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Deuteragonist. The second guy. No, not the Sidekick, who follows the main character around. Not the Supporting Protagonist, who is the main character yet not the focus of the story. Not the false protagonist either. The second person the show revolves around.
The Deuteragonist (from Greek: second actor) is the second important character in the story; the first is, of course, The Protagonist. This person can be either with, or against The Protagonist — thus sometimes pulling double duty as a main Antagonist, though they are rarely the primary antagonist in these scenarios. We can see how their actions drive the plot just as much as those of The Protagonist. If there's another example of this trope in play following the previous one, then that character is the Tritagonist.
An important aspect is that we see quite a bit of the story from this character's point of view, and that they get a good amount of screen time/pages.
Subtropes include Supporting Leader. The Sidekick or The Lancer can become a Deuteragonist if given enough focus on their own. In a romance story, the Official Couple will usually be the protagonist and deuteragonist. If a character seems like a Deuteragonist but doesn't get as much screentime, they're likely the Hero of Another Story. Compare Two Lines, No Waiting, where the plots don't actually intersect.
Dramatica calls this character the Impact Character, while The Hollywood Formula refers to this as the Relationship character.
Examples of Deuteragonist include:
1 Anime and Manga
2 Comic Books
5 Live Action TV
6 Video Games
7 Web Comics
8 Web Original
9 Western Animation
Alphonse Elric from Fullmetal Alchemist.
Suzaku Kururugi from Code Geass
There is at least one interview from the creators stating that Code Geass was intended as a double narrative of Lelouch and Suzaku's stories. He even gets a spin-off "Suzaku of the Counterattack"
In Death Note, the Deuteragonist is L, then later Mello and Near, all of which are also the antagonists. Misa Amane or Ryuk the shinigami is the Tritagonist.
Takamura Mamoru from Hajime no Ippo could also be considered one.
With Itagaki Manabu and Miyata Ichiro as tritagonists.
Batou of Ghost in the Shell. Long-time partner of The Major, he even becomes The Protagonist after The Major vanishes. Fits the role in the TV series too.
In the first season, Togusa hihihihihiht be this or the tritagonist, given that he does a lot of the actual legwork in investigating The Laughing Man and tends to have more Days In The Limelight. He's also used as a Foil to the rest of the cast, being more down to earth and much more of a newcomer (having been recruited recently as a police officer and having virtually no cyborg implants until the third movie). Not to mention he's almost always Locked Out of the Loop to set up The Reveal of unspoken plans (the best example being the final episode of the first season, which recaps on the events entirely from his perspective and avoids revealing the team survived and he's the last member to be brought back and debriefed until the end).
Yang Wen-Li in Legend of Galactic Heroes.
Jounouchi/Joey in Yu-Gi-Oh!, according to Word of God. In the anime adaptation, Kaiba is made deuteragonist and Joey is the definite tritagonist.
Madlax and Margaret Burton in Madlax, though it's difficult to say who is the main girl and who, the second, since technically, they are the same person in two separate bodies.
Fate Testarossa in Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha.
Depending on whom you think is The Protagonist of StrikerS, Nanoha or Subaru, the other one would be the Deuteragonist.
From Full Metal Panic, Kaname Chidori is this to the series' protagonist Sosuske Sagara. One might even say she's even the main protagonist of the second series Fumoffu.
Krillin held this position in the first half of Dragon Ball. He lost it to Tenshinhan from the 22nd Budokai, to the end of Part 1. Master Roshi was the Tritagonist.
Gohan in Dragonball Z, with Vegeta as the tritagonist. But by the end, these positions were swapped.
The very first Dragon Ball arc had Bulma as the deuteragonist and Yamcha as the tritagonist.
Athrun Zala in the Cosmic Era timeline.
Disputed in Destiny. Before POV shift, Destiny had Shinn as protagonist, Athrun as deuteragonist, and Kira as triteragonist. At the end, Kira is the protagonist, Athrun still deuteragonist, and Shinn is the triteragonist. On average, and in the Special edition anyway, Athrun is the main character (which is odd because he always pilots a red Gundam, while the hero's Gundam has to be white/blue/red).
Saji Crossroad during Mobile Suit Gundam 00's second season.
Sasuke Uchiha develops into this near the end of the first half of Naruto. Shippuden has had some full length arcs with Sasuke as the lead character and he plays a very important role in Naruto's motives.
In Busou Renkin, Tokiko, and to a lesser extent, Papillion.
To Aru Majutsu no Index has Accelerator (eventually) as the deuteragonist, and Shiage Hamazura as the tritagonist.
Homura Akemi of Puella Magi Madoka Magica is one of these for the main character of the show.
The deuteragonist shifts in Weiss Kreuz. Omi holds the title for Kapitel, Sena does for Gluhen, and Ken takes over for Side B. Youji, meanwhile, only ever gets as high as the tritagonist in Gluhen.
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann has a different one depending on what part of the story you're in. The first part it's Kamina (who is also the Decoy Protagonist), the second it's Nia, the third it's Rossiu and then Viral.
Ryohou in the first half of S-Cry-ed. In the second half, he's a true joint protagonist with Kazuma.
Detective Conan—in Osaka arcs Heiji is often this, while in Non Serial Movies deuteragonists has become a common scene—some use recurring characters, but some used One Off Characters.
Zenkichi Hitoyoshi serves as deuteragonist to Medaka Kurokami's protagonist in Medaka Box. Zenkichi gets quite a bit of screen time, primarily because he often the POV and narrator.
Lately, Misogi Kumagawa seems to have snatched the role tritagonist.
Zatch Bell's book owner Kiyo Takamine definitely counts.
Blood Plus has Kai as the deuteragonist to Saya's protagonist. David is the tritagonist.
In Tiger and Bunny, Barnaby is the Deuteragonist to his partner Kotetsu's Hero Protagonist. Their screen-time division is about 40% and 60% respectively; Barnaby's past and involvement with the show's Big Bad is what leads to Kotetsu being drawn into the main plot. Kotetsu is effectively the catalyst for the emotions, ideals and philosophies that the story tries to put across while Barnaby provides the drive for the plot.
