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CIN View Full Game Coverage CINNATI -- Before Game 3 of this National League Division Series, Bruce Bochy gathered the Giants together in the visiting clubhouse at Great American Ball Park, and he told the Old Testament tale of Gideon leading a small army to defeat the mightier Midianites, to save Israel. The law of averages, the history, the odds were all conspired against the Giants in that moment. But Bochy's message was that just because they were down 0-2 in the best-of-five didn't mean they couldn't pull off the improbable.
"Ask Flan," Bochy said, pointing to third-base coach Tim Flannery. "He's been through it before, in '84 with the Padres."This was true. Flannery was on the Padres team that trailed the Cubs, two games to none, in the best-of-five NLCS, only to storm back with three straight wins. Except ... "We were at home," Flannery thought to himself. "And we weren't in this ballpark." What the Giants did in this ballpark, in the hours and days following that pregame pep talk, will be remembered for a long while. What they did was make history, becoming the first NL team in the Wild Card era to win a Division Series it had trailed 2-0 (21 others had come and gone) and the first team from any league and any era to win a best-of-five by taking the last three games on the road. "We want to make a difference," Angel Pagan said after the 6-4 win in Game 5 on Thursday afternoon. "We don't want to be like the rest of the people. We want to make a difference, and we wanted to get to the next round." They've made it to the next round by raising the intensity level within this round. "Act like you've been there" is one of the game's more oft-used adages. "Don't make the big games bigger" is another. But the Giants, appropriate to their appellation, seemed to appreciate the sheer bigness of this series, this stage, this moment in time. Sure, the Giants have been here before, and, in fact, they've been a lot further. You just wouldn't know it from the eagerness, the aggressiveness, the attitude they took to these three must-win games. "Everyone was playing for each other, playing for the team," Hunter Pence said. "That's what it's all about." Down 0-2 upon arrival to Great American Ball Park, the Giants didn't approach Game 3 or those that followed with that so-called quiet confidence we so often laud or look for in our champions. After all, who could feel especially confident when you're trying to go where no one else has gone? Rather, the Giants demonstrated fear of failure. Fear of going home, fear of watching a 94-win season go to waste in less than a week, fear of waking up without a tomorrow. For Pence, it boiled down to that simple solution of playing for the team and not the individual. That's the message he relayed when he took over the pregame huddle after Bochy's brief Bible verse. "Look into each other's eyes," Pence had told his teammates, and the point hit home. "Us old-school guys start weeping," said Flannery, "because that's how we thought you were always supposed to do it." The two-game hole in the NLDS had the odd effect of bringing out the best in these Giants, much like the loss of closer Brian Wilson, the suspension of Melky Cabrera and the Dodgers' spending spree forced them to focus all the more in the regular season. General manager Brian Sabean has called them "cockroaches" for the way they just don't go away. When they arrived here, the cockroaches came out of the woodwork once again. They wanted this, and they took it. Took it from a Reds team that had not only attained a seemingly insurmountable advantage in this best-of-five set but had won 50 home games and never lost three straight at home (a place where, as Flannery put it, "they play pepper with the Ohio River") all season. Took it from a Cincinnati crowd that was poised to party in the postseason for the first time in 17 years. There was no common thread to the way they took it, other than execution. In Game 3, it was the execution of extra effort to make do with three hits. Buster Posey gunning down Brandon Phillips when Phillips tried to take an extra bag on a passed ball, and Joaquin Arias hustling down the line to beat out Scott Rolen's throw and allow Posey to score the go-ahead run. "Game 3 is the tough game for them," the Reds' Scott Rolen said. "That's a big uphill climb for them, so you have to give them a ton of credit for Game 3, sticking in there and playing good baseball and staying on top of things." In Game 4, it was execution on offense, as the bats took it to not-so-noted local band Mike Leake and The Middle Relievers. And it was Bochy expertly executing his bullpen manipulation, giving the quick heave-ho to Barry Zito and getting 4 1/3 brilliant innings from Tim Lincecum. Finally, in Game 5, it was execution in a frenetic fifth inning, smelling blood when Mat Latos got miffed about the strike zone and quickly cutting him down, with Posey's grand slam bringing home the hammer in what ought to be an MVP year. It was also execution on the defensive end (especially when eighth-inning diving grabs by Brandon Crawford and Angel Pagan killed a would-be Reds rally) and execution by Sergio Romo in a remarkable Jay Bruce at-bat with two on in the ninth. "It was intense," Pagan said. "But that's what the playoffs are like. You have to stay in the game and stay positive and believe." The Giants had the talent to get to this point, certainly. We knew that going into October. But now we know something else about them. We know about their heart, we know about their spirit, we know how difficult it will be to deny them. In the celebratory aftermath in the visitors' clubhouse, Pence was talking about the sudden swing in this series. How the Giants rallied around each other after two home games gone awry. "The first two games happened really quick," he said. Just then, his teammates attacked, spraying him with champagne and briefly interrupting the interview. "It happened fast," a soaked Pence continued. Yes, it did.
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|After seven seasons in the safe harbour of Nadezhda, Belarus international Anastasiya Verameyenka will try the uncharted waters of the Bosphorus
Fenerbahce have confirmed the arrivals of Agnieszka Bibrzycka and Anastasiya Verameyenka to the club for next season.
Bibrzycka, a Poland international and former standout at Lotos Gdynia, Sparta&K M.R. Vidnoje and UMMC Ekaterinburg, is joining the Istanbul club after spending the end of this season at CCC Polkowice.
The 29-year-old guard/forward, who took some time away from the game to have a baby, appeared in both of Polkowice's games against Ros Casares in the EuroLeague Women Second Round and also turned out for the club in the Polish league (PLKK) play-offs.
They edged Lotos Gdynia in a five-game semi-final thriller but were swept 3-0 by Wisla Can-Pack Krakow in the title series.
Verameyenka, a 1.92m center and arguably the most important player in the Belarus national team, was on the books of Nadezhda Orenburg from 2005-12.
Both Bibrzycka and Verameyenka are in their respective national squads for this summer's EuroBasket Women 2013 Qualification Round.
Fenerbahce were runners-up in the Turkish Cup to Galatasaray and came in fourth at the EuroLeague Women Final Eight in Istanbul.
They ended the campaign with victory over Gala in the Turkish play-off finals.
Fener have also announced that coach George Dikeoulakos is to remain in charge of the team, and that small forward Kübra Siyahdemir, power forward Nevin Nevlin and point guard Esmeral Tuncluer have signed extensions.

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Kevin Coley walked away from the Henderson County Historic Courthouse steps with a big smile on his face. Just over his shoulder were hundreds of toys donated by nearly 700 bikers Saturday afternoon.
Kevin Coley walked away from the Henderson County Historic Courthouse steps with a big smile on his face. Just over his shoulder were hundreds of toys donated by nearly 700 bikers Saturday afternoon.
