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Centennial Mental Health Center Inc118 West 3rd Street
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Currently, we only show 1 alcohol and drug treatment center in Julesburg, CO. If you want more treatment options, there are a number of addiction treatment programs in the nearby cities of Wray, Sterling, and North Platte.
Common treatment options that people are trying to find are Free and Low Cost Drug Rehabs, Detox Facilities, Outpatient Treatment, and Residential Inpatient. Dashshaw Certified Counselors are familiar with treatment programs nationwide. You can call and speak to one of our counselors for assistance in finding treatment options as well as figuring out what type of treatment would be best for you.
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Residential Inpatient Treatment provides long-term care and recovery in a safe setting. You will stay at a Residential drug rehab for the entirety of your treatment which generally lasts around 90 days. While inpatient treatment is a longer commitment and typically more expensive form of of treatment, it is by far the best type of rehab to attend and will offer you the highest chances of getting clean and staying sober. An inpatient drug rehab has an average cost of around $40,000. Cost can vary depending on length of stay, quality of care, and location.
Outpatient treatment is unique because it allows you to attend therapy groups or treatment counseling during the day and then return home once completed. This can be beneficial if you have certain aspects of your life you must attend to while seeking help for alcoholism or drug addiction. While the freedom of outpatient treatment is appealing to many individuals, it also can be difficult to dedicate the focus that is required to overcome addiction. A good support group of friends or family around you that will keep you in line when not in therapy can greatly increase the success of this type of treatment. Outpatient treatment can cost around $3,000.00 on average.
First off, detox is not rehab. Many people think detox is the same as treatment, but this not true. Going to a detox is the initial step most people do before going into rehab. When coming off drugs or alcohol, most people experience withdrawal symptoms that are extremely uncomfortable or dangerous. Going to detox helps you get through these withdrawals safely, while minimizing the effects that generally occur. Detox can last anywhere from 5 days to 3 weeks depending on what substances you were using. The cost will vary depending on how long you are in detox and whether it was a medical detox or drug-free.
Financial Concerns are one of the main reasons people do not enter an alcohol and drug rehab. Many people think there is no way they can afford effective treatment because they are unable to pay for it. However, there are rehabs that will accept medicaid or offer payment assistance to help you with treatment costs. You may also look for treatment facilities that offer a sliding scale fee that adjust the cost of rehab based on your income. While these options may not be the number one choice for many, they are still more helpful than doing nothing. Getting help is always the best choice.
Counseling or therapy is usually part of any treatment program you attend. However, many places offer counseling or therapy outside of treatment as a way to help you with any problems that can occur in everyday life that could cause you to relapse. They are offered in multiple formats such as group or individual therapy as well as family counseling. Counseling and therapy are an excellent form of aftercare planning as well.
12-Step meetings are support groups and can be helpful for many people as a supplement to treatment. 12-step follows the specific guidelines that were outlined and originated from Alcoholics Anonymous. For some people, this is the only type of treatment they receive and for a few, it is successful. 12-Step works much better as a continued aftercare plan once you have completed treatment.
Most people don't even consider what to do once they complete an alcohol and drug rehab program. Setting up proper aftercare planning and learning relapse prevention techniques is important to maintaining a healthy and drug-free lifestyle. Many treatment centers will offer some type of aftercare plan for when you leave, but there are places that specialize in aftercare and relapse prevention if you need additional assistance. Aftercare can also include transitional or halfway housing if you need a place to live after you finish drug and alcohol treatment.
Julesburg, Colorado resides in Sedgwick County
Although you might want to conquer your addiction, you may find that you do not have enough money to offset the cost of addiction treatment in Julesburg.
However, you should know that there are different options that can help with taking care of the cost of your recovery program. Some of these options include:
Many research studies have shown that meetings like Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, and other 12 step groups may be helpful when trying to maintain sobriety and overcome your addiction and stay current with the lessons that you learned during your treatment program. It is for this reason that many drug and alcohol rehabs in Julesburg will encourage you to start and continue attending these meetings.
Attending meetings as a first timer as well as during your long term recovery plan could provide you with the support that you need to never give up on your sobriety.
If you have legal issues especially from drug-related crimes, you may be able to go into treatment instead of spending time in jail. There are a couple of ways you can choose rehab over jail. These options include drug courts and court-ordered drug treatment.
Court-ordered alcohol and drug rehab is usually for those who are multiple offenders or perhaps have more than one DUI as an example. If you fall into this category, the judge may offer you the choice of going to jail or joining a rehabilitation program.
Drug courts, on the other hand, are special courts that handle substance related crimes that are non-violent. Today, the United States has over 2400 of these drug courts. These drug courts must determine if your situation qualifies for rehab over jail time and sentence you accordingly.


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2. This is the 2nd time that I have used Starship travel. This year they helped me plan a trip for 15 of my friends and I to go to Dubai and Abh Dhabi for my 50th birthday. Everything was excellent from the excursion and the hotel in Dubai. The hotel in Abh Dhabi was not as great but over all we had a wonderful time and experience.
3. Very helpful, caring and professional
4. Very helpful, caring and professional. When a problem arose it was addressed immediately
5. They care! They want you to have the time of your lives. So they search out the best locations to make your dreams come true!
6. Linda is amazing and always addresses any concerns that we have.
7. We had a wonderful 14 day train and cruise to beautiful Alaska. Linda at Starship was always there when we had a question or needed assistance. We could have not have asked for any better service. Loved the whole experience.
8. Perhaps my experience with Linda and Starship Travel will be of help to anyone considering using this agency.
I have not used Starship in over 5 years, simply because I have not travelled in a typical manner these recent years. BUT I peruse every email update and will assuredly use Linda/Starship for my next applicable trip! I can recommend this agency with the highest praise – I have shared their information with friends and family.
Linda/Starship has arranged several trips for me, including some complex multi-family reunion type trips. Linda has been extremely responsive before and during trips whenever needed. She has also researched and presented options which were always spot-on for trips we were considering.
Simplest travel trip ever: Don't use anyone except Linda/Starship Travel to make your trips perfect.
1. I have had Karen plan several trips. After a few conversations on the first trip, Karen knew exactly what we wanted & expected. Her follow through & attention to detail is extraordinary. You ask a question once & it is answered in detail quickly. We are taking a trip with a group that has another travel agent/company running it. The difference in customer service is indescribable. Same questions in multiple e-mails not answered, delays in information , & details that Karen never let get to the question stage going not communicated. I have planned numerous trips on my own, but I have seen the value of a GOOD travel agent. Karen has given us ideas for upcoming trips & always has us laughing when we stop in the office. We will continue to use Starship & Karen for many years to come!
2. Karen at Starship helped us create our dream honeymoon in Mexico!
3. Gaylord's is awesome, very nice. The only change would to have had the balcony that most rooms had in the Cascades. If a client likes "white noise" that area would be perfect as you heard the water falls, we're not huge fans of white noise, but was fine. You can walk to a very friendly honky tonk, Nashville Palace, we thought the quality of the performers was great.
The CMA's were going on, we are not fans of huge crowds, so would've maybe gone a different weekend.
All in all we definitely liked Nashville better than Gatlinburg, which is like the Dells on steroids. Very hard to find healthier food options. Red Oak Bistro, which is a little drive was the best food. Cades Cove's traffic was ridiculous (worse than the Yellowstone circle), we'd suggest doing the Historic Nature Trail to Cherokee Orchard Trail/Roaring Fork Rd and doing the Rainbow Falls hike. Clingman's Dome is the best vantage point, it's a steep one mile walk, great views. Anakeesta was really done well, probably the best chair lift/chondola ride, picturesque, fun (overpriced) Alpine slide/coaster. Beautiful gardens, etc.
The Hampton Inn was quiet and nice that it was a little ways from the crowds, disappointed that that you couldn't hike from there, the name's misleading. The breakfast is almost all processed, crappy foods, would've preferred paying less and getting our own food.
So to recap what we like…Rooms with balconies when available, windows that open, no room fresheners, quiet, healthy food options/craft beer, being able to walk to places when possible.
Really enjoy working with you Karen!
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4. Karen has been awesome to work with!
5. Karen has been amazing, she has worked with me on rescheduling our family trip multiple times in the last year! She has spent hours on the phone getting everything moved, hours I didn't have to waste. I highly recommend using Starship travel they take care of everything for you!
1. The hotel was nice!! The staff from the front desk, bell boy, waiters, bartenders, all were very warm and welcoming. The hotel itself was nice and very clean. The only thing I didn't like was the bathroom setup.. the toilet placement was tight.Other than that I really enjoyed my stay. I would've like a back balcony room just to view the beach because it was so pretty.
2. As for the hotel here, I can give you my opinion, like you asked. What they say on trip advisor is totally accurate, I read the last few reviews today. It's brand new and obviously very clean, very comfortable beds and pillows. The room did smell really musty the first day or so, it's the climate/humidity here, after we ran the air conditioner, it is fine. They are recently opened so they need to fine tune some things, they need more personnel, the second day they didn't clean our room till 6pm, the time when you need to take a shower to go out. And because it's new the trees and plants are not looking so good. You have to watch walking on the pavers, you can trip walking with flip flops, they are not even. The food is awesome, much better than the other resorts we have been to. The Steak House and the Japanese are our favorites. The buffet is huge, we have gone for breakfast, one time for lunch and dessert in the evening. One day they had a whole baby-pig, my boys said it was very good! The beach needs more chairs and umbrellas, you need to go out at 7 am to save a spot (but that happens everywhere). They have a buffet restaurant down by the beach and they also BBQ every day down there, and not just burgers and hot dogs, they make steaks! You can go to the beach bar or order through a waitress so you don't have to wait in line at the bar. The beach has a roped off area that is mostly sand a few rocks here and there, that's where you swim. My opinion is that they need to clean up the rest of the beach, you can't go in because there are many rocky areas with seaweed. Pools look very nice, but we just walk by them, lol! We went to a couple of shows, they are ok, I don't expect more at a resort. Oh and sometimes when you walk by the mangroves, it smells pretty bad. Overall for me it is a nice hotel, CLEAN and great food! In a year it will be beautiful when all the plants and palm trees are established.
3. Ask for Voula for travel plans, she is outstanding. Have used her
4. GREECE! Voula booked our honeymoon trip to Greece! She was able to contact a tour company and everything was perfect! When you are wedding planning, the last thing you want to do is plan a trip to Europe! Voula was very sweet and helpful. Thank you so much Voula!!!
5. Booking my trip to Hawaii was a pleasure with Voula. She listened to what I was looking for and did a great job getting us what we were looking for. She found non-stop flights that fit our schedule and gave us great options for hotels. We had our travel documents quickly. I would definitely recommend Starship to my friends.
6. We have worked with Voula several times for planning trips to Cabo and Cancun. She is honest and so helpful!
7. Voula always takes good care of us. Excellent service and friendly staff.
1. Rose was fantastic to work with. We weren't sure exactly where we wanted to go for our Honeymoon, but she was prepared with many options! She gave us plenty of resorts within our price range and was able to explain each area in detail. She was easy to reach, even after we booked our vacation. I had plenty of questions to ask after we booked that I forgot to ask before and she was more than happy to answer them for me, as well as to just chat for a few minutes. Definitely will have to contact her in the future for more trips! Thank you so much Rose!!
2. We used Starship Travel to plan our destination wedding vacation for us and 30 guests, and they did a phenomenal job! We worked with Rose Peters who was so sweet and helpful throughout the entire process. She always made herself available for our guests, and was very organized in getting everyone their appropriate travel documents. Our trip went flawlessly, and I couldn't have done it without them! I highly recommend Starship Travel!
Thank you Jan, we have been excited for a while for this wonderful
vacation that we would not have been aware of if it were not for your
efforts. The fact that we will not be going on it as originally planned is a great
disappointment, but not something for which you are in any way responsible. You get credit for only the good my friend, none of the bad.
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1. Norma was our Travel Agent and she went above and beyond what we expected! After months of searching for a honeymoon destination with my fiance at the time, we contacted her for guidance. She knew her destinations, prices, packages and gave us options of exactly what we needed. Not to mention she saved us thousands of dollars on our trip. Thank you again Norma!
2. One of many perfect trips, thank you again Norma Badal for your professional assistance! Jamaica Mon!
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Before going onto NYC I want to congratulate you on once again putting on an amazing Travel Show! It's very obvious that things were learned from last year's show and once again the vendors were so supportive and the people they just kept a coming! I feel so very lucky to be part of this amazing group. I am always very proud to say I am hosted by Starship Travel and that Linda is a very dear friend of mine. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for so many things big and small.

