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Amazing moves to tone and sculpt your backside.
Hate running? You’ll love this.
I Am Training For A Marathon. So Why Am I Gaining Weight?
2. Not doing any Cross Training.
Take your training to a whole new level.
Steps you can take to help you go to the distance.
We’re all working towards the same goal.
There’s conflicting diet and fitness information everywhere.
There are plenty of reasons to reduce your sodium intake, and here are just a few.
Before you hire someone, do your research.
Find out how to stay on the fast track to achieving your fitness goals without hitting a plateau with these diet and fitness tips!
Should You Work Out If You’re Sick?
You’re right in the middle of training or reaching your weight loss goal and—boom—your groove is interrupted by a bug that’s been going around. You might not want to completely stop your training, but when exactly should you stop pushing your body’s limits and focus on recovery?


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Come out and support the library!
Join us National Library Week!
Call to let us know you’re coming!

industry_corpus2: Subject Education


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But that’s not all…Leave it to AVON to make the deal that much sweeter by increasing your chances to win. How you might ask? Every person you get to enter the sweepstakes, like, and share my page earns you a new entry. So if you have 50 Facebook friends and they all like, share my page and complete the entry form you will get 50 entries into the sweepstakes for that month. That means the more friends you have the better your chances of you and your friend winning. In October the free gift is the NEW VELVET FRAGRANCE. Each month a new AVON product will be the prize. Don’t wait enter now!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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text: Mr. Ryan Bransfield is Director and Head of the UK Dividend Research team at IHS Markit. Mr. Bransfield is an experienced commentator and analyst within the Dividend Forecasting team at IHS Markit, and leads the UK research team. He is frequently quoted in the press and has appeared on business broadcast media. Mr. Bransfield joined Markit in 2003, and holds a BA in Economics and English from University College Dublin. Mr. Ryan Bransfield is Director and Head of the UK Dividend Research team at IHS Markit. Mr. Bransfield is an experienced commentator and analyst within the Dividend Forecasting team at IHS Markit, and leads the UK research team. He is frequently quoted in the press and has appeared on business broadcast media. Mr. Bransfield joined Markit in 2003, and holds a BA in Economics and English from University College Dublin.

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Farm Work, Visits, and Daddy Time!
So the girls anxiously awaited Joes arrival home and we even made him a cute little welcome home banner. Yes a fun colored banner, a bit over the top if you ask me but completely appropriate for a 4 and 2 year old. The girls were super excited to see him and have him back home. They spent most of the weekend with plenty of daddy time each getting their own one on one time. That doesn't happen often seeing that we are both so busy and Joe usually works so much on the weekends. Well he took a break each afternoon and enjoyed his special girl time. They even had a special daddy pizza night last night making their own special pizzas. So funny to watch Joe tell them to be careful with the pizza dough and flour (really, coming from the guy who wears barn boots in my house) so lots of fun and giggles on the home front for us. Joes conclusion of the weekend that the girls are growing up way to fast. As Avery would day dad come on I am going to be 5 (in her mind I guess that means time to leave the house)On the farm front Joe and I spent Friday morning helping the guys organize things around the ranch and pick up around the barns. I spent the morning bedding, sweating, moving sheep and many other non girly things. I worked so hard I ripped my muck boots to complete my morning with wet manure soaked socks (lovely I know) that's when I called it a morning to come up to the house to become a girl again, nail painting and all. We visitors from Cornell University come to see the farm. I was super excited about this visit seeing that New York is my home state. It was a great visit and we are always glad to meet new people in the industry and have visitors come see the farm and our operation. Joe and I are looking forward to all the new farms and research that are starting up in the sheep industry. We are filling up our holding pen and now milking 231 sheep. We are still loving our milk meters and very happy with our overall herd average. This week our second phase (200 sheep) will be ultra sounded to confirm pregnancy and estimated due date. So lots more to come!

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text: The world’s only fully integrated R&D tax credits software. Connect Xero with RDvault to instantly prepare R&D tax credit claims. Save time, money and maximise your claims.


text: A designer favourite of mine - Kate Spade's preppy, classic and charming aesthetic have always had a special place in my wardrobe. I was lucky enough to experience a launch in Kate Spade style and gosh is this a company that knows how to put on an event. A sunny garden reception greeted us upon arrival featuring a bright flower stand bursting with colour and a gorgeous wall of personalised envelopes - such a charming touch. While we browsed the latest Autumn/Winter 2016 watch collection, we sipped on pretty cocktails and were encouraged to playfully "eat cake for breakfast". Each guest's envelope revealed a stunning illustration by The Lust List of a selected watch to take home as a gift before sitting down for a beautiful breakfast at Chiswick to celebrate.


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SPARTATHLON is an historic ultra-distance foot race that takes place in the last Friday of September every year in Greece. It is one of the most difficult and satisfying ultra-distance races in the world because of its unique history and background.
In 1983 the first official race was organized and in 1984 the International Spartathlon Association was founded. Since then has continuously organized the race each September. The choice of this month is because that is the time reported by Herodotus for Pheidippides’ run to Sparta.
Such is the extreme nature of the challenge that it attracts intense interest in the world of ultra running. The racing field is 400 athletes, which together with supporters, means a dedicated audience of around a thousand people over two days of the race and several days before and after. The race is a major event along the route with many thousands of people coming out to support and cheer the runners on.
These highly trained athletes all have a regular interest in ultra distance running and other extreme sports. They have competed at the highest level for many years, showing a great deal of commitment to their sport.
The crowds following all 246kilometers/153miles of the race are one of its highlights, creating a very special atmosphere. This results in generating interest, not only in Greece but also around the world, with many television and film crews following the race.
The U.S. Spartathlon Team logo brings together several symbolic elements using the Red, White, and Blue colors of the American Flag. It features the Spartan Helmet, the Statue of Liberty Crown formed of 7 Spikes representing the 7 continents, the Hermes Wing - Greek God protector of athletes/runners, and the Olive Wreath - the prize received at the completion of the race.
When an athlete applies to participate at the Spartathlon under US nationality/passport he/she automatically becomes part of the U.S. Spartathlon Team at the moment when the athlete accepts the invitation from ISA.
Only athletes competing under a US Passport are officially part of the U.S. Spartathlon Team. While other American citizens/residents might run the race under a different passport, they are not part of the Team.

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You can find definition of shrewd below. Words can have several meanings depending on the context. Their meaning may vary depending on where they are used. Please choose approriate definition according to part of speech and context. We have found 2 different definitions of shrewd. shrewd is a 6 letter word. It starts with s and ends with d.
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Bayside Solutions is seeking a Medical Device Assembler to be a part of our Client’ s team in Redwood City. This is a unique opportunity to join a growing company utilizing robotics to treat the unmet needs of the body.
Assembles products, such as medical devices, partially or completely, working at bench, clean room or on shop floor by performing the following duties.
Positions parts according to knowledge of unit being assembled or following standard operating procedures or company approved standardized protocols.
Performs many assembly type functions, using hand and power tools.
Assembles components into a completed product by following GMP.
Assembles parts under microscope using small instruments and microscopic devices.
Performs a wide range of complex tasks involving repair and testing.
Follows defined procedures to achieve expected Quality output.
Recognizes and communicates to Production Lead complex build difficulties and/or product faults in a clear, concise, and timely manner.
Independently recognizes and diagnoses and communicates routine problems.
in Work Process Instructions for Company’ s products.
Must be able to interpret assembly drawings.
Prior experience working in a clean room environment.

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NWMLS #1346608 listed by John L. Scott, Inc.
April 22, 2019 - Scott Donogh Homes is a home builder with homes in Newcastle Washington. This page contains listings we've found in the NWMLS where the home builder Scott Donogh Homes is referenced. We do not represent Scott Donogh Homes.
Does Landcast represent Scott Donogh Homes?
No. Scott Donogh Homes has listing agents that have put listings into the MLS and those listings are made available to websites like landcast.com.
Does this page include all of the homes built by Scott Donogh Homes?
This page is for newly built homes found in the NWMLS using keywords that match Scott Donogh Homes. Listings are pulled from the MLS several times per day. We try to get them all but if the keywords used by the listing agent are different than what we're looking for, some listings may be missed. We try to correct this when it happens.
Is Scott Donogh Homes the seller of these homes?

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text: Revel in the vibrant splendor of this arrangement as you let your mind wander through the streets and markets of Paris in the Springtime. Lush mauve roses and mini carnations are artfully blended with yellow daisies, pink alstroemeria and bupleurum. All combined in a robins egg blue ceramic container, and topped off with two carefree butterflies. Let this beautiful arrangement help your spirit fly to the lovely gardens of France.


