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Becoming an app developer is never easy, especially for non-coders, and when it comes to app developers, many people will think of programmers/developers with immense knowledge of coding. However, there are always different stories when people outside the industry can also get a career as a developer, just with breakthrough and useful ideas.
And one of those stories has begun from Prague; three guys with their ideas had started Digismoothie, a new E-commerce startup intending to help merchants become more successful with their Shopify store.
So what are their secrets, and what have they gone through on their way to success? Today we will have the opportunity to learn more about them with a short interview with Tom, the Co-founder of the Digismoothie company.
In this article, Tom will share his experiences with Digismoothie and their difficulties on their way to becoming Shopify app developers and store builders.
Can you tell me more about yourself and your current business on Shopify platform?
Tom: My name is Tom(as), I live in Prague, Czech Republic, and I am the Co-founder of the Digismoothie company. We started as Shopify app developers and expanded our reach to store building recently. Our philosophy is simple -- help Shopify merchants to grow their business using our tools.
How did you start your E-commerce journey and your agency?
Tom: I discovered the world of e-commerce in 2008 when I launched my own online store running on the Magento platform at that time. In 2011 I joined a large security software company as one of the first members of the E-commerce department. In the last 10+ years I have learned a lot about the industry and its challenges.
Approximately 2 years ago we heard about Shopify, which is still not that popular in (Central) Europe as it is in North America. We were three non-dev guys with an app idea and we were lucky enough to find a fourth colleague in our country who helped us to transform our ideas into a properly functioning app on the app store.
It took a few months and the app got really good traction and earned a lot of recognition. We finished our first year (2019) with 1,000+ subscribed merchants and yet we saw we are still just at the beginning.
During this time, we have also had many people contacting us and asking if we can build a Shopify store for them. At the beginning, we have been politely refusing them and focusing solely on the app development. But lately, we realized we would be missing an opportunity; and doing both app and store development brings many benefits and advantages.
So what are your daily tasks and what do you like the most about your job?
Tom: We are still a relatively small company so I am involved in many areas. From setting the high-level strategy and roadmap to helping our merchants on the online chat. From time to time, I also write articles on our blog, which is something I really enjoy.
What I really like is seeing our merchants getting a real benefit from our apps. If we help someone to grow the business incrementally by 20-30% that's awesome and something we are really proud of.
What do you like about the Shopify platform?
Tom: Quite a few things. First of all, it's really simple so everyone can set up the online store without any technical knowledge and have it running in a few hours. And it will look great. This enablement of anyone becoming an independent entrepreneur is really amazing.
I am also a big fan of the app store. Which enables merchants to get new almost features instantly. On the flipside, it enables developers to market their apps to 1 million plus merchants.
And last but not least, I really like the community around Shopify. Everyone is really helpful and people share a lot of information on how to be successful. The company itself cares a lot about topics like environment and sustainability which I massively respect.
Would you like to share more about your team? And what kind of services are you offering with Shopify?
Tom: We are currently a team of 15 people and we all share the same values and passion for Shopify which I think is really important for the overall company. Our core teams are obviously development and customer success.
Regarding our services, we are offering 3 global apps and a few local ones for the Czech market. Our flagship app is definitely Candy Rack which helps merchants to increase the AOV (average order value) by offering upsells and cross-sells. Another successful app is called Gift Box which allows merchants to offer free gifts to their customers.
Besides apps, we also started building stores recently. This is something quite new for us but it really helps us to better understand the Shopify ecosystem and proposition, and identify potential opportunities. Both verticals (app development and store building) are creating a really nice symbiosis.
And we don't plan to stop with 2 verticals only, we have 1 or 2 in mind already. We are basically creating a one stop shop for anything Shopify related.
Let's talk more about your customers. Where do they come from? Any memorable experiences of working with them?
Tom: Vast majority of our customers are coming from North America (more than 50%). The rest is equally spread around the remaining continents. We are not focused on any industry like fashion but our apps are really for everyone. From one-product stores to large ones with thousands of SKUs.
What I really love is every time I get a chance to jump on a call with some of our merchants. During the call you can understand so much more about the business and challenges of using our apps. That's extremely valuable for us as we are building customer-centric products.
In order to be closer to our (potential) customers, we plan to host meetups and/or webinars in the future.
What has been your biggest challenge so far and how did you solve it?
Tom: Our biggest challenge is definitely the prioritization among customer requests and our own internal roadmap. Ideally, we would want enough development resources to do both at the same time, but that's not how it works (at least now). We are trying to resolve it by investing more and more resources into our development team.
In terms of external challenges, it's definitely the compatibility with other apps in the ecosystem. Sometimes two apps can't work together at the same store and it could be hard for customers to understand and accept it which I completely understand. This area is definitely something we need to invest more in.
How do you use PageFly for your clients?
Tom: We are recommending PageFly to every client for whom we build the store. It's such a great and simple tool which allows store owners to control their site on a much more granular level compared to themes. And clients really appreciate the fact they can do many things on their own without our involvement.
Did you have any difficulties using PageFly? And how did you solve it?
Tom: Some of our merchants are using PageFly as well. And unfortunately, it didn't work properly with Candy Rack. We contacted your technical support and were actually amazed with the response which really helped us to resolve the compatibility issue. So thank you for that!
Just one last question, do you have any advice for new E-commerce entrepreneurs on the Shopify Partners ecosystem?
Tom: Don't focus on your competitors, app store rankings, being featured and other external factors which are outside of your control. Rather focus on things you can influence -- your product and customers. Listen to your customers, make them almost a part of your product team and build a customer-centric product. This is something which worked well for us.
Don't expect to have a widely popular and successful app right from the beginning. Rather take small steps and make sure every single merchant is happy. The success will come but it's a journey.
About Digismoothie
Digismoothie makes e-commerce apps and builds online stores on the Shopify platform. The company's mission is to help merchants grow their business via app solutions and the implementation of best practices.
Their flagship app is called Candy Rack. It enables store owners to upsell and cross-sell products/services to their customers in order to boost the AOV. The app has been widely recognized for its simplicity, UX, and effectiveness.
Digismoothie is based in Prague, Czech Republic, and was founded in 2019. The company currently employs 15 employees.
You can find more about the team at: https://www.digismoothie.com/about/.


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I always wondered how large web applications were built! I discovered the secret a while back and it became my passion. After experiencing the advantages and pains of using Micro-Frontends at scale, I have decided to document this journey and share some of the "best practices".
This is an opinionated list of best practices when designing applications that follow the Micro-frontend pattern. Each "rule" should be examined and its benefits/downsides evaluated against your specific use case.
Zero coupling between Micro-frontends
To achieve the benefits of this architecture, accidental coupling should be avoided as much as possible; this will unlock the flexibility and scalability that the Micro-Frontend pattern has to offer as well as future-proofing your applications by allowing incremental upgrades or future complete rewrites of parts of your application.