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|Tony Lambino, head of communication at IRRI, talks about the 'magic' that rice research has been for the work
to secure food for billions globally, before writers and illustrators during the AFCC 2014 in Singapore.
Asia's food staple was the theme of the 5-day Asian Festival of Children's Content (AFCC) held last week at the National Library of Singapore.
Also launched during the AFCC was All About Rice, a bibliography of rice-themed books, published by the National Book Development Council of Singapore; the Rice Bowl Game, an interactive digital setup developed by VastPotato; and an "urban rice paddy," an installation artwork by the Edible Art Movement.
A featured talk, Rice: Science, Art, and Magic, was given during the AFCC by Tony Lambino, head of communication at IRRI, who expounded on IRRI's success stories to an audience composed primarily of producers or consumers of literature and other media formats for children. Analogies were drawn between magical moments in the research and creative process.
making rice a healthier part of the Asian diet and, for farmers, making rice more resilient against climate change.
Tony told the story of how some IRRI-developed rice varieties have saved whole countries from famine in the past, and how IRRI's work evolves to address new challenges in securing the world's food. IRRI continues to help regions overcome not only hunger and poverty but the onslaught of extreme climate events that leave poor rice farmers destitute and put them at severe risk of losing investments in any cropping season. Also, through its healthier rice portfolio, IRRI and its partners aim to address malnutrition or "hidden hunger," which affects two billion people globally.
IRRI believes that exposing children very early to what it takes to produce rice, as well as to the crucial contributions of science to ensuring food security, is important not only for them to appreciate what it takes for a bowl of rice to get to the table but to hopefully make agriculture a future career option for the best and most creative minds.
Claire Chiang, chair of the board of advisors of the AFCC, said in the foreword for All About Rice: "Our thanks and appreciation to IRRI for enriching the project with an information booth full of interesting facts, stories and beautiful photos, a talk on Rice: Science, Art and Magic, introducing authors of rice-themed picture books, and inspiring the creation of a virtual reality rice-bowl challenge and an interactive art installation."
IRRI's participation at the AFCC was coordinated by Flaminia Lilli of IRRI Fund Singapore.
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Developers are under constant duress to make their games cheat free. In the world of early access, modding, free to play and multiplayer this is no small feat. Cheating has become a business, a problem that affects a lot of games, and pushes us to extreme measures and rather harsh decisions. This is a story of our fight during the development of DayZ.
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Foodie Friday with Dr. Laura Klein: No Bake Peanut Butter Pretzel Bars
Dentists love sweets too! If you're a fan of peanut butter cups you've got to make these little beauties by Very Best Baking. The crunch of pretzel breaks up the ooey, gooey peanut butter texture [...]


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Genre : Symphonic, Rock Opera, Visual, Metal, Gothic
Released Date : 1 / Dec / 2010
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- Scivias (Album Ver.)
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- Passiflora caerulea (Album Ver.)
- Le Sortilege
- Symphonia ~Seijaku no Chikai~
- La rue de l'espoir
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The Gothic Rock Opera that male and female vocals singing with the symphonic metal in the background. This is the CD which you must listen to by all means to know their rock opera.
This CD include all song of the Rock Opera "-Symphonic Gothic Rock Opera-Dernier Paradis act2", also include the song of unperformed.


