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Wizard of Oz 75th Anniversary Companion Book: The perfect gift for any occasion!
Wonderful. Fantastic. Brilliant. Gorgeous.
I could go on and on listing every descriptive and positive adjective in the English language to describe The Wizard of Oz – The Official 75th Anniversary Companion and still not convey just how fabulous this new book is. Authors and Oz Gurus Jay Scarfone and William Stillman (courtesy of Harper Design – an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers) have given fans (of Oz, Judy Garland, Movie Musicals…) the perfect companion to the upcoming 75th anniversary year of MGM's Technicolor masterpiece The Wizard of Oz (1939).
Scarfone and Stillman previously coauthored the 50th Anniversary Companion book in 1989, as well as "The Wizardy of Oz" in 1999 (reprinted in 2004). If you're a fan of those books, as I am, then it's a no-brainer that you'll want to add this new book to your library. As noted in the headline, it's the perfect holiday gift. It's also the perfect gift for any occasion.
I remember when the 1989 book was released. It was a real eye-opener. Never before had we been given such a comprehensive and lavishly illustrated tome about the making of The Wizard of Oz. I, like my fellow Oz fans, read and re-read every word and inspected every inch of every photo. It was the "making of" book until The Wizardry of Oz came along and gave us even more information and rare photos. Contrary to popular belief, there were (and are) still many unseen photos and untold stories to be shared. Now, with this new 75th Anniversary Companion, we have – dare I say it – the best of the bunch.
At 176 pages, hardbound, with a gorgeous dust jacket, The Wizard of Oz – The Official 75th Anniversary Companion tells the oft-told story of the making of The Wizard of Oz (1939) in a fresh way. Sure, it's filled with new, previously unseen photos, all housed in graphics that are, in a word, amazing. But it's more than that.
It's hard to believe, but even after 75 years there are still unseen photos and untold stories related to the film. That's what makes books like this so relevant and enjoyable. Some might say "ANOTHER book???" – but if it's done with the panache and informative manner as The Wizard of Oz – The Official 75th Anniversary Companion, it's well worth the efforts of all involved. Here and nowhere else will you find rare Technicolor test frames, costume and set illustrations, and the ONLY known color photograph of the blonde Judy Garland as Dorothy on the set prior to the complete overhaul of the film in 1938. The photo was leaked online and spread like wildfire, and here in the book we have the high resolution version. And that's just one of the book's many highlights.
The book is more than images. A photo compilation book about The Wizard of Oz is nothing new. We've seen dozens. The Wizard of Oz – The Official 75th Anniversary Companion has the text to back up the images with real substance. This is because Scarfone and Stillman are excellent writers. They don't overuse adjectives or subject readers to oddly worded paragraphs that other authors on the same subject use as a crutch to hide the lack of real writing talent.
Among Scarfone and Stillman's achievements here is their ability to clearly present the facts. This is probably due to their love and passion for all things Oz. They have a real respect for the film and the work of the filmmakers. This is no "book of worship." The work of everyone involved in the film shines through, as it should. That's one of the book's chief pleasures. From chapter to chapter, and with the help of the gorgeous illustrations & photos (and those amazing graphics), the reader gets a real sense of what it took to make the film. It was no picnic, that's for sure. But here it flows so smoothly that when you get to the end of the book, you might be surprised, as I did, that you're done and yet so much was covered. What I'm trying to say is that never is anything thrown at the reader, nor is it like some endless diatribe or overdone adulation. By letting the facts speak for themselves, Scarfone and Stillman bring the making of the film alive.
The book is separated into four main chapters:
Dreams That You Dare To Dream: Casting a Spell
We're Off To See The Wizard: The Great Wizard of Oz Revealed
If Ever A Wiz There Was: "The Wizard of Oz" Returns to Stay
Looking For Our Heart's Desire: Forever Oz
Each chapter features sub-sections focusing on a wide variety of subjects, from the original book's author L. Frank Baum to the enduring legacy of the film 75 years later. In-between we're treated to tons of fascinating information and photos. There's even a page about one of the most overlooked "supporting players" in the film: The raven named "Jimmy" that gets his star turn in the Cornfield scenes.
A few more highlights for me that I'm sure will be highlights for others:
Set reference stills. I never tire of admiring the amazing sets.
The previously unpublished scene still of Jack Haley, Judy Garland, and Ray Bolger in dress rehearsal on the Lion's Forest set. That set is one of my favorites in the film for its lavishness and beauty.
The hair, makeup, and wardrobe test photos of Judy Garland as Dorothy. Most are previously unpublished, including the April 29, 1938 initial hair and makeup tests done by Max Factor . All never fail to amaze me in reflecting the care and time it too to get it "just right."
The Technicolor test frames, notably those of the Wizard's head used in the Wizard's Throne Room scenes.
The section about "Over the Rainbow."
As noted earlier, the amazing look and feel of the book, thanks to the talents of the graphics designers.
Last, but most certainly not least: Inside the book is an envelope of printed treasures. This envelope includes the following:
(scan of a printed extra – one of the Wizard's awards)
A faux "Oz Herald" newspaper clipping proclaiming the death of the Wicked Witch of the East.
Reprint of a 1939 herald advertisement.
Copy of the "Certificate of Death" as shown by the Munchkin Coroner to prove that the Witch of the East is "most sincerely dead."
A handy new Oz bookmark.
Lobby card and poster reprints.
A nifty Ozzy "frame" with separate insertable images of the main characters.
"Gifts Presented By The Wizard Of Oz." Framable certificates of awards for Brains, Heart, Courage, and Home.
Eagle eyed fans might notice that these printed inserts, the envelope that houses them, and various graphics on and in the book itself, are inspired by the various designs in the film. The little details include:
The "Oz Herald" newspaper's volume number is "1924" – the year MGM was founded, and the "No. 1060" references the production number of the film.
The graphic on the back of the envelope that houses the printed extras has the same design as the part of the Emerald City Gates (door) that the knocker hits.
The typography on the Wizard's certificates is in the same style as the typography on the side of Professor Marvel's wagon to "subtly recall his Kansas character."
"The decorative border elements on the cover of the book and a few places throughout reference that amazing art deco design seen on the doors to the Wizard's chambers."
(Thanks to on of the graphics artist for the book, Raphael Geroni, for pointing these out.
There are more…can you find them???
In the end, this is by far the book to get this year or any year. It's the perfect holiday gift, birthday gift, or gift for any occasion. Oz fans, Garland fans, MGM fans, musicals fans, and so on, will enjoy this book for years to come. CLICK HERE to purchase it from Amazon (at the time of this posting, it's available at a reduced price!)
© 2013 Scott Brogan, The Judy Room
Unless otherwise noted, all images on this page from the Scarfone/Stillman Collection – used with permission.
The Wizard of Oz: The Official 75th Anniversary Companion by William Stillman and Jay Scarfone. Published by Harper Design, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers;
© 2013 by Author.
Jay Scarfone and William Stillman are the authors of several books on the creation and legacy of the motion picture The Wizard of Oz. Historians and collectors since the 1970s, they have amassed one of the world's largest and most comprehensive archives of memorabilia from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's (MGM) The Wizard of Oz, the holdings of which include rare photographic images and authentic costumes and props from the film's production. Additionally, they have been contributors and advisors to countless other books, periodicals, and documentaries on Hollywood history, memorabilia, and collectibles. They have appraised rare The Wizard of Oz material for auction houses and have lectured audiences about the classic film through numerous venues. They live in Pennsylvania.
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The Official 75th Anniversary Companion
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Lori Seligman says:
hello there and I have the book so I got the book from the 2 people who I know and boy do I love it it has things in the back of the book that I can hang on my wall in my apartment. and also I can look at the pictures it is neat from lori lori
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PHILADELPHIA – The Jefferson (Philadelphia University + Thomas Jefferson University) baseball team (12-23, 10-10 CACC) managed to avoid inclement weather and earned a split with visiting Chestnut Hill (17-17, 12-8 CACC) on Tuesday. The Griffins won game one, 15-11 and the Rams came back to take the nightcap, 11-7.
Chestnut Hill tallied two runs in the top of the first before Jefferson got one back in the bottom half on junior Robert Wood's RBI double. Jefferson took the lead in the second on an RBI triple by sophomore Cole Kriger and a sacrifice fly by senior Andres Valbuena.
The Griffins tied it in the third on a single before the Rams went ahead again in the fourth on a solo homer by junior Austin Torres. Chestnut Hill had a four-run fifth for a 7-4 advantage but Jefferson countered with runs of its own in the bottom of the frame. Sophomore Efrain Santiago recorded an RBI double, Torres doubled in two runs and Kriger singled home Torres.
Chestnut Hill responded with three runs in the sixth, one in the seventh and three in the eighth to go ahead 14-8. Junior Richard Joa came home on a double steal in the eighth and the deficit was five. The Griffins tacked on an insurance run in the ninth while the Rams pushed across two final runs on a homer by Valbuena. It marked Valbuena's 100th career hit.
Jefferson opened the scoring with a pair of runs in the second. Torres blasted a two-run home run, his second of the day and team-leading seventh of the season. Chestnut Hill claimed the upper hand with three runs in the third on a trio of RBI singles.
The Griffins added one in the fourth before the Rams exploded for eight runs in the bottom of the frame, sending 12 men to the plate. Sophomore Chase Fike had an RBI single, Kriger scored on an error, Valbuena knocked in a run, senior Christopher Lorenzo hit an RBI triple before coming home on Joa's double, Santiago registered a sac fly, Torres doubled in a run and Kriger plated Torres with a double.
CHC closed the gap to three in the fifth and Joa drove in Valbuena with a base hit in the bottom of the fifth. The Griffins put just one man on base for the rest of the contest.
The Rams visit the Griffins for another conference doubleheader on Friday, April 12 at 1 p.m.


