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Caring For Velvet Furniture Upholstery

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By Jessica Whittaker

Velvet-covered furniture is some of the most elegant upholstered furniture available. Velvet is luxurious and can add richness and a touch of class to any dcor. Unfortunately, it also attracts fuzz and can be difficult to clean without robbing it of its wonderful texture. How should you care for your velvet furniture to keep it looking its best?

Velvet loses its sheen for many reasons. Stains and moisture wreak havoc on the elegant fabric. Excess fuzziness and overuse also contribute to velvets diminished appearance. Luckily, there are ways to overcome all of these challenges and breathe new life into your velvet furniture.

Spills happen especially if you have kids or pets. If something gets spilled on your velvet upholstery, dont panic. The best thing you can do is take a clean, super-absorbent cloth or paper towel and soak up the excess liquid. Dont dab or rub the spill, as this will force the liquid deeper into the fibers. Instead, leave the cloth in place until most or all of the liquid has been absorbed. Then air-dry the fabric, or use a blow-dryer on a very low setting to dry it out.

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For more persistent stains, add a small amount of dish washing detergent to a half cup of water, and shake it well. Use only the resulting suds to clean the stain. Be careful not to rub too vigorously. Also, blot well between applications of the soap suds.

Maybe stains and spills arent a problem, but your velvet is still looking a little matte. In this case, steamers and dry brushes are your friends. In order to fluff up the velvet fibers and have them looking new again, use the steamer against the direction of the pile. Then take a dry brush (you can find ones specifically designed for use with furniture) and brush the velvet in the opposite direction. Once the pile is all going the same way again, you should notice that the formerly matted area matches the rest of the upholstery.

Fuzz and wrinkles are common complaints from velvet furniture owners. Vacuums are handy for lint, fuzz and pet hair removal. Most of these devices come with attachments that are designed for use on upholstery. If your vacuum is a bit Spartan, try stretching a pair of nylons over the nozzle. Youll suck up all the fuzz and debris without damaging your velvet. For wrinkles, use a steamer rather than an iron. Velvet is too delicate to stand up to ironing. Steaming is a gentle way to relax the folds in the fabric.

If your velvet furniture sees regular use, it might be looking a little bare in some spots. One part of being a great velvet furniture owner is knowing when to call in the professionals. If your furniture has spots or bare patches that you cant remove, it might be time for a professional cleaning or reupholstering.

Velvet is a beautiful fabric that requires a little bit of extra attention. Most velvet furniture owners feel that the extra care is worth it. After all, nothing says style like velvet upholstery.

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Wheelchair Rugby Tri-Nations Series begins in Sydney

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Friday, September 20, 2013

Cathedral Square, Sydney, Australia —Wikinews attended the Wheelchair Rugby Tri-Nations Series in Cathedral Square, Sydney, ongoing from Wednesday. This is the first time an international wheelchair rugby event has been held outdoors, and in this arena. Three nations are competing: the United States, Australia, and New Zealand.

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The venue is Cathedral Square, Sydney, which is adjacent to Hyde Park. The Sydney Central Business district is on the other side of the park. An outdoor stadium has been constructed specifically for the tournament, which is believed to be the first time an international wheelchair rugby tournament has been held outdoors. This choice was validated by the fine and warm weather. Free sunscreen was given to the crowd.

The Opening Ceremony was officiated by Australian Paralympic Committee Chief Executive Officer Jason Hellwig. In attendance were the Premier of New South Wales, Barry O’Farrell, the Deputy Lord Mayor of Sydney, Robyn Kemmis, and Paralympic swimmer Matthew Cowdrey. A large crowd, mostly consisting of school groups, was entertained by boy band Justice Crew singing their hit Best Night.

Each team is to play the others two twice, on Wednesday September 18 and Thursday September 19. Finals are to be held on Friday. All three teams are highly ranked internationally. The United States team is ranked number one in the world. It won bronze at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, gold at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, and bronze at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, and is the current world champion. This is its first visit to Australia since the 2000 Summer Paralympics.

The Australian team, known as the Steelers, is ranked second in the world. It won silver in Beijing and gold in London. The team is almost unchanged from the one that won in London. Greg Smith has become the assistant coach.

The first game, held immediately after the Opening Ceremony, was between the United States and Australia. The United States proved the better team, forcing errors and turnovers. Three turnovers in the first quarter were especially costly for the Steelers, who lost 56–43.

