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Kate Ayers
Kate Ayers retired from a career as a court reporter in the Pacific Northwest. Now she enjoys traveling, cooking, reading and reviewing books, writing mysteries, and life in general. She has completed seven novels and is, as always, working on the next one. Trying to promote and sell the books is a daily challenge for Kate. But she lives in a beautiful part of the world with her best friend, Jim, and has a loony shar pei and a crazy Boston bulldog who keep her fully entertained between trips and books. She's always looking forward to what comes next.
Cindy Burnett
Cindy Burnett is the host of the "Thoughts from a Page" podcast, where she interviews authors about their latest works. An avid reader and book reviewer, Cindy loves to talk about books everywhere she can. In addition to hosting her podcast, she actively promotes books she loves on social media and writes two book columns for The Buzz Magazines. She is also a co-creator of Conversations from a Page, a Houston author event series that brings authors and readers together in a relaxed and welcoming setting; the group recently added an online book club as well. As a SheReads.com contributor, she writes "best of" book articles in the historical fiction genre.
Curtis Edmonds
Curtis Edmonds is the author of three novels: RAIN ON YOUR WEDDING DAY, WREATHED and A CIRCLE OF FIRELIGHT, all published by Scary Hippopotamus Books. His short fiction has been published in McSweeney's Internet Tendency, The Big Jewel and Untoward Magazine. He is quite tall and is uncomfortable talking about himself in the third person. He is married with twin daughters.
Sarah Rachel Egelman
Sarah Rachel Egelman lives in New Mexico where she is a professor of Religion and Humanities. She also works and teaches in the Albuquerque Jewish Community. She enjoys writing, knitting, spending time outdoors and especially reading. She likes all genres and has a fondness for horror and nonfiction, as well as short stories, speculative fiction and literary novels.
Megan Elliott
Megan Elliott has been a reviewer for Bookreporter.com since 2014. Originally from the Chicago area, she currently lives in Southern California, where she works for an entertainment news website and spends her days watching and writing about TV (though she prefers reading, of course).
Pauline Finch
Pauline Finch is a longtime resident of Kitchener, Ontario (Canada), where she attended Wilfrid Laurier University and University of Waterloo. While doing graduate work, she accidentally landed part-time work with the local newspaper, which became full-time and lasted nearly 23 years.
Her one claim to fame is that in 1991 she became the first person in the history of that paper to electronically file a news story. Not long after, she was among a large contingent of reporters "fired with money" during the corporate downsizing waves of the late 1990s.
For the past 20 years, she has been a freelance writer and editor whose clients include novel and textbook authors, church publications, corporate executives, academics, theologians and non-profit groups.
Among her avocations, she is a serious amateur flutist who began playing in 1964 but by 2007 had figured out that lessons are a good idea. She plays in the Waterloo Flute Choir where she learned alto and bass flutes as well, the Waterloo Concert Band as lead piccolo, and in a permanent local flute quartet. She is also a lifelong recorder-player who enjoys every size of the instrument from bass to soprano, and plays in several small socially distanced ensembles. For the past decade, she has studied organ and enjoys keyboards and pedals in harmony.
Pauline was introduced to Bookreporter.com by the late Robert Finn, a fine reviewer from Cleveland, OH, who was a wonderful career mentor when she most needed one.
Harvey Freedenberg
Harvey Freedenberg practiced intellectual property law and litigation with a large Harrisburg, Pennsylvania firm before he retired in 2017. He has been working as a freelance reviewer since 2005 and is a member of the National Book Critics Circle. In addition to the more than 300 reviews he has written for Bookreporter.com since 2006, he writes for BookPage, Shelf Awareness and Kirkus Reviews. He also has published reviews and essays on a variety of other websites and literary blogs.
In 2000, Harvey took a six-month sabbatical from his law practice and studied creative writing at his alma mater, Dickinson College. Three of his short stories have won prizes, and he has written an as-yet-unpublished novel.
Harvey enjoys literary fiction and a wide range of nonfiction. His favorite authors are too numerous to mention, but include Richard Ford, Tim O'Brien, John Updike, Charles Baxter, John Cheever, Tracy Kidder and John McPhee. To read all of Harvey's reviews, along with his comments on the book world and assorted topics, follow him on Twitter (@HarvF) or friend him on Facebook.
Barbara Lipkien Gershenbaum
Barbara Lipkien Gershenbaum's professional writing career began in her senior year at the University of Hartford, when she published a scholarly paper on the work of Doris Lessing. After graduating Summa Cum Laude, she became the assistant editor of a scholarly journal published by that school's English Department. In short order she was asked to produce, write and host a local cable television program she named "Literary Perspectives." By the time she had finished that project, she landed a job with the Farmington Valley Herald newspaper and started to sell her work on the freelance market.
Over the years, Barbara has taught a variety of writing classes, public speaking workshops, literature seminars and, for more than 15 years, facilitated book discussion groups for adults. Her work with children inspired her to create a reading enrichment program for kindergartners up through sixth graders. Barbara is a voracious reader whose tastes run to contemporary literary fiction and mystery/suspense/thrillers. She is also a film buff and loves to play word games of every sort.
Maya Gittelman
Maya Gittelman is an activist, blogger and writer. She graduated Skidmore College cum laude with a degree in English and a minor in Education, with a concentration on special education. She was awarded senior honors for her thesis on late Victorian masculinities, and her senior year novella received the 2014 departmental prize for fiction.
Her literary interests span classical, medieval, Victorian, genre and contemporary. Maya's favorite authors range from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie to Chaucer, Lord Byron to Janet Mock, James Joyce to J.M. Barrie, to Tolkien and beyond. Versed in theory, her true passions lie in examining and deconstructing the literary and sociocultural intersections of race, class, sexuality, gender, ethnicity and ability --- throughout classical and contemporary canons.
Formerly the events and special projects manager at a Manhattan branch of Barnes & Noble, she now works in independent publishing. When she's not reading, writing or ranting, she's probably working on social justice crafts, eating something drenched in chocolate, or getting altogether too emotionally invested in a TV show.
Amy Gwiazdowski
Amy Gwiazdowski currently works as the communications director for a business trade association in Washington, DC. Previously, she spent a few years working for the publishing industry's trade association where she had the opportunity to indulge her love of books and acquire more than the shelves could hold. She is also the author of the blog Just Book Reading, where she chronicles her reading habit.
Joe Hartlaub
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Joe Hartlaub recently retired as Bookreporter.com's senior writer/reviewer after 24 years with the site (1997-2021). An entertainment attorney specializing in music and publishing, Joe is a Fox News Channel contributor on matters pertaining to publishing law and has been featured on panels concerning the entertainment industry. He has been a vociferous reader since he was four years old, starting with the "Dick Tracy" and "Little Orphan Annie" comic strips before he graduated to the Hardy Boys mystery series (the original one) and later corrupted his mind and soul a few years later with the works of Mickey Spillane and Richard Prather.
In addition to reviewing for Bookreporter.com, Joe has had a number of short stories published in the crime and horror fields and is an actor, having had a supporting role in the critically acclaimed feature film LA-308, as well as a co-starring role in the short feature Seducing the Shrink. He is also a bi-weekly contributor to The Kill Zone blog. Joe describes himself as "a boring guy who lives a very interesting life." He lives in Westerville, Ohio, with his family members, who give him the space to do a number of things that he probably shouldn't.
Steve Hubbard
Steve Hubbard was born in South Carolina but was raised in western New York. A reader before kindergarten (which got his parents in trouble), he became hooked on fantasy writing after discovering THE LORD OF THE RINGS in his school library in the third grade. An avid hockey player and fan, it only made sense that he would migrate to Minnesota, where he now resides. When not embroiled in the active lives of his four children, or spending time with his fiancée Stacy, he continues to grow his library, still clinging to the notion that physical books trump digital. He likes coffee, movies and progressive rock. He also likes pie.
Christine M. Irvin
