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Enjoy sweeping views of the golf course and South Mountain from the The Grille at The Legacy Golf Club inside the resort clubhouse. Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner with a hearty weekend breakfast buffet, The Grille at The Legacy Golf Club is a Phoenix fine dining experience popular with locals and travelers alike.
The Grille at The Legacy Golf Club is a "must taste experience," offering a great selection of traditional American favorites, prepared with simple and classic ingredients.
All of the menus have a wide variety of "comfort foods" to make you feel at home, where the dining room table is the foundation of American cuisine.
Start off with a selection from our breakfast menu that will energize your day. The lunch menu offers hearty salads, sandwiches, and an array of our Chef's specialties. The dinner menu features food designed to make you feel at home, featuring pasta, seafood, chicken, dinner specialties and indulgent desserts.
The Grille at The Legacy Golf Club offers indoor and patio dining, ensuring every seat enjoys sweeping views of the mountains or golf course. So dine where the family meal is still considered an important part of every day. And don't forget our Phoenix sports bar - the engaging other side of The Grille at The Legacy Golf Club.
Breakfast is served from 6:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Lunch is served from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Dinner is served from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Bar menu is available from 2:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
The Grille at The Legacy Golf Club is open seven days a week.
Perfect Location to Sample the "International Southwest"
Want to venture beyond the The Grille at The Legacy Golf Club or the easy comforts of your condo's fully equipped kitchen? Legacy Golf Resort is perfectly situated to easily access an international range of casual and fine dining restaurants in Phoenix, quick-bite restaurants, bars and lounges. A sampling of some of your choices include:
Upscale Restaurants
6106 S. 32nd Street
Phoenix, AZ 85042
(602) 276-0601
Located in a nearby gracefully restored farmhouse and surrounded by acres of organic gardens, Quiessence (which means "quiet place") offers contemporary American cuisine featuring seasonally season fresh ingredients from the surrounding gardens and hearth breads baked on premises in an outdoor wood oven. Guests are invited to stroll through the flower gardens between courses. (One-half mile from resort.)
Fleming's Prime Steak House and Wine Bar
905 N 54th Street
Chandler, AZ 85226
(480) 940-1900
Location 8.38 miles
This Steakhouse & Wine Bar is an ongoing celebration of exceptional food and wine featuring the finest prime steaks and 100 wines by the glass.
7151 W Ray Rd
Chandler, AZ 85226
(480) 705-7697
Location 7.5 miles
Roy's Hawaiian Fusion Cuisine. European techniques and Asian Cuisine meet Hawaiian hospitality to create a fine dining experience unlike any other.
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P.F. Chang's China Bistro
740 S Mill Avenue
Tempe, AZ
(480) 731-4600
6.94 miles
Asian bistro
Ruffino Italian Cuisine
4902 E. Warner Road
Phoenix, AZ 85044
(480) 893-8544
6.49 miles
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Tempe, AZ 85283
(602) 431-6470
3.26 miles
Aunt Chilada's Tempe serves delicious Mexican Fare, from tasty margaritas and homemade chips to award winning salsa.
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8684 S. Central Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85042
(602) 243-9113
4.69 miles
Quality flavorful and spicy New Mexico cuisine.
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2070 E. Baseline Road
Phoenix, AZ 85040
(602) 268-7708
1.83 miles
The Sun Asian kitchen uses only top quality meat, seafood and the freshest garden vegetables to cook your food to ensure an authentic eating experience.
411 S. Mill Avenue
Tempe, AZ 85281
(480) 303-9800
7.12 miles
R'ula B'ula
401 S Mill Avenue
Tempe, AZ 85281
(480) 929-9500
7.13 miles
Quick Bites
Honey Bears Barbecue
7670 S Priest Drive
Tempe, AZ
(480) 222-2782
7.6 miles
Twenty years of mouth-watering Tennessee style barbecue, three restaurants nine delivery trucks and 70 plus employees later, Honey Bear's has become one of the most talked about BBQ restaurants in Arizona.
