not argue that it is inviolate. If nothing else, the continuity is too much a mess, and there are far too many dud issues for me to defend it as perfect.
And, what is the problem with Minicons? Objectively, we got a fair amount of well engineered toys, and in the context of the comics, we got a new set of well written characters.


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Why can't Rush own an NFL team? What has he stated that was so devisive that disqualifies his minority ownership with a group of partners?
Why can't Rush own an NFL team? What has he stated that was so devisive that disqualifies his minority ownership with a group of partners?
It is no longer true that anyone with the money can buy what is on the market. They must fit a popular/populace mold, comrade.
"Prepare your dog in such a manner that the work he is normally called upon to do under-whelms him, not overwhelms him." ~ Evan Graham
People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.
― George Bernard Shaw
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Live by the sword, die by the sword.
"For everyone to whom much is given, of him shall much be required." -- Luke 12:48
Raven - Moneybird's Black Magic Marker***
(Esprit's Power Play x Trumarc's Lean Cuisine)
Mick - Moneybird's Jumpin' Jack Flash***
(Clubmead's Road Warrior x Oakdale Whitewater Devil Dog)
Peerless - Moneybird's Sole Survivor
(Two River's Lucky Willie x Moneybird's Black Magic Marker)
Liberalism is a mental disorder.
I'm surprised they didn't roll out Mike Nifong to testify against Rush. Instead they roll out their two favorite low life street reverends...Al "Tawana Brawley" Sharpton and Jesse "Hymietown" Jackson to make their case. Jackson was hard to find as he was shacked up with another sweet young thing.
And the hard working sports journalists dredging up fake quotes attributed to Limbaugh should make the liberals proud. Probably the most recorded man in the history of radio and all they can come up with are fake quotes?
It's the Mike Nifong School of Journalism.
Rush has no more right to be part owner of an NFL team than you do to commit a felony. Remember if it is assumed that Rush does have this right than the implication is that the owners of the NFL have no right to decide who they can sell to. As far as I know there are no anti discrimination laws that deal with being a seller or owner of an NFL team. That being the case then Rush or anybody else that wants to purchase a team and is denied by the owners is on the outside looking in.
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People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.
― George Bernard Shaw
The Smartwork System for Retriever Training (link)
I have never seen a bigger bunch of cry babies than the far left wingers. They are mostly a group of whiney,sniveling,,little racists.
Its funny ,,but when these week minded panty waste individuals speak,,,there are actually people who listen. Thats the scary part.
If Rush has the money to buy a team and somebody wants to sell it to him then its none of their buisness if he is a racist or not. Racism is not a crime,,,if it were there would be a whole lot of radical liberals behind bars.
Some Rush rants.
Feb 5, 2007: but a majority of young blacks feel alienated from today's government." Why would that be? The government's been taking care of them their whole lives.
Jan 22, 2009: We are being told that we have to hope he succeeds, that we have to bend over, grab the ankles ..bend over forward, backward....whichever, because his father was black"
July 27 2009: "I do believe" Obama is an "angry black guy"
Now it is not that important if we think that these comments are racially insensitive, it's the owners who are making the decision and apparantly they feel that these are to divisive for their tastes.
The NFL is a very conservative organization but more importantly they are very image sensitive. Anything that tarnishes that image is just not tolerated ,something they have every right to defend.
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CNN anchor Rick Sanchez read a disputed racist quote attributed to Rush Limbaugh about antebellum slavery on Monday's Newsroom: "Limbaugh's perceived racist diatribes are too many to name. Here's a sample- he once declared that 'slavery built the South. I'm not saying we should bring it back. I'm just saying it had its merits. For one thing, the streets were safer after dark.'"
So Rush Limbaugh has managed to make racist attacks on four of the most admired and respected people of African descent in the past one hundred years, in Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela, Colin Powell and Barack Obama. He has called for the assassin of Martin Luther King to be given a medal, and said slavery was a good thing. He has claimed that Joe the Plumber, who isn't even a plumber is more important in this election than Colin Powell, a decorated military veteran who has served honorably in three administrations. How can the Republican party stand by this man and let their candidates appear on his show?
