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The Community College of Allegheny County provides a supportive and transformative learning environment that prepares graduates to meet critical needs in the region's workforce.
At CCAC, we believe that life outside the classroom is an important part of your college experience. Each CCAC campus has a variety of activities to enhance your lifestyle – including athletics, cultural events and personal development seminars.
The CCAC Educational
Foundation is the fundraising and benefactor arm of the college. It seeks to
create vital connections between the college and the wider community
to ensure the ongoing viability of the college.
CCAC Is An NCBTMB Assigned School From NCBTMB.ORG: Burr Ridge,
Ill. (August 3, 2018)-The National Certification Board for
Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB) announced today key
changes to its Board Certification requirements and corresponding
Board Certification Exam, effective immediately. To further align
with healthcare professions and embrace similar competency-based
criteria, NCBTMB announced the following new Board Certification
requirements as of August 3, 2018:
1. Graduate from a NCBTMB
Assigned School
2. Passing score on the NCBTMB Board Certification
3. Pass a criminal background check (performed by NCBTMB)
Verification of current massage therapy state licensure
5. Agree to
uphold NCBTMB's Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice
removed its previously mandated 750 hours of education and 250
hours of professional, hands-on work experience. "Over the past
few years, and at the request of the profession, NCBTMB has
diligently reviewed levels of massage therapy education across the
We recognize how important hours are in education,
particularly when it comes to CE-which always has and will continue
to be a vital component of our certification program," explained
Donna Sarvello, VP of Educational Support. "What we have learned,
however, is that not all foundational hours are created equal and,
furthermore, are not always indicative of a therapist's success on
the Board Certification Exam. For that reason, NCBTMB supports the
theory that competency-based criteria are a better indication of a
therapist's success." Sarvello continued: "In addition to the new
requirements, we felt strongly that the Board Certification Exam be
strengthened to reflect the needs of the profession. This was
further confirmed with the profession's request for an updated exam
in our recently completed Job Task Analysis. The dedicated members
of our Item Writing Committee-subject matter experts with decades
of experience-worked tirelessly to research, identify, and write
new questions to create a rigorous exam worthy of the profession's
only true certification program.
This exam and the competencies
required to achieve a passing score will further ensure therapists'
success in the medical profession, when working as part of an
integrative healthcare team, or simply to differentiate themselves
from entry-level licensed therapists." As part of the process,
medical and allied healthcare professions were researched to
determine what, if any, educational requirements were mandatory for
As expected, competency was often not measured in
foundational hours but rather in assessment-based exams and proof
of continued education. Such findings were the impetus for changes
made by the NCBTMB. "For over 25 years, our mission has been to
define and advance the highest standards in the massage therapy and
bodywork profession," declared Teresa M. Matthews, President. "In
the 1990's, NCBTMB accomplished this through National
Certification-the nation's first true certification exam to
separate educated massage therapists from others with no formalized
training. In 2013, NCBTMB raised its standards, elevated the
contents of the exam, and changed the name to Board Certification
to alleviate confusion in the profession and align with the
healthcare model. Today, in 2018, we introduce a new avenue to
achieve Certification and better position our therapists to meet
the demands of the medical field." Matthews continued: "We embrace
and acknowledge therapists come from all backgrounds-and we believe
everyone who meets the requirements should have the opportunity to
achieve the profession's highest credential. If a therapist did not
graduate from a NCBTMB Assigned School or completed international
training, the Portfolio Review process is still a viable, alternate
avenue to achieve Certification."
Board Certification renewal
requirements remain mainly unaffected. However, 100 hours of
hands-on work experience is no longer required. Application cost
for Board Certification remains at $250 with an additional $25
background check fee. Candidates requiring Portfolio Review will be
assessed an additional $75 fee.
For more information on Board
Certification Requirements, or to apply, visit https://www.ncbtmb.org/certificants/.
For a breakdown of the new Board Certified exam requirements click
here (
About NCBTMB: The National Certification Board for Therapeutic
Massage & Bodywork (NCBTMB) is an independent, private,
nonprofit organization founded in 1992. The mission of NCBTMB is to
define and advance the highest standards in the massage therapy and
bodywork profession. In support of this mission, NCBTMB serves the
profession through Board Certification, Specialty Certificates, an
Approved Provider Program, and an Assigned School Code Program.
CCAC has been an NCBTMB Assigned School since 2012!
If you would
like more information about Board Certification, or would like to
apply to our program, contact Kevin Anderson, Program Director at


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Really an excellent photo! Great job!
Does anyone know why these Russian jets produce yellow/orange exhaust smoke???
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I hope the exhaust is supposed to be yellow!
Whoa. Intense aircraft right here.
The "White Swan" - the nickname is truly fitting
Look at that wing span
Gosh it looks like a B-1B knockoff.
What the heck is that thing burning!!
RF-94104 "Yellow"
B-1B looks like a Tu-160.
Lancer introduced on 23. december 1974.
Tupolev started Tu-160 project in 1973.
Lancer introduced on 23. december 1974.
Tupolev started Tu-160 project in 1973.
Pretty sure they throw a bit of nitromethane into the fuel mix, hence the yellowness of the exhaust. Same fuel as used by topfuel dragsters.But there's some serious grunt there. Fantastic aircraft and picture
The heat looks like crumpled paper
The development project for the B-1 started in 1970. The circumstantial evidence is stronger for the Tu-160 cribbing from the B-1, but unless we go spelunking in the relevant classified archives we'll never know. Let's enjoy the airplanes themselves instead.
The program that eventually became the B-1A started in 1964. The Soviets started their program in 1967. So yes, this aircraft does look like B-1.
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Our clients are a family of five living in the suburbs of Houston. Their children are home schooled, which directed the design to be functional and comfortable, but also bright and sunny. We made over the home office into a classroom to give our clients a structured space allowing the children to do homework. Along with durable fabrics and decor, pops of yellows & greens, combined with soft blues, were mingled to reach a harmonious environment, where the children can play and the family unwind.
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To prepare two servings of hoisin pork, replace the tenderloin with two (four-ounce) boneless pork chops, and reduce the marinade ingredients by half. Sprinkle each pork chop with one teaspoon sesame seeds for the last 5 to 10 minutes of cooking.
How to Make It
Combine first 5 ingredients in a large zip-top plastic bag; add pork to bag. Seal and marinate in refrigerator 2 hours, turning bag once.
Preheat oven to 425°.
Remove pork from bag, reserving marinade. Place pork on the rack of a broiler pan or roasting pan coated with cooking spray; place rack in pan. Bake at 425° for 15 minutes. Sprinkle pork with sesame seeds; bake an additional 5 minutes or until a thermometer registers 160° (slightly pink). Place pork on a cutting board; let stand 10 minutes. Cut into (1/2-inch-thick) slices.
Pour reserved marinade into a small saucepan; bring to a boil. Cook until reduced to 1/3 cup (about 2 minutes); serve with pork.
Chef's Notes
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First Grade teacher Amy Zache demonstrates some of the
"Hands to Minds" math materials received with a grant from
the Mishawaka Education Foundation.
This year, our School City of Mishawaka is using Clever as an easy way for your child to access all the learning applications they use at school. They can access all resources they use at school in one location, using a single username and password. Click the link above to learn more.
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Loaded Baked Potato Soup
2 tsp. canola oil
1 onion, chopped
1 bag frozen potatoes
1 quart chicken broth
1/2 cup milk or cream
1 cup sour cream
Toppings, like shredded cheese, bacon, chives, green onion, etc.
Heat oil in a soup pot over medium-high heat. Add the onion and sauté until onion is soft.
Meanwhile, put the potatoes in a colander and run under hot water to thaw a little. When onions are soft (not brown) add the chicken broth and milk. Bring to a boil. Add potatoes and return to a boil.
Reduce heat and simmer until potatoes are soft (usually less than 5 or 10 minutes). Sometimes I purée the soup at this point, but you don't have to. Stir in sour cream.
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We're back every Saturday for a lively weekend and the greatest show on water!
Spend your holiday sipping drinks under the sun, dancing to Ibiza's biggest anthems until the sun sets. Sailing every Saturday from 25th May – 21st September with boats packed full of partygoers for an unforgettable summer experience.
Once on board collect your free cocktail and sangria's and head upstairs to the theatre of the sea. We will head out to sea with Ibiza's freshest DJ talent to provide a soundtrack of unadulterated house music. Adding to the mix we have euphoric live performances from Matt Saxx for those hand in the air moments during sunset.
The party doesn't stop when the boat docks! Afterwards we head to San An Super club Eden for Ibiza's craziest party WNDRLND! With themes alternating each week to take you on a surreal journey of eccentric chaos! The brand has also announced some massive collaborations with Hedkandi, Garlands, Judgement & Retro.
The next day we head to Ibiza's premier pool party venue O Beach. Where Boat Club will be taking the helm for a Sunday of lavish luxury!Expect another summer full of crazy nautically themed parties, full of A variety of feel good music with an energetic crowd, supplied by resident DJs; Colin Francis, Russke, Michael Younger, Tez, James Govey and other special guests.


