Ok, we know. Organizing can be a hassle, but it can also transform your home life if you have a system in place and follow it. Knowing what goes where is only the first part, but maintaining a system that works for you and your family is also integral to home keeping. At Dura-Shine clean we love improving and facilitating the home life balance many of our clients crave. Our main goal (apart from following our passion for cleaning) is to make sure our clients get to enjoy the lives they built while we do the cleaning. We want to present you with some really handy organizing tips that will forever change the way you look at your home space. Read on!
We love these super versatile stacking bins from the Dollar Store. These are perfect for organizing toiletries, bathroom supplies, and small miscellaneous items. These bins are handy for school, craft rooms and even office supplies. They nest for some compact storage solutions.
The amount of paperwork a household generates is staggering. From important announcements and agendas from school, to bills, to important tax information to health records and more. It's important to have a file system that works for you. For things like family health records, school work, and yearly tax filings keep in a file bin, you can color code so it's easier to decipher what exactly is inside each file. Moreover, don't just dump papers in a filing system and forget about them forever. Use an actionable category system to sort items you have to read, those you have to file, those you have to respond to, and those that require immediate action. This can be kept near your desk or where you spend most of your time.
Pantries are a big part of every home — but you don't have to have a big one to make it work for you and keep it organized and simplified. The rule of thumb is to toss canned goods, cereal and rice you haven't used after a year, peanut butter after six months and pasta is good up to two years, then a it's a good idea to toss it. Do you have some old magazine holders laying around? You can use these really versatile items to hold your aluminum foil, plastic wrap, and wax papers. You can even use them to easily stack your canned goods. Shoe organizers are also great for hanging it on the back of the pantry door to organize kid's snacks, spize mixes, food packets, and other condiments.
Labeling your storage and organization boxes is important part of the process. Knowing where everything is so you don't have to dig through boxes of stuff to find that one small item. Label decorations by holiday or season as well as seasonal sporting goods for summer and winter as well as camping gear. These are things that you obviously don't need throughout the year, but need handy when you've got an upcoming trip.
If you haven't used an item in more than a year and don't foresee yourself using it in the future, there is no reason to store it! Donate it it to your local shelter, or Goodwill where they will be better put to use. This can be toys and clothes your kids have outgrown, maternity clothes, furniture and more.
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Do you see that outside? It's Cherry Blossoms and green lawns! Spring is here in the Tri-Cities, WA! And what does that mean? It means it's time to declutter, deep clean, and give your home that Spring Fresh vibe. Spring cleaning rids your home of pollens and germs that built up during winter. There are few things more satisfying that putting on your hardy yellow cleaning gloves, and getting to work on prepping your home for Spring Cleaning. But, when it comes down to it Spring Cleaning can be a little intimidating. Do not worry! Dura-Shine Clean Residential and commercial cleaning is here to make sure the process is as easy and painless as possible.
After all we're the best cleaning company in the Tri-Cities, WA. We know a thing or two about making your home shine. Spring is the ideal time to shake off the vestiges of winter, and remove all the dust, germs, and bacteria that have built up during the cold months of the year. Our Top-to-Bottom Deluxe Package is perfect for a thorough Spring Cleaning. We focus on details routinely ignored in a regular house cleaning, like hard-to-clean spaces, or spaces in a home that are not subject to the wear and tear of daily activity.
Dura-Shine Clean specializes in deep cleaning, window washing, and everything required to make sure home look like new this spring. But if you feel like getting started with the little details required for a full Spring Cleaning, here are some things to keep in mind!
There are several more involved projects that require time, and more than a couple of hours, like pressure washing, and shampooing carpets. Create handy punch list of items you need done and spread them out over a couple of weekends in the March or April (Martha Stewart). Get your family to help you with smaller items. Don't try to cram in too much in one day, Spring Cleaning is supposed to be fun!
Spices, medicine cabinets, junk drawers, and storage bins full of old toys and clothes. Digging in, organizing, and decluttering these little spaces in your home can make a big difference. Let go of the old, so you can bring in the new! Consider donating toys and clothes to any of the nearby drop-off locations for Goodwill or Columbia Industries.
Whether you decide to clean from inside out, or outside in, upstairs to downstairs, it helps to have a plan to help you and your family stay focused and help you tackle the job at hand with as little stress possible. Having a Spring Cleaning Checklist handy is also very useful! Download this handy checklist to get started?
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What is genetic analysis? Understanding a person's potential risk for a rare disease or genetic syndrome.
Genetic analysis essentially has two main purposes. Its first purpose is to determine if an individual should proceed with targeted genetic testing that will more conclusively determine the presence of a rare disease. The second purpose is to help researchers and geneticists understand more about gene mutations and the causes of rare diseases. This is especially important in terms of improving the rate of an accurate diagnosis for rare disease patients.
The current challenges
Rare diseases are complicated to diagnose. Many of them are orphan syndromes, meaning there is limited research into their causes and symptoms, making them difficult to diagnose. Most rare disease patients and their families face years spent in pursuit of a conclusive genetic diagnosis. This wait can be incredibly stressful for rare disease patients and can have a genuine and detrimental effect on their lives, as they struggle to manage symptoms of a syndrome they have no name for.
Rare disease misdiagnosis is also a genuine problem in the world of genetic syndromes. Improving genetic analysis at the start of the diagnostic process goes a long way in reducing misdiagnosis rates and subsequent related consequences, such as inadequate care and support necessary for living with a rare disease.
The more we can understand the causes and presentation of rare syndromes, the better prepared we are to provide patients with genetic analysis, genetic testing, and genetic counseling tools to help them reach a diagnosis faster and with greater accuracy.
The traditional approach
Traditionally, the process has involved the sampling of DNA to identify mutations in the genes that may place an individual at risk of developing a genetic syndrome. This is an approach that has required in-person clinical appointments. This in-person requirement has, in turn, led to the creation of many obstacles surrounding access to genetic analysis for many families.
Recent developments in telehealth, and more specifically telegenetics, however, have seen the development of AI solutions for genetic analysis that make the entire process faster and more accurate. In the process, they are offering hope to the thousands of potential rare disease patients stranded in their diagnostic journey or facing a misdiagnosis.
The use of advanced facial screening technologies as a tool for improved analysis also increases the accessibility of the process for many patients who require it. Telegenetic platforms make genetic analysis accessible to everyone. All they require are a WIFI connection and a device with a camera.
How does advanced genetic analysis work?
Online genetic analysis connects patients and their families with an impactful tool that can provide important information about their genetic syndrome risk. In turn, this can provide families and their doctors with crucial information that can lead to the right diagnosis in a faster time.
Advanced analysis starts with a single photo. Once uploaded to a telegenetics platform, this image will be screened to identify markers, patterns, and features of genetic syndromes and generate a genetic analysis report.
The next step in the genetic analysis process is critical to the entire genetic diagnosis process itself. This step involves a virtual, online meeting with a genetic counselor to help patients and their families better understand the facial screening analysis results. Genetic counselors will interpret the findings of the genetic analysis and explore with patients their risk for a rare disease or syndrome. They will also be able to connect patients to a network of geneticists to explore genetic testing options.
Why is genetic analysis important?
Genetic analysis is one step on the way to a concrete diagnosis for a rare disease or genetic syndrome. But it is an important initial step, and if done properly, it can alter the entire diagnostic process. Advancements in genetic analysis technology make it possible to identify, much earlier in the diagnostic process, the potential for rare diseases and the risk for an individual in developing a syndrome.
These advancements also make it possible, for the first time, for patients to directly access genetic analysis technology and reports without needing to wait for a medical referral or clinical appointment. Patients can take their own diagnostic journey into their own hands and connect with a more advanced and accurate solution from the comfort of their own homes.
Telehealth, including telegenetic analysis, solutions empower patients. They enhance the care of rare disease patients with faster diagnosis times and connect them to genetic counselors and genetic experts, who can help them confirm a diagnosis and provide the necessary support for living with a genetic syndrome.
The benefits of conversing with a genetic counselor can help you detect rare syndromes including Koolen-de-Vries syndrome and others that may affect you or your loved ones.