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Halloween is over and this gives us a hint that it's time we get ready for Christmas. It's pretty obvious that all of us simply cannot wait for Christmas. Similar is the situation at New Look Bingo too. The site is all set to make a difference with a rewarding set of bingo promotions.
Check out the promotion - Countdown to Christmas - well New Look Bingo seems to be ringing in the Christmas bells already. Here is a pre-Christmas bingo celebration. Join in for some games at the 75 ball bingo room - Buckingham Palace and stand a chance to win an Amazon voucher every single week of the month. A particular pattern is associated for every week that you have to bingo on and take away the voucher. The patterns are BAUBLE from 1st till 7th November. It's TINSEL from 8th till 15th November. From 16th till 22nd November - LIGHT and finally WREATH in the days between 23rd and 30th November. Get ready to bingo it all! Winning Amazon vouchers sounds fantastic. Isn't it? Especially when surrounded by the festive aura, these vouchers can add surprises to your shopping fun.
Additionally you can also bag in loads of jackpot sprees as well. There are daily, weekly and monthly jackpots to take away. Catch up with the daily jackpots everyday at the Daily Jackpot Lounge at 12AM with cash worth £250 to win. The weekly jackpots take place at the Mega Jackpot room every Monday with cash worth £500 to win. And, finally the monthly jackpots are scheduled at the Super Jackpot room on 1st December with a whopping cash prize worth £1000 at offer. An amazing deal to indulge in for! Therefore, move on to New Look Bingo soon and have a blast of bingo fun.

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Ten years ago today, a set of heavy wooden doors swung into a purply church to reveal an alter guarded by pale yellow candlesticks of bridesmaids and dark groomsman pillars. I felt your eyes on me as I stared ahead to E, clutching Dad's arm and biting my lip. Your joy was electricity in my blood. I felt your dancing in my core. Your pride humbled me. Your love steadied my knees. You didn't know what was in store for us, but you were there smiling behind us, our background. You were our roots.
Peach trees blossomed, fruited, shed. We welcomed Addie into my stomach, then our life. You spent hours checking the hospital, playing cards, waiting for news. She arrived with great self-importance and you burped her with the routine force of a caring relative. You entered her world of quilt-based babbling, privy to her commentary before she even spoke your language. Our little clan became a part of the family fabric. We wove in awkwardly alongside school-age cousins, trying to find our feet as contributing adult members. You showed us acceptance, patience, hemmed us in. You lent your expertise in barbecue, parenting, family tradition. We picked up threads you started. You were our mentors, our models.
Time sped. Moving boxes. Digital cameras. China hutches. Quilts. Christmas lights. Easter grass. Hank. His "mmm? mmm!" a second dialect of our people. You wrapped him tight in blankets and love. Out of kindness you overlooked his drooling and held your arms open for him to walk in. E and I split paths with school and schedule, you babysat your hearts out. You were the meals on Sunday night, the offers for a few hours off. You were the phone calls and the kisses on tops of heads at Chinese Food, the casseroles on the front porch. You were good for an episode or two of Survivor so I wasn't alone. You were companion to each of us, maybe separately, but always with the underscore of great love for our family unit. Always with the hope for calmer times. You were our sustenance.
Time stopped. Weary, we'd worn through our patience like a nubby old sock. We quit. We stared you down and said we couldn't go on. We tried everything. No solutions. In our pain you packed us, you fed us, you held us up. Your eyes said that you didn't understand, but you bit your own lips and hugged us tight with the furrowed brows of those who can't fix their loved ones' pain. Out of grace you extended yourselves to us across the boundary lines we'd drawn between our families. You didn't let go of those ties though we tried to yank them from your hands. Your calls and meals and gifts were beyond imagination. You opened your homes to us and you prayed. You didn't let go of the idea of an us when we didn't know the path. You were our safety net.
You took care of us and allowed us to grow and find the way ourselves. Though it was E and I who made the commitment, E and I who had to repair the tears we'd allowed, it was you who stitched us up every time we broke. You held us together in ways we couldn't even see. When we came back together, you were there waiting, welcoming. Simone Signoret said "Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads which sew people together through the years." You were our threads.
This anniversary is cause for reflection. It represents ten years as hard-fought as a mile of battleground, but we made it to this place. It's a chance for me to consider where credit is due. E and I are held together now by a much stronger, knowing bond because of what we've been through. We owe so much of that to you, our family, for the model you set, for the words you offer, for the help you gave. We're blessed to be surrounded by so many who support and bolster us. Ten years, difficulties or not, is a long time. You've done more for us than we'll ever be able to say, and we know that our ability to make it to ten years is a direct result of each of you, every cord that threaded in and out of our lives.
I'm so grateful for the blessing of family. I'm so amazed by what ours has to offer. Thank you for your part in this special anniversary. I love you.
So, so beautiful, thoughtful and well said.
"... you burped her with the routine force of a caring relative."
I shed tears of joy for you on the day your wed, and shed more for you today. We are so happy that you persevered and came out stronger. We love you guys!
Congratulations, Heather! Ten years is something to be proud of. That was a beautiful post.


text: Alexander Conrad is a homeschool graduate. He went from attending the conference, to help running it, to speaking at it! He loves cooking, making YouTube videos, listening to music and spending time with his friends. He is a firm believer that positivity is power and with the right mind set anything is possible!


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Townfields Saddlers offers all the popular stable and yard essentials.
Stable Equipment from Stubbs, trailer ties, haynets, horse clippers and grooming equipment. Boredom products and Horse Treats , everything is here !


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The Maine State Lottery tapped Fuseideas as its advertising agency of record. NL Partners of Portland, Maine, previously handled the account. Work will be handled out of the Fuseideas' Portland office and include broadcast, print, out-of-home, point-of-purchase, digital and social media programs for the lottery. The agency will also handle media buying and planning duties. New work debuts in the spring. The Maine State Lottery spent $655,000 on measured media in 2013 and $565,000 in 2014, according to Kantar Media.
The Variable was named agency of record for Soffe, an athletic apparel brand, following a competitive pitch. The Winston-Salem based agency will lead all strategic and creative work, from brand positioning and planning to creative and media, across paid, earned and owned channels. "The Variable is helping us to tell our story in a way that's far beyond an advertising campaign, and authentically reflects who our core consumers really are and what they really want," said Paul Anderson, marketing director, Soffe. "The agency is helping us launch a completely re-imagined narrative for our brand."


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In Visual Basic 6, you can use a variable in code without declaring it, sometimes also known as implicit declaration. While it can be useful in some ways, it’s certainly not a good way of making sure that each variable exists and are being used where and when you want it to be used.
If you include the Option Explicit statement in a module, then VB will require explicit declarations for all variables in that module. Any misspelled variables, instead of being created as a new variable with a type of Variant which will happen if you’re using the implicit declaration mode, are now flagged as syntax errors when you try to run the program, and then you can make the necessary corrections. Place the Option Explicit statement at the start of each module (before any procedures). You can make this automatic by selecting Tools | Options and and selecting the Require Variable Declaration option.

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There is much on why we fear change. There is an untold view of fearing change though. It exists even if change does not. It makes change management even harder.
Our brains do not like it.
Fear of uncertainty is strong.
People like to cling to habits.
Preference for believing things will not change.
There are many others. We overlook a key one though.
The untold view of fearing change is that it has us make decisions. People fear decisions. They fear making bad decisions. They fear the responsibility that comes with making decisions.
Change gives many fears. This untold view of fearing change sheds light on a fear that exists even if change does not.
This fear exists with or without change. When it combines with change, change becomes even more fearful. Decisions take longer. They drive people to seek consensus to reduce personal risk.
Fearing change often changes how people make decisions. This further slows the change management process. This happens for two main reasons.
First, change brings new things. We need creative approaches. Altering our decision-making process helps us do that.
Second, some personalities are better at making decisions. Some personalities are better at dealing with change. The stress of change will alter the internal politics in favor of those who live at the crossroads of these two personalities.
This does not mean we throw out the old. It means using other ways to get through the change until the new habits take hold. Frequent and thorough follow up is key. This will uncover stalled decisions and questions.
It is not helpful to just say, “Change is constant.” People need periods of stability in between periods of change. We can climb steeper changes in height much better with stairs than with ramps. The key is having people who can overcome this untold view of fearing change and help others do the same.


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Founded in 1781, Asprey has a long and established relationship with British royalty dating back to the 1800s when Queen Victoria awarded the first Royal Warrant for dressing cases, travelling bags, and writing cases.
Since then, Asprey has held a Royal Warrant for every British monarch and several other foreign heads of state. Today, Asprey continues to hold a Royal Warrant for the Prince of Wales.
The Duchess of Cambridge has been photographed wearing a few Asprey pieces over the years, starting from well before her engagement, when she wore the "167 Button" pendant to the Boodles Boxing Ball at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London on 3 June 2006.
The design is inspired by the buttons employed in traditional English tailoring, and the number 167 references the brand's prestigious Mayfair premises, at 167 New Bond Street.
Debate is still very much open on whether the unidentified diamond and gemstone earrings Catherine debuted in Singapore at a reception at Eden Hall on 12 September 2012, are indeed by Asprey.
The earrings feature a medium-sized oval pale blue gemstone (aquamarine?), surrounded by pavé diamonds and hanging from a row of five bezel-set brilliants.
My Small Obsessions has a series of close-ups on her Facebook page.
In the form of a leaf of the Candian Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum), the national emblem of Canada, it was given to Queen Elizabeth by King George VI, to mark the State Visit to Canada in 1939. It was first seen on the Queen's lapel during the Atlantic crossing in the liner Empress of Australia, and appeared on many occasion throughout the tour and thereafter (shown below left in Vancouver in 1958, and in 2000, worn to receive the insignia of the Order of Canada at Buckingham Palace), sometimes worn as a hat-badge.
The Queen loaned it to Princess Elizabeth for her first visit to Canada in 1951.
The Queen inherited it upon her mother's death in 2002, and in turn has since loaned it to the Duchess of Cornwall and the Duchess of Cambridge for her first visit to Canada with the Duke in July 2011.
The Queen in Ottawa for the Canada Day celebrations in 2010 and the Duchess of Cornwall attending Remebrance Day events at the National War Memorial in Ottawa in November 2009.
I think we can safely expect it to make a reappearance on the autumn 2016 tour, although this is not the only brooch with a Canadian connection in the Queen's jewelry box (or, indeed, the only maple leaf brooch!), so we'll just have to wait and see!
The Duchess of Cambridge wore the brooch three times during the 2011 tour.
The brooch measures 5.5 x 5 cm and is made of platinum set with baguette and brilliant-cut diamonds. According to Hugh Roberts, author of the definitive The Queen's Diamonds, who examined the King's Privy Purse accounts, the brooch cost £300 5s and was purchased on 29 April 1939, just before the couple's departure.


