DECEMBER SPIRITED WOMAN NEWSLETTER

Copyright Nancy Mills. 2006
Issue 44. All rights reserved.
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CONTENTS

- Spirited Woman Quote
- Editor's Spirited Message
- Spirited Woman Circle - Special Holiday CD Package
- Spirited Woman Q & A - Alice - "The Spirited Kid"   
- Spirited Woman! Store Special
- Upcoming Spirited Woman Workshops
- Host a Spirited Woman Workshop
- Spirited Woman Gift Certificate
- Press & Media
- Blog ? of the Month
- Join the Spirited Woman Club - Get a Free Listing

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SPIRITED WOMAN QUOTE

     "Live through your passion and create change for yourself and the world." - Nancy Mills

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EDITOR'S MESSAGE

Welcome to the world of SPIRITED WOMANHOOD.

Did you have a wonderful Thanksgiving? Are you ready to celebrate more during this joyous time of the year? From the bottom of my heart, I wish you a magnificent holiday season, a bountiful New Year, and I want you to really, really know that I truly appreciate YOU being involved with SPIRITED WOMAN. Means so very much.

In the spirit of the holidays, we continue to offer some wonderful specials. Sign up for the SPIRITED WOMAN WORKSHOP before January 1, and you'll save $45 - a great, never before offered deal. We're also having a 10-day only FREEDOM scarf BLOW-OUT SALE on ALL COLORS thru December 10. Each scarf is $17 - they're regularly $25 - so you do the math! Plus, we continue to offer our truly inspirational Special Holiday Spirited Woman Circle CD Package! You'll save $68 through December! And, we've got some terrific offers in our ads this month.

Our December Q&A is with Alice, a nine and a half year old artist, entrepreneur, humanitarian, and all around spirited kid. Alice is the creator of Frou Frou Flip Flops, and through the magic of her handcrafted shoes and her enormous heart, she has donated thousands of dollars to charities to help others less fortunate. She is an amazing combination of talent, determination, and spirit. I urge you to read about Alice. She is a fresh breath of pure inspiration.

As always, I would like to thank you for your support, comments, enthusiasm, and friendship. And for those of you new to the newsletter, I'd like to welcome you to our growing numbers. YOU inspire me, always. And I genuinely look forward to meeting you (again or for the first time) in person at a SPIRITED WOMAN Workshop or within our SPIRITED WOMAN CIRCLE.

The SPIRITED WOMAN Newsletter is meant to be fun, informative, and inspirational. Your free monthly tool to stay connected with other spirited women nationwide. I welcome you forwarding this newsletter to ALL your spirited friends.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS,

Nancy Mills
Founder Spirited Woman

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SPIRITED WOMAN CIRCLE
SPECIAL HOLIDAY CD PACKAGE

Only available through SPIRITED WOMAN, this is a one-of-a-kind gift. Intimate. Revealing. Eight hours of inspirational power from our well-known guests. Perfect to uplift your spirits, take with you on a long drive, or listen to with a group of friends.

Conversation guests include: Author Janet Fitch, NPR Radio Host Frances Halpern, Hollywood Reporter Calendar Editor, Selena Templeton, Author Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey, Actress/Author Marcia Wallace, Mystery Author Rochelle Krich, Actress/Author Fannie Flagg, Wine Experts/Authors The Saucy Sisters (Barbara Nowak and Bev Wichman).   

Through the holidays, we're offering a Special Holiday CD Package - which includes eight professionally edited 1-hr. guest conversation CD's and an easy-to-travel complimentary CD case.

To get a better idea of each conversation, I invite you to listen to our NEW! AUDIO SAMPLES, go to: http://www.thespiritedwoman.com/spirited_woman_circle/

All conversations are also available in MP3 audio or PDF transcript format.

To order visit: http://www.thespiritedwoman.com/registration/

TELL A FRIEND ABOUT THE SPIRITED WOMAN CIRCLE INTERVIEWS.