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A pretty hectic and wild week at the Lazy Vegan! The barn and bathroom construction began and luckily the bunnies and Bravo didn't seem too bothered by the noise and commotion...although I definitely wanted to be home to supervise the comings and goings of workers in the house...didn't want a bunny running off! The donkeys were intrigued and then annoyed that they couldn't help. In fact, they've been banned from the corral and barn area until the foundation is in and has dried...which probably won't happen for another couple of days. In the meantime, we walk them to the front pasture for the day and then the back pasture for the evening, where their green dining shelter will be enough protection if it rains. So they've been able to "inspect"the barn building process from the confines of their lead ropes!
And in surreal news, on my morning walk Wednesday morning I spotted a WHITE RABBIT - smack out in the open meadow...and then two brown rabbits...and later even more. Very distressing, as I was sure they were from a nearby meat operation. I immediately contacted my bunny pals and we devised a plan. For the next couple of days I left them greens and carrots in the same spot near bushes, and then on Friday evening, four of us (including the foreman) were able to get three of the bunnies by making a large corral out of x-pens and using a bucket of greens to lure them...just in the nick of time, since a nasty altercation with the meat operation guy gave us info that he would come back to kill them that night.
We took one of the bunnies, a white one exactly like Rufus, home for the evening and then she was transported to SaveABunny the next day. (The last thing we need is three unbonded bunnies - plus, she has to receive medical care and be spayed!). It was such a great feeling to save some of the poor bunnies. See more info and a great video at:
And in mundane news, the farrier came to visit...in a way, twice - because we got the donkeys all harnessed up and ready and were walking around the property waiting and waiting for the farrier to arrive until I checked a text and realized I had the wrong day. My bad! The donkeys didn't mind - but on the "real" day, suddenly Luigi didn't want to get his halter on so it made for some donkey drama. And Bravo went to the vet for a check-up where it was confirmed that he is definitely going deaf! There have been times when we have come home and he hasn't even noticed...so I wasn't too surprised. Now I'll be more cautious than usual with off-leash time!
Headed home!
Those ears! She was such a brave bunny. It was hard to make the decision to give her up (we seriously thought about keeping her) but I drove her to Petaluma the next day, where she hitched a ride with my friend Tara and the two other buns we rescued and went off to SaveABunny.
The backhoe JUST fit through the donkey gate! See video:
We had to work fast with the x-pens looped together to create a giant pen. Got the two brown bunnies first and then took a while to get the white bun, who was zooming around the meadow!
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Paperspace founders Daniel Kobran and Dillon Erb set out to solve a hard problem, one the typical startup might shy away from. They wanted to disrupt the mature virtual desktop market dominated by giants like VMware, Citrix and Amazon. Today they got a healthy $4 million seed round to pursue the dream — and announced general availability of the product.
Investors for this round include Ludlow Ventures, Data Collective and Initialized Capital. Other individual investors also participated including Digital Ocean co-founder Jeff Carr.
It is not easy to go after an established market, especially when it requires that you run your own data centers, but Kobran and Erb, who graduated from the Y Combinator Winter 15 class, did not let this get in the way of the pursuit of their idea. After trying many of the competing products out there, they decided they were simply too hard to install and maintain and too slow to do the big jobs.
Virtual desktops provide workers with all the tools they need in a machine with an extremely small footprint. They offer IT the ability to control, secure and manage the desktops in their organizations. This is especially important in highly regulated industries like finance, healthcare and education.
They took that concept a step further when they created a virtual desktop that runs in the browser and streams content to any device. What's more, they set out to be the antithesis of the earlier generation of VDI, while providing all the advantages of security and manageability. To do that, they removed the complexity involved in getting up and running, including providing the ability to clone machines, integrate with exiting VPNs (virtual private networks) and use an existing Active Directory. They also offer enterprise customers one-click backup, monitoring, custom templates and shared drives– all with (they claim) push-button simplicity.
All of this can be done in the cloud, of course. AWS offers this too, including the ability to rent virtual desktops by the hour, but the founders explained you still need a high level of technical expertise to get your machines up and running using a service like AWS. They claim their solution puts this ability to create a virtual machine within the reach of just about anyone, even someone with little technical aptitude.
But they didn't want to stop there. They recognized running a VM inside a browser, they would need not just simplicity, but also speed, so they allot a dedicated GPU to each VM to ensure speed that should allow users to run even the most complex programs.
Both founders actually came from architectural backgrounds, and they could see the value of VDI in their previous field, but the large files and complex programs involved made it difficult to use VDI in that setting.
While their solution isn't specifically geared toward those complex CAD operations, if it can handle that, they argue it can also handle almost anything financial services, education, legal, healthcare or any typical VDI setting can provide — and some not so typical like gaming.
It's unusual in this day and age to create a cloud solution that requires the startup to run a data center, but they found they couldn't achieve the performance they wanted using cloud VMs. This forced them to invest in two data centers (located inside co-location facilities in California and New York). While the founders recognize this is an unusual way to go, they have taken the advice of those experienced advisors including Jeff Carr, who helped found cloud infrastructure vendor Digital Ocean, and knows a thing or two about building a business that requires owning your data centers.
Besides Carr and other advisors helping them to get to this point, Kobran and Erb say their Y Combinator experience was invaluable "I don't think it would have been possible without Y Combinator. It allowed us to tap into an incredible support network," Kobran said.


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As I returned from my trip to Orlando Friday, I began thinking about all of the neat little products I used on my trip that made my life So. Much. Easier.
First, there was the Vapur Anti-Bottle - it's a foldable, reusable water bottle designed for on-the-go use anywhere. I first used it when my friends and I went to go see a movie a few weeks ago. I may have filled them with Pinot Grigio instead of water and snuck them into the movie theater in my purse. Maybe. I definitely used them when I took my Shelties to the doggy park - because I don't carry my purse in the park, I just clipped the Vapur bottles to the belt loop on my jeans and it because it's so lightweight, I didn't feel like I was carrying anything!
I really love these Vapur bottles! When I took the kids to SeaWorld and Disney, I filled them up with water from our water bottles at the hotel and clipped them to the side of my purse. Bottled water was $3 a pop at the theme parks, so just these two Vapur bottles saved us $6 right off the bat! I also refilled them from the water fountains sprinkled throughout the park so that we had fresh water throughout the day.
Once we were done with them (at one point the kids just wanted soda from the kiosks around the park), I just stuck the empty, flattened bottles in my purse. I love that I didn't have to throw away a plastic bottle!
The Vapur Anti-Bottle is really affordable too - they're only $14.99 for the "fun-size" pack of two .4L bottles. They also have a .5L individual bottle that costs $9.99. It's really worth it when you think about it - you save money by being able to bring along your own drink and there's no impact on the environment because there is no waste!
The Vapur bottles are made in the USA and designed to withstand everyday use and cleaning - so you know they are going to last a long time! I have run mine through the dishwasher (on the top rack) a few times already and they have come out just fine. The FDA-approved inner layer is odor, taste and stain resistant.
Another great product I used while in Orlando was the Dr. Drip Coffee kit. It's a great little individual serving size coffee package with an easy-t0-use Dr. Drip contraption that sits atop your coffee mug. You simply pour the hot water over the coffee grounds and you end up with a freshly brewed cup of coffee! That's right, I said "coffee grounds" - that is why I brought these along on my trip, they're actual coffee grounds, not the instant coffee crap they provide in the hotel room!
I am not a big coffee drinker, but there are those mornings when I really need a pick-me-up and I want to stay away from sodas. I brought along two samples of the Dr. Drip Coffee - the Ultimate Pick Me Up and the Organic Tonic blends - when I went to Orlando. I can tell you, after spending all day out in the Orlando sun on Wednesday, I really needed that Pick Me Up blend!
Since I am not a big coffee drinker, I am pretty picky about my coffee when I do drink it! The Pick Me Up blend was my favorite - it was dark and strong, with almost herb-like flavors. I really enjoyed it! The Organic Tonic was also really nice - it was very light and mild and tasted almost nutty. They were both very different in flavor but they were both quite tasty!
I love that these Dr. Drip Coffee packages are so easy to tote around! You can easily take them anywhere, and as long you have a cup with a standard rim, you can make your own fresh coffee wherever you happen to be. They are also pretty inexpensive - $8.99 for a package of 5. You can buy your own at their website, DrDripCoffee.com.
*While I received media samples, all opinions are my own.


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continued to expand its
selection of OE-look A/V-navigation
with the launch of a system for the Toyota Tundra and Sequoia.
The system is the
10th new OE-look nav system launched by Audiovox under its Advent brand in the
past three months, the company said. The launches have expanded the selection
of OE-look head units to 12, and the company promises seven to 10 more by
year's end.
The factory-fit heads
are sold though new car dealers and expediters to fill a niche left by
automakers that offer sophisticated A/V-navigation systems in high-end vehicles
but limit such systems' availability in low- to mid-end vehicles by bundling
the systems in with expensive options packages, the company said.
"With our program,
consumers can add the much desired sound and navigation upgrade without having
to add other expensive and unwanted options that are often part of the sound
package," said Audiovox Electronics president Tom Malone.
All of the OE-look
heads are touchscreen-equipped double-DIN A/V-nav units designed to match OEM
cosmetics and plug into the factory wiring harness of particular vehicles. When
necessary, the head units plug into the vehicle's digital databus and
steering-wheel controls.
Audiovox's OE-look
heads are usually priced by car dealers at about $2,000 installed.
The Tundra/Sequoia
head unit offers Navteq U.S./Canada maps; turn-by-turn voice guidance in
English, French and Spanish; 19 languages of onscreen display; and 11 million
points of interest with 3D landmarks. The XM-ready head also features built-in
Parrot Bluetooth with external microphone, 7-inch touchscreen display, iPod/iPhone
control, rear-view camera with
Instant-on technology, and MediaLink interface modules with USB input to allow
for playback of iPod or iPhone video with an optional cable.
The other available
Advent systems include a universal double-DIN model and separate models
designed for specific vehicle brands or vehicle models. Those brands and models
include GM vehicles, the Honda CRV, Honda Civic, Hyundai Santa Fe, Hyundai
Sonata, Toyota Highlander, Toyota RAV4, VW, Toyota Corolla and Toyota Camry.