In-N-Out Burger
7050 W Ray Road
Chandler, AZ
(800) 786-1000
7.78 miles
2160 E Baseline Road
Phoenix, AZ
(602) 243-3900
1.73 miles
Bars and Lounges
3220 E Baseline Road
Phoenix, AZ
(602) 997-0084
0.5 miles
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Gordon Biersch Brewery
420 S Mill Avenue
Tempe, AZ 85281
(480) 736-0033
7.11 miles Brewery Restaurant
Four Peaks
1340 E 8th Street
Tempe, AZ 85281
(480) 303-9967
8.36 miles
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1530 W Baseline Road
Tempe, AZ
(480) 831-8200
3.86 miles
2180 E Baseline Road
Phoenix, AZ
(602) 323-5680
1.71 miles
Joe's Crab Shack
1606 W Baseline Road
Tempe, AZ
(480) 345-0972
3.93 miles
Legacy Resort's on-site concierge is happy to assist you with recommendations and reservations.

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Designing with Pre-Cuts in EQ7 |
In EQ7, you are working with finished sizes. When planning your patch/block sizes in EQ7, subtract ½" from the pre-cut size to account for seam allowance.
For example, if you want to make a strip quilt using a Jelly Roll (2.5" x 44"), set your strip size to 2" x 43.5".
The same concept applies to block design. Let's say you want to use a Mini Charm Pack (2.5" x 2.5") to make this Double Irish Chain block:
First, subtract ½" from each dimension of the Mini Charm Pack, giving you the finished size of the patch- 2" x 2".
This block is 5 squares wide and 5 squares tall, so multiply the finished patch size by 5 to find the finished block size.
Finished Block Size: 2" x 5 = 10"
The math for half-square triangle units is a little different. For HST units, subtract 7/8" from the pre-cut size.
Example: Charm Pack fabrics (5" x 5") make 4.125" finished half-square triangles.
This Yankee Puzzle block from the EQ7 Block Library is made up of all half square triangles. It is 4 HST units wide by 4 HST units tall. If you want to use Charm Pack fabrics for this block, multiply the finished half-square triangle size by 4 to find the finished block size.
Finished Block Size: 4.125" x 4 = 16.5"
Now that you know the finished block size, you can design a quilt with this Charm Pack-friendly design. On the Quilt Worktable, click QUILT > New Quilt > Horizontal.
On the Layout tab, input these settings:
Now you can set the Yankee Puzzle block in the quilt and it will be sized correctly for Charm Pack fabrics. Here, I've alternated it with the Mosaic, No. 5 block, also from the EQ7 Block Library. Mosaic, No. 5 is made up entirely of HST units so this block is also Charm Pack-friendly.
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Let's hope that dismal combination is all we face -- because things might be about to get much worse. Europe stands on the brink of economic disaster, which at its worst could easily trigger another outright recession in America. Foreign deposits in Spanish banks amount to about 500 billion euros ($622 billion). It isn't difficult to imagine those depositors changing their minds about such an asset allocation. That could prompt deposit flight in other southern-tier banking systems, which the European authorities couldn't contain.
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67 gallon tank project 1 Attachment(s) Ok. So I picked up this tank yesterday and it is going to be a lot of work... I am really looking forward to it and at the same time regretting my choice to buy this tank... but it'll be worth it in the end. This is the original picture provided by the seller. My one friend and I had to carry it up from the seller's basement... did it with all of those rocks inside which was a huge mistake. I thought my fingers were going to fall off! My legs are covered in bruises from when we had to stop and rest it on our legs every so often... suffice to say it was a lot easier getting it into my house from the back of my car because that time, I made the multiple trips to carry buckets of rocks inside before attempting to lift it again! First step is to get it all cleaned... then I'll start thinking of lid designs and how to make the stand more attractive and stable, and all that fun stuff. |
Hope you got a good deal on it for all those bruises :) What are you going to stock it with? |
looks like a lot of scrubbing =S |
i hope you test it first to see if its still water tight. not only does it look old, carrying a tank with weight inside ( the rocks ) does a job on the silicon seal. |
and when you test it you can envision what it would be like to turn it into a saltwater tank .. just sayin |