Motorcyclists from Henderson, Polk, Transylvania and Buncombe counties participated in the 15th annual Henderson County Toy Run organized by the Hendersonville Christian Motorcycle Association. The toy run is designed to raise money and collect toys for the Henderson County Department of Social Services. This year, the event will benefit 115 kids.
Coley, an Etowah resident participating for the fourth year, said he experienced something different Saturday. Bikes took a longer, more scenic route, pulling out of Fletcher Community Park at 1:30 and ending up on Main Street after riding through Mills River, Horse Shoe, Etowah and Hendersonville.
Coley passed his house , where his wife and three children were waiting and waiving.
"We drove right by the entrance to my house," he said. "I have three children myself. That brings it home to me. It's a great charity."
For Coley, the event is about showing kids that "complete strangers actually care about them," adding that he couldn't imagine kids going without Christmas presents.
"Bikers have the biggest hearts," event organizer Kimberly Carland said.
That heart poured out onto the steps at the courthouse Saturday. One by one, hundreds of bikers rolled into the parking lot, led by Bill Beal on his Honda VTX 1300. Beal has led the parade of bikers for the last five years.
His bike, with flames down its sides, emerged as police officers leading the parade split off.
"The bikers are just so generous," Beal said. "Having the doorstep to put the presents on is impressive."
The steps covered in presents were surrounded by the leather-clad bikers who raised their phones up, taking pictures, smiling and taking in the scene.
Dawn Shaw, administrative assistant at the Department of Social Services, agreed the bikers were generous and was thrilled at the scene that plays out every year.
She stood in the back of the truck as each biker walked by, decked in leather, while holding stuffed animals and other toys.
"Seeing the generosity and the caring of the community," she said, pausing for a moment, "it's just heartwarming."
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Genuine Brother® Accessory. Designed for consistent feeding with fabric such as leather, vinyl and other novelty fabrics. This non-stick foot glides over difficult fabric surfaces with ease, while improving stitch quality in many problem fabrics (some fabrics may bind under metal feet often causing problems with a consistant feed resulting in poor stitch quality). The non stick foot overcomes problems with fabric such as loop and hook tapes, leather and vinyl. Perfect for hemming plastic tablecloths.
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GREENSBORO, N.C.-This sweet deal is pretty straight forward.
Syngenta is now accepting applications for the Syngenta Sugarbeet Scholarship program through June 14. Students must submit an essay for judging and the student with the highest score in each of the five eligible regions will receive $1,500 for their college tuition. The scholarship program, now in its fourth year, helps equip the next generation with the knowledge and skills needed to contribute to the advancement of the sugarbeet industry.
"We are committed to investing in the future of agriculture and believe that empowered leaders are the key to finding solutions for challenges facing the modern grower," said Tyler Ring, head of sugarbeet seed product management for Syngenta. "We wish all scholarship applicants the best of luck and look forward to their contributions to the future of sugarbeets."
Students interested in applying for the scholarship must meet the following criteria:
1) Be current high school seniors OR college freshmen, sophomores or juniors.
2) Majoring (or intending to major) in an agriculture-related field.
3) Will attend college during the 2013-2014 school year.
4) Attend school or reside in one of the following sugarbeet growing regions: Region 1: Idaho, Wash., Ore.; Region 2: N.D.; Region 3: Minn.; Region 4: Wyo., Colo., Neb., Mont.; Region 5: Mich.
5) Are involved in 4-H, FFA and/or the sugarbeet industry.
Applicants can complete the application form found at www.SyngentaSugarbeetScholarship.com. As part of the application, they will be asked to describe their involvement in 4-H, FFA and/or the sugarbeet industry, and submit an essay in 700 words or less that answers the following question:
What do you see as the biggest challenge to sugarbeet production or the industry in general, and why? Also, what do you recommend the industry consider to address this problem?
Applications are due by June 14 and can be submitted online or sent to: Emily Reynolds, Gibbs & Soell, 125 S. Wacker Drive, Ste 2600, Chicago, IL 60606. Ph: 312-648-6700. Fax: 312-422-0660. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com.
Scholarship winners will be announced in August. Previous sugarbeet scholarship winners are not eligible for future additional scholarship awards. For further details, visit www.SyngentaSugarbeetScholarship.com.
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Leading British IT company Viglen has beaten several competitors to win high-profile tenders for three new build Academies across the UK. The contracts have a combined total value in excess of £4.5 million and are for Bedford Academy, All Saints Academy, Dunstable and the Skinners' Kent Academy, one of the family of Skinners' Company schools. They will all benefit from Viglen's innovative ICT solutions, which aim to enhance education and underpin the aspirations and philosophies of the Academies.
The succession of wins comes after the ICT solutions provider, whose major shareholder is Lord Sugar, was awarded a position on the Becta ICT framework last year. Upon closure of Becta, the framework transferred to the DfE and Viglen have since beaten competitors to eight prestigious multi-million pound new business wins. The three contracts will see Viglen and their services become central to the ICT strategies of the learning institutions.
The Bedford Academy contract, which is to the value of £2million and runs over four years, will see the Science & Technology-specialist institution become an ICT-rich environment as it takes on high-quality Viglen products in its new premises. The All Saints Academy, Dunstable is hoping that its fully-integrated Viglen solution, worth just under a million pounds over four years, will transform its learning, teaching and administration services, whilst the arrangement with Skinners' Kent Academy will be worth over £1.6 million over three years. With its student population expected to grow, ICT is core to Skinners' Kent Academy's expansion strategy. The appointment of Viglen at all three Academies plays a key role in ICT becoming a critical factor in motivating young people. In total, Viglen's ICT solutions for these contracts will benefit over 3,000 students across the three Academies. The latest state of the art solutions will bring a number of disparate technologies together as a unified system to assist with ICT education transformation. It is hoped that Viglen's proposition will help raise levels of attainment in these institutions, which in turn can help rejuvenate areas and engage disenfranchised young people.
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What does DOS mean in Funnies?
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Dinosaur Operating System
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- Department of State, United States Department of State, State Department, State, DoS(noun)
- the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies
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* [http://search.npmjs.org/#/esl CoffeeScript] offers both a client and a server implementation.
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mod_event_socket is a TCP based interface to control FreeSWITCH. The default values are to bind to 127.0.0.1 port 8021 and the default password is ClueCon. See the Configuration section below for a note on when to use 0.0.0.0 instead of 127.0.0.1.
The module operates in two modes, inbound and outbound.
Inbound mode means you run your applications (in whatever languages) as clients and connect to the FreeSWITCH server to invoke commands and control FreeSWITCH.
******************************************** * | * * FreeSWITCH™ | mod_event_socket * * | 127.0.0.1:8021 * * | * ******************************************** /\ /\ / \ ****************** ****************** * Client A * * Client B * * 127.0.0.1:9988 * * 127.0.0.1:9999 * ****************** ******************
In inbound mode, your application (Client A, Client B: Python, Perl, etc) connects to the FreeSWITCH™ server on the given port and sends commands, as shown in the above diagram. The rest of this document is biased toward this inbound mode, though there is a lot of overlap with outbound mode. Using inbound socket connections you can check status, make outbound calls, etc.
