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Our Nicaraguan tale continues in the thick of night with the downtrodden Zappas (Zapatera) mourning the loss of that gangly tribe adornment Sarita. The Cuddler (Steve), especially, will miss his stringy bedfellow. He liked staying up late with her and making dream catchers by the crackling campfire. She was a good lady with a big heart and now all that lies in her place is a beat up old briefcase called Julie. Julie is also sad that Sarita is gone, but she knows that getting rid of the weakest link, as well as buffing once a month with a soft cloth and leather cream, is the best move for her and her tribe right now. Meanwhile, Lawyer Dave reassures Rooster (Ralph) that there are no hard feelings about how he voted to which Rooster replied, "Yea'un I'n meanin' ta tawk to yer 'bout that." David swishes Rooster away and mutters, "Nah, it's cool man." The tribe then settles around the campfire with a heavy silence hanging overhead. They must win every challenge from here on out. Their numbers are dwindling and the thought of losing again makes The Cuddler want to cry into his cocoa. Maybe now with that cagey nuisance gone they can get down to business and start making things happen.
Over on Rhode Island (Redemption Island) a flaxen-haired beauty sleeps peacefully in his tiny bamboo cottage. He dreams beautiful dreams of rainbows and lilypads, butterflies and wildflowers, ladybugs and crucifixes only to be rudely awakened by that herky jerky rooster lady Sarita. "Hi Matt, it's Sarita", she crows. The Pretty Pony (Matt) smiles to himself as he knows this flighty squawk of a woman will be a piece of cake to beat in the Duel. Pretty Pony's only real concern is all the scary stories he's been hearing about Zappa. Do they worship the devil over there? Do they not go to church every Sunday? They're not Jews, are they?! These are things he needs to know. Sarita assures him that the tribe is lovely and full of amazing people. In fact, she's thrilled that she can share the magic that is The Cuddler, Rooster, Mike and Leather Lady with Pretty Pony. Pretty Pony is a good kid and if she can help him out by setting him up with some of her sorority sisters then she's glad to help. The Pretty Pony absorbs the info he's been given and wonders to himself how to use it. Does he realign with Omarion (Ometepe) or does he use this information to make a big move and create a new alliance? You could almost see the little angel and devil sitting on the pony's shoulders. This is a terrific inner struggle for him of biblical proportions. He's been sent to play Survivor by the man upstairs *points to sky* and the last thing he wants to do is let Him down. Maybe this is all a test. Maybe switching sides isn't really a sin. Or maybe loyalty is the greatest gift of all. Oh why can't there be a Book Of Probst in the New Testament? It could go right after Acts and before Epistles. There's room. Just jam it on in there.
While the Pretty Pony slept fitfully wondering what Purgatory is like, Omarion slept like champs and greeted the next day with a new spring in their steps. Boston Rob retrieves the tree mail and the entire tribe is instructed to attend the Duel that day. Phillip runs to light the Merge signal fire while the rest of the tribe sits in quiet contemplation and sighs. It's Merge time. They have to pack, Rob has to make sure everyone's microchips are functioning properly, he has to see that Phillip gets dressed, lots to do, lots to do. Phillip, on the other hand, thinks that packing is for suckers. He got a message from Langley on the coconut wireless earlier that morning and his handler said that everyone would move to Omarion. The handler also told him to "Beware the frog people. Iceman cometh. The data on the MiG is inaccurate." Sooo yeah, whatever. In the end, Phillip concedes that Rob might be right about packing and off he scampers to collect his aresenal of twigs and shells.
Over on Zappa, the same tree mail message is received. Lawyer Dave mumbles, "Merge" while Mike goes into the war room and begins making plans. Up until now, Mike has been a flatlining piece of flesh in combat boots, but upon hearing the word "Merge" he springs to life and starts to say things like "targets", "sink my teeth into", "go toe to toe", "take that guy out". Well, it's about time Captain. Better late than never I guess. Mike has a mission now and that mission is to take out Boston Rob. *snickers to self* Good luck with that. This isn't Iraq son, this is Survivor. Enemy combatants are all around you on a daily basis. You can't peace pipe your way through half the game and then suddenly decide to play. On second thought, if you team up with Phillip Sheppard and start running military drills on the beach I might reconsider my opinion of you. I'm just not sure which one of you will be Goose and which one will be Maverick. I'll think about it and chew you an answer later.
On Rhode Island, the Pretty Pony is injured. *clutches pearls* He was out frolicking in a meadow earlier with his mane billowing behind him and he got a pebble stuck in his hoof or something. I'm not exactly sure what went down (stigmata), but the pony's tootsie is bleeding and we need a rainbow band-aid up in here stat! Like any good soldier of God, the Pretty Pony puts on a brave face and prepares to battle whatever sin might leap in front of him. Sarita, on the other hand, is off in some corner smoking the cheeba telling us that she thinks she's a worthy opponent. Whatever you say sister. And don't bogart that when you're done with it. Pass it around.
The competitors enter the arena and are surprised to see the stands full of all sorts of dirty people. That battered book binding Julie waves to Sarita while Rob sits in silence with a worried look on his face. Dimples drops a bombshell and tells the players that the winner of this Duel will reenter the game. The Pretty Pony is beside himself with joy. He looks up to heaven with a wink and a smile and in that moment a rainbow shot out of the sky and a baby chick learned to fly. Meanwhile Sarita began twirling to the Blues Traveler song in her head while Rob fidgeted uncomfortably with his baseball cap. Pretty Pony reentering the game is the last thing Rob wants right now. The possibility of defection is high and Rob already has his hands full with Phillip. Just this morning Phillip stumbled over one of his own trip wires and got his ankle caught in a bear trap he made out of sharpened oyster shells. It took all three girls and Grant to wrestle the behemoth free. It was getting Phillip to stop kicking that was the biggest challenge. With shit like that going on everyday, worrying about what the Pretty Pony is up to might be too much for Rob to handle.
Ok, so for today's Duel, players will brace themselves up against two walls while their bare feet are perched on very narrow footholds. Every fifteen minutes, they'll move to an even smaller foothold. The last person left standing will reenter the game and continue their quest to win a million dollars. Are you kidding me? The pony cuts his foot and the Duel is a challenge all about feet?! Is Jesus napping again or something? Either God really is testing Matt or the devil is playing a magnificent trick right about now. All I know is there's a parable in there somewhere. Survivors ready, go.
Pretty Pony and Sarita take their spots and all I'm thinking is, "That Care Bear band-aid better hold!" Sarita closes her eyes and The Cuddler burbles from the sidelines, "Zen, Sarita." The first round goes by rather painlessly and the players descend to a smaller foothold. Mascaroni (Andrea) takes a deep breath, furrows her brow and watches in a panic. I knew in that instant that her love for the Pretty Pony was still there. You just don't get over a blonde Adonis that quickly. Impossible. It's here that Dimples, for God knows what reason, asks Phillip to give some insight into the challenge. With one lick of his lips, we are then treated to a 22 minute lecture on The Prosciutto Code. I'm pretty sure Phillip meant to say "Bushido", but it came out "Prosciutto" and that was all kinds of awesome. We learned fascinating things about warriors and melons and how a hint of prosciutto in a bolognese adds a robust flavor to the sauce. There was something about a samurai cutting himself across the abdomen and I smiled to myself knowing he was talking about seppuku. Seppuku is a ritual suicide meant to restore a failed samurai's honor. It's a deed of bravery and I wondered to myself if Phillip could ever be so brave to bless us all with his own seppuku. I know everyone else on his tribe was thinking it - eyes rolling, mouths giggling.
