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<title><![CDATA[Tooth "Emergency". Knight saves day...]]></title>
<link>http://julian1st.wordpress.com/?p=892</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:42:31 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Gap-toothed Lauren Hutton on a day away from bright lights&#8230;
 
 
Wouldn&#8217;t you know it, ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="color:#ff0000;">Gap-toothed Lauren Hutton on a day away from bright lights...</span></p>
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<div>Wouldn't you know it, as I headed down the street back home from the grocery store on the eve of the big holiday weekend, one of my crowns popped out of my mouth, bounced off my knee, and sprang into the inky depths beyond!</div>
<p>A thousand bucks down the drain?</p>
<p>As luck would have it, "Happy Hour" was upon us, so all the muscled studs in festive Boys town were heading out to the local watering holes to toss down a few.</p>
<p>And yes, there I was - the total fool - crawling around on hands and bare knees (no nasty jokes, please!) widely-scanning the terrain for the well-crafted elusive dental appliance.</p>
<p>Yeah, I used to have a gap between my two front teeth like top fashion model - Lauren Hutton - until Dr. Newman (no kidding, that was my dentist's name) fitted a glittering set of natural-looking crowns front-row-and-center.</p>
<p>Great workmanship, they don't even look like chicklets.</p>
<p>The secret, the dentist whispered in my ear, was in the backing.</p>
<p>Because a cheap or poorly-conceived alloy on the reverse is capable of distorting the natural light as it passes through the porcelain, the crown may end up smacking of a phony a mile away.</p>
<p>But, getting back to my sad tale!</p>
<p>As a few hotties scurried by - and guffawed under their breath - I frantically tried to locate the little sucker.</p>
<p>Then, a knight in shining armour happened along, in the form of concerned resident who lived in the neighborhood.</p>
<p>When I explained my predicament, he not only displayed a lot of sympathy, but pitched in to help!</p>
<p>To passers-by - now there appeared to be two lost souls scrounging around on the pavement - for no good reason.</p>
<p>At one juncture - it was evident to both of us - there wasn't enough street light to facilitate the task.</p>
<p>But, the good-natured dude turned out to be resourceful, as well.</p>
<p>He snatched up his cell phone from its resting place on his belt, flipped it open smartly, then shone the eerie blue light onto the pavement improving the circumstances somewhat.</p>
<p>"Just how far could a crown bounce," I wondered aloud.</p>
<p>Now, he put his thinking cap on.</p>
<p>Turns out, a handful of buddies worked in "A Different Light" bookstore, so he darted inside to locate a flashlight.</p>
<p>Yes, as Bette Midler would croon, 'ya got to have friends!</p>
<p>The long and short of it?</p>
<p>The scamp was spied just off the curb under the front end of a late model sedan about to pull into bustling city traffic.</p>
<p>Whew!</p>
<p>When I complimented the good Samaritan, he turned beet red!</p>
<p>"I'm blushing," he stammered self-consciously, as his male friend gave him a huge bear-sized hug.</p>
<p>I headed out the door, elated.</p>
<p>I toyed with the idea of popping in to a drugstore - to buy some denture cream to affix the crown to the chiseled pin protruding from my jaw - but figured I'd just leave the trouble-maker tightly wrapped in a handkerchief to avoid mishaps the rest of the evening.</p>
<p>Then, I encountered a new dilemma out-of-the blue, as I sashayed down the strip.</p>
<p>It seemed that everywhere I turned - as sensual balmy breezes pulled me this way 'n that under the night's mysterious cloak - potential hook-ups starting materializing out of the woodwork to put the make on me!</p>
<p>Must be the "humping" law, eh?</p>
<p>Go out on Safari for quick nookie, 'ya get nary a nibble.</p>
<p>Show up looking like you've been hit by a mack truck, and the babes are all over you, like a condom on prom night.</p>
<p>One major problemo!</p>
<p>If I sidled by to chat - I'd no doubt shock the bejesus out of 'em - when they caught sight of the ghastly menacing gap beckoning from the caverns of my not-so-sexy or very effervescent Pepsodent mouth.</p>
<p>Don't suppose you'd like a chain saw bearing down on your *!@%*+!</p>
<p>But, a couple of suitors were persistent.</p>
<p>Consequently, I found myself glancing down a lot, to hide my mouth.</p>
<p>The hopeful ones fantasized I was checking out their bods, I guess.</p>
<p>Sex therapists have noted (by the way) that when two flirts engage in an encounter - the first one to glance away - is allegedly the dominant one.</p>
<p>Or maybe, the anxious Lotharios mistook the body language for shyness?</p>
<p>Heck, you know what they say about the quiet ones.</p>
<p>Wild in-between the sheets!</p>
<p>Did anyone suspect?</p>
<p>Obviously, not the stunner I ended up in the sack with.</p>
<p>Next time we hook up, as "Ricky" on "The Lucy Show" would say,</p>
<p>"I've got some 'splainin' to do."</p>
<p>Unless, the ardent lover thought I was just two sheets to-the-wind.</p>
<p>Ah, yes!</p>
<p>Typical horn dog sex theatrics on a party night in West Hollywood, fer sure.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Bach and the tooth]]></title>
<link>http://stanzebla.wordpress.com/?p=52</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:17:04 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Bach is a Bernese Mountaindog.