It was a great deal, definitely worth the work so far. I am thinking of stocking it with rasboras (I'm thinking harlequin, I have them in my smaller office tank and I really like them - had a couple other kinds suggested in another thread, checked them out, but still like the harlequins best). I would also like cardinal tetras and a few angelfish. I'm trying to decide whether I should add an additional type of fish, or if I would prefer to increase the number of rasboras and tetras. I've thought about a few different fish, and african dwarf frogs, but all of the other ones that I've thought about and plugged in to aqadvisor have come up with issues/incompatibility. i got the tank scrubbed out... will post pics when I can get some decent ones. I took a bunch of pictures periodically throughout the scrubbing process, but the pictures of the tank once I got it (almost) completely cleaned turned out fuzzy. I've got the leak test started... I looked online for different methods and found a bunch that suggested filling it in increments over a period of a few days so that's what I've started doing...I am slightly concerned about the seams along the top (starting from the top, and extending about 1/5 of the way down) because the silicone feels a little harder to the touch, but so far the tank is half full and no leaks yet. and... I don't think I'm ready for saltwater just yet... |
the stand has now been reinforced with some extra 2x4 muscle. There were some creaks that made me uncomfortable, and I also added supports across the middle in a couple spots. I also painted it shiny black. The leak test was ended prematurely due to the tank needing to be emptied and moved from where it was for awhile, so I'll do the complete check this weekend. Feels like this is taking forever from when I started, but really... it hasn't even been 2 weeks yet. Not too shabby progress when I think of the fact that I work full time and go to school at night. I'll pick up gravel on my lunch hour today, and a new filter... The one that came with the tank is missing some hoses, and for multiple different reasons I've decided on a filter that hangs on the side rather than a canister. So... tank will be cycling by the weekend. w00t! Couple more pics to show how the setup is looking so far... the white 2x4's are the ones I added. http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...y/IMG_1024.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...y/IMG_1023.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...y/IMG_1031.jpg |
very nice its coming along great!!!!!!!!! |
the stand looks like it could hold up the house :wink: |
thanks, bear! And yeah, the stand is pretty... um... rugged. I was paranoid because it creaked a bit, and I have a German Shepherd that chases our cat around and they run into things... so I thought, better to overdo it than to run the risk of it coming crashing down! |
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While Brimfield is an amazing place to pick up antiques and vintage home decor, it's also a great place to find decorating and do-it-yourself ideas. One of my favorite things to do while walking around the show is snap pictures of clever booth decorations or upscaled vintage items that I can replicate in my own home. So today I wanted to share some of my favorite ideas that are just waiting to be customized for something fun in your own home. I hope you'll enjoy these as much as I did; I'm already working on finding a zinc sheet to create a hanging plant wall like the image below. Hooray for old things inspiring new DIY projects . . . xo, grace
There's more Brimfield coverage here (what we bought), here (recreation trend), here (textiles), here (equestrian trend), here (lighting) and here (leather)
Image above: I've always loved framed swimsuits. It would be so adorable to frame tiny children's suits for a kids room.
Image above: All this giant iron bowl needed to become a great decoration was a pile of sand and some pretty candles. Great for a porch or backyard where you have room to gather around with drinks.
Image above: One of my favorite ideas — a perforated zinc tray turns into a vertical garden unit when you use twine to attach a vase. Would love to replicate this on a much larger scale with a huge wall.
Image above: This DIY idea gives a whole new meaning to the concept of "key chain." Hundreds of keys were piled on a wire to create this insane rope of keys. This would be incredible done in large scale as a wall decoration.
CLICK HERE for six more great DIY/decor ideas from Brimfield after the jump!
Image above: The Big Daddy's Antique booth was selling these phenomenal mirrors, which looked like they were made from old pie tins. Even if they weren't, this is a great DIY idea. All you need is a collection of inexpensive vintage pie tins and some mirrors cut to size. So pretty.
Image above: I love using letters to spell out fun words, especially when it's one like this that I say all the time.
Image above: I always enjoy pretty planter ideas. When wrapped in burlap, this growing tree finds a home in a huge wire basket.
Image above: Whiskey and alcohol bottles are often delivered in wooden crates with holes to keep the bottles spaced evenly (and to prevent breaking/clanking). Just the neck-hole portion was used here as a wall/backdrop for a booth, and it would be such a fun way to create a room-divider at home. Or maybe even a vertical garden with succulents tucked into the holes.
Image above: School maps are always popular home decor, but we saw a TON of astrological and planet charts this year, rather than traditional country maps. I'd love to see more moon/sun/star charts popping up in people's homes.
