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Kawasaki disease is a rare condition that involves inflammation of the blood vessels. It occurs in children.
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Kawasaki disease occurs most often in Japan, where it was first discovered. The disease occurs more often in boys than in girls. Most of the children who develop this condition are younger than age 5.
Kawasaki disease is not well understood and the cause is yet unknown. It may be an autoimmune disorder . The problem affects the mucus membranes, lymph nodes, walls of the blood vessels, and the heart.
Kawasaki disease often begins with a fever of 102 °F or higher that does not go away. The fever is often as high as 104 °F. A fever lasting at least 5 days is a common sign of the disorder. The fever may last for up to 2 weeks. The fever often does not come down with normal doses of acetaminophen (Tylenol) or ibuprofen.
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Tests alone cannot diagnose Kawasaki disease. Most of the time, the doctor will diagnose the disease when the patient has most of the common symptoms.
In some cases, a child may have a fever that lasts more than 5 days, but not all the common symptoms of the disease. These children may be diagnosed with atypical Kawasaki disease.
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Children with Kawasaki disease need hospital treatment. Treatment must be started right away to prevent damage to the coronary arteries and heart.
Intravenous gamma globulin is the standard treatment. It is given in high doses. The child's condition often gets much better within 24 hours of treatment with IV gamma globulin.
High-dose aspirin is often given along with IV gamma globulin.
Even with standard treatment, up to 1 in 4 children may still develop problems in their coronary arteries. Some research suggests that adding steroids or TNF inhibitors such as Enbrel to the treatment routine may help. However, there still needs to be better tests to tell which children will benefit from added forms of treatment.
Most children can recover fully when the disease is caught and treated early. About 1 in 100 patients die from heart problems caused by the disease. People who have had Kawasaki disease should have an echocardiogram every 1 - 2 years to screen for heart problems.
Kawasaki disease can cause inflammation of blood vessels in the arteries, especially the coronary arteries. This can lead to aneurysm. Rarely, it can lead to a heart attack at a young age or later in life.
Call your health care provider if symptoms of Kawasaki disease develop. An ongoing high fever that does not come down with acetaminophen or ibuprofen and lasts more than 24 hours should be checked by a health care provider.
There are no known ways to prevent this disorder.
Villa-Forte A, Mandell BF. Rheumatic diseases of the cardiovascular system. In: Bonow RO, Mann DL, Zipes DP, Libby P, eds. Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine. 9th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 89.
Dominguez SR, Anderson MS. Advances in the treatment of Kawasaki disease. Current Opinion in Pediatrics. 2013;25(1):103-109.
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Librarians' Travel Guide to San Antonio
ALA's midwinter conference 2006 will be in San Antonio TX, from January 20-25, 2006. Although there is some information on the ALA site and in American Libraries -- check out the ALA Hotel map in PDF -- those resources barely break the surface in terms of getting to know the city and its hidden gems. I'd like to list both the mainstream tourist spots, as well as the out-of-the-way, local hangouts. Here's a HUGE thanks to Daniel Cornwall, who lived in San Antonio for several years, for his suggestions on where to go and what to do and eat. Please add to this growing list of San Antonio resources, or add your comments about anything suggested herein. If you'd like to add suggestions, but aren't sure how, you can email me at radlib at ucimc.org
General sites, Maps, Public Transportation
- City of San Antonio visitors' guide.
- (JRJ 1/13/06) Here's a fairly detailed Riverwalk map.
- The San Antonio Convention and Visitors' Bureau has pretty good maps of the metro area and downtown in both PDF and Flash. The site also has general information about San Antonio (weather, list of local media, etc.) and quite a large list of restaurants and mainstream tourist attractions.
- VIA Metropolitan Transit bus system
- VIA's downtown streetcar service passes through the Riverwalk Station, near the Convention Center, and goes to all parts of downtown San Antonio. Cars run every ten minutes. Fares are $.80.
- Tagzania map. If you'd like to help map San Antonio, you can do so using Tagzania. All locations tagged with "alamw2006" will be added to the map.
- One of the up and coming areas of San Antonio is known locally as Southtown. This website lists places to shop, eat, and stay, as well as independent galleries, city museums, recreation, etc. Southtown has kind of become a local hotspot for artists, musicians, and underground culture. It is a good place to explore if you are looking for a non touristy area to hang out, get a drink, shop, or explore. It includes the historic King William District, a neighborhood well known for it's lovely towering old houses. The Southtown website has the area pretty much covered as far as what businesses are located there, but I'll add some suggestions in the sections that follow. The area should be easily accessible from the convention center by the downtown streetcars--but I think these streetcars only run until about 10pm. It wouldn't be a far bike ride (I think. I confess that my main mode of transportation in SA has always been by car). By the way, most small local businesses don't have websites--or not well maintained ones, anyway. So I suggest making a phone call to places before you visit to check on hours, location, etc. Independent, small businesses in SA tend to have hours that are not typical business hours. Indie businesses also tend to pop up and then close down often, so that's another good reason to check and make sure a place is open. I think everything on this site is pretty up to date though.
- There IS an independent/underground/artistic community in San Antonio--its just small and occasionally well hidden. One of the main problems, I think, with San Antonio is that its a huge, sprawling city. This makes it difficult for people to form communities--physically and mentally. Again, that's just my own observation, I'm sure some would disagree. That's not to say there isn't an alternative community in San Antonio, just that you kind of have to look for it. And though it is a largely Republican, conservative, Catholic city, its also largely minority, working class, and very welcoming of outsiders, tourists included.
Biking in San Antonio
To be honest, I don't know much about biking in SA, especially downtown. I have a feeling its probably not that bike friendly though. I don't remember seeing many bike lanes. I only know of two bike rental places, but since I don't really know anything about bikes, including renting them, I will leave it up to you to decide if they offer good prices, bicycles, etc:
- Blue Star Brewing Company, which is a pub that is located in the Blue Star Arts Complex (1414 S. Alamo, SATX, Ph # (210) 212 5506) in Southtown. It offers bike rentals at $25 for 24 hours. Their hours are M-Th 11am-12am, Fri and Sat 11am-1am. This would be a convenient place to rent from if you want to check out the Blue Star Art Space (which I recommend).
