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ASHTAR Theatre International Youth Festival – ATiYF
The Ashtar Youth Theatre International Festival takes place every two years at Ashtar Theatre in Palestine. A dynamic Palestinian Theatre with a progressive global perspective. Aims to promote creativity and commitment for change through a novel combination of specific training and acting programs and services and professional theatre performances. ASHTAR is a non-profit theatre organization that was established in 1991 as the first theatre training organization for youth in Palestine. One of ASHTAR's pioneering specialties is a highly successful genre known as Forum Theatre. The purpose of Forum Theatre is to promote a more active dialogue and commitment for change within the society. ASHTAR's core troupe of professional actors performs several high quality plays during the year introducing new theatre forms in Palestine. Increased cooperation with internationally known actors and directors ensure continuous professional development of the team, students and the wider theatre community as well as improve the entertainment culture in Palestine.
La MaMa Spoleto Open
Santa Maria Reggiana, Italy
Hosted by The Spoleto Festival of Two Worlds, the La MaMa Spoleto Open is curated by La MaMa Umbria International, artistic residence, study and production center founded in 1990 by Ellen Stewart, founder and former artistic director of La MaMa Theatre in New York. This event aims at give support and visibility to emerging artists from all over the world. The 2019 Program includes several shows, mostly interdisciplinary, with the participation of artists of different nationalities.
Ice Factory
Every summer we invite the most exciting downtown companies to present their latest projects in an environment of generosity, dialogue, and inspiration. Ice Factory is a place where artists can take risks, try out new ideas, and bring their projects to a new level.
Plays introduced in Ice Factory have gone on to garner Drama Desk nominations, Obie Awards, Audience First Awards in Edinburgh, Off-Broadway productions, commercial runs, and national and international tours.
ANT FEST
ANT Fest is our annual, month-long festival of All New Talent showcasing new work from New York's most adventurous emerging artists. Every June, Ars Nova throws open our doors to the next wave of pioneering theater, comedy, music and hybrid theater-makers who fill our stage with their most dynamic ideas.
Hanko, Finland
Hangö teaterträff is an annual festival where performing arts are presented, experienced, discussed and developed. The festival is one of the main events within the Swedish-language theatre of Finland, connecting the local, international, traditional and experimental. A gathering of performing arts in the small town of Hanko in the unique archipelago of the southernmost point of mainland Finland.
URB festival
URB is an annual urban art and culture festival that presents the influence of ever-changing urban and youth culture on different forms of contemporary art. The festival is produced by Kiasma Theatre.
URB makes space for incompleteness, enables experiment and connects communities, artists and actors. The festival events spread out from the museum and the black box to various urban spaces, asking to whom and on what terms urban art can exist.
PuSh: International Performing Arts Festival
The PuSh Festival expands the horizons of Vancouver artists and audiences with work that is visionary, genre-bending, multi-disciplined, startling and original. The Festival showcases acclaimed international, Canadian and local artists and mixes them together with an alchemy that inspires audiences, rejuvenates artists, stimulates the industry and forges productive relationships around the globe.
Nová Dramá/New Drama Festival
Bratislava, Slovakia, Europe
Nová dráma/New Drama is different every year. To program it anew forces the organizers to listen carefully, to follow European trends and to harmonize them with Slovak particularities. The aim is to model a festival that will always surprise and, perhaps most of all, confirm the meaningfulness of presenting and promoting new Slovak drama.
Taipei Arts Festival
Taipei, Taiwan, Asia
The Taipei Arts Festival continues to be in this city, bringing together the creativity of outstanding artists from home and abroad, inviting citizens to participate together, presenting themselves with art, embracing differences with dialogue, presenting Taipei's characteristics and vitality, connecting the world. The cultural landscape of the city.
WILDWUCHS Festival
WILDWUCHS Festival focusses on themes which otherwise would be neglected in the public discourse, such as physical and mental disabilities, old age, homelessness, migration – to name but a few. WILDWUCHS Festival strives for interesting and new encounters, allowing people to get to know each other and understand that if we listen to each other, we will find more commonalities than differences.
Biennale des arts de la marionnette
Since its creation in 1992, the Puppet Theater in Paris has the challenge of defending and promoting contemporary forms of puppet theater. The festival is dedicated to contemporary puppetry in all its forms will allow to express even more strongly the richness, the diversity and the inventiveness of this art.
PESTKA – International Festival of Avant-garde Theatres
Jelenia Góra, Poland
The Festival presents the most interesting international avant-garde and independent works including theatre shows, concerts, and exhibitions. It also engages its audiences in workshops and panel discussions.
World Theatre Festival Shizuoka
Shizuoka, Japan, Asia
In a nutshell, SPAC aims to present a joyous and inspiring the festival that remains deeply rooted in its home region of Shizuoka while also connecting to the wider world through theatre.
Mariwan International Street Theatre Festival
Mariwan, Iran, Asia
With the development of other dramatic performances such as environmental theater, consultative theater, practical and performative interwoven arts, Mariwan International Festival as a most specialized outdoor Theater Festival is to be receptive not only for street theater but also for all other dramatic performances.
World Theatre Festival
Shizuoka, Japan
In line with its slogan of "Fujinokuni (The Mt. Fuji region) and the world are connected through the performing arts," SPAC will introduce a wide range of cutting-edge theatre programs from Japan and abroad at venues in Shizuoka City and the surrounding, wonderfully scenic area. In a nutshell, SPAC aims to present a joyous and inspiring festival that remains deeply rooted in its home region of Shizuoka while also connecting to the wider world through theatre.
Auckland Arts Festival
The Festival reflects our contemporary, cosmopolitan city with its many communities. It challenges artists and audiences to be bold and take a risk. Through the work of artists of Aotearoa and across the world, we aim to unify, enlighten and inspire the people of Auckland/Tāmaki Makaurau and our many visitors.
Lagos Theatre Festival
Lagos Theatre Festival (LTF) is the largest performing arts festival in Nigeria and West Africa.
It was created to promote the presentation of theatre in unconventional spaces. Through the festival, theatre makers and producers are supported to expand their practice beyond traditional theatre spaces by creating work that responds to any given space.
Homegrown Festival: Occupy
Over 4 weeks, young and underrepresented voices will occupy all corners of Battersea Arts Centre.
Theatre, music, live games, virtual experiences, rap, poetry and installations collide as old certainties are overturned and new possibilities imagined. As the UK faces an uncertain future, Homegrown Festival: Occupy shines a light on new perspectives.
Abu Dhabi Festival
Founded in 2004 and organised by Abu Dhabi Music & Arts Foundation, the annual multidisciplinary Festival is the largest cultural celebration in the entire region and reaches across the world through co-commissions and the international presentation of innovative Arab creativity. In essence, Abu Dhabi Festival strives to deepen global cross-cultural dialogue whilst inspiring a deeper interest in the cultures of the Arab world.
Undercurrents
Produced by Ottawa Fringe, our winter festival showcases the best original, contemporary theatre created by local, national and international artists.
Festival founders, The Great Canadian Theatre Company, originally hosted from 2011–2014. Now, undercurrents takes place in Ottawa's downtown core at Arts Court. Since 2011, undercurrents has has hosted 16 world premieres and presented 6 productions as part of their under development program.
Sydney Festival
More than any other cultural event, Sydney Festival defines Sydney's personality. For over four decades we have presented international artists who guarantee headlines, and whose presence in Sydney adds to the Festival's buzz and prestige
Over the last 14 years, The Public's UNDER THE RADAR FESTIVAL has presented over 229 companies from 42 countries. It has grown into a landmark of the New York City theater season and is a vital part of The Public's mission, providing a high-visibility platform to support artists from diverse backgrounds who are redefining the act of making theater. Widely recognized as a premier launching pad for new and cutting-edge performance from the U.S. and abroad, Under the Radar Festival has presented works by such respected artists as Elevator Repair Service, Nature Theater of Oklahoma, Gob Squad, Belarus Free Theatre, Guillermo Calderón, and Young Jean Lee. These artists provide a snapshot of contemporary theater: richly distinct in terms of perspectives, aesthetics, and social practice, and pointing to the future of the art form.
Website: https://publictheater.org/Programs–Events/Under-the-Radar-Festival/Under-the-Radar/?SiteTheme=UnderTheRadar
Festival Reviews and Reports:
Static Electricity: Beckett At Under The Radar
"The Pursuit Of Happiness" At Under The Radar Festival
"Two Shakespeare Adaptations in Iran" – 2017
Coil Festival
Performance Space 122's Coil Festival explores the vitality of live performance in New York City through contemporary artists from diverse genres, cultures, and perspectives. Full of inquisitive and dynamic work created locally, across the US, and around the world.