Image above: I'm obsessed with vintage display cases. Obsessed. I'm always hunting for the perfect one that I can use to house my jewelry at home. I'd always thought I would line it with a piece of colorful velvet, but this plaid-lined case is making me re-think my plan. I love how warm and homey this feels when lined with a rich red plaid.
The framed bathing suit is brilliant..although there's something missing when a piece of art (which this is) that's meant to be worn on a three-dimension is flattened out. It's almost as if the life were sucked out of it…Besides, I'd love to trace a pattern off at that suit, maybe even try it on!
i love your ability to see beauty in even the display cases! i wouldn't even have noticed it… thank you for sharing all these ideas!
LOVE LOVE LOVE thos e pie tin mirrors paired with those glass bottles!
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Great ideas! Thanks for the snapshots! Hoping to go to the next one in July!
Regarding the large-scale key decoration idea, have you seen Greenwich Locksmith? The outside is decorated with thousands of keys—pretty amazing. There are a ton of photos of it here: http://www.scoutingny.com/?p=3534
I think you're absolutely right about vintage display cases. So amazing and they'll never ever ever go out of style. You can always mix up what you have displayed as time goes by!
Also, really need to talk my grandmother into letting me have her vintage tea length wedding gown so I can have it framed and put in my office at home. Thanks for the pic of the bathing suit!
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I've always wanted a display case, too…for jewelry and my childhood gem collection and other found treasures. It's so annoying when I see them at antique stores marked "NFS"!
I love the framed bathing suit, the wall of plants, and the pie-plate mirrors. So adorable and creative!
Actually, I think the wood slats with the angled holes in them are riddling racks.
was just about to post the same link for greenwich keys – it's unbelievable in person!
The key decoration made me think of this sculpture in Prague: http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/the-key-sculpture-of-prague.html
lovely pics. What camera are you using, Grace?


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The trailer for Disney/Marvel's "Iron Man 3" debuts in mere days (Tuesday, October 23), which means, of course, something has to hit first, and that something is a teaser trailer, or perhaps more accurately, a 17-second trailer for the trailer. It doesn't reveal much, though it does show Pepper Potts in pain, potentially being tortured, which we suppose means she's finally part of the storyline in a more significant way. It also shows Tony Stark's latest Iron Man armor (mark 7? It's hard to keep up). The "Iron Man 3" synopsis was released late last week and it's as vague as humanly possible: Tony Stark is challenged, has to face secrets that have haunted him all along, blah, blah, etc. etc. Here it is if you're curious.
Marvel Studios' "Iron Man 3" pits brash-but-brilliant industrialist Tony Stark/Iron Man against an enemy whose reach knows no bounds. When Stark finds his personal world destroyed at his enemy's hands, he embarks on a harrowing quest to find those responsible. This journey, at every turn, will test his mettle. With his back against the wall, Stark is left to survive by his own devices, relying on his ingenuity and instincts to protect those closest to him. As he fights his way back, Stark discovers the answer to the question that has secretly haunted him: does the man make the suit or does the suit make the man?
Returing to the franchise, is (obviously) Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man along with Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts, Don Cheadle as James "Rhodey" Rhodes, and Jon Favreau as Happy Hogan. Additionally, Ben Kingsley, Rebecca Hall, James Badge Dale, Guy Pearce and William Sadler star as The Mandarin, Maya Hansen, Eric Savin, Aldrich Killian and Sal Kennedy, respectively. "Iron Man 3" hits theaters nationwide on May 3, 2013. This teaser should sorta hold you over until Tuesday.


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The banking world is littered with institutions that have paid astronomical fines for their failures around anti-money laundering (AML) legislation. Much has been written and said about these events. However one of the areas that has received perhaps less attention is the programs that banks and other financial institutions have set up to comply with the ever-growing increase in AML regulations. But just as crooks tend to follow the money, sophisticated lawbreakers, who tend to engage in crimes such as money-laundering will try and move their operations to business and industries with less robust protections around AML. That is why I found this month's article by Carole Switzer, President of the Open Compliance and Ethics Group (OCEG), in the June issue of Compliance Week, entitled "The Battle to Balance Vigilance and Suspicion", to be instructive for the anti-corruption/anti-bribery practitioner who typically focuses on Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) or UK Bribery Act compliance.