Each Micro-frontend should be able to render in isolation or inside a container application. The data required should be loaded by each Micro-Frontend and avoid data waterfalls.
- ✅ Share libraries that can be swapped without affecting other Micro-frontends.
- ✅ Load all the data it needs to render.
Do Not:
- ❌ Have a centralised store/share data across different Micro-Frontends.
- ❌ Share libraries that are in active development.
Separate Code Bases
Each Micro-Frontend should have its own codebase and the version control of choice shouldn't have any impact on the way the project is developed or deployed. Having all projects under a single monorepo or individual repositories is fine.
- ✅ Use Monorepos.
- ✅ Use individual repos.
Each Micro-frontend should be deployed independently
Each Micro-Frontend should have it's own CI / CD pipeline and be able to deploy to production on demand without any dependencies on other Micro-frontends. A common antipattern that should be avoided is "The deployment queue of hell" where different Micro-frontends are so tightly coupled that they need to be deployed in a specific order to avoid breaking the application.
- ✅ Have separate CI / CD pipelines.
- ✅ Release on demand.
Do Not:
- ❌ Have Release schedules.
- ❌ Have incremental/sequential deployments that require previous versions.
Micro-Frontends should be tested Independently
Because Micro-Frontends are required to render independently as well as inside a container application, it makes sense to also test them independently using unit and integration tests for both scenarios.
- ✅ Have unit and integration tests for each Micro-Frontend rendering in isolation.
- ✅ Run integration tests for Micro-Frontends rendering inside the container applications as part of end-to-end testing.
Micro-Frontends should be versioned
When a new Micro-Fronted is deployed to production, the previous version should not be deleted and the new version should be tagged with a version number using semantic versioning or similar. It is up to the container applications to decide what specific version of a particular Micro-Frontend to use (Managed
) or always use the latest version instead (Evergreen
- ✅ Use Semantic versioning.
- ✅ Use a specific version or "latest".
Do Not:
- ❌ Require a global deployment to change versions.
- ❌ Delete previous versions.
Minimal Communication
Communication between Micro-Frontends should be minimal and simple, avoiding global state and framework-specific solutions as much as possible.
If two or more Micro-Frontends are sharing a lot of messages to provide their minimal functionality, they might be too tightly coupled and they could share a similar enough purpose that they should be considered to be integrated into one.
- ✅ Keep messages small and simple.
- ✅ Avoid state and communication frameworks if possible.
Do Not:
- ❌ Share state.
- ❌ Have unnecessary communication.
CSS should be scoped
CSS from loaded from one Micro-fronted should not affect others.
- ✅ Scope your CSS.
- ✅ Use a CSS-in-JS or namespacing library (like CSS Modules).
Do Not:
- ❌ Use global CSS.
Final Recommendations
- ✅ Try to create autonomous teams.
- ✅ Try to arrange your Micro-Frontends around business functionality.
- ✅ Reusability is a nice "side effect" not the target.
- ❌ Don't Force this architectural style just because it is "new".
- ❌ You don't need multiple javascript frameworks.
- ❌ You don't need a "micro-frontend framework".
- ❌ Micro-Frontends don't have to be "micro".

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Professor Patrick Verkooijen appointed Chair of University of Groningen's Climate Adaptation and Global Governance Programme
The CEO of the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA), Professor Patrick Verkooijen, was appointed Chair of the Climate Adaptation Programme at the faculties Campus Fryslân and Spatial Sciences at the University of Groningen. Verkooijen will be involved in setting the curriculum for the upcoming Climate Adaptation Governance Masters programme as well as supervising doctorate students. He will also help connect students and researchers to a global network of climate adaptation institutions.
G CA Africa will focus on programs and action, knowledge acceleration and capacity building and agenda-setting that respond to the acute challenges from the changing climate facing African countries. These include improving the food security of one billion people in Sub-Saharan Africa by 2030 through a program on rural well-being and food security, as well as projects to support communities through water for urban growth and resilience; using nature for more resilient infrastructure; adaptation finance and building youth leadership.
An example of GCA's transformative approach to accelerating adaptation is a project already underway in Ghana to develop its first national-level assessment of the resilience of its infrastructure systems to climate change. By exploring and showcasing the potential co-benefits of Nature-based Solutions as part of country-level package of investment in grey and green infrastructure, Ghana will function as a demonstration country of how to reduce costs and enhance ecosystems.
Having worked closely with Professor Verkooijen for several years now, I can think of no better person to take on the role of chairing the Climate Adaptation Governance Programme at the University of Groningen in my name. This University is one of the only academic institutions in the world to offer students the opportunity to study how we can best adapt to the impacts of our climate emergency – an absolute necessity if the world is going to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in the next decade.
I met with Patrick Verkooijen for the first time just after he became CEO of the Global Center on Adaptation in September 2018. Together we celebrated the honorary doctorate for Ban Ki-moon. He has a great interest in everything happening at our university. His inspiring work and international network is very important for the development of the University of Groningen.
Next generation leaders
I am honoured to have been chosen to Chair this vital programme in recognition of the global leadership of Ban Ki-moon. Educating the next generation of adaptation leaders is essential if we are to make the world more climate resilient and give today's young people a central role in driving the adaptation agenda.
It is a privilege to welcome Prof. Patrick Verkooijen to Campus Fryslân. Verkooijen is known for its many years of dedication and commitment to climate adaptation. Our students can now learn from one of the foremost experts and that is really great.
There is an urgent need to step up the support for people in Africa, and around the world, affected by climate change. I welcome the Global Center on Adaptation Africa as a crucial partner in delivering the elevated ambition and enhanced action that is needed to make this shift towards a resilient future.
Millions of lives depend on Africa's agricultural sector. Adapting and improving its resilience to climate change is therefore a must. By investing in African local food systems we catalyze sustainable value chains and support the vulnerable but small-scale often female producers.
Adaptation to the impact of our changing climate is essential if Ghana is to continue to grow and prosper. We look forward to working with GCA and its partners to meet the challenge of climate change and ensuring resilience is built into Africa's economic recovery plans.
Climate change is not only damaging for the environment, but devastating also for development. It is important countries around the world, especially our partners in Africa, work together to address these global challenges. Norway is pleased to be able to support GCA Africa in accelerating this agenda.
GCA is a key solutions broker and center of excellence with a holistic approach, that aims to accelerate adaptation solutions for a climate resilient future in Africa. By working with GCA Africa we will intensify climate adaptation efforts to ensure we integrate solutions to have a coherent response to our climate emergency.
With the Africa Adaptation Initiative (AAI), African leaders have shown their readiness to put resilience to climate risks high on their national agendas. We would like to strengthen our support for the AAI. I therefore welcome the establishment of the Africa Office of the Global Center on Adaptation, which will support the AAI.
