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Iconic Destiny and Destiny Man magazines are back – only this time they are not published by businesswoman Khanyi Dhlomo’s Ndalo Media, which closed in December 2018.
The Bar Group acquired the two titles from Ndalo Media, which is currently being liquidated after failing to meet its financial obligations to staff and suppliers.
The Bar Group chief executive, Legend Manqele, said print media is not entirely under threat but that a shift has to happen in order for the industry to remain sustainable.
“Print is not dying, the mismanagement of it is causing it to die. Data and access are still a huge issue for most Africans, leaving an untapped audience that may be denied the opportunity to access information which print provides through its longevity and ability to travel for longer.
“There is a decline because print is competing and it needs to be exclusive. It must have a clear direction of where it’s going. There has to be a purpose and a clear intention,” said Manqele.
Manqele said he approached Dhlomo about two years ago to offer her company digital services as a service provider.
The Bar Group, founded in 2014, consists of a number of companies, one of them being The BarLeader TV, which has produced some of South Africa’s most successful reality shows, including Being Bonang and Living the Dream with Somizi.
He said they explored a collaborative effort with Dhlomo from earlier this year, which led to his company moving offices to the same office park as Dhlomo after she retrenched staff.
“We started working and a month in, all communications didn’t go well with the investor and her (I was told). Because we were separate to Ndalo Media, I could pay my team and I carried on with my shows.
“Two weeks later she liquidated and it was a shock to all of us.
“I had seen the people who were affected.


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Often dismissed as a Batman knock-off, it’d be more accurate to think of Marvel’s Moon Knight as a Batman/Hawkman knock-off hybrid – one which got dropped until it was cracked as a canopic jar on the set of Tomb Raider. Regardless, the mentally ill former mercenary who may or may not be the avatar of the Ancient Egyptian god of justice is a playground for lazy/bad writers – it must be so tempting to write him in the tediously wacky manner that has kept Deadpool in constant circulation across Marvel titles like the second coming of Cable.
With the creative duo of Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev, who elegantly handled a long and definitive run on Daredevil, and most recently their creator-owned title Scarlet, at the helm, a previously unappealing, decidedly c-list character is suddenly surrounded by a real buzz. The fans of Bendis and Maleev are indeed legion, and on this first outing for Batmoon, the pair’s usual tropes are there; panels are big on tight, film noir close-ups, the dialogue is fast and organic, and action sequences feel frantic and tense, but at first glace there’s nothing really special happening.
Based in LA, acknowledged as off the beaten track for villains who seem fixated on setting up shop in New York, the plot is dutifully established and a lot of time is given over to the necessary business of ‘positioning’ Hawkmoon in relation to other heroes – represented here by an unnecessarily belligerent caricature of Wolverine, a wisecracking cardboard cut out of Spider-Man and a painfully serious Captain America. A reasonably powerful villain is thrown in to allow us to get the measure of Moon Knight’s (refreshingly limited) abilities, and away we go: a satisfying set-up for flawed hero with a nice, self-contained, all perfectly enjoyable and pleasingly reminiscent of Daredevil.
On second read, things begin to get a lot more interesting. Consider again the cover, showing Moon Knight’s arms and the shield at his feet, and then return to the painfully over-defined Avengers (why else would one of them be Steve Rogers when he’s yet to inevitably return to the role?) who provided the initial exposition, and it appears increasingly likely that the whole exchange too place in his fractured psyche – Bendis being too skilful a writer for an ‘fuck it all’ off day where three core Avengers would travel to the West Coast purely to behave like characters in a bad fan fiction. Maybe Moon Knight’s not answering to the Avengers, maybe he has no mandate from the Avengers – but with Moon Knight taking centre stage and our view of the world passing through his lens, the guessing will all be part of the fun. Even Maleev’s sketchier, less defined art suddenly makes sense – it’s not because he’s doing it on the bus home, he’s trying to represent the worldview of someone so dramatically out of sync with the world around him that everything appears as a kinetic whirl of ill-defined shapes and movement.
Moon Knight issue 1 is either a satisfyingly mediocre set up, something about to launch into leftfield brilliance, or both – a fittingly ambiguous state for a superhero with multiple personality disorder really, isn’t it?

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Congratulations to the Cardinal team on winning the 6AAA Section Championship for the 4th consecutive year! Congrats to our state entrants: Israel Navarro, Clay Carlson, Juan Resendez, Logan Walkow, Estevan Navarro, Colten Carlson, Travis Deegan, Vaughn Johnson, Matt Hennes and Brady Reigstad!
The Cardinal wrestling team had a great performance at the Individual Section tournament this weekend in Wayzata. The wrestlers are continuing to peak at the right time of the season. There were some very competitive weight classes, and our wrestlers met or exceeded the expectations we had going into the tournament. We are proud of these young men and the tradition they have been a part of building for the program. We have three more days of practice to refine, and focus on our goals for the State Tournament.
The State tournament is an awesome experience that can bring a lot of excitement, distractions, and anxiety. Our wrestlers have already earned amazing accomplishments this season. They have put themselves in an wonderful situation, and given themselves a great opportunity to achieve things never experienced by our program.
This season's record of qualifying 10 wrestlers for the Individual State tournament adds to the 37 wrestlers that the Cardinals have sent in the past 5 years, in addition to their their 4 consecutive Team State appearances. This has already proven to be the most successful season in the history of the Willmar Wrestling program.
A few milestones from the Section Individual tournament:
School record of 13 place-winners at Sections
School record of 10 State entrants
Colten Carlson earned his 175th career win
Estevan Navarro earned his 100th career win
Individual Section 6AAA bracket results on guillotine website:
Once again the Cardinal Wrestling Clinic was a huge success. This year the camp featured 2x NCAA National Champion Tony Nelson, current Gopher Brett Pfarr, 4x MN State champion and current Gopher Brandon Kingsley and current Gopher Assistant Joe Nord. There were over 70 wrestlers that More
Willmar youth wrestling qualified 16 wrestlers fro the NYWA state tournament to be held in Rochester Thursday, April 3rd through Sunday, April 6th. NYWA Itineraries can be found at nywa-mn.com.
State Qualifiers More
Willmar opened the year on a high note by taking first place at the BBE Invitational on Wednesday. Willmar had 10 in the finals with 6 of them claiming 1st. The 7 champions were 106 Clay Carlson, 138 Austin Miley, 152 Travis Deegan, 160 Colten Carlson, 182 Vaughn Johnson, 195 Augustine Hahn More
Seven Willmar wrestlers participated at the JJ Classic in Rochester on Sunday, November 10th. The national tournament brought wrestlers as far as California to participate and raise money for cancer research. Colten Carlson took second place losing in the finals to two time state cham More
TRIBUNE/Phil DeMore Willmar's Logan Walkow, left, attempts to bring down St. Michael-Albertville's Cody Schoen during the 132-pound match of the Class AAA team semifinals on Thursday at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. Walkow won via fall at the ... More

