What Is Wealth Project ?
Wealth Project is an online marketing education and opportunity website that offers specialized training in MLM and affiliate marketing strategies and techniques.
Wealth Project is owned and maintained by Shaqir Hussyin, a 27-year-old internet entrepreneur that has risen to fame due to his wild success as an internet marketer. Hussyin is young, charismatic, and incredibly rich, having made a multi-million dollar fortune through MLM internet sales.
Hussyin founded Wealth Project to teach others the techniques and strategies he used so successfully to create his own fortune.
There are a wide range of products and services that Wealth Project offers to fledgling internet marketers looking to grow their own business. These range from free digital products and webinars to low-cost ones with "tripwire"-style upsells to exclusive services that can cost as much as $40,000.
The products and services that Wealth Project provides to prospective internet marketing students are all designed with an eye towards increasing your ability to be successful in MLM or affiliate marketing.
Meanwhile, if you're looking for a direct income opportunity from Wealth Project , there is a free affiliate program that entitles members to 50 percent commission on digital products and 20 percent commission on services.
With many of Wealth Project's products and services being several thousand dollars each in price, this represents a strong income opportunity indeed.
Wealth Project offers excellent commission rates, especially considering that many of its flagship products carry such a high price tag.
The "Shaqir Hussyin's Inner Circle" service alone , a 12-month intensive one-on-one coaching program, is $40,000, leading to a commission of $8,000 from a single sale.
Of course the trick is to find someone willing to spend $40,000 on such high-level, high-intensity internet marketing training. The same goes for finding individuals interested in any of Wealth Project's products and services.
It's no coincidence that Wealth Project sells courses and tools to make you a better affiliate marketer.
The natural progression being sold here is to begin with the low-cost or free Wealth Project courses, then invest deeper into the programs through upsells and more expensive training materials until you feel confident in your ability to convince others to purchase the products and services in turn, funneling referrals to the company to earn commissions that will then end up being paid back to the company to purchase more training of ever-increasing expense.
Shaqir Hussyin didn't stumble into becoming a multi-millionaire by selling toothbrushes door-to-door – he made his millions by selling products and services to people who then sold those products and services in turn to others in an ever-widening pyramid of referrals and commissions.
However, with Wealth Project, Hussyin is committed to creating new and innovative products and services on a regular basis in order to keep his customers (who also largely become his affiliates) happily purchasing and then re-selling to others.
If this sounds appealing to you – and you can hold back from going too deep down the rabbit hole by funneling any affiliate commissions back into Wealth Project for "advanced training," you will be likely to make a decent income from affiliate sales – provided you market them effectively.
Individuals hungry for success of their own will flock to Hussyin due to his high-profile status, which will make it easier to market Wealth Project to others, but the longevity of the opportunity depends on how unique and innovative Hussyin's products remain.
If you feel you can handle the heat, then step into the Wealth Project kitchen. Just keep in mind what you're getting yourself into.


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First Trust Debuts Smartphone ETF (FONE)
ETF Database
Feb. 18, 2011, 10:00 AM
Score another first for the ETF industry; today marks the launch of the first ETF to offer pure play exposure to companies engaged in the smartphone segment. The First Trust NASDAQ CEA Smartphone Index Fund ( FONE) is linked to a modified equal dollar weighted index that includes companies primarily involved in the building, design, and distribution of the handsets, hardware, software and mobile networks associated with the development, sale, and usage of smartphones. "First Trust is extremely pleased to launch another pioneering exchange-traded fund," said Robert Carey, the company's Chief Investment Officer. "We continually evaluate opportunities to broaden the First Trust family of ETFs, and FONE will enhance our unique specialty sector offerings."
The new fund is global in nature, with U.S. companies accounting for about 45% of assets. Other big weightings are made to Taiwan (11%) and Japan (9%), while more than a dozen individual countries are represented in the ETF's holdings. At the individual security level, FONE's components includes some well known firms such as Motorola, Samsung, and LG Electronics as well as a number of companies with which most consumers likely aren't familiar. Sub-sectors represented in the fund include semiconductors (25%), communications equipment (23%), and electronic equipment instruments and components (18%).
In order to be eligible for inclusion in the underlying index, securities must be identified as being engaged in the smartphone industry by the Consumer Electronics Association. They must also be listed on an index-eligible exchange as determined by NASDAQ OMX, have a market cap of $250 million, and have a minimum three month average daily trading volume of at least $1 million [see Ten ETFs To Be Excited For In 2011].
The securities in the NASDAQ OMX CEA Smartphone Index are allocated to one of three business segments: 1) handsets, 2) software applications and hardware components, and 3) network providers. The index is weighted 45% each towards handsets and software applications and hardware components, with the remaining 10% allocated to network providers. Index components are then equally weighted within each business segment, with semi-annual reconstitutions and quarterly rebalancing [see all the ETFs in the Communications Equities ETFdb Category].
Playing The Smartphone Boom
It's no secret that adoption of smartphones has increased tremendously in recent years. Annual global sales of smartphone units have grown to nearly 250 million, and are expected to surpass PC sales by 2012. According to Bloomberg,worldwide smartphone sales are projected to more than triple to 491.9 million units by 2012 from 139.3 million in 2008. In the same period, worldwide PC sales are expected to expand to 443.1 million units from 290.8 million. Smartphones now account for about 30% of wireless device sales in the U.S., and that percentage is expected to climb to more than 40% in the next three years. For many devices, supply simply can't keep up with surging demand. "We are working around-the-clock to build more," said Apple COO Timothy Cook in a call with analysts following a recent earnings report. "I feel great that the demand is so high, but at this point, I'm not going to predict when supply and demand will meet. We believe the reaction and results from the Verizon customers will be huge, and so I don't want to give a prediction right now when the supply and demand will crawl."
As technological improvements and increased competition put downward pressure on prices, smartphones are becoming affordable for larger portions of the population in the U.S. and abroad. Not surprisingly, a major opportunity may exist in emerging markets, where penetration rates are considerably lower than in the developed world. Apple's revenues from Greater China (including mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan) was $2.6 billion last quarter, up more than 300% from the same period a year earlier. There's obviously more to emerging markets than just China and more to the smartphone market than just the iPhone, but these figures help to illustrate the tremendous potential in the developing world.
According to London-based research firm Wireless Intelligence, four out of five new mobile phone subscribers are from developing countries. Of China Mobile's 590 million subscribers only 90 million own smartphones, highlighting the relatively low penetration rates (and tremendous growth opportunities) in the world's most populous country [see Three ETFs For Smart Phone Exposure].
On the surface, the idea of a smartphone ETF may seem as gimmicky as it gets. But the underlying index is constructed in a manner that offers balanced, efficient exposure to a compelling investment thesis; that smartphone adoption is on the rise-especially in emerging markets where penetration rates are a fraction of levels seen here in the U.S. FONE isn't just Apple and Verizon with a 70 basis point expense ratio; it includes a number of smaller companies engaged in various corners of the industry that may not have the glitz of AAPL, but are nevertheless positioned to profit from a long-term shift in how we use technology [see ETFs With AAPL Exposure].
Test For ETFs
The launch of FONE will be an interesting test for the ETF industry. A few years ago a number of hyper-targeted funds debuted, but failed to garner significant assets and were quickly shuttered (the Metabolic-Endocrine Disorders ETF and the Wal-Mart Suppliers ETF were among the more creative products). Now that the ETF industry has grown tremendously and entered into the investing mainstream, it will be interesting to see just how interested investors are in the smartphone fund.
[For more info on the new smartphone ETF, see the FONE fact sheet. For news on all new ETF launches, sign up for our free ETF newsletter.]
Disclosure: No positions at time of writing.
Click here to read the original article on ETFdb.com.

