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Plasencia Cigars joins forces with STG to expand its reach across Canada

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Plasencia Cigars joins forces with STG to expand its reach across Canada
MIAMI – August 23, 2018 – Plasencia Cigars, one of the world’s largest, high-profile tobacco growers and cigar manufacturers, is expanding its distribution to Canada through its partnership with the Scandinavian Tobacco Group Canada (STG Canada). Effective Aug. 27th,  STG Canada will administer the distribution, sales, and promotion of Plasencia Cigars’ products in stores across Canada.
“We’re very excited to build on our company’s success by going into this market with STG Canada, a distinguished leader in the industry,” said Nestor Andrés Plasencia, CEO of Plasencia Cigars. “Canadian consumers have been long anticipating the arrival of Plasencia Cigars that our family has been proudly crafting for over 150 years. Serving our customers has always been our first priority, and we can’t wait for Canadian consumers to finally enjoy our products.”
Under this new partnership, Plasencia Cigar products will be distributed to over 500 stores, including consumer favorites like Plasencia Cosecha 146, Reserva 1898, Reserva Original, Alma Fuerte and Alma Del Campo.
“We have been fans of Plasencia Cigars for years,” said Sylvain Laporte, president of STG Canada. “We couldn’t be happier to welcome the Plasencia family into our own, and I’m sure Canadians will appreciate the diversity and high quality of these new cigars.”
STG administers over 200 brands in more than 100 markets around the world. As established experts in the field, STG expresses its passion for tobaccos by operating in attractive niche segments of the global tobacco industry and instilling innovative, consumer-focused approaches to their brand portfolio management.
For more information, visit www.plasenciacigars.com, or follow the conversation on Instagram and Twitter @PlasenciaCigars and facebook.com/Plasencia-Cigars.

About Plasencia Cigars
Plasencia Cigars is one of the world’s leading growers of first-class tobacco. The Plasencia family have been pioneering the industry since 1865 when Don Eduardo Plasencia began growing tobacco in Cuba, and five generations of the Plasencia family have continued the legacy.  Today, Plasencia Cigars produces more than 35 million handmade cigars per year, and harvests tobacco on more than 3,000 acres across several countries in Central America, including Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica and Panama.
About the Scandinavian Tobacco Group Canada
Scandinavian Tobacco Group Canada – or Groupe Tabac Scandinave Canada, as the company is called in French – is located in Longueuil, Québec. The sales force is one of the biggest in the Group in terms of employees, and it covers the whole country. STG Canada is the leading premium and mass market cigar company in Canada as they offer a complete portfolio to their customers.

Final Days of Ticket Sales: 2018 Rocky Mountain Cigar Festival

A Great Cigar Event: Rocky Mountain Cigar Festival 2018

August 25, 2018

 

The Rocky Mountain Cigar Festival is located in the heart of the Colorado Rocky Mountain Front Range. The 2018 RMCF will be returning to the world renowned Omni Interlocken Resort in Broomfield Colorado! The festival attracts consumers that are geared toward premium high-end product – including premium cigars, hand-crafted brews, unique wine and spirits, excellent food and everything encompassing the finer things in life.

RMCF Attendees have the chance to mingle with the most prominent cigar manufacturers and celebrities from around the world. All attendees purchasing a cigar ticket will be provided with an official festival bag containing over 30 premium cigars samples, cutter, lighter, festival glass, t-shirt, drink tickets and much more. Each attendee is provided with a free meal. Various ticket levels are offered to suit your needs. Please see the ticket section for more information on these ticket levels.

The festival runs from 11- 6pm for VIP attendees and 12 – 6pm for all other attendees.

Highlights of the Festival

  • Over 1,500 Consumers of Premium Cigars & Fine Product
  • The Top Premium Cigar Manufacturers from around the world
  • Craft Brew, Fine Wines, Local Spirits, Great Food
  • Live Music, Billiards & More.

 

 

 

 

 

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JDRF One Walk Event: Walk to End Childhood Diabetes – Team GRACE FOR THE CURE

Type 1 Diabetes Fundraiser – Team Grace for the Cure

 

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Support Team Grace for the Cure!

Our team is walking to end type 1 diabetes (T1D).

When you have T1D, your body stops producing insulin—a hormone essential to turning food into energy. Managing the disease is a constant struggle that involves monitoring your blood-sugar level, administering insulin, and carefully balancing these insulin doses with your eating and activity just to stay alive.

With T1D there are no days off and there is no cure. But there is hope.

