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By ED SIEGEL | October 5, 2011
FANCY FOOTWORK The cast handles the difficulties of Tony Kushner's work — his slides between naturalism and surrealism — with aplomb.
The fall season has begun with a lot of starry events. The American Repertory Theatre is reinventing Porgy and Bess while the Huntington Theatre Company is doing likewise with Candide. And John Malkovich and Laurie Anderson have been in town thanks to ArtsEmerson.
But damned if the most artistically satisfying production I've seen this fall isn't being staged by the Zeitgeist Stage Company at the Boston Center for the Arts's Plaza Black Box (through October 22) — Tiny Kushner, five shorter plays by Tony Kushner. Of course, given that the playwright is one of the two greatest living theater practitioners in America (hi there, Edward Albee) it's no surprise.
Give Zeitgeist and director David Miller credit. Most of Boston's theaters avoid Kushner like the plague, particularly the Huntington and the A.R.T. Miller, by contrast, is totally in sync with Kushner's prose, poetry, and politics, and so are his four actors, who are required to be alternately optimistic and depressive, kind and cruel. Craig Houk and Victor Shopov are more relaxed in their roles than Maureen Adduci and Kara Manson, but they all handle the difficulties of Kushner's slides between naturalism and surrealism smartly and charismatically.
Asked to participate in the annual New York Times Magazine "The Lives They Lived" feature on those who died in 2002, Kushner imagined Lucia Pamela, an American bizarro musician, meeting Queen Geraldine of Albania on the moon. The playlet that resulted was Flip Flop Fly! The previous year his contribution had Richard Nixon's psychotherapist being analyzed in the afterlife, Dr. Arnold A. Hutschnecker in Paradise. Both are never anything less than knowingly amusing contemplations on the American way of life, even in death. As the queen pours out her miseries, Pamela gets the idea to stage her story as a musical, à la Evita. Always look on the bright side.
That same sense of serious fun pervades Terminating orSonnet LXXV . . . (Titles longa, plays brevis. The whole show is about 2 1/2 hours.) This was perhaps the only memorable part of the omnibus production Love's Fire, in which a number of playwrights transmogrified Shakespeare's sonnets. Here, the poem of approach/avoidance ("So are you to my thoughts as food to life") becomes a delicious therapy session between a gay man and lesbian therapist. As in all his Kushner's work, the wordplay is its own reward.
East Coast Ode to Howard Jarvis, A little teleplay in tiny monologues, about a 1996 scheme of New York workers to evade taxes, is like Anna Deavere Smith on Dexedrine, though it has an authorial point of view — it ends with Bill Clinton joining the Republican panderers in ending the era of big government.
But the piece that puts Tiny Kushner in a class with his longer plays is Only We Who Guard the Mystery Shall Be Unhappy. Kushner got the idea from Laura Bush stating that she loved Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov. How does one square the deeply spiritual "Grand Inquistor" segment with her defense of the Iraq war? The answer isn't as ideological as you might think. The former first lady is presented not as a stick figure, but as someone who is tortured by the death of Iraqi children (she is explaining the book to three of the dead children) while resolute in backing her husband.
Kushner is, of course, on the other side of the debate, and I can't imagine there are many Republicans out there who would find Tiny Kushner palatable. Their loss. Kushner's humanism is too artful and thought out to be dismissed. In this production, it's embraced by Miller and his actors. It's a group hug we could all use these days.
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<snip>Castillo shrugged. "Zey shouldn't be zere. Ze JMC bought zat planet 10 years before zey colonised ze planet. It belongs to us!"All sides of the metal box unfolded, exposing a large missile with stubby robotic legs. The missile turned towards the open hangar bay door and stomped towards it, each step sending vibrations through the deck.
"We can't just let them die." Said Rosette. The missile launched, and headed towards the planet. After it had cleared the Blue Dwarf it split into twenty separate missiles, each with spinning drill-bits on the front. As they hit the planet's surface they burrowed deep inside, and straight through the tunnels and caves the people of New Buckingham had built for themselves. They continued until they reached the planet's core, sending hot magma up into the subterranean cities.
Rosette couldn't take it any more. she moved over to the control panel, and started tapping at it, trying to get the missiles to abort. Before she got anywhere near her objective, Castillo backhanded her in the face, with far more force than she should've been able to, given her frame, knocking Rosette off her feet.
"You'll kill thousands of innocent people!" she called as she got up, trying to get Castillo to see reason."Zis is treason." Castillo said, "Any more and I shall have you fired, and locked in the brig."
"I can't let you do this." she said, barging at Castillo with her good shoulder, knocking her away for long enough to hit the emergency stop on the rocket-drills."I knew I should have fired you when you let that alien almost activate it!" Castillo yelled as she also knocked rosette away. She slammed shoulder first into the box that used to house the rockets, causing her to yell in pain as her broken collarbone impacted the metal.
"Luckily, I can reactivate it from here." Castillo said, using the chance to turn them back on. Sparks flew all over her as a bullet from Rosette's gun tore the control panel a few new holes.Putting her gun away, Rosette looked determined to stop the new Captain. Castillo stepped towards her, and Rosette put her gun away. "I won't shoot you, but I won't let you kill innocent people."
"This is a mutiny." Castillo said, as she came face to face with the soon to be ex-security chief."Holly!" she called. "Remove Rosette's security clearance, and prepare the brig."
She woke up again with a searing pain in her shoulder, but her environment had changed."The Captain said you're to stay here until the mission is over, then you'll be handed over to the JMC for your trial." the security guard that stood outside the brig cell said.
"I don't recognise you.. you're one of hers, aren't you?" Rosette asked, noticing his slight french accent.


It's the witching hour: daylight and darkness are almost equal. It is at this time when the Diva is unleashed and all are invited to Velma's lair to celebrate all her favourite bitching witches for musical theatre, the movies and popular culture!
From Ursula to Elphaba and every belty enchantress from the coven in between, Velma will Put a Spell on You with a little bit of her practical cabaret magic!
A spellbinding journey with The Grand High Witch herself, yet fear not, this lovable diva ain't no Wicked Witch of the West.
Equinox is a love letter to all the witches and magical creatures who have graced our stages and screens. Velma Celli is utterly spellbinding as she sings the siren songs of the hags and creatures that go bump in the night.
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Данные водного реестра
По данным государственного водного реестра России относится к Нижнеобскому бассейновому округу, водохозяйственный участок реки — Таз, речной подбассейн реки — подбассейн отсутствует. Речной бассейн реки — Таз.

Код объекта в государственном водном реестре — 15050000112115300066625.

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Бассейн Чатылькы (притока Тольки)
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01 - Final Fantasy "Main Theme"
02 - Final Fantasy VII "Gold Saucer"
03 - Chrono Trigger "Guardia Millennial Fair"
04 - SaGa Frontier 2 "Roman & Vorspiel"
05 - Seiken Densetsu 3 "Can You Fly Sister?"
06 - Live A Live "Wanderer"
07 - Final Fantasy VI "Spinach Rag ~ Character Medley"
08 - Final Fantasy "Prelude"
01 - UNLIMITED:SaGa "The Seven Travelers"
Video game taverns are often accompanied by memorable, rousing tunes, and no genre is more conducive to such establishments of respite than our very own favorite, RPGs. Real world taverns have their own unique soundtrack, but what if the two worlds combined in a sort of crossroads pub located on the borderlands between Earth and the World of Balance (or Ruin, I suppose)? I haven't visited (yet), but someone else has, and they recorded what they heard there and christened it "Beer SQ."
What an inspired and joyful set of tunes. The album begins with a brassy, punchy, hyper rendition of the Final Fantasy main theme, and I couldn't think of a more fitting place to start. The melody plays out wonderfully over a backdrop of quiet, but animated percussion, and listeners will be hard pressed not to start toe tapping or dancing outright. "Gold Saucer" follows with a delightful and danceable version of the classic theme. You'll be too busy moving your feet to notice how repetitive it is. "Guardia Millennial Fair" from Chrono Trigger features some classy trumpet in a quieter, slower setting and "Roman & Vorspiel" brings out a variety of strings for a spirited performance of a dynamic tune.
"Can You Fly Sister" picks up where "Gold Saucer" left off with another perfectly danceable tune in the style of an Irish jig, making it one of my favorites on the album. "Wanderer" is a curious track heavy in acoustic guitar that sounds quite jarring and perhaps even dissonant at times. The final track is an odd Eastern/synth remix of the Final Fantasy "Prelude." The result is one of my least preferred tracks on the album, but an interesting one nonetheless.
Perhaps the greatest achievement on the album is the nine-minute wonder, "Spinach Rag." The tune makes its way through each of the character themes from Final Fantasy VI in a swingin' succession of pure delight. Any Final Fantasy VI lover with a playful ear will fall in love with this track, from the opening highs of the titular ragtime theme to the melancholy lows of Celes' and through to the end, a return to that rompin' rag.
The bonus disc contains a pair of lengthy oddities and a sweeping orchestral track that doesn't fit along with the main disc so much, although it's pleasant in its own right, with evocations of the Far East and the traditional Japanese RPG – an oddly nostalgic song. The pair of tunes that share a title are poppy, synthy, noisy things that favor something resembling style over substance. Some might find this fun dancing music, but I found it obnoxious and unpleasant.
Dim the lights and grab a mug of beer and your lover's hand for a night of wild dancing to Beer SQ's endearing and slightly insane tunes. The second disc is questionable, but that's just a bonus anyway. The first disc is wonderful, even if you're only slightly familiar with the games. When real taverns and bars start playing music like this, we have truly seen victory.