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August is Romance Awareness Month. I'm just barking here.
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I love shopping for popular made-in-(whatever state we're visiting) omiyage, so while in Louisville, Muth's Candies was a must-stop.
This almost century-old candy shop uses original recipes to create the finest confections.
It was very difficult to restrain ourselves from buying all sorts of chocolaty creations when stepping into this charming shop, but we had a mission - to buy Modjeskas and Bourbon Barrels.
Modjeskas are made of marshallows enveloped in a butter and cream caramel. It was named after a very famous actress, Helena Modjeska, who visited Louisville in the 1880s.
And of course, a visit to Louisville would not be complete without a bourbon-filled confection, such as the Bourbon Barrels, made with Very Old Barton 100 proof bourbon.


Ever since we subscribed to our CSA (more on that later) I have found myself becoming more and more adventurous with food. And while I find it fun and adventurous to try new recipes and foods, I also don't like being the first to try them. Charlie and I attended an Indian Wedding Weekend in Chicago a year-and-a-half ago, and he was assigned with walking in front of me at the buffet line and trying everything to let me know if I would like it. I know that might be epicuriously lazy. But I 'm just kind of scared of diving head first into a bucket of food I don't recognize.
Digressions aside, occasionally I do whip up something adventurous in the kitchen that even though I know I won't like it, I'm confident Charlie will find it be a somewhat "party in his mouth." Such was the case this past weekend.
We're big into using all of our food. I hate throwing food out, because it is sad, and also a waste of money. The night before we had some fresh tortilla chips from Albertson's (the BEST tortilla chips!), homemade Guac made with our CSA avocados, chicken, and salads. Well the morning after, when I looked in the fridge I saw that we had about a half serving of Guac left… Maybe it is being in so close proximity to Mexico, but Mexican food is slowly growing on me. I decided to delve into my inner Mexican foodie and whip up the below for Charlie. The reviews were stellar.


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Maxine Clark is one of the true innovators in the retail industry. During her career, her ability to spot emerging retail and merchandising trends and her insight into the desires of the American consumer have generated growth for retail leaders, including department store, discount and specialty stores. In 1997, she founded Build-A-Bear Workshop®, a teddy-bear themed retail-entertainment experience.
In June 2013, Ms. Clark stepped down from her Chief Executive Bear role to apply her entrepreneurial skills to her passion for improving K-12 public education and to invest in and mentor women and minority entrepreneurs. Her next "act" is to make public education much more consumer friendly by creating more access for families and students to systems and supports to enrich each child's learning experience. Just launched is her first product, Blueprint4SummerSTL, a free and easy-to-use mobile app designed to help ALL families navigate the best summer activities for their children. Ms. Clark is also a Managing Partner of Prosper Women's Capital, a St. Louis based fund created to invest in women owned businesses in the St. Louis area and a member of the Board of Advisors of Lewis & Clark Ventures, a St. Louis based private equity firm.
In 2008, Ms. Clark was named one of The 25 Most Influential People in Retailing by Chain Store Age; in 2006, she was inducted into the Junior Achievement National Business Hall of Fame. Ms. Clark was named one of the Wonder Women of Toys by Playthings magazine and Women in Toys, and was also one of the National Finalists in Retail for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2004. In 2005, the National Association of Small Business Investment Companies made Build-A-Bear Workshop Portfolio Company of the Year; it was named one of the International Council of Shopping Centers "Hottest Retailers of 2004" and the Retail Innovator of the Year for 2001 by The National Retail Federation. In 2015 Build-A-Bear Workshop was named to the FORTUNE Best Companies to Work For® list for the seventh year in a row.
In addition to her seat on the Build-A-Bear Workshop Board, Ms. Clark is a member of the Board of Directors of Footlocker, Inc. and Gymboree. Ms. Clark serves on the national Board of Trustees of Teach For America and the local St. Louis regional board, the Board of Trustees and the Executive Committee of Washington University in St. Louis, the Board of Directors of Beyond Housing and Parents As Teachers and the Nine Network of Public Media Board of Directors where she is the current Board Chair. She and her husband Bob Fox are founding donors of KIPP St. Louis and Ms. Clark is a member of the charter school advisory Board of Trustees. She is also a member of the Committee of 200. Ms. Clark is a graduate of the University of Georgia, and holds an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Saint Louis University and an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters in Education from the University of Missouri – St. Louis. In 2006, she published her first book "The Bear Necessities of Business: Building a Company with Heart".
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The Major Political Writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Individualist and communitarian. Anarchist and totalitarian. Classicist and romanticist. Progressive and reactionary. Since the eighteenth century, Jean-Jacques Rousseau has been said to be all of these things. Few philosophers have been the subject of as much or as intense debate, yet almost everyone agrees that Rousseau is among the most important and influential thinkers in the history of political philosophy. This new edition of his major political writings, published in the year of the three-hundredth anniversary of his birth, renews attention to the perennial importance of Rousseau's work. The book brings together superb new translations by renowned Rousseau scholar John T. Scott of three of Rousseau's works: the Discourse on the Sciences and Arts, the Discourse on the Origin and Foundations of Inequality Among Men, and On the Social Contract. The two Discourses show Rousseau developing his well-known conception of the natural goodness of man and the problems posed by life in society. With the Social Contract, Rousseau became the first major thinker to argue that democracy is the only legitimate form of political organization. Scott's extensive introduction enhances our understanding of these foundational writings, providing background information, social and historical context, and guidance for interpreting the works. Throughout, translation and editorial notes clarify ideas and terms that might not be immediately familiar to most readers. The three works collected in The Major Political Writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau represent an important contribution to eighteenth-century political theory that has exerted an extensive influence on generations of thinkers, beginning with the leaders of the French Revolution and continuing to the present day. The new translations on offer here will be welcomed by a wide readership of both Rousseau scholars and readers with a general interest in political thought.
In The Social Contract Rousseau (1712-1778) argues for the preservation of individual freedom in political society. An individual can only be free under the law, he says, by voluntarily embracing that law as his own. Hence, being free in society requires each of us to subjugate our desires to the interests of all, the general will.
For this edition Susan Dunn has provided a new translation of the "Discourse on the Sciences and Arts" and has revised a previously published translation of "The Social Contract".
The Social Contract & Discourses
Author: Jean Rousseau
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The Social Contract, or Of the Social Contract, or Principles of Political Right (French: Du contrat social ou Principes du droit politique; 1762) by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, is a book in which Rousseau theorized about the best way to establish a political community in the face of the problems of commercial society, which he had already identified in his Discourse on Inequality (1754). The Social Contract helped inspire political reforms or revolutions in Europe, especially in France. The Social Contract argued against the idea that monarchs were divinely empowered to legislate; as Rousseau asserts, only the people, who are sovereign, have that all-powerful right. The stated aim of The Social Contract is to determine whether there can be a legitimate political authority, since people's interactions he saw at his time seemed to put them in a state far worse than the good one they were at in the state of nature, even though living in isolation. He concludes book one, chapter three with, "Let us then admit that force does not create right, and that we are obliged to obey only legitimate powers," which is to say, the ability to coerce is not a legitimate power, and there is no rightful duty to submit to it. A State (polity) has no right to enslave a conquered people.
The Social Contract, a Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, And a Discourse on Political Economy
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau writes, Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains. This statement exemplifies the main idea behind The Social Contract, in other words that man is essentially free if it weren't for the oppression of political organizations such as government. Rousseau goes on to lay forth the principles that he deems most important for achieving political right amongst people. Contained within this volume are also two discourses by Jean-Jacques Rousseau. In A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality Rousseau examines the causes of the inequalities that exist among men concluding that it is the natural result of the formation of any civilization. In A Discourse on Political Economy Rousseau examines the nature of politics and their effect on people. These three works lay a solid foundation for the political philosophy of Rousseau and are a must read for any student of political science or philosophy.
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Rousseau's Social Contract: An Introduction offers a thorough and systematic tour of this notoriously paradoxical and challenging text.
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NAFTA's Biggest Challenge May Come After a Deal
Elections in Mexico and the U.S. could spell doom for any new agreement.
By Shannon O'Neil | Updated on March 01, 2018
U.S., Canadian, and Mexican negotiators are cloistered in the Camino Real on the edge of Polanco in Mexico City, their sessions extending late in the night as they prepare for the arrival of ministers for the next round of talks on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
To contrast with the crackling tension ending the earlier meetings in Montreal, the Mexicans hope to leverage the rapport built between Mexican Commerce Secretary Ildefonso Guajardo and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and announce new common ground.
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Trends in PRC Enforcement: A Rise in Defaults Signals a Future Influx in Claims Involving Chinese Entities
Michael Redman | January 23, 2023
A discussion of the enforcement challenges and trends relating to claims brought against Chinese entities.
Argentina's $1 Billion Bond Buyback Plan Has Investors Stumped
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Investors point out that the government doesn't have much room in central bank coffers to fund such a lavish buyback.
OECD Outlook Projects 2023 Recession for Many Economies Around the World
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The outlook provides a snapshot of the synchronized shock stemming from Russia's attack on Ukraine and the ensuing energy crunch that has inflicted a widespread cost-of-living crisis.