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Interviewed by Mark Dean (Journalist/Writer/Contributor) Myglobalmind Webzine
Hi David, firstly thanks for taking time out of your busy schedule to chat to us at Myglobalmind.
DR- Hey Mark, Pleasure to to chat with you.
Q1.Your latest musical offering is with the band Ez Livin. Were you previously familiar with the band and their history? How did you come to link up with Hans and record the album? Did you actively contribute to the lyrical writing for the release or was it already written? Will they become a full time project for you musically, or will you continue to operate in other musical guises? Eg solo, Bangalore Choir..
DR- Well I had met Hans Ziller before with Bonfire at Firefest while I was with Bangalore Choir in 2010. We hung and chatted a bit then and I was familiar with Bonfire. Love their stuff. That is kind of how this all started, there was another project with Michael Voss I was singing on and Hans was playing guitar. So when Hans was looking for a singer for EZ Livin’ Michael suggested he talk to me. Except for the remakes, yes I co-wrote them with John Wilde. Of course I will still do my solo work, I will never stop being me. Hans and I worked very well together and we will see where it takes us.
Q2.You have had a wide and varied musical career,generally in the field of melodic rock with your solo and Bangalore Choir releases. However 1 album that appears to have differed and a release that I personally have is your “Eat the Heat “with Accept. How did you come to join Accept in what many would have viewed as a clear musical departure for you. Did you view it as a new challenge and did that bring a huge amount of expectation and pressure as they were already an internationally established band with a huge legacy? Did you not feel it musically restrictive that there already was a defined “Accept”sound.?
DR- Well I was a change Accept was looking to make at that point in their careers. Of course it was incredible amount of pressure and expectations! I mean Accept was huge at the time and their fans loved UDO. So it was not going to be an easy task for me at all, almost unfair to be honest. But I just did what I do and did the best I could. It actually made it even more difficult for me because not only was Accept changing a singer that everyone loved they were trying to change their sound. A great experience but an uphill battle all the way around.
Q3. I particularly enjoyed the Reece Kronlund album “Solid”which was a very strong release,any plans to reactivate that particular partnership?
DR- Well not strictly that partnership, but yes Martin and I still work together and are great friends. He contributed on the “Compromise” album, not so much in a writing aspect but on the technical side. So I could see Martin being involved in some aspect in the future.
Q4. How do you view your extensive musical legacy? Any particular highs and lows during your time in the music industry. What particular key life lessons has it taught you?
DR- Of Course Accept was a huge high! It really broke me out of where I was at the time. I guess the low was when I decided to take a break for a few years. It taught me that I am doing what I need to be doing, making music. That was kind of the basis of the song “Where My Heart Belongs” from my last solo record. You know, your where will lead you to where you belong just follow your heart.
Q5. If you were not a rock singer what would you be?
DR- Probably in the mountains somewhere hunting.
Q6. What in your life are you most proud of?
DR- My two daughters and my grand daughter they are good human beings. Also my determination to accomplish what I set out to do.
Q7. What can David Reece do that nobody else can?
DR- Fart Another One Bites the Dust in tune…haha that’s a tough one.. I guess do my best and give it my all and if it’s not the best, I will get better.
Q8. What do you complain about, what annoys or even angers you?
DR- People that don’t try or just give up bothers me. People trying to take what I’ve earned angers me. Like illegally downloading music angers me. I work hard at what I do, as do other musicians and for some website to steal it from us and give it away for their gain drives me crazy. How can a pro musician make a living if they can’t get paid? If people don’t stop doing it there will be no pro musicians left. Quality of music will really go downhill. Please everyone support live music!!! it is all we have left and that is slowly going downhill as well.
Q9. What are the best and worst songs that you have recorded.Do you have copies of your own releases,and do you go back and revisit them?
DR- I never look at songs that way. If don’t think they are good I don’t record them. I don’t ever really listen to my stuff except if I need to rehearse something.
Q10. What is the meaning of life?
DR- Money… unfortunately…. I guess when we die and go to heaven God will give us those answers that confused us here.
Q11. How have you changed since you first stared in music?
DR- When I first started out I had big dreams and hopes probably just like everyone else does. But there is a reality that you just don’t get until you have lived it. I have grown in many ways since I started in this business and even had to take a break to figure it all out. I’ve grown as a person and matured as a musician. I am in the best place I could possibly be following my heart.
Q12. What advice would you give to a kid starting out that wants to be a rock singer, in a world were reality type music shows eg the Voice are all they may know.
DR- Playing Guitar Hero is not playing guitar! It is a struggle, there is a lot of talent out there, believe in yourself, strive to achieve your best, never give up and practice practice practice!
Q13. Have you ever felt intimidated by other singers, or are you confident in your own personal abilities?
DR- I never feel intimidated by anyone. I believe in myself and I can run with the best of them.
Q14. Do you have any unfulfilled ambitions?
DR- When I retire from music I hope to own my own ranch running cattle and a few horses.
Q15. If you could be the interviewer and interview any personal hero living or dead, not necessarily a musician-who would you pick, why,and what would you ask them?
DR- I would like to interview Abraham Lincoln and listen to how he managed in such a turbulent time and still managed his wits. There was a lot to that man and his vision of one nation. Everyone was pulling in different directions. His country needed a leader and he was just that, a true leader. I could think of many throughout history that would be fascinating, speaking of US presidents, another would be Dwight D Eisenhower, to think how he struggled living with the knowledge of his choices sacrificing peoples lives for a common good. I could go on forever with religious figures.
Thanks very much David for taking the time to chat to Myglobalmind, hope to see you on the road soon.


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With the release of version 5.2, GeoSLAM Hub now works with all ZEB solutions, supporting long-time users as well as those new to GeoSLAM. Business and enterprise clients can collaborate across multiple data capture tools in one environment.
New check-in, check-out licencing makes GeoSLAM Hub even more simple and flexible to use. Users can connect from the office or the field without the need for a dongle. Publish, share, and collaborate with multiple stakeholders across the globe.
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The books have been arranged in alphabetical order according to author's surname.
When a man is discovered dead by poisoning in his empty home his
beautiful wife, Ayane, immediately falls under suspicion. All clues
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committed the crime when she was hundreds of miles away? While
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sequence of events he finds himself falling for Ayane. As his judgement
becomes dangerously clouded his assistant must call on an old friend for
help; it will take a genius to unravel the most spectacular web of
deceit they have ever faced...
Last year I read Higashino's The Devotion of Suspect X and thought it one of the most intelligent crime novels I had ever read. For that reason I'm very much looking forward to this new one...
In 1915, two spirited Australian sisters join the war effort as nurses, escaping the confines of their father's dairy farm and carrying a guilty secret with them. Used to tending the sick as they are, nothing could have prepared them for what they confront, first in the Dardanelles, then on the Western Front. Yet amid the carnage, Naomi and Sally Durance become the friends they never were at home and find themselves courageous in the face of extreme danger, as well as the hostility they encounter from some on their own side. There is great bravery, humour and compassion, too, and the inspiring example of some remarkable women. And in France, where Naomi nurses in a hospital set up by the eccentric Lady Tarlton while Sally works in a casualty clearing station, each meets an exceptional man: the kind of men for whom they might give up some of their precious independence — if only they all survive.
I have only ever read one Thomas Keneally book — Schindler's Ark — but this one sounds right up my street: I'm a sucker for Great War novels, especially when told from an Australian perspective.
Where Have You Been? by Joseph O'Connor
Harvill Secker, hardcover and Kindle, 336 pages (4 October)
Where Have You Been? is award-winning novelist Joseph O'Connor's first collection of short stories in more than 20 years. Ranging from urgently contemporary London and Dublin to New York's Lower East Side in the 19th century, from dark comedy to poignancy, from the wryly provocative to the quietly beautiful, these stories offer a gathering of dreamers and lost souls who contend with the confusions of living. Here are men without women, children parenting parents, residents of the uncertain country that is post-boom Ireland, emigrants, travellers, cheats and lovers, families, friends and foes. The focus is on those moments of the everyday when possibility seems to appear. A football match becomes an occasion of hard-won acceptances. An old acquaintance re-encountered plays mind-games in a bar. A fling between people who have almost nothing in common alters their lives forever. In Dublin, a desperately ill woman meets a tour guide in a hotel. A civil servant drives his father into Wicklow to say a final goodbye. A boy comes of age in a seaside town where everything is about to change.
It's by Joseph O'Connor. What more do I need to say?
The Spinning Heart by Donal Ryan
Doubleday Ireland, hardcover and paperback, 160 pages (11 October)
In the aftermath of Ireland's financial collapse, dangerous tensions surface in an Irish town. As violence flares, the characters face a battle between public persona and inner desires. Through a chorus of unique voices, each struggling to tell their own kind of truth, a single authentic tale unfolds. The Spinning Heart speaks for contemporary Ireland like no other novel. Wry, vulnerable, all-too human, it captures the language and spirit of rural Ireland and with uncanny perception articulates the words and thoughts of a generation. Technically daring and evocative of Patrick McCabe and J.M. Synge, this novel of small-town life is witty, dark and sweetly poignant.
It's taken a few years but novels about the collapse of the Celtic Tiger are now coming thick and fast. I love discovering new Irish writers, so will look forward to reading this one at some point soon.
The Testament of Mary by Colm Tóibín
Viking, hardcover and Kindle, 112 pages (25 October)
In a voice that is both tender and filled with rage, The Testament of Mary tells the story of a cataclysmic event which led to an overpowering grief. For Mary, her son has been lost to the world, and now, living in exile and in fear, she tries to piece together the memories of the events that led to her son's brutal death. To her he was a vulnerable figure, surrounded by men who could not be trusted, living in a time of turmoil and change. As her life and her suffering begin to acquire the resonance of myth, Mary struggles to break the silence surrounding what she knows to have happened. In her effort to tell the truth in all its gnarled complexity, she slowly emerges as a figure of immense moral stature as well as a woman from history rendered now as fully human.
While I normally steer clear of stories about Christianity, I'd read Colm Tóibín's shopping list because I think he's such a brilliant writer.
Please note that the release dates quoted are for the UK and are subject to change. Are there any on this list that have piqued your interest?