The second game was held at 17:30 under lights. The crowd was small, but there were a number of New Zealand fans in the crowd, including a few Maori. Two of the New Zealand players are also Maori. The well-disciplined United States team proved too good for the Wheel Blacks as well, who lost 58–40 in an entertaining contest.

The third game was at 19:30, between Australia and New Zealand. The Australians led the whole game, which was nonetheless entertaining to the last. In the dying seconds of the game, Australia’s Ryley Batt shunted a stalling New Zealand player across the line to force him to score, then threw the ball to team mate Chris Bond, who raced for the line at high speed but was beaten by the buzzer. Australia won 61–48.

The New Zealand team, known as the Wheel Blacks, is ranked tenth in the world. It won gold in Athens.

Highlights of the tournament are scheduled to be shown on Foxtel Sports in Australia on September 28 and 29.

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“Junk” foods may affect aggressive behaviour and school performance

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Tuesday, October 4, 2005

Dr. Stephen Schoenthaler, a Professor of Criminal Justice at the California State University in Stanislaus, has long argued that there is a link between a healthy diet and decreased aggressive behaviour, as well as with increased IQ and school performance.

Dr. Schoenthaler is well-known for a youth detention center study where violations of house rules fell by 37% when vending machines were removed and the cafeteria replaced canned food by fresh alternatives. He summarizes his findings by saying that “Having a bad diet right now is a better predictor of future violence than past violent behaviour.” In a very large test, Schoenthaler directed a study in meals at 803 New York City schools, in low-income neighbourhoods, finding that the number of students passing final exams increased by 16%.

Critics have questioned some of Dr. Schoenthaler findings, due to the lack of placebo control groups. However, more recent work by Dr. Bernard Gesch, a physiologist at the University of Oxford, has placed some of the work on a more scientific footing. Dr. Gesch found that nutrition supplements produced a 26% drop in violations of prison rules over a placebo, and a 37% decrease in violent offences. The Netherlands has embarked on a wider scale dietary research program in 14 prisons.

The short term behaviour consequences of ingesting sugar are well understood: an initial burst on energy, followed a sugar low in which your body produces adrenalin, which makes you irritable and explosive. However, Schoenthaler and Gesch suggest that there are long term impacts over and above the short term consequences of blood sugar variations.

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CFPB records fewer complaints in early days of US government shutdown

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Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Unlike some parts of the US Federal Government, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has been open during the federal government shutdown and recording a record-low number of complaints submitted by consumers against mortgage companies, credit card companies, student loan providers, banks, money transfer providers, companies who provide credit reports, and other companies providing consumer loans.

With data not available for yesterday, the first four days of the shutdown had daily totals of 37, 16, 13, and 3 complaints. With the exceptions of September 29 with 15 complaints and September 28 with 23, it is the lowest daily total since March 16 of this year when 36 total complaints were recorded and February 23 of this year with 14. The total complaints are also down from the same dates last year, when the total complaints per day for the first four days of October 2012 were 272, 298, 288, and 225.

Of the 69 filed complaints recorded so far this month, 27 were complaints about mortgage companies, 21 were about bank accounts and 10 were about credit card companies. 40% of credit card companies complaints, 42.9% of bank account complaints and 48.1% of mortgage complaints are currently listed as still in progress. Most of the rest have been closed with an explanation.

Bank of America leads all companies in terms of total complaints filed this month with 9. Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC andJPMorgan Chase have 7 complaints each. Ally Bank, Sovereign Bank, and Wells Fargo have 4 each. Flagstar Bankand Equifax have 3 each. Citibank, Nationstar Mortgage, TD Bank, Amex, and FirstMerit Bank have 2 complaints each. 18 financial services companies have 1 complaint each filed against them.

During the government shutdown, some CFPB staff have voiced their opinions on Twitter. Dan Munz, deputy assistant director for consumer engagement at the CFPB, tweeted, “Boy, shutdown week has really created a sudden bumper crop of amateur federal management experts.”; “Also, seems like Boehner is singlehandedly undoing whatever progress he’d made in portraying this as a Dem [Democratic Party] shutdown.”; and “Basically, there’s now a strong incentive to fill legislation with minor symbolic things you can bargain away later to protect the core.”