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The kook is back! "When You Try Surfing Twice" is Part II of my comedy documentaries about a beginner surfer in Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia.
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Amelia Burns on 21/03/2019 at 8:52 pm
First! Abs love the vid!
chrisdrabble on 21/03/2019 at 9:00 pm
In case you missed Part I, check it out here:
Laura Lopez on 21/03/2019 at 9:09 pm
?? you are too funny! ????
Kai Colbert on 21/03/2019 at 10:08 pm
Plz make a part 3
The Hobbyist on 21/03/2019 at 11:09 pm
You are incredible at this man. Dont ever stop. Keep Sephing.
painfull16 on 31/03/2019 at 9:40 am
Actually I have felt just the opposite lately. The Aussie accent is terrible. It was funny once. Now it's just annoying. You're loosing it man. Go back to being a funny Kiwi, because you're not a funny Aussie.
Brian Nielsen on 22/03/2019 at 1:29 am
Thumbs up? or Thumbs down? – hmm
If only Y-tube offered a third icon,
a middle finger icon. Ya
John Burken on 22/03/2019 at 7:52 am
I'd imagine your comments would attract a lot of them.
Laura Beebe on 22/03/2019 at 3:44 am
Love it ????
WJ Y on 22/03/2019 at 7:07 am
2:05 "they're just annoying because they don't even realize they are kooks…." ?
Marie Sauter on 22/03/2019 at 8:29 am
You are so funny! Your videos make me laugh, thank you!
chrisdrabble on 24/03/2019 at 8:34 am
Thank YOU! ?
Amar Gill on 22/03/2019 at 6:16 pm
Good bro , keep making awesome videos
Dylan Slater on 23/03/2019 at 2:55 am
Welcome to woolgoolga, Euro and Korean backpackers that started surfing one month ago and still can't swim but tell everyone they lifelong surfers and claim they're locals ?
Jake Lawrance on 24/03/2019 at 12:20 pm
Wax the bottom of your board to stick to the tube ? good thinking
Just happy to share my knowledge with the next generation of sarfers.
Richard Pembroke on 24/03/2019 at 1:28 pm
Sarfing has a new #1 to replace the retired Bernard Fanning… fully sik
Kim Jong Un on 24/03/2019 at 8:40 pm
moreeeee
govinda mas on 25/03/2019 at 11:04 am
InfinitiSurf on 25/03/2019 at 7:59 pm
I surf but I'm having trouble sephing. Anyone have online lessons?
b.a_braders on 29/03/2019 at 5:07 pm
Are you actually from Birmingham ?
KeegStar15 on 29/03/2019 at 5:07 pm
In sarfing you gotta be careful of the lucals. love the accent
Keegan O'Reilly on 29/03/2019 at 5:07 pm
Millie Fraser on 31/03/2019 at 7:11 am
ahaha these are my favourite
Jesse Unboxed on 01/04/2019 at 10:04 am
Hahaha yes just love this
CB JesseT on 01/04/2019 at 10:04 am
Cameron Pritchard on 01/04/2019 at 8:09 pm
Make a part 3!!!!!!
chrisdrabble on 02/04/2019 at 11:39 pm
On it! ?
Discord Tiddies on 01/04/2019 at 8:09 pm
Shimlif on 01/04/2019 at 8:09 pm
chrisdrabble on 03/04/2019 at 10:39 am
Jesse M8 on 01/04/2019 at 9:04 pm
j3ss3 on 01/04/2019 at 9:04 pm
Team 2026 on 05/04/2019 at 2:55 am
Yeah mate funny video, hope you went Baggin us locals though ?
Haha mate, quite the opposite – just having a laugh about the "6-week locals." ?????
A for AWESOME on 05/04/2019 at 5:34 am
0:05 BOGAN MODE ACTIVATE
Team 2026 on 05/04/2019 at 1:55 pm
Jesse Unboxed on 06/04/2019 at 7:08 am
Hahaha when he's waxing the bottom of his board at the start
CB JesseT on 06/04/2019 at 7:08 am
Mandurah Life on 06/04/2019 at 2:07 pm
Was that hoppo
Bara Boys on 06/04/2019 at 2:07 pm
MouldyMilo on 06/04/2019 at 9:07 pm
Who else is looking for the lifeguards?
Daniel and Jacks fishing adventure - with friends on 07/04/2019 at 2:30 am
Is that bondi beach?
Dr. Subhash Chandra Bose on 08/04/2019 at 9:41 am
Hi bogan bruv
Adi Mate on 08/04/2019 at 9:41 am
painfull16 on 08/04/2019 at 11:13 am
You should go back to being a funny Kiwi mate, because you're not a funny Aussie. The accent was funny, once. Now it is just annoying. You have talent, I acknowledge that, but I haven't found any of your surfing culture parody material funny. I'm being honest, and a bit of honest feedback should not be deleted – it should be useful to you. So let's see if you delete my comment again this week 😉
I've never deleted anyone's comment. I've got better things to do – like making Part 3 of my surfing series. Shot, brah! ?
Flamin Mongrel on 08/04/2019 at 8:41 pm
Sail 2 Spear on 11/04/2019 at 8:33 pm
Ha ha what a great laugh or was that for real ?
Sail 2 Spear on 12/04/2019 at 7:33 am
Joel McManus on 13/04/2019 at 9:09 pm
Love this series you should definitely do more
Cheers! I'll see what I can do. ?
Piechen Miechen on 26/04/2019 at 8:05 am
I want an endless recording of you saying surf aka seeeeerf ?


Over the last 20 years, the glut of books and instructional videos devoted to playing guitar really, really fast has spawned a cottage industry. But any shredder worth his or her weight in metronomes will tell you there is no silver bullet—you must put in serious time if face-melting chops are your ultimate goal. To that end, woodshedding with Shred! The Ultimate Guide To Warp-Speed Guitar will most definitely improve your skills. The sections on alternate picking, sweeping, legato, finger-tapping, and palm-muting will get you going with shred's five basic food groups—but with chapters that focus on speed riffing a là James Hetfield and bands such as the Dillinger Escape Plan, as well as primers on whammy bar chicanery and blues shredding, this book is more than a neo-classical how-to. All of the musical examples come in standard notation and tab, and the book's accompanying CD shows the authors to be some pretty wicked players themselves (Prown, in particular, is frightening). Shred! also does an admirable job of educating the reader about shred's origins and some of the genre's most important players. But with all due respect, if Def Leppard's Phil Collen is a shredder, then I'm the Great Kat. (Backbeat Books).


The sun is up in Palomino and the waves seem to be as they used to, magical, quiet and proud to be one of the main special compounds of Colombian Caribbean Coast. The sound is unique, mysterious, and strong, it's like poetry that makes me feel good and connected with my own world, exactly what I wanted to get when I decided to leave my job and get on this awesome trip to Palomino with no return.
While embracing my surroundings, in a method learnt my yoga classes, I get connected with those at the beach in a deep sleep as if they were dead and those who are just waking up, which is extremely unusual at 5:45 am. They are stretching their bodies, yawning but without annoying the others that are still sleeping.
- what are they doing so early?- I wonder myself knowing that most of them are less than 25 years old, backpackers, free and enjoying the world. I keep watching these boys getting ready and I see them reaching out for a curious objet from their bags. I can't identify what it is so I get closer to have a look. I finally I discover a binoculars.
- But, for what? - I think to myself.
One of the guys talks to me, he speaks in English but not from United States, He was young British traveler very anxious for something that he has planned for a long time.
- What are you doing so early? – I ask curiously.
- Aren't you listening to that? – He answer trying to share his moment but I was completely oblivious.
- What? - I say almost embarrassed.
Then with patience and excitement the young man explains to me that every year because of the birdwatching, or birding, and during the migratory season, many expert travelers, with knowledge in bird migration, travel along thousands of kilometers not only to hear the Colombian's birds sounds but also to see their behavior and their natural life. Colombia is a sacred territory for bird watching. We host many of the total number of bird's species, twenty of them life only in Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta and eight in Palomino, full of colors and plumages we can find yellow-billed herons, woody woodpecker, parakeets, flycatcher bird, wrens bird, swallows, sparrows, hummingbirds, frigates, etc.
- They make us feel excited with their melody and invite us to the love dance, to get connected with the environment and the nature. We are going for the herons, the white heads. – Explain the young British with an incipient Spanish.
- Yeah! Why not? – I answer contagious with the energy and excitement of this young traveler.
Anyway for a travelers every moment it's an experience. ¡A great experience!
Birdwatching is that can of experience that you can´t describe with word, you have to live it. But I can assure you, you won't regret it.
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By Eric Gitter Aug 20, 2021
Former Wisconsin football coach and athletic director Barry Alvarez joined the Steve Czaban Show Friday to talk about life post retirement and to reminisce about his days as coach and AD. He recounted the early years at Wisconsin when he took over a moribund football program and took them to the Rose Bowl in three years. He talked about his philosophy that led to the construction of one of college football's best programs during his tenure, as well as some of his favorite memories as coach. Plus he really has not eased into retirement as he is now working as a liaison between Big Ten football coaches and athletic directors and commissioner Kevin Warren. (Photo/Getty Images)
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If you don't want to use the standard pigtail or an on vapour tank regulator, then this brass 1/4 male x 10mm compression olive fitting is a direct replacement to the tanks already fitted 109 ( butane type nut) on our GAS IT refillable horizontal vapour tanks and it will allow you to run 8mm copper or thermo plastic gas pipe directly out of the tank lock off valve up to your other regulator source.
So if you have a existing bulk head regulator fitted and want to continue using it, this item will allow 10mm from the tank up to your regulator, and with a simple 8mm to W20 caravan adapter ( available separately on this webshop ) you can run directly in to your reg.
It allows more convenient pipe runs from the gas out manual tap, as you can use any length of the specific approved copper 10mm pipe.