International Theatre Festival of Kerala
ITFoK will mobilise 'forms' to stage this transitive contemporary. It will seek to reflect upon the state of democracy, call attention to alternative voices, and propose different futures or ways to remember. In this spirit, all kinds of performative works are welcome – proscenium plays, performance-readings, live art, promenade theatre, follow-art, site-specific theatre, game-narratives, endurance-art, documentary-theatre, intimate-plays, lecture performances, flash-drama, theatre-on-the-internet, or any other work that experiments with participation, interaction, and the political urgency of live art forms. The intention is to employ the theatric to form a community of interest, to imagine new geographies of space, of body, and of the mind. ITFOK will imagine our theatre as a deep, horizontal comradeship.
Prithvi Theatre Festival
Mumbai, India, Asia
Our annual celebration of theatre. First held in 1983, the Prithvi Theatre Festival has become an annual event in the Mumbai calendar. There is no one theme – the Festival simply seeks to explore and celebrate theatre in its diversity – local, national, international; old traditions, new forms, cross-currents – and to share theatre with our audiences.
Festival Internacional Das Artes Da Língua Portuguesa
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America
FESTLIP is an artistic, face-to-face, interactive and virtual manifestation. Bound integrally and naked of any type of barriers, the societies that speak Portuguese show their face.
Spielart
SPIELART has been exploring and researching new trends and movements in the world of international theater since 1995, in order to present them to audiences in Munich every two years. The antennas are aimed at unusual forms of expression and aesthetics, current topics, strong personalities, and impressive productions. SPIELART, however, also always concentrates on posing questions about theater itself as an art form, and on consistently re-exploring or re-establishing theater with approaches from the fringes. Important accents of the festival's platform are also its entrenchment in the city's cultural life and the dialogue between the city's artistic and institutional energies.
International Festival Theatre Confrontations
Lulin, Poland
23rd edition of Konfrontacje Teatralne is another "turning point" for the Festival. We begin to build programme for the next years – experts in Polish theatre, Wojciech Majcherek and Łukasz Drewniak, are responsible for the selection. The new curators chose a quote from Stanisław Wyspiański's Study on Hamlet – What is there to think? – as a motto of this edition. They created a very diverse theatre programme revolving around Polish way of thinking, which is a kind of reflection on the troubled times. This is the "old spirit" of the new festival. We always wanted to share such thoughts with our audience. We invited recognized creators including Maja Kleczewska, Ivan Vyrypaev, Anna Smolar, Theatre of the Eighth Day and the Czech director, Jan Mikulášek. For the first time students of directing from Cracow and the Warsaw theatre academies will present their works.
FringeNYC
The New York International Fringe Festival (FringeNYC) presents 200 companies from all over the world performing for 16 days in 16 venues. Each year the festival presented programming by nearly 200 of the world's best emerging theatre troupes and dance companies; as well as Special Events, including FringeJR (shows for kids), FringeAL FRESCO (free outdoor performances), FringeHIGH(shows that resonate with High School kids), FringeCLUB (celebrations), FringeART (a visual art celebration) and more!
Ottawa's Fresh Meat Fest
Ottawa, Canada, North America
Fresh Meat is a playground for Ottawa's theatre makers; giving local individuals and collectives of all levels of experience a unique opportunity to test new ideas in front of an audience. We present world premieres exclusively, and seek out projects that are original and innovative, and that test the traditional boundaries of live performance. Past Fresh Meat participants have used the festival as a launch pad for theatrical works intersecting with a variety of genres, including dance, poetry, burlesque, clown, pantomime, performance art, standup, sketch comedy, storytelling, and many more.
Next Wave Festival
New York, United States, North America
BAM's Next Wave Festival has permanently changed the artistic landscape, featuring breakout performances and landmark productions. Using a name that plays on the New Wave in French cinema, BAM President and Executive Producer Harvey Lichtenstein launched a series entitled "The Next Wave/New Masters" in November 1981 with four productions: three dance works, plus Philip Glass' new opera Satyagraha. A more ambitious program followed in 1982, including a two-evening performance work by Laurie Anderson entitled United States: Parts I-IV.
New Vision Arts Festival
Hong Kong, China, Asia
Welcome to the biennial New Vision Arts Festival! Our line-up showcases the Festival's role as a creative platform, where artistic genres and cultural insights converge and energize innovation, bringing a new viewing experience to the audience.
Festival Internacional De Teatro Der Animação
Florianópolis, Brazil, South America
Since its first edition in 2007, FITA has presented a panorama of the most significant production regarding the Brazilian and world animation theater.
Dance Umbrella
Dance Umbrella is London's international dance festival, celebrating contemporary choreography across the capital. Our mission is to celebrate contemporary choreography. We do so enthusiastically and collaboratively through an annual, international London festival, through year-round creative learning opportunities for all ages, and by developing choreographic talent. Our aim is to entice audiences, nurture artists, innovate practice, and stimulate interest in the power of the body in motion.
International Theater Festival MESS
Sarajevo, Bosnia
The International Theater Festival MESS has been innovative from its very beginnings, prepared in all the previous leadership through its history, even in unbelievable circumstances, in Sarajevo creating a cultural refuge for all generations, risking and investing in the bravest and most interesting art projects. That is exactly why the International Theater Festival MESS is one of the leading festivals of this part of Europe.
Tbilisi International
TBILISI INTERNATIONAL is founded by Tbilisi Municipality, by initiative of Tbilisi Mayor Gigi Ugulava in 2009. Charm of one of the oldest cities in the world – Tbilisi – its atmosphere and diversity , its culture and life, its vitality is something, that could create unforgettable experience and inspiration for all participants.The Festival runs every year and is one of the major events in International life of Georgia. But not only – it is becoming one of the main performing arts events in Caucasia, attracting attention of the most well-known, creative, provocative and innovative theater productions from the world, a meeting point of Europe and Asia, of many countries and places in one of the most beautiful, warm, unique theatrical and cultural TBILISI, the capital of Georgia.
Belgrade International Theatre Festival
Founded in 1967, through the initiative of Mira Trailović and Jovan Ćirilov, BITEF (Belgrade International Theatre Festival) has continually followed and supported the latest theatre trends, becoming thus one of the biggest and the most important European festivals.
FringeArts Philly
FringeArts is Philadelphia's home for contemporary performance, presenting progressive, world-class art that stretches the imagination and boldly defies expectation. As the city's lead experimenter in the arts, FringeArts exposes audiences to unpredictable dance, theater and music performances by accomplished and emerging innovators who are pushing the boundaries of art-making and redefining the artistic landscape worldwide. Each September, the organization presents the annual Fringe Festival, a 17-day celebration that fills the city's neighborhoods with more than 1,000 curated and independently produced contemporary performances.
Crossing the Line Festival
Crossing the Line is an international arts festival for New York City produced by the French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF) in partnership with leading cultural institutions. France has a long history of supporting national and international cultural practices, welcoming and nurturing new ideas and influential perspectives from around the world. FIAF, as the leading French cultural institution in the US, critically maintains that practice through the Crossing the Line Festival, presenting leading-edge artists from France and the US alongside their peers from around the world.
Dublin Fringe Festival
Dublin Fringe Festival is a platform for the best new, emerging Irish arts companies and a showcase for the finest international contemporary performing arts. For artists, Fringe facilitates opportunities to innovate, to cross boundaries and strengthen the conditions in which they work. For audiences, Fringe is the place to discover meaningful, exciting and unforgettable cultural experiences.
Website: www.fringefest.com/
Dublin Fringe Festival 2019: Women In Flux
Cairo International Festival for Contemporary & Experimental Theatre
Cairo, Egypt, Africa
A festival organized by the Egyptian Ministry of Culture, which is non-competitive and aims to create a state of communication and dialogue between different peoples and groups from the theater and to perform, in addition to introducing the public in Egypt and the Arab region to the latest trends in the theater scene, and to provide a window from which the playwrights around the world on the latest developments in the theater scene in Egypt and the Arab countries.
Festival Internacional De Teatro Palco E Rua Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte, Brazil, South America
The Festival has always been produced from the collective to the collective, seeking to value the professionals of the performing arts, joining pleasure, reflection and provocation, and bringing the public closer to the artists. The strong vocation of the city for group theater and artistic experimentation was reflected in the constitution of the FIT in a multiplicity of scenic poetics that recognize the richness of difference and help in the realization of an urgent desire to relate to the other.