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Fundoo Labs is a creative learning space where your kids can explore Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) with fun, hands-on activities and with a clear focus on learning. Fundoo Labs provides after-school programs, weekend programs, vacation program and many such other programs where kids use their own natural curiosity to explore, experiment and make discoveries about the world around them.
Fundoo Labs provides safe and creative environment for Kids of Class 1 to Class 9 (Age 6 to 16 years) to uncover the dynamic and engaging subjects of STEM with fun filled hands-on experiments and activities. We prepare kids to work independently as well as in a team to solve complex problems, which equip them to cope up and compete with current technology driven world.
STEM experiments and activities being conducted at Fundoo Labs are design by best academic and industry professionals according to their academic curriculum of science and mathematics.
Our students learn about real world science and technology with hands-on tinkering that will challenge them to use their intelligence and creativity to apply concepts being discussed. Problem solving, innovation and experimentation take centre stage throughout our courses. In Fundoo Labs kids do exciting chemical reactions, design their own cars, towers, bridges, switchboards, rockets, wind-mills, dynamos and much more with the use of every day object available around them.
Concisely, at Fundoo Labs we are trying to improve the way of learning by Experimenting the Fundamentals of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM).


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Power Lab (you should be able to describe the difference between power and work after completing this lab). See answer key above if you were absent or need to review.
Power vs. Work practice problems (pg. 3). See answer key above for corrections.
Complete page 3 in Energy packet.
Review the similarities and differences between work and power.
Discuss selected problems from homework (pg. 3). See answer key above.
Clay Lab. By the end of this lab you should be able to describe the relationship between the mass of an object and the amount of energy it releases.
Attempt introductory energy problems (pg. 7). We will go over notes as a class next time.
Review clay energy lab. We will mainly discuss what this lab was meant to represent in terms of energy transfer.
Discuss the Law of Conservation of Energy. This is a good video that overviews the concepts of work, energy and power if you were absent or need to review (do not worry about the portion where the instructor mentions calculus!).
Discuss mechanical, potential and kinetic energy concepts and formulas.
Practice using the law of conservation of energy and related formulas (pgs. 6-10).
Complete any pages from 6-10 that were not finished in class. See answer key above.
Review practice problems from homework (pages 6 & 7). See the answer key at the top of the page if you were absent or need to review.
Analyze clay lab data to determine the amount of energy transferred during a meteor's impact with the earth.
Review clay lab analysis and analyze error.


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Usually our blog is reserved for web design articles, however from time I feel there’s something else that needs discussing, and in this instance it’s the Bassets estate agent (www.bassets.co.uk).
I was considering selling my flat and buying a house, and had the difficult task of choosing an estate agent and solicitor. From what I could gather, the estate agent wanted a lot of money for doing not a lot of work, and it was hard to see which agent was best and why they varied in price so much. After all, all they’re going to do is sell my flat, right?
I decided to choose Bassets, not based on their community work or awards, but simply on the fact that I know the Managing Director David through business networking, we have built their website, and I was friendly with one of their managers, Rebecca. It all came down to trust, and I trusted them with my money far more than a national estate agent chain. I felt I’d be a value client rather than a number.
It all started when I asked for a (free) valuation, if I knew how much my flat was worth I could calculate when I could afford to move. Charlie came over on the Wednesday, they looked at my flat, and valued it for more than I thought it was worth. Within two days it was on the market and visible on Right Move, and just four working days later sold, with a cash buyer, for the full asking price. I was ecstatic, looks like I was ready to move.
Looking for a house was a nightmare; I looked at around thirty in a week and couldn’t find anything. A house came up that I dismissed originally, and that was being sold by Bassets. Reluctantly I walked in, but loved the place, my wife was in tears, I made an offer that day and it was accepted the next.
It’s worth mentioning now that this is where my good luck ended, the house I was buying was a new build from a developer and there were no end of issues. The seller’s solicitor, from what I could gather, was absolutely awful, and mine didn’t seem much better.
The first issue was with the mortgage (with Santander who I could thoroughly recommend) where they valued the house far less than my accepted offer. I still believe it’s worth what I offered, so did the seller, and so did Bassets, but I, or any other buyer, couldn’t proceed without a mortgage. Tough negotiations with the developer meant that the purchase almost fell through, but Matthew and Charlie from Bassets pulled out all of the stops to ensure that we renegotiated a price and carried on with the purchase. In all honesty Bassets were ‘getting it’ from both sides and without them it would have definitely fallen through.
The next issue was the seller’s solicitor. They were bad, really bad, and it was taking me months to get essential documents such as the title plans and the NHBC certificate; in fact it wasn’t until several months later, after the driveway was excavated and mains gas installed, was the property actually deemed complete. With my solicitor sending cryptic messages and conflicting updates it was hard to tell why the project was stalling. It got to the point where I had had enough, and the seller felt the same. We both thought the other was being difficult, and the seller was putting a lot of pressure on Bassets to resolve the situation. Once again, this lack of communication between solicitors almost resulted in the purchase falling through, and it was only Bassets that kept it together. I was in constant contact with them, as was the seller, and it got to the point where Matthew, and then Rebecca were constantly speaking to the solicitors and acting as a go-between to ensure that things got done.
It’s hard to put in writing how bad things had become, I was personally sourcing planning applications, s106 documents, tree protection orders and completion certificates as the two solicitors seemed unable or unwilling to do so. If I was putting that much effort in, as a buyer, it may give some indication of what Bassets were doing behind the scenes.
Bassets glued the whole thing together, and without them it wouldn’t have worked. They also liaised directly with the builder and ensured that my snag list and one that they had completed, was complete.
Another indication of how hard Bassets (especially Rebecca) pushed to keep it all together is the solicitors both telling them to step down and let them get on with it. All well and good in principal, but I can honestly say that without Bassets as the estate agents doing this pushying, there would have been no chain and we would have all lost out.
Although I wouldn’t want to name names, it’s worth noting some of the other estate agents tactics had been truly awful in their ethics; with one telling me as a buyer to offer £25,000 under the asking price as the seller (their client) needed it gone for personal reasons in a few days, and others telling me I’d never find what I want in this market and trying to push me in to buying a house that I didn’t want. Truly shocking tactics by some, but Bassets were always honest and upfront, and importantly looked after both their sellers and their buyers.
Bassets went over and above what I had expected, their job didn’t end when offers were accepted and the house was ‘sold’, from what I can gather that’s where it started.
A massive thanks to Bassets, I wouldn’t hesitate in recommending them to anyone, and will use them next time.
Well done to David Clayton for building such a team and I can honestly say that their awards are justified.


