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Fall 2014 Instrumental Music Roundup
A preview by Robin McNeil
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This coming concert season is going to be very exciting because it contains some rarely heard music, music that we know, and music which is so important in all of music literature, that you simply must go hear it. Some of the organizations listed below will certainly give you the opportunity to attend their performances because they will perform the same concert more than once.
Yumi Hwang-Williams, Violin
The Pro Musica Colorado Chamber Orchestra is under the leadership of Maestra Cynthia Katsarelis. I have listed two of their concerts below. You must make an attempt to hear the October and the February performance. On October 17th and 18th, Amanda Balestrieri will be performing Samuel Barber's remarkable Knoxville: Summer of 1915. I have heard her perform this work before and it is breathtaking.
Amanda Balistreri, Soprano
The Pro Musica's February 6th and 7th, 2015 performances will feature Denver's own Yumi Hwang-Williams performing the Violin Concerto Nr. 2 by Philip Glass. Yumi Hwang-Williams is so busy fulfilling her duties as Concertmaster of the Colorado Symphony, that she does not often have time to do solo performances. However, make note that she is an absolutely profound, world-class musician, and she knows how to perform Philip Glass. Here's a link to the website so that you may check times and places of the performances. Note that pre-concert talks begin at 6:30 PM.
This concert season, the Colorado Chamber Players celebrates its 21st Anniversary. The ensemble, voted one of "top five chamber groups" by the Denver Post, will present two programs of interest in October and January. They consistently perform music that is rarely heard, and this season will be no exception. Their first program on Tuesday, October 14, at the Trinity Presbyterian Church, at 7755 Vance Drive in Arvada, will feature Japanese guitarist Masakazu Ito.
Masakazu Ito, Guitar
He is performing works by Agustin Barrios and Federico Moreno Torroba, and quintets for guitar and string quartet by Leo Brouwer and Luigi Boccherini. I highly recommend the Boccherini (1743-1805) piece: it is absolutely gorgeous. Ito has given world premieres of music by several composers, and has received awards from the Japanese government. He has performed with the Colorado Chamber Players since 2010. Note that there will be a reception following the October 14 performance.
Bella Berliner and family, 1934
The second program of interest is entitled Testament: The Diary of Bella Berliner. This concert will be performed January 11th at the Boulder Public Library, and on January 13th at Dagwell Hall of St. John's Cathedral in Denver. It will feature the music of Bach, Mozart, Chopin, and Shostakovich, as well as excerpts from the diary written by Barbara Hamilton's great-grandmother Bella, written when Bella was in hiding in Utrecht and Amsterdam during World War II. In addition, there is a third concert you will not want to miss. CCP Artistic Director Barbara Hamilton will perform Bela Bartok's Viola Concerto with the Denver Young Artists Orchestra on Sunday October 19th, 2:30 p.m., Boettcher Concert Hall. Go to http://www.dyao.org/ for ticket information. For more information on the CCP season performances please go to www.coloradochamberplayers.org.
There is a large variety of programming by Augustana Arts, at the Augustana Lutheran Church at 5000 E. Alameda Avenue. The Musica Sacra Chamber Orchestra will give two performances in October on the 17th, at the Colorado Christian University Music Center, and the 18th, at Augustana Lutheran Church. Both of these performances will feature Ottorino Respighi's Three Botticelli Pictures. Respighi (1879-1936) was an Italian Impressionist composer, and his music needs to be heard considerably more often than it is. Also on the program will be Ravel's Pavane for a Dead Princess.
David Rutherford, conductor
Special Guests in 2014-2015 will include in October: Eugenio Fagiani, Italian Organist, bringing us the fabulous Bach Toccata and Fugue in F Major, along with Handel's famous Royal Fireworks Suite and more. Then, on March 27th, Augustana Arts is pleased to present the exciting Carpe Diem String Quartet in one of their rare Colorado appearances, especially as these acclaimed national performers have a Colorado connection with the addition of violinist Charles Wetherbee, concertmaster of Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra. The Colorado Women's Chorale will also return and provide highlights of contemporary composer, Gwyneth Walker, in November, and Vivaldi's Gloria, in the spring! The CWC is honored to be invited to be participating in a festival of Walker's music at NY's Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center over Thanksgiving. Please visit the Augustana Arts website for more details.
The Denver Philharmonic Orchestra is the oldest community orchestra in the state. This is their 67th year! It was founded in 1948 by Dr. Antonia Brico, the first woman to conduct the Berlin Philharmonic, the New York Philharmonic, and several other major orchestras. October 3rd, Guest Conductor Maestro Kornel Thomas, will conduct soprano Elizabeth Baldwin in the performance of Richard Strauss' Four Last Songs. You will not want to miss these pieces as they are the last four works by Richard Strauss, written when he was 84 years of age. On the same program, the DPO will perform Beethoven's magnificent Symphony Nr. 7, which was first performed in 1813 at a benefit for soldiers who were wounded in the war against Napoleon.
Maestro Lawrence Golan
Maestro Lawrence Golan will conduct the November 14th concert, which will include Benjamin Britten's Sinfonia da Requiem and Antonín Dvořák's Symphony Nr. 8. Also included on this program will be Haydn's Sinfonia concertante in B Flat Major, which will feature will also perform DPO soloists Kimberly Brody, Oboe; Kenneth Greenwald, Bassoon; Katherine Thayer, Violin; and Bryan Scafuri, Cello. As always, the Denver Philharmonic Orchestra's Christmas concert is not to be missed. Season tickets for the 2014–15 season are on sale now at a discount of 50% for adults and 60% for students and seniors. For more information, visit their website at denverphilharmonic.org.
Hélène Grimaud, Piano
The Friends of Chamber Music is known for having its season divided into two areas of interest: a Chamber Music Series and a Piano Series. This season, the Emerson String Quartet will return for their 14th performance at the Friends of Chamber Music on October 1st. After forming as a student group, this famous quartet turned professional in 1976. They have been granted many awards and have made many recordings in their thirty-eight years of existence. The only other string quartet that has had the same impact on the musical world as the Emerson Quartet was the Budapest String Quartet. I can guarantee you this is a performance you will not want to miss. This season will also be the first with a new cellist, Paul Watkins. The other members of the group are Eugene Drucker, violin; Philip Setzer, violin; and Lawrence Dutton, viola. The program will include Haydn, Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 3, and a new work by Lowell Liebermann.
Emerson Quartet
Appearing on the Piano Series will be Hélène Grimaud (9/17), Jeremy Denk (1/21/15), and Jonathan Biss (5/6/15). Unlike Biss and Denk, Hélène Grimaud will perform no sonatas or large works on her program, but believe me, it will be one of the most interesting. She is selecting short works of major composers that all deal with water, such as the Liszt: Les jeux d'eau à la villa d'Este and Luciano Berio's Wasserklavier. Also, take note that cellist Yo-Yo Ma will be a special guest artist this season with the Friends of Chamber Music. There is no question that this will be a sellout performance, so you will want to get your tickets early. Please go to their website at friendsofchambermusic.com for more information concerning performing organizations and tickets.
The Lakewood Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1977 as the Columbine Chamber Orchestra. Over a period of years, the orchestra went through a number of different names finally settling on the Lakewood Symphony Orchestra. Maestro Matthew Switzer is celebrating his 20th year as conductor of this orchestra. The orchestra performs at the Lakewood Cultural Center at 470 South Allison Parkway in Lakewood. The opening concert on Thursday, October 2nd, 7:30 PM, will include the Brahms Academic Festival Overture (1880) and the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto (1878) featuring Sarah Switzer on the violin.
Matthew Switzer, Music Director
Also on the program is Paul Hindemith's Symphonic Metamorphosis (1943). The Hindemith is based on themes by Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826). In February, the Lakewood Symphony will perform Rimsky-Korsakov's Russian Easter Overture and Maurice Ravel's orchestration of Modest Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. This concert will also feature guest guitar soloist Solomon Silber performing Manuel Ponce's Concierto del sur for guitar and orchestra. The Lakewood Symphony Orchestra's website is lakewoodsymphony.org. There, you will find all of the necessary information concerning performance dates and ticket prices.
The Denver Young Artists Orchestra (DYAO) was formed in 1977 under the auspices of the Denver Symphony Orchestra, now the Colorado Symphony Orchestra (CSO). Founders Betty Naster and Carl Topilow organized the orchestra as a means for Colorado's most talented young musicians to rehearse and perform together under demanding professional standards. DYAO has operated independently since 1979, and has maintained a close relationship with the CSO. Big news for the DYAO is that Ms. Kelly Waltrip has been appointed as the orchestra's new Executive Director. Waltrip succeeds Pete Hellyer, who is leaving DYAO after seven years to launch a new school for young musicians.
Barbara Hamilton, Viola
DYAO's first concert will be performed twice: October 11th at the Riverwalk Center in Breckenridge, Colorado, and again on October 19th, at Boettcher Concert Hall. They will perform the Bartok Viola Concerto with guest violist Barbara Hamilton, of the Colorado Chamber Players. In addition, they will perform the Symphony Nr. 1 by Jean Sibelius.
On November 22nd and November 23rd, the DYAO will perform Ottorino Respighi's Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite Nr. 3. This program will also include the Wind Concerto Competition Winner. Of course, there will be other concerts demonstrating the performance ability of all five orchestras that make up the DYAO organization. It is important to realize that this is one of the finest youth orchestras in the United States, and I promise that you will be amazed at the dedication the young people in these orchestras have. Please attend. Their website is dyao.org.
The Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra will open its season on September 14th, with a new concertmaster, and a world premiere by composer Stephen Lias entitled Gates of the Arctic. Charles Wetherbee is the new concertmaster, and he is also on the string faculty at the University of Colorado in Boulder. He will play the violin solo at the opening performance and Rimsky-Korsakov's well-known and loved Scheherazade. The entire 2014-2015 season will be one to remember simply because of the variety of work that is being performed. Each concert will have a title, such as Wings & Spirits where they will perform Stravinsky's Firebird Suite, and The White Peacock by Charles Griffes.
Charles Wetherbee, Violin
Guest composer/pianist, Conrad Tao, will have his composition, entitled Pangu, performed on the January 17th concert, where he will also perform Beethoven's Piano Concerto Nr. 5 known as the Emperor. This coming season also includes the annual collaboration with Boulder Ballet in The Nutcracker during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend Discovery Concerts for a local elementary school students, the annual Young Artist Concerto Competition, free open rehearsal nights in partnership with the Derry Center for the Arts, and a preview performance of St. Luke's Methodist Church in Highlands Ranch on September 13th. In addition, the Boulder Phil will continue its popular "Nature & Music" guided hikes with Boulder Open Space & Mountain Parks, spotlighting musical selections inspired by nature. For information on the coming season visit the Boulder Phil website.
Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra
For those of you who are big band jazz aficionados, the Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra has many open rehearsals at the Community of Christ Church on Marion Street in Denver. This is a big band jazz group that is exclusively organized for charitable and educational purposes. They encourage education in the field of jazz, and they regularly work with high schools and middle schools to provide a venue for the students and members to perform and explore big band jazz music. On September 12th, they will give a performance at the Highlands Ranch Mansion on East Gateway Drive, and on September 19th they will perform again with the group known as Pink Champagne at the Lowry Town Center which is located at 200 Quebec St. in Denver. Please refer to their website for the performance calendar as well as their rehearsals.
Tags: Amanda Balestreri, Augustana Arts, Barbara Hamilton, Bartok Viola concerto, Boulder Philharmonic, Carpe Diem String Quartet, Charles Wetherbee, Colorado Chamber Players, Cynthia Katsarelis, Denver Young Artists Orchestra, Elizabeth Baldwin, Emerson Quartet, featured, Friends of Chamber Music, Hélène Grimaud, Jeremy Denk, Jonathan Biss, Kornel Thomas, Lakewood Symphony, Lawrence Golan, Masakazu Ito, Matt Switzer, Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra, Philip Glass Violin Concerto no. 2, Pro Musica Colorado Chamber Orchestra, Sarah Switzer, Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto, Wes Kemmey, Yo-Yo Ma, Yumi Hwang-Williams
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From Japan, by way of Australia, Hannah O'Neill takes a leading role in Paris
The progress of Hannah O'Neill at the Paris Opera Ballet has been exceptional but I don't think anyone would believe she could be dancing the role of Odette/Odile quite so soon.
Next month, on April 8, she is cast to play the role of the swan queen, dancing with Yannick Bittencourt as Prince Siegfried in the POB's production of Nureyev's Swan Lake.
Yesterday, the dance writer, Laura Cappelle, wrote in The Financial Times that the new director of POB, Benjamin Millepied, has "tapped the company's young talent" to dance principal roles.
The March 2015 issue of Dance Europe also has an interesting interview with Millepied, written by Emma Kauldhar.
Asked whether he was deviating from hierarchy, he said: "Yes, you have to. You have to put people on when they're ready; you have to keep them motivated. You have to keep people progressing".
O'Neill was born in Japan, the daughter of a Japanese mother and a New Zealand father, and with her family, moved to New Zealand when she was 8.
She then moved to Australia to train at the Australian Ballet School and won the Prix de Lausanne in 2009.
Joining the Paris Opera Ballet on a short term contract in 2011, O'Neill was promoted to the rank of coryphee late in 2013.
Hannah O'Neill, photographer unknown


