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Éric Thériault, PhD candidate in psychology, to attend the CIHR Summer Program in Aging
Éric Thériault, in his second year of doctoral studies in developmental psychology, was accepted to participate in the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Summer Program in Aging. Éric is examining the issue of gambling in this minority population of older adults.
The 2011 Summer Program in Aging will help me increase my research and academic skills in the field of aging, improve my abilities of collaboration, communication and professionalism and lastly, help broaden my perspective of the field of aging, by meeting, conversing and interacting with other researchers and graduate students in this field, says Éric.
The annual Summer Program in Aging (SPA), inaugurated in 2006, is designed to offer students and post-doctoral fellows involved in aging research an advanced research training program that crosses disciplines, sectors, institutions and geography. The program addresses one or more of the CIHR Institute of Aging's research priorities in:
* Fundamental research
* Clinical research
* Health services research
* Social research
After finishing his doctorate, Éric hopes to continue in an academic setting His goal is to continue his research in this under-examined domain, and to disseminate his knowledge in an applied setting. Éric wishes to continue collaborative projects and work with various community-based organizations.
To find out more about the CIHR Institute of Aging and the Summer Program in Aging please access the Canadian Institutes of Health Research site: http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/30408.html
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I might be leaving my 6 month old daughter with very loving grandparents for a week trip to Hawaii. Not sure traveling that far with her will be best for her. I want to bring my pump to maintain my supply, but what are the chances of her returning to nursing after 7 days? Anyone have experience with this? I might still take her, I'm really conflicted and torn.
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M&M Surprise Cookies
These cookies should be called "Super Sugar Overload Cookies". They're pretty intense. I could only handle eating one of these and I love chocolate and peanut butter. When you consider the anatomy of this cookie, it's not wonder they're sugar-coma inducing. Start with a peanut butter cookie pressed into a mini-muffin tin, then a Reeces peanut butter cup is pressed into the cookie. On top of the peanut butter cup are 4 mini marshmallows heated until they puff up. Next, a drizzle of chocolate which is finally topped with some crushed M&Ms. These little guys really pack a punch of flavors. It's like a sugar party in your mouth.
I had a really hard time finding mini-M&Ms. In fact, I couldn't find them. I looked in three stores with no luck. So I just used regular M&Ms that I chopped up a bit so they wouldn't be disproportionate in size. It worked just fine.
Definitely be sure to let the peanut butter cookies cool completely in the pan. If you try to remove them too early, they'll get all smooshed up and it won't be pretty.
I had some issues with the peanut butter cookie batter. It had an odd texture even prior to baking. It was a bit gritty. Next time, I would definitely cream the peanut butter, then add the sugar and cream those two ingredients prior to adding the eggs. I think that would help with the texture. It wasn't horrible, just not as smooth as I would have thought.
Peanut Butter Cup Surprise Cookies
Yield: ~36
2 Cup creamy peanut butter
2 Cup sugar
2 egg
24 mini Reeses Peanut Butter Cups, unwrapped
mini marshmallows
2 Cup semi sweet chocolate chips
4-6 Tablespoons heavy cream
1/2 Cup mini M&M's - I used chopped M&Ms
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Place peanut butter, sugar and egg into a large bowl and mix until well combined.
Scoop dough evenly into a 12 count mini cheesecake pan or mini muffin pan. Cook for 13-15 minutes until almost done.
Remove from oven and press a peanut butter cup into the center of each cookie until flush with cookie top. Top each cookie with 4 mini marshmallows and return to oven for 2-3 more minutes or until marshmallows are puffed. Remove and set aside to cool for 10 minutes.
Place chocolate chips into a microwave safe bowl and microwave in 30 second intervals until melted smooth. Stir in 2-3 Tablespoons heavy cream until silky and smooth. Spoon chocolate over top of puffed marshmallows and sprinkle with mini M&M's.
Recipe from Picky Palate
I am submitting these as my entry for Flavor of the Month on Bake at 350. This month, the flavor is Cookies!
15 Responses to "M&M Surprise Cookies"
WOW total sugar coma! I love that it's a PB cookie with a whole PB cup put into it!! Such a fun idea 🙂
and peanut butter
and chocolate
and aMrshmallows
süpppppeer 🙂
Considering it's not even 10am and I've just polished off my 4th cheesecake brownie, I'd better stay as far away from these cookies as possible. They look phenomenal.
Looks good. I bet they'd be super festive looking with the holiday m&ms.
Happy Friday!
These look sugary and delicious 🙂 I tend to find mini M&M's either in the check out lane or at Christmas I find them over where they have little stocking stuffer candy.
I have the sugar shakes just thinking about these 🙂 They are waaaay too cute!
I'd love that sugar party in my mouth…wow!
My kiddos would be all over this. All that candy PLUS a cookie?! They'd love it! LOL
Oh – the mini m&ms? I can usu. only find them in the check-out aisles in the small tubes. I haven't seen them in bags in a long time.
I'll have to look up by the checkout next time I need mini M&Ms. I was definitely looking for a bag…
OMG your pictures are TDF
The only place I can find M&M minis now is in the bulk candy aisle. I haven't seen them in any sort of packaging in ages.
"super sugar overload cookies" sound good to me! 🙂 Thanks for linking!
Very Clever!
Wow those look great, I'll have to try them. I love your photography!


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#123058 - 02/16/04 06:12 PM blue point
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From O.Henry short story "The Harbinger":
The warble of the first robin in Hackensack, the stirring of the maple sap in Bennington, the budding of the pussy willows along Main Street in Syracuse, the first chirp of the bluebird, the swan song of the Blue Point, the annual tornado in St. Louis, the plaint of the peach pessimist from Pompton, N. J., the regular visit of the tame wild goose with a broken leg to the pond near Bilgewater Junction, the base attempt of the Drug Trust to boost the price of quinine foiled in the House by Congressman Jinks, the first tall poplar struck by lightning and the usual stunned picknickers who had taken refuge, the first crack of the ice jam in the Allegheny River, the finding of a violet in its mossy bed by the correspondent at Round Corners - these are the advance signs of the burgeoning season that are wired into the wise city, while the farmer sees nothing but winter upon his dreary fields.