Besides, the NFL did not think Limbaugh would not do all that well with an all white, right wing football team.
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Thanks to all you guys who have been checking out the mp3 of "Move Along" and giving us such great feedback. Since the album is still a couple months away (July 12th), we thought we'd hook you guys up with another track from the new record. Go to the Music page to hear "Dirty Little Secret." Its going to be the first single, and we should have a video for it in a few weeks, so keep an eye out! later, The AAR
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Recently had a college student reach out for advice, and thought i'd share with the class:
My biggest issue with my current education is the broad scale and lack of clear direction on how to achieve my goals. I know that I am very interested in penetration testing. Ethical hacking in general is a very big interest of mine. But as for what area of security, I'm not even sure what the options are.
Cool – sounds like the biggest thing is to explore your options, and decide on a direction knowing full well this may change as you learn more. You may want to try writing your current goals down, and working toward them (or, better yet, backward from the end result).
Penetration testing is still a very… tradecraft career. The best thing you can do is dive in and start learning the underlying systems you'll be testing. If i had to choose a tester that had a bunch of certs vs a tester that knew (and had admin'd) systems he'd be testing, i'd choose the latter.
Penetration testing has split into some broad specializations – though it'd be best to sample amongst them
- Mobile
- Web
- Network
- Embedded
Owasp is good for learning web and mobile.
Carnalownage, Metasploit, Offensive security are good for learning network.
Re: certifications – there are some really really good courses certifications – PWK/OSCP, and some really bad ones CEH/CPT,LPT.
You'll want to check out netsec's career thread – this happens quarterly. This will give you a great sample of existing careers, and you can start to research on the things you'll need to learn.
There are lots of [other] threads on the net about how to get started in infosec.
Here's another one i wrote a few (zomg, 6) years back, specific to penetration testing
Reddit's /r/netsec is a great resource for staying on top of what's happening in the technical security field
Stack Exchange is another one with a bit more of a question/answer focus – good for researching when getting started.
As far as building a reputation while you're in school, the best things you can do:
- Get on twitter and start contributing – there's a strong contingent of security folks on twitter
- Jump on Github and start publishing tools / code
- Jump on Bugcrowd and start hacking, building a profile 🙂
- Publish papers, blogs, code, anything that you can point to as a resume builder
- Go to conferences, meet folks. Find positive folks that will help you, and find ways to help them.
- Learn everything you possibly can.
You're looking for a job in a field that has -10% unemployment, so you're in the right place at the right time. But be warned, it's a fast-moving field and requires you to be very motivated if you want to be good.
It's worth noting that the penetration testing / consultant career path generally requires a significant amount of travel, and can be disruptive to a family lifestyle. This isn't always true, and there are certainly ways to make it work, but worth thinking about. Thoughts on work / life balance are for another post.
The one piece of advice i give everyone interested in getting into the field: Provide value without asking for anything in return. If you find someone you want to work with, just ask… how can i help? … Guaranteed, they don't get asked that enough.
Hope this helps.
Also: I ran across this while writing, and there's some classics here :).


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Meko Special
Deep Water Cay, Grand Bahama Island
E. M. Swift, a Senior Writer for Sports Illustrated, and his fishing partner Bob Spotswood, of Birmingham, Alabama, are feverishly working to get the skunk out of the boat in one of my encounters with this pattern. (Orvis News, March/April, 2002)
The story goes something like this: On a windy, cloudy, rapidly deteriorating day in both the weather and success areas, E.M. and Bob apparently couldnt trigger a strike from the few skittish bones theyd sighted. E.M. would occasionally scare a target off with the splash of his fly; both anglers had only marginal interest in their presentations, the bones quickly inspecting their offerings, but just as quickly disappearing. All the usual suspects were tried small crabs, Rick Ruoffs fleas, Charlies and Gotchas not a taker in the house. E.M. writes, Who can fathom the ways of the ghost of the flats? Bob asked rhetorically.