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SPIRITED WOMAN Q & A
ALICE  - "The Spirited Kid"

There's Madonna. And then there's Alice. A little girl with big dreams. No, make that huge dreams. Last December, I received an e-mail from Alice's mother, Raffi Darrow, with the subject title, "Spirited Kid." She asked me to check out her spirited daughter's website: www.froufrouflipflops.com and wrote that Alice was an "8 year old angel who helps others through the magic of flip flops."

I cried and smiled simultaneously (which is hard to do) when I saw a picture of Alice with her hand-crafted flip flops and read her moving story about how she tirelessly decorates them and then donates her profits to charities, so that she can help others less fortunate than herself. "I've got to interview this kid over the holidays!" I screamed to myself. She is a breathe of pure inspiration.

So one year later, I am delighted and oh-so-proud to say Alice is my interview this month. Now, nine and a half years old, Alice lives with her mother and father and sister Wendy in Florida. She started her community service oriented business, Frou Frou Flip Flops in May, 2005, and to date has raised over $2,000 for charities (such as the Hurricane Katrina victim fund, the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, Locks of Love, and SPCA) and has sold over 100 pairs of her creatively designed flip flops. 

When she's not making Frou Frou Flip Flops, she likes to play on her computer, draw, read poetry, (Shel Silverstein poems are her favorite), play her clarinet and to draw pie. When I asked her if she had a boyfriend? She answered, "No, I'm only nine!" You'd never know it. She is a dynamo in a small package, a bundle of creative energy on a mission to help change the world. I welcome you to Alice, a spirited woman extraordinaire with a heart of gold.

Q. Alice, why did you start Frou Frou Flip Flops?
A. I started it because...well, I'll tell you the whole story if you want me to. In second grade I wanted to help the tsunami victims and I wanted to do a lemonade stand. But, my mom didn't think that a lemonade stand would do it. So, when I brought her home the flip flops from Mother's Day that I decorated in class, she said that maybe that would help the Tsunami victims.

Q. What's your most favorite thing about your business?
A. My favorite thing about my business is probably just knowing that I'm helping other people. It makes me feel good just knowing that maybe one day they won't be...um...they might have a cure for cancer one day, or the homeless shelter won't have as many homeless people because I was able to help some of them get jobs, get enough money, get them food and then they could find a job and maybe one day have a home.

Q. I know you handcraft the flip flops - do you have helpers?
A. Well, sometimes I have friends who help. My mom helps and when I'm sick my sister is awesome. During winter we're kind of packed because of Christmas presents, so I have a lot of people help.

Q. How do you pick the charities you donate to?
A. Well...sometimes I go up to my mom and say I want to help homeless animals and then we find a homeless animal donation system, like SPCA. We just find different charities each time. I really got started when my school started talking about all the schools that got hit by the tsumani and how like the houses had been hit, all the little girls and boys lost their toys and stuff, and I just kinda wanted to help them so maybe one day they would be able to get their toys back.

Q. How do you divide up the money that you earn? And do you give any to yourself?
A. Well, I keep 10% of the profits and then 90% of it goes to charity. And depending how many charities - that is how many I divide it by. Sometimes they get $30 if I have like five charities - then I'll give $30 to each charity. If I have three charities, I might give $50.

Q. Alice would you say you are an artist and an entrepreneur? What about you makes you both do you think?
A. I say that "I AM' an artist in my own little way. It's not like the only way I stay creative is by making the flip flops. Right before you called I was doodling little pictures. I like to write and I like to make the flip flops, and I think of myself as an entrepreneur - because a lot of people call me an entrepreneur and just a lot of kids these days don't have businesses so I kind of think of myself as an entrepreneur, because I'm like the only kid in my school who has a business.

Q. Do you think that is because you are determined and persistent?
A. I just think I'm creative and a lot of other kids just can't take the time to make a business. I take the time because I'm kind of thankful that I have all the stuff that I have, because I have a lot of toys - they're taking over my bedroom actually - I'm kinda glad that I can help other people that don't have as many things as I do.

Q. What do you think other kids can do to help other people?
A. Whatever they want to do. Anything they want, they can be creative. And just remember to help others.