In the article Switzer makes clear that she believes that "the most effective AML programs are based on the understanding that financial institutions have an obligation to all of their stakeholders to remain vigilant about AML risks. Banks are not required to prove money laundering; rather they are required to strike the right balance in their vigilant reporting of suspicious activity." She recognizes that "banks must file a suspicious activity report (SAR) when suspicious activity arises. What qualifies as a suspicion often is a difficult question—as is the determination of whether or not to file a SAR." Yet Switzer also notes that "filing of too many (and/or incomplete) SARs can overwhelm regulatory agencies, reducing their ability to address genuine criminal activity" and that filing "too few SARs and a company can turn a blind eye to potential money laundering, opening itself and, in some cases, its top managers to significant penalties." I would posit that the dynamic tension would appear for any company; whether financial institution or other commercial operation. Hence, I believe that Switzer's thoughts can be used by a non-financial concern to help protect it from violation of US or UK AML laws.
As usual, Switzer has provided a road map to illustrate her thoughts, entitled "Suspicious Activity Investigation Lifecycle". In the diagram Switzer notes that it is important to understand each step in the lifecycle, so that a company can exploit "opportunities for technology and automation". Technology, coupled with the human element, which recognizes the signs of suspicious AML activity can help your company protect itself and "hear through the noise." She counsels that the "focus is to identify suspicious activity and report it, not to prove criminality; law enforcement will take it from there, blending your information with information from other institutions before making a decision on how to proceed." She lists the following four steps.
1. Triage – Switzer believes that "understanding and managing your inbound alerts can be an intimidating task. High alert volume and false-positives can abound, often at a 50:1 ratio (False/True)." A company should also focus on automated solutions that allow you to invest human capital into exception cases. Finally, remember to consistently review and modify the system until your organization can hear through the noise.
2. Investigation – As an investigation process can tax your resources, you should strive to ascertain that you are making the right inquiries documenting the process at every turn. Some of the questions that Switzer suggests you focus on include "Do you understand the context? Are your procedures applicable to the product used? How does the processing channel affect the investigation? What history does the customer or organization have with your institution? Are you truly investigating or just documenting?"
3. Action – After you have finished conducting research, obtained an understanding of the suspicious activity, its context, and the implications, Switzer advocates that this is the time to react. She believes that it is important to have a protocol in place. Some of her suggestions include placing the party on a continued Watch List, or you could "kick off your Enhanced Due Diligence cycle, or offboard the customer altogether." She notes that the key here is "expediently limiting risk and exposure and promptly notifying regulatory authorities." To which I would add: document, document, and document.
4. Feedback/Review – As with any process you need validation or 'a second set of eyes." Switzer proposes that you should review your actions and reports for accurateness. Some questions that you may wish to keep in mind are the following: "Was your investigation fruitful? What did you learn? Is our current process sound and comprehensive? Learning what you have done, how it has affected your risk profile, and how you have reacted is critical to ongoing success." A rigorous system would "constantly challenge assumptions and work to refine the process. Evaluate how your customers, products, and business are changing, and develop new scenarios."
Switzer notes some of the more common mistakes made include failure to document your compliance efforts and missing of key internal and external deadlines for reporting. She cautions against tipping off customers directly during the inquiry process or indirectly through sending questions to a third party which may convey such information. Finally, training is important so that any report which is generated is not of such poor quality, incomplete or overly vague as to be useless and miss important information.
As with other areas of compliance, there are best practices which are fairly well known. Switzer reminds us that your suspicious activity program should constantly challenge your ongoing assumptions and evaluate the accuracy of your program. You should regularly review and adjust thresholds amounts for such investigations and study new typologies. Tone at the top is key in the suspicious activity area of AML compliance so your company should create a culture of compliance, ensure the staff is aware and empowered to do the right thing. Your compliance program should incorporate ongoing monitoring and outcome analysis. Lastly, do not forget to train.
Most non-financial enterprises do not look at potential AML issues, certainly not as thoroughly as financial institutions. However, I believe that this may well be the next area that corrupt persons and parties will try to exploit from otherwise law-abiding entities. The time to prepare is sooner rather than later. Switzer has laid a protocol which you can implement and which can go a long way down the road to protecting your company.