The impacts of climate change are already being felt across Africa and will only increase in magnitude. Adaptation is not a nice to have, it's a necessity. Through our role as a solutions broker, GCA Africa will work closely with partners in every sector to ensure the most effective adaptation measures are shared and scaled across the continent, responding to the growing demand for strengthening resilience to the impacts of our changing climate.
The launch of GCA Africa comes after its first regional office was launched in Beijing by Premier Li Keqiang in June 2019 followed by the launch of its South Asian office in Dhaka by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in September 2020. The GCA Africa launch follows the publication of a GCA policy brief in May 2020, with the African Adaptation Initiative and endorsed by 54 Heads of State and Government which recommended focusing stimulus investment in Africa on resilient infrastructure and food security to overcome the COVID-climate crisis.


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Kotlin is getting more and more relevant. How would common design patterns implemented in Kotlin look like?
Inspired by Mario Fusco's Talk/Blog posts/Repository "From GoF to lambda", I decided to implement some of the most famous design patterns in computer science in Kotlin!
The goal is not to simply implement the patterns, though. Since Kotlin supports object oriented programming and is interoperable with Java, I could just copy-auto-convert every java class in Mario's repository (doesn't matter whether it's the "traditional" or the "lambda" examples) and it would still work!
It's also important to note that these patterns where discovered to overcome the shortcomings of how imperative programming languages were designed in the 90s (C++ in particular). Many modern languages provide features to overcome these issues without writing extra code or falling back to patterns.
That's why —just like Mario in the g ∘ f
repository— I will try to find a simpler, easier or more idiomatic way to solve the same problem each pattern is solving.
If you don't like reading explanations, you can directly jump to my github repository
As you might know, there are three types of (gof) patterns: structural, creational and behavioral patterns.
First up are the structural patterns. This is tough, because structural patterns are about - structure! How could I implement a structure with a different structure? I can't. An exception is the Decorator. While it's technically just about structure, its usage is more about behavior or responsibilities.
Structural Patterns
Attach additional responsibilities to an object dynamically
Let's say I want to decorate a class Text
with some text effects:
class Text(val text: String) {
fun draw() = print(text)
If you know the pattern, you also know that a set of classes has to be created in order to "decorate" (that is extending the behavior) the Text
These extra classes can be avoided in Kotlin by using extension functions:
fun Text.underline(decorated: Text.() -> Unit) {
fun Text.background(decorated: Text.() -> Unit) {
With these extension functions, I can now create a new Text
and decorate its draw
method without creating other classes:
Text("Hello").run {
background {
underline {
If you run this from the command line, you will see the text "_Hello_" with colored background (if your terminal supports ansi colors).
Compared to the original Decorator pattern, there is one drawback: I can not pass "pre-decorated" objects around, since there is no Decorator class anymore.
To solve this I can use functions again. Functions are first-class citizens in Kotlin, so I can pass those around instead.
fun preDecorated(decorated: Text.() -> Unit): Text.() -> Unit {
return { background { underline { decorated() } } }
Separate the construction of a complex object from its representation so that the same construction process can create different representations
The Builder pattern is really useful. I can avoid variable-heavy constructors and easily re-use predefined setups. Kotlin supports this pattern out of the box with the apply
extension function.
Consider a class Car
class Car() {
var color: String = "red"
var doors = 3
Instead of creating a separate CarBuilder
for this class, I can now use the apply
works as well) extension to initialize the car:
Car().apply {
color = "yellow"
doors = 5
Since functions can be stored in a variable, this initialization could also be stored in a variable. This way, I can have pre-configured Builder-functions, e.g. val yellowCar: Car.() -> Unit = { color = "yellow" }
Specify the kinds of objects to create using a prototypical instance, and create new objects by copying this prototype
In Java, prototyping could theoretically be implemented using the Cloneable
interface and Object.clone()
. However, clone
is broken, so we should avoid it.
Kotlin fixes this with data classes.
When I use data classes, I get equals
, hashCode
, toString
and copy
for free. By using copy
, it's possible to clone the whole object and optionally change some of the new object's properties.
data class EMail(var recipient: String, var subject: String?, var message: String?)
val mail = EMail("email@example.com", "Hello", "Don't know what to write.")
val copy = mail.copy(recipient = "email@example.com")
println("Email1 goes to " + mail.recipient + " with subject " + mail.subject)
println("Email2 goes to " + copy.recipient + " with subject " + copy.subject)
Ensure a class only has one instance, and provide a global point of access to it
Although the Singleton is considered an anti-pattern these days, it has its usages (I won't discuss this topic here, just use it with caution).
Creating a Singleton in Java needs a lot of ceremony, but Kotlin makes it easy with object
object Dictionary {
private val definitions = mutableMapOf<String, String>
fun addDefinition(word: String, definition: String) {
definitions.put(word.toLowerCase(), definition)
fun getDefinition(word: String): String {
return definitions[word.toLowerCase()] ?: ""
Using the object
keyword here will automatically create a class Dictionary
and a single instance of it. The instance is created lazily, so it's not created until it is actually used.
The object is accessed like static functions in java:
val word = "kotlin"
Dictionary.addDefinition(word, "an awesome programming language created by JetBrains")
println(word + " is " + Dictionary.getDefinition(word))
Template Method
Define the skeleton of an algorithm in an operation, deferring some steps to subclasses
This pattern makes use of class hierarchies as well. You define an abstract
method and call it somewhere inside the base class. The implementation is handled by the subclasses.
public abstract class Task {
protected abstract void work();
public void execute(){
I could now derive a concrete Task
, that actually does something in work
Similar to how the Decorator example uses extension functions, my Template Method approach uses a top-level function.
fun execute(task: () -> Unit) {
val startTime = System.currentTimeMillis() //"beforeWork()"
println("Work took ${System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime} millis") //"afterWork()"
execute {
println("I'm working here!")
As you can see, there is no need to have a class at all! One could argue, that this now resembles the Strategy pattern, which is probably correct. But then again, Strategy and Template Method are solving very similar problems (if not the same).
Define a family of algorithms, encapsulate each one, and make them interchangeable
Let's say I have a Customer
that pays a certain fee per month. This fee can be discounted. Instead of having a subclass of Customer
for each discounting-strategy, I use the Strategy pattern.
class Customer(val name: String, val fee: Double, val discount: (Double) -> Double) {
fun pricePerMonth(): Double {
return discount(fee)
Notice that I'm using a function (Double) -> Double
instead of an interface for the strategy. To make this more domain-specific, I could also declare a type alias, without losing the flexibility of an higher-order-function: typealias Discount = (Double) -> Double
Either way, I can define multiple strategies for calculating the discount.
val studentDiscount = { fee: Double -> fee/2 }
val noDiscount = { fee: Double -> fee }
val student = Customer("Ned", 10.0, studentDiscount)
val regular = Customer("John", 10.0, noDiscount)
println("${student.name} pays %.2f per month".format(student.pricePerMonth()))
println("${regular.name} pays %.2f per month".format(regular.pricePerMonth()))
Provide a way to access the elements of an aggregate object sequentially without exposing its underlying representation.