In spring he knocked one of my front tooth out, now (finally) I get a]]></description>
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In spring he knocked one of my front tooth out, now (finally) I get a crown. Had the second date today at the dentist and on the way back I decided to visit Bach's mom. She and Bach's sister were very happy to see me. Bach's mom left some fur on me.<br />
First time I saw that their owner had also horses. :o She said she was once riding by the castle, but we were not home. <em>Means we didn't hear them.</em> Then the daughter of the owner gave me a flower. :o<br />
Maybe they come to visit the castle and see Bach soon.<br />
Getting a crown isn't much fun btw. </p>
<p>Earlier female boss called and said they'll be coming on Sunday. 8O eeeeeek, panic, shock, terror. been talking a bit, mostly nothing of any substance. Were bad-mouthing McCain and wondering if he's more stupid than Bush. I think he can't be more stupid. Were also wondering if they try to start the third world war.<br />
I am sure Obama would win if the French could vote in the United States instead of the Americans. :lol:</p>
<p>Later on the evening Bach was rolling himself in a decomposed mole, at least that was what it looked like. He smelled atrocious. And earned himself a bath. Getting him in the bath is work, due to his approx. 40kg (1410.9584779832164 oz :P ). But he jumps out on his own when he's clean. And gives the bathroom a shower.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Truffle dinner write up]]></title>
<link>http://stayinggold.wordpress.com/?p=86</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:19:31 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>stayinggold</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[As mentioned, here&#8217;s the review of the degustation dinner that Philippe Mouchel from brasserie]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span>As mentioned, here's the review of the degustation dinner that Philippe Mouchel from brasserie in Crown and Alain Fabregues of the Loose Box (he's one of the few chefs who have won the MODF, which is one of the highest culinary accolades in France) unfortunately no pictures because i still feel bad taking pictures in such uppity places. anyway on to the food<br />
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1st course was by PM, which was a really lovely warm parmesan custard, quail egg, truffle. Then the waiter came over to pour the winter broth. wow this was really divine, the custard was so unctuous, and the parmesan wasnt too overpowering hence all three elements worked beautifully. </p>
<p>i didnt like the second dish though which was by AF, a beef carpaccio served with juliennes of truffles, white champignons, sugar peas, apples, basil, parsley, horseradish and olive oil. i must admit that the flavors and textures worked well, but somehow i felt that the truffles was overpowered by all the other tastes and i suppose i really cant rid the prejudice against beef.</p>
<p>Next up is the most fantastic pan-seared scallops ive ever had! this was by PM and with Manjimup black truffle and brown butter vinaigrette, gosh the sauce was so good that i had to ask for more bread to mop it up. totally fabulous.<span><br />
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The next dish was actually a huge disappointment. It was a terrine of porcini and chanterelles mushroom with Manjimup black truffle, served glazed. Just reading it on the menu made me really excited because i was envisioning all the delicate flavors of 3 distinct mushroom types entwined in the dish. but but but. it was not meant to be, the terrine was way too mushy and i didnt enjoy it at all</p>
<p>For our mains, we had a pan-roasted lamb medley with Manjimup black truffle and simmered vegetables<br />
This was really good as well, loved it. </p>
<p>Dessert was THE MOST DIVINE ICED NOUGAT  with Hazelnuts, pistachios and Manjimup black truffle, served with a caramelised crème anglaise!! oh my god, by this stage we were seriously stuffed but no no way were we not going to finish this dessert hahaha </p>
<p>the only thing that ruined this otherwise lovely meal was the DISGUSTINGLY AWLFUL WINES. seriously shocking really. the sparkling wine from hanging rock had no match to champagne or even many other sparkling wines ive had. Most of our other wines were from Moss Wood, i think perhaps the reds were just too young at 2006 and 2005, and i think they would have been better if they were decanted for a longer time. so yeah, unfortunately this spoilt the experience of the meal.</p>
<p>so yeps, that was that, and till the next great meal!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Crown Jewels]]></title>
<link>http://worldplaces.wordpress.com/?p=105</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:02:40 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>koluchka</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Prague Castle, as well as its protected area which also includes archaeological findings, are recogn]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Prague Castle, as well as its protected area which also includes archaeological findings, are recognized parts No. 1 of the Czech cultural heritage. The Czech Crown Jewels rank second to this national bequest. The Crown Jewels are permanently safely kept in Prague Castle and may be displayed exclusively in its area. But this occurs only on quite exceptional occasions. In the twentieth century there were nine such moments in history; the last time this happened was in 1998 to mark the 80th anniversary of the establishment of an independent Czechoslovak Republic.</p>
<p>The President of the Republic has the exclusive right to decide on the display of the Crown Jewels. The Crown Jewels chamber in St. Vitus Cathedral, where the Crown Jewels of Czech kings are, is under lock and key, and without exaggerating it is the place least accessible in Prague Castle. The door, and likewise the iron safe, has seven locks and there are seven holders of the keys: the President of the Republic, the Prime Minister, the Prague Archbishop, the Chairman of the House of Deputies, the Chairman of the Senate, the Dean of the Metropolitan Chapter of St. Vitus Cathedral and the Lord Mayor of Prague, who must all convene to facilitate opening the impenetrable door and coffer.</p>