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Transparency is the buzzword in the global apparel industry right now.
At every major industry conference, the word is used repeatedly, whether it’s in the context of apparel supply chains and providing information about which suppliers are being used or telling consumers more about how the garments they purchase were made and the conditions in which they were produced.
In addition to having an important social and ethical aspect, there is a critical business aspect to transparency, too. Increasingly, we are likely to see investors and financial institutions steering clear of companies that lack transparency in their operations, financial statements or strategies. Investors cannot afford to take a leap into the unknown, and do not want their investments to cause them reputational damage further down the line.
Often transparency is mentioned in the context of apparel brands and retailers, with consumers increasingly demanding more information about their favorite clothing shops. Better, clearer product labelling will certainly become a major theme moving forward. But what about the apparel supply chain? What are suppliers doing to make themselves more open and visible to the outside world?
Actually, suppliers in Bangladesh have made huge strides in recent years. The ready-made garment industry in Bangladesh is now the safest garment production center in the world, and suppliers there have collectively invested huge amounts to ensure that they can now adhere to world-class safety standards.
Denim Expert, a jeans manufacturer which is based in Chittagong, is at the vanguard of this change which is sweeping the industry. The company has always been a great believer in transparency, and the company’s owner, Mostafiz Uddin, is someone who always practices what he preaches on this issue. There is good reason for Denim Expert to take this approach—in short, the business has nothing to hide.
Having been established in 2009, Denim Expert has become a genuine leader in the global denim industry in terms of its sophisticated, sustainable production processes on the one hand, and its commitment to social responsibility on the other.
On the latter of these issues, Uddin often refers to the 1,900 employees at his business as family.
“If you can’t produce transparently, then you should not be producing at all,” Uddin said at the Copenhagen Fashion Summit in 2018.
These are not just empty words. Uddin regularly invites prominent stakeholders in the global apparel industry to visit Denim Expert so that they can see for themselves the quiet revolution that is taking place at this most progressive of businesses. This is true transparency in action, for seeing really is believing in this industry; certifications can only tell you so much about a business.
Uddin takes a huge amount of pride in ensuring that all of his employees are treated fairly and with respect and are paid a living wage, while the working conditions provided at Denim Expert meet the highest international standards.
But there is more than this. Denim Expert goes above and beyond with regards social issues, with Uddin’s vision being to increase the living standard of people in Bangladesh through economic growth and better working conditions.
In addition to providing ongoing training and development programs for all members of staff, Denim Expert has also taken some bold steps to further the cause of oppressed groups. The business took the step recently of employing two transgender workers, a bold and enlightened move that saw Denim Expert become the first business in Bangladesh to take decisive steps on the issue of gender inclusion.
The company is also leading the way with technical innovations that can improve the working conditions of the workforce. For example, Denim Expert has installed computer-controlled laser machines that, using the latest technology, can produce the highest standards of worn and aged effects, which had previously been achieved through methods that were detrimental to the health of the workforce due to the intense amount of manual work required.
The production site at Denim Expert also offers good ventilation in the work areas, which also have access to plenty of natural light, and community facilities for the employees.
Denim Expert places emphasis on appropriate salaries, education and extensive medical care for all employees. Important events in the life of employees, including a marriage or the birth of a child are supported by the company with financial grants and, in special cases, Denim Expert also covers the costs of private hospital care and medical treatment.
It’s an enlightened approach and one that also pays great dividends in terms of a happy, productive workforce.
Technical innovation is also key at Denim Expert. The issue of water is a major consideration here, given that the denim production process is extremely water-intensive.
Denim Expert arranges regular training on water system management and ways to use water efficiently and has published a water saving handbook for all staff.
The business has also installed water flow meters to monitor water consumption at different sections throughout the factory and has a water leakage monitoring and repair process in place together with an upgraded water maintenance schedule to check all water-related equipment.
Meanwhile, the use of ozone machines helps in reducing the back-staining levels in garments during the wash process, hence these machines help in reducing the amount of water and chemicals used in laundry.
Denim Expert has also installed a rainwater harvesting system at its factory premises that collects rainwater that falls in an underground reservoir. The quality of the water is pristine, and this collected water is used in the company’s laundry.
This, in conjunction with other water-saving practices, means Denim Expert’s average consumption of water per jean stands at 24 liters a jean, whereas the industry average is about 60 liters.

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What Is The Future Of PPC In 2018?
Looking back at the last year, we can definitely say that it has been huge for the world of PPC. There has been a lot of change due to all the Google AdWords updates, which were met with mixed reviews from users. We’ve got new audience targeting, as well as a variety of features that can boost the workflow and make your PPC campaign have a greater effect. Now that 2017 is over and we have stepped into the new year, people are wondering what to expect. In this article, we are going to discuss some of the trends that you should watch out for.
Back in 2016, mobile internet users eclipsed desktop users, and the fact is that the thing that they most appreciate is speed. Their behavior pretty much shows that there is no denying to it. If your website requires more than a couple of seconds to load, you are bound to drive visitors away, and your conversion rate is going to go down fast.
In order to pave the way to a faster web, Google introduced Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) in 2016. These are the pages that have a lightning bolt in SERPs, and they load very fast, generally in less than a second. Now, as of September 2017, marketers were enabled to make their AdWord campaign URLs lead straight to their AMP landing pages. This has already improved essential items such as bounce rate, conversion rate, and time on site. So, one thing that is for sure – 2018 is going to be the year of optimizing your AMP landing pages.
In 2018’s world of SEO, Google is moving to mobile-first index, which includes penalizing the Quality Score of your PPC if your website doesn’t follow Google’s mobile policy. As we have previously ascertained, this means that Google is focusing on fast and user-friendly mobile sites. The fact is that most of the mobile searches now go through Google, as both Apple and Android made it their primary search engines. The idea is to make sure that everyone has a quality user experience, so if your website works at a slower speed and isn’t optimized for mobile, both organic and paid ranks are going to go down.
Looking at today’s audiences, PPC adverts will most probably get a lot more personalized in 2018 than they have been before. According to the experience of a pay per click agency, with how detailed targeting has become, it is now easy to set up an effective campaign and write a tailored advert for a target audience. Let’s say you have an online shop. You can come up with an advert that particularly targets mobile users, through tailored ads such as “Get a discount if you order from your mobile device”.
Furthermore, you can target a user based on their life events, such as an upcoming wedding or graduation. And you can do it months before the actual event is going to take place. In effect, you will see how your CTR’s and conversion will increase, thanks to specifically targeting users. This year, personalized ads are going to be more accurate than ever.
Almost every marketer wants to be in control of their PPC bidding. Still, the workload tends to become overwhelming the more you create and grow your accounts and campaigns. But, the future seems to promise change in this aspect, as Google is constantly coming up with ways to optimize marketing campaigns and help us do it in less time. If you’ve got a platform that algorithmically bids on your keywords based on machine learning, it can do it via all your PPC accounts in a matter of minutes, or, in the best case scenario, seconds. Basically, it can do much more than we could do in the past through manual bidding and guesswork.
Big companies in the market, such as Kenshoo, Marin Software, Adobe, and Acquisio, offer third-party bidding software that is constantly being improved in terms of optimization and improvement of your marketing campaigns. If you don’t feel like investing money into this, you can rely on Google’s automated system which offers you to choose the preferred bidding method.
Even though you can never be sure what Google and other companies are going to introduce in the upcoming year, these are some of the trends that we believe are going to keep growing in 2018. Whatever comes our way, it will most certainly improve our PPC campaigns, so watch out for growing and emerging trends and adapt.
David Koller is a passionate blogger and copywriter for Media Gurus, mainly interested in Digital Marketing and law.

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News items related to Windows Vista upgrade cable as issued by the Send2Press Newswire service on behalf of the noted news source.
Wed, 31 Jan 2007, 21:30:00 EDT | From: SaberData, Inc.
AUSTIN, Texas – Jan. 31 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — SaberData, Ltd., the leader in one step PC Migration, announced the availability of its SaberWire USB data transfer cable that works with Microsoft’s Vista operating system. The cable is ideal for transferring data between computers without the need for a network.


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MANCHESTER UNITED striker Romelu Lukaku would have been "seeing stars" after he was "concussed" during the clash with Southampton tonight.
That is the opinion of BT Sport pundit and former Arsenal defender Martin Keown.
Southampton defender Wesley Hoedt collided with the back of Lukaku's head in the eighth minute of the game at Old Trafford.
The Belgian immediately fell to the floor and was treated on the pitch for over five minutes.
Lukaku was given oxygen by the medical staff and was taken off on a stretcher.
Being a former defender, Keown knows how it feels to be hit on the head and was sympathetic towards the Manchester United frontman.
“Yeah (it looks innocuous) but if you’ve ever been really clouted in the back of the head then you’ll know all about that," Keown said.
"It can be a bit of a shock, he seemed to be concussed, he would have been seeing stars for sure.
"You just can’t take any risk with that nowadays.
"We’ve heard some horrendous stories about the long-term effects.
"It’s best now that he rests up for a number of days.
"He’s got all the officials around him making sure that will happen."
The game ended 0-0 at Old Trafford, leaving United third in the table, 14 points behind Manchester City.


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I really enjoyed that speech...even today. I don't know if how I feel about abolishing the Electoral College, but that is something I will have to ponder for a while.
My understanding of the reason for the electoral college is so that the states with large populations don't run the rest of the country. Not a good idea to get rid of it.
I don't think that there's a need to abolish the Electoral College since it has performed its function in over 50 presidential elections already. This has contributed to the political stability with the distribution of popular support to the elected president.

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text: Ian Hanigan serves as chief communications officer for the Orange County Department of Education, overseeing the Communications and Media Services unit. Along with producing stories and videos for the OCDE Newsroom, this team facilitates copywriting, video production, media relations, graphic design, web design and event support for OCDE. Prior to joining the department in 2015, Ian spent eight years as public information officer for the 30,000-student Irvine Unified School District. Before that, he was a local journalist, writing for the Long Beach Press-Telegram from 1999 to 2003 and the South Bay’s Daily Breeze newspaper from 2003 to 2006. His beats included education, city government, business and aerospace.


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The World Values Survey Association invites paper proposals for the WVS thematic panel at the forthcoming 72nd annual WAPOR conference -which will take place in conjunction with the AAPOR conference- on May 16-21, 2019 in Toronto, Canada.
Following the conference main theme, the panel focuses on a variety of topics dealing with the issues of support for democracy and preference for the alternative forms of governance; origins and factors of the aspirations for democracy; confidence in political institutions and political participation and their contribution to the democratic support; validity and reliability of the existing measures of democratic support; population surveys vs expert evaluations of the quality of democracy and the type of regime; over-time trends in the popular support for democracy and their interpretations.
Submissions into this panel are expected to employ survey data from the World Values Survey data-sets 1981-2018 (alongside with the survey data from other comparative international research programs). Submissions are welcomed from scholars from any world region and at any stage of your academic career. Panel will be chaired by the WVSA President Professor Dr Christian Haerpfer.
With your expressions of interest and for more information, please, contact wvsa.secretariat@gmail.com.
Submission deadline to WAPOR is November 12. If you wish you join WVS panel at WAPOR – make sure to contact WVSA Secretariat with your proposal on November 10 at the latest.
We look forward to seeing you next year in Toronto!