The agency has been able to stay open during the government shutdown because it is funded by the Federal Reserve. According to Amanda Terkel at the Huffington Post, Republican members of the United States House of Representatives have put closing the CFPB on their wish list of items in negotiating for a new debt ceiling limit. Party members have previously stalled the appointment of Richard Cordray as the CFPB boss as a way of hindering it from engaging in oversight of financial organizations in the the US.

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IBM Releases 500 patents to open source community

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IBM Releases 500 patents to open source community
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Saturday, January 15, 2005

United States –”IBM hereby commits not to assert any of the 500 U.S. patents listed below, as well as all counterparts of these patents issued in other countries, against the development, use or distribution of Open Source Software.” [1]

So begins the pledge IBM has made to “any individual, community, or company” writing or using software defined as “open source” by the Open Source Initiative (OSI).

The patents include software for text recognition and database management.[2]

“True innovation leadership is about more than just the numbers of patents granted. It’s about innovating to benefit customers, partners and society”, said Dr. John E. Kelly, IBM senior vice president, Technology and Intellectual Property. “Our pledge today is the beginning of a new era in how IBM will manage intellectual property.”[3]

“This is not a one-time event”, said Dr. Kelly. “While IBM will continue to demonstrate leadership in patent output, through measures such as today’s pledge, we will increasingly use patents to encourage and protect global innovation and interoperability through open standards and we urge others to do so as well.”

Lawrence Lessig, law professor at Stanford Law School and free software proponent commented: “This is exciting. It is IBM making good on its commitment to encourage a different kind of software development and recognizing the burden that patents can impose.”[4]

Not all are confident of IBM’s motives, though.

Florian Mueller, campaign manager of anti-patent website,NoSoftwarePatents.com, accused IBM of hypocrisy because of lobbying in the European Union to push through theComputer Implemented Inventions Directive.

“IBM is just being hypocritical because they want to appease the open source community and make themselves popular,” said Mueller.

“In Europe, IBM is a driving force behind the extension of the scope of patentability with respect to software. If IBM wants to assume the role of a post-Christmas benefactor, they’d better stop their aggressive patent lobbying in the EU and their shameless squeezing of small and medium-sized companies with its patent portfolio.” [5]

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English FA Cup third round draw

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Monday, December 3, 2007

The draw for the third round of the 2007-08 FA Cup was held on December 2 in England.

The third round is where teams from the Premier League and Football League Championship join the cup.

Aston Villa have been drawn at home to Manchester United. The two teams will meet for the second time in two years. In the 2006-07 encounter Aston Villa were defeated 2-1 at Old Trafford.

There are three other fixtures consisting entirely of Premiership sides: Tottenham Hotspur v Reading, Sunderland v Wigan Athletic and West Ham United v Manchester City.

FA Cup holders Chelsea have been drawn at home against Championship side Queens Park Rangers.

Conference South team Havant & Waterlooville make their first appearance in the third round after surprising League Two side Notts County in the second round. Havant & Waterlooville’s potential opponents Horsham will also make their debut at this stage of the FA Cup if they win away to Swansea in their second round replay.

The third round will take place on January 5, 2008. 64 teams will take part in 32 matches, with replays if a match ends in a draw.

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Oil in Alberta spill may be carcinogenic

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Wednesday, August 10, 2005

The province of Alberta, Canada is considering legal action against Canadian National Railway for failing to warn that a derailment last week contaminated Wabamun Lake with a hazardous chemical.

The 700,000 litres of heavy Bunker C fuel oil that spilled into the lake asphyxiated birds and killed fish.

In addition, one of the ruptured tanker cars sent 70,000 liters of Imperial Pole Treating Oil into the lake. This oil is a yellow mixture of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and aliphatic hydrocarbons. Naphthalene, a component of this “very toxic material” is suspected of causing skin cancer if touched and lung or other cancers if inhaled.[1] Inhalation is promoted by actions that cause splashing or foaming. The mineral oil is used in connection with pentachlorophenol for preserving wooden utility poles.

Wabamun Lake is a popular summertime recreational area about 65 kilometers (40 miles) west of Edmonton, Alberta.

The 766-megawatt Keephills power generating plant, one of 3 in Wabamun, was shut down because the coal-fired plant uses water from the lake. Edmonton’s health authority ordered people not to swim, boat or rescue animals in the lake and to stop using its water or any water from nearby wells for cooking, drinking, showering or brushing teeth. These warnings came 3 days after many residents, including children, had been wading into the oil slick without protective clothing to save wildlife injured by the spill and others had been routinely depending on the lakewater for home use. Why the alert was not issued sooner remains under investigation and may result in criminal charges. Canadian National Railway had been informed of the nature of the oil when it was loaded by Imperial Oil Ltd., Canada’s largest petroleum company. Imperial Oil is posting informational updates on a special website [2]. In addition The Wabamun Residents Committee has established an information website [3].

