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Israel: A Free Holiday in Other Peoples' Misery
Benjamin Cohen is the founding publisher of Pink News.
He rarely writes for the site now, but this week filed a "travel" piece; "Tel Aviv - Bursting With Pride".
"Four nights in Tel Aviv, for the city's LGBT pride celebrations has changed me in a way no holiday ever has before," Cohen gushes. "My attitudes and perceptions of Israel have changed dramatically and it's also changed the way that I reconcile my sexuality with my religion..."
Cohen lovingly describes Tel Aviv's restaurants and gay bars, its nightclubs, a beach party and of course the Pride parade.
The political situation - meaning the tragedy of Palestine - is briefly mentioned, then disregarded as an irrelevance; "For all that you might disagree with that Israel does in regards to the peace process, it has an enviable record on gay rights and it's described by many as an oasis of tolerance and acceptance in a region of virulent homophobia that unfortunately still involves the execution of gays including teenagers" (sic).
Meaning that Israel treats Israeli lesbians and gay men okay, so who cares what it does to the Palestinians.
This process has been dubbed "Pinkwash".
Cohen admits elsewhere he was one of a number of journalists "the Israeli government has invited" - and this is the line and the lie that the Israeli thug state was hoping its guests would spin.
There is no such thing as a free holiday.
Here are some words that didn't feature in Benjamin Cohen's article; arabs, flotilla, Gaza, massacre, occupation, Palestinian, Palestinians, West Bank.
The word "arab" appears twice; describing Jaffa as Tel Aviv's "arab neighbour".
"Palestine" is mentioned once - it "was the first place that the Jewish immigrations to what was then Palestine saw when they began to move to the region from Europe in 19th century." (Emphasis added).
It is acknowledged that Israel is a military state, maintained by a conscription army, but only cause some of those Israeli Defence Force boys are so hot; "I was probably one of just a handful of men at the club who kept their shirt on all night- it's quite hard to compete with the buffed up bodies of Israeli gays fresh from three years in the army!"
But Benjamin Cohen was enjoying a holiday - why ruin it with mentioning how the Israeli government he was a guest of is responsible for so many other people's misery?
Why indeed?
Apart from a companion piece dated June 11th, 'Tel Aviv Pride Kicks Off', Cohen has written only two other pieces for Pink News in 2010.
The last article he wrote in 2009 was titled; "Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw criticised for Sri Lankan holiday."
Cohen quotes James Ross from Human Rights Watch who said "the minister should publicly condemn President Mahinda Rajapaksa's clampdown on Tamils."
Ross urged Ben Bradshaw to "travel around, all over the country, and then publicly express his disapproval of the fact that there are still tens of thousands of Sri Lankans who cannot do the same thing because they are being held in detention centres."
Perhaps then Benjamin Cohen should also have travelled all over Israel/Palestine, to the occupied territories of the West Bank and Gaza, and then publicly expressed his disapproval of the fact that there are over 6 million Palestinians currently living as refugees.
Labels: Benjamin Cohen, Israel/Palestine, Pink News, pinkwash
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A question being asked at parties and private conversations in Bollywood is, why is Siddharth Mahotra being linked with a new girl practically every month ever since he parted ways with Alia Bhatt?
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3. How well the tree heals after a pruning.
You need the following basic tools for your pruning and gardening needs.
When you need to prune your trees, you need an orchard ladder to reach those high and difficult places. Observe safety precautions when using these ladders, A.I.M. Sales adds that you shoud wear the proper safety equipment to prevent slips or falls.
The lopper uses the same cutting principle as the hand pruner only that it is designed to exert more force, hence making it ideal for slightly bigger branches. Most loppers will have a label specifying the branch size it can handle. Buy one that suits most of your pruning needs.
Even though it is advisable to do all your pruning when the branches are small, there will always be that time when you need to cut through bigger and tougher branches. In this case, you will need the curved pruning saw. Choose one whose blade is made of tempered metal so that the blade stays sharp longer.
Taking good care of your pruning tools will not only make them safer for the trees you prune but also easier to use. Sharpen the cutting edges often and always disinfect them using alcohol, Listerine or Lysol between cuts to avoid spreading diseases to other trees.


I did the routing this week. I set up the minimum trace width and separation as specified on OSHpark's website. White lines show the connections I still needed to make, this is called the ratsnest. When the ratsnest is completely gone, I knew I was finished with the routing.