Outbound mode means you make a daemon (with whatever language) and then have FS connect to it. You add a extension on the dialplan and put <action application="socket" data="ip:port sync full"/> and create a script that runs on that ip:port and do the answer, playback and everything else you need on the script.
In outbound mode, also known as the "socket application" (or socket client), FreeSWITCH™ makes outbound connections to another process (similar to Asterisk's FAGI model). Using outbound connections you can have FreeSWITCH™ call your own application(s) when particular events occur. See Event Socket Outbound for more details regarding things specific to outbound mode.
First enable the mod_event_socket module in modules.conf.xml (in a default configuration this is located in /usr/local/freeswitch/conf/autoload_configs/modules.conf.xml)
By default the module is enabled but restricted to localhost by the settings specified below.
The module settings can be changed in the event_socket.conf.xml file (in a default configuration this is located in /usr/local/freeswitch/conf/autoload_configs/event_socket.conf.xml):
<configuration name="event_socket.conf" description="Socket Client"> <settings> <param name="listen-ip" value="127.0.0.1"/> <param name="listen-port" value="8021"/> <param name="password" value="ClueCon"/> </settings> </configuration>
The default settings allow socket connections only from the local host. To allow connections from any host on the network, use 0.0.0.0 instead of the default 127.0.0.1:
<configuration name="event_socket.conf" description="Socket Client"> <settings> <!-- Allow socket connections from any host --> <param name="listen-ip" value="0.0.0.0"/> <param name="listen-port" value="8021"/> <param name="password" value="ClueCon"/> </settings> </configuration>
Access lists can be created in acl.conf.xml and enabled in event_socket.conf.xml or allow ip ranges directly in event_socket.conf.xml
<param name="apply-inbound-acl" value="<acl_list|cidr>"/>
<param name="apply-inbound-acl" value="10.20.0.0/16"/>
Note that multiple apply-inbound-acl params will not work.
Example Clients
The idea is that you would write your own client, but here are some examples.
Liverpie (language independent IVR proxy) is a free little piece of software, written in Ruby, that talks to FreeSWITCH on one side, and to any web application on the other, regardless of language, platform etc. It translates FreeSWITCH mod_socket dialogue into HTTP talk (embedding various parameters in HTTP headers), so you can write your own http-speaking finite state machine and hook it to FreeSWITCH via Liverpie. Note also that Liverpie expects the response in YAML so you can save yourself the pain of providing XML if you are comfortable with Liverpie doing the translation.
Find Liverpie here: www.liverpie.com
Telnet Client
telnet to port 8021 and enter "auth ClueCon" as password to authenticate. From here you can send any of the commands listed in this document. Note that you need to provide a double empty line after the command so it processed.
Perl Command Client
There is a Perl client in scripts/socket called fs.pl.
With the module up and loaded:
cd scripts/socket perl fs.pl <optional log level>
You can enter a few api commands like "show" or "status".
Ruby Libraries
Python Client Library
In the scripts/python/freepy directory, there is a python client library based on the Twisted asynchronous socket library. An example is included.
There's also an alternative twisted protocol class for FreeSWITCH's event socket. It currently supports inbound and outbound methods, and examples are included.
PySWITCH is one more library for Python and Twisted programmers. It has extensive support for FreeSWITCH API, bgapi and Dialplan Tools.
PHP Client
Website based PHP example PHP Event Socket
Java Client Libraries
Java_ESL describes several options for using Java to communicate with the ESL.
Javascript / Node.js library
- CoffeeScript offers both a client and a server implementation.
Command Documentation
The following section aims at documenting all commands that can be sent. This section is work in progress.
Send an api command (blocking mode)
api <command> <arg>
Api commands are documented in the mod_commands section.
api originate firstname.lastname@example.com 1000 # connect sip:email@example.com to extension 1000 api sleep 5000
Send an api command (non-blocking mode) this will let you execute a job in the background and the result will be sent as an event with an indicated uuid to match the reply to the command)
bgapi <command> <arg>
The same API commands available as with the api command, however the server returns immediately and is available for processing more commands.
Example return value:
Content-Type: command/reply Reply-Text: +OK Job-UUID: c7709e9c-1517-11dc-842a-d3a3942d3d63
When the command is done executing, freeswitch fires an event with the result and you can compare that to the Job-UUID to see what the result was. In order to receive this event, you will need to subscribe to BACKGROUND_JOB events.
Enable or disable events by class or all (plain or xml or json output format)
event plain <list of events to log or all for all>
The event command are used to subscribe on events from FreeSWITCH. You may specify any number events on the same line, they should be separated with space.
The events are listed in the Event List page.
event plain ALL event plain CHANNEL_CREATE CHANNEL_DESTROY CUSTOM conference::maintenance sofia::register sofia::expire event xml ALL event json CHANNEL_ANSWER
Subsequent calls to 'event' won't override the previous event sets. Supposing, you've first registered for DTMF
event plain DTMF
then you may want to register for CHANNEL_ANSWER also, it is enough to give
event plain CHANNEL_ANSWER
and you will continue to receive DTMF along with CHANNEL_ANSWER, later one doesn't override the previous.
Special Case - 'myevents'
The 'myevents' subscription allows your inbound socket connection to behave like an outbound socket connect. It will "lock on" to the events for a particular uuid and will ignore all other events, closing the socket when the channel goes away or closing the channel when the socket disconnects and all applications have finished executing.
myevents <uuid>
Once the socket connection has locked on to the events for this particular uuid it will NEVER see any events that are not related to the channel, even if subsequent event commands are sent. If you need to monitor a specific channel/uuid and you need watch for other events as well then it is best to use a filter.
You can also set the event format (plain, xml or json):
myevents plain <uuid> myevents json <uuid> myevents xml <uuid>
The default format is plain.
The divert_events switch is available to allow events that an embedded script would expect to get in the inputcallback to be diverted to the event socket.
divert_events on divert_events off
An inputcallback can be registered in an embedded script using setInputCallback(). Setting divert_events to "on" can be used for chat messages like gtalk channel, ASR events and others.