<p>The tradition of the seven keys was established in 1791 by King Leopold II when he agreed to comply with the wish of the Czech Estates to return the jewels to Prague from Vienna. They were put in safe in St. Vitus Cathedral at Prague Castle, this time in the crown archives beyond the St. Wenceslas Chapel behind iron bars with five locks. They were placed in a special chest with additional two locks whose two keys were given to two guards of the jewels. Even though the jewels were later moved to another location, the tradition of the seven keys has been maintained.</p>
<p>The value of the Czech Crown Jewels can in no way be expressed in terms of money. Apart from possessing priceless historic value they have also become a rare symbol of Czech statehood.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Queen Bees and Wannabes]]></title>
<link>http://marketoutthere.wordpress.com/B000FC1K3E</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:41:51 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>whatshhot</dc:creator>
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My daughter used to be so wonderful. Now I can barely stand her and she won&#8217;t tell me anythin]]></description>
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<p>My daughter used to be so wonderful. Now I can barely stand her and she won't tell me anything. How can I find out what�s going on?</p>
<p>There's a clique in my daughter�s grade that�s making her life miserable. She doesn't want to go to school anymore. Her own supposed friends are turning on her, and she's too afraid to do anything. What can I do?</p>
<p>Welcome to the wonderful world of your daughters adolescence. A world in which she comes to school one day to find that her friends have suddenly decided that she no longer belongs. Or she's teased mercilessly for wearing the wrong outfit or having the wrong friend. Or branded with a reputation she can't shake. Or pressured into conforming so she won't be kicked out of the group. For better or worse, your daughter's friendships are the key to enduring adolescence�as well as the biggest threat to her well-being.</p>
<p>In her groundbreaking book, <strong>Queen Bees and Wannabes</strong>, Empower cofounder Rosalind Wiseman takes you inside the secret world of girls� friendships. Wiseman has spent more than a decade listening to thousands of girls talk about the powerful role cliques play in shaping what they wear and say, how they respond to boys, and how they feel about themselves. In this candid, insightful book, she dissects each role in the clique: Queen Bees, Wannabes, Messengers, Bankers, Targets, Torn Bystanders, and more. She discusses girls' power plays, from birthday invitations to cafeteria seating arrangements and illicit parties. She takes readers into 'Girl World' to analyze teasing, gossip, and reputations; beauty and fashion; alcohol and drugs; boys and sex; and more, and how cliques play a role in every situation.</p>
<p>Each chapter includes 'Check Your Baggage' sections to help you identify how your own background and biases affect how you see your daughter. 'What You Can Do to Help' sections offer extensive sample scripts, bulleted lists, and other easy-to-use advice to get you inside your daughter's world and help you<br />
help her.</p>
<p>It's not just about helping your daughter make it alive out of junior high. This book will help you understand how your daughter�s relationship with friends and cliques sets the stage for other intimate relationships as she grows and guides her when she has tougher choices to make about intimacy, drinking and drugs, and other hazards. With its revealing look into the secret world of teenage girls and cliques, enlivened with the voices of dozens of girls and a much-needed sense of humor, <strong>Queen Bees and Wannabes</strong> will equip you with all the tools you need to build the right foundation to help your daughter make smarter choices and empower her during this baffling, tumultuous time of life.</p>
<p><em>From the Hardcover edition.</em></p>
<p>"My daughter used to be so wonderful. Now I can barely stand her and she won't tell me anything. How can I find out what's going on?"</p>
<p>"There's a clique in my daughter's grade that's making her life miserable. She doesn't want to go to school anymore. Her own supposed friends are turning on her, and she's too afraid to do anything. What can I do?"</p>
<p>Welcome to the wonderful world of your daughter's adolescence. A world in which she comes to school one day to find that her friends have suddenly decided that she no longer belongs. Or she's teased mercilessly for wearing the wrong outfit or having the wrong friend. Or branded with a reputation she can't shake. Or pressured into conforming so she won't be kicked out of the group. For better or worse, your daughter's friendships are the key to enduring adolescence-as well as the biggest threat to her well-being.</p>
<p>In her groundbreaking book, <em>Queen Bees and Wannabes,</em> Empower cofounder Rosalind Wiseman takes you inside the secret world of girls' friendships. Wiseman has spent more than a decade listening to thousands of girls talk about the powerful role cliques play in shaping what they wear and say, how they respond to boys, and how they feel about themselves. In this candid, insightful book, she dissects each role in the clique: Queen Bees, Wannabes, Messengers, Bankers, Targets, Torn Bystanders, and more. She discusses girls' power plays, from birthday invitations to cafeteria seating arrangements and illicit parties. She takes readers into "Girl World" to analyze teasing, gossip, and reputations; beauty and fashion; alcohol and drugs; boys and sex; and more, and how cliques play a role in every situation.</p>
<p>Each chapter includes "Check Your Baggage" sections to help you identify how your own background and biases affect how you see your daughter. "What You Can Do to Help" sections offer extensive sample scripts, bulleted lists, and other easy-to-use advice to get you inside your daughter's world and help you help her.</p>