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I always tell folks to watch and listen to their pets every day. You learn to see patterns in their behavior: how much they eat and drink; how much they sleep and when and where; how they breathe, at rest and after exertion. All of those things are clues to your animal's health. The best way to recognize when something is abnormal is to be familiar with what's normal. If you've got a hot dog or a heavy breather, here are some guidelines to help you determine if your pet is healthy or having problems.
Breathing is something we almost don't notice, in ourselves or our dogs. The body regulates breathing automatically, sending signals from the base of the brain down the spine to the muscles that control breathing, telling them to contract and relax on a regular basis. Breathing changes based on factors such as activity level, temperature, the presence of irritants or toxins in the air and emotions such as fear or anxiety.
Dogs at rest have a normal respiration rate of 10 to 35 breaths per minute. The average dog at rest takes 24 breaths per minute. To check your dog's respiration rate, count his chest movements for 15 seconds and multiply by four to get the total number of breaths per minute. Practice at home, when you and your dog are both relaxed, so you'll recognize quickly when something is wrong.
When a dog's respiratory rate is persistently high and can't be attributed to any of the above environmental factors, it can signal a health problem such as anemia, congestive heart failure or various respiratory disorders.
Shallow or slow breathing is also a concern. A dog whose respiratory rate has decreased markedly may be in shock. He could be in danger of not breathing altogether. This can be a result of a number of factors, including trauma (such as being hit by a car), poisoning or certain neuromuscular diseases.
Other signs of respiratory problems to be aware of are noisy breathing; difficulty breathing in or out; deep, forceful breathing; or coughing, especially a dry cough or one that brings up mucus or blood. Needless to say, any change in your dog's breathing may well be an emergency and warrants a trip to the veterinarian — stat!
The body functions normally at a given temperature range; this is true for humans and for dogs. A dog's body is set to a normal temperature of 100 to 102.5 degrees Fahrenheit. The average canine body temperature is 101.3. Puppies can vary a little outside these ranges. For instance, newborn pups have a body temperature of 94 to 97 degrees and may not reach normal body temperature until they are about a month old.
Dogs have an insulating layer of hair or fur to keep them warm when it's cold, but staying cool is more difficult for them. Unlike people, they don't have an evaporative cooling system of sweat glands but must release heat by panting. That's not very effective, so it's important to always provide your dog with cool water and shade when he's outdoors and to limit activity in the heat of the day. That goes double for short-faced (brachycephalic) dogs such as Bulldogs or Pugs, who can quickly die of heatstroke if they aren't kept in cool surroundings.


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2012-11-04, 10:04 | Link #1002 |
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This chapter was so amazing... I cant even describe it
Onodera looked really good in Juliet dress, but Chitoge... Its whole different level ;p Scene when she apeear first time in this dress was... Such grace... Chitoge will act like tsundere usually do after being honest with their feelings... Remember Toradora?;p But ofc they will still argue sometimes, their relationship just cant be peaceful ;p And its good too...
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Re: Chapter 50
Well that was a nice little chapter, though not much actually happened. I was fully expecting to be trolled again on the last page:
Ichijou: "I love you Juliet" Onodera: "And I love you.. Ichijou-kun.." Ichijou: "EH???" But thankfully the author didn't go down that road FOR THE TENTH TIME. As a fellow reader who has been irritated by Chitoge, and her continual unwarranted bitchiness: Yes! She has finally calmed down, and seems quite likeable now. ...though I still prefer Onodera.
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If their classmates have any misunderstandings about their personalities (more specifically, Raku and Tsugumi), I believe he's the main cause.
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This chapter is so nice.. we got a calm Chitoge (nice smile btw) and some Onodera moments. Also, it looks like there's still the night dance for the next chapter?
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So, caught up the last several chapters that I missed. The play arc was really, really good. Chitoge is no longer completely detestable and has finally really started to show her cute side. I dare say I can like a more tsundere Chitoge than the previous overly violent and obnoxious version. The fight between them was really well done, with some facial expressions that really showed what they were going through.
Felt horrible for Onodera, though. She's the typical manga nice girl who always gets screwed it seems. First Raku falls asleep, then she hurts herself... she's going to end up being the butt monkey of the story at this rate and I think she deserves better. At least Makina's misfortune is brought on by her own actions.