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What a prospect! You want to wear the heels because they make you look taller, more slender, look nice with your clothes but, then there is actually wearing them!
You know that occasional teeter-totter? Or perhaps you have already experienced a side ankle bend or even a complete fall. Hopefully this has not happened to you. Even if it hasn't happened to you, it can still be a bit challenging to walk in certain high-heeled shoes.
But the idea is for that never to happen to you.
You may have heard the saying, "practice makes perfect". Well in this case, practice does makes walking in high-heeled shoes possible, especially if they are brand new shoes. It takes time to get use to a new pair of shoes, whether flat's or high heels. With heels, there is a certain risk that can be overcome with a little practice, skill and know how. Whether you're dancing the night away or attending a business meeting.
You want to walk or dance with assurance without falling.
Here are some practical steps you can take to help you achieve this.
1. First, just practice standing in your new pair of heels. Place yourself in front of a full view mirror, standing a while, then turning from side to side. This allows you to get accustomed to the look and feel of the new heels you are wearing.
2. Second, try the new high-heels out by taking a few steps in them, if possible, on a hard floor or low carpeting. Then slowly progress to a thicker carpeted surface. High-heeled dress shoes are fun for women once you learn how to walk in them.
3. Third, keeping your legs straight and as close together as possible, take a few slow, determined steps. Place one foot in front of the other, noticing the placement of each foot. As you practice, your confidence in walking in high-heels will increase.
This will make the process of walking in high-heels more natural for you. Walking in high-heeled shoes will become second nature for women who walk in them often.
Walking or dancing in heels can be an intimidating experience, but it does not have to be. You can be the high-heel diva when you learn how to walk and dance in high-heels and can have fun doing it!
From sexy stilettos heels that make you dizzy just to look at them to lower heels. Although lower heeled shoes are better for our body, there are times when they just won't do.
So on the occasions when you have just got to wear the higher heels, put them on and practice sensibly and safely first. Then walk out into the "high-heeled" stepping ground with confidence and, oh yeah... remember to smile!
This is the beginning of how to walk in high heels without breaking your neck!
So take your time, go slow and before you know it, you will be strutting your stuff in your new
Surely someone will say, "You look marvelous darling".


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A devotion to the 3ps of People, the Private Sector and the Public Sector is the core of the initiatives of GreenHubAfrica.
GreenHubAfrica, Africa's first environmental sustainability media platform, is aware that the efforts to change the nation's mindset towards environmental sustainability cannot be done unaided and efforts will be required from the public, private organisations and especially, the government.
Just as the Chairman of GreenHubAfrica, Professor John Obas Ebohon, explained in his interview during the GreenHubAfrica inaugural meeting, He said "The danger is not so much that climate is changing, because human beings have the capacity to adapt. They issue with climate change is that we don't know how, when or the dimensions in which the effects will manifest. So for that reason, it is critically important for nations to start building their resilience."
The Professor of Sustainability and Environmental Law at London South Bank University went ahead to say "GreenHubAfrica is creating the digital platform in which individual stakeholders begin to take their responsibilities seriously and bring their knowledge to the government and policy makers in such a way that the community can become stakeholders too."
The campaign to encourage memberships for the public's participation in GreenHubAfrica's environmentally friendly activities began on the 5th of September 2019 at Yaba College of Technology; with more than 1,000 of the students in attendance showing interest in the sustainable development of our nation. GreenHubAfrica has also began to build its journey to the Private Sector; with partnerships with outstanding companies like DuPont, The Heritage Place, Clickatell e.t.c.
Though GreenHubAfrica is still growing, its journey has broken another bound and has announced new partnerships with organisations in the Public Sector. GreenHubAfrica has partnered with the Lagos State Government and Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) for the first beach and street cleanup activities on the 21st of September 2019.
GreenHubAfrica believes in a sustainable environment as the start of a thriving economy and is pleased to be working in conjunction with Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) for the cleanup activities. GreenHubAfrica and Lagos State Government will be joining the world to celebrate World Cleanup day, Zero Emissions Day and International Coastal Cleanup Day to rid the streets and beach of waste pollution at Sura by Simpson and Kids Beach Garden on Oba Elegushi Road on the 21st of September 2019.
GreenHubAfrica invites all People, Private Sector and Public Sector to leave positive footprints on the planet and express their love for the environment by honouring the world awareness days to participate at the cleanup activities.