Writing an Iterator is a rare task. Most of the time, it's easier and more convenient to wrap a List
and implement the Iterable
In Kotlin, iterator()
is an operator function. This means that when a class defines a function operator fun iterator()
, it can be iterated using a for
loop (no interface needed). That's particularly cool because it works also with extension functions. That's right - by using an extension function, I can make every object iterable. Consider this example:
class Sentence(val words: List<String>)
operator fun Sentence.iterator(): Iterator<String> = words.iterator()
I can now iterate over a Sentence
. This also works if I'm not the owner of the class.
More patterns
I mentioned a few patterns, but those are not all Gang of Four patterns. As I said in the introduction, especially the structural patterns are hard or impossible to write in a different way than in Java. Some other patterns can be found in the repository. I'm open for feedback and pull-requests ☺.
I hope this post gave you an idea on how Kotlin can result in different approaches to well known problems.
Make sure to check out the second part of this post: Gang of Four Patterns in Kotlin - Slight Return
One last thing I want to mention is, that the java-to-kotlin ratio in the repository is ~⅓ Kotlin and ~⅔ Java, although both versions do the same thing 🙃
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SCC Alumna Alexia Lyons, '15, Thrives Advertising World
April 19, 2016
Alexia Lyons graduated in 2015 with a
BA in Strategic and Corporate Communications
. She now lives in Mar Vista, California, working for advertising agencies, specifically in Internet marketing. We asked her about her job and how her major prepared her.
Tell us about your job.
As a whole, I am responsible for managing over 1.6 million in annual online advertising spend and Paid Search initiatives for various e-commerce and Lead Gen companies. This includes the management of industry/category knowledge, marketing planning, campaign implementation/execution, performance tracking and analysis and various associated projects.
How did Chapman's SCC major prepare you?
Chapman's SCC program helped me build a strong foundation in applicable persuasive message design. More importantly, it helped me realize what I wanted in a career. I strongly recommend this major to anyone who is interested in advertising.
What is your advice for students who are graduating now?
Find a job where you are constantly learning, growing and developing your skills. Ask tons of questions. Make friends in other departments and learn what they do, ask them to teach you if they're willing. Learn from others mistakes. If you can, sit in on other department meetings. Utilize the resources around you. Think of your job as being paid to learn. Trust me it's goes a long way.
What skills do you think students need to know that they won't learn from school for your profession?
Perserverance. I was sure I was in over my head when I first started my job at
. I came in so cocky with all my internship and work experience, and boy, was I humbled. I quickly learned that only the strong survive in this industry and agencies will test to see if you sink or swim.
What I didn't know was that making mistakes wasn't the worst thing in the world. It's all about staying determined, learning from your mistakes, and coming out asking the right questions so they never happen again.
Prepare yourself to be intimidated, tested, and questioned. Know that it's probably going to be OK if you mess up.
What makes you great at your job?
My Director said that my determination and willingness to learn were the best things about me, so I would say that.
I'm honored that others think of me as someone who doesn't give up when it gets tough, or that I ask a million questions. Maybe it's annoying to others, but I have no shame and hope that I carry these qualities with me for the rest of my life. Numerous people have told me that I ask the questions that people are too scared to ask. That's cool! If I can find out an answer in 2 seconds vs. 10 minutes of research online, that means I can go home an earlier time. Key takeaway? Be efficient and ask tons of questions.
I was rewarded with a raise and a title change in my first review for these reasons.


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'First Wikileaks Revolution': Tunisia descends into anarchy as president flees after cables reveal country's corruption
- President Ben Ali goes into exile in Saudi Arabia after 23 years in power
- But his departure does not calm riots as anarchy breaks out
- Power changes hands for second time in 24 hours as Constitutional Court declares president has left office 'for good'
- Published US Embassy cables likened President's family to a Mafia elite
- Department of State issues travel alert to avoid the north African country
Events in Tunisia have led to it being called the 'First Wikileaks Revolution'.
Although there has long been opposition to the corrupt rule of President Ben Ali, protests gathered pace when US embassy cables were published by Wikileaks.
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali fled the North African state he ruled for 23 years yesterday. He has gone into exile in Saudi Arabia.
But his departure has not calmed the violence as anarchy broke out on the streets of Tunis today.
Overthrown: President Ben Ali has his hand over his heart as he makes a last-ditch appeal to protestors on television on Thursday. He and wife Leila Ben Ali, shown right, were forced to flee Tunisia yesterday
Taking flight: Police stand outside of a Tunisian Falcon aircraft in which President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was thought to have been travelling in, after it landed at Elmas Cagliari Airport in Sardinia Island yesterday - but Italian government sources later swore Ben Ali was not on board
Escalation: A column of smoke rises from buildings during clashes between protesters and police in Tunis on Friday
Dozens of inmates were killed in a prison fire, looters emptied shops and torched the main train station and gunfire echoed through the capital today.
Hundreds of soldiers are patrolling the streets in tanks in an effort to calm the violence.
Yesterday Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannouchi took charge as the interim leader.
But today power changed hands for the second time in 24 hours as the head of the Constitutional Court declared that Ben Ali had left office for good, not temporally - negating the prime minister's move to assume power.
The speaker of the lower house of parliament, Fouad Mebazaa, temporarily took the highest office, and he has two months to organise new elections.
Chaos: Looters scrabble for goods in a destroyed store in the capital of Tunis today
Show of force: Hundreds of Tunisian soldiers are patrolling the streets of Tunis today in an effort to calm the riots
A recently released June 2009 cable referred to the president and his siblings as 'The Family', likening them to a Mafia elite who ran Tunisia's economy.
The cables, published in December, also claimed that the president's wife - Leila Ben Ali - had made huge profits out of the building of an exclusive school.
The cables lifted the veil on the corruption of the country's elite. Another cable which detailed how much the first family was loathed was blocked.
Fire takes hold at a seaside villa in the chic Mediterranean resort of Hammamet which is popular with Europeans and the country's ruling class. The building is said to belong to a member of the Tunisian president's inner circle
'Assassin': Protesters took to the streets in Tunis yesterday and claimed that President Ben Ali, who made an impassioned speech last night, will not be forgiven after 23 died in the riots
Riots: A youth hurls a pole as a fire rages in the Tunisian capital Tunis
Within weeks, word of mouth had forced protestors onto the streets, culminating in yesterday's revolution.