Eventually, Dimples has to interrupt The Prosciutto Code and the players are instructed to take another step down to the third and final foothold. That ottoman Julie cracks her face and tells Sarita, "Zen, baby." and I wondered to myself what's up with all this Zen talk. I'm about as Zen as a vat of Dexedrine. Peacefulness of mind is not something I'm familiar with. To me, "Zen" means an uncomfortable mattress, some calligraphy on the wall and a distinct lack of couches. I just don't get it. Anyhow, Sarita zens her way into leaning to one side while Pretty Pony keeps adjusting his foot. His little tanned tootsie comes off the perch at one moment and I covered my face with my hands shouting, "No! It can't end this way!" Thankfully, it didn't end that way and he regains his composure. The Zappas begin to get more vocal in cheering on Sarita so Phillip decides he'll pipe up and cheer for Pretty Pony. I wanted everyone to shut the hell up so I stuck some cotton candy in my ears and waited for someone to fall. It turns out I didn't have to wait long. Sarita bit the dust and PRETTY PONY STAYS ALIVE!!! *glitter falls from the sky*
Sarita is bummed, but who cares? It's Merge time! Dimples tosses the players their new fancy buffs and everyone claps and cheers. Pretty Pony makes his way through the crowd shaking everyone's hand while Mascaroni lurks a few feet behind him waiting for her kiss. They finally embrace and it was very sweet. Mascaroni blushes and giggles while Pretty Pony gives her a good squeeze. Now, in 9 short months we'll have a baby Mascapony. Cute! But let's not get caught up in romance. Dimples has another bomb to drop. Beginning with the next Tribal Council, Rhode Island starts again. Oh for fuck's sake. Enough with Rhode Island! I don't want it anymore. It takes away from all the good camp drama. Between Rob and Phillip getting all the air time, I hardly know anything about any of the other players. I mean, does Grant even speak English? He could be from Finland for all I know. And what's the deal with Natalie? Does she do anything other than guard the crispy? Rhode Island was fun while it lasted, but I think we're at a point in the game where we can ditch it.
So, all the castaways arrive at their new camp to find an enormous feast awaits them - chicken, fruit, prosciutto (!), wine, beer, nuts. Phillip grabs the bottle of white and pours the whole thing down his throat. Grrreat. Phillip drunk is all this new tribe needs right now. He's probably a frisker. I'm a flirty knee grabber, but I'm pretty sure Phillip is an inappropriate groper. I shudder to think of the airline pat down he'd give the Pretty Pony. All that's left to do now, besides build an entirely new shelter, is name the tribe. Rob suggests Murlonio as it means "united from the sea" in Spanish. I scratched my head and said to no one in particular, "No, it doesn't". My Spanish isn't perfect, but I know Murlonio isn't a word. Sounds more Italian than Spanish anyways. It turns out I was right. Murlonio means nothing at all. Murlonio just happens to be the name of one of Amber's stuffed animals. Naturally, my next question is: why the hell does Amber have stuffed animals? Rob didn't say they were for his kids. He distinctly said, "Amber has all these stuffed animals." Interesting. Anyhow, that sofa cushion Julie looooves the name and a new tribe is born: Murlonio.
After the meal, the tribe dutifully gets to work on building the new shelter. The hammers are whacking, Rooster is lugging beams around, Phillip is building a moat to protect the fortress from enemies... you know, typical shelter stuff. Pretty Pony and Mascaroni work on one part of the shelter together. They touch each other's arms, screw in some screws and make googly eyes at one another. Lurking in the background is Mike. Covered in camoflauge he sits in a nearby bush and wonders how to woo Pretty Pony for himself. Mike is ready to make a big move and Pretty Pony is the key to making it happen. Under the guise of collecting water, Mike snags Pretty Pony and pitches him the idea of flipping and bringing Mascaroni with him. He'll even protect them with the Rooster's Immunity Idol if he has to. Mike makes a very appealing offer saying that he's even willing to vote off members of his own tribe to make it to Final Four with Pretty Pony. Pretty Pony's interest is piqued as he knows he can no longer play this game passively like he did before. He needs to pray on it though before making any decisions. He's 99.9% sure that "Thou shalt not betray one's own tribe" isn't a commandment, but he's gonna look it up anyways and double check.
Night falls and it's a rainy thundery mess. Omarion is nestled cozily together underneath a tarp while Zappa sits in the rain and looks on with envy. The Cuddler's hair is getting all wet and Julie's skin is beginning to pucker. You know what water does to leather, don't you?! Anyhow, Mascaroni and Pretty Pony have stolen away into the night to reacquaint themselves with one another. Mascaroni swears she didn't know about Pretty Pony getting voted out while Pretty Pony assures her that she's his closest ally. He tells her how wants to make a big move and get rid of the Omarion tribe. First, he wants to vote out The Cuddler so as not to arouse suspicion. Then, he wants to get rid of Phillip because, you know, Phillip's a freak. THEN, he wants to blindside Rob. Mascaroni gasps and is all like, "Oh my god, oh my god!" Pretty Pony reprimands her and tells her to calm down and I knew in that instant that Pretty Pony is one of those Christians who likes his woman at home with the kids and not serving up any lip. Alexis Bellino's husband flashed before my eyes and I gasped in horror. Could it be that this glitter-filled image I've created of Pretty Pony is all but a dream? Is his hair really not made of spun gold? Will he bless the Mascapony every morning before he leaves for work? I feared for Mascaroni in that moment. It would be a pity if she turned into a giant boobed duck-lipped robot.
The next morning we find Mike reading the gospel of Matthew from Pretty Pony's bible. Really, dude? Can you be anymore transparent? As a cynical person who hates almost everyone, I would have taken one look at Mike and laughed in his face. Pretty Pony, however, is a nice person without a suspicious bone in his body. He laps that bible reading shit up and the two begin to talk about how Jesus fasted for 40 days and 40 nights and how Survivor is almost 40 days long. *sigh* Pretty Pony is a strapping young buck, but he's not Jesus. He never was Jesus and he never will be Jesus. If Jesus had anything to do with Survivor, do you really think Richard Hatch would have won the first season? No. Hell no. Someone light and fluffy would have won and it would have been a travesty. Look Pretty Pony, you're a sexy guy, but God did not put you on Survivor. I know how it is to read something and think it pertains to you. When I read Interview With A Vampire, I was convinced vampires were stalking me. I was morally conflicted just like you. Could I really kill people to feed my insatiable appetite for blood? Probably. A girl has to eat you know, but that doesn't make me a bad person does it? Come to the dark side, baby. Leave all that Sunday school stuff behind and let me dress you in leather pants and get you a tattoo. Can you play guitar cuz that would really be a bonus?
While all this religion stuff was going on, Rob was observing from a few feet away and shaking his head. He has nothing against God, but he doesn't like it when he sees a group of people together with a common interest. I feel the exact same way about fraternities and Mormons so I totally get it. Rob knows how this game works and anytime a pair or a group forms, it has to be broken up as quickly as possible. He doesn't care what they're bonding over. It could be romantic comedies or oreo cookies. The problem is that they're bonding and that can't happen. Since Mike looks like the ringleader, Rob makes a note to get him out if he loses Immunity.
This brings us to the first Individual Immunity Challenge of the season which I love because endurance challenges are always great fun. For this challenge, Survivors will stand perched on a log while balancing a ball on a wooden disk. At regular intervals, more balls will be added making it more difficult. If any of your balls fall, you're out of the challenge. Last person left standing wins Immunity and is safe at Tribal Council. Survivors ready, go!
The challenge begins and right out of the gate Phillip is shaking on his log. His ball almost topples over the side of the disk, but he recovers it and says, "I got rhythm baby!" As I interpreted that to mean something sexual, I scooped my eyeballs out with a rusty spoon and swallowed them whole. Gross. Phillip, not my eyeballs - those were tasty. A little MAC eyeliner with some salt and pepper. Yummy! With only 15 seconds left in the first round, Julie's wallet of a body begins to fold upon itself and she falls off her log.
Round 2 begins and one of Lawyer Dave's balls makes a run for the border. While he's arguing it back into place, Assley drops her balls and is out of the game. Lawyer Dave made some very convincing arguments, but they were overturned as his balls fall too and he's outta there. A breeze begins to pick up on the beach and one of Rooster's balls clucks it way to the edge. He manages to keep it on the disk as round 2 ends.
We're now in Round 3 and this time there's no time limit. It's whoever lasts the longest. Survivors add 3 balls to their disks and like that one time I tried waitressing, Mascaroni's tray topples over spilling all of her drinks. Grant and his creepy black toes fall next while Mike stands lifeless and unflinching. I knew he didn't have a pulse! The wind picks up a little and out goes Pretty Pony, Rob and Phillip one right after the other. It's down to Rooster, Natalie, The Cuddler and Mike. One of Rooster's balls makes it's way to the edge and Rooster whistles at it to get back to the center. That whistle may do wonders for a goat or a cow, but it does nothing for balls and Rooster is out. The Cuddler goes next and now it's just Mike and Natalie. Out of nowhere a fly lands on one of Mike's balls. It must have been one of those evil mischievous flies because it pushed Mike's ball all the way over the edge and NATALIE WINS IMMUNITY!!!