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You are not alone. Most intelligent and inspiring women have also been underestimated and they succeeded anyways.
I believe being underestimated can be a huge asset.
Good thing, considering I have been underestimated practically every day of my career. Being underestimated often means getting ignored.
Not my first choice, but it does give you the advantage of flying under the radar and making progress without threatening anyone. That means you get to build what you want, how you want it, without much interference. It also means there are some things only you can do to make progress and oftentimes you have to generate momentum from within to make it far enough to get noticed in your market.
This is my list of 10 things women must do to win and examples of incredible women I have seen do them.
Does overnight success truly exist? I don't think so. Even those who seem to achieve success easily have had to work hard to get there. I had the pleasure of interacting with Wendy Clark, CEO of DDB Worldwide, on several occasions during her time at The Coca-Cola Company. I have never seen someone who had so much to juggle, consistently be so prepared. She always did her homework before meetings and knew details only gleaned from carefully studying the opportunities.
We always know what is right. Sometimes, doing the right thing comes with risk and consequences and that is when bravery is important. Michelle Jones, Partnership Leader at NCR, is brave. I have watched her speak up about things that might not be popular because they are right. Her bravery gives me faith that big companies can do the right thing when they are led by good people.
To be successful in difficult endeavors, you have to believe in what you are doing to your core. That passion will enable you to weather the challenges that are inevitable. Mack McKelvey, CEO of SalientMG, is passionate about helping women succeed. She is a tireless mentor and advocate and one of the best organizers I have ever met. When I think about someone who brings passion to what they do, Mack is always at the top of my list.
When you are leading the way with innovation you always face challenges. These are times when it is important to stay positive, rally your troops and push forward to success. In my experience with the team at Chipotle, Tressie Lieberman, VP of Digital Marketing and Off-Premise, is this type of leader. She has a positive enthusiasm that compels her team to stay the course.
Don't oversell your capabilities. Be transparent with your team, customers, partners, investors, etc. Take responsibility when your company makes a mistake. One of my most valued mentors, Kim Eaton, Executive Chairman of the Board at Aptean, is an effective leader and mentor because of her integrity and strength of character.
Kat Cole, COO and President of North America at FOCUS Brands, is a great role model for what can happen if you decide to never stop learning. Her amazing story takes her from a waitress at Hooters to one of the most respected women in food service leadership. I have seen her inspiring talks on more than one occasion and what struck me was her energy around staying curious, questioning success and looking for ways to innovate.
Set an objective and pursue your desired outcome with vigor! As women, sometimes we have to remind ourselves it's okay to aggressively pursue our goals. After a successful run as Managing Director of Technology Development at NASCAR (talk about thriving in a man's world!), Betsy Grider, Chief Strategy Officer at Patron Technology, showed what can be accomplished when you approach a challenge with a high level of energy and enthusiasm.
When you reach a certain level of success, you have an opportunity to use your voice to amplify the success of others and to advocate for positive change regarding the issues you believe are important. Kim Bartley, CMO of White Castle, consistently uses her voice to advocate for women leaders as both an executive and a teacher.
Years ago, I was on the cover of an Atlanta publication, The Piedmont Review, with Sara Blakely, CEO of Spanx. I got to spend a day with this inspiring entrepreneur and enjoyed her stories of tenacity as she built her company. She had a lot of people tell her no in the early days and recalled sending a package containing just one shoe to an executive she was trying to meet with the message, "I'm just trying to get a foot in the door!" … she got the meeting!
Reshma Saujani, Founder and CEO of Girls Who Code, is a great example of this. Reshma is focused on closing the gender gap in technology. Her organization reaches almost 90,000 girls in 50 states giving them the tools they need to pursue meaningful careers in computer science.
Getting above the noise and noticed in your market is hard. Women are still woefully underestimated and winning takes a combination of all the things I list above. Thankfully, I am seeing the tides turn on some of the aggressive, bullying tactics I have experienced in the past. Do I dare say they are going out of style? I can hope, right?
My point in all of this is to keep the faith, stay focused on your goal and take comfort in the fact that many successful women have faced the same challenges you are and by: Doing the work, being brave, having passion, staying positive, telling the truth, continuing to learn, going for it, using their voice, not quitting and paying it forward, they achieved success.
That inspires me to believe I can achieve success, too.
A technology pioneer and digital visionary, Catherine Tabor is a seasoned entrepreneur who has founded and scaled several businesses over the last 20 years and is currently the CEO and founder of Sparkfly. She believes that mobile offers can be the unifying force between mobile media and the point of sale, and was named one of Mobile Marketer's Mobile Women to Watch. Catherine also served as the chair of the marketing committee on the Woodruff Arts Center board of directors, and is currently a member of the Board of Visitors at The University of Georgia. She enjoys spending time with her husband Matt and their 12-year-old daughter at their home in Atlanta, GA.


Each member of the winning team will also recieve a unique commemorative plate (see below) decorated with the Aaronic blessing in silver as well as a personal gold plated pendant with the Aaronic blessing. Its history see on the bottom of the page.
The greatest award in any case is the joyful atmosphere of this Championship - for both participants and organizers - and on top of that - the joint celebration of the Word of our God.
The oldest known fragment of Biblical text, these inscriptions predate the oldest manuscripts of the Bible–the Qumran scrolls–dated from the 3rd century B.C.E. Since the Hebrew text used in the inscriptions was developed approximately 300 years prior to the discovery of the Qumran scrolls, it is believed that the plaques originated in the 7th century B.C.E.–during the period of the first Temple.
The Aaronic Blessing was first worn around the neck with a leather strap, close to the heart. Given by God to Aaron, the blessing was God's promise given for all the people.


Google's decision to pre-certify political advertisements on its platform in India is just the tip of the iceberg.
As the Lok Sabha elections draw closer, all eyes are on the Silicon Valley and the role that its companies will play in influencing the Indian electorate.
However, it may also be time to flip that question and ask whether the upcoming general elections will influence the manner in which American tech giants operate in India.
The reason this question even comes up for discussion is a 2004 Supreme Court order that laid down a rigid, pre-censorship regime for political advertising through electronic resources.
The origins of the case lie in a decision of the Election Commission of India (ECI) in 1999 to prohibit all political advertisements on electronic media prior to elections. That decision was challenged before the Andhra Pradesh high court on the grounds that the ECI lacked the powers to ban political advertisements and that the ban violated the fundamental right to free speech under Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution.
Chief Justice M.S. Liberhan in his judgment struck down the ban as unconstitutional. When the matter was appealed before the Supreme Court, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting brought in an entirely new argument, citing a particular rule in the Cable Television Network Rules, 1994 that prohibited political advertisements from being broadcast on cable television.
(3) No advertisement shall be permitted, the objects whereof, are wholly or mainly of a religious or political nature; advertisements must not be directed towards any religious or political end.
It should be remembered that this rule was framed in 1994, in the early days of broadcast television in a country still smouldering from the flames of communal violence. Regardless, the constitutionality of this rule was highly suspect, given the blanket ban it imposed on political speech, which most commentators would classify as the most important type of speech.
The Supreme Court appears to have been aware of the constitutionality issue but rather than strike down the rule, a bench comprising of Chief Justice V.N. Khare and Justices S.B. Sinha, Justice S.H. Kapadia passed an order concocting a draconian pre-censorship regime for all political advertising through electronic media.
As per this order, all political advertising would have to be submitted to the Election Commission (or any bureaucrat designated by the EC) for approval before it could be broadcast on electronic media. According to the court, any appeals against the decision of the bureaucracy would lie before only it.
This may have been the first time that judges of a democratic country vested the powers to censor political speech with unelected bureaucrats. To make it adequately clear that it was using brute power and not legal reasoning to justify its order, the court declared that its ruling was made under Article 142 of the Constitution – which allows the Supreme Court to pass any orders it thinks necessary to serve justice.
There was no attempt by the Supreme Court to engage with the constitutionality of the prohibition contained in the impugned rule. The court also declined to engage with the prickly constitutional issues in relation to pre-censorship on speech despite having divergent views on the issue in its earlier precedents.
That ruling of the SC has held the field since 2004 and the ECI declared in 2013 that the ruling would apply to even social media and that all advertisements on social media will be subject to pre-censorship.
Since social media websites are also electronic media by definition, therefore, these instructions of the Commission contained in its order No.509/75/2004/JS-1/4572 dated 15.04.2004 shall also apply mutatis mutandis to websites including social media websites and shall fall under the purview of pre-certification. You are, therefore, requested to ensure that no political advertisements are released to any internet-based media/websites, including social media websites, by political parties/candidates without pre-certification from competent authorities in the same format and following the same procedures as referred in the aforesaid orders.
In its recently announced political advertising policy for India, Google has made it mandatory to submit a pre-censorship certificate from the ECI in order to run political advertisements on its platform. In doing so, Google has become the first Silicon Valley company to comply with the ECI's instructions.
The question for Google now is whether it plans on complying with similar pre-censorship laws under the Cinematograph Act and vet all video advertisements on YouTube? This is a relevant question because with respect to advertisements, Google and YouTube are publishers, not intermediaries for third party content.
Silicon Valley has generally managed to evade tough regulation directed at the broadcast industry by arguing that the internet is a completely different medium from traditional media. By accepting the pre-censorship regime meant for electronic media in the case of political advertising Google has provided its critics with a useful precedent to hold against it even when Google claims it is a platform and not a publisher.
What is also currently not clear is whether the pre-censorship regime is limited to paid advertisements and not content posted by political parties on their social media accounts. Is the ECI going to certify every social media post, be it video or content, on these platforms? There does not appear to be any rational basis for this distinction. If political parties cannot be trusted with mass communications, why trust them to broadcast content on their own pages or channels that are hosted by social media platforms?
The ECI needs to provide an answer to this question. If it cannot, it should take actions to ensure parity of treatment between political advertising on social media and traditional media.
The other big issue is the manner in which the ECI plans to regulate political advertising on the University of WhatsApp. As I have argued earlier in these pages, WhatsApp is no longer a personal messaging service, it is a mass communication service. A party worker can communicate a political message to five groups, which each group containing 256 persons, in a matter of seconds.
As per a recent Time story, Indian political parties are using WhatsApp for mass messaging, often with hate filled messages. How should the law classify these messages sent to 1,280 persons without any cost? Can it even be called an advertisement? Most likely not. In that case, it would be legal for political parties to simply send out messages on WhatsApp without any requirements for pre-censorship certificates. What then is the point of the ECI regulating political advertisements on other platforms.
Even presuming the ECI wants to have some kind of regulation targeted at WhatsApp, how does it plan to regulate an end-to-end encrypted platform? What happens when bad actors in the political ecosystem start spreading fake news in the 48 hours prior to elections when campaigning is supposed to stop? These are not hypothetical questions and the ECI has been grappling with similar issues in the past. Let us not forget that rumours on WhatsApp led to the Muzaffarnagar riots in 2013. Those riots are suspected to have polarised western Uttar Pradesh and partly contributed to the BJP's sweep of Lok Sabha seats in that region. How is the ECI going to crack the whip in these cases?
Some of these questions may be answered by the Bombay high court since a PIL has been filed before it seeking regulation of political advertisements on social media. Going by the remarks from the bench, it would appear that the Silicon Valley and the ECI are in for some tough questions.
It doesn't help their case that the lawyer for the petitioners is Abhinav Chandrachud, the author of Republic of Rhetoric – a book that traces the history of free speech in India. Given the general suspicion that Indian judges reserve for political parties in India, it is very likely that this case will end badly for the Silicon Valley. If that happens, a precedent for regulating Silicon Valley platforms in other scenarios will be set.