To Donate to the Event, with your 100% tax-deductible donation going directly to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), please do so here by clicking the link button or, if you wish to donate to Gracie’s team – Grace for the Cure – directly, please continue to read on …

 

Donate to the JDRF and their One Walk Event

Donating Directly to the Team and to Gracie and Her Needs

There are those who want to see their donations go to the Team itself for the event(s) and to Gracie herself, directly. For this reason, we have created this page and the means to support, below.

We cherish your prayers and if you would like to help Team Grace for the Cure for this event and others upcoming, your gift on this site will:

  • Go directly to her for to fund the team for this event and others;
  • As well as for things like special camps for Kids with Type 1 Diabetes;
  • 24 hour Glucose monitoring;
  • Even possibly, a specially trained Diabetic alert (service) dog that we are considering;

Things like this.

Your gift will also go toward funding self-promoted future events, as we use our talents and resources to fight this disease to the benefit of all who suffer, especially the kids, with Gracie’s upcoming website:

www.GracieT1dSuperStar.org

You may donate using the Pay Pal buttons below, which will give you the option of paying by credit card or Pay Pal at checkout. If you’d like to increase the donation, simply change the quantity of the item at check out.

We thank you for your time and consideration and support.

 

 

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JDRF One Walk: Grace for the Cure – Team Gracie Sevilla

Type 1 Diabetes Fundraiser – Team Grace for the Cure

 

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Sevilla Local Media

Support Team Gracie Sevilla

Support Team Grace for the Cure!

Our team is walking to end type 1 diabetes (T1D).

When you have T1D, your body stops producing insulin—a hormone essential to turning food into energy. Managing the disease is a constant struggle that involves monitoring your blood-sugar level, administering insulin, and carefully balancing these insulin doses with your eating and activity just to stay alive.

With T1D there are no days off and there is no cure. But there is hope.

To Donate to the Event, with your 100% tax-deductible donation going directly to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), please do so here by clicking the link button or, if you wish to donate to Gracie’s team – Grace for the Cure – directly, please continue to read on …

 

Donate to the JDRF and their One Walk Event

Donating Directly to the Team and to Gracie and Her Needs

There are those who want to see their donations go to the Team itself for the event(s) and to Gracie herself, directly. For this reason, we have created this page and the means to support, below.

We cherish your prayers and if you would like to help Team Grace for the Cure for this event and others upcoming, your gift on this site will:

  • Go directly to her for to fund the team for this event and others;
  • As well as for things like special camps for Kids with Type 1 Diabetes;
  • 24 hour Glucose monitoring;
  • Even possibly, a specially trained Diabetic alert (service) dog that we are considering;

Things like this.

Your gift will also go toward funding self-promoted future events, as we use our talents and resources to fight this disease to the benefit of all who suffer, especially the kids, with Gracie’s upcoming website:

www.GracieT1dSuperStar.org

You may donate using the Pay Pal buttons below, which will give you the option of paying by credit card or Pay Pal at checkout. If you’d like to increase the donation, simply change the quantity of the item at check out.

We thank you for your time and consideration and support.

 

 

$20 Donation to Help Fund Team: Grace for the Cure

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$100 Donation to Help Fund Team: Grace for the Cure

 

JDRF One Walk: Grace (Sevilla) for the Cure! Type 1 Diabetes

 

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Cure Type 1 Diabetes

 

 

Type 1 Diabetes (Juvenile Diabetes)

Putting an end to T1D, one step at a time

Our team is walking to end type 1 diabetes (T1D).

When you have T1D, your body stops producing insulin—a hormone essential to turning food into energy. Managing the disease is a constant struggle that involves monitoring your blood-sugar level, administering insulin, and carefully balancing these insulin doses with your eating and activity just to stay alive.

With T1D there are no days off and there is no cure. But there is hope.

So, will you join us? Your fundraising or donation not only changes lives for people with T1D but joining JDRF One Walk will change your own life. The inspiration and fun you experience on that day will stick with you, and the pride you can take for your role will last a lifetime.

Thank you for your support.

 

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The “Total You” Workshop by Rise Programs Academy

THE TOTAL YOU WORKSHOP

How to improve “The Total You” Spirit, Soul and understand the 3 primary areas to bring passion, alignment and stability into your entire life. You will get direction to live, obtain spiritual awakening, recharge emotionally, improve your thought process, and refresh your life!