Meanwhile, out on a cliff sits Rob and Pretty Pony. They're enjoying the view, feeling the breeze on their faces and simply relaxing. Pretty Pony begins to talk about how he's learned a lot from the game and that devil part inside of me said, "But you haven't been in the game!" Shhh Devil Colette, shhh. Then Pretty Pony tells us that he knows Survivor is a game, but he wants to honor his God and, for some reason, turning on Omarion offends God. *sigh* Where is the bible passage that says that Pretty Pony? I demand to see it. I call bullshit. I began to flip through a bible I stole from a Marriot to find the passage that could have influenced Pretty Pony when all of a sudden I hear him laying out Mike's entire plan to Rob and admitting that he considered joining Zappa. I thought maybe I still had some cotton candy stuck in my ear, but no, I was hearing correctly. Rob smiles and nods his head, but inside he's buying Matt a one-way ticket back to Rhode Island. And just when you thought it couldn't get any worse, Mascaroni approaches and Pretty Pony tells her - in front of Rob! - that he came clean and decided to stay with Omarion. *smacks self in head* So, not only has he made an incredibly dumb move for himself, but now he's unwittingly dragged Mascaroni down with him. Mascaroni is furious and rightly so.
Rob wastes no time gathering up the troops and telling them they're voting out Pretty Pony again. Natalie giggles at the thought of him back at Rhode Island, but you know what? I think that might be the best place for him. He seems to flourish there. He'll get a house all to himself, plenty of prayer time and none of this pesky sinful Surivor stuff to get in his way. Everybody loves him and no one wants to hurt him, but I think it's best we admire the Pretty Pony from afar. He's lovely and majestic and all that, but he should be on the other side of the rainbow not in a stinky Survivor camp where evil lurks around every corner. He should be playing with balloons and streamers or some shit like that. Either Pretty Pony stays an innocent pony or he turns completely evil and becomes my pool boy. There can be no in between here. It's all or nothing.
Pretty Pony sees the rest of his tribe whispering without him and he begins to feel a little ostricized from the group. Mike loves that Pretty Pony is beginning to feel paranoid so he feeds on it and tells Matt again that he needs to cross over and bring Mascaroni with him. I can only imagine what's going on inside of Pretty Pony's head right now. He's too innocent for these sorts of shenanigans. These people are destroying his rose-colored view of the world. Good and evil is becoming a giant mash up of "Huh?". Hot and cold are now just lukewarm. Black and white is an ugly grey. I can literally see the sparkle leaving his eyes as he prepares to wander this new confused, lukewarm, grey world. *tear*
Rob sees Pretty Pony getting an earful from Mike so he snags him away and they begin to work on the shelter together. Not wanting to lose any headway he may have made with Pretty Pony, Mike hands him a note while pretending to work on the shelter. The first chance he gets to slip away, Pretty Pony takes to the beach and opens the note, "Matt, vote for Grant and I'll take you to the Final 3." Then he waved it over his head and ran through the streets shouting, "I've got a golden ticket! I've got a golden ticket!" Oh Pretty Pony, never lose that magic.
And this brings us to Tribal Council. Rooster says that camp is really rough right now and Rob agrees saying that no one is talking to each other. Lawyer Dave bitches about getting wet while the Omarion peeps slept cozily under the tarp. Assley shrieks, "But we won the tarp!" and Lawyer Dave appropriately puts quotation marks around her "won". The cat is out of the bag as Lawyer Dave admits to throwing the challenge. Not wanting to shy away from a good warrior metaphor, Phillip chimes in saying, "That's the distinction between the two tribes..." Lawyer Dave cuts him off and laments, "Oh puh-lease." *giggles* Finally! Someone to call Phillip on his bullshit. I know Rob can't do it just yet, but I'm soooo glad someone else can do it.
Unphased, Phillip continues and we meet the parasitic sea. "There are some in that tribe like the sea *pause for effect* which can be beautiful and glorious (Julie, clearly). As you know when it recedes outward it sometimes leaves a stench! (yes, exclamation point) You know that it's probably carrying something parasitic and therefore you don't want to approach it. Prosciutto, Francreepyesca, federal agent." Omarion bursts into a gaggle of giggles while the Zappas look on horrified. Keep in mind, this is probably their first major Phillip non sequitur. It's a big moment in anyone's life. I know it was in mine. It's like the first time you got drunk or had sex... you never forget it.
Dimples turns the focus to Pretty Pony and he's so precious, isn't he? He laughs at his own jokes and says that life was so much easier on Rhode Island. The rest of the group was silent and I shifted uncomfortably in the awkwardness of the moment. Mike steps in and says that Pretty Pony is the man in the middle. Rooster says he's the man you want on your side. It was sweet the way they stuck up for him, but they don't want Matt for Matt. They want him as a number. The poor pony has been gone for so long that he doesn't have any real friends on either tribe. Let's end this misery and get to the vote. If anyone wants to play the Immunity Idol... "Yeah'un Jayff ah wan pley't on Mahk." OK so any votes for Mike will not count. No one voted for Mike, but six others voted for Pretty Pony and it is with a tinge of sadness that I say... Pretty Pony is the 8th person voted out of Survivor: Redemption Island. :-(
So, what did you guys think of last night's episode? Are you sad the Pretty Pony is gone again? Are you surprised Mike has a pulse? Don't you think Julie would make a fetching leather coat? Comment it out bitches and have a great day!


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From MeritBadgeDotOrg
A letter to new sysops
The following is directly out of an email I sent to the first volunteer sysop for this web site. It's applicability will change over time and therefore it (and this very sentence) will need to be edited in the future:
Thank you for volunteering. Your help is much appreciated. Considering this is all new to me as much as it is to anyone else, we will be learning together what our respective jobs are. Here are my thoughts so far on the sysop position.
Sysops are the English teachers of the web. People write stuff in the wiki. Sysops correct it. Corrections can come in many forms: cleaning stuff up (grammar, capitalization, punctuation), changing the context (no first person, few opinions), and outright removal (if needed). The sysops also provide materials of their own and encourage others to do the same.
You should note that I thought of and wrote the above in response to a question from the forums sysops on MeritBadge.net. One of them noted the following:
- "Adding content (being an active, enthusiastic supporter) is not the same as editing content (for style, clairty, etc.), administrating content (reverts, deletes, etc.), or administrating users (mediator, discipline, etc)."
And they are absolutely right. I'm not expecting every sysop to do it all are even to be capable of doing it all. Every sysop will contribute in ways best suited to them. I was just trying to provide a full picture of the task at hand.
So how do you accomplish the above? I have found the key to this is using a special page on the system called "Recent changes." You'll have to play with it to see what all it is capable of but it certainly makes seeing what others have done a lot easier. One thing I learned about this page is that it's best to start with the newest edits first. If you start with older edits, you will actually end up destroying the work of any edits on that specific page that came after the one you are working on. And that's exactly what I did. The funny thing is the other person's edit stayed on the "Recent changes" page even though my edit destroyed their work. When I got to their edit, I found out they had essentially done exactly what I did so we both did the same work twice.
Now a few words about Patrolling. You will note when you use the "Recent changes" page that some page edits will have a red exclamation point ( ! ) in front of them. This indicates that the page has not been patrolled by a sysop. (Note that anything written by a sysop is considered automatically patrolled.) Any page that has not been patrolled will have a link at the top that says [Mark as Patrolled]. Once you've reviewed the page and you are certain it is fine and needs no further review, just click the link and that page will no longer have the red exclamation point in front of it on the "Recent changes" page. (Only sysops can patrol).
Another important special page is the "Gallery of new files." If people upload files and images that do not belong on our web site, they will show up on this page, the newest uploads being right at the top where they can quickly be reviewed and deleted if not wanted.

