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Did the U.S. Government Supply the Gun that Killed Jaime Zapata?
By Cindy Casares
Operation Fast and Furious—the Arizona-based federal gun-tracking program that led to the death of a U.S. agent at the hands of Mexican criminals—could be underway in Texas, too, and may have led to the death of Laredo immigration agent Jaime Zapata.
Fast and Furious, launched in autumn 2009, allowed illegal guns to travel, or "walk," into Mexico so federal agents could track Mexican drug cartel activity. The problem is that the U.S. lost track of hundreds of guns. Some wound up at the scenes of drug cartel murders, and even next to the body of U.S. Border Patrol agent Brian Terry, who was shot and killed while patrolling the Arizona desert last year.
Fast and Furious was run out of the Phoenix office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), a federal law enforcement agency within the U.S. Department of Justice. There is startling evidence that a similar scheme could be occurring in Texas. According to an October 2011 investigation by Houston NBC affiliate KPRC, employees at a Houston gun shop named Carter's Country alleged that they were asked by Houston ATF agents in 2006 to sell guns to suspicious purchasers and notify ATF so agents could observe the purchases. Carter's Country employees say they complied with the request, adding that at least 6 of the 16 times they called during a suspicious sale, ATF agents never showed, but told Carter's Country to make the sale anyway.
These sales continued into December 2010, when a Carter's Country salesman became the subject of a Houston grand jury investigation due to a criminal complaint filed by ATF. That prompted Carter's Country to pull the plug and hire high-powered defense attorney Dick DeGuerin.
ATF officials refused to be interviewed on-camera by KPRC, but told reporter Robert Arnold that Carter's Country may have "misconstrued" the bureau's request for help as a gun-walking operation. DeGuerin and Carter's Country stuck to their story, and in March 2011, on the heels of the shooting death of Laredo Immigration and Customs Enforcement special agent Jaime Zapata in Mexico, DeGuerin received word that ATF was dropping the case. "We stood to embarrass them, meaning the ATF, for being hypocritical, two-faced, and turning against the very people who were trying to help them," DeGuerin said.
And what of the murder of special agent Zapata, who was shot and killed in Mexico in February 2011? That gun was traced back to gun dealers near Dallas.
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder asking about Zapata's death. That went unanswered. So in August Cornyn asked Rep. Darrell Issa and Sen. Chuck Grassley, the leaders of the congressional investigation of Fast and Furious, to launch an inquiry into whether ATF ever conducted Texas-based gun-walking operations.
At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Nov. 8, Cornyn attempted to grill Holder about Fast and Furious, but the AG did his best to paint the questioning as partisan bickering. Unable to name one person in his department who was disciplined over the operation, Holder left the American people with more questions than answers.
Why did ATF drop the charges against Carter's Country? Why did the Department of Justice wait more than five months to arrest three men in suburban Dallas it knew were gun dealers? Why did the arrests come two weeks after Zapata was killed, when, as Issa and Grassley found, ATF knew the men were trafficking guns long before they bought the weapon tied to the Zapata murder?
Jaime Zapata's mother, Mary Zapata-Muñoz, has her own thoughts about the mystery surrounding her son's death:
"I hope that it's not a cover up. I pray that the weapon that killed my son didn't come from the United States and was allowed to travel to Mexico. A few days after [Jaime] passed away, he came to me in a dream. And he pointed to his lips and he said, 'Mom, I cannot speak. You have to speak for me. Seek justice. Make sure that another person does not have to go through what I went through.'"
I hope the same as Mrs. Zapata-Muñoz, but it sure doesn't look good.
Categories: Big Beat, Border, Criminal Justice
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In most central American countries like Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Mexico and south American countries like Brazil, Venezuela and Ecuador, the hammock used to be - and in very hot regions still is - used as the traditional place to sleep. It is assumed today that the origins of the hammock nearly 1000 years ago can be traced back the Mayan indigene population. Since then, hardly anything has changed in the manufacturing method of the hammock - proof for the extraordinary creativity and inspiration of this advanced culture. The Mayans are still considered the masters of this special manufacturing technique, a technique which is now used across the world. The earliest hammocks were woven from the bark of the so-called hammock tree. Later, the sisal plant replaced the bark as the material of choice because it was available in greater quantities and, moreover, its fibers were softer and more elastic than previous materials. Using cotton for hammock-weaving is a fairly recent development: it was adopted only over the last 60 years.
Because of the extensive trade routes between the nations of Central and South America, the hammock naturally found its way into the heart and home of millions of natives. Hammocks were soon being made from indigenous fabrics and materials which resulted in a multitude of styles. It was thanks to Columbus that hammocks found their way to Europe, and they were then especially used by French and British seamen as an alternative to the uncomfortable beds on board - this solution revolutionised the sleeping habits of the seamen! The hammock was apparently used by the European navies for over 300 years, but was of course fashioned from hard-wearing sailing cloth rather than the soft cotton used today.
Nowadays, hammocks are used and loved around the globe, not just for the obvious advantages for outdoor use by frequent travellers and inhabitants of hot climates but increasingly as a beautiful and comfortable accessory for home and garden.


Recent changes to its business have created a new name and a new office for the Vancouver firm formerly known as Singleton Urquhart LLP.
With the addition of a Toronto location, headed by partners and construction lawyers Sharon Vogel and Bruce Reynolds, the firm has evolved into Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel LLP and will operate as Singleton Reynolds.
Also part of the new Toronto team are construction and infrastructure practice group associate James Little and associate counsel in the commercial litigation practice Peter Wardle.
The goal of the new firm will be to handle complex construction cases and to develop public policy that will have significant impact on the construction industry, but it will also continue to serve clients with commercial real estate, corporate commercial, insurance defence, professional liability, product liability, workplace law and business immigration matters.
"We are very excited about this next step in our firm's history," said managing partner and founder John Singleton.