Meeting, and subsequently providing shelter to, Tokito Minoru from Wild Adapter is the reason Anti-Hero protagonist Kubota Makoto becomes involved in the plot proper. Page-time division is something like 45% and 55%, especially later on in the story where Tokito becomes more and more involved with Kubota's life and vice-versa.
The Steel Ball Run arc of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure has an interesting variant. Johnny Joestar and Gyro Zeppeli share the protagonist role equally for the first 21 volumes, but Gyro dies at the hands of the arc's Big Bad after failing to defeat him, leading to Johnny taking the spotlight completely in the last 3 volumes.
Another anomalous example can be seen in GetBackers. Due to the anime being produced while the manga was less than halfway through its storyline, Ban, who's past and personality is explored much later on in the manga than his partner and best friend Ginji's, appears to be a cross between the Deuteragonist and The Artifact. In the manga he is the Deuteragonist during the first 12 or so volumes, but is later promoted to share the protagonist role with Ginji.
Makise Kurisu in Steins;Gate, but more so in the second half.
Chrono in the manga version of Chrono Crusade, while Rosette Christopher is the protagonist.
Reki from Haibane Renmei. Initially she serves as a mentor to protagonist Rakka, but it soon becomes clear she has a whole story of her own.
Starting from the Advance Generation series onward, Pokémon isn't just about Ash Ketchum anymore. His female companions (May during the aforementioned AG saga, and later Dawn) also get their focus by7 having a quest running concurrently with Ash's.
Enju Aihara from Black Bullet.
In Touch, Katsuya Uesugi is the deuteragonist to his twin brother Tatsuya's Protagonist whereas Minami Asakura is their Tritagonist. Minami more or less becomes Deuteragonist after Katsuya dies 1/4 into the story.
Destro from G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero. Although to be honest, the old Larry Hama comics are chock full of Deuteragonists and Tritagonists. Destro was the villain who wasn't so villainous, who had a code of honor, and who we very often see stories told through his Point-Of-View, so much to the point where we have two views of the evil Cobra organization — first through the eyes of the G.I. Joes, and second through the eyes of Destro, the arms dealer.
In Batman: Year One Jim Gordon is the deuteragonist of the story along with Batman.
Darth Vader is this in the series as whole, serving as the tragic hero of the first trilogy, while the second trilogy charts his time as The Dragon up until his final redemption. Ultimately Luke Skywalker is the protagonist of the whole series, with the first trilogy ending at his birth and the second trilogy ending with his heroic triumph.
Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Prequel trilogy, with Yoda as the tritagonist.
Buzz Lightyear in the Toy Story films, with Woody as the main protagonist and Jessie is the tritagonist.
Jack Sparrow was originally suppose to be the Deuteragonist in the first three Pirates of the Caribbean films, with Will as the Protagonist, but Jack's popularity just took off during the production of the first film and thanks to Depp's talent in the playing the character Jack was riscripted as the main protagonist of the first film and is the main protagonist of the film series. That is to the brilliant Depp Jack became the Protagonist, Will the Deuteragonist, and Elizabeth the Tritagonist.
Harvey Dent in The Dark Knight, with Batman/Bruce Wayne as the main protagonist and James Gordon as the tritagonist.
Thao in Gran Torino
Annie Hall in Annie Hall, despite being the title character. She is the protagonist's Love Interest.
Holly Short from the Artemis Fowl series, especially in the first two book before she teams up with Artemis, she acts as a Hero Antagonist in contrast to Artemis's intial role as Villain Protagonist, during this period the story revolves around her almost as much as with Artemis and the readers are made to sympathise with her. It is more evident in the Graphic Novels where she serves as the second narrator in the stories.
Will Parry in the His Dark Materials trilogy. He isn't even introduced till the second book.
Melanie Stryder in The Host
Mikael Blomkvist in The Millennium Trilogy. He and Lisbeth Salander are developed quite a bit as separate characters, but once they team up the plot centers around them both.
Ellis Boyd Redding in The Shawshank Redemption, also serving as Supporting Protagonist.
Edward Cullen in Twilight
Jacob Black is the tritagonist.
In the first Mistborn book, Kelsier is the Deuteragonist (while he's actually introduced first of the main characters, and is the Big Good, most of the POVs end up revolving around his protege Vin). After he dies, Vin remains The Protagonist while Elend takes up the role of Deuteragonist and Sazed gets promoted to tritagonist.
In the same author's Elantris, Prince Raoden is The Protagonist, Sarene is the Deuteragonist, and Hrathen is the tritagonist.
All of Brandon Sanderson's fantasy books utilize this trope, such as Warbreaker, where Vivenna is the protagonist, Siri is the deuteragonist, and Lightsong is the tritagonist, and The Way of Kings, where Kaladin is the protagonist, Shallan is the deuteragonist, and Dalinar is the tritagonist (the latter two get about the same amount of pagetime, but Shallan is introduced first).
Discworld has a number of perennial deuteragonists, including Captain Carrot Ironfoundersson (in the stories featuring Sam Vimes as the protagonist), Nanny Ogg (in stories focusing on Granny Weatherwax), and even Death himself (in the stories primarily centered around his granddaughter, Susan).
In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Jim plays this role to Huck, with Tom Sawyer as the tritagonist.
In PC Hodgell's Chronicles of the Kencyrath, Torisen is the deuteragonist to Jame's protagonist from the second book and onwards.
Kahlan Amnell in the Sword of Truth series, with Richard as the protagonist and Zedd as the tritagonist. In the seventh book, Oba Rahl becomes this.[1] In the Chainfire Trilogy, it is uncertain who is what, given the shifting of roles, but the top three are definitely Richard, Kahlan, and Nicci in some order.
