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Pool Table Removals in Boronia needs professionals and the pool or billiards table and the soft tablecloth are both safe to move around when using specialised equipment. Professionals may also deal with any kind of client, residential or commercial, to remove one or more tables from a location.

Houses, workplaces, and other institutions may need to migrate to a new location for a variety of reasons, and it is impractical to assume that everyone is familiar with piano removals in Blackburn as it is a specialised job. Professional movers are necessary since they are industry specialists who understand what has to be done to complete the move quickly and damage-free. Professionally trained movers always have their license, insurance, and uniforms on so they can be clearly identified.

The tools and expertise that commercial office and furniture movers possess enable them to securely move a variety of goods, including computers, furniture, cabinets, chairs, and more. Office removals are the most challenging of the numerous relocation services provided since office equipment, such as computers and IT devices, are sometimes fairly fragile items. Expert removalists make sure that such items are transported securely and safely by using specialist equipment like piano dollies, ramps, and blankets.

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Furniture Removalists: Because of their professional experience, removalists can even move strangely shaped furniture into and out of houses with ease. They are equipped with the right gear and know how to handle big goods like cabinets, closets, and sofas without breaking them. To guarantee the safe transportation of sensitive objects, they might also offer packaging services and supplies.

Interstate Movers: Transferring to a distant state might provide logistical issues, but removalists can assist with transferring personal belongings, such furniture for the house or business. It is completely worry-free for the people who made the reservation since professionals are in charge of handling, loading, transporting, and unloading at every stage of the procedure.

Professional movers collaborate closely with both business owners and individual clients to minimise delay and guarantee a seamless relocation. They make sure that everything is moved to the new place promptly and safely. You must contact insured removalists if you need to relocate anything out of your home or place of work.

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Happy 25th Birthday Scottish singer/songwriter Lewis Capaldi born on October 17th 1996 in Glasgow.

Lewis is the youngest of four children. His mother is a nurse and his father is a fishmonger. He  went to school at St Kentigern’s Academy Blackburn, the family having moved to that area when Lewis was about four, he went on to gain an HND in music at New College Lanarkshire, Motherwell, graduating in 2016. Lewis Capaldi began creating a buzz in early 2017 with the release of his debut single, Bruises, a brooding exploration of a failed relationship that introduced his intimate piano and vocal sound. The song hit number 2 in Scotland and 6 UK wide.

On the strength of his lone single, the Bathgate man sold out legendary Glasgow club King Tut’s and notched millions of streams before dropping his follow-up single, the equally stark “Lost on You,” later that summer.  While the songs were not massive hits they certainly gained him many fans and had the record companies sniffing around looking to sign him

After signing with Virgin Records, Capaldi included both songs on his debut EP, Bloom, and capped off his banner year with a Scottish Music Award for Breakthrough Artist of the Year.

The front half of 2018 was spent touring in North America and Europe in advance of his next single, Rush, featuring Jessie Reyez. Tough followed a few months later. Both tracks were featured on his next EP, Breach, which arrived in November of that year. The tracks performed well but still in my opinion never set the heather of fire This was all to change with the third single from the EP. “Someone You Loved” was a commercial success, peaking at number one in several countries including a hard nut to crack, the USA. It was what they call a sleeper hit over there, not reaching the top until its 24th week on the chart, one of the longest climbs to the top position in Billboard history, it spent three weeks at the top.

It earned him a Grammy nomination and another nomination as song of the year at the Brits.

In the NME Capaldi revealed that it took him six months to write the song. He said, “A lot of people say that ‘the best songs fall into your lap’ and that they’re the easiest ones to write and take the shortest amount of time: I wholeheartedly disagree with that. I think my best songs come from me sitting at a piano, bashing my head against a brick wall for hours and hours on end to get one good melody.”

Capaldi’s debut LP – titled Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent – arrived in May 2019 on Virgin EMI, it hit the top ten in 9 countries and number 1 in three of them, including the UK and of course Scotland as of September 2020 it had passed one million UK chart sales. 

I love the wee guys sense of humour, he was slagged off by Noel Gallagher who remarked Lewis Capaldi: “Fucking Chewbacca should enjoy his 15 minutes” Lewis took it all in his stride, changing his Twitter username to Chewis Capaldi and updated his profile picture to him as Chewbacca. Capaldi later took to the stage at TRNSMT Festival in Glasgow wearing a Chewbacca mask!  After removing the mask, Lewis dedicated his rendition of Oasis hit Don’t Look Back In Anger to his “dear, dear father” Noel and changed the title to “Don’t Chewbac In Anger”. Gallagher further endeared himself to us Scots by calling Scotland “a third world country"

Taking to Instagram, Lewis posted a video in which he expressed his pleasure that being the latest in a long line of musicians to be "slagged off” by Noel was better than having a number one record.