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Emicrania e ormoni gonadici femminili: Implicazioni per il sistema nervoso centrale
: Migraine mechanisms and female hormones: Implications for the central nervous system
R. E. Nappi, F. Veneroni, I. Chiapparini, G. Sances, A. Costa, C. Farina, A. Fignon, F. Polatti
Fondazione "Istituto Neurologico Casimiro Mondino"
Migraine is a disorder typically associated with female reproductive life. It is regarded as a 'female disease' not only on the basis of the pattern of its prevalence, but also to the neuroendocrine changes related to reproductive life and possible hormonal treatments (oral contraceptives, estrogen replacement therapy) can considerably affect the clinical presentation and the natural course of the disorder. Numerous studies have been focused on the relationship between migraine and hormones, from both the pathophysiological and the clinico-epidemiological perspectives. However, no conclusive evidence is available to date on the role of hormone fluctuations in triggering pain attacks. Menstrual migraine, for instance, is a paradigm of such changes, but to explain the phenomenon of migrainous vulnerability in this definite period of the ovarian cycle it is necessary to take into account the interaction of several steroid-dependent mechanisms, both neuronal and vascular. In this short review we discuss some aspects supporting the existence of a close relationship between gonadal steroids and mechanisms of migraine within the central nervous system (CNS) of female patients. Particular emphasis is placed on the events of reproductive life and hormonal treatments, and on the usefulness of an integrated approach by neurologists and gynaecologists in the management of migraine in woman.
Migraine mechanisms and female hormones: Implications for the central nervous system
Confinia Cephalalgica
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Nappi, R. E., Veneroni, F., Chiapparini, I., Sances, G., Costa, A., Farina, C., Fignon, A., & Polatti, F. (2000). Emicrania e ormoni gonadici femminili: Implicazioni per il sistema nervoso centrale. Confinia Cephalalgica, 9(1), 9-16.
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In: Confinia Cephalalgica, Vol. 9, No. 1, 2000, p. 9-16.
Nappi, RE, Veneroni, F, Chiapparini, I, Sances, G, Costa, A, Farina, C, Fignon, A & Polatti, F 2000, 'Emicrania e ormoni gonadici femminili: Implicazioni per il sistema nervoso centrale', Confinia Cephalalgica, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 9-16.
Nappi RE, Veneroni F, Chiapparini I, Sances G, Costa A, Farina C et al. Emicrania e ormoni gonadici femminili: Implicazioni per il sistema nervoso centrale. Confinia Cephalalgica. 2000;9(1):9-16.
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9 Books About Iran to Help You Understand Current Events
Katie Moench Feb 18, 2020
While the relationship between Iran and the United States has been playing out in front page headlines for many years, recent events have heightened tensions between the two countries and also brought into focus long standing issues that dominate the American-Iranian relationship. Whether you're looking for a comprehensive history of Iran and the Persian Empire, a focused analysis of Iran and the U.S. in the 20th century, or a piece of fiction that will give you insight into modern Iranian culture, try out the books about Iran below to help answer your questions and deepen your understanding of what's going on between the two nations.
Disclaimer: International politics and foreign policy tend to be heavily dominated by male voices, a fact that is reflected in these books. If you have the ability to read books written in languages prevalent in Iran, that can greatly expand what is available to you.
In the Beginning: Books About Iran
If you want to start at the beginning, these survey histories will give you a better understanding of Iran, both in its modern form and as the ancient culture known as the Persian Empire. Tracing political, religious, and economic events from ancient times to the present, neither of these books is short or simple, but both provide necessary background for beginners in the subject or a way for foreign policy enthusiasts to tie together and deepen their knowledge of Iran.
Iran: Empire of the Mind by Michael Axworthy
An introduction to Iranian history that goes beyond the current borders of the country to explore the idea of Iran as a cultural entity, this comprehensive history traces the development of Zoroastrianism and the rise of the Persian Empire to the Revolution of 1979 and the current political leader and climate. A solid primer for those looking for a scholarly background before diving into more specific books or articles, particularly for anyone interested in the different sects of Islam and how they interact in modern Iran.
Iran: A Modern History by Abbas Amanat
If you're looking for a survey history that focuses mostly on the 20th and 21st century, this is it. While not short (the paperback version comes in at just over 1,000 pages) it is comprehensive and provides a deep dive into the major events that have shaped modern Iran as well as tracing the literary and social movements that have influenced the country's writers and artists.
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Nonfiction Books About Iran
To understand modern Iran (and its relationship with other countries), it's important to look at voices that have experienced those events first hand, or at least had access to significant primary sources. Try starting with Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis books, which combine her own memories of the 1979 Revolution with striking illustrations. Then, move into some political science books that look closely at major political and economic events of the past fifty years and how they shape Iranian–U.S. relations today.
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
One of the best known Iranian writers/graphic novelists, Satrapi has created a beautifully illustrated memoir of her adolescence at the time of the Iranian revolution. Satrapi's striking black and white illustrations and intimate narration humanize and complicate the revolutionary time period that has come to define Iranian history for so many of those outside the country. The book combines Satrapi's youth with memories of her family as well as explanations of the political and cultural trends of both ancient and modern Iran.
Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
Iranian native and teacher Nafisi forms a book group where women from different backgrounds gather to read and discuss a variety of books that, under the country's religious rulers, are becoming increasingly forbidden. Nafisi uses the story of her group to illustrate the power books hold as well as allowing us to connect to the women and their stories in a more intimate way than is shown in other books.
All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror by Stephen Kinzer
Confused about the coup that brought the Shah to power and the role of the CIA? Kinzer's book is considered one of the foremost, balanced accounts of the events that ousted Iran's prime minister and installed the U.S.–backed Shah in 1953. A more focused history than the ones above, this book provides crucial insights into the transformation of Iran from a republic ruled by an elected leader to the installation of the Shah's rule and traces how these events lead to the current terrorist groups and uprising not just in Iran, but across the Middle East as well.
The Twilight War: The Secret History of America's Thirty-Year Conflict with Iran by David Crist
If you think that conflict between Iran and the United States is a recent phenomenon, Crist's book is here to disrupt that idea, beginning with the fact that the United States and Iran were once allies, not adversaries. Using government documents and top level interviews, Crist shines a light on events such as the discussions between Iran and the United States following the September 11 attacks and the decisions and events that lead to Iran's determination to become a nuclear state. Though the book was published in 2013, its insight into the Iranian military, and Qasem Soleimani in particular, make it relevant to readers today.
Iranian Fiction
As readers, we often strive to get a deeper look inside a culture by consuming its literature. While history books can provide important background and perspective, the world-building and character development aspects of fiction allow us a fuller idea of what a society is like. Additionally, fiction can help address the issue of the dominant narratives in history, by letting us peek into the lives of those who are not bolded names in textbooks, but rather living their everyday lives as events unfold around them.
The Poems of Hafez
Not much is known about the ancient Persian poet Hafez, but his popularity and influence on Iranian culture is enduring. Considered to be one of Iran's most quoted cultural influences, reading the poems of Hafez (in the original Persian if you can, or in translation) provides a valuable insight into Iranian culture.
Women Without Men: A Novel of Modern Iran by Shahrnush Parsipur
A beautiful piece of literature that will appeal to fans of Toni Morrison, this book tells the interwoven stories of five women in Tehran. Combining realistic fiction with elements of Islamic mysticism and traditional storytelling, this female-centered narrative is an important counterbalance to the often male-driven histories that tend to dominate reading list such as this one.
My Uncle Napoleon by Iraj Pezeshkzad
Cited by many as the defining Iranian novel of the 20th century, My Uncle Napoleon is a dramatic and timeless family saga that has enough feuds, fortunes, and intrigue to appeal to a wide audience of readers. Centering "Uncle Napoleon," the patriarch of a sprawling, wealthy family, the book's satirical take on Iranian society in the 1970s has made it a key figure in the country's literary history.
While there's no one book that could teach you everything about Iran's history or the complicated role other nations have played in it, hopefully something here is a jumping off point that allows you to be more informed about the events occurring around you!