The Blue Point oyster was named for Blue Point, Long Island in New York, where this exceptionally fine oyster was first discovered. The name is now generally used for any medium size Atlantic oyster eaten raw.
I'm not sure what "the swan song" refers to. There are
months in which eating shellfish is hazardous because
of microscopic organisms (dinoflagellates) that are very toxic, but I think that happens only in warm water later in the year.
#123059 - 02/16/04 06:17 PM Re: blue point
old hand
Registered: 01/12/01
Posts: 771
Loc: Portland, Oregon
Might he be saying "the end of oyster season"? I dunno... just a guess.
#123060 - 02/16/04 06:26 PM Re: blue point
Carpal Tunnel
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Posts: 13858
Dear Fiberbabe: I remember an old saw about avoiding months
with and "R" in them, but in those days nobody knew what
caused the trouble. O.Henry is talking about a seasonal
thing, but I'm still not sure what he meant. I'm searching
for "shellfish toxicity" but have a lot more to wade through.
#123061 - 02/16/04 07:25 PM Re: blue point
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 06/24/02
Posts: 7210
Loc: Vermont
these are the advance signs of the burgeoning season
I'm with CyberFiber on this one._________________________
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#123062 - 02/16/04 07:41 PM Re: blue point
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 01/18/01
Posts: 13858
To me "swan song" means goodbye, not "Hello!"
#123063 - 02/16/04 07:48 PM Re: blue point
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 06/24/02
Posts: 7210
Loc: Vermont
right, but it's the end of the oyster season that ushers in the new season._________________________
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#123064 - 02/16/04 07:58 PM Re: blue point
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 01/18/01
Posts: 13858
Dear etaoin: Please don't tantalize me. Give the beginning and ending month of the oyster season. I should think the
oyster season might start with spring high tides, which when they go out would give better access to oyster beds,
and the arrival of hot weather mark the end, because of its
incubating the dinoflagellites. Got a better theory?
#123065 - 02/16/04 08:05 PM Re: blue point
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 06/24/02
Posts: 7210
Loc: Vermont
well, I was only going on the paragraph itself, and what I felt it implied, however, I did find this, that I think, supports my(and fb's!) idea:
DNR Extends Oyster Season Two Weeks
Ice cover prevented watermen from working Annapolis, MD (February 18, 2000)--Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Secretary Sarah Taylor-Rogers, responding to a unanimous recommendation of the Tidal Fish Advisory Committee last night, has decided to issue a two-week extension of the commercial oyster season.
"Ice cover prevented many watermen from working for more than three weeks this winter," Secretary Taylor-Rogers said. "This two-week extension will give them an opportunity to make up for some of their losses. The State is committed to following a balanced path, ensuring a viable commercial fishery, while expanding the Bay's oyster population ten-fold over the next 10 years."
The commercial oyster season was scheduled to close on March 31, and will now remain open through April 14.
and a couple of other sites talk about a mid-fall beginning...
sounds to me like the end of oyster season welcomes in Spring._________________________
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#123066 - 02/16/04 08:12 PM Re: blue point
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 01/18/01
Posts: 13858
Dear etaoin: I goofed about the "R" business. The months
with "R" are supposed to be OK. So Spring would be the end
of the oyster season. But the oysters would be rejoicing
because of gaining respite from harvest, not singing their
own funeral dirge. The Walrus and the Carpenter would be
the ones singing the blues .
#123067 - 02/16/04 08:18 PM Re: blue point
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 06/24/02
Posts: 7210
Loc: Vermont
singing their
own funeral dirge. The Walrus and the Carpenter would be
the ones singing the blues.
I think you got that right!_________________________
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A Harmon couple transformed a snowdrift in their yard into a luxurious igloo complete with a fireplace.
In just 10 hours, Wayne and Debra Larson built an igloo with the amenities of a house.
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Self-Portrait, 1889
Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853 – 1890)
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Rev. Howard Mueller, C. Frederick Toenniges Professor of Religious Studies received a bachelor of divinity degree from Evangelical Theological Seminary in 1961, a master of sacred theology degree from Yale University in 1962, and a doctorate of philosophy from Northwestern University in 1973. As an ordained minister, he served for three years as chaplain and instructor of religion at Albert Academy in Sierra Leone. Since joining the faculty of his alma mater in 1976, Mueller has received numerous awards for distinguished teaching. His classes—while very demanding—have been among the most sought-after by North Central students for nearly 30 years. In recognition of his many contributions, in 1996 North Central presented Mueller with the highest honor it confers on a member of its family: the Harold and Eva White First Citizen of the College Award. Most recently, Mueller was named Outstanding Educator of the Year by the United Methodist Higher Education Foundation.


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India diplomat in US is transferred to UN mission
UNITED NATIONS The Indian diplomat who was strip-searched after her arrest in New York City on visa charges has been transferred to Indias mission to the United Nations, a former colleague said Wednesday.
Devyani Khobragade, who was Indias deputy consul general in New York, says she has full diplomatic immunity from prosecution. The State Department disputes that.
It is unclear how the move to the U.N. mission might affect Khobragades immunity.
But Secretary of State John Kerry called a top Indian official to express his regret over the incident, which has outraged India and put a chill in the countries relations. India has revoked privileges for U.S. diplomats in protest.
Khobragade was arrested last week outside of her daughters Manhattan school on charges that she lied on a visa application about how much she paid her housekeeper, an Indian national. Prosecutors say the maid received less than $3 per hour for her work.
She has pleaded not guilty. Her lawyer, Daniel Arshack, insisted she is and has always been covered by full diplomatic immunity.
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* Leaks. As sure as the TSA will keep hassling grandmothers, it will soon storm. And when it does, shine a flashlight up in the attic in search of not just dripping water and condensation, but also water stains on the ceiling, walls and floor. Those are sure indications that H2O is unfortunately finding its way under your roof's shingles or behind its flashings.