Christine M. Irvin is both an avid reader and a book reviewer. She is also a writer, an editor and a published author. Ever since she was a young girl, Christine has wanted to "be a writer." Later, she redefined that goal to that of being a "published writer," as it seemed very easy to write something but very difficult to get anything published. She first achieved her goal when a short craft blurb she wrote was published in the November 1978 edition of The Workbasket magazine. Although that satisfied the technicality of being a "published writer," it only served to whet her appetite for bigger goals and achievements.
Today, Christine is the author of 11 published children's books and numerous articles for both children and adults. She lives in Columbus, OH with her husband, her son and her dog.
Ron Kaplan
Ron Kaplan is an award-winning journalist and blogger, and is the author of three books: 501 BASEBALL BOOKS FANS MUST READ BEFORE THEY DIE (2013), THE JEWISH OLYMPICS: The History of the Maccabiah Games (2015) and HANK GREENBERG IN 1938: Hatred and Home Runs in the Shadow of War (2017). His freelance articles and reviews have appeared in such publications as Baseball America, Mental Floss, American Book Review, American History, ForeWord Magazine and Verbatim, among others. He also hosts Ron Kaplan's Baseball Bookshelf, a blog about baseball literature.
Eleni Karavoussianis
Eleni Karavoussianis has her undergraduate degree from Roger Williams University for Journalism and Web Development, and is pursuing her Masters for Publishing at Pace University. She has spent time as a freelance journalist and grew up in a small town outside of Boston, Massachusetts. Currently she resides in New York City, where she enjoys going to Central Park to catch up on her reading. She knows that if a book can make her cry, it is a good one.
Pamela Kramer
Pamela Kramer began her obsession with books by reading the entire Wizard of Oz series when she was in kindergarten and first grade. She was a lawyer for many years and is retired from her job as a dual language gifted teacher in Highland Park, Illinois. Pamela enjoyed combining her love of books and her love of animals with her teaching. She got to read new picture books to younger students and used their reactions in her reviews. Through her website, she is able to recommend middle grade and young adult books to students. All the students and former students (and teachers) know where to go for good book recommendations! She served on the Illinois Bluestem steering committee (Illinois School Library Media Association Award) for several years.
Pam also loves to read adult books, and several authors whose books she has reviewed have become friends. She has rescued a variety of animals, from dogs and cats to rats and rabbits, and she loves nothing more than reading while cuddling with one of her four dogs or two cats. She always has a foster dog in her home as well. She has reviewed books online since 2010 and began writing about books for the now defunct Examiner.com website and later as a contributor to Huffington Post. She continues to review --- mostly on her blog, PamelaKramer.com. She spends school breaks reading as much as possible while also organizing and checking the massive piles of books in her home. Her favorite thing? Seeing a quote from one of her reviews on the back of a book!
Jane T. Krebs
Jane T. Krebs has made plenty of masks in 2020 and plans to make more in 2021. She also continues to create non-paper towels, Kind2Nature. In the fall of 2020, she helped harvest medical marijuana for a new company in northern Pennsylvania. Her day job for many years was teaching secondary English and studying with many, many students in the Carlisle Area School District. She tutors as needed, most recently with young community basketball players over the summer.
Jane enjoys reading with two book clubs, one started in 1985 with other teachers who read a wide variety of books. The second, a Racial Justice Book Group, came into being in early 2017 and focuses on local and national racial issues. Jane also meets monthly with her writing group, which originated through the Capital Area Writing Project. She is pen pals with Max, Simon, Oliver and Greyson --- little boys who are learning to read and who like getting mail. She and her husband also have two granddaughters, Emma and Ella, who are good students and good friends.
Jane has been reviewing books for Bookreporter.com for seven years and finds clicking the "Send" button on an email to Tom Donadio very rewarding.
Jennifer McCord
Jennifer McCord is a writer, editor, educator and publishing consultant in Seattle, Washington. In a career spanning more than 25 years, Jennifer has worked in many areas of the publishing industry --- from national book retailers and New York publishers to small presses and self-publishing ventures.
For many years, she has dedicated her experience to the success of the Northwest writing community as advisor to University of Washington Continuum College Writing Programs, Writer on the Sound Conference, and as past president and board member of the Pacific Northwest Writers Assn. She works extensively with writers and publishers through her consulting and certified creativity coaching business, Jennifer McCord Associates, www.jennifermccord.com.
Bronwyn Miller
Bronywn Miller is the pen name for an avid reader who has been working in the publishing/film/TV space for over 25 years. In addition to loving great books and writers, she's an avid fan of theater, comedy and podcasts.
Rebecca Munro
Rebecca Munro is a project editor at W. W. Norton & Company and a member of the Morristown Festival of Books programming committee. Previously the Editorial Manager of Teenreads.com and Kidsreads.com, she has moderated panels at BookExpo and the Morristown Festival of Books. A former Bookreporter.com intern, Rebecca has reviewed for the site since 2014 and has loved every second of reading, reviewing and finding new recommendations in the weekly newsletter.
L. Dean Murphy
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Dean Murphy was a medical research paralegal for a Miami insurance defense firm. Now retired, he relocated to the Orlando area. His first book reviews were published by the Charlotte Observer, and he correctly predicted that Judith Krantz's SCRUPLES would be the 1977 #1 bestseller. He began reviewing for Bookreporter.com in 2009. An avid reader (he devoured ATLAS SHRUGGED in five days, at age 12), Dean is a member of International Thriller Writers and a Lifetime Member of Florida Writers Association. He volunteered for 10 years at annual Florida Writers conferences and recruited bestselling authors to be speakers. His short stories have been published in anthologies, and he writes for various publications and blogs. His novel, THE ART OF MURDER, is in its fourth trimester. Write on!
Eileen Nicol
Eileen Nicol had a long career writing code for computers in the tech industry. Now retired, she still enjoys writing, although for human audiences: book reviews, magazine articles, poetry and long fiction. She comes from a family of readers, including her husband and grown daughter, and her environment --- an island in the famously rainy Pacific Northwest --- supports the habit. Tom Robbins, Elizabeth Strout, Jennifer Egan, Don DeLillo and George Saunders are a few of her favorite living authors. When she's not babysitting her grandson or reading, she sails in Alaska, does yoga, plays tennis, volunteers in the community and studies Buddhism.
Ray Palen
Ray Palen is an award-winning actor, drama teacher, and former executive producer/director for 15+ years of a highly successful regional theater group that is still based on Long Island. Additionally, he is a published playwright with several short plays being registered with the Writers Guild of America. One of his short plays that featured his fictional hero, Sherlock Holmes, won first prize in a Holmes short play contest.
Ray's go-to pastime, however, has been reading. He has been an avid reader and writer throughout his life --- reading at least three books per week for as long as he can remember (a love of reading and lifelong insomnia being the dual cause of this). His book collection numbers in the thousands, and he prides himself on his rare and signed first editions. Ray has been reviewing books, movies and theatre for decades with several online and print publications.
In 2015, Ray relocated from the New York City area, where he lived his entire life, to Central Florida for a job opportunity with Walt Disney World. He also satisfied his burning itch to act again when he starred as the psychopath Harry Roat Jr. in a production of Terrence Knott's "Wait Until Dark," which was performed at Walt Disney World's Contemporary Resort. Recently, Ray has been acting at a popular theater in Central Florida where he had starring roles in both "And Then There Were None" by Dame Agatha Christie and "Dial 'M' for Murder" by Terrence Knott. He was cast in both plays as the villain --- which he plays off as both preferring more complex, villainous roles and relishing the opportunity to show off his native British accent! Ray continues to act as the post-pandemic era is upon us and local theater is back in full swing. He is rehearsing for the regional debut of the Broadway musical "Amazing Grace"...and, of course, he is playing a lecherous Red Coat! Currently he works as a drama teacher in the Polk County, FL school system.
His greatest personal production to date is his beautiful daughter, Anna, who is now nine and loves growing up in the shadow of Cinderella Castle. She already has a fond appreciation for books, reading and the performing arts. Ray resides just 20 minutes outside of Walt Disney World in Clermont, FL, with his wife Debbie, his little Princess Anna, and four cats (Mickey, Rory, Lorelei and Shuri). There is a very good possibility that he is probably reading a novel right now. Cheers!