Câmbio Festival Recife
Brazil, South America
The CHANGE was born with the intention of spreading through theaters, squares, streets, creating a greater approximation of the public with its urban spaces, and thus, a greater dialogue between the Theater and the City.
Grenzenlos Kultur
"Grenzenlos Kultur" is not only Germany's oldest theatre festival with disabled and non-disabled artists. But also a very lively platform well known beyond the borders of Mainz, which shows unusual, often experimental, mostly socio-politically motivated forms of art and theatre.
ANTI – Contemporary Art Festivaali
Kuopio, Finland
ANTI began life in 2002. Held annually in Kuopio, Finland, the city hosts the festival, projects by artists from around the world inhabit the spaces of public life – homes, shops, city squares, business, forests, lakes – and directly engage communities and audiences in the making and showing of their work. The festival is free to attend.
Divadelna Nitra
Nitra, Slovakia
The International Festival Divadelna Nitra is the largest theatre festival in Slovakia. It is also one of the most important international activities in the cultural area in Slovakia. Divadelna Nitra is a recognised activity in the European context. It is organised every year towards the end of September since 1992. It is a selective, but non-competitive parade of the top European production focused on mainly the drama/play, susceptible to dance, music, puppet theatre and also the visual theatre. It selects the non-traditional, innovative and inspirational scenic theatre, it informs about the new tendencies and about the new names of the artists. It consists of the rich accompanying and working programme, it offers space to other types of art and to the representation of regional cultural activities.
Act Alone Festival
Iceland, Europe
Act Alone is dedicated to soloists and solo art in every field.
International Theatre Festival Retroperspektywy
nternational Theatre Festival Retroperspektywy is the only festival in Poland that rejects the division of genres and currents and does not grade the artists as professionals and amateurs, presenting at the same time the most interesting theatre phenomena which define cultural identity of a modern man. In the events offered such identity is determined by the modern language of art that follows its own ways and search for the references to tradition. Here every year there meet prominent musicians, dancers and masters of word.
Kyoto Experiment
Kyoto Experiment: Kyoto International Performing Arts Festival is a theater and dance event held every autumn since 2010 at theaters in Kyoto. It features a wide-ranging lineup of radical artists from Japan and around the world, presenting theater and dance as well as visual art, music, design, and architecture.
THEALTER International Theater Festival
Szeged, Hungary
We believe that THEALTER, which has received the EFFE Label of the European Festivals Association for the second time, continues to be a festival which can cherish its traditions and achievements as well as succeed in renewing itself so that it can always offer more to its audience and the theatre community. During these 9 days, we offer about 60 events at 11 venues, including 5 premieres, 7 Hungarian premieres, open-air performances, a show for children, and Q and A's with artists, so hopefully everyone will find something to their liking. We are certain that our programme series will again be full of surprises and unforgettable moments.
Gdańsk Shakespeare Festival
The international Gdańsk Shakespeare Festival is one of the key events in European theatre, bringing together performances, workshops and meetings with artists from every corner of the world. The Gdańsk Shakespeare Festival showcases today's most interesting theatrical trends inspired by the works of Shakespeare. Since 1997, it has been taking place annually with the Gdańsk Shakespeare Theatre (from 2008) and the Theatrum Gedanense Foundation as the main organisers of the event.
CLAW Festival
CLAW – Contemporary Latin American Writers – Festival is a week-long initiative designed to confront London's audiences with the vibrant talent driving the new creative scene from Latin America.
Contemporary American Theatre Festival
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States
CATF's commitment to new work is an annual festival of new plays by American playwrights, most often premieres or second or third productions. CATF focuses on plays that deal with contemporary issues that boldly challenge and entertain audiences.
Galway International Arts Festival
The multidisciplinary Galway International Arts Festival takes place each July in Galway, Ireland and covers a range of art forms. In 2018, The Guardian named the festival as one of the Top 5 Summer Festivals in Europe.
Festival Amazônia Encena Na Rua
Porto Velho, Brazil, South America
In July each year, Porto Velho will become the capital of street theater!
Jyväskylä Festival
The precursor to Finnish city festivals, Jyväskylän Kesä has strived throughout its history to stay ahead of its time and try new things. At the core of our multidisciplinary art programme are classy and interesting performances best experienced on the spot.
PUF International Alternative Theatre Festival
Pula, Croatia
The International Alternative Theatre Festival – PUF is one of the most popular alternative theater festivals in this part of Europe. During the 20 years of its existence some 200 hundred plays have been performed, as well as over 100 accompanying programs (exhibitions, performances, concerts). This festival attracts participants from all over the world.
The performances take place at different locations around the city and are all free. Part of the program takes place at the Rojc Community Center.
Prague Quadrennial
Prague, Czechia
The quadrennial exhibitions, festivals, and educational programs act as a global catalyst of creative progress by encouraging experimentation, networking, innovation, and future collaborations. PQ aims to honor, empower and celebrate the work of designers, artists and architects while inspiring and educating audiences, who are the most essential element of any live performance.
Festival NONAME
We choose: Unconventional theatre, Intersections of artistic and social practices, hybrids of forms, genres, techniques
We prefer: process over result, experiment over production, documenting new experiences over illusions, partnership over genius, noname over star power.
Website: http://meyerhold.ru/festival-noname-2019/
High Performance Rodeo: Calgary's International Festival of the Arts
For three wild weeks in January, One Yellow Rabbit's High Performance Rodeo, Calgary's International Festival of the Arts, is where the action is. It's a chance to watch touring performances from across Canada, acclaimed international shows, and new and experimental work from artists here in Calgary. The programming is bold, cutting-edge, funny, frank, and full of heart. There's theatre, dance, music, film, free lunchtime concerts, late-night cabarets, and so much more.
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West Palm protesters assail Trump acquittal
Tony Doris @TonyDorisPBP
Anti-Trump chants and protest placards filled the City Hall plaza on Clematis Street Wednesday, barely an hour after the president's impeachment trial ended in acquittal.
WEST PALM BEACH – Anti-Trump chants and protest placards filled the City Hall plaza on Clematis Street Wednesday, barely an hour after the president's impeachment trial ended in acquittal.
A rally organized by progressive MoveOn.Org drew about 200 people to the corner of Clematis and Dixie Highway at 6 p.m. With cars honking approval, the protesters chanted, "Hey, hey, ho, ho, Donald Trump's got to go," and waved "Jail to the Chief" and "Vote them out" signs, in response to GOP senators' decision not to call witnesses or present documents that might have buttressed the case against him. The rally had wrapped by 7 p.m.
"We regret this was not a real trial. It was a cover-up," said Meagan Bell, rally organizer. "No witnesses. No documents. That proves they're hiding something."
>>TRUMP ACQUITTED: Florida lawmakers react to Senate not guilty vote
While acknowledging the trial was over, she said, "we reject the result." The hope, Bell added, was to use the disappointing verdict to motivate voters. "If we can engage nonvoters, and if we can engage our base, we know we can win" in November, she said.
Another organizer, Lavinia Baker, traveled from Palm Beach for the rally, which she said felt like "coming out of a closet" because her family is so polarized that she avoids talking politics with them. They used to put political signs and stickers on their cars, but not anymore, she said.
Ronne Denbo, a West Palm Beach resident, said if the president was innocent, senators shouldn't have feared calling witnesses. "I can't have foreign interference in my elections – that's not democracy," she added.
The Senate voted 52-48 that Trump was not guilty of abuse of power, with Mitt Romney the only Republican to vote guilty. The senators voted 53-47 to find him not guilty of obstruction of Congress.
The West Palm protest was one of 220 events scheduled across the country, as the GOP had the votes from the start and acquittal never was in question. The organizers' coalition include such groups as By the People, Common Cause, Greenpeace, Indivisible, NextGen America, Public Citizen, Sierra Club, Stand Up America, Stand Up Republic and Women's March.
"Americans deserved a fair trial and the truth from those they elected to serve them, but the Senate Republican majority ignored the will of the people with its cowardly attempt to sweep Donald Trump's shameful and illegal acts under the rug," said Karen Hobert Flynn, president of Common Cause.
"Seventy five percent of Americans wanted to hear from witnesses in the impeachment trial, but Mitch McConnell refused to call even a single witness. We the people do not accept this disgraceful attempt to cover up Donald Trump's abuse of the powers of the presidency and we will make our voices heard in protests Wednesday and on Election Day."
tdoris@pbpost.com
Follow Tony Doris on Twitter @TonyDorisPBP