In the banned cable, US ambassador Robert Godec wrote: 'Corruption in the inner circle is growing. Even average Tunisians are now keenly aware of it, and the chorus of complaints is rising.
'Tunisians intensely dislike, even hate, first lady Leila Trabelsi and her family. In private, regime opponents mock her.'
Mr Godec headlined some of the passages in the banned cable as 'The Sky's the Limit,' 'All in the Family,' 'Yacht Wanted,' 'Show Me Your Money', to show how the Ben Alis were operating.
Anger over the corruption and the lack of jobs ignited a month of protests, but Mr Ben Ali's departure - a key demand of demonstrators - has not calmed the unrest.
While the protests were mostly peaceful, after the president fled rioters burned the main train station in Tunis and looted shops.
Unrelenting: Wikileaks founder Julian Assange (centre) has vowed his site's activities will continue and he is stepping up publishing for matters related to 'cablegate'
A fire in a prison in the Mediterranean coastal resort of Monastir killed 42 people, coroner Tarek Mghirbi said. The cause of the fire was not clear.
Sporadic gunfire was heard in the capital of Tunis. Smoke billowed over a giant supermarket outside the capital as looters torched and emptied it. The army fired warning shots to scare them away, to little avail.
Soldiers intervened today to try to stop looters from sacking the huge supermarket in the Ariana area, 20 miles north of the capital. Shops near the main bazaar were also looted.
A helicopter circled low over the capital, apparently acting as a spotter for fires or pillaging. Gunfire crackled anew today.
Deadly: The Tunisian government say that 23 people have been killed in the riots, but the opposition party claim the real figure is much higher
In spite of his televised address to the nation last night vowing to make concessions Tunisians still blame President Ben Ali for the country's ills
Public television station TV7 broadcast phone calls from residents of working-class neighbourhoods on the capital's outskirts, describing attacks against their homes by knife-wielding assailants.
Saudi King Abdullah's palace confirmed today that the ousted president and his family had landed in Saudi Arabia, saying the kingdom welcomed him with a wish for 'peace and security to return to the people of Tunisia'.
Thousands of tourists were evacuated from the Mediterranean nation known for its sandy beaches, desert landscapes and ancient ruins.
American travellers were yesterday warned against non-essential travel to the north African country amid the risk of violence during demonstrations in the country.
The Department of State's travel alert warned of 'intesifying political and social unrest' including clashes between protesters and police that have resulted in dozens of deaths and injuries.
'The unrest has recently spread to Tunis and all major cities, including popular tourist destinations', the travel alert said.
'While these disturbances appear to be triggered by economic concerns, and not to be directed toward Westerners, US citizens are urged to remain alert to local security developments and to be vigilant regarding their personal security', the alert continued.
Police crackdowns in the past month of riots have resulted in 66 deaths, according to an international human rights organisation.
President Ben Ali, who came to power in a bloodless coup in 1987, had said he would leave the presidency when his term ends in 2014 but yesterday bowed down to protestors' demands.
Angry: A rioter hurls a rock at the police in Regueb, near Sidi Bouzid
Anarchy: A fire rages in the capital Tunis as chaos reigns
Protests: The violence reached Tunis on Thursday, provoking the president to make a passionate speech
Calling for a 'cease-fire', Mr Ben Ali, 74, told his nation in a televised speech: 'I have understood you.
'I have understood the demands about unemployment, the demands about necessities, and the political demands for more freedoms.'
He fled with his family on Friday for Saudi Arabia.
The peaceful march came as Tunisia's only legal trade union went ahead yesterday with a symbolic two-hour strike in the region of the capital.
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The 39-year-old whistleblower is wanted by the Swedish authorities over claims that he sexually assaulted two women during a visit to Stockholm in August.
But his defence team believe there is a 'real risk' he could be extradited on to the U.S., where he could be detained in Guantanamo Bay or even face the death penalty.
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Are you a family that loves to travel or do you know a family that is obsessed with traveling?
In this gift guide we share all our recommended family travel gift ideas. You'll find travel gift ideas for moms who love to travel, for dads who love to travel and of course, gift ideas for kids who love to travel.
These are all useful travel gift ideas that any traveling family will want to make room for in their luggage.
Best Travel Gift Ideas for Families
Toiletry Bag and Travel Organizer
Stay organized on the road with this toiletry bag. It's large enough to fit everything you need for the whole family.
Chunky Oversized Scarf
Those airplanes can get cold. A large chunky scarf is one of the most useful travel gifts for flying.
Neck Wallet w/RFID Blocking
Keep all your belongings safe in this neck wallet. This concealed travel pouch is big enough to fit passports too.
Reusable Stainless Steel Straws
Definitely one of the more unique family travel gifts in this list, but still a perfect travel themed gift. Minimize waste by packing these reusable stainless steel straws that also come with a cleaning brush.
Universal Travel Adapter
A perfect family travel gift for families that travel around the world. A universal travel adapter is a must. Covering over 150 countries, you can save space with this one travel adapter.
Wanderlust: A Traveler's Guide to the Globe
Feed that wanderlust with this Traveler's Guide to the Globe! Planning a family holiday is a big part of the fun and this will help you get inspired.
Travel Themed Lego Sets
Our family loves to travel AND our kids love building Lego sets. The series of travel themed Lego sets is a perfect marriage of the things our family loves most. Whether it's the Eiffel Tower, the Taj Mahal or a simple 3D postcard of New York City, there's a travel themed Lego set that's perfect for your family.
Jewelry Organizer Bag
An ideal gift for moms that love to travel, is this jewelry organizer. Keep your jewelry from getting lost or tangled!
Candy Cane Travel Pillow
A travel gift idea everyone can use! Stay comfortable on your flight with this neck pillow! It's unique shape and portable size make it the perfect neck pillow to pack.
Kids Travel Neck Pillow
Don't forget a neck pillow when flying with kids. With neck and chin support, your kids will be able to fall asleep comfortably with this kids neck pillow.
For younger kids, we recommend skipping the neck pillow all together if your flight will allow an inflatable airplane bed.
Flyaway Kids Bed
This is one of the best airplane travel beds for toddlers and kids. If your airline will allow it, this is the best way to get kids to sleep on the flight.
Kids Headphones
Kids headphones are an essential travel gift for anyone flying with kids. The MPow ones come at a great price with safe volume limit. For younger kids CozyPhones are the way to go.
Wireless earbuds
Keep what you pack to a minimum with these wireless earbuds. Once you have your kids settled with their entertainment, you'll be able to sit back and watch your own movie. They are also good for watching a movie quietly when sharing a hotel room!
DJI Pocket 2 Gimbal Stabilizer with 4K Camera
Don't miss capturing a single moment of your adventures with the DJI Pocket! Or get the Smartphone Gimbal Stabilizer for half the price!