Norah Piehl
Norah Piehl worked for 10 years at the Boston Book Festival, overseeing their day-to-day operations. She is now the Director for Literary Programs at the Bay Area Book Festival. A former children's bookseller, Norah has also worked in the publishing industry for both university and trade publishers. She is an active writer whose essays, interviews and reviews have been published in Publishers Weekly, The Horn Book, Brain, Child, Skirt! magazine, National Public Radio and many other publications, as well as in several print anthologies. Her short fiction has appeared in Literary Mama, The Linnet's Wings, The Legendary, Printer's Devil Review and the anthology BATTLE RUNES: Writings on War. Norah lives in Berkeley, California.
Barbara Bamberger Scott
Barbara Bamberger Scott grew up in North Carolina and now makes her home in the semi-fictional town of Mayberry. She has traveled the world, living and working in Botswana, Kenya, the Dominican Republic, England, Sweden, Spain and India.
Back in the US apparently forever, she continues to roam whenever possible, taking long road trips with her husband, Donnie "Dobro" Scott, with whom she co-authored TWO LANE TRAVELING. She has written two books concerning the work of spiritual master Meher Baba. Her most recent book is GENEROUS FRUITS, a survey of American homesteading.
She is now retired after years of working in human services --- teaching small-scale gardening overseas, counseling adults with developmental disabilities, serving as a Spanish interpreter in various medical projects, and, most recently, assisting job seekers in rural Carolina counties.
Her great love, writer-wise, is short pieces, including hundreds of book reviews (mostly nonfiction "with a human face") and articles about simple living and the heart of gardening, which appear on www.homestead.org. Barbara created and manages the website A Woman's Write, an annual novel-writing competition for aspiring female pensmiths, making it possible for her to communicate with and encourage creative women all over the world.
Lorraine W. Shanley
With years of reviewing experience at Book of the Month Club, Publishers Weekly, etc., Lorraine Shanley now enjoys being able to choose the books she reviews, which tend to be narrative nonfiction, thrillers and suspense. An avid reader and listener of audiobooks and podcasts, Lorraine's day job is in media consulting. She also serves on several nonprofit boards in education and community outreach.
Stuart Shiffman
A lifelong avid reader, upon his retirement after 22 years as a state court judge in Illinois, Stuart Shiffman was looking for an opportunity to turn passion into a project. Stuart is an active participant in the "Law and Literature" movement, where works of literature are examined in an effort to better understand legal issues. He also served on the faculties at Illinois State University and the University of Illinois Springfield, where he taught several legal subjects. Additionally, he serves on two legal book award committees. Beyond books about the law, he enjoys biographies, history, politics and sports with a special interest in golf. And now that he has grandchildren, Stuart enjoys spreading the joy of reading and rediscovering new classics with them each year.
Jana Siciliano
Jana Siciliano is a writer and filmmaker. Her company, Thieving Granny Productions, creates film projects for non-profit companies, instructs children ages 4-18 in creating original films and graphic novels, and is hard at work writing her own first novel.
Carly Silver
As the ancient and classical history expert for About.com, Carly Silver serves as a tour guide through antiquity; as an assistant editor for Harlequin Books, she knows what makes a good story. Residing in Brooklyn, New York, she's also passionate about all things literary.
Rebecca Wasniak
An avid reader since childhood, Rebecca Wasniak expanded her reading addiction even further by creating Rebecca's Book Reviews, a fun bookish group on both Facebook and Instagram. There, she shares her love of reading in the form of book reviews, upcoming releases, bookish questions and book giveaways in her mom's memory. Rebecca works as a marketing professional for a construction company by day and loves putting her graphic and writing skills to a more creative use at night when it comes to unofficially marketing books on her blog. Other hobbies include traveling, hiking, scrapbooking, crafting, and spending time with her husband, two teen sons and Labradoodle.
Katherine B. Weissman
Katherine B. Weissman writes fiction (her stories have been published in Seventeen, Ploughshares and Southwest Review, where she was awarded the 2017 Meyerson Prize for Fiction), essays and style features (she was a contributing editor at O, the Oprah Magazine for 10 years). She has an essay, "It Figures," in the book IN THE FULLNESS OF TIME: 32 Women on Life After 50. Until 1998 she was executive editor of Mademoiselle, where she worked for 18 years.
Katherine has been reading since the age of four (and writing almost as long) and feels secure only if she has a pile of unread books by her bed and many, many more on her shelves, plus a library card. She has not gone over to the Dark Side all the way, but she does currently own three Kindles, which are a means to instant book gratification and permanent book security when not within reach of the aforementioned piles, shelves and libraries.
Her original essays and blog posts, as well as an archive of her traditionally published work (including reviews on Bookreporter.com), may be found on her website, www.KatherineWeissman.com. She is an ardent student of ballet, art and the piano. Her favorite novels (a partial list) include A PASSAGE TO INDIA, THE LEOPARD, ANNA KARENINA, JANE EYRE, THE HOUSE OF MIRTH, LIE DOWN IN DARKNESS and THE RAJ QUARTET. She also adores fantasy: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien and, of course, Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy and the newish Book of Dust saga.
Katherine had a month-long arts residency in 2019 at the peerless and beautiful Ragdale Foundation and is currently working on stories, perhaps a novel, having to do with families, aging and islands.
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This kind of element is for modifying the OpenGL rendering. Currently, only modifications of texture rendering are implemented, with opacity control and texture substitution. This element has these kinds of child elements, <txtr_clear>, <texture>, and <fog>.
The first one, <txtr_clear>, clears the landscape options, setting them back to their defaults; if it has an attribute of "coll", it will clear the sequences for the collection specified in that attribute's value; if not, it will clear all the sequences. However, this command can be followed by commands to set up texture options, which will then be executed as if no "txtr_clear" command had been issued.
clut: which color table. Values 0 to 7 are the familiar color-table values, and there are two special values: -1 means all the color tables and 8 means the infravision color table (default: -1 -- all of the tables).
bitmap: which one to apply the options to (mandatory).
opac_type: what type of opacity to use (default: 0 -- crisp edges).
opac_scale: scaling value for the opacity; how much to multiply it by (default: 1 -- no change).
opac_shift: shift value for the opacity; how much to add after multiplying (default: 0 -- no change).
void_visible: can see into the void (what's not in any map polygon) through this texture; can cause smearing and weird show-through (default: false; cannot see into void).
normal_image: the name of the file whose image content to substitute in "normal" rendering (sensitive to light levels).
normal_mask: the name of the file whose image content becomes the opacity mask for "normal" rendering (sensitive to light levels). It must be used with a normal_image file.
glow_image: the name of the file whose image content to substitute in "glowing" rendering (independent of light levels).
glow_mask: the name of the file whose image content becomes the opacity mask for "glowing" rendering (independent of light levels). It must be used with a glow_image file.
image_scale: The amount to scale a substituted sprite, from pixel units to internal distance units. If it is zero or less, then it and the offsets are ignored.
x_offset: The amount to shift the top left corner rightward, in internal units.
y_offset: The amount to shift the top left corner downward, in internal units.
Crisp edges. The opacity threshold is 0.5.
Fuzzy edges with opacity = average of color channels.
Fuzzy edges with opacity = maximum of color channels.
The opacities of all but the first will be scaled and shifted with opac_scale and opac_shift. The first one of these is good for objects with well-defined edges; the others are good for clouds, flames, energy-weapon bolts, and so forth, which will not have sharp boundaries. The average and maximum modes were included as a way of producing variable opacity without adding any new files; this hack was inspired by the semitransparency handling in the Tomb Raider series. The idea here is that the brighter regions are likely to be the more opaque ones in these cases. I've put both of them in because they behave somewhat differently; max has the same strength for saturated colors as for grays, while mean has less strength for saturated colors than for grays.