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Q: How to exclude a value from array with conditions I have a collection of posts from current_user and other 'followed' users displayed in a list. Posts can be marked anonymous on submit which hides the posters name (there is an 'anon column in the posts database that is either 1 or 0')
In my collection of posts, I want to show anonymous posts for the current_user, but exclude the anonymous posts from other users.
Here's what I have in my controller:
@feed = current_user.feed.where('anon != ?', '1')

The problem is it excludes all anonymous posts in my list.
Any ideas?
update:
Here is my feed method:
def feed
  following_other_ids = "SELECT followable_id FROM follows
                  WHERE followable_type = 'Other' AND follower_id = :user_id"
  following_user_ids = "SELECT followable_id FROM follows
                  WHERE followable_type = 'User' AND follower_id = :user_id"
  Post.where("other_id IN (#{following_other_ids})
                  OR user_id IN (#{following_user_ids})
                  OR user_id = :user_id", user_id: id)
end

A: @feed = current_user.feed.where('anon != ? OR user_id = ?', '1', current_user)

A: What about:
@feed = current_user.posts.where(anon: 0)

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Q: How can I use Image flow in asp.net core project I use tthis example to crop images and cash images but the performance is bad
https://www.paddo.org/asp-net-core-image-resizing-middleware/
here is the link to modify image and get image from cash
http://jsc-krm.ps/Data/Images/2271a0ba-c400-4ed6-91cc-10f29c663dbc.jpg?w=1280&h=755&mode=crop&scale=both
the origin image
http://jsc-krm.ps/Data/Images/2271a0ba-c400-4ed6-91cc-10f29c663dbc.jpg
the origin image is very faster than the image with attribute
I need Image resizer asp.net core with cash high performance and how to use it

A: For image operations I definitely recommend net-vips library which includes .NET bindings for the high performance libvips C library.

A: The successor to ImageResizer is Imageflow.NET. The .NET Core middleware is Imageflow.NET Server. Imageflow outperforms libvips on jpegs and produces higher quality images (it combines adaptive subsampling with the mozjpeg library).


