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Bösendorfer at the NAMM Show 2015
January 22-25, 2015
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Beatrice Berrut "Lux aeterna" Visions of Bach
17.01.2015 | Gasteig Munich, Germany
11.02.2015 | Bösendorfer Stadtsalon Vienna, Austria
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Preparations begin for the 7th Bösendorfer and Yamaha USASU International Piano Competition
January 4-11, 2015
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Yamaha Music London go to the EDGE with exclusive Bösendorfer design evening
Yamaha Music London is to host a very special evening on December 3rd, at which the Bösendorfer bespoke concept grand piano, 'EDGE' will be presented by its designers.
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Bösendorfer CEUS Project
at the Anton Bruckner University Linz (Austria)
Computer Music Studio
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3rd International Jenö Takacs Piano Competition
for young pianists 2014
at Oberschützen (Austria)
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An impressive gala concert as the final act of Puplinge Music Festival
in the Victoria Hall Geneva (Switzerland)
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Parmigiani Montreux Jazz Solo Competition
of Montreux Jazz 2014
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Valentina Lisitsa - a youtube star very close
at the Menuhin Festival Gstaad (Switzerland) - Music in Motion
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Harriet Krijgh - "Rising Star" and her festival
Harriet & friends
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Nottingham International Jazz Piano Competition 2014
Twelve Semi-Finalists have been selected to compete in the
Nottingham International Jazz Piano Competition 2014 Finals weekend.
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Festival "Piano and More" in Wiener Neustadt, Austria
with Artistic Director Roland Batik
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Marialy Pacheco – the exceptional jazz pianist from Cuba and winner of the " Montreux Jazz Solo Piano Competiton 2012"- has been appointed by Bösendorfer Vienna as an official " Bösendorfer Artist"- she joins a group of exclusive artists.
In October 2013 Marialy Pacheco thrilled the audience with her solo performance at the Anniversary Gala celebrating " 185 Years of Bösendorfer " in the Brahms Saal of the Musikverein in Vienna.
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Beethoven Cycle – Thirty Two Piano Sonatas in Bangkok
Ace pianist Artas Balakauskas will delight music lovers with his series of 10 recitals featuring Ludwig van Beethoven's famous 32 sonatas, starting on Saturday at the Siam Music Yamaha Concert Salon at 7 pm. In the inaugural concert of the series, he will perform three celebrated and loved Beethoven piano sonatas — Pathétique, Moonlight and Appassionata. Lithuanian pianist Balakauskas hardly needs a presentation for audiences in Bangkok. A graduate from the prestigious Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory and laureate of national and international piano competitions, he has appeared in solo recitals, as well as in a piano duo team with his wife Indhuon Srikaranonda. Entitled
"Beethoven Cycle — 32 Piano Sonatas",
the recitals are the collaboration between Siam Music Yamaha and Bösendorfer Thailand. The recitals will take place every three months (on Jun 21, Sep 6, and Dec 13) with Balakauskas playing the exceptional Bösendorfer Beethoven, a limited edition of only 32 in the world. There is no admission fee but reservations via email to
is necessary. The Yamaha Concert Salon is on the 4th floor of Siam Motors Building on Rama I Road, near BTS National Stadium station. More information:
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Prof. Peter Lang - Piano Masterclass Vienna
July 14-20, 2014 at Bösendorfer Stadtsalon Vienna
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Life Ball 2014 in Vienna
A big event with a serious background
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Ana-Marija Markovina wins the German Record Critics´Award for her recording of the complete works of C.Ph.E. Bach
Congratulations! The pianist gives a concert and presents her new CD in the Bösendorfer Hall, Vienna, on June 24, 2014
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Julia Rinderle in concert on the Bösendorfer 290 Imperial
at Piano Mora Passau, Germany
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Klangfruehling 2014 (spring of sound) at Castle Schlaining Austria
with Johannes & Eduard Kutrowatz
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Opus No 50,000 piano arrives at Harrods, London
Our truly unique Opus No 50,000 is being showcased at the world famous Harrods store in London during the month of April within the Fine Furniture Gallery.
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A sizzling piano competition
The below article appeared in the Sept/Oct issue of
Pianist magazine:
Thanks to a jazz piano competition with an international reach, Nottingham may be turning into a new jazz mecca. Inge Kjemtrup talks to one of the competition founders, Clement Pianos' Mick Wilson
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Program for BÖSENDORFER-SAAL im MOZARTHAUS VIENNA
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Ana-Marija Markovina recorded complete works of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
on the Bösendorfer grand piano
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Musikmesse Frankfurt 2014 (Music Fair)
Bösendorfer pianos presented the highlights
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Bösendorfer grand piano model Beethoven in presentation
at Bösendorfer Taiwan Dest.