Zion's junior high includes grades seven and eight. Upon entering the seventh grade, students move from a self-contained classroom environment to an arrangement where they are moving from class to class. Along with this new routine comes fine arts course selection, participation in exams, and increased opportunities for extracurricular involvement.
To matriculate into Zion Christian High School, students must earn a minimum of eleven course credits in grades seven and eight combined (students transferring to Zion Christian School in grade eight must have earned five and one half credits in grade eight). Courses meeting five days per week earn 0.5 credits per semester, while courses meeting fewer days per week are adjusted according to the number of meeting days. For example, courses meeting three days per week earn 0.3 credits per semester, while courses meeting 2 days per week earn 0.2 credits per semester (exceptions may be made from time to time due to the level of work required outside the classroom). Based upon these credit values, a junior high student will typically attempt a total of fourteen course credits in their seventh and eighth grade years.


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musical theater for adult children
Thicket & Thistle is a group of actor-musicians who blur the lines between author, performer, and orchestra. From writing the book and music, to directing, acting in and providing live orchestrations, to crafting props and puppets, they strive to create theatre that is inherently simple to produce, yet bold in its effect. They use their multi-disciplinary storytelling style to remind the inner child in all of us to greet the world with a sense of wonder. The company includes: Kyle Acheson, Sam De Roest, Jonathan Eric Foster, Corley Pillsbury, Joshua Stenseth, Juliana Wheeler and Lindsay Zaroogian
T&T Awarded First Major Grant
2019 is off to an exciting start!
The New York State Council of the Arts has generously awarded Thicket & Thistle our first major grant of $4,000. T&T will use the funds to mount a production of our newest show "Death Cruise", an offbeat musical comedy that follows a ragtag band of employees on an arctic cruise ship as they are tested and tormented by a demon. With this grant, we are one step closer to bringing our ambitious musical to the stage in NYC.
"What's Your Wish?" Cast Album Released!
The rumors are true... "What's Your Wish?" cast album is now online! Join our "wildly talented" (-Theatremania) cast of actor-musicians on an unforgettable adventure into a magic storybook. These catchy, folky tunes, recorded at Douglass Recording in Brooklyn, will transport you to a world of fantasy and humor. Available at iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, wherever you stream your music!
Give it a listen!
Four nominations from NYMF!
What's Your Wish? received four nominations from The New York Musical Festival!
Thicket and Thistle - Best Ensemble
Joshua Stenseth - Best Lead Performer
Kyle Acheson - Best Music Arrangement
Jonathan Eric Foster - Best Direction
What a great run!
We had an amazing run of What's Your Wish? at the New York Musical Festival! Thank you to everyone who came out to see "one of the liveliest, funniest shows of the festival!"
Kyle Acheson
Kyle Acheson is a composer, lyricist and actor from Cincinnati, OH. He scored his first film in his neighbor's front yard, playing a Casio keyboard riff for an action scene captured on a shoulder-mounted VHS camcorder.
He graduated from the Webster Conservatory of Theatre Arts in 2012 with a BFA in acting. He then set off on a great adventure that would take him across America and back again. In Portland, OR, Kyle wrote the musical The Waterman: a Forgotten Cascadian Myth with Sam De Roest and recorded his first album, Sun River. Kyle & Sam then packed their lives into a Kia Rio and drove across the country to New York, where they co-founded Thicket & Thistle in 2014.
Now a resident of Brooklyn, Kyle continues to hone his craft, composing for stage and screen and endeavoring to bring imagination and joy to the world through the power of musical theater. www.kyleacheson.com
Sam DeRoest
Sam De Roest is a Brooklyn based actor, improviser and playwright/composer. He is a graduate of Portland Actors Conservatory and the Curious Comedy Training Center in Portland, OR. In 2014, Sam and his writing partner Kyle Acheson (The Waterman) moved from Portland to New York City to pursue their interests in Musical Theatre. His recent writing credits include Thicket and Thistle's What's Your Wish?, Cruisical! The Murder Mystery Musical, and The Waterman: A Forgotten Cascadian Myth, which received it's NYC premiere at Ars Nova's All New Talent Festival in June 2016.
Since moving to New York City, De Roest won the award for "Best Actor" at Theatre Now New York's Sound Bites 10-Minute Musical Festival, Featured in the award winning ensemble of the film, TRYST, and has performed at the Del Close Marathon with various improv teams.
Sam is a founding member of the actor-musician ensemble Thicket & Thistle, where he plays mandolin and is Head Book Writer. He lives in Brooklyn but Sam is always #RCTID, Go Timbers.
Corley Pillsbury
A resident of NYC from 2011-2016, Corley originally hails from Austin, TX. Corley began singing, acting, and songwriting at a young age. She made her onstage solo debut at the age of seven at the Gladewater Opry, where she delighted the audience with Reba McEntire's "Walk On," which she sang while nervously shifting her weight from one foot to the other. Somewhere in her mom's garage, there is filmed documentation of this occurrence. Since then, Corley has accrued many onstage hours both in theatre and music performance. She is a graduate of the Webster Conservatory of Theatre Arts, where she earned a BFA in musical theatre and also explored studies in directing, dialects, and songwriting. She has two albums of original music: a gypsy-bluegrass-soul amalgamation entitled Underworld, and a stripped down piano-and-vocals compilation called Simple Songs. She plays the piano, accordion, and autoharp passably well, and enjoys singing in French. Being a bit of an artistic dilettante, Corley was also proud to serve as Thicket & Thistle's unofficial Craft Captain until her NYC departure in 2016.
Jonathan Eric Foster
Jonathan is a writer, actor, director, and producer in New York City. He grew up in Houston Texas, where he cultivated his passion for theatre. At 19, he was the youngest director to direct a mainstage musical with Houston Family Arts Center (Big River, 2009). Jonathan received his BFA in musical theatre from Webster Conservatory in St. Louis. While in St. Louis, Jonathan worked with multiple theatres on new and exciting works; most notably, originating the lead role in FALLING which made its Off-Broadway premiere in the fall of 2012. Since moving to New York City, Jonathan has been a member of The Flea Theatre and The Drilling Company Theatre, performing in their Shakespeare in the Parking Lot Series and Bryant Park Shakespeare Series. Most of Jonathan's NYC career has focused on new works, his favorite projects being Broken Moments- an immersive bar musical, Walk- a song cycle by Ben Harrel, and TRYST- which played at the Manhattan Film Festival and the Brooklyn Film Festival, and is now available on Amazon.