As things turn out, their guide, Meko, produces a pattern neither angler had seen to date, which manages to punt the skunk back to the mainland and rescue their day. While discussing what the fly should be called and showing it to Perk Perkins, president of Orvis, several references to characters and names from Gilligans Island were offered up among the men, as both Spotswood, a dead-ringer for the Skipper, and Swift joked about the flys name.
Perkins went fishing with Meko the next day, seemingly with fantastic success. Aparently, his luck was so good he lobbied and worked Meko to get exclusive rights to his pattern. So, with credit to the innovation of their guide, it was agreed to name it Meko Special. Here it is.
Hook: Saltwater, szs. 4,6,8
Thread: Pink
Tail: A combination of yellow hair, white hair, and some flash; tied one to two times as long as the hook.
Body: Pale Pink dubbing; yarn; chenille, felt sheeting; what-have-you.
Hackle: Brown, palmered over body.
Eye: Bead or hourglass; May be tied tailing, medium-sink or weightless.
In this pattern I used yellow bucktail, white kiptail, and pearl krystal flash; pale pink yarn, a cream and dark brown/black badger hackle, and 1/8 chrome-plated brass bead chain eyes on a Mustad 34007, size 6. I see this pattern as easily tied with any of the body materials. I chose the badger hackle to create both the leggy, wispy look as well as the pink-brown shading of a shrimp.
If I ever find the magazine article I read about this pattern and Meko, Ill point to it, as I believe the report was somewhat different, short of the successes these guys enjoyed.
Have fun!
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kygobbler wrote:I know alot of you have seen these animals in your neck of the woods but for me I have never seen one in the wild. Here lately there has been alot sighting ranging from Land between the Lakes to Portland, Tn and up around Mammoth Cave Park. Now I am assuming, and we all know what that means, that Kentucky Fish and Wildlife are bringing these animals here just like they did with the deer and turkeys. I have gone to Ky F&W website but cant find anything about them. Now because they are not listed or mentioned in the hunting handbook for any type of season, are they legal to kill and are they considered exotic animals? A friend of mine and I had a little discussion about because a black panther was seen and photograghed just about 15 miles away. Im hoping maybe someone on here might know an answer.
kygobbler wrote:Hey hckyplayer8, thanks for the info. After doing a little homework I found the same info but some conflicting info. At one sight they mentioned everything you said but that they are protected under the Endandered Species Act. Then on another site I was reading it said that a tv show called KyAfield had a person from the fish and wildlife department stating that if you run across any shoot "em dead and then report so they can do a dna test. Their reasoning is like you stated that more than likely its an escaped or released pet. Knowing my luck it would be the real deal and they tell me that I have to pay some big fine. The info of the cat came from a very reliable source due to he is a preacher. He also told me that at a hunting club he is a member of someone got a pic with their trail camera but it wasn't the same one that he saw. Next time I see him I will ask again what the name of the club is because the pic is on their website. Thanks again for the info.
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Irish Pub Beef Stew
Cut: Beef Chuck Roast or Sirloin Roast
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 5 hours and 5 minutes
- 1 1/2 lbs beef, cut into chunks
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1 (10 1/2 ounce) can tomato soup
- 1 (10 1/2 ounce) can water
- 4 carrots, cut into chunks
- 4 large potatoes, cut into chunks
- 2 stalks celery, cut into chunks
- 4 onions, cut into chunks
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/4 cup fresh parsley, chopped fine
- 1/4 cup good quality cooking sherry
- 2 bay leaves
- Preheat oven to 300F degrees.
- In a heavy skillet brown the beef in the butter over medium high heat.
- Add the soup and water and stir well.
- Add the rest of the ingredients and cook for about 5 minutes, stirring once.
- Transfer to a cast iron dutch oven or oven proof pot and cook in the oven, covered for 5 hours, stirring occasionally.
- Remove from oven, remove bay leaves and serve with Irish Soda Bread and butter. Makes 4 to 6 servings.
