tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51331162803393169362024-03-19T03:48:55.161-05:00Under The Troll's BridgeBooks you want to read.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger361125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5133116280339316936.post-62313055048571649122018-10-01T11:08:00.000-05:002018-10-01T11:08:33.805-05:00Book Appreciation Month<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I love books! Books have taken me to some of the most amazing places. Books have let me take part in so many adventures and live lives totally different than mine. Books have entertained, educated, challenged my thinking, and sometimes just let me escape from reality for a while.<br />
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Books have also gotten me in trouble. Like the time I in 5th grade. I had a book hidden in my textbook and got so involved in the story I didn't hear my name being called by the teacher. Not good. :-) And of course, there were the many nights Mom found me reading with a flashlight under the covers.<br />
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As an author, I have a love/hate relationship with books. Unless the story is awesome, I tend to see typos, logic errors, and such. It's one of the issues with being an editor too. It's hard to read for pleasure...at least for me. I tend to look at the writing more than the story sometimes.<br />
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That said, I just read an amazing historical novel. And honestly, I don't like historical fiction. But I loved this one. It was for an edit so isn't available yet but you can find the first in the series (I loved it too.) and get ready for the one coming soon. I'll add a link so you can <a href="https://amzn.to/2xYo26z" target="_blank">just click over.</a> If Amazon says this isn't available, you can get it from the <a href="http://whitebirdpublications.com/" target="_blank">publisher's website</a>.<br />
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On a side note, I've decided to start blogging here again. I'll be featuring authors, books, publishers, editors, along anything else dealing with books and writing. If you would like to be featured, let me know. It's been a while since this blog was active though I've still been getting visitors on a regular basis. Check out the archives for some great reading suggestions.<br />
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Also...comment on a post during the month and you'll be entered to win a book. I'm not sure which one but it will be a good one.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5133116280339316936.post-79203458018715194952018-09-24T07:46:00.000-05:002018-09-24T07:46:49.245-05:00Letting Hope Enter - Charity Anthology<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-17b85a07-7fff-818b-c138-a460f222679d"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Suicide, why is it so difficult to talk about, write about or even handle in a private forum?</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Answers are still being searched for in the mental health communities of the hows and whys. Until then, we are trying to bring light to this issue. We want to assist with the truth, lies, prejudice, secrets, and misunderstanding of mental health.</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Every 40 seconds someone commits suicide.</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This makes it the 10th leading cause of death in America today. It is breaking news when it happens to the famous, but not enough exposure has come into the light to help everyday people. It still has a stigma and many experience shame in their issues.</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Letting Hope Enter is a collection of stories about the tragedy, pain and even despair of suicide. Also, it is an attempt to bring hope and awareness to this illness without the need to hide or consider it some dirty little secret. </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">** All proceeds from the sales will be donated to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. **</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-825, if you or someone you know, love, care about or want to share needs this information. </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Please let Hope Enter, help those suffering and start talking about these issues without prejudice, misinformation or judgment.</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5133116280339316936.post-75612473819935637702017-02-22T07:00:00.000-06:002017-02-22T07:00:02.988-06:00Thr3e by Ted DekkerOne of the great things about having a daughter who writes is the opportunity to talk about writing. Whether it's plot, character development, story structure, or POV, I really enjoy the discussion.<br />
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This evening we went to our favorite "sitting out, chillin', and chatting" place and spent over an hour talking mostly book stuff. As we discussed writing mysteries, <i>Thr3e</i> came up and we decided it's one of our top 3 books.<br />
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<i>Thr3e</i> is a book from Ted Dekker. I found it years ago during a Thanksgiving trip to my mom's and totally loved it. In fact, I read the whole thing in just one evening, in one sitting. Not only does it start with a bang, it ends with one. I had no idea who the "bad guy" was, and Dekker knocked the end out of the ballpark. Neither Beth or I saw it coming. Every time we thought we had it figured out, nope.<br />
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If you like mystery/thrillers, then we both recommend you run to the store and get <i>Thr3e</i>. Then let me know what you think.<br />
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And while I'm recommending books - <i>Hit and Run</i> by Beth Lauzier is an awesome middle-grade fantasy your young reader will love. You can get a copy <a href="http://amzn.to/2agj5Hi" target="_blank">here</a> or message me for a signed one.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com102tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5133116280339316936.post-65299218173786553722016-10-31T21:30:00.000-05:002016-10-31T21:30:43.563-05:00So Much for Challenge...Yep, I missed a couple days.<br />
