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News Archives
Keep an eye on our Twitter and Facebook pages since we often post quickie updates there when we're on-the-go.
During tours, we do our best to cover setlists in real-time on Twitter. If you want to tweet a show in, just DM or @ us on the day and tell us to watch your stream that night.
Tori is touring in 2017 to support the release of Native Invader. The European legs runs from early September through early October and the North American leg runs from late October to early December. We do not know if additional dates elsewhere will be added.
The Washington Post takes the same tack as The New Yorker by reviewing American Doll Posse in the light of another contemporary release. Instead of Björk, though, Tori's foil is Feist, whose new release The Reminder is also released today in North America. Read on to see what they have to say about that. Thanks to Jenn for the link!
A Tale of Two Singer-Songwriters
By Allison Stewart
Special to The Washington Post
Tuesday, May 1, 2007; Page C05
It's hard not to feel bad for Tori Amos: At 43, she's practically got one foot in the pop cultural grave, struggling to hold on to her vanishing piece of diva real estate. Even worse, she's issued her new concept album, "American Doll Posse," on the same day singer-songwriter and media juggernaut Leslie Feist releases her giant-slaying breakthrough disc, "The Reminder."
Feist, 31, is everything Amos is not: Cool. Dispassionate. Canadian. "American Doll Posse" is a gimmicky attention grab; Feist sings as if she naturally assumes everyone is listening.
A sometime member of the famed Toronto collective Broken Social Scene and occasional cohort of Peaches, Feist combines idiosyncratic folk and torchy pop, and the novelty of the coupling makes "The Reminder" appear more momentous than it is. Like its predecessor, the equally sprightly "Let It Die," it's a wonderful slip of a thing — a flawlessly arranged, breezily instrumented Sunday brunch album that sounds like something Norah Jones would make, if she had better connections.
Though there are burbly notes of electronica and jazz throughout, "The Reminder" retains an unforced, lo-fi feel, even during more energetic numbers like the great, galloping first single, "My Moon My Man." Follow-up single "1 2 3 4" is a riot of hand claps, horns and banjos; "The Park" is a halting, conventional guitar ballad on which Feist is accompanied, Snow White-like, by a chorus of tweeting birds.
Except for the usual love-is-hard-except-when-it-isn't musings, "The Reminder" lacks a distinctive lyrical point of view. "American Doll Posse" suffers from the opposite problem: Amos performs its 23 tracks from the perspective of five disparate female characters, all inspired by mythological archetypes. All share a fondness for bad wigs, blogging and songs about patriarchy (in a not-too-subtle bit of symbolism, one of the characters appears on the album's cover holding a rooster).
Nine albums in, Amos's characteristic nuttiness has now reached full flower: "Posse" radiates weirdness, ambition and a manic charm. It's perky and demented, and unexpectedly decent. Strip away its core conceit, dispense with about a third of its tracks (many of which are two-minute-and-under throwaways) and the remainder is standard-issue Amos. There are winking odes to sexual gamesmanship, operatic piano ballads and the administration critique "Yo George" ("You have the whole nation on all fours"), which will take its rightful place next to Norah Jones's "My Dear Country" in the Annals of Awkward Songs About the President.
"Posse" lacks any track as singularly arresting as Feist's "Sealion," the swaying clap-along that marks the unofficial midpoint of "The Reminder." A cover of an old Nina Simone song originally titled "See-Line Woman," it's a timeless affirmation of female power, precisely the sort of thing Amos herself might have done, back in the day.
DOWNLOAD THESE: Feist: "My Moon My Man," "1 2 3 4," "I Feel It All"; Amos: "Big Wheel," "Girl Disappearing"


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How to Set Up a Bird Cage for a Cockatiel, Parakeet, or Parrot
I have two cockatiels, and I enjoyed setting up our house with fun perches, bird trees, and a spacious cage for their enjoyment (and ours).
How to Arrange the Best Cage for Your Bird
So you've decided to add a bird to your household! Before bringing home your little feathered friend, know what he needs, and have things all set up. He will settle into his new home more securely if he quickly discovers all his needs are provided. Then the two of you can focus on the fun part: enjoying a new friendship.
A quick word about the cage: The subject of selecting the best cage from all the possibilities out there deserves its own article, but I'll just say a few words. The most important feature of a cage is appropriate bar spacing for the size of your bird.
How Close Should the Cage Bars Be?
Parakeets (also called budgies) and cockatiels need ½ inch bar spacing, a small parrot like a conure or a Timneh African Grey needs ¾ inch spacing, and large parrots like an Amazon, Congo African Grey, or Macaw need 1-inch spacing.
This is a matter of safety, as a bird can get his head stuck in bars that are too far apart for his size or even escape altogether. Giving your bird time outside his cage is a very good thing, but you don't want him loose without supervision, getting tangled in curtain cords, lost under the couch, or even squeezing through a hole in the screen.
When setting up your bird's space, consider what would keep him healthy and happy in the wild, then do some adjusting to provide that in your home.
Perches: Where, What Type, and How Many
A bird is on his feet all the time, even while sleeping. First and most important, provide a variety of widths and contours to perch on inside the cage. This gets taken care of automatically in the wild since trees always provide branches of many sizes. A bird's feet need the exercise of adjusting to different widths regularly to keep the joints flexible, or serious foot problems can develop. The plain dowel perches usually included with the price of a cage are unfortunately the worst sort. Much better are perches that offer uneven widths and contours.
Use a Pedi-Perch to Help Keep Nails Trimmed
Another issue is nail trimming. Birds in the wild wear their nails down with lots of climbing and landing on rough surfaces. Indoor birds need more help to keep nails under control, and a pedi perch is ideal. Those pictured combine a rough surface to wear down nails and variable widths to stretch foot joints. The small size is perfect for cockatiels and parakeets, and the medium will work for mid-sized to large parrots.
The large size is—well, very large. Only the largest macaws would need a large. Pedi perches attach securely to the side of a cage and don't take up too much space. Keep in mind that a pedi perch may not completely eliminate the need for occasional nail trims, but it will help.
Rope Perches
One more type of perch should get some mention. Rope perches come in several widths and lengths and have the excellent property of being flexible. They have a wire core and can be bent into any configuration: straight across the cage, at a right angle, or zigzag.
The Placement of Perches Inside the Cage
The cage should hold enough perches that each bird has a comfortable resting spot, but not so many that the space feels crowded. Remember that birds tend to prefer a high spot because this feels safer. If a bird comes into a new cage with several levels of perches available, he will usually gravitate to the highest, and ignore the others. Unfortunately, he ends up getting less use out of his living space.
A good way to get a new bird comfortable using more of the cage is to initially set up the cage with perches no higher than mid-level. Then, after giving him a few weeks to settle in and decide on favorite spots, add a high perch. Since all of mid-level perches are now familiar and feel safe he won't abandon his old spots, and he will now have an extra perch.
Food and Water Bowls
How Many Food Bowls Will the Cage Need?
A cage should have at least as many food bowls as birds, and preferably one extra. An extra bowl means each bird always has a choice of places to eat, and everyone feels more secure when they have choices. Birds' metabolism runs high, and they should consistently have access to food during waking hours.
Should the Food Bowl Go on the Floor or the Side of the Cage?
They feel most vulnerable on the cage floor (the ground is where predators lurk), so attaching food bowls to the sides of the cage is better than placing them on the floor.
Do the Food Bowls Need Hoods?
Many food bowls are made with hoods to minimize mess and waste, but the problem is some birds are afraid to put their heads into a hooded food dish. From the perspective of a small creature always on the alert for dangers, this sort of bowl doesn't seem safe.
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Water Bowl or Bottle?
For water, there are two choices: an open bowl or a water bottle. An open bowl of water can collect food, dust, or debris, while a water bottle runs the risk of getting blocked up. The best idea is to have both available at all times. When buying a water bottle, make sure to get one that clamps securely to the cage side. The water bottles that are supposed to be held to the cage with a loop of wire tend to slip.
A Cuttlebone and Mineral Block
Both a cuttlebone and a mineral block supply your bird with needed nutrients and a chance to exercise his chewing instinct. A bird's beak is always growing, and an outlet for chewing helps wear it down. These items are quite inexpensive and having both benefits your bird.
Toys for Birds
To choose great toys, think about what birds like to do in the wild. Parrots have a strong instinct to chew, especially females, who need to chew through wood during nesting. Toys which give an opportunity for some good chewing and shredding are always popular. Birds also like preening, both their own feathers and each others'. Toys with lots of loose strands appeal to the preening instinct.