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Specify event types to listen for. Note, this is not a filter out but rather a "filter in," that is, when a filter is applied only the filtered values are received. Multiple filters on a socket connection are allowed.
filter <EventHeader> <ValueToFilter>
The following example will subscribe to all events and then create two filters, one to listen for HEARTBEATS and one to listen for CHANNEL_EXECUTE events.
events plain all Content-Type: command/reply Reply-Text: +OK event listener enabled plain filter Event-Name CHANNEL_EXECUTE Content-Type: command/reply Reply-Text: +OK filter added. [filter]=[Event-Name CHANNEL_EXECUTE] filter Event-Name HEARTBEAT Content-Type: command/reply Reply-Text: +OK filter added. [Event-Name]=[HEARTBEAT]
Now only HEARTBEAT and CHANNEL_EXECUTE events will be received. You can filter on any of the event headers. To filter for a specific channel you will need to use the uuid:
filter Unique-ID d29a070f-40ff-43d8-8b9d-d369b2389dfe
This method is an alternative to the myevents event type. If you need only the events for a specific channel then use myevents, otherwise use a combination of filters to narrow down the events you wish to receive on the socket.
filter delete
Specify the events which you want to revoke the filter. filter delete can be used when some filters are applied wrongly or when there is no use of the filter.
filter delete <EventHeader> <ValueToFilter>
filter delete Event-Name HEARTBEAT
Now, you will no longer receive HEARTBEAT events. You can delete any filter that is applied by this way.
filter delete Unique-ID d29a070f-40ff-43d8-8b9d-d369b2389dfe
This is to delete the filter which is applied for the given unique-id. After this, you won't receive any events for this unique-id.
filter delete Unique-ID
This deletes all the filters which are applied based on the unique-id.
Send an event into the event system (multi line input for headers)
sendevent <event-name>
The event generated by sendevent has the correct event type in the internal event structure, so nodes which have subscribed to this event type will get the event, but unfortunately the "Event-Name" header field is always "COMMAND". In fact, the received event is simply a clone of the original COMMAND event for "sendevent" itself.
NOTE: This apparently is a bug that is being addressed. As a work-around, you can send sendevent without specifying an event type, and include a Event-Name header with the desired event name. For example:
sendevent SOME_NAME Event-Name: CUSTOM Event-Subclass: albs::Section-Alarm Section: 33 Alarm-Type: PIR State: ACTIVE
For MWI you make the FreeSWITCH event SWITCH_EVENT_MESSAGE_WAITING with headers:
MWI-Messages-Waiting (yes/no) MWI-Message-Account <any sip url you want> MWI-Voice-Message x/y (a/b) read/unread (urgent read/urgent unread)
To have Snom phones reread their settings from the settings server you can use:
sendevent NOTIFY profile: internal event-string: check-sync;reboot=false user: 1000 host: 192.168.10.4 content-type: application/simple-message-summary
Example of sendevent with a message body, the length of the body is specified by content-length:
sendevent NOTIFY profile: internal content-type: application/simple-message-summary event-string: check-sync user: 1005 host: 192.168.10.4 content-length: 2 OK
Another example with a notify:
sendevent NOTIFY profile: internal content-type: application/simple-message-summary event-string: check-sync user: 1005 host: 184.108.40.206 content-length: 2 OK
Results in a packet like this:
NOTIFY sip:email@example.com SIP/2.0 Via: SIP/2.0/UDP 220.127.116.11;rport;branch=z9hG4bKpH2DtBDcDtg0N Max-Forwards: 70 From: <sip:firstname.lastname@example.com>;tag=Dy3c6Q1y15v5S To: <sip:email@example.com> Call-ID: 129d1446-0063-122c-15aa-001a923f6a0f CSeq: 104766492 NOTIFY Contact: <sip:firstname.lastname@example.com:5060> User-Agent: FreeSWITCH-mod_sofia/1.0.trunk-9578:9586 Allow: INVITE, ACK, BYE, CANCEL, OPTIONS, PRACK, MESSAGE, SUBSCRIBE, NOTIFY, REFER, UPDATE, REGISTER, INFO, PUBLISH Supported: 100rel, timer, precondition, path, replaces Event: check-sync Allow-Events: talk, presence, dialog, call-info, sla, include-session-description, presence.winfo, message-summary Subscription-State: terminated;timeout Content-Type: application/simple-message-summary Content-Length: 2 OK
Example of send event with a MESSAGE and a message body, the length of the body is specified by content-length:
sendevent SEND_MESSAGE profile: internal content-length: 2 content-type: text/plain user: 1005 host: 220.127.116.11 OK
Results in a packet like this:
MESSAGE sip:firstname.lastname@example.com SIP/2.0 Via: SIP/2.0/UDP 22.214.171.124;rport;branch=z9hG4bK0apcKrtycp64p Max-Forwards: 70 From: <sip:firstname.lastname@example.com>;tag=4c0Dp49yUNmXH To: <sip:firstname.lastname@example.com> Call-ID: 29916da5-0062-122c-15aa-001a923f6a0f CSeq: 104766296 MESSAGE Contact: <sip:email@example.com:5060> User-Agent: FreeSWITCH-mod_sofia/1.0.trunk-9578:9586 Allow: INVITE, ACK, BYE, CANCEL, OPTIONS, PRACK, MESSAGE, SUBSCRIBE, NOTIFY, REFER, UPDATE, REGISTER, INFO, PUBLISH Supported: 100rel, timer, precondition, path, replaces Content-Type: text/plain Content-Length: 2 OK
To display a text message on a Snom 370 or Snom 820 the message must be of type "text/plain".
Authentication: Some phones require authentication for NOTIFY requests. FS can respond to a digest challenge if reverse authentication credentials are supplied for the user. See: XML_User_Directory_Guide#reverse_authentication
I've not found any documentation of any additional event headers, hopefully someone else with add that information. The events themselves can be found here: Event List
sendevent CHANNEL_HANGUP
sendmsg <uuid>
Send a message to the call of given uuid (call-command execute or hangup), see examples below.
Send message are used to send messages that controls the behavior of FreeSWITCH. You need to provide a uid (the unique id for each call/session).
In order to control calls using send message, the calls should be sent to the mod_park which just leaves the channel sitting in limbo, allowing you to execute applications on the channel as described above in the SendMsg example.
originate a call directly to park by making an ext the ext part of the originate command &park()
IMPORTANT! All SendMsg commands must be followed by 2 returns.
Since messaging format is similar to RFC2882. If you are using any libraries that following line wrapping recommendation of RFC 2822 make sure that you disable line wrapping as FreeSWITCH will ignore wrapped line.
SendMsg <uuid> call-command: execute execute-app-name: playback execute-app-arg: /tmp/test.wav
The first command is Call-Command, it can do one of the following subcommands:
Execute are used to execute applications, check the Dialplan XML section for more information about all commands.
The format should be:
SendMsg <uuid> call-command: execute execute-app-name: <one of the applications> execute-app-arg: <application data> loops: <number of times to invoke the command, default: 1>
This alternate format can be used for app args that are truncated by the module's 2048 octet limit:
SendMsg <uuid> call-command: execute execute-app-name: <one of the applications> loops: <number of times to invoke the command, default: 1> content-type: text/plain content-length: <content length> <application data>
Hangup the call.
SendMsg <uuid> call-command: hangup hangup-cause: <one of the causes listed below>
Additional information
Unicast is used to hook up spandsp for in and outbound faxing over a socket.