Soft Matter is pleased to present this collection on electrostatics and soft matter, in memory of Per Linse, a prominent researcher who made many key contributions within the field of soft matter electrostatics and polyelectrolytes.
The collection is Guest Edited by Christos Likos (University of Vienna, Austria) and Joakim Stenhammar (Lund University, Sweden), and their Editorial for the collection is available here.
Issue 1 of Volume 13 of Soft Matter is an Emerging Investigators special issue, highlighting the recent work of leading researchers in the field who are in the earlier stages of their careers as group leaders.
The collection showcases both experimental and theoretical work from around the globe, and features investigations across a wide diversity of soft materials, including polymers, liquid crystals, nanoparticles, foams, emulsions and biological matter.
Check out the Editorial by Executive Editor Neil Hammond.
Issue 36 of Soft Matter is a very special themed issue on interfacial dynamics in foams and emulsions, published in celebration of the career of Dominique Langevin, whose work has done much to advance the understanding of these soft matter systems.
The themed issue is Guest Edited by Anniina Salonen, Wiebke Drenckhan and Emmanuelle Rio (Université Paris-Sud, France) – read their introduction to the issue in the Editorial.
Take a look at our new web collection, celebrating the excellent research presented at the 2013 International Soft Matter Conference and the very healthy state of the soft matter field.
This collection of articles is Guest Edited by Sofia Kantorovich (University of Vienna) and Emanuela Zaccarelli (CNR-ISC, Sapienza Universita di Roma). It comprises papers from a selection of talks and posters that were presented at the 3rd International Soft Matter Conference, held in Rome on 15-19 September last year.
The collection reflects the variety of topics discussed at the conference, and includes articles on colloids, gels, biomaterials such as DNA and cells, crystals and glasses. It highlights novel experimental methods, theoretical approaches and advanced simulation techniques, and provides an insight into both equilibrium and out-of-equilibrium behaviour of soft matter.
Proteins, cells, and tissues in patterned environments: themed issue now published!
The Soft Matter themed issue on Proteins, cells, and tissues in patterned environments is now online! Guest Editors Ulrich Schwarz (University of Heidelberg), Celeste Nelson (Princeton University) and Pascal Silberzan (Institut Curie) introduce the issue in their Editorial.
Reconfigurable soft matter themed issue now published!
Reconfigurable soft matter systems are distinguished by their remarkable ability to sense and respond to external stimuli or changes in the environment by readjusting their morphology and/or functionality. Published last week, the Soft Matter themed issue on Reconfigurable Soft Matter highlights the new advances in designing and creating such materials. Guest Editors Anna Balazs and Joanna Aizenberg introduce the issue in their Editorial.
Soft Matter under Confinement Themed Issue has been published!
The Soft Matter themed issue on Soft Matter under Confinement is now available to read online! This issue brings together studies which explore the effect of confinement, whether spatial, topological, configurational or at interfaces, on the properties and behaviour of soft matter.
Find out more about the issue in the Editorial, written by Guest Editors Professor Jacob Klein (Weizmann Institute, Israel) and Dr Susan Perkin (Oxford University, UK).
… and a number of previous Hot Papers!
The 2013 Soft Matter Emerging Investigators themed issue has been published. This issue highlights some of the current up-and-coming researchers in soft matter science and showcases the research that is making them leading investigators in the field. Liz Dunn and Michael Rubinstein, Chair of the Editorial Board, introduce the issue in their editorial. The full issue can be found here.
Do hierarchical structures assemble best via hierarchical pathways?
Soft Matter and guest editors Joanna Aizenberg (Harvard University) and Anna Balazs (University of Pittsburgh) are planning to produce a themed issue on 'Reconfigurable soft matter'.
Manuscripts can be submitted using the RSC's online submissions service. Please clearly mark that the manuscript is submitted for the themed issue on 'Reconfigurable soft matter'.
Soft Matter has recently published online a series of Editorials by Samuel A. Safran, Tom Lubensky, Richard Jones, Edit Yerushalmi & Erich Sackmann that discuss the state of soft matter education across scientific fields.
Both the authors and Soft Matter strongly feel that this is an area of great importance for the soft matter community, and would very much like to encourage you all to share your thoughts, comments and opinions on this subject. As such we have created this blog as a central place to enable open discussion of the matter.
If you would like take part in this discussion please add your comments on this blog, and come back often to see what others have to say!
The Editorials are listed below and they have also been grouped together on the 'Themed Issues' tab of the Soft Matter website so that you can easily find them again in the future.


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Portuguese became an official language in 1290 when then King Denis of Portugal opened the first University in the country, in Lisbon. The Portuguese language spread in the 1400s and 1500s as Portugal established its empire worldwide, most notably to Brazil, but also to Goa, Macau, East Timor, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, São Tomé and Príncipe, Angola and Mozambique. The first Portuguese dictionary was published in 1569 and around the same time an official Portuguese grammar was established. A Museum of the Portuguese Language was opened in 2006, housed in a busy train station in São Paulo.
Many creole languages based on Portuguese have sprung up across Africa, Asia and the Americas. Generally these have a similar vocabulary to their parent languages, but a very different set of grammar. There are two main varieties of the Portuguese language: European Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese. Though mutually intelligible there are numerous lexical differences and spelling varies. The main barrier to inter-communication, however, is the marked difference in pronunciation. 'Portuñol', a mixture of Portuguese and Spanish, can be heard mostly along the border regions of Brazil where it meets its neighbouring, Spanish-speaking countries.
Portuguese is the fourth most learned language in the world, and is an obligatory subject for students in Uruguay and Argentina. According to UNESCO, Portuguese is the language with the highest possibility for growth as an international language, due largely to the emergence of Brazil as a world 'super power'. It is already an official language of the European Union, Mercosul and the African Union and there are campaigns afoot for it to be included as a further official language of the United Nations.
The Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP), founded in 1996, is an inter-governmental entity for relations between Portuguese-speaking countries. It established the International Portuguese Language Institute, with its headquarters in Cape Verde, to promote, defend and enrich the spread of the Portuguese language worldwide.
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  }));

  describe('get', function() {

    it('should get template by ID', inject(function(elementTemplates) {

      // when
      const template = elementTemplates.get('foo');

      // then
      expect(template.id).to.equal('foo');
      expect(template.version).not.to.exist;
    }));

    it('should get template by ID and version', inject(function(elementTemplates) {

      // when
      const template = elementTemplates.get('foo', 1);

      // then
      expect(template.id).to.equal('foo');
      expect(template.version).to.equal(1);
    }));

    it('should get template by element (template ID)', inject(function(elementRegistry, elementTemplates) {

      // given
      const task = elementRegistry.get('Task_1');

      // when
      const template = elementTemplates.get(task);

      // then
      expect(template.id).to.equal('foo');
      expect(template.version).not.to.exist;
    }));

    it('should get template by element (template ID and version)', inject(function(elementRegistry, elementTemplates) {

      // given
      const task = elementRegistry.get('Task_2');

      // when
      const template = elementTemplates.get(task);

      // then
      expect(template.id).to.equal('foo');
      expect(template.version).to.equal(1);
    }));

    it('should not get template (no template with ID)', inject(function(elementTemplates) {

      // when
      const template = elementTemplates.get('oof');

      // then
      expect(template).to.be.null;
    }));

    it('should not get template (no template with ID + version)', inject(function(elementTemplates) {

      // when
      const template = elementTemplates.get('foo', -1);

      // then
      expect(template).to.be.null;
    }));

    it('should not get template (no template applied to element)', inject(function(elementRegistry, elementTemplates) {

      // given
      const task = elementRegistry.get('Task_3');

      // when
      const template = elementTemplates.get(task);

      // then
      expect(template).to.be.null;
    }));

  });

  describe('getDefault', function() {

    it('should get default template for element', inject(function(elementRegistry, elementTemplates) {

      // given
      const task = elementRegistry.get('ServiceTask');

      // when
      const template = elementTemplates.getDefault(task);

      // then
      expect(template.id).to.equal('default');
      expect(template.version).to.equal(1);
      expect(template.isDefault).to.be.true;
    }));

  });

  describe('getAll', function() {

    it('should get all templates', inject(function(elementTemplates) {

      // when
      const templates = elementTemplates.getAll();

      // then
      expectTemplates(templates, [
        [ 'default', 1 ],
        [ 'foo' ],
        [ 'foo', 1 ],
        [ 'foo', 2 ],
        [ 'foo', 3 ],
        [ 'bar', 1 ],
        [ 'bar', 2 ],
        [ 'baz' ],
        [ 'deprecated' ]
      ]);
    }));

    it('should get all template versions', inject(function(elementTemplates) {

      // when
      const templates = elementTemplates.getAll('foo');