Roran Stronghammer in The Inheritance Cycle, with Eragon as the protagonist and Murtagh as the tritagonist, according to Word of God. Other possible interpretations include Eragon > Saphira > Roran, Eragon/Saphira > Roran > Murtagh, and Eragon > Roran > Nasuada.
In The Wheel of Time series Matt and Perrin are the primary Deuteragonists, although there are numerous tritagonists over the course of the series.
The Golden Girls, particularly Elayne and Egwene could also be Deuteragonists. Nynaeve is definitely more a tritagonist.
Fisk, in the Knight and Rogue Series, since he's 'just' the squire while Michael is the knight.
In The Lord of the Rings, Frodo is the protagonist, Sam is the deuteragonist, and Aragorn is the tritagonist
In Tolkien's The Children of Hurin, though Nienor isn't introduced as a major player until about two thirds of the way through, owing to the approx. ten year age gap between herself and her brother Turin (the protagonist), once she does show up, she slips into this role.
The eponymous unicorn in Cerberon is a very close second to George, who is the protagonist for most of the story. After George and Margaret are betrothed, and especially once they leave Aeronweyir for America, Cerberon becomes the protagonist, with George taking on a secondary role.
Live Action TV
Angel from Buffy the Vampire Slayer for it's first three seasons, before he spun off to his own show.
Dr. Cox in Scrubs.
Gus in Psych is a wonderful example.
Which would make Juliet the tritagonist, and Lasseter the... qua...tragonist?
Angela's parents in My So-Called Life.
Spock emerges as the Deuteragonist of Star Trek: The Original Series fairly early on; David Gerrold has said that the show was originally supposed to be about "Kirk and X", where character "X" would alternate every week, but Spock was repeatedly placed in that position, and it stuck. This trend was amplified in the movies, and especially in the reboot. (In fact, in the reboot, Spock can be said to be the Deuteragonist and the tritagonist). McCoy, on the other hand, despite being the third member of the Power Trio, is defined largely by his interactions with Kirk and Spock.
Though Star Trek: The Next Generation seemed to establish Riker as the Deuteragonist at first (Kirk-ish personality, Expy of would-be Star Trek: Phase II Deuteragonist Willard Decker, and Jonathan Frakes having star billing alongside Patrick Stewart), he was quickly usurped by Data. This was readily apparent in the movies, which amounted to Picard and Data having grand adventures among talking set-pieces.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager both introduced their Deuteragonist in the fourth season: Worf and Seven of Nine, respectively. In both cases, this resulted in the previous deuteragonist (Kira and the Doctor, respectively) being demoted to tritagonist.
Jack Donaghy on Thirty Rock.
Jesse Pinkman is the deuteragonist to Walter White's protagonist in Breaking Bad.
This really is a staple of the more recent Kamen Rider series as to date, all of them have a secondary protagonist who provide as much if not more importance to the storyline as the titular character from their respective series. These second protagonists aren't necessarily the Second Riders that are another staple of the franchise and many aren't even Riders in the first place.
Kamen Rider Kuuga: Kaoru Ichijou
Kamen Rider Agito: Agito is a bit difficult since it technically has two secondary protagonists, neither of whom is really that much more relevant than the other; Makoto Hikawa/Kamen Rider G3 and Ryou Ashihara/Kamen Rider Gills
Kamen Rider Ryuki: Ren Akiyama/Kamen Rider Knight
Kamen Rider Faiz: Yuuji Kiba/Horse Orphnoch/Kamen Rider Orga
Kamen Rider Blade: Hajime Aikawa/Kamen Rider Chalice/Joker
'Kamen Rider Hibiki: Asumu Adachi
Kamen Rider Kabuto: Arata Kagami/Kamen Rider Gatack
Kamen Rider Den-O: Momotaros
Kamen Rider Kiva: Otoya Kurenai/Kamen Rider Ixa/Kamen Rider Dark Kiva
Kamen Rider Decade: Yuusuke Onodera/Kamen Rider Kuuga
Kamen Rider Double: Philip
Kamen Rider OOO: Ankh
Kamen Rider Fourze: Kengo Utahoshi
Ultraman has this example before even Kamen Rider. Ultraman Agul/Hiroya Fujimiya from Ultraman Gaia is the first and most notable. Later Ultraman Nexus would have Himeya Jun, later replaced by Senjyu Ren.
In Juken Sentai Gekiranger the villains Rio and Mele are just as important to the story as the main heroes.
Joseph Bede from The Shadow Line. His drug deal gets a lot of focus over the entire series, despite only rarely intersecting with protagonist Jonah Gabriel's investigation into Harvey Wratten's death. In addition, Gatehouse is a tritagonist.
D'Angelo Barksdale in the first season of The Wire.
If you can apply this to a group of people, then the focus of each season apart from the Major Case Squad: the dock workers (season 2), Bunny Colvin and his people (season 3), the middle-school kids (season 4), and the newspaper people (season 5).
You can also make a good case for Frank Sobatka and Stringer Bell being the Deuteragonist for seasons 2 and 3 respectively.
Depending on who you view as the protagonist, either Lorelai or Rory on Gilmore Girls.
Debra Morgan in Dexter
Spencer in ICarly
At this point in the series, Sam from Supernatural is the deuteragonist to Dean, with Bobby as the tritagonist.
Contrasting with early in the first season of the show where Sam was clearly the protagonist and Dean the deuteragonist (and their father, John, maybe the tritagonist).
River in Firefly, as a substantial number of episodes in the series' short run centered around her. It became much more clear that River was the second protagonist during Serenity.
John in the BBC's Sherlock is just as important as the eponymous detective
Londo in Babylon 5. Word of God has even said the story is almost as much about Londo as about Sheridan.
Prince and later King Arthur from Merlin had his journey from being a Jerk Jock "Well Done, Son" Guy to The Wise Prince and later The Good King parallel Merlin's development from his Beleaguered Assistant to The Good Chancellor.
Shane Vendrell to Vic Mackey's Protagonist on The Shield.
Daenerys Tagaryen in Game of Thrones. We learn early on that her family were the antagonists to the "real" leads, Houses Baratheon and Stark, but by the time we get to her, those guys are long gone and she is very much The Woobie, with a mountain of Character Development in store, even if she never meets any of the main players in Westeros in fact, two of them have died long before she even catches wind of it in season 2.
The Arbiter (Thel 'Vadam) in Halo: He's the main character in several levels of Halo 2, and fights beside Master Chief in Halo 3.