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If you've ever heard of or known someone who suffers a "sudden death", it can be quite a disturbing story. Many times, what seems to be a relatively young and healthy person can just "drop dead". Known as sudden cardiac death (SCD), it is a sudden, unexpected death caused when the heart stops functioning. The cause of approximately 325,000 adult deaths in the US each year, it is the largest cause of natural death and responsible for 50% of heart disease deaths in the US.
If you've ever heard of or known someone who suffers a "sudden death", it can be quite a disturbing story. Many times, what seems to be a relatively young and healthy person can just "drop dead".
Known as sudden cardiac death (SCD), it is a sudden, unexpected death caused when the heart stops functioning. The cause of approximately 325,000 adult deaths in the US each year, it is the largest cause of natural death and responsible for 50% of heart disease deaths in the US.
The demographics of the most frequent cases of SCD are in adults aging from their mid-30s to mid-40s, with men twice as likely as women to be affected. Children are rarely affected, at a rate of 0.0015%.
An SCD is not a heart attack, which can sound confusing. With heart attacks, there is a blockage of blood flow to the heart. The lack of blood causes damage to the heart muscle, resulting in the heart attack.
With an SCD, the electrical system that powers the heart stops operating properly, and the heart begins to beat extremely quickly. Because of how fast the heart is beating, it's not getting blood out to the body - often times resulting in unconsciousness because blood isn't getting to the brain. And if it's not treated very quickly, the victim will pass away.
When it comes to risk factors, some are universal, and others are age specific.
There are way too many stories of younger people suffering SCD while engaged in athletic activities. You may have heard of 'enlarged hearts' - the fancy phrase hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, where the heart muscle grows abnormally thick, making it more difficult for the hear to pump blood. It is the most common cause of SCD in athletes and often goes undetected.
Other younger people risk factors include heart arteries that have grown abnormally that create difficulties. Also, heart rhythm disorders can lead to rapid heartbeat patterns, causing fainting and possibly SCD.
When it comes to treatment for SCD, knowledge really is power.
First and foremost, if you can eliminate certain risk factors from your lifestyle (obesity, drug use, etc.), that will go a long way. But also, if you feel you are at risk of experiencing SCD, talk to your family and your co-workers - make sure they know the importance of immediate action.
To call 9-1-1 right away. Do not pass Go. Survival can be as high as 90% if treatment is initiated within 5 minutes of the cardiac arrest. That goes down 10% for every minute after.
Proper performance of CPR. It's a life-saver. There are classes all over the area where you can learn, ask us here at the hospital (or police or fire departments), and we'll be able to get you set.
If available, know where an AED (Ambulatory External Defibrillator) is and how to use one. Particularly at athletic venues or in the workplace.
And trust your emergency workers. They are specifically trained in the actions required to help in this situation because of how time-sensitive it is.
Along with the knowledge, there is also the option to have an ICD implanted. ICD is 'Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator', and it is a preventative treatment (can also be used for survivors). The electronics monitor the heart rate, and when it senses an extremely rapid heart rate, it will deliver a shock to the heart and get it back in step. An interesting note is that the ICD keeps a record of these incidents, and that info can be viewed by the doctor.
Surgeries can also be performed to help improve blood flow to the heart.
So in a nutshell when it comes to SCD, know your risk factors. Know your family history. Inform those around you of what to do. And make the changes necessary to reduce your personal risk.

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After learning and practicing democratic citizenship, the next critical steps are representation and governance. Democratic institutions are key elements. They shape the norms and incentives for active citizenship and they link citizens and their representatives in ways that foster accountability, legitimacy and representation. In Québec and Canada, as well as in other countries, confidence of citizens toward the institutions is low, as many dislike the way that members of parliaments behave and consider that politicians don’t honour their promises, hence various political endeavours to reform these institutions. Research on this axis will focus on the role of electoral systems, parliaments, parliamentary debates, and political parties.
Political institutions create incentives (and disincentives) for people to vote and to be active in politics (Hadenius 2001). They structure the party landscape and define how political representation and accountability are achieved. Canada is in the middle of a wide-ranging effort to reform parliament and the Senate to reduce the democratic deficit. Electronic voting technologies and online platforms are considered to make more people voting or deliberating. Centre members have made important contributions to this debate, but several critical research questions remain.
The decreasing relevance of parliament is widely recognized and distrust in political institutions and political alienation is rampant (Armingeon & Guthman 2013). Researchers are debating why. Do these trends reflect the declining influence of citizens in the political process or the growing political polarization of political elites (Aucoin & Turnbull 2014)? Centre researchers will take advantage of advances in computational processing powers to collect and analyze large datasets of parliamentary speeches, election records, party platforms, and the legislative behaviour of members of parliaments to address these questions. The goal is to enhance understanding of party behavior and polarization in parliament and the changing linkages between citizens and their representatives.
Government accountability is a cornerstone of representative democracy. As the dramatic decline in citizens’ political trust attests, many polities face a serious accountability crisis (Cross 2010; Gidengil & Bastedo 2014). Whereas most studies of accountability have focused on elections and the government’s management of the economy, we are broadening the scope by looking at the composition of elected assembly and the government’s capacity to deliver on its election promises, as well as extra-electoral mechanisms of democratic accountability.


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These are ideal as an alternative to clingfilm. Great size and usable on a range of goods.
These are amazing, i hardly use cling film at all now these are so useful and do the job i wanted them for.
Got these to replace the sandwich bags I use for my kids lunches and they are perfect for this. This size is just about right for a sandwich (if the halves are put on top of each other) or for warps. They are not bulky so still fit in the lunch boxes.
I got these to replace cling wrap for fruit and veggies. I used it for the first time today. They feel very hard at first but they work perfectly. I'd to use two to wrap up the lettuce but it worked fine and I'm delighted to be cutting back further on waste in the house. I'll definitely order the large one next time once it's in stock!


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Relax and unwind at weekly yoga sessions with Carly in a calming environment.
Carly provides an inclusive and non-intimidating environment with a maximum class size of 15 people. Everyone welcome from complete beginners to experienced Yogis and Yoginis.
Yoga for kids is a time to reflect on what's important, what matters and how special their uniqueness is while listening to music we love.
A weekly class with Jo Andrews to boost your physical and mental wellbeing in a relaxing environment.
Improve your camera skills and capture the beauty of the woodlands on this four week photography course.
Create a natural pot from greenwood, using the shrinkage of the tree as it dries out to create a sealed pot.
Be supple and strong in 2019 - develop core and back strength and be more agile, help prevent injury and increase sports performance.


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In my eyes, street and travel photography isn’t all about settings and theory, it's about being confident enough with your camera that you don't miss the moment. Whilst we do cover Aperture & Shutter Priority modes, this workshop really focuses on being creative and showing people the world around them in ways they have never seen before. It’s about sparking imaginations, transporting people to another place and capturing the atmosphere rather than just pictures of ‘things’. This street & travel photography workshop is for anyone who loves taking photos and sharing stories, be it of their travels abroad or right here at home!
With a team of just 6 participants this photography workshop keep things fun and takes the stuffiness out of photography. My goal is simple, to help you understand your photography using analogies, stories and confidence building techniques. There is plenty of one-on-one attention with personalised learning for your specific camera model, experience level and photography goals.
Following your workshop you will be invited to join the Matt Krumins Photography Course Collective Facebook group, giving you a safe and productive environment to continue your photography growth through peer and instructor feedback.
This exclusive small-group workshop is your chance to revolutionise the way you see compositions and capture your images leaving you with inspiration to go out and photograph the world through fresh eyes!

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Get ready to CLASH! Come on out to Crown College Disc Golf Course in St. Bonifacius, MN for the first ever Clash for the Crown. This is a PDGA C-tier and West Zone MST event! We will be playing two rounds of 18 holes. If you’ve never played at Crown before, come check it out. You won’t be disappointed. Ace pool included, lots of CTPs for everyone. and some extra side games just for those awesome MFA members. Don't miss it.
This tournament is run in connection with the Cedar Creek Open A-tier in August. All funny money proceeds from this event will be put directly into the prize pool for the CCO! That does not mean this tournament’s payouts will suffer. It will be a fantastic, smooth running event with your standard 100% payouts. The only thing that is different is that the “vendor” will not be making ANY money. It will all go to CCO. So come out and play a fun tournament while helping to make a great event even better. Remember, every CCO disc purchased gets you an entry into a drawing for a $400 Chainstar basket.
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Olympic Windsurfing: Not Dead Yet?
Don’t write off Olympic windsurfing just yet. A firestorm of opposition to the International Sailing Federation’s decision to dump the event in favor of kiteboarding at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro makes it highly likely that there will be another vote.
Don’t write off Olympic windsurfing just yet. A firestorm of opposition to the International Sailing Federation’s decision to dump the event in favor of kiteboarding at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro makes it highly likely that there will be another vote at ISAF’s next meeting in November.
Procedural details remained murky at press time. But US Windsurfing president Karen Marriott says she’ll press US Sailing’s delegates to vote to overturn ISAF’s original decision—which would require a 75 percent majority vote.
Since the ISAF council voted 19-17 in favor of the change last May, more than 26,000 people have signed an online petition opposing it, and Spain’s ISAF delegate has said he accidently voted against—instead of for—windsurfing as he’d intended. It’s an odd battle, for there is substantial crossover between the two sports, with many sailors, like Farrah Hall, who represented the United States in the RS:X windsurfing class at the 2012 Olympic regatta, doing both.
Meanwhile, US Sailing is standing firm. Olympic Sailing Committee chairman Dean Brenner (a former Soling sailor who saw his own class lose its Olympic status in 2000) says kiteboarding deserves a shot at the Olympics because it is an “exciting and rapidly growing” type of sailing that has the potential to bring a number of new countries to the sport of Olympic sailing.