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Preparation Time: 10 Minutes
Cook Time: 2-1/2 to 3-1/2 hours
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- 2-1/2 to 3-1/2 pound boneless corned beef brisket
- 12 carrots, peeled, halved lengthwise
- Salt and pepper
- Fresh parsley sprigs
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- 1 cup sweet orange marmalade
- 1/2 cup Irish whiskey
- 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard, plus more for serving
- Place corned beef brisket and included seasoning packet in Dutch oven; add water to cover. Bring just to a simmer; do not boil. Cover tightly and simmer 2-1/2 to 3 hours or until fork-tender.
- Meanwhile, combine marmalade, Irish whiskey and nutmeg in small saucepan. Bring to a boil and reduce to generous 3/4 cup, stirring often, about 7 minutes. Mix in 1 tablespoon mustard.
- Preheat oven to 425°F. Coat large rimmed baking sheet with nonstick spray. Toss carrots and 1/4-cup glaze in large bowl to coat. Spread carrots out on baking sheet. Sprinkle carrots with salt and pepper. Roast until carrots are tender, about 35 minutes. Remove from oven and keep warm.
- Remove brisket from water when fork-tender; trim fat. Place on rack in broiler pan so surface of beef is 3 to 4 inches from heat. Brush top of brisket with remaining glaze; broil 2 to 3 minutes or until glazed. Carve diagonally across the grain. Transfer to platter, garnish with parsley, and serve with carrots and Dijon mustard. Makes 6 to 8 servings.
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Posted March 11, 2004; 05:12 p.m.
Two prominent contemporary theological ethicists will present a symposium on Reinhold Niebuhr and public theology at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, March 25, in McCosh 10.
Robin Lovin, the Cary Maguire University Professor of Ethics at Southern Methodist University, and Stanley Hauerwas, the Gilbert T. Rowe Professor of Theological Ethics at Duke Divinity School, will discuss Niebuhr's vision of public theology, its efficacy in his time and its implications for today.
Niebuhr was one of the most influential American Christian theologians of the 20th century and was well known for his ability to bring theological wisdom to bear on important issues of the day. He is the author of many classics in the field, including "Moral Man and Immoral Society," "The Children of Light and the Children of Darkness" and "Discerning the Signs of Our Times."
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Vascular ring is an abnormal formation of the aorta, the large artery that carries blood from the heart to the rest of the body. It is a congenital problem, which means it is present at birth.
Right aortic arch with aberrant subclavian and left ligamentum
Vascular ring is rare. It accounts for less than 1% of all congenital heart problems. The condition occurs as often in males as females. Some infants with vascular ring also have another congenital heart problem.
Vascular ring occurs very early in the baby's development in the womb. Normally, the aorta develops from one of several curved pieces of tissue (arches). The body breaks down some of the remaining arches, while others form into arteries. Some arteries that should break down do not; this forms vascular rings.
With vascular ring, some of the arches and vessels that should have changed into arteries or disappeared are still present when the baby is born. These arches form a ring of blood vessels, which encircles and presses down on the windpipe (trachea) and esophagus.
Several different types of vascular ring exist. In some types, the vascular ring only partially encircles the trachea and esophagus, but it still can cause symptoms.
Some children with a vascular ring never develop symptoms. However, in most cases, symptoms are seen during infancy. Pressure on the windpipe (trachea) and esophagus can lead to breathing and digestive problems. The more the ring presses down, the more severe the symptoms will be.
Breathing problems may include:
Eating may make breathing symptoms worse.
Digestive symptoms are rare, but may include:
The doctor will listen to the baby's breathing to rule out other breathing disorders such as asthma. Listening to the child's heart through a stethoscope can help identify murmurs and other heart problems.
The following tests can help diagnose vascular ring:
Surgery is usually performed as soon as possible on children with symptoms. The goal of surgery is to split the vascular ring and relieve pressure on the surrounding structures. The surgery is not very invasive. The procedure is usually done through a small surgical cut in the left side of the chest between the ribs.
Changing the child's diet may help relieve the digestive symptoms of vascular ring. The doctor will prescribe medications (such as antibiotics) to treat any respiratory tract infections, if they occur.