      // then
      expectTemplates(templates, [
        [ 'foo' ],
        [ 'foo', 1 ],
        [ 'foo', 2 ],
        [ 'foo', 3 ],
      ]);
    }));

    it('should get all applicable templates', inject(function(elementRegistry, elementTemplates) {

      // given
      const task = elementRegistry.get('Task_3');

      // when
      const templates = elementTemplates.getAll(task);

      // then
      expectTemplates(templates, [
        [ 'foo' ],
        [ 'foo', 1 ],
        [ 'foo', 2 ],
        [ 'foo', 3 ],
        [ 'bar', 1 ],
        [ 'bar', 2 ],
        [ 'baz' ],
        [ 'deprecated' ]
      ]);
    }));

    it('should throw for invalid argument', inject(function(elementTemplates) {

      // then
      expect(function() {
        elementTemplates.getAll(false);
      }).to.throw('argument must be of type {string|djs.model.Base|undefined}');

    }));

  });

  describe('getLatest', function() {

    it('should get all latest templates', inject(function(elementTemplates) {

      // when
      const templates = elementTemplates.getLatest();

      // then
      expectTemplates(templates, [
        [ 'default', 1 ],
        [ 'foo', 3 ],
        [ 'bar', 2 ],
        [ 'baz' ]
      ]);
    }));

    it('should get all latest templates (including deprecated)', inject(function(elementTemplates) {

      // when
      const templates = elementTemplates.getLatest(null, { deprecated: true });

      // then
      expectTemplates(templates, [
        [ 'default', 1 ],
        [ 'foo', 3 ],
        [ 'bar', 2 ],
        [ 'baz' ],
        [ 'deprecated' ]
      ]);
    }));

    it('should get latest template version', inject(function(elementTemplates) {

      // when
      const templates = elementTemplates.getLatest('bar');

      // then
      expectTemplates(templates, [
        [ 'bar', 2 ]
      ]);
    }));

    it('should get latest template version (including deprecated)', inject(function(elementTemplates) {

      // when
      const templates = elementTemplates.getLatest('deprecated', { deprecated: true });

      // then
      expectTemplates(templates, [
        [ 'deprecated' ]
      ]);
    }));

    it('should hide deprecated template', inject(function(elementTemplates) {

      // when
      const templates = elementTemplates.getLatest('deprecated');

      // then
      expectTemplates(templates, []);
    }));

    it('should get latest template version (mixed versions)', inject(function(elementTemplates) {

      // when
      const templates = elementTemplates.getLatest('foo');

      // then
      expectTemplates(templates, [
        [ 'foo', 3 ]
      ]);
    }));

    it('should get latest template version (no version)', inject(function(elementTemplates) {

      // when
      const templates = elementTemplates.getLatest('baz');

      // then
      expectTemplates(templates, [
        [ 'baz' ]
      ]);
    }));

    it('should get all applicable templates', inject(function(elementRegistry, elementTemplates) {

      // given
      const task = elementRegistry.get('Task_3');

      // when
      const templates = elementTemplates.getLatest(task);

      // then
      expectTemplates(templates, [
        [ 'foo', 3 ],
        [ 'bar', 2 ],
        [ 'baz' ]
      ]);
    }));

    it('should throw for invalid argument', inject(function(elementTemplates) {

      // then
      expect(function() {
        elementTemplates.getLatest(false);
      }).to.throw('argument must be of type {string|djs.model.Base|undefined}');

    }));

  });

  describe('set', function() {

    it('should set templates', inject(function(elementTemplates) {

      // when
      elementTemplates.set(templates.slice(0, 3));

      // then
      expect(elementTemplates.getAll()).to.have.length(3);
    }));

    it('should not ignore version set to 0', inject(function(elementTemplates) {

      // when
      elementTemplates.set(falsyVersionTemplate);

      // then
      expect(elementTemplates.get(falsyVersionTemplate[0].id, 0)).to.exist;
    }));

  });

  describe('applyTemplate', function() {

    it('should set template on element', inject(function(elementRegistry, elementTemplates) {

      // given
      const task = elementRegistry.get('Task_1');

      const template = elementTemplates.getAll().find(
        t => isAny(task, t.appliesTo)
      );

      // assume
      expect(template).to.exist;

      // when
      const updatedTask = elementTemplates.applyTemplate(task, template);

      // then
      expect(updatedTask).to.exist;
      expect(elementTemplates.get(updatedTask)).to.equal(template);
    }));

  });

});

// helpers //////////////////////

function expectTemplates(templates, expected) {

  expect(templates).to.exist;
  expect(templates).to.have.length(expected.length);

  expected.forEach(function([ id, version ]) {
    expect(templates.find(t => t.id === id && t.version === version)).to.exist;
  });
}

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Alec Baldwin: Here's Why I Won't Run for Office (Yet)
Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/Getty
Alec Baldwin has given serious thought to running for office. He already knows what it's like for people to hate his guts, for things like playing the president on Saturday Night Live—"They say things like, 'I don't know who we want to get rid of first, Alec Baldwin or Trump.'"
He has considered diving head-first into the political world, and there is a chance he still might, but there are a few things he'd need to take care of first—and someone he'd have to convince.
In this episode of The New Abnormal, the 30 Rock actor tells Molly Jong-Fast about his wife's opinion on the matter, and why he credits his dad for standing "on the right side" of politics these days, according to Molly. After all, out of all the Baldwins in the family, there is only one Trump supporter.
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What the Parable of the Talents Teaches Us About Inequality
Jan 20 2022 February 17, 2022
What the Parable of the Talents Teaches Us About Inequality – The Garrett Ashley Mullet Show
The preoccupation in our day with inequality – of wealth, power, influence, and ability – could benefit greatly from a careful reading of what Christ says the kingdom of heaven will be like in Matthew 25:14-30.
'The Parable of the Talents' is the story of a master who gave different amounts of money to his three servants before going away for a while. To one he gave five talents, to another two, and to the third he gave just one.
But when the master returned, two servants had doubled his money, and the third had lazily buried it in a field. And what was the master's response?
Did he take the talents from the two servants who had wisely invested to give more to the servant who hadn't? Of course not.
One might say then that the kingdom of heaven will be like free market capitalism. To those who have been faithful with a little, more will be given. And those who have squandered rather than stewarded what the Lord gave them, even what little they have will be taken away and given to those who were faithful.
So much for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity. And so much for Socialism.


