What did Alabama's top election official learn from monitoring Russian election?
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Alabama's top election official, Secretary of State John Merrill, just returned from an election monitoring mission in Russia, where he says the process he observed was "free and fair," though the overall report on the election came back less glowing.
Merrill took us along for the ride via Twitter as he observed the recent Duma, or parliamentary, election in Russia.
Merrill even met a teacher who had been recognized by Putin five times. She directed a local polling site.
Merrill monitored for the Operation for Security and Co-operation in Europe, also known as OSCE.
On election day, he observed local culture, like kids with an organized dance routine to Bruno Mars. He says they believe it increases voter turnout. But of course, he also observed election activities. For example, one tweet shows that he witnessed several individuals conducting exit polling and reporting it back to a central location.
He monitored in the city of Volgograd. His colleague, John Bennett, was assigned to Siberia. Merrill saw alleged communist sympathizers and a monument to oppressed peoples.
But on election day, "We found, where we observed and where John observed, which was in Siberia, what I would consider free and fair elections."
The OSCE report he contributed to is less optimistic.
The overall report noted "serious irregularities during voting" and said "the counting process was markedly worse."
But Alabama's top election official says he didn't come across that in the area he monitored, what was formerly Stalingrad, "We did hear some things that were unusual, but we didn't hear any things that were highly irregular."
In the process of monitoring, he met with election officials from all over the world. He says topics like accusations of election hacking did come up. When they talked about safeguards against hacking, Merrill tells us, "I did not hear anything that was introduced from any other country in the world that was new to us or was a different idea than something we were already doing."
But Merrill did pick up lessons from the monitoring process.
"They gave us these sheets," he says, holding up pieces of paper with a small red box at the bottom, "But we didn't have to fax them in. What we did, we had a pen. An electronic pen. We were able to touch this box . . . it would automatically send the information that was recorded to the central reporting location and they could document it live throughout the day."
He says Alabama doesn't have any structure for the way election monitors submit notes, "What you have now, when you have people that go and observe elections, they might write a note on a sticky note or they might write a note in a notebook, but they're not doing anything that would be systematic or in sequential order about what they observed."
Merrill is back home now, preparing for the general election. He doesn't expect to get changes in place that quick, but he says he does eventually hope to implement lessons learned from his trip to Russia.


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Syracuse, N.Y. — A key member of Syracuse football's recruiting staff is leaving after one season for the same job at Florida State.
Ryan Bartow has been hired as the director of high school relations at Florida State, it was announced Tuesday.
Bartow was a behind-the-scenes, worker-bee hire who had a hand in every significant area of SU football's recruiting operation. He served as a point of contact between recruits and their families and inner circles. He helped evaluate prospects and coordinated visits, both online and in-person prior to the pandemic grounding all recruiting travel.
Bartow brought extensive connections in the high school coaching industry from his prior work as a recruiting analyst for 247Sports. He instantly helped SU secure a foothold in South Carolina and grab a pair of defensive linemen this past recruiting cycle.
At Florida State, Bartow largely will be tasked with the same work for a school SU annually competes against in the ACC.
"I lived in the Carolinas for eight years and in South Florida for five," Bartow said in a statement. "Of my thousands of friends, 90% all have the same job: high school football coach. The majority of them reside in the Southeast. High school football coaches and what they do for America's youth is as valued of a position as there is. I love my high school coaches and our authentic relationships.
"FSU has a historic brand and ideal talent geography. It's time to get this roster back to what the awesome Seminoles fan base expects and deserves. College football is at its best when Florida State has its place at the national table."
At Florida State, Bartow will work with Baldwinsville native Bruce Warwick, who began his career at Syracuse as an administrative graduate assistant in 1991. Warwick also served as the program's director of football operations from 1996-99, helping SU win three-straight Big East championships from 1996-98.
Bartow was hired in February 2020 as part of a bolstering of SU's support staff. Jeff LePak, hired around the same time as the football program's first offensive analyst, has also left after one season for a job at Vanderbilt.
Travis Greene, a former quality control coach and grad assistant at SU under Dino Babers, will fill the offensive analyst role.
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Edmond Fernández Ripoll (or simply Edmond) was born in Barcelona in 1938. He worked in a hardware store and with an advertising agency before he was hired by the publishing house Bruguera to draw comics based on TV series for Tele Color, like 'Rin-tin-tin', 'Bonanza' and 'Bronco' from 1959. During the 1960s, he provided art for girls' magazines like Celia, As de Corazones and Sissi, and he also made the comic adaptations 'Tom Sawyer' and 'La capitana del Yucatán' for the collection Joyas Literarias Juveniles.
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Governor Ch Sarwar spoke about the steps being taken by Pakistan for peace and stability in Afghanistan, the current situation in the region and other issues including Kashmir and urged the UK government to not only increase aid to Afghanistan but also play a role in providing basic services there.
Starmer and David Lemmy praised Pakistan's role under the leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan in the Afghan peace process and eradicating terrorism and promised full support to Pakistan in this regard. They said establishment of peace and eradication of terrorism were in the interest of the whole world, admitting that Pakistan was fighting on the front line against terrorism. The Punjab governor said the Pakistan Army and the Pakistani nation made exemplary sacrifices in the war against terrorism. The success of any country, region or world required the elimination of terrorism. Pakistan had no personal agenda regarding Afghanistan, Ch Sarwar told the British MPs. "We want only peace and stability in Afghanistan and the provision of basic amenities to the Afghan people," he added.
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Ved Bhasin (1 May 1929 – 5 November 2015) was a student leader, political activist and prominent journalist from Jammu. He served more than six decades in his profession of active journalism. He was the founder and editor of the Jammu and Kashmir daily Kashmir Times. He was popularly called as the 'Grand Old Man' of English journalism in the state of Jammu and Kashmir.

Ved Bhasin was known for his "uncompromising" secular views and support for the underprivileged. Over his career, Bhasin was said to have remained an advocate of justice, peace, and human rights. Credited with institutionalising journalism in Jammu and Kashmir, he was highly respected in journalistic circles for his integrity and intellectual acumen.