Children who don't have symptoms may not need treatment, but should be carefully watched to make sure the condition doesn't become worse.
How well the infant does depends on how much pressure the vascular ring is putting on the esophagus and trachea and how quickly the infant is diagnosed and treated.
Surgery works well in most cases and often relieves symptoms right away. Severe breathing problems may take months to go away. Some children may continue to have loud breathing, especially when they are very active or have respiratory infections.
Bernstein D. Other congenital heart and vascular malformations. In: Kliegman RM, Behrman RE, Jenson HB, Stanton BF, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 19th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011;chap 426.
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Family: Cervidae, Deer view all from this family
Description A tiny, dog-size deer. Reddish-brown to grayish-brown above. White below. Tail brown, edged with white above; white below. Fawn spotted. Ht 2530" (6275 cm); Wt male 55-75 lb (25-34 kg), female 45-60 lb (2127 kg).
Endangered Status The Key Deer, a subspecies of the White-tailed Deer, is on the U.S. Endangered Species List. It is classified as endangered in Florida. The Key Deer declined in number as more and more of its habitat in the Florida Keys underwent development throughout the 20th century. Development continues to be a threat to the subspecies today. These tiny animals also fall victim to dogs and cars, and lose a significant number of fawns when they fall into drainage ditches. In 1961 the National Key Deer Refuge was established to protect the deer. The population has risen from a possible low of 25 animals in 1955 to about 250 to 300 today.
Habitat Pine woodlands, hardwood hammocks, mangrove swamps, coastal scrub, on Keys with permament freshwater sources.
Range Florida Keys.


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How do you feel about people who are apart of a relgion but it doesn't worship God? Are they right? Are they wrong? How sure can you be? Well, you can't.
To sit there and say everyone else is wrong is in their beliefs (because there is only God, correct?) is pretty obnoxious. Just because people don't "believe" or in my case "not yet convinced and waiting for something" doesn't somehow make them all pot smoking, horny idiots. Just like I'm sure all Christians aren't happy go lucky believers and do all the right things. Ever seen that family that consistently protests "God hates fags" and "God hates Marines", etc and so on? I know all Christians aren't like that, but a lot of them are also really ****ed up and when they do something wrong they turn to a book to somehow justify it, of course they manipulate the living **** out of what it says.
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TUPELO – The Tupelo Golden Wave needed something big to happen in their 2013 baseball season.
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Goss delivered crucial middle relief, and Stanzell delivered the game-winning hit Saturday in the seventh inning as the Wave climbed past the Oxford Chargers 7-6.
"This is just what this team needed," Tupelo head coach Gary Enis said. "I thought the key to the game was when Goss came in.
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Oxford moved smartly to a 6-1 lead through two innings of play.
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"Our office is a family. We work as a team, helping patients to look and feel their best. Your satisfaction matters to us, because above all else, we care." - Dr. Richard Ha
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Dr. Ha is certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and received his training from the prestigious U.T. Southwestern Medical Center, one of the finest plastic surgery programs in the world. He also completed a fellowship in Craniofacial and Pediatric plastic surgery at U.T. Southwestern and the Children's Medical Center. Utilizing his specialized training in cleft lip/palate and craniofacial surgery, he has participated in surgical missions with the LEAP foundation, providing care to underprivileged children in the Dominican Republic and Belize. Dr. Ha is a graduate of the Indiana University School of Medicine and completed his undergraduate studies with honors at Brown University.
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, 7/02 to 6/03
Fellowship in Pediatric Plastic and Craniofacial Surgery
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, 7/00 to 6/02
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University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, 7/97 to 6/00
Internship and Residency, Department of General Surgery
Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, 8/93 to 5/97 M.D.
Indiana University School of Medicine Student Research Scholarship
Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, 8/89 to 5/93
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Hughes Award for Biomedical Research, Brown University
Evansville Day School, Evansville, Indiana, 9/85 to 6/89
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Dr. Ha is a Clinical Instructor at the U.T. Southwestern Department of Plastic Surgery.