According to the CDC's FluView report for the week ending Dec. 17, 2016 (week 50), flu activity increased in the United States. The proportion of people seeing their healthcare provider for influenza-like-illness (ILI) is above the national baseline for the first time this season. Influenza A (H3) viruses were most commonly reported during week 50 and have been the predominant virus so far this season. While the timing of influenza activity varies and is unpredictable, flu activity is expected to increase further in the coming weeks. CDC recommends annual flu vaccination for everyone 6 months of age and older. Anyone who has not gotten vaccinated yet this season should get vaccinated now.
For the week ending Dec. 17, the proportion of people seeing their healthcare provider for influenza-like illness (ILI) increased to 2.3% (ILI was 1.9% during the week ending December 10, 2016). This is above the national baseline of 2.2%. Five regions (regions 2, 4, 8, 9 and 10) reported ILI at or above their region-specific baseline level.
One state (Oklahoma) and Puerto Rico experienced high ILI activity. Two states (Arizona and Georgia) and New York City experienced moderate ILI activity. Ten states (Alabama, Colorado, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia) experienced low ILI activity. 37 states experienced minimal ILI activity. The District of Columbia did not have sufficient data to calculate an activity level. ILI activity data indicate the amount of flu-like illness that is occurring in each state.
Widespread influenza activity was reported by Puerto Rico. Regional influenza activity was reported by Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands and 13 states (Alabama, Alaska, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia, and Washington). Local flu activity was reported by the District of Columbia and 26 states (Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, North Dakota, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming). Sporadic flu activity was reported by 11 states (California, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Montana, New Mexico, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin). Geographic spread data show how many areas within a state or territory are seeing flu activity.
Since Oct. 1, 2016, a total of 676 laboratory-confirmed influenza-associated hospitalizations have been reported. This translates to a cumulative overall rate of 2.4 hospitalizations per 100,000 people in the United States. Additional data, including hospitalization rates during other influenza seasons, can be found at http://gis.cdc.gov/GRASP/Fluview/FluHospRates.html and http://gis.cdc.gov/grasp/fluview/FluHospChars.html. The highest hospitalization rates are among people 65 years and older (9.8 per 100,000), followed by adults 50-64 years (2.8 per 100,000) and children younger than 5 years (1.7 per 100,000). During most seasons, children younger than 5 years and adults 65 years and older have the highest hospitalization rates. Hospitalization data are collected from 13 states and represent approximately 9% of the total U.S. population. The number of hospitalizations reported does not reflect the actual total number of influenza-associated hospitalizations in the United States.
The proportion of deaths attributed to pneumonia and influenza (P&I) was 5.9% for the week ending December 3, 2016 (week 48). This percentages is below the epidemic threshold of 6.9% for week 47 in the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) Mortality Surveillance System.
No influenza-associated pediatric deaths for the 2016-2017 season have been reported to CDC.
Two influenza-associated pediatric deaths that occurred during the 2015-2016 season were reported to CDC during week 50. One death was associated with an influenza A (H3) virus and one was associated with an influenza B virus. These deaths bring the total number of reported influenza-associated pediatric deaths occurring during that season to 89.
Nationally, the percentage of respiratory specimens testing positive for influenza viruses in clinical laboratories during the week ending December 17 was 7.1%.
Regionally, the three week average percent of specimens testing positive for influenza in clinical laboratories ranged from 2.0% to 11.6%.
During the week ending December 17, of the 1,130 influenza-positive tests reported to CDC by clinical laboratories, 986 (87.3%) were influenza A viruses and 144 (12.7%) were influenza B viruses.
The most frequently identified influenza virus type reported by public health laboratories during the week ending December 17 was influenza A viruses, with influenza A (H3) viruses predominating. During the week ending December 17, 319 (94.7%) of the 337 influenza-positive tests reported to CDC by public health laboratories were influenza A viruses and 18 (5.3%) were influenza B viruses. Of the 296 influenza A viruses that were subtyped, 291 (98.3%) were H3 viruses and 5 (1.7%) were (H1N1)pdm09 viruses.
Since October 1, 2016, CDC tested 236 specimens (35 influenza A (H1N1)pdm09, 154 influenza A (H3N2), and 47 influenza B viruses) for resistance to the neuraminidase inhibitors antiviral drugs. None of the tested viruses were found to be resistant to oseltamivir, zanamivir, or peramivir.


Returning to Banrock Station for a performance this Easter Sunday! Entry is free but bookings are essential by calling cellar door on (08) 8583 0299.
Performing solo at Banrock Station Wine & Wetland Centre on Easter Saturday, 4th April, from 12noon.
Bookings not essential but recommended to avoid disappointment by calling (08) 8583 0299.
Performing (in duo mode with Rich on Accordion) at the Wheatsheaf Hotel on Saturday 21st March with Larissa Tandy & The Strine Singers (VIC) for their Adelaide Launch.
Performing a solo set at the Exeter Hotel on Thursday March 5th with sets also from the wonderful Little Miss and Tara Carragher.
Performing a free solo show from the Bandstand Stage at the Garden Of Unearthly Delights for this year's Adelaide Fringe Festival on Thursday 5th March at 6pm.


This heirloom radish produces wonderful pink centers that bring a pop to any dish and the mild yet peppery flavor is suburb. It's our most popular radish variety.
Recommended Planting requirements: Radish do not need a lot of nitrogen but organic matter is important.
Growing Recommendations: In mild areas like San Diego radishes can be grown year round. For optimum flavor succession plant so that you may have a study supply of radishes.
Harvesting and Storage: Radish sprouts roots and seed pods are delicious and easy to harvest. For radish sprouts you only want the youngest and tender sprouts. To harvest roots simply wait until desired size is reached and uproot. For seed pots, maximum maturity must to reached. When radish has produced seed pods, cut them from the plant while they are still tender.