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This easy DIY No Sew Children's Canopy is so easy and costs less than $30 to make! It is the perfect touch for a little girl's room or playroom!
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Did you see our room reveal for the One Room Challenge? In one corner I created a book nook for our little girl and the perfect finishing touch is this DIY Children's Canopy. I looked all over Etsy for a canopy and the prices were seriously outrageous. Some were almost $200!! I knew that this had to be an easy and inexpensive project so I set out to tackle this one myself. I love a good no sew project and my no sew bench cushion is continually my post popular DIY post. You all must love a good no sew project as much as I do!
So this canopy requires minimal supplies and really no DIY skills. The hardest part is finding curtains that you like. Most canopies I saw were from a sheer fabric, but I found these adorable ruffled white curtains at HomeGoods and knew they were the perfect girly touch. They were on clearance for $19.99 too, so even better! I decided to add the teal ribbon for an additional touch, but this isn't necessary!
Here is what else you will need:
One large embroidery hoop, inner piece removed
white paint, craft or acrylic is fine
fishing line
ceiling hook
fabric glue- I always use Fabri-Tac (only if you are using ribbon)
2 yards of ribbon (optional)
Remove the inner hoop from your embroidery hoop by unscrewing the big screw. I already had removed mine here, but wanted you to see the part that you need to detach.
Paint the inside and outside of your hoop with white paint and let dry.
If you are adding ribbon, lay your curtains out completely flat on the floor. Run a bead of fabric glue across the top of the panel and then press on the ribbon. Let dry completely.
Once everything is dry, open up your hoop and slide on the curtain panels.
Cut two pieces of fishing line to your desired length. Tie a piece onto the front and the back of your hoop, in between where the two panels come together in the back and where there is no panel in the front. Bring the two pieces together and tie at the top.
Screw a ceiling hook into your ceiling and then hang your curtain.
I had hung mine and then realized it needed the ribbon, so took it back down! I wanted you to see the picture of the hook though so you can see what I used. It is just one of those screw in hooks you can purchase from the hardware store.
And that's it! Easy right? If you can buy curtains, you can handle this tutorial!!
This corner came together just how I wanted and I hope it is a fun place to hang out and snuggle for my two little ones! To see how I made the bookshelves, check out this tutorial! The shelves are super easy and inexpensive to make!
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I don't normally photograph weddings anymore but, I was overjoyed when Stephanie and Clay asked me to photograph theirs. They had a beautiful mid-day woodland wedding and reception. Stephanie put everything together herself and the rain held off to allow us to enjoy everything she had constructed. She did an incredible job! It was a perfectly happy day for everyone and I was so excited to be a part of it.
Thank you Stephanie and Clay for giving me the opportunity to photograph your wedding.
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I feel so lucky that I had the privilege to photograph Grace for her Senior Portraits. Grace is a very unique and inspiring young woman. Grace graduated High School early to give her time to dive into her art and prepare for her college experience at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU).
For Grace's portraits we traveled to downtown Norfolk and her fun and quirky personality gave life to the urban landscape around her. I was blown away by her unique look and how comfortable she was behind the camera. We got to explore her interests and her personality making this session one I will never forget. I found it extremely difficult to find only a few images from her session to share because they all embodied her fierce confidence and beauty.
It was a pleasure getting to know Grace. I know that she will lead a very creative and fulfilling life and that makes me so excited for her and her family. VCU will be lucky to have you. I look forward to seeing you succeed in the future. Good Luck Grace!
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I adore photographing newborns! My youngest is 12 so, my littlest clients give me my baby fix! They are so tiny, new, squishy, and adorable!! I love molding them into little naked balls, swaddling them into little beans with my wraps, and perfectly inserting them into baskets and bowls. That said, a newborn shoot is not easy – with much of the work happening before I even book a client!
When I take your little one out of your hands to photograph them, I am accepting the greatest gift you have ever been given. I am taking the baby that just days ago you had only ever held in your womb. I have a HUGE responsibility to care for that baby and make sure he/she is safe and sound. I take that responsibility seriously and I have put in the work to make sure I am educated on how to photograph your baby safely. I have attended newborn workshops and classes to make sure I know how to mold, swaddle, and insert your perfect little bundles into the beautiful poses you often see in newborn portraits.
Often the pictures you see are not single images- but two or three images composited together where I am photoshopping out my assistants hands and fingers that are helping hold that perfect little baby in that pose. The beautiful pictures of babies hanging from tree limbs- often that baby is just two inches off the ground- not hanging freely as the photograph would like you believe. Expert and trained newborn photographers know these tricks and tools to keep your baby safe while still creating amazing art of your precious baby.
You are probably aware that newborn babies can't support their own heads- so the famous pose with the little one holding their head on their tiny hands, is IMPOSSIBLE to do without doing a composite. I always tell a client I can't promise that shot because unless the baby is relaxed and completely asleep- that shot isn't going to happen. If your 6 day old baby doesn't want to be in a certain position, I will not force them just for a picture. I still capture amazing images for my clients that express who their baby is and what they like even at such a young age.
The point of my post is to encourage people to research your photographers ESPECIALLY for newborn portraits. You only get one chance to do newborn portraits (they change immensely after the first 2 weeks) and you don't want your first portraits of your little one and your first portraits as a family being done by someone without the experience your child deserves. While I understand cost becomes a big deciding factor for many people, for the safety of your newborn I beg you not to hire someone with price in mind. An amazing deal doesn't equal proper training and education to provide you with a safe environment and portrait session for your newborn.
I continue to take classes and attend workshops on newborn photography. I want to stay up to date on all the information out there so that I can enhance my client's portrait sessions. You and your little precious munchkin deserve experience, education and passion.
Look at examples of a photographer's work and try to find the photographer with the style you are looking for. When looking into a photographer, make sure you ask many questions such as:
Get the information you need to make the very best choice for your little munchkin. You want your session to be something you remember with fondness and love, not fear and unease. Choose the photographer who will make your session easy for both you and baby, and will create amazing portraits you'll cherish forever!
Here are a few composite images I have complete for my clients. Enjoy!
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Before you know it, your precious baby has grown up right before your very own eyes. One day you're chasing after them as they embark on their first run with those little feet and then the next you are receiving information about graduation caps and gowns. I'm currently trying to navigate my own feelings as my daughter, Olivia, is an upcoming Senior! While I am very excited for her, I find myself asking, "How did it all happen so fast?!".
One of my favorite sessions to photograph are Senior Portraits because I get the opportunity to capture the cusp between childhood and adulthood that these talented young people experience. I am rewarded once more when I get the family together for their viewing and display the photographs – because the expressions of surprise, love and admiration are the greatest bonus I could receive.
I love seeing how each Senior chooses to express themselves during their session with their body language, the locations we go to, their clothing, and any props or important items they choose to add into their session. It gives me a glimpse into who they are and an idea of the kind of incredible future they will have. I have had students bring their baseball bats, footballs, guitars, skateboards, art supplies and surfboards to incorporate into their portraits and we always find fun and interesting ways to utilize their prized possessions to make their portrait unique. I am so thankful for the moment when they let their guard down and I capture the portrait where they are completely relaxed and comfortable because, that ends up being the one they love the most.
Senior Portraits are also a great opportunity to capture the family as it stands at that moment before they go off to college. There is so much that can happen in a year that it's important to take photographs of everyone together before internships, relationships, and other life events pull people in different directions. I offer FREE family portrait sessions to every family that books a senior portrait session.
As the school year comes to a close, I am so proud of the Graduating Class of 2018. I know that you have an incredible future waiting for you and I am excited to see all that you will accomplish over the next four years. If you haven't had your portraits done already, it isn't too late to get some portraits done to commemorate this incredible moment in your life.
Looking ahead to the Graduating Class of 2019, I am excited to capture this year's moments with Seniors and their families. I am currently offering a Senior Summer Session deal that is CRAZY and I know you won't want to miss it.
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Devon Shanor Photography is evolving once again with the addition of my new Office Manager and Marketing Coordinator, Becca Kajouras. She is a wonderful asset to the team, adding creative and new ways to organize my business space and market my portrait sessions.
Becca recently worked for the local SPCA where she helped find animals their forever homes helping to make families feel complete with their four-legged friend. It was there that she became interested in Marketing after helping to photograph some of the animals for the SPCA's website. She's currently finishing up a Bachelors degree in Psychology at Norfolk State University with a plan to pursue a Masters program in the future. In addition to working for Devon Shanor Photography and finishing up her degree, Becca is a single mom to her son, Wesley. Together, they have three dogs (Dakota, Lucy, and Winter) and a large tank full of fish! In her spare time, Becca enjoys painting, reading with her son, spending time with her dogs, and cooking.
I've asked her to answer a few questions so everyone can get to know her. I know you're going to love her as much as I do!
What is your favorite color ? I love the color Green.
What is your favorite food? Give me Tacos or Home-made Greek food any day.
What is something silly you'd like to share?
I love to laugh and I love to make the people around me laugh. At home it is never a dull moment, I am always trying to be silly to make my son laugh, smile, or just hang his head in embarrassment. I love to sing and to create made up songs. Recently, I created a breakfast song that we have gotten stuck in our heads. I also enjoy playing Just Dance with my son and I always end up laughing when I mess up on a dance move. I am a Nickname Creator Queen at my house, and everyone has a ton of silly nicknames that we use. The dogs have the most nicknames at this point.
Tell us about yourself:
I love helping others. Ever since I can remember I was that kid that gave away her toys to cheer someone up or did what I could to help another person. I love talking to new people and getting to know someone – it is the highlight of my day. I love spending time with my 8 year old son learning about what he's into at the moment, right now it's Dinosaurs, Minecraft, and Cooking. I have 3 crazy dogs; Dakota (my old lady) – she's going to be 10 this year and has been with me through everything, Lucy (my little bug) – is a rescue I adopted in 2017 after I took her home to help her recover after an orthopedic surgery and fell in love, and Winter (the baby) – is also a rescue adopted in 2017, she's very smart and sweet and loves to bring me shoes as her way of telling me she needs to go out. I recently got back into painting and feel so much happier that I'm being creative once again.
Where did you grow up?
I grew up in Northern Virginia and I honestly miss getting on the Metro and going down to visiting the museums – my friends and I used to do that often. We (my son and I) moved to Virginia Beach 5 years ago to be closer to the beach.
Why did you want to work for Devon Shanor Photography?
A few years ago, I asked Devon to do a portrait session of my family (Dakota, Wesley, and I) after I got my Associates Degree. If you know me, you know I am not a fan of being photographed but I loved how Devon made me feel throughout the whole process. Ever since then I've stayed in contact with Devon and when she had a position open for Marketing, I knew it was my chance to work for someone I admired and to work toward something I had fallen in love with. I feel that Marketing helps me bridge my love of communication with my creativity.
What will you be doing at Devon Shanor Photography?
I've only been with Devon for about a month now and I have done a variety of things including organizing her space, creating marketing material, and coming up with new ideas for the business. Everyday I get up excited because I know I'm going to learn something new and that I'm going to get a new idea. I know I will be doing a variety of things with Devon that goes way beyond Marketing and I am excited to meet all of her new clients and the clients she has had for years.
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I am just like you. I have a job, a husband, kids, grocery shopping, a home to clean, bills to pay and a life to live! I budget and cut coupons and love groupon and discount sites! I hate spending more for something that I can get cheaper somewhere else. I only have so much money coming and and I really do need to make it stretch as far as possible. I get it! That said… you REALLY DO NEED A PROFESSIONAL HEADSHOT done by a professional photographer! A "picture of you" is not just a picture of you when you are trying to sell yourself. And we all need to sell ourselves at times!
I was just searching online for a therapist for someone I love. I found an incredibly helpful site that narrowed down therapists in my area to those that specialized in the the disorder I was looking for help in, where they were located, a short bio about them and their practice and a picture. I was completely turned off by MOST of the pictures! Only a handful had professional portraits and most were snapshots with distracting things in the background and were unflattering. A few looked to have been taken 30 years ago with outdated clothing or hair. They might be AMAZING therapists but I didn't even click on their profile for more information.
We all love selfies but a selfie is NOT a professional portrait!!!! Yes, I am a photographer and of course I have a professional headshot… but be honest, if you were coming to do business with me about ANYTHING and I had this as my profile picture or on my website, does it look like I invest in my business? It's a SELFIE with clutter all behind me!
Or this one? A nice picture of me, but there is an unmade bed behind me and an open door. I'm sitting in a hotel bedroom!
These are the kinds of things I saw when looking for a therapist this morning. There was one where he was standing beside a horse and you could only see a portion of his face but ALL of the horse!
We shouldn't make judgments on people by the way they look…. but we do have first impressions that are hard to get past. We often have a TON of options in front of us and we navigate ourselves to the ones that relate to us. Often, unless we are buying something and there will have NO interaction (like online), we want to feel connected to the people we will be working with, buying from, spending time with, etc. Some of the pictures I saw today, the therapists were almost scowling… and you want me to come and lay on your couch and tell you my problems??? No thanks, Mr. Grumpy. The outdated ones… um no thanks Mrs. Seventies show. The selfies… is this a legitimate business Ms. Smartphone?
The take-away from this is you NEED to have a professional portrait. It doesn't need to be BORING but it does need to focus on you and how you are trying to sell yourself. Do you want to be inviting and warm? Powerful and important? Confident and trustworthy? Self controlled and competent? Amusing and charming? Selfless and calm? Different jobs call for different portraits!!
Here are a few of MY portraits. I usually try to go for inviting, warm, and friendly. Sometimes I include my camera, sometimes I don"t. I love to be outdoors and since many of my sessions are on location- I usually choose outdoor locations too.
This will include the session plus one digital image.
Please invest in yourself and in your business. Put your best foot (er… face) forward and see the difference it makes!
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Many parents, like mine, have hung every portrait ever taken whether it be just their children or family portraits. It has been proven to boost a child's self esteem when they see themselves in portraits hanging around the house.
According to David Krauss, who is a psychologist from Cleveland Ohio it's important to have those family/children portraits. It helps children see themselves as an important and valued part of the family unit.
As a photographer, I am biased, they say that there is something powerful in touching your fingers to an actual print. There's stimulation of the brain when you have that sensory experience like touching a portrait. There isn't really any of that in the digital world with all the social media that exists. You are touching a keyboard, mouse or a touchscreen but you are not touching the actual image that involves your child or family.
Children like to feel like they belong, especially in this world that we live in today. Photographers get to create an image where the child feels safe and protected. They can look back on this even when they're older and remember that safe feeling.
So yes, not hanging portraits doesn't do any harm, but hanging them could help your child!
Here are some photos from my clients of them hanging portraits I captured!
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Many women debate wether they should invest in professional maternity portraits. Some women struggle with body issues, or not feeling beautiful but you are a glowing wonderful women who is creating a human!! How amazing is a woman's body to grow a tiny human for 9 months?
With that being said, here are a few reasons why you should get maternity portraits!
1. You are growing a tiny little munchkin! It's hard work but most women even say they feel their best when pregnant. Even if you don't feel fabulous, you are beautiful and you are creating this little miracle. I may be biased but I can ensure that you'll feel beautiful after allow me to create some amazing portraits for you.
2. Although it won't be long before this little addition is added to your family, now is the perfect time to just breathe. Get some family photos of what your family is now before the little one is added. It's a perfect time to update family portraits but it also reminds you of what this time of your life was like! Portraits trigger emotions and memories. Plus, your children will love to see what mama looked like while carrying them!
3. If this isn't your first child its a perfect time to involve your munchkins in a maternity shoot! It's so much fun to see the excitement of the older brother/sisters as they wait on their new sibling! I can capture this happy time in your life!
4. The obvious reason… celebrate EACH OTHER!!! What a perfect time it is to capture this moment with your significant other. You made that tiny human, enjoy the love and happiness that comes with it. You can create amazing portraits showing those emotions!
5. You can get so creative! So many funny, serious and beautiful portraits can be created for you! One family we did a black background and white and black angel wings. We even once had a dad that wanted in on dressing up and got into a maternity gown with his wife!! We also can do the typical gown on the beach or you and your significant other holding your belly etc. We can bring in rainbows if this is a rainbow baby! Theres so much you can do with these sessions!
6. Maternity is the start of your munchkins very fast first year. I actually offer a babies first year program where I capture all the milestones of your childs first year of life.
If you don't think these are enough, just remember you are absolutely beautiful no matter what is happening to your body. I know that I can help you feel amazing and have fun while we do it!
If you'd like to book a maternity shoot, I would LOVE to help! Contact me today to book!!
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It's the Christmas season which means it's time for Christmas portraits! Meet the Coopers! I have worked with this amazing family before and they're just a blast to work with!
Mia wasn't in the Christmas spirit but thanks to my awesome assistant Olivia who gave lots of tickles and bragged them with candy canes, a few smiles were able to break through.
These little munchkins made mom get teary eyed because out of all their family photos they have never gotten everyone to look at the camera which made mom super excited!!!I think these portraits turned out AMAZING. It was such a fun shoot!
If you'd like to get some Christmas portraits there is still time! I'm having a Christmas mini session! It's $50 for a 15 minute in studio session with a $25 print credit! These make wonderful gifts or amazing Christmas cards! Contact me today to book!
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Welcome to the world sweet baby Devin! Not only did I get to capture portraits of momma's new munchkin, but I got to capture BEAUTIFUL maternity photos!
Mom and Dad Urie are both in the military, so I would like to take this time and say thank you so much for your service! This couple was an absolute blast to work with. They are so in love and so silly together! There was a lot of laughter and sweet moments while capturing portraits for this lovely family!
I was so excited when I got the call that baby Devin had made his appearance! The little munchkin marches to the beat of his own drum and wasn't sure how he felt about being the star of the shoot. No matter how he felt he was cooperative and I was able to capture some very sweet portraits for Mom and Dad to keep forever!
Andrea and Jamison thank you so much for allowing me to capture these sweet memories for your little family!
If you'd like to book a newborn or maternity shoot, please feel free to contact me!