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The Perfect Purse
243 comments:
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Anna, you look so chic in this white dress!!!! I adore the first picture!!!ReplyDelete
You are a beauty! Really. Wow! Love the earrings and shoes! Just perfect!ReplyDelete
Char xo
fabulous shoes!ReplyDelete
Such lovely photos and these bags are great- thanks for sharing this!ReplyDelete
Be Frassy
that is a great bag but for me the spotlight of the outfit are your heels...flip they're great!!!ReplyDelete
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great piece!ReplyDelete
love the dress!
Love that bag. It truly is a forever bag. A trip to check out there collection is definitely in order. Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
Vonae Deyshawn
Youre making me drool for spring! Im in love with your shoes and the flowi-ness(is that a word?) of your dress :) Have a great day!ReplyDelete
what a gorgeous outfit!! Love your accessories too!!ReplyDelete
Beautiful bag!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 7, 2012 at 6:28 AM
Lovely! Love everything about this outfit!!!ReplyDelete
this outfit is so sweet! love the heels and the dressReplyDelete
The dress, the shoes, the bag, the flower...LOVE IT! You're style is so effortlessly chic!ReplyDelete
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i love it this is a nice outfit !ReplyDelete
you look great! all the bags look pretty!ReplyDelete
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Thanks for stopping by my blog and following! So glad you found me because I am loving yours. Just gorgeous! Nice to meet you :o)ReplyDelete
you look so gorgeous!!ReplyDelete
I just love those heels way too much!ReplyDelete
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You look beautiful! Love the outfit, and that is a fabulous purse!ReplyDelete
The bag is gorgeous but beyond affordable to us casual fashionistas. Did you say you "received it" as a gift... splashed savings or was this their promotion? ;-)ReplyDelete
Your dress and the bag is a perfect match! So obsessed now. xoxoReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 7, 2012 at 7:22 AM
love these photos, great dress and bagReplyDelete
You look lovely and I adore those shoes and that ring!ReplyDelete
Your whole out fit is fab as always! Your bag is simply amazing though. I am still on the search for my favorite handbag. Love the tan bag with the pocket! I hope you'll check out my blog sometime!ReplyDelete
XO Kelley
Love your whole out,and your bag super cute.ReplyDelete
I love your hair in this post. Simple and so chic. The Flower is perfect and the dress and purse are stunning.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 7, 2012 at 7:35 AM
I want your shoes.ReplyDelete
The purse is really pretty :) Love your turquoise earrings too!ReplyDelete
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Love the dress, so pretty! XoReplyDelete
The bag is just wonderful! and you look gorgeous!! :)ReplyDelete
thank you for your super nice comment sweetie :D
Obsessed with the "Belt Bag" so chic! Love your outfit! Super cute!ReplyDelete
The bag is fabulous and you are looking gorgeous! The dress is beautiful too. :) xoxoReplyDelete
Awww you look stunning! Your hair is so adorable and I love your dress paired with those heels. And that is definitely a great bag :)ReplyDelete
THAT. DRESS. IS. SIMPLY. AMAZING!ReplyDelete
The shoes, dress, accessories are all so beautifully put together.. Gorgeous as usual Anna :o)ReplyDelete
what a beautiful forever bag!! I am so jealous--gorgeous!! Love the shots!ReplyDelete
I love your blog - it is really inspirational.ReplyDelete
I like your dress+bag! :) Very elegant! Thank you for leaving a comment on my blog!ReplyDelete
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Beautiful! what a great sense of style!ReplyDelete
like your blog!ReplyDelete
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Love that bag, so pretty!ReplyDelete
That bag is amazing.ReplyDelete
- StacycooksMarch 7, 2012 at 9:25 AM
Love the bag and the shoot. I must get this dress. So incredible and girly.ReplyDelete
you look stunningReplyDelete
loving that bag! and that dress is so perfect. I think I may have to purchase it! lolReplyDelete
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love the hair and all the bling adore the bag shoes beautiful!!!! but the shades don't really go with anything and the shoes don't match the dress and the dress is a little to wide for you!! that's just what i think but i love all the outfits you have done this one just not your style!!ReplyDelete
I'm pretty happy with my LV speedy bag as my "perfect purse" but I'm still on the hunt for the perfect bag for school, I'm thinking something like Kipling's Adara Tote in Sapphire Green or Sporty Blue :) I adore your dress and hair style Anna! Stylish as ever, I need to start looking for better places to take my pictures, I love your setting at the Grove ;)ReplyDelete
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That indeed is the perfect bag and you look perfect in your almost all white attire with a hint of lemon in the headpiece and a touch of mint in your ears!ReplyDelete
you look so pretty! i love your dress and the shoes!ReplyDelete
I just love everything about this look!ReplyDelete
Your hair looks gorgeous and that dress is just perfect!
And I love the location of the pictures!
Love, Jennifer
LOVE!!! That bag is great! LWD yes please! another pretty post!!!ReplyDelete
love it! the shoes are awesome too!ReplyDelete
That bag is gorgeous! I know what you mean about a forever bag though, I feel the same way! I have a couple I love. Hopefully you can stop by my blog :) :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 7, 2012 at 10:14 AM
You look GORGEOUS.ReplyDelete
That really is a brilliant choice for a forever bag, your whole outfit looks perfect.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 7, 2012 at 10:39 AM
You look so beautiful, I love your dress!ReplyDelete
Awesome bag and you look fab as always!ReplyDelete
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Very stylish and love the clutch from the bag label!ReplyDelete
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I am in love with your dangly earrings! xo NikkiReplyDelete
Stunning! Love this outfit from head to toe!ReplyDelete
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love the purse, the shoes, the jewels, and the dress :)ReplyDelete
Don't you look amazing in that pretty white dress? Perfect heel choice, so cute!ReplyDelete
You look great! Im obsessed with those shoes especially! Where did you get them from?ReplyDelete
This is the perfect purse. And the perfect outfit. Very much in love with this post.ReplyDelete
Great flowy dress, adore the sequin detail.ReplyDelete
SO funny, I just wore a white chiffon dress with a sequined collar. Loving yours too!! Great post, my dear!ReplyDelete
I love your dress!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 7, 2012 at 1:05 PM
I love that burgundy envelope style clutch with the coloured snakeskin and metal tabs! But I think the perfect thing in these pics is your LOVELy dress!ReplyDelete
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reminds me of the steal version :)
I like all the purses but I love your dress the most.. you're beautiful! xoReplyDelete
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xo, -Elizabeth
- AnonymousMarch 7, 2012 at 1:28 PM
I love love love your dress!ReplyDelete
So chic and beautiful outfit!! Love it :)ReplyDelete
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Fabulous look, Anna, I love your accessories once again so much :) and that bag really is perfect :) I'm searching for a perfect "investment bag" as we speak, but well, I'll find it soon enough. I hope :D take care! xoxo <3ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 7, 2012 at 2:28 PM
WOW, you incredible. This post is so beautiful.ReplyDelete
Love this post...the dress is stunning and the bag is to-die-for.ReplyDelete
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Wonderful outfit, I love the place too :)ReplyDelete
Estás preciosa, el vestido es fantástico. Besos desde EspañaReplyDelete
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I agree- perfect!!ReplyDelete
great outfit love the flower in your hair so pretty! love the bag wish i had one!ReplyDelete
So chic!ReplyDelete
Indeed, that purse is perfect! Love the outfit, especially the earrings,ReplyDelete
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Where. Did. You. >eye twitch< Get. Those. SHOES???ReplyDelete
I'm in love with this breathe taking outfit! I seriously love it!ReplyDelete
really like the bag and the dress is gorgeous.
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Hey Sweety thank you so much for your lovely comment! I didnt even know that you were reading my blog ;) I love yours! And I am obsessed with your shoes and the ring!! And those great pics make me miss Beverlly Hills :)ReplyDelete
Enjoy the great weather!