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Bösendorfer Hall at Salzburg Mozarteum
Inauguration of the Bösendorfer Hall at Salzburg Mozarteum and the world´s first live concert with Bösendorfer CEUS
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Grand Piano Competition at University of Music Basel
"The heirs to the throne present themselves"
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185 years of Bösendorfer and Opus No. 50.000
Anniversary of the most tradition-rich premium piano manufacturer in the world – unique gala concert featuring Valentina Lisitsa and Paul Badura-Skoda
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Puplinge Classic Festival 2013
Chamber Music Festival at Puplinge - Switzerland
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Bösendorfer – 185th Anniversary Concert
From Classic to Modern and the launch of Opus 50,000
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CONGRATULATION to MARIA MAZO, the winner of the 14th Beethoven Competition Vienna 2013
She has received the 1st prize - the BÖSENDORFER grand piano model 200, endowed by Bösendorfer as well as EURO 8.000.- prize money, endowed by Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien. The second prize has been awarded to
Valentin FHEODOROFF
(Austria) and
Andrey GUGNIN,
Russian Federation.
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International Jazz Piano Competition joins forces with Bösendorfer and Pianist Magazine to discover and promote young Jazz Pianists
The Nottingham International Jazz Piano Competition is set to scale new heights in 2014, thanks to the support of one of the world's oldest and most famous piano manufacturers, Bösendorfer, the piano choice of the world's greatest ever jazz pianist, Oscar Peterson; and
- the leading international piano magazine for people who love to play the piano.
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Bösendorfer at facebook
Bösendorfer is online in the parts of social media. We present worldwide news, activities, history and more for piano and music lovers on facebook.
You are welcome!
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THE NEW BÖSENDORFER SILENT PIANO - Unlimited Passion
Whether your passion is playing Mozart at midnight or Gershwin at dawn, our Silent Piano™ removes the limits.
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Martin Hughes plays Schubert.....(YouTube)
Sonata in A major D. 959 - First movement Allegro
Martin Hughes is Ordinarius at the Universität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Wien. (Vienna/AUSTRIA)
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Marquetry, music and the exotic......
The new BÖSENDORFER model "Hummingbird" refers back to an art of painting that Empress Elizabeth would have enjoyed.
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Watch a new video about Making Of a Bösendorfer.....
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A Testimonial by Matt Savage
"For me, a Bösendorfer piano represents every aspect of the musical spectrum. Treble, bass, dynamics, lyricism, interaction… When I play a Bösendorfer, I feel truly in control of the performance.
The Bösendorfer's sound is beautiful and breathtaking."
Matt Savage/pianist and Bösendorfer Artist
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A new BÖSENDORFER Grand Imperial for Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Munich
Recently the Hochschule für Musik und Theater became the proud owner of a BÖSENDORFER Concert Grand Imperial (290 cm). The main reason for ordering this Viennese instrument was to offer the students a wider variety of sounds.
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Young Pianist has established a new record on Bösendorfer
The most piano key hits in one minute is 765 (or 12.75 per second) and was achieved by Bence Peter at Debrecen Ball of the City in Debrecen, Hungary!
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"That is why I chose to become a Bösendorfer pianist."
"In a better world, Gianluca Luisi would be feted as a natural successor to Maurizio Pollini, but this is a world in which talent doesn't matter as much as how good you look, how powerful your agent is ....
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Bulls shock defending-champion Heat in Game 1 with 93-86 win
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MIAMI — The King's coronation took place just before tipoff, when Heat forward LeBron James was handed his fourth MVP award.
It was nice of the Bulls to play the role of unwanted guests to perfection.
With forward Luol Deng still in Chicago recovering from a spinal tap, and guard Kirk Hinrich still out with a bruised left calf, the Bulls put a damper on the Game 1 festivities in the Eastern Conference semifinals, beating Miami 93-86. It was the Heat's fifth loss of the season at American Airlines Arena.
The Bulls again can thank guard Nate Robinson, who had two huge baskets in the last 1:17 and put Miami on ice at the free-throw line. Robinson had 27 points and nine assists.
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"He's about as confident as they come, and that's the thing that makes him good,'' coach Tom Thibodeau said. "If he misses a shot, he has a very short memory. He has the courage to take and make. He got knocked around a little bit, took a couple of stitches. It's all good.''
And all bad for the Heat, which had seven days off after sweeping the Bucks in the first round and played like it.
"No one has us winning any games,'' Robinson said. "I heard some guys had us getting swept.''
That's not happening now, as the Bulls won a dramatic Game 7 in Brooklyn on Saturday, then stunned the Heat two days later.