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Did someone say pizza? These fun fruit pizzas are a hit with kids and adults alike!
Recipe adapted from foodhero.org.
Fruit pizzas are perfect for a quick breakfast, afterschool snack, or dessert. Each mouthwatering pizza packs a nutritious punch with fiber, protein, and vitamins.
• 1 English Muffin (try whole grain)
• 2 tablespoons reduced fat or fat-free cream cheese (see notes)
• 2 tablespoons sliced strawberries
• 2 tablespoons blueberries
• 2 tablespoons crushed pineapple
1. Split open the English muffin and toast the halves until lightly browned.
2. Spread cream cheese on both halves.
3. Divide the fruit between the two muffin halves and arrange on top of cream cheese.
4. These are best when served soon.
5. Refrigerate leftovers within 2 hours.
• Use any combination of fruit for topping the pizza. Try sliced apples, pears, bananas, and more!
• No cream cheese? Try peanut butter, sunflower seed butter, or yogurt.
Serving size = one half muffin with fruit. Per serving: 120 calories, 3 g total fat, 1.5 g saturated fat, 19 g carbohydrates, 4 g protein, 3 g fiber, 190 mg sodium, 143 mg potassium, 28 mg magnesium, 114 mg calcium

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U.S. stocks may have entered a melt-up phase but for now it is relatively well supported by earnings growth; and although sentiment is extended, behavioral measures indicate still some skepticism. However, given elevated valuations, and the aforementioned overly optimistic sentiment, volatility is likely to increase and more frequent pullbacks are possible. The bull should continue to run, but likely with a bit more drama, so it’s important to stay diversified and disciplined around your long-term asset allocation.
Investors are cautioned not to extrapolate 2017’s performance into 2018, and we expect more frequent bouts of volatility. The global bull market is intact, supported by solid global growth and strong corporate earnings. But with the expectations bar now set quite high heading into next year, pullbacks are increasingly possible. Discipline is important looking ahead.

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Bee and Chicken art print
Polychromatic still life with the birds and bees.
Run of 40. Signed and numbered. 6.25" x 8.375". 236lb. Flurry 100% cotton, two-ply, soft white cover stock. Printed in 4 colors with an additional blind deboss and edgepainted in blue on a 1906 Golding Improved Pearl #11 letterpress.
Queen Hattie Press + Apiary No. 9

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TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Sudirman Said said that the agreement of investment plan between mining giant PT Freeport Indonesia (PT-FI) and the government would bring positive impacts, not only to economic growth in Papua but also in all over Indonesia.
“The US$18 billion investment is huge and the benefits will be very big,” he said on Saturday (10/10).
According to Sudirman, the underground mining facilities that have been built and are being developed by Freeport since several years ago would be the biggest underground mining in the world.
As of now, there has been a 500-kilometer road along the tunnel with the depth of 2,000 meters.
“Supporting business operating in Papua will also gain benefits from the long term operation and investment of PT Freeport Indonesia,” Sudirman said.

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As part of the run-up to the D-Day landings on the beaches of Normandy, General Percy Hobart was tasked with creating an unusual array of engineering oddities that could breach the German obstacles that lay in the way of a successful landing. Through trial and error, he came up with a startling array of heavily modified tanks that were designed, among other things, to clear mines, breach obstacles, and wade ashore to provide fire support.
This spring, french manufacturer, Quarter Kit, will pay homage to many of the concoctions he came up with by offering several engineering vehicles derived from the Churchill tank. First off is a British Churchill Mk. III Infantry Tank with a Deep Wading Device (MF48605) that was employed by the 14th Canadian Army Tank Regiment, Calgary Regiment, at Dieppe, in 1942, a dress rehearsal of sorts prior to the larger D-Day landings in 1944.
Also expected is a British Churchill Mk. III AVRE Tank with 290mm Howitzer used by the highly decorated 79th Armoured Division, at Juno Beach, Normandy, during 1944 (MF48608), which was used to ferry specially trained engineers to the beaches so they could help clear obstacles.
The 79th also used the British Churchill Mk. III Infantry Tank with AVRE Mat Layer (Carpet-layer) with Bobbin (MF48606) as a means of traversing areas of the beach deemed to unstable for ordinary transport.
Lastly, the 79th also brought along a British Churchill Mk. III Infantry Tank with AVRE Fascine Carrier (MF48607) which could drive up to a ravine then deposit a bundle of fascine in its yaw that would effectively fill in the open space. Look for all four 1:48 scale curiosities to become available in time for the 73rd anniversary of D-Day. We will post actual vehicles for each replica once they become available.


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Suzie Marsh brown bear
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The Zoological Society of London has invited Suzie Marsh to introduce a new range of sculpture to support our work with endangered species. Many of the worlds animals are under threat from habitat destruction,poaching and pollution and the conservation of animals and their habitats is fundamental to the ZSL mission.. The range depicts animals considered to be most at risk.
- This sculpture is 20cm long and 14cm high*


text: BHOPAL: Ten people, including a mother and child, were killed and 25 seriously injured when their pick-up overturned in Shivpuri district of Madhya Pradesh on Friday evening. The Diwali-eve tragedy has left Dondari Kalan village in Sheopur district shattered. At least a dozen of the injured are in critical condition, say sources. Like the six members of a family who died in a crash in Satna four days ago, these victims were also returning from a funeral. Police said the group had gone from Dondari Kalan to Morawan village and was on the way back when the pickup overturned near Pohari, about 75km from their village, at 7.15pm. Locals and police took the victims to hospital. “Six of them died on the spot, and two on the way to hospital. Those seriously injured are being referred to a hospital in Gwalior,” said an officer. Among the dead are fouryear-old Pratigya and her mother, Durgabai, 28. The others include two men named Jagmohan Gurjar, aged 50 and 60, Narottam Gurjar, Gasbar Singh, Bharat Singh Gurjar, Kamala Bai, Munni Gurjar, and Harvilas Gurjar. CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan tweeted his condolences: “Pained to hear of the untimely loss of priceless lives in the Shivpuri accident. May god rest their soul and give strength to their families to bear the loss.” On November 9, six members of a family and their driver died when their car crashed into a truck in MP’s Satna district.