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Is Your Head Lice Shampoo Safe?
For many years, head lice shampoo has been used by many parents to treat an infestation problem. However, it is just nowadays that people are looking more carefully as to what is really in these products and wondering if these are really safe for kids.
The sad thing is, many report that these products are not anyways 100% effective in dealing with a lice problem. Worse, lice shampoos contain toxins that are known to be bad for the human body. In fact, the effects might be worse on your kid, as they are normally more sensitive to toxins. There is nothing wrong with buying head lice shampoo, but as much as possible, skip these.
Lice Shampoo Toxic Ingredients:
is a neurotoxin that is normally used as a pesticide. It has been linked to cancer and is capable of causing harm to the nervous, hormonal and reproductive systems. Unfortunately, it can be found in many lice treatment products. Lindane is banned for certain uses but it is still allowed in these types of products. It also tends to linger in the environment and may be passed on through the food chain.
This is a nerve gas derivative that is also popular in fighting insects. It is considered to be safer than lindane but is still dangerous as it interferes with the nervous system. It triggers asthma and affects the normal balance of hormones in the body. Worse, it is easily absorbed by the skin so when it is used against lice, you can just imagine it getting absorbed by your child's body easily.
Composed of permethrin, pyrethrin, and many others, these are synthetic pesticides that are toxic to the immune system and the thyroid. Some have been banned from food production, but they are still found in lice products, specifically sprays used for homes and schools. They have been marketed as safe because they are produced from chrysanthemum flowers, but they are already chemically engineered and are more toxic.
These are just some of the dangerous ingredients in the popular lice shampoos and treatments. In fact, using them might bring worse consequences than the lice infestation itself. There are many studies that have shown that exposure to these chemicals leads to severe medical conditions.
Fortunately, there are alternatives. Natural Lice Treatments that do not have these chemicals can be used, though their effectiveness is also not guaranteed. To be safe and sure, use a fine comb. It is tedious and you would have to do it a few times, but you can get rid of the problem without requiring any other products.
Though your child will experience some discomfort, a lice infestation does not bring anything more than that. This means you do not have to worry about diseases. You can patiently and peacefully fight them with nothing more than a comb, and you will be rewarded for your hard work.


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If you were injured in a car accident you may be wondering whether insurance will cover you medical bills and other related costs. You may also be wondering if it will be necessary to file a personal injury claim in order to be compensated for your losses.
As a FindLaw.com article explains, filing a claim with your insurance provider or the other driver's insurance provider is one of the first things that need to happen after you are injured in a motor vehicle accident.
When you file a claim with your own insurance company it is called a first-person claim. When you file a claim with the other driver's insurance company it is called a third-person claim. Most drivers carry insurance coverage for third parties who are injured in car accidents.
The type of claim you file — first-party or third-party — will depend on what happened in your accident. For example, if you caused the accident in your own car, you will likely file a first-party claim with your own insurance company. However, if you were hit by a car while riding a bicycle, you would likely file a third-party claim with the other driver's insurance company.
Once the claim has been filed, the insurance company will investigate. You could be asked to supply a lot of information such as the details of the accident and the names and contact information of any witnesses that were present. Once the investigation is complete, the insurance company will offer you a settlement check.
Unfortunately, though, it is common for insurance companies to offer settlements that are unreasonable low or deny claims altogether. At that point, a personal injury claim may be necessary. This is why it is so crucial to work with an experienced personal injury lawyer.
The job of the lawyer is to make sure that you are fairly compensated by the insurance company and any other parties who may be responsible for your injuries.
It is very important to take the correct steps following a serious car accident to ensure that you get the compensation you deserve. That's why one of your first moves should be calling a personal injury lawyer for advice.
At Kennedy, Johnson, Schwab & Roberge, L.L.C., we handle all cases on a contingency fee basis. This means that we do not get paid unless and until you receive a settlement or a jury award.
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This blank, used specifically by Libbey, is cut in their Harvard design. This shape is so unsuual with an extra heavy base for absolutely no-toppling The exact piece is shown in the Libbey compendium catalog reproduced by the ACGA.
The Harvard pattern has two main diamond-shaped fields that feature two different motifs. One is cut with crosshatching surrounded by clear panels on all sides, while the other features strawberry-diamond cutting. There are also large fields of a diamond fan and both the top and bottom have fun cutting. The base is cut in pattern with an unusual star formation featured on Libbey's Harvard.
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Celebrities advertising products is nothing new, in fact it has been part of our lives for years.
The first celebrity endorsementdates back to the 1760s, when the term "brand" still hadn't been coined yet. Josiah Wedgewood, a British entrepreneur, created a tea set for Queen Charlotte. Soon, everyone had heard about the tea set and called it "Queensware", pointing out its elegant design and sophistication. This had set him apart from competition, and monetized significantly while creating a respectful brand image.
Many big-name celebrities like the Kardashians are always seen decked out in the latest trends and wearing the most innovative outfits. It is inevitable that we tend to look towards them for inspirations for our everyday looks, whether we like it or not.
Lusso leather believes that It is imperative to check out the leather jacket styles that celebrities wear simply because it will naturally guide you towards the right style. They actually offer custom remakes of celebrity leather jackets. So if you see a jacket you like on the internet, you can simply ask them to replicate every detail of it!However prior to this, you must understand that most celebrity leather jackets are custom made and are tailored directly to their body. Lusso Leather provides custom leather pieces for women and men globally. Celebrity fashion always wins in the end, so to stay well ahead of the curve it's important to keep up with celebrity icon fashion trends.
Earlier this year, Selena Gomez has been named the new face of leather for the luxurious brand Louis Vuitton. The ads were rolled out via Instagram, which sure was a canny move since Gomez is the most-followed person on Instagram with a huge, global fan following. The post scored more than one million likes in the first two hours it was posted.
Jennifer Aniston is another celebrity with "star power" as she tops the list of celebrity endorsements. Known for her youthful complexion, she has been endorsing leather jackets since 2010.
With the growing importance of social media in a shopper's purchase journey, companies are evolving and stepping up the endorsement game across different channels.