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1 of 10 Books to Be Thankful for This November (O, The Oprah Magazine)
1 of 23 Hot Picks for Cool Fall Books (The Boston Globe)
1 of 34 Fall 2018 Books We Can't Wait to Read (HuffPost)
"National Book Award finalist Bender is back with more politically timely short fiction, in a collection that takes on school shootings, economic instability, campaigns for public office, sexual misconduct and beyond." —HuffPost, 1 of 34 Fall 2018 Books We Can't Wait to Read
The National Book Award finalist for Refund returns with a new collection of stories that boldly examines the changes in American culture over the last two years through the increasing presence of violence, bigotry, sexual harassment, and the emotional costs of living under constant threat.
In the title story, the competition between two middle school cellists is affected by a shooting at their school, and it is only years later that they realize how the intrusion of violence affected the course of their lives. In "This Is Who You Are," a young girl walks the line between Hebrew school and her regular school, realizing that both are filled with unexpected moments of insight and violence. In "Three Interviews," an aging reporter must contend with her dwindling sense of self and resources, beleaguered by unemployment, which sets her on a path to three increasingly unhinged job interviews. In "Mrs. America," a candidate for local office must confront a host of forces that threaten to undermine her campaign and expose her own role in the dissonance between what America is and what it should be.
The New Order explores contemporary themes and ideas, shining a spotlight on the dark corners of our nature, our instincts, and our country.


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We held our second "ZOOM Church" last Sunday (for background, see posts from 7/8 and 7/15). This was the second model we've tried in our summer experiment. Unlike the first one, which followed a liturgical form much like our usual Sunday service, this one was a discussion format. Nineteen people logged in, three of them from different parts of the country.
Anders Peterson, mission development pastor for Middle Circle, led the conversation on "Religion: Good or Bad?" After we took an on-line survey to answer that question, we began to unpack our answers. Interestingly, everyone answered that religion was good – even our "spiritual but not religious" members! But we all agreed that religion has the potential to be both good and bad – and the history to back that up. Some participants, expressing a little surprise at their own answers, wondered why, if there is value in religion, it has not been a bigger part of their lives.
We just barely scratched the surface of this subject and all its follow-up questions. I know that Middle Circle plans to continue this venue on a regular basis. We're still gathering evaluations to determine frequency, day/time, etc. It will be interesting also to see how the results compare between Middle Circle and First United. Not that First United is your typical Lutheran church, but it's still too traditional for most Middle Circle folks. It remains to be seen which format – or some kind of combination – will appeal most to the "traditionalists."
Response from outside the congregation are mixed. Some praise us for being innovational. Others look at me as if I'm delusional. To be honest, I don't know if this is the wave of the future of the church. I have a lot of questions that can't be answered until we've given this a good try. Right now, enthusiasm is high, but will it be sustained? How will it affect our in-person gatherings? Can we create authentic community with our far-flung members solely on the Internet?
Next ZOOM Church is August 13 and will be a contemplative model. The final one will August 27; the format will be determined after the evaluations for the first three are in. After that, all I can say is:


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Mickey's Campaign
In November 2014 Mickey Clifford died at the Hospice of the Good Shepherd. He died in the arms of Andrew Donaldson's wife Debbie after a seven day stay in the In-Patient Unit. While he was there, he received the very best of care and was very popular amongst the doctors and nurses.
In his memory, Andrew Donaldson, local businessman and entrepreneur has launched 'Mickey's Campaign' to raise £50,000 for a brand new Single En-suite In-Patient Room at the Hospice.
Andrew and Debbie became close friends with Mickey when they were heavily involved with saving the Chester Jets/Cheshire Jets which subsequently became the Cheshire Phoenix basketball team. Andrew and Debbie recently purchased a boatyard in Abersoch and in his memory they are calling it 'Mickey's Boatyard & Beach Cafe'.
A well-known and hugely popular figure in sporting circles in the city, Mickey, a born and bred Cestrian who lived in Hoole, was a regular figure in the stands at Chester Football Club and a devoted volunteer at Cheshire Phoenix Basketball Club and was part of the group that helped keep professional basketball in the city following the demise of the Cheshire Jets.
He was also part of the group that fought to save Chester City Football Club and the fans-led campaign that saw the birth of Chester FC in 2010.
Chester's sporting fraternity became extended family to Mickey, who in his 39-year working career spent 20 years in the accounts department at Cheshire County Council, where he sat on the sports and social committee for the entire duration.
He represented the county council and County Officers Club in five-a-side football, table tennis, badminton, hockey and volleyball and also had a period as manager of Chester Ladies football team, where he won the FA award for outstanding services to football 20 years ago, which was presented to him by Sir Trevor Brooking.
Andrew has donated £5,000 from the new business Mickeys Boatyard & Beach Café and he is approaching nine other Chester and Cheshire West-based companies to come forward and each match his gift to raise the £50,000 needed to pay for a brand new Single En-suite In-Patient Room.
The Hospice are looking for Corporate Good Shepherd's to join us in fundraising for a £4 million annual turnover local service that provides kindness, compassion and common sense to people living in Cheshire West and Chester and Deeside when they need it most. Interest? Contact Abi Smith, Corporate Fundraising Manager firstname.lastname@example.com or call her on 07734 146553.