One toy birds always like is a bell. Something about the sound the bell makes, and the opportunity to grab the clapper, is endlessly appealing. Many birds also like to wear a bell as a hat. What this has to do with life in the wild is unclear.
Birds Make Wonderful Pets
Companion birds are tiny, fragile creatures compared to humans. But with an environment where he learns he has everything he needs, and safety and survival are nothing to worry about, a bird's playful side comes out. You will find out just how smart and how fun birds can be.
More Information About Birds' Home Environments
- Bird Trees, Perches, and Cages for Cockatiels and Parakeets
Ideas and examples of how to organize indoor space for companion birds. What to look for in a bird tree or stand, ideas for building one yourself, and things to think about when choosing a cage.
This article is accurate and true to the best of the author's knowledge. It is not meant to substitute for diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, prescription, or formal and individualized advice from a veterinary medical professional. Animals exhibiting signs and symptoms of distress should be seen by a veterinarian immediately.
Charlotte Simpson on May 03, 2018:
Our cockatiel seems to love her new bigger cage but hasn't figured out how to use the stainless steel bowls. They are deeper and don't have perches. Is she meant to just sit on the rims and stick her head down in to eat?
philip orr on June 27, 2017:
hi all, ive seen a growing trend of people using old wardrobes as refurbished cages., this is a great framework for a cage and all you need to do is then take out the plywood in the frame and staple fencing wire onto the empty spaces. just thought id put that idea out there for people who don't know how to be a carpenter :P
P mccue on February 16, 2017:
My cockateil loves branches from my wattle tree or eucalypt or any other Australian bush. (Check first) It has been more successful putting these in her cage than any toy!
Chloe on January 13, 2017:
Thank you so much for this website me and my family found an injured bird and we set up a cage of our own P.s we are just keeping the bird till it's healed and these tips really helped the bird settle in and relax
tip: if your just making a bird cage temporarily use measuring cups through wire
Cathy on November 15, 2015:
Where can I purchase one of those cages and what size and price are they thanks
Connor Hill on November 03, 2015:
would you know what site i could purchase this cage from? if you could link me to it that would be great, thanks
graceomalley (author) on January 24, 2015:
The brand is Prevue. I bought another cage of theirs recently, because we plan to add to our flock, and I've been very happy with the construction of both Prevue cages. They do a good job making the feeding bowls sturdy, which is not always easy to find.
Breanna on January 24, 2015:
My Cockatiel already has a good sized cage and spends most of her time on her tree perch anyway but I've considered getting her a larger cage eventually (especially if I ever decide to get another Cockatiel) and this one looks perfect. I am trying to find it online but all the larger dome tops are more than 1/2" bar spacing and I can't seem to find this particular one (with the two doors). Do you remember the brand/name of the cage by any chance? Thanks!
Sue Hamlin from Northern California on December 02, 2012:
Good article! I have a parakeet and cockatiel, and everything you recommend is just right in my book. Great, thorough job.
Cat R from North Carolina, U.S. on June 13, 2012:
It's not that hard. But then again, mine are 'Redneck'. My measurements aren't perfect and Holmes from the TV show would probably have a heart-attack when he sees my procedures! But the birds appreciate it.
This started out with Finches. Everybody stuffs them into tiny cages, but if you read up on them you see how much space they need just for basic happiness.
My cockatiel/parakeet/red rump parakeet cage is ~4'x~4'x~8' high.
graceomalley (author) on June 13, 2012:
Bedbugabscond - Glad this is helpful!
Cat R - I wish i knew how to make cages - I would make my porch into a cage if i knew how. Maybe someday. Glad you liked the hub.
Cat R from North Carolina, U.S. on June 13, 2012:
Been told that parakeets and budgies are two different breeds. The budgie is larger and actually comes also in a purple looking color.
I build my own cages out of wood and fence. Since I tend to overkill when it comes to cage size, I can afford to build a 'giant' cage for a fourth of what a larger cage would cost me.
I tried different decorations with mine, but especially the parakeets tend to eat a lot of things like fake plants and stuff. So I tried to find them things they love, can't eat and still look good.
Lots of good information in here! Great article!
Melody Collins from United States on June 13, 2012:
Thank you for sharing this. My best friends mother had to go to a home and my best friends sister took her birds home. None of us have any idea how to care for it, so this is very useful!
graceomalley (author) on June 13, 2012:
albela - So sorry to hear about your budgies!
My birds have a lot of out of cage time - most of the day we leave the cage open, since we both work from home, and we can keep an eye on them. Interestingly, the cage is still their favorite place. They like to perch on top, or return to the inside of the cage for afternoon naptime.
albela rahi on June 13, 2012:
few years back i had budgerigars but they died shortly may be because i couldn't give them a proper space in cage. That's what you must consider first before keeping any parrot or a bird as pets. Like your wide-spaced cage..
thanks a lot grace.

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It's officially fall! I am currently at my corner Starbucks, sipping a chai latte, reflecting a little about life and my blog. Which led me to write this to inform you all on some changes and updates coming up. I thought fall meant a slow down- back into routine, easy living, and lounging around in leggings and boots. Uh, no. This fall has been busy for me. What about you?
I have been so grateful for this blogging space. It is my "me-time". Despite technological difficulties (lapses in internet connection, broken I-pad, and NO computer for a while), I have tried to keep at it. I have met amazing blogging friends this past year. I have been humbled by the sweet and thoughtful comments and emails I have received. I have been challenged to respond to them because they warm my heart while meeting the demands of being a Mom to a tot, being a good wife to an amazing man, and balancing a part time job as a nanny, volunteer to teen moms, and a decent friend to some gals I adore. Being a woman is hard! We get pulled in so many directions. Today I want to encourage you all that you are so important to the people in your lives. Try to let go, and if you cannot do it all, that is ok!
Ok- enough of my cheesy little motivational moment. On to things I am stoked about!
First- I upgraded to using Passionfruit ads. For a limited time, I am giving away my ads at a 40% discount. I know, crazy. It's ok, I wanna see all your lovely faces! This means an in-post ad will only cost you $9 (originally $15), and a large ad $4.80 (originally $8)! You'll get a chance to write a solo guest post and optional solo giveaway, participate in the weekly blog hop, and get some lovely twitter and Facebook love. Use promo code "October2013" and see your options Here.
Second- I am beyond grateful and excited to announce that I hit 1000 followers! I could not believe it! Because of this, I want to thank my readers by doing a fall Paypal cash giveaway just in time for Black Friday Shopping. I am inviting you to participate! I'm keeping the buy in low at $15 for 4 links PLUS a free large ad for 30 days and $10 for 3 links. This giveaway will be open to US resident 18 and older. If you are interested in participating fill out this form below! The giveaway will go live October 29th. The more that participate the bigger the cash prize. Giveaways are a great way to meet new readers and get fabulous exposure for your blog relatively inexpensive. Giveaways typically fill up fast- I will accept forms for the next 5 days!
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I am so thankful for my readers. Expect some fun stuff this fall- lots of posts on motherhood, some amazing guest bloggers, and some wonderful changes to the current blog hop.


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The lives of multiple political prisoners are currently in danger as Iranian authorities are deliberately denying them adequate medical access. The authorities have a have a track record of denying prisoners medication, as a form of punishment.
Political prisoners Majid Asadi, Arash Sadeqi, Hassan Sadeqi, Mohammad Banazadeh Amirkhizi and Mohammad Habibi are among those denied treatment.
Reports indicate that Rajaie Shahr Prison officials have stepped up the pressure against political prisoners detained in Hall 10, Section 4 of this prison. Officials at the prison located in Karaj, have destroyed the prisoners' medical records refusing to transfer them to the hospital or even the prison clinic.
Majid Asadi
Political prisoner Majid Asadi, suffering from a variety of diseases, including acute digestive disease with unbearable pain has been denied adequate medical treatment.
A former student activist, Majid Asadi, 36, has currently been serving a 6-year sentence on charge of "acting against national security" at Rajaie Shahr Prison of Karaj. He was arrested in February 2017 without a warrant by Intelligence Ministry agents at his home in Karaj.
The Intelligence Ministry previously arrested Asadi, on July 3, 2008 while he was a student activist at Allameh Tabatabaie University in Tehran. He was released approximately three months later on bail.
In March 2010, Judge Abolqasem Salavati of Branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court sentenced Asadi to four years in prison for "assembly and collusion against national security."