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The joys of weeding have eluded me this summer. I've been tending the algae growing in my pool instead. I treated it with chemicals, vacuumed, brushed, said daily novenas to the Virgin. Did you know there are different algaes? Green, of course, but also mustard and black. It was some small consolation when the pool clerk said "everybody's growin' it this summer." It must have been a July thing. When August came, it went.
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My husband can't wait for corn. He brings it home from the supermarket, along with 24 rolls of toilet paper, delighted with his haul. It is early July and the local stuff is barely knee-high, I point out. He can't wait for that burst of sweetness buried in butter. But I can. When the local farmers start selling, I buy it and cook it the same day as long as the crop lasts. A small price for happiness. I like corn, but tomatoes really make me happy. That first tomato sandwich makes even pool chores worthwhile. Any good bread slathered with mayonnaise, a crisp leaf of Farmer Greg's lettuce, some cracked pepper and sea salt and thick slices of ripe tomato is a lunch to savor on the porch swing with a glass of lemonade. Ah, summer food.
I am proud to announce to my family that their dinner plates are filled with local food. They don't seem impressed, but I know our First Lady would be. Although I don't tend a White House-style garden, I do shop the farmer's markets every week, and I'm happy to relieve friends of their excess beans and cucumbers.
Even the food that spoils while waiting to be used gets new life in the compost pile, reducing the guilt of being a first-world citizen.
Good food, locally grown, has its price, of course. I find I am pickier now that I'm paying top dollar for that pound of beef. Grass-fed? Hormone free? I'll take it. The farmer who sells me lamb explains that he slaughters early before a muttony taste develops. That seems worth $6 a pound.
This summer's June road trip left my deck garden bare except for reseeded dill and bare strawberry runners, but I yielded enough thyme for omelets from the flagstone patio joints. And there is always enough mint for Mojitos where I live.
A friend who works weekdays in the city at a public high school that has a summer program tells of her recently realized dream of a school garden. Several years ago she presented the idea to the administration and was rebuffed. She was told then that all food consumed in the cafeteria had to come from contract suppliers. With the help of enlightened administrators and a celebrity backer, she now has her garden, in which she and the students labor long and hard. The cafeteria has been freed to harvest and cook the fruits and veggies of their labor. Maybe there is such a thing as progress, after all.


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Last week we were encouraged by the release of ACT scores, and next week, in coordination with the College Board the SAT results will be released. We will send you that information, under embargo, as we did last week with the ACT. Again we will not be releasing district information, only you can do that.
As we look forward to the coming school year, it is with great sadness that two individuals who have been stellar advocates for education will be departing the Illinois State Board of Education. David Wood, Assistant Superintendent of Fiscal/ Support Services and Peter Leonis, Director of Government Relations, will both be leaving ISBE in the weeks to come.
David will become the
Peter has been at the forefront of many issues over the years, from helping legislators understand the impact of unfunded mandates to illustrating the domino effect of how budget cuts translate to a decreased capacity to assist school districts. This year his role at ISBE was certainly his toughest yet, with the changes proposed in Senate Bill 3000, in addition to a large proportion of education bills pending this most recent and lengthy legislative session. Throughout all of it, Peter operated as he always did by setting the record straight on tough issues, and asking people the right questions like, "How will this improve education?" After four years with ISBE and a total of 15 years in state government, Peter will be starting with the federal government in a few weeks in a role with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). He will be sorely missed.
Robert Schiller
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Dr. DuBose was born June 18, 1983, in San Antonio. He was born again in January 1999 when he accepted Jesus as his Lord and Savior at First Baptist Church in Beeville. He was a sixth generation Master Mason and a life member of Victory Lodge #1160 as well as the Alzafar Shrine, both in San Antonio.
He graduated from A.C. Jones High School in 2001 and earned his bachelor's degree in English from the University of Texas at Austin in 2005. He pursued postgraduate studies at Pennsylvania State University, where he completed an M.A. in 2008 and a Ph.D. in 2013, both in American literature. While at Penn State, he won a Bunton-Waller Fellowship and the Philip Young Memorial Fellowship in American Literature. He had just finished his first year of college teaching as a visiting assistant professor at the University of South Carolina, Beaufort.
He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Howard and Ruby Lee Dunn and Ernest and Sheba DuBose.
Survivors include his mother, Lori DuBose of Beeville; father, Dewey DuBose of Yancey; a brother, Justin DuBose of San Antonio; and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.
The funeral service will be conducted Tuesday, May 20, at 11 a.m. at First Baptist Church in Beeville.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Michael DuBose Memorial Scholarship. Checks can be mailed to Eva Cisneros, BISD, 201 N. St. Mary's, Beeville, 78102.
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Home List of Titles Target-to-target interval versus probability effects on P300 in one- and two-tone tasks
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/2779
- Title
- Target-to-target interval versus probability effects on P300 in one- and two-tone tasks
- Author(s)
- Barry, Robert J.; Croft, Rodney J.; Gonsalvez, Craig J.; Gabriel, C.