Barclays has been fined $3.75m (£2.28m) by a US regulator for allegedly failing to keep proper electronic records, emails and instant messages. The shortcomings occurred between 2002 and 2012, said the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (Finra).
Finra said the bank failed to preserve data detailing its orders, confirmation of trades, records of accounts and other information.
Barclays did not admit or deny wrongdoing, but agreed to a censure.
It had not prevented the information from being altered or destroyed, said Finra.
The bank also failed to keep attachments to some Bloomberg emails between 2007 and 2010, and failed to retain about 3.3 million instant messages sent using Bloomberg terminals between 2008 and 2010.
Once one instant message with an attachment was processed by the bank, no more could be received that day, Finra said.
Barclays was fined $435m in July by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for allegedly rigging US energy markets.
It was also warned about a possible £50m fine by the UK-based Financial Conduct Authority in September for a "reckless" deal in 2008 with Qatari investors.


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Q: Assigning multiple sets of parameters to a jQuery function I have a jQuery function that needs parameters passed on to it. Let's say it's:
function myFunc(foo, moo) {
   // Do something
}

However, in one page, there are 2 instances wherein this function is used with 2 different sets of parameters like so:
myFunc(foo1, moo1);
myFunc(foo2, moo2);

Let's say I have more than 2 different sets of parameters... do I always re-declare the function and then the parameters (like below) or is there a shorter way of doing it? And is it even correct?
myFunc(foo1, moo1);
myFunc(foo2, moo2);
myFunc(foo3, moo3);
...etc...

A: You can use arguments object of the Javascript functions. This object contain an array of parametes passed to that function. So you can define the function once and call the function with any number of parameters:
function myFunc() {
 for(i=0; i<arguments.length; i++) {
  console.log(arguments[i]);
 }
}

And you can call this function as below:
myFunc(foo);
myFunc(foo, moo);

A: What you're referring to is know as Method Overloading in Java.
There is no one hard and fast rule of handling it in Javascript.
This is a similar question which addresses your question: Function overloading in Javascript - Best practices
Hope this helps.


Skyline View Points: Is social media a problem in our society?
A majority of social media is used in idiotic ways, in that it does nothing more than waste people's time. The fact of the matter is that the development of the internet and social media in general has done nothing more then manifest problems that would have still occurred in real life for the most part.
Social media can be endless hours of looking up cat videos, verbal beat downs/battles between people, and so on. However, one has to understand that the internet and social media brings millions of pieces of content produced by people across the world to a person's finger tips, as long as you have stable internet connection that is.
Just as much as there are problems manifested by social media and the internet in general it does lead to one question: Whether the problem is with social media or the people using it.
The internet, like many things created by humanity, is a tool that is meant to allow people to communicate with each other. Social media is the same. It is a tool to be used by people and like any tool we can't control how the individual person uses it. Whether they use it correctly or incorrectly, we as individual's don't have a say on it unless we start by restricting there freedom of speech, even though said freedom of speech doesn't apply to the whole world.
The problem isn't with social media, it's with the people who end up using it for the wrong reasons, just so that they can keep themselves entertained for one more minute. They clearly have problems, just as much as people who can't live five minutes without checking their social media profiles.
We don't need more instant internet celebrities. Sites such as Vine, Facebook, and other social medias are a part of the problem, but they do service a positive point. However this is even questionable considering even when they are used correctly, other factors come into play depending on the organization that are using it.
In short, social media is a tool and the problem isn't with social media but the people using it. They are the problem and the tool isn't to be blamed.
Though considered by many to be a ground breaking contribution to society as a whole, social media is one of the most idiotic and pointless creations mankind has ever seen.
Of course there a few people out there that are capable of weaning themselves off of this technological opiate substitute. But these individuals, with their hardy constitutions, are few and far between. More often than not we see people spending more time staring at their screens, both cell phone sized and desktop sized, than doing anything productive with the technology that is, quite literally, at their fingertips.
Let us not leave out all of the issues that go hand in hand with social media sites. How many fights, both verbal and physical, have been started because of someone read, or said, on a social site like Facebook? Have you ever been looking through posts on Instagram and been shocked and/or appalled by the photos people are posting? How many knuckle dragging imbeciles have become famous simply because of sites like Vine and Myspace? How have people like Nash Grier and Tila Tequila contributed to society? The world does not need more instant internet "celebrities" muddying the proverbial waters for us.
Obviously there are positives to social media. Allowing us to keep in touch with family members and friends, make connections with people on the other side of the planet, blah, blah, blah. We all know the good things, but are they worth the bad things? Wouldn't it be a fair trade off to simply call your cousins in Europe on the phone and not have to deal with the idiotic need to check a mobile app for some social media site every 15 minutes? Social media sites are the new reality show for the modern generation. Intelligent people question the need for them while the mindless masses log on daily for their entertainment fix.


Mr. Mujahid said that while the Taliban does not have a codified manifesto, their "clear" objectives were the end of the occupation of Afghanistan, establishment of an Islamic government, establishment of peace and security, reconstruction of Afghanistan and the provision of administrative services.
But a Taliban spokesman later told reporters that they would prefer to stay in Doha, where they have had an office since 2013, and would try to get global recognition of this outpost.
FILE PHOTO: Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani attends a two-day conference on Afghanistan at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, November 27, 2018.
Shanahan will meet Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, whose government was not part of major talks between USA and Taliban officials last month that negotiators hope could bring a breakthrough in the 17-year conflict.
In Washington, the US State Department said Ambassador Khalilzad and his interagency delegation would also consult officials in Belgium, Germany and Turkey before arriving in the region for further talks. Some U.S. forces also carry out counter-terrorism operations.


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Asbury Park City Council Appoints Interim City Manager
Former Holmdel Administrator Donna M Viero Begins Work Dec 1
Donna M Viero has been appointed Interim City Manager of the City of Asbury Park. Her term begins Dec 1 at an annual rate of $165,000, a city official said.
Current Manager Michael Capabianco's resignation was announced earlier this year via a written statement from the governing body.
Capabianco told NJ.com in a Nov 19 interview that 'it was time he stopped working double shifts in the $145,000 a year job, in a city with a complex set of challenges and a widely varying set of constituencies whose often conflicting demands can be reflected by the elected officials who represent them.'
"It's been four years of 16-hour days," he said. "My wife took a new job in October that is much more demanding than it had been, and childcare is much more of an issue."
The 43-year-old, who lives in Holmdel, said he'll manage childcare for his 6-year-old daughter with consulting opportunities.
In a Wednesday morning written statement, the Mayor and City Council said:
"…Ms Viero, who is a city resident, previously served as the Township Administrator of Holmdel and as the Municipal Manager in Franklin Township [Somerset County]. She holds a master's degree in public administration from Rutgers University and brings more than 20 years of municipal government/management experience to Asbury Park. Ms. Veiro is a former president of the NJ Municipal Management Association and was previously honored as 'Manager of the Year' in 2018.
"The Mayor and Council have become familiar with Ms Viero through her work and involvement on the City's Budget Committee and in providing management assistance to the City for several projects earlier this year. The Mayor and Council look forward to working with Ms. Viero to facilitate moving the governing body's important policy initiatives forward, and believe she will be a great asset to the City through the transition to a new permanent City Manager."
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The Rotary Club Manukau Sunrise Inc are looking for spare handbags, ones that are still in good condition, but you don't want or use anymore.
The club will then use these handbags, by filling them with personal items & make them into a much needed care package & deliver to the Woman's Refuge. Some of the woman arriving to these centres, arrive with nothing, as have run away from harm. This will give them a little bit of hope, showing there are people out in the world that are wanting to help, even in this little way.
This project is suitable for anyone who would like to support Women's Refuge in this way ... gather a bunch of suitable handbags from among your friends and network and email Leanne.