Early life and activism
Bhasin was born on 1 May 1929 and had done his schooling in Jammu. He was a student of Prince of Wales College, Jammu. In his college days, he was more interested in politics than journalism. In 1945, his association with journalism started when he became the editor of his college magazine 'Tawi'. He did his post graduation in New Delhi.

Ved Bhasin was quite interested in the political sphere of Jammu and Kashmir. He was the President of the Jammu & Kashmir Students Union from 1945 to 1949, the President of the Jammu and Kashmir Youth National Conference from 1950 to 1953, member of the National Conference General Council from 1949 to 1953. Afterwards he left active involvement in politics and turned his attention to social and cultural matters of Jammu and Kashmir.

Journalist career
Ved Bhasin had started his journalism career with Naya Samaj, an Urdu weekly from 1952-54. It was banned in 1954 under the Defence of India rules 1950, because of its opposition towards the then Jammu and Kashmir Prime Minister Sheikh Abdullah's "undemocratic" deposition and arrest. Later, Ved Bhasin founded the Kashmir Times in 1955, which started as a weekly and in 1971, it was converted into a full-fledged daily. Bhasin had also worked with news gathering agency UNI as its Jammu and Kashmir bureau chief from 1963-1969. He was the editor of the Kashmir Times from 1964 to 2000.

Bhasin was President of J&K Association of Journalists, Jammu Editors Conference, and Press Club of Jammu twice and served on various Press bodies including Press Advisory Committees (as Convener) for a number of years.

1947 Jammu massacres

Ved Bhasin was a live witness to the 1947 Jammu massacres. At his age of 17, in his home town Jammu, he witnessed the massacres in November 1947. In some way, he tried his bit in preventing what was happening.

For most of his journalistic career, Ved Bhasin did not talk about it fearing it may hurt the people whose perceptions were based on "national interest" or "propaganda." But one day in September 2003, he told his story of those days in the Jammu University at an event. Later on, his testimonies became an authoritative reportage of that pogrom.

Views on Kashmir crisis
In 2006, during the sixth international peace conference in Washington, Bhasin said that no solution for the Kashmir problem can be found without a dialogue that involves the people of Jammu and Kashmir, along with India and Pakistan. He stated that the people of the state cannot be ignored, whom he has identified as the 'primary and basic party to the Kashmir dispute'. According to Bhasin, the UN's resolution for the crisis is no longer relevant, and the only way to achieve peace is to allow all sections of people in the state to participate in the dialogue and find a solution for the majority, through a process of elimination. He says that the solution may be independence, or semi-independence, or joint control, depending upon whatever is acceptable to the consensus, though it may not be possible to satisfy everyone.

Ved Bhasin had been an opponent of the presence of security forces in the Kashmir region. He has said, "Our experience in the past is that wherever BSF was posted, the situation deteriorated." According to him, "though the region has been handed over to the security forces on the ground that there is a serious law and order problem created by the militants, the lawlessness of the security forces is adding fuel to the fire rather than quelling it".

Quoting his views from his selected works published by his daughter:"Clearly the policy of suppression pursued in Jammu and Kashmir since 1990 has not succeeded to eliminate militancy, much less to crush popular unrest or bring back the people to the national mainstream. The bullet for bullet policy with untold human rights violations has proved counter-productive…Unless the root cause of militancy and the people's disenchantment with India is tackled no worthwhile and lasting solution is possible. Primarily, it is a political problem which cannot be tackled with armed strength by dealing with it as simply a law and order problem. A political solution that could satisfy the urges and aspirations of the people of Jammu and Kashmir living in all regions and areas and belonging to all faiths and communities that could also be eventually acceptable to India and Pakistan is called for …J&K is not just a piece of land that it should be divided between India and Pakistan. It is the people who constitute Jammu and Kashmir…Any solution based on status-quo, geographically and politically and constitutionally, cannot be considered rational and realistic and will not be acceptable to the people who have risen in revolt."Bhasin opined that an independent, democratic, secular, federal and demilitarized state with internal autonomy is the ideal solution to the Kashmir problem, if both India and Pakistan agree to it and jointly guarantee the state's security.

He was criticized by many in Jammu for being pro-Kashmir valley, and was attacked several times.

Life
He was married to Vimal Bhasin, who died out of cancer in 1990. The couple had two daughters, Anuradha Bhasin and Anju Bhasin. Anuradha Bhasin also pursued a career as journalist.

On 5 November 2015, Ved Bhasin passed away in Jammu at an age of 86. He was suffering from a degenerative brain disease for the past several months and was on life support system before his death. His death was widely condoled in the state by many people including the then Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed, Governor Narinder Nath Vohra and all the other prominent political figures of Jammu and Kashmir.