I could not be border today (as in bored-er). I don't understand why we need to sit here and surf the internet until what is considered a "normal" finish time. Apparently our employment contracts says that we must work all "reasonable hours" which no doubt was intended to mean that you must work from 8am to 6am the next day every day, but surely if there's nothing to do, leaving at 11am should be justified. So boring! I've been through most "best of 2011" sites already. Watched all the Youtube 2011 videos. Some talking dog was up near the first video. I watched it and found it neither funny nor cute.
Anyway its so quiet today that I decided to kick up a fuss about the intern accidentally calling me the same name as my EA who is also dark skinned. I promptly asked him if it was the fact that I was a girl or that I was brown that confused him. He tried desperately to recover and I must admit that I did take a little joy in watching him flounder, trying to decide if he is a sexist or racist. haha I think he's just gone for the "I'm stupid" option.
Anyway face timing can be pretty difficult. Its obviously all in appearances but there are small things that you need to do which I think other people don't do, and which makes it just look like they're face timing. Namely a good face timer will every 2-3 minutes change what's on their second screen (but will obviously remain doing whatever the hell you want on your smaller screen which you can crouch over to hide); a good face timer will also every other 2-3 minutes stop typing, look another way intensely as if they're thinking then return to the screen (this is good because it allows you to rest your eyes and also check out floor gossip that might be going on); a good face timer will also not respond to funny emails for at least 10 minutes after its been sent (its a tell tale sign that you're not doing anything). I'd really like to get some glasses which make me look like I'm awake, plus a special keyboard that can be flicked onto "auto" mode and then make typing noises whilst you rest your hand there….hmmm getting a stand-in actor could work even better. Pretty sure if they're just brown and a girl, my directors wouldn't notice….or I could just leave.


Peter S. Beagle wrote The Last Unicorn, among other works. He is brilliant and underrecognized, in my humble opinion.
...I love it so freakin' much.
The scene where he pulls the narrator's camera back one level of reality just for an instant, and you can see what's "really" going on... I mean, that one tiny little blink-and-you-miss-it paragraph, crap, that bit still makes my day, years and years later.
Oh, and my word! Get used to checking in every week or so and suddenly we've got, what, eight 'Snarks in three days? Go, Burns Power!
I've never been able to finish The Last Unicorn, but three of Peter Beagle's books sit firmly in my pantheon of wonderful books I would recommend to anyone: A Fine And Private Place, The Innkeeper's Song, and I See By My Outfit. Giant Bones is good, too. The man is a master of quiet melancholy.
Your blog holds a strange fascination for me, Mr. Burns. Good to see you back on top of your game.
I've never read The Last Unicorn. I think I might still be a bit shell-shocked from when my mom showed it to me... when I was 5.
Incidentally, there's a new special edition of The Last Unicorn out on DVD, that finally presents it in anamorphic aspect ratio, with 5.1 sound, and the like. However, Granada, the company that owns the movie, still isn't paying Peter what they owe him in royalties. So, if you buy it, buy it direct from Conlan Press so that Peter will at least get the retail markup portion of the price. And for $10 extra you can get it autographed in three places by Peter S. Beagle himself. (This may result in a bit of a delay; there've been a lot of orders and Peter can only autograph so many discs per day.) Profits go to fund Peter's legal efforts to get Granada to pony (or perhaps unicorn :) up what it owes him.
I also have to say that, having interviewed him, I am now more anxious than ever to receive my copy of the book-on-CD version of The Last Unicorn read by the author. (I've had it on order for about two years now.) That man has a voice that I can just sit and listen to all day.
I read The Last Unicorn, and watched the video until the VHS tape wore out and then got it on DVD and bought the soundtrack.
America does the soundtrack. It way rocks.
For many many years I thought I was the only one who knew about this book and movie because every time I mentioned The Last Unicorn all I heard about was that damn live-action thing with what'shisface, uhm, Tom Cruise, Legend.
Um, as long as we're talking about Mr. P.S.F. Beagle, does everybody know about this call to arms? And this opportunity to do something for an underrecognized icon of modern fantasy?
We here on teh interweb (which is still as hilarious to say as it was the first time somebody ever said it) are actually sitting pretty... we get to maintain full rights to everything we create while getting paid nothing for our work. Men and women of Mr. Beagle's generations didn't have it nearly as good as we do.
"Heroes know about order, about happy endings - heroes know that some things are better than others. Carpenters know grains and shingles, and straight lines."
Well, that's interesting... it rendered my links all underlined and colorful, and then held the comment for approval... which was apparently granted... but didn't actually make the links links. Did I screw up the HTML anchors, is there a "no linking" rule that's punishable by having your text rendered distinctive, Scarlet Letter-fashion, or is this some "feature" of the blogging software I'm not getting? Hmm. I just tried the tags again in the preview window, and they're also not doing anything. Oh well. Let me just say, go to Conlan Press's website and read up about Mr. Beagle's financial and legal troubles, and if you're even remotely considering buying The Last Unicorn special edition 25th anniversary DVD, consider buying it from the author... because that's the only way you can be sure you're supporting him.
Beagle also wrote "Giant Bones", which is even better than Last Unicorn.
Alexandra -- when you put in the href tags, make certain you put quotation marks around the URL. Otherwise, it doesn't... well, work. I've gone in and fixed it for you, because that's how I roll!
Awesome... thanks, though I see now that I wasn't the first person to think of linking there. Still, it'll be useful for filling my future comments with links to my innovative new side project.
I think it's gonna be huge.