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Prototyping, in the modern day mobile app design and development world, has become a crucial element of the whole process when we look into a guide to Mobile App Design.
This integral place that Mobile App Prototyping holds, straight from the stage when the foundation of the mobile app development is laid, is what has made it a source of generating funds from the investors as well.
Now before we move to the stage where we discuss the steps of getting Angel Funds on your Mobile app prototype, let us first look at the different obvious but still less talked about Benefits of Mobile App Prototyping.
The biggest benefit attached with the development of prototypes is the clarity it offers in terms of how the app would function and what would be the user flow inside the mobile app. Gathering an understanding of how the app would function is very difficult in the absence of a visual representation.
By developing the interface, interaction, and images in a prototype, the stakeholders get to see and interact within the app, which then helps them to gauge if the app should be developed further.
Prototyping is the first step of getting validation from the end users and stakeholders in terms of the app idea and conceptualization.
When rolled out to a pool of prospective users, the method is crucial for gaining insights into how the app would be accepted later in the market. A prototype can get the marketers a series of information around the ease of usage, the need of having a walkthrough for explaining the functionality of the app, understand how the users are interacting with the app, etc.
A prototype is what gives the investors the validation of the product's profitability and its potential to reach the market. By demonstrating the exact flow of the app along with the functionalities that will be present in the mobile app, prototypes become a looking glass for the investors to get ensured that the app would work and is prepared to attract a huge user base.
Prototyping is more or less the only part of the mobile app development process that gives you the freedom to make changes and do A/B testing.
The end result of an app prototype can go two ways – A. the Idea might be absolutely perfect (a rare event) B. There might be changes which would get highlighted after studying the user experience on the prototype (a common occurrence).
Now, if your business falls in Category B, prototyping is the only stage that will give you the time and space to work on an alternative to change the route of your mobile app development process.
Since we have now looked into the various benefits that come attached with the development of Mobile App Prototyping, let us now look at the options you have when it comes to the type of available Prototypes.
Depending on the requirement of a business, prototypes can also be divided into two parts –
When we talk about Prototype Fidelity, we are mainly talking about how the look and feel of the product are portrayed to the stakeholder. If there are a number of intricate details, the prototype will be put into the High Fidelity Mobile App prototype demarcation and likewise, if the product is only a basic, ready to test portrayal of the app, it is called a Low Fidelity Mobile App Prototype.
Let us look into both Low and High Fidelity Prototypes in some more detail –
Lo-Fi Prototypes are a fast and easy method to translate the high level design modules in testable and tangible artifacts. The main object of a Low Fidelity prototype is to first check and then test the app functionality and not the app's visual appearance.
Here are the basic attributes of a Lo-Fi Prototype –
Hi-Fi Prototypes look and functions very similar to the product that will be shipped in the market. Mobile app development companies usually develop a high-fidelity prototype after they have gathered a clear understanding of what they are going to develop and when they need to test the app with the users or send it for generating funds from the investors.
Here are the attributes of the High Fidelity Prototype –
Now comes the next and most crucial part that stands between you and your dreams – How to Create an App Prototype.
In this section, we will be looking into the right way to create an app prototype, which would give a product which can be shown to the investors.
The first step of Mobile App Prototyping starts with identifying the problem that the users are facing in the market, specifically the problems which can be solved with a mobile app. The process to go about is lies in a number of preliminary research methods such as Interviews and Surveys.
Now what usually happens is that the problem that businesses think are prevalent are very different from the root cause. And it can all only be identified by talking to the users in detail.
The next stage of how to develop a mobile app prototype is Concept Mapping. In this stage, we help map out the various data that we have collected through mapping.
The development of a concept map starts with first identifying the main issue faced by the users. Once you have identified the main issue, also known as the 'Focus Question', start with listing down all the related data that you have.
Next, with your main concept on top, start organizing all the related data/information hierarchically, i.e. according to broad to specific.
The idea of a concept map is to help create a user flow that would define what a user would seek to achieve through the app movement. This user flow then goes on to help with the creation of mobile app features.
Once you are done with the creation of concept map and user flow, make a list of features that you believe users would need to move from point A to point B within the mobile app.
Divide this process into two stages – A. Noting down all the Features and B. Refining the list of Features.
Stage A is pretty self explanatory – list down all the features that come into your head, without thinking of its viability. Stage B is where you refine the features list. In order to do it perfectly, measure the features against these processes –
Now that we have finalized the features, the next and close to the end stage is to create a Storyboard.
Storyboard helps in the creation of a layout of how the user would fit in and work around the app in his day to day life.
Storyboarding helps you identify following things –
Once your storyboard is ready, the next and last stage left for you to cover is to create a prototype and test it among a pool of real prospect of users.
Now that we have looked into the perks of investment in Prototype development along with the different options that businesses have when it comes to Mobile App Prototype Development, let us now move on to the last and most important segment of our article – How to get Angel Funding on your Mobile Application Prototype.
The first and foremost step for getting funds on your mobile app prototype is the creation of a Proof of Concept. The idea is that you get your Prototype validated from the pool of real users and collect their positive responses and experiences to then share with the Angel Investors.
The next stage after you have collected a Proof of Concept is to Find an Angel Investors. Now, the answer to 'How to Find an Angel Investor for your Mobile App' can be difficult to find. Most of the Angel Investors prefer to remain anonymous or prefer to be behind the curtains.
Nevertheless, there are three ways to find Angel Investors for your Mobile App
Generally what happens is that the Angels keep aside money for angel investments, which are screened over by the team of managers. This way the investors get to keep their anonymity. There are different Angel Investor Networks available across nations like if you are looking to start your mobile app development in Chicago, you can connect with Cornerstone Angela and Hyde Park Angels for the funding requirement.
If you are hoping to find and impress an investor in some meetup or fundraising, good luck. It'll hardly ever happen. So instead of wasting your time in signing up to each and every meetup with the sole aim to find an Angel Investor, study the brands that gave funding to your competitors and then contact their competitors.
Open an account and create a strong business presence on websites like IndieGoGo, Kickstarter, RocketHub, and Fundable etc. Now, although it is no hard and fast rule, generally it has been seen that those entrepreneurs generally get greater visibility whose profile is filled with numbers and media. So think about creating your app's demonstration video.
Once you have found a list of Angel Investors who might be interested in your venture, it is time to send them an email pitch. Make sure that you are highlighting the Proof of Concept in the email.
With this, you are now ready to venture into the world of getting Funds for your Mobile App Development, solely on the basis of your Mobile App Prototype. The key part on which it all depends is to create a Mobile App Prototype that belongs to a High Fidelity Category and which is ready to attract funds from the investors. A part that our team of Mobile App design and development experts excel in.


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Feb 22 industrial funk
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Love those gooey synth sounds!
Very groovy synth sound! The part at 1:00 is cool. The samples here and there work well with the song. Kind of an old school industrial feel with them 😀 Sample-clearance has really destroyed using samples.
Insufferable Prig sounds like the random titles that Korg Gadget assigns to songs.
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Top Trump administration officials will meet Friday to nail down ideas for executive actions President Trump can take to rein in rising drug prices — a way to try to fulfill a campaign promise without waiting on Congress.
Who will be there: It's being led by Office of Management and Budget director Mick Mulvaney, and will include Health and Human Services secretary Tom Price and National Economic Council director Gary Cohn, per a source familiar with the meeting. Andrew Bremberg, the director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, is also heavily involved in the effort.
Why it matters: Trump has been prodding his team for months to come up with actions he can take on his own. A strong set of executive actions could give him a chance to push a more populist health care agenda, and maybe even change the subject from the troubled Affordable Care Act repeal bill.