Of all the many wonderful days Jon has had in the Big Apple, his most impactful day was in February of 2014 meeting with Kyle Acheson and Sam De Roest to create a ten minute musical that led to the creation of Thicket & Thistle- a troupe of actor-musicians dedicated to creating inspiring theatre for the adult child in all of us. Jonathan directed Thicket & Thistle's first musical What's Your Wish?, from its inception as a ten minute musical for Sound Bites with Theatre Now New York, which has blossomed into a fully realized musical, playing at the New York Fringe Fest, the Chekov Festival, Access Theatre, The West End Theatre, and now The New York Musical Festival!
Lindsay Zaroogian
Originally from Geneva, NY, Lindsay graduated with a BFA in musical theatre from SUNY Fredonia. Since graduation, she has done several TYA national tours, worked regionally, and even spent a summer in Switzerland teaching middle school children to sing in English!
One favorite job was working at the Astors' Beechwood Mansion giving living history tours, performing in murder mysteries and Victorian balls, and brushing up her classical repertoire as the resident pianist.
An avid dog lover, Lindsay spent several years working in a dog daycare, honing her skills at commanding a pack and howling at fire trucks. She lives with her own dog, Tucker, who is basically the cutest and best dog there ever was.
Joshua Stenseth
Born in North Dakota, Joshua fled the Midwest years ago to escape the cold and wagon trains. He is an NYC-based actor, aspiring good samaritan, and an especially gifted napper. Joshua is a graduate of Minnesota State University in Moorhead, The UCB Theater in NY, and The Curious Comedy Training Center in Portland, OR. He has worked in many regional theaters, on television, web, and in film. NY credits include Allegro, Scarlet, and Zombie Strippers. Regional credits include Emmett in Legally Blonde, Frog in A Year with Frog and Toad (9 Drammy Nominations), Cliff in Cabaret, Bob in White Christmas, Mr. Pinkerton in Pinkalicious, Austin in I Love You Because and Eddie in Ripper the Musical. He continues to study performance and improvisation. If he could meet one actor living or dead it would be Danny Kaye. Go Sounders.
Juliana Wheeler
Juliana Wheeler is an actress, singer, writer, and musician from Ashland, OR. A graduate of Portland Actors Conservatory, she recently moved to NYC to join Thicket & Thistle. Since graduating, she has performed in musicals, Shakespeare, sketch comedy, and more. Before moving to New York, she spent two years teaching music to children ages 6-14 at the Siskiyou School in Ashland, and continued her quest to learn all the instruments, her roster now including guitar, ukulele, banjo, mandolin and accordion, with dabbling in bass, piano and percussion. Her most recent acting recent credits include Ashleigh in Oh F*ck! Oh Sh*t! Its Love! The Musical, Juliette in T&T's Cruisical!, and last summer, she spent a month at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, playing the titular character in The Alien Chicken Remembers Galatea. Juliana is so happy to be in New York working with Thicket & Thistle, writing and performing work she believes in with her best friends. She most recently played the Enchantress in T&T's NYMF run of What's Your Wish? and is excited to continue writing and creating with these beautiful, silly, obscenely talented humans in the greatest city in the world.
In February of 2014, Kyle Acheson, Sam De Roest, and Jonathan Foster met at a bar on 46th street and Broadway - the heart of the NYC theatre district - to discuss creating a new brand of musical theatre: actors collaborating with one another to create musical stories with verve, wit, and a dash of theatre magic, all while playing the instruments themselves. Soon after, they brought on Corley Pillsbury, and the group immediately began working on What's Your Wish?, gathering in apartments to brainstorm, write, and laugh late into the night.
We have grown over the course of 3 years into a 7-member ensemble of artists who all share in every aspect and responsibility of the creative process – from writing the book and music, to directing and performing in the show, to crafting the props and puppets, to handling the administrative duties of a theatre company.
As a group, we have written and designed 2 original shows, What's Your Wish? and Cruisical! The Murder Mystery Musical. Each project has a peculiar life of its own, and we try to honor that through a deeply immersive writing process. By working and re-working the script and songs, we investigate the boundaries and intricacies of our shows at each stage of development, whether a rehearsal, staged reading or full performance. Close and honest collaboration provides the insights we need to make the best show possible. Our multidisciplinary storytelling fuses the traditional mediums of theatre and music in nontraditional ways to create original performance pieces.
We are in love with the sense of play that we all inhabit so easily as children, but sometimes forget to access as adults. We built Thicket & Thistle on the idea that theatre is a place of shared imagination. We want everyone to feel that sense of play and excitement – we want to be magical permission-givers, reminding the inner child in all of us that it is not foolish, but truly necessary, to greet the world with a sense of wonder.
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Apartment Living in America: 11 Fun Facts to Know and Tell
Written by Sherry Cameron
October 25, 17
This article originally appeared on the Springs "You're Home Blog."
Conversation about apartments is usually limited to rent, square footage and amenities. Add a bit more interest to your next conversation with these entertaining and often surprising facts about apartment living in America.
You might think that apartment buildings are a relatively modern development designed to accommodate a growing population, but the first apartments actually date back more than 2,000 years to the Roman Empire. These structures housed approximately 80 percent of the population, and they were eerily similar to many of today's buildings.
According to We Are Apartments, more than 38 million Americans currently live in apartments, totaling more than the entire population of Canada. That number is split roughly 50-50 between single- and multi-person households. Together these residents generate spending power of $405 billion.
Apartment buildings make up a significant portion of the country's economy. The industry supports more than 1.5 million jobs for a total economic contribution of $190 trillion dollars.
There's a sizable gap in apartment rates from state to state. Not surprisingly, at an average monthly rent of $1,793, New York tops RENTCafé's list of most expensive states. By comparison, an apartment in Kansas, with the lowest average of $614, is an absolute steal.
In general, rent prices are actually in inverse proportion to apartment sizes. Nearly all of the top 10 states with most expensive rents are also in the top 10 of smallest average apartment size. At an average of 1,019 square feet, apartments in Georgia are the most generously sized.
Who says the tech boom is dead? San Francisco, in the heart of Silicon Valley, weighs in as the most expensive city with a whopping $4,700 per month median rent for a two-bedroom apartment.
The minimalist trend combined with an uncertain economy has given rise to the development of micro-apartments. These units range from 250 to 400 square feet, but in New York City, where space is at a premium, micro-apartments can be as small as 100 square feet!
The Pontalba Buildings in scenic New Orleans are known as the country's oldest apartments. Constructed in 1850, the buildings include features based on the original decor, and in 1974 the Pontalbas were added to the National Historic Landmarks register.