I started by placing routes on the left side of the board and then working towards the right avoiding power and ground pins. As I worked, I noticed some of the parts did not line up well for routing so I moved some footprints around the board.
About 2/3rds done I found the interactive router feature. If I switched to OpenGL mode, the interactive router became active. This router saved me a lot of time compared to the first part of the layout.
Once I finished routing everything except power and ground, I set up a pour area for ground on the back side of the board. To pour, I had to define a zone on the backside of the board. I kept this zone at least 15 thousandths from the edge of the PCB to make sure it worked with OSHPark. I also created an area around the antenna on the ESP12e that has no pour to meet their layout requirements.
To finish a pour, I had to right click on the edge of the created zone, mouse over the zone menu item and then select fill zone. I connected the surface mount parts to ground by connecting a trace to the SMT pad and then placing a via to connect to the ground plane. I finished the layout by connecting the positive voltage supply traces. I then filled the ground plane zone again to clean up any adjustments I made to tracks on the board.
I am finishing up before going to layout. I implemented the high voltage design last week but wasn't complete. I still need to control it going to the target. I looked at Microchip's PicKit 3 as a reference design and pretty much copied the controlling transistors for my circuit design.
The drive of the high voltage to the target is turned on by a PNP transistor which is turned on by another NPN transistor. Grounding of the target Vpp is controlled by another NPN transistor. These transistors are controlled by GP6 and GP7 of the port expander.
It is important to note that things could get damaged if GP6 and GP7 were both turned on at the same time and the Boost voltage regulator is turned on as well.
I ran the annotation, then the electrical rules check, I got some errors. It found a bunch of unconnected pins that I hadn't marked yet. I went back and marked them. I checked each remaining error and they are not really bad, but they needed to be checked anyhow. Then I ran the netlist tool. I then ran CvPCB to assign footprints to the new parts.
I hit the button to perform automatic footprint association, and I didn't want to, It re-assigned footprints that I had already chosen. So I had to go back through the whole list verifying each component.
I finished by arranging the layout by watching the ratsnest as I placed the components in PCBnew. I am now considering this layout Version A, I have a lot of room for revisions.
I changed my mind, I think the programmer should be able to be reprogramed without any special tools. This means that the Microchip processor is getting removed and replaced with a USB to serial bridge. I have decided on the Silicon Labs CP2104 USB to serial bridge. My decision is based on cost and minimal external components. I went to several suppliers and compared 1K quantity prices. I also confirmed that I can used the built in USB VID and PID.
I followed the example circuit in the datasheet for the CP2104 making minimal connections for a self powered device. Since I am going to eventually have a battery that is the correct mode to wire for.
Since I no longer have the Microchip processor to control the high voltage, I connected the SET line of the AAT1230 to GPIO15 of the ESP12E. The pulldown on GPIO15 will keep the voltage regulator disabled during a reset and I will drive it low anytime I am not using it, minimizing the current it draws from the battery.
I connected the Feedback voltage from the high voltage and the target voltage divider into an analog SPDT switch(NC7SB3157 chip) and connected the common terminal to the ADC input of the ESP-12E. This allows me to verify what voltage the target system is at and what Vpp voltage is maintained during programming. I ran out of IO pins on the ESP-12E, so I am added an SPI port expander(MCP23S08). I have to give up 1 pin for chip select but I gain 8 general purpose IO pins. So I moved the data direction control pins to the port expander and then connect GPIO5 to the CS line of the port expander. I verified the port expander could operate at 3.3V to match my operating voltage.
I connected GPIO2 to the Switch select line of the analog switch. A high selects the VPP voltage divider, a low selects the Target voltage divider. The voltage dividers are necessary because I could be dealing with more than the 3.3 V that the ESP-12E can handle.
None of the new devices were in the libraries. I had to create each of the MCP23S08, the CP2104, and the NC7SB3157 in the schematic library. I still have to connect the Vpp line to the target connector where I can leave it high impedance, set it to high Voltage, or Ground it.
I changed my mind, I am going to add the High voltage supply before I go to layout.
I am going to use a switching boost regulator to give me between 6 an 12 volts to supply to Vpp on the target. I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that I found a chip to achieve this goal. I'll be using the AAT1230. I created the symbol in the library and placed it on the schematic.