Governor Walker Issues Executive Order to Prevent Potential Gasoline and Diesel Shortages
“We’re taking action with this Executive Order to alleviate potential gasoline and diesel shortages as a result of the temporary shutdown of the West Shore Pipeline,” Governor Walker said.
Madison – Governor Scott Walker issued Executive Order #197 today declaring an energy emergency following the temporary closing of the West Shore Pipeline, which runs from Milwaukee to Green Bay.
“We’re taking action with this Executive Order to alleviate potential gasoline and diesel shortages as a result of the temporary shutdown of the West Shore Pipeline,” Governor Walker said. “As the demand for fuel rises with the summer season, it’s crucial we have a plan in place to ensure Wisconsin travelers have the fuel they need to not only explore our great state, but also continue their normal business operations.”
Executive Order #197 waives certain state and federal regulations limiting the number of hours motor fuel carrier drivers can drive per week. This flexibility allows truck drivers to alleviate potential supply shortages caused by the temporary shutdown of the West Shore Pipeline.
A copy of Governor Walker’s Executive Order is attached.
Press Releases by Scott Walker
Governor Walker Joins in Announcing Colbert Packaging Corporation to Establish Operations in KenoshaOct 18th, 2016 by Scott Walker
Manufacturer expected to bring more than 100 new jobs to Wisconsin
Governor Scott Walker today sent a letter to President Barack Obama requesting a federal disaster declaration for 12 western Wisconsin counties after torrential rains and flash floods last month caused more than $11 million in damage.
Deadline to seek WEDC Fabrication Laboratories grant is December 15
Governor Walker Discusses Local Transportation Funding at the Wisconsin Towns Association Annual ConventionOct 10th, 2016 by Scott Walker
The Department of Transportation (DOT) budget proposal submitted to Governor Walker last month represents the largest year-to-year change in local aids since Calendar Years 1999 and 2000.


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Megan Carson went on her first real date at age 27. Some might call her a late bloomer. Her first real relationship lasted about three months, and though Megan did not love Chris, she was heart broken when they broke up. She grieved the loss of the relationship, but even more she grieved the loss of who she was in the relationship. She had never met ”Megan the Girlfriend,” and once she did, Megan really liked her – and when she was gone, she wanted her back! So what did Megan do? She joined a dating service.
A Year of Blind Dates follows Megan’s dating adventures in Southern California as she searches for Mr. Right, not just Mr. Right Now. As her ”ideal guy” changes over time, the one thing that is never negotiable is her desire to find a man with a deep spiritual side. But can she have the ”total package” without compromising her strong faith? Can Megan trust the dating service to deliver a man of God who will make her laugh and treat her well? This is the story of Megan’s search for the man of her dreams, and the good, bad and really, really bad dates along the way.
I am not really a fan of non fiction, but when I saw this book, I just knew I wanted to read it and I knew I’d love it. And it didn’t dissapoint. Cheers to Megan Carson.
She puts together beautifully her life as a Christian and relationship seeker, at a point, I had to drop the book to think and laugh, because Megan’s life while searching for the one was one to think about and also soften the rough patches by laughing.
Megan carson, a young woman in her late twenties, seeking for a man to spend the rest of her life with, preferably, a lover of God, plays golf, loves sport, loves her and respects her.
So in a bid to get the man of her choice, since they were not coming her way , she subscribed to a dating service where she gets 14 dates for a year. Each of these dates were ridiculous, passionate, sensible, hilarious in their own way. Even though I feel sorry to read about how Megan went home crying into the arms of her room mate, I couldn’t help but laugh at the amusement of it all.
She met ridiculously annoying men that cuss out willy nilly ,cute men with good manners, naive men and stupid men . At the end of the year, she had gone out with 21 men (7 which were blind dates recommended by friends and acquaintances ).
While reading the story, there was something I really loved and held unto, her faith in God, her trusting in God even amidst all the heart wrenching events that occurred, I loved how she didn’t remove God from the equation, how she consulted Him every now and then, even when she disobeyed, I love how she didn’t stop going back to God.
This book really taught me a lot of lessons and helped me see the pressure most ladies go through when they reach a certain age and how they deal with it.
And as for how it ended and if Megan really found the one, you’d have to read this incredibly hilarious, devastating and encouraging book to find out.
If it were to be fiction then I will say I didn’t like the ending , but it’s non fiction and it’s her reality.
Hi, I’m Sarah. I am a writer and productivity coach. I am passionate about productive living and helping creative people realize and maximize their potential. I share my life-changing and actionable productivity and planning tips on this blog and I design planners, templates, and arts for my digital shop.

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Sales tax figures for the third quarter of 2005 (July through September 2005) have been calculated and the City of Santa Clarita is reporting an overall increase of 6.9% over the same period one year earlier. The City of Santa Clarita realized $6.8 million in sales tax, compared with $6.4 million just one year earlier. "The City of Santa Clarita has a strong and healthy economy that continues to show gains each quarter," remarked Darren Hernandez, City Treasurer.
Compared with the same period one year earlier, sales tax increased 5.7% in general retail, 6.4% in food products, and 8.2% in transportation. Construction sales were also up 14.7% for the third quarter. Business to business sales saw a 8.3% decline during the same period. Business to Business sales represents the sale of goods to another business where the raw material is used to produce a final product.
Sales tax is an essential component of City revenue, contributing approximately
40% of the City’s general fund. The City utilizes the revenue from sales tax for constructing new parks, adding more Sheriffs deputies, building and maintaining roadways and improving the overall quality of life in Santa Clarita.


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By New Times
By Connor Radnovich
By Robrt L. Pela and Amy Silverman
By Ray Stern
By Keegan Hamilton
By Matthew Hendley
By Monica Alonzo
By Monica Alonzo
The big question of cancer is a tough one for firefighters because of their camaraderie--it's one of the few careers in which the workers live with one another on the job. One of Bielecki's closest friends is Gary Pykare, the Phoenix fire captain whose cancer recently returned.
"It's gonna be a tough go for the poor guy," Bielecki says.
Pykare first contracted soft-tissue cancer in 1977 at the age of 36, more than a decade after he had joined the department. Long-buried fire department records indicated that he was exposed several times to carcinogenic pesticides and other hazardous materials while fighting fires. In 1988, after radiation treatments and remissions, Pykare filed a workers' compensation claim with the state for what he considered job-related cancer.
"When you mix some of these concoctions under the heat," Pykare told New Times in 1988, "you come up with chemicals that no one's ever seen before. If you tell me I didn't get this on the job, you're nuts."
But the Industrial Commission of Arizona--the agency that rules on compensation disputes between workers and employers--rejected Pykare's claim. Proving the direct cause of cancer is a lot more difficult than, say, determining how a leg got broken.
"We have a very difficult problem of proof in the workers' comp setting," says Pykare's lawyer Sandra Day. "Doctors can't make the same leap of faith in disease cases that they can in other cases."
"If we see that the cancer rates are way up there, we'll ask for more money to look into it. If the rates aren't there, we'll have a hard time justifying it.