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was to "show the diversity of Black music and the diversity of our voices."
BET sat down with Matsoukas to get the scoop:
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BET: How important was it curating the perfect playlist?
Melina Matsoukas: It was really fun because I got to craft a beautiful journey with the music. I really wanted to show the diversity of Black music – starting from soul, to bounce and hip-hop, to afrobeat – and the diversity of our voices. I wanted to also bring back the [quintessential] soundtrack.
I grew up with Love Jones and Nutty Professor—poppin' ass soundtrack. I wanted to bring that back and give that to the new generation, and also introduce them to some of the older phenomenal Black artists that exist. I feel like we achieved that.
I also really wanted to trace the journey of Queen and Slim sonically, so you can understand where they are in the locale by the sound of the locale. So when we get to New Orleans, you're introduced to bounce. When we're in Alabama, you're in a blues juke joint. When you get to Florida, you hear Wintertime rapping. It's really about bringing out some of the local sounds along the journey to mark where they are in the world.
BET: What is one thing that the general public doesn't really know about what it takes to really bring a film to life?
Matsoukas: They don't see the war. They don't see the fight. Every day I'm fighting, that's why my voice sounds the way it does, because of the thousands of conversations it takes to make one thing happen. [It's about] making sure that your narrative speaks to your vision and your voice; that it's in line with the authenticity of the story that you're trying to tell and that that goes unfiltered. It takes a lot of conversations and research and education to bring something like this to life.
BET: What's the single most important piece of advice you'd like to offer Black and Brown girls trying to excel in what they love?
Matsoukas: Educate yourself. Learn your craft. Be better and do better. Set a goal and don't let anyone deter you from it. Period.
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With a respected and Oscar-nominated auteur like Villeneuve at the helm, Dune has unsurprisingly attracted one of the most star-studded casts this side of Knives Out. The ensemble includes big names like Rebecca Ferguson, Dave Bautista, Stellan Skarsgård, and Oscar Isaac (among others), and Villeneuve apparently isn't stopping there. He currently has his sights set on yet another A-lister for a key role.
According to Collider, Zendaya is being eyed to play Chani, Paul's love interest. It's important to keep in mind no deal is officially in place as of this writing, but it sounds like she'll be the next to board Dune. With Villeneuve looking to begin production in the near future, there will likely be confirmation regarding Zendaya's involvement relatively soon.
Interestingly enough, it seems as if Villeneuve is playing the long game with this bit of casting. Collider notes that Zendaya would be "a leading role as [Paul's] proper love interest in the next Dune film." The director has already revealed he plans on making at least two Dune movies, with the first covering only the sprawling book's first half. It's worth keeping in mind that Herbert's original text is a whopping 412 pages, which is a lot of material to condense into a single film (even one with a protracted running time). Splitting the novel into multiple installments reads as a wise decision from an artistic perspective, as Villeneuve and his team will be able to do the entire story justice. The Hollywood trope of breaking up books into two or more movies has yielded mixed results in the past, but the likes of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows proves it can work with the right crew.
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We have a cow moose with a very young calf wandering our property. My wife tried to walk the dog the afternoon (I was away on an errand) and was chased into the house by the moose. When I got home, she told me she was checking the gardens and greenhouses with John Deere as her constant companion. The moose generally don't bother us on the tractor. The lake in the backyard is full of salmon now, and I think the mama has brought her calf up to stay away from the bears that are probably downstream feeding on the fish. I intended to walk to the lower corner of the property this afternoon, but decided against it because of the "Moose on the Loose". I don't want to have to shoot the animal; I'd rather avoid it if I can.
Double trouble for sure..... Fish near by. Even if not that close to you, still an attractant from all directions. Moose with a late calf is a major bear attractant. As a kid I remember feeding livestock with the deer and elk in among the cows. You didn't move far from the tractor and hay wagon.
Article in yesterdays paper about a neighborhood on the edge of town where the conservation officers are concentrating efforts to get people to stop feeding bears. Warnings and advise has been repeatedly ignored for what ever reasons by these people and it is just a matter of time before there is another newspaper headline. They don't seem to get it. Luckily this is on the other side of the river and town from us.
My current issue is coyotes. No problems yet, knock on wood. But by the noise they are making they are ranging along the swamp above our lake just outside of our farthest big pasture. No neighbors, logging, or other things to discourage them from moving through the area and ending up where the lake is closest to the buildings. We have had a doe deer with a pair of late fawns around so there is a threat to them, and our dog, depending on the coyote movement.
When the pack lit up to howl last night I could pick out what seemed like 5-6 different voices in the chorus.
I'd start carrying either some "bear spray" or a garden sprayer, adjusted to spray a stream as far as possible and filled with Ammonia to use as a repellent/deterrent.
If possible, set up some electric fencing to keep them as far away as possible .
A single wire would be enough to discourage them.
And always carry a firearm to use as a last resort.
A Moose is a serious threat.
About 99 of 100 times pepper spray is used it is used incorrectly. Problem is for that to be the most effective the threat has to be well within most peoples comfort boundary. And about 99 out of 100 times it is amateurs using the spray. Under those circumstances it is less a repelant and more a seasoning it seems. Revert to the old joke about bear dung smelling like pepper.
An old bush couple a few kilometers farther out than us tell the story of the two young male cougars who happened to cross paths and used there front yard as an arena to see who was the toughest. After several minutes of get down and dirty fighting, the pine trees had scars up the trunks 2 meters high, the flower beds were torn up, lawn furniture scattered everywhere. And tufts of fur that floated on the winds for several days. She was in the house with the barking dogs, he was in the shed armed with a claw hammer. He said his under ware took at least 2 cycles to clean up. They had never seen a cougar on the place until that day. This was a couple summers ago now.


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In which I eat cake.
A few months back I was engaged in a facebook discussion about undocumented parkrun volunteer perks, such as the Run Director's helicopter and the Ambassador's five star retreat weekends, when I was told that at Bedworth parkrun "Token Sorters get a diamond encrusted chair in the cafe after their 10th volunteer". Being a 3* star token sorter myself I was quite envious of this reward, and started negotiations about visiting their parkrun to do some token sorting. Having consulted my already quite full diary we settled upon the 16th of February, which was also the events first birthday so there would be cake.
My six o'clock alarm was followed by a train to New Street, a greggs breakfast, a train to Nuneaton, another train to Bedworth and then a short walk to the Miners Welfare Park, where I bumped into a bunch of Fetchies, and also some saddos from parkrun laughs.
As they were having a pacing event, and I had successfully ignored the pleas to volunteer to pace 38 minutes I decided that my strategy was to (attempt to) keep in front of the 24 minute pacer. Somehow I managed it, completing the parkrun in 23'24. I finished 42nd (my first time in that position) out of about 329.
Unfortunately the cafe was closed for refurbishment, so I did not get to use the diamond encrusted token sorter seat, instead I found a normal seat in the popup cafe, where armed with a cup of coffee I spent the best part of an hour socialising with saddos, sorting 328 tokens, and eating cake.
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Q: How do I add an image to an item in RSS 2.0? Is there a way to send only an Image with a link and some alt text for each item in an RSS feed?
I looked at the enclosure tag but this is only for videos and music.

A: You should use the enclosure tag within item to include the image. You can use it for images by setting the correct Mime Type (for example: image/jpeg) and including the image size as the "length" attribute. The length attribute doesn't need to be completely accurate but it's required for the RSS to be considered valid.
Here's a helpful article that discusses this and other options.

A: To work with the Mailchimp RSS to email feature, they expect the image to be specified in a <media:content> element inside <item>. This is their source for the feed item's image macro in their templates.
Thus, you need to add to the declarations
xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/

Then inside the <item> element add
<media:content medium="image" url="http://whatever/foo.jpg" width="300" height="201" />

Without the extra declaration, the feed is invalid since media:content is not a known element.