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Thanks to my friends at Conscious Success LLC for yet another report that shows that workplace wellness programs work. They have been working for about a year with CaLLogix, aNew Hampshirebased call center company, on absenteeism, attrition rates, and health care costs. And the results are already in.
According to CaLLogix CEO Sherry Leonard, they have reduced absenteeism by 80%, reduced attrition by 50%, and cut heir health insurance premiums by 50%. Wow!! That is remarkable. But the fact is that these results are very similar to that experienced by both big and small companies all overNorth Americawho have implemented workplace wellness plans.
In addition to those basic bottom line results which are reported above, people at CaLLogix who participated in the Conscious Success program also reported a 17% decrease in stress levels, a 44% increase in focus, and a 37% increase in productivity.
The major elements of the wellness program at CaLLogix were a smoking cessation program (administered by a separate organization), stress reduction training and meditation breaks, health eating programs, theme days, customer service week and a 500+ Step Challenge where employees are encouraged to walk and keep track on pedometers that recorded 2,710 miles by participating staff.
In addition to introducing the program, management at CaLLogix have bought in as well, with special training and programs for supervisors and mandatory participation by management in group events and programs. They also play an important role in encouraging staff participation and acknowledging success.
Once again the results support the theory. If a company or organization invests in a workplace wellness program both they and their employees benefit. So if you are an employer what are you waiting for?
Next up…. How to start a workplace wellness program.
Hint: It’s kind of like how you eat an elephant.


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Silvia Foster-Frau April 2, 2019 Updated: April 3, 2019 3 p.m.
It’s “a whole new dimension to how we provide services,” said Antonio Fernandez, CEO of Catholic Charities.
Partnering with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Catholic Charities has also built a mobile unit with a shower and washer/drier that is expected to deploy this month. Another unit with equipment for medical screenings is also on its way.
The supply vehicles would be an addition to the Mobile Relief Unit that Catholic Charities unveiled last May called “Hope,” which was used during the family separation crisis, providing hot meals and carrying other donated items.
The demand for aid to migrants that pass through San Antonio is “huge,” Fernandez said.
Catholic Charities has been one of the main providers of aid during the recent wave of migrants dropped off at San Antonio’s Greyhound bus station by federal authorities. They often arrive hungry, with no money, and sometimes in need of a night or two of shelter before they continue on their journey.
The nonprofit also the government’s point of contact when migrant families were being reunited in San Antonio, a court-ordered move after the Trump administration separated them at the border. During that time, parents and children stayed in a room on the second floor of the agency’s headquarters, which agency staff turned into a makeshift service area filled with donated clothes and toys and caseworkers helping them make calls to U.S. sponsors.
This mega-center will centralize donations and resources, and provide for an open space that will resemble a retail store. The idea is migrants can show up and take what they need from the racks and shelves, as one might do at Walmart or H-E-B.
“If we can do this with respect and dignity, then why not?” Fernandez said at his office with Catholic Charities.
Near him were receipts and bundles of currency donated by San Antonians and beyond — people who wanted to help him help the migrant families.


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Hungry for something sweet? Have a bunch of Easter candy to use up? Don’t feel like baking or fussing? This Chocolate Peanut Butter Marshmallow Peeps Fudge gets made in the microwave in less then 5 minutes! Sweet, creamy, delicious & absolutely effortless!
I kid you not. This first got written in July. I was cleaning out a snack cabinet and uncovered an ancient archive of Peeps – orange bunnies and white snowmen.
Food does not get thrown away in my house. These peeps were perfectly edible and found themselves a new purpose. Fudge.
Now it’s March, a few days after Easter and I find myself staring at 3 packages of peeps. I’m not terribly fond of marshmallows but I can get down with a few peeps. A few. Then the super sugary sweet gets almost sickeningly sweet and we’ve all had enough. Each week they get pushed further & further back in the snack cabinet. Into the abyss.
This time I’m jumping straight to the chase. The peeps might not have time to properly age & mature like you would find in a true vintage peep fudge, but I’m sure most of our marshmallow tastes aren’t that discerning.
So onto making our Chocolate Peanut Butter Peep Fudge. Get all your ingredients in a bowl, except the peeps, microwave and stir until just melted & combined. Not molten liquid, just melted. Stir your chopped up peeps in, scrape that fudgie goodness into a pan & into the fridge it goes until it’s set up.
Yup. That didn’t even take 5 minutes. The hardest part is waiting. Patience is a virtue.
2 -3 hours later you’ll have yourself an impressive fudge. This fudge is firm but soft to bite. It’s rich, chocolate peanut butter goodness with soft bites of pillowy marshmallow. Sweet, creamy, delicious – yum!
This creamy delicious microwave fudge uses leftover Easter candy. Chocolate, marshmallow peeps & peanut butter - takes less then 5 minutes!
Grease/spray a 8"x8" dish or pan.
Combine chocolate chips, peanut butter and margarine in a large microwave safe bowl.
Microwave for another 30 seconds. Stir. At this point it should be melted & combined - if not microwave for another 15 - 30 seconds. You want it just melted and combined - not molten.
Spoon into a greased 8"x8" dish.
Refrigerate for a few hours until fudge is set. Cut into small squares & enjoy. Fudge must be stored in fridge.
Thanks Dawn! Yes – waste is a big no-no. Lol – I would eat year old peeps as-is, no problem, but it’s certainly fun (and tastier) to get creative with them!
I love this idea. I love the chocolate, peanut butter, and marshmallow combination. Now I wish I had some Peeps or marshmallows in the house, I am hungry now.
Hi Mommy!!! I loved those soooo much!! they were delicious, but I wished you didn’t put peanut butter in them.

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Has Brendan Rodgers given up on Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli?
Brendan Rodgers has transformed Liverpool’s season thanks to a change of tactics and working his summer signings into playing his style of play.
But Rodgers still hasn’t solved the problem that is Mario Balotelli.
The Italian striker cost the club £16million when they signed him from AC Milan and his time at Anfield has so far been proved to be a failure.
Balotelli’s performances have improved in recent weeks, scoring a couple of crucial goals in the process, but after being left out in the last couple of games the Italian striker must be asking what he has to do to win over his manager.
Against Burnley Sturridge, Sterling and Lambert played in the striking role before him as he was left kicking his heels on the bench.
Balotelli must be feeling really frustrated with Rodgers’ team selection in the last week or so and it makes you wonder if the Liverpool boss has had enough of the maverick forward with thoughts of moving him on in the summer.
But Rodgers has improved many players at Liverpool in the past so it might just be part of his plan to get the best out of his £16million striker in the long term.


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Cirencester Town manager Charlie Griffin says a real squad effort is needed over the next few weeks with his side facing a busy festive schedule, starting with Saturday's Southern League Division One West derby against Slimbridge, writes Johnny Morton.
The Centurions are coming off a 3-1 win over Barnstaple Town, and Griffin says the younger members of his squad are learning more with every passing game.
"It just goes to show that we have young lads in there, but they understand it and are coming through," said Griffin.
"They are getting more experience as the games go along and I was really pleased with everybody.
"It's a squad effort. We have six games between now and the start of January, so everyone is going to have to muck in. If we do that, then we have a good chance of moving up the league pretty quickly."
Griffin says it is vital that his side follow up their impressive win with another big performance against their local rivals.
"The confidence has always been high, but winning gives you a little bit more of a kick and gives us a good boost coming into Saturday," he added.
"It's another local derby. We know what it's going to be like and we have to work hard. We have to make sure we do that because it's no good doing that last week if we turn up and don't put in a performance."