This document describes functions from the Python module celestial (celestial.py) which provides a programmer with a basic set of routines to transform a world coordinate in a given sky system into a world coordinate of another system assuming zero proper motion, parallax, and recessional velocity.
Hidden in the topixel() and toworld() methods in module wcs. There the sky system is read from a (FITS) header and the sky system for which we want the transformed coordinates is set with attribute skyout of the projection object.
Background information module celestial which contains many examples with source code.
A sky definition can consist of a sky system, a reference system, an equinox and an epoch of observation. It is either a string or it is a tuple with one or more elements. It can also be a single element. The elements in a tuple representing a sky- or reference system are symbols from the table below. For a string, the parts of the string representing a sky- or reference system are minimal matched against the strings in the table below. The match is case insensitive.
fk4 FK4 Mean place pre-IAU 1976 system. FK4 is the old barycentric (i.e. w.r.t. the common center of mass) equatorial coordinate system, which should be qualified by an Equinox value. For accurate work FK4 coordinate systems should also be qualified by an Epoch value. This is the epoch of observation.
fk4_no_e FK4_NO_E, FK4-NO-E The old FK4 (barycentric) equatorial system but without the E-terms of aberration. This coordinate system should also be qualified by both an Equinox and an Epoch value.
fk5 FK5 Mean place post IAU 1976 system. Also a barycentric equatorial coordinate system. This should be qualified by an Equinox value (only).
icrs ICRS The International Celestial Reference System, for optical data realized through the Hipparcos catalog. By definition, ICRS is not an equatorial system, but it is very close to the FK5 (J2000) system. No Equinox value is required.
Reference systems are stored in FITS headers under keyword RADESYS=.
Standard in FITS: RADESYS defaults to IRCS unless EQUINOX is given alone, in which case it defaults to FK4 prior to 1984 and FK5 after 1984.
EQUINOX defaults to 2000 unless RADESYS is FK4, in which case it defaults to 1950.
In routines dealing with sky definitions tne names are minimal matched against a list with full names.
An epoch can be set in various ways. The options are distinguished by a prefix. Only the 'B' and 'J' epochs can be negative.
Reference system FK4 is not an inertial system. It is slowly rotating and positions are further away from the true mean places if the date of observation is greater than B1950. FK5 is an inertial system. If we convert coordinates from FK4 to FK5, the accuracy of the FK5 position can be improved if we know the date of the observation. So in all transformations where a conversion between FK4 and FK5 is involved, an epoch of observation can be part of the sky definition. Note that this also involves a conversion between galactic coordinates and equatorial, FK5 coordinates because that conversion is done in steps and one step involves FK4.
To be able to distinguish an equinox from an epoch of observation, an epoch of observation is followed by an underscore character and some arbitrary characters to indicate that it is a special epoch (e.q. "B1960_OBS"). Only the underscore is obligatory.
If a sky definition is entered as a string, there cannot be a space between the prefix and the epoch, because a space is a separator for the parser in celestial.skyparser().
An epoch of observation is either the second epoch in your input or or the epoch string has a suffix '_' which may be followed by arbitrary characters (e.g. "B1963.5_OBS").
"eq" Equatorial, ICRS ICRS because no reference system and no equinox is given.
"s" Supergalactic Shortest string to identify system.
"EQ, fk4-no-e, B1960" Equatorial, FK4 no e-terms Same as above but underscores replaced by hyphens.
"fk4,J1983.5_OBS" Equatorial, FK4 + epobs FK4 with an epoch of observation. Note that only the underscore is important.
"J1983.5_OBS" Equatorial, FK4 + epobs Only a date of observation. Then reference system FK4 is assumed.
"EQ,fk4,B1960, B1983.5_O" Equatorial, FK4 + epobs A complete description of an equatorial system.
"B1983.5_O fk4 B1960,eq" Equatorial, FK4 + epobs The same as above, showing that the order of the elements are unimportant.
To show that one can use both the tuple and the string representation of a system, we use both for the same system and compare a transformed position. The result should be 0 for both coordinates.
An object from class skyrefset which is a container with a list with systems and two dictionaries with systems.
For programmers who need to access the id's of the sky and reference systems: External modules can set their own variables. Here are some examples how one can do this.
Read this as: get the object for which a minimal match is found. Item  is the object (the other is the number of times a match is found). The 'idnum' is the integer for which we can identify a system.
refsystem (Boolean) – Is this system a reference system?
A string to identify a system, e.g. "EQUATORIAL".
A unique integer to identify the system.
A string to describe the system.
If True then this system is a reference system. Else it is a sky system.
A container with sky- and reference system objects from class celestial.skyrefsys. It is used to initialize variables that can be used as identifiers for sky- or reference systems. Applications can use its methods to retrieve information given an integer identifier or (part of) a string.
A unique integer id which can be used to identify a system.
Return the relevant skyrefsys object with the number of times it is matched or return None if nothing was found.
Instance of class skyrefsys and the number of times that the input string gives a match.
From the found skyrefsys object corresponding to string s, return the idnum attribute. Case insensitive minimal match is used to find the sky- or reference system. Return None if there was no match or more than one match.
Instance of class skyrefsys or None if there was not a match or more than one match.
This is the fastest method to get an integer id from a string which represents a sky system or a reference system. Note that the routine is case sensitive because it uses the full names as keys in a dictionary. The parameter fullname therefore must be in in capitals!
Integer id of the found system or None if nothing was found.
Given an integer id of a system, return the corresponding system as an instance of class skyrefsys. Usually the calling environment will deal with the attributes of this object, for instance to write a short description of the system.
Instance of class skyrefsys or None if there was not a corresponding system.
Given an integer id of a system, return the full name of the corresponding system.
Full name (e.g. "EQUATORIAL") of the corresponding system or an empty string if nothing was found.
Given an integer id of a system, return the description of the corresponding system.
A short description of the corresponding system or an empty string if nothing was found.
Parse a string, tuple or single integer that represents a sky definition. A sky definition can consist of a sky system, a reference system, an equinox and an epoch of observation. See also the description at Sky definitions. The elements in the string are separated by a comma or a space. The order of the elements is not important. The string is converted to a tuple by celestial.parseskydefs().
The parser is used in function celestial.skymatrix() and celestial.sky2sky(). External applications can use this function to check whether user input is valid.
Definitions in strings are usually used to define output sky definitions in prompts or on command lines. Applications can use integer id's for the sky- and reference systems. These integer id's are global constants See also Sky systems and Reference systems.
The sky system and reference system strings are minimal matched (case INsensitive) with the strings in the table in the documentation at Sky systems and Reference systems.
For the epoch syntax read the documentation at Epochs for the equinox and epoch of observation. Note that an epoch of observation is either a second epoch in the string (the first is always the equinox) or the epoch string has a suffix '_' which may be follwed by arbitrary characters.
skyin (String, tuple or integer) – Represents a sky definition. See examples.
A tuple with the 'coded' system where strings for sky- and reference systems are replaced by integer id's. Missing values are filled in with defaults.
If an error occurred then an exception will be raised.
Too many items for sky definition!
... is ambiguous sky or reference system!
... is not a valid epoch or sky/ref system!
Sky definition is not a string nor a tuple!
Too many elements in sky definition (max. 4)!
Invalid number for sky- or reference system!
Cannot determine the sky system!
Input contains an element that is not an integer or a string!
This is the parser for a sky definition. In this definition one can specify the sky system, the reference system, an equinox and an epoch of observation if the reference system is fk4. The order of these elements is not important.
What if the sky system is not defined? If there is a reference system then we assume it is equatorial (could have been ecliptic).
If there no sky system and no reference system but there is an equinox, assume sky system is equatorial (could have been ecliptic).
If there no sky system and no reference system and no equinox but there is an epoch of observation, assume sky system is equatorial.
Assume we have a sky system. What if there is no reference system? Standard in FITS: RADESYS (i.e our reference system) defaults to IRCS unless EQUINOX is given alone, in which case it defaults to FK4 prior to 1984 and FK5 after 1984.
Assume we have a sky system and a reference system and the sky system was ecliptic or equatorial. What if we don't have an equinox? Standard in FITS: EQUINOX defaults to 2000 unless RADESYS is FK4, in which case it defaults to 1950.
We have one item to address and that is the epoch of observation. This epoch of observation only applies to the reference systems FK4 and FK4_NO_E. In 'Representations of celestial coordinates in FITS' (Calabretta & Greisen) we read that all reference systems are allowed for both equatorial- and ecliptic coordinates, except FK4-NO-E, which is only allowed for equatorial coordinates. If FK4-NO-E is given in combination with an ecliptic sky system then silently FK4 is assumed.
Create a transformation matrix to be used to transform a position from one sky system to another (including epoch transformations). For a description of the sky definitions see Sky definitions.
skyin (Integer or tuple with one to four elements) – One of the supported sky systems or a tuple for equatorial systems which are identified with an equinox an reference system. This is the sky system from which you want to transform to another sky system (skyout).
followed by 'None' or a tuple with the e-term vector belonging input epoch.
followed by None or a tuple with the e-term vector belonging to the output epoch.
The reference systems FK4 and FK4_NO_E are special. We consider FK4 as a catalog position where the e-terms are included. So besides a transformation matrix, this function should also return a flag for the addition or removal of e-terms. This flag is either None or the e-term vector which depends on the epoch.
(A1,A2,A3) or None: for adding or removing e-terms in the input sky system using this e-term vector (A1,A2,A3).
(A4,A5,A6) or None: for adding or removing e-terms in the output sky system using this e-term vector (A4,A5,A6).
This function is the main function of this module. It calls function skyparser() for the parsing of the input and rotmatrix() to get the rotation matrix. There utility function sky2sky() transforms a sequence of longitudes and latitudes from one sky system to another. It is a valuable tool for experiments in an interactive Python session.
Some examples of transformations between sky systems using either strings or tuples. We advise to use strings which is more safe then using variables from celestial (which can be accidentally replaced by other values). Note that for transformations where FK4 is involved, the matrix is followed by a vector with e-terms.
See Epochs for the equinox and epoch of observation for the possible epoch formats.
Utility function to facilitate command line use of skymatrix.
Matrix. One position per row. See example below how to extract rows, columns and elements from this matrix.
Flexible epoch parser. The functions in this module have different input parameters (Julian epoch, Besselian epochs, Julian dates) because the algorithms came from different sources. What we needed was a routine that could convert a string which represents a date in various formats, to values for a Julian epoch, Besselian epochs and a Julian date. This function returns these value for any valid input date.
Various sources listing Julian dates.
There is a jump at JD(1582,10,15) caused by a change of calendars. For dates after 1582-10-15 one enters a date from the Julian calendar and before this date you enter a date from the Gregorian calendar.
Convert an angle in degrees to hours, minutes, seconds format.
a (Floating point number) – Angle (in degrees) for which we want to create a formatted text label.