A: The enclosure element can be used to transmit pictures. The RSS 2.0 spec is quite clear about that, saying that the type is a MIME type. It does not say it is restricted to audio or video.
Here's an example: a set of photo feeds from Agence France Presse

A: One of solutions is to use CDATA in description
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Note, that you may have a problem with hotlink prevented site.

A: This is possible in RRS2,
see
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html#ltenclosuregtSubelementOfLtitemgt

So you have to use the enclosure tag, to add media

A: Inside tag ITEM
<image:image xmlns:image="http://web.resource.org/rss/1.0/modules/image/">

http://domain. com/image.jpg
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Inside Description Tag
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A: Regarding the
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Your code would look something like this:
<description><p> Text in the tag </p></description>

A: Since you are using php you can use htmlentities() to encode the html tags.  They look horrible in the xml but RSS readers know what to do with it.
http://php.net/manual/en/function.htmlentities.php

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85th Anniversary – Archives
The magazine of the Jewish General Hospital
News checkup
April 2019News
Henry Mietkiewicz — April 4, 2019
JGH named among world's top 100 hospitals
Survey ranks JGH 1st in Quebec, 4th in Canada
In a survey for Newsweek magazine, the Jewish General Hospital has been ranked among the top 100 hospitals in the world, also placing first in Quebec and fourth among Canadian hospitals.
In the article that accompanies the list, Newsweek notes: "Of all the industries on the threshold of transformation, none is more politically contentious, tightly regulated, scientifically significant or economically important than health care.
Newsweek's ranking of Canada's top 10 hospitals (click to enlarge)
"Hospitals around the globe will drive—and be shaped by—much of this disruption… The hospitals on this list are at the forefront of adapting to these new challenges, while providing top-notch patient care."
"It is extremely gratifying to see the results of this survey, which we are all extremely proud of," says Dr. Lawrence Rosenberg, President and CEO of CIUSSS West-Central Montreal. At the heart of the CIUSSS is the JGH, an ultra-specialized hospital renowned for innovation and patient-focused care.
Dr. Rosenberg says the survey "reflects the many ways in which the JGH continually strives to improve quality, delivery and access to treatment and care. In whatever success we achieve on behalf of our patients, the credit belongs to members of our staff in all fields, as well as our generous donors and dedicated volunteers.
"For 85 years, the JGH has been tireless in its efforts to provide care that is technologically sophisticated, while instilled with compassion and attention to the emotional needs of patients and their families. These qualities are intrinsic to all of the facilities that deliver health care and social services in our CIUSSS."
The survey rated hospitals in 11 industrialized countries: Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Israel, Japan, Switzerland, South Korea, Singapore and Australia.
According to Newsweek's article, the magazine entered into a partnership with Statista Inc., a global market research and consumer data company, to develop a groundbreaking ranking of the world's best hospitals.
One thousand hospitals were selected, based on recommendations from medical professionals, patient survey results and medical performance indicators. For the recommendations, Statista collaborated with GeoBlue, a provider of health insurance coverage and technology-related solutions, in inviting tens of thousands of doctors, hospital managers and other healthcare professionals to participate in the online survey.
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I am very proud to be part of the Jewish Hospital.
It is a great place to work.
We are a team of very dedicated individuals and we try our best to provide the best of care with the latest technology.
I hope I can be part of this institution for many more years.
Lets keep up the good work!
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A POOLE soldier, who lost both his legs in a suicide bombing in Iraq, has received no compensation for his life-changing injuries.
Corporal Neil Heritage, 32, was working with the 11 Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Regiment at Camp Dogwood, south of Baghdad in November 2004, when a suicide bomber blew up a car just two metres away from him.
He lost both his legs above the knee instantly and doctors feared he would never walk again but Neil fought his way back to health, proving the experts wrong. But, despite fundraising efforts including a campaign by the Daily Echo to buy him hi-tech prosthetic legs, Neil is one of a small group of soldiers who never received any compensation for their injuries.
Because he was injured before April 1, 2005 – the date set in the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme – Neil is exempt from the Ministry of Defence scheme which awards tax-free payouts of up to £570,000.
"I think really, that it is unjust", the father-of-two told the Daily Echo.
"When it first came in, in 2005, we had some discussions and tried to get the date moved. But it didn't work.
"For someone in my situation, it would mean they would have a home and a lump sum and obviously that makes things a lot easier when you are trying to recover from an injury like this.
"It was frustrating at the time and to an extent, it still is. I mean, I'm getting on with my life – it's not the main thing – but it is still frustrating to think about the difference it could and would make.
Neil, who took part in the Row2Recovery challenge across the Atlantic earlier this year, added: "All the charities have helped me at some point whether it has been financially or with support in some way.
"I think what we would be realistically asking for is to sit down and discuss it with David Cameron or someone else in a position to make a difference.
A spokesperson for the Ministry of Defence said it was committed to making sure that those injured as a result of service got all the support they needed.
The ministry said before the introduction of the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme, financial support would have been provided by the War Pension Scheme.


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» Reckless driver reported on Massachusetts Turnpike
Reckless driver reported on Massachusetts Turnpike
On behalf of Connell & Foresta | Jul 5, 2019 | Motor Vehicle Accidents
Massachusetts roads can get incredibly busy, filled with vehicles of all sizes from little sports cars to massive semitrucks. All of the drivers of those vehicles need to exercise great caution and pay attention to everything around them in order to avoid motor vehicle accidents. Sometimes, however, accidents happen anyway.
A recent motor vehicle accident happened on the Massachusetts Turnpike. A Honda Accord was, according to reports from other drivers, being operated in a dangerous manner. One of those other drivers said that her car was sideswiped by the Accord and that her car was rendered unsafe to drive. Another driver, who was in a tractor-trailer, said that their vehicle was nearly hit as well by the Honda in a call to 911.
Yet another witness also called 911 to report the dangerous driving as well. That witness was reportedly freaked out as she told authorities that the dangerous driving could result in a major accident. Sadly, her prediction came true as the Honda crashed into a vehicle and then concluded its wild run by smashing into a guardrail.
When police officers got to the scene, they found the driver of the Honda standing by his vehicle. They felt that he seemed to be under the influence of something and gave him a Breathalyzer test. He passed that, however, police say they had recent to believe that he was under the influence of drugs, though they didn't specify the kind of drugs they believe he was on.
Dangerous situations like this one result in damage to other people's vehicles and to property. They can also result in injuries that may take an examination to determine, and emotional suffering as well. All of those things can be a basis for pursuing compensation.