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Resilience as an emergent property of human-infrastructure dynamics: A multi-agent simulation model for characterizing regime shifts and tipping point behaviors in infrastructure systems.
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The objective of this study is to establish a framework for analyzing infrastructure dynamics affecting the long-term steady state, and hence resilience in civil infrastructure systems. To this end, a multi-agent simulation model was created to capture important phenomena affecting the dynamics of coupled human-infrastructure systems and model the long-term performance regimes of infrastructure. The proposed framework captures the following three factors that shape the dynamics of coupled human-infrastructure systems: (i) engineered physical infrastructure; (ii) human actors; and (iii) chronic and acute stressors. A complex system approach was adopted to examine the long-term resilience of infrastructure based on the understanding of performance regimes, as well as tipping points at which shifts in the performance regime of infrastructure occur under the impact of external stressors and/or change in internal dynamics. The application of the proposed framework is demonstrated in a case of urban water distribution infrastructure using the data from a numerical case study network. The developed multi-agent simulation model was then used in examining the system resilience over a 100-year horizon under stressors such as population change and funding constraints. The results identified the effects of internal dynamics and external stressors on the resilience landscape of infrastructure systems. Furthermore, the results also showed the capability of the framework in capturing and simulating the underlying mechanisms affecting human-infrastructure dynamics, as well as long-term regime shifts and tipping point behaviors. Therefore, the integrated framework proposed in this paper enables building complex system-based theories for a more advanced understanding of civil infrastructure resilience.


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Kesha Moore, PhD, is a highly praised women’s life coach, speaker, educator, and author of numerous scholarly articles as well as the book “Your Life as a Celebration: Accomplishing your goals with less stress and more joy”.
Dr. Moore is a trained social researcher and therapist who specializes in goal achievement in women’s professional and personal lives.
In her writings and public speaking engagements, Dr. Moore openly shares her of story of the challenges of work-life balance and the practices she used d to transform her life from a stressful treadmill of competing activities to peaceful balanced life that is full of meaning, purpose, and joy.
Dr. Moore’s book, Your Life as a Celebration, synthesizes key findings from social science and neuroscience research into a simple, easy to use formula to achieve personal, career, health and relationship goals faster and with more joy. The book provides research proven, practical strategies to help busy women eliminate toxic stress and achieve their dreams.
Dr. Moore teaches women how this system can be personalized and implemented in just 20 mins a day. Drawing on her research, counseling training, and experience as an educator, Dr. Moore supports her clients through group coaching workshops and seminars to successfully overcome internal and external obstacles to their dreams, harness their power of focus, and implement personalized success rituals so that they can ignite their passions, achieve their dreams, enhance their relationships, promote their health and vitality, and expand their impact on the world.
Dr. Kesha Moore received her PhD in Sociology from the University of Pennsylvania, her MSW from the University of Michigan, and her BA in Cross-Cultural Psychology from Franklin & Marshall College. She also earned her certification in life coaching from the Compass Life Coaching Program.


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Ford has just revealed a special series of “Celebration Liveries” for the Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Ford GT cars that will compete in the 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans on June 15-16. Each one bears a livery that celebrates the success of the Blue Oval company at the legendary French race.
In case you didn’t know, this is the final Le Mans for the current factory Ford GT program.
- Also: Ford GT is a Beast on Stage and on the Track
- Also: Ford v. Ferrari Movie to Hit Theatres November 15
“In 2016, Ford returned to Le Mans to mark the 50th anniversary of our incredible 1966 win and we celebrated in the best way possible by winning the race,” recalls executive chairman Bill Ford. “To stand on that podium on behalf of the employees was a proud moment for me and I look forward returning to Le Mans this year to support the team as we approach our final race in this chapter.”
The Ford GT Celebration Liveries include:
- The #66 Ford GT raced by Stefan Mücke (GER), Olivier Pla (FRA) and Billy Johnson (USA) has a black livery that echoes that of the Ford GT40 of Bruce McLaren and Chris Amon that won Le Mans in 1966.
- The Ford GT40 that Dan Gurney and A.J. Foyt drove to victory at Le Mans in 1967 is remembered in the new livery of the #67 Ford GT raced by Andy Priaulx (GB), Harry Tincknell (GB) and Jonathan Bomarito (USA).
- The #68 Ford GT is the automaker’s most recent Le Mans winner. Dirk Müller (GER), Joey Hand (USA) and Sébastien Bourdais (FRA) will race in the same colours as when it won Le Mans in 2016.
- The #69 Ford GT of Scott Dixon (NZ), Ryan Briscoe (AUS) and Richard Westbrook (GB) is inspired by the Ford GT40 that came second in Ford’s memorable 1-2-3 finish at Le Mans in 1966.
A fifth Ford GT wearing #85 will be raced in the GTE Am class by a customer team from Keating Motorsports. It features the same livery design as the four factory Fords but with the striking colours of its title sponsor, Wynn’s.
Fans will be able to follow the action from inside the cockpit thanks to Ford Performance’s Le Mans Livestream, returning for its fourth consecutive year.
Following the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the Ford GT program will continue in 2019 with several IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship races.


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The Boys And Girls Clubs of St. Joe County held their annual Youth Of The Year competition today.
Every year the organization recognizes young people in clubs across the country who rise above their circumstances and make positive changes.
Community leaders and peers selected three young adults and three children as this year's finalists.
These kids have proven to improve their lives, the club and the community.
Each nominee is paired with an adult mentor called their "great big kid" who guides them along the way and helps them to improve their leadership and character.
Candidates spoke to a panel of five judges. Each shared their stories and what they have done to improve themselves and the community.
Jory Fitzgerald Kelly is the Executive Director of the Family & Children's Center and says they are committed to helping kids.
"Our commitment is to serve all children especially kids who need us most. So our commitment is to provide that service every day after school, throughout the summer when parents are at work, working hard to provide for their family and we do that for $40. If a family cannot afford that $40 fee annually, we waive it. No questions asked. That's our commitment and that commitment is made possible through the generous support of the community."
The county finalist will advance to the regional, state and national levels of competition.
The national winner will receive a $50,000 scholarship and he or she will also have the opportunity to meet President Obama.


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The US Department of Justice continues to investigate the transactions of the bankrupt exchange FTX. According to Bloomberg at the present time a bank holding company Silvergate Capital Corp. faces US fraud probe over FTX and Alameda Research dealings.
The investigation is at an early stage and no one has yet been charged. According to Bloomberg law enforcement is investigating bank accounts linked to the FTX’s founder Sam Bankman-Fried.
The bank itself reported that are being checked not only for FTX operations, but also those carried out by Alameda Research. A Silvergate representative on Tuesday that the firm has a comprehensive compliance and risk management program and did significant due diligence on FTX and Alameda Research.
Silvergate was among the lenders hit hardest by FTX 's sudden crash last November. The bank reported a $1 billion loss last quarter and fired 40% of its staff. It also disclosed taking out billions of dollars in loans to stave off a run on deposits after Bankman-Fried's exchange collapsed.
In January 2023, U.S. federal prosecutors confiscated over $6 million from Bankman-Fried, held in three Silvergate accounts in the Bahamas.
At the same time, a bankrupt Alameda Research sues also bankrupt crypto broker Voyager Digital, demanding a refund of $445.8 million.
Finnish fintech company Membrane Finance has launched EUROe – Europe's first and only EU-regulated full-reserve stablecoin and payment network. EUROe transforms a fiat Euro into a 1:1 pegged digital currency transactable on Ethereum, with planned support for an increasing number of blockchains.
Unlike other Euro-pegged stablecoins, EUROe has received the Electronic Money Institution license from the FIN-FSA, future-proofing its competitiveness in the market ahead of the upcoming European MiCA legislation. EUROe eliminates the operational and financial risks stemming from crypto volatility and foreign exchange risks.
Membrane Finance plans to release EUROe smart contracts on an increasing number of blockchains, such as Solana, Polygon, and Arbitrum One.
The company recently raised €2 million in funding from Finnish seed-stage venture capital firm Maki.vc. Next, the company is working on its tokenization platform and bridging technology, meaning users will be able to make cross-chain transfers of EUROe without holding the native gas asset.
The Indian authorities have long called for a global regulation of cryptocurrencies. At the same time, there is no national legal framework for cryptocurrencies in the country, despite the presence of special taxation of crypto transactions.
This time, the G20 Stability Board may come to reach a consensus on crypto regulation. Global regulation of not only cryptocurrencies themselves, but also virtual asset service providers (VASP) is necessary to effectively counter global money laundering and terrorism financing.
It is noteworthy that in India itself there is no consensus on how to regulate cryptocurrencies. The RBI has repeatedly pointed out the risks associated with cryptocurrencies and called for them to be banned. On the other hand, the government and fiscal authorities are taking a less radical approach.
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has unveiled new rules to regulate stablecoins. The bill provides that companies operating in Hong Kong will be required to obtain a license to issue stablecoins.
One of the most important restrictions of the bill is a ban on the issuance of algorithmic stablecoins, whose pegging to the fiat currency rate is provided by algorithms, and not by the issuer’s funds. The HKMA plans to control fiat-to-coin pegging through stablecoin collateral checks for licensed companies.
The new rules will be introduced this year. We wrote earlier that Hong Kong will become a new hub for cryptocurrency companies whose activities are prohibited in mainland China.
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We continue to highlight the news of the world of crypto regulation worldwide. Please stay with us!