The mask later raised £10,000 to fellow Scots singing sensation Paolo Nutini before it was raffled off again to raise even more money for the mental health charity Tiny Changes which was set up in memory of Frightened Rabbit frontman Scott Hutchison, who tragically  took his own life the year before.

Since 2020, Capaldi has been in writing and recording sessions for his forthcoming second studio album which is expected to be released at some stage during 2022. He announced at the end of December 2020 that he'd be taking a break from social media to focus on work for the album.

It’s great that Lewis hasn’t been dazzled by the bright lights of London 18 months ago he was still staying with his mammy, but has since Capaldi bought Castlehill farmhouse in East Renfrewshire. 

Just last week Scots TikTok sensation Nathan Evans got fans buzzing on social media as he shared a photo with West Lothian. The pair smiled on Evans' Instagram where he captioned the post 'Scotland’s finest' - and fans are desperate for a collaboration between the pair.

If you come across this Lewis, I hope the new songs are coming along nicely and look forward to hearing a lot more of you in the future. 

I chose this live version of Fade, as I think it is brilliant. 

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Facebook removes, then restores anti-immigrant video in Hungary

Facebook on Wednesday reversed a decision to take down a video posted by a Hungarian political aide that blamed crime on immigrants, saying it was making an exception to its usual ban on hate speech. 

The incident was the latest test of how Facebook, the world`s largest social media network, and other internet firms will negotiate the tricky business of refereeing online political content. 

The video was posted on Facebook on Tuesday by the chief of staff of the Hungarian prime minister. It focused on crime in neighbouring Austria and blamed immigrants for pushing out "white Christians".

Janos Lazar, the top aide to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who himself was called a racist by the UN human rights chief this week, accused Facebook of censorship after the social network removed his post. 

A screenshot posted by Lazar said the post had been removed for violating Facebook`s guidelines. 

On Wednesday, Facebook said it was restoring the video. 

"People use Facebook to challenge ideas and raise awareness about important issues, but we will remove content that violates our community standards, including hate speech," the company said in a statement.

"Exceptions are sometimes made if the content is newsworthy, significant or important to the public interest," it said. 

It did not say why the video merited an exception. 

In the video Lazar posted to his page, he addresses the camera in a street in Favoriten, the district of Vienna with the most foreigners living in it.

"Disorder is much higher, there is much more dirt and litter in the streets and the few Viennese still living here say that crime is a lot higher and people are living in bigger fear," Lazar says, accompanied by downbeat piano music and shots of Muslim immigrants.

"If we let them in and they are going to live in our towns, the result will be crime, poverty, dirt and impossible conditions in our cities," Lazar said.

The Social Democrats (SPO), who govern Vienna in coalition with the Greens, rejected the comments, saying they were part of a "racist and xenophobic election strategy" by Orban`s Fidesz party ahead of April 8 elections. 

Facebook, Twitter and other networks have in many countries surpassed traditional media as a way for politicians to reach voters, effectively giving them a new role as referees of political speech. 

Last year, Twitter removed a video from Republican US Representative Marsha Blackburn, saying a remark she made about abortion was inflammatory. Twitter later reversed the decision.

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Restoration work completes on Louis Khan's Salk Institute in California

The Salk Institute's worn teak windows have been cleaned up, repaired and replaced as part of the conservation of the coastal Californian laboratory designed by American architect Louis Kahn.

Kahn, one of America's most important 20th-century architects, completed the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in 1965 for Jonas Salk, the American medical researcher who developed the first polio vaccine.

It contains housing, laboratories, offices and other research facilities in a pair of symmetrical six-storey concrete buildings that are divided by a stream of water.

The 203 teak wood structures form sliding window frames, louvers and shutters so that staff can control light and air.

The Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) teamed up with New York-based architecture firm WJE, which stands for Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, to restore these prefabricated wooden panels.

The structures had severely deteriorated as a result of the location in La Jolla – a seaside community in San Diego that runs along the Pacific Ocean – and lack of artificial sealers and finishes applied to protect them.

Aiming to conserve as much of the existing features as possible, GCI carried out research to understand the extent of the damage and deterioration, and to determine the necessary repairs.

It found the growth of funghi, which turned the structures black, discolouration as a result of the application of sealants, moisture damage and insect infestation.

Minor repairs were made to most of the windows, like cleaning or replacing parts. Only in the most extreme cases was the entire window structure removed and a like-for-like alternative constructed and fitted.

In these instances, the duo also had to account for the detailing and customisation required for the many different sized openings.

"Restoration of the teak wood presented a number of challenges," said WJE project manager Kyle Normandin. "The success of the project is that we were able to save so much of the original material."