Q. What do you think you will be doing in 10 years - I think that will make you 19 and a half?
A. Yes. In 10 years, hopefully I will be in college. I don't know, I'm not a fortuneteller. Maybe I'll still be doing the flip flops. I like poetry a lot, so I might study poetry. I don't want to be a Spanish teacher!

Q. Who is your biggest inspiration?
A. Dr. Suess. I like Dr. Suess, he is kind of crazy. He is not afraid to express his inner feelings. Like he doesn't draw straight lines ever, he draws like curvy lines - and if he does draw straight lines he doesn't call it a straight line he calls it - I forget what he calls it because it is a very big name.

Q. Alice, I understand you want to be the first woman president.
A. I do? Well, I'd like to be the first woman president, that would be fun. I'd also like to be a poet, an artist, and a lot of other things which I can't think of right now. But, if I were the president I would make sure that nobody polluted and that they would ban un-healthy fast food and that they re-cycled more.

Q. Last year, you were presented with the "Kids Are Heroes" award at Children's Hospital. How did that make you feel?
A. Good. I liked it. It was awesome and I got a trophy. I saw that I am not the only person in the whole state of Florida who does something good for the world. Because there were like 200 kids there who were all nominated for saving their grandfather from a fire or donating their hair or saving their baby brother from drowning.

Q. Is there a special holiday message you would like to share with all of us or is there anything you would like us to do?
A. Stay creative. If you stay creative nobody will ever be the same. Just because a sweater vest is in, you don't always have to wear a sweater vest, because it is up to you to decide.

Q. Alice, why do you feel that you are a spirited woman?
A. I feel that I am a spirited woman because I like to encourage people to follow their dreams and I like to encourage me to follow my dreams and not listen to what other people have to say about them.

THANK YOU ALICE. KEEP CHANGING THE WORLD...ONE FLIP FLOP AT A TIME.

Alice welcomes you visiting her fun and colorful website: www.froufrouflipflops.com. To place flip flop orders send an e-mail to Alice@froufrouflipflops.com. The cut-off date for Christmas orders is December 3. You can also help Alice by donating flip flops, ribbon, and money, or by buying her flip flops any time of the year.

NEWSLETTER ARCHIVES: http://www.TheSpiritedWoman.com/newsletter/. Presently there are 43 past interviews online for you to read.

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SPIRITED WOMAN! STORE SPECIAL

"I adore Nancy's Spirited Woman scarves! I continue to share them with all the amazing women whose beautiful spirits encourage, empower and selflessly give of themselves each day. To me these special, colorful scarves are gifts of spirited expression. I encourage everyone to celebrate the holidays with such a meaningful gift." Ellen Spencer

Click on photos to enlarge. It's a California Christmas! Spirited women to the max, Suilma Rodriguez and Harlene Roen, are aglow in Christmas Red, but as you know these scarves come in an array of over 12 AMAZING sumptuous colors! To celebrate the holidays, we're holding a 10-DAY ONLY - BLOW-OUT SCARF SALE. Sales ends December 10. Regularly $25 each - NOW only $17. Buy 5 scarves and the sixth one is free. This is an amazing one-time offer.

To see more scarf photos and to order go to: http://www.TheSpiritedWoman.com/spirited_woman_store/.

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UPCOMING SPIRITED WOMAN WORKSHOPS

Who-ee! More and more women are attending the SPIRITED WOMAN Workshop across the country. Over 700 have signed up to date.

The SPIRITED WOMAN Workshop includes three hours of creative playfulness and growth. Emphasizes your ALIVENESS and reinforces YOU ARE ENOUGH AS YOU ARE. Great for transitions, movement, fun. Attendees range from writers/artists/healers to business owners. Led by Nancy Mills, Creator of the Spirited Woman Approach to Life. Limited to 12 women. Offered at amazing locales.

HOLIDAY WORKSHOP SPECIAL!! Limited Time Only - Runs thru Jan. 1, 2007. Sign-up for any 2007 workshop before Jan. 1 and you'll get a $45 discount off our single or buddy rate. This is a great start-the-year-off-right gift for yourself. Terrific holiday gift for your mom, best friend, sister, office worker, whoever you want to bring! And YOU'LL SAVE  $45!!