The Total You workshop is about becoming the best version of yourself: Spirit, Soul, and Body. Since we are made of 3 parts known as a Tripartite, we must improve in each of these areas throughout our life. It’s human nature to look for short cuts in life such as “How to lose 30lbs in 30 Days” or “Get 6 Figures in 6 weeks!” Often this way of thinking leads to neglect or deprivation in parts of our life. In the end we find ourselves spiritual empty, emotionally drained and physically weak. The Total You will help you improve neglected areas, so you can become the best version of self:

• Strengthen your ability to overcome obstacles
• Align your spirit to allow
• Understand the benefits of having a healthy body
• Be able to create strong connections with your peers.

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Do you ever find yourself going to bed early, but still waking up exhausted? Do your days and weeks feel like an endless monotonous cycle? There are many reasons why people experience such fatigue and frustration. Understanding your greater purpose is necessary for both overall motivation, and emotional well-being. If setting long term goals sounds like a daunting task, here are four things to consider when setting long term goals…

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If you asked anyone knowledgeable how many people currently inhabit our planet, they would easily approximate a figure of around 7.4 billion people. Answering the question of why we’re here, why we exists, can spawn an endless stream of theories and conjecture. Truth be told, the answer isn’t necessarily all that complicated. Out of everything humanity could possibly strive for, when all is said and done, we exist to do achieve one prime ideal – that is, to love.

 

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Phil Wickham Record Release Party: Friday, August 3, 2018

Boxing Legend – Armando “The Man” Muniz – to be Honored by the City of Montebello, California

 

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For Immediate Release: Hall of Fame Boxer and 1968 U.S. Olympian – Armando “The Man” Muniz – to be Honored by the City of Montebello

 

Hall of Fame Boxer and 1968 U.S. Olympian, Armando “El Hombre” Muniz, will be honored by the City of Montebello, California on Wednesday, July 25th @ 6:30 pm, in the Council Chambers at the Montebello City Hall, during its regularly scheduled City Council Meeting, in a resolution set forth by Mayor Pro Tem, Jack Hadjinian:

 

CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS
1600 WEST BEVERLY BOULEVARD
MONTEBELLO, CALIFORNIA
WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 2018

 

Armando is available for interview immediately after the City Council honors him or before @ Golden Skewer Mediterranean Restaurant @ 4:30 pm:

 

2212 W Beverly Blvd,

Montebello, CA 90640

 

Armando “The Man” Muniz, is known in boxing circles as “The People’s Champ”, a sentiment widely shared as Armando, in 1975, traveled to Acapulco, Mexico to fight the legendary Welterweight Champion, Jose “Mantequilla” Napoles, and although battering Napoles the entire fight and the referee stopping the fight to spare Napoles further punishment, would raise Napoles’ hand in victory, after being called to the corner by WBC President, Jose Sulaiman, who ordered him to declare Napoles the victor, to the benefit of Napoles and the World Boxing Council. The disgraceful outcome would be known as the “greatest robbery in boxing history” and Muniz would be known thereafter as the “People’s Champ”.

Muniz, a member of the 1968 Olympic Boxing Team and NABF Welterweight Champion, would fight for the world title 4 times; his last fight was a loss to legend Sugar Ray Leonard.

Armando Muniz is one of the few professional boxers in history to also have earned a college degree. Armando is a graduate of UCLA and would later earn his teaching credential, finally retiring from teaching in the Jurupa Valley School District after many years of public service.

Nearly 15 years ago, Armando founded the Jurupa Valley Boxing Club in Rubidoux, California, to allow at-risk youth and community residents at-large, the opportunity to learn the art and skills of boxing.

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Armando Muniz’ life after boxing included cameo roles in the hit ABC sitcom “Taxi” – role in the 1988 feature film “Midnight Run”, as well as spokesperson roles for Schlitz and Stroh’s Brewing Companies.

Born in Chihuahua, Mexico, Armando was raised in Montebello, California and attended it’s primary, elementary and junior high schools there, while earning a reputation as a world-class boxer and Olympic hopeful.

In 1968, Armando Muniz would be a teammate of the legendary George Foreman in the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, representing the United States Army.

A legendary figure at the storied Olympic Audtorium, Armando is known for being an East Los Angeles fan favorite and boxing legend.

Additional Information about Armando Muniz:

Armando’s Official Website: http://armandomuniz.org

Name: Armando Muniz
Alias: El Hombre / The Man
Birth Name: Armando Muñíz
Born: 1947-05-03
Birthplace: Mexico
Hometown: Montebello, California, USA
Height: 5′ 6″ / 168cm
Reach: 68½″ / 174cm

Represented the United States in the welterweight class at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.

He was eliminated in the quarter-finals.

Olympic Results:

Defeated Marian Kasprzyk (Poland) 4-1
Defeated Max Hebeisen (Switzerland) 4-1
Lost to Mario Omar Guillotti (Argentina) 1-4

1969 and 1970 National AAU Welterweight Champion.