I need to research the highest voltages needed for Vpp, I am designing the circuit with a range from 7 to 14V for Vpp. I am using a simple voltage divider on feedback circuit to set the regulated voltage. With a threshold of 0.6V the setting resistors need to be calculated as follows R2/(R1+R2) = 0.6/7. From the datasheet R2 is specified at 4.99K. I simplify by inserting the value for R2 and multiplying by 7. The result is 34.93K/(4.99K+R1) = 0.6. I then multiply both sides by 4.99K+R1 to simplify again. Now the equation looks like 34.93K=2.994K+0.6 x R1. I subtract 2.994K from both sides to simplify again I get 31.936K=0.6xR1. I now divide by 0.6 on both sides of the equation and I get 53.23K = R1. To validate the number I go back to the original formula which is the desired voltage(7) times the resistor tied to ground(4.99K ohms) divided by the sum of the resistors(4.99K+53.23K = 58.22K) which has to equal my threshold value of 0.6V. 7×4.99/58.22 = 0.60 (with a little rounding) Using the programming line I can set Vpp from 7V to 14V output in 16 steps. Each step will be just under 1/2 a volt.
In my experience Vpp is defined as a range. For the Microchip PIC16F87X series chips the range is 13+0.5V The output voltage can be set in that range.
I have attached this voltage divider circuit to the analog inputs of the microchip USB chip this will allow me to check if we are getting good voltage out of the regulator. I am also using the microchip chip to set the voltage. If I hold the set line low for longer than 500 μS the regulator will reset down to the 7V setting. If I pulse it low for less than 500 μS it will increment up the steps.
I also tied a voltage divide to Vt to measure target voltage as well.
Sorry for all the math, but as an engineer sometimes it's unavoidable.
This week I upgraded to a new build of KiCad. I followed the link on KiCad EDA to get the build script here. This install script took just a few seconds to download and more than an hour to complete. It asked me to confirm several package installations. It went on to download the source code, libraries, and documentation for the current version of KiCad. The version I am now developing in is 2015-07-29 BZR 6016. This version gets footprint libraries from github.com and caches them on your machine. This is great but it has some drawbacks. Several parts had to be re-connected on the schematic.
I had to re-assign footprints to the components. To get to the CvPCB program you have to run it from eeschema. There is a toolbar button and it's in the tools menu.
Once I finished with CvPCB, I loaded the PCB new program from the KiCad project manager. I clicked on the netlist button. I clicked on read current netlist and then close. The components were in a jumbled mess in the upper left corner of the layout sheet.
I got the board down to 3″ x 1.5″ without any standoffs. I decided to size it up to 3″ x 2″ to make room for standoffs and modifications. I then rearranged for this new space. I tried to manage data flow from left to right across the board. I also tried to keep the antenna away from any components.


The era of globalization brought substantial changes in the relations of different countries. Old indicators of state behavior are no longer existent, they are simply unsustainable. Currently, soft power gains advantage in most of the regions of the world. Countries try to overcome their problems through dialog and negotiations, rather than by using force. Absolute gains are favored over relative gains. Less than twenty years ago only a few would have imagined that almost half of the world's population would now have access to the Internet. This is an example of old standards vanishing and being replaced by new ones. Iran (officially called Islamic Republic of Iran or IRI) has become one of the crucial actors in the South Caucasus recently, largely due to its geographical location and political–economic capabilities. The country plays a major role in the economic interactions of the South Caucasus. The relations between Iran and the South Caucasian countries are developing constantly, largely due to the changes discussed above. Iran, being a religious state cooperates with its secular neighbors. Moreover, for a long period of time it has favored Christian Armenia over Muslim Azerbaijan in its foreign affairs. It should also be stated that the country maintains good relations both with Azerbaijan, with whom it had territorial disputes (the problem of Iranian Azerbaijan) and conflicts on the oil market and with Georgia, which is an ally of the United States, Iran's major rival in the world arena. It should also be stated that the trade of energy sources is the most crucial part of bilateral relations between Iran and the countries inhabiting the South Caucasus. The aim of this paper is to discuss Iran's foreign relation with the South Caucasian states regarding energy issues, paying serious attention to Iran's bilateral relations with these states and avoiding external factors (the role of the US, Russia, Turkey etc.).
