diff --git a/app/models/appearance.rb b/app/models/appearance.rb
index aea34c6..ea5a3ea 100644
--- a/app/models/appearance.rb
+++ b/app/models/appearance.rb
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ class Appearance < ActiveRecord::Base
       belongs_to :voter, :class_name => "Visitor", :foreign_key => 'voter_id'
       belongs_to :prompt
       belongs_to :question
-
       belongs_to :answerable, :polymorphic => true
 
+      default_scope :conditions => {:valid_record => true}
+
       def answered?
 	 !self.answerable_id.nil?
       end
diff --git a/app/models/question.rb b/app/models/question.rb
index 0df5ec8..d637145 100644
--- a/app/models/question.rb
+++ b/app/models/question.rb
@@ -144,13 +144,9 @@ class Question < ActiveRecord::Base
     if params[:with_appearance] && visitor_identifier.present?
        visitor = current_user.visitors.find_or_create_by_identifier(visitor_identifier)
 
-       last_appearance = visitor.appearances.find(:first, 
-						  :conditions => {:question_id => self.id,
-							          :answerable_id => nil
-       						                 },
-				 		  :order => 'id ASC',
-						  :limit => 1)
-       if last_appearance.nil?|| last_appearance.answered? || !last_appearance.prompt.active?
+       last_appearance = get_first_unanswered_appearance(visitor)
+
+       if last_appearance.nil?
           @prompt = choose_prompt(:algorithm => params[:algorithm])
           @appearance = current_user.record_appearance(visitor, @prompt)
        else
@@ -163,13 +159,8 @@ class Question < ActiveRecord::Base
 	       num_future = params[:future_prompts][:number].to_i rescue 1
 	       num_future.times do |number|
 		  offset = number + 1
-                  last_appearance = visitor.appearances.find(:first, 
-						  :conditions => {:question_id => self.id,
-							          :answerable_id => nil
-		                                                 },
-				 		  :order => 'id ASC',
-						  :offset => offset)
-                  if last_appearance.nil?|| last_appearance.answered? || !last_appearance.prompt.active?
+                  last_appearance = get_first_unanswered_appearance(visitor, offset)
+                  if last_appearance.nil?
                       @future_prompt = choose_prompt(:algorithm => params[:algorithm])
                       @future_appearance = current_user.record_appearance(visitor, @future_prompt)
 		  else
@@ -597,6 +588,23 @@ class Question < ActiveRecord::Base
     filename
   end
 
+  def get_first_unanswered_appearance(visitor, offset=0)
+       last_appearance = visitor.appearances.find(:first, 
+						  :conditions => {:question_id => self.id,
+							          :answerable_id => nil
+       						                 },
+				 		  :order => 'id ASC',
+						  :offset => offset)
+       if last_appearance && !last_appearance.prompt.active?
+		  last_appearance.valid_record = false
+		  last_appearance.validity_information = "Deactivated Prompt"
+		  last_appearance.save
+
+		  return get_first_unanswered_appearance(visitor)
+       end
+       last_appearance
+  end
+
 
 
 end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 8f6d532..f772103 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended to check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20100714160406) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20100716121029) do
 
   create_table "appearances", :force => true do |t|
     t.integer  "voter_id"
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20100714160406) do
     t.datetime "updated_at"
     t.integer  "answerable_id"
     t.string   "answerable_type"
+    t.boolean  "valid_record",         :default => true
+    t.string   "validity_information"
   end
 
   add_index "appearances", ["lookup"], :name => "index_appearances_on_lookup"
--
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