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But, honestly, it really wasn't all my fault. Seems my computer decided the hotel internet wasn't secure and that someone might steal my info and wouldn't let me get online. I totally intended to blog Saturday evening but just couldn't. But, here's a picture of the view from my hotel balcony.<br />
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Here is one of the bridge at night.<br />
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And finally, one from the balcony on our last morning.<br />
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I think the thing to learn from this is...sometimes things happen. And when they do, we sometimes need to change our plans and not get so stressed out.<br />
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It was a five-hour drive home yesterday, so I was tired and just didn't have the will to get on the puter and blog so didn't. I might catch up, I might not...I'm not going to worry about it.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5133116280339316936.post-70260087348821689012016-10-28T21:08:00.000-05:002016-10-28T21:17:43.878-05:00No Excuses Blog Challenge Post 1I'm terrible with blogging. I really enjoy it, when I get going but sometimes I have a hard time getting started. So, I've decided to take part in a 21 day, no excuses blog challenge. I'll post links later. One thing I like, they are giving suggested topics for each day. Which really helps. Today's topic is "hooks". I'm not going with their suggested discussion about hooks, but that's okay.<br />
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As a writer, hooks are hard. There is so much a hook has to accomplish. I mean, it has to get the reader to continue reading, and in this fast paced, go-go-go world, that's harder than ever to do. As I thought about how I wanted to go with this topic, I pondered some ideas. For example...<br />
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She leaned over the balcony, staring at the ground only 4 floors below, and wondered if she'd survive the fall. <br />
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Is that a good hook? I'm not so sure. Would someone read on to see why she was pondering this? Maybe, if they didn't have anything else to do.<br />
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She leaned over the balcony, staring at the ground only 4 floors below, and wondered if he'd survive the fall.<br />
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Al little better. Who is she? Who is he? What did he do that would make her want to push him? Did he deserve it? Or, is she a victim?<br />
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Hooks must cause the reader to ask questions. And those questions must drive the reader to continue to the next line, the next paragraph, the next page, the next chapter.<br />
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Nestled on the San Gabriel River in Central Texas’ Hill Country, Georgetown is a small town where things are normally pretty quiet. That is, until Adam Thomas, a retired scientist and now writer of a newspaper column for women under the name Aunt Kay, inherits a Confederate solder’s journal and a new murder. Adam and his girlfriend Kathy find themselves the center of dark doings, strange people and racing headlong into a fast paced, high stakes adventure to untangle a murderous puzzle, a series of macabre organizations and locate the centuries old and highly unusual, San Gabriel Secret.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Follow Waldo on the desert planet as he discovers an abandoned underground city, and meets Hamel from Shandor Frenna along with Ms. Ziimar, who claims to be over five-thousand years old. The trio journey to Middle-Land, and in the Valley of Xar D’Kee, Waldo talks with his missing father through the Well of Wisdom and discovers more about his true identity. His father agrees to meet him at the Arch of Worlds located on the island of Scotaden Wel.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Full of humor and fun, this book is a marvelous way to teach phonics to young readers. Great for home schoolers!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Donna has a charming and unique way of telling each story using repetitious sounds utilizing each letter of the alphabet.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Len Bouchard is a twelve-year-old boy dealing with the death of his mother in the Louisiana summer of 1925. Among the changes the death of his mother brings, his father’s new wife is the hardest to take. Magique is a mysterious woman who is the polar opposite of Len’smother. Magique is what Len’s friends maliciously call a gypsy, a dark woman with a supposedly checkered past.<o:p></o:p></div>
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A Pine Beetle who hates trees? How can that be? </div>
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Are you overwhelmed by all the tasks you need to get
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In this 30-day journal, Jean shares a simple system for
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“Mommy, how do I get the madness out of me?” It was a
question my seven-year-old son posed to me one dark evening after coming off a
manic rage that took him through intense range of emotions. I have not decided
for myself if the heartbreak of that question came from the sheer innocence of
it or the sobering maturity behind it. How perceptive he was because he was so
right - IT was madness, a madness captured in a catchall diagnosis that filled
every crevice of our lives. It was a sickness that robbed us daily of peace and
comfort. Attention deficit, hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, is not merely a
behavioral issue; it is not a question of adequate parenting skills; it is not
the effects of too much sugar, not enough exercise, or even a learning
disability. IT is a mental illness; and, yes, it is an incorrigible madness
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As a Private Detective, James “Don’t Call Me Corky” Corcoran
has a lot in common with his adoptive hometown of Detroit. The past is brighter
than the present; he’s going nowhere fast, and he’s running out of money. But
things change when he starts to investigate Jonathan Wade’s death. A childhood
friend and longtime rival, Wade was the black sheep son of one of the oldest
and wealthiest families who called the exclusive suburb of Grosse Pointe home.