<p>It's not just about helping your daughter make it alive out of junior high. This book will help you understand how your daughter's relationship with friends and cliques sets the stage for other intimate relationships as she grows and guides her when she has tougher choices to make about intimacy, drinking and drugs, and other hazards. With its revealing look into the secret world of teenage girls and cliques, enlivened with the voices of dozens of girls and a much-needed sense of humor, <em>Queen Bees and Wannabes</em> will equip you with all the tools you need to build the right foundation to help your daughter make smarter choices and empower her during this baffling, tumultuous time of life.</p>
<hr />"Wise, humorous, life-affirming advice for parents that is utterly respectful of girls. I recommend parents mark it up, turn the corners of pages, and heed Wiseman's creative and practical strategies for guiding girls along the sometimes treacherous pathways of growing up today. <em>Queen Bees and Wannabes</em> is Mapquest for parents of girls, from fifth grade all the way to young adulthood."<br />
PATRICIA HERSCH, AUTHOR OF <em>A TRIBE APART: A JOURNEY INTO THE HEART OF AMERICAN ADOLESCENCE</em></p>
<p>"Who's in? Who's out? Who's cool? Who's not? Why is one girl elevated to royal status and another shunned? <em>Queen Bees and Wannabes</em> answers these unfathomable questions and so many more. Wiseman gives parents the insight, compassion, and skill needed to guide girls through the rocky terrain of the adolescent social world. This is such an honest and helpful book; we recommend it highly."<br />
NINA SHANDLER, AUTHOR OF</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Gypsies are 'Europe's most hated' ]]></title>
<link>http://expressyoureself.wordpress.com/?p=675</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 10:16:56 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><!-- E IIMA --> <strong>Gypsies are the most hated minority in Europe despite centuries of persecution and the Holocaust, it has been claimed.</strong> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:x-small;">Up to half-a-million were killed by the Nazis - but their plight is often forgotten and they remain "demonised". </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:x-small;">The comments were made by Dr James Smith of the National Holocaust Centre, where a conference on the treatment of gypsies and travellers is being held. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:x-small;">It is hoped the event will help promote greater understanding of both the gypsy and traveller communities in the UK. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:x-small;"><strong>'Hysteria'</strong> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:x-small;">Dr Smith said: "If we don't learn from the past, we run the risk of repeating its mistakes in the future. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:x-small;">"Sixty years ago, after centuries of persecution, Europe's gypsies faced extermination under the Nazis, simply because of who they were. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:x-small;">"Up to half a million were killed. Yet even after the Holocaust, gypsies remain perhaps the most hated minority in Europe. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:x-small;">"When hysteria is whipped up against a minority by politicians and the media, people get hurt and they are getting hurt, right now." </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:x-small;"><strong>'Overcome problems'</strong> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:x-small;">Delegates are being asked: "Are these Britain's most demonised people?" </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:x-small;">Organisers say issues covered include the Holocaust and recent media coverage of controversial traveller camps. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:x-small;">Among participants are National Travellers' Action Group chairman Cliff Codona, recently seen on a television documentary about travellers with Robert Kilroy-Silk. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:x-small;">He said: "It's important for people in the traveller community and the wider community to work together a lot more. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:x-small;">"The only way it's going to happen is through conferences of this kind taking place, and through good media coverage of what we're doing to overcome the problems." </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:x-small;"><strong>'Memory alive'</strong> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:x-small;">He added: "The experience of our community during the Holocaust is often just completely overlooked, and it shouldn't be forgotten. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:x-small;">"The more that can be done by places like the Holocaust Centre to keep the memory alive and to provide education about this, especially in schools, the better the prospects for equality." </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:x-small;">As well as negative media reports and being ostracised, the issue of attitudes to gypsies was raised during a controversial bonfire night celebration in 2003. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:x-small;">A caravan bearing effigies of a gypsy family and the number plate P1 KEY was burnt in Firle, East Sussex. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:x-small;">This lead to 12 members of a bonfire society being arrested and accused of inciting racial hatred. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:x-small;">However, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) ruled they would not be prosecuted because of insufficient evidence. </span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Just Crown Me Queen Katy!]]></title>
<link>http://katyjane.wordpress.com/?p=174</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:57:20 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>katyjane</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Sound the trumpets!  Give me some pain meds!