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Someone get me a tissue. My (other) Silver Fox, Dr. Drew Pinksy is super sick. I would have thought he caught the Hep C from one of his Pigpen-ish Celebrity Rehab patients **COUGH Leif Garrett Jason Davis COUGH**, but NO. My Dr. Dreamboat has been stricken with a nasty infection while on a second honeymoon with his wife, Susan.
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"Pinsky, who left on Jan. 8 for a second honeymoon with wife Susan at a "secret destination," came down with a case of Leptospirosis while away, according to his Twitter.
Following the honeymoon, which also celebrated the couple's 20th wedding anniversary, he tweeted, "Spent the night as a patient in the hospital. Seems I may have picked up Leptospirosis in the West Indies. This is just brutal."
Just look at how nasty Leptospirosis is, via Google Health:
Leptospirosis is a rare, severe, and contagious bacterial infection. Weil disease; Icterohemorrhagic fever; Swineherd's disease; Rice-field fever; Cane-cutter fever; Swamp fever; Mud fever; Hemorrhagic jaundice; Stuttgart disease; Canicola fever Leptospirosis is caused by exposure to several types of the Leptospira bacteria, which can be found in fresh water that has been contaminated by animal urine. It occurs in warmer climates. Risk factors include:
Leptospirosis is rare in the continental United States. Hawaii has the highest number of cases in the United States. Symptoms can take 2 – 26 days (average 10 days) to develop, and may include:
Less common symptoms include:
The blood is tested for antibodies to the bacteria. Other tests that may be done:
Medications to treat leptospirosis include:
Complicated cases will need supportive care. The outlook is generally good. However, a complicated case can be life-threatening if it is not treated promptly.
Contact your health care provider if you have any symptoms of, or risk factors for, leptospirosis. Avoid areas of stagnant water, especially in tropical climates. If you are exposed to a high risk area, taking doxycycline may decrease your risk of developing disease.
Dr. Dreamboat? Doctor, heal thyself — we NEED you!
So, in researching this nastiness, I found out something interesting. In 2000, my son Alex and I caught Salmonella B (which is not the same as food-borne Salmonella). Alex caught it first. We almost lost him; the doctors and gastro-specialists couldn't figure out what was wrong with him. He was 16 and lost 25 pounds in four days. I LIVED at the hospital, helping him with everything, because Lord knows I couldn't let the nurses assist my boy. I slept there and held his hand. It was truly horrifying. Finally, after test after test, the genius Dr. Sharma discovered what this devil of an illness was that had nearly killed my boy. It was a long, slow recovery for Alex.
Funny story: He was on a morphine drip, and felt the need to tell me EVERYTHING that he was pissed off at me about since he was a toddler. "Remember when you weren't on time to pick me up from Kindergarten and they were gonna put me on the BUS??" Jaaayzus. This went on for about an hour…and I just bawled my head off…mainly because there were far traumatic things he was angry about, and I'm thankful he TOLD me.
So then Mama caught it. But since the entire county was involved (not even kidding) in Alex's diagnosis, I was simply tossed in a QUARANTINED (read: HAZMAT SUITS!!) room and treated for six days. Mind you, I only lost five pounds. Psssssh. I cannot believe I just told all y'all about this grossness. So, yeah. Just know I spared you the REALLY disgusting details.
You're welcome.


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Some changes are likely on how buses and cars enter and leave a proposed new Byrnedale Middle High School, Toledo Public Schools officials said, after some residents last night protested an array of issues about the school.
Gary Sautter, assistant business manager for TPS, told about 40 residents living near the school that he expects he will delay for a month a hearing set for tomorrow asking approval for a special-use permit from the Toledo Plan Commission to erect the school.
The district plans to build the school directly behind the current Byrnedale Junior High School, then raze the older building after it temporarily houses students from elsewhere while other schools are built.
The delay will give school officials more time to get advice to design new traffic flows that separate school bus arrivals and departures from parents driving cars who drop off and pick up students.
"You are challenging us, but I will commit to you we are going to work at it," Mr. Sautter said.