Asadi began his prison term on October 5, 2011 after the Appeals Court upheld his sentence and completed the sentence on June 8, 2015.
Ebrahim Firouzi
Political prisoner Ebrahim Firouzi, held at Rajaie Shahr Prison, has been denied adequate medical access despite severe toothache. He has been imprisoned since 2014 without a single day of leave.
According to an informed source, due to being denied access to a specialist, his entire face hurts, affecting his ability to eat.
The 32-year-old welder has been held in Ward 12 for political prisoners in Rajaie Shahr Prison in Karaj, 32 miles west of Tehran, since 2014. He has been prosecuted three times since 2010 for converting from Islam to Christianity and allegedly organizing Christian religious meetings.
When he was first arrested in January 2010, interrogators offered Firouzi freedom if he declared himself a Muslim. He chose prosecution and was convicted by the Revolutionary Court in Karaj of "propaganda against the state" for his religious conversion and alleged missionary activities and sentenced to five months in prison with an additional five-month suspended prison sentence.
Firouzi was freed on June 8, 2011, but on March 8, 2012 he was arrested again for allegedly "attempting to create a website teaching about Christianity" (in order to convert people) and again charged with "propaganda against the state."
He was sentenced to one year in prison and two years in exile by Judge Hassan Babaie of the Revolutionary Court in Robat Karim, 16 miles southwest of Tehran. The decision was upheld on appeal.
The third arrest took place on September 16, 2014. During interrogations in Evin Prison's Ward 240, Firouzi was put under intense pressure to issue a false confession in return for freedom, but refused, according to an informed source.
In April 2015, Firouzi was sentenced to five years in prison for allegedly "creating a group with the intention of disturbing national security" by Judge Mohammad Moghiseh of Branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court.
Based on the decision by the Appeals Court, Firouzi will remain incarcerated until 2019.
Arash Sadeqi
Prison authorities prevented Arash Sadeghi of a pre-arranged appointment with a specialist in Tehran's Khomeini hospital on October 6. Prosecutor's office reportedly did not issue the required permission for Arash Sadeghi to be taken to hospital.
The human rights defender is suffering a serious infection in his surgical wound.
This is not the first time that the authorities are torturing Sadeghi by deliberately depriving him of medical treatment.
The authorities have continuously denied the 31-year-old vital medical care since he went on hunger strike in late 2016 protesting the imprisonment of Golrokh Ebhraimi Iraee, also a human rights defender and his wife.
In a September 26 statement, Amnesty International called on Iranian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Arash Sadeghi who is "is being solely punished for his peaceful human rights activities, including communicating with Amnesty International and providing the organization with information on the human rights situation in Iran."
"The Iranian authorities' treatment of Arash Sadeghi's is not only unspeakably cruel; in legal terms it is an act of torture. Every step of the way, the prison authorities, the prosecutor's office and the Revolutionary Guards have done everything they can to hinder and limit access to the essential treatment that Arash requires in order to address his life-threatening cancer," said Philip Luther, Research and Advocacy Director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International.
"The Iranian authorities' treatment of Arash Sadeghi's is not only unspeakably cruel; in legal terms it is an act of torture. Every step of the way, the prison authorities, the prosecutor's office and the Revolutionary Guards have done everything they can to hinder and limit access to the essential treatment that Arash requires in order to address his life-threatening cancer," said Philip Luther, Research and Advocacy Director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International.
Hassan Sadeqi
Hassan Sadeqi, also held at Rajaie Shahr Prison, is at risk of tearing of the eye veins and blindness because of the blows to his head and his eyes by interrogators.
Sadeqi and his wife were detained in 2012 for holding a ceremony for Mr. Sadeqi's deceased dissident father. His father was a member of the MEK. Both he and his wife were sentenced to 15 years of prison while his business was confiscated and their 11 and 16-year-old children were left without guardians.
Mohammad Banazadeh Amirkhizi
He is in severe condition due to heart disease and old age.
Mohammad Banazadeh Amirkhizi was arrested in 2016 and sentenced to 11 years behind bars on charges of with "acting against national security by gathering and conspiring" and "spreading propaganda against the government."
Mohammad Amirkhizi, 63, was arrested in 2009 charged with supporting the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI). He was released in 2014, after spending five years behind bars. Earlier, Amirkhizi's wife and his brothers were also imprisoned who were later released. The family was charged with meeting Amirkhizi's children in PMOI's Camp Ashraf in Iraq.
Mohammad Habibi
Imprisoned Iranian teacher and trade unionist Mohammad Habibi is in poor health and is being denied the urgent specialized medical care he needs
On October 1, Amnesty International issued an "Urgent Action" statement regarding the case of Mohammad Habibi, who is serving a 10 and a half year sentence on the basis of his labor rights activism and his membership on the board of the Iran Teachers Trade Association.
He is reportedly suffering from health conditions that require specialized care, some of which may stem from his violent arrest, apparently at the hands of the intelligence division of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps.
The Amnesty report provides details about that arrest, in which Habibi was abducted by agents who did not initially identify themselves or provide a reason for the arrest. Since that incident, the detainee has been complaining of severe pain in his chest and difficulty in breathing, but authorities have only responded by providing him with a non-prescription inhaler. Additionally, a general practicing doctor has identified signs of a kidney ailment for which Habibi likely requires specialized treatment, but authorities have ignored the doctor's urgent recommendation.
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When my ex-husband and I got married during a blizzard in January my mother-in-law asked us a favor. "Please kids," she begged. "Do not have any children in March or April. That's all I ask." Her husband, all three sons and two grandsons all have birthdays in March and April. And guess What? Katie and Matthew were born in March and Hannah in April. I still laugh.
All kidding aside, March and April can potentially carry the same financial burdens as Christmas, and without careful planning can burst a budget like dynamite. When the girls were little we would combine their birthday parties to cut costs and it worked just fine. As all three got older, however, their wants grew more expensive and so did their parties. Their Dad and I came up with a money-saving idea that we figured would keep our kids happy: They can either have a party or they can have $100 cash to spend however they would like. We figured that this would save us some money, but does it? Let's take a look:
Take my 9 year-old son, Matthew. The local bowling alley is a huge birthday party venue for boys his age. Here are the stats:
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-It costs $10 per child and includes one round of bowling, 5 tokens for the arcade, a slice of pizza and drink.
-You must bring the cake, but the birthday boy gets a trophy.
-We usually have about ten kids ($100), with ten goodie-bags at approximately $3 each ($30) a theme cake (about $25) and budget of about $75 in gifts.
-Grand total? $230.00.
If he chooses the cash, he has $100 to purchase whatever he wants. He's good with money and usually chooses to spend half and save half. It's a wonderful lesson in saving and budgeting money and that's good. But what about the cost of missing out on precious childhood memories of birthday parties with your friends?
Laura Rowley, a personal finance expert with Yahoo! Finance always reminds us to closely align our spending with our values. If "Family" is the number one value in your life (it is for me), then is $230 (while a lot of money) isn't so much to pay for a lasting memory for my son. I can assure you, he's already forgotten the times that he chose the money in lieu of the party. It reads like instant gratification and not much more. If I asked him today what he bought with that money he would have no idea. Is padding my wallet with an extra $130 worth it? Tell me what you think.


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Once in an alcohol detox facility, one encounters a team of dedicated, determined and highly-trained professionals who guide and help an alcoholic through the journey of detoxification and recovery. In the facility, the personnel is usually dedicated to giving their best level of attention, counselling and education about one's addiction. There are various mental health professionals that an addict encounters in an addiction recovery and detox center. The teams work with the inpatient to their sobriety.
Behavioral Health Technician
This is a person in the detox center who works along with side counsellors and mental health experts at a detox or rehabilitation center. They are trained and accredited support staffs who give professional assistance and they're frequently on staff at an inpatient facility day and night.
Mental Health Counselor
A professional who is specialized in assessing, diagnosing and treating mental health problems. They are at least academic holders of a Master's degree, they have a state license and have earned experience of two in the field. Their jurisdictions of work is often in detox centers, drug and alcohol rehabs and in sober living facilities.
This is a medical doctor who has specialized in diagnosing and treatment of mental health disorder including alcoholism and co-occurring symptoms and disorders. This physician usually focuses on the mental health elements of an addict's recovery. They plan to recommend behavioural and medicine-assisted procedures.