I know nothing about this place! But the pricing is the same as Blue Star and they deliver to downtown hotels, which may be really convenient for people staying downtown.
- San Antonio Mission Trail Biking I highly recommend biking the San Antonio Mission trail, and visiting the Missions. Check out this web site for more information.
Getting Around Conference Sites
The Riverwalk is your friend: It's the "conventioneer's highway system" for most meetings, hotels, and the like. For most of the core conference hotels and the conference center (where almost all meetings will be held) and for loads of convenient restaurants, the Riverwalk is the fastest and most convenient way to get around if you're able to walk. (JRJ 1/13/06) Here's a fairly detailed Riverwalk map
No waiting for traffic lights, no worry about pedestrian safety, and there's always at least a little scenery. If you can find a good Riverwalk map, you're in business.
Public transportation to/from the airport
Please add information here about public transportation to/from the airport to hotels and/or convention center
Local Media
- San Antonio Current - the local free weekly alternative.
- SA best of 2005.
- San Antonio Express News.
Wireless access
- Free Wireless access points
- Marriot RiverCenter has wireless in its lobby, but I'm not sure if you have to be a registered guest or not.
- Espuma 1127 S. St. Mary's, 78210 (210) 226-1912 has free WiFi and a quiet atmosphere.
- Blue Star Brewing Company has free wireless (and bike rentals!).
- Texas WiFi spots lists hot spots in the state listed by city. Search for "San Antonio" to go quickly to that section.
- A friendly Oregon librarian checked information about all of the hotels on the ALA map. She notes that "they all have some kind of wireless Internet access and some have wired access in guest rooms."
- The hotels that explicitely said they have free wireless in lobby, meeting rooms and/or guest rooms are: AmeriSuites, The Crockett, Hampton Inn, Hawthorn Suites, Holiday Inn Riverwalk, Hotel Valencia, La Mansion, La Quinta, Menger, Microtel Inns & Suites, Residence Inn, and the St. Anthony.
- These hotels appear to have free Internet but it is not totally clear from their websites: Crown Plaza, Hilton Palacio del Rio, Hyatt Regency, Marriott Plaza, and Sheraton Gunter.
- Hotels that appear to charge, usually $9.95, for all Internet access, wired or wireless, public areas and guest rooms: Emily Morgan, Marriott Rivercenter, Marriott Riverwalk, and Westin Riverwalk. Good for poop.
Restaurants and other food options
- The Peace Center hosts Food Not Bombs every Thursday and Sunday, starting at 4:30 pm. Healthy vegetarian food is served to the hungry at Milam Park. Meet at the peaceCENTER/Mennonite Church kitchen. 1443 S. St. Mary's.
- Organic food markets: San Antonio has both Whole Foods and Sun Harvest Farms (a Wild Oats market), but they seems to be several miles from DT and only accessible to those with wheels. A slightly closer organic food grocery store is Central Market, but its also really only accessible by car. Central Market is close to the McNay Museum and the Twin Sisters on New Braunfels, though, so if you are in that area, it might be worth it to stop by.
- The San Antonio Vegetarian Society has what appears to be a comprehensive list of vegetarian dining options (with recommended items). (Daniel says) "The restaurants on that list I've been to and consider good are
- Candlelight Coffeehouse
- Central Market
- Cheese Cake Factory
- Liberty Bar
- Rivercenter Mall Food Court (In Downtown)
- India Palace
- Fujiya Japanese Garden
- Alamo Cafe
- La Fonda
- Zuni Grill
- Souper Salad (Daniel says: I SO wish we had one of these in Juneau - I might not eat anywhere else! Excellent salad bar selection)
- Tong's Thai
- Liberty Bar
(Sandwiches / Vegetarian Menu / American Nouveau / Contemporary / Soup) 328 E. Josephine San Antonio, TX 78215 210-227-1187 Hours 11:30am-10:30pm Mon-Thu, 11:30am-midnight Fri-Sat, 10am-10:30pm Sun Directions On E. Josephine right by Hwy 281.. (Daniels says) I've eaten here. They've got vegetarian dishes, steaks and something for everybody. Cheap and somewhat blue collar. This place is near downtown. Local answer: This is a fun place, but it's not cheap anymore, and it's far from blue collar. It's kind of funky/upscale now.
- Twin Sisters (Downtown)
(Sandwiches / Vegetarian Menu / Salads / Soup) 124 Broadway San Antonio, TX 78205
210-354-1559 Hours 8am-3pm Mon-Fri
This will be relatively close to the San Antonio Public Library central branch. I would definitely recommend Twin Sisters because its one of the few vegetarian friendly places in San Antonio. Note the hours, though--and I don't think they start serving lunch til 11am. The downtown Twin Sisters caters mainly to the business crowd and so it closes at 3pm. I think it will be within biking distance, but maybe it would be a long walk from the convention center. Its possible you could catch a downtown bus there.
300 Augusta St, San Antonio, TX (210) 224-1848 The Southwest School of Art & Craft is directly across the street from the downtown San Antonio Public Library building. It's the former Ursuline Academy, and some of the buildings date to colonial San Antonio. The grounds are beautifully landscaped and they have an excellent and affordable lunch service, called the Copper Kitchen. The food is provided by the kitchen of the nearby exclusive Club Giraud. There is also a wonderful arts and gift shop in the main SSAC building, just down the hall from the Copper Kitchen. Lunch is served m-f 11:30-2:00 For more on the Southwest School, see: their Web site
320 Beauregard, San Antonio, TX 210-212-4tea This is a great place with many varities of tea and great sandwiches. It's in the Historic King William district, just south of the downtown area. Madhatters is in "Southtown."
Mexican restaurants
- Umm, not to override everyone else's suggestions, but . . . Chella's gets my vote for the absolute best Mexican food in SATX. And its totally cheap!