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In addition to clinical work, I also provide supervision and consultation to Boston University graduate students and Smith College post-graduate participants in the Palliative Care and End of Life Certificate Program.


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We follow the guidelines of the International Conference on Harmonization (ICH) and the Good Clinical Research Practice (GCP).
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Q: What can we do on $S$ in order that $H(S)$ be compact? Let be $S$ a metric space. We define the hyperspace $H(S)$ as the metric spaces consisting of every no empty compact subset of $S$ and the Hausdorff metric.
I want that $H(S)$ be compact imposing condition on $S$. But I get a little confuse with the conditions, I mean if we suppose that $S$ is compact I do not figure out what to do with that condition.
I believe that the easiest way is taking a infinite sequence $A_1, A_2,..., A_n,$ in $H(S)$-we can suppose that every element in the sequence is different from the others- and try to find a convergent sub sequence. But I do not fin anything.
Any hint?

A: Of course $H(S))$ had better be the class of nonempty compact subsets of $S$...
Say $S$ is compact. Two proofs:
First proof: Since $S$ is compact, $S$ is totally bounded: Let $\epsilon>0$. There exist $x_1,\dots,x_N\in S$ with $$S=\bigcup_{n=1}^NB(x_n,\epsilon).$$
Now for every $F\subset\{1,\dots\,N\}$ let $H_F$ be the set of all $K\in H(S)$ such that $K\cap B(x_n,\epsilon)\ne\emptyset$ for all $n\in F$ while $K\cap B(x_n,\epsilon)=\emptyset$ for all $n\notin F$. We certainly have $$H(S)=\bigcup_F H_F,$$and you can show that if $K_1,K_2\in H_F$ then the Hausdorff distance from $K_1$ to $K_2$ is less than $\epsilon$. So $H(S)$ is totally bounded.
And $H(S)$ is complete. Leaving out a lot of details: Say $(K_n)$ is a Cauchy sequence in $H(S)$. Let $K$ be the set of all $x\in S$ such that there exist $k_j\in K_j$ with $k_j\to x$. Then (details, details) you can show that $K_n\to K$.
So $H(S)$ is compact, being complete and totally bounded.

Second proof: This one is more fun. For $K\in H(S)$ define $f_K\in C(K)$ by $$f_K(x)=d(x,K)=\min_{y\in K}d(x,y).$$
Take the standard metric on $C(K)$, defined by $d(f,g)=\max_{x\in S}|f(x)-y(x)|$. You can show that $$d(K_1,K_2)=d(f_{K_1},f_{K_2}).$$
So by Arzela-Ascoli it's enough to show that the set of all $f_K$ is closed, uniformly bounded, end equicontinuous. The last two conditions are trivial. To show that set of all $f_K$ is closed: Say $f_{K_n}\to f$ uniformly. Let $K$ be the set of $x$ where $f(x)=0$. Show that $f=f_K$.