2007 WORKSHOP CALENDAR

LOS ANGELES - Saturday, February 10, 2007
1-4 pm., Black Box Theater, 12420 Santa Monica Blvd. 90025
 
SANTA BARBARA - Saturday, February 17, 2007
1-4 pm., Private Santa Barbara Estate, TBA to Attendees

FAIRFAX, VA/WASH. D.C. Area - Saturday, May 5
1-4 pm., hosted by Dava Money, Director of Creative Healing Institute

FAIRFAX, VA/WASH. D.C. Area - Sunday, May 6
1-4 pm., hosted by Dava Money, Director of Creative Healing Institute

Take advantage of the holiday special and sign-up now at:  http://www.thespiritedwoman.com/signup/

Remember: Take a workshop & you'll get a FREE LINK & a FREE 60-WORD newsletter ad on our website - forever!

For more info on the workshops and to see new workshop pictures please go to:
http://www.TheSpiritedWoman.com/spirited_woman_workshop/. You can also call Nancy Mills at her toll-free number: 888-428-1234 (in Santa Barbara call 805-698-3555) or e-mail her at: NancyMills@TheSpiritedWoman.com.

Credit cards are accepted on-line at: http://www.TheSpiritedWoman.com/signup/ and via phone at 888-428-1234. Workshop checks are mailed to: Nancy Mills, P.O. Box 20042, Santa Barbara, CA 93120. Checks must be received within 10 days of making a reservation. All payments due in advance of each Spirited Woman Workshop. All reservations final.

And, if you're wondering...the SPIRITED WOMAN Workshop has been held in the following cities to date:

LOS ANGELES
NASHVILLE
PORTLAND
EUGENE
ASHLAND
LAS VEGAS
LAUGHLIN
SAN FRANCISCO
SANTA BARBARA
SAN DIEGO
BERKELEY
MAUI
OAKLAND
SEATTLE
CARLSBAD
PHILADELPHIA
KAUAI
SACRAMENTO

TELL A FRIEND ABOUT THE WORKSHOPS.

WHY NOT MAKE YOUR CITY NEXT?

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HOST A SPIRITED WOMAN WORKSHOP

...In your city. Here's Nancy with hostess Chris Zydel at her wonderful Creative Juices Arts in Oakland, CA. Chris has hosted three workshops in her studio. She's even wearing a SPIRITED WOMAN scarf!

It's great fun! You'll love it. Anyone who hosts a workshop in their home or business receives a free workshop, great publicity, and a chance to meet other fantabulous women. Since the workshop size is small, most spaces work out ideally. If you'd like to host a workshop, go to our host page and fine out how to do it: http://www.TheSpiritedWoman.com/host_a_workshop/. Or please feel free to call Nancy at 888-428-1234.

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SPIRITED WOMAN GIFT CERTIFICATE

It's the holidays!!!  Now's the time to give a Spirited Woman Gift Certificate. You can give a gift certificate for a workshop, a Spirited Woman Circle Conversation, any of our store products, and even to plan an ad in our newsletter! The certificate is available on-line or by calling Nancy Mills at 888-428-1234. MAKES A GREAT GIFT. Easy, affordable & inspirational.

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SPIRITED WOMAN MEDIA COVERAGE

SPIRITED WOMAN IN THE NEWS! To read current articles and interviews please visit our press page at: http://www.TheSpiritedWoman.com/press/. There's also some wonderful radio interviews to download on your IPOD.

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THE SPIRITED WOMAN BLOG

For those of you who have never blogged - don't worry - we have really easy instructions on our blog page on how to post. So, please try it. It's fun!

Here's the December blog ? of the month: What's your favorite spirited woman thing to do over the holidays?

Just click on: http://www.TheSpiritedWoman.com/go_blog_blog_blog/

We really want to know. ALSO keep those other blog posts coming in too - and BE SURE TO TELL US WHY YOU FEEL YOU ARE A SPIRITED WOMAN. We want to know that too.

