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#704886
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The Fish Enthusiast Thread (My fishies are now thousands of miles away, but I finally uploaded pics of a couple of my tanks :-) )
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We found some baby Convict Cichlids just a few minutes ago. Those are the first of that species, but we've also had baby Guppies (these are livebearers and we raised about 50 to adulthood), Bronze Corys (a small type of catfish--only one has survived so far, and it isn't quite adult yet. This is the only egg-laying species of fish until the Convict Cichlids that has produced babies for us), Platys (one of which has survived), and Swordtails (all of which died). The Convict Cichlids are unique out of those in that they protect their babies until they're old enough to fend for themselves. I would post pictures, but Flickr was updated again, and I can't figure out how to link to photos yet...

EDIT:

In case you're interested, here are some links to pictures of some of the fish I mentioned:

an adult Convict Cichlid, a baby guppy, another one, and an adult Cory (not the same species as the babies were).

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#704814
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What we like about the Prequels
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CO, Lucas will not be putting Chewbacca in Episode VII because he's hardly involved in the making of the movie. So whether or not a lot of canon is retained has nothing to do with George. The Clone Wars series overwrote and contradicted a lot of Clone War-era EU, so George doesn't seem to care a whole lot about the majority of the EU.

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#704518
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Religion
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I hardly think God is "surprised" when people reject him. I believe that he is a merciful and understanding God, since he made us this way and he is omniscient and omnipresent. An omniscient/omnipresent God wouldn't be surprised about anything, nor would he be worried in the normal sense of the word, since he already knows what's going to happen.

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#704510
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Religion
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That's a great way to explain God's system of revelation, ender. According to the Bible, God had a hard enough time getting the Israelites/Hebrews to be faithful to him even with the Mosaic Law, so I doubt he would have had any luck giving them a full revelation all at once.

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#704495
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Episode IV: A Ridiculous Hope
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Ryan McAvoy said:

Bingowings said:

The gag should be that the original version looked good and the additions are bad so I would use Harmy as a source for the original footage and the 2004 SE for the additions including the colar mismatch.

 ^ This

 Well, I thought it work better to exaggerate how bad the GOUT looks. If Frink wants to exaggerate how bad the SE looks, that would work too. I think he should go with whichever looks the most obvious.

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#704435
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The Historical Discussion Thread: All Discussion Pertaining to History is Welcome
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May 9:

1457 B.C.: The Battle of Megiddo between Thutmose III's Epyptian forces and a Canaanite army. This is the earliest battle that has been recorded in reliable detail.

A.D. 328: St. Athanasius is appointed bishop of Alexandria.

A.D. 1386: The Treaty of Windsor between England and Portugal. This is the oldest diplomatic alliance in the world that is still in force.

A.D. 1502: Columbus leaves Spain on his fourth voyage to the New World.

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#704368
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Who should the villain(s) of the sequel trilogy be? (if the sequel trilogy has villains)
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darklordoftech said:

Easterhay said:

What?

By striking down Vader in anger, you're saying that those means would achieve the end of the Emperor and his empire. And I'm saying you're wrong, based on... well, take your pick, really, from various lines of dialogue throughout the films about striking out in anger and using your powers for attack, not knowledge or defence.

Those means could fail to bring down Palpatine and the Empire, but neither would those means lead to Luke joining Palpatine. 

 Yes it would. Do you not understand the movie? Luke would be going over to the dark side by bringing down Vader, and there's no way he could overcome Palpatine, since Palpatine is so powerful and Luke is inexperienced.