I recently decided to learn about IPv6 and signed up to get my own IPv6 address range. It's all free and your learn loads in the process.
Just visit http://www.tunnelbroker.net sign-up and get learning about IPv6!
They provide a free PPTP VPN tunnel service so you can set your laptop to have its own static IPv6 address no matter where you're connecting to the internet from. Plus you get free DNS management and rDNS too!!!
I have to say, it's pretty cool to be able to give my laptop a static forward and reverse AAAA record.
My cable router died recently so I took the opportunity to replace it with something good. I grabbed a D-Link DIR-825 (revision B) since I knew it supported IPv6 natively after doing lots of research and finding an excellent list on SixXS.net. It was a bit pricey (£120) but I believe it was worth it for the massive feature set – including the quad-band wireless which has proved excellent so far.
In the advanced section of the DIR-825 switch to the IPv6 page. Then change the connection type to "IPv6 in IPv4 tunnel". Now we start entering addresses… The remote and local addresses match up with the addresses on the tunnel details page, so for the Remote IPv4 address use the "Server IPv4 address" from the tunnel details page, Remote IPv6 address is the "Server IPv6 address", and so on for the local addresses, using the "Client" addresses.
Key here is making sure you don't include the "/64″ bit and also remember to not use the short notation for the v6 addresses. For example if you have a server ipv6 address that says: "2001:470:1234:567::1/64" you should instead enter "2001:470:1234:567:0:0:0:1″. That's because IPv6 addresses are usually given in a more human-readable format and they miss out the pointless bits, like the zero-sections at the end (where shorthand like :: is used to mean :0:0:0: ). Do the same for the client IPv6 address too.
Finally in the address auto-configuration section, check the enable auto-configuration box and switch to Stateful (DHCP v6). This will give IPv6 addresses to your clients that support DHCPv6. I believe you don't have to do this, and you can use stateless to do it as well, but I wanted fully public IPv6 address, so I've gone for stateful in my case.
And so finally we click the Save Settings button at the top, and you're done! Time to test it out. Try ipv6.google.com for starters Occasionally it doesn't work. If not check on the tunnelbroker.net site and make sure you router's wan IP address is listed on the tunnel details page. If it isn't you need to get that filled in, so click the link next to the client ipv4 address entry and fill it in. Hopefully you have a static IP don't you…! There does seem to be a way of dynamically updating the client ipv4 address with hurricane electric, but that would still mean updating the config on the router which would be annoying of course.
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This simple but insightful assessment tool can help you find new ways to articulate your strengths, identify areas for improvement (or at least minimize their impact), and even discover types of work that would likely fit you. It will also help you begin to understand your preferred communication style and how you are naturally wired to work.
A discussion about this assessment and the supportive documents with your EaRN coach will very likely help you make fullest use of the ideas contained in it. That person also has access to other expert career coaching resources to help you.
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Molly looked behind her to see who else she should draw.
"Draw Professor Diptol. Give it to him, and he will favor you!" Luna laughed.
"Okay." Molly said turning back around. She started to draw and finished in no time. She got up and gave it to Professor Diptol.
Professor Diptol said, "Oh whats this?" he smiled, "Thank you Ms. Weasely. Its very nice of you." he turned around, and continued his work. "And by the way, its very good if I do say so myself."
"Thank you Professor." Molly said. She walked back to her seat only to find eyes on her. "Professor may I go to the restroom?"
"Yes, of course Ms. Weasely."
"Thank you." Molly said and she walked out into the hallway. She had left her bag and everything in the room.
Luna said, too late for Molly was already gone, "You left your stuff and your drawings!" A Slytherin boy behind them said, "What drawings?" And snapped up Molly's notebook, and her bag.
Molly peeked into into the room only to find her notebook and drawings were in the hands of a Slytherin boy. She shut the door silently and stood out in the hall shocked at how careless she was.
The Slytherin was looking through the notebook, and most of the pages were torn out. "Hmm... useless.. the drawings must be in here!" He looked through the bag and pulled out a piece of paper.
"Give that back!" Luna demanded.
"This is a drawing of.... Solomon Lovegood." the Slytherin boy laughed. "Ha! Molly Weasely draws pictures of Solomon Lovegood!" Everyone started laughing.
Sol sunk back in his chair, cheeks red.
Molly heard them and sunk down to the floor and started to cry.
Luna snatched the picture out of his hands. She grabbed her stuff, along with Molly's things raced out the door to find Molly crying.
"Quiet!" Prof. Diptol shouted. "Finish your assignments."
Molly didn't look up to see who it was and she didn't stop crying either.
Luna put her hand on Molly's shoulder. "Are you okay? Stupid Slytherin kid.." She sat Molly's things next to her.
Molly looked up. Her eyes were red again. "They are mean."
"Yeah.. well most of them." Luna said, "Are you okay, though?"
"Yeah I'm fine." she said. She looked at her notebook. It was ruined. She said a spell and waved her wand. It looked good as new.
Luna smiled. "People can be jerks.. "
"Yeah I know." Molly said thinking of Cynthia. She got an idea and started to draw in her notebook. It was Cynthia but in pig form. She showed Luna.
"Weird how I go from jerk, and it leads you to Cynthia!" Luna laughed.
"Not really." Molly said smiling. Her eyes went back to normal. "I think we should go back in the classroom." she said suddenly. She got up and walked to the door.
"Um.. Molly, wait." Luna said, frowning.


I have an opportunity to accept a few thousand dollars from a deferred stock fund from my company. I get a payout once per year and have one still coming this year and for the following two years. My former company pays about 5.5% interest for the use of the money and it accumulates tax free until I get my annual installment.
There might be tax changes coming in 2013 that could impact my annual payment. Does anyone have any thoughts about the possible change in the tax code? Would I be better off taking the funds now given the potential tax code changes? Your thoughts are appreciated and let me know if you have more questions.
Discussion about tax change is pure speculation. I always plan on current policy extended with few changes and none that benefit me.
Regardless of who is in power and what promises have been made, just because we have created so much debt, taxes will be going up in the future. Personally I would take the bird in the hand. As Michael said, plan with what you know as most future changes will not help people making money.
DaveF is correct on 2013 tax rate increases. 2014 brings about the "Bush" tax cut expiration which would increase dividend and capital gains rates if not extended. No one can accurately predict what politicians will do so you may want to wait to make that decision until you see which party is in power after the elections in the fall.
As Michael said, plan with what you know as most future changes will not help people making money.
For clarification sake, that is what I wrote.
If I have a 2011 capital loss to carryover to 2012, I plan to not use it to offset gains in tax year 2012, but rather save it for 2013 when offsetting gains may be more valuable. AFAIK, there is no rule that says a capital loss carryover MUST be used against gains in the immediately following year.
I've searched the regs for that, never found it. Do you have a link/reference?
+1 I hope we as a country get past debate about increased taxes being good or bad and just raise some taxes along with cuts to spending and then we can get back to talking about each other.
I'm resigned that the truely rich will never pay 30% in taxes, the poor don't have it to pay, so that leaves me and my neighbor. As Bill Cosby once said something like "The goverment comes for regular folks first."
Edit: Oops, partial post. Complete text below.
Perhaps I missed it, but I can find no mention that a CG carryover loss MUST be used against gains the next year. Seems I can elect to not use a carryover, in which case the rules do state that any unused amount can by carried to future years. FWIW, I've done such extended carryovers in the past and the IRS did not complain.
You have to fill out the capital loss carryover worksheet and that will force you to book the loss.
I don't think saving a capital loss carryover does much for you. On the other hand, if you can recognize a capital gain (over and above any loss carryover) in 2012 it could be beneficial. Aside from that case, I wouldn't let any tax change tail wag the investing dog.
Only in case 4, recognizing the CG all in 2012, saves you anything.
So take your cap gains earlier if they will be larger than your loss carryover. Otherwise it doesn't matter when you take them.
Taking a cap loss for 2012 is the same as taking one in 2013 if it just adds to the loss carryover. Taking it early adds $X to the loss carryover in 2012 which offsets $X in CG's in 2013. Waiting until 2013 to take the $X cap loss offsets $X in CG's in 2013 or later. Same result either way, excluding price changes.
Yeah, if you could save the carryover for 2013 and take a capital gain in 2012 it would be sweet. But I'm with MichaelB on this one.
I think if you have capital gains in a given year you have to book up to $3k of your losses against it. You continue to book your carryover looses every year you have gains until your losses are exhausted.
"you can carry over the unused part to the NEXT year" (not two years from now) "If part of the loss is STILL unused, you can carry it over to later years"... seems pretty simple to me..
1040NR, line 39, if applicable) is less than zero. Otherwise, you do not have any carryovers.
can be deducted only on the return of the spouse who actually had the loss.
enclose the amount in parentheses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.
2. Enter the loss from your 2010 Schedule D, line 21, as a positive amount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.
3. Combine lines 1 and 2. If zero or less, enter -0- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.
4. Enter the smaller of line 2 or line 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.
5. Enter the loss from your 2010 Schedule D, line 7, as a positive amount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.
enter -0- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.
7. Add lines 4 and 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.
more than zero, also enter this amount on Schedule D, line 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.
If line 15 of your 2010 Schedule D is a loss, go to line 9; otherwise, skip lines 9 through 13.
9. Enter the loss from your 2010 Schedule D, line 15, as a positive amount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.
enter -0- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.
11. Subtract line 5 from line 4. If zero or less, enter -0- . . . . . . . . 11.
12. Add lines 10 and 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.
Now, say you do NOT put down your loss for 2011... then for 2012 you do not have ANY loss carryforward since you did not put anything down on your return.... the starting point is the PY return, not two years prior... and 2011 had a gain... (add a year to all the above if you want to use it for 2013).
Thanks for the posts, but so far none of the regs/forms quoted say a carryover MUST be used against gains of the next year. They do state we CAN use them, and also state we CAN carryover unused losses to future years. Since there is no requirement of use, into the forms we enter the amount of loss carryover we are ELECTING to use that year. Any remainder can be carried forward indefinitely.
If there is an IRS reg that says a loss carryover MUST be used against gains in a year, then I've missed it and welcome a quote/reference.
Update: Just noticed last paragraph in what TexasProud said - I guess I am pretty much repeating that. Bottom line is 2011 form is asking for info from 2010 form. So you MUST use that info, unless you find some instructions text telling you specifically that you can put other numbers on these lines.
"Use this worksheet to figure your capital loss carryovers from 2010 to 2011 if your 2010 Schedule D, line 21, is a loss and (a) that loss is a smaller loss than the loss on your 2010 Schedule D, line 16, or (b) the amount on your 2010 Form 1040, line 41 (or your 2010 Form 1040NR, line 39, if applicable) is less than zero. Otherwise, you do not have any carryovers."
- To report a capital loss carryover from 2010 to 2011.