My family bought me all these books to help prepare for my first solo trip out of the country.
As a child once I was given permission to leave our block, all my great solo adventures were only as far as my bike would take me. Even then a trip across the Ambassador bridge to Windsor, Canada involved a friend or two.
Today I think I am finally ready to fly solo. Sometimes you can never be sure until you try.
My bags have been packed, edited and re-packed by my sister Margaret using this bundling method illustrated in this Lonely Planet guide for "How to Pack For Any Trip".
I have decided to travel light and avoid checking any luggage. On "in-country" car trips, I have always overpacked. Taking items that I regret having to carry, because I never use them.
This isn't a Cheryl Strayed "Wild" type of trip. I'm not leaving my husband, or plan to be where I will need to survive totally alone challenged by outdoor elements and physical endurance. She chose to carry a heavy load I am choosing to travel light. Hoping to bring back more than I take.
This is an opportunity to live, breathe and truly taste a culture I have loved since my father's introduction to it. The bonus is I will be able to observe, absorb and create in clay, while I am a visiting artist at the Lviv National Academy of Arts .
Also new to me is living alone. All my university experience has been as commuter. This will only be for 2 1/2 months, however, but I think long enough for me to learn something.
The journey begins tonight. Stay tuned.
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Best wishes for a safe, educational and fun trip!
How exciting! Even possible temporary feelings, a ways in, of being "a stranger in a strange land" will be interesting. Both the peaks and the valleys will have great value!
I'm ready to learn whatever new skills are required.
Can't wait to follow you on your travels!
Thank you. Inspiration is everywhere.


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Settings Wrapper
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The SettingsWrapper module provides a way to organize and override settings for you application in a consistent manner. Like many other larger frameworks that allow you to override particular settings, this class is designed to allow you to easily separate default settings from various custom configurations.

The SettingsWrapper was also created to clean up large amounts of import statements when loading different variables in from another file using the ``import`` python declaration. Instead, you point the SettingsWrapper to your settings file, and everything is loaded into a python dictionary for you.

.. class:: SettingsWrapper()

    .. method:: load(local='localsettings.py', default='settings.py')

        Loads the default settings and local override

        :param str local: The local override file to keep custom settings in
        :param str default: The core default settings file
        :returns: The settings dictionary

    .. method:: load_from_string(settings_string='', module_name='customsettings'):

        Loads your default program settings from an escaped string. Does not provide override capabilities from other strings or the ``load()`` method.

        :param str settings_string: The string containing the settings
        :param str module_name: The module name to use when loading the settings
        :returns: The loaded settings dictionary

    .. method:: settings():

        :returns: The loaded settings dictionary

.. note:: When using a local settings file, the SettingsWrapper will override lists, dictionary keys, and variables, but does not recursively override settings buried deeper than 1 layer into dictionary objects.

Usage
-----

Lets assume you have a ``settings.py`` file with the following setup:

::

    NAME='Bill'
    FAMILY = {
        'Friends': ['Joe', 'Mark'],
        'Sister': 'Kathy'
    }

You can load your settings and access them like the following

::

    >>> from scutils.settings_wrapper import SettingsWrapper
    >>> settings = SettingsWrapper()
    >>> my_settings = settings.load(default='settings.py')
    No override settings found
    >>> my_settings['NAME']
    'Bill'

Example
-------

Let's expand our use case into a working script that will accept both default settings and override settings. Use the following code as an example and save it as ``example_settings.py``

::

    import argparse
    from scutils.settings_wrapper import SettingsWrapper

    # set up arg parser
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
        description='Example SettingsWrapper parser.\n')
    parser.add_argument('-s', '--settings', action='store', required=False,
                        help="The default settings file",
                        default="settings.py")
    parser.add_argument('-o', '--override-settings', action='store', required=False,
                        help="The override settings file",
                        default="localsettings.py")
    parser.add_argument('-v', '--variable', action='store', required=False,
                        help="The variable to print out",
                        default=None)
    args = vars(parser.parse_args())

    # load up settings
    wrapper = SettingsWrapper()
    my_settings = wrapper.load(default=args['settings'],
                               local=args['override_settings'])

    if args['variable'] is not None:
        if args['variable'] in my_settings:
            print args['variable'], '=', my_settings[args['variable']]
        else:
            print args['variable'], "not in loaded settings"
    else:
        print "Full settings:", my_settings

Now create a ``settings.py`` file containing the same settings described above. This will be our **default** settings.

::

    NAME='Bill'
    FAMILY = {
        'Friends': ['Joe', 'Mark'],
        'Sister': 'Kathy'
    }

Loading these settings is easy.

::

    $ python example_settings.py
    No override settings found
    Full settings: {'NAME': 'Bill', 'FAMILY': {'Sister': 'Kathy', 'Friends': ['Joe', 'Mark']}}

Now we want to alter our application settings for "Joe" and his family. He has the same friends as Bill, but has a different Sister and a house. This is ``joe_settings.py`` and will overlay on top of our default ``settings.py``. This override settings file only needs to contain settings we wish to add or alter from the default settings file, not the whole thing.

::

    NAME='Joe'
    FAMILY={
      'Sister':'Kim'
    }
    HOUSE=True

Using the override, we can see how things change.

::

    $ python example_settings.py -o joe_settings.py
    Full settings: {'HOUSE': True, 'NAME': 'Joe', 'FAMILY': {'Sister': 'Kim', 'Friends': ['Joe', 'Mark']}}

Notice how we were able to override a specific key in our ``FAMILY`` dictionary, without touching the other keys. If we wanted to add a final application settings file, we could add Bill's twin brother who is identical to him in every way except his name, ``ben_settings.py``.

::

    NAME='Ben'

::

    $ python example_settings.py -o ben_settings.py
    Full settings: {'NAME': 'Ben', 'FAMILY': {'Sister': 'Kathy', 'Friends': ['Joe', 'Mark']}}

If you would like to further play with this script, you can also use the ``-v`` flag to print out only a specific variable from your settings dictionary.

::

    $ python example_settings.py -o ben_settings.py -v NAME
    NAME = Ben

Hopefully by now you can see how nice it is to keep custom application settings distinct from the core default settings you may have. With just a couple of lines of code you now have a working settings manager for your application's different use cases.

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Q: Using Hadoop Cluster Remotely I have a web application and 1 remote clusters(It can be one or more). These cluster can be on different machines.
I want to perform following operations from my web application:
1 HDFS Actions :-

*

*Create New Directory

*Remove files from HDFS(Hadoop Distributed File System)

*List Files present on HDFS

*Load File onto the HDFS

*Unload File

2 Job Related Actions:-

*

*Submit Map Reduce Jobs

*View their status i.e. how much job has completed

*Time taken by the job to finish

I need a tool that can help me do these tasks from the web application - via an API, via  REST calls etc. I'm assuming that the tool will be running on the same machine( as the web application) and can point to a particular, remote cluster.
Though as a last option(as there can be multiple,disparate clusters, it would be difficult to ensure that each of them has the plug-in,library etc. installed), I'm wondering if there would be some Hadoop library,plug-in that rests on the cluster,allows access from remote machines and performs the mentioned tasks.

A: The best framework which allows everything you have listed here is Spring Data - Apache Hadoop. This has Java Scripting API based implementations to do the following
1 HDFS Actions :-

Create New Directory
Remove files from HDFS(Hadoop Distributed File System)
List Files present on HDFS
Load File onto the HDFS
Unload File

As well spring scheduling based implementations to do the following
2 Job Related Actions:-

Submit Map Reduce Jobs
View their status i.e. how much job has comleted
Time taken by the job to finish