A psychologist is a doctor also found in a detox facility. A psychologist is skilled and trained to diagnose and bestow treatment to mental health patients. These mental disorders could be a result of a detoxification process which causes severe symptoms to an inpatient. They don't prescribe oral medication but instead, they treat patients by employing different solutions like cognitive behavioural psychotherapy.
Psychiatric nurse
A psychiatric nurse is special a nurse in an alcohol detox center. Commonly they are trained, skilled and certified to work along with side patients in a detoxing center and who have developed mental health problems. These nurses may also assist physicians in assessments, overseeing the detoxification step in the facility, and help to manage the patients.
Additional Alcohol Rehab Staff
These are additional support staffs in an alcohol detox facility. Alcohol rehabs will have extra support staff that are designated to address various patient needs and other additional facility programs. For instance, a detox center has an intake specialist who helps inpatients carry out check-in process to the facility. There may be also other professionals personnel who guide and facilitate several programs such as exercise session and meditation.
These are just but a few of the professionals and support staffs that are likely to be found in an alcohol detox facility. They may have different roles and distinct duties but they all work towards achieving sobriety in the patients they have in the facility.


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Microorganisms have served humans since hundreds of year for the purpose of food, drugs and other high value products. This convention serves as platform for discussion on the roles of microorganisms in the development of products in the market and provide participants with scientific knowledge on issues and advancements on the field of food, medical and industrial microbiology. this will further provide an opportunity to learn to learn from the experts ask questions and freely discuss your views and opinions relating to different discussions
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L.A. duo drops futuristic pop gem off upcoming EP
More Giraffes is an L.A.-based indie pop band comprised of Mark Hadley and Keely Bumford. Starting with the release of their 2018 debut EP It Was a Joke, the duo has churned out a vibrant brand of futuristic art-pop that's thrilled audiences. So far this year they've released a handful of catchy singles, including "Surf," as well as the Sweater Beats-assisted track "Playground." Today, Impose is thrilled to premiere the newest single by More Giraffes, the shimmering, infectious pop anthem "Treehouse."
Buoyant, swelling synths form the driving melody as Bumford's soothing voice comes through, assisted with a sea of crisp digital beats that give the track a mid-tempo dance edge. The song is packed with atmospheric pastel-like textures and airy electronic quirks, and the lyrics are full of dreamy imagery. On the track's ebullient, anthemic chorus, Bumford sings, "Gotta get into my treehouse/ In my treehouse/ I'm fucking free now/ Free now/ I'm never coming down/ Castle the clouds." Overall, it's an effervescent, off-kilter future-pop track that perfectly captures the universal desire to mentally escape. "We wrote 'Treehouse' with one of our best friends, Jeremy Silver," the band explains. "He had just gotten back from a retreat where he stayed in a literal treehouse in Hawaii, and we wrote the song about getting above it all, in a treehouse. Castle in the clouds, ten feet off the ground."
"Treehouse" is the latest single from More Giraffes' forthcoming EP Bermuda, which will arrive later this summer. In addition, More Giraffes will be making their L.A. live debut tonight with a performance at the Hi Hat as part of the We Found New Music live series. They're headlining a bill that also includes Gavin Haley, Figs Vision and Love, Alexa. Doors are at 8 p.m. and admission is free with an RSVP, which you can do HERE.
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Newly announced probable presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren did an Instagram Live on New Year's Eve, wherein she had a sip from a bottle of beer. If the response is any indication, 2019 is going to be orders of magnitude dumber than the years that have come before.
You should know off the top that the beer in question is Warren's long-stated beer of choice Michelob Ultra, or as she cannily calls it, "the club soda of beers." Michelob Ultra is the slim silver can that tells the world: "I am technically drinking an alcoholic beverage." It is the brand that sponsors every marathon, triathlon, and 5K fun-run in America. It is the beer for carb-counters, cautious diabetics, and people who want to let one single strand of hair down after a busy day of regulating financial institutions.
I will now proudly reveal that Michelob Ultra is also my beer, and any negative comments about it hereafter will have to come through me. I like Michelob Ultra because it fits into my sporty lifestyle. I'm an active guy and also highly susceptible to flattering advertising campaigns. I like knowing that I drink the same beer as those peppy young achievers who own wetsuits. On a Saturday afternoon, after this new thing I'm doing that's a spin class but in a heated room (like Bikram yoga except potentially lethal and with more Janet Jackson), I don't want to undo my exertion by flooding my body with liquid carbohydrates. One bottle of Michelob Ultra has 2.6 grams of carbs. Compare that with the 13 grams in one serving of Stella Artois.
But Ultra's real selling point is it is basically impossible to get drunk on. Would you like to take the edge off, but with the force of a Puffs Plus with Lotion rather than a power sander? Are you in a situation where it behooves you to be on your least-bumbly behavior, like a work event, dinner with your significant other's parents, or an Instagram Live hours after having announced the formation of an exploratory committee toward your candidacy for the presidency of the United States of America? Then reach for the Ultra, my friends. You have to down about 73 of them before it affects your speech. You will stop drinking because of beer-bloat long before you feel tipsy—that's a Michelob Ultra guarantee.
In short, it is a sensible beer for a sensible candidate. Needless to say, Twitter had opinions. "I question Warren's decision-making when she lives a stones throw from some of the highest-rated IPAs in the country," said Twitter user CeeBee, conveniently forgetting that even the highest-rated IPAs are still IPAs, and therefore disgusting. "She needs something stronger to forget lying about her Native American heritage," tweeted KCTrumpMan, neglecting to point out that a recent DNA test confirms that she has some Native American blood, that an extensive investigation by the Boston Globe revealed that her heritage was not a factor in her appointment to any university's faculty, and that Donald Trump promised to donate one million dollars to charity if she took that DNA test, which he never did.
But of course, it was the whiz-kids at Fox News who really took it to the hoop, wondering whether Warren's sip from a bottle of beer-with-an-asterisk was a feint toward likability, above a chyron that misspelled the word "likability."
So there's the gang at Outnumbered, telling you that female candidates don't have it harder than male candidates, while holding Warren's decision to drink beer on camera under a microscope and dissecting what it all might mean. "Elizabeth Warren is unsuccessfully trying to appear like a relatable human being," says Fox News, whose preferred candidate's massive inherited wealth has shielded him from the messy business of learning how to successfully operate an umbrella.
Republican voters have a long history of choosing "likable" candidates with whom they would like to have a beer, and America has a long history of suffering because of those choices. Plus, Donald Trump doesn't drink, and George W. Bush couldn't. So maybe a beer is just a beer, and not a reason to support or oppose a presidential candidate as America hovers in a moment of crisis.
Oh wait, this is America in 2019, so yes it is. Is it too early for an Ultra?
Dave Holmes is Esquire's L.A.-based editor-at-large. His first book, "Party of One," is out now.


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Chuck Wendig visits with his sweeping big new, genre-defying novel of a United States in the grip of epic travail, Wanderers (Del Rey). A scourge of sleepwalking takes over people in a place that seems all too familiar.
"Wendig pulls no punches in this blockbuster apocalyptic novel, which confronts some of the darkest and most divisive aspects of present-day America with urgency, humanity, and hope … Wendig challenges readers with twists and revelations that probe issues of faith and free will while crafting a fast-paced narrative with deeply real characters. His politics are unabashed—characters include a populist president brought to power by neo-Nazis, as well as murderous religious zealots—but not simplistic, and he tackles many moral questions while eschewing easy answers. This career-defining epic deserves its inevitable comparisons to Stephen King's The Stand, easily rising above the many recent novels of pandemic and societal collapse." - Publishers Weekly.
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KOLKATA, India (Reuters) - When dozens of chickens went missing from a remote West Bengal village, everyone blamed the neighborhood dogs.
But Ajit Ghosh, the owner of the missing chickens, eventually solved the puzzle when he caught his cow -- a sacred animal for the Hindu family -- gobbling up several of them at night.
"We were shocked to see our calf eating chickens alive," Ghosh told Reuters by phone from Chandpur village.
The family decided to stand guard at night on Monday at the cow shed which also served as a hen coop, after 48 chickens went missing in a month.
"Instead of the dogs, we watched in horror as the calf, whom we had fondly named Lal, sneak to the coop and grab the little ones with the precision of a jungle cat," Gour Ghosh, his brother, said.
Local television pictures showed the cow grabbing and eating a chicken in seconds and a vet confirmed the case.
"We think lack of vital minerals in the body is causing this behavior. We have taken a look and have asked doctors to look into the case immediately," Mihir Satpathy, a district veterinary officer, said by phone.