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9. Indiana University New Music Ensemble, David Dzubay, director (2018-10-25). (56:59)
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Apple faces fresh labor abuse claims
Working conditions at Apple's Chinese suppliers are back on the agenda, with China Labor Watch issuing a report alleging labor violations at Pegatron Group.
The report also appears to confirm the long-rumored existence of a low-cost plastic iPhone model.
China Labor Watch said an investigation into Apple manufacturing partner Pegatron uncovered evidence of 86 labor rights violations.
Allegations include poor living conditions, low pay forcing workers into long overtime hours, and exploitation of underage and student workers.
A pregnant woman was found to be working long overtime hours, despite Chinese laws mandating an eight-hour work day for expecting mothers.
The report accuses Pegatron of violating Apple's social responsibility promises, including those related to worker safety and environmental responsibility.
In a statement, China Labor Watch executive director Li Qiang said the investigations show "that labor conditions at Pegatron factories are even worse than those at Foxconn factories."
Li was referring to the high-profile controversy over conditions at Hon Hai subsidiary Foxconn, which drew international attention following a spate of worker suicides. A report into conditions at the time likened its plants to concentration camps. Apple and Foxconn subsequently agreed to implement a raft of reforms.
In a response sent to the Wall Street Journal, Apple said it routinely audits Pegatron facilities to gage working conditions, and has been working closely with China Labor Watch to address the issues they have raised.
"Their latest report contains claims that are new to us and we will investigate them immediately. Our audit teams will return to Pegatron, RiTeng and AVY for special inspections this week," the statement reads.
The report has also attracted attention for the fact that it makes repeated reference to a cheap iPhone that is being prepared for mass production.
Apple has long been rumoed to be planning a low-cost iPhone to allow it to better compete with budget Android models, and its existence has been supported by alleged leaked photos and other evidence. But so far, Apple has not officially announced it.


Italy has good excellent health care system and facilities. For EU citizens, upon production of the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC), healthcare services are provided free. Although emergency assistance is granted even to non-EU travelers, they are advised to purchase more comprehensive health insurance for the time of their stay.
Tap water is generally safe to drink. Non-drinkable water will be labeled as "Acqua Non Potabile". In some place in southern Italy the water may come from desalination and have a strange taste. Milk is generally pasteurized, meat, poultry, seafood, fruit, vegetables and dairy products are considered safe for consumption.
Italy is generally a safe country for foreign visitors, with petty crime being the most that can happen to a traveler. Watch for pickpockets and bag-snatchers in bigger cities - particularly in Rome and Naples. Theft may also happen on the trains, when traveling at night. Be aware of the ATMs scams - cameras or card readers attached to the machines are more and more common. Car theft, especially targeted to cars with foreign number plates or rental cars may also be a problem. Don't leave anything in the parked car, particularly not overnight.


Historical information: Omurano is a language isolate formerly spoken in the headwaters of the Urituyacu River, a left-bank tributary of the Marañón River in the Loreto Region of northeast Peru. The materials that constitute this collection were produced by Zachary O'Hagan and rememberers of Omurano during two field trips, one an exploratory trip in 2011 to Nueva Alianza, the community at the mouth of the Urituyacu River, the other a lengthier trip in 2013 to several communities on the Urituyacu proper (Cafetal, Juan Velasco, Progreso I, Caimituyo, Triunfo, Lupunayo, San Antonio de Banal, San Luis, Guineal, and 8 de Octubre). The goal was to locate as many individuals as possible with some knowledge -- lexical, grammatical, historical -- of the Omurano language and/or people. The 2013 field trip was conducted in the company of Fathers Miguel Ángel Cadenas and Manuel Berjón, then priests at the parish of Santa Rita de Casia in Santa Rita de Castilla (Marañón River), and Sisters Nancy Roca and Eli Quiroz. Omurano data is restricted to a few dozen lexical items and basic phrases, and is significantly interspersed with Urarina language data, a neighboring isolate that is now the dominant language of daily life in the Urituyacu basin, and at times it is difficult to decipher what is Omurano and what is Urarina. All audio was recorded on an H4N Zoom digital recorder with an Audio-Technica 803B lavalier microphone. Funding for this research came from an Oswalt Endangered Language Grant administered by the Survey of California and Other Indian Languages in the Department of Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley.