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CD Review: Duran Duran - "All You Need Is Now"
Shawn Hammond
All You Need Is Now is a return to the sound that put the band on the New Wave map.
All You Need Is Now
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For 30 years now, Duran Duran has been one of the few unabashed purveyors of synth pop to also make guitar and bass guitar crucial elements of its sound. Andy Taylor's chorused, funky/ neo-punk chord stabs added indispensible bite and adventure to every one of the band's '80s hits, from 1981's "Planet Earth" to "Girls on Film," "The Reflex," "Wild Boys," and "A View to a Kill." Likewise, John Taylor's slinky, galloping bass lines were probably the funkiest on radio that whole decade. Andy left the band in the '90s, and former Frank Zappa guitarist Warren Cuccurullo came aboard to shake things up for several years. Andy returned for a couple of albums in 2004 and 2007, but he's now out again. You'd never know it from All You Need Is Now, though. Session guitarist Dominic Brown has been filling in since Andy's second departure in '07. And though Brown is far more adventurous, toneful, and adept than Andy Taylor, anyone hoping he'd add the same sorts of earthy grit he's been adding to Duran live shows—search YouTube for "Duran Duran – Skin Divers (Private Sessions)" for a sampling—will be disappointed. Brown's lines sound exactly like Taylor circa 1981. In fact, the whole album is a return to the sound that put the band on the New Wave map. The first single, "All you Need Is Now," takes a stab at being more cutting edge with its industrial synths, semi-sneering verses, and danceable chorus, but the rest of the album is filled with so many nods to the past that it comes across as cynical. It's not that they can't pull it off—it is their sound—and there certainly are some nice songs, including the bittersweet, acoustic-driven "Leave the Light On" and the catchy, upbeat "Blame the Machines." It's just a shame Brown is left to so slavishly cop the sound of a player that he obviously blows out of the water.
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The Palm Beach County Human Rights Council Details Plans For 2019
Written by SFGN Staff | Zachary Winograd
Rand Hoch, founder of PBCHRC. Photo via Rand Hoch, Facebook
Many LGBT activists and organizations are setting goals for the new year, one organization being the Human Rights Council (HRC) of Palm Beach County, a non-profit LGBT advocacy group.
Since 1988, the HRC has been dedicated to furthering and protecting the LGBT community's civil rights in Palm Beach County. In 2018, they were able to get cities like Lake Worth and Boynton Beach to ban the practice of conversion therapy within their cities. This year's first order of business is assisting LGBT seniors and LGBT youth.
"Locally, PBCHRC is working with West Palm Beach City Commissioner Christina Lambert on initiatives to assist LGBT seniors and with WPB City Commissioner Kelly Shoaf and Compass on initiatives to assist LGBT youth" said HRC founder and Legislative Director Rand Hoch via email.
On the state level, HRC also plans to work with other outside advocacy groups to pass the Florida Inclusive Workforce Act, a new effort to amend the Florida Civil Rights Act to prohibit employment discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Other groups and people collaborating on the effort are SAVE Florida, Translatina, Conservatives on the Right of Equality and former Florida Rep. David Richardson.
Other plans and initiatives for 2019 include:
Installing a rainbow pride crosswalk in downtown West Palm Beach
Working with WPBA and Palm Beach County to change signs on single-stall restrooms to be gender-inclusive
Getting Lake Worth City Commissioner Omari Hardy to support an inclusive and innovative approach to city-wide bullying prevention
Working with the healthcare district of Palm Beach County to see if it is possible for the district to provide trans-specific medical care for those in need
Urging the school district of Palm Beach County to cease all ties to homophobic companies and businesses like Hobby Lobby and Chick-fil-A
While it's a hefty agenda, this is nothing new for Rand Hoch, who founded the organization back in 1988. Hoch started his career by advocating for gay rights in South Florida in the 1970s, later becoming Florida's first openly gay judge in 1992. After retiring from the bench, Hoch returned to PBCHRC in his current position.
The HRC has passed over 160 laws supporting LGBT civil rights, according to their website— and hopes to add on to the list in 2019.
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Five Reasons Why The Month Of August Remains Hollywood's Biggest Box Office Mystery
Dade Hayes Former Contributor
Summer is entering the home stretch, the "dog days" --or, in other words, August. What this means for popular culture generally is a good-sized siesta. Television is showing signs of life mostly on premium cable, and music, theater and publishing have pretty much hung out a "gone fishing" sign. The movie business, that unstoppable engine of American life, cranks on straight through August because, well, an air-conditioned theater is always a welcome thing and because a gap exists to be filled and sometimes movies manage to fill a vacuum quite expertly.
But what is the nature of August box office nowadays? It is a question that will get a workout over the coming days, with Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy opening Aug. 1 and poised to bring in $70 million or more in the U.S. during its first weekend. So, that must mean that August is a perfectly legit launch pad for major Hollywood attractions, right? Well, yes and no. The marketplace has evolved significantly from the dumping ground of decades ago, but nevertheless it remains a shape-shifting month whose character changes from beginning to end. The free-for-all that began amid fireworks and Memorial Day pageantry dissolves into a Labor Day spectacle that can be shocking in its box office insignificance. Studios do their best to program into this shifting series of weekends, when beach fun segues to leafy contemplation, but it's a challenge. The stakes for August this year are not negligible--the movie business is already angst-ridden about the projected 20% drop in summer grosses, which comprise more than a third of their annual hall. A subpar summer means a sub-optimal year, almost assuredly.
The cast of Guardians of the Galaxy (Photo credit: Gage Skidmore)
Still, if Guardians can somehow lead to upside surprises for Into the Storm, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Expendables 3, then maybe the month can at least help regain some of what's been lost. Last year's haul of nearly $929 million, counting all movies that played in August (including July carryovers), set an all-time record for the month. So the precedent is there. But as this 2001-10 chart from BoxOfficeQuant shows, there has been a lot of variability within the month--it is a mirror opposite of December, which tends to start off very sluggish and surge dramatically around Christmastime. Only 31 films have ever grossed more than $100 million after launching in August, according to Rentrak. And yet, this has famously been the month when studios have mobilized some truly singular work. Inglourious Basterds, The Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Collateral, The Sixth Sense, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Superbad -- all of them connected at the tail end of summer.
Here are five reasons why August remains a challenging time for studios to market high-priced goods:
1. Kids Go Back to School. It seems hard to believe for East or West Coasters accustomed to a post-Labor Day return to classrooms, but large swaths of the country do so in August. By the end of the month, about two-thirds of all U.S. public schools are in session, to say nothing of many colleges and universities full of avid moviegoers. Kids and families are certainly still available on weekends but it causes a precipitous drop in animated and family titles, and also a willingness to push genres. "August is the grindhouse month," said Paul Dergarabedian, a longtime box office observer and now senior media analyst at Rentrak. "You see more risk-taking with genre films and films that take full, complete advantage of who is most available." District 9, Neill Blomkamp's dystopian sci-fi action fable began its march toward a best picture Oscar nomination in August 2009; his followup, Elysium, came out last August.
2. It Has No Holidays. Over the past several years, previously lower-tier holidays like Columbus Day, Presidents Day and Martin Luther King Day have developed into extended weekends with strong capabilities. This year, Labor Day is Sept. 1, so technically it will contribute to the August tally, but only marginally. March and April are the only other federal holiday-less months, but at least they share Easter and Passover on a regular basis. August is just ... August.
3. Sequelitis Has Long Ago Kicked In. That fact of modern movie life takes its toll well before August, but distribution veterans know not to bring weak tea to this party. Among the month's 10 biggest openings, four are sequels, but from well-established properties (Rush Hour, American Pie and the Bourne franchise). Not a low percentage, but reflective of the general fatigue among audiences this time of year. They want something fresh and in a lot of cases the runaway successes of August bring something new to the summer picnic.
4. Prestige Audiences Are Still in the Hamptons. Gradually, toward the end of the month, the Venice and Telluride film festivals light the fuse for serious cinephile time and, inevitably, awards season. Once early September's Toronto Film Festival arrives, August is but a memory. Occasionally, classier and more thoughtful titles like The Constant Gardener, The Fugitive, Unforgiven or Lee Daniels' The Butler have gotten their start here, but the trick is usually the high-low game. Films like Tropic Thunder, Superbad and A Clear and Present Danger were never destined to bring home Oscar gold, but they offered enough meat on the bone for adults starving for a bit of substance.
5. Summer Front-Loading Continues. When you have projects costing a small fortune to produce, you want them to have the most potential audience available. That drove the thinking behind Spider-Man's original early-May explosion and the Marvel-led May bonanzas ever since. Studios with two or three major tentpoles to put in the ground are going to do so earlier than ever, so that doesn't leave room for a lot of big-ticket August items. (And no, Let's Be Cops doesn't count as big-ticket.)
In my search for noteworthy observations about the eighth month of the year, I found only one. "August creates as she slumbers, replete and satisfied," wrote critic Joseph Wood Krutch. Dergarabedian's main encouragement to Hollywood is not to get too hung up on how sleepy a month might appear. "The movies define the month," he said. "The month doesn't have to define the movies. Look at March -- it was thought of in a certain way and then along came The Hunger Games."
Dade Hayes
I have been writing about the media and entertainment business -- primarily film and television -- for two decades, first from Los Angeles and, since 2005, from New York...


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Madison Central continues mastery of Northwest Rankin
Clarion Ledger
Northwest Rankin didn't cause Madison Central too many problems during the regular season.
The Jaguars won each of the three meetings and outscored the Cougars by a combined 14 runs.
The dominance carried over to the postseason as Madison Central claimed a 5-0 victory against Northwest Rankin in Game 1 of the Class 6A semifinals on Thursday.
"The key to beating those guys is getting a lead early," Jaguars coach Patrick Robey said. "When you get a lead on those guys, it makes it hard for them to do what they want to do and that's bunt, steal and move runners. The first inning was huge (for our cause)."
If there was any doubt the Jaguars (24-10) couldn't replicate its regular season success against the Cougars, they wasted little time proving they could.
In the first inning, Madison Central first baseman Trace Tyre took a Luke Files offering and smashed it against the center-field wall, which is 360 feet from home plate. Two runs scored as a result of Tyre's double.
Later in the inning, designated hitter Khristian Washington took Files to deep center with an RBI double, which made it a 4-0 Jaguars lead.
Flies was chased from the game in the second inning. His counterpart didn't face the same issues.
Madison Central starter Regi Grace was in command for a majority of the night. Grace pitched a complete game, held the Cougars (23-11) to four hits and struck out seven batters.
"(It) was just throwing strikes, filling up the zone and making my defense work for me," said Grace, who is a sophomore. "My upperclassmen really support me and tell me I have the talent to do what I want to do, so that really helps."
The only time Grace seemed to have any issues on the mound was when Braden Smith was up to bat. Smith went 3-for-4 with two doubles in a losing effort.
Smith, who had three of the Cougars' four hits, did his best to help his team, but Northwest Rankin was also hurt by some poor defense. The Cougars committed four errors, which created some scoring opportunities for the Jaguars in the first.
"We spotted them too many runs in the first inning," Northwest Rankin coach Jeff McClaskey said. "We can't make errors against a team like that. ... It kind of took the air out of us a little bit."
The series will shift to Northwest Rankin for Game 2, which will be at 7 p.m. Friday. Sophomore J.T. Carney will take the mound for the Cougars, who are still in search of their first win against the Jaguars.
Contact Antonio Morales at amorales2@jackson.gannett.com. Follow @AntonioCMorales on Twitter.