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La Supercopa de los Países Bajos 2011 (Johan Cruijff Schaal 2011 en neerlandés) fue la 22.ª edición de la Supercopa de los Países Bajos. El partido se jugó el 30 de julio de 2011 en el Amsterdam Arena entre el Ajax de Ámsterdam, campeón de la Eredivisie 2010-11 y el Twente, campeón de la KNVB Beker 2010-11. Twente ganó por 2-1 en el Amsterdam Arena frente a 45.000 espectadores.

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OMAHA, NEBRASKA, U.S. — The Scoular Co. announced on Nov. 28 that Andrew Kenny will join Scoular as its chief financial officer, effective Jan. 2. Kenny will be based in the company's headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska, reporting to Paul Maass, chief executive officer.
Kenny joins Scoular from Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM), where he was based in Switzerland serving as the vice-president and chief financial officer of its Global Trade business.
"Andrew is a seasoned finance leader who also brings to Scoular operational expertise and vast international experiences in the agriculture and commodities industries," Maass said. "His diverse background is an ideal fit with Scoular's strategy of leveraging its historic strengths, while continuing to build new capabilities for the future. I'm excited to have Andrew join the senior leadership team at Scoular and look forward to the contributions his leadership will make to the growth of our company."
Kenny has served in commercial and finance leadership roles of escalating responsibility with ADM for the last eight years, both in the United States and Europe. Prior to joining ADM, Kenny served in domestic and international positions with Deloitte & Touche. Kenny is a certified public accountant and holds a bachelor's degree in accounting and a master's degree in business administration from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
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Is The Beatles: Get Back on Netflix, HBO Max, Disney+, Hulu or Prime?
Shraman Mitra
Initially planned as a feature film, 'The Beatles: Get Back' is an insightful three-part documentary series that fans of The Beatles are bound to love. It showcases the production process of their 1970 album 'Let It Be.' Spearheaded by Peter Jackson of the 'Lord of the Rings' fame, the documentary seeks to recount the events that led to the album's release after the band had broken up. If you want to tag along on this musical journey and have plans of your own to catch up on the much-awaited show, here is all that you need to know about it!
What is The Beatles: Get Back About?
In 1969, the members of The Beatles had contradictory views on who should handle their business affairs. This led to a split as John Lennon and Paul McCartney announced their departures in 1969 and 1970, respectively. Moreover, McCartney's announcement in April of 1970 was followed by legal disputes, which further worsened his relationship with his bandmates. During such a tumultuous time, the band released their album 'Let It Be' on May 8, 1970.
Thus, for a long time, the general consensus was that there were loads of contradictions and altercations during the album's recording. 'The Beatles: Get Back' seeks to alter that notion as it explores the authentic events that led to the album's conception. Rather than focusing on the negatives of the split, the documentary takes on an optimistic and cheerful tone as it chronicles the making of 'Let It Be.' Moreover, the show also borrows directly from director Michael Lindsay-Hogg's 1970 documentary on the same album, thus adding to the authenticity of the production. Are you wondering how you can watch the limited series? Let's find out!
Is The Beatles: Get Back on Netflix?
No, although Netflix is home to a massive variety of movies and TV shows, 'The Beatles: Get Back' is not a part of its catalog. However, the platform does provide access to several music documentary films, with a notable few being 'Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool' and 'Quincy.'
Is The Beatles: Get Back on Hulu?
Unfortunately, Hulu subscribers will not be able to stream 'The Beatles: Get Back.' Still, if you are in the mood for some music documentaries, the streaming service offers exquisite choices like 'The Beatles: Eight Days a Week- The Touring Years,' 'Amy Winehouse: A Final Goodbye,' and 'Amazing Grace.'
Is The Beatles: Get Back on Amazon Prime Video?
Owning a subscription to Amazon Prime Video will not help in this case, as 'The Beatles: Get Back' is not a part of the service's catalog. However, Amazon Prime Video does offer some brilliant music documentaries for you to pursue, which include 'Stevie Nicks: Through the Looking Glass' and 'Bowie: The Man Who Changed the World.'
Is The Beatles: Get Back on HBO Max?
No, you cannot stream 'The Beatles: Get Back' on HBO Max. However, the platform is home to other interesting documentaries, including 'Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice' and 'Led Zeppelin: The Song Remains The Same.'
Is The Beatles: Get Back on Disney+?
Yes, 'The Beatles: Get Back' will be available exclusively on Disney+, with the documentary's first episode releasing on November 25, 2021. The following day will witness the release of the second episode, while the third and final episode will arrive on November 27, 2021. Fans can watch the docuseries here.
Where to Watch The Beatles: Get Back Online?
With 'The Beatles: Get Back' being exclusive to Disney+, it will not be available on any other streaming platform.
How to Stream The Beatles: Get Back For Free?
Unfortunately, Disney+ does not provide a free trial anymore, and thus, there is no way to watch the documentary for free. However, purchasing a subscription is always recommended. The prices are pretty easy on the pocket and will set you back by $7.99 per month or $79.99 per annum.
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Six kids were hurt by an exploding gas can in Texas today. According to reports, Obama was prepared to fly from Hawaii to Texas at tax payer expense to stand amongst the charred remains in front of cameras, until he heard the disheartening news that the children were only seriously injured, not killed. Anxious members of the gas can industry await his declaration that Congress should be banning metal containers as a top priority when that deliberative body meets again. In addition, the president is apparently going to call for a ban on Texas, fire, gasoline and children in general.