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Bottleshower™ has been specifically designed to offer a low cost and highly effective solution for emergency washing and decontamination increasing run time, usability and reducing waste.
Requiring nothing more than clean water in a plastic bottle it is the easiest simplest portable shower available providing the means for washing and showering using the minimum of water where supply is limited, Improvised Wet Decontamination is needed or where the spread of disease is high.
The individual shower heads simply twist fit into a universal range of plastic water bottles and containers from 500ml to 10 litres. When the bottle is upturned Bottleshower™produces a constant pumped shower flow, no squeezing is required.
The Versatility and Benefits of Bottleshower™ are clear to see.
Multiplying the volume effect of a bottle of water is key to the benefits Bottleshower delivers along with controllability and shower pressure, which is why so many professional bodies have adopted them as part of their wash and decontamination kits.
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The Truth About E-Cigs: Helpful Alternative or Dangerous New Fad
Intro to E-Cigs
E-Cigs, also known as Personal Vaporizers are becoming more and more common due to advertising, pricing, and availability. They are not legally considered a smoking cessation product, but that is what the majority of e-cig users (vapers) use them for. And, from personal experience, they work better than the majority of drugstore products, such as the patch, the pill, and gum.
I smoked for 6 year before picking up an e-cig. And with little to no knowledge of the product, I was curious, skeptical, but still hopeful. And, in short, I have completely given up on analogs and my health has improved dramatically.
So what is an E-Cig?
An e-cig is a battery powered device that, when activated, heats up an atomizer (heating element), vaporizes liquid containing nicotine, and turns it into vapor, simulating the action of smoking. They come in various shapes and sizes, and they can be tailored to almost anyone's preference.
What's in the e-liquid?
This question comes up frequently and is very controversial because of the liquid nicotine content. E-liquid is commonly made of propylene glycol, vegetable glycerin, nicotine, and flavoring.
Propylene Glycol
Of course hearing those ingredients is still a bit daunting. They don't sound very familiar, except nicotine, which has a negative reputation. However, these ingredients are found in many ingestible foods. Here is a list of some foods containing propylene glycol:
- Soda
- Salad Dressings
- Beer
- Ice Cream
- Artificial Sweetener
- Icings (for cakes and baked goods)
There are some that claim the ingredient is dangerous to health, as it is found in antifreeze. However, after many studies, it is not found to be a carcinogen, and is considered safe. It is mainly used because it carries flavorings easily and dilutes the vegetable glycerin, which is thick.
Would You Consider Using an E-Cig to Quit Smoking
Vegetable Glycerin
Vegetable glycerin is used to create dense vapor, and it has a sweet taste. It is also used in the food industry, and has proved to be safe for ingestion. It is commonly found in:
- Liqueurs (as a thickening agent)
- Low-Fat foods
- Sweeteners
- Cough syrups
- Toothpaste
- Mouthwash
- Preserving agent
So, knowing that vegetable glycerin is safe, the last ingredient that leaves any question in nicotine.
Nicotine is well known for being addictive and is found in tobacco products. Because of this, there are negative connotations around nicotine being used in e-liquid. Studies have proved that nicotine does have an effect on the brain and how it functions. When being inhaled, it only takes nicotine 10 seconds to reach the brain and bloodstream.
Nicotine is known to increase dopamine in the brain, giving a feeling of happiness and pleasure. The feeling disappears within minutes, causing the body to crave it more throughout the day. It can also have adverse effects, such as nausea, headaches, increased heart rate, and a "buzz". Does it sound familiar? Caffeine can induce the same symptoms, yet it is found in everyday food, such as coffee, soda, tea, and chocolate. Just like nicotine, caffeine can also be addictive. So, in reality, the two are really no different, and are much less harmful for the body than the thousands of carcinogens found in traditional cigarettes.
The big debate lies in the responsibility of the vapers. Politicians and health enthusiasts are blaming e-cigs for being dangerous because of the nicotine. Cases have recently emerged of children and pets ingesting e-liquid and needing to be rushed to the hospital. While this is true, and it can be dangerous, it is the responsibility of the adult vaper to keep these products out of reach of children, the same way parents keep knives, guns, and prescription medication away from their kids. It is common sense, and there are always people who are negligent with any substance. However, e-cigs and vapers in general are not be condemned for others' wrong doings.
I am not stating that using e-cigs is for everyone, nor is it healthy compared to quitting 'cold turkey' or not inhaling anything at all. Before you choose to use an e-cig, it would be wise to consult with your doctor.
Benefits of E-Cigs
Aside from the obvious health benefits, there are a number of other benefits that come from switching to an e-cig.
- There is no odor- No more smelly hair, clothes, vehicles, or furniture. No more embarrassment when you come back from lunch or a break. This is because what you exhale is not a smoke, it is vapor and evaporates immediately.
- It's Cheaper- Switching to e-cigs is much cheaper than smoking analogs. Analogs range anywhere from $5 a pack to $10 a pack. After the cost starter kit, the only thing you have to buy is e-liquid and heating elements, which are very inexpensive in comparison.
- Social Stigma- Many people avoid smokers like the plague, and if you are attempting to get a career in the medical field or another prestigious field, it is likely that your employer doesn't want you smoking. Smoking has a negative social stigma, that vaping does not carry.
Are E-Cigs Targeted at Kids?
Yet another argument made amongst critics is that e-cigs are targeted at the youth because the liquid comes in fun, delicious flavors and beautiful colors. The last part is true. There are thousands of flavors. However, this is not a relative argument, and here is why.
Alcohol comes in variety of flavors with fancy bottles. For instance, Pinnacle Vodka makes flavors including: Cookie Dough, Caramel Apple, Peachberry Cobbler, Pecan Pie, Pumpkin Pie, Rainbow Sherbet, and Strawberry Cheesecake. That is just to name a few.
Smirnoff, Absolut, Three Olives, Skyy, and UV also offer fun, fruity flavors that might intrigue kids. Yet, no one is trying to ban flavored alcohol.
Cigars also come in a variety of flavors. And much like e-cigs, purchasers must be of legal age, typically 18, to buy them. Yet, no one is trying to ban cigars.
Fast food chains add toys to their meals, offer strawberry and chocolate flavored milkshakes, and play areas, making children more interested in their business and food, which is known to be fattening and full of harmful ingredients and preservatives. Yet, no one is trying to ban fast food.
These are just a couple of examples of products that could be accused of targeting children, but that hasn't and most likely won't happen. That is because these are products designed for adults to purchase and consume, aside from happy meals, which are still usually bought by an adult. It is an adult's choice whether or not to use these products and be safe about it. Adults can enjoy flavors that include the words cake and pie, too. Not all adults enjoy plain vodka, whisky, or cigars.
Safer than Smoking
Yes, e-cigs are new, and I am all for doing more studies and making sure they are distributed safely. However, no matter how many arguments are brought up against e-cigs, they are still much healthier and safer than smoking analog cigarettes. They don't contain tar or any of the carcinogens found in tobacco. In fact, e-cigs are not a tobacco product at all.
So, if you are considering quitting smoking, I suggest trying an e-cig. They help make the process easier and you can decrease your nicotine content slowly, at a rate you feel comfortable.