The new KIA Stinger was born from a passion for driving, deeply rooted in the hearts of true motoring enthusiasts. From the low-slung bonnet to the muscular rear, every striking line references the classic spirit of Gran Turismo and what's to come: breathtaking performance.
fast, well equipped and distinctively styled, with the ability to entertain.
Pure, yet exclusive. The Stinger takes its inspiration from sporty GT styling paired with the latest in driver-assistance technology. The striking interior features circular aircraft-style vents, metal-ringed gauges and satin chrome trim, as well as the latest in comfort and luxury. From the low-slung driver's seat fitted with soft nappa leather as standard on GT, you'll enjoy access to essential information – courtesy of the supervision cluster in the instrument panel or the optional Head-Up Display. The 8" navigation screen in the centre console covers all your multimedia needs.
Cabin or concert hall? It can be both thanks to the Harman/Kardon Premium Sound System with Clari-Fi, advanced sound technology that fills the cabin with rich, balanced audio through 15 speakers – for sound as it was meant to be heard.
The days when sport cars were sparse racing machines are long gone, and especially so in the Stinger. Thanks to its long wheelbase, the Stinger's spacious cabin ensures that all passengers can enjoy the comfortable space. With supple Nappa leather upholstery and electrically adjustable seating for the driver and front passenger, Stinger proves that life is not about the destination, but the journey.
To be a true GT, a GT must be able to reach top speeds anywhere and in any circumstance. And to achieve unlimited speed, a car needs to be equipped with superior capacity in terms of power, drivability, safety, and durability.
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Saatva Mattress Vs Dreamcloud – Saatva Mattress Comparison
February 1, 2021 by [email protected]
1 Making sense of Saatva
5.1 Zenhaven top reviews of the owner
In the crowded field of mattresses on the internet, Saatva stands apart in fundamental ways. Saatva ships its mattresses via truck, instead of in boxes. Even though, as with other sellers on the internet they have progressively increased its inventory, Saatva remains focused on offering a variety of "luxury" designs, all priced at, with the exception of its Youth model, over $1500 (for a queen). Saatva Mattress Vs Dreamcloud
There's no doubt that there's a range of mattresses which are more luxurious than Saatva's, featuring higher coil counts and finer materials.
We find Saatva's mattresses among the most beautiful and thoughtfully designed choices that are available from an online business.
Over the last three years, our team has group-tested Saatva's insidespring Saatva Classic, the memory-foam Loom and Leaf, as well as the all-latex Zenhaven and have consistently been as one of our top choices in our reviews of the top foam mattresses and the top innerspring mattresses.
We've also slept on the Saatva latex hybrid and have studied the design and construction of the other beds from Saatva's line-up.The majority of online mattresses are foams or hybrids, therefore the Saatva Classic stands out. It's one of the few innerspring mattresses that you can buy on the internet.
Pocketed coils give Saatva Classic Saatva Classic a good amount of bounce near the top. A plush top adds softness. Additionally, like the rest of Saatva's mattresses they are delivered by movers. Saatva Classic is delivered by the movers rather than boxes. Saatva also offers a generous 180-day trial period and easy returns.
It's all foam. Loom & Leaf is made of more dense memory foam than other under-$1,000 mattresses, so it's less likely to sag over time. For that reason, it's better for people who weigh over 200 pounds.
The quilted, thick cover is more cushier, and more sturdy than the sock-like cover that are found on many foam mattresses, and the cover helps the memory-foam layer underneath feel less squishy.
Just like you'd expect with a memory-foam bed the Loom & Leaf limits motion more that the innerspring Saatva Classic.Zenhaven is a 100% foam mattress. Zenhaven consists mostly of latex. Particularly Talalay latex, which is made from the plant's milky sap. It is incredibly tough. Talalay is less brittle than Dunlop latex, which is typically found in cheaper latex mattresses that we've tried.
The Zenhaven can also be flipped (the Luxury Plush side feels medium-firm, while the Gentle Firm side feels a bit firmer) This could be beneficial if you're unsure which side you prefer or your preferences change over time.
This is not a conventionally cushy mattress, but it offers a supple cushion, good edge support, and a mild springiness.
Because of its robustness and its suppleness, the Zenhaven should work well for those who weigh more than 200 pounds. Saatva Mattress Vs Dreamcloud
Making sense of Saatva
Solaire (a Bed with air chambers that can be adjusted)
Saatva HD (a hybrid made of latex and coil that is designed for sleepers who weigh between 300 and 500 pounds)
Saatva Youth (a foam-coil hybrid designed for kids ages 3 through 12)
We haven't done an exhaustive study of what we consider to be the "natural" claims of Saatva or of the other "eco-friendly" companies.
However, we know that the company uses thistle pulp or organic wool to act as a flame-retardant (as opposed to chemicals or fiberglass) and only organic cotton (instead of synthetic blends) in its mattress covers.
As do other mattress brands online, Saatva touts such extras as zoned layers for "optimal spine support" but we're not impressed with those features and are more impressed with Saatva's quick customer service and its durable coils and foams. Saatva Mattress Vs Dreamcloud
Who it's for:The Saatva Classic is likely to suit people who prefer a cushy (but not overwhelmingly big and bulky) top layer, and an extremely durable, supple feel. This Luxury Firm model (Saatva's "Medium" offer), which we tested is a good choice for side-, back-, and stomach-sleepers. The softer Plush Soft version caters primarily to side-sleepers as does the Firm version to back- and stomach-sleepers.
The way it feels:We tested the Luxury Firm version of the Saatva Classic – the model with the most popularity-and discovered it to be soft on top, and with excellent rebound and support. It has a squarely medium-firm feel, but it softens slightly after a period of break-in time of about a month.
What we like:The Saatva Classic is among the very few innerspring mattresses you can purchase online without the ease that is often associated with purchasing a boxed foam mattress. It is made up of 416 robust coils in the base for support, and 884 individually wrapped, more flexible coils on top to provide pressure relief. There's a slice of memory foam included in the mix, but the actual cushioning comes from an inch of polyfoam-and-fiber Euro top (an extra layer of cushion that is sewn beneath the top). The result is a soft and comfortable appeal: it's a bit bouncy, resilient, and supportive with a plushness that doesn't feel bulky.
We tested the 14 1/2 -inch Saatva Classic in Luxury Firm in a 2021 group test for innersprings (it's additionally available in 11 1/2″) and it racked up the second highest number of top-rated scores (nine out of 39 participants) in the category of $1,000 to $2,000 (which includes three other mattresses: the Avocado, the Parachute, and the first-place WinkBed). Five of the nine testers were awestruck by their Saatva Classic better than any of the other mattresses on the test which included mattresses which cost twice as much; two of the nine testers chose the Saatva Classic as their second choice overall.
As for the home test, I looked forward to sleeping in this bed every night. I don't like an overly bulky bed, so I liked how the Classic's Euro top offered what felt to me like the ideal amount of cuddling. The bed has some bounce but not so much that my husband's roll woke me up-to me, the feeling of buoyancy was worth the tradeoff in motion-isolation.
Around $1,600 if it's not for sale (though it is often) The Saatva Classic is the least expensive innerspring mattress we've tried that feels thick and has a touch of luxury. We also like the fact that you have the option of choosing from three firmness levels-Plush soft, luxury firm, or Firm. This means you'll find the right one regardless of what position you sleep in. Contrary to the more soft WinkBed Another option from our innerspring mattress guide The Saatva Classic is delivered unboxed by the movers (so that "new mattresses smell" has already disappeared in the factory and while in transit) Also, this "white gloves" delivery service is completely free. The company provides a generous 180-day trial period and the warranty for 15 years.
The things we do not love: If you're not fond of an extremely bouncy mattress or you're sensitive to your sleep partner's movements while in bed, you probably won't like this mattress. Saatva Classic. While all the coils on top are wrapped individually, the lower ones aren't. so the bed has a bit more motion transfer than the other innerspring picks including those from the WinkBed. If you're not keen on any bounce You're better off using Saatva's Loom & Leaf.
It is worth noting that the Saatva Classic also requires a little bit of time to get used to. When we first tested the mattress, in 2018, it felt medium-firm; a year and a two-thirds of a year later, we found that it had softened a small amount but in a nice manner (at least for me). This is not the case with a "Soft" mattress, however; those who like that may be interested in the Plush Soft version, which we haven't tried yet.
While the company claims to have an "active Lumbar Zone" technology to provide "additional back support" my husband (who weighs in the vicinity of 200 pounds) wanted more support from the Luxury Firm. He may have discovered that feature in the version for Firm but we haven't had the chance to test the technology in the past, and so aren't able to know for sure. In general, we are not particularly impressed by zoned technology, because people have different heights and shapes, and they could spread out in ways that don't conform to the zoning patterns.
The foam density in Saatva Classic are lower than those in Saatva Classic are less than those of the Loom & Leaf, the company's foam-mattress offering. Although representatives of the company would not divulge specifics, we were told the density of memory foam is at minimum 3 pounds per cubic foot, and the density of polyfoam of 1 1/2 pounds for each cubic foot.
They're not as impressive than the density of the Loom & Leaf, but these are the norm for an innerspring mattress, and especially ones in this price range. Unlike with foam mattresses, this mattress's steel coils provide extra support and quilting can help reduce body impressions.
But as in this Reddit post suggests, some sleepers have had better results with the Saatva mattresses over the course of several years than others. We think this likely depends on the sleeper's size and shape. Like all Euromattress – also known as a pillow-top mattress the heavier you weigh the higher the chance of experiencing sagging and impressions over time.