"This strange behavior is possible in some exceptional cases," Satpathy said.
Hundreds of villagers flocked to Chandpur on Wednesday to catch a glimpse of Lal, enjoying his bundle of green grass for a change.
"The local vets said the cow was probably suffering from a disease but others said Lal was a tiger in his previous birth," Ajit added.
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Earlier I shared with you why it's so important to forgive people who've hurt you. It's important for you, and it's important for your church. Way too many Christians aren't fulfilling God's purpose for their life because they're harboring past hurts. And way too many churches are suffering because of it. In this article, I'm going to share with you three steps that you and those you lead can take to forgive those who've hurt you.
1. Relinquish your right to get even.
You have to start by letting the person who has hurt you off the hook. That's not fair, you say? You're right. Forgiveness isn't fair. It wasn't fair when God forgave you, and it's not fair for you to forgive someone else. God doesn't give us what we deserve. He gives us what we need.
The Bible says God is just. One day he'll settle the score. In the meantime, we must let God fill our hearts with peace and grace.
The Bible says in Romans 12:19 (TLB), "Never avenge yourselves. Leave that to God, for he has said that he will repay those who deserve it." The first step to forgiveness is to commit to not take justice into your own hands. Let God be the impartial judge.
Every time you remember how you've been hurt, release it. It's got to be constant. When Jesus was asked how often we should forgive someone who sins against us, he said 70 times seven. Or in other words, we just keep forgiving.
How do you know when you've totally released the hurt? It doesn't hurt any more. You might have to forgive someone a thousand times to make that a reality. But every time the pain comes to your mind you say, "God, I give it to you again. For the hundredth time, Lord, I'm letting them off the hook and relinquishing my right to get even." Every time you rehearse it, you make the pain deeper. But every time you release it, the pain gets weaker in your life.
2. Refocus on God's purpose for your life.
You can either focus on the past or the future – not both. Focus in on what God wants to do in your life. As long as you focus on the person who has hurt you, they control you. You don't want anyone who has hurt you in the past to control you in the present. You want God to control your life.
The truth is, if you don't release the person who has hurt you, then you will resemble him. Whatever you focus on, you'll become like. If you focus on pain, that's what you move toward. If you focus on purpose, that's what you move toward.
How do you do that? The Bible tells us in Job 11: 13-16, "Put your heart right, reach out to God…then face the world again, firm and courageous. Then all your troubles will fade from your memory, like floods that are past and remembered no more."
Put your heart right. That just means do the right thing. Forgive the person. Let him off the hook.
Reach out to God. Ask Jesus Christ to come into the situation and fill you with his love.
Face the world again. Don't withdraw. Don't put yourself in a shell. You can't love without being vulnerable. And a loveless life is diametrically opposed to God's purpose for your life.
3. Respond to the evil with good.
Paul tells us in Romans 12:21 (NIV), "Don't be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good." There's a lot of evil in this world. You don't overcome it by criticizing it. You overcome it with good.
At Saddleback, we're not a culture-war church. We don't spend our time criticizing what the world does. We don't expect unbelievers to act like believers until they are. You don't change the world by criticizing it.
Through the PEACE Plan, we've sent thousands of teams around the world since 2004 to confront evil with good by promoting reconciliation, equipping servant leaders, assisting the poor, caring for the sick, and educating the next generation.
One country we've focused on is Rwanda. You've probably heard or read about the horrible atrocities that took place in Rwanda during the 1994 genocide. Hatred was everywhere. But God has done amazing things in that country. Last year Bishop John Rucyahana visited Saddleback, and together we spoke to the church about this topic. That day he shared this in regard to the amazing recovery process that's going on in his home country:
"My brothers and sisters, the Jesus we worship, the Lord we praise and have faith in, is the key to restoring relationships. You cannot invest in disparity and get good results…In Rwanda we cannot afford revenge…We have to engage in reconciliation…We have to face our weakness, our feeble state of life, our sins. We have to face them head on with Jesus Christ in the middle of life, in order to make a nation again. We have to live.
We don't invest anymore in the hurt. We invest in hope. It's amazing that when you see the hope through the lens of Jesus Christ, your hope is very bright. Very, very bright. Rwanda can be the hub of African development. People will be coming to us to learn. But not because we shall claim it. No. It's to the glory of God. It's God doing it. God does the reconstruction. God does things in his own mighty, divine way."
That's a big-picture example of responding to evil with good. You can do it in your own life too. When someone hurts you, do something good for them. Is it easy? Of course not. Every bone in your body wants to respond to evil with evil. But forgiveness happens when we respond with good.


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Even in Darkfall.
The Conquer the Seas free expansion was released last night on to the European servers (NA servers to get it today) and with them come a long, long list of patch notes. There are some very cool features added; wildlife, new melee abilities, new ships and siege system but all anyone is talking about on the Darkfall forums are the nerf to magic.
A little background for those of you who do not play Darkfall, magic was horribly, horribly overpowered. Melee and archery use was a rarity because you could destroy targets at range with magic. AoE magic was completely overpowered. Players would eschew archery at ranged because magic did not require the same steady aim that archery does. Archery required a dead on hit to do damage, while many magic spells had "splash" damage, which allowed for damage even if the target was not directly hit. This turned Darkfall into a magic heavy game, in which melee was reserved for finishing off opponents.
They fixed this in the expansion. Melee can now use abilities that give them bonuses when fighting magic users, many magic abilities were given a cooldown, LoS now affects magic and even heavy armor give anti-magic resistances. Magic is finally where it needed to be, with AoEs being effective only in large-scale combat. Melee players and archers now have a fighting chance.
Of course, the forums are now full of whiners who can not believe that their precious magic is now not an instant I-win button. They claim fervently that magic was over-nerfed and is useless now. Are they correct?
I don't know and neither do they. The patch came out late last night and no one has been able to test it yet. They may be correct but at this time no one knows for sure, yet they still make ultimatums demanding changes. Can we not get a chance to test the changes before everyone loses their ever-loving mind? This reminds me of the WoW forums everytime a change is announced to a class.
Calm down people. Test the changes and then give constructive feedback to Aventurine. Quit going bananas before we see what effect the change truly have in PvE and small and large scale PvP. Take a deep breath, load up Darkfall and test.
This is the biggest reason why players make horrible beta testers. We are simply too invested in our characters. Every nerf or change to our class or play style is viewed as an affront to our dignity. We can't understand why it has to be our class or play style that needs to be nerfed, when obviously that other class or play style is much more powerful…at least in our eyes.
As far as balance within the game, I really think that the less the developers listen to our rabid ramblings the better. We simply have no ability for rational thought when it comes to balance. Whine first, test later.
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PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Philadelphia's district attorney wants an appeals court to take another look at the case of a Roman Catholic Church official whose conviction over his handling of sex-abuse cases was overturned last week.
Monsignor William Lynn has been imprisoned intermittently since his 2012 trial. By a vote of 2 to 1, a three-member Superior Court panel overturned his conviction ordering a new trial.
It decided Lynn's trial judge allowed too much evidence concerning prior bad acts or cover ups protecting abusive priests from a time before Lynn had any actual authority to supervise priests in the 1990s.
The appellant found the sheer volume of those prior bad acts could have unfairly prejudiced jurors against Lynn.
But the DA's office is now asking the entire Superior Court to hear its arguments, saying the prior bad acts were brought in so jurors could understand the ongoing pattern of how the church dealt with some abusive priests.
"So we had to show all other acts, all the things that showed Monsignor Lynn knew how dangerous it was to put a pedophile into a school with children. So we had to show all those other bad acts" said District Attorney Seth Williams. "If not, his defense attorney at trial would say, 'Well he didn't know what would happen.' "
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Deadline: Dodgeball director Rawson Thurber is rewriting The Umbrella Academy for Universal Pictures, based on the 2008 Eisner Award-winning Dark Horse comic written by My Chemical Romance singer Gerard Way. Mark Bomback wrote the first draft.
This also sounds good....I heard about it a few months ago somewhere...and now here it is. Should be good.


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Published: June 17, 2013
Updated: June 18, 2013
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The recent Benjamin Fulford report released on June 18, 2013 talks about how multiple groups are fighting against the Dark Cabal's financial control via legal means. Fulford specifically mentions two groups, one being Neil Keenan's Camp and the other is Marion Horn also known as ZAP.
See quote from Benjamin Fulford below.