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Regional Commercial Director - MNC Premium Goods
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|HK$1100000 - HK$1500000.00 per annum
- Global premium consumer goods company
- Regional Commercial leader
- Team of 8+ direct reports
Our client is one of the largest global premium consumer goods company with business worldwide in 100+ countries with headquarter in Europe. It is one of the leading brands globally in the luxury sector with sustainable business growth across the world. To further accelerate their rapid growth in the Asia market, the company is hiring a Regional Commercial Director to drive the commercial strategy for the Asia market.
You will formulate and implement the sales, marketing and commercial strategies for the brand with sustainable development plan in Asia; your primary responsibilities will include:
- Direct all regional commercial activities for wholesale and retail channels, plans and programs to achieve business objectives
- Lead the formulation of sales, marketing and commercial strategies related to Asia market and complement it with multiyear development plans
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"Topless" has a couple of advantages: The Headless Bass is the perfect travel companion - it's not that long, fits compactly in a small case or bag, and you do not have to compromise on the sound. Top-heavy is not an issue. Experts even think, due to the missing head plate, to hear a more direct sound. And the dreaded "dead spots" do not exist here.
Extra long scale, 24 frets, a fat pickup, passive electronics, good machines, beautiful woods with good tone. For the rich tone of an alder body, with an attractively grained Olive top, including matte finish that lets you feel the wood.
You tune at the body end with the award-winning ETS mechanics.
For the elegant look and the sophisticated tone we put an exotic top on.
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For the bass player with a sensitive back who still wants a fat sound. You will get it, with optimal back protection!
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Value-at-risk (VaR) is a category of risk metrics that describe probabilistically the market risk of asset holding. In its most general form, the Value at Risk measures the potential loss in value of a risky asset or portfolio over a defined period for a given confidence interval.
For example, if the VaR on an asset is 100 million USD at a one-week, 95% confidence level, there is a only a 5% chance that the value of the asset will drop more than 100 USD million over any given week.
Delta-Normal VaR
The delta-normal method assumes that asset returns are normally distributed. \begin{equation} VaR_{\alpha} = \sigma z_{\alpha} \end{equation}
- \(\sigma\)
- standard deviation of returns (square root of variance)
- \(\alpha\)
- confidence level, \(\alpha \in (0, 1)\)
- \(z_{\alpha}\)
- \(\alpha\)-quantile of standard Gaussian cumulative distribution function
Modified VaR
Return distributions (particularly for intraday returns) often have asymmetry (skew) or/and fat tails (kurtosis). Modified Value-at-Risk accomodates deviations from normality using Cornish-Fisher expansion around z-core with return skewness and kurtosis estimates: \begin{equation} MVaR_{\alpha} = \sigma z_{CF\alpha} \end{equation} \begin{equation} z_{CF\alpha} = z_{\alpha} + \frac{({z_{\alpha}}^2-1)S}{6} + \frac{(z_{\alpha}^3 - 3z_{\alpha})(K - 3)}{24} - \frac{(2z_{\alpha}^3 - 5z_{\alpha})S^2}{36} \end{equation}
- \(\sigma\)
- standard deviation of returns (square root of variance)
- return skewness
- return kurtosis
- \(\alpha\)
- confidence level, \(\alpha \in (0, 1)\)
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Years ago, when my kids were small, I was one of those shoppers out waiting for the stores to open at 7 AM on the Friday after Thanksgiving. I did that for years and I'm happy to say I almost always got what I was waiting for. Mainly, of course, it was toys. Every year there were a few toys that were so desirable the kids were sure they would die on the spot if, come Christmas morning, they weren't under the tree.. There was a boy's toy and a girl's toy. There was one for between the ages of 4 and 8 and another one for ages 9 through, say, age 12.
Through the magic of TV commercials, every kid was made to want the toy that was projected early on as the one and only one boys and girls between those ages had to have. It was the job of all moms everywhere to make sure those toys were under the tree.
That's what Black Friday meant to me. I had to get them what they wanted! Chatty Cathy! Rock'Em Sock 'Em Robots! Easy Bake Oven! They were on sale at low, low prices that one day only and if we got there early, we might just get one.
There were sad stories everywhere about the mom who let them get away. Once the stores sold out of the Toy of the Year, that was it for that Christmas. We had hot lines going everywhere, where if a mom couldn't find her kid's toy in her neighborhood she would call everyone she knew, hoping they might come across one in their shopping travels.
But Christmas could be cutthroat, even way back then. My husband was in a Toys R Us once with our littlest one when a fight broke between two dads with their eyes on the same toy. They lunged so close to our little one they almost knocked her over. My husband swept her up and got her out of there, leaving the things they went in for behind. Our daughter, around five at the time, wouldn't go near a Toys R Us for years after that. (Which was fine with me. Saved me a bundle.)
Black Friday was always a gimmick foisted on us by the merchants, but at least there was what seemed like a good reason to get up early and storm those doors.. Now it makes no sense. The internet has changed everything.
We drove by the mall on our way to somewhere else today and it was, as I expected, a zoo. But why? What is there that isn't available in a dozen other places, including on the net, where we can shop without ever leaving home?
What is there today that won't be there tomorrow and the day after that? With infinite sources on the internet, shortages on most popular gift items are a thing of the past.
Now I either shop online or wait until just before Christmas, when prices have dropped even lower, to finish my shopping. I haven't shopped a Black Friday in more than 20 years and I doubt if I've missed anything. Racing from department to department, pushing and being pushed, jostling and being jostled, and waiting in long lines to pay for it all is the stuff of after-Thanksgiving nightmares.
Unless you're a merchant. Then and only then does it make sense.
We're spending Thanksgiving weekend in the Detroit area and early this morning the local news had their camera crew set up outside a K-Mart store somewhere on the east side. The parking lot was nearly empty and the reporter stood talking in front of the camera for a full minute before someone in the background finally went through the double doors into the store. But out here in the western 'burbs, by this afternoon the malls were hopping.
News Flash: "Were" is apparently the operative word. Just heard on the Five O'Clock News that the parking lots at most stores aren't as full as in years past. Can't wait to see the numbers tomorrow. I can only hope Black Friday mania is finally over. It's one of those throwbacks to the good old days that makes less and less sense with every passing year.


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Latin American Flute & Guitar First Fridays
In coordination with the Museum's exhibition, Rivera and Beyond: Latin American Art from the Joan and Milton Bagley Collection, celebrate the beauty and spirit of Latin American culture with music for flute and guitar over three Museum First Fridays.
FEBRUARY 1 - Colors of Latin America
Darwin Cosme, flute and John Rivera Pico, guitar
Enjoy an evening with award-winning young musicians from Puerto Rico as they share a program displaying the virtuosity of Latin composed music. Featuring contemporary works by Alberto Rodriguez (Puerto Rico) and Latin Grammy Award Winner, Leo Brouwer (Cuba).
MARCH 1 - Viva Americas!
Michelle LaPorte and Darwin Cosme - flutes
Gerry Saulter and John Rivera Pico - guitars
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The New £1.00 Coin
Please be reminded that, after 30 years of existence, the old pound £1.00 coin has been replaced by a new coin today. You will be able to use your old coins until 15th of October 2017- after which they will lose their legal tender status. Therefore, PLEASE GIVE THE CONTENT YOUR TZADOKA PUSHKAS/BOXES to whichever charity they belong to. If you send them after the 15th of October the charity will only be able to redeem the coins throught the Bank Of England. So please send them in as soon as you can. Thank you.