One-quarter of apartment residents are under the age of 30, but the balance is beginning to change thanks to Baby Boomers who are choosing to downsize as kids go off on their own.
2M Apartments in Washington, D.C. may be the only community with a mascot! Emmy is an adorable English bulldog who lives in her own "apartment" and is available for walks and snuggles with the other residents.
How high is up? Aqua in Chicago is a mixed-use building that rises 859 feet for a total of 85 floors. Retail shops and office buildings fill the first 18 floors while apartments take up floors 19 through 52, leaving the remaining floors for condominiums and penthouses.
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Financing is a key piece of any effort to improve nutrition at scale. In its recently-released Nutrition Strategy, USAID highlights the importance of financial systems, stating that political will for nutrition must be reflected through financial support, both at the national and sub-national level. A number of very robust costing activities have been completed, or are underway, by MQSUN, UNICEF, the World Bank, and others. Costing, however, is only half the picture—stakeholders need to know whether or not sufficient funding is being channeled to nutrition to meet the estimated costs.
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Back to PNG! A story as long as our travels.
January 16, 2017 by Chris Hostetter
Monday, January 9th, we loaded up two minivans and headed for the airport. We checked in with our airline for our flight to LA, CA and, upon receiving our boarding passes, found that not two of us were together. We were all assigned middle seats and scattered throughout the plane. (In case you've forgotten, we have four kids 11 and under.) We took our boarding passes to the agent at the gate and asked what she could do for us. We received a quick speech on economy class tickets and suffering the consequences of our 'cheap' actions, but she did move a few things around and get us two pairs of two seats together. We were grateful for that and took our seats in the waiting area to await boarding, but a greater agent was still working on our behalf. Shortly after boarding the plane, a lady volunteered to give up her window seat and trade with Cole, who was in a middle seat, so that he and I could be together. So now no one in our family was left sitting by themselves, although each pair of us were still separate from the others. But God wasn't done. We sat on the plane at the gate and waited and waited for the plane to close its doors and begin taxying to the runway, but after an hour we were still waiting. The flight attendants on board announced that the plane was overweight and an additional 11 people needed to disembark and wait for another flight. People all around Cole and I vacated their seats and left the plane. I zipped up the aisle twenty rows to where Micah and Maisie were seated and asked if they wanted to come back and sit by Cole and I. They were overjoyed to be able to sit by a parent and they came back to where Cole and I were sitting and the four of us sat together.
Despite our enormous amount of luggage, getting from the airport to our hotel in LA proved easy and simple. Numerous people helped us along the way and by early evening we had placed all our belongings in our hotel room and found our way down to the Denny's adjacent to the hotel for dinner.
While the damp LA air didn't make it out of the 50s on Tuesday morning, our kids still insisted on jumping in the outdoor hotel pool and swimming for a while. Late in the afternoon we made our way back to the airport rested and ready for the real travels to begin. We started checking in with the airline that would be carrying us from LA to Manila and then to Papua New Guinea, but the ticket agent looked at me and said we needed to have return tickets before we could travel to PNG. I looked at her, confused, and told her we couldn't possibly have return tickets because we're not returning for years. She punched some more buttons on her computer and then talked to another agent before giving us the same line. We needed return tickets before she could check us in. I didn't know what to say or do and we stood there in an awkward stand-off. Then a thought came to mind and I offered, "We have PNG visas." "Oh," she replied and took a look at our PNG visas that were in our passports which were in her hands. "Ok. You're good," she said and checked us through.
Wonderfully, all our luggage got checked all the way through to our final destination and so we did not have to deal with it at all during our twenty hour lay-over in Manila. In Manila, a New Tribes missionary took us from the airport to the New Tribes' guesthouse just a forty minute drive away. We enjoyed home cooked meals, some leisure time, and a long nap during our stay there before returning to the Manila airport and hopping our next plane to Port Moresby, PNG.
In Moresby we had to collect all our luggage to go through customs, but one piece of our luggage could not be found on the baggage claim carousel. We talked to some folks and they disappeared to go search for the missing piece while we began the process of filing a claim for it. Less than a half hour later, one of the workers returned with the missing bag. We went through customs and immigration, and rechecked our bags for our final flight which would take us up to Goroka. Everything went smooth with that flight and we arrived at our temporary house on center by early that evening.
Thanks for praying us through our travels. Praise the Lord that we are here, and all our luggage made it. Other than the little blips of stress listed above, our travels went really smooth. We are settled on a New Tribes center for now as we fight through jet lag and prepare to return to the tribe. Our plan right now is for our whole family to head to Pal in early February. Continue to pray for us and specifically for Maggie and her health.
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Detail: A Spring Gathering. Shen Zhou (1427–1509); China, Ming dynasty, ca. 1480?; handscroll; ink and color on paper; Purchase—Charles Lang Freer Endowment; Freer Gallery of Art, F1934.1
Painting with Words: Gentlemen Artists of the Ming Dynasty
The Gentleman in Retirement
Often hailed as the spiritual founder of the Wu School, the painter, poet, and calligrapher Shen Zhou (1427–1509) came from a well-connected lineage of gentleman artists who lived in the Suzhou suburb of Xiangcheng. Both his father and uncle were landscape painters. Shen rejected the official career path followed by most of his peers in favor of a life of art and personal fulfillment. Following his example, many later Wu School artists made the same choice.
For gentleman artists in fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Suzhou, retirement consisted of socializing with other literati, refined activities such as art collecting, and a love of creature comforts such as elegant private gardens. These examples of his paintings and calligraphy reveal aspects of Shen's life in retirement: engaging with likeminded friends, observing and commentating on everyday life, and spending time alone at home or in favorite pastimes, such as wandering the hills to find inspiration for poetry or a place to play his qin.
Shen is said to have had an open, generous character. His palpable enjoyment of nature imbues each painting and poem in this section, graciously inviting us to join in. Owing to Shen's enduring influence and that of his immediate followers, these amiable qualities have come to characterize Wu School literati art.
A Cultural Center
Wen Zhengming
At Court & Beyond
In Full Flower
The Followers