prec (Integer) – The required number of decimals in the seconds part of output. If a value is omitted, then the default is 1.
delta (None or a floating point number) – If one labels world coordinates along an axis then the default labels are in hours, minutes and seconds with some decimal number. This is probably not want you want if the step size between subsequent positions is for example an integer number of degrees or minutes. Then you want labels showing only hours or hours and minutes. This function tries to find out whether this is the case (given a value for delta) or not. If so, a minimum length label is returned.
tex (Boolean) – The default is False. If set to True, the string is formatted in LaTeX. Such labels can be plotted in, for example, Matplotlib.
Formatted string representing the input angle.
Longitudes are forced into the range, 360 deg. and then converted to hours, minutes and seconds.
delta (None or a floating point number) – If one labels world coordinates along an axis then the default labels are in degrees, minutes and seconds with some decimal number. This is probably not want you want if the step size between subsequent positions is for example an integer number of degrees or minutes. Then you want labels showing only degrees or degrees and minutes. This function tries to find out whether this is the case (given a value for delta) or not. If so, a minimum length label is returned.
Formatted string representing the input angle or a string with '#' characters indicating that the input was out of range.
The HMS and DMS format should be treated differently because their ranges in world coordinates are different. Longitudes should be in range of (0,360) degrees. So -10 deg is in fact 350 deg. and 370 deg is in fact 10 deg. Latitudes range from -90 to 90 degrees. Then 91 degrees is in fact 89 degrees but at a longitude that is separated 180 deg. from the stated longitude. But we don't have control over the longitudes here so the only thing we can do is reject the value and return a dummy string.
Convert an angle in degrees to degrees, minutes, seconds format, assuming the input is a longitude but not associated with an equatorial system.
prec (Integer) – The required number of decimals in the seconds part of output If a value is omitted, then the default is 1.
delta (None or a floating point number) – If one labels world coordinates along an axis then the default labels are in hours, minutes and seconds with some decimal number. This is probably not want you want if the step size between subsequent positions is for example an integer number of degrees or minutes. Then you want labels showing only degrees or degrees and minutes. This function tries to find out whether this is the case (given a value for delta) or not. If so, a minimum length label is returned.
Longitudes are forced into the range 0, 360 deg. and then converted to hours, minutes and seconds.
Convert a Julian date to a Besselian epoch.
Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Almanac, P. Kenneth Seidelmann (ed), University Science Books (1992), Expression 3.222-1 (p114).
The epoch is entered in Julian date and the time is calculated w.r.t. J2000.
The obliquity is the angle between the mean equator and ecliptic, or, between the ecliptic pole and mean celestial pole of date.
Calculate IAU 2000 precession angles for precession from input epoch to J2000.
epoch (Floating point number) – Julian epoch of observation.
Angles ζ (zeta), z, θ (theta) in degrees to setup a rotation matrix to transform from J2000 to input epoch.
This function should be updated as soon as there are IAU2006 adopted angles to replace the angles used in this function.
Calculate IAU 1976 precession angles for a precession of epoch corresponding to Julian date jd1 to epoch corresponds to Julian date jd2.
Lieske,J.H., 1979. Astron.Astrophys.,73,282. equations (6) & (7), p283.
The function returns values in degrees, while literature values often are listed in seconds of arc.
Newcomb's precession angles for old catalogs (FK4), see ES 3.214 p.106. Input are Besselian epochs! Adopted accumulated precession angles from equator and equinox at B1950 to 1984 January 1d 0h according to ES (table 3.214.1, p 107) are: zeta=783.7092, z=783.8009 and theta=681.3883 The Woolard and Clemence angles (derived in this routine) are: zeta=783.70925, z=783.80093 and theta=681.38830 (see same ES table as above).
This routine found (in seconds of arc): zeta,z,theta = 783.709246271 783.800934641 681.388298284 for t1 = 0.1 and t2 = 0.133999566814 using the lines in the next example.
Create matrix to convert equatorial fk4 coordinates (without e-terms) to IAU 1958 lII,bII system of galactic coordinates.
Blaauw, A., 2007. Private communications.
The new north galactic pole lies in the direction alpha = 12h49m (192.25 deg), delta=27.4 deg (equinox 1950.0).
The new zero of longitude is the great semicircle originating at the new north galactic pole at the position angle theta = 123 deg with respect to the equatorial pole for 1950.0.
Longitude increases from 0 to 360 deg. The sense is such that, on the galactic equator increasing galactic longitude corresponds to increasing Right Ascension. Latitude increases from -90 deg through 0 deg to 90 deg at the new galactic pole.
We first rotate the spin vector of the XY plane about an angle a1 = ra_pole and then rotate the spin vector in the XZ plane (i.e. around the Y axis) with an angle a2=90-dec_pole to point it in the right declination.
Now think of a circle with the galactic pole as its center. The radius is equal to the distance between this center and the equatorial pole. The zero point now is on the circle and opposite to this pole.
The composed rotation matrix is the same as in Slalib's 'ge50.f' and the matrix in eq. (32) of Murray (1989).
North SG pole at l=47.37 deg, b=6.32 deg. Node at l=137.37, sgl=0 (inclination 83.68 deg).
Older references give for he position of the SG node 137.29 which differs from 137.37 deg in the official definition.
S1 (Integer) – equatorial system to determine if one entered epoch in B or J coordinates.
The origin for ecliptic longitude is the vernal equinox. Therefore the coordinates of a fixed object is subject to shifts due to precession. The rotation matrix uses the obliquity to do the conversion to the wanted ecliptic coordinates. So we always need to enter an epoch. Usually this is J2000, but it can also be the epoch of date. The additional reference system indicates whether we need a Besselian or a Julian epoch.
-Keyword RADESYSa sets the catalog system FK4, FK4-NO-E or FK5 This applies to equatorial and ecliptical coordinates with the exception of FK4-NO-E.
-FK4 coordinates are not strictly spherical since they include a contribution from the elliptic terms of aberration, the so-called e-terms which amount to max. 343 milliarcsec. FITS paper: 'Strictly speaking, therefore, a map obtained from, say, a radio synthesis telescope, should be regarded as FK4-NO-E unless it has been appropriately re-sampled or a distortion correction provided. In common usage, however, CRVALia for such maps is usually given in FK4 coordinates. In doing so, the e-terms are effectively corrected to first order only.'. (See also ES, eq. 3.531-1 page 170.
-Keyword EQUINOX sets the epoch of the mean equator and equinox.
-Ecliptic coordinates require the epoch of the equator and equinox of date. This will be taken as the time of observation rather than EQUINOX.
So MJD-OBS is the modified Julian Date (JD - 2400000.5) of the start of the observation.
Create a matrix to precess from B1950 in FK4 to J2000 in FK5 following to Murray's (1989) procedure.
t (Floating point number) – Besselian epoch as epoch of observation.
Murray, C.A. The Transformation of coordinates between the systems B1950.0 and J2000.0, and the principal galactic axis referred to J2000.0, Astronomy and Astrophysics (ISSN 0004-6361), vol. 218, no. 1-2, July 1989, p. 325-329.
Murray precesses from B1950 to J2000 using a precession matrix by Lieske. Then applies the equinox correction and ends up with a transformation matrix X(0) as given in this function.
In Murray's article it is proven that using the procedure as described in the article, r_fk5 = X(0).r_fk4 for extra galactic sources where we assumed that the proper motion in FK5 is zero. This procedure is independent of the epoch of observation. Note that the matrix is not a rotation matrix.
FK4 is not an inertial coordinate frame (because of the error in precession and the motion of the equinox. This has consequences for the proper motions. e.g. a source with zero proper motion in FK5 has a fictitious proper motion in FK4. This affects the actual positions in a way that the correction is bigger if the epoch of observation is further away from 1950.0 The focus of this library is on data of which we do not have information about the proper motions. So for positions of which we allow non zero proper motion in FK5 one needs to supply the epoch of observation.
Precession from one epoch to another in the fk5 system. It uses Lieskeprecangles() to calculate the precession angles.
Jepoch2 (Floating point number) – Julian epoch to precess to.
Precession from one epoch to another in the fk4 system. It uses Newcombprecangles() to calculate the precession angles.
Bepoch2 (Floating point number) – Besselian epoch to precess to.
epoch2 (Floating point number) – Julian epoch to precess to.
Helper function for skymatrix(). It handles precession and the transformation between equatorial systems. This function includes also conversions between reference systems.
epoch1 (Floating point number) – Epoch belonging to system S1 depending on the reference system either Besselian or Julian.
epoch2 – Epoch belonging to system S2 depending on the reference system either Besselian or Julian.
epobs (Floating point number) – Epoch of observation. Only valid for conversions between FK4 and FK5.
Rotation matrix to transform a position in one of the reference systems S1 with epoch1 to an equatorial system with equator and equinox at epoch2 in reference system S2.
Return matrix to transform equatorial coordinates from epoch1 to epoch2 in either reference system FK4 or FK5. Or transform from epoch, FK4 or FK5 to ICRS or J2000 vice versa. Note that each transformation between FK4 and one of the other reference systems involves a conversion to FK5 and therefore the epoch of observation will be involved.
Note that if no systems are entered and the one epoch is > 1984 and the other < 1984, then the transformation involves both sky reference systems FK4 and FK5.
Calculate rotation matrix for a conversion between FK4, epoch 1940 to FK5, epoch 1960, while the date of observation was 1950.
Compute the E-terms (elliptic terms of aberration) for a given epoch.
The method is described on page 170/171 of the ES. One needs to process the e-terms for the appropriate epoch This routine returns the e-term vector for arbitrary epoch.
Add the elliptic component of annual aberration when the result must be a catalogue fk4 position.
a (Tuple with 3 floating point numbers) – E-terms vector (as returned by getEterms()) If input a is omitted (i.e. a == None), the e-terms for 1950 will be substituted.
Seidelman, P.K., 1992. Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Almanac. University Science Books, Mill Valley.
There is a so called ecliptic component in the stellar aberration. This vector depends on the epoch at which we want to process these terms. It corresponds to the component of the earth's velocity perpendicular to the major axis of the ellipse in the ecliptic. The E-term corrections are as follows. A catalog FK4 position include corrections for elliptic terms of aberration. These positions are apparent places. For precession and/or rotations to other sky systems, one processes only mean places. So to get a mean place, one has to remove the E-terms vector. The ES suggests for the removal to use a decompositions of the E-term vector along the unit circle to get the approximate new vector, which has almost the correct angle and has almost length 1. The advantage is that when we add the E-term vector to this new vector, we obtain a new vector with the original angle, but with a length unequal to 1, which makes it suitable for closure tests. However, the procedure can be made more rigorous: For the subtraction we subtract the E-term vector from the start vector and normalize it afterwards. Then we have an exact new angle (opposed to the approximation in the ES). The procedure to go from a vector in the mean place system to a vector in the system of apparent places is a bit more complicated: Find a value for lambda so that the current vector is adjusted in length so that adding the e-term vector gives a new vector with length 1. This is by definition the new vector with the right angle. For more information, see the background information in Background information module celestial.
Remove the elliptic component of annual aberration when this is included in a catalogue fk4 position.
a (Tuple with 3 floating point numbers) – E-terms vector (as returned by getEterms()) If input a is omitted (== None), the e-terms for 1950 will be substituted.
Return a new position where the elliptic terms of aberration are removed i.e. convert a apparent position from a catalog to a mean place. The effects of ecliptic aberration were included in the catalog positions to facilitate telescope pointing. See also notes at 'addEterms'.