Lens Kit for Phone
A great travel gift idea for photographers! For those who take most of their pictures using a phone, get a lens kit to help enhance those pictures!
Waterproof Backpack Purse
This waterproof anti-theft backpack purse is a perfect travel gift idea for families! It's small enough to carry around just what you need for the day.
Passport and Credit Card Holder
This combined credit card and passport holder will keep everything you need together in one place. One of the more practical travel gift ideas!
Travel Power Strip
If you travel with a lot of electronics (like we do), then you know you're always looking for more outlets to get everything charged each night. This travel power strip is a very thoughtful travel gift idea!
Travel Laptop Backpack
A backpack that can double as a laptop case and a carry on plus have enough room for kids entertainment and snacks! This would make an ideal travel gift for parents.
The Shrunks Travel Bed
Whether you are taking a trip to Grandma's house or sharing a hotel room, a portable inflatable mattress is easy to carry. We have a toddler sized one and use it often, whether it's to give the kids extra space or if our Airbnb doesn't have enough beds. This even allows us to save money on accommodations by not needing as many bedrooms.
For toddlers get the Shrunks inflatable toddler bed or the hiccapop inflatable toddler bed, both recommended in our Best Toddler Travel Beds on Baby Can Travel.
When sharing a hotel room with babies or toddlers, you'll be glad you packed a SlumberPod. You can provide your little one with their own sleeping space with this blackout solution.
Read our full SlumberPod review on our BabyCanTravel site and use discount babycantravel10 to get 10% off your purchase!
Wrap Poncho
The best travel gift idea for moms is this wrap poncho. She'll love the warm cozy feeling for flights and anywhere her adventures take her!
Convenience Travel Kit
This convenience kit is the perfect stocking stuffer or small travel gift idea for women (for men as well) who love to travel. It's stocked with everything you need in a travel size.
Whiff Shampoo Bar & Conditioner Bar
For anyone wanting to keep waste to a minimum, shampoo and conditioner bars are perfect to travel with. These useful travel gift ideas also make an ideal stocking stuffer for moms who love to travel.
Deuter Casual Daypack
A good backpack is a great travel gift idea for families who like to adventure off the beaten track. A backpack leaves both hands free, making it the easiest way to handle travel days with kids.
Packing Cubes
Packing cubes are an incredibly useful travel gift idea for families. By getting a different color for each member of the family, you can keep everyone's clothes organized. Go an extra step and save space with these compression cubes.
BubbleBum Inflatable Booster Car Seat
An inflatable booster car seat for kids makes it easy to keep your kids safe in a taxi while not hauling around large booster seats. The mifold is another travel gift idea that offers a two pack for anyone buying for multiple kids.
Scratch Off Map of the World
We love tracking where we've been on a map. This scratch-off map of the world is one of the best travel gift ideas for families that travel frequently.
There's also this lighter colored version.
Portable Espresso Machine
A great travel gift idea for anyone obsessed with coffee, here is a portable espresso machine. Whether you are hiking, camping or catching an early morning train, you never have to worry about missing your morning cup of jo!
Other alternatives are this Wacaco Pipamoka Single Serve Coffee brewer or Bodum Travel Press for tea or coffee.
Epic! Digital Library App Subscription
One of the best gifts ideas for kids who love to travel is the Epic! Digital Library subscription. With over 40,000 online books you no longer need to carry heavy books. Epic! has plenty of books to keep kids busy on long car or train rides!
Read our full review of the Epic! Digital Library app.
The North Face Backpack for Kids
Parents will love this travel gift idea as it lets kids can carry their own stuff. Pack their travel backpack with a tablet, books and snacks for the flight. They can also use it for hiking or sightseeing.
Portable Charger
With cameras, phones, tablets and laptops, families have a lot of devices to charge when they travel. A portable charger is one of the best ravel gift ideas for families. You don't need to stress about having your phone or camera battery dying on extra long days out with a portable charger!
GoPro HERO9
A perfect travel gift idea for adventurous families, a waterproof camera like the GoPro will make sure you capture ever single moment. From snorkeling to bike riding, you can take it with you everywhere!
Stainless Steel Vacuum Insulated Water Bottle
A good water bottle is essential for travel. A vacuum insulated bottle will keep your water cold without all the sweating! Ideal for family holidays on the beach.
For kids, we like the Thermos Funtainer.
Sony Alpha a6000 Mirrorless Digital Camera
Don't travel with a heavy DSLR when you can get amazing pictures with the much smaller Sony Alpha a6000 mirrorless camera. This is the camera we use and it comes on all our adventures with it. It's small enough to easily carry even on full days hiking with kids.
Unicorn Activity Book for Kids
There's always some down time when traveling with kids. We always pack a few activity books to keep kids entertained, either at the end of the day or on long travel days.
Other options we like are this jumbo activity book for kids or these fun reusable sticker pads.
Kids' Travel Journal
A fun travel gift idea for kids who love to write, get them writing in their own travel journal. They will love looking back on the memories. For younger kids we had this Go! Kids Interactive Travel Journal.
LEGO Sets
Possibly one of the best gift ideas for travel toys. We pack LEGO sets that are around 100 pieces. The kids love putting them together and then using them for creative play for the whole trip! Take them apart each time you change hotels or locations and the fun starts all over!
Little Passports World Edition
This subscription box is one the best family gift ideas for travel. It will help get kids excited about travel and seeing the world!
Deuter Kid Comfort Pro
A thoughtful travel gift idea for adventurous parents of small kids. A backpack carrier is the best way to get out on the trails when traveling with a baby or toddler. We've owned the Deuter Kid Comfort and had no trouble traveling and flying with our backpack carrier.
gb Pockit+ All-Terrain Lightweight Travel Stroller
Another excellent travel gift idea for parents. A good lightweight travel stroller is always well worth the money. This one has a good canopy and reclining seat. You'll get plenty of use out of it in the airport and while out sightseeing!
LÍLLÉbaby Complete Baby Carrier
We wouldn't travel without a baby carrier. They are must for flying with a baby and for getting around. Even if you use a travel stroller, you'll find plenty of times when you'll want to carry your baby as well. Every new parent would love this thoughtful travel gift idea.
For toddlers who like to walk, a toddler carrier is well worth packing for when little legs get tired.
Didn't find what you were looking for? Check out our gifts for outdoorsy kids and active family gear guide.
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Celine Brewer is a dedicated family travel blogger with a profound passion for helping families create unforgettable adventures together. Her blog blends captivating travel narratives with practical tips for family-friendly destinations and enjoying active travel with kids. As a mother of two, she understands the unique challenges of traveling with children and offers valuable insights to empower parents.
When Celine isn't traveling with her husband and two kids, she's either working on one of her three travel sites (Family Can Travel, Baby Can Travel and Travel Banff Canada) or out enjoying the majestic Canadian Rockies her family calls home.