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sound the trumpets!  Give me some pain meds!</p>
<p>The root canal is finished!  It's finally finished!</p>
<p>Now I just need to make an appointment to get the crown put on.  And, since this has been dragging on since May, the dentist's office doesn't remember if they ever made impressions for a permanent crown and whether or not they have them for me.  Exciting, eh?</p>
<p>I  have to say, though, that the endodontist that I visited was fabulous.  Personable, and he had some serious numbing skills.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[crochet bridal crown, virkad brudkrona 3]]></title>
<link>http://procrochet.wordpress.com/?p=43</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 10:15:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>sandradahlin</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[THIS made me get not enough sleep tonight&#8230; When I start I can&#8217;t stop. It works, but dema]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://procrochet.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/brudkrona-3-klippt.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-44" src="http://procrochet.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/brudkrona-3-klippt.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="400" /></a>THIS made me get not enough sleep tonight... When I start I can't stop. It works, but demands som refinements in the pattern again. I just improvise them as I go along, so the symetry is not always perfect! But I quite like it anyway!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Dentist appt this morning]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:46:24 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>theboardbitch</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[just a cleaning and exam today.. but they discovered I need two fillings and a crown (where I chippe]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>just a cleaning and exam today.. but they discovered I need two fillings and a crown (where I chipped a tooth years ago) my first appt is tomorrow morning (holy fast appointments batman!!!) then they will do the crown on Monday. at least it will all be done then.</p>
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<dc:creator>sandradahlin</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[this one did turn out the way I wanted to! I still have some refinements to do on the pattern, but t]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>this one did turn out the way I wanted to! I still have some refinements to do on the pattern, but this version really works I think!<a href="http://procrochet.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/vrkad-brudkrona-011.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29" src="http://procrochet.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/vrkad-brudkrona-011.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="375" /></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[A fluffy orange prince]]></title>
<link>http://cupcakecoronets.wordpress.com/?p=14</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:14:41 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>cupcakecoronets</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Today I made a new crown&#8230; but i needed a prince to wear it  
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today I made a new crown... but i needed a prince to wear it :(</p>
<p>So i was looking about my room for a volenteer, when tigger jumped up and said " I'll do it, Being a prince and all ;) "</p>
<p>So off we went to take some photos~ It was Hard keeping him still as he kept bouncing everywhere ^^;;</p>
<p>I Asked him for a proper proffeshional one for my site~ This is what i got :)</p>
[caption id="attachment_15" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="He finnaly kept still.."]<a href="http://cupcakecoronets.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/true-prince.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-15" src="http://cupcakecoronets.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/true-prince.jpg?w=300" alt="He finnaly kept still.." width="300" height="248" /></a>[/caption]
<p>Now Tiger decided he needed a new myspace picture *giggle* so this is Tiggers my space angle shop :p</p>
[caption id="attachment_16" align="aligncenter" width="200" caption="&#34;myspace Angle&#34;"]<a href="http://cupcakecoronets.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/tiger-shot.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-16" src="http://cupcakecoronets.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/tiger-shot.jpg?w=200" alt="&#34;myspace Angle&#34;" width="200" height="300" /></a>[/caption]
<p>We had alot of fun :)</p>
<p>for information about the crown, e.g prices. materials and so on.. please email me at Cupcake.coronets@gmail.com or simply just leave a comment :)</p>
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<p>Tigger (C) the creator of Winnie the Pooh - Disney</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Does My Root Canal Really Need a Crown?]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:41:16 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[All to often a patient presents to my office with a broken tooth that has been endodontically (Root ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>All to often a patient presents to my office with a broken tooth that has been <a href="http://www.aae.org/aae-cms/Templates/internal_heading.aspx?NRMODE=Published&#38;NRORIGINALURL=%2fpatients%2fpatientinfo%2ffaqs%2frootcanals%2ehtm&#38;NRNODEGUID=%7b1A702C7A-F9E5-40E7-BD72-E36514F6CBA9%7d&#38;NRCACHEHINT=NoModifyLoggedIn#1"><span style="color:#445566;">endodontically (Root Canaled) treated</span></a>. The conversation between me and the patient is usually the same. My question, Mrs. Johnson, why didn't you get a <a href="http://www.prosthodontics.org/patients/procedures.asp"><span style="color:#445566;">CROWN</span></a> on that tooth? Answer, My dentist never told me that I needed too. Well Mrs. Johnson, we need to extract the tooth now, it can't be saved!<br />