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Can a Bible college in this NC prison make a difference?
Jesse Bracey's personal testimony wasn't about him. In between the customary inspirational speeches, Bracey used his time on stage at Nash Correctional Institution to share the stories of three fellow inmates.
Bracey had helped these men secure jobs, mentors and church communities as they got ready to leave prison — something Bracey might never get to do.
Bracey is one of 52 students pursuing a bachelor of arts in pastoral ministry while serving a sentence of 15 or more years through the North Carolina Field Minister Program.
But the purpose of this Bible college extends beyond personal development. The program empowers an often overlooked population to address the issues our prison system faces. Students are all long-term inmates who are expected to eventually serve in some role within the prison system, and it is hoped that their influence will lead to visible changes.
The hopes for this program are big, and each stakeholder at the recent convocation seems to have a slightly different reason for supporting the Bible college.
Prison officials see students as allies in a fight against recidivism. Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, which is based in Wake Forest, sees an opportunity to engage in culture change within the prison system by promoting moral rehabilitation. And the donors spoke of the personal impact the Bible college would have on the students themselves.
We need intervention in plenty of areas in the prison system. The average prison sentence in North Carolina is only three to five years, and recidivism (the rate at which people are arrested again after serving a sentence) is high. Last year was an especially violent year in our prisons. And we're also lacking in funding for qualified prison chaplains and education.
The Field Minister Program is an accredited program of the College at Southeastern Baptist Seminary that offers inmates inside Nash Correctional the opportunity to study ministry. Students of the Bible college work through the same curriculum as any student pursuing a pastoral ministry degree, without the benefit of unlimited internet access.
The program is funded through donations and was initially sponsored entirely by Game Plan for Life, a nonprofit founded by former NFL coach and NASCAR team owner Joe Gibbs.
The Bible college is "confessional and inclusive," meaning inmates don't have to be Baptist, or even Christian, to become students. Seth Bible, director of prison programs for Southeastern, said that there are currently a few Catholic, Muslim and Rastafarian students, as well as students of nearly every Protestant tradition.
Rueben Young of the N.C. Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice highlighted the program's potential to combat recidivism. Young pointed out that helping people find jobs and housing after they leave prison decreases recidivism and helps lower taxpayers' cost of more than $35,000 per year per inmate.
"We want to keep recidivism low," Young told me, " but to do that we have to give them hope that they can have a life after."
Young noted that many inmates come from unstable situations, often with histories of abuse, poor support networks and addictions. The average prison sentence in North Carolina is three to five years, so 95 percent of inmates will be released. Many have nothing waiting for them after incarceration, and as many as 60 percent of inmates don't have a job a year after they're released.
The Bible college students are working to break this cycle. While in prison, the students help departing inmates find jobs, mentors and communities. Eventually, some graduates of the program will work as juvenile counselors and GED mentors, which could have a more direct impact on recidivism.
Culture change
Southeastern aims to empower the most influential individuals in any prison: the long-term inmates. "By investing in long-term inmates, you have the opportunity to affect culture from the inside out," Bible said.
All of the students of the Bible college have 15 years or more left on their sentences, and they will be sent to prisons across the state when they graduate in order to serve other inmates.
Michael Hallett, a criminal justice professor at the University of North Florida, has researched the effect of Bible colleges inside prisons. His research on a Bible college in Texas has found that participation in these programs reduced the incidence of participant misconduct by 65 to 80 percent.
The first of the prison Bible colleges was started at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, known as Angola, in the 1990s. The goal of the Bible college in Angola was to change the culture inside the prison. Burl Cain, the warden of Angola from 1995 to 2016, has said that it was instrumental in doing so.
But Hallett said real change happens when inmates are given authority. Angola allows inmates to run their own churches. They lead their own services and religious programming, and congregations within the prison have their own chapels and take up tithes to be distributed to the poorest members of the congregations.
Bringing hope
One of the main funders for this program is Game Plan for Life, a nonprofit founded by Gibbs. In his convocation speech, Gibbs focused on the purpose the program could give to the students themselves.
"What's the world tell me? The most important thing I can do is win races and coach football," Gibbs said. But Gibbs doesn't believe that his ultimate value lies in his success in sports — or that the students' value is limited by their position as inmates. "What we're going to leave on this earth is the influence we have on others," Gibbs said.
Each of the students will eventually be placed in a designated role, based on their aptitudes and desires. Some will stay with the Bible college to assist the next rounds of students, and others will become juvenile mentors, GED tutors and hospice care workers. They will not replace chaplains in the prison system, but they will provide relief and assistance to the prison system's chaplains, whose funding was cut in 2011 by the General Assembly.
It is easy to see what the opportunity to study means to these students, many of whom would not have otherwise had the chance to pursue a degree. As we were touring the classrooms, Bible asked for a testimony or two about the work. Five students stood up.
"When you show up to class on campus, you hope most of the class has skimmed the reading," Bible told me. "Showing up here, some of these guys have read it three or four times."
Inmates' stories
The inmates themselves didn't speak of the effectiveness of the program in statistics or potential. They had stories, their own and those of other inmates, which combined the hopes of the state, the donors and the educators.
Jesse Bracey told me the students are proud of the changes taking place inside Nash. Bracey's prayer is that any effect he has on an inmate leaving prison will ripple out into the community around him, offering hope to that man's family and friends.
Another student, Anthony Smith, said the best part of the program is "being able to extend it to the family." Smith shared how he and his daughter have been able to connect over their studies — his in Bible college and hers in 10th grade. He says that she has become an "advocate for me and my transformation."
One student spoke of the impact his studies had on him. "Most people don't understand the mental, physical and spiritual burden prison places on you," the inmate said. "You lose hope. How do you have a chance to impact others? This has shown each of us that we are not forgotten. Thank you for believing enough in us to see us as human beings. If God could do it for Moses, if God could do it for David, he can do it for us."


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Concluding our series of blogs exploring our top 8 workplace trends for 2018, here's the last of our trends: the multi-generational workforce.
In our previous blog, we looked at how workforces are growing more diverse. They have also come to encompass more generations than ever before. With many older employees deferring their retirements past 65, and many young people taking jobs straight out of school, we now, for the first time in history, have four distinct generations working together. In fact, given that some members of Generation Z are now old enough to work, some companies are already employing a quin-generational workforce. So what are the five generations, and how are they generally characterised?
Veterans, born before 1945
Veterans believe in the idea of a job for life. They value fiscal security, sacrifice and hard work, hence many are continuing to work after reaching retirement age. Veterans take much satisfaction in a job well done. They're very loyal, but expect that loyalty to be reciprocated – so it's important to let them know that you value their wisdom and experience
Baby Boomers, 1946-60
Boomers value personal growth and gratification. However their jobs are also very important for them, to the extent that they're often described as workaholics. And while they're loyal to their careers first of all, they're happy to remain within a good company that they can grow alongside – if provided with the right opportunities and chances to develop, Boomers will flourish.
Generation X, 1961-80
Generation X is, perhaps unfairly, often characterised as more jaded and sceptical than those that came before and after. Many view work as just a job, and while they have a lot of loyalty to their professions, it may not necessarily extend to their employers. A healthy work/life balance is very important for them, and they work best within a structure that's supporting but not constricting.
Generation Y, better known as Millennials, 1981-2000
Millennials like to be creative, to express themselves, and to have a wide variety of experiences. They're confident, used to multi-tasking, and incredibly tech savvy. They're also always on the lookout for what's next. Millennials change jobs, and sometimes even professions, more frequently than previous generations, and perform best when provided with the freedom and flexibility that they value so highly.
Generation Z, 2000 onwards
Generation Z is very optimistic, and the first generation to have lived their entire lives in a digital world – they're true digital natives and they, more than anyone, represent the future of the workforce. However, as they're only just coming into adulthood, it's probably too early to judge what they're really like as a generation. Only time will tell.
How to Work Harmoniously Together
Needless to say, it can be challenging to have so many different generations working together. Not only will each have had very different experiences, they also prefer to communicate in different ways: face-to-face conversation, emailing, texting, messaging, video-calling and so on. But it's very important that they do communicate, because each generation has a lot to teach the other. For instance, young people are often the most up-to-date with many of the new trends we've explored in this series – like artificial intelligence, mixed reality, the fourth space, mindfulness, and diversity – because these are all closely related to the society they've grown up in. On the other hand, they have just as much (and probably much more) to learn from those with greater experience of work and of life.
Each generation has its own strengths and weaknesses, and managers that understand these will be able to create harmonious workplaces that are happy, creative and productive – after all, a thriving business needs as many different skills and perspectives as possible. Furthermore, it's also important to provide multipurpose, agile offices offering a variety of different spaces for employees to use.
But lastly, as you may have noticed, many of the qualities cherished by one generation in particular – a healthy work-life balance, a sense of wellbeing, an attractive, nourishing office environment, good opportunities to develop – are actually highly beneficial to every generation in the workplace. For all our differences, we're also very similar at heart.