Ask anyone to name a provider of healthcare and they will usually reply "doctor" and then "nurse" without even thinking. What people typically don't think about are the myriad of other positions in healthcare that are integral to supporting the functions of physicians, nurses, and the healthcare system in general.
These other positions fall into a category of healthcare providers called "allied health professionals" and individuals taking on careers in this field require as much dedication, compassion, and competency as do those who have become doctors or nurses.
Without many of these workers, the overall level of healthcare provided to patients would be incomplete. Instead of placing doctors and nurses at the top of a hierarchy in healthcare, they could be considered as the hub of a wheel with all of the allied healthcare providers acting as spokes that enable the wheel to spin.
The term "healthcare provider" encompasses many things. If refers to the delivery of medical services by individuals such as doctors, nurses, physician's assistants, midwives, home health aids, and other specialists who perform their jobs on a one-on-one basis with patients. These positions are generally referred to as the "allied health" professions and number in the hundreds. Allied health jobs are key support positions in the diagnosis and management of injuries and illness. Also found within this group are jobs that pertain more to the business and record keeping aspects of private practices, and some that involve working for laboratories or insurance companies in the medical billing and coding areas.
According to the Association of Schools of Allied Health Professionals (ASAHP), allied health professionals are "involved with the delivery of health or related services pertaining to the identification, evaluation and prevention of diseases and disorders; dietary and nutrition services; rehabilitation and health systems management, among others. Allied health professionals, to name a few, include dental hygienists, diagnostic medical sonographers, dietitians, medical technologists, occupational therapists, physical therapists, radiographers, respiratory therapists, and speech language pathologists."
Healthcare is an integral part of the economy in the United States. According to the article "It's the Price, Stupid: Why the United States Is So Different from Other Countries" published in the May/June2003 issue of Health Affairs, in the year 2000, 13 percent of the GNP of the United States was attributed to healthcare costs paid to hospitals, doctors, pharmacies, laboratories, and medical devices.
The United States has a large aging population and with this comes a greater demand for health services.
Stricter regulations presented by the government on health maintenance organizations (HMOs), hospitals, insurance companies, and private practices, are requiring American businesses that deal with healthcare to revamp their business practices just to keep up.
The healthcare industry is being positively influenced by new advances in medical technology.
Put these together and, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, "healthcare and social assistance-including private hospitals, nursing and residential care facilities, and individual and family services-will grow by 32.4 percent and add 4.4 million new jobs."
Job opportunities are expected to be excellent, because the number of job openings is expected to continue to exceed the number of job seekers.
Median annual earnings of medical and clinical laboratory technologists were $42,910 in 2002. The middle 50 percent earned between $36,400 and $50,820.
Projected to be the fastest growing occupation over the 2002-12 period.
Median annual earnings of medical assistants were $23,940 in 2002.
Employment of medical records and health information technicians is expected to grow much faster than the average for all occupations through 2012, due to rapid growth in the number of medical tests, treatments, and procedures that will be increasingly scrutinized by third-party payers, regulators, courts, and consumers.
Median annual earnings of medical records and health information technicians were $23,890 in 2002.
With the diversity of professions found in allied health, the day-to-day work varies depending on each specialty and even the work environments can be very dissimilar.
Some positions require individuals to deal directly with patients on different levels. They may be required to draw blood, take an x-ray, perform a sonogram, or simply take down a patient's history and help fill out forms. This may be done in a hospital, doctor's office, laboratory, or special facility devoted to patient testing.
Other jobs, such as a Medical Coding Specialist, have absolutely no patient contact what-so-ever. These specialists have an understanding of medical terminology, like the people in the professions listed previously, but use this knowledge solely to code insurance documents in an environment that is more like a standard office than that of a hospital or lab.
To find more informative descriptions of an allied health field that you may be interested in, you can visit the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) website "Health Technologists, Technicians, and Healthcare Support Occupations," where you can access their book which gives very detailed expectations and assessments for over 20 job types. You can also use the top level of the BLS website to find allied health fields not covered in the PDF document listed above. Topics covered in both sites include the nature of work, employment outlook, working conditions, training and accreditation needed, job outlook, earnings, related occupations, and sources for additional information.
Educational requirements for allied health jobs vary by the type of position you desire and the time you are willing to put into completing your education. Some programs require several years of education, while others can be completed in approximately two years. In many cases, on the job experience in the form of an internship or clinical field work must be completed to meet requirements for graduation. In addition, many allied health positions require that professional accreditation and/or board exams must have been satisfactorily completed for employment.
It is important to know that most positions in allied health require employees to continually remain educated about their field in order to keep up with current practices and ensure that proper healthcare levels are being met. For example, the field of Radiology has changed greatly over the last several years due to advances in technology. Diane Hoenshel, a Registered Technologist of Radiology (R.T.R) in Pittsburgh, PA said: "Originally when I started, about 20 years ago, radiology was made up of plain x-rays and nuclear medicine. Now, because of technology, for example, it can be broken down to x-rays, nuclear medicine, nuclear cardiology, spiral CT scanning, PET scanning, MRIs, and ultrasound, among others. I need to keep getting continuing education credits (24 in two years) before I am allowed to renew my license."
Be sure to look for a manageable class size with a good ratio of students to teacher - the more students, the less time a teacher has to spend with an individual if extra assistance is needed.
Look at the credentials of the people teaching the classes. Are they employed solely as educators, or do they teach part-time and have current hands-on experience in the field? When teachers are actively involved in the profession outside of a classroom environment, the quality of information being brought back to students can be more current and accurate.
A major part of learning the skills for jobs in allied health are associated with hands-on participation in the form of internships (also called "externships' or "clinical" field experience). Schools should have the ability to provide you with pre-arranged internships, or be able to assist you in finding ones for yourself. When considering a school's internship or clinical opportunity, you need to consider how long it will take to complete, what the hours are, and whether it is paid or unpaid. Your personal lifestyle, coupled with the time that you feel you need to take to complete a program of study will help determine if a school's internship requirements can be met. If not, you may have to get permission from the school to create your own internship that can be worked around your needs.
For more general information, the American Medical Association has a wonderful site geared towards assisting individuals with selecting a school to attend. The information on this site is derived from their annual directory "Health Professions Career and Education Directory (HPCED)" and includes links to accrediting agencies.
It is important to know if the program being pursued is accredited, and by which agency, when selecting an educational source. Typically, allied health specialties have employment requirements that are contingent upon graduation from specific accredited programs in order to sit for licensure, certification, registry exams, or for actual work in the profession.
According to The Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP), the largest programmatic accreditor in the health services field, "accreditation is an effort to assess the quality of institutions, programs and services, measuring them against agreed-upon standards and thereby assuring that they meet those standards.
There are two types of accreditation in post-secondary education: programmatic (or specialized) and institutional. Programmatic accreditation is concerned with examining the quality of education provided by a program itself - as opposed to the institution's quality. Generally, professionals involved in given fields develop standards by which to measure a program's requirements, and these standards are reflective of what knowledge and skills a person needs to know in order to work in that profession.
Institutional accreditation, such as that done by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology (ACCST), looks at schools as a whole to determine if they have met minimum standards set for their programs in addition to their facilities, resources, faculty, and staff administrators.
You can find more information about accreditation requirements for allied health fields by looking at websites for professional associations for the specialty you are interested in. The American Medical Association site "Allied Health Professional Associations" is a good representative example. In addition, the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools can assist in determining if a school you are interested in has the accreditation credentials needed to be recognized by future employers.
Programs in allied health are offered by various institutions - from career schools and hospital-based training programs, to major colleges and universities. Educational costs will vary depending on your chosen field, the type of schooling you choose, and the length of the program.
For individuals who want to get trained in one specific area of allied health and then get out and working in the field as quickly as possible, the benefits of attending a career school or hospital-based training program can't be beat - plus the cost of these programs is quite different than those found within university or college-based programs. According to the report "Allied Health Education in Two-Year Colleges", provided by the American Medical Association in 2003, "the average cost of a two-year associate degree program in an allied health field for an 'in-resident' student is less than $5,000."
Many of these schools consider courses in general studies (i.e.: English and math) as prerequisites to entry into a program, which leaves individuals free to concentrate their studies on subject areas that are pertinent to their field of choice, such as medical terminology, human anatomy, principles of patient care, ultrasound physics, medical law and ethics, physiology, clinical chemistry, immunology, etc. This focused approach, in addition to time spent in a clinical environment, provides students with a high-quality education in a short period of time.
Though allied health programs can be found at colleges and universities, they are usually designed for individuals who want to use their education and experience for careers in allied health in a different manner - such as becoming managers, educators, or researchers in their field, instead of being involved in a hands-on manner with patients. Although a higher degree is obtained (usually starting with a Bachelor's degree), these programs cost more and take more time to complete. As an example, Quinnipiac University's Diagnostic Imaging program "requires four years to complete with the freshman year spent on core courses, including biology, chemistry, and math; clinicals are done in both the sophomore and junior years in private offices and hospitals, private radiology groups and orthopedic groups; and the senior year is spent studying advanced modalities like MRIs, ultrasound, and CT" according to Bill Hennessy, Director of Clinical Education. The annual cost for this program is $21,540 without room and board.
Financial assistance is available through traditional sources, such as school sponsored work-study programs, grants, or loans; scholarships; and state or government-sponsored scholarship or financial aid programs. Usually a school presents information about its own financial assistance options during the interview process. If you prefer methods of funding other than those offered by the school, or need aid in addition to the amount being offered, you should look into the other options discussed above.
Scholarships for allied health students can be found through a variety of sources. Fastweb.com, a very thorough and easy to use site, lets you enter your personal information (desired career path, current education level, GPA and SAT scores, school awards, extracurricular activities, etc.) then selects traditional scholarships, grants and fellowships, and even scholarship sweepstakes and contests based on matches made to information in your profile.
Professional associations related to an allied health specialty also are good sources for finding financial aid. Associations of Allied Health Professionals is a good starting point for this type of research.
Some states that are facing a crisis in staffing levels for specific allied health professions offer funding in the form of financial aid or scholarships. Information can be found by accessing the state's website and checking the links for educational resources or searching for "scholarships".
A good source for finding more information on federal funding is through the Princeton Review which includes a link to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and has information about how family and/or parental financial contributions play into financial aid determination.
In addition to traditional loans and financial aid, people entering school for training in the allied health professions are being offered some very enticing funding options, mostly due to the severe shortage of workers in this area. Many employers work with schools to line up jobs for individuals upon graduation and provide funding incentives to these individuals. Incentives can include tuition assistance or scholarships, usually predicated on the agreement that the student will work for the establishment for a certain period of time after graduation (a minimum is usually one year of service per semester paid for). Signing bonuses are not uncommon.
Because allied health professionals in the United States are highly in demand, finding employment may not be too difficult. Things to consider when selecting jobs to apply for include the job's setting, the size of the organization, its status as a profit or non-profit institute (pay scale can be less at a non-profit), benefits, requirements for mandatory overtime, typical working hours, and pay scale. Health Professions Salary Ranges lists some of the better known allied health specialties and their associated salaries. In addition, many career-related sites offer salary calculators to help you better find what a job should pay based on the geographical area you work in and on your educational and professional skill level.
As was discussed previously, many employers actively recruit students while they are in school and offer incentives (tuition reimbursement, signing bonuses, loan repayment, etc.) for an agreement of future employment for specific periods of time. Contacting a school's career development office can provide you with possible options to explore. Some arrangements require students to take their clinical at an institution with a guarantee of employment upon successful graduation. Career development offices also have up-to-date listings for many jobs in the community that are not posted anywhere else, so it is wise to check with them for opportunities as your graduation date nears. They also arrange for on-campus interviews or career fairs for groups of employers, so it is wise to keep informed of when these events may be scheduled.
Websites offer a fabulous and relatively easy way to enhance a job search. Many positions are posted on these sites that do not get publicized by any other manner, plus most sites offer individuals the opportunity to post a resume and sign up for email notification of new listings as they are input to the site's system. Some examples include the National Institute of Health, American Society for Clinical Pathology, Association of Surgical Technologists, AlliedHealthJobs.com, HealthcareSource.com, 4AlliedHealthJobs.com, and JobBank USA.
Working as an allied health professional can be a self-rewarding and well-paying career choice for many individuals. It requires dedication both in training and later in on-the-job performance. The benefit of this dedication is that allied health professionals are then allowed plenty of mobility as opportunities for better positions present themselves - as these are currently some of the most highly in-demand employees across the United States.