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kafka-net
=========

Native C# client for Apache Kafka.

License
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Copyright 2014, James Roland under Apache License, V2.0. See LICENSE file.

Summary
-----------
This project is a .NET implementation of the [Apache Kafka] protocol.  The wire protocol portion is based on the [kafka-python] library writen by [David Arthur] and the general class layout attempts to follow a similar pattern as his project.  To that end, this project builds up from the low level KafkaConnection object for handling async requests to/from the kafka server, all the way up to a higher level Producer/Consumer classes.

Examples
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##### Producer
```sh
var options = new KafkaOptions(new Uri("http://SERVER1:9092"), new Uri("http://SERVER2:9092"));
var router = new BrokerRouter(options);
var client = new Producer(router);

client.SendMessageAsync("TestHarness", new[] { new Message("hello world")}).Wait();

using (client) { }
```
##### Consumer
```sh
var options = new KafkaOptions(new Uri("http://SERVER1:9092"), new Uri("http://SERVER2:9092"));
var router = new BrokerRouter(options);
var consumer = new Consumer(new ConsumerOptions("TestHarness", new BrokerRouter(options)));

//Consume returns a blocking IEnumerable (ie: never ending stream)
foreach (var message in consumer.Consume())
{
    Console.WriteLine("Response: P{0},O{1} : {2}",
        message.Meta.PartitionId, message.Meta.Offset, message.Value);
}
```

##### TestHarness
The TestHarness project it a simple example console application that will read message from a kafka server and write them to the screen.  It will also take anything typed in the console and send this as a message to the kafka servers.

Simply modify the kafka server Uri in the code to point to a functioning test server.

Pieces of the Puzzle
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##### Protocol
The protocol has been divided up into concrete classes for each request/response pair.  Each class knows how to encode and decode itself into/from their appropriate Kafka protocol byte array.  One benefit of this is that it allows for a nice generic send method on the KafkaConnection.

##### KafkaConnection
Provides async methods on a persistent connection to a kafka broker (server).  The send method uses the TcpClient send async function and the read stream has a dedicated thread which uses the correlation Id to match send responses to the correct request.

##### BrokerRouter
Provides metadata based routing of messages to the correct Kafka partition.  This class also manages the multiple KafkaConnections for each Kafka server returned by the broker section in the metadata response.  Routing logic is provided by the IPartitionSelector.

##### IPartitionSelector
Provides the logic for routing which partition the BrokerRouter should choose.  The default selector is the DefaultPartitionSelector which will use round robin partition selection if the key property on the message is null and a mod/hash of the key value if present.

##### Producer
Provides a higher level class which uses the combination of the BrokerRouter and KafkaConnection to send batches of messages to a Kafka broker.