It took awhile for Facebook to add such important feature for business pages – posts scheduling. Though it looks even simple things can be done in complicated way. Instead of one simple calendar control for date/time selection you need to make selection from 5 different drop-down lists. Time can be specified only in 10 minutes intervals, i.e. you can enter 11:05. It must be either 11:00 or 11:10. But still I like this feature and it is much better then nothing. Here is step by step guide you need to do the scheduling.
1. Enter information you want to share with your readers as usual and then in the lower left corner you can find clock icon. Press it.
Remark: you must switch to your personal facebook account and then go back to your facebook page to be able to see activity log.
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Journaling: The Key to Literary Success?
Digital Writing student reports sit down with a young Florentine artisan, Eva Nannelli, who shares an insider's perspective of the beauty and difficulties of practicing craftsmanship in Florence and Italy today.
Much of the charm of travelling in Florence is touring around handcrafted bottegas, which have been thriving in this small city. What are the challenges these traditional shops or artisans are facing these years? We interviewed Eva Nannelli, a craftsman working on leather book binding at L'arte de' Ciompi, a leather and paper gift shop, to find out more about the career as an artisan.
Working alongside antique wooden cabinets lined with fascinating paper and leather products, Eva was binding a sensuous leather book with meticulous care. We started our discussion on the importance of handcrafted goods in Florence.
Fatto a mano, which we may sometimes find written on products, means "handmade" in Italian. Eva told us that their customers, spanning the United States, Australia, Europe and Asia, etc. appreciate the unique one-of-a-kind in their shop. "Every piece embodies a spirit of pride and passion - no two pieces are completely alike," Eva shared.
Eva confided that starting her business was difficult in the beginning, she ended up discarding many unsuccessful items. "It was disastrous! It took a long time to learn the craft well." Having said that, Eva finds tremendous satisfaction when she now manages to bind leather books which are original and naturally beautiful. More meaningful is that they will begin to tell a personal story when customers take them home.
After having been in business for about a year, Eva admits that there is no easy money in making handcrafted goods in Florence. The cost is high because of the materials, rent, and most importantly, the time spent on the exquisite details and impeccable craftsmanship.
Eva pointed out that another challenge traditional shops are facing is the competition arising from vendors and illegal hawkers selling low-cost unoriginal and fake goods. Traditional crafts risk becoming marginalized in the digital era.
Ultimately, artisanal techniques are the essence of cultural heritage, authenticity, and quality. Eva hopes people will continue to cherish the original artistry. There are still many talented and skillful masters in Florence who need our support.
Eva Nannelli, 30 years old, was born in Florence, and studied psychology at university. She was involved in the field of exhibitions in the past and now works at L'arte de' Ciompi as a craftsman on leather book binding. She likes practicing calligraphy in her spare time.
For more on contemporary Florentine craftsmanship, see the new book recently published by FUA's campus press Ingorda.
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The Year In Tweets
Published December 28, 2012 at 12:00 PM EST
I'm Michel Martin, and this is TELL ME MORE, from NPR News. Coming up, are you invited to any parties for Kwanzaa, which is going on now? If the answer is yes, you're not alone. If the answer is no, you're not alone, either. We'll ask just how widely observed is this inspired-by-Africa, made-in-America celebration.
But first, the familiar ping of a new tweet. Many of you might have heard that this year's top tweet was a photo of President Obama embracing the first lady with the words: four more years. The Obama campaign tweet became the most popular tweet in history. We decided we wanted to take a look at some of the other Twitter trends that got the attention of the twitterati this year. Joining us now are two avid Tweeters: Keli Goff is a political correspondent for TheRoot.com. That is an online publication that focuses on news from diverse African-American perspectives. Also with us, Viviana Hurtado, she's blogger-in-chief of the website The Wise Latina Club. Welcome back to you both. Thank you for joining us.
KELI GOFF: Great to be back.
VIVIANA HURTADO: Tweet, tweet, Michel. Hi.
MARTIN: Before we get started, I just wanted to ask each of you, you both have roots in traditional communication forms; Keli, you authored a well-respected book about politics, Viviana, you hold a doctorate and you were a network correspondent. When you first got involved with Twitter, did you envision it as being as central to your professional lives as it as become, and why do you think that is? Viviana, why don't you start?
HURTADO: I know that Twitter was a pain when I signed up. I think Twitter was one of those things where I ended up copying and pasting my Facebook messages. And I've ended up really embracing Twitter because it is this incredible forum to magnify your voice. And on Twitter, on social media in general, but Twitter in particular, Latinos are just booming.
We have embraced social media, Twitter in particular, and we're having discussions, we're talking amongst ourselves, we're hearing our perspectives where we don't oftentimes hear them or see them in other contexts.
MARTIN: Keli, what about you?
GOFF: I was dragged kicking and screaming to Twitter, and that's putting it mildly. And of course, now I'm thrilled to be there. And I will say that what finally kind of convinced me of its relevance is that a couple of major stories broke - if you remember a couple years ago - on Twitter. I can't remember the exact tweet, but if you remember correctly, Newt Gingrich said something during the Sonia Sotomayor confirmation hearings that was really controversial, and it really sparked that whole great conversation about wise Latinas, diversity, what those of us who are people of color, how we see the world and live the world differently from someone who is part of the predominant, hegemonic culture. That did it.
And also if you remember, Sarah Palin went through a bit of a news blackout where she wasn't really talking to traditional news outlets, and if you wanted to hear Sarah Palin's voice, you kind of had to follow her on Facebook and Twitter. And that's what sort of convinced me that we were in a whole brand new world, and that you needed Twitter if you want to be part of the conversation and actually follow the news.
MARTIN: Interesting. Makes sense. But do you ever tweet hegemonic? That's the question I have. Anyway, so two of the top tweets, Keli, you wrote about this for The Root and you started with your tweet from March of 2012 from Fox News personality Geraldo Rivera.
GOFF: You know, it sparked such a conversation in a way that I really don't know that we would've had it without that tweet, which is during the height of the Trayvon Martin coverage, the tragedy of the unarmed black teen who was shot by George Zimmerman, Geraldo Rivera tweeted something to the effect of: Trayvon Martin's hoodie is just as much to blame for this.
And we all know the fallout, but it bears revisiting, which is, oh, a huge conversation about racial profiling was sparked in a way I don't think people outside of minority communities would've been engaged had that tweet not sparked a conversation, right? Because often racial profiling, Michel, gets bogged down into just race, where people say I don't think black people get treated differently in a store. The real question is what he brought up, right? Does the rich white kid of an executive, who happens to be wearing a hoodie because he thinks it looks cool while he goes shopping in Bergdorf's, get treated the same way as the poor black kid who's also wearing the hoodie because he thinks it looks cool? And that's what his conversation sparked. It also sparked a movement of a number of people wearing hoodies in solidarity, a lot of celebrities such as LeBron James, many, many others. And I actually ended up wearing one on-air when I discussed this on-air in solidarity, as well, about this story.
MARTIN: Vivian, what about one of the Twitter trends that was most important to you this year - was about the death of superstar Jenni Rivera and also the sports star Hector Camacho.
HURTADO: Hector "el Macho" Camacho. Yeah, and what's really interesting about this is Jenni Rivera's death and 'el Macho' Camacho's death were huge, but it was really what was going on. The tweet that caught my eye was tweeted by Jorge Ramos who wrote something along the lines of in his tweet that the wall-to-wall Spanish language coverage, the mainstream media just misses that. And that's why they're ratings are down the tubes. And what he meant by that - and it's interesting that Jenni Rivera's funeral was carried live on Univision. You have to understand, Univision sometimes doesn't carry State of the Union live.
MARTIN: But you haven't persuaded me that Twitter is the reason that those figures were covered as they were.
HURTADO: It's magnified.
MARTIN: Yeah. Yeah.
HURTADO: There's conversations happening on Twitter that aren't happening elsewhere for the mainstream. And then where they're happening on Twitter, it's being magnified. But here's the problem: Twitter is a great place for me to magnify my voice, but is anyone who could make decisions and include my voice listening?
MARTIN: Hmm. Keli, what about that? You had another top tweet for 2012 that was important to you. It was about the whole question of the role of women and how that played out during the campaign.
GOFF: Yeah. When Hilary Rosen, Democratic strategist, made what, frankly, was actually an accurate statement about Ann Romney - which I did say in a column - even though Hillary got in a lot of trouble for it, she said, you know, this woman has never worked a day in her life. As I said, if she literally added dot, dot, dot outside of the home, there never would've been a kerfuffle. She didn't add that, so there was a kerfuffle.
And it sparked a lot of controversy that really could have proved problematic, particularly in a presidential campaign, right, where we know women voters were really going to be decisive. So what was interesting, as everyone, I think, was waiting to see, whether or not this was going to be - prove to be a pivotal turning point in the campaign, depending on how the Obama campaign responded. And I actually think they kind of surprised everyone - not the campaign, technically, but Michelle Obama, who was relatively new to Twitter, had not tweeted that much, responded with: All mothers work, and all women deserve respect. And there wasn't really a lot to say on the conservative end in response to blaming the Obamas for anything. This really became about one strategist.