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Symbolism of Shiva Nataraja
Lord Shiva, the Natraj, performing Anand Tandava.
Shiva is also known as Nataraj, the "Lord of the Dance" [Sanskrit: Nata = dance, and Raja = king]. This image shows Shiva, the Nataraja, performing Anand Tandava [Dance of Bliss]. However the image is popularly known as "Shiva Nataraja".
Shiva Nataraja is an enchanting image, and can be seen in museums, temples, books and esoteric shops across the world. Virtually every element in the image is symbolic and has a deeper hidden meaning. It combines in a single image Shiva's roles as creator, preserver, and destroyer of the universe and conveys the Indian conception of the never-ending cycle of time. The ring of fire as the universe, the drum of creation, the fire of destruction; the "abhaya Mudra" of fearlessness, the trampled dwarf of overcoming apathy and ignorance; the snake, an image of destruction and reincarnation.
Above Image: A 10th century Chola dynasty bronze sculpture of Shiva, the Lord of the Dance at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art [LACMA]. Image source: wikipedia.. click here..
Shiva Nataraja, the Lord of the Dance / Art Institute of Chicago.
Shiva, the Nataraja [Lord of the Dance], performing Anand Tandava.
Origin: India, Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur
Chola period, 1000c.
Above image taken at Alsdorf Asian Galleries, at the Art Institute of Chicago [AIC].
Artists in the Tamil region of southern India began to make this form of Shiva Nataraja in the early tenth century. Shiva as a dancing figure first appeared in Indian stone temple sculpture in the 5th and 6th century CE, and it was not until the 10th century CE that the now familiar free-standing sculptural representation, typically in bronze, became standard. This world-famous Nataraja form evolved under the rule of the Cholas, in South India.
The Cholas came to power in the late 9th century, and until the late 13th century. The Chola dynasty was one of the great empires of Indian history. From their capital at Thanjavur [Tanjore], they ruled most of south India, as well as Sri Lanka, the Maldive Islands, and even parts of the Indonesian island of Java. They also maintained diplomatic ties with countries as distant as Burma [Myanmar], China, and Malaysia.
The four centuries of Chola rule [9th to 13th century], is regarded by many as the age of grandeur in the history of the Tamil people. The Chola Dynasty heralded a golden age of exploration, trade, and artistic development. The Cholas were also avid patrons of the arts and during their reign, poetry, drama, music, and dance flourished. Under Chola dynasty some monumental temples were made, that are still in existence today, such as Bhrihadishvara temple [Tanjore temple] in Thanjavur, completed in 1013. Temples functioned both as centers of religious life and practice and as hubs of economic, political, and social activity. Shiva was the most important authority in the religious and cultural world of the Cholas. there were both immovable stone sculptures and portable bronze sculptures of Shiva, and he was represented in his many different forms, including his non-anthropomorphic form of a pillar (lingam). There were also stone and bronze sculptures of Shiva's family — his consort Parvati [Uma], their sons Ganesha and Skanda, and a variety of other deities would also be situated in temple spaces.
Although Shiva was depicted in many divine roles, it was Shiva Nataraja who became a symbol of Chola power and who remains relevant in India and throughout the world today.
Chidambaram is the birthplace of the sculpture and bronze image representation of Lord Shiva as the cosmic dancer that has since become notable as a symbol of Hinduism. The story of Shiva performing Anand Tandava originated in the temple city of Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu. The Cholas believed Chidambaram was the earthly home of Shiva and the sacred place where he performed the "Ananda Tandava" [Dance of Bliss]. The story takes place in the Tillai forest of Chidambaram. Shiva came to the forest in the form of Bhikshatana [a wandering beggar], to trick and humiliate the sages who neglected proper worship. In the battle that ensues, the sages send creatures, such as a demon and a snake, to attack him. Shiva dramatically defeats these malevolent forces and performs his victorious Ananda Tandava.
The bronze sculpture of Shiva Nataraja, is the result of great development in Chola period – in the field of metalwork, particularly in bronze sculptures. Bronze is an alloy consisting primarily of copper, commonly with about 12% tin and often with the addition of other metals [such as aluminium, manganese, nickel or zinc] and sometimes non-metals [such as phosphorus or silicon]. The expanse of the Chola empire stretched south-east towards Sri Lanka and gave the kingdom access to vast copper reserves that enabled the proliferation of bronze work by skilled artisans. Chola-period bronzes were created using the lost wax technique. Metal images have been cast throughout the centuries under the patronage of different dynasties in the north, south, east and west; but nowhere does it seem to have registered such an acme of development as it did under the Colas. It should be noted that when in worship, these images are covered in silk cloths, garlands, and jewels, and would not appear as they do outside a religious context.
Shiva Nataraja, the Lord of the Dance.
Shiva is a complex character with a myriad of traits, sometimes seemingly in conflict with each other. Accordingly in this cosmic dance of Shiva, called Ananda Tandava, meaning, "the Dance of Bliss", the Nataraja is represented in his triple role as Creator, Preserver and Destroyer and also symbolize the daily rhythm of birth and death.
The dance is a pictorial allegory of the five principal manifestations of eternal energy:
– creation, preservation, destruction, illusion and salvation.
"Shrishti" – creation, evolution
"Sthiti" – preservation, support
"Samhara" – destruction, evolution
"Tirobhava" – illusion
"Anugraha" – emancipation, release.
Thus Tandava symbolizes the cosmic cycles of creation and destruction, as well as the daily rhythm of birth and death.
Ring of Fire:
Shiva's dance is set within a ring of cosmic fire [prabha mandala] which represents Time and which is shown as a circle to symbolize the Hindu belief that it is both cyclical and without end. Each flame has three points or five points. The ring is more arch-like in the first bronze sculptures. Eventually, a perfect circle become the norm.
Different earrings in each ear. On Shiva's right ear is an earring in the shape of a makara [crocodile/ makara kundalam], usually worn by males. His left ear is adorned with a circular earring [sthri kundalam] worn by women. Together they symbolize the fact that Siva is neither male nor female, but transcends both.
Multiple arms:
In art of the Hindu tradition, deities are depicted with multiple arms to illustrate divine power. Shiva Nataraja's four arms each take a different position or hold symbolic objects, showing his strength and constellation of skills.
Shrishti [creation/evolution]: His upper right hand holds a small hourglass shaped drum [damaru], that made the primal sounds of creation 'Shrishti", and initiates the cycle of creation.
Samhara [destruction]: His upper left hand holds a blazing flame [Agni], symbolizing His power of destruction, "Samhara". The way both creation and destruction are held in the dance pose signifies that ultimately Shiva is responsible for the balance.
Sthiti [preservation / support]: His lower right hand makes the "Abhaya Mudra" [gesture of fearlessness]. It is the gesture of protection and peace of devotees and followers.
Anugraha [emancipation / release]: His lower left hand points toward his upraised foot, and makes the"Gaja hasta Mudra" [gesture for removal of obstacles, emancipation]. This hand position represents the elephant trunk of the Hindu god, Ganesha, who is the remover of obstacles and the son of Shiva. The term comes from the Sanskrit, gaja, which means "elephant"; hasta, meaning "hand"; and mudra, means "gesture".
Legs:
Nataraja dances with His right foot on a dwarf, said to depict the demon Apasmara Purusha, [the personification of the dichotomy of illusion and ignorance], over which Lord Shiva [Nataraja] triumphs. The uplifted left leg is revealing grace, which releases the mature soul from bondage.
Shiva's locks also contain a skull, a datura blossom, and a crescent moon and the figure of Ganga [ the personification of the river Ganges]. According to Hindu mythology, River Ganga was brought gently from the heavens down to earth in the god's hair. Sometimes the god's hair is topped with a fan of konnai leaves. The energy of his dance makes his hair fly to the sides. The symbols imply that, through belief in Shiva, his devotees can achieve salvation.
Shiva wears an article of clothing around his waist called a veshti in south India. This garment is also worn by Hindu priests. Across his torso is the sacred thread of the Brahmin priestly class.
The lotus pedestal signifies Om, the sound of the universe.
Shiva Nataraja
This Tandava is a divine dance performed by the Hindu god Shiva that is the source of the cycle of creation, preservation and dissolution.
The dance performed by Shiva's wife Parvati in response to Shiva's Tandava is known as Lasya, in which the movements are gentle, graceful and sometimes erotic. Some scholars consider Lasya to be the feminine version of Tandava. Lasya has 2 kinds, Jarita Lasya and Yauvaka Lasya.
Different Types of Tandava:
Some scholars believe that there are seven different types of Tandava. The tandava performed with joy is called Ananda Tandava, and that which is performed in violent mood is Rudra Tandava. The other types of tandava identified are Tripura Tandava, Sandhya Tandava, Samara Tandava, Kaali Tandava, Uma Tandava and Gauri Tandava.
The Hindu scriptures narrate various occasions when Shiva or other gods have performed the Tandava.
Rudra Tandava: When Sati [first wife of Shiva, who was reborn as Parvati] jumped into the Agni Kunda [sacrificial fire] in Daksha's Yajna and gave up her life, Shiva is said to have performed the Rudra Tandava to express his grief and anger.
Sandhya Tandava: The Shivapradosha stotra says when Shiva performs the Sandhya Tandava, the other gods like Brahma, Vishnu, Sarasvati, Lakshmi and Indra play musical instruments and sing Shiva's praises.
A statue of Shiva engaging in the Nataraja dance at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland./ Image attributed to Kenneth Lu, via wikimedia commons.
In 2004, a 2m statue of the dancing Shiva was unveiled at CERN, the European Center for Research in Particle Physics in Geneva. The statue, symbolizing Shiva's cosmic dance of creation and destruction, was given to CERN by the Indian government to celebrate the research center's long association with India. A special plaque next to the Shiva statue explains the significance of the metaphor of Shiva's cosmic dance with quotations from Fritjof Capra:[citation needed]
Hundreds of years ago, Indian artists created visual images of dancing Shivas in a beautiful series of bronzes. In our time, physicists have used the most advanced technology to portray the patterns of the cosmic dance. The metaphor of the cosmic dance thus unifies ancient mythology, religious art and modern physics.
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This paper intends to define and delimit the freedom of thinking and freedom of idea in Islam, emphasizing on Allameh Tabatabaee's viewpoint and employing the technique of text-based, methodical interpretation data analysis through library referral to his works and pointing to freedom, its types and limits in Islam, its legitimacy and illegitimacy, and also the requirements of thinking freedom. To do so, after enumerating anthropological and ontological bases and defining the limits of freedom, the central topic of the paper, "the freedom of thinking" and "freedom of idea", and their relationships and differences will be discussed, and finally this conclusion will be obtained that according to Allameh Tabatabaee, in Islam, the freedom of idea without pondering, is forbidden because it is opposed to freedom of thinking and is the origin of blind and causeless dogmatism, in spite of some recommendations represented in favor of it.
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The second Vulcan (Collier No. 5) was laid down on 5 October 1908, at Sparrows Point, Md., by the Maryland Steel Co.; launched on 15 May 1909; and commissioned at the Norfolk [Va.] Navy Yard on 2 October 1909.
For more than two years, Vulcan operated out of Norfolk, providing coal and stores for the ships of the Atlantic Fleet to support their operations off the east coast and in the West Indies. Placed out of service at the Portsmouth (N.H.) Navy Yard on 4 May 1912, the collier remained inactive until reactivated there and placed back in service on 25 February 1914.
Resuming her coaling operations with the Atlantic Fleet, Vulcan ranged from Portsmouth, N.H., to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and from Melville, R.I., to Vera Cruz, Mexico. In addition to carrying coal, she also transported stores and ordnance supplies for the Atlantic Fleet Cruiser Squadron.
During World War I, Vulcan served the Fleet Train, supplying coal for ships of the fleet. After hostilities ended, the collier was transferred to the Naval Overseas Transportation Service (NOTS) on 2 January 1919 and served that organization until she was returned to the Fleet Train on 23 June.
After routine operations through the remainder of that year and all of 1920, the collier sailed for European waters on 12 February 1921 to begin a tour of duty supporting American warships attempting to provide an element of stability there during the troubled postwar years. Arriving at Cherbourg, France, on 28 February, she discharged passengers and coaled Chattanooga (PG-30) before sailing soon thereafter for Malta to deliver coal to Pittsburgh (CA-4) on 21 March.
Vulcan then sailed for the Adriatic and arrived at Pola, Italy, on 26 March 1921. Sailing five days later, she reached Naples, Italy, on 3 April but soon got underway for Gibraltar to discharge cargo and passengers.
After returning to New York on 30 April 1921, Vulcan proceeded to Norfolk, where she was decommissioned at the Norfolk Navy Yard on 20 July. Following almost two years in reserve, the collier was stricken from the Navy Register on 26 April 1923. She was sold to N. Block & Co., of Norfolk, on 12 December 1923.