Alyx Vance in Half-Life 2.
Almaz in Disgaea 3 Absence of Justice.
Zero in the Mega Man X series, especially starting at around X4. He even takes over as the main character in the Sequel Series, Mega Man Zero, after X disappears.
Axl, debuting in X7, is the X series' tritagonist. Notably, X7 and X8 are (more) focused on him than X or Zero.
In the Tokimeki Memorial series, and if discounting the main male protagonist:
1 : Yukari was planned as this to Shiori in the initial development stages of the game, but the idea was ultimately scrapped, and Shiori remained the sole main heroine ;
4 : Yuu (to Maki) ;
Drama Series Vol. 3 : Tabidachi no Uta : Miharu (to Shiori), if going the Miharu route ;
Substories 1 : Dancing Summer Vacation : Kaori, or the Shirayuki twins (to Miyuki), depending on which one you choose as Miyuki's DDR partner.
Rena or Claude in Star Ocean : The Second Story, depending on which of the two you choose as the main character at the beginning.
Luigi fits this role in many Super Mario games, especially in the early ones, where he was playable as a sprite recolor of Mario. He still has that role in many of the recent Mario games, having just as big of a role as Mario in the Mario and Luigi games, and even appearing in both Super Mario Galaxy games as an alternative to playing Mario. It's not called Super Mario Bros without a reason, y'know. Bowser is another recent example, strangely enough, having his own separate storyline in Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door and technically being the the real hero of Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story.
Princess Zelda for the most part is this in The Legend of Zelda series naturally. In some games, however, she's the Tritagonist, while characters like Midna or Linebeck serve as the Deuteragonist.
Riku in Kingdom Hearts has progressively become this, starting with Chain of Memories, where he takes over as the playable character in his own story once Sora's story finishes, and cemented past Kingdom Hearts II.
In Kingdom Hearts 3D, he becomes the truest form of this, being playable throughout the entire story along with Sora, and ends up being the one who faces the final bosses of the game in order to rescue Sora.
Miles Edgeworth plays an important role in the plot of the first two Ace Attorney games (as well as a minor role in the third), and the fifth and sixth games feature him as the player character. The series' face, however, will forever be Phoenix Wright.
In Final Fantasy VI it's hard to tell who the primary protagonist is among Terra, Celes, and Locke. But there is a pro-, deuter-, and tritagonist, make no mistake.
Final Fantasy VII had Aerith in this role, while Barret and Tifa were pretty evenly tied as the Tritagonists. Once Aerith dies, Tifa steps into the Deuteragonist role, leaving Barret as the sole Tritagonist.
Crisis Core had Zack as The Protagonist, Cloud as the Deuteragonist and Sephiroth as the Tritagonist.
Advent Children had Tifa as the Deuteragonist to Cloud again. Of all people, the one closest to Tritagonist in this one was Marlene.
Rinoa is the Deuteragonist in Final Fantasy VIII, while Laguna is the Tritagonist.
Final Fantasy IX has Garnet and Vivi. Which one is the Deuteragonist or Tritagonist depends on your point of view.
Yuna is this to Tidus of Final Fantasy X. She even tells him "it's your story, but it's my story too."
While formerly The Big Guy of the Five-Man Band, Augustus Cole is promoted to this at the start of Gears of War 3. The second half of the first Act is played from his perspective, and is the only time in all three campaigns that player 1 isn't controlling Marcus Fenix.
Marisa Kirisame in Touhou. Even the creator give a subtle nod to this: the name of the game might be Project Shrine Maiden, but the application icon of the game is Marisa.
Recently, Sanae Kochiya has been gaining prominence, and she's not exactly on Reimu's side of things.
Fate/Stay Night's Rin Tohsaka is one of the primary heroines (though not necessarily love interest). She's the only character besides Shirou who gets first-person P.O.V. scenes, and plays a major role in every route of the game (unlike the other villains and supporting characters, whose role may be significantly downplayed).
In Final Fantasy Tactics, it's Delita Heiral, the former best friend of Ramza Beolve who's actions play a major part in shaping the plot. The story is his as much as it is Ramza's, with them taking divergent paths that nonetheless criss-cross throughout the game from start to finish.
Dragon Age Origins has Alistair and Morrigan as possible Deuteragonist and Tritagonist, which is which is naturally open to debate.
Faye from Questionable Content.
In Order of the Stick, Haley and Elan more or less take turns as deuteragonist and tritagonist.
Start of Darkness fits this perfectly: Redcloak is the protagonist, Xykon is the deuteragonist and antagonist, and Right-Eye is the tritagonist.
According to Word of God, Karkat is the Deuteragonist in Homestuck to Protagonist John, as he takes the roll of John's Foil when the focus shifts off of the kids and onto the trolls. When the series shifts yet again to a second set of kids, Jane becomes the series' Tritagonist.
Web Original
Minx, daughter of protagonist Battlecat, is the Deuteragonist of Night Life in the Big Easy.
Western Animation
Zuko and Katara from Avatar: The Last Airbender. Which is the Deuteragonist and which is the Tritagonist depends on how you view things.
Jake is this for Finn in Adventure Time.
Karaz on Station Zero, with his light-skinned black guy Chino as Protagonist and their camera man Scooter as Tritagonist.
Helga on Hey Arnold, to Arnold himself.
Dib to Invader Zim, of the opposing kind.
Riley Freeman on The Boondocks, with his older brother Huey as Protagonist and their grandfather Robert as Tritagonist.
Teen Titans tended to focus on one character per seasonal arc as the protagonist, but a couple of them had Deuteragonists as well- notably, Beast Boy was the Deuteragonist to Terra's Protagonist in season 2, and Robin was the Deuteragonist to Raven's Protagonist in season 4.
The Cutie Mark Crusaders are collectively the deuteragonist cast of My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic.
Oliver and Company: Dodger to Oliver
↑ Richard and Kahlan have only a brief appearance, with Jennsen replacing them as the protagonist.
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"""
pylibftdi - python wrapper for libftdi