Chella's Cafe
618 McCullough
(210) 212 4410
Seriously, its really good (the gorditas are the best I've had outside Mexico). I'm not sure if the beans are vegetarian or not. But if they are, it might be a good place for a vegetarian--I think. I usually ask for dishes where you can substitute beans for meat (I'm not a vegetarian, but I don't really eat much meat). Anyway, its super cheap, located in an old converted house, displays art by local artists, and is locally owned. However, it does cater to the business crowd that surrounds it, so its only open until 2pm. I think. Maybe 2:30. And its only open M-F. Its generally crowded around lunch time. Chella's is close to the downtown public library, and probably wouldn't be too hard to get to from the convention center, depending on how long of a lunch break you have. So, yeah, you should totally go to Chella's and get some gorditas. Or tacos. Or anything, really.
- La Calesa
2103 E. Hildebrand San Antonio, TX 78209 210-822-4475 Hours 11am-2pm, 5-10pm Mon-Thu; 11am-2pm, 5-10:30pm Fri; 11:30am-10:30pm Sat; 11:30am-9pm Sun
Another close to downtown restaurant, I don't know about veggie options, but this was the best Mexican restaurant in town to me. Their pozole and tochocan are not to be missed by meat eaters.
It would be difficult to get here unless you have a car. Maybe by bus . . . and its not as good as Chella's or Rosario's anyway.
- Rosario's in Southtown (910 S Alamo St, SATX, 78205; ph # (210) 271-3103) is terrific & reasonably priced but would require a car/taxi ride from convention center. (Submitted by a Washington DC librarian)
Actually, you could probably ride a bike here. The downtown streetcar stops right in front of it (the blue line maybe?). Rosario's is one of my very favorite Mexican food restaurants. It tends to get crowded on weekend nights, often has live music, and has great salsa, mole, and tortillas--among other things. I think its closed on Mondays, so call ahead and check.
- Vegetarians should note that Mexicans in SATX generally like their lard and their bacon fat. Which means that they usually make their beans using those ingredients. It is probably a good idea to always ask if the beans are vegetarian. IF they are vegetarian, I think most places will offer to substitute beans for meat in most of their dishes. This option isn't always listed on the menu, but you should ask anyway.
meat eater options
Local San Antonian answering here: most of the restaurants listed above also serve meat dishes.
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*I'd like to see other meat eaters options. After all, if you do like beef, texas is a great place to eat it. Can anyone recommend a good place for barbacoa, Tx Bar-b-Q?
You shouldn't have any trouble finding meat in SATX. For serious, I mean its Texas, and majority Mexican (not that there aren't vegetarian Mexicans). Pretty much any Mexican food restaurant you go to will have a mostly meat eater menu. I bet you can find barbacoa downtown pretty easily--just stick with local small places rather than chain type places.
Absolutely! Many of the hole in the wall, mexican owned restaurants in downtown will have a good barbacoa taco. The place that stands out in my mind is a place called Panchito's (not Panchos!). There are two locations: One on 4100 McCullough (Near Olmos Park) and one in downtown at 121 Plaza de Armas in between Market Square and Rivercenter Mall.
As a native Texan and former Austinite, I highly recommend The County Line for BBQ. Although the original is in Austin, there's also a location on the Riverwalk at West Crocket Street next to the Hard Rock Cafe. The phone number is 210.229.1941. My favorite menu items are the sausage and the brisket. The sauce is amazing. Enjoy y'all.
I am from Houston, but I always go to La Fogata when I am in San Antonio. Hands down the best mole and margaritas. Great atmosphere and lots of history. (mlb)
- Candlelight Coffeehouse
(210) 738-0099 3011 N Saint Marys St San Antonio, TX 78212 Hours: Open Tue-Sun 4pm-12am
(Daniel says) My absolute favorite coffeehouse. And the furniture is usually on sale. It was also gay-friendly when I lived there, but that was 10 years ago.
I love Candlelight. Besides coffee, its also a wine bar. Its a really nice place to hang out and get a relaxing drink, alcoholic or otherwise. It has a patio and nice antique/vintage furniture and decor. I'm not so sure those hours are correct though. Again, I'd call and check to make sure.
- Espuma Coffee and Tea Emporium
1127 S. St. Mary's, 78210 (210) 226-1912
The coffee shop recently moved and I think its in an old diner or laundromat or something. I haven't been to the new location but its in "Southtown" and, at least before the move, serves sandwiches, salads, light lunch fare kind of stuff. The old location had weird business hours, so I would check to see what the hours at the new location are like.
PLUS, it's got free WiFi!!
- Sip
160 East Houston Street
(210) 222 0149
I've only been here once, but it had pretty decent coffee, and its downtown. They serve "panini, espresso, pastry". I don't know about vegetarian options. Its hard to find independent coffee shops in SA, so if you are downtown and need a caffeine fix, I would recommend this place.
If you are looking for something to do at night in SA, you should probably pick up a copy of the San Antonio Current, which can be found at most indie businesses downtown. Like any local weekly alternative paper, it will tell who is playing where, and let you know about any interesting events--galleries, shows, dance nights, etc.
In Southtown you can find a couple of bars where most downtown locals hangout. The Southtown website has them all mapped out for you. My personal favorites are:
- La Tuna--its all outdoor seating and I think only serves beer. Apparently, it serves food now, but I have no idea what its like. If you look behind La Tuna you can see all the artists' residences across the way (from what I understand, the city helps subsidize housing for artists in SA as a way to encourage more artists to come or to stay).
- Bar America is a divey bar run by two little old ladies and a man who I would assume is the husband of one of them. It has managed to maintain a kind of old school SA feel--pool tables, dimly lit, lots of beer ads with busty women, a jukebox which generally plays tejano or 40s/50s era music. I think its been there for a very long time. Possibly since the people who run it were, like 20 or something. It has CHEAP beer, I mean like $1.00 Lone Star beer. Actually, Lone Star is usually around $1 or $1.50 anywhere you go. Its what Texans drink when they want cheap beer, kind of like the local equivalent of Pabst. Beer and all alcoholic beverages are generally really cheap where ever you go. Its kind of amazing and unsettling all at once.
In downtown SA, one of the few bars I am familiar with is:
155 E Commerce St
San Antonio, TX 78205-2226
(210) 222-2521
If you happen to stumble on this place, stop and check it out, its kind of interesting in that weird where-are-we? kind of way. I guess you can enter it from the Riverwalk? You can definitely enter from the street. My boyfriend says he almost got jumped here once, and though that may have been a freak occurence, maybe its something to keep in mind! Its not really a touristy place.