Additional information from Brian:
that is a nice way someone writing a script/app that uses the socket interface can get at the media it's good because then spandsp isn't living inside of FreeSWITCH it can run on a box sitting next to it scales better
SendMsg <uuid> call-command: unicast local-ip: <default is 127.0.0.1> local-port: <default is 8025> remote-ip: <default is 127.0.0.1> remote-port: <default is 8026> transport: <either "tcp" or "udp", without the quotes> and optionally flags: native - don't transcode audio to/from L16
No description.
SendMsg <uuid> call-command: nomedia nomedia-uuid: <noinfo>
Close the socket connection.
auth <password>
log <level>
Enable log output. Levels same as the console.conf values
Disable log output previously enabled by the log command
nixevent <event types | ALL | CUSTOM custom event sub-class>
Command to allow 'events all' followed by 'nixevent <some_event>' to do all but 1 type scenario.
Disable all events that were previously enabled with event.
Sample Event Socket Applications
- Email2callback - Email to callback application with Python and freepy.


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As the Obama administration begins its next four years in power, this much is clear: The fiduciary standard is worse off today, as compared to four years ago, in its position in federal rulemaking and the public square. Fiduciary proponents need to regroup and rethink how to best move forward and prevent a repeat.
Under an Administration that takes pride in curbing Wall Street excesses, it is particularly disheartening that the position of the fiduciary standard in regulatory rulemaking is weaker and the position of fiduciary skeptics and opponents is stronger as compared to four years ago. Rulemaking at the Department of Labor and the SEC stalled under opposition; the outlook in each agency is uncertain. Statements about the fiduciary standard from skeptics or opponents were, generally, either unsubstantiated or dubious on their face, or just plainly inaccurate, but they carried the day in Washington. There are four steps that proponents of the fiduciary standard can take to prevent four more years of the status quo on fiduciary, but first, let's recall the last four years.
Where the Discussion Went
This outcome was not preordained. Recall where we were four years ago. In 2008, Lehman Brothers folded in mid-September, unemployment rolls increased by 603,000 in October to 10.1 million. On election day, Barack Obama swept into office, carrying heavy Democratic majorities in both houses of Congress (257-178 in the House, 59-41 in the Senate). After the 2008 election, Democrats held greater sway inWashingtonthan at any other time since Lyndon Johnson swamped Barry Goldwater in 1964.
Early signals indicated that the Obama Administration intended to prioritize advancing fiduciary duties in financial reform. The Department of the Treasury's June 17, 2009 paper, "Financial Regulatory Reform," recommended establishing "a fiduciary duty for broker-dealers offering investment advice and harmonize the regulation of investment advisers and broker-dealers." he next day newly appointed SEC Chairman, Mary Schapiro came out foursquare advocating the necessity for and virtues of the fiduciary standard for all those rendering "personalized investment advice about securities."
Skeptics and opponents coalesced around certain arguments to, at minimum, stall rulemaking. It is important to recall these arguments because they matter. Some opponents expressed support for disclosures and a commercial standard. This tactic was evident in a DOL public hearing that took place on March 1 and 2, 2011. Here, fiduciary advice under ERISA, it was argued, should be treated in law no differently than a commercial sales transaction. This implicitly means the client experience and expectation discussing retirement planning with a fiduciary should be no different from any other sales situation, like the department store experience and expectation when buying that perfect sofa and love seat.
Skeptics and opponents of the fiduciary standard often express concerns over costs, and question whether the benefits exceed the alleged costs they associate with the fiduciary standard. The SEC Staff Study in January 2011 fastidiously evaluated comment letters. On the issue of cost concerns, the Staff Study makes a key point that is often forgotten. It is this: "None of the commenters provided any quantification of such anticipated costs" (emphasis added). So while many commenters expressed cost concerns, no commenters expressed cost figures, or even, it appears, a ballpark cost estimate.
SIFMA's Position
On July 14, 2011, the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) presented to the SEC a 24-page "Framework for Rulemaking." Here, SIFMA's leading priorities are made clear: Access to and choice among a wide range of products and services is paramount, as is being "business model neutral." When conflicts of interest exist, "broker-dealers and investment advisers should be able to provide disclosures to customers in a pragmatic way." The letter is striking in its candid expression of priorities that are essentially unrelated to fiduciary principles.
What is notable, actually glaring, is what SIFMA excludes. SIFMA's letter is absent any statements reflecting on the importance of long-established principles in fiduciary law, principles that have been cited by Supreme Court jurists. Nowhere do we find explicit mention of or reference to the vital importance of principles of loyalty, due care and good faith, or ways to avoid or mitigate conflicts.
What is also noteworthy is SIFMA's rationale to justify a broker-dealer standard weaker than the '40 Act standard. This rationale is the foundation of it framework, and it is flawed. SIFMA incorrectly reasons that as Dodd-Frank does not require the SEC to impose the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 on broker-dealers, SIFMA's standard may be weaker than the '40 Act. This is in error.
Dodd-Frank requires the SEC apply a standard on broker dealers that is "no less stringent" than the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. "No less stringent" permits the standard to be dissimilar to the '40 Act. Yet, it also means what the words plainly say, and the words say "no less stringent." This is to mean, at the minimum, equivalent.
The SIFMA letter voices support for "the establishment of a uniform fiduciary standard." Is this a fair statement? Is it an unsubstantiated or dubious claim? SIFMA's own explanations reveal a standard that is, in vital respects, a commercial sales standard and not the fiduciary standard. It is a standard not remotely "equivalent" to the 40 Act, as required by Dodd-Frank.
Despite the historic political realignment and the financial crisis of four years ago, and despite the gallant efforts of many dedicated regulators and fiduciary advocates, the fiduciary standard is weaker today within federal regulatory rulemaking and the public square, and fiduciary skeptics and opponents are stronger. The fiduciary standard is weaker because the repeated dubious claims and inaccurate statements took hold in many quarters. While massive lobbying from insurance companies and broker-dealers took its toll, that's not the whole story.
Dubious claims took hold largely because they were not effectively rebutted. So they drove much of the discussion. They drove the discussion far away from the relevant legislative and regulatory history, the law, reams of credible independent research and the vital role of the fiduciary standard and culture in inspiring investor trust. They drove, instead, toward an alternate reality where the commercial sales standard is presented as being better for investors than the fiduciary standard; imagined additional costs would just appear; contrived scenarios of empty shelves at the financial supermarkets, and foresaw disruptions in the capital markets and untold investor harms. Dubious claims finally morphed into images of investors stranded, abandoned by brokers not able to afford to put the best interest of their clients first.
Four Steps to Control Where the Discussion Can Go
What can be done? Four steps could help ameliorate this situation.
Step #1: Redirect the Discussion
Advocating that brokers rendering investment advice meet the fiduciary standard steers attention to how brokers conduct themselves. Attention to their "suitability" standard, their businesses, their services, and their best interests. This focus on brokers, by itself, offers little insight into the public policy discussion of society's interest in the fiduciary standard.