I remember back to<a href="http://dentistry.ouhsc.edu/"><span style="color:#445566;"> Dental School</span></a> and having looooong lectures about crowns. One of the top reasons we were taught to do a crown was to restore a Root Canaled tooth. This lesson was told to us over and over again! It's hard for me to believe that most dentist forgot this lesson and have elected to not tell patients that their Root Canaled tooth needs a Crown.<br />
For informative reasons, lets discuss what actually happens to a tooth once it is root canaled.</p>
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<li>Often times a large amount of tooth structure has to be removed during the root canal.</li>
<li>The treated tooth is most often weakened by the root canal</li>
<li>Over time the treated tooth becomes brittle.</li>
<li>There is usually not enough natural tooth structure to support the remaining tooth.</li>
<li>A <a href="http://www.ada.org/public/topics/fillings.asp"><span style="color:#445566;">filling or temporary filling</span></a> will not adequately seal the root canal from contamination and support the remaining tooth.</li>
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<p>So, what does a CROWN do for the Root Canal.</p>
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<li>Simply put, a crown protects the tooth and restores your Root Canaled tooth to normal form and function!</li>
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<p>Let's face it, like everything else Dentistry is expensive, including a root canal. Ok I said it, Dentistry is expensive. I honestly tell my patients before we do a root canal, If you don't plan to get a crown on this tooth you may as well throw your money out the window, because your tooth will eventually break! A crown not only protects your tooth, it protects you investment.</p>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:36:22 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Ekspor Chery pada Semester Pertama 2008 Melebihi 80.000 unit</p>
<p>Pada semester pertama tahun ini, total ekspor Chery mencapai angka 81,211 unit atau mengalami peningkatan sebesar 57,3% dibandingkan pencapaian tahun lalu dalam periode yang sama. Sebanyak 47,240 unit diantaranya diekspor sebagai kendaraan CBU.</p>
<p>Ekspor Chery tersebut mencapai 40,7% dari total penjualan Chery pada semester pertama tahun 2008. Dengan pencapaian ini, Chery mengkukuhkan diri sebagai eksporter kendaraan penumpang no. 1 di China dengan membukukan penerimaan dari ekspor sebesar $478,000,000 atau meningkat sebesar 53%.</p>
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<img src="http://rajufebrian.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/08-08-cherry-crown.jpg" alt="chery cowin" /></p>
<p><em>QQ dan Cowin Mencapai Angka Penjualan yang Fantastis</em></p>
<p>Berdasarkan data penjualan kendaraan di China yang dikeluarkan oleh China Passanger Vehicle Association, pada bulan Juni 2008, Chery QQ berhasil meraih posisi pertama di segmen kendaraan compact cars dengan mencatatkan angka penjualan 8,122 unit. Dengan kelengkapan fitur berteknologi tinggi dan dinamis, serta multi varian warna yang ditawarkan, QQ semakin kukuh di segmen kendaraan compact cars.</p>
<p>Pada bulan yang sama, Chery Cowin kembali meraih posisi ke 4 untuk sedan dengan angka penjualan tertinggi. Di bulan Juni 2008, untuk pasar domestik di China saja, Cowin mencapai angka penjualan 7,948 unit. </p>
<p>Pada bulan Juli 2008, akan diluncurkan New Cowin 1.5L di China. Dengan diluncurkannya varian terbaru dari Cowin, akan melengkapi varian Cowin yang sudah ada dan hal ini bertujuan untuk memenuhi kebutuhan dan keinginan customer akan kendaraan sedan yang hemat bahan bakar. Dengan konsumsi bahan bakar yang hemat, power kendaraan yang kuat, dan juga harga yang terjangkau, akan mempermudah jalan Cowin untuk mengungguli para kompetitornya.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[final result: starched crochet bridal crown]]></title>
<link>http://procrochet.wordpress.com/?p=17</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>sandradahlin</dc:creator>
<guid>http://procrochet.wordpress.com/?p=17</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Now the glue has hardend fully, and I must say I prefere sugar-water-starching. The glue turned out ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Now the glue has hardend fully, and I must say I prefere sugar-water-starching. The glue turned out to make it hard enough, but it wasn't flexible in the same way as sugar water.  When it broke, it stayed loose in that section. With the sugar water, I find it is more flexible and plastic, that it is possible to reshape it over and over. But in defense of the glue starch - the crochet wasn't very stable in itself so I guess it was bound not to be very stiff.</p>
<p>And I'm not to happy with the size or the height. It's just a bit to small. And uneven. But hey, it was an at the moment inspired crown, no pattern and no exact plan, so I can't expect to much.</p>
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<p>Here are some photos! It's qute, but not good... :-)[gallery]</p>
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<title><![CDATA[WIP: starched crochet bridal crown]]></title>
<link>http://procrochet.wordpress.com/?p=10</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:53:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>sandradahlin</dc:creator>
<guid>http://procrochet.wordpress.com/?p=10</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The mini project of tonight; a crochet bridal crown. As with the christening dress without the baby,]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://procrochet.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/vrkad-brudkrona-003.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-12" src="http://procrochet.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/vrkad-brudkrona-003.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="375" /></a>The mini project of tonight; a crochet bridal crown. As with the christening dress without the baby, I dont have a bride for the crown... but who cares! :-) it's the fun of doing it that gives me satisfaction!</p>
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<p>As said in the headline: it's in a starching process right at this moment. I have starched some things before with sugar water, and it has turn out fine, but now I'm trying with glue! 1 part white wood glue + 1 part water is what I'm trying out now. I just dipped the whole thing in it and pressed out the exess fluid with my fingers. Than I arranged it around the bottom of a plastic bowl which I hope corresponds to the normal birdal crown size... I have no idea if it really will be a good size... but who cares! :-)</p>