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£5.1bn UK fitness club market achieved annual growth of 7.1%, with strong expansion forecast over the next 5 years.
Project Fitness UK 2018, the definitive new report from Allegra Strategies, reveals the total UK fitness club market serves an estimated 10.2 million members across more than 7,000 outlets, with circa 5% outlet growth forecast over the next five years.
The research was produced in partnership with leading leisure market intelligence specialists Leisure Database Company and leading retail and leisure field experts, The Local Data Company.
Project Fitness UK 2018 states the private sector now makes up more than half of the total fitness club market, with an estimated 6.8 million members across 4,300 gyms.
Property scarcity and low membership penetration among a new generation of value-conscious consumers represent the biggest challenges to fitness club growth. Operators must also respond to tightening consumer spend and decreased investment associated with on-going Brexit uncertainty.
Boutiques pick up the pace as smaller independents feel the burn
Allegra records strong growth in the boutique sector over the last 5 years. The burgeoning segment has successfully innovated beyond the traditional fitness club proposition, specialising in group-based, instructor-led classes. There are an estimated 250 boutique outlets in the UK, with Allegra identifying appetite for further investment in the segment.
As of May 2017, there are an estimated 2,077 independent fitness club operators in the UK according to the Leisure Database Company. A lack of capital investment funds and competition from low-cost operators is increasingly marginalising this segment.
Low-cost is the fastest-growing market segment, opening an average of 75 new outlets and attracting an estimated 300,000 new members every year. With 200 sites and 1 million members, Pure Gym is the UK's leading low-cost private fitness club chain, followed by Anytime Fitness with 146 outlets and The Gym Group with 130.
Increased health awareness fuels UK growth but north-south prices poles apart
Profound societal changes, such as urbanisation, preventative healthcare and a focus on wellbeing are fuelling growth in UK fitness club memberships. Increasing recognition that exercise is essential to wellbeing is driving the rising popularity of fitness activities among UK consumers. 86% surveyed claim exercise is essential to their wellbeing and 32% state regular exercise is their most important health priority.
Harnessing the UK's enthusiasm for health and wellness is a key challenge for fitness club operators. While 81% of consumers believe fitness is important, only 39% are happy with their current fitness level and just 23% agree that gym memberships are necessary for staying fit.
The average monthly membership spend across the UK is £29.68, with Allegra revealing substantial regional divide in terms of average monthly membership outlay. Consumers in the South are paying £41.07, nearly twice as much as those in the North at £22.75.
Digital integration and customisation will redefine the fitness club experience
Exercise motivation varies significantly between demographics, highlighting that operators must tailor their approach to products and services rather than adopting a 'one size fits all' model.
Key opportunities to hone revenue streams across core growth demographics include digital integration for millennials, holistic healthcare services for older consumers, and innovative group fitness concepts for women.
Technology will increasingly drive growth as operators move towards full-scale digital integration. Adopting new and emerging technologies, such as wearable devices and digitally-integrated equipment, will be essential for attracting new members and maximising membership retention in the coming 5-10 years.
The health and wellness market outlook
Allegra CEO and founder, Jeffrey Young said: "I'm very excited by recent market developments in the health and wellness sector. The fundamentals of the industry remain strong as UK consumers seek to improve wellbeing through the adoption of exercise for a healthy lifestyle. I see positive trends in the long-term and great opportunities for fitness clubs to continue innovating by offering new products and developing their membership propositions."
Jeffrey Young will present key findings from Project Fitness 2018 UK at the Allegra Health and Wellness Summit, taking place at Balance Festival, 11 May 2018, Old Truman Brewery, London.
The Project Fitness UK 2018 Report is now available to purchase from Allegra Strategies.
Editor's Notes
Over 100 online and telephone interviews with industry leaders, including CEOs and Managing Directors of major fitness club chains, key suppliers, industry associations and other industry participants (May 2016 – September 2017)
Over 7,500+ online surveys with UK consumers (May – September 2017) and in conjunction with Men's Health and Women's Health.
Desk research including trade press, company financials and online data sources
Established in 1999, and part of Allegra Group, Allegra Strategies is a leading-edge research and strategy consulting firm based in central London. Since 2002, Allegra has published research in the health and wellness sector, supporting companies globally across the health and wellness value chain and adjacent retail, leisure and consumer lifestyle sectors.
Working closely with clients across critical M&A activity, growth strategies, customer segmentation research, global expansion, pricing strategies, and NPD, Allegra analysts are well-placed to answer key business questions and help clients harness their full growth and profit potential.
Allegra Group is the owner and creator of the Balance Festival, UK's largest celebration of the thriving health and wellness movement, and the producer of the annual UK Health + Wellness Summit. Allegra Group is also the author of the London Wellness Guide.


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No one would have predicted the terrorist assaults on concert venues of the past two years. Tragic, frightening and something we don't really want to think about ... but we have to. What can be done to make the concert environment safer? Our panel of concert and safety professionals will define the vulnerabilities and discuss the methodology to prepare for, and defend against, the worst-case scenarios in music.
Panelists include:
Larry Milburn
Heather Rafter
Jesse Hughes
Dean Correa
Lucie Barinkova
Akram Benmbarek
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Update by user Jun 02, 2018
I am giving walmart.com 1 star, but this site asked me to rate absolutely every aspect of Walmart, including the local stores and the price of their products, which is why it show 3 stars.
Original review posted by user Jun 02, 2018
I placed an order on April 12th with 2 day shipping. It arrived 5 days later and was not the correct item.
It took chat and then a phone call where I was put on hold for a long time before getting an automated offer to call me back when my turn came. 3-1/2 hours later, I received a return phone call. They didn't care and refused to do anything to make it right (such as rush shipping). I received the replacement item a week later (so almost 2 weeks to get the item that was supposed to be sent via 2 day shipping).
Now, 1 month after sending the original product back, I received an email saying that they were trying to process my payment for the item, but that it would not go through and I needed to call them (was on Walmart credit card with a small limit and not enough on the card for them to charge the $100 item thank God). I called today and was treated rudely and finally hung up. After hanging up, I realized that the man had told me that they received my return item on May 31st (the item that I shipped on April 28th). Once I realized this, I called back because I was very worried that once I paid my Walmart card down, they would try to charge it.
The person that I called just kept repeating herself and was not listening to what I was saying, so I asked for her supervisor. The supervisor got on the phone with a ridiculously bad attitude. Since it rang and then she answered it just like the person before, I asked if she was a supervisor. She responded rudely and then proceeded to respond exactly the same way that the person before did.
She also told me that they had fixed the issue when I call the day that the email was sent out. I said, no, I did not call on that day; today was the first time I called. She became more rude and angry with me and eventually admitted that the person that sent the email must have just realized that there was a tracking number and fixed it but did not sent me another email explaining the correction. It seems that Walmart has outsourced their Customer Service now and it feels like dealing with a scam company.
They are rude and don't care about "their" customers because we are probably really not really "their" customers anymore.
To Walmart: You guys are going to sink if you don't get back to how you used to take care of your customers. Amazon runs circles around you in customer service and I will shop there every time over walmart.com if the price is even remotely close.
Product or Service Mentioned: Walmart Shipping Service.
Reason of review: Poor customer service.
Preferred solution: Let the company propose a solution.
Walmart Pros: That they do have cheap prices.
Walmart Cons: Experience trying to return item, Customer service, Shipping speed.