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New Zealand dog saves five children; receives international attention

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Saturday, May 5, 2007

A small, “nicely trained” Jack Russell Terrier gave his life to help save a group of five children from two aggressive pitbulls last Sunday in Manaia, Taranaki, New Zealand.

The dog named George is being described as a hero, gathering a huge amount of international media interest in the process.

The dog suffered massive injuries that the vet had never seen to that extent before, which resulted in 69-year-old Alan Gay, the dog’s owner, allowing George to be put down. He now regrets this decision.

The two pitbulls rushed at the group of children that George was following to the dairy, including a four-year-old. George then started barking loudly at the pair of dogs, and put himself between the dogs and the children. Mr Gay told Fox News, “If it wasn’t for George, those kids would have copped it.”

Despite having received offers of new dogs, Mr Gay has said that he will wait a while before getting another Jack Russell Terrier, as he is afraid it could happen again.

It is also believed that the two attacking dogs, which have been destroyed, were bred to be aggressive, including being fed the drug methamphetamine, commonly referred to as “P” in New Zealand.

Mr Gay has said that Manaia has had a problem with stray dogs before, but he never expected that George would become a victim.

One story ran in USA Today, which prompted over 120 comments, and one reader to personally call Alan Gay expressing their condolences.

Responding to the huge amount of media interest, Mr Gay said, “This really surprises me, and it’s marvellous. I never expected this … I’m surprised it got around the world as it did.” He says he has been getting a huge amount of phone calls from the media and the public. “The phone has been going since about half past seven this morning. Every time I hang up it rings again. It’s worn out; I might have to get a new one.”

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Comfortable Cleaning Of House With A Panasonic Vacuum

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If you re on the edge snoopy what to do about the sprinkle that has been incessantly hassling your home, you don t have to interest anymore.

Panasonic Upright Vacuums are here to stay. Panasonic Upright Vacuums are some of the most economical and cost cozy vacuums on the market. Scavenging up your house peculiarly your carpet could be one of the cleanest and simplest tasks among your house chores. These come in so many forms that supply to your unique need.

Are you not able to see underneath your bed and other piece of furniture? Then the upright vacuum is the right Panasonic Vacuum for you. Some of the postures of this great colder are prepared with headlights to leave you to spot detritus and other hard to reach and dark domains under your household stuff.

Plus, some of these Panasonic Upright Vacuums are fitted with HEPA filtration systems of rules. These are a kind of high efficient filter engineering science. These can even remove specks that are 0.3 micrometers in diameter. These motes are known as the most clicking particle size. The HEPA filtration arrangements are penned of dull and randomly laid fibers, which do not act like ordinary filters. These fibers function as a sort of sieve. They place pollutants in three ways:

Interception. When motes are arrayed with the airflow, they don t pass through but instead adhere to the fiber.

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Impaction. Larger motes are unified directly on the fiber mass.

Diffusion. This is a mechanism in which the finer particles usually with 0.1 micrometer diameters collide with gas particles making it possible for any of the two selfsame ways to catch them. This lessens the chances of letting these minute atoms become part of the normal air milieu.

Isn t it great to have an upright vacuum that helps clean up the air in your house? You can then be sure that allergy and asthma doing pollutants like dot, sprinkle mites, pollens, and other moveable specks are sucked right into your easier every time you use your Panasonic Vacuum.

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Powerful Motor. You have a variety of Panasonic upright vacuum to choose from betting on the Exponent rating that you need.

Automatic carpet Height Adjustment System. Your upright vacuum will automatically correct to the height of your carpeting.

Strategically-placed On and Off Switch. Some of the Panasonic Vacuums have on and off converts placed strategically on their body so that you wouldn t have to carry on on twisting over just to spell off or to spell on your colder.

Bypass Valve. This feature of the Panasonic Vacuums helps in the bar of motor damage.

Length of the Powerfulness Cord. The Power cords of these upright vacuums come in distinct lengths reckoning on the model type. Some Panasonic Vacuums come with 25-foot cords while others come with 30-foot cords for wider ease in pointing.

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