![]() ![]() In 1968 the Villa Stuck was opened to the public it is now a museum. Stuck's reputation languished until the late 1960s when a renewed interest in Art Nouveau brought him to attention once more. Legacy īy the time of his death, Stuck's importance as an artist in his own right had almost been forgotten: his art seemed old-fashioned and irrelevant to a generation that had endured World War I. Ritter von Stuck's Kämpfende Amazone ( Fighting Amazon), created in 1897, graced Hermann Göring's Carinhall. Stuck paid much attention to the frames for his paintings and generally designed them himself with such careful use of panels, gilt carving and inscriptions that the frames must be considered as an integral part of the overall piece. His seductive female nudes are a prime example of popular Symbolist content. ![]() Large forms dominate most of his paintings and indicate his proclivities for sculpture. Stuck's subject matter was primarily from mythology, inspired by the work of Arnold Böcklin. He is buried in the Munich Waldfriedhof next to his wife Mary. įranz von Stuck died on August 30, 1928, in Munich his funeral address memorialized him as "the last prince of art of Munich's great days". His work was also part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers. His students over the years included Paul Klee, Hans Purrmann, Wassily Kandinsky, Alf Bayrle and Josef Albers. He continued to be well respected among young artists as professor at the Munich Academy, even after his artistic styles became unfashionable. Having attained a high public profile by this time, Stuck was ennobled on December 9, 1905, and would receive further public honours from around Europe during the remainder of his life. His designs for the villa included everything from layout to interior decorations for his furniture Stuck received another gold medal at the 1900 Paris World Exposition. In 1897 Stuck married an American widow, Mary Lindpainter, and began work designing his own residence and studio, the Villa Stuck. ![]() In 1895, he began teaching painting at the Munich Academy. Also during 1893, Stuck was awarded a gold medal for painting at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, and was appointed to a royal professorship. The next year he won further acclaim with the critical and public success of what is now his best known work, the painting The Sin. In 1892 Stuck co-founded the Munich Secession, and also executed his first sculpture, Athlete. In 1889 he exhibited his first paintings at the Munich Glass Palace, winning a gold medal for The Guardian of Paradise. He first became well known by cartoons for Fliegende Blätter, and vignette designs for programmes and book decoration. From 1881 to 1885 Stuck attended the Munich Academy. To begin his artistic education he relocated in 1878 to Munich, where he would settle for life. Born at Tettenweis near Passau, Stuck displayed an affinity for drawing and caricature from an early age. ![]()
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Manage month-end reports including, though not limited to unavailable, non-stock and warehouse transfer reports. Assist in maintaining appearance of the sales center and warehouse. Perform shipping and receiving functions (UPS and/or other commercial carriers as well as internal company transfers). Location: Horizon Vancouver, WA - H620 3112 NE 112th Ave, Ste F Vancouver, Washington - 98682 Schedule: 7AM to 4:30PM Mon to Fri Responsibilities: Stock incoming product accurately and timely and complete all related paperwork and reporting. Pay: $18-$20/hr and up to $2,500 through our performance bonuses in the summer. ![]() ![]() ![]() The product labels can help give you a good idea of how much to use. You don’t need to drench them-to where they’ll drip if you wring them out-but they do need a thorough coat. 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We said it before, but it’s worth repeating: Permethrin spray is only for your clothes and gear. (Higher concentrations of permethrin are used in medications for treating both head lice and scabies.) If you follow the directions on the label, however, the dose of permethrin you receive by wearing treated clothing is considered safe, even for pregnant women. Hansen also says that some recent studies suggest permethrin and other synthetic pyrethoids may be linked to adverse effects at lower doses, too. “You don’t want to be inhaling it or getting it directly on your skin," Hansen says. The CDC notes that permethrin and related chemical compounds can cause serious health problems in people exposed to high doses. That means “if it gets into your system, there can be effects on the hormonal system." “It’s an endocrine-disrupting compound," he says. 