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Ted Talk: Esha Alwani

Name: What it’s like to have Tourette’s – and how music gives me back control Speaker: Esha Alwani (Singer-Songwriter) Link: www.ted.com/talks/esha_alwani_what_it_s_like_to_have_tourette_s_and_how_music _gives_me_back_control "Music has the ability to uplift our lives and heal us from within." - Esha Alwani Have you heard anything about Tourette Syndrome before? Alwani, who met this syndrome when she was only 6 years old, says that her life changed overnight. She asks us to i

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Jan 25
2 min

Social businesses

Now that we have seen what the sustainable development is all about where does the social business fit in? When does a personal problem become a public issue? What is its political, social, economic or environmental approach? How do we categorize problems and who is to decide that? The pillars The social problem is “a social fact is every way of acting, fixed or not, capable of exercising on the individual an external constraining; or again, every way of acting which is gener

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Jan 18
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Traditional Instruments: Mandocello

Country: Italy Type: String Instrument Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=flGsWSm6LFc Mandocello It is a traditional instrument belonging to which country/countries? The mandocello (Italian: mandoloncello, Liuto cantabile, liuto moderno) is a plucked string instrument of the mandolin family. It is larger than the mandolin, and is the baritone instrument of the mandolin family. What are the Features of Mandocello ? Mandocello construction is similar to that of the mandolin: the

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Jan 11
2 min

Ted Talk: Tod Machover and Dan Ellsey

Name: Inventing instruments that unlock new music Speaker: Tod Machover (Composer, inventor) and Dan Ellsey (Musician) Tod Machover (Composer, inventor) At MIT's Media Lab, Tod Machover creates boundary-breaking new music, often using new instruments and music technologies he has invented. Dan Ellsey (Musician) Dan Ellsey uses Hyperscore music software and a custom-tuned musical "hyperinstrument" to write, perform and conduct his music, and to help others learn how to compos

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Jan 4
1 min

7 principles of the social businesses

Muhammad Yunus, the creator of the concept of social businesses, described this type od economical activities as being: Created and designed to address a social problem A non-loss, non-dividend company that it is financially self-sustainable and profits realized by the business are reinvested in the business itself or used to start another social business, with the aim of increasing social impact Let's see the 7 principles for the social businesses: Business objective will be

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Dec 28, 2022
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New Year traditions around the world

Fancy having a diverse New Year party? Here are some suggestions with traditions from all around the world: ROMANIA Shoo the evil, welcome the new: it is the time of letting go of old things no longer useful and planning a new start, similar to death and rebirth cycles. Singing and dances: going and singing with the plough, bear or goat are dances and songs accompanied by sheep/cattle bells and local traditional instruments, that are to chase the bad spirits away and make roo

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Dec 21, 2022
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Christmas 2022 songs recommendations

Christmas is approaching fast and getting in the mood for holidays is always assured with some good Christmas music. Let's see some of the greatest hits for this holiday: Zat You, Santa Claus? - Louis Armstrong It's the most wonderful time of the year - Andy Williams The sounds of Christmas - Johnny Mathis Sleigh ride - The Ronettes My only wish (this year) - Britney Spears Driving home for Christmas - Chris Rea Merry Christmas, baby - Ike ft. Tina Turner Carol of the Bells (

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Dec 19, 2022
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Diletta's learning activities

For 6 months, Diletta, as member of Giosef Italy, came to Baia Mare, Romania, to learn more about the NGO management and social media in Yellow Shirts Romania. The main aspects tackled were: ► social media - articles, posts, website content, visibility and dissemination materials-activities; ► project management - support for the project implementation, local activities, support with volunteers' coordination; ► EU funds and NGO management - EU programmes for culture-music, wo

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Dec 14, 2022
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Walking on Sunshine

Director: Max Giwa and Dania Pasquini Genre: Music/Drama/Comedy Starring: Hannah Arterton; Annabel Scholey; Giulio Berruti; Leona Lewis; Katy Brand; Greg Wise; Danny Kirrane; Giulio Corso; Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXUF5Sr3TWs Spotify Playlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/6ZxWyobAoL6K30xQg9aRnx?si=91eb77c2027e4153 Walking on Sunshine is a fictional movie that tells a story about a girl, Taylor, that goes back to Apulia, after three years for a second vacation and to enco

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Dec 9, 2022
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My experience in Romania for Yellow Shirt and the Sound Beats Time project

Here I am in December. It’s two weeks until my return to Italy and I still don’t realise I’m leaving this place. As already mentioned in other articles, the beginning was not so easy. I found myself in the middle of an ESC project on sport that was already underway. I have never been involved in the organisation behind a sports event, but this included a lot of work under the sun and sudden summer downpours, but also a lot of teamwork. As a team, we set up the field from scra