- Abstract
- The P3(00) is an electrophysiological index of neural processing that varies with such stimulus parameters as interstimulus interval (ISI) and target probability, with a common view being that it reflects an endogenous form of memory update. Building on previous research, we argue that relations between P3 amplitude and both ISI and probability may be attributable to the target-to-target interval (TTI). Employing between-subject (Experiment 1; N=24) and within-subject (Experiment 2; N=10) designs, the present paper addresses this by testing subjects on a standard two-tone auditory oddball task as well as a one-tone task. In both studies, P3 amplitude increased and latency decreased linearly with TTI, and these relations were relatively unaffected by ISI or probability. This suggests that ISI and probability per se do not independently affect P3 amplitude, and that TTI offers a strong explanation of the reported relations between P3 amplitude and both ISI and probability.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. Centre for Neuropsychopharmacology
- Source
- Psychophysiology, Vol. 40, no. 3 (2003), pp. 322-328(7)
- Publication year
- 2003
- Keyword(s)
- P300; P3; Target-to-target interval; TTI; Endogenous; Probability; ISI
- Publisher
- Blackwell Publishers
- Format
- pp. 322-328(7)
- 0048-5772
- Publisher URL
- Copyright
- © 2003 Society for Psychophysiological Research
- Peer reviewed


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[Hook: Gucci Mane]
I smoke weed for breakfast
I drink lean for breakfast
I take mollies, I take xannies, I can't eat no breakfast
Half a pound for breakfast
2 grams of molly breakfast
A pint of lean for breakfast
And I'm cookin' dope for breakfast
I smoke weed for breakfast
I drink lean for breakfast
I take mollies, I take xannies, I can't eat no breakfast
Half a pound for breakfast
2 grams of molly breakfast
A pint of lean for breakfast
I got Collard Greens for breakfast
[Verse 1: Gucci Mane]
Fine all my live for breakfast
That serve that trick a lesson
We on two different levels, Flock say he just came from Belgium
My trap house right off Gresham
I'm so god damn successful
She ate my dick for dinner, then she ate mollies for breakfast
Got a big booty bitch with some nice size titties
Baby so fine gotta let her ride with me
She the type of bitch get a 550$
You the type of bitch can't get one penny
Smoke seven fire blunts in one minute
I ain't finna eat no Denny's on Wendy's
I show lotta brow gotta show lotta
On flash o's and the show got
If the show slow up then I won't get scared
Pourin' lean so dark that it look like Henny
It's breakfast time and y'all niggas come get it
If you wanna go to war pussy nigga I'm with it
I peeped it, you piece of shit
Try to creep on a nigga I seen it
Put a beam on a nigga for treason
I kill a fuck nigga, no reason
[Verse 2: Waka Flocka Flame]
Pocket full of molly, sellin pounds out the window
Diamond Cuban gold link chain cost a kilo
Getting fronted by amigo, plus I got a hit single
Motherfuck these niggas what the hell they sayin
Crossed over still stay hood
Steel top on my Phantom hood
Can't cook dope but a nigga shoot good
Got your baby mama walking down my hardwood
I just had 5 backwoods for breakfast
80 thousand dollars on a young nigga necklace
We ain't hit the club if them hoes ain't naked
Waka flocka flame cut throat and reckless
Niggas throwin bands when they hear this record
Pocket full of hunneds, don't do no debits
Only smoke gas, you smoke unleaded
Brick squad here, lames found the exit
Smoking out the pound my nigga
Where the fuck you from, throw yo hood up nigga
Diamonds in my mouth, can't do golds my nigga
Shawty be bouncin back on a leather, keep it real chase cedar
She gonn fuck for some red bottoms and a Givenchy sweater
That ho ain't shit, type of bitch to set me up
PeeWee in the cut with the strap and the double cups
You ain't see him!
[Verse 3: PeeWee LongWay]
In the morning, I'm still geekin'
Lickin Miley Cyrus for breakfast
3 bad bitches from the playboy mansion
I'm PeeWee Longway Hefner
Got pints double sealed in my refrigerator
I pour mud up for breakfast
Got a play, said he want a load of collard green
Meet me on Metropolitan at the Burger King
But not for breakfast nigga
Me and Waka and Gucci just finessed a duck
4000 gas bags in a Bentley truck, We eat racks that's how we get full
If you're a rat then we got the semi auto full boy tuck your ice in
That shit ain't burr
Can't you tell from the light
A couple make this year, 2013 I tip, trynna call my whip
Breakfast talking at the table counting up my chips
Sippin on mud, drinking out the mug
With a nigga Mrs boy I know he pissed
Lean got me drifting, so this a workin shit
One day ain't gon' hurt you bitch
Counting up racks is my breakfast bitch
The molly on me bitch, the lean on me bitch
Go ahead I'm with them eggs and grits!
Track 12 on Gucci's Trap God 2 that released on 2/12/13, featuring Waka Flocka and PeeWee LongWay


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Hello - I'm returning to work next week and I'm confused about how I should be pumping. DS only nurses from one breast per feeding, so I just alternate which one I use at each feeding. When I pump, should I be pumping from both breasts? During my practice pumps, I have only been pumping one. I have practiced with pumping both, but he seems to be unsatisfied at the next feeding.
I will be able to nurse him during my lunch break, so I am planning:
Nurse at wake-up around 5:30 to 6 AM
Nurse at day care drop-off at 8
Pump 10:30
Nurse at day care at 1
Pump 3:30
Pick up and nurse at 5:30
Should I pump both breasts during my two pump times? I am concerned with how I feed him now, there won't be enough milk left in them for him lunch time and pick up nursings.
I was also thinking instead of that schedule, pump one breast while feeding him at 8 AM and 1 PM instead of doing the two in between pumps at 10:30 and 3:30. My breasts are already used to going about 5 hours in between feedings since I only use one. Could that work instead? Thanks!


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The ties between women can run as deep as the ocean - but so can the secrets.
For 20 years, Kayla, Antoinette, and Val have performed their own special summer ritual. Once a year, the old friends put aside their daily, separate lives to drink champagne, swap stories, and swim naked under the Nantucket stars. But on one of those bonding nights, one of their trio swims out from the shore and doesn't return. After the surviving friends emerge from their grief, they realize that the repercussions of their loss go far beyond their little circle, and they begin to uncover layers of secrets - and their connections to each other - that were never revealed on the beach. What has made their friendship strong now has the power to destroy - their marriages, families, even themselves.
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The ages of the characters do not fit with their voice or actions. The son acts like an entitled, spoiled 14 year old as opposed to the alleged 18. The 3 women behave at best like 20-something college sorority girls. If you like stories where babies are the cure all then this is for you.
"Just awful"
This book was just awful. Have read other books by Hilderbrand and enjoyed them but this one was not enjoyable. Would not recommend!!!
"Excellent story line in beautiful Nantucket!"