The attack on the Sabbatean control of the right to print and distribute dollars and Euros is coming from several different directions. This includes several legal approaches such as the Neil Keenan lawsuit in Indonesia and maneuvers of the Five Star Trust group of Marion Horn now posing on the internet as "Zap" and friends of "Poof." [Benjamin Fulford – June 18, 2013; Source Link]
Many people already know about Neil Keenan and his involvement with the Collateral Accounts also known as the Soekanto Trust. Now Benjamin Fulford decided to release information that people have been wondering about. "Who is ZAP?"
ZAP is associated with recently deceased, James Anthony Holmes, also known as Poofness. If you don't already know, Poof, was giving uplifting and positive messages every Sunday about the coming changes to the world and also talked about a trust he was associated with called the 'Five Star Trust'. ZAP recently came on the scene to fill in as Poofness replacement and update the global community about the new financial system which is also tied in to the Dinar & global currency revaluation, CMKX, Farm Claims, Prosperity Programs, and "The Event" which many other alternative news sources report. You can read ZAP's most recent update from June 16, 2013 at the link here.
|Ernest Rauthschild
" I am a Moorish-American International Businessman representing the 13-families controlling the world economy/banks. I am self-employed and own several companies including Athena Holdings, SA, SeaBey Financial Investments, LLC, and Gold Hedge Royalty. I am also Trustee of The Bey Family Trust. I also work with Central Banks, The Bank for International Settlements and Gold Bullion Banks. Most of my clients are Royal Families and High Yield Investors which I personally manage over $200 Trillion in Assets. I am a member of the Moorish Masonic Order; Knights Templar; Committee of 300; Tri Lateral Commission; Sovereign Church of New Zelean and 13 Family of Nations." [Ernest Rauthschild; MySpace Source Link]
Further research indicates that the Five Star Trust in which ZAP aka Marion Horn is the Executive Trustee, shows that Mr. Marion Horn and Mr. Ernest Rauthschild are MySpace "Friends". You can visit Mr. Rauthschild Myspace here or you can visit Marion Horn 'ZAP' Myspace here.
Marion Horn has also posted public pictures of himself along with his ID Card that shows he is a member of the Free Masons and the Grand Lodge of Kentucky.
A reader also shared a link to research done by Wayne Madsen in regards to the 'Five Star Trust'. The shared link is here. Mr. Madsen is quoted as saying…..
"Here's what's going on — Bushes use Five Star to move massive amounts of money around for their special projects. It was started in the late 80s with stolen Philippine money."
"Horn uses Five Star Investment — a con artist company registered in the Isle of Man — to throw off people looking at Five Star Trust, another but real Isle of Man"[Wayne Madssen; Source Link]
Are these true statements by Wayne Madsen or is this disinformation in order to discredit the 'Five Star Trust'?
Many questions will pop up regarding this new information that has been made publicly known by Benjamin Fulford.
You can officially reach Zap via Susan at the email firstname.lastname@example.com and ask your questions about the coming changes and new financial system.
Editors Note: As a person who is following every twist and turn in the alternative media community, I am always trying to stay positive which is very very hard to do with the continued publication and news about wars, chemtrails, hunger, poverty, main stream media brainwashing, the continued war on the Bill of Rights, and Constitution, fluoride in our water, GMO, False Flag terror events and so much more. I personally have no clue as to the validity of the information that Benjamin Fulford has posted or all other information posted in public forums by other researchers and individuals. I always urge those who are following this convoluted yet highly entertaining drama to take responsibility and do your own research and dig your own "rabbit hole". I also urge everyone who is interested to ask questions and talk it out with members of the global community. I still believe that things will get better for humanity at least in the long run but as you all know it is an uphill battle if you are a human living on planet earth at this moment. Keep up the good fight and we shall one day realize our Truth which has been suppressed for thousands if not billions of years.
Popcorn Monster & Deer Time….
Top Secret FBI Report – Five Star Trust Origins
Update – June 18, 2013
Here is an FBI Report about Poofness' Five Star Trust. These documents were in the public domain and was published by Darleen Gregory Jobson-Larkin and reported by Ernest Rauthschild. The document pages were in JPEG format. I took the liberty to convert them to PDF and combine them into one file for easy reading.
A Top Secret FBI Report directed to Senator Edward Kennedy. Poofness & ZAP's Five Star Trust History and Background Information discussed in this report. This information is in the public domain, republishing for research purposes.


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Governing body
I have been Chair of Governors since 2018, having previously been Chair of the Finance and Premises Committee. My Vice Chair is Caroline Storey, a former parent at both schools who brings a great deal of industry experience to chairing our Pay and Personnel Committee.
In addition our committee chairs Jerry Appleyard (Finance and Premises) and Barbara Clifford (Achievement and Families) provide valuable support and expertise in their specific roles, ably backed by other governors from a variety of different backgrounds – we are a mix of governors, elected by parents, elected by staff, proposed by the Local Education Authority and co-opted from the federation's community, serving along with the headteachers of both schools.
I have been involved in what is now the Federation since 2001, and have seen how the two schools have evolved separately over that time, and then subsequently as a Federation since 2014. They both retain their own character and history, and that of their specific buildings, but we are moving ever closer together both as a community and as providers of a seven year curriculum.
My fellow governors and I know that it is and has been a tough time in primary education, with new assessment regimes, revised SATs and ever toughening budgets. However, both schools in our Federation continue to meet those challenges.
Despite the challenges we have seen improvements across the Federation. Transition across all year groups is much better, and performance management is strong with collaborative and consistent assessment across the Federation. The work to deliver the seven year curriculum has been significant and I believe appreciated by the parents/carers. We also reviewed the challenge of closing the gap for our Pupil Premium Grant children, and continue to work on our increasingly tight budgetary targets.
The schools are led by the two headteachers (Alan Went and Zoe Brittain) and supported by two deputy headteachers (Mandy Appleyard at Hampton Hill Junior School and Dave Wells at Carlisle Infant School).
I am an Investment Management professional, am married to a teacher and have three children – one who has moved on to secondary school after attending both Carlisle Infants and Hampton Hill Junior School and two who are current pupils at HHJS.
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|The Tinfoil Hat Brigades are Out in Force Over Dallas Shooting
State of the Nation:
Obama Does Dallas To Distract From Comey Debacle
"Hey, let's first kill two innocent black minorities in cold blood as a pretext to conduct a blackop to kill five policemen and wound 7 others.....The "False Flag PSYOPS" never stop and will only intensify until the election, if there even is a presidential election!
Obama, Clinton et alia absolutely had to distract, divert and misdirect in the wake of the unparalleled damage that FBI Director James Comey has inflicted on the FBI, on the Justice Department, and on the Obama Administration.
TPTB know full well that the only way to effectively distract from such an overwhelming political bloodbath (Comey's performance in Congress) is to outdo it with a real bloodbath.
SOTN is extremely sorry to say that we warned exactly about this predictable eventuality. And so it has come to pass in Dallas. Here's a screenshot from our last article posted before the Dallas police slaughter during the early morning of July 7th."
Do you get it?!
"Now all of this just happens to take place on the very day that FBI Director James B. Comey is giving the most deceptive, deceitful and dissembling testimony ever publicly rendered to the US Congress. Yes, it was a bloodbath to end ALL political bloodbaths. Couldn't get any worse … unless, of course, Comey had fallen on his sword (a real steel sword) right there in front of millions of viewers in living color—RED!
Then Obama decides to do Dallas … AHH, not that far from the site of the Kennedy assassination."You Can Read More of This Nonsense Here if You Like.


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Best Practices for the Best Approach
There is more to Dynamics NAV security than setting up rules and changing passwords.
In this on-demand video, learn about the various approaches and methods that can be deployed with the security functionality in Dynamics NAV.
Differences in how to best approach security management and auditing, based on different versions of Dynamics NAV will also be covered in this all important session.


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A few weekends ago I found myself standing among a crowd of mannequins, transfixed by a strobing barrage of images on a screen-based triptych that varied from the sinister to the hilarious to the straight-up WTF. The piece was an installation by art duo The Chapman Brothers, housed in a cavernous east London warehouse for one night only. It was just one of many bold and brilliant pieces in unusual spots in the area, put together as part of this year's Art Night, "a free contemporary arts festival in extraordinary spaces."
Also transfixing were the graphics, that managed to straddle that tricky line between informative and visually arresting. This year, the second incarnation of Art Night, they were created by east London-based agency Praline, and aimed to convey a sense of energy, opening up the one-day event to a broad crowd. "The idea was to create something energetic and playful to attract a wider audience," says Praline designer Giovanni Pamio. "We wanted to show that there was something going on all night, so we used bright colors to show that energy."