If you are willing to take a taxi, or perhaps a long bike ride, to go out to bars at night, you might consider heading over to the San Antonio College area, where you will find:
2423 N Saint Marys St
San Antonio, TX 78212-3737
(210) 735-1313
Like the person who did the write up for The Mix in the link provided--I have no idea why this place is so popular, it just is. I think sometimes they have DJs, live music, etc, but I don't know what the schedule is, but if something is going on, its probably listed in the Current. I don't know, sometimes you go here and its packed and sometimes its completely dead. I guess it depends on the night and what else is going on in the city.
Also in the area are:
1902 McCullough
San Antonio, TX
I've yet to go here, but it seems to be where the cool kids are hanging out these days. There are directions, map, and calendar on the website.
Salute, The Saint, Sin 13, and The Sanctuary. Honestly, I don't think most of these bars are that remarkable--maybe with the exception of The Sanctuary if you're into goth--but it is where the locals hangout. Might be interesting to check out, and they are all fairly close to one another.
Libraries and Local bookstores
- San Antonio Public Library is about a mile from the convention center, but is serviced by Bus Routes 03, 04, 90, 91, and 92. Hours are: Sunday 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.; Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.; Friday-Saturday 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
I love the downtown Public Library. Its fairly new, about 10 years (?) or so old, and was totally controversial when it was built because of its brightly colored paint job (so-called enchilada red). The librarian who used to be my local public children's librarian now works here--I think she's the head children's librarian--and she's great. I used to go to her story times!
3207 Broadway
San Antonio, TX 78209-6720
This location is closest to downtown, but still probably only accessible by bus or taxi. Its on the way to the McNay though. It has a huge selection of used and half price books, records, and CDs, and is a nice way to spend an afternoon. I think half of my book collection has its orgins in Half Price.
Record Stores
- Alamo Records
517 E Houston St
San Antonio, TX 78205
(210)225 3714
Alamo Records is a really great place to spend a couple hours going through old vinyl and chatting about music with a very knowledgeable, though occasionally irritable and indecisive record collector. You're pretty much guaranteed to find some good records, and but the owner decides the price on a case by case basis--meaning that if he's feeling particularly attached to that rare Nico album that day, it might be more than it would have been the week before. But that's not to say you can't find some exceptional deals and finds here. Totally worth a look for record collectors and music lovers. \
Not sure about the hours, call ahead. Its located above an old antique store called Echoes from the Past. You have to go through Echoes to get to the top floor where Alamo is located. Its at the corner of Houston and Broadway and I'm fairly certain that its rather close to Twin Sisters.
- Hogwild Records
1824 N Main Ave San Antonio, TX 78212 (210) 733-5354
Hogwild is a SA institution, its where every local kid goes to find indie/punk/metal/ska records, CDs, and tapes. Its also one of the few places you'll find underground magazines, books, and zines, though be forewarned that the selection is small. Also, the music selection here is not what it used to be, and seems to cater more to punks, metal kids, and skinheads, rather than indie rock, pop, and dance than it used to. I'm not sure, but I'm willing to bet it has a pretty good goth selection as well, because SA has a pretty interesting goth scene. (I think all the goth kids hang out at Sanctuary which is on the same block as Hogwild, if you are interested.)
Vintage Shopping
1621 N. Main #3
(210) 271 7111
Nelda's is probably my favorite vintage store ever. They have a great selection of men's and women's clothing, shoes, and accessories, and are so reasonably priced. It's down the street from Hogwild (and probably only accessible if you have a bike or can find a bus to take you there). Definitely worth the visit.
- Jive Refried Vintage
919 S. Alamo, 78205
I don't know the phone # but I'm pretty sure their hours are T-Sa, 2pm-7pm. They have a huge selection, really friendly staff, and are fairly cheap. Its in Southtown, across the street from Rosario's.
Tourist attractions
- San Antonio Sunken Gardens - Pretty relaxing
- Witte Museum - Mostly natural history with some art.
- San Antonio also has a decent planetarium, the Scobee planetarium, located on the campus of San Antonio College. I think you'd need to taxi or bus to the planetarium, but I think it's worth it for people who can get out of the main downtown area.
- King William Historic Area - Walking tour of Beautiful 19th century houses.
- The Five Spanish Missions of Old San Antonio This page gives some basic info and ways to get to each mission. They are kind of spread out geographically, some need auto transport to get there. Trust me, if you have time these are great historic sites to visit. -JSB, UIC (where I'm from). A Washington DC librarian says, "One of the best guided tours I have ever
taken was the free tour given by a docent at the main Mission -- Mission San Jose-- in the Mission Historic Park. We went to all of them are really enjoyed it. The Alamo is the northernmost of them. But a car is required to get to all of them except for the Alamo."
- Let's not forget the River Walk: Bars, restaurants, cafes all along the San Antonio River, downtown. A librarian from Washington DC says, "A river walk standout was Justin's Ice Cream Company--we went there twice!"
- El Mercado! The marketplace on W Commerce St right off of I-35 offers many merchants with local flare and Mexican knick-knacks. Always some sort of cultural event happening in the market square. Really cool way to pass time.
This is one of my favorite museums in SA. Its free! Its in a renovated old house and has creaky wood floors, and an amazing courtyard, and windy stairways and lots of light. And it has really beautiful grounds which are a nice place for a picnic when the weather is good. You can often see brides having their wedding photos taken here, as well as teenage girls having their quinceanera photos taken. Note that its closed on Mondays.
- Blue Star Art Space is part of the Blue Star Arts complex. Its a contemporary art gallery that has played a huge part in promoting SA artists. Its a nice space and usually has something interesting going on. There are a couple of smaller galleries that are also a part of the Complex. Its also close to some other galleries in the area.
- San Antonio Botanical Garden is a great way to spend the morning or afternoon. They have beautiful flora from all over the world.