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Our customer solutions have been created to help increase the focus on your customers. Customer centric organisations are more likely to increase brand loyalty and profitability, and are able to be much more refined in acquiring and retaining high value customers because of a deep understanding of customer needs and expectations.
There has never been a better time to analyse your customers –1st, 2nd and 3rd party data sources now provide the opportunity to not only utilise for media targeting, but also to build audience profiles for use across the whole marketing organisation.
We utilise our deep experience of CRM, user experience (UX) planning and data management to build our unique solutions.
DMP data planning to help maximise the use of customer data across your marketing organisation.
We provide expertise in helping you restructure your marketing organisation into customer centric businesses. For years marketers have needed to address the challenges of the “customer in control” and more recently the effects of ad blocking, ad fraud and decreasing brand loyalty amongst customers.
Our strategy solutions help address these challenges through a custom framework we’ve developed from years of experience across multiple industry verticals.
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Mailfence (mailfence.com) has been created out of our belief that 'Internet privacy is an absolute and definitive right'. After the revelations of massive global surveillance (PRISM....etc) - we decided it was time to offer a service fully dedicated to email privacy. We double-checked each line of code, hardened our servers and worked hard to find a SSL certificate with no american company involved in the certification chain (which is not that easy to find). Withal, the only answer to absolute privacy was end-to-end encryption and we opted OpenPGP (a well known standard - that was further refined in RFC-4880) along with the support of MIME.
The goal was to implement a "TRUE" end-to-end encryption setup (where en(de)cryption occurs purely on the client-side) under an easy-to-use application environment, that is absolutely independent from any third-party (add-on, plugin...) - which by far is the biggest landmark we have set in the secure emailing industry.
Our application use public libraries (openpgp.js - fairly audited) and provides a PGP/MIME based end-to-end solution, including an integrated key-store for managing (importing, exporting, modifying, revoking/deleting...) all of the user PGP public and private keys. Moreover, mailfence gives users the ability of 'Digital Signatures' for (both generating and verifying) PGP/MIME based schemes - an another unique feature which no other service (with-in such eco-system) provides.
Therefore, mailfence is a complete email-suite which not only focuses on User privacy and anonymity - but also gives an entire set of collaborative tools (i.e. Contacts, Calendar, Documents, Groups, Polls...) - so to meet the expectations for all kind of users (personal/private, professional/enterprise).
To further align our strong belief of "Privacy is a right and not a feature" - we donate 15% of "Pro" subscription revenue to associations (Electronic Frontier Foundation and the European Digital Rights Foundation) that globally defend the rights of user privacy on every possible level. Being a small team (with limited resources) - we are cautious, reliable, stable & honest and are massively working on improving our service.
Your suggestions/recommendations are highly welcomed - which will duly help us to further enhance and shape our service under your needs.
mention to him that you're a company rep you'll get a flair.
@mister - Thank you for notifying that, I've PM'ed the admin of this forum.
Is ContactOffice owned by you? If so, how it is different from MailFence?
Is ContactOffice owned by you?
Yes, 'mailfence' has been developed by 'contactoffice' team.
If so, how it is different from MailFence?
Mailfence is solely dedicated to "email privacy and security" and was born as a result of Snowden Revelations with a belief of "Privacy is a right, not a feature". Following are other precise distinctions.
No American Company in the SSL/TLS chain (no that easy to find) | Qualys SSL labs - A+.
Provides "True" end-to-end encryption - E2EE (all the crypto-processes occurs on the client side) | OpenPGP based (RFC 4880 > openPGPjs): Fairly audited.
Digital Signatures (OpenPGP & S/MIME).
Integrated Key-Store for managing (import, export, modify, revoke, delete...) all the crypto-keys | Full PGP interoperability.
Requires no third-party (add-on/plugin...) and therefore gives you complete control of your privacy with-in a single platform - which is the biggest landmark that we've achieved.
Full efforts at transparency (maintains an up-to date warrant canary) | locally hosted in Brussels-Belgium.
Needless to say - mailfence holds a significant amount of "uniqueness", not only with its in-house services but from tons other main-stream solutions as well.
Moreover, as I mentioned earlier - we donate 15% of "Pro" subscription revenue to dedicated associations (Electronic Frontier Foundation and the European Digital Rights Foundation) that globally defend the rights of user privacy on every possible level - which further aligns our values and goals towards online privacy.
1) Does fencemail.com use any public keyrings, such as pgp.mit.edu? So that if a non-fencemail user publishes their public key somewhere, fencemail will find it?
1.1) If not, suppose I'm not a fencemail user, but I want to send a message to two fencemail users. Do they each have to add my public key to the keyring, or is it a shared public keyring so that my key only needs to be added once? I don't see a fencemail equivalent of hushtools.com, where outsiders can supply their public keys so that encryption "just works" for fencemail users who correspond with outsiders.
2) If a fencemail user downloads their mail over IMAP, is the payload PGP-encrypted? IOW, do they need to export their private key from fencemail and then import it locally?
4) Why is First name and Last name required? Streetwise users don't give their real names, so you immediately put them in a position of making a false statement. It would be more appropriate to make these fields *optional* during registration, and changeable thereafter.
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> Yes, mailfence users can find and import other PGP public keys from public key servers (pgp.mit.edu...) via their integrated key store (into their key-ring) and can also publish their own public keys so that other users can find them as well. For more info. check out this "how-to" guide.
> If you're not a mailfence user - and sending an encrypted email to multiple recipients that uses mailfence. You will need their PGP public keys (via public key server - if they have published it there, or by any other out-of-band means) in order to encrypt your email for them. As recipients (mailfence users), they will need their private key to decrypt an email which you've sent to them - and does not require your public key for that purpose.
Now both of the recipients will have to add your public key in their integrated key stores (individually) to securely reply back to you - this will allow them to verify your public key in a much richer way (matching fingerprint....etc) instead of relying onto a centralized local key-server which not only is insecure but also contradicts with the concept of PGP on philosophical grounds (No centralization/or centralized authority).
Moreover, a fully featured integrated key store also enable our users to perform all the crypto-keys related operations (import/export/modify/revoke/delete...) by themselves and thus transfer the full control of their privacy into their own hands - and that is what our belief duly relies upon.
> Mailfence is a 'pure' end-to-end encrypted solution (en(de)cryption occurs on the client-side) - therefore all the encrypted content remains encrypted at all times.
When you import encrypted emails via IMAP - you will receive them in as-is manner and will have to export your private key (in your local machine/or any other device) to decrypt them.
FYI: we are planning to release the code of our front-end in a later phase which will further clarify this and other code-level concerns.
> Those fields allow us to suggest you an email address and provide you a login name. You can always change them once you create your account (in your 'personal data').
1) Does mailfence.com use any public keyrings, such as pgp.mit.edu? So that if a non-mailfence user publishes their public key somewhere, mailfence will find it?
I asked "if a non-mailfence user publishes their public key somewhere, mailfence will find it?" Based on what you said, the correct answer is "No", mailfence ("MF") will not find it. The user must find it, and add it manually.
This may be good for security, but makes mailfence less usable for novices.
With hushmail, an expert non-hushmail user can tell a total novice to get a hushmail account, and the expert user can do all the key management on their end so that it /just works/ for the novice.
Suppose a MF user emails someone for the first time. If the key is not on their keyring, why not check pgp.mit.edu automatically, and offer to import the key on the condition that the user verifies the fingerprint?
I screwed up the phrasing of my question, but you answered it well.
It's unclear how separate public keyrings protects your users. When a MF user composes an outbound message, what's to stop MF from substituting a different public key? Even if the user has their own public keyring, the webtool won't necessarily use it.
Good answer.. that's what I would expect.
Mailfence requires an e-mail address for registration. This is flawed for several reasons.
* Creates chicken-egg problem. It's wrong to presume the user has e-mail service already. If the user does not already have an e-mail account, Mailfence blocks them from creating one. If they had one already, they might not need a Maifence account in the first place.
* If the user already has an e-mail account, then linking the two accounts defeats the purpose of having two accounts. It's bad identity management. Either way it's broken.
* I'll be the judge of whether I need a password recovery mechanism. It's less secure to supply an e-mail address for password recovery because if the other e-mail account is compromised, the adversary can attack the mailfence account by simply requesting a password reset.
* Even if an adversary has not compromised the password recovery account, sending tokens in the clear via e-mail is also prone to attack.
It's essential that disclosing a password recovery e-mail address be optional (or non-existent). Since this is a mandate, I'm out. I will not be registering on mailfence or advocating it to others until this is fixed.
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Based on what you said, the correct answer is "No", mailfence ("MF") will not find it. The user must find it, and add it manually.
As I said, "mailfence users can find and import other PGP public keys from public key servers via their integrated key store". Now you seem to ask, will they be able to use it directly- and that's where the answer is 'No', they'll have to import them first (and verify it) before moving any further.
That's what we are trying to do: raising the bar of ease-of-use until that thin line of security (which is our utmost priority) - so to make mailfence a platform for both technical and non-technical users, without compromising the security over convenience.
We are currently thinking likewise, and I'm glad that you've also suggested a somewhat similar approach. Though, being a small team (with limited resources) - we are currently focusing on other priority issues, and will consider this one soon.
The question is about (absolute) "control" of privacy and a dedicated key-store (having private and public keyrings) exactly provides that. Then the notion goes towards security, where that absolute control comes into play and allow users to make the right decisions (avoiding the use of wrong public keys by proper fingerprint verification...etc). We don't adhere to the false concept of "Security through obfuscation" where most of the other solutions does all the user's key management - leaving them with no room to control their keypairs (which indeed are super private to user's).
We are currently enhancing our "How To" guide and Blog - to also educate users with best-practices in simple and intuitive ways.
Thank you for your efforts, and we'll look forward for their response.
While agreeing to some of your points and not with others - we duly respect the user right of online anonymity and freedom of association on the whole (and have planned multiple measures to take in this regard as well). However, under the related technical boundaries, this may or may not include the condition of an alternate email address.
Thank you for your detailed feedback - and will remain at your disposal.
Kindly, drop us an email at support@mailfence.com - with your login name, and we'll sort this out for you.
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I have to admit to be a rookie when it comes to encryption and terminology such as in the posts above.