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Watch: Tamtam Embraces Her Saudi and Syrian Roots, and Western Influences in Her New Song 'Ismak'
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At first glance, Tamtam is a woman with gravity-defying golden curls. Listen to her sing, and powerful vocals will fall on your ears. However, the singer is much more than her appearance and voice, and her latest EP Ismak proves just that. Born in Saudi Arabia and based in Los Angeles, Tamtam, whose birth name is Reem Altamimi, is gearing up to release five soul-searching tracks in January 2022, sung in both English and Arabic. Ahead of it, our former cover star offered Vogue Arabia an exclusive look at the title track and its music video.
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With the song 'Ismak', Tamtam is not only inviting listeners into her kaleidoscopic world with open arms, but is also embracing all her strengths and flaws with them. "'Ismak' is about the power that comes with loving every part of myself," explains Tamtam. "'Ismak' means 'your name' in the masculine form in Arabic. Our name is a huge part of our identity, and in this song, I am speaking to the feminine and masculine parts of myself." Since the singer's personality is a product of her Saudi nationality, Syrian roots, and growing up in the US, it was important to have it all represented in this particular song. "The intro is chanted in a Saudi accent, and the chorus of the song is in a Syrian accent. I am also embracing the Western parts of myself in this song since I've always been inspired by English music growing up, and I've been living in California since high school," says Tamtam.
The song came together in Paris, where the singer worked with producer Malca and Moroccan creative director Mohamed Sqalli for the first time. "Most of my music is in English, so I automatically started thinking in English when I got on the mic, but the melodies didn't feel right," shares Tamtam. "And then Mo said, 'Why don't you try Arabic?' So I switched gears and started thinking in Arabic, and when that happened, we got the melody of the chorus, It was instant and felt so right." The music video directed by Belgian collective Bleu Nuit sees Tamtam's vocals accompanied by stirring visuals of a group of women including herself dancing the Ardah, a Saudi sword dance traditionally performed by men. The chant, too, is voiced by women instead of men. "It's usually done before a battle, or to celebrate a victory, and the lyrics are more about love—and the war that comes with love, or with loving something," says the singer. Styled by Saudi creative Latifa Bint Saad, Tamtam wears two modest looks paired with armor-like jewelry in the new video, and has her brown mane pulled back in a sleek bun by Moroccan makeup artist Karima Maruan.
Tamtam. Photo: Szilveszter Mako
While the singer is sharing her song with the world today, the foundation for it was laid years ago by her teenage Saudi immigrant self in the US. "I lacked confidence when I left Saudi because my Arabic became weak and people would notice whenever I'd visit the Kingdom. They always asked me why my Arabic isn't strong, and why I don't look Saudi," she shares. When asked how one overcomes such a situation, Tamtam advises, "The first part is to try to understand where it's coming from. Once I became confident about who I am and with my flaws, not just my strengths, it changed everything." She hopes the song will instill the same confidence in its listeners. "I want them to know that it's okay for more than one place to feel like home. It's important to be proud of that."
Read Next: Saudi Artists Abadi Al-Johar and Tamtam Reveal the Lesser Known Things About Themselves


You might be surprised what comes out of those follicles. For this art project, São Paolo photographer Adrian Alarcon takes portraits of his bearded face only his beard is half hair and half toys, food and household items. First, though, he grew his beard out for four months and then shaved half of it off for the project he calls Fifty Fifty Selfie Barber Shop. You can see all kinds of objects on his face from delicious chocolate sprinkles and popcorn to toy soldiers and fake insects.
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NFL honors Aaron Hernandez during In Memoriam tribute at Super Bowl LII
By John Healy
The NFL made an interesting choice in its NFL "In Memoriam" tribute prior to Super Bowl LII on Sunday.
Ex-Patriots tight end and former convicted murderer Aaron Hernandez made an appearance on the tribute video before the big game.
Hernandez committed suicide last April just days after he was acquitted on a double-murder charge but was still serving a life sentence for the 2013 murder of Odin Lloyd.
Aaron Hernandez. (Winslow Townson/AP)
His murder conviction was later vacated by a Massachusetts judge weeks after his death because he died before his appeal was heard.
According to multiple reports of those at the game, the formerly convicted murderer was shown on a slide with a handful of other relatively unknown NFL players who passed away in the last year.
Super Bowl LII- Philadelphia Eagles vs. New England Patriots at U.S. Bank Stadium
Other players were honored with videos or individual photo slides.
Hernandez played three seasons with the Patriots before he was charged with first-degree murder in June 2013.
In November, researchers at Boston University discovered that Hernandez suffered from an unusually severe case of CTE, a degenerative brain disease resulting from blows to the head.
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Madrid is famous for its vibrant and exciting nightlife that truly show the soul of the Spanish people. Moreover it is a perfect starting point for many daily excursion outside the capital, such as a trip to Toledo, Avila, Segovia, Alcalá de Henares or even a cross country skiing experience. In Madrid you will find a true passion for culture and arts and some of the most open-minded people in Europe.
We have put together the ultimate Madrid MICE-guide (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Events), containing everything you need for a successful conference, gala dinner or corporate event in Madrid.
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Ararat Airport är en flygplats i Australien. Den ligger i kommunen Ararat och delstaten Victoria, omkring 180 kilometer väster om delstatshuvudstaden Melbourne. Ararat Airport ligger  meter över havet.

Runt Ararat Airport är det mycket glesbefolkat, med  invånare per kvadratkilometer.. Närmaste större samhälle är Ararat, nära Ararat Airport.

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Rhein S.Q.M. can carry out a CQI-11 auditing of your company or suppliers without any need for costly training, following optionally the AIAG CQI-11 standard questionnaire or a checklist compiled in accordance with specific customer requirements. All audits are carried out by trained CQI-11 auditors, and the service includes reporting as well as – where required – tracking and implementation support for agreed measures.