Definitely because I couldn't put it down and the second time around I find things I have missed or forgotten. It's actually a fascinating read of many twist and turns in relationships and friendships which totally held my interest.
I began reading Elin Hildebrand a few weeks ago now I find myself searching and reading all her books. Her descriptions in scenery want me to live on Nantucket Island.
Scenery wise I thing The Blue Bistro and the same for relationships though I found the Blue Bistro lighter reading.
I had no favorite characters; each had their own role and place.Christine Delaine is an amazing narrator! Each charge tour is distinct especially well done in Antoinette!
The ending..it was a great ending and still allows for a sequel.
I am enchanted with this author! Elin does a beautiful job of creating characters of reality and she has a way of making me fall into the book becoming a part of it. It's easy reading or listening and "most" of all she gets my attention in the 1st chapter that I find to be an excellent author!
The plot, the narrative, the character development.
I liked her interpretation of the characters. Brought substance and life to them.
Val. She seemed so easy to let go of her friendship and values! I would want to speak to a person as such face to face.
Really really enjoyed listening
"It's Hard For Me to Rate This One"
It's hard for me to give this book a rating. I finished it, so at least it delivered on some level. However, Elin Hilderbrand seems to have a knack for creating characters that I do not like. I didn't like any of the 3 women main characters in this book, but I stuck with the book to see what happened, and because a friend of mine recommended the book. I started another book written by the same author, and about 1/3 of the way through, again, I decided I didn't like any of the characters, didn't care what happened to them, and didn't finish the book.
I don't think I will be spending any more money on Elin Hilderbrand books.
"Overly dramatic story with horrible narration!"
It was ridiculously dramatic. There was not one character in this book who had any redeeming qualities. I honestly was angry listening to this book because one character was worse than the next! This book's whole theme seems to be "with friends like that, who needs enemies!" I have only an hour left and I'm forcing myself to listen to the rest because I'm hoping that the end of the book will at least give me some closure to this horrible story!
Make at least one character likable!
The narrator was too slow and breathy. She took so many deep breaths during her narrations that I kept feeling like I was out of breath. She sounded like she had just run a race and was struggling to breathe. I also hate the voices she used for Antoinette and Val. Antoinette sounded like a man and Val's voice was like nails on a blackboard. Honestly will not listen to any other books narrated by this person.
No. Horrible!
Horrible story... horrible narration...the book literally made me angry!
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This article explains the basic patterns and programming techniques commonly used when XSL Transformations (XSLT), Java Servlets, and XML are combined to create sophisticated web applications. The types of applications that benefit from this approach include
It is hard to imagine a situation where XML and XSLT would not work, often more elegantly than JSP or pure servlet approaches.
XSL stands for Extensible Stylesheet Language which is a two-part specification from the Worldwide Web Consortium. XSL Formatting Objects, which is not covered by this article, is an XML language for specifying the formatting of documents, such as fonts, colors, and alignments. At the time of this writing, XSL Formatting Objects is a Working Draft and is subject to change. Current web browsers do not support XSL Formatting Objects, so this is not a viable technology for the foreseeable future.
The second part of XSL is XSLT, which was designed to transform well-formed XML documents into XSL Formatting Objects documents. XSLT is a W3C Recommendation, which is equivalent to saying that it is a standard. Although XSLT was designed to support XSL Formatting Objects, it works well as a general purpose XML transformation language. When people talk about XSL, they are usually referring to XSLT, which is much more widely used today.
The following are the basic elements of XSLT.
Figure 1: XSLT Transformation Process.
As Figure 1 illustrates, the XML input is transformed into something called a result tree. The result tree could be another XML file, an HTML web page, or even a plain text file. Nothing binds the XML input to the XSLT stylesheet, so there is a very clear separation between data and formatting. This is a boon for servlet programmers, because you can easily target multiple incompatible browsers by simply supplying two different stylesheets. You could also target Wireless Markup Language (WML), again via another stylesheet. This is much more attractive than traditional approaches which require changes to programming logic to support multiple targets.
Example 1: Basic XSLT Stylesheet
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
<xsl:output method="html"/>
<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:apply-templates select="creditInfo"/>
<xsl:template match="creditInfo">
Name: <xsl:value-of select="name"/>
Type: <xsl:value-of select="type"/>
Number: <xsl:value-of select="number"/>
Expires: <xsl:value-of select="expires"/>
The stylesheet shown in Example 1 will be used later in this
article to transform an XML document using a servlet. The root
element of an XSLT stylesheet specifies the version and namespace.
The only version available at this time is 1.0, and the namespace sets
up the
xsl: prefix for all XSLT elements. The next
element specifies that the output document is HTML, although this line
is optional in this case.
Share your experiences with XSLT.
The remainder of the stylesheet consists of two
<xsl:template ...> elements. The job of a template
is to match patterns in the XML input. The first template typically
/, which is the XML document itself. The content
inside of the template is then copied to the result tree except for
<xsl:apply-templates ...>.
The apply-templates element causes additional pattern matching to
occur in the source document, this time within the context of the
current template. Since XML documents form a tree data structure,
XSLT processing follows a recursive process of matching patterns with
<xsl:template>, and then recursively searching down
the tree data structure using
<xsl:apply-templates>. In our example above, the
root element of the XML is
<creditInfo>, which
<number>, and
Of course, a complete explanation of XSLT is well beyond the scope
of this article, but this should give you a flavor of what stylesheets
generally look like (see the side bar for links to more detailed information). You may be wondering why the HTML

 tag has the
/ character in it.
This is required because the XSLT stylesheet must be well-formed XML.
Omitting the
/ character would cause a parsing error.
Since the output method is set to HTML, Xalan removes the extra
character, formatting

 as normal HTML.
Separation of data, presentation, and programming logic has always been an issue for servlet developers. The first generation of servlets were deployed as replacements for CGI programs, and typically contained code that looked like
Example 2: Tedious HTML Generation Code
PrintWriter pw = response.getWriter();
pw.println("<title>Home Page</title>");
pw.println("
Welcome to our web site
");
...remaining tedious code omitted!