<p>It's actually not a circular crown, but rather a headpiece... in swedish it would be called a "diadem" i guess, because it's open in the back.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Revolution In Czech Wallets: The Smallest Coin Must Go]]></title>
<link>http://czechdaily.wordpress.com/?p=841</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:20:52 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Petr Bokuvka</dc:creator>
<guid>http://czechdaily.wordpress.com/?p=841</guid>
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As of September Czechs won&#8217;t use the CZK .50 (50 heller coins). After 116 years of existence ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-844" src="http://czechdaily.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/halire.jpg" alt="" width="470" height="206" /></p>
<p><a href="http://ekonomika.idnes.cz/v-zari-konci-padesatniky-nektere-zbozi-podrazi-fr2-/ekonomika.asp?c=A080806_082414_ekonomika_fih">As of September Czechs won't use the <strong>CZK</strong> <strong>.50 </strong>(50 heller coins).</a> After 116 years of existence of heller coins Czechs will only have "crown" coins (<em>1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50</em>).</p>
<p>Stores and other businesses selling products promise that they will keep quoting prices in hellers (like CZK 8.50 for a Milky Way bar, for example) and only the whole purchases will be rounded up, the iDNES.cz news server reminds. However, some smaller items might become more expensive in cases where and when people do not make bigger purchases, which means for example the aforementioned candy in vending machines or at news stands where clients would buy just this one item.</p>
<p>It has been widely known for many years that the production of the coins was in fact much more expensive than their value [<em>what one could buy with them</em>].</p>
<p>Any coin collector out there who might want some? In the comments please... I'll see what I can do.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Why you shouldn't forget an ego-maniac's name (aka Why I'm a douchebag)]]></title>
<link>http://windblownwarrior.wordpress.com/?p=123</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 03:16:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>V</dc:creator>
<guid>http://windblownwarrior.wordpress.com/?p=123</guid>
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I don&#8217;t like getting up at 6 in the morning; I don&#8217;t like doing it when I get 8 hou]]></description>
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<p>I don't like getting up at 6 in the morning; I don't like doing it when I get 8 hours of sleep; and I certainly don't want to do it on 4. However I'm an irresponsible 23 year old male who will respond to the whims of a scantly clad nubile female co-worker when she invites me (I called her) out to dinner with her and her friends (other males). I wish I was cool enough to say "this bitch I work with called me up and MADE me come out to hang with her and 2 of her really hot bisexual friends". As awesome as my life is, there are somethings that will probably never happen.</p>
<p>No, no I called her up looking for someone to shove Arby's Roast Beef down my throat with, and she promptly laughed at me ("Are you really going to ask me to get food with you, then say Arby's?" fuck you bitch) and then suggested I meet her and her two friends at Shout for sushi and drinks. So instead of staying in and pissing genius all over the internet via this new outlet of a blog I've somehow stumbled and swindled my way on (fuck you M, I'm not doing this for popularity); I decided to throw caution (and a good night's sleep) to the wind and dare the consequences of my actions to catch up to me. <!--more-->I wheel my car down Peachtree St and head for Downtown.</p>
<p>And its traffic, and more traffic; I want to punch every Asian in a BMW that cuts me off traff...OH FUCK YOU OLD LADY JUST CROSS THE FUCKING STREET ALREADY traffic; I will cut down every fucking red light in the next 3 square blocks traffic.</p>
<p>I text my friend.</p>
<blockquote><p>"Fuck traffic, there better be a Vodka Red Bull and a tall brunette waiting to fellate me when i get there"</p>
<p>"One Vodka Red bull on the way, I can't make promises on the brunette"</p>
<p>"Blonde will do"</p></blockquote>
<p style="text-align:center;">(She is blonde)</p>
<blockquote><p>"Fuck off, and hurry up, your ice is melting ;)"</p></blockquote>
<p style="text-align:center;">(she loves me)</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">
<p>The rest of my time at Shout was uneventful, thus boring and not entertaining. You didn't come here to listen to me ramble on about software engineering and the architecture that goes into building a bar did you? ( If you did and you are a hot female between the ages of 18 and Don't-have-saggy-tits-yet, email me at whatnot.v@gmail.com)</p>
<p>Around 10:30 we decide to move this train wreck to one of her friends apartments... who has a female roommate...who has like 3 friends over. I could drag my drunken ( several Vodka Red Bull and Crown/Gingers at this point) ass back home and get into bed so I only hate myself a little in the morning.</p>
<p>FUCK.THAT. I barrel on, I can sleep in my office.</p>
<p>We arrive at Tonka's (he was wearing a Tonka t-shirt, he was legit) place, low and behold its a full blown party. There are pastel polos, croakies, and sun dresses everywhere. I need to be a wee bit drunker to stand this. I demand liquor. Patron appears in front of me. I hate Patron. I take a shot of Patron. Fuck Patron. I spew a litany of curse words, condemn its mother to hell, question its origin of spewing from a horse's urethra, and then throw the (pink, plastic ( cheap bitch) ) shot glass against the refrigerator.</p>
<blockquote><p>"So is that like a ritual you do after ever shot you take, or are you just a huge pussy?"</p></blockquote>
<p style="text-align:center;">Enter tall brunette...who loves cosmic foreshadowing?</p>
<blockquote><p>"I like to remind the liquor who's boss, and what will happen to it should it choose to cross me"</p>