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För staden i Jordanien, se Jerash, Jordanien

Jerash (, tidigare Arazdayan) är en ort i Araratprovinsen i Armenien. Den ligger vid floden Aras och vid gränsen till Nachitjevan. Den hade 2001 729 invånare,

Jerash är en gränsort vid den stängda gränsen till enklaven Nachitjevan i Azerbajdzjan. Den har järvägsförbindele med Jerevan via staden Ararat.

Källor
Denna artikel är baserad på artikeln Yeraskh på engelskspråkiga Wikipedia.

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Orter i Ararat (provins)
Geografi i Ararat (provins)


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Q: Datetime field in RKPaginator URL I am using RestKit and I am trying to use the RKPaginator. However, I need to have a datetime field within the URL Request. I am building the following requestString, which is a NSString, and use it in:
RKPaginator *paginator = [objectManager paginatorWithPathPattern:requestString];

requestString is @"/api/rest/equipment/?count=3&limit=:perPage&offset=:offset&last_modified_date__gte=2014-03-31T17:20:26

However, I keep getting:
** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInternalInconsistencyException', reason: 'Parameters must be separated by non-parameter characters.'

This is due to the ":" in the datetime. So...
I tried with:
@"/api/rest/equipment/?count=3&limit=:perPage&offset=:offset&last_modified_date__gte=2014-03-31T17\\:20\\:26

however, I keep getting bad_access within the RestKit when I do that in the following function:
NSString *RKPathAndQueryStringFromURLRelativeToURL(NSURL *URL, NSURL *baseURL)
{
    if (baseURL) {
        if (! RKURLIsRelativeToURL(URL, baseURL)) return nil;
        return [[URL absoluteString] substringFromIndex:[[baseURL absoluteString] length]];
    } else {
        // NOTE: [URL relativeString] would return the same value as `absoluteString` if URL is not relative to a baseURL
        NSString *query = [URL query];
        NSString *pathWithPrevervedTrailingSlash = [CFBridgingRelease(CFURLCopyPath((CFURLRef)URL)) stringByReplacingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
        return (query && [query length]) ? [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@?%@", pathWithPrevervedTrailingSlash, query] : pathWithPrevervedTrailingSlash;
    }
}

A: If your server is happy with encoding : as %3A then do that.
Otherwise, look at creating a subclass of RKPaginator which adds a property that you can set for the date and which is injected into the path pattern (in exactly the same way the page values are injected).

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Saturday, July 21, 2012 18 Points , Agreement of Malaysia , Exposing the Truth , Fact , International , kongsi cerita , Sarawak , Sharing , SSKM No comments
Sarawak Independence Day: Broadcast in Melbourne Australia on 19 July at "Plenty Valley FM 88.6"
Hello Brothers and Sisters...
From Australia...
How are you & how is the preparations for Sarawak Independence Day 22 July? Radio Free Sarawak also mentioned this day and published the 18 Points Agreement. Do you follow their broadcasts?
You may be interested to published this news item on Sarawak Independence Day was broadcast in Melbourne Australia on 19 July at "Plenty Valley FM 88.6" .
The Sarawak national anthem was played at the end of the comment.
The broadcast was made in response to the news passed on by you. (Thanks).
CELEBRATION SARAWAK INDEPENDENCE ON 22 JULY 1963
This coming Sunday the London based movement call Sabah Sarawak Keluar Malaysia or SSKM has organised an international celebration of Sarawak Independence Day on 22 July.
Similar celebrations are also being organised in the Sarawak capital Kuching on Borneo Island and other Sarawak cities and towns, London, Kuala Lumpur and in Dubai. In Australia and New Zealand private celebrations have been planned.
Sarawak was an independent sovereign state also known as land of the White Rajahs from 1841 to 1941. It was recognized as sovereign state by the United States in 1850 and Britain in 1863.
The State of Sarawak came into being when the English adventurer James Brooke was rewarded with a part of present day Sarawak by the Brunei Sultanate in 1841 for assisting the Sultan to put down a local rebellion. The Sultan recognised James Brooke as the ruler and Rajah of Sarawak. From that time the first and Second Rajahs began to expand the territory of Sarawak to its present day size. Sarawak was recognized as sovereign state by the United States in 1850 and Britain in 1863.
Sarawak celebrated its 100 years as an independent Kingdom in 1941 and a new Constitution was passed which promised the transition to an independent democratic state from Brooke rule.
In December 1941 Japan invaded and occupied Sarawak till 1945. After the war Britain took over and ruled Sarawak as colony in 1946 when the Third Rajah Charles Vyner Brooke sold Sarawak to Britain for a large sum of money.
This was called "cession of Sarawak" as colony to Britain and was strongly opposed by many Sarawakians.
The anti-cession and independence movement of Sarawak had the sympathy and support of Anthony Brooke the Tuan Muda or heir apparent to the Sarawak Kingdom. Anthony Brooke passed away in March this year. He was 98 years old. Born in 1911 he lived through the reign of the second and third Rajahs and was a part of Sarawak's history.
He continues to be held in high regards by many Sarawakians because of his leadership in the early struggle for Sarawak independence in which he led the non violent anti-cession movement to oppose Sarawak being colonized by Britain. He was banned from returning to Sarawak after 1946 but continued to lead the anti-cession movement until 1951.
While he was overseas things got out of hand when in Dec 1949 members of a splinter group of the movement assassinated of the British Governor Duncan Stewart . The Governor had been transferred from Palestine to Sarawak which was thought to be more peaceful.
Anthony Brooke's activities were suppressed by the British colonial office but he continued to his relationship with Sarawak till his death. Since the 1960s he formed and led a movement called "Peace through Unity" which has a webpage under this name. He was silent on the topic about the incorporation of Sarawak into Malaysia.
Before his passing he drew attention to - The Brooke motto: "Dum Spiro Spero - while I breathe I hope - is a sentiment both of us have taken to heart and aspire to express in all we do". This is also Sarawak's motto.
On 22 July 1963 Sarawak gained independence from British colonial rule while Sabah became independent on 31 August 1963. By 16 September 1963 both states were incorporated into the new federation Malaysia proposed by Britain and Malaya.
Many critics see this as the annexation of Sabah and Sarawak by the Malayan Gov't and that Britain's had hastily divested its responsibility to the Sarawak & Sabah people by forcing them into the control of the new replacement colonial master.
THIS IS A RECORDING OF THE SARAWAK ANTHEM CALLED "FAIR LAND SARAWAK" WHICH WILL BE PLAYED AT THE INDEPENDENCE CELEBRATIONS
The words of the song slightly update are:
"Fair Land Sarawak
We will never cease to honour thee
and with our loyal sons (& daughters)
Defend your liberty
From your high forest hills,
Down to the open sea
May freedom ever reign
All of us Live in Unity
Proudly our Flag flies high
above our Country Strong and Free
Long may our People live
in Peace and harmony"
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Sabah , North Borneo


We will leave your hotel for Portobello, a little city from the XVII century that was used as a very important harbor for the Spanish fleet. The gold from Peru was prepared here to sail to Spain and other points in the Caribbean. The city was protected by 5 forts that you can see and maybe walk one or two. You will have time to bathe in the island and have lunch.
Hotel pickup and drop off from Panama City hotels; Guided tour; Lunch in Los Cañones.
Available: Daily, Pick up time at 8:00am.


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Q: What is the most elegant way to cast a variable you just received as an argument? More specifically, what's the most elegant way to cast the Graphics object in a paint() call up to a Graphics2D object?
public void paint(Graphics g) {
    // How do I convert/cast/etc the g variable to a Graphics2D object?
}

Or am I missing the point here? Is there a better way to handle this in general?

A: Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D)g;

There is no need to be fancy about it.
You will always receive a G2D in the paint method.
I even like to call the Graphics parameter g2 and then cast to a Graphics2D named g to make using it simpler.

A: As far as I know, you can't do much in this situation.
You can validate that you actually got a Graphics2D object before casting. But, as far as I know, you can get anything else anyway.

A: Personally I like
Graphics2D g2 = g as Graphics2D;
if (g2 == null)
//do stuff

But as said before, no reason to make it anymore complicated than it is :P

A: Its not directly relevant, but in Scala they recognised this "unpleasantness" - and encourage you to use pattern matching to deal with the correct class instead of a cast:
g match {
     case Graphics2D(g2d) => //code goes here !
     case _ => Nothing //or throw exception etc
}

They actively discourage casts (there is no special cast syntax, only a method).
Not entirely relevant to you, but thought its worth noting that others are troubled by what troubles you ;)

A: Graphics2D g2 = Graphics2D.class.cast(g);


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Waldstadion () is a 4,999-capacity stadium located in Giessen, Germany. It is home to FC Gießen. The stadium has also been used for major rock concerts and festivals.

