<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5049903577235450896</id><updated>2011-08-02T11:46:21.267-07:00</updated><category term='willistown township'/><category term='U.S. History'/><category term='Dr. Gene Kozik'/><category term='Values in Education'/><category term='Area 9'/><category term='chester county'/><category term='Great Valley Stakeholders'/><category term='Sally Cummings'/><category term='schools'/><category term='Great Valley School Board'/><category term='politics'/><title type='text'>Sally Cummings for Great Valley School Board</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sallyforgreatvalley.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5049903577235450896/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sallyforgreatvalley.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Sally Cummings</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11954873675811498292</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BXD7wAThCqc/SgxkgxfTEUI/AAAAAAAAAAM/5BowREKztiI/S220/Sally.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>5</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5049903577235450896.post-3853507161358607587</id><published>2009-05-14T17:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-30T09:18:12.832-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chester county'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Great Valley School Board'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sally Cummings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='willistown township'/><title type='text'>VOTE FOR SALLY CUMMINGS</title><content type='html'>&lt;p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;For Great Valley School Board Director&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;Region 3—&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:placename st="on"&gt;Willistown&lt;/st1:placename&gt;  &lt;st1:placetype st="on"&gt;Township&lt;/st1:placetype&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;College graduate&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Mother of four and grandmother of nine&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Over 25 years experience in financial market , ministry to disabled, and education&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Longtime resident of GV School District &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Member, Willistown Historic Commission&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;          &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="font-weight: bold;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-weight: bold;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;I am committed to:&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Building upon &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:placename st="on"&gt;Great&lt;/st1:placename&gt;  &lt;st1:placetype st="on"&gt;Valley&lt;/st1:placetype&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;’s outstanding reputation &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Promoting fiscal responsibility&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Providing accountability &amp;amp; full disclosure to all&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Encouraging a lifetime love of learning for all students&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Raising academic standards&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Promoting open and respectful dialogue with parents, students, teachers, administrators, and taxpayers&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;* * * * *&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div style="border: 4.5pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt;"&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-variant: small-caps;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-variant: small-caps;"&gt;Please &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;C&lt;/span&gt;ome out to vote in the &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;General Election&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;Tuesday, November 3rd&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;(polls open 7:00 am to 8:00 pm)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: center; font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;* * * * *&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN"&gt;Great Valley Region 3 Polling locations:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span lang="EN"  style="font-size:10;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:placename st="on"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN"&gt;Sugartown&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:placename&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN"&gt; &lt;st1:placetype st="on"&gt;School&lt;/st1:placetype&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;                               &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:placename st="on"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN"&gt;General&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:placename&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN"&gt; &lt;st1:placename st="on"&gt;Wayne&lt;/st1:placename&gt; &lt;st1:placename st="on"&gt;School&lt;/st1:placename&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;           &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:placename st="on"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN"&gt;Main Line&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:placename&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN"&gt; &lt;st1:placename st="on"&gt;Rehab&lt;/st1:placename&gt; &lt;st1:placetype st="on"&gt;Center&lt;/st1:placetype&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:placename st="on"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN"&gt;Willistown&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:placename&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN"&gt; &lt;st1:placetype st="on"&gt;Township&lt;/st1:placetype&gt;  &lt;st1:placetype st="on"&gt;Building&lt;/st1:placetype&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN"&gt;Friends Meeting House&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN"&gt;Willistown United &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:placename st="on"&gt;Methodist&lt;/st1:placename&gt; &lt;st1:placetype st="on"&gt;Church&lt;/st1:placetype&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;              &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5049903577235450896-3853507161358607587?l=sallyforgreatvalley.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sallyforgreatvalley.blogspot.com/feeds/3853507161358607587/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://sallyforgreatvalley.blogspot.com/2009/05/vote-for-sally-cummings.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5049903577235450896/posts/default/3853507161358607587'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5049903577235450896/posts/default/3853507161358607587'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sallyforgreatvalley.blogspot.com/2009/05/vote-for-sally-cummings.html' title='VOTE FOR SALLY CUMMINGS'/><author><name>Sally Cummings</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11954873675811498292</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BXD7wAThCqc/SgxkgxfTEUI/AAAAAAAAAAM/5BowREKztiI/S220/Sally.