That main argument of this article is that Iran's relations with the South Caucasian countries can best be discussed from the perspective of neoliberal IR theory of International Relations. The main contribution to the field would be a change of discourse considering the foreign relations of Iran, from describing the country as a player which uses hardball tactics to one that is more open towards finding common solutions with its partners. This change of discourse would better equip researchers as well as policy practitioners when dealing with situations that are similar to one discussed below. This paper will begin with discussing the theory itself as opposed to other major schools IR theory and will proceed with stating why this theory best explains Iran's bilateral relations with the South Caucasian states that are going to be presented in more detail below.
Neoliberalism, which is often referred to as 'neoliberal institutionalism,' is one of the major theories of IR. Like Neorealism, it encompasses features of both Liberalism and Realism, which makes these two theories more flexible than the formers. As mentioned by Robert Keohane and Lisa Martin, two of the main proponents of the theory, the common ground between Realism and Neoliberalism is the assumption that there is absence of a sovereign authority which is capable of creating and enforcing agreements. It suggests that states advance their own interests, while also making it difficult for them to cooperate with others v. It will be shown below that Iran's relations with all three South Caucasian states are a perfect example of Complex Interdependence on a regional level.
The bilateral relations of Islamic Iran and Christian Armenia are a great example of Neoliberalism. An old indicator of state behavior, i.e. Islamic ideology, can no longer be applied. The main factor defining Iranian policy is the possibility of achieving economic gains on both sides. This cooperation is mutually beneficial, as it allows Armenia to get out of the economic embargo and blockade imposed by Turkey and Azerbaijan due to the war over Nagorno–Karabakh Republic, while Iran is seeking its way out of isolation through partnership with Armenia xiv.
Though these two countries share cultural and religious affinities, their relations are not as friendly as the Iranian–Armenian relations. This is, due to large extent to the fact that Iran and Azerbaijan are competitors on oil and natural gas markets. This is another example of unsustainability of aforementioned old indicators. Another fact should also be given serious attention. Though the two countries have grievances towards each other on what percentage of the Caspian Sea they would get, there has never been an ambition to use hard power on any side. This means that Iran and Azerbaijan favor achieving absolute gains, i.e. economic stability in the region and trade of the goods they possess, over relative gains. Building up on what was discussed above it should be restated that the bilateral relations between Iran and Azerbaijan should also be analyzed from the perspective of Neoliberalism. Iran uses soft power against Azerbaijan, which means that the country fulfills its goals through cooperation rather than coercion xix.
Unlike Armenia and Azerbaijan, Georgia does not have common borders with Iran, which limits the bilateral relations between the two countries. It should also be noticed that Georgia is an ally of the United States, the relations of which with Iran are rather tense. However, Iran and Georgia reached several agreements regarding trade of energy sources, primarily of natural gas. This is also an important indicator of Neoliberal concepts implemented in practice. It should be added that Neoliberals believe that "there are many mutually beneficial arrangements that states forgo because of the fear that others will cheat or take advantage of them, they see important gains to be made through the more artful arrangement of policies" xxvi.
Iran's energy policy in the Caucasus should be understood by material state considerations and not by ideology. However, there is room for expanding the cooperation between Iran and the South Caucasian republics. Taking into consideration how important South Caucasus is for Iran's national interests after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Iran, being a regional power, has not pursued as active a foreign policy towards its northern neighbors as it could. However, over the past twenty years Iran has been active in expanding its presence in the region and gaining influence by reaching agreements on economic cooperation and extending economic ties with South Caucasian republics. One of Iran's primary goals is to become one of the most influential actors in the South Caucasian economy. If Iran manages to fulfill the goal, it will recover its geographical–economic status as the north–south and east–west corridors for connecting various regions to one another, such as Europe, the Middle East, and West and East Asia. It was demonstrated above that Iran tries to maintain good relations with all three South Caucasian states, though the degree of bilateral cooperation has not reached desirable levels. The focus of Iranian energy policy towards all three states is the trade of natural gas. The country has reached high–level cooperation in the sphere of electricity, as well. From a theoretical perspective, as was noted several times above, these relations, largely based on mutually beneficial trade, could be best understood from the perspective of Neoliberalism. Neoliberalism, unlike other major schools of International Relations theory, has enough capacity to describe all the nuances of these relations in a grasp manner, without losing any key points.