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GUELPH -- Dental offices in Ontario were allowed to begin reopening at the end of May, but Jain Dental Care in Guelph held off.
"As dental offices, we've always had the strictest infection prevention protocols to begin with, but we have to remember we're in a pandemic right now," said Dr. Maneesh Jain, the owner of Jain Dental Care.
"There's new rules we need to follow to ensure the protection and safety of our patients, as well as our dental team," he added.
Their office waited until mid-July to open back up.
Jain staff said it's because they wanted to go above and beyond the recommended guidelines set by the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario, in order to ensure safety for both patients and staff.
There are many new measures in place.
Staff are screened daily, while patients are screened three different times.
"They're screened when they book their appointment, when they confirm it, and when they arrive," said Alana Dunton, who is a dental hygienist at the facility.
They have also installed physical barriers at key contact points to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
Air purifiers are running in both operatories and hallways. They work to filtrate and disinfect.
"The biggest risk is when we do an aerosol generated procedure," said Dr. Jain. "We want to minimize the amount of splatter and the droplet spread."
You'll notice the dental team wearing additional PPE during your appointment, too.
"We are wearing full gowns, we're wearing eye protections, N95 fitted face masks, face shields, obviously our gloves as well," said Dunton.
"There's a worldwide shortage of PPE," said Dr. Jain. "It's hard to find it, and whatever we do find is at an elevated price right now."
While business is more expensive, Dr. Jain said it's worth it to keep his patients and staff safe.
"We have received a lot of positive feedback," he said.
"I'm feeling very safe," said Christine Pearson, who is back for her first visit since the pandemic. "I've been with Dr. Jain's company and his staff for a long time now."
"It has a sense of comfort, I know I'm going to be alright here because they take lots of precautions."


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Includes downloadable e-book in multiple formats so you can open it on your tablet or Kindle – Formats (EPUB, MOBI, PDF).
This course is an excellent supplement for students or anybody who wants to learn accounting and also have something they can refer back to in the future. Udemy generally provides lifetime access to the course.
Many accounting students do not receive a physical book, they get to keep from their school, and even if they did, the information could become dated. Students who want a useful reference tool they can keep, and one that can be more easily updated then a textbook, will benefit from a resource such as this.
Financial accounting is a LARGE topic and is not something that can be done well in 5, 10, or 20, hours of content, as you may see claimed elsewhere. We will cover accounting theory because theory and concepts are what accounting is. We need to learn theory so we can make appropriate adjustments in the real world. Learning procedures without understanding the theory will make us inflexible and unable to adapt to the ever-changing environment. We will learn the theory while we apply them to procedures.
Financial accounting is relatively standardized in format. In other words, most accounting institutions will cover much the same topics, often in much the same order. We suggest looking up a standard accounting textbook, checking the index, and comparing the topics to the courses you are considering purchasing. We believe this course will line up well to anybody's needs who want to learn financial accounting.
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The Layover: Lay-Far's tricks 'n tips for a funky time in Asia
"A guy dancing in oblivion to my set and shouting "Vodka, vodka, vodka" all the way….in Kumamoto"
Welcome to The Layover by Mixmag Asia, tips for travel-obsessed music lovers who have got their eyes on Asia. Travel through the region with your favourite DJs as they share the wild, the wacky and the downright most delicious tales from the Far East.
Russian DJ & producer Lay-Far took the soulful spectrum of the house music world by storm with his impressive broken and break-beat productions that hinged on both house and hip-hop sensibilities. In addition to releasing on refined imprints such as Atjazz Recordings, Local Talk, Tokyo Dawn, Rebirth, City Fly Records and Lazy Day Recordings (to name but a few), he also runs his own label — In-Beat-Ween Music, which for the last 12 years, has joined the dots between jazz and dub, techno and soul, funk and house. His next release is a big one with a fresh EP 'Same As It Never Was' on the mighty Lumberjacks in Hell imprint by Marcel Vogel.
You could consider Lay-Far a Russian Japanophile — his countless trips to the Far East are filled with stories from the streets, cross-cultural fascinations and epic club nights (with himself behind the decks of course). For this week's Layover, Lay-Far guides us through a few of things he loves about Asia and letting us in on the sights and sounds he's ready to come back for!


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This is KIDRI polling station where voting in the ongoing ODM nominations is being done outside at an open veranda and the rain is just about to strike, this will not end well as voting will be disrupted and petitions will follow. To avert the situation NEB should take action immediately and secure a room to host the polling centre.
Meanwhile voters have been asked to shun tribalism and vote individuals on merit and loyal to the party. As voter ensure NOT to elect a 5 piece suit from your tribe. In Areas where one tribe dominates its fair that they be generous enough to look beyond tribe.
For example in Dagoreti North as much as we expect Hon Arati to win, the Gusii community should be generous and fair to look for merit and vote other tribes for positions of MCAs in the constituency. We expect that they will vote Luyha MCA, this will help consolidate ODM vote come August since Jubilee as nominated a Luyha -nominated senator Hon Elachi. For ODM to win this seat in August, they need all Luyha votes thus the Gusii people should go for MCAs who can add value to Simba Arati's final tally in August.
In Kibra, we expect that a Luo MP will be elected BUT the majority tribe should also be fair and geneous enough to vote MCAs from other tribes on merit- we have Nubia, Kikuyu,Kisii and Luyha in the constituency.
In Langata a constituency that covers the rich neighbourhood of Karen all the way to Mombasa Road South C, we expect a non Luo MP, its fair that we dont dominate in all constituencies and in all positions. a non Luo MP backed by majority Luo/Kisii/Masai MCAs will be a winner combination come August 8th. we must look beyond this nominations and know that Jubilee have given the ticket to a Kalenjin and there shall be no Kikuyu in the ballot. We need all NASA supporters vote for an ODM MP come August, that will only be possible if they select a mix . Non Luo MP, and LUO/KISII/SOMALI MCAs…
In Westlands its expected that Hon Tim Wanyonyi will retain his seat and therefore its fair that Luyha community in the constituency looks beyond tribe and vote merit in MCAs positions in the constituency.
In Makandara we expect a Luo/Luyha MP but for a strong combination that will ensure super voter turnout in August we expect Kamba MCAs to be nominated . In Embakasi Sumra should be re-elected and the rest is a contest between mainly Luyha, Luo and Kisii. Voters should go for a mix of merit and not just one tribe.


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Most of us work online. Either we actually work online, or we're online while we work. And increasingly our various online presences merge together; your scheduling, email, and productivity might all be supplied by Google, or a rival service that offers similar functionality. The urge to open a new tab and check Twitter? Not so easy to resist. Click a link in the article you're reading for research, and soon you're 'researching' the Norwegian metal scene or salmon recipes or… is any of this your job? And that's without the things that drop into your email inbox every few minutes, not exactly demanding your attention, but definitely giving you an opportunity to take it off your work.