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Ask for examples of things scouts have lost in the past.
Speak about remembering and how we remember things.
Move on to people and how we feel about loosing a person and how we remember them.


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When folks hear about new ways to make weapons, or contraband, or engage in smuggling, it’s only natural to worry that technology is leading us to a world less safe, less secure, and less predictable. This blog covers some of the trends, and explores how some of our techno-anxieties might be valid. But crime, violence, terrorism, and other negative externalities of modernity are actually just a faint shadow cast by the blinding light of human progress. Life is undeniably better for most human beings today than it was even a century ago. The role of technology in making that happen can hardly be overstated.
If the “4th Industrial Revolution” increasingly democratizes the ability to make stuff, it’s reasonable to assume that criminals, extremists, and scofflaws will turn this to their advantage however they can. Yet, the benefits of technology for legitimate human activities and constructive human progress almost always prove greater in the long run. We can’t know precisely what the future will look like. If history is our guide, then so long as we maintain the space for science, innovation, tolerance, courage, and freedom, our future should prove as much better than the present, as the present has proved better than the past.
Will we know a good thing when we see it? Polling data shows that people always think crime and terrorism are on the rise, even when they fall. A lot of people feel like the world is more violent, more dangerous, more ignorant, less tolerant, and less healthy than it used to be. In fact, most of the world is more peaceful, safer, smarter, more tolerant, and healthier than it has ever been. The exceptions to this happy trend continue to worry us in proportions far greater than their actual impacts. Yes, some of our concerns are wise to consider, and we can’t just let it all slide. Maybe we need a few professional worriers to counterbalance our natural complacence.
But if we’re going to be smart about it, we need to realistically place those concerns within the larger context of human progress. We should understand the role that technology and the freedom to innovate have always played in improving the human condition and expanding human potential. If we get spooked and try to slow things down, or stop the clock, or turn back the dial, we should also know what we might be giving up in the process. Crime and terrorism only piggyback on civilization, they alone can’t determine what the civilized world will do. That’s for the rest of us to decide.
As you read this, there’s a guy in a garage somewhere figuring out how to make illegal weapons, or drugs, or counterfeits. But the kind of tools and information he’s using to game the system are in the same family as the tools and information an American university student is using to design a new style of smart gun that he hopes will reduce firearm accidents. They’re the same tools and information a media artist is using to make mind-blowing new exhibits, or a humanitarian worker is using to produce customized prosthetic limbs for land mine victims. They’re the same kind of tools and information your dentist uses to make customized dental implants, or your surgeon will soon be using to print custom bone and skin grafts, or reconstruct somebody’s face. It’s the same kind of technology that will dramatically increase the efficiency and convenience of many business processes, and make the supply chains for many legitimate products and services more resilient. They are the same kind of tools that will improve the equipment our police and soldiers use, and allow them to repair and customize their gear in the field. They are the same family of tools and information that will enable the production of materials with amazing properties, improving transportation by land, sea, air, and space.
We can fear these trends more than is necessary, or ignore them more than is wise. Somewhere in between there is a balance to be struck. Let’s remember that the underworld is just that: a world underneath the civilized world, not above it. We can’t stop it, but it can’t stop us. A world of post-industrial production and improving DIY does involve a few interesting and provocative new dangers, but most of the great innovations of the past were also feared and opposed for similar reasons.
These innovations happened anyway, in spite of human fears, superstitions, or embedded interests. On the whole, we’re a lot better off for it. Technology doesn’t determine its own uses. That’s still up to us. There are lots of people with the ability to do great harm to others, but they don’t. They don’t because most people are basically decent. And where decency does not rule, incentives do. Perhaps the most important characteristic of a legitimate and well-run society is that most people with the skills and knowledge to do harm will actually derive far greater rewards from improving the human condition than from worsening it. We should keep it that way.

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In a recent interview in Variety, Vin Diesel predicted that “Furious 7” would win the best picture Oscar at next year’s Academy Awards. “Unless the Oscars don’t want to be relevant ever,” he added, though that issue may already be settled. If Mr. Diesel’s prophecy doesn’t come true, it won’t necessarily be a matter of merit. Movies much worse than this lucky-number episode of an overachieving franchise — movies far less sure of their intentions, sincere in their themes or kind to their audiences — have snapped up statuettes. There will no doubt be better movies released in 2015, but “Furious 7” is an early favorite to win the prize for most picture.
Here is a movie with room for not one but two ruthless supervillains: a snarling pit bull played by Jason Statham and a terrorist mastermind played by Djimon Hounsou. Mr. Statham participates in an early, glass-shattering smackdown with Dwayne Johnson and a climactic, asphalt-shattering donnybrook with Mr. Diesel. And that’s not all. That is as far from all as Tokyo is from Abu Dhabi, or Azerbaijan from Los Angeles, to name just a few of the spots where this movie, kinetically directed by the horror master James Wan, pops its clutch and taps its brakes. Michelle Rodriguez, stunning in a red gown, takes on an all-female Emirati security detail. Mr. Johnson pops his arm out of a cast with the merest twitch of a biceps. Kurt Russell drinks a beer. Ludacris fiddles with a laptop. Paul Walker drives a minivan and trades kicks with Tony Jaa. And I haven’t even really gotten to the cars yet. One of them is a Subaru.
Motor vehicles are the whole point of the “Fast and Furious” gestalt: the power they confer; the tribal loyalties they inspire; the whine of their engines and the squeal of their tires. From modest beginnings, the series has grown into a global juggernaut. The first installment, released in June 2001 — before the first Harry Potter movie; before the cinematic dawn of the Marvel Universe; before Tesla — was a souped-up hot-rod movie, rooted in the street-racing subculture of Southern California.
As the movies expanded and internationalized, and characters came and went, the ideal of an automotive misfit fraternity remained at the center of each story. Though Mr. Diesel faded away in early sequels, his Dom Toretto has been the anchor and the glue. With his mouth-full-of-ball-bearings line readings, his heroic trapezius and his infinitely sorrowful eyes, Dom serves as coach, guru and big brother for the rest of the furious speedsters.
A lot of familiar faces are back for “Furious 7.” Dom’s sister Mia (Jordana Brewster) has settled down with Brian (Mr. Walker). They have a young son and another baby on the way. Letty (Ms. Rodriguez) has amnesia. Tej (Ludacris) and Roman (Tyrese Gibson) are still clowning around hoping to attract some female attention, in this case from a computer hacker named Ramsey (Nathalie Emmanuel). There are also a lot of anonymous women in bikinis, no doubt a coincidental result of the movie’s fondness for warm-weather locations.
Occasional ogling aside, “Furious 7” extends its predecessors’ inclusive, stereotype-resistant ethic. Compared to almost any other large-scale, big-studio enterprise, the “Furious” brand practices a slick, no-big-deal multiculturalism, and nods to both feminism and domestic traditionalism. “I don’t have friends. I have family,” Dom says, and there is something beautiful and downright utopian about the idea that the bonds among his gear heads and speed demons transcend race and nationality. Gasoline is thicker than blood.
The rules of the family are simple enough. Dom is the boss — the “alpha,” as Ramsey puts it — but everyone else is organized in a nonhierarchical, mutually supportive division of labor. While the work they do sometimes puts them in the service of larger entities (like the United States government, here represented by Mr. Russell and Mr. Johnson), their real motives tend to be much more primal. Money and national security are cool, but upholding honor and exacting revenge are what it’s really all about. The battle against the superterrorist is a sideshow to the settling of scores between Dom and Deckard (Mr. Statham), who blames the maiming of his brother on Dom and his people.
Enough plot summary. There is much too much plot in any case, and a little too much heavy weaponry for my taste. Like Dom, I prefer fisticuffs and car chases to apocalyptic computer-generated explosions, but I must admit that some of the digital stunts hit the sweet spot of wacky, oh-no-they-didn’t sublimity. Cars are driven out of airplanes. They soar between skyscrapers. They hurtle over cliffs. Nearly everything that happens is the visual punch line to a joke with a very simple set up. “Cars can’t fly,” Brian says to his son. How many ways can dad be proven wrong?
But viewers of “Furious 7” will experience a melancholy, earthward tug whenever Mr. Walker, who died in 2013, appears on screen. Filming was not complete when he died in a car accident, and his brothers, Cody and Caleb, and another actor, John Brotherton, filled in during some scenes. Mr. Wan also relied on his special-effects experience to finish the movie without Mr. Walker. The final moments, when Mr. Walker’s longtime colleagues say their farewells while he still appears to be on screen with them, are both awkward and moving. They remind you what these movies have always been about, underneath all the noise and the bravado: the ferocity of friendship and the terrible speed of loss.
“Furious 7” is rated PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned). Some swearing and violence, but not as much as you are likely to hear — or contemplate visiting on your fellow citizens — during an average rush-hour commute.