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With a new CEO and fresh funding from Upfront, healthy prepared food delivery service Territory looks to grow
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With a new chief executive officer and $4 million in fresh funding from investors including the Los Angeles-based investment firm, Upfront Ventures, Territory Foods is poised for growth.
The company recently hired powerhouse executive Abby Coleman, the former vice president of marketing and strategy at Quidsi and head of e-commerce at Diapers.com as its new chief executive and is now looking to expand its footprint and unique approach to meal delivery beyond its current geographies.
The company uses a proprietary food recommendation engine to determine its subscribers' personal preferences to deliver them meals that are more tailored to their individual tastes.
Territory also employs a unique business model, leveraging local chefs to prepare meals according to menus designed by the company.
The distributed workforce of gig chefs allows the company greater flexibility in planning, preparing, and distributing its meals, according to Coleman.
A lifelong vegetarian and mother of two vegetarian daughters, the 39-year-old Coleman actually began her business in the food services industry as a caterer before moving on to leadership positions at Kraft Foods and Mondelez International before taking on the vice presidential role at Quidsi.
"My coming on board was really a response to a decision that the board and Patrick [Smith] made that it was time to scale the business," says Coleman.
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There's plenty of opportunity for growth considering that the market for healthy eating and personalized food is roughly $702 billion, according to the company. In 2018, one out of every three Americans reported to following some kind of healthy eating protocol with the percentage highest among 18-34 year olds, according to information provided by Territory.
"It's rare to see businesses like Territory that hit major trends at the right time with the right product," said Kara Nortman, Partner at Upfront Ventures. "Territory has been able to consistently punch above its weight with a very smart economic model and a product that consumers love, and we couldn't be more excited to lean into this business with Abby and her team. Abby's passionate knowledge of food and superb ecommerce skills combine to make her the perfect leader for Territory's next phase of growth."
Indeed, the company's methodical approach to growth has been a strength that has led it to profitability in core markets like Los Angeles and Washington, Coleman says.
Territory wrings efficiency out of its network of chefs, which has a high retention rate and allows the company to act in an asset light way. Chefs are paid to prepare the meals, but provide the ingredients themselves and work as contractors rather than employees. They pocket the difference between the cost of the ingredients they use and the price they're paid by Territory to prepare the meals.
Coleman says the business model leverages the excess capacity caterers have while offering them the opportunity to tailor their meals to suit local market tastes.
And just because the chefs are given a bit of free rein doesn't mean that there's any lack of quality control, Coleman says. "The emphasis is on the quality control that a product is up to our standards," according to Coleman.
Meals are $10.95 and are designed around the needs of customers — ranging from paleo, whole 30, keto, and vegetarian options. Now, Coleman is looking to aggressively expand the flexibility and menu options available to customers.
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Despite the woeful performance of public companies like Blue Apron, prepared food companies are still attracting investor attention and interest — especially if they're married with a pitch to health-conscious consumers targeting a specific diet.
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Sounds surprising? This is true that Arjuna was killed by his own son before revived with the help of his wife.
When Yudhishthira was conducting ashwamedha yaga, Arjuna came to manipur. Babhruvahana, the son of Arjuna and Chitrangada was the ruler of this state.
There was a fight between Arjuna and Babruvahana and Babruvahana succeeded in killing him with an arrow.
Repenting of his deed, he determined to kill himself, but he obtained from his stepmother, the Naga princess Uloopi, a gem which restored Arjuna to life.
He returned with his father to Hastinapura. This was on account of a curse by the Vasus, on account of Arjuna's killing Bhishma (who is an incarnation of one of the Vasus) during the Mahabharat war. Babruvahana also killed Karna's son Vrishaketu in the battle. Vrishaketu had accompanied Arjuna in the Ashwamedha Yagna and was consequently killed.
Vrishketu became very close to Pandavas following the death of Karna. Pandava knew that Karna was their elder brother.
Arjuna had a boon from Uloopi that no creature living in water can do any harm to him. With the help of this boon, he helped five crocodiles which were under a curse. Uloopi was the naga princess who abducted him and married him. This happened when he was on the tour of the country after breaking a rule. During this exile, he married Uloopi, Chitrangada and Subhadra.
Babruvahana was born with the alliance of Chitrangada.


The M/V Africa Mercy hospital ship was stuck in Las Palmas caused by problems with the generator and thus no power on the entire ship. Man Energy Solutions in Frederikshavn, Denmark, donate all spare parts to this ship, so they booked Scan Global Logistics Airfreight department in Billund, Denmark, to handle this urgent delivery.
Together, SGL and Man Energy Solutions decided to arrange an on-board delivery. Literally, this means that SGL sent an employee to personally pick up the spare part in Copenhagen airport and then take first flight possible to Las Palmas bringing the spare part in his hand luggage into the aircraft cabin and personally handing it over to the personnel of the Africa Mercy.
SGL handle many urgent deliveries for Man Energy Solutions but in most cases, the spare parts are shipped off as regular cargo. This case however, was different, as Man Energy Solutions could not risk the cargo being off-loaded in the airport. Las Palmas is a huge holiday destination, the holiday season has only just started, meaning that the aircrafts would be filled with many tourists and much luggage, and therefore there was a risk of low priority. SGL's most safe solution was to bring the cargo in person.
Several SGL employees were involved in the planning, coordination and documentation of the delivery, while trainee Nicklas Christensen picked up his passport and took off to Copenhagen to pick up the spare parts. Almost 24 hours later, he met with Martha Rodriguez in Las Plamas airport where he could hand over the spare parts after a very successful delivery planning and performance!
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Mercy Ships, founded in 1978, is a global humanitarian organisation based on Christian values of charity. The organisation operate from hospital ships in developing countries and provide free medical care to the world's poorest. A ship is the most efficient platform to deliver a state-of-the-art-hospital to regions where clean water, electricity, medical facilities and skilled personnel is limited to non-existent.
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Q: MF_PD_DURATION return imprecise value for audio Hi I've created a simple decoder for windows 8.1, the output format is pcm_wav header 46bytes long.
Ok the class works well and writes a file .wav well formatted.
The problem is the length of pcm data, I calculate at the beginning of process
in this way:
HRESULT GetSourceDuration(IMFMediaSource *pSource, MFTIME *pDuration)
{
    *pDuration = 0;

    IMFPresentationDescriptor *pPD = NULL;

    HRESULT hr = pSource->CreatePresentationDescriptor(&pPD);
    if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
    {
        hr = pPD->GetUINT64(MF_PD_DURATION, (UINT64*)pDuration);
        pPD->Release();
    }
    return hr;
}

this return (100ns ticks) an odd value es: 2593440625,
from this I calculare the length of pcm in bytes
(2593440625 /1e7)*(nChannel(2)*nByteIntoSample(2)*SampleRate(44100) )= 45748292,625
I already get odd thing , 625 (??)
by the way the right size of pcm is 45748224, that you know after write all bytes,
yep the difference is only few bytes but the point is that: MF_PD_DURATION get wrong time, or imprecise time.
So the question is how to get right pcm byte length?
thanks.


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Adventure Time – Jake the Dog
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Jake, the deuteragonist of Adventure Time, is a dog/shape-shifter hybrid, referred to by others as a "magical dog," and Finn's constant companion, best friend, and adoptive brother. Jake has a unique set of abilities called Stretchy Powers that allow him to manipulate the shape and size of his body, coming in handy on innumerable occasions throughout his and Finn's adventures. Jake was 28 years old at his debut in "magical dog years," and ages throughout the series, though he rarely acts mature.
It is inferred that magical dogs have a lifespan similar to Humans, as demonstrated by an aged Jake in "Dungeon Train." Then again, how exactly magical dog years correlate to human years remains to be seen, although both Finn and Jake were shown to be babies around the same time, showing that they age slightly faster, however, his age as of "Joshua and Margaret Investigations" suggests that it slows down to the rate of human's aging at some point. Jake is currently in a relationship with Lady Rainicorn, and, by "Jake the Dad," they are the parents of five Rainicorn-dog hybrids.
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Who is Hong Kong FloristAssociation ?
Hong Kong Florist Association is a Network of Top Florists having shops at Different Locations all over Hong Kong. Hong Kong Florist Association is among the pioneers of professional florist in Hong Kong. We have an extensive network of florists in major cities in Hong Kong, who are capable of delivering even in remotest of areas including villages in the best possible way. Besides our own customers, we have been helping a lot of other renowned FLORISTS from Hong Kong and abroad to cater their customers also.
Where can HongKongFloristAssociation.com deliver the flowers?
Hong Kong Florist Association can deliver flowers nationwide and worldwide but over the internet we accept orders for delivery in Hong Kong only. We deliver even in the remotest areas including villages. For delivery in other countries we do not take orders on the site.
You can pay using the Credit Card or Net Banking.
What kind of Credit cards can i use to buy flowers at Hong Kong Florist Association.com?
Is my credit card number secure ?
Yes, your credit card number is absolutely secure. Our Payment Gateway is Veri Sign Secured and they route your credit card information through very secure SSL to the authorization server. We don't store your credit card number.
Is there any hidden cost involved ?
No There is no hidden cost involved all prices are inclusive of the delivery charges and local taxes.
When is my card charged ?
Your card is charged after the order is executed. When you place the Order your Credit Card is Blocked for the amount of Purchase and is charged only after the Order is Executed.
Is it necessary to divulge the credit card number on the internet?
Yes, in order to authenticate your card, we do require your credit card number. Don't worry, it's safe.
Can I send some message along with the Flowers?
Yes, you can send your personal message along with flowers by typing it in the Message box in the checkout form.
Can I order the flowers for the same day?
Yes, same day delivery is possible but only if the order is placed timely. Please contact us on Phone or Live Chat before placing the Order.
I have received your order confirmation email but not the payment confirmation email?
You can track your order by using the Site's Order Tracking Feature. You can use this to track your Last 5 Orders placed with us.
Your order can be tracked through the order tracking section after your secure login. The status is updated several times a day, so the order status shown here is pretty current.
Yes, you can send your personal message along with flowers. You will be asked to Enter the Message in the Billing and Shipping Info Page.
How do I know if Hong Kong Florist Association has received my order?
You'll receive a confirmation email when you place an order with Hong Kong Florist Association The confirmation email contains all your order information. Please note that this mail only confirms that we have received the Order but does not confirm the payment. After you make a Payment you will get a separate mail from orders@ccavenue.com.
You can enter special instructions on checkout form.
I want roses of a different color, how should I go?
You can do this by adding special instructions in the checkout form.
Different Flowers have different shelf life but again a lot depend on how care is taken of the flowers. Due to the perishable nature we can not give the Guarantee the life of the flowers.
All the Fresh flowers are hand delivered by the local florist in the respective cities.
All the prices are inclusive of the delivery charges but there may be instances where the delivery may be beyond the range of our network. Please ask before hand if the delivery is possible in that area and the delivery charges what ever is actual will be charged and will be intimated to you before the order is executed.
Is the delivery possible on holidays?
Yes, you can specify the delivery time and we will take utmost care to have it delivered on the time requested by you but NO GUARENTEE will be taken for the time of delivery.
What if my order is not delivered on the desired day?
No questions asked. Full refund.
What if the recipient is not there at the delivery address?
In case the recipient is not present there in person to receive the flowers the bouquet will be handed over to any person who is ready to accept the flowers on behalf of the receiver. In case the premises are closed, the delivery will be given to the neighbors but only if they are willing to accept it. If they also refuse then the second attempt will be made only after Customer Agrees to Pay the extra delivery Charges.
Can the order be cancelled?
Yes, but only possible 24 hours before the delivery.
Why are there two prices for each item?
We have two prices for each product, namely Regular Price and Combo Price.
Regular Price is applicable till the time there is only one item in your shopping cart.
The moment there are more than one item in your shopping cart, automatically the site forms a combo of these two or more items as chosen by you (called Auto Combo). And then the price applicable on all items is combo price.