References

Football venues in Germany


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Belo: ABC Demanding Retrans Cut
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By Andrew Gauthier on Nov. 4, 2009 - 12:00 AM
TVNewsCheck
Belo Corp. CEO Dunia Shive says that the publicly traded TV station group is being squeezed by ABC in affiliation renewal negotiations for a share of its growing pot of retransmission consent dollars.
Call it reverse compensation or retrans sharing, Shive said during the company's third-quarter conference call with securities analysts. "It's really a mechanism for having the affiliates share in the cost of programming."
Belo operates four ABC affiliates, including its flagship station in Dallas-Fort Worth (DMA 5), WFAA.
All the networks have been eyeing their affiliates' retransmission consent revenue as it has grown sharply over the past three or four years.
The revenue comes from cable and satellite operators in exchange for broadcasters' permission to carry or retransmit TV station signals. More…


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Q: Change NuGet Package Referenced Based on Profile We have a NuGet package we created locally.  We have a version that includes non-production environments and one that includes the production environment.  Let's use Connection and ConnectionProd for reference.
Is there a way that I can set Debug or my non Prod publish profile that I have set up to use the Connection package, but have the Production profile use ConnectionProd?  I know the PackageReference has conditions, but I wasn't sure if there was a way to tie that to the selected publish profile?
For security reasons, most of our developers don't have access to the ConnectionProd NuGet source location and I'd like to not have to create another TFS branch solely to handle the production NuGet reference.

A: You specify different package name and version depending on the envirounment:
<ItemGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'">
    <PackageReference Include="Connection" Version="1.0.0-dev" />
</ItemGroup>

<ItemGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">
    <PackageReference Include="ConnectionProd" Version="1.0.0" />
</ItemGroup>

UPDATE
Theorically '$(ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT)'=='Development' or using any environment variable for the condition should do it, but somehow I couldn't make it work on my test project.
However, I found another way to make it run with any custom variable, just define your variable inside a <PropertyGroup> then use it to define the condition:
<PropertyGroup>
    <MyVariable Condition="'$(MyVariable)'==''">MyValue</MyVariable>
</PropertyGroup>

<ItemGroup Condition="'$(MyVariable)'=='MyValue'">
    ...
</ItemGroup>

Reference: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/msbuild/how-to-build-the-same-source-files-with-different-options?view=vs-2019#example