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Why Vaping Is One Of The Best Smoking Alternatives
There has been numerous negative headlines in the news about vaping – youth use, popcorn lung, vaping related deaths associated with lung issues and more. So you may ask yourself about the articles headline “why vaping is one of the best smoking alternatives”. Every state has a huge financial incentive to keep traditional cigarette smoking around. For one, it has been known for decades to cause health issues and there is a vast amount of money to be made in this area alone. But the single largest reason why, is called the Master Settlement Agreement. This agreement came to life in the late 1990’s and is worth $265 Billion which is supposed to offset medical costs to the states. The main reason for the settlement is due to all the illness associated with smoking and it’s impact on the states for the uninsured. The main caveat written into this agreement is that if smoking rates decline, so do the payments from big tobacco to the states. With that in mind, the vaping industry has put a serious dent into the pockets of big tobacco and the most states have already taken out bonds against future settlements that now cannot be repaid. The world of vaping was vastly ignored until around 2013/14 when the marked started heading into the Billion dollar sales range which caught their attention and the attention of the states who are not able to afford the bonds they took against these future earnings.
There are are many options for quitting smoking, most, if not all are very ineffective. While they do work for some (around 2% – 7%), the vast majority fail due to the actual habitual parts of smoking are all missing from these “approved products”. Vaping has proven to be a pain in the ass for the tobacco industry and they’ve gone to great lengths to try and rid the industry from existence. Let’s just get into this already!
I’d like to address some of the basics that you need to look for at during the first stages of your transition from smoking to vaping. Just to quickly address the health concern, PHE (Public Health England) did a massive study (which is further covered below) on the effects of vaping over smoking and in great detail explains why vaping is one of the best smoking alternatives. Vapor (vaping or e-cigarettes) products are among the most successful options on the current market.
Probably the single biggest factor in being successful with your conversion to vaping, is to visit a specialized and knowledgeable brick and mortar shop that has the properly trained staff to guide you through the various options, as there is no “one size fits all” solution for everyone.
The next important factor is the device and e-liquid. If the device itself is cheap, it will not deliver a consistent experience. Smoking a cigarette almost always delivers the same consistent drag, burn, exhale results each and every time. This is what you wish to replicate and part of the process is for our staff to recommend a few options.
e-liquid (aka – e-juice, smoke-juice, cloud-juice, fog-liquid and many more) is the next area that you want to pay especially close attention to, as this is what you’re actually breathing into your lungs. Don’t go cheap here, this should be the highest thing on your list to consider. Always question the following before purchasing e-liquid:
- Where is it made (stay away from anything made in China)?
- Where are the ingredients sourced from (same as above)?
- Do they use an ISO clean room environment?
- Are their liquids batched and tested for not only flavor and nicotine content, but for pesticides, heavy metals and the like?
- Do they use ISO compliant manufacturing processes?
- If you have allergies, ask if the specific items you’re affected by exists in the product you wish to purchase (many e-liquids use natural flavors).
Only buy vape juice products from transparent companies. Reputable vape juice manufacturers have no problem displaying their ingredients
Once you get the above items sorted out, it’s time to get on the road to feeling and breathing better. If your desire is to stop vaping as well, please don’t rush the process in the beginning. We can go over the necessary steps with you. Stop in to our Gilbert location and let’s see what we can do to work out a plan together to rid you of the vaping habit as well. Then you can sink all that money into a new wardrobe, car, vacation or a second home, all of which will make you feel even better yet!
Here is where the boring, yet informative information begins with a massive study done by Public Health England (The report was done by the Royal College of Physicians and the were originally founded in 1518 by a Royal Charter from King Henry VIII, the Royal College of Physicians of London is the oldest medical college in England, often playing a pivotal role in raising standards and shaping public health). They’re a very respected institution and have done a tremendous in-depth study with regards to vaping.
Their conclusion is that vaping is conservatively 95% safer than smoking. Just to be VERY clear, vaping is NOT SAFE, but when equally compared directly to smoking, the differences are MASSIVE!
The information below is taken directly from PHE website. Our government will not write (or even stand behind) the truthful information on Why Vaping Is One Of The Best Smoking Alternatives as PHE does.
Instead of writing basically the same material, I chose to share a break down some of the most pertinent information here for your convenience (some of the statistics were modified to reflect numbers in the United States). If you wish to read the full study on their site, click the button below.
You’re Not Alone
Evidence shows that two-thirds of smokers say they want to quit, however most try to do so unaided, which is the least effective method. Smokers who get the right support are 3 times as likely to quit successfully. There are a range of “quit smoking” routes that are available and evidence for their effectiveness.
Smoking is the leading cause of preventable illness and premature death in America, with about half of all life-long smokers dying prematurely, losing on average around 10 years of life. In 2016 alone, there were around 480,000 deaths attributable to smoking.
The Evidence On Nicotine
Perhaps the greatest obstacle we face is the widespread misconception amongst smokers and health professionals that most of the harm of smoking comes from the nicotine.
While nicotine is the addictive substance in cigarettes, it is relatively harmless. In fact, almost all of the harm from smoking comes from the thousands of other chemicals in tobacco smoke, many of which are toxic.
Nicotine replacement therapy is a safe form of treatment and licensed for use even in pregnancy and for people with cardiovascular disease. Nicotine increases heart rate and blood pressure, and has a range of local irritant effects, but is not a carcinogen. It is the tar and carbon monoxide in cigarette smoke, along with over 400 other toxins, that causes almost all of the harm of smoking.
Smoking And Health Inequalities
As smoking prevalence has declined, it has become increasingly concentrated among more disadvantaged communities and groups:
- Around 1 in 4 people in routine and manual occupations smoked, compared with 1 in 10 people in managerial and professional occupations.
- People who are unemployed are almost twice as likely to smoke as those in work.
- Smoking prevalence among adults with a serious mental illness is over two and a half times the national average.
Smoking during pregnancy is also a major health inequality, with prevalence varying significantly across communities and social groups:
- Smoking prevalence among pregnant women in more disadvantaged groups and those aged under 20 remains considerably higher than in older and more affluent groups.
- Mothers in routine and manual occupations are 5 times more likely to have smoked throughout pregnancy compared to women in managerial and professional occupations.
- The decline in the prevalence of smoking during pregnancy has stalled in recent years, with over 1 in 10 babies in England born to a mother who smoked throughout her pregnancy.
- Latest figures from NHS Digital found that 10.4% of pregnant women were known to be smokers at the time of delivery.
In some areas, this is as high as 1 in 4. Reducing smoking during pregnancy is one of the three national ambitions in the Tobacco Control Plan: “reducing smoking amongst pregnant women (measured at the time of giving birth) to 6% by the end of 2022”.Just 33 out of 195 Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) in England met the national ambition of 6% or less.
Creating A Smokefree Society: The Role Of The NHS
Although there are now 1 million fewer smokers than in 2014, 6.1 million adults in England are still subject to the devastating harm tobacco causes. Therefore, reducing smoking remains one of PHE’s key priorities.
PHE is calling for the NHS long-term plan to commit to achieving a smokefree society by 2030 with an adult prevalence of 5% or less.
Smoking is not a lifestyle choice but a long-term relapsing condition. Every patient or staff member who smokes must be offered the support they need to quit and PHE wants to see NHS trusts stepping up their efforts in establishing a smokefree NHS by 2020.
Reducing smoking rates is the single biggest thing we can do to improve the nation’s health. It will reduce cardiovascular disease, respiratory conditions, and cancer, meaning people can live longer in better health, and according to the Royal College of Physicians (RCGP) it will save the NHS up to £890 million a year.
Stop smoking support options and their effectiveness
In England, around 60% of smokers want to quit, 10% of whom intend to do so within 3 months.
Currently, around half of all smokers in England try to quit unaided using willpower alone, despite this being the least effective method. Getting support can greatly increase a person’s chances of quitting successfully:
- Using nicotine replacement therapies (NRT) or e-cigarettes makes it one and a half times as likely a person will succeed.
- A person’s chances of quitting are doubled if using a stop smoking medicine prescribed by a GP, pharmacist or other health professionals.
- Combining stop smoking aids with expert support from local stop smoking services makes someone 3 times as likely to stop smoking successfully.
- The following section details the range of quitting methods and their effectiveness.
Expert face-to-face support
There is clear evidence that the most effective way to quit smoking is with expert behavioural support from local stop smoking services combined with stop smoking aids. These include the prescription tablets Varenicline and Bupropion, nicotine replacement therapies and e-cigarettes. Smokers who get this package of support are 3 times as likely to quit successfully as those who try to quit unaided or with over the counter nicotine replacement therapy.
Prompts by healthcare professionals are the second most common reason for someone to make a quit attempt. Effective referral routes from both primary and secondary healthcare are important to ensure that all smokers who need it get this specialist support. GPs are normally the first point of contact for patients.
As a matter of routine, they should make every contact count and identify smokers and offer smoking cessation interventions. It is, therefore concerning that the number of smokers receiving an offer of support from in primary care has been falling steadily for a number of years.
Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT)
NRT is a medicine that provides users with nicotine without the tar, carbon monoxide and other poisonous chemicals present in tobacco smoke. It can help to reduce tobacco withdrawal symptoms such as irritability and cravings.