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the entire outfit is absolutely gorgeous! but that purse is stunning. love :)ReplyDelete
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You look beautiful! I love the dress and the flower in your hair is gorgeous.ReplyDelete
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I like your blog..ReplyDelete
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I love your whole outfit! I love the dress, shoes, and bag!ReplyDelete
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That is a great bag. I agree with you on a 'forever' bag. Every woman should have one!ReplyDelete
Love the dress and the bag...nice combo!ReplyDelete
You look amazing, I love everything about this look! Thanks for your lovely comment on my blog dear :)ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousMarch 7, 2012 at 9:35 PM
Love this look, so fresh and ready for spring! Also, I love your shoes! Where are they from?ReplyDelete
The bag is classy and you look so divine!ReplyDelete
Beautiful dress, very ladylike and sweet, marvelous ring and amazing bag!;)ReplyDelete
FABULOUS look! I'm especially lovin' that bag & those earrings! Stunning as always :)ReplyDelete
this is the sweetest outfit. you are so gorgeous!ReplyDelete
you look really sweet and fresh! nice handbag by the way =)ReplyDelete
You look so cute!ReplyDelete
I know this post is about he purse but man the shoes are to die for!!!!ReplyDelete
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How have I never heard of this brand before. The bags are so incredible. Love them. Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
Honestly, I've come back to this post like six times. lol. You look so incredible and that bag is so fab. You're such an inspiration.ReplyDelete
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Привет, Шенон! Я очень рада познакомиться. Буду следить за вашим блогом. Вы красавица!!!ReplyDelete
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Your blog is amazing, I am your new follower <3
Thank you for commenting on my blog! I took to time to read more about you,,and I am really happy that you commented on my blog so I found yours...ReplyDelete
It's a great story, and I love your blog!!
Really keep up the good work,,because I am sure that you've inspired a lot of people whith what you are doing!
Take care, and I'll check back from time to time!
Seu blog é muito chiq. vc é linda!!!!ReplyDelete
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I love ypur ring, your shoes, your bag... I love it all ;)ReplyDelete
You look gorgeous! I love it all! That dress is fabulous!ReplyDelete
Thank you for the lovely lovely comment on my blog! Now following =)ReplyDelete
I adore your house of harlow sunburst ring, especially because it's white! So not run of the mill =)
you look gorgeous!
omg i am soooo in love with your heels! ahh!! sooo beautiful!ReplyDelete
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Love those sunglasses!!!ReplyDelete
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wow I love the purse and the entire outfit... CUTEReplyDelete
What a gorgeous spring ensemble! Love the purse, your dress and those gorgeous earrings! Lovely!ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousMarch 8, 2012 at 11:10 AM
The purse is in deed really pretty! Love also all your jewels!ReplyDelete
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it really is a great bag. and great dress.ReplyDelete
So excited I found your blog, just love your style! Cheers!ReplyDelete
Great bag! I'm also on the lookout for a new one.ReplyDelete
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Beautiful hair. Love your colour and your style.ReplyDelete
Love that bag and your shoes!!ReplyDelete
This outfit looks comfortably flowy, but structured with the bag. Thanks for the inspiration.ReplyDelete
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You look amazing, gorgeous look !!!ReplyDelete
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Adore this outfit! It's sort of pre-weddingesque =)ReplyDelete
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Luckily, a gentleman by the name of Charlton Cheslewite without even knowing that i had no clue what to write about said this comic inspired just a divine fury in him that he simply must guest write about it. So, here is what he told me:
When you really think about it, all that happened was a few chemical and electrical processes that were happening a few minutes ago aren't happening any more. I don't see why you would find that so upsetting, officer. Maybe my knife in his chest had something to do with it, maybe it didn't. It was just some chemical and electrical processes anyway.
Oh hey folks. I didn't see you there, staring at your screens of lights. Potentially you might have been interpreting some vibrations using membranes and novel bone structures. I expect that you've already come across this xkcd comic. I often find it somewhat amusing. Not because I think it's funny, but because Carl's day seems like it was made marginally worse by having read it, hoping to find some sort of humor in it. But today it seems to have bothered me more than it bothered Carl.
Look, I don't know Randall Monroe. I probably don't like him, but I don't like most people. This doesn't stop most people from coming up with things that are kind of useful, new, or interesting.
This newest xkcd is none of those things. Firstly, the joke isn't something new or interesting. I've read lots of versions, but I first heard it on play grounds as a child. People would lose a game of kickball, and vindictively announce that it was just a bunch of dorks running around kicking a ball. And they are correct. School was just sitting around in a class, writing stuff or maybe listening. Jobs might just be picking up a phone, muttering things, and putting it down. Everything in the world is able to be reduced to banal and stupid sounding things if you are willing to try hard enough.
Mind you, that only really addresses the first two panels. I've seen some comments on here hoping that the last panel had some hidden message, some additional meaning. Some posters have even come up with ways in which this last panel was secretly where the joke was. But I believe that the simplest solution is the most likely. Randall didn't want to just use two panels and no alt text. So he came up with another panel a some random crap about his cat.
Oh, his cat. What the fuck did his cat have to do with anything? It added nothing to the comic. He really just felt there needed to be an alt text and had drawn a blank. On the other hand, this was my favorite part of the comic. One of my favorite things is having people I dislike telling me about them getting what they deserve. It's right below people I dislike getting what they deserve on the list of things I like, and right above olives. Hearing that Randall's life is so empty that he frequently talks to his cat, who, I assure you, doesn't give a shit, was the best part of the comic.
When I first started reading this comic, I had really hoped that the man just played with lite brites all day. The comic referred to the buttons he pressed, making clear that he wasn't that cool. Likewise, while the world would be better off if he did, we can conclude that Randall isn't that cool either.
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On Saturday, Wright's Restaurant at Leland Shopping Center will serve its last burger. The business, which has been a staple of Leland Shopping Center since the late 1950s, will close at least for the time being.
For more than half a century, Wright's Restaurant in Alberta has been known for its homemade biscuits, eggs and freshly made burgers.
But ask restaurant owner Barbara Deerman to estimate how many hamburgers have sizzled on Wright's grill, and her eyes widen.
"I would have no idea," she said. "We will go through 20 to 30 pounds of ground beef a day, and that's just at lunchtime. They're all 5-ounce patties that we weigh each of them ourselves in back."
Since 1981, Deerman has worked at the restaurant in the old Leland Shopping Center. She has owned the business since January 2008.
Her children and even some of her grandchildren have grown up with the business — one of the oldest continuing businesses in Alberta.
But on Saturday, Wright's Restaurant at Leland Shopping Center will serve its last burger, its last order of loaded hashbrowns full of ham, onions, peppers and cheese and its last side order of golden-brown fried onion rings.
The business, which has been a staple of Leland Shopping Center since the late 1950s, will close at least for the time being. It is one of the last businesses to leave Leland, which is being torn down to clear the land for new development — possibly a mix of apartments and retailing.
Leland, off University Boulevard is Tuscaloosa's oldest shopping center. In its heyday, the large strip mall was home to some of the city's top retailers.
In recent years, many of its storefronts have been vacant and boarded up. Then came the April 27, 2011, tornado that destroyed much of Alberta and severely damaged parts of the aging shopping center.
Deerman also lost the house she lived in for 26 years to the tornado. She has moved to a new home, but she said it still doesn't feel like home.
"This place is like a home to me, too," she said of the restaurant. "The people here (customers and employees) are all like family.
"I lost one home to the tornado and now I am fixin' to lose another."
Wright's Restaurant plans to relocate. Deerman said she bought a vacant lot next to Hopewell Baptist Church on Thursday. The new Wright's Restaurant will be built there and she said she hopes to have it ready to open in about three months. It will be a little bit bigger, and by being on University Boulevard, it will be more visible to motorists, which could help business.
"Right now, I have heard that a lot of people don't even know we are here," she said.
The new restaurant will have the same nine employees and some new faces, too, as it will be open weekdays until 8 p.m., she said. The old Wright's served only breakfast and lunch.
After Saturday, the restaurant's employees will remove the tables, the booths, the refrigerators, the hooded grill and even the stools with the crimson seats that line the counter where many folks regularly ate. Only the built-in counter with its worn-down laminated top will remain for the wrecking crew. Everything else will be stored until the new restaurant is built.
Deerman said the business started at its current location in the late 1950s. It originally was Doyle's Bakery and then became Wright's Bakery before becoming Wright's Restaurant, where she started working in October 1981.
She said her sister-in-law had been a waitress at the restaurant but quit to take a job at Wal-Mart.