##### Consumer
Provides a higher level class which will consumer messages from a whitelist of partitions from a single topic.  The consumption mechanism is a blocking IEnumerable of messages.  If no whitelist is provided then all partitions will be consumed creating one KafkaConnection for each partition leader.

Status
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[![Build status](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/3tg02biqn5q8uijy)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/Jroland/kafka-net)

The current version of this project is a functioning "work in progress" as it was only started in early February.  The wire protocol is complete except for Offset Commits to the servers (as there is a bug in 0.8.0 which prevents testing of this feature).  The library is functioning in that there is a complete Producer and Consumer class thus messages can pass to and from a Kafka server.

##### The major items that needs work are:
* Better handling of options for providing customization of internal behaviour of the base API. (right now the classes pass around option parameters)
* General structure of the classes is not finalized and breaking changes will occur.
* Only Gzip compression is implemented, snappy on the todo.
* Currently only works with .NET Framework 4.5 as it uses the await command.
* Test coverage.
* Documentation.

Comment
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This is a pet project for me and is not currently backed by a need for a Kafka server client.  Which means the client is only currently being tested against a small set of Kafka test servers and not against any server that has any real data load.

[kafka-python]:https://github.com/mumrah/kafka-python
[Apache Kafka]:http://kafka.apache.org
[David Arthur]:https://github.com/mumrah

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'use strict'

const allTasksByName = {}

function registerTask (task) {
  if (allTasksByName[ task.name ]) {
    throw new Error(`Attempted double definition of task "${task.name}"`)
  }

  allTasksByName[ task.name ] = task
  return task
}

function getTaskByName (name) {
  return allTasksByName[ name ]
}

exports.registerTask = registerTask
exports.getTaskByName = getTaskByName


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Q: How do matrix solutions represent an intersection of lines? I'm very new to linear algebra, and I have a homework problem that hasn't been covered in the book or by the professor. It seems like I have a fundamental misunderstanding of what matrices represent, but I can't find a good article or answer.

Do the three lines $x_1 - 4x_2 = 1$, $2x_1 - x_2 = -3$, and $-x_1 - 3x_2 = 4$ have a common point of intersection? Explain.

I assumed that the solution set of the matrix would represent how many intersections there were. I solved the echelon form and got:
$$\begin{bmatrix}1 & -4 & & 1\\2& -1 & & -3\\-1 & -3 & & 4\end{bmatrix} \rightarrow \begin{bmatrix}1 & -4 & & 1\\0& 1 & & -\frac{5}{7}\\0 & 0 & & 0\end{bmatrix}$$
Since this has infinite solutions, I would have thought it meant there were infinite intersections, or rather two equivalent lines, but that obviously isn't true. Is there any relationship between the solution set of a matrix and its original equations/lines? What is the matrix actually representing?

A: You can reduce it further.  When you do, the first row is $(1,0,-13/7)$ which says that your simultaneous solution is $(-13/7, -5/7)$.  So, there is one point of intersection.
Since you have only two variables but three equations, you would need an extra 0-row in order to get infinitely many solutions, and this would imply that two of your lines were the same to begin with.
You may have temporarily forgotten that your matrix was augmented?  It's not really "square."

A: Your solution is correct (I assume you have row-reduced properly) but the bottom row gives you no information - does $0x + 0y + 0z = 0$ tell you anything about $x, y,$ or $z$? You can safely scrub out a row of zeroes from a matrix and solve the system from there.

A: If your augmented matrix is of the form $[A | C]$ then system has unique solution if $rank(A)=rank(C)$=number of unknowns.
Here, $ank(A)=rank(C)=$number of unknowns=2
So, unique soon i.e a single intersection point

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I try to dial the settings for the controller (I am on XboxOne) as best as I can (looking at the controller video's on youtube).
But I keep hearing about this stable and loose setting (stable more for those who play with the controller).
But I can't seem to find this feature, where can I find it?
Is this available for consoles?
Stable and Loose Setups sadly didn't make the inital Release for Console..
Ok thanks. I was getting a little confused.


Welcome to Nocturnal Souls > FAQs > How does the AH work?
How often are items bought and restocked?
Wow, I can put more than 7 items up for sale?
I can't find an item, help!
The Auction House plays an important role in the economy of any game–a way for players to move goods between each other and make money.
In a small environment like a private server, the Auction House is more challenging to use since there's a limited population and demand for items. To counter this, Nocturnal Souls uses an automated system to buy, sell, and replenish the Auction House at regular intervals.
Higher level materials, rare gear, and HQ gear are not stocked; however, can be bought and sold by players who acquire or craft the items. This gives crafters and gear farmers an opportunity to build a market and following of their own within the community.
If you see transactions to or from AH-Bot, then the item is regularly managed by the system.
Items are bought from players every few minutes (it randomizes) and are restocked by the system every 60 minutes.
Yes, you can sell anything you want. The system will automatically purchase items put up for sale every few minutes and send the money to your Delivery Box. For items not managed by the system (those that lack AH-Bot transaction listings), standard Auction House rules apply and the item will be returned to your Delivery Box after a set amount of time if players do not purchase it.
If you're selling items to the Auction House and know the bot is going to buy them, you can sell them for 1 gil and the bot will automatically buy it at the maximum purchase price. This makes placing a great deal of items, especially those with more random prices, a bit easier.
Yes. It's a known and, somewhat, deliberate bug in the private server code that allows players to list far more items than the normal seven allowed on retail.
To this end, use this feature at your own risk. Please see our server rules for more information about overstocking the Auction House.
On a retail server, pretty much everything is for sale on the auction house if it's possible to sell it. Since the market controls those prices, it works out well. In a community like Nocturnal Souls, it's much more difficult to manage prices vs. demand, so many non-essential items are not managed by the system.
If you're looking for crafting materials, be sure to check the crafting guild shops. They don't close on Nocturnal Souls!
If you're looking for a rare armor or weapon, again, likely go farm the item or ask in the Linkshell if anyone has one.
If you're looking for a consumable or food, be sure to check !shop 1 and !shop 2 for common items.


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Q: Creating Mercurial subrepositories, while maintaining the history I am about to make some major changes to my Mercurial repositories. As I am going to be using a Feature of Last Resort, I am looking for some advice and reassurance that I am not doing something stupid.
Where I Am:
I have a Mercurial repository with a complete history of all of these files:
/source
    /secret_subsystem
    /unclassified_subsystem
    /common_files

Source is the Mercurial repository.
The secret subsystem folder contains code which is intellectual property we want to keep in-house.
The unclassified subsystem folder contains code which we want to outsource to a third-party to maintain.
The common files folder contains code that both subsystems depend on. We will be keeping ownership, but we want to share it with the third-party.
Obviously, I can't just push out my whole repository to the third-party company. The third-party would see too much.
Where I Want To Be:
Having read up on subrepositories, this is where I think I need to be:
Have THREE subrepositories: secret_subsystem, unclassified_subsystem, common_files.
Ensure there are no other files at the /source level, due to this recommendation.
Have the outsourcers create a brand new respository at the source level on their machines, and two corresponding subrepositories.
Push the unclassified_subsystem and common_files to the out-sourcer, pulling back unclassified_subsystem as required, pushing out new common_files repositories as required.
Maintaining History:
I would like to maintain the commit history, as much as practical, for all of the subsystems.
To do this, I will run the hg convert extension command three times, once for each subrepository. I will filter down to only the files that belong in each subrepository. I may also need to map filenames to move the files from ./common_files/foo.py to ./foo.py (for example).
My Questions:
1) Is dividing up a repository into subrepository a reasonable way of implementing security - viz. that a third-party can only see and edit some of our files?
2) Is using hg convert a reasonable way to create a subrepository from an existing repository, while still maintaining the history?
3) Will hg convert's filter strip out (a) all commits messages about files NOT in the filtered respository? Will it filter out all diffs for files NOT in the filtered repository?
There is another implied question: Am I heading into a world of hurt? If so, I will simply give up on retaining file histories, or even make them seperate repositories and forget about cross-repository commits.

A: I've not used subrepos so far, but I can answer 2) and 3):
2) Yes, sounds reasonable.
3) Yes.
There was a similar question just 2 days ago: Convert mercurial repository to subrepositories with full history (like hg log -f)


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Listings Similar to 87.79 Parview Ave.
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Med tio cents på fickan är en amerikansk äventyrs/komedifilm från 1941 i regi av Preston Sturges, som även skrivit manus. Filmen hade svensk premiär den 17 augusti 1942.

Handling

Sullivan är en ung och rik filmregissör som tröttnat på att regissera förutsägbara lustspel, och han kräver av sin producent att han skall få göra en film med mening och budskap. Han vill göra en film om sociala problem, som skall få titeln O Brother, Where Art Thou.

Producenten påpekar att han ingenting vet om sådana problem. Han ger sig ut på luffen och det dröjer inte länge innan han får hårdhänt kontakt med verkligheten. Han träffar en ung kvinna som slår följe med honom.

Sullivan får snart lära sig både hur vanliga människor har det och vad de begär av både livet och filmen. Han hamnar efter olika förvecklingar i ett fängelse som kedjefånge och erfar att vad fångarna helst vill ha är att få sig ett gott skratt; ett lustspel.

Rollista (i urval)
Joel McCrea - John Lloyd Sullivan
Veronica Lake - Flickan
Robert Warwick - Herr Lebrand, producent
William Demarest - Herr Jones
Franklin Pangborn - Herr Casalsis
Porter Hall - Herr Hadrian
Byron Foulger - Johnny Valdelle
Margaret Hayes - Sekreterare
Robert Greig - Burrows, Sullivans butler
Eric Blore - Sullivans chaufför
Torben Meyer - Läkare
Victor Potel - Kameraman
Esther Howard - Miz Zeffie
Al Bridge - "The Mister", föreståndaren på lägret
Jimmy Conlin - Trustee, fånge

Se även
O Brother, Where Art Thou?, titeln är tagen från Med tio cents på fickans metafilm.