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5049903577235450896.post-8801693204930054670</id><published>2009-05-14T11:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-14T11:47:42.523-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chester county'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Great Valley School Board'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sally Cummings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Area 9'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='willistown township'/><title type='text'>Contribute</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;Anyone who would like to make a contribution to the campaign for Sally Cummings for &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;Great Valley School Board may do so by making the check out to "Area 9 Republican &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;Committee" and mail it to the Area 9 Treasurer:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;Bill Tickner&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;16 Fairview Road&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;Paoli, PA 19301&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;If the contribution is over $250, please include your occupation,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt; employer and employer's address with the check. Thank you!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5049903577235450896-8801693204930054670?l=sallyforgreatvalley.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sallyforgreatvalley.blogspot.com/feeds/8801693204930054670/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://sallyforgreatvalley.blogspot.com/2009/05/contribute.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5049903577235450896/posts/default/8801693204930054670'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5049903577235450896/posts/default/8801693204930054670'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sallyforgreatvalley.blogspot.com/2009/05/contribute.html' title='Contribute'/><author><name>Sally Cummings</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11954873675811498292</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BXD7wAThCqc/SgxkgxfTEUI/AAAAAAAAAAM/5BowREKztiI/S220/Sally.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5049903577235450896.post-7960023910577299218</id><published>2009-05-14T11:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-14T11:44:46.513-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chester county'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Great Valley School Board'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Great Valley Stakeholders'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='willistown township'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dr. Gene Kozik'/><title type='text'>Great Valley Stakeholders</title><content type='html'>&lt;meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; 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 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5049903577235450896-7960023910577299218?l=sallyforgreatvalley.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sallyforgreatvalley.blogspot.com/feeds/7960023910577299218/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://sallyforgreatvalley.blogspot.com/2009/05/great-valley-stakeholders.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5049903577235450896/posts/default/7960023910577299218'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5049903577235450896/posts/default/7960023910577299218'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sallyforgreatvalley.blogspot.com/2009/05/great-valley-stakeholders.html' title='Great Valley Stakeholders'/><author><name>Sally Cummings</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11954873675811498292</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BXD7wAThCqc/SgxkgxfTEUI/AAAAAAAAAAM/5BowREKztiI/S220/Sally.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5049903577235450896.post-7876102955936404277</id><published>2009-05-14T11:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-14T11:43:54.274-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chester county'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Great Valley School Board'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='willistown township'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='schools'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Values in Education'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><title type='text'>My Educational Philosophy... in the Words of John Adams</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;“It should be your care, therefore, and mine, to elevate the minds of our children and exalt their courage; to accelerate and animate their industry and activity; to excite in them an habitual contempt of meanness, abhorrence of injustice and inhumanity, and an ambition to excel in every capacity, faculty, and virtue.  If we suffer their minds to grovel and creep in infancy, they will grovel all their lives.”    ~ John Adams ~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5049903577235450896-7876102955936404277?l=sallyforgreatvalley.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sallyforgreatvalley.blogspot.com/feeds/7876102955936404277/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://sallyforgreatvalley.blogspot.com/2009/05/my-educational-philosophy-in-words-of.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5049903577235450896/posts/default/7876102955936404277'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5049903577235450896/posts/default/7876102955936404277'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sallyforgreatvalley.blogspot.com/2009/05/my-educational-philosophy-in-words-of.html' title='My Educational Philosophy... in the Words of John Adams'/><author><name>Sally Cummings</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11954873675811498292</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BXD7wAThCqc/SgxkgxfTEUI/AAAAAAAAAAM/5BowREKztiI/S220/Sally.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5049903577235450896.post-940746312240966014</id><published>2009-04-01T14:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-01T14:29:39.826-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Great Valley School Board'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='U.S. History'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Values in Education'/><title type='text'>Values in Educaton</title><content type='html'>"Every child in America should be acquainted with his own country. He should read books that furnish him with ideas that will be useful to him in life and practice. As soon as he opens his lips, he should rehearse the history of his own country."                  &lt;br /&gt;                                                       &lt;em&gt;--Noah Webster, On the Education of Youth in America, 1788&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5049903577235450896-940746312240966014?l=sallyforgreatvalley.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sallyforgreatvalley.blogspot.com/feeds/940746312240966014/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://sallyforgreatvalley.blogspot.com/2009/04/values-in-educaton.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5049903577235450896/posts/default/940746312240966014'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5049903577235450896/posts/default/940746312240966014'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sallyforgreatvalley.blogspot.com/2009/04/values-in-educaton.html' title='Values in Educaton'/><author><name>Sally Cummings</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11954873675811498292</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BXD7wAThCqc/SgxkgxfTEUI/AAAAAAAAAAM/5BowREKztiI/S220/Sally.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