Drafted into the United States Army in 1968.

Fought for the World Welterweight Championship four times, losing twice to Jose Napoles and twice to Carlos Palomino.

Inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame in 1993.

Elected to serve a two-year term as President of the World Boxing Hall of Fame in 2005.

Muniz was elected to serve another two-year term in 2009.

Attended Cerritos College and earned a wrestling scholarship to UCLA.

Muniz earned a degree in Spanish from Cal State University and later received a Masters in Educational Administration from National University.

Worked as a math and Spanish teacher for 23 years at Rubidoux High School in Riverside, California.

Muniz also served as the school’s wrestling coach for 21 years.

He retired in 2008.

 

www.AdrianasInsurance.com: 5 Signs That You Might Be A High Risk Driver

 

5 Signs you Might be a High-Risk Driver

Getting car insurance should be a straightforward process. It should be as simple as finding the right provider, signing a bit of paperwork, and going about the rest of your day assured of coverage that adequately protects your interests. For many people though, signing up for auto insurance is a complicated nightmare. This is because most insurance companies go to great lengths in order to avoid people classified as high-risk drivers. There are countless drivers who struggle to find even the most basic coverage purely because of getting stuck with this unfortunate label. But what exactly is a high-risk driver?

High-Risk Drivers Explained

The term high-risk driver sounds like a stigma that only applies to dangerous drivers, but it actually affects people from all walks of life. Simply defined, high-risk drivers are licensed drivers who have an increased probability of filing an insurance claim on their vehicle. All it takes for someone to become a high-risk driver therefore is to create the impression that they are more likely to file a claim than then the average licensed driver. As you can imagine, this could happen for plenty of reasons beyond a blemished driving record. The five most popular reasons why drivers become high-risk are:

1. Traffic Violations: Any formal Vehicle Code violations on a person’s traffic record immediately designates them as a high-risk driver. Such violations can include DUI convictions, speeding, driving without a license, collisions, hit-and-run incidents and many more.

2. Lack of Experience: Regardless of age, any newly licensed driver is more likely to be classified as high-risk. This is because inexperienced drivers are statistically susceptible to end up in collisions or other undesirable traffic incidents.

3. Becoming a Senior Citizen: Elderly drivers are typically classified as high-risk because of the health complications associated with aging. The older people get, the more deteriorating health interferes with their ability to operate vehicles.

4. Lapses in Coverage: Going without insurance for extended periods of time while you own and drive a vehicle isn’t just dangerous, it’s against the law. Doing this has a significant impact on a driver’s reputation and immediately compels insurance companies to assume that an applicant is high-risk.

5. Driving High-End Cars: People who own expensive or high-performance vehicles are usually considered high-risk because of the potential costs of insuring their cars. Sports cars cost a lot of money either o repair or replace. This makes them challenging to provide coverage for.

If you happen to fall under the category of high-risk drivers, there’s no need to despair. This is because regardless of the circumstances a driver might be in, being high-risk is always temporary. The vast majority of high-risk drivers are perfectly capable of building reliable reputations. All it takes is finding the right insurer, and developing an incident-free driving record over time. For more information on how Adriana’s Insurance Services can help you overcome the hurdles of being a high-risk driver, visit any of our offices or give us a call at 1-800-639-7654 We got you covered!

BUREAU OF CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION SETTLES WITH TRITON MANAGEMENT GROUP

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Triton Did Not Properly Disclose Terms and Conditions of Certain Loan Products, and Failed to Disclose Finance Charges in Advertisements

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau) today announced a settlement with Triton Management Group, Inc., a small-dollar lender that operates in Alabama, Mississippi, and South Carolina under several names including “Always Money” and “Quik Pawn Shop.”

As described in the consent order, the Bureau found that Triton violated the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the disclosure requirements of the Truth in Lending Act by failing to properly disclose finance charges associated with their auto title loans in Mississippi. The Bureau also found that Triton used advertisements that failed to disclose the annual percentage rate and other information required by the Truth in Lending Act.

Under the terms of the consent order, Triton and its subsidiaries are barred from misrepresenting the costs and other terms of their loans and must return unlawful fees paid by consumers. The order enters a judgment of $1,522,298 against Triton, which represents the undisclosed finance charges consumers paid on their Triton loans. As explained in the order, full payment of this amount is suspended subject to Triton’s paying $500,000 to affected consumers.

The consent order filed today is available at: https://files.consumerfinance.gov/f/documents/bcfp_triton-management-group_consent-order_2018-07.pdf