This approach is tedious, error prone, and hard to maintain. It completely locks out non-programmers from web authoring, and it requires significant effort to change the look of a web site generated this way. Although you generally will write the code in modular, reusable fragments of HTML, the approach still requires source code changes for any new requirements.
Java Server Pages (JSP) provides a solution to this problem. Unfortunately, JSP only reverses the problem. Instead of embedding HTML code into servlets, you typically end up embedding Java code into your HTML pages. JSP custom tags do allow you to remove all Java code in theory, but this is not without the difficulty of first creating the tags or else finding an existing tag library that meets your needs. The following example shows how JSP custom tags are used within a JSP page.
Example 3: JSP Using Custom Tags
<%@ taglib uri="/my_taglib" prefix="abc" %>
<title>JSP Tag Library Demonstration</title>

Recent Announcements

<abc:announcements filter="recent"/>

Job Openings

<abc:jobOpenings department="hr"/>
Even with custom tags, it is virtually impossible to remove all Java code in a pure JSP solution. Specifically, the pure JSP approach breaks down when complex HTML forms are submitted and the JSP has to perform validation. For this reason, most modern web architectures stress a hybrid solution, in which servlets are responsible for intercepting requests and validating form data, and JSP is used for sending the response back to the browser.
Figure 2: Hybrid servlet and JSP approach.
As Figure 2 illustrates, a class called RequestDispatcher is responsible for coordinating between the servlet and JSP. This class is part of the javax.servlet package; it can either forward the request as shown above or include the output of another web resource into the current page.
This approach is sometimes referred to as "Model 2" and is very easy to implement. Its primary limitations manifest themselves when multiple client browser types must be supported or when Wireless Markup Language clients are desired. Additionally, providing a raw XML data feed to a non-browser client is increasingly popular, and JSP does little to address that need.
The design process for an XSLT-backed web site can be driven from the HTML or the database. When your requirements dictate a certain HTML page layout, the first step is to create HTML prototypes and then analyze which pieces of the HTML are dynamic and which are static. The static content will become part of one or more XSLT stylesheets, while the dynamic content must come from an XML data source. For example, an application that prompts the user to enter his or her credit card information could use the following XML document.
Example 4: XML Document
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<name>John Q. Public</name>
The web page will obviously contain a lot more information such as text fields, graphics, captions for each field, and tables for layout. Since that presentation data is the same for every user, however, it can easily be placed in a stylesheet. The stylesheet shown in Example 1 was written for this document.
Style-free XSLT Style Sheets - Building web sites with XSLT sometimes raises architectural issues. This article presents a pattern for maintaining a clear separation between style, logic, and content in XSLT-produced websites. [From XML.com]
If your design is dictated by an existing database, then instead of creating HTML prototypes, you generally start with the XML specification. In either approach, you will probably find yourself iterating through several potential schemas before finalizing your XML. One thing that can easily be overlooked is that XML must sometimes contain items that are not pure data. For instance, if your web site contains a navigation bar along the top of each page, then the current page will typically be highlighted somehow. It may simulate a folder tab, where the current page is the active tab. In this situation, the XML must specify which tab is current, although that data would certainly not reside in your database. The ultimate solution is to extract "pure" data from the database and add on any GUI specific items as you are generating the XML.
Once the XML has been clearly defined, perhaps with an associated Document Type Definition (DTD) or schema for validation, the XSLT stylesheets that create the HTML can be written. This is another advantage of this architecture: the database does not need to be present in order to begin working on this task. The XSLT can be developed completely independently of any servlet or database code by using static XML files. An XSLT processor can be invoked from the command line for testing, or integrated tools like XML Spy can be used to speed up the process.
While some of your team is developing the XSLT stylesheets, work can begin on two other fronts. First, a basic servlet framework needs to be implemented. Although you may want to look into existing XSLT frameworks, the model is so simple that it works well enough to write your own servlet code.
Second, someone else can be writing JDOM code to generate the XML
dynamically. This may involve creating some sort of abstraction to a
relational database, or perhaps some interfaces to EJB components in a
multi-tier application. In either case, the first step is to write
Java classes that know how to convert a data object, such as
CreditInfo, to the XML representation you defined earlier. In the
example shown below, the CreditInfo class uses JDOM to convert itself
to the
<creditInfo> document shown above. In case
you are wondering, JDOM is an open source Java API for dealing with
XML. It is available at jdom.org.
Example 5: XML Generation Using JDOM
import java.io.*;
import org.jdom.*;
import org.jdom.output.*;
* Example of an object that knows how to represent itself as
* XML using JDOM.
* @author Eric M. Burke
public class CreditInfo implements Serializable {
private String name;
private String type;
private String number;
private String expires;
// transient fields are not serialized. This prevents the potential
// overhead of sending too much data between an EJB and the web tier
private transient Document doc = null;
private transient Element elem = null;
* Construct a new data object.
public CreditInfo(String name, String type, String number,
String expires) {
this.name = name;
this.type = type;
this.number = number;
this.expires = expires;
* @return the contents of this object as an XML document.
public Document getDocument() {
if (this.doc == null) {
this.doc = new Document(getElement());
return this.doc;
* This method makes it possible to easily embed the output from
* this data object into some other larger XML document.
* @return the contents of this object as an Element, which is just
* the root element without the XML declaration.
public Element getElement() {
if (this.elem == null) {
this.elem = new Element("creditInfo");
this.elem.addContent(new Element("name").setText(this.name))
.addContent(new Element("type").setText(this.type))
.addContent(new Element("number").setText(this.number))
.addContent(new Element("expires").setText(this.expires));
return this.elem;
* A simple test program.