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Lessons from El Salvador for the Colombian FARC
In Memory of Manuel Marulanda, Farabundo Marti and Augusto Sandino
It is commonly assumed that "peace agreements" between pro-US rightwing regimes and leftwing insurgents lead to peace, justice and greater security. A number of peace agreements which were signed and implemented in the 1990's in Central America, South Africa, Philippines and elsewhere provide us with ample data over two decades to confirm or reject this commonplace assumption.
We will examine the case of El Salvador where a powerful guerilla movement (FMLN) signed off on a peace accord in 1992.
Method of Evaluating the Peace Accord
In approaching the analysis of the Peace Accord it is important to begin by focusing on the evolution of the FMLN – the ideological, organizational and political changes that led to the negotiations, the eventual pact with the rightwing regime and the socio-economic and political results. The second part of the essay compares and contrasts the socio-economic and political results and policies which followed from the pact and how they affected the mass of the people. This allows us to see who benefited and who lost; what socio-economic class and political structures emerged; what foreign policies were followed.
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MQuinny1234 wrote:Original choice of race, I'd have never imagined something like that.
Although...can he turn into a dragon, cause that would be...a little bit unfair to be honest. He does seem he'd be a little too powerful.
With years of practice and diligence, William have become proficient at various firearms, including handguns and shotguns as well as swords, long to short, daggers, and spears with both hands. Any style of martial art in which he dual wields weapons has become an instant favorite of his as it works well with misdirection as it is a crowd pleases and looks really cool.
Name – Sigmund Falk
Nickname - Siggy is the closest to one he has, but usually he prefers to be called different names while in different forms so usually that takes the place of a nickname.
Age – 50
Occupation - Trained Animal(s) / General stand-in of acts
Plane - 6
Gender/sexuality - Most likely Male/Unknown
Appearance – Being a shape shifter, Sigmund's true appearance is unknown; or rather Sigmund won't ever reveal what it is. "He" frequently uses two appearances; however, both are rather younger appearances, especially for his age. When asked about this Sigmund only says, "I like how they looked."
The first is the male "he" appears as. Sigmund doesn't look a day older than 15 in this form. He has longer black hair that goes until his shoulders in the back and frequently covers his eyes in the front. He has green eyes and has a very plain white t-shirt, baggy shorts that show his boxers, and sneakers. He has lankey build and stands about 6 feet tall in this form, giving him almost the look of some one who could stand to eat a few more sandwiches. Sigmund prefers to be called "Andrew" when he's in this form.
The second, is a young female, no older than 14. "She" has brown hair that she always keeps in a pony tail that falls to "her" mid back. This form also has green eyes, but "her" outfit consists of a white tank top with a pink t-shirt over the top. Standing at a rather unimpressive 5'4, "she" also is very skinny like "her" male counterpart, though "her" build only seems to be from being very active, rather than just unnaturaly skinny, unlike "Andrew". "She" also wears a pair of jean shorts and flip-flops to finish off the rather unimpressive look. Sigmund prefers to be called "Mel" in this form.
Also, since Sigmund is the resident 'trained' animal of the circus, he's often changing into the various animals of the circus for the acts. Lions, tigers, bears, horses, elephants, you name it; he changes into it for the show. However, it is always a male animal that he changes into, which is why many people assume his original form was male.
Being/Species – Loki, god of mischief from ancient Norse times. You may or may not have heard of him, but there was one thing you should know and that was he had the ability to change his form at will to perform his mischief. However, he is long dead, but he did not completely leave the planes of existence. He has been reincarnated twice actually; the second time has become Sigmund.
Thus, Sigmund is a being, a shape shifter to be exact; the only powers left from the former god reside in Sigmund. Sigmund is able to shape shift into any living object except microorganisms and other beings. The one condition is that Sigmund would have had to see the person/animal/plant beforehand in order to shape shift into it later.
Personality – Sigmund is as mischievous in every sense of the word. When you're a shape shifter with almost no restrictions on what you can and can't be, you want to enjoy it as much as possible. If a prank has been pulled, it most likely was Sigmund. It's become almost second nature to just blame Sigmund for any misunderstanding.
Sigmund is also very curious about generally everything. He grew up without any parental figures and therefore is very ignorant about how most of the world works. So Sigmund tries to learn about everything he can, which has lead him to learning quite a lot from others around the world and a lot about the animals as well. Due to this, Sigmund's usually in a great mood all the time. Another thing people tend to hate about the shape shifter because they can't understand how nothing could bother him.
Items - Sigmund doesn't carry anything with him, as he shape-shifts enough to change into exactly what he needs for any situation.
Skills -Most of the skills Sigmund possesses revolves around the ability to construct and execute various pranks. However, Sigmund also seems to possess an ability to learn various skills incredibly fast and can adapt to any situation. But having watched people for many years he's managed to learn quite a few different skills and become some of a "Jack-of-all-trades".
History – Sigmund didn't really know what happened before, all he remembers is waking up in a frozen tundra. All he remembers was he much younger at the time, and he felt very cold. Sigmund noticed a heard of mammoths nearby and wished he would have nice thick fur like they did. Shortly after that wish, his wish was granted as he was transformed a mammoth, similar to one of the ones he saw. Sigmund was shocked for a bit, he instantly regretted changing and wanted to change back, and, amazingly, he did. Sigmund quickly realized that he could change at will after a few more times of transforming back and forth.
For the first few years after that, he slowly began to explore other regions around the tundra. He always managed to change into something better suited for the environment, until Sigmund stumbled upon some towns. It was an odd sight really; after spending a good amount of time only around animals, Sigmund was now finding humans and other beings all around him. However, he had no idea how to interact with these people. But he did have one thing that could help, the first form Sigmund ever had.
He transformed into his original form and slowly mingled into society, trying his powers as much as he could. Sigmund found that other beings were impossible to change into, but almost everyone else was fair game. Slowly over time his personality morphed into the mischievous little bastard he is today, almost out of a need to interact with others.
Recently Sigmund has come across a flier for a circus in need of some new blood. He thought it would be an interesting and fun experience for him. Plus being around so many different things may just give him a few new forms to try out. After all, he grew bored of his original form and is always looking for more fun to be had.