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Crime & Courts
Judge Manning nixes Columbia's bid to deny USC professor $200,075 for DUI arrest
Judge Casey Manning denied motions Friday morning by the city of Columbia's legal department to overturn a $200,075 jury verdict in the case of a bungled DUI arrest by city police that resulted in an innocent man being tossed in jail.
After hearing a presentation from city lawyer Natalie Ham that a $200,075 jury award for Darris Hassell should be reduced or tossed out and the city given a new trial, Manning ruled from the bench and denied her motion.
On May 18, after a three-day trial, a Richland County jury of eight whites and four African-Americans took just 41 minutes to decide that the city should pay Hassell, 47, for being falsely arrested and maliciously prosecuted.
Hassell, an African-American, had been arrested by a white officer, but race was not an issue in the case. Hassell did not resist his arrest, and the officer's conduct was the main issue before the jury.
"Judge Manning said he thought the verdict was fair, that both sides got a fair trial and a jury of 12 strangers had done a very good job in determining this case," said Hassell's lawyer, Paul Reeves, in an interview after the hearing.
According to undisputed evidence, the arrest against Darris Hassell, 47, was characterized by a missing police dash cam video, a missing urine sample and a rookie police officer who apparently didn't know how to make an arrest for DUI.
Moreover, during the arrest, Hassell, a popular University of South Carolina-Lancaster professor, was taken to the city police headquarters, where a breath analyzer machine showed he had absolutely no alcohol in his system. Hassell said he does not drink.
Despite a lack of evidence, the arresting officer then had Hassell transported to the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center, where he spent the night and part of the next day in jail.
After Hassell asked for a jury trial on the DUI charges, the city quickly dismissed the case.
Hassell, a Columbia native and Wofford College graduate, has taught Spanish for 20 years at USC-Lancaster. He has been a church musician and choir leader at Brown Chapel AME church off Bluff Road, where he lives.
It is up to the city to now decide whether to appeal the case.
Ham, the city attorney, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
"I would hope they would not appeal," Reeves said. "At some point, the city has to take responsibility for what it has done."


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Summary and resources from the Sabeel-Kairos conference.
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Resources, ideas and links to prayer and theology resources on Israel/Palestine
Cornerstone Magazine
Latest Edition of Cornerstone Magazine
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Featuring topical issues, stories from Palestine and more
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Books, Study guides, photos, films, art and exhibitions to help you learn more and gain understanding.
Gaza voices
The Forgotten Crisis: Listening to voices from Gaza
Here are some stories of ordinary people living life under siege in Gaza, and actions you can take to bring about an end to the blockade.
Useful links
Links to organisations involved in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories
Kairos Palestine Christmas Alert 2018
Kairos Palestine is pleased to announce the Christmas Alert 2018!
This year the Christmas Alert sheds light on the importance of restoring a new hope for Palestine, the Middle East and the World. We need new light and hope to come from the hearts of all believers in the Christmas message to encourage churches around the world to act!
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The number of Afghan civilian fatalities and injuries hit 11,002 in 2015, marking the highest number of total civilian casualties since the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) began tracking the data in 2009, officials have announced.
"In 2015, the conflict in Afghanistan continued to cause extreme harm to the civilian population, with the highest number of total civilian casualties recorded by UNAMA since 2009," UNAMA reveals in its 2015 Annual Report on Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict. "Following increases in 2013 and 2014, civilian deaths and injuries from conflict-related violence increased by four per cent compared with 2014."
"Between 1 January and 31 December 2015, UNAMA documented 11,002 civilian casualties (3,545 civilian deaths and 7,457 injured), marking a four per cent decrease in civilian deaths and a nine per cent increase in civilians injured," it continues. "Since UNAMA began systematically documenting civilian casualties on 1 January 2009 up to 31 December 2015, UNAMA recorded 58,736 civilian casualties (21,323 deaths and 37,413 injured)."
Violence in war-torn Afghanistan, primarily at the hands of the Taliban, increasingly devastated the most vulnerable, notes the annual report.
"In 2015, one in 10 civilian casualties was a woman and one in four was a child," the UN Afghan mission reports. "While overall civilian casualties increased by four per cent in 2015, the mission documented a 37 per cent increase in women casualties (1,246 women casualties, comprising 333 deaths and 913 injured) and a 14 per cent increase in child casualties (2,829 comprising 733 deaths and 2,096 injured)."
"In 2015, the conflict caused extreme harm to the civilian population, with particularly appalling consequences for children. Unprecedented numbers of children were needlessly killed and injured last year… other children suffered the loss of parents, and increasingly their mothers, sisters, and female role models," explained Danielle Bell, UNAMA Director of Human Rights, in a statement.
UNAMA attributes the record number of casualties in 2015 primarily to increased ground fighting between the Taliban and the U.S.-backed Afghan security forces in and around populated areas such as the provincial capital of Kunduz in addition to Taliban suicide attacks in major cities.
More than half (62 percent) of the casualties (2,315 deaths and 4,544 injuries) were perpetrated by anti-government elements, primarily the Taliban.
"The rise in overall civilian casualties in 2015 mainly stemmed from increases in complex and suicide attacks and targeted and deliberate killings by Anti-Government Elements, increasing civilian casualties caused by Pro-Government Forces during ground engagements and aerial operations, and rising numbers of civilians caught in crossfire between the parties to the conflict, most notably in Kunduz province," notes UNAMA in its report.
In September 2015, the Taliban temporarily seized the city of Kunduz, the capital of the province of the same name, dealing a major blow to the U.S.-backed and trained Afghan security forces.
Kunduz, Afghanistan's fifth largest city, was the first provincial capital seized by the Taliban since they lost power following the U.S.-led invasion in October 2001.
"Anti-Government Elements continued to cause the most harm – 62 percent [6,859] of all civilian casualties — despite a 10 per cent reduction from 2014 in the total civilian casualties resulting from their attacks," explains UNAMA. "Notwithstanding the overall decrease, the report documents Anti-Government Elements increasing use of some tactics that deliberately or indiscriminately cause civilian harm, including targeted killings of civilians, complex and suicide attacks, as well as indiscriminate and illegal pressure-plate IEDs [Improvised Explosive Devices]."
Anti-Government Elements include the Taliban, the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) branch in Afghanistan known as the Khorasan Province (ISIL-K), and other armed groups. The Taliban was responsible for most (4,039) of the total 6,859 civilian casualties perpetrated by Anti-Government Elements.
At least 82 casualties (39 deaths and 43 injuries) were attributed to groups that pledged allegiance to ISIL-K.
There were 2,738 "civilian casualties attributed to anti-government armed groups for which there was no claim of responsibility and attribution to a specific armed group was not possible," notes UNAMA.
"Civilian deaths [621] and injuries [1,233] caused by Pro-Government Forces caused 17 per cent of civilian casualties — 14 per cent from Afghan security forces, two per cent from international military forces, and one per cent from pro-Government armed groups," reports the UN Afghan mission. "The report documents increased civilian casualties caused by Pro-Government Forces, including during ground engagements [1,116 deaths and 3,021 injuries], aerial operations [149 deaths and 147 injuries], and the activities of pro-Government armed groups."
An estimated 493 civilian deaths and 1,392 injuries (17 percent of all casualties) that occurred during fighting between insurgents and the U.S.-backed Afghan security forces could not be attributed to one specific party.
Four percent of casualties were caused by unattributed explosive remnants of war and less than half of one percent were attributed to cross-border shelling from Pakistan into Afghanistan, notes UNAMA.
Groups linked to the Khorasan province mirrored media tactics used by ISIS in other countries, such as publicizing beheadings and execution by IED through social media, reports UNAMA.
The Khorasan Province primarily caused civilian casualties during battles against the Taliban for territory and influence
However, UNAMA "also documented civilian casualties from targeted and deliberate killings and IEDs attributed" to ISIL-K.
UNAM points out that Afghan security forces also suffered a record number of casualties in 2015 — more than 12,000.


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What political conservatives and on-the-ground Republicans must understand at this point is that they are not breaking with the White House on immigration. They are not resisting, fighting and thereby setting down a historical marker -- "At this point the break became final." That's not what's happening. What conservatives and Republicans must recognize is that the White House has broken with them. What President Bush is doing, and has been doing for some time, is sundering a great political coalition. This is sad, and it holds implications not only for one political party but for the American future.