Copyright (c) 2010-2014 Ben Bass <benbass@codedstructure.net>
See LICENSE file for details and (absence of) warranty

pylibftdi: http://bitbucket.org/codedstructure/pylibftdi

"""
from pylibftdi.device import Device

from ctypes import c_uint16, byref

CTS_MASK = 1 << 4
DSR_MASK = 1 << 5
RI_MASK = 1 << 6

class SerialDevice(Device):
    """
    simple subclass to support serial(rs232) lines

    cts, dsr, ri - input
    dtr, rts - output

    Note: These lines are all active-low by default, though this can be
    changed in the EEPROM settings. pylibftdi does not attempt to hide
    these settings, and simply writes out the given values (i.e. '1'
    will typically make an output line 'active' - and therefore low)
    """

    _dtr = None
    _rts = None

    @property
    def dtr(self):
        """
        set (or get the previous set) state of the DTR line

        :return: the state of the DTR line; None if not previously set
        """
        return self._dtr

    @dtr.setter
    def dtr(self, value):
        value &= 1
        if value != self._dtr:
            self.ftdi_fn.ftdi_setdtr(value)

        self._dtr = value

    @property
    def rts(self):
        """
        set (or get the previous set) state of the DTR line

        :return: the state of the RTS line; None if not previously set
        """
        return self._rts

    @rts.setter
    def rts(self, value):
        value &= 1
        if value != self._rts:
            self.ftdi_fn.ftdi_setrts(value)

        self._rts = value

    def _modem_status(self):
        status = c_uint16()
        self.ftdi_fn.ftdi_poll_modem_status(byref(status))
        return status.value

    @property
    def cts(self):
        """
        get the state of CTS (1 = 'active')
        """
        return int(bool(self._modem_status() & CTS_MASK))

    @property
    def dsr(self):
        """
        get the state of DSR (1 = 'active')
        """
        return int(bool(self._modem_status() & DSR_MASK))

    @property
    def ri(self):
        """
        get the state of RI (1 = 'active')
        """
        return int(bool(self._modem_status() & RI_MASK))

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Home Business Agriculture "It is Possible" Agribusiness roadshow slated for Thursday
"It is Possible" Agribusiness roadshow slated for Thursday
The office of Dr. Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, Member of Parliament for Korley Klottey, in partnership with Agrihouse Foundation, an Agribusiness non-governmental organisation, is to roll out an agricultural capacity building programme on December 16.
The three-day intensive and practical Agricultural Capacity Building and Business Set-Up Roadshow (NAGRICA) themed: "It's Possible" is targeted at the youth of Ghana.
The first leg of the training for beneficiaries in Greater Accra region would start from Thursday, 16 December through to Saturday,18 December.
A statement copied to the Ghana News Agency in Accra on Tuesday, said 7, 11 applications were received in the Greater Accra region.
"A hundred and fifty (150) applicants were shortlisted from the screening, with 20 extra beneficiaries from the physically challenged community," it said.
It said the upcoming three-days training programme would cover practical training lessons on mushroom farming, rabbit and snail rearing, with the snail rearing reserved solely for the physically challenged amongst the participants.
According to the statement, among the topics to be treated at the training would be rabbit, mushroom and snail production; Processing and Packaging; Accounting and Book-keeping; Stock Distribution; Nutrition, Feeding, housing, Marketing (Branding); and other Leadership and Mentorship sessions.
It said: "At the end of the training, each participant shall be equipped with starter packs, such as: 6-room cages, 2 female rabbits (does) and 1 male rabbit (duck); Training Manual, as well as certificates of participation."
The statement said the participants would be taken through sessions such as accessing funds, operating a livestock business, highlights on existing standards, compliance and certification programmes, sales, marketing and improving visibility, among other related mentorship conferences as activities for the first day.
"On Day 2 participants will go through a comprehensive competence-based and practical training on Rabbit, Mushroom and Snail productions commenced; whilst on Day 3- the training continues, and includes Branding and Advertising, Marketing and Sales, Accounts and Book-keeping, Communication Skills, Entrepreneurship; Processing and Packaging; and management of Cooperatives," it said.
In a recent joint press release, Dr. Zanetor Agyeman Rawlings, and Agrihouse Foundation, had noted that the initiative would help the hundreds of young Ghanaians acquire skills in rabbit, snail and mushroom farming, processing, as well as marketing.
"This will help them make money to support themselves and their families. It will help reduce unemployment, empower women, and ultimately help reduce poverty in the society," the release said.
The statement said, "the whole idea is to have the value chain circle in place that will create a market linkage system, and we are very happy that Parbs Meat is partnering us, with the intention of buying off the produce from the beneficiaries of this project."
In Ghana, about 400,000 youth join the labour force annually (ACET, 2020), with a greater part of that figure not finding jobs.
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Fulton County Department of Water Resources invites residents to an upcoming public meeting on Thursday, May 17, 2012, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Staff will provide residents with an update regarding the Alpharetta Water Transmission Main capital improvement project.
The meeting will be held in the Clubhouse of the Glen Abbey Subdivision, located at 3600 Grey Abbey Drive in Alpharetta, Georgia, 30022.
The Alpharetta Water Transmission Main involves the installation of approximately 7 miles of water mains and ancillaries in the cities of Alpharetta and Johns Creek. The new Transmission pipeline will begin at the intersection of Jones Bridge Road and Buice Road, and will terminate at Mayfield Road in downtown Alpharetta.
This project is the most significant of a series of projects identified by the County to improve the water system supply and pressure in North Fulton County and specifically, to bring a major transmission to feed the northwestern portion of the County.
Construction on the total transmission pipeline will be installed in sections. Currently the section on Kimball Bridge Road, between Big Creek and Spruell Circle, is under construction and is scheduled to be completed by November 2012. Construction on other sections of the project is slated for 2013.
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Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor Op. 68: Un poco allegretto e grazioso
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Family of Brazilian killed by London police meets investigators
The family of an innocent Brazilian man killed by police who mistook him for a terrorist met Thursday with an independent investigative body and saw videotapes of the incident.
Undercover police shot and killed electrician Jean Charles de Menezes, 27, aboard an Underground train on July 22, a day after four failed attempts to bomb the city's transport system. The dead man's parents and other family members, on their third day in London, met with the Independent Police Complaints Commission.
His brother Giovani said the tapes the family saw while meeting the Independent Police Complaints Commission supported their belief that police have lied about the case.
"The film showed that Jean did not have suspicious behavior. For sure they (police) lied to the family," he told reporters.
Harriet Wistrich, a lawyer representing the family, read a statement to reporters, saying that the family had seen the surveillance camera images recovered from the Stockwell Underground station in London where de Menezes was killed, the AP reports.
"Jean loved London, it was his home. We want to thank all the people in London who have supported us and the warm welcome we have received," the statement said.