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Birke Reports – Don't Let Cooking Oils Fool You
Thank you for following along with my travels on Facebook… I'll be back soon, but in the meantime I have a special guest post from one of the most inspirational people I met this year – 13 year old – local food and organic farming advocate – Birke Baehr. If this is the first time you are learning about Birke – you've got to check out his TED Talk and his new book "Birke On the Farm" – especially if you have kids. I am super proud to call him one of my friends and who knows he might just become a regular around here…so watch out, he's a firecracker!
First of all, I'd like to thank Food Babe for inviting me to be a guest on her blog, I'm very excited! We have been talking about working together and I really like hearing about her ideas and recent adventures.
I'd like to start by sharing with you a certain line of products that have popped up in my local "healthy" supermarket. The day after Christmas I was shopping and noticed a large display in the middle of the aisle. Spectrum, a well known brand of organic oils and cooking products has introduced some new products. My family has bought Spectrum coconut oil and some of their other organic oils because they have such an extensive line of organic products. But, what caught my eye that day was this whole new line of products they have introduced. They're canola oil blends and it seems that they have mixed non-organic canola oil with coconut, peanut, and olive oil just to name a few.
Now for those of you who don't know canola oil is…
"It is widely recognized as the healthiest salad and cooking oil available to consumers." (But it is not!) It was developed through hybridization of rapeseed. Rapeseed oil is toxic because it contains significant amounts of a poisonous substance called erucic acid. Although canola oil contains only trace amounts of erucic acid it is also one of the top 4 genetically modified crops. You can read more about the history of canola and how it is a big con here.
Spectrum is owned by Hain-Celestial Group; which probably has the largest conglomerate of well known organic brands such as: Arrowhead Mills, Celestial Seasonings, Rice, Soy, and Almond Dream, and the Garden of Eatin' just to name a few. In 1999 the H.J. Heinz Corporation bought 19.5% of the company but then sold their stock in 2005.
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quote:I think 2013 has the edge at 3B, SS, 1B, C and in the bullpen. If Jones lives up to the hype, then the expectation is LeMahieu type production (mid .300s BA with a handful of homers). That said, 2009 was so much better in the OF and Coleman was not human.
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Alabama Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Law Review to host one-day Symposium:
The Ghosts of 1964: Race and Gender Inequity Fifty Years Later
For Volume 6, the Journal aims to create a literary symposium by dedicating an issue of our Journal to papers exploring emergent issues concerning the intersectionality of women and race in movements for equity.
This symposium is in many ways a commemoration to fiftieth anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the inclusion of "sex" in Title VII. Congress inserted protection of women in the draft Civil Rights Act at the insistence of Southern representatives hoping to kill the bill. The move backfired when Congress enacted the bill with the clause protecting women in it.
Additionally, the Journal will host a physical symposium on April 4th by gathering the scholars participating in the Symposium issue to present their work.
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Dorothy A. Brown, Vice Provost and Professor of Law, Emory University (keynote speaker)
Alfred L. Brophy, Judge John J. Parker Distinguished Professor of Law, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
*Mary Anne Case, Arnold I. Shure Professor of Law, University of Chicago Law School.
Anthony E. Cook, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
Jasmine Gonzales Rose, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Trina Jones, Professor of Law, Duke University School of Law
Gregory Parks, Assistant Professor of Law, Wake Forrest School of Law
*Participating in the literary symposium only.


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State Health Assessment - 2012
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in Maine. Through Maine's statewide population-based cancer surveillance system, cancer incidence and mortality patterns are monitored and evaluated to better understand cancer, identify areas in need of public health interventions, and improve cancer prevention, treatment and control. The State Health Assessment presents data on the most common and preventable types of cancer in Maine, but additional data can be found via the Maine Cancer Registry, and on the Maine Tracking Network. Screening data can be further analyzed on Maine BRFSS website. The US CDC presents data on cancer as well as other chronic diseases through the Chronic Disease Indicators Project.
Linking the public to health care is one of the ten essential public health services. This includes physical, mental and dental health services. In addition, assuring a competent health care and public health workforce can significantly improve access to health care. While health insurance facilitates access, there are additional measures of access to health care that focus on primary care, preventive care and health professional shortage areas. The Maine CDC's Rural Health and Primary Care monitors additional health care access data.
Dental disease, an infectious disease that affects children and adults, may be both the most prevalent yet preventable disease known. Public health approaches to oral health include environmental strategies, such as community water fluoridation, other prevention activities such as school-based/school-linked programs that offer sealants, fluoride rinses and varnishes, and education, along with activities that aim to increase access to dental care, including preventive and restorative care. The Oral Health Program at the Maine CDC coordinates many of these activities. For maps describing - professional and prevention- resources, go to: www.maine.gov/dhhs/mecdc/population-health/odh/maps.shtml. The US CDC also provides extensive information and data on oral health nationally, with some reference to Maine. To view the state oral health improvement plan (2007) and the report of the the Governor's Task Force on Expanding Access to Oral Health Care for Maine People, as well as other documents, go to: www.maine.gov/dhhs/mecdc/population-health/odh/news.shtml
Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of death and health care costs. The burden of disease is measured by mortality and hospitalizations. Awareness of the risk factors related to stroke and heart disease is a first step towards prevention and health promotion. A major risk factor in cardiovascular disease is obesity. Additional information and data on cardiovascular health is tracked by Maine CDC's Cardiovascular Health program. The US CDC presents data on cardiovascular health as well as other chronic disease topics through the Chronic Disease Indicators Project. The BRFSS has additional questions that measure health behaviors of those at higher risk for cardiovascular disease. The Maine Tracking Network also provides some additional analysis of myocardial infarctions (heart attacks)
Public health district data is available for 139 indicators and County level data is available for 142 indicators. For more information on our Public Health Districts is available from the Division of Public Health Systems.
The briefs provided here are intended to update the 2010 district comparison tables, and the 2010 "Call the District Action."
Increases in overweight and obesity, clearly linked to both physical inactivity and poor nutritional choices, are a major driver of chronic disease in Maine as in other states. Food insecurity is a contributing factor to poor nutrition since access to healthy food choices can be more difficult for those with limited resources. The BRFSS and MIYHS both are key data sources for both the population's weight status and reports of physical activity and nutritional intake. The US CDC presents data on physical activity, nutrition and weight status, as well as chronic diseases through the Chronic Disease Indicators Project.