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'Animated Language Learning' program reaches 300 families with autism
With the help of his 19-year-old son, who was diagnosed with severe autism as a child, engineer Enda Dodd's Galway-based startup provides an innovative autism speech- and language-learning program offering hope to families worldwide
Enda and Valerie Dodd with their twin sons Conor (left) and Eoin (right) at NUI Galway. Photo: Aengus McMahon
Enda and Valerie Dodd's innovative software solution, ALL, is named after their company, Animated Language Learning. It is driven by the belief that they can change the world for children with autism and their families.
Since its inception in 2016, ALL has been adopted by 300 families and schools in Ireland, Europe and the US and is on track to reach its 301st customer and far beyond that number by the end of 2017.
Based at NUI Galway's Business Innovation Centre, ALL is an effective autism speech and language learning program that has already lifted the Dodds' 19-year-old twin sons Conor and Eoin from the isolation of autism, and is making it accessible to every family in need.
Teenager Conor Dodd, diagnosed as a severely non-verbal autistic child, now teaches special-needs children to communicate and is working on developing the ALL program at the family business on campus at NUI Galway. In this extraordinary story of hope for families of children with autism, Conor's journey and what his future holds is an inspirational one.
Trapped in his own world
Conor's world began with him being unable to communicate with the rest of the world, despite clearly understanding people. In a desperate move, his family relocated to California in the hope that a solution could be found there. Like many children with autism, he was trapped within his own world, unable to escape and frustrated that no one could hear him.
Now a 19-year-old adult, Conor has achieved the impossible through the help of Disney animated films like Toy Story and the family businesses' Animated Learning Language program.
As a child, Conor was diagnosed with a particularly severe form of autism that included deafness, cognitive deficits, profound language disorder and global dyspraxia. Any of these conditions would have left Conor with communication deficits but in combination, his condition was viewed as hopeless.
And yet, deep inside, his parents felt he showed determination and abilities if they could just reach him. It took Conor and his equally autistic brother Eoin to show their parents how to turn hopeless into hopeful through their interest in all things Disney.
Notwithstanding the successes to date, Enda Dodd is thoughtful about the road ahead. "There are millions of language-deficient children and adults around the world. We now understand how we can address these conditions in terms of process, but have an enormous amount of work to do to scale the solution globally," he said.
This is complicated by the fact that there is no clinical consensus about the true nature of these conditions. Diagnosis is through the identification of relevant symptoms without having any clear understanding of clinical root cause. Compounding this, traditional test methods in the identification of these conditions are limited by the child's inability to communicate making calls on intelligence extremely difficult.
"In many ways, as an engineer and designer, I was very lucky to have landed near Silicon Valley," he continued. "Not just because Pixar and Adobe were there, but because of how they approach the solving of intractable and amorphous problems."
Importance of home environment
Clinically there was an acceptance that standardised testing told little about the child beyond a basic diagnosis. The trend among the thought leaders was all about studying the child where they felt most secure: in the home. The most important information about these children rested with their parents. This was largely contrary to the industry, which tended to demand reliance on standardised evaluations.
"Learning this, combined with the belief that our boys were intelligent but trapped, gave me the confidence to bring the boys home and start working directly with them," Enda explained. "But I was out of the Fortune 200 that I'd previously worked with, and we were living on some stock we owned and funding from friends to make ends meet from month to month.
"Still, Silicon Valley was full of people innovating in the same way and I learned quickly about how to prototype software and technology on a shoestring. Additionally, developing human potential, communication, is not a static event but rather an evolving process. The solution had to be able to evolve with the child, through tracking progress and making real time adjustments. Everything had to turn on a dime."
It was complicated, but adopting a fundamental change in approach from the norm made it all possible. Rather than attempt to treat the child through speech, Enda used visual animated media. "It seems so obvious now," he said. "There just was no way in verbally and yet the boys were continually adapting to their world. They had to be doing this visually and that was the key.
"Because of where we were, there was an abundance of studios both large and small creating all manner of visual stimulus feeding into the entertainment industry. As projects would closeout, these systems would be sold on e-bay for pennies on the dollar with software application that I could have only dreamed about at the time. This is how we discovered Adobe and their participation soon followed."
And so, over time in the Dodds' own living room, a cacophony of tech grew up and evolved with the boys, while Val drew chalk marks around the house designating tech-free space. The boys blossomed. With communication, frustration and anxiety just melted from their lives and the family's frenetic existence slowly moved towards what most people call 'normal'.
Return to Ireland to develop the program
So much so that returning home to Ireland to build out the discovery was the obvious decision to make. And NUI Galway proved to be an excellent base to continue the journey.
Having discovered how to develop the boys' communication through using Disney media, Enda Dodd built a multinational research team to make the solution available to parents around the world. One evening, he was building the technology at home with Conor. Tired from a long day, he stepped away from his computer to take a break. When he returned, Conor was sitting at the keyboard programming language concepts effortlessly.
From that day forward, Conor emerged as a key contributor to creating the language-learning content which is now being used by hundreds of families around the world. With the support of Disney and Adobe, the Dodds have worked tirelessly on this new concept developing the ALL solution for families and teachers of children with autism. Conor is particularly adept with computers and very determined when he sees a challenge in front of him.
The enormity of what Conor is doing is not lost on his parents as they speak about what a typical day might have been for Conor: hospitalised and unresponsive because of the severity of the condition, attending clinics, seeking private schooling beyond their financial reach, ultimately unchallenged and unfulfilled.
Today, the contrast with Conor's activities could not be greater: from working in the family business on campus, developing and programming their animated language learning platform, to running with the Galway City Harriers, sailing, playing tennis and enjoying his new life on campus at NUI Galway. He has been overwhelmed with the support students and staff at the University have shown him in learning new skills.
"For Conor to have overcome profound communication disabilities was a miracle in itself," said his proud father. "And for him to have dropped out of school to become a leader in language development research is just beyond anything we could have imagined.
"Conor's time at the university just lights up his day and there's just so much opportunity for growth both professionally and personally. We owe a great deal to the Business Innovation Centre and its leadership in making our presence here a reality. Conor has flourished since our arrival on campus and he's now a very happy, fun-loving person."
At the Business Innovation Centre, Conor works with his father and a small team of language researchers. He is focused on the creation of language-learning programs for children who cannot communicate as he once could not as a child. Employing media from Disney and specialised tools provided by Adobe in Silicon Valley, he is changing the world for children with autism.
Support from NUI Galway
Fiona Neary, business development manager in the Business Innovation Centre at NUI Galway, commented: "Companies come and companies go, success and failures are close at hand with all start-ups, but the sheer determination of the Dodd family will ensure ALL is around for a long time to come, helping families all over the globe.
"They understand that to be truly successful, you never give up. Through their product, they'll continue to change the lives of families with autism. NUI Galway Business Innovation Centre is truly inspired by their work and 100% committed to supporting this family business."
Dr Patrick Farren, lecturer in the School of Education at NUI Galway, said" "As a language educator, I'm excited to be part of a team working with Enda and his family on creating cutting-edge, interactive platforms that support language acquisition, (meta)cognitive and emotional development. What he has achieved to date is amazing."
To order a program and learn more about ALL, visit: www.animatedlanguagelearning.com.
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Barry - April 25th, 2017 at 8:12 pm
Brilliant story and an innovation I look forward to hearing more about
Suzette Gallagher - July 4th, 2017 at 12:14 pm
Is there any help with the program in Australia?
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Originally known as the Gnessin Institute, the Gnessin State Musical College (Государственный музыкальный колледж имени Гнесиных) is an elite music school in Moscow's Arbat District.
In additional to its academic prestige, it's known as a factory for producing pop stars, including the legendary Philipp Kirkorov, one of Russia's best-selling and most popular artists, Olga Arefyeva, and Dima Bilan. It is known informally by fans and graduates as "Gnessinka."
The Gnessin Institute was founded on February 15, 1895 by sisters Evgenia, Elena, and Maria Fabianova Gnessin. They had each studied piano and graduated with distinction from the Moscow Conservatory. The original building, a small wooden house, had its first graduating class of 16 in 1905. During Russia's pre-revolutionary period, the Gnessin Institute was responsible for a number of important educational initiatives, including the Moscow Children's School Choir.
The current 13-story school building, constructed in 1974, includes classrooms for computer, dance, individual and group music lessons, a music library, reading room, a children's music school and two concert halls, to which entrance is free.
During the first season of Faktor A (the Russian version of Faktor X, with "A" honoring Alla Pugacheva, head of the jury), runner-up Erkin Holmtaov received a cash prize of 30,000 Euros and a 5-year scholarship to study at Gnessin.
Other major pop stars to emerge from the prestigious institute include Yulianna Karaulova of 5sta Family, Yulia Volkova, a singer in the group t.A.T.u., Valeria, Sati Kazanova and hip-hop artist Staisha/Miss Bass.
t.A.T.u.'s Yulia Volkova with the hit "All Because of You":
Try to fall asleep
For a second
I can hardly breathe, yeah
Now I just hate to love you
But I can't fake
Wish I could be much stronger
'Cause I'm about to break
I do the things I do, do the things
Do the things I do
All because of you, 'cause of you
Do the things I do, do the things
All because of you, you
Torn to pieces
No more tears to cry
Gave you all I had
But found a lie, yeah
Suddenly I find myself broken down, on my knees
Hoping that someone will bring back reality
All of this happening only because of you
Philipp Kirkorov performs "Снег" ("Snow"):
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Почему так жесток снег, оставляет твои следы
И по кругу зачем бег и бежишь от меня ты
Не даёт до утра спать, снег растаявший – он вода
Ты одно лишь должна знать – я люблю тебя навсегда
Почему голоса звёзд в полумраке едва слышны
Ветер слёзы дождя принёс, только слёзы мне не нужны
Разучился смотреть вдаль, разучился считать до ста
Разучился любить февраль, – он украл тебя навсегда.
Разучился любить февраль, – он забрал тебя навсегда.
Расстаются, когда ложь, засыпают, когда тьма
И по телу, когда дрожь – разрешают сводить с ума
Если хочешь идти – иди, если хочешь забыть – забудь
Только знай, что в конце пути ничего уже не вернуть
Только знай, что в конце пути никого уже не вернуть
Только знай, что в конце пути никогда уже не вернуть
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The Walking Dead: World Beyond Season 2 Episode 10, "The Last Light," was a highly entertaining and action-packed ending for the series. In this past season, this spinoff has surpassed "Fear the Walking Dead" in terms of storyline quality. The series finale not only wrapped up all the major storylines (albeit, with some moments that did stretch believability a bit), it also tied back to the main series, revealing information that could open the door for new spinoffs in the future. The ending made this a must-watch series for all Walking Dead fans.
Warning: This article contains major spoilers for The Walking Dead: World Beyond Season 2, Episode 10, "The Last Light." This is a review from the early showing on AMC+. The episode releases on TV on December 5.
This was a tension-filled finale from beginning to end. By the time the show ended, I found myself growing attached to some of the characters and hoping that we'll see them again in other spinoffs. There were also a few major revelations that viewers are going to be pondering for quite some time.
Huck's Fight Scene with Jadis Was Disappointing
The first part of the episode basically involves everyone fighting to get to their designated locations in order to continue fighting the CRM. Felix has an interesting scene where he's fighting a CRM military member, and it gets a little campy. We had a few fights in this episode where realism was traded for dramatic effect, and this was one of them.
Another was Huck's big "final fight" with Jadis. For some reason, Huck decides that she just has to make this a fair fight and tosses Jadis a weapon to increase Jadis' odds of winning. It was just a weird moment that I can only reconcile in my mind by believing that Huck actually wanted to die. But then she also warns Jadis about the bomb that's going off, giving Jadis time to escape. I needed a Picard facepalm meme to pop up on the screen at that moment. For all the effort that went into building Huck's character, I feel like they could have written her death scene a little better. The best thing to come out of that fight was Jadis' comments about Rick, where she revealed that he was an "A," but she lied and labeled him a "B" so he would live. Apparently all the "A" people became part of the CRM's laboratory experiments. Yikes.
Dennis & Silas' Final Scene Was Gut-Wrenching
The show more than made up for Huck's death scene with Dennis' death scene. Talk about heart-wrenching! Dennis was one of the few people to truly believe in Silas' potential. But as the CRM are closing in, Dennis tells Silas that he has to shoot and kill him in the head, in order to convince the CRM that he was captured against his will and killed Dennis to escape. Dennis believes he's going to die anyway and it's the only way that Silas can live. Silas has been through so much already, and this moment is just unfair for him to have to face. But life in the apocalypse is unfair pretty much all the time, and Silas does what he has to do in order to continue to survive.
Jadis doesn't really believe Silas' story, but decides that he will be useful to the military anyway. Then she has a strange scene with Elizabeth, where she reveals that she has somehow convinced Major Gen. Beale to arrest Elizabeth and place all the blame for what happened on her. This was another scene that I had trouble believing, but it did serve to push forward a storyline where Jadis is rising the ranks and gaining power. She'll more than likely show up in future series iterations, perhaps in the long-awaited Rick movies.
The characters did succeed in some of their goals, but as with any major war, they lost some battles along the way too. They were able to blow up the weapons that the CRM was going to use to take out Portland, buying that city extra time. And now Iris is on her way with some of the crew to warn Portland about the war that's heading their way. Hope, meanwhile, decides to stay behind with her dad to continue his scientific research. They're still seeking a way to destroy reanimation once and for all, but this time without the genocidal push from the CRM.
Elton is alive, but he lost his arm after a zombie bit him. And Silas is now part of the CRM's military, going deep undercover kind of like Huck did, except working for the opposite side. If anyone appears in a future episode of another series somehow, I think it will be Silas.
We'll Be Talking About the Post-Credits Scene for Quite Some Time
And then there is THAT post-credits scene. The ending we'll be talking about for quite some time. We see the CDC official from season 1 of The Walking Dead (Dr. Jenner.) There's a video recording of him talking with someone from France, where they basically seem to hint that the virus originated in France. And on top of that, the French somehow created an even worse version in their attempt to cure it. This version creates much stronger zombies who are a much bigger threat. And that, apparently, could be why the CRM is so desperate to do whatever it takes to try to find a way to stop them. (To read more about what was said and our theories, see our story about the ending scene here.)
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The BBC and the Tower of Babel
Sep 17, 2019 by Jill
by David Robertson, Christian Today:
Genesis 11 tells us the fascinating story of the tower of Babel. Humanity was setting itself up against God and as part of that decided to build a skyscraper. God's means of frustrating this is revealing – "Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other." The plan worked. Humanity was divided and scattered.
Melvin Tinker, an Anglican vicar, uses the imagery of the tower of Babel, together with that of CS Lewis's brilliant and prophetic That Hideous Strength, to demonstrate the particular route our culture is going down. Tinker's book, The Hideous Strength, How the West was Lost, is an important and essential work of for understanding our culture. It is just being republished in an expanded edition.
He shows how the tower of Babel remains a pattern for human rebellion against God. Chronological snobbery (the latest is the greatest etc) can blind us to insights from previous generations. Tinker argues that communalism (where group rather than individual identity reigns), constructionism (using language to deconstruct God and create our own gods) and connectivity (using one language to connect to one another and enable their rebellion against God) are typical of that rebellion.
I think this statement does need some qualification, however. There is a communalism (the church) that is good, a constructionism (building the Kingdom of God and caring for the earth), which is constructive, not destructive, and a connectivity (the tongues of Pentecost which proclaim the Gospel of Jesus rather than the tongues of Babel) that is positive. But Tinker is right to argue that Babylon tries to imitate Jerusalem.