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Decline is Not Inevitable
Posted by David Foster on November 5th, 2012 (All posts by David Foster)
One of the most depressing things about the last several years is the degree to which many Americans have come to believe that our best years are behind us. Surveys show that a high percentage of people believe their children will live less-well than themselves. The belief is pervasive that our current economic problems are not a mere cyclic downturn, but rather that we have entered an era of sustained decline.
I assert that American decline is by no means inevitable…and if we do wind up in long-term decline, it will be driven not by any sort of automatic economic process, but rather by our own choices–especially our own political choices.
We talk a lot, here and elsewhere, about our problems as a society–and properly so–but let's change focus for a few minutes and think about our assets.
America has vast energy resources. For oil and gas, fracking really is a game changer. We have vast reserves of coal, and plenty of opportunities to employ nuclear energy safely and responsibly. (Solar and wind can also play a role, but these will be niche sources only for a long time.) And low-cost and widely-available energy greatly improves the economics of many manufacturing businesses, as I've pointed out in other posts. European manufacturers, for example, wish their countries had direct access to large supplies of low-cost natural gas.
America has wide swaths of fine agricultural land, and many excellent farmers. These are not trivial factors in a world which is becoming increasingly wealthy, filled with billions of people who want and need to improve their diets. And agriculture's impact is not limited to those who are actually on farms–agriculture also drives activity in transportation, in equipment manufacturing, in fertilizer production.
And speaking of transportation: while there have been many concerns about "America's decaying infrastructure," America also has infrastructure elements which are very strong. America's freight railroads are probably the best in the world, and represent a powerful economic asset. The country is cris-crossed by thousands of miles of pipelines which carry oil, natural gas, jet fuel, ammonia, CO2, and many other commodities, efficiently, silently, and safely. Our airports, air carriers, and air traffic control system combine to enable the transportation of vast numbers of passengers and considerable quantities of freight, reliably and safely. The Internet has emerged, in only 20 years, from being a limited experimental network to being a large-scale enabler of commerce and of new businesses.
America has millions of people with entrepreneurial spirit–people who want to do new things, to put their personal stamp on the world, to make a contribution in ways that are not necessarily predefined by tradition or edicted by higher authority. Some will start the next Intel or Apple; for some, their scope will be limited to a well-loved local restaurant or to a home-based craft business. All are important.
Our venture capital industry is an important enabler of high-growth new businesses, and our private equity industry plays a key role as well. "Crony capitalism," while it has grown unhealthily, has not reached the levels it has in many other countries, and badly-managed or ill-thought-out enterprises can still go broke and be restructured (or disappear) without being bailed out by political pals, leaving the field clear for the new and better–and for talented people who are not among society's "insiders."
Credentialism in the U.S. has indeed reached unhealthy levels, but it is still quite possible for people to succeed–and succeed in a big way–without the imprimatur of an "elite" college or an accent indicating an "appropriate" class position.
Our universities do suffer from political correctness, from weak and weasely administrators, from too much of a "cafeteria" approach to knowledge, and from the bubble resulting in part from the simplistic view that higher education is and should be the one-path-fits-all solution to everyone's personal and career development. But still, we have excellent institutions in science and technology, and even in the humanities and social sciences there remains a core of excellent professors on whom liberal education can be rebuilt after the bubble deflates.
America has traditionally done well with the absorption and integration of immigrants, and this has been a major source of economic strength. You can move here from Africa or India and become "American" in a way that you could never become "Japanese" if you moved to Japan, or even "German" or "French" if you moved to one of those countries. Demographic problems, especially in Japan but also in some European countries, are amplified by the restrictions on immigration as a key element of their toolkit.
America's military did a great job of rebuilding itself after Vietnam, in the face of widespread social obloquy, and has proved itself again and again. It contains many dedicated, skilled, courageous, and intelligent individuals, at all levels.
Underlying everything is the rule of law and the system of property rights. Long-term planning and investment are difficult to impossible without these things, as they are difficult to impossible in an environment of pervasive government corruption. And while there is far too much government corruption in the U.S., it has not reached the levels exhibited in, for example, China, in the case of its vaunted high-speed rail system.
Mitt Romney understands the importance of the above elements of American success, and will work to strengthen them. Barack Obama either fails to understand most of these things or is actively hostile toward them.
Romney will liberate America's energy resources; Obama will constrain them. The current President either has no practical understanding of energy, or, if he does, ignores it in favor of politically-correct fantasies. In his attempt to be one of the international Cool Kidz, he jumped on the wind and solar bandwagon, lecturing us repeatedly about how other nations were ahead of us in these fields, he has shown no interest in learning from the actual experiences of other countries–like Spain and Germany–and their problems with the attempted large-scale implementation of "renewables." (See this piece for a view from Britain of the problems with wind farms, and the money-skimming that has tended to go along with their development)
The attack on America's energy supplies is now targeting the natural gas industry. See also this report about a 9th Circuit court ruling against a new $3B natural gas pipeline running between Wyoming and Oregon. "It doesn't appear the decision will require the removal of the pipeline – at least not yet," says the article.
Can anyone doubt that a second Obama administration would be much more collusive with the legal and regulatory assault on natural gas than a Romney administration would be?
People living in the NYC area can probably tell you how much fun it is to be without electricity and heat. And again, the cost and reliability of energy do not only affect people in their role as direct users of these things; they also have a very strong impact on the viability of American manufacturers. Nostalgia for the Golden Age of American Manufacturing will not save factories that are driven away, or closed, or never built in the first place, due to skyrocketing energy costs.
Obama's hostility to small business is palpable–indeed, he is hostile to all businesses, with the exception of those that fit the Cool Kidz model or otherwise enjoy special political favor. Michelle Obama's charge to a group of women in Zanesville, Ohio: "Don't go into corporate America," in which she contrasts "the money-making industry" with "the helping industry" clearly reflects the Obamian belief that businesspeople are morally inferior. (What she doesn't mention is that the "helping industry" has treated her pretty well. Her compensation at the University of Chicago Hospital, where she was a vice president for community affairs, jumped from $121,910 in 2004, just before her husband was elected to the Senate, to $316,962 in 2005, just after he took office. Most of the people she was speaking to in Zanesville, of course, would not enjoy similar benefits of political connections, should they pursue "nonprofit" careers, and she was doing them no favors at all by steering them away from "corporate America.")
But while Obama is hostile to business in general, the harm is particularly strong to smaller businesses, which lack the legal and lobbying resources to defend themselves in Washington. How many small manufacturers and homecrafters have been destroyed, for example, by the ill-starred "Consumer Products Safety Improvement Act"?
Most Democrat's claim to be Keynesians. Yet Keynes spoke of the importance of the businessman's "animal spirits" in economic recovery and growth. How strong are the animal spirits of the businessman or the businesswoman likely to be when he or she in continually attacked and denounced?
Obama is not going to fix K-12 education in the U.S., or make any material strides in that direction. He is too much under the thumb of the "blob"–the teachers' unions, the administrators, the ed-school professors. His administration wants to establish what would effectively be racial quotas for disciplinary procedures, making the maintenance of an effective learning environment even more difficult than it already is. The problems with K-12 education are very deep, but they are more solvable with a man like Romney who is not in the pocket of those that did so much to create the problem.
What is the economic cost of destroying the futures of generation after generation in dysfunctional public schools?…not to mention the human cost?
Immigration, as I noted above, has been an important factor in America's economic success. Yet the "progressive" Left's focus on race and ethnicity makes the effective integration of immigrants into American society much more problematic. Keeping groups as separate as possible plays, of course, to the political interests of today's Democratic politicians. The track they want to put us on will lead to an increasingly balkanized society and to an endless neo-Hobbesian war of group against group.
The rule of law, and the minimization of governmental corruption, are absolutely critical factors in economic growth. These things are undercut by governance by czars and executive orders, by favoritism to selected companies, individuals, and industries, and by 2000-page-long laws of unfathomable complexity. They are also undercut by a legal/regulatory environment which encourages rampant litigation, with the law not as an instrument of neutral justice but as a club to be seized by one party to beat another party over the head with. And note also that today's Democratic Party is a party of the lawyers, by the lawyers, and for the lawyers–and lawyers of a particularly damaging and exploitive type, at that.
A second Obama administration means a continued American slide into an increasingly dismal economic future–with a real possibility of things eventually getting so bad that there will be widespread disruption and violence. (See Greece for an example.) But it doesn't have to be that way.
The American economy has vast assets and amazing potential dynamism. We need to get Obama's foot off our air hose–together with the feet of his "progressive" associates–and the economy will be able to function effectively again. Or, to change the metaphor, release the brakes and open the throttle, instead of trying to have hundreds of thousands of bureaucrats push the train.
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18 Responses to "Decline is Not Inevitable"
Spot on. This country will have a fantastic future if we can clear out the political and regulatory blockages.
Poor education is a large part of the problem. Citizens who know something about science, business and history are difficult for ideologues and control freaks to push around. Too many people are, through ignorance, afraid of low-probability hypothetical risks such as global warming yet ignorant of the tremendous real costs of restricting business and technological development, for example in electrical power generation and distribution.
veryretired Says:
Several years ago, a study showed that if teens did 4 things, they would have a much better life—finish high school, don't get arrested, no drugs, and no pregnancy. (I realize three are "don't but the positive is easily deduced)
This post identifies several key elements of future prosperity in much the same way.
Real education for students, not a gravy train for educators and theorists.
Energy, energy, energy.
Reverse the takeover of social power by the legal profession, which now controls all levels and branches of government, and much of the economy.
The state is not an enabler of productive work except in a very limited sense, and if it is a very limited state. The current cancerous growth of state intrusion into every facet of personal and social life is a disaster.
It will take an extended period of difficult work and dedication to dismantle the leviathon state, and return it to the caretaker it was meant to be.
It is the citizen who is primary and paramount. The servant state must be returned to the quarters above the garage where it belongs.
Shannon Love Says:
VeryRetired,
I think the formula was:
Graduate high school
Don't get Married before age 20
Stay Married
Don't have any children outside marriage
IIRC, that would give you only a 15% chance of your children ever falling below the poverty line for more than six months.
I note that a lot of problems such as "decaying infrastructure" are concentrated in the old industrial northeast. Not exclusively but mostly both absolutely and relative to the amount of local infrastructure. Those regions have destroyed their industrial base through unions, environmental laws and expensive power. They unionized government services which everyone pays more tax per unit of service. That means that only do they have less money for infrastructure relative to back in the day but also that they get less bang for their buck for every dollar they do spend.
Worse, the political culture seems to be one of entitlement. I engage a lot of people from the Northeast online and often ask them why they think anyone would invest in the region or open a basic wealth generator like a factory. Not only do they not understand what they need tell potential investors to lure them to the region, they seem lack the basic idea that they should even have to do so. I don't think most voters in the Northeast have a basic fundamental concept that an economy doesn't "just happen." I don't think they even understand that things like taxes, regulation, unions, government consistency, energy cost and infrastructure quality have anything to do with whether they have jobs and a healthy community.
Outside of the "rustbelt" I think the infrastructure is in pretty good shape. One of the reasons that Texas has become the biggest manufacturing state is that we can easily move stuff around the state and to ports. Roads and rail are cheaper to build and maintain e.g. no frost heave and a year round work schedule so we can make a lot of road and rail with little tax money and keep it maintained for less as well. Ditto for things like pipelines. Once they get that Panama canal extension done, we won't even have to ship stuff across to California to get to asia.
More and more it looks like the long term blue regions in the northeast and now California are becoming the millstones around the necks of the rest of us. I mean, if the entire country had the same basic political and economic culture and approach as Texas and other Western states, we wouldn't really have many problems at all.
Shannon— we're probably citing two variations of the same theme. The whole point is that stable, successful lives are not accidental, but the product of thoughtful action, including self-denial, and revolve around a carefully maintained family structure.
At larger levels in the social fabric, these ideas remain valid, even as they are modified to fit a different context.
Illegitimacy is a disaster. Lack of education is a disaster. Criminal behavior is a disaster, which includes, most emphatically, twisting the law to reward one side's friends and punish the other side's allies.
And, above all, energy must be released, both in the mechanical sense, as in the various forms of energy which are now being blocked by obstructionist politics, and in the personal, creative sense.
In the final analysis, the society which unleashes the creative energy of it's people, and allows them to reap the rewards they are due, owns the future.
Mike K Says:
" I don't think most voters in the Northeast have a basic fundamental concept that an economy doesn't "just happen." "
Shannon, I think this is Obama's view of such things. He is convinced that the economy will recover, no matter what he does to it, and he fears that Romney will "get the credit" when it inevitably recovers. Roosevelt had similar ignorance but he had the excuse that it hadn't happened before. At the time, there was no chance that he could learn from Harding because the depression of 1920 was unknown. All they knew was the "roaring 20s," which was a bad example for everyone. They were determined to prosecute Sam Insull, who had had a significant positive impact on the prosperity. All he needed was a guy like Romney to run his business.
Jason in LA Says:
"I think this is Obama's view of such things. He is convinced that the economy will recover, no matter what he does to it, and he fears that Romney will "get the credit" when it inevitably recovers."
I'm still waiting for "Recovery Summer 2010″….I bought my concert shirt and everything. ;-)
Mike Doughty Says:
David, this is extremely well put.
Many of these things are fairly easy to fix, but only if we as a country have the WILL to do so.
Reducing the influence of lawyers is, I think, the most problematic.
Thanks for the analysis.
Jim Miller Says:
One of the three things to do if you want to stay out of poverty that I've seen is: stay in your first full-time job at least a year.
If I recall correctly, the other two were graduate from high school and have no children until after you are married.
(But there may be other lists.)
According to this article, Isabel Sawhill of Brookings was the first person to come up with those three.
Bill Brandt Says:
This election reminds me so much of the Reagan-Carter race. Not that I think Romney is Reagan reincarnated, but that same pessimism was prevalent after 4 years of Jimmy Carter.
After 2-3 years of Ronald Reagan that optimism was back.
mr black Says:
Personally, I think that choice was offered decades ago through the great society. America chose the easy and secure path, the decline has been building up speed since not long after the choice was made. A dictator could reverse that decline but a democracy of ignorant, entitled and scared people has no chance. It's far too late to talk about recovery when you've already gone over the edge of the cliff, there is simply no recovery this far down, the debt cannot be paid. It's default and ruin first, then maybe rebuilding.
Some worthwhile links:
Robert Avrech–Days of Heaven:
http://www.seraphicpress.com/days-of-heaven/
Neptunus Lex, from last year–Fear and Envy:
http://www.neptunuslex.com/2011/11/06/fear-and-envy/
Who to call if you suspect vote fraud:
http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2012/11/05/vote-fraud-who-you-gonna-call/
One more link.
Sarah Hoyt–It's all about love:
http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2012/11/06/all-you-need-is-love/
Thanks, Foster. This is both thoughtful and bracing.
We aren't learning from history – but that is because history has been fragmented, students don't see the patterns. However, Americans seem to hunger for that perspective – look at the popularity of books on the Founders, on Lincoln, on war, on the early years. That is a reservoir, too, that may be called on in the next few years.
Also–Election Day Thoughts, from Cassandra:
http://www.villainouscompany.com/vcblog/archives/2012/11/election_day_th.html#comments
Joe Citizen Says:
Hmmm..amazing then, isn't it, that they somehow have managed to become the wealthiest, most successful area of the country…'
"More and more it looks like the long term blue regions in the northeast and now California are becoming the millstones around the necks of the rest of us."
Sorry to be blunt, but this is just delusional. The Northeast and California are net contributors to the great federal wealth redistribution machine. The red states are, overwhelmingly, the takers. Do basic facts of economics not manage to intrude into your world view at all?
What is it with conservatives and the "facts of reality"? What will it take for you folks to break out of your self-created bubble and rejoin the real world?
Marid Says:
Your IPhone is now a WePhone (there is no "I" under socialism). It will be redistributed to those who have less thanyou.
http://www.isitdownjustforme.com