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THE SPIRITED WOMAN CLUB - LISTING BOARD

NEW FEATURE! Put your picture (OR LOGO OR PRODUCT SHOT) UP WITH YOUR AD.

Here's the good news. If you have taken the SPIRITED WOMAN WORKSHOP you are automatically a member of the SPIRITED WOMAN CLUB, and you'll receive a FREE listing (up to 60 words) - monthly. For those of you who have not taken the workshop (come on girls, you need to join the club!) - the listing is $25 per month per listing or $40 per month with a photo! What a great deal!

Photo rates for workshop attendees is $15 per month with your one free 60-word ad.  All additional 60-word ads cost $40 with photo or $25 without photo.

The listing board is a great way to advertise your service, business, workshop, event or WHATEVER - and to stay connected with other spirited women. Currently, the newsletter reaches over 2,900 women. Think of it as your very own SPIRITED WOMAN DIRECTORY. Be sure to check out what other women are offering and support them. Also, see below HOW TO PLACE A LISTING.

Our current ads are featured in the newsletter. More newsletter listings are at: http://www.TheSpiritedWoman.com/newsletter_ad/

HAIKU HELEN KRITZLER- Shaman-Wizard, truly wise woman doing readings for over 30 years - 4th generation psychic-palmist. In a quandary about how to proceed at this moment? Call her for inspirational accurate clarity. 808-573-6343. Coming to Maui? You contact her...She's the Maui-Cybernet Promoter. Watch her video at: www.haikuhelen.com/palmistry.html.  "She's the real deal," Wendy Orange PHD, Author.

GRIFFIN MEDICAL GROUP - Center for Anti-Aging & Aesthetics. For the month of December, we are offering a 15% discount on Initial Wiley Protocol consult and examination, a 30-minute face to face appointment with Alvin Yee M.D. We also offer cosmetic procedures with the Sciton laser including Microlaserpeel, vascular treatment, high speed hair removal, Botox and Restylane.  www.griffinmedical.com 714-549-6550. 1650 Adams Avenue, Costa Mesa, CA 92626.

BE CREATIVE WITH YOUR PHOTOS! Start your own photo website and get your first 20 prints and an 8 X 10 free. Now is the time to create fun presents with your photos and watch the smiles as they are opened. Go to: www.YourPhotosForever.com sign up for your site. Check out Maxcast. Call me, Kathy Jensen 866-732-7275.

THE BEST OF THE BEST - YOUR 2nd HALF OF LIFE. I'm Coach Andrea, certified mid-life coach and personal trainer. Embrace, Explore, Expand, the rest of your life! Achieve and define your goals. Create change, health, wealth, and personal relationships. How do you get there? Visit www.alignmentwithlife.com. Free newsletter, sample session, give a Holiday coaching gift.

OPRAH SNATCHED 11, BARBARA BUSH sent a handwritten thank you, Ozzie Osbourne gifted Sharon with three. HRH the Princess of Saudi Arabia, Jack Canfield, Mrs. Joe Montana and others have collected Emi Hats. Milliner Emi Azeka Preston hand dyes and hand sculpts each hat on Maui. Purchase a hat on her website and receive a 10% Spirited Woman discount until Christmas. www.hatsbyemionmaui.com

OFFICE TO SUB-LET IN QUAINT COTTAGE - in lovely old town Santa Barbara. To share with two therapists: perfect for bodyworker, massage person, or fellow counselor. Rent, hours, days, negotiable. Please phone Karen Leah Krulevitch, M.A., M.F.T. at 805-745-1543.

READY, SET, GODDESS! SPRING RETREAT - 3/30-4/4/2007. Mt. Eden Retreat Washington, NJ. A Woman's Retreat like no other, GUARANTEED. Been to other Women's Retreats? NOT like this! Been to other Tantra Retreats? NOT like this! Been to other Spiritual Retreats? NOT like this! Explore Spirituality & Divine Feminine; Increase Manifestation; Heal Emotional & Sexual Wounding; Heal & Transform Relationships. Contact: Amy Storm. 410-290-9090. www.blissfulbodycollection.com

FUN JOB & FREE TRAVEL - YES, as part/full time online travel agent with World Ventures!! Considered the Google of the travel industry. PowerSearch looks through over 200 travel websites to find best & cheapest rates: http://ciriasvacation.worldventures.com. Call Ciria at 866-535-4382 or 702-235-3855 to earn 20%-70% COMMISSIONS and FREE TRAVEL.