"The show not only showcases the exquisite technique that has been maintained over centuries, it also explains how this art related to all aspects of Chinese life."
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As tourism booms, young people turn to homestay business
| VNS | May 31, 2019 09:05 PM
Quitting his job in HCM City in 2014, Nguyễn Văn Giởi returned to his native Phú Quý Island in the south-central coastal province of Bình Thuận to start a homestay service.
Tourists enjoy dinner at Cô Sang Homestay on Phú Quý Island, Bình Thuận Province. — VNS Photo Ngọc Diệp
"I want more and more people in the country know about my island like the islands of Phú Quốc, Lý Sơn and Côn Đảo," he says.
When his friends did not know where Phú Quý was on the country's map, he says he would feel "sad".
"I was determined to make the island famous. I started writing about the island's beauty on a website for people who like to travel without using tourist companies and Facebook pages."
And then he brought several of his friends to the island for a visit and put them up in unused rooms in his house.
Those people went back and told their family and friends about a place that has since been hailed as one of the most beautiful islands in the East Sea by US news site CNN.
High-speed boat services to the island, situated 120km from the resort town of Phan Thiết, began last year.
Not surprisingly, it has become a popular destination for tourists, especially young people.
Giởi says: "The island's inhabitants are hospitable to tourists. In the past, travelling from the island to the mainland was difficult so they were happy if anyone visited them. The hospitable attitude keeps tourists returning."
Many young people who want to travel to the island call Giởi to ask for information and book his homestay service. He is one of the first few people to offer homestay on the island.
A tourist from HCM City who wished to be identified only as Ngọc said: "I have visited the island and stayed at [Giởi's] homestay twice because I like the island's beauty and locals' friendliness."
According to statistics from the island People's Committee, the number of tourists coming to the island has risen this year. Last year, it received 16,500 visitors, and in the first five months of this year the number was 10,000, including nearly 2,000 foreigners.
Ngô Tấn Lực, the committee's vice chairman, says the homestay services have been developed to provide enough accommodation for tourists, many of them by young locals.
Twenty households have been licensed to provide the services.
"Homestay services help the island develop tourism sustainably and not have adverse impacts on the landscape and environment," Lực says.
So authorities plan to develop them professionally by getting experts to provide training, he says, adding that young owners have also been trained to become professional tour guides.
Giởi says that following the training, the people providing homestay services have linked up and share guests in case their place is full.
"Sharing helps serve tourists well. Besides traditional fishing and purchase of seafood, tourism and homestay are new occupations for local residents to earn an income."
Large foreign exchange earnings
Loan of the HCM City University of Sciences and Humanities said a more than US$4 billion tourism is one of the five industries fetching the highest foreign exchange earnings for the country annually, leading to a boom in the accommodation business, especially homestays.
Many young people offer homestay services by taking advantage of unused rooms in their house and offering to tourists who want to stay with locals when travelling.
Some others even rent apartments and houses to tourists, she said.
A woman with a Facebook nickname of DucHanh Candy is one such young person. She rents an apartment in District 1 to foreign visitors, mostly backpackers.
She said: "I [do this] because it is my hobby. In the beginning, I made a loss but did not give up. Starting a business requires patience."
The competition in the business is high, she said.
According to statistics from accommodation-sharing site AirBnB, 25,000 households in the city offered rooms to tourists as of June last year.
The accommodation business accounts for nearly 70 per cent of the tourism industry's revenues, Loan said.
According to the Việt Nam National Administration of Tourism, the number of accommodation business establishments in the country increased from 9,080 in 2007 to 25,600, including homestays, in 2017.
The northern region accounted for 45 per cent of them, the highest in the country, followed by the central and southern regions.
Phú Quốc Island and the cities of Hạ Long, Hà Nội, Huế, Nha Trang, Phan Thiết, Đà Nẵng and Hồ Chí Minh have the highest number of such establishments in the country.
At a recent conference in HCM City on developing tourism, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said community-based tourism, including homestays, should be encouraged by local authorities around the country because it could help develop tourism in the most sustainable manner.
Local people have the deepest understanding of culture and history, and would be the best tour guides, he added.
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It takes a lot for a brand to blow me away but this season Kate Spade have done the impossible....not only have they presented a collection which has some of my favourite elements (lots of pink, rainbow stripes, glitter and a dash of whimsical) but they have accompanied it with one of my favourite campaigns of all times. Combining the gorgeous model Jordan Dunn with some of New York City's finest characters to create a multi age and gender campaign that is amazing. Featuring fashion muse Iris Apfel (one of my idols); actress, model and photographer Syrie Moscowitz; fashion illustrator Robert W. Richards; artist, actress and model Anh Duong; author Karley Sciortino; and musician and composer Jon Batiste. The moment i saw Iris Apfel was going to be featured in another campaign they had me hooked, then i saw the bags and it was a match made in heaven.
A beautiful collection centered around the pink mini rose print and rainbow coloured stripes with co-ordintating accessories, this assortment of styles is colourful, playful and fun - three words i would always use to describe Kate Spade.
Now it wouldn't be a Kate Spade post without a round up of my current favourites on the website - although still quite early for the new SS16 collection, there are already a few pieces already grabbing my attention and causing the fashion voices in my head to chant "buy me" and as usual there are many bags on this list.... i love the bold solid colours within the pastel palette but also the injection of statement prints and lets be honest this collection features a lot of pink, my favourite colour so i am sold. Sadly my favourite piece - the pink skirt worn by Jordan Dunn above, isn't online yet but i love how it has been styled with the clashing breton stripe tee and biker jacket. The contrast of the uber feminine print and the tough jacket is a gorgeous look and one i would love to re-create.
If i were allowed to pick only one item off my wishlist, it would have to be the Lynnie tote in tulip pink, as usual a classic shape in beautiful full grain leather but with some quirky touches such as the hot papaya lining and the backpack drawstring style detailing on the front. All of these elements make it a gorgeous functional piece, with just the right amount of wow factor.
Check out all the new arrivals over on katespade.co.uk.
adore these, the colors are amazing!
Great selection, loved the bags.