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In 1833, Frenchman Jean-Louis Vignes established El Aliso winery in Los Angeles. By 1870, Los Angeles had become the center of California wine-making. The region might have retained that title, had it not been for the one-two punch of a vine disease that decimated L.A.'s vineyards in the 1880s, and Prohibition. Even so, an important piece of that history remains at downtown L.A.'s San Antonio Winery. Since 1917, the Riboli family has operated the winery at the same site on Lamar Street. While a modern wine-making resurgence has yet to materialize in L.A., San Antonio deserves a shout-out as one of California's original urban wineries.
With a wide range of wines, including the popular Stella Rosa Rosso, the tasting room continues to attract a devoted following. "Our tasting room staff is very friendly and approachable, making the novice wine taster feel comfortable," says fourth-generation vintner Anthony Riboli. "They also have a lot of knowledge, and could recommend something for every palate."


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The Baldur's Gate RPG franchise is back. The original Baldur's Gate game was released in 1998 by BioWare and it took them only until 2000 to release the highly acclaimed title Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn. And since then? Thing's got stuck with only smaller releases and spin-offs.
The wait is over
BioWare is out of the picture but Larian Studios have now picked up the development of Baldur's Gate 3. Fans of the series had to wait 19 years for this title and are naturally hyped about it.
Larian Studios have previously worked on the Divinity franchise with popular titles such as Divinity: Original Sin and the following release Divinity: Original Sin II. Hopefully they will live up to the expectations of the crowd. It will not be easy to please them. Here's the freshly released teaser trailer for you – enjoy!
YouTube: Baldur's Gate 3 – Announcement Teaser – UNCUT
Photo credit: The feature image is owned by Larian Studios and was provided as part of a press kit.
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作者:沪江英语 来源:Fortune 2013-07-30 13:32
Personality testing has grown into a major industry and is standard procedure in leadership and management courses, as part of job-interview processes, and, increasingly, in career counselling. But should we really trust such tests to deliver scientific, objective truth?
I have some bad news for you: Even the most sophisticated tests have considerable flaws. Take the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), the world's most popular psychometric test, which is based on Jung's theory of personality types. Over two million are administered every year. The MBTI places you in one of 16 personality types, based on dichotomous categories such as whether you are an introvert or an extrovert, or have a disposition towards being logical or emotional (what it calls "thinking" and "feeling").
我有一些坏消息要告诉你:即使最复杂的测试也存在很大的缺陷。以迈尔斯-布里格斯类型指标(Myers-Briggs Type Indicator,简称MBTI)为例。这种世界上最流行的心理测试的原理是荣格的性格类型理论,它每年大约被应用200多万次。MBTI测试通过二分法类别——比如你是一位性格内向者还是外向者,你的性情偏重于逻辑还是情绪(也就是它所称的"思维"和"感觉")——来判定一个人属于16种性格类型的哪一种。
The interesting -- and somewhat alarming -- fact about the MBTI is that, despite its popularity, it has been subject to sustained criticism by professional psychologists for over three decades. One problem is that it displays what statisticians call low "test-retest reliability." So if you retake the test after only a five-week gap, there's around a 50% chance that you will fall into a different personality category compared to the first time you took the test.
A second criticism is that the MBTI mistakenly assumes that personality falls into mutually exclusive categories. You are either an extrovert or an introvert, but never a mix of the two. Yet most people fall somewhere in the middle. If the MBTI also measured height, you would be classified as either tall or short, even though the majority of people are within a band of medium height.
The consequence is that the scores of two people labelled "introvert" and "extrovert" may be almost exactly the same, but they could be placed into different categories since they fall on either side of an imaginary dividing line.
One other thing, and this matters especially for anybody who thinks personality tests can guide them to a perfect career. According to official Myers-Briggs documents published by its exclusive European distributor, the test can "give you an insight into what kinds of work you might enjoy and be successful doing." So if you are, like me, classified as INTJ (your dominant traits are being introverted, intuitive, and having a preference for thinking and judging), the best-fit occupations include management consultant, IT professional, and engineer.
Would a change to one of these careers make me more fulfilled? Unlikely, according to psychologist David Pittenger, because there is "no evidence to show a positive relation between MBTI type and success within an occupation … nor is there any data to suggest that specific types are more satisfied within specific occupations than are other types." Pittenger advises "extreme caution in [the MBTI test's] application as a counselling tool." Then why is the MBTI so popular? Its success, he argues, is primarily due to "the beguiling nature of the horoscope-like summaries of personality and steady marketing."
When I cite the avalanche of critical studies to career counsellors, coaches, and trainers who administer Myers-Briggs tests, they often point out that the test is not designed to match people to ideal careers. Yet many of them ignore the evidence and keep on handing them out, typically because they are still believers in it as a guide to personality types, but sometimes -- I suspect -- because it gives their advice a veneer of legitimacy.
Personality tests have their uses, even if they do not reveal any scientific truth about us. If we are in a state of confusion, they can be a great emotional comfort. They also raise interesting hypotheses that aid self-reflection: Until I took the MBTI, I had certainly never considered that IT could offer me a bright future (by the way, I apparently have the wrong personality type to be a writer).
Yet MBTI is not a magic pill that offers a secret path to a dream job. Wise career counsellors should treat such tests with caution, using them as only one of many ways of exploring who you are. Some even take the sensible step of avoiding them altogether, recognizing that human personality does not neatly fall into 16 or any other definitive number of categories: We are far more complex creatures than psychometric tests can ever reveal.
If we shouldn't rely on personality tests, how can we find a fulfilling career? Let's start with some useful advice that Aristotle offered over 2,000 years ago: "Where the needs of the world and your talents cross, there lies your vocation."


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Mix business with pleasure and get a tax deduction!
When mixing business with vacation on out of town trips, follow these key strategies to maximize your tax savings from the cost of travel, meals and lodging:
- Keep the primary reason for the trip as business-related. The IRs does not specify how you prove it, but it does describe how you treat week-ends and days delayed for reasons outside of your control. As tax support, keep your notes, programs and agendas to support your business activity.
- The Saturday 'What if…." Scenario. If staying over a Saturday night actually saves you money on airfare or doesn't cost any more, then the IRS allows you to deduct the extra day(s) costs (subject to the 50% meals disallowance).
- Foreign travel has more criteria for travel to be fully deductible. The 'one-week rule' allows you to maximize the travel costs so long as the trip is a week or less. Holidays and weekends often count as business days. The '25% rule' allows you to maximize the travel cost as long as the personal time is less than 25% of the trip.
- Foreign conventions directly related to your trade or business may also qualify for deductions. The regular foreign travel rules apply, and it must be just as reasonable for the meeting to be held on foreign soil as in North America. In this case, the definition of North America is very broad. It includes Canada, Mexico, parts of Central America, and many islands in the Caribbean and Pacific Ocean.
All is not lost if the personal days do start adding up. As long as the trip is still primarily for business purposes, the travel costs can be prorated. With a little planning and clear documentation, these tips can aid you in maximizing the benefits of your travel costs.
Consult with your CHORTEK tax advisor to discuss the application of tax deduction rules to your travel plans.


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Optics Patent
Former Nikon (Changes to R5 upon delivery)
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It's possible that an RF tele with a RF/EF [adapter/]converter will out perform an RF/EF [adapter] with and EF tele. Don't know why but I suppose there could be a reason.
it will also make it easier to stack Tele' s and allow teleconverters on a couple EF lenses that can't accept them now.
The notion of three bayonet joints between a $12,000 lens and a $3500 body makes me cringe.