NRT is available over the counter as well as on prescription. It is available as:
- Skin patches
- Chewing gum
- Oral strips
- Nasal and mouth sprays
NRT is an effective stop smoking method, increasing chances of stopping smoking for 6 months or more by more than half. There is also good evidence to show that combination NRT is more effective than single product use.
A nicotine patch releases nicotine slowly into the body’s system to help keep it on a constant level, while a fast-acting product such as an inhaler, lozenge or gum helps with immediate cravings. NICE recommends that combination NRT should be considered as a viable option for all smokers wanting to quit. For further information, see the NCSCT briefing ‘Combination nicotine replacement therapy’.
Nicotine is addictive but the level of addictiveness depends on the delivery system. The addictiveness of tobacco cigarettes is enhanced by compounds in the smoke other than nicotine. NRT products are available in different strengths so that nicotine intake can be gradually reduced when the person feels ready. Premature cessation of NRT is associated with relapse to smoking.
E-cigarettes or Vaping (Smoking Alternatives – Vapor)
An e-cigarette allows the user to inhale nicotine through a vapor rather than smoke. E-cigarettes come in a variety of models and work by heating solution (e-liquid) that typically contains nicotine, propylene glycol and or vegetable glycerin and flavorings.
At present, there is no medicinally licensed e-cigarette product available on the UK market. However, the UK has some of the strictest regulation for e-cigarettes in the world. Under the Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016, e-cigarette products are subject to minimum standards of quality and safety, as well as packaging and labelling requirements to provide consumers with the information they need to make informed choices. All e-cigarette products must be notified by manufacturers to the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), with detailed information including the listing of all ingredients.
Leading UK health and public health organisations including the RCGP, BMA and Cancer Research UK now agree that although not risk-free, e-cigarettes are far less harmful than smoking. Based on an assessment of the available international peer-reviewed evidence, PHE and the RCGP estimate the risk reduction to be at least 95%. Are you still asking yourself “is vaping a safer alternative to smoking“? In 2018 so far, 3 major US reports (National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, American Cancer Society and the US Annual Review of Public Health) have found that e-cigarettes are substantially less harmful than smoking.
E-cigarettes are currently the most popular stop smoking aid in England, with an estimated 2.5 million users. Over half (51%) have stopped smoking completely and of the 45% who still smoke, half say that they are vaping in order to stop smoking. The number who have quit both smoking and quit vaping has reached 770,000.
There is growing evidence that e-cigarettes are helping many thousands of smokers in England to quit. The available evidence from research trials suggests that their effectiveness is broadly similar to prescribed stop smoking medicines and better than NRT products if these are used without any professional support. E-cigarettes are particularly effective when combined with expert help from a local stop smoking service. In 2017 to 2018, around two-thirds of smokers who got this support stopped smoking successfully.
Local stop smoking services have an important role to play in supporting smokers who want to use an e-cigarette in their quit attempt. Yet currently, only around 4% of those using stop smoking services are using an e-cigarette in their quit attempt. Clearly, more can be done to combine the popular quitting method with the most effective quitting aid, to maximise the number of smokers quitting successfully.
NICE guidance NG92 recommends that health and social care professionals provide the following advice to smokers who are using, or interested in using, an e-cigarette for quitting:
- Although these products are not licensed medicines, they are regulated by the Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016.
- Many people have found them helpful to quit smoking cigarettes.
- People using e-cigarettes should stop smoking tobacco completely because any smoking is harmful.
- The evidence suggests that e-cigarettes are substantially less harmful to health than smoking but are not risk-free.
- The evidence in this area is still developing, including evidence on the long-term health impact.
The RCGP’s recommendations for primary care clinicians together with a video podcast setting out the evidence to help inform conversations with patients about e-cigarettes, can be by clicking the button below.
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“If we do lose HMV it will be the end as we know it,” says Hanley record shop owner Robert Barrs.
The national music chain opened its first store in 1921 when the composer Sir Edward Elgar was among the guests who celebrated the conversion of a menswear store into a record shop. But it collapsed into administration just before Christmas, putting more than 2,200 jobs at risk.
HMV had previously fallen into administration in 2013, but the company was rescued when it was bought by Hilco UK, which retained 141 stores.
But a ‘tsunami of challenges facing UK retailers’ led to its second collapse in five years, with the future of its remaining 128 stores, including the branch at the intu Potteries Shopping Centre, now uncertain.
Mr Barrs, who owns independent record shop Rubber Soul Music, in Marsh Street South, believes the possible loss of HMV is a sign of the increasing challenges facing music stores, and the high street in general - as well as dramatic changes in the way people listen to music.
He said: “Digital has overtaken physical sales. We are all under massive challenges.
“Speaking to customers who used to come in a lot more, they say a streaming subscription will cost about £9-a-month, and they can listen to anything they want to. The price of a new record can be between £18 and £20 - that’s two months of listening to anything you want.
“I’ve noticed a drop in people coming into the shop. I’m not concerned I’m going to close, but you are aware it is only going to go one way and you are thinking about how to improve the shop or retail experience.
“There is more of an investment in vinyl, but it’s not like in the days when The Beatles would put out an album. A successful record now might sell 10,000 copies, when Sergeant Pepper came out it was probably selling half-a-million a week.
“I hope we don’t lose HMV. Where have the music labels got to sell their produce? We lost Our Price and Virgin Records. To lose HMV would be the end as we know it.”
Ian Gadsby, manager of Music Mania, in Piccadilly Arcade, Hanley, said: “Over the last 12-months we have seen a general decline of retail, that’s in everything. Music sales have dropped and that has hit HMV.
“We have had a bit of a revival in the independent stores, and a vinyl revival, but it looks like that might be over.
“It is challenging, but we are trying our best to put a good face on it.”
In 2017, sales of CDs and vinyl albums outstripped digital downloads, for the first time since 2011.
However, rather than signalling a return to older forms of listening to music, the sales figures were a sign that more people are taking out subscriptions to online streaming services, where they can listen to almost anything they want for a monthly payment. In fact just over 68 million of those albums were listened to on streaming services, which helped to offset falling sales of digital downloads and CDs.
Physical sales of CDs - as well as DVDs - which account for a large portion of HMV’s overall income, are predicted to fall by 17 per cent this year.
But it is not just the music industry which is suffering. The rise of online shopping has hit town centres all over the country and in the last 12 months there have been a number of major retail casualties, including Toys R Us, Maplin and Poundworld which all disappeared from the high street in 2018.
HMV’s executive chairman Paul McGowan told the BBC: “Even an exceptionally well-run and much-loved business such as HMV cannot withstand the tsunami of challenges facing UK retailers over the last 12 months on top of such a dramatic change in consumer behaviour in the entertainment market.”
The High Court previously appointed KPMG to run the music retailer. At the weekend it was reported the adminstrators will try to keep all 125 stores open until a buyer is sought.
Will Wright, from KPMG, said: "Over the coming weeks, we will endeavour to continue to operate all stores as a going concern while we assess options for the business, including a possible sale.
He told the BBC: "Customers with gift cards are advised that the cards will be honoured as usual, while the business continues to trade."
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LOS ANGELES -- Winger Wayne Simmonds and center Claude Giroux scored goals and goaltender Steve Mason stopped 35 shots as the Philadelphia Flyers defeated the Los Angeles Kings 2-0 on Saturday.
Philadelphia (27-23-6) won for the second time in three games after a four-game losing streak. The shutout was Mason's third of the season and his second in the last three games. The Flyers temporarily climbed into the third spot in the Metropolitan Division.
The Flyers broke the scoreless tie at 7:48 of the middle frame on Simmonds' 18th goal of the season. Philadelphia gained possession in the offensive zone off a turnover by Los Angeles defenseman Jake Muzzin and, after two quick passes by centers Claude Giroux and Vincent Lecavalier, Simmonds deposited the puck into an open net.
Los Angeles' anemic offense struggled to put consistent offensive pressure on Mason for the majority of the middle frame. The Kings came into the game with just three goals in their last five games and facing a team that averaged four goals over its last 11 games.
Jonathan Quick kept the Kings' one-goal deficit intact with a nice glove save of a wrist shot by Sean Couturier four minutes into the third period. Though Los Angeles controlled the play throughout the final period and had a power play with less than eight minutes remaining, the Kings could not solve Mason.
The Kings' best chance to even the game came with three minutes left in regulation when winger Justin Williams' backhanded attempt hit the post to the right of Mason and bounced harmlessly away. Defenseman Matt Greene drew an interference penalty on the same shift that sealed the win when Giroux converted a feed from winger Scott Hartnell for his 17th goal with 1:58 remaining.
Los Angeles (30-21-6) lost for the eighth time in nine games and was shut out for the third time in five games as the Kings struggle to stay in third place in the Pacific Division.
Quick stopped 11 Philadelphia shots while suffering his third consecutive loss.
NOTES: The Flyers scratched LW Jay Rosehill, D Kimmo Timonen and D Hal Gill. ... Philadelphia has surrendered nine shorthanded goals, tying with the Edmonton Oilers for the most allowed in the NHL this season. ... Flyers RW Wayne Simmonds' second-period goal was the 100th of his career. ... Los Angeles did not dress RW Matt Frattin, D Alec Martinez and D Jeff Schultz. ... Kings D Robyn Regher played in his 1,000th NHL game and was honored with a pre-game ceremony. Regher is in his 13th NHL season and played for Calgary and Buffalo before arriving in Los Angeles via trade in April 2013. ... Kings D Slava Voynov, who signed a $25 million, six-year extension last summer, does not have a goal in 37 games.