Fortunately, the very same trends that gave us all these distracting apps gave us apps to help ourselves keep focused and stay on track. Here are five of the best.
1: StayFocusd
StayFocussd is a Chrome extension that basically polices your internet usage. You define a set of 'blocked' sites, and it will restrict your usage of them to a daily number of minutes. Go over your minutes and you won't be able to access the site until the next day, or when the active period is over. You can set the active period yourself and of course if you're really determined you could just open a different browser. But while the app is running, accessing blocked sites is hard. You have to type a passage of text without a single error, something that's almost certainly less immediately rewarding that whatever you're supposed to be doing. StayFocusd also comes with a 'Nuclear Option' that blocks all but a list of 'allowed' sites altogether, for those on a tight deadline.
Price: Free
Alternative: Self Control for Study (Android)
2: Strict Workflow
Another Chrome extension, Strict Workflow lets you concentrate on work for a certain amount of time then offers you a timed reward in the form of access to the distracting, fascinating rest of the internet. Then it cuts you off and forces you back to the grindstone. It does it by blocking access to a set of websites during 'work time,' then unblocking them for set periods, and then blocking them again when break time is over.
Price: Free
Alternative: 30/30 (Mac) – super task manager!
3: SimpleTimer
One for the FireFox fans, SimpleTimer sounds pretty simple. It is. It's also a timer. See what they did there? SimpleTimer lets you set up recurring timed periods. That's all it does. But if you make the timed periods relatively short you can utilize it to remain focused and allow yourself short breaks. Start with 15-minute work periods – the longest most of us can work before being distracted – and then gradually extend them once you can reliably go the full 15 without Facebook cravings.
Price: Free
Alternative: FocusBooster (Mac, Windows, Web)
4: OmmWriter
If you're a freelance writer and you use a Mac, Ommwriter is aimed at you. It's a Mac OS app that helps you avoid distractions. Here's how it works: It's a text editor, so you can work, but all you can change is font and size, so you can't do anything else. (I know you guys: displacement activity is practically your job description. Ahem – our job description.) The text floats on top of a serene picture that you can preselect to suit your writing mood, and there are some ambient music-ish sounds to choose from too. When you're done you can save your work as a .txt file or copy it and drop it into any other app.
Price: The company website says, 'OmmWriter Dana II has no set price. We let you decide, based on what you got out of OmmWriter. As a result, we propose a minimum price of $ 5.11.'
Alternative: WriteMonkey (Windows)
5: Isolator
Isolator works by blocking parts of your computer's desktop. It will automatically launch the apps you need, while blocking and visually obscuring those you don't. It obscures the background, hides apps, and can even be set to launch as soon as you log in so being 'Isolated' is your work computer's default mode. Isolator is open-source and Mac-based.
Price: Open Source: It's free!
Alternative: LeDimmer (Windows)


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Owning a second home or an investment property abroad is no longer a luxury that only the leading businessmen and investors can enjoy or an exclusively elite trend.Instead, it is the benefit of globalization that anyone can enjoy. With the world becoming more connected and cooperative, countries have been opening up their economies and formulating various policies to attract foreign investors. Turkey is no exception either!
To increase foreign direct investment (FDI), increase capital inflow, and promote economic growth, Turkey offers foreigners lucrative investment opportunities in the real estate industry.
Buying a Property in Turkey – Property Prices and Associated Costs
When it comes to buying a property in Turkey, the foremost question most people ask, is how much does it cost to buy a property in Turkey?
There is no fixed answer to this question as the cost varies according to the nature and size of the property as well as the city and the particular area it is located in. To give you an idea, here's the average price for 100 square meters in some of the Turkish cities.
Note that these cities are known to have the highest price per square meter. You can get properties at even lower rates in other cities or even in the suburbs of these cities.
City | Average price for 100 sq. meters in Euros |
Mugla | 74,600 |
Istanbul | 63, 205 |
Izmir | 47,700 |
Aydin | 41,295 |
Bursa | 41,150 |
Antalya | 35,019 |
Other Expenses Associated with Purchasing a Property in Turkey
Like all other countries, there are some miscellaneous costs associated with property purchasing in Turkey. The major ones include the following:
Appraisal Report Fee
Obtaining an appraisal report, stating the accurate value of the property, is obligatory for foreign buyers. It's issued by the Capital Markets Board of Turkey, called Sermaye Piyasası Kurulu (SPK), in Turkish. The assessment typically costs about 1400 to 1500 TL (Turkish Lira).
The purpose of making the report mandatory is to protect foreigners against frauds and ensuring that the sellers won't take advantage of their lack of knowledge about Turkey's real estate and sell them properties at high rates.
Title Deed Transfer Fees
The fee for title deed transfer is about 4% of the declared value of the property, and it is paid to the General Directorate of Land Registry and Cadastre.
The land registry department charges an additional processing fee for title deed transfer, which is about 400 TL.
Earthquake Insurance (DASK)
Turkish law requires all properties to be insured against potential earthquake damages. The insurance may cost 150 to 300 TL, depending on the area of the property.
Electricity and Water Abonnement Fees
If you have bought a new property, you need to pay to get electricity and water facilities. While the exact charges vary across cities and districts, you can expect to pay anywhere from 100 to 500 TL for electricity subscription and over 700 TL for water. The fees will be higher if the DASK insurance of your property is expired.
Property Tax
This tax needs to be paid by the property owners annually. The property tax rate for residential properties is 0.2% of the property value in metropolitan areas and 0.1% in non-metropolitan areas. For commercial properties, the rate is 0.4% and 0.2% for urban and non-metropolitan areas, respectively.
Maintenance Fee (for Apartments)
Apartment owners have to pay an additional monthly maintenance fee for communal facilities, such as security and electricity of shared areas.
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Senior Claims Attorney
Positions perform a variety of legal and related non-legal work associated with claims, litigation, and loss prevention activities of the Self-Insurance Program. Serve as an expert consultant with responsibility for a covered entity. Train and mentor other claims staff.
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- Serves as an expert consultant and advisor to the Self-Insurance Program Council, committees, boards, and covered entities.
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Law degree (L.L.B. or J.D.) and three years of experience in the legal, medical, or healthcare fields.
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New Testament by Charles A. Schism
This isn't a new version - it was finished in 1998 (according to the preview on Scribd. It was published by AuthorHouse in 2005. But I didn't see it listed anywhere until it showed up as a preview on Scribd. At AuthorHouse, under "About the Author," it states that this was finished in 2000. It was translated from the Nestle-Aland 27th edition Greek Text. You can preview this NT on Scribd or purchase the e-book on AuthorHouse.
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