So you'll want to rotate your mattress at least every six months and sleep all on top of your mattress.
We could find only 39 owner reviews that are of high-quality (those that didn't seem untrue or unclear and were published recently, between 2019 and 2020). While the sample size is relatively small, we think it's worth noting that almost 30% of positive comments praised Saatva's customer service. That's a much bigger percentage than what we've seen with other online mattress businesses.
We also observed that six reviewers mentioned sagging as the cause of their discomfort. One of them was weighing more than 200lbs while the others had a lower weight or did not mention. Each of them had owned the mattress for more than one year by the time the review was written. This suggests that rotating the mattress is essential and heavier individuals who enjoy innersprings may want to consider an innerspring mattress that is more durable latex foam like this one from the Charles P. Rogers Estate SE. Saatva Mattress Vs Dreamcloud
Would we suggest it? Yes.
Who it's for: This all foam Loom & Leaf appeals to those who like a memory foam that holds rather than engulfing them in a soft, slow hug. The more relaxed version may be best for side-sleepers. It is made for stomach or back sleepers. Anyone who weighs more than 200 pounds may consider the Firm to be more supportive than the Relaxed Firm.
How it feels:The Relaxed Firm is a mattress with a moderate firmness that holds you without tying you in; it's the firm (which we've tried only in a showroom) is much firmer.
What we like: The 12-inch thick Loom & Leaf comes with a sturdy, quilted cover, similar to the one you'd find on an innerspring mattress (by contrast, the majority of memory foam mattresses are made of sock-like, thin covers). The cover is made of foam padding, which adds an additional dimension to the usually single-note squishiness that is common to memory-foam mattresses. I slept on the Relaxed Firm at home for over one week and loved that it was soft and solid in the same way. My husband, who likes mattress that are firm, and weighs less than 200 pounds, which is 70 pounds more than me-thought it was too soft.
Whereas most online mattresses have a memory-foam density in the 3-pounds-per-cubic-foot range, the Loom & Leaf's top layer has a 4-pounds-per-cubic-foot density with a gel-infused layer meant to assist with cooling (though cooling features like gel and perforations tend to have minimal impact). The mattress also has a 5-pounds-per-cubic-foot memory-foam layer underneath that top layer. Based on these specs it is our opinion that this mattress will be less likely to slump or develop body indents as opposed to other foam mattresses even for those who weigh more than 200 pounds (though maybe not when you weigh over 250 pounds; check reviews from owners, below). As with any foam mattress, it also offers quality motion isolation.
The year 2020 was the first time we compared in 2020 the Loom & Leaf Relaxed Firm against the Serta iComfort (both are all-foam mattresses, which cost over $1,000) The results showed that twenty-one out of 29 users prefer that of the Loom & Leaf. "It was more comfortable" was a common explanation; some even described it as being more "cushioned." In the event that we test it against it against the Casper Wave in 2019 the results were split (18 to the Wave; 16 , for the Loom & Leaf). People who went with the Loom & Leaf preferred its "cushier" or "more flexible" feeling or the feel of its quilting while those who went with to go with the Casper Wave described the Wave as being more supportive and the Loom & Leaf as making them feel more "stuck."
We also appreciate that the Loom & Leaf, like all of the Saatva Company's mattresses, comes delivered without boxes, by the movers. It doesn't require you to let it air out, as you would numerous mattresses in boxes; the majority off-gassing will have been done in the manufacturing facility.
What we don't like: We wish Saatva offered a firmness level between Firm and Relaxed Firm. The two levels are to be at least a couple of degrees apart. And although the Loom & Leaf has better edge support than some of the more well-known online models (such like the Leesa or Casper) Casper), it's not as durable as the Hybrid (like those like the Leesa Hybrid or Tempur-Adapt).
Despite the Loom & Leaf's cool gel as well as the pin-core (punctured) design that is featured in the top layer I was able to sleep quite warm on this mattress, which was surprising because I'm always cold. Given that it was the middle of winter, I didn't mind any of it. The tiny holes made for cooling could affect the durability in the mattress, however it's likely to be only marginally. Because this Loom & Leaf has a top layer of memory foam that weighs 4 grams per cubic foot it's likely to be more durable than the typical $1,000-or-less online foam mattress.
We found only 16 recent, high-quality owner reviews for the Loom & Leaf. Like similar to the Saatva Classic, good customer service stands out from the positive reviews. In the years 2019 and 2020 many reviewers have described their experience with the Loom & Leaf as "too firm" as opposed to "too soft." However, it's hard to determine its texture. Many reviewers didn't specify whether they'd ordered the Relaxed Firm or the Firm.
Also, we noticed that more seasoned reviewers often review the Loom & Leaf as too soft or even saggy. We found comments on Reddit regarding this Relaxed Firm version sagging for people who weigh between 250 pounds. If this is your case, try to go with the Firm version (though it's extremely firm) and it could be the Tempur-Adapt (which also features dense foam but a more-distinct memory-foam hug). If you weigh over 200 pounds, think about the Zenhaven, which is built with more durable latex foam. Saatva Mattress Vs Dreamcloud
Do we recommend it? Yes.
Who is it to be used for This latex foam Zenhaven is a good choice for people sleeping in all positions, but especially those who like a supple cushion, but without that "sunk-in" feeling. It's also great for all types of people and sizes, including those who weigh over 200 pounds.
What it feels like: This mattress can be flipped and has handles to help you easily select between two choices that are: The Luxury Plush side is located on the softer end of the medium-firm spectrum, and is suitable for sleepers who are side-sleepers. The Gentle Firm side offers a slightly firmer sensation (the firm claims it's around 20 percent more firmer, and that sounds right to us).
We like this: Zenhaven Zenhaven is made up of two latex layers (one of which is zoned to provide lower-back support and pressure points however this could or may not be helpful in the light of your weight and position on your mattress). Latex is a foam made by the milky sap of the rubber tree and is more durable than polyurethane foam or memory foam. Therefore, we think this mattress is more sturdy for people who weigh over 200 pounds.
We like that the Zenhaven is made specifically out of Talalay latex that feels more supple than the Dunlop latex that is commonly used in cheaper, stiffer latex mattresses, like the Sleep on Latex Pure Green. Both the luxury Plush as well as the Gentle Firm sides of the Zenhaven feel supple and not flexible. The whole bed is also more breathable than beds that are mostly made from Dunlop latex.
I lay upon the Zenhaven for a few months. Personally, I prefer a more pillowy feeling (like it's counterpart, the Saatva Classic), but the Luxury Plush part of the Zenhaven was becoming more appealing to me. After breaking it in for a couple of weeks, I started to appreciate its soft slightly springy surface as well as its the cushioned cradle.
My son of 10 is also fond of playing on it, and the Zenhaven's motion-isolation feature does not stop me from experiencing it. However, it's sufficient that I don't notice my husband's movements during the night. Its edge support can be higher than the majority of foam mattresses, and even on the Loom & Leaf.
My husband, who is barely 200 pounds and usually sleeps on his back, likes the Zenhaven superior to the other mattresses. It is more substantive and appealing than the memory-foam Loom & Leaf Relaxed Soft and it's Saatva Classic Luxury Firm.
The Zenhaven is shipped by movers, not shipped in a container, so it's less likely to release that new-mattress smell in your home. You can switch between the more soft Luxury Plush side as well as Gentle Firm side Gentle Firm side as your preferences and preferences shift, or if just aren't certain which firmness level you'll like. Because the mattress is heavy (the queen weighs 125 pounds), Saatva will send moving experts to help you out by completing a single "courtesy" switch.
The things we don't love about HTML0:Although the Zenhaven has an suppler feel than other mattresses that are all-latex online, it's still less luxurious-feeling than similarly priced innersprings or traditional foam mattresses because it's not conventionally "fluffy." It was the only 2 (of 29) staff members who were more satisfied than other models in our 2020 test of the hybrid and foam mattresses stated that they enjoyed that it was supportive, and they thought it would last a long duration. (In the latex category, most staffers in our blind test preferred the PranaSleep Lotus Asana 6 in Plush, which has a latex-polyurethane-foam construction and costs over $1,000 more than the Zenhaven.)
Since the Zenhaven is extremely heavy and two-sided the bed must be set on a sturdy, good-quality platform bed or frame and boxspring that are in good condition. Saatva sells the frame with a boxspring (which comes in two sizes) as well as a frame made of steel.
Zenhaven top reviews of the owner
We were able to find only 18 quality reviews of owners for the Zenhaven. This is a small sample size to provide any conclusive, objective, and non-subjective information, beyond good customer service. However, we did find a particularly descriptive post from a long-term owner who was not sure of his weight (though he did claim that he was 6 feet 4 inches in height).
He said that after a year and an half, he was impressed by its cushion and strength however, as he hadn't been turning the mattress around, the impression on his hip was evident; when he started rotating the mattress every six months, he claimed the impression disappeared. We'll update this section after we've gathered more high-quality reviews. Saatva Mattress Vs Dreamcloud
Do we recommend this? It depends.
What it's designed to be used forThe Saatva Latex Hybrid is ideal to those who prefer sturdiness over sumptuousness. It's ideal for stomach- and back-sleepers, and for those who toss and turn a lot. It's designed to last for the majority of people, even those who weigh over 200 pounds.
How it feels:This 13-inch latex-and-coil hybrid is in the middle of medium-firm. It feels distinctly buoyant, somewhat bouncy and with some cushioning and hugging. It's not a plush mattress however, and you sleep more in the mattress than within it.