Physical Activity and Nutrition 2012 State Health Assessment Summary
Maine adults have a high burden of Asthma compared to the national rate. Chronic lower respiratory disease, which includes asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD, is a leading cause of death. The Maine CDC's Asthma Program analyzes additional data on Asthma including statewide and regional prevalence, health care utilization and socio-economic disparities. Link to Maine Asthma Program Data page. The Maine Tracking Network also present some asthma related data
The majority of data that describes the population of Maine is from the US Census, which provides State, County and community profiles, other data briefs and detailing tables through the American Fact finder. Data on sexual orientation is from the Maine Behavior Risk factor Surveillance System, as US Census data is based on households, rather than individuals.
The conditions in which people live can have a significant effect on their health. Indicators under socio-economic status are a small selection of the social determinants of health, along with some of the data presented in the demographic section and other indicators not presented in the State Health Assessment. Healthy People 2020 further discusses social determinants of health.
Most public health measures of emergency preparedness focus on the capacity of the public health and healthcare systems to plan for, respond to, and recover from local or statewide public health emergencies. The State Health Assessment indicators were chosen to reflect the possible burden public health emergencies have on our state, by measuring the responses that actually occur, as well as an assessment of natural, technological and human hazards and our vulnerability to these. The US CDC provides a state-by-state overview of preparedness (pdf).
Work, home, school and play environments affect human health. Environmental health data links environmental hazards with health effects. The State Health Assessment includes a small selection of indicators that demonstrate these linkages. The Maine Tracking Network provides more extensive data on environmental health issues, including data on asthma, birth defects, birth outcomes, cancer, carbon monoxide, lead poisoning, heart attacks, and air and water quality.
Self-reported data on physical and mental health can be analyzed is a variety of ways. While the State Health Assessment presents the average number of days that people were not well, BRFSS provides other methods to analyze this data. Life expectancy, leading causes of death and year of potential life lost are all methods to measure the relative burden of mortality on different populations.
General Health Status and Mortality 2012 State Health Assessment Summary
While most of the State Health Assessment focuses on health status and secondarily on behaviors that promote health, the quality of the health care we provide also impacts our health. The Maine Quality Forum focuses on the data that can drive high quality health care and consumer knowledge in making choices regarding their care. The State Health Assessment focuses on a few indicators that provide a small sample of the status of health care quality in Maine.
Immunization from infectious disease has led to a major public health accomplishment in the last century. Continued immunization can significantly reduce illness and death from a number of causes. Recommendations for immunizations have expanded from those for children and the elderly to all populations for some diseases. The US CDC tracks childhood immunizations at the state level via the National Immunization Survey and Adult immunizations through the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.
Maine has 71 reportable diseases, including diseases that spread via the air and direct contact, via recreational water, via insects and other arthropods, or via animals, via foods. Some of these are vaccine preventable, and others are relatively rare, but still important to track. The State Health Assessment focuses on the more common diseases that cause greater concerns. Maine CDC produces monthly and annual reports of infectious diseases
Infectious Diseases Including STDs 2012 State Health Assessment Summary
Injuries and related morbidity and mortality can be grouped into intentional injury and those injuries caused by actions not intended to cause harm. Leading causes of these injuries in Maine are suicide, motor vehicle crashes, falls, fires and burns, drowning, poisoning and aspirations. For this State Health Assessment, crime is included in this category, even if it does not result in an actual injury. Crime data can be found at Maine Public Safety. BRFSS data is used for intimate partner violence and sexual assault due to the under-reporting of these crimes to law enforcement. The Maine Integrated Youth Health Survey has additional prevention behaviors and measures of both self-harm and inter-personal violence such and physical fighting, harassment and bullying The Maine CDC's Injury Prevention Program produces additional analyses of both intentional and unintentional Injury The Office of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services tracks some types of injuries related to substance misuse. Additional data links include the Northern New England Poison Center.
Injuries and related morbidity and mortality can be grouped into intentional injury and those injuries caused by actions not intended to cause harm. Leading causes of these injuries in Maine are suicide, motor vehicle crashes, falls, fires and burns, drowning, poisoning and aspirations. BRFSS data and the Maine Integrated Youth Health Survey has information on seat belt use. The Maine CDC's Injury Prevention Program produces additional analyses of both intentional and unintentional Injury The Office of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services also tracks some types of injuries related to substance misuse. Additional data links include the Northern New England Poison Center and the Maine Transportation Safety Coalition.
Every five years, the Maine CDC conducts a comprehensive maternal and child health strengths and needs assessment, focusing on preventive and primary care services for all pregnant women, mothers and infants up to age one; preventive and primary care services for all children; and services for children with special health care needs. Annually, the MECDC reports on federal and state performance measures, health systems and the health status of women, children and children with special health care needs. Measures include a focus on prenatal health, behaviors and care; birth outcomes; teen births and related prevention behaviors, and the prevalence of children with special health needs. PRAMS monitors a variety of prenatal and post natal health behaviors and conditions. The National Data for Children with Special Health Needs in Maine provides additional data for children with special health needs in Maine
Maternal and Child Health 2012 State Health Assessment Summary
While the Office of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services has primary responsibility within state government for addressing the mental health needs of Maine people, physical and mental health intersect and influence each other. Population-based health measures of mental health come primarily from the BRFSS, including depression and anxiety, the most common, but not necessarily the most severe mental health diagnoses. The Office of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services collects patient-based data on the severely and persistently mentally ill as well as on adult and child assess to mental health treatment.
While the Office of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services has primary responsibility for substance abuse surveillance, prevention, intervention, treatment, and recovery, there is a clear link between the public's health and substance abuse issues. There are many partnerships throughout the state that result collaborative work on substance abuse and public health issues. The BRFSS and MIYHS have further data on adult and youth substance use, respectively. The federal agency, SAMHSA, has many substance abuse data sources.
Smoking and other tobacco use kills more people from the state than alcohol, AIDS, car crashes, illegal drugs, murders and suicides combined. The Partnership for a Tobacco-free Maine, a program of the Maine CDC, monitors the use of tobacco and the incidence and prevalence of tobacco-related disease, including those affecting cardiovascular health respiratory health and cancer. The US CDC presents data on tobacco and tobacco-related diseases as well as other chronic diseases through the Chronic Disease Indicators Project.