Society's interest in a robust fiduciary standard that undergirds a financial system that embodies integrity and accountability and merits investors' trust is nothing if not profound. The discussion of the fiduciary standard should start by reminding policy makers of why this is so—why the fiduciary standard exists and matters. The discussion must focus on how applying the fiduciary standard to brokers reinforces a trustworthy financial system, which in turn is essential to a market economy, especially one that has created more wealth for more individuals than any in world history. T
To achieve this redirection, we need to step back from the narrower conversation comparing standards of conduct and different business models and their impact on private interests, and instead take a broader view that focuses on the principles and values underlying our financial and economic system, i.e., a view that focuses on the public interest.
Step #2: Reset the Issue and Broaden Access
Advocacy against "suitable" investment advice inherently discourages wide participation. (A person unfamiliar with the nuanced differences that are in play might well ask, "What, again, is wrong with being suitable?") It has become largely an insiders issue with low levels of engagement outside the industry and predictable lines separating key groups. Republican and business groups generally on one side, and Democrats and "consumer" groups generally on the other side.
This alignment of interests can fundamentally change by resetting the issue. Instead of an argument between fiduciary and suitability that very few understand well, fiduciary proponents can reset the issue between fiduciary conduct that inspires investor trust as opposed to conduct that is questionable, unreasonable or unethical and fails to put investors' interests first.
This is an issue that, after all, that many people understand and care about. Signs of this interest are ubiquitous. One area that may offer a glimpse of the potential opportunity in resetting the issue is the number of well-known conservative scholars, pundits and activists who have written about or spoken about different examples of bad behavior on Wall Street, and offered remedies which include more regulation in the form of breaking up the big banks [The new chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, has expressed just such an opinion-Ed.]. These expressions may simply coincide with opinion research which suggests grassroots conservatives are not enamored by Wall Street. Or they might suggest something far larger about the political landscape regarding Wall Street.
Step #3: Rebut Dubious Claims
While new research and analysis will add to the discussion moving forward, the dubious claims and inaccurate statements currently on the record need to be addressed. Rebutting characterizations, facts, logic or legal reasoning that are weak or faulty is important. Not doing so would be a mistake and have consequences. One of the consequences would be a continued movement towards acceptance of the false and harmful notion that requiring a fiduciary standard of conduct in investment advice is bad for investors, and conflicted advice is good for investors.
Step #4: Urge the Profession to Lead
Tough, smart regulation is necessary to maintain the integrity of the fiduciary standard. However, regulation in and of itself is insufficient to building a profession with the highest standard practices. More needs to be done. The profession needs to do more to lead the defense of the fiduciary standard by exercising the leverage and using the tools that it alone possesses.
Fiduciary proponents should regroup and rethink how to best move forward in light of the past four years. Though outgunned in pure lobbying firepower, fiduciary proponents have important assets and allies, not least of which is a better idea and an Administration committed to reform. We can regain lost ground and positively affect the landscape, lay the groundwork for future rulemaking and expand the coalition of groups that understand why the fiduciary standard is profoundly important to the country.
In so doing, we can move towards ensuring that all investment advice is fiduciary advice.
Knut A. Rostad is president of the Institute for the Fiduciary Standard. Mr. Rostad will release a paper on this topic next month.


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Prior to surgery, you will receive a careful explanation of the procedure, its purpose, any risks, and the expected outcome. You may also be asked to sign an "informed consent" form, which states in detail that you understand everything involved with your surgery. You should read through the consent carefully before signing it. If you have any questions or need more information, ask your physician.
In certain surgeries, where significant risks are involved, hospital staff may encourage you to prepare "advance directives." Advance directives are legal documents that state a patient's preference in treatment and resuscitation--if the patient is unable to speak for himself or herself. There are two types of advance directives:
Parental consent is required for any diagnostic procedure or surgery on a preadolescent or minor child. However, "emancipated" or "mature" adolescents may consent to their own medical care. Laws may vary from state to state and it is important to know your own states law about emancipated and mature minors. Typically, an emancipated or mature minor is someone who meets any of the following criteria:
Sometimes an adult patient cannot make decisions (temporarily or permanently) about medical care, either because of accidental unconsciousness, confusion due to old age, or severe illness. In those instances, a family member will be asked to make any necessary medical decisions.
After a patient is diagnosed and surgery is recommended, most insurance companies require "precertification" from the physician's office before allowing a patient to undergo the procedure. Please check with your insurance carrier on the appropriate steps to take. Some insurance companies also require patients to pay a co-payment for the hospital stay.
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A Java framework for building data integration and ETL applications.
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IPOs Raise $20 Billion as Pfizer to Goldman Ride Rally
Initial public offerings raised almost $20 billion globally in the first quarter, as companies from Pfizer Inc. (PFE) to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. took advantage of a rally in stock markets to sell businesses.
IPOs generated 18 percent more than in the year-ago period, led by Pfizer's $2.6 billion sale of its animal-health unit Zoetis Inc. (ZTS) and Goldman Sachs's offering of shares in German apartment landlord LEG Immobilien AG, according to data compiled by Bloomberg as of March 27. Initial offerings declined to about half the level of the fourth quarter, when companies raised about $37 billion.
"We're in a world where investors believe in repair and global recovery," said Evan Damast, global head of equity syndicate at Morgan Stanley in New York. "While there are still a handful of skeptics proceeding with caution, the global investor base is very receptive to growth stories."
The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed to a record this month and the MSCI World Index rose to its highest in almost five years. Sustained gains may help ease the biggest global backlog of IPOs since at least 2007, encouraging companies including Bausch & Lomb Holdings Inc. and China's Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. to pursue offerings as soon as this year.
The U.S. led IPO fundraising in the first quarter, with companies raising $8.91 billion, 44 percent more than a year ago, data compiled by Bloomberg show. European companies generated $3.66 billion, a 25 percent increase. Asia was the biggest market to post a decline, with IPOs slumping 59 percent to $2.88 billion.
'Golden Age'
IPOs are likely to gather pace in the second quarter as companies across more industries proceed with sales and more private-equity firms seek to exit investments, said Mary Ann Deignan, head of Americas equity capital markets at Charlotte, North Carolina-based Bank of America Corp.
"This may be the beginning of another golden age for IPOs," said Deignan. "It's an incredibly broad market."
Companies in industries ranging from energy to technology, homebuilding and real estate went public in the first quarter, emboldened by the projected economic recovery and the least volatile market in six years. The VIX, a measure of volatility in U.S. stocks, has lost 45 percent since the end of 2011.