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New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Netflix today announced it has picked up the new Y/A series XO, Kitty, a spinoff inspired by the popular To All the Boys I've Loved Before film franchise and New York Times best-selling book series by Jenny Han.
- Logline: Teen matchmaker Kitty Song Covey thinks she knows everything there is to know about love. But when she moves halfway across the world to reunite with her long-distance boyfriend, she'll soon realize that relationships are a lot more complicated when it's your own heart on the line.
- Format / Episodes: Dramedy; (10) 30-minute episodes
- Starring: Anna Cathcart (To All the Boys I've Loved Before film franchise)
- Co-Showrunners: Jenny Han (Creator), Sascha Rothchild
- Executive Producers: Jenny Han, Sascha Rothchild, Matt Kaplan of ACE Entertainment
- Studio: Awesomeness Studios
- The pilot was co-written by Jenny Han and Siobhan Vivian.
Anna got her big break after her first TV audition when she was chosen after a multi- nationwide search to play the lead role of Agent Olympia in the Emmy Award winning PBS children's series, Odd Squad. Within the week she was packed and ready to begin her adventure of living and working in Toronto. The role earned her a Canadian Screen Award as well as a Daytime Emmy nomination. Since Odd Squad, Anna has expanded her career, joining the lead casts of Disney's hit musical Descendants as Dizzy, and Netflix's To All the Boys I've Loved Before trilogy as scene-stealing youngest sister Kitty Covey. In addition, she was the lead of Brat TV's Zoe Valentine, Molly in Disney Channel's movie Spin, Young Drizella in the long-running TV drama Once Upon a Time, and Anna in the Disney Channel series Fast Layne. She hosted the web series Letters To with Picturestart, featuring a slate of award-winning authors. In her first animation, Anna joined the all-star cast of the highly anticipated Star Wars:Visions anthology as Lop, in the short Lop and Ocho. Anna was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia. She lives with her supportive parents, big sister and dog Mia.


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Forum - Overtime Complaints? China's JD.com Boss Criticizes 'Slackers'
By EditorDavid from Slashdot's quitting-times department:
An anonymous reader quotes Reuters:
Richard Liu, the founder of Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com Inc, has weighed in on an ongoing debate about the Chinese tech industry's grueling overtime work culture, lamenting that years of growth had increased the number of "slackers" in his firm who are not his "brothers...." Liu, who started the company that would become JD.com in 1998, in the note spoke about how in the firm's earliest days he would set his alarm clock to wake him up every two hours to ensure he could offer his customers 24-hour service -- a step he said was crucial to JD's success...
The '996' work schedule, which refers to a 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. workday, six days a week, has in particular become the target of online debate and protests on some coding platforms, where workers have swapped examples of excessive overtime demands at some firms. Liu said JD did not force its staff to work the "996" or even a "995" overtime schedule. "But every person must have the desire to push oneself to the limit!" he said.
JD disputed reports that the company would be cutting up to 8% of its workforce, but did say "We're getting back to those roots as we seek, develop and reward staff who share the same hunger and values... JD.com is a competitive workplace that rewards initiative and hard work, which is consistent with our entrepreneurial roots."
JD's investors include Walmart and Google.


Remember the opera Vivian and Edward watch? It is called La Traviata and is about a prostitute who falls in love with a wealthy man. What a coincidence!
The piece Edward plays on the piano was actually performed and composed by Richard Gere. Handsome and musical!
Before Richard took on the role as Edward, Al Pacino and Sylvester Stallone were offered the role. Meg Ryan also turned down the role of Vivian!
In order to make Julia Robert's laugh more natural when she watch I Love Lucy, the director tickled her feet off camera.
Gary Marshall, the director, gave his daughter a role in the hit movie. She plays the front desk receptionist at the hotel.
You cannot help but fall in love with Edward even more when he fires Stuckey, and if you look closely you'll notice Richard Gere's tongue is moving around his mouth. That's because a crown was knocked off his molar in the scene.
When Vivian has a business dinner with Richard and his competitors, she flings a snail across the room, which is caught by the waiter who says: "it happens all the time". The director thought it would be a funny idea to cast the same actor with the same line in The Princess Diaries.
In order to prepare for the role of prostitute Vivian, Julia Roberts spent two weeks at a free clinic on Hollywood Boulevard.
After spending their first night together in Edward's penthouse, Julia picks up a croissant for breakfast, but when they cut back to her she is eating a pancake, and has taken two bites. That's not all – when they cut back again, she has only taken one bite.
Have we made you want to watch Pretty Woman all over again? We thought so. Looking for more movie facts? Have a gander at 10 Goodfellas Facts You Should be Reading.


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This is just one of the many questions to be answered in book five of the Lockwood & Co. series. Will Lockwood ever reveal more about his family's past to Lucy? Will their trip to the Other Side leave Lucy and Lockwood forever changed? Will Penelope Fittes succeed in shutting down their agency forever? The young agents must survive attacks from foes both spectral and human before they can take on their greatest enemy in a climactic and chaotic battle. And, to prevail, they will have to rely on help from some surprising - and shadowy - allies.
Jonathan Stroud once again delivers a rousing adventure full of danger, laughs, twists, and frights. The revelations will send listeners back to book one to start the series all over again.
loved it. devoured it. every single bit was awesome. I love the characters and the ghosts and the villains and scary world of this London. exceeded my expectations! !! go Jonathan Stroud! THANK YOU SO MUCH!
A 5-Star Finale for Lockwood & Co.
I LOVE this series and The Empty Grave is another exciting adventure with the Lockwood & Co. gang. This is the fifth and final book of this series, so you must read the books in order. Trust me you will love every minute you spend with this group of friends.
This series is set in an alternate universe of London, England. England has been plagued with ghosts (called "visitors") and they aren't your normal hauntings. These ghosts are dangerous and the living can be killed by just a simple touch from the ghosts (aka ghost touch). To save the day (and the country) teams of gifted children battle these visitors and exorcise them to "the other side". There are many companies for hire to do the job and Lockwood & Co is one of the best teams out there. The team consists of Anthony Lockwood (owner and leader with the heightened hearing of ghosts), George Cubbins (researcher), Lucy Carlyle (investigator that speaks with ghosts) and Holly Munro (admin assistant). For this last adventure Quill Kipps (a former investigator from a rival agency) joins the team for their ultimate battle. I'm not going to spoil the story for you but you should know this had the edge of your seat action, chilling mystery and hilarious moments I've grown to expect from a Jonathan Stroud book. In this final book we see the groups relationship grow beyond colleagues and friends. They have become a family and would make the ultimate sacrifice to protect each other.
I hate to see this series end! But I sense this really isn't a goodbye. The ending felt like a beginning to a new chapter for the group (or is it me wishing this for more or a spinoff lol). But I'm going to miss Anthony's charisma, George and Skull's sarcasm, Holly's perkiness and Lucy's noble spirit. Lucy will forever be one of my favorite heroines. I love her witty nature and her loyalty for her friends. Fans received exciting news this week that this series will be coming to TV. I can't wait to see this show.
Lockwood & Co is a middle grade series for readers of all ages. I highly recommend this series to readers looking for a fun adventure with creepy twists and a group of characters that will have you laughing and cheering them on.
Emily Bevin returns as the narrator and it is another excellent performance. She has become one of my favorite narrators and the reason why I prefer to listen to the audiobooks for this series. She brings all the characters to life, with unique voices and captures their personalities perfectly. I especially love the sarcasm she brings for George and Skull. In this book she also brought Anthony's shyness to life and just made me love him more. Listening to this series as an audiobook reminds me of listening to ghost stories in front of a campfire. Ms. Bevin and author Jonathan Stroud had me laughing and jumping throughout this fun adventure.
The Empty Grave is a great end to an excellent story. I recommend it highly to anyone who just loves a good, unique story.
Awesome book if you like the series!
Ok so I really did like it. If you like this series this book brought more of the same--action, well paced story telling, new revelations, good plot twists-the whole shebang. I liked the narrator's voices for Marissa and George. A good listen.
Love Jonathan Stroud- and the actress reading the book is marvelous. Satisfactory end to the series!
It was everything I could hope the ending could be. I look forward to Stroud's next series!
*That last bit—about Pixar—that might not exactly be the truth. But "I" envy his talents. And if the cartoonish lot behind the bouncing lamp logo listen to this book they'll be envious too!


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