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Places to Visit around Dearborn Heights, Michigan
21950 Michigan Avenue, Dearborn, MI, 48124, United States
Come and discover your local history at the Dearborn Historical Museum. Our facilities feature three historic buildings that include the 1831 Richard Gardner House and two buildings from the former Detroit Arsenal in Dearbornville (1833-1875); the 1833 Commandant's...
Henry Ford Estate - Fair Lane
4901 Evergreen Road, Dearborn, MI, 48128, United States
Ford Estate-Fair Lane, A National Historic Landmark, is located on the campus of the University of Michigan-Dearborn. Visit the magnificent home that the Model T built. Tour this nationally acclaimed historic estate for a glimpse into the auto baron lifestyle and...
Automotive Hall of Fame
21400 Oakwood Boulevard, Dearborn, MI, 48124, United States
The Automotive Hall of Fame is an American museum and hall of fame celebrating the men and women whose automotive innovations changed the world and revolutionized the transportation industry. The museum houses cars, displays and changing exhibits. The Hall of Honor...
Henry Ford, the
20900 Oakwood Blvd, Dearborn, MI, 48124, United States
Our mission is to provide unique educational experiences based on America's traditions of ingenuity, resourcefulness and innovation. Our purpose is to inspire people to learn from these traditions and shape a better future. The Henry Ford holds 26 million authentic...
Straight Farmhouse
6221 Merriman Road, Garden City, MI, 48135, United States
Our Museum's collection features our city's heritage, pioneers, residents, and businesses and welcomes all visitors, including school groups, Boy and Girl Scouts, Red Hat Ladies, senior citizens and especially – volunteers!
Padzieski Art Gallery
The Padzieski Art Gallery is the type of place you might not readily associate with Dearborn. This might have something to do with a certain automaker ...but Dearborn is steadily becoming a place where you can find compelling cultural events; the Padzieski Art...
Nankin Mills Interpretive Center
33175 Ann Arbor Trail, Westland, Michigan, 48185, United States
Nankin Mills in Westland, Michigan dates from 1842. Once a grist mill, it now serves as an interpretive center and tells the area's cultural and natural history. The building was once owned by Henry Ford who manufactured auto parts.
Arab American National Museum
The Arab American National Museum is the first museum in the world devoted to Arab American history and culture. Arab Americans have enriched the economic, political and cultural landscape of American life. By bringing the voices and faces of Arab Americans to...
Westland Historical Museum
857 North Wayne Road , Westland, MI, 48185, United States
Our mission is to collect and preserve historical objects, materials, buildings, and sites relating to the history of Westland.
Wayne Historical Museum
One Town Square, Wayne, MI, 48184, United States
An historic museum housed in an 1878 former village hall. Contains extensive early maps, documents and photos as well as displays of Civil War, industry, school, early home and village artifacts. We also have original water colors by Louise Garrison and we provide...
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