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Atlas Pools, 770-451-3700, represented by John Gulya requests to increase the allowable impervious surface from 35% to 40%.
Located on the west side of Marston Park Drive, north of Oak Lane (2273 Marston Park Drive).
Woodlawn Oaks Development, LLC, 404-261-3420, represented by John Moore, 770-429-1499, requests waive the side setback from the required 20 feet to 17.5 feet adjacent to the eastern side.
Property located at the northern terminus of Oakside Point, east of Woodlawn Drive (4567 Oakside Point).
Retail Planning Corporation, 770-956-8383, represented by John H. Moore, 770-429-1499, requests to 1) Waiver of the requirement that the official street number shall be displayed on all freestanding signs for emergency notification purposes; 2) to allow more than four (4) freestanding signs on any platted, recorded or deeded lot of record (total of eight (8) proposed); 3) to allow a freestanding sign to be less than 150 feet from any other freestanding sign on the same lot (as close as 66.5 feet); 4) waive the maximum height of a freestanding sign from the required 20 feet to 28 feet (proposed sign 5 and existing secondary ID sign); and 5) waive
the maximum total sign area for a lot up to 25 acres in size from the required 300 square feet to 455.6 square feet.
Property located on the south side of Lower Roswell Road, on the east side of Johnson Ferry Road, and on the southwestern side of Davidson Road.
Beth B. Vandergriff, 770-578-1509, representing herself requests to waive the minimum public road frontage on a cul-de-sac from the required 50 feet to 34 feet.
Located on at the eastern terminus of Butler's Gate (700 Butler's Gate).
Navkar Builders, LLC, 678-523-5997, represented by J. Kevin Moore, 770-429-1499, requests to waive the maximum allowable impervious surface from 35% to 40%.
Property located on the west side of Heyward Square Place, west of Lower Roswell Road (5466 Heyward Square Place).
Navkar Builders, LLC, 678-523-5997, represented by Garvis L. Sams, Jr., 770-422-7016, requests to waive the maximum allowable impervious surface from 35% to 36.92%.
Hope Wurdack and David Riley, 269-589-7400, representing themselves requests to waive the side setback from the required 10 feet to 2 feet adjacent to the northern side.
Located on the southeast corner of Lock Highland Pass and Dumbarton (3902 Loch Highland Pass).
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Jared Haas, 404-403-5778, represented by Paul Goulw, 770-335-3824, requests to waive the rear setback from the required 35 feet to 14 feet.
Property located on the southeast corner of River Farm Road and Johnson Ferry Road (4800 River Farm Road).