MARTIN: You know, the other interesting thing about it, each of you said that you were kind of dragged to Twitter kicking and screaming. And my guess is partly because you were worried that it would be too time-consuming and it would just be another thing that you had to add to your day. What I'm kind of hearing both of you say is it's become a very efficient way to start conversations, and sometimes - Keli, as you were saying - to end conversations. Viviana?
HURTADO: And receive information.
GOFF: Well, and actually, I would add that, actually, the most widely read story I've ever done in my career - which I still find this surprising. But, you know, I wrote a column about the revelation - if you can call it that - that Paul Ryan, the vice presidential pick's college sweetheart was African-American. I got that story because I happened, I guess, to be the only person who saw the tweet from another reporter who said: Paul Ryan mentioned in an article that his college sweetheart was African-American. And that's how I actually got that story. So it's turned out to be much more efficient, let's say, than I ever thought it would be.
MARTIN: But apart from that, Viviana, one of your final thought here is sometimes it's just fun. And one of the other tweet trends that you wanted to highlight for us is the fictional, Spanglish-speaking mayor of New York City, El Bloombito. And there's - actually, the voice behind El Bloombito is not the person you might expect. So...
HURTADO: No. Now, well, he has a PhD in speaky-the-Spanishy.
HURTADO: And El Bloombito is just this alter ego of Mayor Bloomberg, who speaky the Spanish during these press conferences. And what Jewyorican - aka Rachel Figueroa Levin - has done is just, she tweets out these fictional tweets. You know, for example, during...
MARTIN: Yeah, give us an example.
HURTADO: So during the hurricane, he would say, you know, a tweet would say something along the lines - I'm paraphrasing - be careful-o in Central Park-o because you walk-o under a tree-o, e e-splat-o(ph) .
MARTIN: Oh, no.
HURTADO: And, you know, I mean, it was just - It's just funny. It's fresh. And, you know, you'd think that during, for example, Hurricane Sandy, which was serious, and a lot of people are still without homes, you know, that it might not be taken well. I think Jewyorican - aka El Bloombito - has done an amazing job of capturing what's behind Mayor Bloomberg's, I guess, intents to speak Spanish, and she's done it in a really comical way.
MARTIN: Well, how can we say Happy Nuevo Ano, Viviana?
HURTADO: Well, muchas gracias, Michel-o.
GOFF: And I'm just going to say adios.
GOFF: That's the sum of my contribution.
MARTIN: Viviana Hurtado is blogger-in-chief at the website of "The Wise Latina Club." She joined us here in our Washington, D.C. studios. With us from New York was TheRoot.com's Keli Goff. Ladies, thank you so much. And as we said, Feliz Nuevo Ano. Would that be the right...
HURTADO: Happy Ano Nuevos to you.
MARTIN: Happy Ano Nuevos to you. Yes.
HURTADO: Happy Holidays, everyone. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Nigerian songstress Cill wins Accountability Music Awards
Sheena Adams2020-01-30T00:00:00+00:0030th January 2020|
Lagos-based musician Chioma "Cill" Ogbonna has won the 2019 Accountability Music Awards, winning the most votes among the finalists who represent the best of socially-conscious music from across the African continent.
The 2019 Accountability Music Awards (AMAs) is a collaboration between Accountability Lab, the ONE Campaign and Trace Africa, that seeks to celebrate African musicians who use their voices to call for more transparency and accountability across the continent. Viewers learned about the campaign on Trace Naija, Trace Urban and Trace Africa and thousands voted for their favourite song focused on accountability, transparency and the fight against corruption.
Cill, whose music incorporates elements of soul, alternative rock, folk, and country music, with splashes of "Africanness", earned the most votes in the campaign. Her song 'All You've Got' talks about social and political reform in Nigeria and encourages citizens to take an active role in pushing for change. Cill said she was elated about the win. "It's even more encouraging to see that people listen to conscious music. We live in a world especially in Africa, where you wake up almost daily to scary events, human right violations, abuse of power, failing electoral processes, a decline in political participation or even worse, political apathy or downplaying of life-threatening realities – like we see on Twitter everyday where we just want to 'dance away our sorrows'.
"I am glad to see that people still embrace music that inspires them to do right and not act like spectators; music that awakens their consciousness – this is exactly what conscious music is to me. I'm more hopeful today than yesterday," she said.
Fellow Nigerian and hip-hop legend Falz, real name Folarin Falana, came a close second with his song 'Talk' which challenges the promises of security and economic prosperity offered by Nigerian policy-makers, while the country faces austerity measures and threats from Boko Haram. Kenyan afro-pop group Sauti Sol, Malian singer-songwriter Fatoumata Diawara, and Zimbabwean dancehall artist Platinum Prince were also among the nominees.
African citizens consistently place corruption amongst their top concerns, and report having lost faith in many key institutions, including legislatures, police, courts, and national electoral commissions. The most recent Corruption Perceptions Index, launched by Transparency International last week, ranked Sub-Saharan Africa as the lowest scoring world region with 32 out of 100 points, less than the global average of 43. Western Europe and the EU was the highest scoring region, ranked at 66.
The AMAs recognize that music is an essential way for citizens to raise their voices about these issues. The competition also supports the idea that communities should be an integral part of local and national anti-corruption reforms and that public engagement campaigns are successful vehicles for encouraging such collaboration. It attempts to elevate the profile of musicians shining a light on injustice and lapses in accountability on the continent and also bring awareness to the effects that corruption has on our communities.
Executive Director of Accountability Lab, Blair Glencorse, said the AMAs, run for the 1st time in 2019, are an exciting way to begin to shift norms: "These artists are using their voices to engage citizens around critical challenges in their societies. The more we can do to celebrate and lift them up, the more we can begin to popularize their messages and shift understandings of the problems".
ONE in Africa Interim Executive Director, Edwin Ikhoria said: "Corruption is a major obstacle to Africa's growth and development, and contributes to high levels of poverty and instability on the continent. We congratulate Cill and other courageous musicians who use their voices to bring about positive change in our communities, particularly in the fight against corruption."
Listen to Cill's winning song below.
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Happy Monday friends! Finding good products for enhancing eyebrows has been a major makeup struggle for me, but I recently have come across some great products. I would like to share with you all the best and worst of what I have discovered.
Before I dive in to my products for your brows, I want to clarify that this post is catered to all you blondies out there. Since I have blonde brows, just keep in mind that the products I mention below are what worked best for me. That said, if you are not blonde, I am pretty confident several of these products will work just as well for you in a darker shade.
Some of you may not know this, but my eyebrows (and eyelashes) are naturally quite blonde. The picture below is not my natural eyebrow color. What you see is a couple shades darker than the natural color of my brows. I found a few years ago that making them a darker helps frame my face and makes my blue eyes pop.
However, it took me months to figure out what product works best. Thanks to the full eyebrow craze that started a few years ago, there is a ridiculous number of brow products to choose from – gels, pencils, brushes. When I first started exploring these, it was hard to know where to begin.
Nonetheless, I have found a few standout products that I have had success with and a couple I would steer clear from.
The Lancôme eyebrow pencil is the best eyebrow pencil I've encountered. For special occassions, I use my Lancome pencil, followed by the eyebrow groomer. The Anastasia Beverly Hills brow gel works quite well and the color is really nice. This brow gel is pretty good at building up of you are trying to make yours brows look thicker. I imagine the Anastasia brow gel would be perfect for darker brows that already look fuller, as well.
Now for the products I stay away from, the Maybelline eyebrow pencil was particularly difficult for me to apply. I had to press really hard into my skin for anything to show up (ouch!). Maybelline's brow mascara was also sub-par because the product did not really stay on my eyebrows no matter how many times I applied it. In fact one half of my eyebrow would end up lumpy with product while the other half would look bare — not a good look!
Overall, I have found for eyebrow products in particular, I am better off spending a few more dollars for something that will work well and last.
Have you used any of these products before? Do you have a favorite product for your brows? I'm also curious to know if any of you use clear brow gel because the ones I have tried don't seem to do much at all for me.
I've tried that Maybelline product and really disliked it as well! I've been using a brow powder from The Balm, which I like, but I definitely want to try out these products you recommend.
Love these tips! I am always looking for easy ways to make my eyebrows look full. I don't have blonde hair but I have light brown brows with olive skin so they are a lot lighter that I'd prefer. My new favorite makeup for brows is Wunder Brow. It comes in a few shades and adds color while also keeping those brows in places. I love it!
Thanks for the recommendations. Since my brows are blonde too, I am always looking for the perfect brow enhancing product. Currently I'm using Revlon Brow Fantasy, which works very well. I love the texture and how easily it blends with my own brows. My biggest complaint is that there is no way to sharpen the last inch or so of the pencil, so you end up throwing out quite a bit. Next time I'm at the Lancome counter I'll give their brow products a try. Thanks for sharing!
I'll have to check out the Revlon one, but let me know how you like Lancome's brow products if you end up trying one or both of them!
Oh I haven't tried that one, but my friends loves it. Maybe I'll check it out next time I run out of what I have. Thanks!
Ooh i'm in desperate need of a new brow something. And agree the Mabyelline one was terrible!