Andrew Moran has worked in the Third sector for 12 years, leading successful Supporter Care teams at the Cystic Fibrosis Trust, Muscular Dystrophy UK and Sue Ryder, where he has worked for the last 2 years.
He is responsible for the development and implementation of a streamlined, integrated Supporter Care function across multiple fundraising sites and plays a crucial role in ensuring Sue Ryder's compliance within all fundraising regulatory frameworks as Head of Supporter Care and Fundraising Standards.
He has recently developed the charities first standalone Supporter Care strategy and is busy delivering its year one objectives.
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Yakuza 0 is an action-adventure game developed and published by Sega. The game is a prequel to the Yakuza Series and was initially released on 12th March 2015. The game follows a Japanese series in the main campaign where the player follows the storyline and adventure through to the towns of Tokyo and Osaka, all while defeating numerous enemies that come across their paths. The game is available to play on the platforms of PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and Microsoft Windows.
How to Download Yakuza 0
You can download the game form PlayStation Store or from Steam. The price of the Yakuza 0 is $19.99. To download the game click on the Download button at the end of this review. If you like this type of games, be also sure to download and check out one of the GTA series titles such as Grand Theft Auto V.
The Game Review
Starting off with the main menu, the game features both multiplayer and single-player modes for the players to take part in. In the single-player mode, the game offers an intense campaign where the players get to play the characters of Kazuma Kiryu and Goro Majima.
The game is third-person, based in an open world map and is set in the month of December 1988. The main storyline revolves around both the protagonist characters of Kazuma and Goro as they find themselves getting involved in the events of what is known as the Empty Lot dispute. In Kamurocho, Tokyo, Kiryu is framed for the murder of a man whom he collected from.
As a result, Kiryu goes on a run, in order to prove his innocence to the forces. Meanwhile, Majima, after being kicked out of from the Tojo Clan, is given the opportunity to redeem himself by murdering a little blind girl, however, he refuses the offer and in-turn tries to protect that girl from all sorts of harm.
The players get to play both the characters at different events as the story progresses. Yakuza 0 features a relatively complex combat system as each character can switch between different battle styles during a fight. Kiryu can switch between two styles namely, Thug Style which consists of powerful but slow attacks and can be used to lift up heavy weapons, and Rush style which focuses on light but fast attacks.
Majima also utilizes different fighting styles including Thug Style and the unique Breaker Style which enables him to perform dance-based attacks. Additional fighting styles can also be unlocked as the story progresses including Legendary, Dragon of Dojima, and Mad Dog of Shimano Styles.
Moving on to the multiplayer mode, Yakuza 0 features an online mode where players can compete and fight against each other using the styles of their choice. The game also offers a variety of mini-games including the classic Sega Arcade games that are taken from the 1980's. Some of the minigames include Outrun, Super Hang-On, Batting Center, Koi-Koi, Telephone Club, Catfights, and Roulette. A number of these games are dependant on the city locations and can only be played on specific areas of the map.
Overall, Yakuza 0 is a very intense game with a solid campaign storyline and excellent gameplay. The game has been received very well by fans from around the world. It has received praises from all around particularly due to its unique combat controls and the variety that it offers in terms of both the campaign and the minigames that are available to play.
Yakuza 0 is a Japanese equivalent of GTA. The story of the game describes the even several years before the first Yakuza game (before Yakuza 0 was released there were six Yakuza titles published the last being Yakuza 6). Download the game now.
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Review: The Herd/Steppenwolf
April 14, 2015 at 10:45 am by Alex Huntsberger
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The family-sitting-room genre is built on secrecy. Sometimes it's a literal secret, one that lurks from the opening curtain until just the right moment—usually right before an intermission—for it to be revealed. Other times, and this is the case with Rory Kinnear's "The Herd," it's not an actual secret so much as it is a repression of truth. People feel a certain way, but they keep it to themselves. Only once the gears of plot have started to grind against their psyche do they finally unleash these private, pent-up thoughts. It makes for a handy catharsis, to have a son/daughter/husband/wife finally tell their mother/father/husband/wife what they really think.
Kinnear's play, his first, is an efficient catharsis delivery device. It doesn't surprise, but it doesn't disappoint either. Kinnear is a major stage actor in the UK—his bio in the program is equal parts modest and mic drop—and he has written a play for actors. Despite the English setting, it's a play perfectly suited to the Steppenwolf style. Director Frank Galati and the cast revel in the play's climactic inter-family throw downs.
Molly Regan anchors the show as Carol, mother to a severely disabled son, Andy. It is the day of Andy's twenty-first birthday, and he is on his way home, along with his caregiver, to celebrate. Joining Carol are her daughter Claire (Audrey Francis), her parents Brian (John Mahoney) and Patricia (Lois Smith) and Claire's sort-of boyfriend Mark (Cliff Chamberlain). Everything is tumultuous, if normal, until Andy's father, and Carol's ex, Ian (Francis Guinan) arrives bearing with him a lifetime of regret. (Guinan, it must be said, is basically a theatrical cheat code. His innate likability renders even the prickliest, guiltiest characters sympathetic.)
The performances across the board are stellar—even if the British accents can be a bit dodgy at times. And the play concludes on a very fine moment for Mahoney—like father, like daughter apparently—although it fumbles about somewhat in getting there. "The Herd" may tread a path that's trod down to the bedrock, but that rock forms a solid foundation. (Alex Huntsberger)
Steppenwolf Theatre Company, 1650 North Halsted, (312)335-1650, steppenwolf.org, $20-$86, Through June 7.
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A Crueler Screwball Comedy: A Review of "The Seagull" at Steppenwolf Theatre Yasen Peyankov's translation and trimming of the script plays up the comedy, letting it flow from the Chekhovian checklist of dreadful character traits.
Play with Heart: A Review of King James at Steppenwolf Theatre It is a fascinating exploration of lives and a friendship that ends in a tie, pretty much in the state in which it started. At the same time, it is a play about the lives of men.
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SAM & DAVE: The Nashville Soul Sessions