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But other research shows permethrin can be effective against ticks. The shirts we sprayed with deet didn’t cause any knockdowns, however, because no bugs ever landed on them.Īnd what about ticks? Consumer Reports’ testing hasn’t evaluated how well permethrin-treated clothing works against ticks. The permethrin-treated clothing also resulted in “knockdowns,” meaning mosquitoes were incapacitated or killed after contact with the clothing. ![]() “It’s like they landed on an electric grid.” Permethrin is “very irritating to ,” says Joe Conlon, a former Navy entomologist and former technical adviser to the American Mosquito Control Association. A shirt we sprayed with a deet-based repellent, meanwhile, kept mosquitoes from biting and kept them from even landing, something none of the permethrin-treated clothing items did. Two types we tested in 2016 kept mosquitoes from biting, but two didn’t. A number of studies have found that permethrin-treated clothing can help protect against mosquito bites, though results may differ depending on a variety of factors, such as the species of mosquito, the way the clothing is treated and laundered, and the level of pesticide-resistance among the mosquitoes.Ĭonsumer Reports has also tested several brands of clothing pretreated with permethrin to find out how well they worked at stopping mosquitoes from biting. ![]() ![]() ![]() If your Boxer is overweight, talk to your veterinarian to develop a weight loss strategy so that you can get them back on track. Keeping your Boxer at a healthy weight is crucial for their longevity, overall health, and happiness. Periodontal disease can cause bad breath and oral pain for your pup and may require your Boxer to have a dental cleaning or tooth extractions under anesthesia at some point in their lives if not attended to at home. One of the best things you can do at home is brush your dog's teeth regularly to help prevent painful periodontal disease and avoid pricey dental treatments in the future. Taking your Boxer to regular veterinary appointments is one of the best things you can do for their health, along with consistent love and care at home. Do their paws look oversized compared to their legs and the rest of their body? This is a strong sign that your Boxer is still growing and filling out!Īccording to the American Kennel Club Official Boxer Standards, a full-grown male Boxer will stand around 23 to 25 inches tall, while a female Boxer will stand about 21.5 to 23.5 inches tall.Ī fully grown male Boxer will weigh around 60 to 70 pounds, with their female counterpart will weigh about 55 to 65 pounds.Īs with many things, prevention is always better than treatment. Lastly, take a look at your Boxer’s paws. 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Perks and incentives with our products and services including Personal Training, Pilates, Spa and Shop We offer competitive salary, benefits, and industry leading commission opportunities for club employees Must be able to perform pushing, pulling and lifting up to 50lbs at a timeĪS A MEMBER OF THE EQUINOX TEAM YOU WILL RECEIVE: Must be able to perform all essential physical aspects of the position which may include standing for long periods of time, sitting, constantly walking, squatting, stooping, reaching, and bending above and below shoulder height Must be able to effectively communicate in person, via email, and via phone Preferably interested in health, fitness, and/or sports Reliable, professional, computer literate, energetic, and friendly High school diploma/GED required or equivalent work experience Minimum of 1 year in customer service or related experience Provide the highest level of customer service to members, prospective members, and guestsĪid other departments with other related tasks Respond to member questions, concerns and discrepanciesĪbility to work opening/closing/mid-day shifts Scan membership ID’s upon members entrance This is a great position for candidates looking to make a significant impact in a growing and dynamic organization We are looking for energetic, creative, and enthusiastic Front Desk Associates to join the Equinox team. If you are a high performing individual who is passionate about winning and inspiring others then we are excited to discuss career opportunities with you. ![]() We value humility and a team approach at every level of the company. We aren’t just a company we’re a community vested in each other’s success. Never following, always leading, living ahead of the moment in fashion, culture and consumer behavior. We are obsessed with what’s new, what’s now, what’s next. We never accept less than 110% to help each other deliver the Equinox experience and enable our members to get great results. We dream big and don’t settle for the status quo. We believe that everyone has untapped potential within them and it takes a disruptive approach to unleash it. We are passionate about high performance living and we practice what we preach – investing time in our own health and fitness. 