"We wanted to encourage people who might not be part of that geekier art crowd," Praline founder David Tanguy adds. "I think we succeed: we saw older people, families. There was a really interesting buzz in the area, everyone was out and seeing the art."
The graphics also looked to convey the temporary nature of the event, and to aid navigation to spaces that were usually hidden, or at least off the beaten track: closed warehouses, outdoor installations, even a Masonic temple near Liverpool Street Station in the city. The identity uses a yellow line device on the map graphics, and draws influence from architectural floor plans to highlight key locations. "We also wanted to highlight the artists themselves, so we showed their work in floating bubbles. The concept was to make people move around the area and discover new places and new art," says Pamio. "The overriding thing was conveying energy, but you also have to show how to get to those places."
According to Tanguy, early on in the project Praline looked at ideas of sunsets and gradients to show the nocturnal nature of Art Night. "We were talking about the sun changing and the moon changing, or day and night passing, but we didn't want to be too literal," he says. "So we just picked colors from that gradient—the orange, yellow, and the dark 'midnight' blue and used that as much as possible throughout."
While the wordmark, color palette and other design elements were new for 2017, Praline retained the typefaces, Transport and Brown, from the 2016 event. "We didn't want to reinvent the wheel completely," says Pamio. "We retained the fonts, but it was more about how we used them—we were a bit more generous with the sizes and created the lockup for Art Night and the Whitechapel gallery, which wasn't used last year [2016's Art Night was in partnership with the ICA gallery]. There were quite a lot of people involved in Art Night—the curator, The Whitechapel, Phillips as at the main sponsor—so there were a lot of different people to listen to and please with the designs."
The great thing about Praline's work for Art Night is its balance of accessibility, playfulness, and acknowledgement of the often complex and bold ideas of the artists involved in the event. How do you get around balancing so many concerns? "You know the audience is quite design savvy and aware of a lot of visual culture," says Pamio.
"They've probably seen a lot of art books and know a lot of interesting design, but we also had to make it approachable," adds Tanguy. "We created designs that we could play around with across different sized posters, billboards, websites, and brochures. It's about mixing the commercial to reach a wider audience, but also using a language that's engaging for an art audience. We worked with a lot of galleries so we're familiar with that world but as it's a free event it needs energy, and it needed to be fun."


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Executive oversight
"Policy makers, like the President, do not have time to read all the other countries' newspapers… there are just too many of them. Also, there is information that other countries will not share with the United States, called secrets. All this information is very important to our nation's leaders."
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Connecting Creativity, Knowledge & Industry
Fashion & Design
Recruitment &
Connecting Creativity, Knowledge & Industry
Presentation at the Antwerp Management School ( AMS) talking about my view on Fashion roles: " Changing Careers in Fashion ".
REFRAME FASHION multiplier event at Erasmus University. Fashion Industry partner STUDIOVEGTER is involved in examining the need analysis
STUDIOVEGTER provides 360° SUPPORT. We offer custom packages if you need guidance
Interview Erasmus University with Susanne Vegter. Talking about transforming role Corona & Fashion Industry
On-Line Jury member business casestudies Erasmus GLOCAL Master students
Japan Meeting future prospects Business & Education
Proud of what we've reached together in this first pilot with Taskforce Fashion - Fashion After Flood! Co-laboration of M-ODE, State of Fashion & Fashionclash.
Presentation Taskforce Fashion, group Amsterdam
First pilot presentation of Taskforcefashion-- Fashion After Flood! State of Fashion, Fashionclash Festival & M-ODE at the Jan van Eyck Academy
Panel Discussion Erasmus Summer school with Glocal Master students.
Lecture about Changing Fashion & Design Careers for Erasmus University
STUDIOVEGTER took part in the visitation bachelor committee for Fine Art and Design Willem de Kooning & was assessor for the final exams Fashion at Commercial practices
STUDIOVEGTER will attend the Modefabriek and is available for career interviews at the Fashion Fair in the Rai Amsterdam July 8th 2018
KICK-OFF Taskforce fashion "Fashion after Flood" Susanne Vegter leads the Amsterdam Designteam. Co-Lab with Fashionclash, M-ODE & State of Fashion. Fotocredits Team Peter Stigters
STUDIOVEGTER was on the Jury/Panel of the Business Bootcamp at Willem de Kooning. Students pitched their innovative & new concepts
Together with Erasmus University, Paris Dauphine,PSL, Gdansk University of Technology, EnsAD, STUDIOVEGTER foster discussions between industry experts, academics & students to identify key foundations for new education
STUDIOVEGTER International recruitment organised personal career & coach- intakes location Paris
As part of the expert panel STUDIOVEGTER attended the Business Bootcamp Pitch night at Willem de Kooning Academy Rotterdam.
STUDIOVEGTER organised together with New Fashion Society a Career event at Erasmus University. Talking about Changing Career Perspectives!
Dragon's Den with Glocal Erasmus University students in Rotterdam. Pitching new innovative Business Fashion Concepts
Meet & Greet with STUDIOVEGTER at the MODEFABRIEK 2019
Design for Longevity: Fashion Dialogue at "Het Nieuwe Instituut" in Rotterdam
Design for Longevity: Fashion Dialogue at "Het Nieuwe Instituut" in Rotterdam
Meet & Greet with Dutch Design Week candidates in Eindhoven at the By-Wire fashion Tech stand
Meet & Greet with international candidates in Paris during Paris Fashion Week
Culture(s)de Mode in Paris Palais de Tokyo: conference about the current state of Fashion in France
KICK-OFF Portfolio training at HKU Fashion & Design
Moderating "The Fashion Clash" panel with Jose Teunissen & Professors from Erasmus University & London College of Fashion
STUDIOVEGTER hosted the MINDFASHION'S "FASHION DIALOGUE": 17 June 2018 at FASHIONCLASH FESTIVAL !
STUDIOVEGTER at launch new 4 year MBO academy Footwear Development at DHTA.
Discussing new connections, projects & education at F.I.T New York
PANEL DISCUSSION at The future of Materials #MaterialXperience
Connecting the Industry! Tunesian Manufacturers & Developers meets the industry! at WFC Co-Organised with United Nations/ ITC, FiF, CBI and STUDIOVEGTER
Hosting Industry Panel Fashion Capitals Conference at Erasmus University
Hosting Industry Panel Fashion Capitals Conference at Erasmus University
Hosting Industry Panel Fashion Capitals Conference at Erasmus University
Hosting Industry Panel Fashion Capitals Conference at Erasmus University
Fashion Retail Futures conference at Atelier Neerlandais
International recruitment "Paris office" at Atelier Neerlandais
Forza Fashion House "talkshow"
Expert student coaching/judge at Footwear Academy DHTA
Joining Panel Discussions international Fashion Academies
Advising partner Erasmus university for HERA 2 project international fashion conference
Participating international discussion platforms Fashion
Connecting Creativity to the industry International/ Tokio Dutch Embassy Japan
Connecting new innovative Japanese manufacturers & developers to the Dutch industry
Forza Fashion House Hosting the 1th College Tour with Mart Visser
Individual portfolio training at STUDIOVEGTER
Expert student coaching/judge at fashion academies
Thematic brainstorming sessions/ Slow Fashion
Stockholm international Brand & Marketing conference connecting the industry.
Expert student coaching at TU Eindhoven
Expert student coaching at TU Eindhoven
Expert student coaching at TU Eindhoven
Discussion panel with design academies for International Fashion Education
Advising Partner HERA 2 project International Fashion Conference with Erasmus University
Expert judge at Footwear academy
Consultancy by connecting Fashion & Design industry experts.
Hosting first Forza Fashion House College Tour with Mart Visser
Creating connections & Co -Labs with design & fashion institutes
Portfoliotraining international students
Individual coaching Designers & Start-ups


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Coco is a young roller skater dancer. I saw him dancing in Central Park on a Sunday, we met the following Sunday at the same place and made a 360 music video.
All works © JulianaSoup 2013-2020 and their respective owners are shown here for portfolios purposes. Do not reproduce without the consent of the artist.


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Salary Outlook and Overview
Current BLS occupational information on preschool and elementary school teachers shows a positive trend. The data shows about 500,000 preschool teaching jobs with a projection for about 550,000 in the year 2026. This will provide a gain of about 50,000 jobs. Entry-level education for the position is an associate degree but the trend is towards bachelor's degrees as the standard in public and private educational settings.