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I Cilindri Mapleson sono un gruppo di oltre 100 cilindri fonografici registrati dal vivo alla Metropolitan Opera House (39 Strada), principalmente negli anni 1901-1903, dal bibliotecario Met Lionel Mapleson (nipote dell'impresario James Henry Mapleson).

Storia
I cilindri contengono brevi frammenti di spettacoli operistici reali provenienti dal repertorio italiano, tedesco e francese. Nonostante la qualità del loro suono sia variabile (alcuni sono abbastanza buoni mentre altri sono quasi impercettibili), i cilindri hanno un grande valore storico grazie all'eccezionale immagine sonora che documenta i cantanti della prima guerra mondiale in esibizione in un teatro d'opera con un'orchestra piena. Altre registrazioni contemporanee catturano solo cantanti registrati con il piano o con un'orchestra gravemente troncata in un piccolo studio di registrazione commerciale squadrato. I cilindri Mapleson presentano anche le uniche registrazioni conosciute di numerosi cantanti e direttori famosi che non sono mai stati registrati commercialmente. Includono il tenore Jean de Reszke, i soprani Milka Ternina e Anna von Mildenburg e il direttore Luigi Mancinelli.

Il 17 marzo 1900 Lionel Mapleson, il bibliotecario della Metropolitan Opera House di New York, acquistò un fonografo domestico Edison che, come la maggior parte dei fonografi a cilindro, poteva essere usato per registrare e riprodurre. Evidentemente Mapleson rimase incantato dal dispositivo acustico e il 21 marzo 1900 il suo amico violoncellista e compositore occasionale Leo Stern gli presentò degli accessori: due unità Bettini di registrazione e riproduzione. Alla fine del mese Mapleson aveva convinto il soprano Marcella Sembrich a registrare la sua vocalizzazione delle Frühlingsstimmen di Johann Strauss.

L'anno seguente Mapleson ebbe l'idea di mettere il registratore nella cabina del suggeritore del Met. Al suo primo tentativo registrò Nellie Melba mentre cantava un pezzo di musica durante un'esibizione di Le Cid di Massenet il 16 gennaio 1901. Registrò più volte durante le esibizioni, utilizzando ancora il box del suggeritore, ma spesso con risultati insoddisfacenti. Dopo una breve interruzione e con l'inizio della stagione 1901–1902, riprese la sua attività di registrazione dal sistema di corde aeree del Met. Questa volta impiegò un enorme corno di registrazione in grado di catturare i suoni emessi dai cantanti e dall'orchestra in basso. Fu così in grado di registrare in modo discreto parti di molte esibizioni teatrali dal 1901 al 1903. La mattina dopo la sua "sessione" di registrazione, invitava gli artisti coinvolti ad ascoltare le riproduzioni delle loro esibizioni. La sua attività di registrazione continuò fino alla fine della stagione 1902–1903. A quel punto Mapleson o perse interesse o gli fu proibito dalla direzione del Met di continuare le sue attività di registrazione (sebbene esistano alcuni cilindri di prove orchestrali o concerti risalenti al 1904).

IRCC
Avvisato dell'esistenza dei cilindri da un articolo pubblicato nel The New Yorker del 28 dicembre 1935, William H. Seltsam, segretario (in realtà capo) dell'International Record Collectors' Club (IRCC), incontrò Mapleson alcuni mesi prima della sua morte il 21 dicembre 1937. Mapleson offrì due cilindri con la sfida di ricavarne qualcosa. L'esperimento di Seltsam ebbe successo e dopo la morte di Mapleson, fu in grado di prendere in prestito 120 cilindri dalla sua proprietà allo scopo di pubblicarli su edizioni IRCC. Per il resto della vita di Seltsam l'IRCC fu in grado di emettere circa 60 lati su dischi a 78 giri e LP.

Dopo la morte di Mapleson un certo numero di cilindri furono trovati in un negozio di spazzatura a Brooklyn e furono acquistati da vari collezionisti.

New York Public Library e ristampa su CD
Con la collaborazione dei collezionisti, nel 1962 tutti i Cilindri Mapleson esistenti erano diventati di proprietà di The Rodgers e Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, una divisione della New York Public Library. Nel 1985, sotto la direzione di David Hall, la biblioteca trasferì tutti i cilindri esistenti in sei LP pubblicati con un opuscolo di 72 pagine contenente traduzioni e ampie note storiche e biografiche.

Nel 2000 David Hamilton e Seth Winner tennero una conferenza dimostrativa per determinare se fosse possibile recuperare altre informazioni sonore dai cilindri utilizzando la tecnologia più moderna disponibile. Il loro verdetto fu che i cilindri erano troppo deteriorati per recuperare molte più informazioni rispetto ai doppioni precedenti.

Un certo numero di cilindri è stato ristampato su CD dalle etichette discografiche Romophone e Marston come parte di più ampie antologie dedicate ai singoli cantanti. Un trasferimento di CD completo e non autorizzato dei cilindri fu pubblicato nel 1987 dalla società britannica Symposium Records (numero di catalogo: Symposium 1284). Per la sua ristampa, Symposium ha utilizzato le registrazioni IRCC 78 giri.

Note

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

 The Mapleson Cylinders (for purchase from the New York Public Library)
 The Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound at NYPL.
 The Mapleson Cylinders , digitized version of 72-page booklet accompanying six-LP set, with selected digitized examples.

Storia della musica
Registrazione sonora
Metropolitan Opera House


text:
package api

import (
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"io/ioutil"
	"net/http"
	"net/http/httputil"
)

type DiagnosticService struct {
	client httpClient
}

type DiagnosticProduct struct {
	Name     string
	Version  string
	Stemcell string
}

type DiagnosticReport struct {
	Stemcells      []string
	StagedProducts []DiagnosticProduct
}

func NewDiagnosticService(client httpClient) DiagnosticService {
	return DiagnosticService{
		client: client,
	}
}

func (ds DiagnosticService) Report() (DiagnosticReport, error) {
	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "/api/v0/diagnostic_report", nil)
	if err != nil {
		return DiagnosticReport{}, err
	}

	resp, err := ds.client.Do(req)
	if err != nil {
		return DiagnosticReport{}, fmt.Errorf("could not make api request to diagnostic_report endpoint: %s", err)
	}

	defer resp.Body.Close()

	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
		out, err := httputil.DumpResponse(resp, true)
		if err != nil {
			return DiagnosticReport{}, fmt.Errorf("request failed: unexpected response: %s", err)
		}

		return DiagnosticReport{}, fmt.Errorf("request failed: unexpected response:\n%s", out)
	}

	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	if err != nil {
		return DiagnosticReport{}, err
	}

	var apiResponse *struct {
		DiagnosticReport
		AddedProducts struct {
			StagedProducts []DiagnosticProduct `json:"staged"`
		} `json:"added_products"`
	}

	err = json.Unmarshal(body, &apiResponse)

	if err != nil {
		return DiagnosticReport{}, fmt.Errorf("invalid json received from server: %s", err)
	}

	return DiagnosticReport{
		Stemcells:      apiResponse.Stemcells,
		StagedProducts: apiResponse.AddedProducts.StagedProducts,
	}, nil
}