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Discussion in 'Rug Cleaning Issues' started by stephen trollope, Jan 25, 2018.
Hi looked at this today, no pets ,very clean house , they want this cleaned because it is not as fluffy as when they bought it, website says dry clean only. The last time I cleaned a 100% polyester shaggy rug was with MPower, suction vac first, mpower, carpet brushed n/s e/w upholstery nozzle extraction , then carpet brush again , then left to dry in the sun. It was nice and fluffy when I had finished. This is multi textured and I think the carpet brush will affect the look of this rug.
A nice soft brush, just as Mark says. Just brush the M Power in and work with or across the pile, not against it. Don't "scrub" to agitate, the M Power will do all of the agitation on it's own.
Look carefully at your enlarged pictures above and you will see that the ends of the yarn are starting to untwist. Bring this to the customers attention as this will not improve, only remain the same for now or even possibly deteriorate a little. This wear will make the appearance a little less sharp than when new. Whether or not it is affecting the hand or feel of the rug, I can't say.
I've always found Ligne to be the uneducated designers choice as to be honest I have not come across one of their rugs that stands out as being stunning by design.
If the main concern of your client really is "oh my goodness we've used this rug & now it doesn't look brand new" then I'd do as Ken suggests& ensure they understand "cleaning" & "wear" otherwise they could be very disappointed.
Cleaned loads of these, similar to how Ken says to clean & funnily enough most who own them seem to have come from London?!
We have one, B&Q for £80, 100% polyester..
Dog pee'd on it when he was an excited puppy and my arm was in a sling.. so wife chucked it in the garage..
Cleaned it twice and it's smell free. first time M Power, next time A.N.Other designed for dog wee, second one wasn't needed.
but wife won't have it now as it "still smells" apparently, although nobody else can smell it.
Back in the late 60's when I worked as a Saturday boy in a furniture shop in the East End of London we had this upholstery delivered!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wow was it different, you bought all different separate units and they were ultra expensive, but funnily enough we did sell quite a few pieces, to the type of people you did not ask questions. It was Ligne Roset, and the design was weird as it was all foam but the covering material was PRACTICAL.
Unlike products produced now. Too much effort is directed to the cosmetic effect and the instant eye gratification in the showroom, easily afforded with costs spread over 4 years 'Interest Free' UNKNOWING THAT THE PRICES ARE LOADED BY 33% TO COVER THE COSTS!
To little is informed of the housekeeping side of all furnishings and carpeting by Manufacturers and Retailers, having blasé labels saying to contact a professional company, almost wiping their hands of responsibility by producing something that is not practical to be sold to a family with kids and pets. That then is the responsibility of the Retailer to advise, but that then is the Customers Right to choose! It is then down to us to provide the Magic Wand, the Miracle Cure, to bring it all back to how it looked when it was first conceived by some 'Designer' who only likes bright shiny things, or soft grey fluffy things.
They call it "retro" now. Got several clients with modular sofas like this, some with Alcantara coverings (plush polyester) & others with a dense basket weave poly cotton mix, all with a tonne of foam & they pay a fortune for it. One client, 4 modular pieces making up a long "L" shape....£14K!!
Thanks for the advice guys, I will let the customer know what to expect, they probably paid loads for it, so want it to look as good as new.


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