Preschool and Kindergarten Teacher Salaries
The BLS job outlook for employment of preschool teachers is positive. The federal government projects 10% growth in preschool teacher employment during the period 2016 through 2026. The 10% growth projection is higher than the estimate for all occupations. BLS cites the forces behind the increase include the increased level of emphasis on preschool education among educators and the society overall.
Preschool education careers increase as the population grows. An even bigger driver of growth is the increasing levels of support for preschool programs. Federal and state laws require children to attend school, starting in kindergarten at about age five. Childhood education experts have done extensive research and shown evidence that the critical learning years begin far earlier. According to the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), early childhood runs from birth through age eight. Early Childhood Education is a vital ingredient in child development and a key to overcoming barriers for children in underserved communities.
The NAEYC has been an influential group in the movement towards recognizing the importance of early childhood education. Birth through age five is a formative period for language, socialization, and the foundation for learning math, science, and reading. The societal and parental investment in early childhood education pays dividends over a lifetime of learning and civic participation. The movement towards greater involvement in early childhood education drives a growing demand for highly-trained preschool teachers.
Salaries by Area of Employment
There are many factors that affect salary or wages; they include location or geography and the size of the job market. Geography is a common cause of wage or salary differences. Some states, regions, or other areas have higher wages than nearby locations for the same occupation, skill level, and experience.
Large vs. Small Towns
Salaries can vary by the size of the metropolitan area and the location of the school or other early childhood education employer. Large cities or densely populated areas offer a stronger market for preschool teachers than sparsely populated, more rural areas. Strong competition and high demand for early childhood education mean that those in larger cities will usually be paid more. Wealthy or affluent communities may have high costs of living and therefore they also pay high wages to attract top talent. The expense of living in a particular area is a significant factor in the range of salaries.
Public vs. Private Schools
Public school settings have traditionally paid higher wages for early childhood educators than private schools for teachers with similar educational qualifications. Salary levels rise gradually for ECE graduates, primarily as the demand for their services grows. The higher salaries are crucial to the future of early childhood education.
In the past, employers may have perceived early education as somehow easier or less skill intensive than K-3rd grade. As the preschool teaching field has gained in public awareness, the public gained a better understanding of early childhood education. Parents can see the impact of early education teaching; ECE is profoundly important to child development, and it requires highly-trained teachers. Higher salaries for preschool teachers add incentives for college students to pursue early childhood education bachelor degrees and graduate education.
Salaries by Degree Level
Salaries in early childhood education follow the education and salary pattern in all types of employment. As students gain higher levels of education, they earn higher salaries. The items below describe the salary ranges for the levels of early childhood education.
Preschool Teacher Associate's Degree Salary
The median salaries start in the range of $25,000 with a mid-career range of about $34,000 Late career salaries range at about $39-$40,000. The early childhood education job options for associate degree holders include school and private care settings. The college-level training can help qualify graduates for Director positions in childcare facilities and preschool teaching in private settings.
ECE Bachelor's Degree Salary
The salaries show a national average of $56,000. The early career range is about $50,000, the mid-career range is approximately $55,000, and the late-career range is around $60,000. Most bachelor's degree jobs in ECE involve working directly with young learners, leading classrooms to give their intellectual, emotional, and physical development a great start. The popular jobs include Childcare Center Director, Preschool Teacher, Kindergarten Teacher, and Child Welfare Social work.
Some Bachelor degree holders concentrate on a field like special education. Today's ECE graduates can ride the wave of expansion in early childhood education. More and more, today's parents and caregivers realize the tremendous benefits from their investment in early childhood education programs for their children.
Preschool & ECE Master's Degree Salary
The salaries range from about $48,000 for entry-level salaries to over $55,000 for experienced master's level ECE educators. However, there are some remarkable differences based on location. Los Angeles salaries show a median range above $90,000. Washington, DC shows about $62,000 and New York 's median is $52,000. The job options include public school teaching, Preschool Facility Director, and specialized degrees for pre-K to elementary school Special Education. The Master's degree is also the threshold level of postsecondary education that helps prepare the next generation of ECE teachers and college faculty.
Salary for a Doctoral Degree Graduate
These advanced scholars have a median salary in the range of $86,000. The early career salary range is about $62,000 with experienced doctorate degree holders averaging about $86,000. The late career stages show a median range of about $98,000. PhDs lead the field with research, college level teaching, and graduate level mentoring. PhDs provide thought leadership in the field of early childhood development to promote ethical standards, better outcomes, and higher quality in education. Scholars at the doctoral level promote innovations that enhance learning and enrich learning environments for early learners.
Salaries by Grade Level
Early childhood educators work with children in elementary education up to grade three or about age eight. There is widespread agreement on the importance of the educational period of birth through age eight. These formative periods offer the best chance of developing a foundation for a lifetime of successful learning.
Given the widespread acceptance of ECE as a critical period in each child's development, the salaries for preschool teaching have lagged behind public school teacher salaries. In 2016, the Department of education found that national median salaries for Head Start teachers and preschool teachers ($28,500) were only about 55% of the median for elementary school teachers ($54,890). The gap may be closing as more private and public schools increase the level of early childhood services.
Occupations/Salaries by Career Level
|Child Care Facility Director
|Child Care Facility Worker
|Assistant Teachers
|Elementary School
|Elementary School Principal
|School Counselor
|Postsecondary Education Professor
*Salary data from PayScale
Future Outlook for Early Childhood Educator Careers
Some landmark research by renowned economists introduces the concept of the value to the American society from investment in early childhood education. The research discovered that early childhood education was a key factor in opportunity and achievement over a lifetime. Children that started slow, or late, ended up behind the rest and fell far short of their potential.
The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) was a powerful group in developing educational standards that incorporated the value of early childhood education and raised awareness that, by waiting till age five and kindergarten, valuable opportunities were lost. The early childhood education window begins at birth, and the pre-kindergarten phase is critical to reaching a child's potential.
As this research settled into policy, the demand for early childhood education began to grow in nearly every part of the US. States and local communities embraced the opportunity to invest in children that would benefit all and reduce other long-term costs as children grew into successful students and productive members of their communities.
The emphasis on early childhood education drives a rising level of employment in ECE careers across the US. The growth prospects are solid for the foreseeable future; however, some job markets may be uneven and growth may be more pronounced in large cities and affluent communities.
Learn More About Teaching Salaries in Your State
*Salary info provided by BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
*Employment is combined preschool, kindergarten & special education
*Annual Wage for Special Education Teachers is Combined Preschool Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary Averaged
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New-Grange and Stonehenge are only two of a hundreds of devices located on the Eurasian plate and African plate and of course there are hundreds of these devices located on the North and South American plates also. They were built to monitor plate movement this is why most, if not all of them are aligned to astrological alignments such as the winter and summer solstice and many other alignments. These monument or as I prefer to call them "ancient geo engineering instrumentation" were and still are used to adjust the global pyramid grid if or when it is needed. Now as for New-Grange or Stonehenge they are used to track tectonic plate movement of the Eurasian plate. Now……… if and when these instruments don't line up with the summer or winter solstice, this would sound an alarm or warn the ancient geo engineers, that a major change or land mass movement was near, it would also be used to increase or decrease the gravity beam output from the global pyramid system as out lined in my book Pyramid Gravity Force" to counter the effects of a large plate movement……….below are the sizes of the world plates and as you will read North America, Eurasia and Africa are the largest and would only lend credence to the fact as to why these ancient geo engineering instrumentation was built on the above mentioned plates……… ©
The World's Lithospheric PlatesPlate Area (km2) Plate Area (km2)Pacific 103,300,000 Scotia 1,600,000N America 75,900,000 Burma microplate 1,100,000Eurasia 67,800,000 Fiji microplates 1,100,000Africa 61,300,000 Tonga microplate 960,000Antarctica 60,900,000 Mariana microplate 360,000Australia 47,000,000 Bismark microplate 300,000S America 43,600,000 Juan de Fuca 250,000Somalia 16,700,000 Solomon microplate 250,000Nazca 15,600,000 South Sandwich mplate 170,000India 11,900,000 Easter microplate 130,000PhilSea 5,500,000 Juan Fernandez mplate 96,000Arabia 5,000,000 Rivera microplate 73,000Caribbean 3,300,000 Gorda microplate 70,000Cocos 2,900,000 Explorer microplate 18,000Caroline plate 1,700,000 Galapagos microplate 12,000
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