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
// create an object
CreditInfo ci = new CreditInfo("John Q. Public", "Visa",
"111-222-333", "05/2000");
// convert to XML, then format with two space indent
Document doc = ci.getDocument();
new XMLOutputter(" ", true).output(doc, System.out);
You may have heard of Document Object Model (DOM), the standard XML object model from the W3C. If you have worked with DOM, you will immediately see from the example above that JDOM is significantly easier for Java programmers to work with. This is actually the intent of JDOM. DOM is specified using CORBA IDL, so it can be mapped to many different languages. Unfortunately, the Java mapping does not take advantage of Java's unique language capabilities, resulting in a lot more work for programmers.
The missing link at this point is the servlet framework, which has the following design.
Figure 3: Servlet and XSLT architecture.
This may seem overwhelming at first glance, but it's about everything that is needed for a basic XSLT driven web site. The entire design is very modular, so different programmers can work on different pieces in parallel.
First of all, a single servlet is used rather than many. This means that you only have one point of entry into the application, making security, logging, and deployment easier. Since a single servlet is responsible for the entire application, classes called RequestHandler are used for validation logic. All the servlet does is analyze the request to figure out which RequestHandler subclass to invoke. This keeps the servlet small, even if your application has hundreds of pages.
There are two basic approaches to locating request handlers. You can either add an additional parameter to the HTTP request or add extra path information. For example, this URL could invoke the SubmitCustomer request handler:
With extra path information, the URL looks a little cleaner:
In either approach, your servlet will extract the text "SubmitCustomer" and convert that into a class name for the request handler. This can be accomplished via reflection or via a lookup table. In either case, once the object is located, it is then responsible for the remainder of this request.
The RequestHandler object may then execute methods on EJB components that return data objects back to the web tier. These data objects are converted to XML, which is then passed on to Apache's Xalan or some other XSLT processor. The output from the XSLT processor is finally delivered to the client browser.
The primary disadvantage of the XSLT approach may be runtime performance. Every request to the servlet requires an XSLT transformation. For most applications, performance is fast enough; a few optimization techniques can improve the situation where maximum throughput is required. First of all, the XSLT stylesheets are just static XML files. These can be loaded into memory once and reused over and over again. This substantially improves performance because the XML only has to be parsed once.
The second major improvement is to use the Document Object Model (DOM) for your data objects, instead of converting those to XML text files first. For example, the following code takes the JDOM output from the CreditInfo class and converts it to DOM, without first writing it to a text XML file.
Example 6: Converting JDOM to DOM
DOMOutputter domOutputter = new DOMOutputter();
org.w3c.dom.Document domDoc = domOutputter.output(jdomDoc);
The domDoc object can then be passed to Xalan directly, which should be much faster than parsing in the raw XML text from a file or input stream. The following example is a simple test servlet that creates some XML using JDOM, then applying an XSLT stylesheet. The stylesheet is parsed once and then cached in memory, and the JDOM is converted into a DOM tree that is passed to Xalan directly. Comments in the code explain each step.
Example 7: A Servlet Example
import java.io.*;
import javax.servlet.*;
import javax.servlet.http.*;
import org.apache.xalan.xslt.*;
import org.jdom.*;
import org.jdom.input.*;
import org.jdom.output.*;
public class JDomServlet extends HttpServlet {
// reuse the same processor over and over
private XSLTProcessor processor = XSLTProcessorFactory.getProcessor(
new org.apache.xalan.xpath.xdom.XercesLiaison());
// initialize the Servlet. This code is executed once.
public void init(ServletConfig config) throws ServletException {
ServletContext context = config.getServletContext();
try {
// read the XSLT stylesheet and cache it for future reuse
InputStream xsltStream = context.getResourceAsStream(
StylesheetRoot parsedStylesheet = processor.processStylesheet(
new XSLTInputSource(xsltStream));
} catch (Exception ex) {
throw new UnavailableException(ex.toString());
// handle a single request from the client
public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request,
HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException,
ServletException {
try {
// in a real app, the CreditInfo object would be retrieved
// from an EJB component
CreditInfo ci = new CreditInfo("John Q. Public",
"Visa", "111-222-333", "05/2000");
// convert the JDOM into DOM
Document jdomDoc = ci.getDocument();
org.w3c.dom.Document domDoc =
new DOMOutputter().output(jdomDoc);
// transform the XML into HTML
processor.process(new XSLTInputSource(domDoc),
null, // use pre-compiled stylesheet
new XSLTResultTarget(response.getWriter()));
} catch (Exception ex) {
Related information from XML.com
The XSLT approach to web development has clear advantages over traditional approaches. It does not lock you in to any vendor-specific APIs or frameworks. Perhaps the biggest roadblock to widespread acceptance of XSLT is programmer resistance. Many people have the impression that XSLT is simply too difficult to use, although much of this opinion is probably based on lack of experience rather than the complexity of XSLT. The main reason for the perceived complexity of XSLT is its syntax, which is a direct result of XML. Trying to express a programming language as XML is challenging and can lead to somewhat quirky syntax.
Beyond training and acceptance issues, an XML/Java/XSLT approach has the distinct advantage that its constituent parts are clearly segregated. From a project management perspective, this allows every team member to work in parallel, rather than overloading the servlet guru while the remainder of the team struggles to contribute.
Eric M. Burke is an O'Reilly author and a principal software engineer with Object Computing, Inc. in St. Louis, MO.
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The seventh-grade Lady Yearlings placed second overall after a hard fought battle at the district track meet. The Lady Yearlings and Lady Owls exchanged leads throughout the meet with neither team leading by more than 10 points. When the dust settled, the Lady Owls edged the Lady Yearlings 166 to 163.
Alexis Salazar won the shot put with 31 feet, 2 1/2 inches, followed by Sofia Ibarra in third with 30 feet, 3/4 inches, and Maria Carrillo in sixth with 28 feet, 10 1/2 inches.
Sofia Ibarra won the discus with 87 feet, 4 1/2 inches, followed by Dana Bernal with 65 feet, 1 inch.
Andrea Waggoner won the triple jump with 31 feet, 7 1/4 inches, followed by Maggie Upton in fourth with 27 feet, 7 3/4 inches, and Alyssa Constante in sixth with 27 feet, 3/4 inches.