i Keohane, Robert O., and Lisa L. Martin. "The Promise of Institutionalist Theory." International Security, Vol. 20, No. 1, 1995: 42.
iii Keohane, Robert O. "Hegemony and After: What Can Be Said About the Future of American Global Leadership?" Foreign Affairs. Volume 91 No. 4, 2012: 2.
iv Keohane, Robert O., and Joseph S. Jr Nye. Power and Interdependence . New York, San Francisco, Boston: Longman, 2001.
v Keohane, Robert O., and Joseph S. Jr Nye. "Power and Interdependence in the Information Age." Foreign Affairs, Volume 77,No 5, 1998: 83.
vi Chitadze, Nika. "Geopolitical Interests of Iran in South Caucasus and Georgian-Iranian Relations." Journal of Social Sciences, 1(2), 2012: 7.


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AMMAN — UN Women and the World Food Programme (WFP) announced on Tuesday through a statement that they will start implementing blockchain for the UN Women's cash for work programmes in Zaatari and Azraq refugee camps. According to the statement, women will scan their eyes to request cash back at WFP-contracted supermarkets. This will link to their accounts on the blockchain, and the amount of the cash distributions is automatically sent to "Building Blocks". This should result in improved security and accountability the statement said. There are also opportunities for cost and risk reduction, as well as increased harmonisation of aid efforts. According to the release, cash transfers have traditionally been made available to refugees through third-party financial service providers such as banks. However, through the partnership, women who participate in the UN Women cash for work programme will be able to access their funds directly and the accounts will be kept securely on a blockchain network. The partnership stems from WFP's Building Blocks project, which already provides cash transfers to 106,000 Syrian refugees in Jordan through a blockchain based system. "At WFP, we will explore every possible way to deliver the help people need, in the most efficient and effective means available." said David Beasley in the statement, executive director of WFP. UN Women also aspires to increase the financial literacy of their recipients through expense tracking and budgeting seminars conducted at their "Oases", where recipients would also be able to view their Building Blocks accounts and its history online the statement said. "We know that women in crisis situations and displacement settings tend to have lower digital literacy than men, and often lack access to the technology and connectivity that are so critical in today's world," UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka said, adding "UN Women is partnering with WFP to change this by using innovative technology to drive change for women in the most challenging settings and to accelerate progress towards women's economic empowerment on a large scale." According to humanitarian organisations; women are disproportionately affected by humanitarian crises, many of them are forced by conflict to become the primary bread winners, while bearing the responsibility of taking care of their children and families. "Our work with UN Women to help female Syrian refugees is yet another sign of that innovative spirit, in this case using technology to make an even bigger impact on the lives of those we serve," Beasley said in the statement.


Push what's hot, kill what's not.
You probably have many tools in your toolbox that can help predict sell through for your products. Namely, your POS data gives hard numbers about sales online and offline for you and your retail partners. But what POS data is missing is the reason why sales were up or down for a product line. Measuring product reviews can lend some insight into what consumers liked and didn't like, and help with revenue forecasting and accurate inventory management.
Since 90% of consumers read product reviews as a part of their shopping process, you can rely on the fact that if positive reviews are up for a product line, sales will follow.
Channel Signal's platform allows you to pull in reviews from a variety of sources and apply a plethora of graphs and filters to get exactly the data you need to forecast revenue based on something as broad as product category or as refined as a particular product color.
Based on the results, you will be more informed to increase factory orders for what's hot, decrease what's not, and maybe even work with your Product Development team to kill what is absolutely not working with customers.
After working with Channel Signal for over a year, a major sock company looks for areas to grow. The company used the data gleaned from the Channel Signal platform to see which product had high sentiment as well as high volumes of reviews. By comparing seasonal and evergreen products the company noticed a few products where marketing could help increase revenue as well as other products that could use more product development.