"She said I should take the job and I started working here the same day I applied."
One of her granddaughters, Tiffany Deerman, who grew up an the restaurant, today works there as a waitress, Barabara Deerman said another granddaughter who is 17 and also grew up in the restaurant also wants to learn the business. Deerman said she will train her when the new restaurant opens but insists that her grandchildren finish their formal education before working full time.
Deerman said she has cried a little during the past few weeks as she thinks about leaving Leland, which has been so much a part of her daily life for decades.
"A lot of people have already come in and there's been a lot hugs," she said. "The people who come here are like family. Everybody knows everybody by their first name."
Come Saturday, things might start out as normal, she said. The restaurant's biscuit maker will arrive at 3 a.m.; the cook about a half hour later; and the rest of the staff will be there at least a half-hour before the doors open at 5 a.m. Typically, a lot of regular customers will be outside standing at the door waiting to get in.
On Saturdays, the restaurant opens just for breakfast, but Deerman said she thinks it will stay open a little longer this Saturday — maybe to noon or 12:30 p.m. as folks share their memories of an institution in Alberta. "At some point, it will be time for everyone to go home."


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Besieged by calls for Mitt Romney to reveal more about his financial and business records, the Romney campaign is making an aggressive push to turn the tables on the Democrats today, unleashing the campaign's feistiest surrogate, former New Hampshire Gov. John Sununu.
In a media blitz this morning, Sununu proved once again that he is willing to say just about anything to attack President Barack Obama, including suggesting that the President is a felon and that he doesn't understand America because of the years he spent in Hawaii and Indonesia.
Here are the most remarkable quotes from today's Sununu's rants:
From an appearance on Fox News (video below): "He has no idea how the American system functions, and we shouldn't be surprised about that, because he spent his early years in Hawaii smoking something, spent the next set of years in Indonesia, another set of years in Indonesia, and, frankly, when he came to the U.S. he worked as a community organizer, which is a socialized structure."
On a Romney campaign conference call: "I wish this president would learn how to be an American."
From an interview with New Hampshire talk radio:" He introduced the word felon into the discourse — can you imagine how not bright it is of him to do? In Chicago, felon and politician are almost synonymous."
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- 1. Do the following:
- a. Explain the precautions that must be taken when handling, storing, and disposing of resins, reinforcements, and other materials used in composites. Include in your discussion the importance of health, safety, and environmental responsibility and awareness.
- b. Describe what a material safety data sheet (MSDS) is and tell why it is used.
- 2. Do the following:
- a. Explain what are composite materials. Include a brief history of composites and how they have developed.
- b. Compare the similarities and differences between composites and wood, aluminum, copper, and steel. Explain the physical, electrical, mechanical, corrosive, flammability, cost, and other such properties. For each of these raw materials, give one example for how it can be shaped and used for a specific application.
- 3. Describe how composite materials are made. Then do the following:
- a. Discuss three different composite reinforcement materials, their positive and negative characteristics, and their uses. Obtain the MSDS for each one and discuss the toxicity, disposal, and safe-handling sections for these materials.
- b. Discuss three different resins used in composites, their positive and negative characteristics, and their uses. Obtain the MSDS for each one and discuss the toxicity, disposal, and safe-handling sections for these materials. Include thermoset resins and thermoplastic resins in your discussion.
- c. For each of the three resins you chose for requirement 3b, think of a new application that might be worth developing.
- 4. With your parent's permission and your counselor's approval do ONE of the following:
- a. Visit a company that manufactures or repairs products made with composites. Discuss what you learn with your counselor.
- b. Find three composites-related Web sites. Share and discuss what you learn with your counselor.
- 5. Do the following:
- a. Use composite materials to complete two projects, at least one of which must come from the Composite Materials merit badge pamphlet. The second project may come from the pamphlet OR may be one you select on your own that has been approved by your counselor in advance.
- b. With your counselor's assistance, find an appropriate site where the projects can be safely completed under your counselor's supervision and/or the supervision of an adult approved by your counselor who is knowledgeable about composites.
- c. With your counselor, determine how the finished projects will be evaluated. Using those guidelines, evaluate the completed projects with your counselor.
- 6. Find out about three career opportunities in composite materials. Pick one and find out the education, training, and experience required for this profession. Discuss this with your counselor, and explain why this profession might interest you.
External links
This merit badge was first shown at the 2005 National Jamboree.
Requirement resources
Project Ideas
Scouting-related projects:
- Walking sticks
- Silverware
- Plates
- Pots/pans
- Troop kitchen
- Water bottle
- Cups
- Fishing rod
- Kayak
- Canoe
Other projects:
- Surfboard
- Skim board
- Snowboard
- Skateboard
- Sled
- Model airplane or boat
- Signs
- Furniture
- Storage tank
External links
- MSDS List - Contains thousands of materials safety data sheets.
- Wikipedia: Composite Materials - Category:Composite Materials; contains a multitude of useful information on composites.
- Composite Material Key Concepts - Easy reading on composite materials. Suitable for low-level reading.
- Society of Manufacturing Engineers - SME's area for composites.
- ACMA's BSA Page - The American Composites Manufacturers Association's page for the Composite Materials merit badge. Great for merit badge research as it is directed towards Scouts.


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J, I couldn't agree more. You don't have an idea how sick I am of emailing/calling politicians and attending political hearings. I was hanging out with the guys who made SonicsGate the other night. We were talking about how it's been so long, that we nearly can't remember not having to do this stuff. All agreed that we can't wait to get together to attend games instead of all this crap. Ever since Clay Bennett bought the team, supporting the Sonics has been an entirely different ordeal. From Save Our Sonics to all this nonsense. It's worth it though. I'd have been doing the same if I was old enough back when the M's and Hawks both nearly moved. And sorry for the inconvenience. But you know that if this thread didn't exist, those silly soccer ones would just continue to dominate. What do you want, Duck threads? lol.
PS - Is it, "Win Fast, The Hard, Day Finish" or "Fast Win, Hard The, Finish Day"?
PPS - The first thing I think of when I read "Fast, Hard, Finish" isn't football. Especially when we're talking about college.


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ICD-10 Code T47.3X5D
Adverse effect of saline and osmotic laxatives, subsequent encounter
Valid for Submission
T47.3X5D is a billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of adverse effect of saline and osmotic laxatives, subsequent encounter. The code is valid for the year 2019 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.
|Short Description:
|Adverse effect of saline and osmotic laxatives, subs encntr
|Long Description:
|Adverse effect of saline and osmotic laxatives, subsequent encounter
Replaced Code
This code was replaced in the 2019 ICD-10 code set with the code(s) listed below. The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) has published an update to the ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes which became effective October 1, 2018. This code was replaced for the FY 2019 (October 1, 2018 - September 30, 2019).
- K59.03 - Drug induced constipation
Code Classification
- Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00–T98)
Code History
- FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016
(first year ICD-10-CM implemented into the HIPAA mandated code set)
- FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
- FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
- FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
Information for Medical Professionals
Code Edits
The Medicare Code Editor (MCE) detects and reports errors in the coding of claims data. The following ICD-10 Code Edits are applicable to this code:
- Unacceptable principal diagnosis - There are selected codes that describe a circumstance which influences an individual's health status but not a current illness or injury, or codes that are not specific manifestations but may be due to an underlying cause. These codes are considered unacceptable as a principal diagnosis.
Convert T47.3X5D to ICD-9
The following crosswalk between ICD-10 to ICD-9 is based based on the General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS) information:
- V58.89 - Other specfied aftercare (Approximate Flag)
Present on Admission (POA)
T47.3X5D is exempt from POA reporting - The Present on Admission (POA) indicator is used for diagnosis codes included in claims involving inpatient admissions to general acute care hospitals. POA indicators must be reported to CMS on each claim to facilitate the grouping of diagnoses codes into the proper Diagnostic Related Groups (DRG). CMS publishes a listing of specific diagnosis codes that are exempt from the POA reporting requirement.