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It may also be a short service interruption. If your router’s firmware is updating, your Netgear router may show a red light. ![]() ![]() Need detailed instructions? Here’s what to do. How To Fix The Netgear Router Red Light Issue That includes checking your cables and the location of your router, looking for firmware updates, trying a factory reset, or calling Netgear support. If you tried that without success, call your ISP or try troubleshooting your system. The likeliest fix would be to restart your router or perform a power cycle. It’s also possible that the software has hit a glitch, there’s malware in your system, or the router itself is faulty. If it isn’t your ISP, the network or its WiFi channels could be congested or a firmware update may be underway or has been interrupted. If your ISP is to blame, the red light is showing because of an outage or maintenance to the system. Your Netgear router’s red light means that you don’t have internet. ![]() ![]() ![]() Its proposed lunar lander, Blue Moon, lost to SpaceX's Starship in NASA’s recent commercial competition to develop the technology for getting the next astronauts onto the moon.īlue Origin is challenging the contract award and so are their other competitors. The winner of the auction will fly on the spacecraft with Jeff Bezos and his brother for 11 minutes. While the diminutive New Shepard is meant to launch people on brief flights to the edge of space, the mega New Glenn will be capable of hauling cargo and eventually crew into orbit from Cape Canaveral, Florida, possibly beginning late next year.īlue Origin also has its eyes on the Moon. The highest bid for a ticket on Blue Origins New Shepard rocket is currently 4 million. Nineteen space advocacy and education groups are getting $US1 million each as a result, with the rest to be used by Blue Origin's Club for the Future for its own education effort. He could afford to buy a the whole NFL he could. ![]() The fourth seat on the upcoming flight was auctioned off for $US28 million. He could circle the globe in a private jet or sail it forever in a fleet of megayachts. Petitions to stop Jeff Bezos Earth reentry collected more than 185,000 signatures combined. Mr Bezos travelled aboard his Blue Origin rocket on 20 July with his. The toy, available for preorder now ahead of its. Jeff Bezos’ rocket company, Blue Origin, sent Good Morning America host Michael Strahan, the daughter of famed astronaut Alan Shepard, and four paying customers on a supersonic joy ride to the. Jeff Bezos space flight: Backlash after worlds richest man thanks Amazon customers and staff for paying for his trip. The company hasn't disclosed the cost of a ride. Jeff Bezos is set to launch aboard the New Shepard rocket on July 20. Model rocket manufacturer Estes has debuted its miniature version of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space ship, starting at 69.99. Vulcan’s BE-4 engines are manufactured by Bezos’ aerospace company Blue. Bruno thanked Bezos and responded, Loved that BE4 blue fire. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk‘s candid remarks about his space industry peers, Blue Origin Founder Jeff Bezos and Rocket Lab USA Inc. ( AP: Blue Origin ) What's next?īlue Origin is expected to open ticket sales soon and has already lined up some of the unsuccessful auction bidders. Bezos also congratulated Bruno and the team at ULA. Blue Origin's New Shepard crew capsule descends from space during a test. ![]() ![]() ![]() Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn, Fire Emblem Awakening, Fire Emblem Fates, Fire Emblem Three Houses. You can enjoy the charm of the music of "Fire Emblem Fukayukitsuki" at hand. The main theme from the Fire Emblem games is awesome. ? 