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Christmas poetry to memorize and recite or just to enjoy
Archives New Zealand CC
Sally Thomas - published on 12/24/16
Children and adults might like to try an old-fashioned recitation at a family gathering
Almost fifteen years ago, I received a Christmas card that I've treasured in more than the normal way. In my house, in case you were wondering, the normal way is to pile them all up in a decorative basket during a given holiday season and then put the basket and its cards away in some closet and forget about them forever. But this card I've kept on display, all the year 'round, in my glass-fronted bookcase. Every now and again I take it out and look at it with a sense of joy and the wonder — that I should possess such a thing — hardly diminished by the passing years.
What's on this remarkable card? Actually, there's not much on the front at all: the sender's name, printed beautifully by means of some artisanal letterpress, her signature and a silver star sticker. What's remarkable about this card is on the inside. Inside the card is a poem. It's a sonnet of sorts, though up to the final quatrain the rhyme scheme takes a relaxed view of itself. Its subject, broadly speaking, is winter weather in Wales. The sender of the card had told me that she'd taken, as a Christmas tradition, to writing these poems to send out as cards, but that she wanted them not to be sentimental or obviously religious — that is, religious in an or easy or expected way. The poem in the card she sent me is certainly none of those things; it speaks of the frightening disembodied personhood of the wind, the "bronze horizon," the "asperity of night" altered a little by the act of setting words to paper, and by spare conversation by the fire. "Every phrase we unfold stands upright," the poem says, as if daring the wind and dark to come and flatten it.
They can't. Words, in their very fragility and transience, have a way of withstanding and of bringing light. (Here, in fact, is that poem in full.) I have always thought that what this poem suggests about words also suggests something about the Word — who let himself become something fragile — to kindle a light in the frozen darkness.
Now, I realize that while this poem speaks Christmas to me, it might not say, exactly, Wake, O Wake, or Lo, He Comes with Clouds Descending, or People Look East to other people. Actually, now that I think of it, those hymns are such good poetry that you hardly need any other words to run through your head while you stand in the checkout line at Aldi thinking about the Lebkuchen you didn't buy because your daughter said she'd make some if she had time, and that it is nagging at you, because Love the Guest Is On the Way, bringing other more corporeal guests with him, and — anyway, maybe now is the time for some other soundtrack to play in your head. Perhaps it could even sound like silence, but silence with words you could say to yourself.
In short, maybe what you need to take up space in your mind this season is poetry. As a poet myself, I tend to think American culture at large needs more poetry and less everything else, at any time of the day or night. Perhaps particularly in this Advent, with every kind of darkness closing around us, I think American culture at large could stand to read and even memorize some poetry, before collective dementia renders us incapable even of dreaming such a thing. The ancient Greeks forgot how to read and write, I tell my children, and so could we, if we don't watch out. But not this Advent. Not if I have anything to do with it.
In that spirit, then, let me offer you a brief Advent and Christmas poetry playlist, to keep away the rain, the dark, the gloom, the fear and the amnesia. Some of these poems are good for memorizing; my youngest children at six and seven memorized #2 to recite for their grandmother one Christmas. Some of them, on the other hand, are just good for steeping in and thinking about. (Incidentally, if the thought of trying to read poetry scares you a little, because your English teacher told you that reading poetry is impossible without some kind of magic key, I have made up this little guide for my own high school students. It's not perfect, but if it helps anyone find a way into a poem, then I will want very little else out of life.)
"The Journey of the Magi," T. S. Eliot. Though I suppose technically you'd read this for the Epiphany, the speaker's discontent with the old life he has returned to, and his longing "for another death," echoes the dark apocalyptic yearning that underwrites Advent. We're waiting for the baby, every year, but at the same time we're waiting for the end of all waiting, the death of this world and the life of the world to come.
"A Christmas Carol," G. K. Chesterton. This is the poem my children memorized. I find its simplicity, its quietness and the strange grace note of its last line mesmerizing and beautiful, almost unbearably so.
"Christmas," John Betjeman. He's right. All the Lebkuchen, made or unmade, in the whole fallen world, cannot compare with that "single Truth." Everything falls short, but that can't make what's true untrue: God's living presence with us in the Incarnation and in the Eucharist. Nothing on earth, including earth's own paltriness, has any power to diminish him.
This snippet from Hamlet, Act I, Scene i. Admittedly, the context is a little jarring: three watchmen on the castle walls have just seen the ghost of Hamlet's murdered father, which has fled at the sound of the cockcrow. Still, when I learned those lines as a teenager, I was struck by the suggestion — however far-fetched it sometimes seems to me now in the weary, weary world, where it's all bad weather all the time — of a mantle of peace and safety spread by the season itself, as if the very time made holy everything it touched.
"The Animals' Carol," Charles Causley. A beautiful poem in the tradition of the macaronic song: part in Latin, part in the vernacular (my favorite Christmas carol, "In Dulci Jubilo," is a macaronic song, moving back and forth joyously between the languages). It's longish, but in rhyming couplets so not hard to memorize if you set your mind to it. And again: that which is true is true. That's a good place for a poem to end.
For that matter, it's a good place for an essay to end too. That which is true is true. I hope that's the song these poems play in your mind all season long.
Sally Thomas the author of three collections of poetry: Brief Light: Sonnets and Other Small Poems, Fallen Waterand Richeldis of Walsingham, forthcoming in 2016 from Finishing Line Press.


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Q: disassociate EIP and then convert to vps eip I have an eip that I want to convert from scope EC2-classic to VPC. Can I disassociate, convert to VPC eip, and then just re-associate with the same ec2 instance? I'm not sure if I will be able to reattach it to an instance, not in the VPC.

A: This knowledge base article covers converting VPC Classic EIPs to VPC EIPs. I suggest using the link as AWS tend to keep documentation up to date, whereas the post below may become out of date over time.

*

*Open the AWS Systems Manager console, and then choose Automation from the navigation pane.

*Choose Execute automation.

*On the Owned by Amazon tab, in the Automation document search box, enter MigrateEC2Classic.

*Select the radio button for the AWSSupport-MigrateEC2ClassicToVPC document, and then choose Next.

*Under Input parameters, for InstanceId, enter your source EC2-Classic instance ID.

*For AutomationAssumeRole and TargetInstanceType, choose your required parameters. By default, TargetInstanceType is set to t2.xlarge.
Note: For more information about the IAM permissions that are required for AutomationAssumeRole to successfully run the Automation, see AWSSupport-MigrateEC2ClassicToVPC.

*(Optional) For DestinationSubnetId and DestinationSecurityGroupId, enter your subnet ID and VPC security group ID.
Note: If these fields are left blank, then the Automation selects a random subnet in the default VPC. Security groups that are attached to the source instance are copied to the VPC and used to launch the target instance.

*For MigrationType, select Test or CutOver.

*If you select CutOver for MigrationType , then set the following parameters:
SNSNotificationARNForApproval: Enter the ARN of the SNS topic used to send Approval notifications to stop the source instance. ApproverIAM: Enter the ARN of the IAM users or roles that can approve or reject the action to stop the source instance.

*Choose Execute.

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You are an employee at mega conglomerate TransCorp to stamp papers and file files! Unfortunately TransCorp is an expert in the business of manufacturing cost-cutting robots, and soon your job will be in danger. As another one of your coworkers is being dragged off to the terrifying HR department, a mysterious package arrives at your cubicle. Will you be able to save your job?


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Q: Unable to remove peruser launchd process I am constantly getting the following messages in system log:
com.apple.launchd.peruser.0 (homebrew.mxcl.memcached[PID]) Exited with code : 64
com.apple.launchd.peruser.0 (homebrew.mxcl.memcached) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds.
After searching online I learned that it is caused by the process failing to start. And a solution is to unload the plist from launchd with launchctl unload -w /Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.memcached.plist, and launchctl remove homebrew.mxcl.memcached, which I have done.
Note that the peruser.0 in the messages indicates that it is running 'peruser' for the user root. And I am logged in as root user to unload the homebrew.mxcl.memcached entries and remove the labels in launchd.
I have confirmed with launchctl list that memcached is no longer there and I am getting the intended error messages as well when try to unload/remove memcached in launchctl too. I also get 'launchctl stop error: No such process' when I do launchctl stop homebrew.mxcl.memcached. It looks like the memcached plist was successfully deleted from launchctl.
However the process still seems to be loaded at the user level for the root user as the what I did did not stop the messages. When I log off as root and login as another user, the messages stops, and when I log back in as root the messages starts again.
I am very confused on why the process is still triggered for the root user. Since all indications show that the plist was removed from launchd.
Any help/hints would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!

A: When you run launchctl as root, it interacts with the system instance of launchd, rather than the per-user one. As a result, I don't know of a way to use it to manage agents for the root user. But since that agent is getting reloaded every time you log in as root, I'm guessing you have a copy of the .plist file in /var/root/Library/LaunchAgents -- remove that, then log out and back in as root, and it should be gone.

A: I eventually had to delete the original plist from /Library/LaunchAgents to stop the messages. The file has to be kept off the folder as well becasue when I tried to put it back in and re-login the messages are showing again..
There is probably a way to unload the plist peruser for root user but for now I have to live with just removing the file. Thanks to Gordon for helping!