CMS POA Indicator Options and Definitions
|POA Indicator Code
|POA Reason for Code
|CMS will pay the CC/MCC DRG?
|Diagnosis was present at time of inpatient admission.
|Diagnosis was not present at time of inpatient admission.
|Documentation insufficient to determine if the condition was present at the time of inpatient admission.
|Clinically undetermined - unable to clinically determine whether the condition was present at the time of inpatient admission.
|Unreported/Not used - Exempt from POA reporting.
The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:
- Lactulose adverse reaction
- Mannitol adverse reaction
- Osmotic diuretic adverse reaction
Information for Patients
Drug Reactions
Also called: Side effects
Most of the time, medicines make our lives better. They reduce aches and pains, fight infections, and control problems such as high blood pressure or diabetes. But medicines can also cause unwanted reactions.
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- Drugs and food, such as statins and grapefruit
- Drugs and supplements, such as ginkgo and blood thinners
- Drugs and diseases, such as aspirin and peptic ulcers
Interactions can change the actions of one or both drugs. The drugs might not work, or you could get side effects.
Side effects are unwanted effects caused by the drugs. Most are mild, such as a stomach aches or drowsiness, and go away after you stop taking the drug. Others can be more serious.
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- Angioedema (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Drug allergies (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Drug-induced diarrhea (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Drug-induced tremor (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Taking multiple medicines safely (Medical Encyclopedia)
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General Equivalence Map Definitions
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- Approximate Flag - The approximate flag is on, indicating that the relationship between the code in the source system and the code in the target system is an approximate equivalent.
- No Map Flag - The no map flag indicates that a code in the source system is not linked to any code in the target system.
- Combination Flag - The combination flag indicates that more than one code in the target system is required to satisfy the full equivalent meaning of a code in the source system.


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To mark International Women's Day, IUCN is celebrating the progress made in recognising the role of women in national and regional climate change agendas.
Costa Rica's Ministry of Environment is considering a training school for women to take a greater role in emissions-reducing public transport. Tanzania's Ministry of Community Development, Gender and Children has created guidelines for empowering women in climate change initiatives. And the ministerial environmental council of the League of Arab States has put gender equality on its agenda.
In an unprecedented trend among governments that have established a Climate Change Gender Action Plan (ccGAP), developing countries are making great strides in including women in national climate change agendas.
"After 20 years of gender equality being absent from the climate change agenda, we are turning a corner toward more inclusive and effective climate change responses, and we want the world to know that women's empowerment in that context is no longer elusive," says IUCN Director General Julia Marton-Lefèvre.
Lorena Aguilar, head of the IUCN Global Gender Office, explains, "The ccGAPs represent a country's intention to respond to the needs of the often invisible 'other half' of the population in the context of climate change. This is just the beginning, but it is a very bright beginning."
The ccGAPs are putting women on the climate change agenda by influencing national and international policy and building country capacity. Some examples:
Influencing national policy: Women's leadership and gender equality are a new element of national climate change policy. In Nepal, actions from the ccGAP are set to be included in the government's new three-year plan. In Mozambique, the ccGAP led to the inclusion of a gender perspective in the country's Strategic Programme for Climate Resilience (SCPR) under the World Bank's Climate Investment Funds. And in Tanzania, the ccGAP has become part of the country's comprehensive law reform programme that requires climate change to be considered by key sectors.
Influencing international policy: The ccGAPs have led countries to change the way they report to the international climate change negotiations under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). In Liberia, Tanzania, Jordan, and Egypt, governments made a new commitment to feature gender equality in their next National Communication to the UNFCCC.
Building country capacity: The ccGAPs have inspired countries to build government and constituency capacity to understand the gender aspects of climate change. In Jordan, Nepal, and Tanzania, ministries are using the ccGAPs to develop training materials and raise awareness.
These signs of progress are featured in an IUCN publication The Art of Implementation: Gender Strategies Transforming National and Regional Climate Change Decision Making.
The IUCN Global Gender Office spearheaded the development of the ccGAPs with governments in Mozambique, Jordan, Egypt, Tanzania, Nepal, Haiti, Panama, Costa Rica, Liberia, the Arab States and the Central American region. In each country, representatives of sectors as diverse as agriculture, energy, health, waste management, and tourism contributed to the plans. Similar processes are now underway in other countries, including Bangladesh, where the ccGAP is intended to implement the gender provisions of the country's existing climate change strategy.
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"Seen from the urban environment of Brussels, the direct link between biodiversity and human well-being might seem like a vague concept. But for the people of French Polynesia, it is an obvious reality," writes Jean-Philippe Palasi, EU Policy Director at Conservation International (CI), an IUCN Member.
Mr Palasi continues: "If their coral reefs were to bleach and die because of climate change, they would lose the main pillars of their economy: tourism, the pearl industry and coastal fishing. Even more dramatically, their coastline and people would be left without natural protection against the effects of sea level rise and extreme weather events."
Click here to continue reading his reflections on the recent official hearing Transforming overseas territories in an engine for the EU's development policy held at the European Parliament in Brussels.


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Drayton Tower
The Drayton Tower was designed in 1949 as a Federal Housing Administration (FHA) project in Savannah, GA to be a large scale residential rental building, partially in response to the Veterans Emergency Housing Act after World War II, and partially from the thesis project of William P. Bergen. The site was selected for its close proximity to public transit and service stations. Drayton Tower is the first Modern building in Savannah, GA and is the first apartment building in Georgia to have air conditioning for its residents.
Drayton Tower is a rectangular tower twelve stories high with a base of tilted concrete walls projecting out towards the sidewalks. The facades emphasize horizontality through a series of alternating bands of white limestone spandrel panels and green glass windows that span across each facade, meeting at the corners with aluminum mullions, that play up the lack of columns at the corners of the building. There is no ornamentation on the building. It is slightly taller than it is wide, giving it a boxy appearance. Its materials and design make it contrast its nineteenth century context.
The structure is made of reinforced concrete with a central concrete core. It has a curtain wall constructed of alternating bands of limestone spandrel panels and green Solex heat-absorbing glass windows with aluminum mullions. Each of the twelve floors is 10,000 square feet. Interiors were constructed with removable doorways, 8" concrete partitions faced with Perlite plaster over metal lath and wool felt, and asphalt tile floors. The walls of the base floor of the building are tilted at a ten degree angle towards the sidewalk. The lobby is enclosed with polished plate glass, has terrazzo floors and is clad with a pink marble veneer around doorways and along the top of the base's facade.
Savannah is well-known for its extensive preservation of the original eighteenth century urban grid and its nineteenth century structures. However, post World War II the city began to experience a higher volume of automobile traffic along with an influx of population that needed housing but was unable to afford purchasing a home. The Drayton Tower was a speculative apartment building, but unlike its neighbor, the De Renne Apartments, Drayton Tower was the first building in the new Modern style to be designed in Savannah, and its downtown location is in the center of the Savannah Historic District in stark contrast to its nineteenth century neighboring structures.
The Drayton Tower is the first apartment building in Georgia to have air conditioning, supplied by a 300 ton turbine compressor. Bathrooms were equipped with an extra faucet to supply cold water as cooled by the air conditioning. The central core of Drayton Tower housed the elevators, incinerator, mailboxes, stairs, storage, and served as a safe haven from hurricanes and storms. Solex heat absorbing plate glass was used for the windows and absorbed enough heat to lower the room temperature by 10 to 20 degrees.
The building was hailed as a success at its opening, but by 1964, as the urban population of Savannah migrated from downtown to the suburbs, the building became almost empty. In the late 1970s, the Savannah College of Art and Design was founded. The college is responsible for rehabilitating many of the structures in downtown Savannah and bringing the population back from the suburbs; many students rented apartments in Drayton Tower. It was about this time that residents began to criticize Drayton Tower for its Modern aesthetic, which is contrary to the Queen Anne style of most other buildings in the area. Rehabilitation efforts beginning in 2006 further fueled the controversy as to whether or not this Modern structure was appropriate in its context. One resident was quoted as saying, "Of the most offensive buildings in Savannah, certainly No. 1 is Drayton Tower."
The design of Drayton Tower reflects the United State's embrace of the Modern Movement. The building is the first modernist design in Savannah. It is also reflective of the need to provide mass housing at a lower cost with more efficiency. Drayton Tower answered the demands growing automobile use with its placement on the main thoroughfares of the downtown area and its close proximity to mass transit.