2017 è A year of special creative fermentation and fruitful partnerships for Alps, a leading company in the production of decorative wooden surfaces and prefabricated panels for the furniture sector. Spring brings with sé The shapes and colors of two unpublished collections: Legacy, curated by Piero Lissoni, and Sushi made by the Brothers Campana. Two proposals in which, once again, tailoring culture is valued by the moreù technologies; innovative. Two lines that as always derive not only from creativityà Of listed designers and of a continuous stylistic research, but also of the 26-rsquo; use of high-quality raw materials. Alpi wood is transformed through a well-developed and verified production process in every single step, becoming a design product that on the one hand carries the traces of a great crafty wisdom and from the 26th, while another demonstrates a continuous formal and conceptual evolution . The ciò There is a constant focus on the 26-rdquo; environment that goes from responsible and sustainable forest management, based on the highest respect of biodiversità ;. With Legacy and Sushi l' aesthetic goes hand in hand with durabilità And the protection of nature.
Alpi has always worked with prestigious Italian designers: è This was a winning insight of the founder of Vittorio Alpi. A 26-intuition that still yields all' teaches creativityà ;, of the 26-rsquo; originalità ; Of a qualitatively evolved design. In this 2017' company has crossed its own way with that of Piero Lissoni and the Brothers Campana. In the first case è The new Legacy collection was born, starting with a 26-rsquo; deep search for all' identità Of the material reproduces the essence of the wood exalting its intrinsic elements. Going più In particular, this new collection is inspired by almost lost, but always seductive essences such as ebony, teak, wengé, rosewood and zebrano; Are in all cases trees endangered by extinction and consequently their useè or almost asé It prohibited. Their remarkable aesthetic value, the durabilità Natural and excellent mechanical strengths have led to a high demand for these woods over the years, which has aggravated deforestation problems and led to numerous activities; unlawful. Alps wants to pursue a 26-rsquo; defense and protection action by reproducing these essences thanks to state-of-the-art technologies. The result è In these pictures, which really speak for themselves.
L' another new collection presented by Alpi for this 2017 è Sushi, which brings the signature of the Brothers Campana, sees protagonists interesting lines from the graphic design and s' inspires the design of the 26-rsquo; homonymous collection created by the same designers. Almost challenging nature, the ever-promising Humberto and Fernando recreate a dynamic and dreamlike pattern, harmoniously geometric; 26-rsquo; innovative coating technique consists of 26-rsquo; roll together different types of fabrics, rugs, felt and rubber profiles to form some special spirals: 26-rsquo; è Definitely unconventional. The graphic design is reproduced on Alpi wood thanks to the tailoring culture and the craftsmanship that have always distinguished the productions of this 26-rdquo; company. Sushi è A dreamlike wood and at the same time molded according to the most&hop mood; modern; Concretizes the thoughts, poetry, 26-rsquo; energy of the famous Brazilian duo. Alpi proposes two chromatic versions in brown and slate gray with contrasting gold details for the first and silver for the second.


A thorough cleaning is often a priority for renters that are moving out of a rental, but it may feel like just another task that needs to be squeezed in with the rest of the moving plans. While the tenants can certainly do some of the cleaning on their own, there are a number of benefits that come with handling the cleaning as the landlord. If you are concerned about who should do the cleaning, considering the following reasons why arranging these services after the tenant leaves is a smart idea.
One of the most appealing reasons to offer cleaning services is a more thorough job can be done. Even with the tenants working hard to clean the rental home, they may not be able to do as complete of a job as if you were to hire professionals elsewhere. Being able to control the cleaning can also ensure that tucked-away areas are cleaned thoroughly and that the unit is ready for the next tenant to move in.
Most people scramble to get everything done when moving out of a rental due to time constraints, making professional cleaning a helpful service to arrange. By taking care of the cleaning as the landlord, your tenants will not need to buy additional cleaning supplies or spend days cleaning the entire rental home.
Along with the cleaning being more thorough with professionals rather than the current tenants, you can also expect your satisfaction to be guaranteed. Most cleaning businesses offer a money-back guarantee and their professional training should also help ensure that you are happy with the finished results.
Charging your tenants for cleaning services can remove some of the uncertainty about how much of a security deposit to return. With the cost of home cleaning services removed from the deposit, it can become a lot clearer for how much your tenants will receive, if any at all, when moving out. By discussing whether cleaning should be done after they move out, the tenants can decide whether they would like to risk a larger amount of money being taken out of the deposit if the cleaning is not done to your standards.
With the cost of hiring professional cleaners somewhere between $25-$35 an hour, you can ensure that the rental home is spotless after a tenant moves out. By considering some of the above reasons to insist on professional help, you can get the cleaning you need without any complications with your tenants.