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Including the BGM that appears in the main part of the video game, the BGM in the additional content and the theme song "Fresberg no Shoujo-Fuka Yuzuki-" are also included. Fire Emblem Three Houses Original Soundtrack Limited Edition 6CD + DVD. Soundtrack 132 5 2,993 5,874 Follow Station Mega and others on SoundCloud. ![]() You can enjoy the charm of the music of "Fire Emblem Fukayukitsuki" at hand. The main jacket is an illustration drawn by character designer Chinatsu Kurahana. ? The surface of the booklet and DigiStack of this soundtrack is a full-scale illustration, and you can replace the illustration with a clear hologram specification case to decorate it. 0:00 / 30:06 The Forgotten (Extended) - Fire Emblem Three Houses OST MarbelSoda 19. ![]() The DVD contains all the other sound sources that could not be stored on the CD, such as BGM and jingles when the battle song was turned on. Fire Emblem Three Houses Original Soundtrack Limited Edition 6CD + DVD. ![]() ![]() The sheer breadth of her work is tough to track down since many of her arrangements were never recorded, and many have been lost. Whenever musicians listened to the band they would ask who made a certain arrangement. As we were making perhaps 500 miles per night, I used to write in the car by flashlight between engagements. "One week I was called on for twelve arrangements, including a couple for Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines, and I was beginning to get telegrams from Gus Arnheim, Glen Gray, Tommy Dorsey and many more like them. "By now I was writing for some half-dozen bands each week," Williams told Melody Maker. He repeatedly asked her to be his full-time arranger and his pianist - and she declined just as often, filling the gossip pages. It also served Goodman's more nefarious intention to - as the black papers of the time noted - import some of the sound of black bands into his mostly-white ensemble ( Billboard regrettably called it a "real jive version"). Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz Mary Lou Williams On Piano Jazzġ937's " Roll 'Em" was Williams' biggest song for Benny Goodman, a jazz-hands-ready swinger that helped solidify her status as a heavyweight away from Kirk with its balance between a propulsive, chugging rhythm section and bawdy horns. Despite the fact that her preferred style was anything but pop, the understated saxophone interlude that Williams penned is smooth and seductive, and the filigree she adds on piano is romantic without being overbearing. The Depression still loomed large, and getting a hit was a matter of survival as much as it was a boon for her career as a soloist. ![]() The record shows the band at its most glossy and saccharine - which Williams hated, but she could play the part. Neither Williams nor any members of the Clouds of Joy (including Kirk himself) would see royalties from the eventual American Songbook classic. Williams fleshed it out with an arrangement, but it was a crew of Tin Pan Alley writers that included Sammy Cahn and Saul Chaplin who got the credit after writing new lyrics. The song, recorded by the Clouds of Joy to meet the label's demand for something sweet, was based on a long-neglected melody (called "The Slave Song") by a Kansas City colleague named Lawrence E. If " Froggy Bottom" (first recorded in 1929, but not widely released until a rerecording in 1936) was her first really memorable composition and arrangement ("real jazz-'dirty,'" according to Variety), it paled in comparison to how " Until The Real Thing Comes Along" would change her entire trajectory. "I always liked lying flat on my back on the grass in Paseo Park in Kansas City, looking up at the stars, composing, late at night," she explained, via Linda Dahl's Williams biography Morning Glory. A falling out with John over money meant that Williams no longer wanted to share a bed with him instead, she stayed up all night writing. ![]() Through the early years of the Depression, while the band had few opportunities to travel and fewer still to record, Williams spent almost all her time refining her new craft, learning more theory from Kirk and going to jam sessions with Lester Young and Ben Webster while doing "five or six arrangements a week" by her own estimation, as she put it a 1954 interview with Melody Maker. ![]() Not yet confident enough in her own understanding of arranging to write them down, she dictated her ideas to Kirk (one early cut is called just that: " Mary's Idea"). A missing pianist left a spot open for Mary Lou during an early session, and she seized the opportunity to prove her worth by sharing a slew of new compositions. Williams' arranging career began in 1929 when her husband, John Williams, joined Kirk's band. But too often women's contributions to music, particularly jazz, are diminished by the assumption that they're intuitive and thus unintentional - an assumption that's clearly incorrect, but perhaps nowhere more baldly than in the fact that a woman was doing the intellectual work of writing arrangements for some of the swing era's most beloved bands. The comparatively unglamorous work of arranging - essentially, designing each band member's parts so they fit together, and coming up with new spins on familiar pieces - might not seem like one of Williams' most noteworthy endeavors, given her unmatched history as a player and composer. ![]() |
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