Drayton Tower was lauded as one of the finest apartment buildings in Savannah and a beacon of Savannah's possible modern future when it opened in 1951. However, public opinion was against it and it continues to be one of the most criticized structures in the city. It is the only example of Modern architecture built in the downtown area and few Modern structures were built elsewhere in the city. Its inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places in 2004 caused much controversy.
Drayton Tower was built to accommodate a growing population with the most efficient means and with a design that utilized the newest technologies while exemplifying the values of society post World War II.
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Bynum, Russ. "Once modern architecture's enemies, now its defenders." Athens Banner-Herald (Athens ), September 29, 2002, sec. News.
"Drayton Tower - Savannah, GA History." Drayton Tower - Modern Architecture in Historic Savannah, Georgia. http://www.thedraytontower.com/history.html (accessed March 4, 2010).


text: Monday, January 23, 2012 SSRIs Linked With Increased Falls Risk in Nursing Home Residents Nursing home residents with dementia who use average doses of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are 3 times more likely to have an injurious fall than similar people who don't use these drugs, according to the British Pharmacological Society. SSRIs are generally considered the treatment of choice for nursing home residents with dementia and who have depression. The risk of falling increases as people take higher doses. Researchers recorded the daily drug use and daily falls in 248 nursing home residents with dementia from January 2006 until January 2008. Data about the residents' day-by day drug use came from a prescription database, and information on falls and subsequent injuries came from a standardized incident report system. In total, they collected a dataset of 85,074 person-days. The mean age of the participants was 82 years. The prescription records showed that antidepressants had been used on 13,729 (16.1%) days, with SSRIs being used on 11,105 of these days. The incident reports showed that 152 of the 248 residents (61.5%) sustained 683 falls, corresponding to a fall incidence of 2.9 falls per person-year. Thirty-eight residents had a single fall; 114 fell more frequently. Of the 220 falls recorded, 10 resulted in hip fractures, 11 in other fractures, and 198 in injuries such as grazes, open wounds, sprains, bruises, and swellings. One person died after falling. The risk of having an injurious fall increased threefold for residents taking SSRIs, from an absolute daily risk of 0.09% for a female aged 80 not taking an SSRI, to 0.28% for a female aged 80 taking 1 defined daily dose of SSRIs. Similar increases in absolute daily risk were found for both men and women, for different ages. Check out APTA's Balance and Falls Web page for patient care and consumer resources, in addition to CEU courses related to falls and balance.


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Changing eating habits to adopt a healthier diet and lifestyle is challenging.
But it is worth the effort. Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of Americans. Paying close attention to what and how we eat can reduce the risks of heart disease and stroke. A heart-healthy diet can help reduce LDL ("bad") cholesterol, lower blood pressure and body weight.
In many cases, diets focus on what we can't eat.
Father Christmas is truly long gone, but is the weight still here?
If the answer is yes, then it's time to detox (detoxify).
A good detox can help you loose weight easily, boost your health points, shed up to 5 pounds a week safely and gain sound knowledge for lasting health. You can get that Jennifer Hudson look without counting the points.
The problem is what is a good Detox program?
Made with corn and peppers, maque choux (pronounced "mock shoe") is a fun Cajun twist on New Orleans-style jambalaya. And with Mardi-Gras , (the last Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, Feb. 22), just days away, it may be a great way to celebrate.
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1/2 pound andouille sausage, cut into quarter-inch slices
1/2 cup chopped celery
1/2 cup chopped green bell pepper
The late George Carlin, a comedian and humorist, often examined life's absurdities.
Take this one for example: "Why do croutons come in airtight packages? It's just stale bread to begin with."
Now, that makes sense and his is a point that's well taken.
But without stale bread, we wouldn't have bread puddings and stuffing. We also wouldn't have French toast, which would short-circuit many upcoming Valentine's Day breakfasts.
If you have a little trouble finding a roll of antacid Monday, that's to be expected.
That's because there is a 20 percent increase in the amount of antacid sold on the Monday after Super Bowl Sunday. According to the USDA, Super Bowl Sunday ranks second in food consumption to Thanksgiving.
You can trace the spike in antacid sales to the 1.25 billion chicken wings, more than 100 tons of potato chips and 8 million pounds of guacamole that will be eaten when the New York Giants and New England Patriots play Super Bowl XLVI.
The Lancaster County Council of the Arts Board of Directors is excited to announce that our annual Arts Gala is Saturday, May 12, at the Carole Ray Dowling Health Services Center at the University of South Carolina Lancaster. If you aren't an LCCA member and would like more information about the gala as soon as it is available, contact us.
Mark your calendars now for this, and our other signature event, Ladies Night Out, which is April 19 at Edwards Scott House.
Diabetes has been in the national spotlight in the last two weeks, thanks to Paula Deen.
The "Queen of Southern Cuisine" came out of the kitchen broom closet on national television by admitting she has Type 2 (adult-onset) diabetes.
Diagnosed in 2008, Deen didn't made her condition public until Jan. 17, while simultaneously revealing she is the new paid spokesperson for a non-insulin Type 2 diabetes medication for adults.
I have to hand it to the estimated 7,700 residents of Rockland, Maine.
They saw snow Monday, ice pellets on Tuesday and went outside this morning to a temperature of about 7 degrees.
In the upcoming days, the residents of the coastal town will see more snow and rain. Weather like that doesn't generate many smiles. It's not something to celebrate.
But Rockland residents will be celebrating Sunday afternoon with its annual Pies on Parade to commemorate National Pie Day on Monday.
Having a successful career means a lot to Stephanie O'Dea.
But in the big picture, being a successful mom means more, especially when that family includes three children under age 10, including one with Celiac disease (gluten intolerant).
But can you have both?
How else can you explain a cookbook on the New York Times best-selling list for six weeks and national TV appearances, as well as feature stories in "Real Simple Magazine and "Woman's World?"
Don't be afraid to substitute herbs and spices
From time to time, every cook gets into a pinch when there is no pinch of cumin in the cupboard.
Before going out to buy more, see if there are other alternatives that will work just as well.
It not only saves money, but eliminates waste by using another herb or spice in a way that serves the same purpose. It could also keep you from buying a herb or spice you will only use once.
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OKAY, for the uninitiated, beginners, confused or curious, here's a quick explanation:
Citizen Fish = 2 members of Subhumans + Jasper + Silas (as of july 2006)
Subhumans = 2 current members of Citizen Fish + 1 ex member + Bruce
2 members of Citizen Fish were once in Culture Shock (Dick and Jasper)
Culture Shock contained One member of Subhumans + Bill, Nige and Paul (replaced by Jasper). There yer go, simple innit. Clear as treacle!
"For 2 decades Citizen Fish has been touring the world: turning gatherings, benefits, and social gigs into an international never-ending weekend. These five dudes from the UK, Dick (vocals), Phil (guitar), Jasper (bass), Silas (drums) and recent arrival Matt [ex-King Prawn] on trombone have, along with Alex [uk] or Miguel and Jessica [usa] on trumpet/sax, created a blend of punk, ska, and straight up rock'n'roll that appeals to the sing-a-long music fans and even the "muso" musician types that typically dismiss punks as not being able to play their instruments. But it's not so much the fact that these dudes are the most talented musicians in England, it's what they say and how they say it.
In a fun loving, all inclusive way, Citizen Fish (and their previous outfits Culture Shock and the legendary Subhumans) have brought working class radical politics to generations of questioning minds. Leaving aside the typical screaming rants of boring political punk bands, the Fish offer a hopeful, danceable alternative. Whereas other bands have fans, admirers, and flavor-of-the-month teenyboppers hoarding to their concerts, Citizen Fish have established an open and always growing family. The idealistic unifying tone of Dick's lyrics, coupled with the catchy driving riffs of the band, allow the Fish to appeal to a wide variety of folks. Touring with the Fish is more like a good family vacation than working as a cog in the ugly and never-ending corporate world of rock'n'roll promotions.
Everywhere the Fish goes, a bottle, a smoke, and a friendly conversation is sure to follow. Familiar dancing faces in every town, beers and vegetarian meals, and local activists filling the gig halls with information, ideas, and inspiration for positive change is what Citizen Fish are all about."
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