Blackstone Group LP's Pinnacle Foods Inc., the maker of Hungry-Man frozen dinners and Birds Eye frozen vegetables, raised $580 million in an IPO yesterday. Other buyout firms are also looking to sell investments as they seek to raise new funds. Warburg Pincus LLC's Bausch & Lomb and Madison Dearborn Partners LLC's CDW Corp. both filed to go public last week, while Bain Capital LLC and TPG Capital's Quintiles Transnational Holdings Inc. filed to raise $600 million in February.
Global Growth
Global economic growth will accelerate to 2.4 percent this year from 2.3 percent in 2012, according to economists surveyed by Bloomberg. China, where growth slipped last year, will tick up to 8.1 percent from 7.8 percent, and Europe will move from contraction to expansion, according to the survey data.
"Money is continuing to flow into equities from fixed income as investors globally look for yield," said Klaus Hessberger, co-head of equity capital markets for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at JPMorgan Chase & Co. in London.
U.S. investors funneled at least $65 billion into equity mutual funds since the beginning of the year, according to data from the Washington-based Investment Company Institute compiled by Bloomberg. Estimated cash flows into equity funds have eclipsed additions to bond funds from the beginning of the year through March 20, the data show. Investors had pulled money out of equities for 19 of the 20 months before January.
Better Returns
"We have seen globally a resiliency to the equity markets," said Paul Donahue, co-head of Americas equity capital markets at Morgan Stanley in New York. "IPOs are delivering returns to the buy side in excess of key relevant benchmarks like the S&P 500."
IPOs worldwide posted average returns of 17 percent in the quarter, led by the U.S., with a 25 percent average return, data compiled by Bloomberg show. By comparison, the S&P 500 has gained 10 percent and the MSCI World has risen more than 6 percent.
There are more than $165 billion of IPOs in the pipeline globally, according to data from Ipreo, a New York-based provider of market information. The pipeline of deals in Europe, the Middle East and Africa has risen more than fivefold since the end of last year to $34.2 billion, including an offering of shares in France Telecom SA and Deutsche Telekom AG's Everything Everywhere Ltd., a company with an estimated value of $15.7 billion, the data show.
Largest IPOs
Four of the five largest IPOs this quarter came from Europe, including LEG Immobilien's $1.6 billion initial offering in January and Esure Group Plc's more than $914 million sale in London this month, data compiled by Bloomberg show.
"An improved macro environment and low volatility levels mean banks' risk appetite to underwrite transactions is robust," said Edward Sankey, global co-head of equity syndicate at Deutsche Bank AG.
IPOs in Asia, meanwhile, suffered the worst quarter in nearly four years, slumping to $2.9 billion, as Hong Kong deals dried up and mainland offers were curbed as regulators sought to change listing rules to better protect investors.
Still, IPOs in the region are likely to pick up in the next quarter, said Jeff Zajkowski, head of Asia Pacific equity capital markets at JPMorgan.
"There's been a noticeable recovery in the risk appetite for investors in Asian equities," said Zajkowski. "The Hong Kong IPO market is recovering and we expect increased IPO issuance in the second quarter."
China Galaxy
Chinese companies are planning initial sales in Hong Kong which may raise more than $4 billion in the second quarter. China Galaxy Securities Co., a brokerage backed by the country's sovereign wealth fund, plans to seek about $1.5 billion, while Sinopec Engineering (Group) Co., a unit of the country's biggest refiner, may start marketing a $1.5 billion offering in April, people familiar with the matter said earlier this month.
While the IPO recovery could be derailed by macroeconomic risks such as a worsening of the sovereign debt crisis in Europe, the strength of investor demand for equities has so far bolstered the market, said David Hermer, head of Americas equity capital markets at Credit Suisse Group AG.
"The broader market is proving remarkably resilient to news that generally in recent years might have derailed it," Hermer said. "We're seeing huge interest. The amount of money people are looking to put to work is remarkable."
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Wilson Harris Long Fiction Analysis
(Survey of Novels and Novellas)
Wilson Harris's novels center on his belief that polarization in any community is destructive in any form it takes, whether it is between the imperial and the colonial, the human and the natural, the physical and the spiritual, the historical and the contemporary, the mythic and the scientific, or even the living and the dead. The healthy community should be in a constant state of evolution or metamorphosis, striving to reconcile these static opposites. Artists within such communities must aspire to a unifying perception if they are to be truly creative, and their art must reflect a complementary, reconciling vision. The artist should reject, for example, the rigid conventional demarcation between past and present, corporeal and incorporeal, literal and allegorical. Time past, present, and future should be interlaced. The dead should exist side by side with the living. The literal should be indistinguishable from the metaphorical. In adhering to such ideas of fictional form, Harris produced innovative novels that some see as complex and challenging, others as obscure and idiosyncratic.
This perception of society and the artist and of the form fiction should take informs all of Harris's novels, with gradations in emphasis, scope, and complexity. Some novels, for example, emphasize the polarization rather than the integration of a community. Some accent the allegorical rather than the realistic. Some juxtapose the living with the dead. There are shifts in setting from novel to novel. Harris's artistic psyche is embedded in Guyana, and, though he settled in Great Britain in 1959, in his fiction he constantly returns to his native land, making use of the varied landscape of coastland, estuaries, jungles, waterfalls, mountains, and savannahs. In his later novels, the range of his settings expands to include the Caribbean, Great Britain, and Latin America.
The polarization in the assessment of Harris's work continues. His advocates lavish praise on him, some perceiving him as a candidate for the Nobel Prize. Although an enormous amount of scholarly work has been devoted to Harris's fiction, especially in the 1990's, this Guyanese novelist has not entered into the broad circle of cultured readership that has embraced his Caribbean contemporaries V. S. Naipaul of Trinidad and Gabriel García Márquez of Colombia. Naipaul and García Márquez, both outstanding journalists as well as novelists, create a clear historical context for their fiction. Although a deep level of historical awareness is present in Harris'scanon, history is braided with other discourses, such as those of myth, science, and anthropology, as in his use of the Carnival motifs. Perhaps this multilayered quality has inhibited mass reception of Harris's work. Some observers continue to complain that his novels are strange, with, as David Ormerod has observed, "no discernible yardstick for meaning—just a simple bland identification, where X is symbolic of something, perhaps Y or Z, because the author has just this minute decided that such will be the case." Shirley Chew, referring to The Tree of the Sun, has stated: "Harris has failed to rise to some of the more common expectations one brings to the reading of a novel." It is possible that such criticism is indicative of an inability to respond to the demands of Harris's challenging innovations; on the other hand, it is perhaps a reminder to Harris of his own rejection of the static polarization in community and creativity, a warning to him to heed the conventional in his pursuit of the innovative.