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Dr. Ha has spoken or written about a number of topics including rhinoplasty, gynecomastia, browlifts, facial fractures, liposuction and blepharoplasty. He is published in peer-reviewed journals including Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. He has presented his research at a number of national and regional meetings. He has also co-authored chapters in the textbooks, The Art of Aesthetic Surgery - Principles and Techniques and Dallas Rhinoplasty - Nasal Surgery by the Masters. He serves on the editorial board for Selected Readings in Plastic Surgery and is a reviewer for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
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My girl goes into heat around every 9 months. She was bred last May and whelped a litter over the summer.
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9 months from last heat would put her into heat around January and then again in Septmber, unless whelping the litter will effect this.


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Nate gives good advice, I would add that there is a difference between fishing flats and fishing dropoffs and trenches. IN one situation you'll fish clear intermediates; in the other QD 325 grain sinking lines.
For flats work, sand eel patterns should include subtle ones in the 2.5-4.5 inch size, in other words sparse or translucent materials with not more than a strand or two of flash laid into the body and the color choices kept subdued.
Crabs are a great option. Contrary to popular opinion, the olive green felt works very well... per my firsthand experience. I also use sand colored / tan and brown crabs in craft felt. They don't need to be very large to get big fish interested. I prefer crab flies that can be easily worked along the bottom w/ hook point riding up.
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Even when fish were at their fussiest, I've been them root up sand eels and devour them as they leap from the water right in front of me. It pays to have something that works right into their feeding and hunting style on the flats. It's less the fly than the impression the fly makes on the fish... you hear the most incredible stories from people holding up scrappy nothing flies torn to threads by blues or numerous schoolies until what's left becomes the fly that tames the big flats beast.
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<b>Drop-offs on South Beach, deep channels on North Monomoy...</b>
Off the drop offs at South Beach, every dropping tide has produced some big breaking fish. Sometimes they even come close to enough to shore... when they do, they are large fish and people get keepers on flies. This happened at the clave and it happened the last two times I tried South Beach since then. The hot color for fishing the drop off along South Beach was yellow, don't ask me why. I'd feel good about chartreuse or any visible color in this situation. Blues are common here this time of year, I lost some flies to chopper teeth Friday.
Bigger fish have been caught out on the ocean side of South Beach lately, so don't leave out the big surf patterns. This is Nauset to Race Pt. style widow-maker wave fishing, but you know that big fish love that thundering wash. Bring a few bright clousers and big fish flies for the surf if you plan on hitting it.
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RE:what kid of flies for monamoy
1. Sand eel standards Clousers and ray's fly type flies
2. Crabs, usually light colored, I like tan/orange merkins and McCrabs but some people like to use green patterns ever so often
3. Silverside patterns. Monomoy Flatwing, bendbacks
4. Squid and shrimp pattern.
Casting is key so I usually try to use lighter patterns so I can cast further and they don't sound like a cannon ball hitting the water.
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Salting water
Hi everyone, I had a thread under fish diseases in October ( thanks to all those who helped me save Boomer, he's alive and well) but I have a problem in his NEW tank with those dang snails that made his old tank uninhabitable...I don't know how they got in the new tank,they are very tiny and I don't want them in there, I have rescued as many as I can and given them to a lady who actually wants them and I am wondering how long do I have to wait to salt the water, which will take care of any miniscule snails I have missed? because as much as I hate killing anything they made Boomer sick not long ago and I almost lost him. I salted the tank for the first time ever about the 19th October, he's a Fighting fish ie Betta Fish...and I can't recall how much I put in for his 34 litre tank. Thank you :) The snails?...I have no idea what type but I was told they likely came in on the plants and salt water will kill them,so now that I have netted all the ones I can see I want to make sure there are none hiding that I haven't seen.....
there is no need for salt in FW aquariums.
salt is used for the treatment of diseases/other random issues. nothing more.
if you continue to add salt, if you fish gets sick and you try to treat w/ salt it wont be as effective. hence why we don't need to add salt into freshwater set ups.
also, you posted this in brackish waters...your fish is not considered to be brackish. it is a tropical fresh water fish


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That's hilarious. I didn't know doubting Russell Wilson was a thing. When a kid comes straight out of college, as a 3rd rounder no less, and puts the kind of performance Russell did last year at the game's most difficult position, you don't doubt. There are no sure things in life, but the day Russell Wilson arrives in this league is already in the past. So he was in a great team. How did that work out for Trent Dilfer? Just fine, but no one ever mistook him for a good QB.