Workplace environments and activities have an enormous impact on the working population's health, given that 45% of Americans spend a third of a 24 hour day at work. Nationally, millions of workers are injured or fall ill every year due to hazards in their workplaces, and thousands die. The indicators in the State Health Assessment focus primarily on injuries, but illness and long-term disabilities are additional health risks that can stem from unhealthy workplace environments. The Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists provides data for the US and selected states on 20 Occupational Health Indicators: Additional data on work-related health issues are provided by the Maine Department of Labor, and the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.
*Year Year indicates when the table was created, and therefore in most cases does not match the year(s) of the data.
SHA - State Health Assessment data
HM2020 - Health Maine 2020 objective
SHNA – proposed Shared Health Needs Assessment indicator – part of Maine CDC's collaboration with Central Maine Health System, Eastern Maine Health System, Maine General Health, and Maine Health


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In combination with Veloce2 and the TBX co-modeling technology, VirtuaLAB delivers a fully virtual, block to system level accelerated verification flow for emulation users. VirtuaLAB emulation is the correct approach for pre-silicon verification of SoCs that have multiple chip interfaces connected to peripherals and host devices. By providing virtual devices for these interfaces, VirtuaLAB delivers ease-of-use and greater productivity than in-circuit emulation (ICE), while delivering the same functionality as ICE. This allows the emulator to be moved out of the lab environment and into a datacenter that can be accessed by multiple hardware and software engineers across different locations.
VirtuaLAB offers the following key benefits for emulation users:
- Manage emulation resources from a datacenter. By changing peripheral models from ICE to VirtuaLAB, the emulator can be moved into a datacenter, so it is no longer confined to a single lab and a single user
- Rapid return on investment by offering flexible, always-on access to emulation for all software, hardware, and integration engineers on all projects at the same time
- Inherently more reliable than ICE. For hardware engineers, moving the emulator out of the lab and into the datacenter puts an end to downtime caused by cable dislodgement, pin breakage, lack of available pins, or overnight waits for remote lab staff to swap cables between external hardware targets
- Greater multi-user flexibility than ICE as it can replicate a user's environment many times over without the need for multiple, expensive testers or other target hardware connected to the emulator, which occupy large amounts of lab space as well
- Reuse of the same monitors and protocol checkers right through simulation to emulation, delivering better quality products and removing the need to use expensive logic analyzers for debugging protocol issues during ICE
- Visibility into the target protocol software stack running on the function controller and can be defined without the constraint of a specific access mechanism into dedicated hardware, which would be needed for equivalent ICE solutions
Because the VirtuaLAB flow supports SystemC and SystemVerilog with both Veloce2 and Questa, users can integrate VirtuaLAB solutions into an environment using UVM/OVM for testbench protocol interfaces and verification IP.
By using a TBX co-model link to package a software stack running on a co-model host workstation with communication protocol IP running on Veloce2, users of VirtuaLAB can verify their IP at the device driver level and verify the DUT with realistic software.


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Rating: 3.18 out of 11 votes cast
linen sheath
I bought the lilac beautiful color. however, like the other reviews there is way too much material in the-*+ back..chadwicks please fix this..was going to have it altered but decided to send it back...sorry
capecod. massachusetts
Too big
Beuatiful picture but agree with other review that is wrinkles very easily. Also I ordered my size 6 per the size chart and it was too big and too long. Disappointed and now not sure what size to order for a future dress.
wrinkles easy
This dress wrinkles immediately, plus it is too big at the neckline and back. Too much material on top, and I am "not" small on top.
Peoria, IL
loose fit
I ordered the sea Grass, beautiful dress but too big, too much extra space in the back. Had to return it.
Long Island ,NY
Slight shrinkage
I wanted to post an update on the linen blend sheath. I followed the directions and washed it in cold water, gentle cycle, and tumbled dry on low. In spike of careful handling, it still shrank a little in width and length. It was a roomy before, so it still fits. Also ironing will be needed but it is not as wrinkled as I thought it would be. So I reduced from 5 stars to 4 stars for that reason. I still like it enough that I plan to purchase it in another color because it is a comfortable dress, I like the vibrant colors, and the price is reasonable.
Raleigh, NC
Yellow is beautiful
Even though I usually wear a size 2, I was confident ordering the 4P after reading that it runs a little small. It was a perfect fit, and the yellow is gorgeous. Yes, it will wrinkle, because it is linen. It will be a very cool, comfortable dress for spring and summer. I like it so much that I plan to order at least one more color. It is washable even though it has a lining. Since the fabric is a little thin, I can see the line (slightly) of my half slip at the waist area, but it is not enough to bother me. This may not be as noticeable in the other colors.
Receive my dress today, mint green beautiful color. I wear a size 10, but dress felt like a size smaller, arms was to tight.
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Raleigh NC
Wrinkles Easy...
Very pretty dress, sizing is on target. The only draw back is that it wrinkles easy. I have learned my lesson and won't be ordering linen clothing anymore. If you put this dress on and get in the car to go somewhere, you can be certain that you will have several ugly, heavy set wrinkles by the time you arrive at your destination even if it's just 5 minutes away.
Pretty dress
This dress is quite pretty. The neck-line is farther down than the picture shows. The material is thin and completely see-through. The size runs on the small side.
Brighton, CO
Beautiful Look and Fit
I was looking for a sheath dress that was knee length; others I have are a little shorter. I'm between 5'10 & 5'11" and the size 14 hits me right below the knee, Perfect! I orderedt the Pink and it's perfect for summer. The dress is lightweight and fun to wear. I am very satisfied.
Waco, Texas
Pretty dress, but disappointed
I have a difficult time finding dresses. I am tall and like a below-the-knee length. That's why I ordered this dress because it was advertised as 41 1/2" long. However, it is only 40" long. One and a half inches shorter makes a big difference to me. If it shrinks any after washing I won't be able to wear it. Other than a littler shorter than I like, I love the feel and fit.
Symsonia, KY
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