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Dec 7, 2022
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Ted Talk: Pierre Barreau

Name: How AI could compose a personalized soundtrack to your life Speaker: Pierre Barreau Pierre Barreau is an entrepreneur, computer scientist, composer and director who loves to create impactful things. Link: www.ted.com/talks/pierre_barreau_how_ai_could_compose_a_personalized_ soundtrack_to_your_life "The past is just a story we tell ourselves." Her What does it sound like for Beethoven to compose for you, tailored to your story? Isn't it exciting? Musician and engineer Ba

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Dec 2, 2022
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An autumn full of news - my last months in Baia Mare

In the last few months of my project here, many things have happened. And many things have changed in me, in my relationship with the local reality and culture. After seeing the realisation of the Sound Beats Time mobility here in town, I attended the project’s multiplier event. And I noticed a beautiful thing concretely: the mutual support between local organisations. You see, a multiplier event is not just telling the public, the interesting people, what the project is that

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Nov 30, 2022
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Sustainable development in businesses

In order to better understand what sustainable development is, we may first ask ourselves the following questions: What are the needs of the present? Are these needs in conflict with each other? How do we decide which necessities to satisfy? Whose necessities do we satisfy first? When do we compromise? Definitions Sustainability refers to the ability to maintain or support an activity or process over the log term (ability to sustain) Development means the systematic use of sc

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Nov 23, 2022
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Traditional Instruments: Kamanche

Country: Azerbaijan, Iran and Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey Type: String Instrument Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgKKgzVhMgY Kamanche It is a traditional instrument belonging to which country/countries? Kamancheh, also known as kemancha in Azerbaijan and Iran, is a fretless stringed instrument popular in Uzbekistan and Turkey's Eastern Anatolia region. What are the Features of Kamancheh? The kamancheh has a long neck with a fingerboard shaped as a truncated inverse co

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Nov 16, 2022
2 min

Ted Talk: Robert Gupta

TOPIC: Between music and medicine Violinist Robert Gupta joined the LA Philharmonic at the age of 19 – and maintains a passionate parallel interest in neurobiology and mental issues. He is a TED Senior Fellow. Link: www.ted.com/talks/robert_gupta_between_music_and_medicine/transcript?referrer=playlist-how_music_affects_us&autoplay=true "Beauty is truth, truth beauty,"—that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know." John Keats Talking about how his intense interest in

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Nov 9, 2022
2 min

Emotional profiles in businesses

If you've always wanted to have your own business it is perhaps the time to see if you actually fit in the emotional profile of being an employee, freelancer (expert) or a self standing entrepreneur. Ready? Employee You know how to do tasks Your mood is in accordance to the salary (you get used to the idea of having money monthly) You like the idea of a stable working place Fear of making wrong – someone is higher in hierarchy that assumes the responsibility (running of respo

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Nov 2, 2022
2 min

Serenades - history of the most romantic music genre

In general, a serenade is identified with the concept of music in the street and at night to celebrate a person; it is a poetic and musical composition with the function of a 'sound homage', either in the evening or at night. It is difficult to establish the precise period and historical place of the birth of the serenade; compositions of this type can be found as early as 1400. But it was around the 18th century that the genre became very popular. Played by string, wind, mix

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Oct 26, 2022
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Ballads - history of a slow and romantic genre

The medieval ballad on a poetic text flourished in the 14th century in France and Italy, respectively. Around 1360-1365, polyphonic ballads were written that were not intended for dance. They originate from the round dance with alternating soloist/choir: the soloist at the beginning sang the reprise or refrain, director of the dance, repeated by the dancing choir, hence the term reprise. In the 19th century, several composers, especially German-speaking, wrote musical composi

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Oct 19, 2022
1 min

Financing sources for businesses

When wanting to start a business sooner or later we will end up with questions about the finances. From where to get the starting money? Who can support me with the various resources I need? What can be my starting budget and how to get it? Let's see a non-exhausted list of ideas from where we could get the resources to start our business: Own resources or borrowing from friends and family Bank or other types of credits Issue of shares or bond issues Risk capital financing Le

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Oct 14, 2022
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Italy reunites us in the 3rd management meeting

The third transnational meeting took place in Casapesenna, Italy, on 10-11 October 2022 reuniting 8 members of Yellow Shirts, IREA and Giosef. The main topics were the mobilities, intellectual outputs, next transnational meetings, multiplying events, local workshops, communication and dissemination plan, as well as other management aspects. The first day of the meeting was dedicated to management aspects of the project so far, assessing the implemented activities, checking mo

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