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State Awards $602M for County Jails' Construction, Expansion
The Corrections Standards Authority of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has awarded $602 million to 11 counties for the expansion or construction of county jails.
The award is in adherence to Gov. Jerry Brown's public safety realignment program, which, as Assembly Bill 109 passed and signed last April, seeks to keep lower-level offenders and parole violators from revolving through the state prison system and places them in local facilities. County facilities that need to increase jail capacity were required to apply for the funds.
Los Angeles, Riverside and Orange counties were awarded $100 million each. Stanislaus will receive $80 million, and Tulare and Santa Barbara $60 million each. The CSA also awarded $33 million to both Kings and Shasta counties; $23.626 million to Imperial County; $10.255 million to Sutter County; and $3 million to Madera County.
The CSA also recommended Kern and San Benito counties receive $100 million and $15 million, respectively, after legislation is enacted to shift more funds from an earlier allocation into the current round.
To date, the CSA has awarded approximately $1.2 billion to 22 counties for jail construction. The bonds were first authorized by Assembly Bill 900 in 2007.
August groundbreaking scheduled for new Calaveras County jail project


After reviewing the Philadelphia Marathon Results, a total of 14 runners were identified as having cut the course or otherwise cheated while earning Boston Qualifying Times.In addition to the published timing mats, I was happy to hear that there was an unpublished mat placed at the furthest point on the course.
I did examine the splits, and while there were some negative splits where it would have been possible for runners to skip, nothing jumped out as possible. Philadelphia did a good job at quickly disqualifying course cutters this year, and I believe they likely caught those that cut off the portion where the unpublished mat was located.
Below are a couple of examples of course cutters that were identified..
According to the splits, she ran the 2nd half of the marathon in 1:12:55. That would be a pace of 5:34 per mile for the last 1/2 of the marathon.
In addition to the 2016 Philadelphia Marathon, she missed the 30k split in Philadelphia in 2014 and 2015. She used the 2014 Philadelphia time to run the 2016 Boston Martahon, which she completed in 5:06:19.
Boston Marathon Review: Did Qualifier for 2016 and 2017 Boston Marathon Cut The Course in Philly?
This is an obvious instance of course cutting. According to the splits, she ran the 2nd half of the marathon in 34:29. That would be a pace of 2:38 per mile for the last 1/2 of the marathon.
This is also not the first time this runner has missed mats in Philadelphia. In 2013, he has a finish time of 3:07:12. He hit the 1/2 split in 2:50:35, meaning he ran the 2nd half in 17 minutes.
Looking at the map for 2013 Philadelphia, the finish line is only about a block away from the 1/2 way point of the marathon route. It is possible that he simply gave up and triggered the finish .
Congrats on the NBC article that mentions the Philly investigation. Keep up with he good work, I'm glad you're getting some recognition as well.
check bib 8771 Ravines first half 2:25; finished in 4:06. Really???
The "WTF" face of the other runner in the last picture is priceless.