The Guyana Quartet
Palace of the Peacock, Harris's first novel, is the first of The Guyana Quartet, four sequential novels set in different regions of Guyana. The novel is a perfect introduction to Harris's canon: It establishes the ideas and forms that are found in subsequent works. Set in the Guyanese interior, the novel recounts the journey upriver of Donne, an efficient and ruthless captain, and his multiracial crew. They are looking for a settlement where they hope to find the Amerindian laborers who earlier fled Donne's harsh treatment. The account of the journey is provided by a shadowy first-person narrator, Donne's brother, who accompanies them. After an arduous journey, Donne and his crew reach the settlement, only to find that the American Indians have left. They again set out in search of them, and, as they travel farther upriver, several of the crew meet their deaths—some of them accidentally, some not. Eventually, Donne and two members of the crew reach the source of the river, a waterfall, and, abandoning their boat, begin climbing the cliff, only to fall to their deaths. Thenarrative is quite thin and is not given in as linear and realistic a way as this outline suggests. The novel, for example, begins with Donne being shot and killed before undertaking his journey, then proceeds to tell of the entire crew drowning but coming alive just before they reach the Amerindian settlement, and concludes with Donne falling to his death but reaching the mountaintop where stands the Palace of the Peacock.
The novel clearly is allegorical. Critics agree that Harris employs Donne and his strange crew as representations of antithetical yet complementary aspects of human experience. Their interpretations of what precisely these characters represent are quite diverse, however, and the novel accommodates them all. The novel is seen as examining the brotherhood of invader and invaded, the common destiny of the diverse races of Guyana, and the complementary and interdependent relationship between the material and the spiritual, the historical and the contemporary, and the living and the dead. The novel could be interpreted also as an allegorical study of the growth of the artist in an environment inhospitable to art. Drawing from his own experience in the challenging Guyanese hinterland, where he wrote his early pieces while working as a land surveyor, Harris shows that harsh surroundings put the aspiring artist in a quandary, for he is forced to look to his physical well-being by developing a materialistic, aggressive outlook that works against his contemplative, humane, artistic nature. At the end of the novel, Harris's narrator comes to realize that as an artist he must accept that he is the sum total of all the diverse antithetical experiences and impulses that coexist tensely but creatively in his psyche.
A cursory explication of the novel as such an allegorical bildungsroman will provide an insight into Harris's unconventional artistry. Harris examines his narrator-protagonist's progression toward acceptance of the polarities of his artistic psyche in four broad phases that correspond to the four books of the novel. In book 1, the narrator, aspiring toward artistic and humane goals, suppresses his assertive and dictatorial tendencies. From the opening paragraph, it is evident that the narrator and Donne are alter egos: They represent antithetical aspects of one individual, who could be termed the protagonist. Their oneness is emphasized as much as their polarities. The protagonist's rejection of his Donnean qualities is signified by Donne's death in the novel's opening section and by the awakening of the narrator in a maternity ward, suggestive of a birth. After this scene, the journey upriver begins and Donne is found aboard the boat with his crew, but it is the narrator whose voice is prominent. At the end of book 1, Donne is described as being a shadow of his former self.
In book 2, the protagonist discovers that he cannot totally suppress his Donnean qualities, for to survive as an artist in his harsh environment he must be both the humane, contemplative observer and the assertive, forceful participant. This shift is indicated by the narrator's mellowing attitude toward Donne, who reappears as his former assertive self in book 2. Donne himself, however, mellows toward the narrator, admitting that he is caught up in "material slavery" and that he hates himself for being "a violent taskmaster." Their gradual adjustment to each other is shown in the relationships among the eight members of the crew, who, described by Harris as agents of personality, represent overlapping but distinct impulses of the divided protagonist. Their personalities tend to run the scale from Donne's to the narrator's. They have their own alter egos. In book 3, as Donne and the narrator adjust to each other—that is, as the protagonist tries to resolve the inner conflict between his contemplative and active natures—various pairs of the crew die.
In book 4, the protagonist attains a new conception of himself as an artist—a conception that accommodates his antithetical feelings and attitudes. He now perceives that though as an artist he must resist the qualities of Donne and members of the crew close to him, he cannot deny them, for the artist incorporates all of their characteristics no matter how unrelated to art they may appear to be. The artist must acquire the all-embracing vision. A host of metaphors suggests this complementary conception. The protagonist reaches the Palace of the Peacock, with its panoramic perspective of the savannah, by falling back into the savannah. The Palace of the Peacock is also El Dorado, which Harris describes as "City of Gold, City of God"; it encompasses both material and spiritual riches. The Palace, moreover, has many windows offering an encompassing view of the world below and stands in contrast to Donne's one-windowed prison of the opening chapter. Taken together with the peacock's color spectrum, the many eyes of the peacock's tail, and the harmonious singing that pervades the many palatial rooms, the Palace paradoxically suggests both oneness and multiplicity. Such a perception of the artistic vision offered in this interpretation of Palace of the Peacock is not unique; it is found, for example, in the works of Yeats and Blake, whom Harris quotes several times in the novel. The uniqueness of the novel is to be found in the form and setting Harris employs to explore this familiar theme.
The Guyanese hinterland is most evocatively depicted in the novel, though realistic description recedes before the symbolic and allegorical functions of the setting. Although the characters occasionally emerge as living individuals and their conversations have the authentic ring of Guyanese dialect and speech rhythm, they appear primarily not as human figures but as allegorical forms. As a result, the protagonist's conflicts are not dramatized in any particularly credible, realistic situation. (The Secret Ladder, the last novel of The Guyana Quartet, which describes a similar river journey and a similarly ambivalent, tormented protagonist, provides a slightly more realistic, less allegorical study.)
The Far Journey of Oudin, Harris's second novel, is set in the riparian Abary district of Guyana, which is not too far inland from the Atlantic coast. The setting is as evocatively portrayed as is the Guyanese interior in Palace of the Peacock. The inhabitants of this community are East Indian farmers whose forebears came to Guyana as indentured laborers. A few of these farmers have accumulated material wealth and have established a contemporary version of the master-laborer relationship with the less fortunate. The Far Journey of Oudin emphasizes the community's greed. It tells of Rajah's conspiring with his cousins to murder their illegitimate half brother, to whom their father left his property. The murderers suffer for their crime: Ram, a powerful, ruthless moneylender, brings about their ruin with the help of Oudin, a drifter, who resembles the murdered half brother. Ram orders Oudin to abduct Rajah's daughter, Beti. Oudin, however, elopes with her. Thirteen years later, when Oudin is dying, Ram seeks to make Oudin and Beti's unborn child his heir.
The narrative in this novel is slightly more substantial than that of Palace of the Peacock, but it is similarly submerged beneath Harris's allegorical emphasis. The characters, fluctuating between allegorical and literal functions, do not really come alive. The novel begins with Oudin's death and his vision of the past, which merges with the present and the future. He exists on several levels; he appears, for example, to be the murdered half brother. The novel emphasizes the polarized relationship between Ram, the unscrupulous materialist, and the sensitive, spiritual Oudin, whose unborn child to whom Ram lays claim symbolizes the possibility in the dichotomized community of reintegration—a factor that is underscored by the novel's circular structure and the recurring images of the union of opposites, such as the reference to the marriage...
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