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Males may have shorter lifespans than females due to repetitive sections of the Y chromosome that create toxic effects as males get older. These new findings appear in a study by Doris Bachtrog of the University of California, Berkeley published April 22 in PLOS Genetics.
In humans and other species with XY sex chromosomes, females often live longer than males. One possible explanation for this disparity may be repetitive sequences within the genome. While both males and females carry these repeat sequences, scientists have suspected that the large number of repeats on the Y chromosome may create a “toxic y effect” that shortens males’ lives. To test this idea, Bachtrog studied male fruit flies from the species Drosophila miranda, which have about twice as much repetitive DNA as females and a shorter lifespan. They showed that when the DNA is in its tightly packed form inside the cells of young male flies, the repeat sections are turned off. But as the flies age, the DNA assumes a looser form that can activate the repeat sections, resulting in toxic side effects.
The new study demonstrates that Y chromosomes that are rich in repeats are a genomic liability for males. The findings also support a more general link between repeat DNA and aging, which currently, is poorly understood. Previous studies in fruit flies have shown that when repeat sections become active, they impair memory, shorten the lifespan and cause DNA damage. This damage likely contributes to aging’s physiological effects, but more research will be needed to uncover the mechanisms underlying repeat DNA’s toxic effects.


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A while back, I saw a suggestion about accountability that completely resonated with me.
At the time I was struggling to stay on track with my ebook series, 10 Zen Habits of Successful Artists. I’d completed the artist interviews, I’d outlined the ebook series, rough-drafted 5 of the 10 habits, and then I… hit a wall.
It wasn’t a dearth of ideas, or even a dry spell. I just couldn’t make myself write. I blocked out time on my calendar. Made it a first-part-of-the-day priority. And… nothing.
I did the classic 21st century equivalent of sharpening pencils – poked around in my inbox! Took care of sundry business details, my private coaching clients, ate well, slept well – and wrote nothing at all.
The weirdest part is that I wasn’t even panicked by this lapse of discipline and accountability.
And that’s when someone, who was being accountable and disciplined writing their newsletters and blogs and staying connected to their tribe, wrote a suggestion that felt right.
And it was so simple.
Add a line to your signature file, this person (I sadly can’t remember and so can’t credit—sigh), suggested.
And I did:
Goodwin, Ed.D., Creative Career Coach / Writer & Editor
Author of the forthcoming ebook series: 10 Zen Habits of Successful Artists
That one line, which I had to read every time I sent out an email, was a tap on the heart, day in and day out.
And it worked.
I’m happy to say that the first ebook in the 10 Zen Habits of Successful Artists series will be on its way to you by mid-April.
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Employment Offer Letter: Florida
Author: Katherine Hinde, Littler
When to Use
An employer can use this letter when offering at-will employment to its desired candidate in Florida. If the employment offer is contingent upon the prospective employee meeting certain conditions, consider sending a follow-up letter once the conditions are satisfied.