Is WikiLeaks breaking the law?
The legal pursuit of Wikileaks, a transnational website devoted to publishing secret government documents worldwide, is reaching a boiling point. After publishing tens of thousands of classified U.S. documents revealing details of the war in Afghanistan, the group is now promising to publish more of the same.
The actions of the leaker, alleged to be U.S. Army PFC Bradley Manning, are likely violations of U.S. espionage laws. Mr. Manning was already charged under the Espionage Act with the submission to Wikileaks earlier this year of a classified video showing the death of two journalists in Iraq.
But what about Wikileaks and its founder, Julian Assange? Is a website that encourages people to leak classified information immune from prosecution? There is no clear answer, largely due to the jumbled and archaic system of laws that protect classified information and criminalize its dissemination.
Precedent, most notably the Pentagon Papers case, would seem to indicate that Wikileaks is protected in publishing leaked documents by the First Amendment. The government rarely attempts to prosecute a member of the media for publishing the fruits of someone else's leaks.
But is Wikileaks truly part of the "media?" Can a website that devotes itself exclusively to leaking documents compare itself to The New York Times? Clearly, the Justice Department is reexamining whether Mr. Assange and his website can face criminal prosecution under U.S. law.
Wording in some espionage statutes suggests that anyone who "publishes" information that relates to the national defense is liable for an espionage act violation. So even if Wikileaks qualifies as "media," Mr. Assange still might not be protected by the First Amendment. Even in the Pentagon Papers opinion, Supreme Court Justice Byron White stated that in certain situations, the publication of national defense information could subject media outlets to espionage prosecutions.
Furthermore, could the fact that Mr. Assange solicits these leaks translate into liability for conspiracy to commit espionage? Hypothetically, if evidence is uncovered that Mr. Assange, after receiving the initial Iraq video showing the death of these journalists, solicited additional information from Mr. Bradley or anyone else and encouraged them to leak, then he may face conspiracy liability. This would of course be difficult to prove, unless Mr. Manning agreed to testify.
Add to this the numerous jurisdictional problems posed by the fact that Mr. Assange lives overseas, and one can be sure that successful prosecution would be challenging.
For American politicians and the intelligence world, the question can be expanded: If Mr. Assange and Wikileaks are not liable, should they be? This question begs a closer look at the current system of laws protecting national security information. As U.S. Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin said in May during Senate hearings on the topic, the current statutory framework is an outdated "patchwork" that has failed to change along with current technology and the digital information age.
As relics of World War I and the Cold War era, the espionage laws generally target those who seek to disclose classified information to aid a foreign government, or who have reason to believe that the information will either injure the United States or aid a foreign government. Most commentators agree that the current espionage laws can still effectively punish and deter the classic nation-versus-nation spy cases, as proven by the successful prosecutions of Robert Hanssen and Aldrich Ames. But problems arise when the government is faced with an actor who discloses classified information for other reasons, or to someone other than a foreign agent.
The Wikileaks case highlights the central flaw in espionage laws: They are grossly outdated, drafted in an age when all information was tangible and not electronic. The laws never envisioned anything like the Secure Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRnet) that thousands of government personnel across the globe routinely use to access troves of classified documents. Mr. Manning is alleged to have accessed SIPRnet, which is essentially a private, classified version of the World Wide Web, to find documents to leak.
The other problem stems from inconsistencies in the statutes criminalizing the misuse of national security information. Some statutes refer to materials "relating to the national defense" (which sometimes, but not always, refers to information deemed classified by the government). Other statutes refer only to information actually marked classified. Some statutes criminalize giving information to an agent of a foreign government, others only to those "not entitled to receive" the information.
Wikileaks would argue that, no matter the language in the statute, it would enjoy First Amendment protection from all prosecutions. Mr. Assange considers Wikileaks a whistle-blower protection intermediary. Rather than leaking directly to the press, and fearing exposure and retribution, whistle-blowers can leak to Wikileaks, which then leaks to the press for them.
Ultimately, if Congress wants to shut down Wikileaks, it may have to draft legislation that more explicitly criminalizes the solicitation of leaks of classified information, if that is in fact what happened. But there is still no guarantee that such a law would be upheld by the Supreme Court. An antiquated intelligence law combined with the media protection laws may make Wikileaks invulnerable to prosecution.
Gilead Light, a member of the white collar criminal defense group with law firm Venable LLP in Washington, has worked on a jury trial involving charges of espionage and other national security violations. His e-mail is gilight@venable.com.


With a façade based on the Second Temple and a stained-glass window depicting the Jewish experience, this is a shul with feeling.
The title of this magnificent edifice says it all. Its façade is based on the sanctuary of the Second Temple, which was destroyed at the order of the Roman emperor Titus in the year 70CE. And the plush, marble-floored luxurious interior would impress even King Herod, arguably the most ambitious builder in the ancient world.
Since the Second Temple's destruction, Jewish places of worship in Jerusalem have on the whole been rather small and local. The idea of going upscale only developed during the 20th century, with the opening of the now-adjoining Heichal Shlomo synagogue in 1958.
That shul flourished, outgrew itself and finally the synagogue's board of management obtained the sponsorship of British philanthropist Sir Isaac Wolfson to construct the Great Synagogue, which opened its doors on Tu B'Av 1982.
The synagogue's purpose is literally set in stone by the main entrance. The statue is dedicated to those unable to attend: "the six million Jewish victims of the European Holocaust and all those Jewish men and women who sacrificed their lives for and in defense of the State of Israel".
To get the best out of the synagogue, attend a Sabbath morning service: indeed many first-time visitors to Jerusalem precede it with Friday night at the Kotel. An excellent combination, provided that it is a Shabbat when cantor and choir officiate; check up beforehand.
Under cantor Chaim Adler, choirmaster Eli Jaffe, and musical arranger Raymond Goldstein, the Jerusalem Great Synagogue purveys a wide repertoire of hazanut (cantorial art) and traditional Ashkenazi liturgical choral music. This where many a young hazan gets his break.
On a regular Shabbat, the mainstay of the synagogue is a core of local residents, and tourists staying at nearby hotels. But if it is a Shabbat billed for a visiting celebrity hazan – the service morphs into a concert, and the congregation is outnumbered by Haredim from Geula and beyond. Word travels with the lightening speed on their bush telegraph. The men's section of the synagogue is packed to capacity.
When the hazan and choir are about to perform a piece de resistance, they leave their seats and crowd towards the choral stage in front of the ark. Totally unnecessary; the synagogue's acoustics are perfect.
The only problem I felt with the all-male choir was the absence of soprano voices, at least when I attended. But then it must be frustrating to train young boys whose voices suddenly break.
With 1,400 cushioned seats including the ladies' gallery, light filters through the stained glass windows' encapsulation of the Jewish experience, and Jewish ideals and aspirations. It plays its own symphony as the sun passes over, and that is powerful. As Moses covered his face at the burning bush, so will you on viewing the upper part of the widow above the marble ark during the Saturday morning service.
The Great Synagogue runs a wide range of shiurim (lessons) and cultural events open to all; it's worth checking the website. If you have time, look at the permanent exhibition of mezuzot that flank the entrance hall. Find the one whose Hebrew letters are in Braille. And see if you can spot the plain wooden mezuza made out of the 200-year-old elaborate chair of Rabbi Nachman of Bratzlav. The dismantled seat was smuggled out of the Soviet Union and reassembled and closely guarded in Meah Shearim. But some bits did not quite fit; thus were the residual chips recycled.
If unable to attend on Shabbat, try first Selichot before Rosh Hashanah. If you're single and looking for a partner, go on Simchat Torah when it seems to be the unwritten tradition. And if you can't make it when it's in action, join in a free half-hour tour Sunday–Thursday morning. Please check in advance.
Sabbath services at The Jerusalem Great Synagogue begin at around sundown in the evening and at 7:55 am in the morning; weekdays at or just before 8:00 am, at midday, and before sundown in the evenings. Phone 02-623 0628, website jerusalemgreatsynagogue.com. Free tours (check in advance) weekdays Sunday-Thursdays, check in advance. Bear in mind that donations are welcome, as its running costs are around $1m per year, and The Great Synagogue receives no public funding.