I am listening to a Sam & Dave cd. I saw it in a catalogue and thought, "Wow I loved their music; I'm going to spend $6 on these tunes." My big indulgence, I won't buy cds just for background sound. I thought, hearing these songs will be making me happy. It turns out the cd has recordings they made when they were trying to make a come back. The first song on the cd was Soul Man. It didn't sound right at all. I can hear that song in my head like it's still 1967. I looked at the liner notes. What a let down. It even says these recordings in Nashville, late 1970s-early 1980s, did not do the job for them. If you do not immediately hear the sounds when you hear their names, you should check them out. Their singing is the real thing; do listen. My age cohort and dear friend, Jackie, claimed she'd no idea, said, "Was I living in a cave?" She looked on youtube and found them. She wrote that she especially admired their moves. That's right. They were famous for working up major sweat in every performance. They did it. The tenor is Sam Moore; the baritone is Dave Prater. The heart of their soul music was produced at STAX records, in Memphis. The truly big years were 1965 – 1968. It's Soul Man; Hold On, I'm Comin'; You Don't Know Like I Know; When Something is Wrong With My Baby; Wrap it Up. As it turns out, great duo that they were in the studio and on the stage, they did not get along. For years, they couldn't speak to each other; always arrived separately at recording sessions. STAX records were distributed by Atlantic Records. There was a fight between the companies. Atlantic scooped up Sam & Dave and took them to New York, but somehow their work there didn't top the charts like the songs of the STAX years.
They are in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the Grammy Hall of Fame, won the Grammy, had multiple Gold Records. They had more success on the R & B charts than anyone with possible exception of Aretha Franklin. Soul Man, according to the Grammys is one of the most influential songs for 50 years. I think that means a lot of other acts tried to sing it. They broke up in 1969, reunited in 1972. Dave found a new Sam, Sam Daniels, 1982 until Dave's death in a car crash, 1988. Sam Moore continues to perform. More power to him. Regarding this cd, I might donate it to the library book sale just not to be depressed by it.
Time passes. Damn.
pictures: top, Sam & Dave, 1967, bottom, Sam & Dave, 1966. Sam & Dave: the Nashville Soul Sessions, FUEL 2000 Records.
This entry was posted in Hedgehog Highlights and tagged 1960s music, Atlantic records, Dave Prater, Hold On I'm Comin', Sam & Dave, Sam Daniels, Sam Moore, Soul Man, soul music, STAX records on October 10, 2015 by Leslie.
Andras Schiff Recital: Haydn, Beethoven, Mozart, Schubert
No matter how difficult the pieces he chooses to play or how impossible it would be for another to play them as Andras Schiff plays them, the Hedgehog contends that it is at least if not more difficult to write about his performance.** On October 4, at Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, Sir Andras Schiff performed the last piano sonatas by Haydn, Beethoven, Mozart, and Schubert so brilliantly, so truly, with such passion that one felt as though in the presence of those four great artists themselves. The pianist's integrity is on view and available to experience in his dedication to the music and lack of behaviors that would draw attention to himself rather than the music. It was an astonishing, great performance of astonishing, great music.
October 7 (tonight), 8, 9, & 10 Andras Schiff will be leader and pianist with the SF Symphony and Symphony Chorus in a concert of Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 27, Haydn, Lord Nelson Mass, and Schubert lieder. There might still be tickets. GO. Box Office: 415/864-6000 or sfsymphony.org
Franz Joseph Haydn was the Father of the Symphony, Father of the String Quartet, probably the inventor of the piano trio, too. We all benefit from the absence of TV, movies, fast cars in his era and the fact that writing great music worked for him as a way to earn a very good living after a difficult childhood. He made time to write 106 symphonies, 68 string quartets, piano sonatas, masses, minuets, more. "Papa" Haydn's creativity led not only to new music, but also new forms for his endless musical ideas. His Sonata in E-flat major for Piano, H.XVI:52 is last of the three piano sonatas which he wrote while in London, 1794-95. The playfulness of this sonata sweeps away any image of the rigidity of the late 18th century. Just when it seems like the listener might anticipate a style or rhythm, Haydn has surprises to delight the imagination. There is almost a drama in the music; it changes direction, flutters, jumps, and cascades. There is surely drama in watching the liveliness of being made audible by this great pianist's artistry.
Ludwig Van Beethoven's Sonata No. 32 in C minor for Piano, Opus 111: Do you love a mystery? A very big mystery? This sonata is a comet, a ball of fire, an extravagant expenditure of energy, ideas, one might say foresight. Perhaps Beethoven decided to share his experience of traveling to the stars and back; perhaps his understanding of the stars; perhaps he found the formulae in this music to describe the pulsating star of his existence. Listening, one feels one's own head opening up to experience the music. It is not possible to reflect upon it and experience it, too. It is happening in time and so there is no time but to be there as it happens: breathing, blood racing, images in one's eyes, tingling skin, and the explosion of the moment. The ultimate thrill comes paired with an inner calm: life. The music rolls over itself in exuberance which suggested to this Hedgehog a celestial ragtime. Heaven is here. Before beginning this sonata, Sir Andras Schiff rested his hands on the top of the piano, then crossed his arms across his chest, then gently placed above the keys. After the sonata's end, the entire audience stood to cheer.
Mozart's Sonata in D major for Piano, K.576 has another kind of extravagant energy, sometimes witty, sometimes lyrical, sometimes a vast game in which Mozart finds the maximum number of arrangements and rearrangements of multiple harmonies and forms. Overall, it is beautiful. One can simply enjoy it knowing that Mozart's intricate, perfect puzzle building is there for our pleasure. The late music writer Michael Steinberg wrote that this is Mozart's most difficult work for solo piano. Sir Andras Schiff performed it as though it were written especially for him. He seemed to know it from the inside as though he and Mozart were nodding to each other as each new, unpredictable — except to them — variation presented itself. Together, Schiff and Mozart shared the composer's rueful humor in this exquisite performance.
Though born 27 years after Beethoven, Schubert outlived him by only one year. Musicians, composers, writers so often compare the two that it brings to mind play ground conversations about which is stronger, a lion or a tiger. Undoubtedly that is because your current writer is not sufficiently knowledgeable to analyze the comparisons. It seems only amazing that they both existed and wrote music that we are so fortunate to hear and ponder, learn from and enjoy. Franz Schubert's Sonata in B-flat major for Piano, D.960 closed this concert. There was no more to say. Before beginning, the pianist rested his hands on top of the piano, then clasped them together in front of himself, then again gently placed them on the keys. We do not know how he prepared himself to begin his Haydn and Mozart selections as he entered from off stage, but this silence was apt for Beethoven and Schubert. In fact, distinguishing characteristics of Schubert's sonata were moments of silence that came unevenly in the midst of the music. It was like trying to remember a prayer to calm oneself, being interrupted, beginning again at the beginning, the mind being agitated by anxious thoughts, beginning again. The sonata contains beautiful, song-like passages that lift us up while the troubling undercurrents make their own music. It is a huge sonata, lengthy and encompassing searching, heart-breaking love. Sir Andras Schiff's relationship with Schubert is different; he sings Schubert's songs as he sees the tragedy that Schubert knew.