Each clue in the case dredges up yet another memory Corcoran has spent the past
decade trying to drink into oblivion. It takes him back to Grosse Pointe, where
he hasn’t set foot for the past ten years, ever since Sara Jensen’s death sent
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of the best and the brightest families are hiding some secrets so dark, so
destructive, that they are willing to do anything to keep them hidden. They try
to buy him off, scare him off, and even try to kill him to keep Corcoran from
discovering the truth, but as time goes by he realizes he can’t quit because
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prevent Tut’s eventual death, they learn its mysterious cause. But can they
forestall the fate of the queen by unscrupulous plotters? Finally, the Planck’s
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between the people who have gone missing; abused animals, and a local animal
rescue owner, Loretta Bentley. Her deep devotion to animals is overshadowed by
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The Chief of Police of Coral Lakes, FL has the goods on Roger Adamson, a dirty politician. However, the chief knows Adamson has additional information that could bring down a drug lord and disembowel his organization. Chief Elston asks Beth Bowman, a South Florida PI, to assist by becoming Adamson's consort/bodyguard while Adamson parses out data. Beth agrees, not realizing multiple homicides, a kidnapping, a tight frame for murder, and the loss of the man she loves await her. If not for Beth's homeless friends, all might be lost.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Ride the Night Wind, converse with a dragon, join "Woof" as he stalks his prey. Will the mirror's revelation come true, and just what does one do with a chamber full of pumpkins?</div>
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<o:p></o:p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5133116280339316936.post-48565548861840728372016-07-26T10:59:00.001-05:002016-08-16T13:55:42.568-05:00The Radio Murders by Kelly Marshall<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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At the center of their attention is radio announcer, Jasmine James. Beautiful and sultry, James has a sexual appetite big enough to satisfy both detectives. The two officers are not the only ones obsessed with the Love Songs host. A crazed fan kidnaps Jasmine James while four of her male listeners are discovered dead with a single bullet to their ear as her Love Songs program plays softly in the background. The pressure is on the Seattle cops to find the murderer and locate James before her air runs out.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5133116280339316936.post-73238646308379185992016-07-01T10:08:00.000-05:002016-07-01T10:08:45.951-05:00Chimera by David Ciambrone<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Someone broke into the high-level security section of US
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Maryland and steals vials of weaponized smallpox. Later he dies at the
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Jack Turner, Ph.D., is a chemist and the Coroner of San
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a reserve officer (Lt. Colonel) in the Army Medical Service Corp and has a
background in chemical and biological warfare from working for defense
contractors and a stint at USAMRIID (US ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR
INFECTIOUS DISEASES). One of his Medical
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highly reactive strain of the disease. Jack examines and realizes it is a man
made chimera. The smallpox released from
the inside the cells of an E-coli bacteria as the cells were killed by
antibiotics and the dead man’s immune system. Who made it? Where did it come
from? E-coli is common. But, smallpox was eradicated decades ago. He knows
there are still strains of smallpox in labs in Russia and in the US. Jack
notifies the state and the CDC. He is notified by the federal government to
keep it quiet. Dr. Jack Turner receives
orders from the U.S. Army Adjutant General activating his reserve commission
and authorizes him to act as a law enforcement special agent of the army. Jack
and a health department officer, Nancy Cartwright must-find the source of the
Chimeras and smallpox, find the perpetrators and stop anyone from using it as a
terrorist weapon and causing a pandemic. He and Nancy must stop an attack worse
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Trailer Trash and Oil Field Brat is about how I grew up in
the turbulent years following World War Two. Jobs were scarce and the job
market was flooded with young men returning from the war. My father chose to
work in the oil fields even though it meant leaving home and living in trailers
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naturally happens to boys as they grow up. Before the book was started I had my
doubts if I could think of enough things to write about. As it progressed, at
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Trailers are interwoven throughout the book. There is
literally no way to estimate how many miles my wife and I have traveled in RVs
of some kind since we were married. The Alaska trip alone covered over 13,000
miles. We don’t regret a single penny that we spent in this endeavor. It is like
the book says; once trailer trash, always trailer trash.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Discovering she is a Tuatha Dé Danann and that, on her twenty-fifth birthday, she will be able to wield magical powers she never knew she possessed, turns Megan’s life upside down. As if that was not enough, an arrogant, drop-dead gorgeous man tells her she is his mate.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Seamus escaped his mysterious captors seventeen years earlier, taking a little girl with him and returning her to her home. Running for his life since then and needing a respite, he returns to the one location he considers his safe haven. Once there, he spots Megan across the lake and realizes she is the same young child he rescued. Only now, she is stunning enough to make him forget, almost, just how treacherous his life is.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Megan soon realizes fighting her attraction for Seamus, is a losing battle. But when the people hunting Seamus track them down, Megan and Seamus are faced with a much more immediate and deadly threat—a battle for the lives of all the Tuatha Dé Danann. Can they overcome their pursuers and win?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>This is a great paranormal romance series. Love the characters and story. Here's two more of the series.</i></div>
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During the rescue mission to save his niece Megan, Patrick discovers and brings to safety a petite black wolf. Despite his growing attachment to the wolf, Patrick soon realizes something is very off.</div>
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When Megan examines Brenna, she discovers that Mallaidh is now using the black arts and has imbedded a malevolent presence in Brenna’s brain. Megan and Seamus rush to discover a way to break the spell and save Patrick from sure death. In the process, Mallaidh turns her evil magic toward them. Have Megan’s powers grown strong enough to thwart Mallaidh or are they all doomed?</div>
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After realizing he has been drugged, Colin O'Kelly transports from his enemy, only does not make it home. Instead, he falls into Kate Sweeny's backyard. When he awakens, he has none of his powers, but worse he does not even know who he is.</div>
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Frantic to find Colin before Mallaidh, Seamus and Megan try to trace him from his last known appointment. Unfortunately, Mallaidh tires of looking and decides she will either flush him out or drown him by sending two hurricanes on a collision course for the Florida Keys. Can Megan and Seamus stop them before they hit or will they not only wipe out Colin and Kate, but most of Florida as well?<o:p></o:p></div>
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