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Il viadotto Gorsexio è un viadotto autostradale italiano, posto lungo l'autostrada A26 (in questo tratto parte della strada europea E25) al confine fra i comuni di Genova e di Mele.

Esso valica a grande altezza la valle del torrente Gorsexio.

Storia
Il viadotto, commissionato dalla Società Autostrade, fu progettato dagli ingegneri Silvano Zorzi, Giorgio Grasselli ed Enrico Faro della società IN.CO., e costruito dal 1972 al 1978 dalla CMC di Ravenna.

L'autostrada venne aperta al traffico l'11 agosto 1977; in tale data il viadotto Gorsexio era percorribile solo sulla carreggiata sud. La carreggiata nord venne completata e aperta al traffico nel giugno del 1978.

Caratteristiche

Si tratta di un viadotto di  di lunghezza, in calcestruzzo armato, a 6 campate di luce variabile (le 3 maggiori di ).

Le pile, che nella parte bassa hanno struttura unica, per i  superiori sono costituite da due lamelle abbinate per ognuna delle due carreggiate; in tal modo, la loro flessibilità consente di ammortizzare le deformazioni dell'impalcato. La pila centrale ha un'altezza di .

L'impalcato è doppio, uno per ogni carreggiata, e ognuno di essi ha una larghezza di ; negli ultimi  all'estremità lato Alessandria, essa che si allarga fino a , per accogliere le corsie di accelerazione e decelerazione verso la vicina area di servizio.

La struttura, interamente in calcestruzzo armato, venne gettata interamente in opera; le pile furono erette tramite casseri rampanti, mentre l'impalcato fu costruito a sbalzo. Le parti superiori delle pile e l'impalcato sono in calcestruzzo armato precompresso.

Note

Bibliografia

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Gorsexio
Mele (Italia)
Gorsexio
Gorsexio
Gorsexio
Gorsexio
Autostrada A26 (Italia)
Strada europea E25 in Italia

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We've had a lot of questions recently from AdSense publishers about viewability and the new Active View metricsin AdSense accounts. Active View can really help you improve your AdSense earnings, so let's take a closer look.
What are Active View and viewability?
Active View is Google's ad viewability measurement solution. It tracks the viewability of ads served by AdSense: that is, the percentage of ads that are considered viewable out of the total number of ads measured. We use the online ad industry standard: a display ad is counted as viewable when at least 50% of the ad is within the viewable space on the user's screen for one second or more.
So an ad that is (for instance) placed below the first screen on a given page won't be counted as viewable if the viewer never scrolls down. This is why viewability a good way of determining whether your AdSense ads are actually being seen by your website visitors or simply loading without a chance of catching the viewer's eye.
The industry shift towards viewability is good for both publishers and advertisers for many reasons.
Without viewability metrics, advertisers could be paying for ads that loaded on a page but were never seen. If you're an advertiser paying per click you might not care, but if you're paying by the impression it could be a much bigger deal.
Active View metrics help because they show advertisers what percentage of their ads are actually being seen by users and which publishers provide the highest level of viewability. This helps advertisers make smarter decisions about where they should buy ad impressions. That makes display ads both more measurable and more effective.
Viewability metrics also help publishers understand the true performance of the AdSense ads they display. Whether the ad is being paid for by click or by impression, ads that aren't seen by the user can't have an impact. In the long run, they won't generate reliable ad revenue.
If publishers notice that the Active View percentage for certain ad units is lower than others, that ad position is probably underperforming and ought to be optimized. Active View can help publishers increase their AdSense earnings as they take corrective action and improve the performance of these ads.
Once you become familiar with viewability statistics, there are two changes you can make to improve your results.
Vertical ad units such as 160x600 and 120x600 tend to have higher Active View percentages. This makes sense: vertical ad units are in view for longer as the user scrolls up or down the page. Other ad sizes with high viewability rates include the 120x240 and 240x400 ad units.
Rethinking the position of your AdSense ad units can also help improve your viewability rates. It's not always just a matter of putting more ads at the top of the page: for example, ads positioned just above the fold tend to have higher viewability rates since they remain within view for longer as the user scrolls down. Experiment with what works best on your site.
Paying close attention to your Active View numbers will help you bring your visitors the targeted ads you want them to see and remove the uncertainty around unviewable ads. In the end, that should mean fewer underperforming ad units and a potentially a new way to achieve better revenues overall.
We think that in the long term viewability will change the way that advertisers allocate their budgets to online display. And if you're a publisher, it's a good idea to start paying attention to these new numbers and make adjustments to your ad sizes, ad units, and ad positions to improve viewability and potentially achieve better results.
To learn more about viewability and Active View, see the AdSense Help Center.
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Q: How to return a correct layout partial view with Class/IViewComponentResult and not get the route with Class/Method/~/view/shared/_pg.cshtml .Net Core in my _pageLayout , I try to do partial view like this

@{Layout = "~/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml";}
<div> @await Component.InvokeAsync("_PageMenu") </div>

and I Create a Folder called Component and a Class called _PageMenuViewComponent
public class _PageMenuViewComponent:ViewComponent
{
    private readonly SYS_menu_mstr_Repo _sys_menu_mstr_repo;
    public _PageMenuViewComponent(SYS_menu_mstr_Repo sys_menu_mstr_repo)
    {
        _sys_menu_mstr_repo = sys_menu_mstr_repo;
    }
    public IViewComponentResult Invoke()
    {
        var menuList = _sys_menu_mstr_repo.Get_ALL_Menu_Mstr();
        return View("~/View/Shared/_PageMenu.cshtml", menuList);
    }
}

and always get route like this:
InvalidOperationException: The view 'Components/_PageMenu/~View/Shared/_PageMenu.cshtml' was not found. The following locations were searched:
~View/Shared/_PageMenu.cshtml

AspNetCore.Views_Shared__PageLayout.ExecuteAsync() in _PageLayout.cshtml
+
        @await Component.InvokeAsync("_PageMenu")

I don't want to change MapControllerRoute in startup.cs
Because it is just a partialview for layout.
It will be needed when I write something in Controller after.
How could I return the exact view with model in my class/method ?

A: *

*Inside of Shared folder you have to crate a Components folder and then _PageMenu folder. Put the partial view there.

*Create class in Controllers folder
[ViewComponent(Name = "_PageMenu")]
public _PageMenuViewComponent(SYS_menu_mstr_Repo sys_menu_mstr_repo)
{
.....
return View("_PageMenu", menuList);

}


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Q: strcpy in a specific memory address returns value plus garbage I'm required to save data, which happens to be a char array of 4096 characters tops, in a specified memory address.
So here i get the memory address from a uint32_t into the void* ptrAddress
uint32_t number = 1268;
void* ptrAddress = &number;

and here i try to copy the array of As, which works! but not really, because i get some garbage in the middle
char tryArray[4096];

for(int i = 0; i < 4095; i++ ){

    tryArray[i] = 'A';
}
//EDIT: added the null terminator (forgot to do that)
tryArray[4095] = '\0';

char* copy = strcpy(ptrAddress, (char*)tryArray);

printf("lets see: %s\n", copy);

output (imagine 4096 As and 'garbage' as some garbage character):
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA'garbage''garbage''garbage'AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

And after that i get a seg fault
What am i doing wrong? If there's anything more you need to know from the code or my intentions with it, please tell me!

A: You have a couple of problems.
First, this code:
uint32_t number = 1268;
void* ptrAddress = &number;

Doesn't make a pointer to memory address 1268, like you seem to indicate you want it to. It makes a pointer to the integer where that 1268 is stored. You then overrun that storage by a lot, causing undefined behaviour, so after that it's game over.
If you want a pointer to a specific memory address:
void *ptrAddress = (void *)0x1268;

Make sure that address is legit in your environment/address space, though!
Second, strcpy works on null-terminated strings. You should probably use memcpy if you plan to work with a 4096 byte (non-null terminated) buffer. Note that means you can't print using printf (at least the way you're trying).
printf("%-4096s");

Should do it though.


Maple Grove, MN—Giovanni Veliz is the first immigrant police lieutenant in the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) and the former executive director of the Police Activities League. He is keenly aware of the challenges police departments have in building relationships with youth and communities of color, and is focused on juvenile outreach. Now, with his Bush Fellowship, he will deepen the strategic skills he needs to design solutions for improving youth health, development and leadership, and for enhancing the cultural competency of MPD officers. He will enroll in executive education programs at the Harvard Kennedy School and other educational institutions.


Jeff Bezos had the Allen & Co. conference crowd in Sun Valley, Idaho, transfixed on Thursday morning as the Amazon CEO spoke about the evolution of his company, what he looks for in leaders, and his ambitious plan to develop the world of outer space for the betterment of humanity. Several attendees made mention of what one described as a "baller move" by Disney chief Bob Iger to take his breakfast at a prominent front table with Fox's Rupert Murdoch and Lachlan Murdoch and Rupert's wife, Jerry Hall.
Before Jeff Bezos, the Amazon CEO and e-commerce visionary, bought The Washington Post in 2013, the Post was losing revenue and its losses were widening, as it struggled to find income to replace its decline in print ads. The Post is now privately owned and doesn't discuss specific figures, but says revenue and profits are up, as subscribers grow and digital ad revenue increases. Its monthly web traffic has grown 56%, to 78.7 million over the past two years, according to ComScore.
The Reporters Committee for the Freedom of the Press on Tuesday night announced a $1 million donation from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, the biggest gift from an individual in the organization's 46-year history.
If the '60 Minutes' segment Sunday night on Amazon had been a drone, you'd have to say it badly missed its target. Rieder argues the news program gave Amazon a prime platform, but no tough questions, especially about the numerous logistical and regulatory issues facing the use of drones.