Externa länkar

Filmer 1941
Amerikanska komedifilmer
Amerikanska äventyrsfilmer
Los Angeles på film
Filmer i regi av Preston Sturges
Engelskspråkiga filmer
Svartvita filmer
Filmer bevarade i National Film Registry

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The actors come from all over the world. Each year, actors apply for their roles in Ohio's outdoor drama, Tecumseh, which takes place in the rolling countryside near Chillicothe.
through the sides of the audience, and as you sit there you realize that you are watching a story that is vibrantly alive, and one that still has not been resolved in the pages of history.


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About Rhonda
What I Stand For
Senate District 29
Fields hails Colorado as a model of political courage, sacrifice Obama described
January 11, 2016 | In The News | Like |
State Rep. Rhonda Fields, D-Aurora, a leading advocate of stiffer gun-control laws, said she was "humbled and appreciative" to be invited to attend the White House speech delivered by President Barack Obama on Tuesday and said the experience made her proud of what she called the difficult work done to advance gun safety in Colorado.
"We started way back after Columbine to close loopholes in gun-purchase background checks. So why not? Why not do the same on the national level? It just takes commitment and leadership. We did it here, we could make it a model," she told The Colorado Statesman after the president's speech.
In a widely anticipated address, Obama appealed to the country to help curb gun violence and announced that he would take executive action to expand gun-purchase background checks and toughen some gun-safety policies. Analysts have said that among the proposals, the most effective could be adding 200 extra staffers to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to increase investigations. Also drawing praise was a direction to federal agencies to help develop smart-gun technology, which would make guns, similar to cell phones, inoperable to all but their owners.
Colorado Republican lawmakers criticized the proposed actions as an overreach that bypasses Congress.
U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, who represents the state's swing 6th Congressional District, tweeted that the President "showed w/ #guncontrol that he has no respect for rep[resentative] government nor the limitations that Constitution places on his powers."
U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner said in a statement that the president has shown "little respect for the rights of gun-owning Americans and even less respect for our Constitution."
U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn of Colorado Springs argued that the president's actions would merely throw up hurdles to law-abiding Americans seeking to exercise their Second Amendment rights.
Fields was among many who have been affected personally by gun violence who were invited to the White House for the speech.
Her son Javad Marshall-Fields and his fiancé, Vivian Wolfe, were gunned down at an Aurora intersection in 2005 in an ambush meant to prevent him from testifying in a murder trial. The story of the slayings featured prominently in legislative hearings in the 2013 push that led to the passage of new gun laws in Colorado. The new laws expanded background checks for gun purchases and limited ammunition magazine to 15 rounds. Last year Fields opened a center in the name of her son and his fiancé that provides young people with assistance finding work and educational opportunities.
Obama was introduced by Mark Barden, the father of one of the 20 first-grade students killed in the school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, in December 2012. Former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords, D-Arizona, also attended the ceremony. Giffords became an activist about gun violence after narrowly surviving an assassination attempt in 2011 that killed six and injured 13.
Obama lamented the victims of the rash of gun violence that has marked his presidency.
"Hundreds of thousands of Americans have lost brothers and sisters, or buried their own children. Many have had to learn to live with a disability, or learned to live without the love of their life," he said.
State Rep. Rhonda Fields, D-Aurora, and former Senate President John Morse, D-Colorado Springs, and state Sen. Angela Giron, D-Pueblo, who were both ousted in recall elections in 2013, attend President Barack Obama's address about gun-control measures he's taking by executive order on Jan. 5 in Washington, D.C.
Photo courtesy Maisha Fields via Twitter
Not all of those attending the East Room speech Tuesday were close to victims of gun violence — at least two had their political careers cut short over gun-rights politics.
Former Senate President John Morse, D-Colorado Springs, and state Sen. Angela Giron, D-Pueblo, were ousted in recall elections in 2013 after they supported the kind of gun control measures in Colorado that Obama called on federal lawmakers to muster the political courage to support.
"Yes, the gun lobby is loud and it is organized," Obama said. "Well, you know what, the rest of us, we all have to be just as passionate. We have to be just as organized… All of us need to demand governors and legislatures and businesses do their part to make our communities safer."
Giron and Morse were the first state lawmakers recalled from office in Colorado history.
Fields said it was an honor to stand with her former colleagues at the speech.
"What we did in Colorado came with a sacrifice, but there is no progress without a fight," she said. [Giron and Morse] fought for the right reason at the right time. They're at peace with what happened. They feel like they're on the right side of history and they would do it all again."
Most analysts say Obama's planned executive actions would have less effect in Colorado than elsewhere because the state already has strong laws on the books.
Gov. John Hickenlooper released a statement lauding Obama's planned executive actions, underlining the safety benefits he maintains have accrued due to the laws passed in Colorado.
"Expanded [state] background checks prevented more than 27,000 illegal purchases since 2012, including more than 100 denials based on prior arrest or conviction of homicide," Hickenlooper said. "The president's orders are an important step in saving lives across the country."
Fields said she thought it would be a mistake to underestimate the power of the president's commitment to the issue of gun safety.
"I think the speech will move the dial," she said. "It shows how committed the President is to addressing the epidemic of gun violence in the country. He is trying to convert sympathetic thoughts and prayers for the victims into action to make us all safer."
She paused and her voice grew firm.
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For the pastry, combine all dry ingredients in a deep bowl.
Microwave the coconut oil for 30 seconds or until lightly melted. Transfer to a bowl and mix with dry ingredients until smooth dough without any remaining lumps.
Now slowly add about two tablespoons of ice-cold water and combine everything into a ball. Gently press the ball to form a half-inch thick disc and tightly wrap with plastic foil. Refrigerate for 45 minutes.
When done, remove the dough from the refrigerator and divide into 4 portions. Roll out and place each piece in a small tart case or a ramekin. Tuck well making sure it fits properly. Repeat with the remaining dough. Chill in the refrigerator for about 15 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Remove the tart cases from the fridge and bake for about 10 minutes.
Meanwhile, prepare the filling. In a small bowl, whisk together vegetable oil, baking powder, and two tablespoons of water. Set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, combine the remaining dry ingredients and mix well. Add olive oil and the baking powder mixture. Mix again until fully incorporated.
Remove the tarts from the oven and fill each with the pistachio filling. Continue to bake for another 10 minutes or until lightly golden brown on top.
Remove from the oven and cool completely before serving. Optionally, top with some fresh strawberries or dust with some powdered sugar.
With their fabulous salty aroma and beautiful green color, pistachios are among the best nuts you can add to your dessert recipes and definitely my favorite ones! Not only they're easily combined with different ingredients and perfectly delicious when baked, pistachios have some amazing health benefits that simply can't be forgotten.
They are an extremely good source of protein and fiber along with some other essential nutrients. Pistachios are proven to help improve heart health, gut health, and weight loss. They are extremely high in antioxidants which makes this pistachio-matcha recipe a fantastic combination in reducing the risk of different diseases.
Naturally, you can combine the filling with several different nuts, but, in my opinion, everything else would just be too much. Top these lovely mini tarts with some strawberries and you're good to go.
The filling for this vegan-friendly recipe can be a challenge because it requires some form of thickening agent besides gelatin. After several tries, I found out that the best possible vegan substitute for gelatin is a simple combination of some baking powder, oil, and water. It works really great and it will give you a nice crispy but not too thick texture you wish to see in a classic tart recipe. Whisk these three ingredients together and combine them with the remaining ones. As simple as that.


Falling water creates rivers and creeks, and nurtures colorful blooms that lift our spirits and remind us of balmy weather. Oak Leaf Studio is featuring a new painting of Lake Tahoe, which you may have seen "under construction" during the Open Studios Tour. Artist Leif Trygg has completed this mixed media piece created by using both watercolors and pastels and it is now up for viewing.
Taking a cue from nature again, Trygg observes the world around him and translates those images into personal statements. His series of still-life flower paintings depict Shasta Daisies, roses, bouquets of peonies, and more. Each is a contemplative view of individual blooms rendered in compelling tones and whimsical but classic settings.
Originals as well as prints and cards will be available for viewing and purchase.


Over the summer I've been frequenting the library. Not only is it fun for my little guy to explore there but I could get lost in the sea of cookbooks. I found this pearl of a recipe in an old cookbook of recipes from Gourmet Magazine. The short list of ingredients and steps was appealing (no one wants to bake in the heat of the summer) plus the fact that I could use pretty much any summer produce for the fruit on the bottom part was an easy win. Turns out it was a fabulous dessert that I can't wait to make again and again…maybe next time with peaches!
I don't have much for you on this recipe except for this – if you've never made tapioca pudding you must and this recipe is the easiest of all of the ways to make it! And if you have never tried tapioca pudding, this is also a must, the pearl-y tiny white balls turn into a perfectly toothsome texture that is as much fun to eat as it is delicious.
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A quick and tasty summer dessert with fresh strawberries, creamy tapioca pudding and vanilla bean.
Bring water to a boil in a 1-quart heavy saucepan. Whisk in tapioca and simmer, uncovered, whisking occasionally, until tapioca is mostly opaque, about 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, place cored and sliced strawberries in a bowl with 2 tablespoons sugar and seeds from half of the vanilla bean..
Into the tapioca, whisk in cream, 1/4 cup sugar, and 1/8 teaspoon salt. Simmer, uncovered, whisking occasionally, until tapioca is cooked through, about 3 minutes. Stir in the other half vanilla bean seeds (scraped from the pod). Transfer to a metal bowl and cool completely in an ice bath, stirring frequently, 5 to 10 minutes.
Pulse strawberries in a food processor with until coarsely puréed. Divide among 6 (6-ounce) glasses.
Spoon tapioca over strawberries. Chill until cold, about 15 minutes.
Vanilla bean can be substituted with vanilla extract. Use 1/2 teaspoon in the tapioca and 1/2 teaspoon in the strawberries.
Thanks Stephanie! Good to hear from you. Hope you and your sweet girl had a fabulous summer!
Love tapioca pudding! My grandmother used to make this for us when we'd go over to her home – she'd use sweet red bean on the bottom. This WOULD be awesome with peaches too!!
ohh sweet red bean would be so fun to try. Do you know how she would make that? Good to hear from you Gabriel!!
I love tapioca, and the idea to make it fruit on the bottom was just genius! Pinning to try!
I do love tapioca and the fruit and vanilla….yumm;) What I'd like to know is are those canning jars or glasses? Where can I get them? I love them.