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Monday April 22, 2013 13:44
APRIL is the cruellest month, breeding
Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing
Memory and desire, stirring
Dull roots with spring rain.
"The Waste Land," T.S. Eliot
Few would question that April has been cruel for gold and copper. Comex gold started the month closing at $1,600.90, near the middle of a tight trading range initiated mid-February – pretty quiet action for the yellow metal after trending down from its $1,800+ high set in October. By April 15, gold closed at $1,361.10; a drop of nearly $240 per ounce. To date, the intraday peak-to-trough is an even more alarming $280, with gold plumbing $1,321.50 on April 16. The intraday spread from October is $482 per ounce – a vertiginous 27% descent into bear country. Friday the yellow metal rallied some to close at $1,395.60 per ounce.
The travails of the red metal are less severe on a percentage basis, but very bearish nonetheless. Friday scored a Comex closing low of $3.1485 per pound for April after nearly breaking $3 per pound the day before. This compares to an April high of $3.4525 per pound and a February high of $4.0160. On an intraday basis, the spread from the 2012 high to Thursday's low crosses the 20% bear threshold with a 24% decline.
Surprisingly, the gold-to-copper ratio, or GCR, remains relatively stable – the doldrums compared to the high seas of currency price variations.
My March 25 commentary looked at a history of the gold-to-copper ratio from mid-2006 to the present and noted that the period following the August 2011 debt downgrade was increasingly tame compared to the tumultuous jolts of the prior years which included the Great Recession and the initial shock to commodity markets directly after the downgrade. In this light, the events of April failed to derail stabilization of this important metric of relative valuation. An ounce of gold fetched 463 pounds of copper at the time of the March commentary; Friday closed at 443 pounds, a decline of less than 5%. In July 2006 an ounce was worth roughly 200 pounds.
Gold not only increased its value relative to copper in the last 6-1/2 years but the valuation has remained resilient to short-term dollar price volatility (Note 1). I believe as long as gold maintains a growing premium to hard assets like copper, its long-term dollar-denominated prospects are good.
Presently, gold has a high correlation with the red metal and other key commodities (Note 2). Gold ratio stability and the longer term value uptrend serve an important role in understanding the future direction of both metals. If either or both breakdown, there could be more cruel months to come.
Gold-to-copper ratio stability
My March 11 Kitco commentary looked at the stability of the gold-to-copper ratio as a powerful tool to divine market direction. Figure 1 is plot of ratio stability from July 20, 2006 to this Friday's close:
Figure 1 – Gold-to-Copper Ratio & 6-1/2 year trend
In this context, stability is defined as the standard deviation of the ratio normalized by its mean over a rolling 1-month period (red curve). The green line is an average stability of 3.2% from mid-2006 to the present. A stability factor above the mean is considered potentially divergent; and below average to be "very stable" (green arrow). Divergence typically occurs during periods of high market stress. As a matter of practice, I use a threshold of 3% to trigger a divergence warning. The 6-1/2 year period coincides with a time that gold has gained relative value relative to copper (Ref 2, Note 1).
The data and exponential fit (dashed line) within the dotted ellipse of Figure 1 is a period following the Aug. 5, 2011 U.S. debt downgrade from Sept. 1, 2011 to the present. As suggested by the model, this is a very stable time with most of the curve falling below the mean. Furthermore, stability has steadily improved until very recently - the stability factor Friday was 3.62%, moving away from the model at 1.25%. Although this departure signals a divergence warning, the deviation is only 1.2 standard deviations, or 1.2-sigma, from the exponential model.
This is in stark contrast to the highly divergent spikes during the Great Recession (13.7 % October 2008) and shortly after the credit downgrade (10.0% Aug. 22, 2011).
Gold valuation trend relative to copper
Figure 2 is an update from my Feb. 25 commentary of the gold-to-copper ratio (GCR) and a 6-1/2 year linear regression model plotted from early-August 2011 to Friday's close:
Figure 2 – 6-1/2 year gold valuation trend relative to copper
The day-to-day GCR data are shown by red diamonds and lines. The solid green trend line that moves from the lower-left to upper-right corner represents ratio expansion (i.e. gold gaining value relative to copper). The dashed green line establishes a plus 2-sigma boundary from trend; the dashed red line, minus 2-sigma. The 3-month GCR moving average is given by the solid red line.
My Oct. 30, 2012 commentary noted a rather dramatic mean reversion to the gold valuation model at that time (shown in Fig.2 as a dotted green line). Last fall witnessed the day-to-day GCR, 3-month average and long-term trend all converge. The average and trend not only converged in magnitude but also in slope making this period (dashed ellipse) particularly notable and justifying "The Grand Reversion" and "Reference Model" monikers for the reversion period and trend model respectively.
Given the current and reference models, it is reasonable to question whether the long-term trend is breaking down. The green and dotted green lines are still nearly coincident which is positive for gold - a significant change in slope between the two would be troubling indeed. On a more bearish note, the GCR finds itself in a descending channel of ratio compression since early November 2012 (light-blue lines, gold losing value to copper). If this continues unabated, the current and reference models will diverge in slope signaling a breakdown in the long-term trend.
I do not consider the gold value uptrend to be challenged until the deviation from trend is greater than 2-sigma (dashed red line). On Monday April 15, the GCR departed from the current trend by -1.18-sigma (dashed orange line) and then recovered with a ratio expansion to near the 3-month moving average by the close Friday. The corresponding maximum deviation from the reference model was -1.25-sigma. By Friday these deviations had declined to -0.75-sigma and -0.83-sigma respectively. None of these deviations are at a level to statistically infer a breakdown in the long term gold value trend. Furthermore if the GCR continues its present expansion and crosses the 3-month average, there may be greener pastures ahead for gold price.
Is April the Cruelest Month?
Kitco's Debbie Carlson included my most recent view on gold's challenges in her weekly metals outlook column (Ref. 3):
"The new dichotomy for gold is a strong pickup in physical buying in Asia balanced by continued outflows in gold exchange-traded funds. This will probably limit the upside for the yellow metal against a backdrop of bearish influences including fear of gold liquidation by central banks in the troubled southern countries of the eurozone and the eventual unwind of the Federal Reserve from its present generously accommodative policies…"
She found a majority of participants in the Kitco Weekly Gold Survey (Ref. 4) are bullish for gold prices this week although less certain about the near and longer term direction.
Copper faces the headwinds of brimming Shanghai and London Metal Exchange inventories, falling expectations for global growth and upticks in mining production (e.g., copper giant Freeport-McMoRan reported Thursday that copper production rose 18% in the first quarter).
To answer the question begged by the title of this commentary, it is encouraging that the GCR stability has not spiked to the extreme divergent levels of the recent past and the valuation trend remains, at least statistically, on solid ground. The descending channel of gold's loss of value to copper is concerning (red arrow, Fig.2) but could reverse with a sustained movement above the 3-month average.
If copper bearishly falls to the $3 per pound level again, a trend-breaking 2-sigma deviation (i.e. a GCR drop to 365 pounds per ounce) would imply $1,100 per ounce gold – a number even below Goldman Sachs recent bearish estimate for $1,270 gold by 2014 (Ref. 2). Conversely, gold returning to Goldman's 2013 estimate of $1,450 would require copper to rise to nearly $4 per pound to meet the negative 2-sigma criterion, a price level far beyond the most optimistic near-term predictions for the red metal. So perhaps, April will prove to be the cruelest month for copper and gold even though significant challenges lie ahead for both metals in 2013.
It is likely then that the next few weeks will witness the red and yellow metals muddling within trading ranges, "stirring dull roots with spring rain." Look forward to Lilacs.
Note 1: The 6-1/2 year record for this analysis is Jul. 20, 2006 to Friday's close, April 19, 2013; a total of 81 months.
Note 2: The 1-month rolling correlation of Comex copper and gold is +0.89; the 3-month is +0.85. With respect to another key commodity, the 1-month rolling correlation of Nymex WTI crude and gold is +0.88; the 3-month is +0.83.
Ref 1: Oil, Copper & Gold – All in the Family (Richard Baker, Kitco commentary, Jan. 22, 2013)
Ref 2: Goldman Sachs Says It's Time to Short Gold (By Katy Barnato, CNBC, Apr 10, 2013)
Ref 3: METALS OUTLOOK: Tug-Of-War Action Possible For Gold Next Week (Debbie Carlson, Kitco News, April 19, 2013)
Ref 4: Gold Survey: Survey Participants See Higher Gold Prices Next Week (Debbie Carlson, Kitco News, April 19, 2013)
By Richard Baker, CP Value Analytics


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Beijing Locavore Day Tour
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Our English speaking tour guide meets you at Exit B of Pinganli Station of Subway Line 4. When your tour is confirmed, your trip advisor will send you an email to guide you how to get to the Exit B at Pinganli Station of Subway Line 4. With previous planning, we also improvise the locavore tour with you.
You are escorted to walk around ( totally 2.7 km )and see how Beijing goes around by experiencing the tastes, sounds and local way of life. You are going to explore little things such as vegetable groceries, meat stores, small eateries, markets, hutong and more historical sites. You have 3-4 authentic tasting locations on the 3km-walking tour. Your locavore travel ends at Exit E at Nanluoguxiang Station of Subway Line 6 and go back to your hotel on your own.
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4.The above private transfer is customized for you, your family or your friends exclusively. No other travelers will join in your group.
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