School officials want to start construction next spring on the $9.3 million middle school at 3645 Glendale that will house students in sixth through eighth grades. A previous plan to bring only bus traffic to the new school from Schneider Road was a nonstarter with residents on that street who objected to the noise and fumes. All traffic now enters the narrow 15-acre site from Glendale Avenue.
The existing flow pattern is a nonstarter with school officials. Some 200 cars driven by parents now daily enter and leave Byrnedale Junior High. The school has 757 students. Three students hit by cars this school year suffered minor injuries.
Residents on Eaton Drive opposed another route allowing buses to circle school property behind their homes. Other objections involved the new school's two-story height that will block out afternoon sunlight for some residents along Eaton and the location of garbage dumpsters near their backyards.
Phyllis Nuber, an Eaton resident, tried to sound a diplomatic tone at a news conference urging school officials to consider alternatives to its current plan.
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There was a time when White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen was entertaining, must-hear TV. Flung into a world of sterile sound bites and PC-ladened non-comments, Guillen's honesty and take-no-prisoners approach to public speaking kept a nation starving for characters and truthful commentary begging for more. In the meantime, he also led the long-suffering Sox to their first World Series title in 88 years. Now, three years and a thousand tirades later, the act has grown stale and unwelcome as his managerial star continues to fade.
Guillen's most-recent four-lettered assault on professional conduct came last week when he aggressively whined to a reporter about the city's apparent disinterest in his underachieving team. He slammed Cub fans and anyone else who dared not bow before the mighty, sub-.500 Sox. In a 39-second clip that actually runs closer to 35 seconds in total rant time on ESPN.com, the White Sox manager is bleeped out 13 times - many of which were of double and even triple length - while quoting TWIB notes not often replayed on the Baseball Bunch like ... "@#*&! everyone. We're horse*#@!! and we're going to be horse*#@!! all our lives. No matter how many World Series we win, we are the $&*!# of Chicago. We are Chicago's $&*!#."
If Guillen's oral attacks were kept out of ear range within the clubhouse or limited to only undefined individuals or groups, the comments would be easier to ignore. However, since he continues to use the public platform that his position allows to crudely attack those he feels beneath him - which means everybody - or those who dare to question his seemingly self-imposed encyclopedic knowledge of the game, it's become intolerable. Just as Chicago-Sun Times columnist Jay Mariotti discovered in 2006.
After questioning in a column the handling of reliever Sean Tracey, who was demoted after refusing an order from his irate manager to hit a batter, Guillen responded with an all-too-typical tirade that contained more bleeps than the Flavor Flav celebrity roast. "What a piece of *#@!! he is. @#*&! F**!," he was heard to say.
Allow me to jump off track for just a moment.
Wasn't there a time when roasts were for those who accomplished something more than being involved in the nastiest reality show hookup in TV history? Granted, Flav was once a part of hip-hop royalty, but even in that role he served more as comic relief to Chuck D's thought-provoking lyrics and perfect delivery. Then again, Flav does deserve something beyond penicillin for his death-defying coital romps with Bridgette Nielson.
Back to the subject at hand. Even in his "apology," Guillen still managed to describe the columnist as "a piece of *#@!!" To be fair, Mariotti has had runins with others on the White Sox staff, and he has been criticized for what some feel is taking cheap shots at Guillen and other team members. Even if this was the case, Guillen has been way out of line in his criticisms of the columnist and anyone else who has raised his ire over the last few years.
Major League Baseball, fans, the media and especially Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf and general manager Ken Williams have not only put up with his egotistical raving, but have actually encouraged it with steadfast support. Reinsdorf once actually suggested that Guillen is a Hispanic Jackie Mason. After viewing Caddy Shack II, it appears that the owner may not be far off. Both come across more sad than funny.
Like the journalists, fans and corporate sponsors who flock to John Daley telling him how fun-loving and interesting he is, Guillen's support has manifested itself into an addict's ignorance of responsibility where all fault always lies somewhere else. Baseball, though this would be a first, has to stand up and demand better behavior.
The league did add its two cents after someone displayed a few inflatable lonely hearts club love dolls with strategically placed bats in the locker room, but declined to address the topic of a manager who simply refuses to conduct himself in any sort of professional manner. For the record, the league did not come down on the Sox for their creative use of inspirational software, calling it a club matter, but at least they had an opinion.
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