It provides a home in line with Kahn's original intentions for the scientists currently working at the institute, researching the treatment of cancer, diabetes, birth defects, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and AIDS.

"The GCI and partners have done a remarkable job," added Salk Institute president Elizabeth Blackburn. "If Louis Kahn and Jonas Salk could see the building today, I think they would be overjoyed."

The restoration of the building, which began in 2014, was funded by the Getty Conservation's Conserving Modern Architecture Initiative (CMAI).

It will be followed up by a long-term conservation management of the buildings and the surrounding site that WJE has completed with London-based consultants Peter Inskip + Peter Jenkins Architects.

This project will be funded by a grant from the Getty Foundation's Keeping It Modern initiative.

The Salk Institute is one of Louis Kahn's most famous projects and was designated as a historical landmark in 1991.

Kahn, who died age 73 in 1974, developed a monumental and monolithic architectural style during his career in Pennsylvania, which became an influential force in the 20th century.

The late architect came 201st in the inaugural Dezeen Hot List ranking, following the major renovation of his building at Yale, which reopened last year.

His other notable projects include the Kimbell Art Museum that Renzo Piano extended in 2013, and his Freedoms Park in New York, which opened to the public 40 years after the design was completed.

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Louis Kahn building at Yale reopens following meticulous restoration

Photography is by Elizabeth Daniels, courtesy of the Getty Conservation Institute.

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Happy Birthday Scottish singer/songwriter Lewis Capaldi born on October 17th 1996 in Glasgow.

Lewis is the youngest of four children. His mother is a nurse and his father is a fishmonger. He  went to school at St Kentigern's Academy Blackburn, the family having moved to that area when Lewis was about four, he went on to gain an HND in music at New College Lanarkshire, Motherwell, graduating in 2016. Lewis Capaldi began creating a buzz in early 2017 with the release of his debut single, Bruises, a brooding exploration of a failed relationship that introduced his intimate piano and vocal sound. The song hit number 2 in Scotland and 6 UK wide.

On the strength of his lone single, the Bathgate man sold out legendary Glasgow club King Tut's and notched millions of streams before dropping his follow-up single, the equally stark "Lost on You," later that summer.  While the songs were not massive hits they certainly gained him many fans and had the record companies sniffing around looking to sign him

After signing with Virgin Records, Capaldi included both songs on his debut EP, Bloom, and capped off his banner year with a Scottish Music Award for Breakthrough Artist of the Year. 

The front half of 2018 was spent touring in North America and Europe in advance of his next single, Rush, featuring Jessie Reyez. Tough followed a few months later. Both tracks were featured on his next EP, Breach, which arrived in November of that year. The tracks performed well but still in my opinion never set the heather of fire This was all to change with the third single from the EP. "Someone You Loved" was a commercial success, peaking at number one in several countries including a hard nut to crack, the USA. It was what they call a sleeper hit over there, not reaching the top until its 24th week on the chart, one of the longest climbs to the top position in Billboard history, it spent three weeks at the top.

It earned him a Grammy nomination and another nomination as song of the year at the Brits.

In the NME Capaldi revealed that it took him six months to write the song. He said, "A lot of people say that 'the best songs fall into your lap' and that they're the easiest ones to write and take the shortest amount of time: I wholeheartedly disagree with that. I think my best songs come from me sitting at a piano, bashing my head against a brick wall for hours and hours on end to get one good melody."

Capaldi's debut LP -- titled Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent -- arrived in May 2019 on Virgin EMI, it hit the top ten in 9 countries and number 1 in three of them, including the UK and of course Scotland. 

I love the wee guys sense of humour, he was slagged off by Noel Gallagher who remarked Lewis Capaldi: "Fucking Chewbacca should enjoy his 15 minutes" Lewis took it all in his stride, changing his Twitter username to Chewis Capaldi and updated his profile picture to him as Chewbacca. Capaldi later took to the stage at TRNSMT Festival in Glasgow wearing a Chewbacca mask!  After removing the mask, Lewis dedicated his rendition of Oasis hit Don't Look Back In Anger to his "dear, dear father" Noel and changed the title to “Don't Chewbac In Anger”. Gallagher further endeared himself to us Scots by calling Scotland "a third world country" 

Taking to Instagram, Lewis posted a video in which he expressed his pleasure that being the latest in a long line of musicians to be "slagged off" by Noel was better than having a number one record.

The mask later raised £10,000 to fellow Scots singing sensation Paolo Nutini before it was raffled off again to raise even more money for the mental health charity Tiny Changes which was set up in memory of Frightened Rabbit frontman Scott Hutchison, who tragically  took his own life the year before.

This version of his song Someone you loved features his second cousin Scottish actor Peter Capaldi. 

I hope Lewis follows up on his early success and gives us more great music in the future