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Introducing diatomaceous earth food grade to your routine diet and consuming it regularly will benefit you in many ways and bring your health to its best state. One more important fact associated with the diatomaceous earth ingestion is that you must always shop for food grade diatomaceous earth supplement, instead of filter grade/non-food grade or industrial grade diatomaceous earth.
There are many people, who consider taking the all natural food grade diatomaceous earth supplement on an empty stomach. It is because according to the medical studies and research reports, this natural compound works great on an empty stomach and flushes out all intruders and toxins from within your body system. You can also make diatomaceous earth drink each morning by mixing about 1 tablespoon of food grade diatomaceous earth in a glass of water. So, this was all that you need to know about the diatomaceous earth ingestion.
Pure Green Coffee Bean Extract weight loss diet supplement is now available in capsules. Green coffees are just what their name states they are "green" and they are "coffee beans." These beans are still fresh, green in color and not brown since they've not been roasting to be used as brewed coffee.
Chlorogenic acid is the title of the natural substance within the green coffee beans. This valuable natural component is ruined in the process of roasting. Dr. Lindsey Duncan is a Neuropathic Physician and Certified Nutritionist and was the guest of Dr. Oz in his April, 2012 show. Both of these experts endorse Green Coffee Bean Extract (GCBE) as a highly effective and outstanding natural technique to safely drop weight. The value of making use of only 100 per % Pure GCBE with no additives can't be too stressed. Also the supplement should be veggie based.
One of the important studies done for weight loss utilising this astonishing natural nutritional supplement was done by probably the most respected Dr. Joe Vinson, Bryan Burnham and Mysore Nagendran.
In their clinical study test a band of 16 overweight individuals were given GCBE every day. All participants had a diet of 2400 calories per day. Although this number of calories daily is above the recommended average, none of the participants did much exercise and, shockingly, they nonetheless lost weight. Over an interval of 12 weeks the typical weight loss was 17 lbs. It is a 10.5 percent decline in total body weight and a 16 per cent decline in body fat.
Within this case study higher and lower amounts of Green Coffee Bean Extract were given all through the research. Final results were that the daily suggested intake quantity of Green Espresso Bean Extract is 800 milligrams per day. To become most reliable this dosage is best used 400 milligrams increments twice per day of a half hour before break fast and supper. The schedule does not have to be exact, so if one tablet is overlooked, it is not an issue. For best results, however, it requires to possess an accumulative effect, which means this astonishing diet supplement ought to be taken routinely.
There are some types of foods that react to our bodies. As for those people who are gluten intolerant, their bodies react whenever they take foods that have gluten in them. How can a person identify Gluten Reaction? It is hard to know if the reactions that one is experiencing are because of eating foods that have gluten in them. To be able to know if you are reacting to gluten, you should consider consulting with your doctor. A doctor will conduct all the necessary tests to be able to know what the problem is.
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Playstation 2 Emulation Coming Soon to Sony's Playstation 4
Bryce Postlewait November 20th, 2015 - 1:09 PM
With all the talk about Xbox One's Backwards Compatibility library with Xbox 360 people were excited to use their old titles they spent a lot of time and money on. Now Playstation 4 owners have a reason to be excited as it looks like PS2 emulation which is another word for finally playing your Playstation 2 games on your Playstation 4.
"We are working on utilizing PS2 emulation technology to bring PS2 games forward to the current generation," says the wired.
Sony confirmed that they absolutely are working on compatibility to bring PS2 games to PS4 through fancy emulation software that will likely be a free update to your base system says Gamespot. This means that in some way shape or form you will be able to play classic Playstation 2 games on your PS4. However it is not clear if these will be available virtually, if companies may pull a rare replay and have re-releases of classic games, or if your PS2 titles will simply play on your PS4. Which means a lot of those old disks might just be worth holding onto and soon become more valuable.
Not only did they announce that you can finally play those classic games again but you will be playing them in some kind of pseudo HD. Apprently through fancy up-scaling they may run in 'native hd' says gamespot. Meaning your classic games won't look anywhere near as pixelated anymore as they used to. However it is unlikely that they will look as good as your new games even though it sounds fancy.
This is an exciting revelation although a lot of PS2 games have been remade already like jack and daxter or Final Fantasy, there are some classics that haven't seen the light of day for many generations.


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This tutorial will illustrate a working example of **SENTINL** for alerting

_WARNING: This guide is a work-in-progress and should not be used as-is in production!_

### Requirements

* Elasticsearch + Kibana 5.x
* shell + curl to execute commands

### Setup
Before starting, download and install the latest dev version of the plugin using the README instructions.

### Dataset
To illustrate the logic and elements involved with *sentinl* we will generate some random data and insert it to Elasticsearch.
Our sample JSON object will report a UTC ```@timestamp``` and ```mos``` value per each interval:

{"mos":4,"@timestamp":"2016-07-17T15:56:02.890"}

The following BASH script will produce our entries for a realistic example:

```
#!/bin/bash
INDEX=`date +"%Y.%m.%d"`
SERVER="http://127.0.0.1:9200/mos-$INDEX/mos/"

echo "Press [CTRL+C] to stop.."
while :
do
	header="Content-Type: application/json"
	timestamp=`TZ=UTC date +"%Y-%m-%dT%T.%3N"`
	mos=$(( ( RANDOM % 5 )  + 1 ))
	mystring="{\"mos\":${mos},\"@timestamp\":\"${timestamp}\"}"
	echo $mystring;
	curl -sS -i -XPOST -H "$header" -d "$mystring" "$SERVER"
	sleep 5
done
```

* Save the file as ```elasticgen.sh``` and execute it for a few minutes

### Watcher rule
To illustrate the trigger logic, we will create an alert for an aggregation against the data we just created.

The basic sentinl example will use simple parameters:
* Run each 60 seconds
* Target the daily mos-* index with query aggregation
* Trip condition when aggregations.avg.value < 3
* Email action with details

```
curl -XPUT http://127.0.0.1:9200/watcher/watch/mos -d'
{
  "trigger": {
    "schedule" : { "later" : "every 1 minute"  }
  },
  "input" : {
    "search" : {
      "request" : {
        "indices" : [ "<mos-{now/d}>", "<mos-{now/d-1d}>"  ],
        "body" : {
          "query" : {
            "filtered" : {
              "query": {
		"query_string": {
		  "query": "mos:*",
		  "analyze_wildcard": true
		}
	      },
              "filter" : { "range" : { "@timestamp" : { "from" : "now-5m"  } } }
            }
          },
           "aggs": {
		"avg": {
		  "avg": {
		    "field": "mos"
		  }
		}
	  }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "condition" : {
    "script" : {
      "script" : "payload.aggregations.avg.value < 3"
    }
  },
  "transform" : {},
  "actions" : {
    "email_admin" : {
    "throttle_period" : "15m",
    "email" : {
      "to" : "mos@qxip.net",
      "from" : "sentinl@qxip.net",
      "subject" : "Low MOS Detected: {{payload.aggregations.avg.value}} ",
      "priority" : "high",
      "body" : "Low MOS Detected:\n {{payload.aggregations.avg.value}} average with {{payload.aggregations.count.value}} measurements in 5 minutes"
    }
    }
  }
}'
```
### Extending Logic
The basic Watcher can be extended and improved following the same logic used with the stock _Watcher, for example by using  ```transform``` to insert detections back in ES. An interesting set of examples is available  [here](https://www.elastic.co/blog/implementing-a-statistical-anomaly-detector-part-3)

### Alarm Triggering
SENTINL will automatically fetch and schedule jobs, executing the watcher queries according to the ```trigger.schedule``` parameter, validating their results according to the provided ```condition.script```

### Check output
Assuming all data and scripts are correctly executed, you should start seeing output in your application logs.