In the New Year keeppoploud.co.uk is going to be focusing almost exclusively on indiepop. In the meantime I wanted to offer up something completely different for your ears. Something reflective. Something that I would assume you might not otherwise think to listen to.
It's been a tough year for many of us. Even though I think we can all agree it's gone pretty quick. It's been a fantastic year for new releases but a terrible one for the many high profile names to have passed away.
I lost someone close to me this year and after his passing I inherited a handful of country CDs. The song below comes from one of these – a Hank Williams box set. From the title it's obvious that this isn't a song for super-happy-fun-times. Still, as this comes in the immediate aftermath of the gluttony of Christmas, during the time that we're all contemplating how much we've spent and feeling sadness for those that are no longer here I feel that something contemplative is in order to round the year out.


Hi I want to write a script so that content that meets certain criteria gets put in the moderation queue automatically.
I plan to do this using REST API but although I can create posts, like them etc. I can't see to get the abuseReports functionality to work.
As I say I can create content and like it so not sure what's going on?
Thanks for submitting this question for the REST API calls for abuse reporting. Since this falls under development and is outside the immediate scope of Jive Customer Support, I'm moving this discussion to the Jive Developers space for attention from the greater development community. In the future, feel free to post development related questions directly there.


Building a startup is hard, many are launched, most fail, few scale and even fewer "succeed" to become a world class business or at the very least create a meaningful exit.
I have been submerged in startups as an operator and entrepreneur for over a decade and what I have always found fascinating is that there is a false belief amongst founders that the people who have made the most money, correlates with them knowing the most, you would be surprised how many people I have met that completely contradict that belief, but naturally like a moth is attracted to light, money or the illusion of money has a habit of attracting people.
I also see so many self proclaimed "experts" that claim to be the personification of a "startup swiss army knife", ready to tackle anything and everything… yet have very little track record of achieving anything remarkable themselves, be it as a entrepreneur or operator. Then there are the "investors" who are as active as a hibernating bear in the winter.
So it is very hard for a founder, especially a first time founder embarking on their first rodeo, to make smart decisions and only get involved with genuine and trustworthy people, who aren't simply trying to give the illusion of value, under the guise of trying to manipulate the founder because they are "green".
I mentor startups globally and reguarly hear of a variety of cowboys and charlatans who do just that and it really annoys me because many of these people are often lauded as being integral members of the ecosystem or championed for how they "help" others.
For example one of the starts I mentor (who are based in the UK) called me recently and said "Henry do you know ________?" now whilst I didn't know that person directly, I know of him, he run's an angel network and lets say… doesn't have a fantastic reputation, for various reasons such as they hold events where they charge founders £100's simply to pitch "investors" amongst other things.
However, being the kind of person I am, I don't like to put people down based on perception or hearsay, if I haven't met or interacted with them myself it's hard to know what is fact and what is perception or even Chinese whispers.
So I asked the founder, why? and he said "Well this guy approached us and offered to help us raise Angel Investment" I asked him is he charging the standard rate of 5% that he is known for and the founder said yes thats what we quoted to him.
Now they are only raising £150k SEIS, and for that amount I personally think it's very hard to justify paying an Angel Network £7.5k… but it's not unheard of and for those of you who have been involved in larger raises be it Alternative Financing, EIS raises or even IPO's will know that a charge around that percentage is pretty standard, but generally that is because the intermediary have great connections into "Lighthouse" names both institutionally, retail and UHNW's, who of course create a storytelling domino effect once they are "in" so it's often a necessary 'evil'… but at an Angel round especially via an Angel Network, when mechanisms such as SEIS are being utilised you will often find the calibre of investor is very far from "smart money" or anything close to being a "Lighthouse" name.
Now, anyone who understands consumer tech knows that the runway a £150k raise gives you is limited and it is purely designed to get you to your next milestone, to do which you need to demonstrate impressive growth across several meaningful metrics as investors who invest at Seed stage wont expect to see you as the finished article but they will expect you to at least be moving in the right direction towards proving your hypothesis and achieving product/market fit.
plus legal fees and admin costs involved in completing the round.
You would of spent the best part of 25% of your round to raise from average investors who are unlikely to follow on subsequent rounds, add any value or convince anyone else to invest, and a non exec Chairman who is being paid >£1000 an hour for two hours a month.
Having mentored >200 entrepreneurs and led hundreds of people during my career, I have learnt that it is far more effective to coach people to be able to work out the answer for themselves, rather than simply tell them the answer.
So I asked the founder what he thought, and he said "He gets a bad vibe about it all" he basically said the guy was very convincing and whilst he probably is quite naive what kind of confirmed his suspicions was that I had been helping him for a while, hadn't asked him for a penny and said I would be happy to take a look at investing personally. Whilst the guy that runs the Angel Network seemed to be trying to contractually trap them to line his own pockets before he even had demonstrated his capability or value.
I wont go into the conversation any further but what it demonstrates is that founders are nervous, they don't know what to do and they are unsure who to listen to, especially when advice is coming from "seemingly" genuine people and it is even harder to navigate "what to do" when you have a variety of people giving you conflicting advice. In layman's terms, founders are NOT stupid, they know they answers to their questions, but they like the security of leaning on someone more experienced who has done it all before or as I mentioned above inadvertently they are also swayed by people who give the illusion or actually are gatekeepers to money. For an example of that, go to any party that VC's or even Tech Journalists are in the house and see how people flock and behave like a teenage girl seeing Chris Brown in a concert. People gravitate to those who they "think" can help them, but quite often they are barking up the wrong tree.
My advice to founders is quite simple, if someone is asking you to pay money you haven't got, then quite likely they are a charlatan. Any credible person, like with the example above would see they are a team of 4 founders who have all quit their job to build the startup, none are taking a salary and all are bootstrapping not just the startup, but also their lives, so to expect them to pay £25k for two hours a month with a middle aged guy, who has done nothing other than create a platform that flogs mediocre SEIS investment opportunities and also charge founders to even pitch these 'investors' is not just a bit punchy it is immoral, in my opinion it is preying on and manipulating the vulnerable and is no different from stealing from an old lady.
The more diverse experience a founder has, means they are better equipped to navigate these challenges and obstacles that a all founders will 100% face and if there are gaps of experience or knowledge they need to find complimentary people and fast, be it as an advisor, mentor, investor or simply friend of the company, but always tread very carefully.
Strong entrepreneurs are good at finding people who actually make angel investments. And it seems to me that people who don't actually make angel investments, but tell the world they do, are lying or at the very least aren't really serious about it.
I would suggest utilising tools such as Crunchbase and working out if investors are a good fit with your space, ticket size and also at the very least its a good way of seeing the track record of the investor, how well have the startups done with them as an investor or middle man for the raise?
There are tons of 'fake' angel investors. These fake angels are unlikely to fund your company for the quite obvious reason – they haven't got the money to do so.
You may think, 'why would anyone do that?' They're often doing this for ways to make money in that they're looking for startups that they can jump on board with, either as an employee or consultant.
To me that bait and switch tactic is exactly what the founder of the Angel Network was doing, he preys on "suckers" and if he smells desperation or weakness he will pounce. Thankfully the founder I mentor did indeed know the answer and hearing it from me that I agreed, was enough to make him realise he needed to avoid the guy.
It does make you wonder how many startups are falling for these shady tactics…. I hope as the ecosystem grows there is more transparency and less opportunity for the Fake Angels and Real Devils and Charlatans to prey on the naive.


Earlier this month I wrote about an NHL 2K9 Tournament taking place at Future Shop stores across Canada. A tipster informed me today that on the registration page a new message has appeared indicating that Future Shop has "unfortunately" had some technical difficulties capturing entries submitted between the dates of Oct. 3rd - Oct. 6th.
It looks like Future Shop will be still accepting entries for people who may be affected by the technical difficulties. People who filled out the entry form between these dates are asked to resubmit their information using the online form.
It looks like myself and fellow NextGen Player staffer Andrew Green were unaffected by this disruption as we fortunately signed up on the day after, on October 7th.


Apps (Applications) are like mobile optimized mini websites, designed specifically for mobile and tablet screen sizes. They usually have simplified functionality, but can be as complex and detailed as required.
Many larger companies have dedicated Apps for mobile users, in preference to a mobile specific website.
The Apple and Android App stores give you a platform on which to get found. They operate in a similar way, promoting the most popular Apps to their users, meaning that you will need to promote your App in order to get found initially, after which time, as you move up the popularity rankings, you will be found organically.
What Can You Use Apps For?
Smartphone games are all built as Apps, as are online banking portals, gambling sites, social media sites etc.
Apps allow you several useful ways of communication with your existing customers. Unlike a mobile website, with an App, you can update your users with notifications, giving you a further opportunity to make a sale or to stay in your customers mind.
The pop ups you probably receive on your phone from various installed Apps are examples of how you can be seen by your users.
The key is to create an App that people will find useful enough to install in the first place, and continue to use.
Find out more about creating an App for your business, ask us how today….


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Q: Translating strings outside react components using react-18next a lot of tutorials and articles that show how to add i18n to react applications using react-18next, have the translatable strings inside the components. Why does it seem like its an accepted convention yet this could potentially lead to code duplication and prove to be a maintenance nightmare for a sufficiently large codebase.

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*Are there patterns that in react-js ecosystem that can help one organize such translatable strings much better, bearing in mind that they should be reactive to run-time language changes by the user on the browser.

*Would the solution work where some of the strings have to be defined outside the components, e.g though contrived

// utils
export const lookup = {
  key1: {
    title: 'lorem Ipsum', // values should be translated
    description: 'a somehwat long description',
    severalOtherProps: 'and their values',
  },
  // ... several keys here.
  lastkey: {
    title: ' lorem Ipsum',
    description: 'a somehwat long description',
    severalOtherProps: 'and their values',
  },
};

// component1.tsx

export const component1 = () => {
  // consumes lookup
};

export const component2 = () => {
  // consumes lookup
}

A: I think it may benefit from re-reading more of the i18n docs:
Specifically about namespacing and nesting of translations.  All of the translation key:value pairs are defined OUTSIDE of the react component. You use the translation functions provided, like useTranslation in your react component.
If you have a helper function outside of your component, you would have to pass t as an argument to be consumed within the function, unfortunately.


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