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Crowdfunding: To Regulate or Not?
The Department of Finance has published a consultation paper on the costs and benefits of regulating crowdfunding in Ireland. This consultation is taking place in the context of the Department's work on how to facilitate the development of crowdfunding in Ireland while ensuring adequate protection for small investors and consumers.
Crowdfunding is the raising of finance from a large number of individuals or institutional investors to fund businesses or projects through online web-based platforms. There are a number of different types of crowdfunding, including donation and reward based, peer-to-peer and investment based. Types of crowdfunding fall in to two general categories, namely non-financial and financial.
In 2015, approximately €4.1 billion was raised through equity investment or loan-based crowdfunding platforms by businesses across the EU. There are now more than 500 platforms providing a range of crowdfunding services in the EU.
Why regulate crowdfunding?
Crowdfunding is an innovative, marketbased source of finance, which can provide consumers and small investors with access to investment opportunities that offer a higher rate of return than is generally available from traditional credit institutions. However it is also associated with a number of risks. In its consultation paper, the Department identifies several benefits and risks associated with crowdfunding, as set out in the table below:
Is crowdfunding currently regulated in Ireland?
Crowdfunding is not specifically regulated in Ireland, although certain types of investment crowdfunding platforms may potentially be affected by existing legislation, such as the European Communities (Markets in Financial Instruments) Regulations 2007. In June 2014, the Central Bank of Ireland issued an information notice which alerted consumers to certain risks of crowdfunding and its lack of regulatory oversight.
A number of EU member states, including Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Spain and the United Kingdom, have introduced domestic legislation to regulate crowdfunding.
The EU itself does not regulate crowdfunding and the European Commission has indicated that it does not intend to introduce EU laws to regulate crowdfunding at the moment. However it will continue to review developments in the sector so that it can reply in a timely manner if closer alignment between national regulations becomes necessary.
In the Commission's recent report to the Council of the EU and the European Parliament on accelerating the capital markets union, dated 24 March 2017, the Commission invited the member states to consider whether national crowdfunding legislation provides an effective and proportionate level of investor and consumer protection while permitting cross-border activity. Moreover, towards the end of 2016, the European Commission issued a negotiated call for tender to obtain an assessment of the potential for the development of cross-border crowdfunding business in the EU, and how existing EU legislation applies and interacts with existing and upcoming national regulatory frameworks in cross-border situations.
This assessment will consider the potential of crowdfunding (both investment-based and loan-based) as a source of funding for European businesses, as well as investor protection aspects.
What is the consultation about?
In the consultation issued on Friday, 21 April 2017, the Department of Finance is seeking the views of interested parties on whether or not a regulatory regime for crowdfunding would be appropriate, in light of the requirements and costs it could impose on the crowdfunding market. Interested parties are invited to respond to ten specific questions, as well as to submit general comments about any aspect of the costs and benefits of regulating financial crowdfunding compared to the present situation that they deem relevant along with any other policy measures that could be taken.
The consultation paper is available here.
The closing date for receipt of submissions to the consultation is 2 June 2017. The Department intends to use the submissions received during the consultation to inform the future development of regulatory policy on crowdfunding in Ireland.
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Getting more sales out of digital channels is a struggle for most B2B companies. Having a good starting point to optimize your digital channels in order to boost sales is very important. This article contains 4 steps that can help you to increase sales via digital marketing.
Below, I will go more in to depth. If you have any questions about one of these steps after reading this article, just leave a comment below and I will contact you.
Before investing any more money in your marketing, you should first take a step back and find out who your target audience is. If describing buyer personas is not your starting point, you will waste time and money targeting an audience who will never buy your products.
A Buyer persona is a composite picture of the real people who buy, or might buy, products like the ones you sell. In most businesses there will be several persons involved in buying B2B products or services. This means you should describe more than 1 buyer persona.
A customer journey describes all events and experiences a potential customer goes through to reach a goal and fulfill a need while interacting with a brand. It includes all touch points that a user experiences, starting with the first moment he was aware of a need until the need was fulfilled.
Your potential customer is aware of a need but does not know how to fulfil that need. He will search for possible solutions on google, will ask friends and colleagues.
Your potential customer knows what solutions are available to fulfill his need. In this phase he will dive deeper into the solutions. He probably will read articles and blogs about the possible solutions.
Now your customer knows which solution fulfills his need best. Is it a solution you offer? He will compare your company with others offering the same solution.
Your customer, yes it is your customer now, reviews the purchase process and customer service. He will decide to come back to you for new purchases or not. The ultimate goal is to satisfy your customer in such a way that he will recommend your company to others.
Please note that a potential customer possibly skips phases. He might already know the solution he wants to buy, and start the buying phase directly. In every phase you should try to get ranked higher than your competitors. Rank high on google, rank high on quality of content, rank high on customer service and so on.
The customer journey is different for every single customer. You can't optimize it for everyone. Your return on investment would be very low. That's why I recommend describing a customer journey for groups of similar potential customers, your described buyer personas.
There is a broad variety of content management systems available in the market. It's not easy to choose the right CMS. Every business is different and every company is different, that's why you can't say one CMS is better than another. But there are some important criteria to keep in mind.
Most content creators are non-technical, so be sure your CMS enables non-techies to update your website(s) in an intuitive way. For example Magnolia CMS is using an intuitive app structure, a structure everyone recognizes these days.
An average company these days has one or more websites, an intranet, a web shop. Be sure you can maintain the content on all these digital platforms via one central system. It is not said you should not have a separate e-commerce platform, but be sure the e-commerce system can be integrated with your CMS, so maintaining and updating the content will be a piece of cake.
Be sure your CMS is able to scale the content automatically depending on the device a visitor uses. Whether he uses a mobile phone, tablet or a desktop computer, your content should look fabulous.
You can create stunning content, but if it's not visible in search engines you won't attract new sales leads. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) helps you to create content that search engines pick up. But the more interaction on your content page, the higher it ranks in google.
The way google thinks, is that if there is a lot of interaction, your content is popular so people should see it. Be sure your CMS enables interaction on your website. Let people like or rank your content, and enable comments on your content.
If you have described buyer personas and their customer journey it would be awesome to show them tailored content on your digital channels. There are CMS systems, for example Adobe Experience Manager, which allow you to create buyer personas within the CMS. From that point on you can choose to show your content to all visitors, or only to the visitors that fit in to one or more of your buyer persona profiles.
One of the few things your prospects might find of interest about you while they are researching a purchase is your content. But there's a catch. Your content needs to be remarkable, educational, entertaining or otherwise useful. Your prospects are not that much interested in your company. They are interested in how you solve their problem. Keep that in mind while creating content.
Blogging is the one of the most powerful B2B marketing tactics that a company can adopt. Each blog post is one more ticket in the search engine lottery for getting found by your prospective customers when they are researching a solution to their problem.
According to research by HubSpot, companies that blog get 55% more website traffic and 70% more leads than those that don't blog.
In addition to blogging, your content marketing efforts should include some premium content (eBooks, whitepapers, recorded webinars, etc.). The content should answer questions related to the buyer's journey to help educate them on the nature of the problem you solve and how to make a smart purchase in your category.
This content should be placed on your site with a form so that you can capture their email address and name before the download starts.
Congratulations, you have a lead!