<p>"Slamming into Tonka's refrigerator with such a force to shatter plastic shot glasses isn't helping your case any."</p>
<p>"You seem to have taken my man card, I doth protest."</p></blockquote>
<p style="text-align:center;">She smiles</p>
<blockquote><p>"Well let's work on that then."</p></blockquote>
<p>We (Me, Brunette, Tonka and my friend from work) spend the next thirty or so minutes milling around the party, talking to (making fun of) pretty much everyone there. I wish I could remember the shit she said, she was funny as hell. Or maybe she had a great ass and I was drunk, potato tomato. I suggest we go into a dark corner and attempt to find my man card. I was ready for her to laugh at me and walk off. She said she thinks I left it in Kristie's (her friend that lives there, Tonka's roommate) room. I think skipping out on sleep is probably the best idea I ever had.</p>
<p>About an hour into dialog interspersed with tongue, I go make us drinks. Upon returning, it comes to my attention she doesn't remember my name, harmless mistake right? Not when you are self-absorbed and ego-maniacal...</p>
<p>This does not bode well with me. I’m fucking me, if you remember anything, you remember me. I berated her for talking with me for over an hour and not being able to remember my name (I still to this day don’t remember hers) and then began to make boisterous claims to the tune of being famous, and that everyone in the party knew who I was. </p>
<p>Her friend, being the stuck up jealous bitch that she was because I was making out with Brunette the whole time, proceeded to call me out on that fact. So I promptly told her to go fuck herself, but not before she watched this. Putting my ego on the line, I stood up on Tonka’s counter in the middle of the party, had the music turned off and asked the whole place what my motherfucking name was. A resounding “Fucking V” came from pretty much everyone in earshot. I hoped off the bar, took the drink I just made her out of her hand, and said very matter-of-factly “And don’t you fucking forget it.”</p>
<p>On an unrelated note, my penis hates my ego and they aren't on speaking terms as of yet.</p>
<p>I had this convo with my friend on AIM while I was writing this. Again, I think I'm funny.</p>
<blockquote><p><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="color:#cc0000;"> </span></span><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong><span style="font-size:small;">J-Mo:</span></strong></span><span style="font-size:small;color:#000000;"> <span style="color:#ffffff;"><span>why do u have to write for the blog?</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="color:#204a87;"> </span></span><span style="color:#204a87;"><strong><span style="font-size:small;">Me:</span></strong></span><span style="font-size:small;"> <span style="color:#909090;">ah</span></span><br />
<span style="color:#204a87;"><strong><span style="font-size:small;">Me:</span></strong></span><span style="font-size:small;"> <span style="color:#909090;">its what blogs are for?</span></span><br />
<span style="color:#204a87;"><strong><span style="font-size:small;">Me:</span></strong></span><span style="font-size:small;"> <span style="color:#909090;">to potentially make money</span></span><br />
<span style="color:#204a87;"><strong><span style="font-size:small;">Me:</span></strong></span><span style="font-size:small;"> <span style="color:#909090;">to get famous</span></span><br />
<span style="color:#204a87;"><strong><span style="font-size:small;">Me:</span></strong></span><span style="font-size:small;"> <span style="color:#909090;">bitches suck my cock</span></span><br />
<span style="color:#204a87;"><strong><span style="font-size:small;">Me:</span></strong></span><span style="font-size:small;"> <span style="color:#909090;">for the niggas that aint here no more</span></span><br />
<span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong><span style="font-size:small;">J-Mo:</span></strong></span><span style="font-size:small;color:#ffffff;"> <span>lmao</span></span><br />
<span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong><span style="font-size:small;">J-Mo:</span></strong></span><span style="font-size:small;"> <span style="color:#ffffff;">sounds fabulouso </span></span></p></blockquote>
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 “Show You How to Do This Son”

 
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0;" align="center"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Georgia;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fmrF7FPiYw"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><span> </span>“Show You How</strong> <strong>to Do This Son</strong></span></span></a><strong><span style="color:#000000;">”</span></strong></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0;" align="center"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Georgia;">Lesson 103, was written due to the many emails sent on the subject of, “How to fold the scarves into your own style.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0;" align="center"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Georgia;">Thanks for the feedback</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Georgia;">Bandanna Style</span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><span style="font-size:small;">The measurements of the scarf are roughly 71” length and 27” width. Fold the scarf in half (vertically) the length should now be 35.5”.</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><span style="font-size:small;">Fold the scarf again (vertically) only ¼ “down, roughly, 7” or to your taste.</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><span style="font-size:small;">Fold the scarf diagonally; allow one edge of the scarf to reach the opposite frilled edge of the scarf.</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span> </span>You should now have a folded triangle, that has frills on one side</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><span style="font-size:small;">From there just take the end of the one frilled and non-frilled side and place it around your neck.</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><span style="font-size:small;">Tie the scarf &#38; CROWN URSELF UR HIGHNESS</span></span></li>
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