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Free inoculations for school-aged kids
School Kids getting their shots at the inoculation clinic last year.
HOUSTON – Congressman Gene Green invites students and families to kick off the new school year with a discussion about children's health and free immunizations.
Services will be available for school-aged children in the 29th Congressional District at Oleson Elementary, J.R. Harris Elementary, and North Shore Ninth Grade Campus.
"This event helps raise awareness about children's health issues, and gets children started out on the right foot for the upcoming school year," Green said. "We like to see healthy and happy kids."
Green said that last year, over 3000 kids received their free shots in the Galena Park school district alone.
The event takes place this Saturday, August 23, 2014 from 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. at the following locations:
North Shore Ninth Grade Campus, Galena Park ISD13501 Holly Park Drive, Houston, Texas 77015
Oleson Elementary School, Aldine ISD, 12345 Vickery Street, Houston, Texas 77039
J.R. Harris Elementary School, Houston ISD801 Broadway Street, Houston, Texas 77012
Families are invited to join a discussion about health and receive free immunizations for children. Parents must bring a copy of their child's immunization records. Congressman Green thanked the following groups and organizations for helping make this event a success: Harris Health System, Texas Children's Hospital Mobile Clinic Outreach Program, Aldine Health Center, Aldine Independent School District, Galena Park Independent School District, Houston Independent School District, LyondellBasell, and Rotary International District 5890.
Gene Green


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Murdoch's Victory Spells Change at Journal, Industry Figures Say
By JULIE SATOW, Staff Reporter of the Sun | August 1, 2007
https://www.nysun.com/business/murdochs-victory-spells-change-at-journal/59552/
If Rupert Murdoch takes control of the Wall Street Journal, readers will see a much different newspaper than the one the press and broadcast mogul is poised to acquire in a $5 billion deal for Dow Jones & Co., many in the industry predict.
David Karp / AP
Dealmaker Rupert Murdoch leaves the News Corp. Building after a vote by his board to approve the purchase of Dow Jones & Co. in New York yesterday. Readers of the Wall Street Journal can expect dramatic changes if Murdoch takes charge of the newspaper.
The changes industry figures are speculating about include broader news coverage as the paper repositions itself to compete with the New York Times; a free Web site, and a stronger push for advertising, observers say.
"There is no question the paper will be dramatically reshaped," a reporter for Advertising Age who covers the press, Nathaniel Ives, said. "We will see the paper covering areas it doesn't currently cover — we might even see a sports section."
Yesterday, the boards of both Mr. Murdoch's News Corp. and Dow Jones & Co. approved the deal and were in the final stages of wrapping up New Corp.'s agreement to purchase Dow Jones, the parent company of the Wall Street Journal, for $60 a share, or a 67% premium over the company's share price at the time the offer became public. The deal is not yet complete, but after three months of wrangling among members of the Bancroft family, which has run Dow Jones and its flagship newspaper for a century, it looks as if there is enough support for the deal to go through. The family controls 64% of Dow Jones's shareholder voting power; for the deal to be approved, less than one-third of the family's vote was needed.
A determining factor in clinching the deal may have been the premium Mr. Murdoch was willing to offer on the share price. "The directors have to defend their decision in case of shareholder lawsuits," the president of consulting firm Peter S. Cohan & Associates, Peter Cohan, said. "The stock was only trading at $36, and here you have a bona fide offer for $60 a share. It is hard to explain why you would turn that down."
Altering the Wall Street Journal could require even more investment. "I don't see Murdoch retreating from their core enterprise of business reporting," the press and broadcast columnist for the New York Times, David Carr, said. "But as for more general-interest news, that is a function of investment if Murdoch wants to spend the dough."
The News Corp. chief has said he is more than willing to spend money on Dow Jones. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal in June, Mr. Murdoch said he would invest more in the company's digital operations and consider making free of charge the Wall Street Journal's subscription-only Web site. At the time, he said a free Web site attracts 10 times as many visitors and five times the amount of advertising. Yesterday, however, he backtracked, telling the Wall Street Journal that the loss of subscription revenue may cancel out any gains from advertising revenue.
He has also said repeatedly that he would like to increase the Wall Street Journal's Washington Bureau, and is considering adding as many as four more news pages to the well-regarded business daily.
"Given that so many newspapers are getting out of the business, there is certainly room for more general news coverage in the world," Mr. Carr said.
Other changes could include recruiting high-profile financial journalists while letting others go, and hiring more journalists from Britain and Australia, a press business analyst at the Poynter Institute, Rick Edmonds, said. "I read him to be a believer in the natural superiority of British and Australian journalists and the idea that they have a sharper edge and work much more quickly than American journos," Mr. Edmonds wrote in a column yesterday. Making the paper more global, however, could create problems. "The paper collects news internationally but tells it in an American voice," he said. "Introducing a foreign accent could provoke reader backlash."
One of the most important changes to the Wall Street Journal could be its editorial content, as critics worry that Mr. Murdoch could interfere with the integrity of the reporting much the way he is said to do at his other high-profile daily, the New York Post.
Mr. Murdoch "tends to blur and cross the line between his business interests and reporting," Mortimer Zuckerman, the owner of a rival newspaper, the New York Daily News, said. "I have witnessed some of the worst of his practices at the New York Post. … It raises concerns about what he will do with the Wall Street Journal."
It isn't just Mr. Murdoch's competition that is concerned. "He doesn't have a reputation as a stellar journalist in his own right," a professor at the Columbia University School of Journalism, Arlene Morgan, said. She said his acquisition of Dow Jones made her "nervous."
Mr. Murdoch may have good reason not to mess too much with a recipe that, on the whole, works. While in June he told the Wall Street Journal that the paper "has got to get more advertising," the outlet still leads other business publications in advertising revenue. If he changes the paper too much, he could risk losing current advertisers.
"We do an annual survey to find out what publications are read by our target audience," the executive director for advertising and brand management at the management consulting firm Accenture, Teresa Poggenpohl, said. "Right now, the Wall Street Journal is high on the list in terms of business tools that our target audience uses, but if down the road we see that impacted, it would change our decision making." The firm's next annual survey takes place later this fall.
To prevent any major rupture in the paper's operations, industry watchers say that while there will be changes, they will likely be made gradually. "I think that any changes you will see will be slow, incremental," Mr. Carr said.
While there is the prestige of owning Dow Jones, the point of Mr. Murdoch's acquisition is to strengthen his company's bottom line. "The only reason you buy a company, especially at such a high premium, is because you think you can manage it better and make more money from it," Mr. Edmonds said. "For down market tabloids like the New York Post, Mr. Murdoch likes to be hands on, but the Wall Street Journal is a different proposition."
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Q: datastax-agent Cannot connect Error Seeing an issue with the Opscenter Agents. Opscenter reports the agents are not connected and in the agent.log on each node, they all report the following:
com.datastax.driver.core.exceptions.NoHostAvailableException: All host(s) tried for query failed (tried: /127.0.0.1:9042 (com.datastax.driver.core. TransportException: [/127.0.0.1:9042] Cannot connect))
I'm not sure when this started, but it's recent and it was working fine previously.
We are running datastax-agent version 5.1.0 and Cassandra version: 2.1.3.
Any tips on where to look would be appreciated.

A: EDIT:
I am leaving the original answer blockquoted below, but please do not try to follow it. The solution provided here is official and tested working!
As mentioned in the documentation:

Note: As of version 5.1 of OpsCenter, the hosts option in address.yaml now determines which nodes the agent connects to. For further information on configuration changes and migration paths, see the Upgrade Guide.

So, just change your address.yaml to reflect those changes and restart the agent. As an example, in our case we performed the following change from this:
stomp_interface: 10.0.10.10
local_interface: 10.0.10.20

to this:
stomp_interface: 10.0.10.10
hosts: ["10.0.10.20"]

The new hosts property is an array of strings, so you can tailor it down to your needs if you need more than one interfaces. But the above should be enough for a standard setup.
The original answer is lying below, please ignore it.

We have the same problem since we upgraded to Opscenter 5.1.0.
The only workaround we found so far is to change the rpc setting in cassandra.yaml:

rpc_address: 0.0.0.0

I know this is NOT a politically correct way, but it does the job without breaking everything and you get your OpsCenter to work until a more official way comes.
PS: I really can't see why anyone would downvote this question, it is a serious problem and it breaks production systems.