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Thread: Algae, plant, and light problems
Algae, plant, and light problems
Here is my situation. My thirty gallon tank currently has a brochis splendens, a bolivian ram, 5 black neon tetras, and 1 clown pleco. It is planted with wisteria, anubias, java moss, and crypt wendtii. I have a good weekly water change schedule of about 40-50%, and has good filtration. I run an airstone at night. Now, about algae. I have had an algae problem for awhile. I would run my t8 lights from 6 am to 9pm, because that is what my daily schedule was. At first, it was just brown algae, and I had no trouble getting it off the glass, but it was just plentiful and annoying. I am not dosing anything except occasional root tabs. I know it is really hard to keep a thriving planted tank with the low lights I have at the moment, and that it what I am finding out. More on that at the end of the thread.
Then, once I propagated my anubias and moved its leaves closer to the light, the leaves not only started to die off, but also developed black beard algae and I think green dust algae. It is mostly if not 100% my fault for the leaf die off, because I don't think I left enough roots on the rhizome in proportion to the number of leaves that section of the rhizome had. I also started to develop a bit of cyano bacteria, but it has never spread and taken over the tank, which I have happen in the past in my ten gallon which isn't so densely planted. The black beard algae spread to the upper part of my driftwood, but has never spread to the lower reaches to the tank, just the higher parts.
So I cut back on the lighting. I try to never let natural light in, and turn my lights off as soon as I get home, so now the lights are on from about 6 am to 6 pm. I am seeing a noticeable difference, especially in the brown algae on the glass of the tank. I am also pretty sure my black beard algae has disappeared. But I still have some cyano bacteria, green dust algae on a lot of the plants, and some brown algae on the glass. I also forgot to mention that the brown algae is probably from a little silica sandbox I introduced awhile back for my cory and ram. The brown algae isn't too much of a priority in that case.
As for my plants: the anubias near the light is almost dead. Much of my wisteria goes through a quick life cycle in the low light, growing and dying, and I remove the dead plants as soon as I can. But the wisteria always grows back, and so I have a steady, sustained wisteria population. Though much of it is covered in green dust algae, others may have a bit of cyano, depending where the wisteria group is located in the tank. I have never observed cyano to cause a massive die off in a wisteria group, just in individual leaves that I cut off and eventually grow back.
Now, about the crypts. since I got them last December, They have been growing slowly and strong, which is what I expected them to do. They are planted in 2 groups of 2: 1 by the driftwood, the second by some rocks. The one by the driftwood has had cyano for awhile, but again not enough to overwhelm it, and so the leaves have stayed dark green (not from the cyano) for a long time. That group seemed to also benefit a lot from the new lighting schedule, with less cyano appearing on its leaves.
The group by the rocks has been a lighter shade of green, with no cyano to speak of. However, the cyano has recently spread slowly to a group of wisteria between the two crypt groups. I have only seen individual die offs of leaves there. But I went on an overnight trip awhile back, telling someone I trust to turn off the lights around 6 and turn them on when he gets up. Also told him not to open the window. I returned and he said all went well, and the tanks looked it. But: the group of crypts by the rocks was decimated. a couple measly leaves remained. My theory is that the cyano was being outcompeted for nutrients, especially with the new lighting schedule. Its population was receding. So, once it spotted a weak plant (hence the lighter green color), it jumped on its chance and killed the plants: keine gnade! They were unable to fight back because they were low in nutrients, hence the lighter green color. Once the dastardly deed was fulfilled, the cyano receded. Is this theory valid?