Lillie Bottoms won the pole vault with 6 feet, 6 inches, followed by Carson Crisp in second also with 6 feet, 6 inches, and Abbi Schuette in third with 6 feet.
Upton won the 2,400-meter run with 10:30 followed close behind by Hunter Smith in second with 10:39 and Lauren Carroll in fourth with 11:23.
Heidi Mathis, Allyson Ruiz, Schuette and Waggoner won the 4x100 relay with 54.8.
Waggoner won the 100-meter hurdles with 16.9 followed by Nickole Gutierrez with 18.97.
Mathis, Waggoner, Gutierrez, and Kylie Wallace won the 4x200 relay with 1:58.9.
The Lady Yearlings took the top three positions in the 300-meter hurdles. Alyssa Ruiz brought home the gold in the 300-meter hurdles with 52.65, followed by Crisp in second with 54.19, and Gutierrez in third with 55.58.
Upton, Constante, Schuette and Ruiz won the 1,600-meter relay with 4:40.
Smith placed second in the 1,600-meter run with 6:32, followed by Bottoms in third with 6:46 and Laney Mosley in fourth with 6:50.
Upton placed second in the 800-meter run with 2:50, followed by Constante in fourth with 2:54.05, and Bottoms was close behind in fifth with 2:54.96.
Allison Ruiz placed second in the long jump with 14 feet, 4 1/2 inches, followed by Mathis in fourth with 13 feet, 5 1/2 inches.
Schuette placed third in the 400-meter dash with 69.32.
Crisp placed third in the high jump with 4 feet, 4 inches, followed by Kylie Wallace in fifth with 4 feet, 2 inches.
Mathis placed sixth in the 100-meter dash with 14.22.
Elena Benavidez won the triple jump with 29 feet, 5 1/4 inches followed by Courtney Cole in sixth with 25 feet, 4 3/4 inches.
Megan Fielder won the pole vault with 6 feet, followed by Landry Keith with 5 feet, 6 inches.
Sunni Weaver, Julia Wasicek, Janelle Gass, and Courtney Cole won the 1,600-meter relay with 4:45.
Monique Ortiz won the 2,400-meter run with 10:29 followed by Natalie Baird in sixth with 11:13.
Wasicek won the 800-meter run with 2:49 followed by Anna Crawford in sixth with 2:56.
Wasicek also placed second in the 400-meter dash with 1:11.
Ortiz placed second in the 1,600-meter run with 6:31 followed by Baird in fourth with 7:18 and Ashley Geffert in fifth with 7:24.
Benavidez placed second in the long jump with 14 feet, 1 1/4 inches, followed by Weaver in fourth with 12 feet, 11 1/2 inches.
Geffert placed second in the discus with 68 feet, 1 inch.
Gass placed third in the 100- and 300-meter hurdles with 19.74 and 59.88 respectively.
Courtney Cole, Megan Fielder, Bridget Upton and Benavidez placed third in the 4x100-meter relay with 56.44.
Cole, Fielder, Upton and Weaver placed third in the 4x200 relay with 2:02.57.
Fielder placed fourth in the high jump with 4 feet, 2 inches, followed by Cole in fifth 4 feet.
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Once upon a time I read a book written by a woman who claimed to have died (unwitnessed) and gone to heaven. I was willing to suspend disbelief until she stated the following~ only True Christians go to heaven.
My Christian friends will have to forgive me, but when I read those words I knew she was full of shit.
Anyone who has had an NDE, a Near Death Experience, will tell you heaven is not exclusive.
I'm Jewish, among other things.
I was part of a study about NDEs in children and adolescents. I was asked a question, a silly question, which made no sense to me at the time.
The grad student doing the interview asked, "Do you wear a watch?"
I said, "No."
She asked, "Why not?"
I said, "Because they just stop working. They break after a few weeks."
She asked, "What do you mean, they break?"
I said, "Well, they quit working. I went through nursing school without a watch because they kept breaking. When I graduated from nursing school my aunt gave me a really nice Swiss watch. Within six weeks it stopped working. I took it in to be fixed twice, but the watchmaker couldn't find anything wrong with it, so…"
She asked, "Did you buy another watch?"
I said, "I bought a couple of cheap watches, they broke too. I'm a nurse, but I don't wear a watch. I depend upon wall clocks when I take vital signs."
I learned later that people who have experienced NDEs all say the same thing~ They don't wear watches. Watches break or just stop working.
Weird, huh. As far as the significance goes, your guess is as good as mine.
So yes, NDEs… I remember everything that happened when I was dead.
I remember when I was dead everything made sense– but if you ask me 'what' made sense I couldn't tell you. Maybe it was like this– I had no more questions.
I remember what I was told before I came back.
Yes, I left my body. I watched everything happening below me. I didn't care about my body, it was nothing more than an empty shell. I cared about my sisters. I was sorry they had to see me die.
I was pulled away by 'someone'. He didn't identify himself but he was very familiar to me. We surfed on a wave of light and I remember reaching the speed of light and crossing over. Before we reached the speed of light, I could still differentiate 'things'. Once we crossed over a threshold, all things became one thing and nothing at the same time.
I saw God~ I'll describe Him tomorrow if you really want a description. I saw what I suspect is His other aspect, like two sides of the same coin. I saw heaven. I saw what I can only describe as hell.
My companion stayed with me the entire time.
I didn't want to come back here. I begged to be allowed to stay, but I wasn't dead enough. And so I was sucked back into my body– which was the only time I experienced fear. Claustrophobia would be a more apt term for what I felt.
I was sucked back in and smacked against the inside of my skull. Panic stricken, I struggled inside my body. The man with me smoothed me into my limbs. He sort of melded me into myself.
And then I felt pain.
There's a baseball player whose father had an experience almost identical to mine. Can't remember any names, but when I read his account I recognized it as truth.
All right, that's enough for now. I am still super tired and have re-writes staring at me.
Be well. Julia
P.S. Thanks to the men and women in our Armed Forces and our Veterans everywhere.


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