##### Positive Match (Kibana/UI)

##### Positive Match (console)

Jul 17 17:55:00 es2pcap kibana[44702]: SENTINL Payload: { took: 21,
Jul 17 17:55:00 es2pcap kibana[44702]: timed_out: false,
Jul 17 17:55:00 es2pcap kibana[44702]: _shards: { total: 186, successful: 186, failed: 0 },
Jul 17 17:55:00 es2pcap kibana[44702]: aggregations: { avg: { value: 2.9069767441860463 } } }
Jul 17 17:55:00 es2pcap kibana[44702]: SENTINL Condition: payload.aggregations.avg.value < 3
Jul 17 17:55:00 es2pcap kibana[44702]: Low MOS Detected: 2.9069767441860463  Low MOS Detected:
Jul 17 17:55:00 es2pcap kibana[44702]: 2.9069767441860463 average with  measurements in 5 minutes

#### To be continued ...


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Church and State, A Citizen's Guide – A handbook for citizens to understand church and state issues.
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Suggett, David J.; Maberly, Stephen C.; Geider, Richard J.. 2006 Gross photosynthesis drives lake community metabolism during the spring phytoplankton bloom. Limnology and Oceanography, 51. 2064-2076.
Daily productivity determinations of linear photosynthetic electron transfer and of net and gross inorganic CO2 uptake were determined in situ throughout a 6-week sampling period of the spring phytoplankton bloom in Esthwaite Water in the English Lake District. Photosynthetic electron transfer rates, expressed as gross O2 evolution, were determined from fast repetition rate (FRR) fluorometry and discrete laboratory measurements of the photosynthetic unit size. These gross O2 evolution determinations were also made free from contemporaneous dark-adapted FRR measurements and the need for sample blanks. Net and gross CO2 uptake was determined from changes in total inorganic carbon calculated from in situ pH measurements. Two phases to the bloom were observed. An initial bloom was dominated by the diatom Asterionella formosa, while a secondary phase was characterized by an increase in flagellates and cyanobacteria. For both phases, daily FRR-based gross O2 evolution and pH-based gross CO2 uptake were tightly coupled, suggesting that daily gross O2 production was driving daily changes in CO2 assimilation and thus in community metabolism. This is the first investigation to show closely related rates of gross O2 production and CO2 uptake measured in situ.


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The Best Restaurants for Breakfast on OpenTable
Jazz, Mardi Gras, Spanish moss hanging in the trees, and one of the richest culinary traditions in the country make New Orleans a gem of a city. The influence upon New Orleans food spans cultures and centuries, offering up dishes that are truly unique to the city. We searched through our data to find the best breakfast spots in NOLA. Menus offer everything from beignets to fish burgers, and even fried shrimp po' boys. Whatever you're in the mood for, these breakfast places have it covered. Here's where to go when eating breakfast in the Big Easy.
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Ristoranti: Superior Seafood, Muriel's Jackson Square, Mr. B's Bistro…
Fascia di prezzo: $$$ - $$$
Cucine: Crostacei, Creola / Cajun / Meridionale, Creola…
Quartieri: Uptown, French Quarter…
Superior Seafood
Authentic Louisiana cuisine is the name of the game at this local favorite, which also gets high marks for serving one of the best breakfasts in New Orleans. Superior Seafood's unparalleled brunch menu offers oysters on the half-shell, served either Gulf Coast style; char-grilled with garlic, herbs, butter, and cheeses; or "on horseback," which is lightly fried and served wrapped in bacon. There's also an excellent collection of soups and salads, and a cochon de lait po' boy sandwich that's bound to tickle all the senses.
Muriel's Jackson Square
Sunday Brunch at Muriel's isn't just about enjoying the sights, sounds, and smells of the French Quarter, and neither is it about the amazing food (which is, of course, to die for). Rather, Muriel's makes our list of the best breakfasts in New Orleans because patrons enjoy their food with exquisite live jazz performed by Joe Simon's Jazz Trio. For those who are extremely hungry after a Saturday night filled with partying, the Gulf Shrimp Remoulade (served with remoulade sauce, served in a flash fried tomato cup with red onion and a chiffonade of romaine lettuce) will certainly cure any type of hangover in a jiffy.
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Famous for its Creole cuisine with only locally sourced ingredients, Mr. B's Bistro is pleased to serve some of the best breakfast in New Orleans. Owned and managed by Cindy Brennan — a descendant of the legendary Brennan family of New Orleans — Mr. B's Bistro is considered a landmark and a cultural touchstone for the community. Sunday's Jazz Brunch Menu features a wide selection of drinks, including bloody marys, mimosas, and Salty Dogs — and both breakfast and lunch foods to try. The eggs benedict, the petit filet mignon with eggs, and the bread pudding (made fresh on the premises using the secret Brennan recipe) all get high marks as being standout dishes.
Restaurant R'evolution
Gumbo, gumbo, and more gumbo are on the menu at Restaurant R'evolution, which has perfected the art of gumbo for their patrons. In addition to serving a traditional gumbo for their Sunday Jazz Brunch, they've also created a gumbo they call "Death By Gumbo," which is made of roasted quail, andouille, oysters, and file rice. The Egg Sardou, which is made of artichoke au gratin, seared eggs, and crostini, is also a favorite amongst the locals who can't get enough of authentic Creole food. And you can enjoy both while listening to the best jazz in the Big Easy!
Vessel NOLA
Mid-City / City Park
Eat, drink, and congregate at this restaurant that makes its home in a converted 1914 church. Vessel NOLA is the brainchild of chef Amandalynn Picolo, and its brunch has helped the restaurant earn some high marks for having some of the best breakfast in New Orleans. A classic dish that all enjoy is the Shrimp Corn Salad, which is made of roasted corn, shallots, pickled chilies, lime, cumin goat cheese, arugula, and confit garlic.
Ralph's on the Park
Ralph's on the Park is synonymous with amazing views, locally sourced ingredients, and Chef Chip Flanagan's ultra-modern take on classic Southern food. And, if one wants the best breakfast in New Orleans, this could be the place, with its award-winning ambiance and award-winning food. Weekend brunch includes drinks like pomegranate sparklers and brandy milk punch, which can be paired with such scrumptious entrees as crabs benedict and jalapeno cheddar sausages.
Brennan's
The name "Brennan" in New Orleans is synonymous with quality food, affordable prices, and legendary recipes, and this tradition is continuing with the eponymously named Brennan's, located in the historic French Quarter. Though Brennan's is world-famous for its Bananas Foster — a Bananas Foster that, in fact, has made this restaurant renowned for having some of the best breakfast in New Orleans — they're also known for their "two-course breakfast," which starts with egg yolk carpaccio or seafood file gumbo, and concludes with Eggs Sardou.
With an elegant approach to classic Southern food, Willa Jean takes that same "elegant fusion" approach to their breakfast food, which includes a griddled banana bread, an artichoke dip, and a "hangover bowl" made of braised short rib, grits, caramelized pearl onions, crispy garlic, and poached egg. There's also a full-service biscuit station, where patrons can get their choice of everything from the sweet to the savory on their biscuit.
Cafe Degas
Cafe Degas — named, as one might think, for the famous painter Jose Degas — was once voted the "Most Romantic Restaurant in New Orleans." Now, it has the distinction of also being known as one of the restaurants serving the best breakfast in New Orleans, as well. Where else can patrons get la caille rotie: roasted quail served over local baby greens, fresh seasonal fruit, spiced pecans goat cheese stuffed raspberries, quail egg, shaved red onion, and citrus honey vinaigrette?
Palace Café
Francese americana
Housed downtown in the historical Werlein Music building, the Palace Café is yet another brainchild of the legendary Brennan family, though it's Dickie Brennan who helms this restaurant. There's no place but a Brennan's restaurant where one can try a crabmeat cheesecake, but the Bananas Foster Waffle is what really makes this restaurant known for serving some of the best breakfast in New Orleans.
Josephine Estelle
Italiana contemporanea
The brainchild of Andy Ticer and Michael Hudman, Josephine Estelle fuses some of the best nuances of Italian cuisine with the distinct flavors of the cuisine of the American South. Every Sunday, patrons can enjoy the restaurant's award-winning brunch, which includes things like fresh canestri pasta with cheese and pepper, smoked pork benedict, and even a quiche.
A Creole-inspired brasserie located in the heart of New Orleans' Central Business District on world-famous St. Charles Avenue, Luke sits just steps away from the French Quarter. Chef Erick Loos has created some of the best breakfast in New Orleans with his selection of food, which includes a traditional Southern breakfast made of two eggs cooked any style, Allan Benton's bacon, housemade Andouille sausage, buttermilk biscuit, and grits.
Arnaud's
Arnaud's boasts that it serves the "authentic New Orleans dining experience" to its patrons. And that commitment to hospitality and authenticity extends to its breakfast food, which includes the award-winning Creole cream cheese Evangeline (made of sugared Creole cream cheese with seasonal fresh fruit and house-made granola). The Pompano rillettes is also a must-try, made of poached and smoked Pompano rillettes with pickled fennel and watermelon radish, and served with toasted croutons.


RCSB PDB - 4N6C: Crystal Structure of the B1RZQ2 protein from Streptococcus pneumoniae. Northeast Structural Genomics Consortium (NESG) Target SpR36.
Crystal Structure of the B1RZQ2 protein from Streptococcus pneumoniae. Northeast Structural Genomics Consortium (NESG) Target SpR36.
Crystal Structure of the B1RZQ2 protein from Streptococcus pneumoniae.
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Trees Without Wind
LI, Rui | Taal: Engels
Unfolding in the tense years of the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976), Trees Without Wind takes place in a remote Shanxi village in which a rare affliction has left the residents physically stunted. Director Liu, an older revolutionary and local commune head, becomes embroiled in a power struggle with Zhang Weiguo, a young ideologue who believes he is the model of a true revolutionary. Complicating matters is a woman named Nuanyu, who, like Zhang Weiguo and Director Liu, is an outsider untouched by the village's disease. "Wedded" to all of the male villagers, Nuanyu lives a polyandrous lifestyle based on necessity and at odds with the puritanical idealism of the Cultural Revolution. The deformed villagers, representing the manipulated masses of China, become pawns in the Party representatives' factional infighting. Director Liu and Zhang Weiguo's explosive tug-of-war is part of a larger battle among politics, self-interest, and passion gripping a world undone by ideological extremism. A collectively told narrative powered by distinctive subjectivities, Trees Without Wind is a milestone in the fictional treatment of a horrific event. ... Lees meer Lees minder
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