My plan is to upgrade the lighting to T5 and buy a timer to go with, to dose ferts at the same time and to add more fish. But I must get this algae problem under control, and I must ask: will I have the same trouble with algae if I upgrade? Will the lighting make my problem worse, not solve it? And what do you suggest I do to get this problem under control?
OK, you don't dose ferts and you have the lights on for a very, very long time. I'm not surprised you get algae. Try 4.5 hours in the morning when you rise and another 5 hours in the evening when you're home.
Quite a few of these algae are linked to poor flow as well but that would require a decent tank shot to determnine.
Green spot on the window is often related to low phosphor.
Your tank seems to be unbalanced, there's a lot not quite right and fixing all that will take time
Of course it's unbalanced! lol I want help balancing it, that's why I posted the thread. I won't have the lights on for as long then, it's good to know that I should be doing even less. As for the flow, I assume you mean the current? I have 2 HOBs and they make the plants' leaves flutter on the lowest reaches of the tank.
I agree it will take time to balance. If lighting is the first step, then it willl be done. WHat do you think about upgradiing the lighting then and dosing ferts? Will it help, or worsen the problem?
I'd hold off the upgrade for a little while. Let's start with a general fertilizer, see what that does. And get a timer for the lights if you don't have one
Got an overview shot?
This was awhile back, but nothing has changed in the scape since then. Thanks for the help!
Yes, there's definite room for improvement there. I'm assuming there's nothing beneath the gravel? OK... I can't determine how bad the cyanobacter is from this. I do know crypts don't take changes in water values well, they lose leaf if anything changes.
My advice for now
1. start dosing ferts, don't max out but a normal and regular dosage. If your bottle comes with a weekly recommendation try to divide that over the week
2. Do get your lighting in order, 2 periods of 4.5-5 hours each day with a 90-120 minute siesta at least.
3. remove that dracena/lucky dragon, it's not an aquatic.
4. Try to get a rythem in your water changes, if possible twice a week half instead of a big one once a week. While changing syphon and wipe away what algae you can.
Stick to this for the next 2-3 weeks and see what happens.
Sounds reasonable and wise, I'll try mybbest to follow it. It might be awhile until i can get a timer (a week or so), and it might be tough to fit 2 per week water changes to my schedule, but it can be done. I'll see what happens after 3 weeks! I'll probably post an uodate in my journal or something. Thanks for the help!
Update! PLease reply. My algae is now nonexistent, I got 6 otos and the lighting schedule has worked a ton. I now have the funds to get this light http://www.petsolutions.com/C/Aquari...FQnznAodjgwA4Q
Should I pull the trigger and get it? Does ayone have personal experience with the aqueon brand of T5, or does it really matter? Does it need any kind of adapter to plug in? I am leaning toward aqueon because I have an aqueon tank, and it looks like the lighting fixture will just fit right in on the hood I have now. It's 24". Thanks!
You shouldn't need to upgrade the lights with the anubias and java moss. I'm not sure about the other two plants, if you can float any of them at the top they will grow like crazy!
Even if you did upgrade the lights you wont see much more growth than your getting now. If you add ferts you wont get much more growth either. You can settle for slow growth or you could try adding the one thing thats missing. Co2! plants need it, algae doesn't. You should buy a bottle of flourish Excel or look into a DIY Co2 setup. You will get slightly faster growth with less chance of algae building up on it. It also kills BBA.
Either way you have gotten the algae under control and that's the main problem, congrats!
I have a couple tanks loaded to the brim with java ferns and java moss and I don't do much of anything. They have t8 plant grow bulbs and a timer is on 12 hours a day, with no algae at all. I change the water every few weeks or so.
Last edited by openbook; 04-17-2013 at 03:43 AM.
Thanks for the input. Question: how much CO2 does my fish produce? Enough to balance out ferts and lighting? Probably not, but how much? I have 9 glowlights and 9 black neons, 1 bolivian, 6 otos, 1 clown pleco.
The other plants are Wisteria and cryptocoryne. The wisteria grows like crazy off a new shoot, but dies somewhat quickly because it doesn't have the light and nutrients it needs.