At the age of 12, Jason Kirkey had one of those 'light bulb' moments that can set a direction for life. A relative was explaining why he had begun to explore the 'old ways' of pagan spirituality and said, 'nature does not require our belief. It is right there for us to experience'. Jason is from Massachusetts, of partly Irish descent, and his new found awareness led him over time to discover the 'interplay of nature, story and ancestry' as a practitioner of 'Irish Earth-based spirituality and shamanism'.
Ten years later the salt had lost its savour. Jason says that the problem wasn't his practice, or the tradition itself, but his attachment to it. 'I had rooted my perceptions of myself into the culture and spiritual tradition', but tradition can be double edged. It can give us heart and guide us. It can also condition us to experience reality within a 'very narrow range'. Jason found himself in a dark night of the soul.
He found a way forward through an increased sympathy with Buddhism and the practice of sitting meditation and for some years he studied at the Buddhist inspired Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado. He says of this period, 'whereas before my spiritual path was one of descent to soul and a healthy and soulful identity rooted in the earth, my practice now shifted to one of ascent and disidentification with the ego'. He found his world coming alive in a new and different way.
Yet it wasn't about moving from one tradition to another. Jason reclaimed his older practices and combined them with the new. He sees all traditions as moving through 'a process of re-imagination – of integration into the new story of the twenty-first century'. He asks whether the old stories can live within this new story and his book sets out to demonstrate that they can.
Jason interweaves personal journey and creative revisioning with the help of traditional Irish stories, including the second battle of Maigh Tuireadh, Connla's Well and the song of the Silver Branch. This is a pioneer's book and I recommend it to any one interested in the possible futures of Druidry.


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Ellianos Coffee Will Open Soon in St. Johns, Florida
Industry News | November 30, 2022
Ellianos Coffee
The chain has grown to 28 stores in 20 years.
Florida-based drive-thru specialty coffee franchise, Ellianos Coffee, is once again expanding into the St. Johns, Florida area. Home to the Jacksonville Jaguars NFL Football Team, the sleepy St. Johns River, and beautiful northern Florida beaches, the Jacksonville area will soon welcome its third Ellianos Coffee location. Under the ownership of existing Ellianos franchisees, Chad and Joni Stewart, the store is located at 235 Harper Lane just off Race Track Road near Aldi.
Franchisees Chad and Joni Stewart already operate two Ellianos locations – one in Alachua, FL, and another in Orange Park, FL. The St. Johns location will be the Stewart's third location, and they are also planning to soon open another location off Chaffee Road in Jacksonville. Chad Stewart, also Ellianos Coffee VP of Franchise Development, comes from a family of entrepreneurs. Chad's father, Scott Stewart, founded the coffee company in 2002. Since then, the franchise has grown to 28 locations throughout the southeast and is expected to add over 80 more stores throughout the coming years.
Joni Stewart comments on their new venture, "We really enjoy the Jacksonville area, and both knew we wanted to bring really good coffee here. We love quality coffee, and we love serving our community. We can't wait to show the St. Johns community what Ellianos' Italian Quality at America's Pace is all about."
Ellianos Coffee Executive Director Mallory Pruitt remarked on the soon-coming store, "We couldn't be more thrilled to expand our footprint in the St. Johns area, and know the community will welcome the Ellianos concept that has been so well-received throughout the southeast. Chad and Joni already operate two amazing stores, and this St. Johns store will be no different." This will be the third store in the Jacksonville market to open out of the total twelve in the works for the Jacksonville, FL area.
The Ellianos menu boasts items for the coffee aficionado and non-coffee drinker alike. Ellianos, known for Signature Creations such as the Cookies and Cream Freezer, Tuscany Toffee Latte, or Venetian Vanilla Breve, also offers fruit smoothies, flavored Red Bull Energy Drink concoctions called Red Bull Rushes, teas, and more.
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Ellianos customers can follow the St. Johns store on Facebook and Instagram, as well as the corporate Facebook and Instagram pages for information on special promotions, giveaways, and more.
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Imbert may refer to:

People
Antonio Imbert Barrera (1920–2016), Dominican military figure and politician, President of the Dominican Republic in 1965
Barthélemy Imbert (1747-1790), French playwright, poet and novelist
Carmen Imbert Brugal (born 1955), Dominican jurist and writer
Charles Imbert (born 1952), French rower
Colm Imbert (born 1957), politician from Trinidad and Tobago
Françoise Imbert (born 1947), French politician
Daniel Imbert (1952–2016), Mauritian footballer
Georges Imbert (1884–1950), French chemical engineer and inventor
Imbert (bishop of Riez), French cleric, bishop of Riez around 1192
Jacky Imbert (1929–2019), French gang leader
José María Bartolomé Imbert Duplessis (1798–1847), French-born Dominican military figure and politician
Peter Michael Imbert, Baron Imbert (1933–2017), British peer, Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service
Saint Laurent-Joseph-Marius Imbert, M.E.P. (1796–1839), French missionary bishop in Korea
Segundo Francisco Imbert del Monte (1837–1905), Dominican military figure and politician, Vice President of the Dominican Republic

Places
Imbert, Dominican Republic, a populated place in Puerto Plata province, Dominican Republic
Chantenay-Saint-Imbert, a commune in the Nièvre department, central France

Other uses
Imbert–Fedorov effect, an optical phenomenon
Imbert Prize, a British award instituted in 2005 for the advancement of risk and security management
Imbert-Terry Baronetcy, a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom

Surnames of French origin


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Lost Tables | Remembering Dohack's
Have you ever wondered what happened to that restaurant you once loved and have memories of dining at with your family and friends? We did! There is an amazing website called Lost Tables, dedicated to celebrating the restaurants of our past. We are partnering with the site's creator Harley Hammerman and celebrating these wonderful stories. Hammerman and his wife Marlene are members of Shaare Emeth, and she is past president of the National Council of Jewish Women of St. Louis. Visit Lost Tables on Facebook
Anna Catherine Gangloff was born on September 11, 1880 in Kimmswick, Missouri. She married Joseph Dohack on June 29, 1897, when she was 16 years old. They had four children, including Arthur, born in 1899, and Ernest, born in 1901.
Joseph Dohack was involved with the operation of the Kimmswick Hotel, along with his parents and his brother. In 1899, Catherine Dohack (who got married as Anna, but used the name Catherine, thereafter) took over management of the hotel restaurant.
The Kimmswick Hotel provided food and lodging for riverboat crews making the trip from St. Louis to New Orleans. They would station someone on the roof to spot smoke spewing from the stacks of the paddlewheelers so they could adequately prepare for the boats' arrival.
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By 1910, the Dohack family had moved to St. Louis and were living in Carondelet Township. On the 1910 census, Joseph Dohack listed his occupation as blacksmith and by 1920 he worked at a chemical plant. However, by 1930, Dohack was in the restaurant business.
In June of 1923, Joseph and Catherine Dohack built a small frame structure on the side of an unpaved thoroughfare, at the intersection of highways 61 and 77 (Lemay Ferry Road and Lindbergh) in Mehlville. They were joined in their endeavor by their sons, Arthur and Ernest. Initially called Mehlville Barbecue, the little sandwich stand served barbecued meats and fish.
It wasn't long before the little frame stand was replaced by a two-and-a-half-story building with dormers and Cyprus log siding. The first floor contained a large dining room, bar and two kitchens. The second floor was used for office and storage space. The rebuilt restaurant also had a new name – Dohack's.
Dohacks, Lemay Ferry Road & Lindbergh, 1934
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At the time, there weren't many places for working-class families to eat out, and the business flourished. Legend has it that the Dohack truck was the first to load up at Anheuser-Busch on the day Prohibition ended, with the restaurant drawing large crowds as it began pouring the brewery's drafts again.
The name Dohack became a byword for good eating throughout the St. Louis area. The restaurant served barbecued rib, fish, ham, beef and hamburger sandwiches, plus lots more, and was the largest fish fryer in Missouri.
Joseph Dohack died in July of 1934 at the age of sixty. Catherine Dohack and her sons continued to operate their restaurant, which evolved into the 1950s with jukeboxes and curb service.
On February 18, 1955, Dohack's was severely damaged by a fire which raged out of control for three and a half hours. Damage was estimated at $100,000.
A temporary structure was erected, and construction of a new building commenced in April of 1957, the new restaurant opening in January of 1958.
The new building, 90 feet long by 42 feet deep, was a one-story fireproofed structure, framed with steel and enclosed in red Norman brick, crab orchard stone and thermo-insulating plate glass, all trimmed in aluminum.
In addition to a drive-in and car-hop arrangement served from a corridor off the kitchen, there was a 40 foot by 32 foot air-conditioned dining room, surrounded on three sides with the insulating glass, under a butterfly type roof. A short-order counter was located on one side of the dining room near the entrance.
Dohack's, Lemay Ferry Road & Lindbergh, Early 1960s
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Planeta is recognized as the leading wine estate and a fine wine empire in Sicily.
Planeta Winery is recognized as the leading wine estate in Sicily and an authentic fine wine empire. The winery has various vineyards and estates in the island of Sicily, which have great soil types for growing.
Planeta is an advocate of arts and later on launched a project called Uomini e Luoghi meaning "Men and Places" in union with Nuvole Incontri d'Arte.
The winery sends invites to both Italian and international artists to travel with them and witness some of the awesome places like Modica and Ragusa and guests use the Ulmo estate as a place to create artistic works.
In the 1990's, Planeta Winery was discovered by cousins Alesso and Santi Planeta as well as their uncle – Diego Planeta who is popular in the region because of his trail-blazing role at Settesoli wine cooperative.
Later on, Diego's daughter joined the group and recognized her as the an essential figure of the company.
While Planeta is still a new commercial winery, their Ulmo estate dates back to centuries. The innovative winemaker of Planeta was Carlo Corino, who recently passed away.
The winery gained reputation and respect for being pioneers in matching local soil types to both native Sicilian wine varietals and international grapes.
The wines of Planeta are made from grape vines, which came from the estates and vineyards all over the island of Sicily.
It is their first winemaking facility and beautiful ancestral family home located on the Arancio Lake.
It is in Menfi, where high quality olive oils of Sicily are made.
It is located in Vittoria, where the name of Cerasuolo came from. Summer temperatures are very high and rainfalls are low.
Nero d'Avola and Moscato grape varieties grow together with almonds, carobs, olives and symbolic plants of Mediterranean.
It is located in the beautiful and inspiring wine region of Mount Etna.
Winemaking in Planeta Winery is done with open-mindedness in the island of Mediterranean where easygoing bulk wine had become famous.
Their first flagship wine is the Chardonnay. This is not just any Chardonnay as wine critics were amazed as well as wine lovers all over the world because of its recognitions and awards.
It is 50% Grecanico, 50% Chardonnay, 10% of the chardonnay is Allier-oak fermented, 13.5% alcohol.
It is 100% Chardonnay, oak fermented (50% new oak, and 50% one year old oak), 14.5% alcohol.
50% Nero d'Avola, 25% Merlot, 20% Syrah, 5% Cabernet Franc, fermented in stainless steel, 13.5% alcohol.
It is 95% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot, 12 months in Allier oak, 14.2% alcohol.
It is composed of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Cabernet Franc, 14 months of oak, 12 months additional bottle ageing.
It is made from 60% Nero d'Avola, 40% Frappato with 13.4% alcohol.
It is produced from 100% Nero d'Avola, 12 months in oak and has14.3% alcohol.
It is made from 100% Moscato Bianco, stainless steel fermented with 11% alcohol.
Hospitality is where the business of the Planeta family began. It has always been their aim to satisfy people especially their loyal drinkers and regular consumers.
It is a nice treat of pleasure to visit the winery with your family, relatives and friends as Planeta offers you to witness the beauty of its wide vineyards, ancient olive groves as well as ruins of an Arab castle.
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(Santo and Johnny-sleepwalk)
It's night time in the Big City
A man regrets using a gas station restroom
birds are still a couple hours away from getting the worm Your queen size home for themes, dreams and schemes. Please do not remove tag under penalty of law.
Santo and Johnny
"an instrumental duo from Brooklyn"
Louis Jordan And His Tympany 5
A Man's Best Friend Is a Bed
Sammy Myers
Sleeping in the Ground
"You know, every shut-eye ain't sleep. Sometimes you're sleeping in the ground, taking a dirt nap, saying the big good bye."
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Somebody's Been Sleeping
Berna-Dean
I Walk In My Sleep
"Here's a woman who sure doesn't sound like she sleeps alone."
Hoagy Charmichael
"This song is featured in the Bob Hope movie, Thanks For The Memory, and also this week on Theme Time Radio Hour."
I Heard You Crying In Your Sleep
"I was looking through my records the other night. Ya know, I have over 70 George Jones Records?! If you look at them all, it gives you a great history of men's haircuts. Here's George in a period of time when he had just grown out his brush cut and had a bit of a mutton chop sideburn look going."
Peter Wolf
"I ran into Pete at an all night drugstore, and he told me about this song."
Belton Richard
Another Sleepless Night
"..one of the original members of the Cajun French Music Hall of Fame , which was established in 1997, not a moment too soon."
Little Miss Cornshucks ("the former Miss Mildred Cummings")
Rock Me To Sleep
Love Is Only Sleeping
"Another finely crafted pop classic"
"Hmmm, sounds like me playin' the organ!"
Jody Reynolds and the Storms
Endless Sleep
"This next song is not for the faint of heart. Death rock was a phenomenon that happened in the late 50s and early 60s – maybe it was because of people's fear of the atomic bomb during the Cold War…This record is one of the most atmospheric of the bunch."
"Here's a distinctive voice with an unquiet heart, Richard Manuel, singin with The Band, a voice of dreams…"
When It's Sleepy Time Down South
"This is how Louis used to close his shows; we'll use it to close ours."
Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil
Neil Sedaka
J. Geils Band
General Johnson
"...is an interesting guy. First of all, his name is General Johnson, and that's interesting right there. Second of all, he had two hit records, and you never heard his name before."
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Give Me Just a Little More Time
Rockin' Chair
He's Sure The Boy I Love
On Broadway
We Gotta Get Out Of This Place
You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling
Teen Angel
Running Bear
Tell Laura I Love Her
"'To die, to sleep
To sleep, perchance to dream.
Ay, there's the rub
For in that sleep what dreams may come
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil' -- Don't shuffle off too soon, we got a lot more music to play ya!"
Chamber Music - James Joyce
Sleep now, O sleep now,
O you unquiet heart!
A voice crying "Sleep now"
Is heard in my heart. The voice of the winter
Is heard at the door.
O sleep, for the winter
Is crying "Sleep no more."
My kiss will give peace now
And quiet to your heart--
Sleep on in peace now,
1st Corinthians, Chapter 11, Verse 30
"'For this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and not a few sleep' (Paul). And by sleep, he means dead."
To Say Before Going To Sleep - Rainer Rilke
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To Have And Have Not
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Famous Night Owls
Ludwig II of Bavaria
Well, it's sleepy time everywhere right now, so it's time for me to hang up my headphones, get out of the Abernathy Building, and slip into a dry martini. See ya next week. Pleasant dreams, schemes and themes.
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Designed by 5 time Open Champion J H Taylor (one of the great golfing triumvirate of Open Champions / Course Designers alongside Harry Vardon & James Braid), the club boasts a fantastic history and the heathland course is a challenge to the most skilful of players but still offers a throughly enjoyable experence to golfers of all abilities.
I wanted to drop you a quick note to let you know how much I enjoyed playing York last week. The course was in fantastic condition, and the recent improvements have made a real difference. I particularly liked what you are doing with the placement of fescue grass throughout the golf course, and specifically around the bunkers - it certainly adds to the challenge!


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Adelina Stehle (30. Juni 1861 in Graz – 24. Dezember 1945 in Mailand) war eine österreichische Opernsängerin der Stimmlage Sopran. Sie verbrachte nahezu ihr gesamtes Berufsleben und den Lebensabend in Italien und sang fast ausschließlich italienisches Repertoire.

Sie war die erste Nedda und die erste Nannetta.