What we love:The Saatva Latex Hybrid is built using high-quality materials and techniques for construction. The quilted top, constructed of cotton as well as wool (a natural flame-repellant), is hand-tufted to the layers underneath. Tufting (commonly used on upholstery or traditional innerspring mattresses) is a form of stitching with a heavy-duty structure that holds the layers together, which some argue has more durability than glue, and also avoids the chemical smell that is often associated with adhesives. The peaks and valleys created by tufting can reduce any visible body impressions, more so than the smooth-topped, sock-covered mattresses you typically see in hybrids sold online.
While most hybrids put the polyurethane layer over coils, this one Saatva Latex Hybrid uses 3 inches of Talalay latex foam (which is plenty, in comparison with the pricier Casper Wave, which uses less). Latex is more durable and breathable than memory foams, or polyurethane. Talalay latex, also used in the Zenhaven mattress, is a more breathable, supple and comfortable foam than the Dunlop type that is commonly found in lower-priced mattresses made of latex.
Wirecutter supervising editor Wendy Schley tested the Saatva Latex Hybrid for a few months in her home. She found it strong and supportive. "It is almost buoyant," she said. "There's some cushioning, but it's not luxurious in a plush way." Wendy found that the mattress had a bouncy, springy feel reminiscent of an innerspring. She was never stuck. However, the latex foam offered some motion-simplification. Edge support was excellent due to the large (13 3/4-gauge) 8-inch coils along the perimeter.
Due to its breathable material (the Talalay latex, cotton cover and wool layer on the top) and the coils in the middle, this Saatva Latex Hybrid should sleep cooler than all foam mattresses or hybrids made of polyfoams. Wendy, who tends to have hot sleep, discovered the Saatva Latex Hybrid to be notably cooler than other mattresses, even though we haven't tested it during summer.
We haven't found enough high-quality Saatva Latex Hybrid reviews to glean any trends, but we'll keep you updated when we do.
What we don't like about HTML0: Though the coils are wrapped in a single piece, there's still a touch of motion transfer because, it's just that, coils. It's minimal compared with motion transfer on the Saatva Classic, however, it's more noticeable when compared to all-foam models like the Loom & Leaf or Zenhaven.
A queen-sized Latex Hybrid contains 789 coils (fewer than the other hybrid mattresses, the Tempur-Adapt and the Leesa Hybrid, with around 1,000). When a mattress has fewer coils, this can mean it won't be able to adjust in your shape. However, the supple feel of the latex layer can make more up for it.
As Wendy has experienced that night, it's true that the Saatva Latex Hybrid isn't an Ahhh type of mattress. It feels like it's lifting you up, instead of tucking you in. It may not offer enough cushioning to provide adequate pressure relief to side-sleepers as well as back-sleepers who require additional cushioning on particular joints.
Wendy sleeping on both her side and back, reported that she sometimes woke up with soreness in her shoulders and lower back when she slept on Saatva Latex Hybrid. If you're looking for something a bit more comfortable, you may be interested in Saatva Classic or the Loom & Leaf. Saatva Classic or the Loom & Leaf (both come in different degree of firmness, with some which feel more soft than the Saatva Latex).
The tufting of the Latex Hybrid's is highlighted by decorative yarn tassels. They are pretty, but they are reportedly flimsy attached to the mattress, and one of the tassels that were on the mattress Wendy tried to unraveled after some time. Saatva Mattress Vs Dreamcloud
Saatva's Solaire can be described as an adjustable air bed made of foam placed on top of air chambers, that can be set to the level you prefer by using an electronic remote. We haven't had the chance to test the Solaire yet however we'll update this guide once we've had the chance to. In the meantime, we'll talk about what we know about the Solaire.
Saatva has introduced Solaire in the year 2019 to rival Sleep Number's premium i8 mattress. Along with air chambers and a remote, the Solaire is equipped with a pillow top, a Talalay Latex Layer, as well as an infused memory foam layer. It's also cheaper by $650 over the Sleep Number's i8.
The remote has 50 settings, compared with Sleep Number's 20. However, it's hard to say whether users really need more than that. At a glance, the comfort components look like they'd provide a more-curve-conforming cradle than Sleep Number's polyurethane foam layers.
But, of course it's impossible to know whether they're the best choice until we lay down upon the bed. Solaire's Talalay latex material suggests longevity However, because Sleep Number does not provide details on its foam components, it isn't possible to say that one bed has more durability than another.
No matter if you want one of the twins, a king, or something in between you can get this Solaire in any size, as a standard model. If you decide to go with a queen or a king and want to upgrade, you can choose the Upper-Flex queen, the king, or the split King, which all have dual air chambers, which means that sleepers can choose the firmness level they prefer.
The standard model is compatible with all bed frames (including bases that can be adjusted). But the Upper-Flex queen and King, as well as the split king option are designed to be specifically compatible with adjustable bases that permit both sides to be adjusted independently.
Saatva Company offers adjustable frames. Saatva Company offers its own adjustable frames, such as the Lineal Adjustable Base Standard and the Lineal Adjustable Base Upper-Flex. With the Upper-Flex frame, couples can use the remote to adjust their heads and shoulders individually (for example, one of them can lie flat to sleep while the other sits up and reads a book).
The Upper-Flex designed specifically for the split king Solaire also allows both individuals to raise their bodies separately. We didn't have enough top-quality user reviews to put on this list We'll revise this guide once we're able try the bed out ourselves and gather more reviews. Saatva Mattress Vs Dreamcloud
In May, Saatva introduced the Saatva HD, a hybrid mattress designed for people who weigh between 300 to 500 pounds. We haven't yet tested the product yet but we're hoping to try it out in the near future.
Similar to Saatva Classic and the Loom & Leaf Saatva HD Saatva HD has a pillowy quilted top layer but the dense coils and foam underneath allegedly support heavier weights.We're particularly interested in the HD's pillow top, since experts have told us that, for those who are heavier pillows can be more susceptible to indentations.
The HD's other components, however, seem promising as far as durability is concerned: There is a latex layer, which is typically stronger than memory foam, as well as a memory-foam layer, which has a density of 5 pounds per cubic foot (more than the 4-pounds-per-cubic-foot minimum that experts typically recommend for people who weigh over 200 pounds). Furthermore is that the HD's 12 1/2-gauge coils are thicker than those in the other models of the company and those of its rivals, such as The Big Fig.
Still, these aren't the only factors that determine the durability of a mattress and, by itself, does not make for a desirable mattress. We'll explore these questions further in an upcoming guide to mattresses for people who weigh over 200 pounds.Saatva "strongly recommends" that you put this mattress on a solid platform bed that has vertical center support.
If not, they advised us to purchase the HD together with its unique "high durability" timber-slat-based foundation.Also, we found a few helpful user reviews. After we've had enough data to discern any patterns and have the ability to test the mattress, we'll send an update. Saatva Mattress Vs Dreamcloud
The Saatva Youth, the company's relatively new bed made of coils and foams for children is more expensive than mattresses for grown-ups. It is however double-sided, featuring a coil layer sandwiched between two layers of foam and a mattress that can expand with the child.
The first side is intended for children aged 3 to 7, and it consists of zoned polyfoam , which has densities ranging from 1.4 to 1.8 pounds per cubic foot.
On the other side, designed for kids older than that (the company claims ages 8 through 12), the foam density ranges from 1.5 pounds per cubic foot, and is slightly less spongy due to its pairing with the firmer part that's part of the coil. The 13 3/4 gauge coils vary from 330 in a twin up to 350 when a twin is XL and 462 in the full.
The Saatva Youth is 10 inches thick and bunk-bed-friendly-as long as the bed's guardrail is at least 5 inches higher than the mattress, for safety reasons. People who prefer natural materials might appreciate that the mattress is wrapped in a quilted, thick organic-cotton cover and uses thistle pulp (as instead of fiberglass or chemical sprays) as the flame retardant. We haven't yet tested this mattress as we haven't found any reviews online. However, we're planning to test it in the future for a guide on mattresses for children.
It's called the Saatva Youth, the company's relatively new bed made of coils and foams for children, costs more than some mattresses for grown-ups. But it's double-sided, featuring a coil layer sandwiched between two foam layers, so the mattress can grow along with a kid.
One side of the mattress is intended for kids ages 3 through 7, and it consists of zoned polyfoam with densities ranging from 1.4 to 1.8 kg per cubic foot.
The second side is designed for kids older than that (the company claims ages 8 through 12) the density of foam is 1.5 grams per cubic foot and somewhat more softer due to it being paired with the firmer section of coil. The 13 3/4 gauge coils range from 330 in a twin up to 350 when a twin is XL, and 462 for the full.
The Saatva Youth is 10 inches thick and bunk-bed-friendly-as long as the bed's guardrail is at least 5 inches higher than the mattress, for safety reasons. For those who prefer natural materials, will appreciate the fact that the mattress is encased in a quilted, thick organic-cotton cover and uses thistle pulp (as instead of fiberglass or chemical sprays) as the fire retardant. We haven't yet tested this mattress, nor have we spotted any reviews on the internet.
However, we'd like to test it for a future guide to mattresses for kids. Saatva Mattress Vs Dreamcloud


At the end of 2018 we were delighted to welcome a new member to the association: Cymru Hydraulics Ltd, based in South Wales have joined the BFPDA.
Congratulations to Daniel Millington of BFPA member HydraForce Ltd, for winning the 2018 UK Advanced Apprentice of the Year in November 2018! BFPA member Webtec has published a new guide for fluid power technicians called "An Introduction to Practical Hydraulic System Maintenance" which is available for sale on the internet.
Visit www.bfpatrainingacademy.co.uk for more information on BFPA's training courses.


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