Acrylic and mixed media on cradled wood panel 30 x 24 x 1.5 inches.
Pattern, shape, line and light, cool summer colors are the focus in this contemporary abstract painting.
Perfect for the beach house, or summer vacation home.
The sides are left unpainted, and lightly varnished to feature the beautiful wood grain.


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"Welcome to Sodom" – Six myths about electronic waste in Agbogbloshie, Ghana
By Martin Oteng-Ababio & Maja van der Velden
Agbogbloshie is an urban area in Ghana's capital Accra, housing a vegetable market, a scrap metal yard, a large slum, an industrial area, and a household waste dump (see photo below). Agbogbloshie is a thoroughly polluted place and the people working in the scrap trade are exposed to serious health and safety risks, but this trade also generates much needed jobs for young men and contributes to an important repair and recycling culture.
This complexity is lost to the Western media. Media portrayals focus almost exclusively on Agbogbloshie as an electronic waste dump, drawing on the dramatic imagery of burning cables and tires for the extraction of copper.
The latest is Welcome to Sodom, a 2018 documentary directed by Austrian filmmakers Florian Weigensamer and Christian Krönes. In its title, and in its portrayal of "this apocalyptic society", the film perpetuates the tendency to mythologise a reality that needs no exaggeration. In the process, the film gets most of the relevant facts wrong.
Anthropology and ethnographic research are ideally suited to explore the lived realities of the people living and working in Agbogbloshie. Our fieldwork in Agbogbloshie enabled us to view the documentary from a critical perspective and to challenge the myths in the logline of the documentary, one sentence at the time:
1. Agbogbloshie, Accra is the largest electronic waste dump in the world.
The part of Agbogbloshie where electronic waste is dismantled is not an e-waste dump, but a scrap metal yard run by the Greater Accra Scrap Dealers Association. All kinds of machinery and household equipment, cars, buses, bicycles, generators, air conditioners, computers, etc. are taken apart for scrap and spare parts on an area less than half a square kilometre!
The myth is often repeated that it is the largest e-waste dump in the world, despite the fact that there are many other sites in the world, specialised in e-waste, that are many times larger. For example, Giuyu, in China, employed at its peak 100,000 people and covered 52 square kilometres.
2. They call it "Sodom".
"Sodom and Gomorra" is the name outsiders have given to Old Fadama, the slum in the Agbogbloshie area, which houses around 100,000 people.
3. About 6,000 women, men and children live and work here.
The vast majority of people working in the scrap metal yard are young men; most of them live in Old Fadama.
4. Every year about 250,000 tons of sorted out computers, smartphones, air conditions tanks and other devices from a faraway electrified and digitalized world end up here. Illegally.
The documentary shows how electronic waste is brought in by pushcarts and motorised tricycles. If 250,000 tons of illegally imported e-waste was brought into the scrap metal yard every year, this would amount to 35,000 computer monitors or 14,000 air conditioner units or 4 million mobile phones every day. Everyone spending a few days in Agbogbloshie knows that these numbers are absurd.
The most likely source for this estimate we could find, is from a 2011 report published by the Secretariat of the Basel Convention. The report estimated that in the period 2009 – 2011, Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia, and Nigeria imported a total of 250,000 tons of electronic waste each year.
5. Cleverly interwoven, the destinies of the various protagonists unravel the complex story of this apocalyptic society.
Calling Agbogbloshie an apocalyptic society suggests the vulnerabilities experienced by its inhabitants and workers are somehow uniquely appalling[. They are not. The vulnerabilities experienced by the people of Agbogbloshie are terrible in and of themselves, but they are morally unbearable precisely because they are a normal part of the global economic system that sustains modern overconsumption. There are many slums in the world and even more small scrap metal yards where electronics and other equipment and machinery are dismantled with rudimentary tools, with resulting health and safety risks for the workers involved, including children.
6. And you can be sure – it will most probably be the final destination of the smartphone, the computer you buy today.
The mobile phone or computer you buy today will most probably not end up at Agbogbloshie. Here's why: almost 50 million tons of electronic waste was produced in 2017. Research has shown that the main e-waste trade routes are not from high-income to low-income countries, but regional. Electronic waste is still being imported into Ghana, but most waste is generated as a result of the domestic consumption of electronics.
Figure 1. Agbogbloshie area (Photo: Google Maps)
Myths Don't Help
By perpetuating these myths, busted before here, here, here, and here, Welcome to Sodom presents an uncomplicated objectionable image of Agbogbloshie as an e-waste dump. The film also presents electronic waste as a "First World" problem, ignoring the fact that Ghanaians themselves consume large amounts of new and second-hand electronics.
Electronic waste is a huge global problem; it is not a problem that stops by guilting some consumers in rich countries into stop buying new electronics every year. Ghana needs practical and maintainable electronic waste policies, which recognise the importance of the informal repair and recycling sector and secure the health and safety of the people involved in this trade.
Martin Oteng-Ababio is Head of the Dept. of Geography and Resource Development of the University of Ghana. Maja van der Velden is Co-director of the Sustainability & Design Lab of the Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo and is a visiting researcher at the Dept. of Anthropology of the Vrije Universiteit. A longer version of this blogpost is published on the SMART project's blog.
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It's a pleasure to welcome Gini to the community of conflict resolution bloggers. It's good to know that more voices continue to join our conversation.
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This project is an excellent example of how we take input from our clients and convert it into a custom smart home solution. How can this have an impact in your Woodbury, MN Home? Everything we discuss in this blog doesn't just apply to our award-winning homes: it's the approach we take for every project.


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