**Previous Hedgehog Highlights, see: Andras Schiff/Bach & Beethoven, Oct. 19, 2013; Andras Schiff/Bach, Oct. 11, 2013. Pictures: Andras Schiff courtesy of San Francisco Symphony; Haydn portrait by Thomas Hardy, 1792. Ok, I accept that it is not so difficult as playing these works. Exaggeration seemed necessary to convey the idea.
Sir Andras Schiff is now touring. Do not miss an opportunity to see/hear his performance. Oct. 18, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles; Oct. 30, Carnegie Hall, NYC; Nov. 10, London, Royal Festival Hall; Feb. 16-20, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He has extensive recordings on ECM.
This entry was posted in Hedgehog Highlights on October 7, 2015 by Leslie.
San Francisco Symphony: Tchaikovsky and Barber
The San Francisco Symphony, Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas conducting, presented Russian and American classics, October 3, 2015. The program embodied the great, universal emotions and actions of Tchaikovsky's Symphony #6 in B minor, Opus 74, the Pathetique, and the intimate, personal emotions of specific memory in Samuel Barber's, Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Opus 24. The fascinating program led to thoughts of how great art connects us to one another by starting with the most singular, immediate experiences to find the universal or starting with the grandest, earth spanning experience to find it again in the solitary, human heart.
Composer Samuel Barber wrote Knoxville: Summer of 1915 soon after reading James Agee's prose poem of that name. Although Barber grew up in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and Agee in Knoxville, Tennessee, they shared childhood experiences of lying on family back yards in the summer evenings, porches, main streets, trolleys, family characters. The music matched to Barber's selections from Agee's work encapsulates that time and place so clearly imprinted in individual American lives. Program note writer, James M. Keller, quotes American opera star Leontyne Price: "As a Southerner, it expresses everything I know about my roots and about my mama and father…my home town….You can smell the South in it." Guest artist, soprano Susanna Phillips has a lovely stage presence and sang well. She was sometimes overpowered by the orchestra which made the lyrics hard to understand, but, when she was heard clearly, she succeeded in presenting the peaceful contentment of a summertime full of familiar events and happy to be uneventful.
Tchaikovsky's Symphony #6 can trick the listener into a mistaken, waltz induced optimism. The first movement, Adagio–Allegro non troppo, begins with very low, very quiet notes. It is slow and serious; it may foreshadow doom. The next two movements are so unlike the first that one might think they were randomly put together for the Pathetique. They demonstrate the extent of Tchaikovsky's gift for variety of emotion and style. He expresses the range of human feelings in the glorious melody and inventive rhythms he creates. The second movement, Allegro con grazia, seems to promise triumph, life embracing life. Then, in the third, Allegro molto vivace, a march insistently piles cloud upon cloud and marches onward as though lines of marchers overtake each other in near collision, force multiplying force. It ends with enormous bursts of energy, always convincing the listener, even the listener who has heard it before, that this is how it will end. It does not. Out of the breath between the movements, the lament arises. Adagio lamentoso –Andante, the final movement, harkens back to the beginning but takes us further as we have already traveled through other worlds created by the life in the middle of the symphony. The music has changed and has changed us. Its nearly unbearable sadness encompasses the greatness of human life and the painful secret of human life. It ends quietly as though the sound itself has no sound. Tchaikovsky died just nine days after the premiere. The San Francisco Symphony contributed a noble performance of this universal masterpiece.
The program opened with the West Coast premiere of Dispatches (2014) by Ted Hearne. MTT introduced the work by offering an idea of how to experience it, greatly appreciated advice.The work was commissioned by the San Francisco Symphony and the New World Symphony, based in Florida and founded by Michael Tilson Thomas. Dispatches challenges the audience by abrupt changes between expressing traditionally "musical" music and excursions into sound design, the composer's re-do of Stevie Wonder, mechanically rearranging electronic sounds, and more. At one point, a voice emerged, shouting out something hard to understand. It was easy to assume it was part of the sound mix, but from the looks on the faces of the musicians, it was not. The work was conducted by Christian Reif.
POST-SCRIPT: THE AUDIENCE Performers say they can feel the energy or attention or lack of either in their audience. The other 1999 people in the concert hall can affect one's experience of the music. Antsy, noisy, clasping their brightly lit cell phones, quiet, attentive; they make a difference. The convention of not applauding after a movement in a symphony is not something everyone knows. In the course of experiencing Tchaikovsky's 6th, it can make a huge difference if many in the audience burst into applause at the end of the third movement which is not the end of the symphony. That and a loud call for "Encore" happened October 3. MTT turned part of the way around on his podium and said that he just happened to have something more. Yes, the fourth movement. While feeling prickly, after a while one must recognize the good news: this audience cadre is (1) here and (2) excited and pleased about what they are hearing. All of that is good.
This Hedgehog has maintained the childhood habit of counting up how many movements are coming at the beginning of each piece on a program. Many in the audience read their programs while the music is being played; one might hope they would count, too. On October 21, 2001, Maestro Stanislaw Skrowaczewski led the SFS in performance of his own work, Music at Night, and Tchaikovsky's 4th. Before beginning the symphony, Skrowaczewski turned to the audience and asked them to remember that despite the long pause before the final movement, the symphony was not yet over. It helped, though this Hedgehog gasped audibly at the end of the third movement, her emotions having been strained to breaking. SEE: Interview with Skrowaczewski in The Hedgehog, Vol.4, No.1, Fall, 2006.
Pictures: Michael Tilson Thomas, courtesy of the San Francisco Symphony; Samuel Barber, photo by Carl Van Vechten, 1944; Susanna Phillips; Tchaikovsky; Davies Symphony Hall, courtesy of the San Francisco Symphony.
This entry was posted in Hedgehog Highlights and tagged Dispatches (2014), James Agee, Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Michael Tilson Thomas, Music at Night, Sam Francisco Symphony, Samuel Barber, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Susanna Phillips, Tchaikovsky, Tchaikovsky's 6th Symphony, Ted Hearne, the Pathetique symphony on October 6, 2015 by Leslie.


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Displays product and directs customers to specified products.
Answers customer's questions about product.
Explains qualities of product to persuade customers to buy product.
Uses point of sale materials to facilitate sales of products.
Responsible for turning in a weekly tracker, consisting of hours worked and bottles sold/hour, in a timely fashion.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must have a personal email address, access to a computer with an internet connection, and knowledge of Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet software.