MAGDALENE CULTURAL ARTS CENTER & BOUTIQUE - Jayne DeMente, of Women's Heritage Project, and Miri Hunter, of Project Sheba, have joined forces to create a new LA center. It is open to the public but offers membership to women entrepreneurs and spirituality community. The location (the old Iliad Bookstore) is located at 4822 Vineland, near  Lankershim/Vineland crossing in North Hollywood. For more info, visit: http://www.themagdalenecenter.com

LIFE ENERGY TUNE-UPS: Life Balance and Personal Evolution Coaching by phone/in-person. Blend hypnosis, therapeutic imagery and coaching tools to relieve stress and increase life-energy. Moon-cycle coaching/mediation CDs also available. Special rates for Spirited Women! Barbara Schiffman, EvoLuminus Coaching & Hypnotherapy, www.bschiffman.com,  818-848-9040, 800-306-8290.

WHAT TO GET LUCKY? One feng shui by China Rose is a method for true luck and happiness in life. Visit www.freezodiac.com to learn more about planetary transits for zodiac signs, view our public video's online at www.youtube.com/chinarosy, purchase our lucky bamboo products for good luck and happiness at Whole Foods, Bristol Farms, etc. Contact us for charts, services and media events at thegoldpig@msn.com.

PARLOR PERFORMANCES - Jeannine Frank's "accidental performing arts series" (now in its 17th year!) presents comedy, cabaret, authors, & more in a cozy West LA concert hall -- and also books artists for fundraisers, conventions and special events. For free monthly e-calendar or more info, contact Jeannine at frankent1@juno.com or call 310-476-6735.

"SHARING WITH WRITERS" is the official Authors' Coalition (http://authorscoalitionandredenginepress.com) newsletter. We're a group of serious writers - experienced and aspiring - who are dedicated to the mutual support and development of each others' careers. Sign-up by sending an e-mail with "subscribe" in the subject line to: HoJoNews@aol.com

HOW TO PLACE A LISTING

E-mail a 60 word or less description of your listing (word count must include phone number and such) by the last day of each month (i.e. December 31 for January 1 issue) to: NancyMills@TheSpiritedWoman.com and put "LISTING BOARD" in the subject line. The same applies to photos and a JPEG (no larger than 200 pixels) is required.

All past SPIRITED WOMAN WORKSHOP attendees receive ONE FREE 60-word listing EACH MONTH. To ad a photo it costs $15 monthly. All additional listing are $25 per item per month, and with photo $40 per month.

For those of you who have NOT attended the SPIRITED WOMAN WORKSHOP it cost $25 per listing per month or $40 with photo. Please follow the above instructions.

You can pay for listing via credit cards online at: http://www.TheSpiritedWoman.com/newsletter_ad/ or by calling Nancy Mills at 888-428-1234. Checks for all payable listings are to be received in advance of next monthly issue (January 1) and sent to: Nancy Mills, P.O. Box 20042, Santa Barbara, CA 93120.

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Permission is granted to reproduce, copy or distribute the SPIRITED WOMAN Newsletter with the understanding that the copyright notice and all the content is to be attributed to Nancy Mills, the SPIRITED WOMAN Newsletter. Copyright Nancy Mills, December 2006. All rights reserved.

Please Note: The Q&A portion of the newsletter IS NOT available for use in and of itself unless written permission is given by Nancy Mills. Recently someone posted our Q&A on her blog without permission and that is not okay.

THANKS FOR YOUR SPIRIT! SPIRITED WOMEN! AND YOUR SUPPORT!

PLEASE FORWARD THE NEWSLETTER TO EVERY SPIRITED WOMAN YOU KNOW!

Nancy Mills
SPIRITED WOMAN
PO Box 20042
Santa Barbara, CA 93120

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