Leben und Werk
Die Sängerin, auch Adele genannt, stammte aus einer musikalischen Familie. Der Vater, Franz Stehle (1812–1892), war Militärkapellmeister der k. k. Monarchie, der Bruder Achille wurde ein erfolgreicher Operntenor. Die Mutter, Carolina Buffoli (1827–1916), stammte aus Brescia. Sie kam in jungen Jahren nach Mailand, wohin die Eltern nach der Pensionierung ihres Vaters übersiedelt waren, studierte Gesang am Konservatorium von Mailand und debütierte, noch vor ihrem Abschluss im Dezember, am 19. August 1881 als Amina am neu eröffneten Teatro Carbonetti von Broni in der Lombardei. Am 30. März 1882 übernahm sie die Giulietta in Bellinis I Capuleti e i Montecchi im Teatro Manzoni in Mailand. Am 29. Juli 1882 heiratete sie den Advokaten Carlo Mangiarotti (1843–1919), der aus Broni stammte und den sie dort kennengelernt hatte. Am 27. März des Folgejahres gebar sie einen Sohn, Giuseppe (1883–1970), der später Europameister im Fechten werden sollte. Es folgte einer fünfjährige Unterbrechung der Gesangslaufbahn. Am 22. September 1888 kehrte sie auf die Bühne zurück – als Elisetta in Cimaroas Il matrimonio segreto am Teatro Comunale di Bologna. Sie wurde nach Voghera (Rigoletto) engagiert, nach Mantova (Un ballo in maschera) und sang am Teatro della Pergola von Florenz den Amor in Glucks Orfeo ed Euridice. Auf der Suche nach finanzieller Unabhängigkeit, nachdem sie Ehemann und Sohn verlassen hatte, nahm sie – von Mai 1889 bis Juli 1890 – Verpflichtungen in Chile und Peru an. Gastspiele führten sie weiters nach Venedig, Barcelona und Madrid und sodann direkt an die zwei prestigeträchtigsten Opernhäuser Italiens, 1890 an die Mailänder Scala und 1891 an das Teatro Costanzi in Rom. Während sie ihre Karriere im "leichten Fach" (als Koloratursopranistin und als lyrische Sopranistin) begann, wandte sie sich zunehmend dramatischeren Partien zu, beispielsweise den Titelpartien in Adriana Lecouvreur und Fedora. Sie reüssierte vorrangig im Verismo und "erlangte Berühmtheit als Interpretin von Puccini-Rollen", so das ÖBL. An der Scala wurde sie in einer Reihe von prime mondiali (Uraufführungen) besetzt, sang aber auch das klassische Repertoire der damaligen Zeit. Am 21. Mai 1892 übernahm sie im Teatro Dal Verme die Nedda in der Uraufführung von Ruggero Leoncavallos Pagliacci, es dirigierte Arturo Toscanini. Ihre Partner waren Fiorello Giraud als Canio, Victor Maurel als Tonio, Francesco Daddi als Beppe und Mario Ancona als Silvio. Im selben Jahr wurde sie von der Oper in Rio de Janeiro eingeladen, dort die Gilda zu verkörpern. Im Februar 1893 war sie an der Scala als Nannetta in der Uraufführung der letzten Verdi-Oper, des Falstaff, besetzt. Nach 22 Aufführungen in Mailand ging das Ensemble auf Tournee und stellte das Werk in Genua, Rom, Venedig, Triest, Wien und Berlin vor. Die zwei Vorstellungen an der k.k. Hofoper zu Wien waren die einzigen Auftritte der Künstlerin in Österreich. Am 19. Dezember 1893 errang sie im Teatro Mercadante von Neapel als Massenets Manon an der Seite von Edoardo Castellano als Des Grieux einen veritablen "Triumph", so das Secolo illustrato della domenica. 1894 sang sie in Warschau. Ab 1896 war sie in zweiter Ehe mit dem Tenor Edoardo Garbin (1865–1943) verheiratet, mit dem sie bereits in der Falstaff-Uraufführung drei Jahre zuvor gemeinsam auf der Bühne gestanden war, sie als Nannetta, er als Fenton. 1897 war sie in Sankt Petersburg und Moskau zu sehen und zu hören. 1898 gastierte das Sängerehepaar als Rodolfo und Mimi in La Bohème am Teatro Massimo von Palermo und "führte damit die Oper zu ihrem endgültigen Erfolg", so die Einschätzung von Kutsch/Riemens. 1902 gastierte sie am Teatro Colón von Buenos Aires, 1903 und 1904 in Odessa. Am 13. Juni 1905 war sie im Pariser Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt in der Oper Chopin von Giacomo Orefice zu sehen und zu hören. Ihre Partner in dieser von Edoardo Sonzogno organisierten Italienischen Stagione waren der Tenor Amedeo Bassi und der Bass Paolo Wulman. Nach ihrem Abschied von der Bühne wurde sie eine anerkannte Gesangslehrerin, eine ihrer Schülerinnen war Giannina Arangi-Lombardi. Den Lebensabend verbrachte sie in der Casa di Riposo per Musicisti in Mailand, dem von Verdi gestifteten Altersheim für Musiker.

Rollen (Auswahl)

Uraufführungen
 1890: Amelia in Clementis La Pellegrina, Teatro Comunale di Bologna (16. November)
 1891: Adin in Gomes'  Condor, Teatro alla Scala, Mailand (21. Februar)
 1892: Walter in Catalanis La Wally, Scala, Mailand (20. Januar)
 1892: Nedda in Leoncavallos Pagliacci, Teatro Dal Verme, Mailand (22. Mai)
 1893: Nannetta in Verdis Falstaff, Scala, Mailand (9. Februar)
 1893: Fioretta de' Gori in Leoncavallos I Medici, Teatro dal Verme, Mailand (9. November)
 1895: Maria in Mascagnis Guglielmo Ratcliff, Scala, Mailand (16. Februar)
 1895: Matilde in Mascagnis Silvano, Scala, Mailand (25. März)

Repertoire

Rollenbild

Tondokumente
Die Fonotipia Company zeichnete 1905 in Mailand mehrere Opernausschnitte mit der Stehle und ihrem Ehemann auf. Veröffentlicht wurden nur zwei Szenen aus La Bohème, ohne Orchester, begleitet von einem Klavier. Beide Tondokumente, so J. B. Steane, zeigen wenig "von ihrer Stimme und ihrer Kunst". Mutmaßlich falsch datiert, mit 1904, ist das Duett aus Adriana Lecouvreur, welches sie ebenfalls mit Edoardo Garbin, ihrem Ehemann, aufnahm. Es ist ebenso ohne Orchester aufgezeichnet worden.

Literatur
 Karl-Josef Kutsch, Leo Riemens: Unvergängliche Stimmen. Sängerlexikon. Francke, Bern, 2. neu bearb. und erw. Aufl. 1982, S. 669

Weblinks

 Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 94 (2019), Biographie von Eduardo Rescigno
 Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon, Kurzbiographie
 Forgotten Opera Singers, Kurzbiographie, Auftrittsdaten sowie zwei Rollenbilder aus nicht definierten Opern
 Ma dunque é vero, Duett aus Adriana Lecouvreur (eingespielt gemeinsam mit ihrem Ehemann)

Einzelnachweise

Opernsänger
Sopran
Koloratursopran
Gesangspädagoge
Darstellender Künstler (Österreich)
Musiker (Österreich)
Österreicher
Italiener
Geboren 1861
Gestorben 1945
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Hanna Bruer's grunge art
by Catherine Capellaro
AMY STOCKLEIN
It's the "magic hour" when the sun is setting and Hanna Bruer swipes the first layers of paint on a canvas in the lobby of HotelRed. Enormous glass windows look right onto Camp Randall, which glows in the waning sun. Perhaps inspired by the pink-orange tone of the stadium's stone facade, she adds a layer of pink to a canvas propped up on an easel near the front door.
It's Gallery Night, the twice-yearly event when museums, galleries and businesses throw open their doors for roving crowds of art lovers. HotelRed's hip red and gray interior has high ceilings and cement floors, and when Bruer starts to paint, it's nearly deserted. But Bruer is relaxed and taking her time. She plans to take the whole evening, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., to create her painting.
Finished canvases are set up in a semicircle around her and drop cloths lie on the floor around her easel. Her finished acrylic-ink paintings are abstract, and layered with dynamic swipes and drips of color and elegant, illegible cursive writing. They radiate life.
"I use my paintings kind of as a journal that no one gets to read except for me," says Bruer, standing with one foot on the foot of the easel, one tattooed arm reaching up to grasp the top of the painting. "I can write legibly; I just choose not to."
For the last five years, Bruer has been taking what is typically a private pursuit, into public spaces for "live painting" events. Mostly, she has painted at music clubs while bands play. She discovered this mode of working after seeing an ad for a live painter for a show at the Majestic. "I was like, 'What is that? That doesn't even sound decent,'" remembers Bruer. "That's something that you do in the privacy of your own home. It's a very personal thing. But I put my name in, and said I would do it."
She did it five times that summer. "And now I've done it 8 million times...well, not quite," says Bruer. "It's a way to be interactive and entertained while you're doing the thing that's very vulnerable, because it's your art."
Bruer is deliberate, stepping back and assessing the work-in-progress before smearing most of it away and stopping to chat with visitors and her husband, Jake Swenson, who sits nearby.
Live painting has transformed her relationship to her art, says Bruer. "I've gotten more comfortable with it. I used to be very private," she says. "I have an art degree but I would not sell them, not show them. But I decided to just throw myself out there, and started doing live painting, which was very uncharacteristic for me. It just kind of changed how I feel about it. I'm very comfortable. It's a little nerve-wracking still, but it is very freeing."
In college at UW-Stevens Point, Bruer studied photography and "hated" painting. But seven years after she graduated, a landlord in Middleton offered her some paints left behind by a previous tenant. "And so I just had all these paints sitting in my apartment, and one night I just went for it and I kind of fell in love."
By 7:30, the painting has more color, and some inked words. But Bruer is dissatisfied, dabbing and wiping parts that don't feel right. "I hate it, so I paint over it," she says, adding that she's "in it for the long haul."
She's enjoying the process, too. Minus one irritant: the bland R&B piped in over the hotel's sound system. "I'm definitely a '90s grunge person," says Bruer. "So this is not my jam. This is piercing me right to the brain.
"What I tend to do is to listen to a whole song, over and over, through the whole painting. I'm definitely a big Nirvana fan. I've always loved my dark gritty rock. I'm a big Marilyn Manson fan as well….It helps me get out all my frustrations, and it's really visceral. I love it."
Records Bruer usually listens to while painting: Failure: Fantastic Planet; Cold: Self Titled; Placebo: Without You I'm Nothing; Marilyn Manson: Antichrist Superstar; Nirvana: Bleach; Zao: Self Titled.
Average times she listens to the same song while creating a painting: 50
Times she has painted live at the Majestic Theatre: 8
Times she has painted live at the Malt House: 9
Pairs of "painty pants" she owns: 6
Colors her hands are after Hotel Red work: 5
Paintbrushes she uses in her paintings: 0
Rolls of blue shop towels purchased this year: 14
Price of the painting created at Hotel Red: $800
Next live painting event: Nov. 18, High Noon Saloon: FlowPoetry's Compression book release and rock and roll show.
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