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Solomon the guide dog leads the way as Kathy Austin, who is visually impaired, negotiates the crowd of commuters in the pedway on her way to work in Chicago, Illinois, Wednesday, May 8, 2013. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media
For more information on guide dogs, visit www.guidedogs.com or call (800) 295-4050.
For more information on Second Sense, visit second-sens.org or call Austin at (312) 236-8569.
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Up concrete stairs, around giant flowerpots and through throngs of bustling commuters, Kathy Austin makes her way to work each morning.
Though she is virtually blind, only able to distinguish contrasts of light and dark, she makes getting from her home in the leafy suburb of Homewood to her office on the 10th floor of a Loop high rise look easy, partly because she has Solomon to guide her, partly because she doesn't let much stop her from pursuing her dreams.
"Going blind is the only horrible thing that's ever happened to me," she says.
"It's just one of those things. At times it gets tough and I have a pity party, but it is what it is and if you wallow in it, your life won't be any better," she said.
So she doesn't wallow.
In fact, she embraces life. She works full time, is a mother, a runner, a certified master gardener and a member of Homewood's senior advisory council.
"I want people to know there is life after blindness," she said.
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Austin is not deterred by the whoosh of a passing express train while she waits on the platform at 183rd Street. She is not annoyed at the occasional bump or nudge from fellow commuters as they rush to their destinations. And she pays no attention to the overhead signs directing her through Chicago's Randolph Street Station into the Pedway and out onto Michigan Avenue.
She has Solomon, a confident, steady 6-year-old yellow Lab who is so smart he is able to practice "intelligent disobedience" if he disagrees with Austin's all-clear sign to proceed.
"He's very smart," said Austin, 56.
Only 50 percent of dogs that go through a guide dog program — mostly Labrador and golden retrievers — make it to completion, she said. In addition to being able to navigate, they have to have a temperament that enables them to withstand crowds and traffic noises. They also must be capable of identifying possible threats, such as a falling tree branch, overhead scaffolding or a wayward automobile.
They are expensive to train, $50,000 to $70,000, but if secured through a nonprofit group, the cost to the handler can be minimal, if anything. By law, guide dogs can go anywhere a seeing person can go, including inside government buildings and on airplanes.
Austin and Solomon have been taking the Metra Electric Line for so long that many people recognize and greet them. Conductor Casey Ziolkowski checks in on them regulalry.
Solomon not only escorts Austin to her job as community engagement specialist at Second Sense, a nonprofit that helps the visually impaired, he helps her garden and he goes on shopping trips to Macy's, where a personal shopper selects Austin's outfits.
A guide dog, she said, led Michael Hinkston down 87 floors of the World Trade Center to safety on Sept. 11, 2001.
Still, she knows they are not for everybody.
"For me, it's more about the graceful travel a guide dog provides," she said. "It's like holding someone's hand. It gives you extra balance and will guide you around obstacles."
There are disadvantages, of course. For one, guide dogs need care. They must be fed, groomed and taken out regularly. They can get sick and require veterinary care. They also need attention.
"They work for praise," she said.
George Motzer attended a recent workshop Austin gave on guide dogs at Orland Reformed Church. The 76-year-old has retinitis pigmentosis. He was told, though, that he would not be a good candidate for a dog because he was too independent and likely wouldn't let the dog lead.
Solomon is Austin's second guide dog. Her first, Jethro, has been retired from the job and now lives with Austin and her husband, Bryan, as the family pet.
Into the night
Austin was 24 and a newlywed when she was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosis, a hereditary condition that causes progressive blindness.
"It was devastating," she said. Her ophthalmologist told her she'd be blind by 40, to do whatever she wanted to do, see whatever she wanted to see, now.
By 28, she couldn't drive anymore. But she resisted using a cane. When she began bumping into things, people wondered if she'd been drinking.
She eventually quit her job and stayed home to raise her daughter, Missy, and son, Bryan Jr.
Her children, she said, always have been accepting of her condition because they don't know her any other way.
"I tried really hard to let them do everything all the other kids did, only I couldn't be the carpool mom," she said. And because Bryan often put in long days at his meat distributor job, "The kids had to get rides from their friends, or ride their bikes."
When Bryan Jr. was in kindergarten, Austin enrolled at Prairie State College because she lives just four blocks from Halsted, where she could catch the bus directly to campus.
After earning an associate's degree, she transferred to Roosevelt University in the Loop. That's when she got her first guide dog.
"We would walk home from the train station and I felt like I had achieved something. I could share that with others who were impaired."
Austin often conducts community workshops like the one she presented in Orland Park, during which she introduced the crowd of about 20 to Solomon, who came from the federally accredited Guide Dogs for the Blind School in San Rafael, Calif.
At Second Sense, the visually impaired can learn how to use computer software that enlarges or converts text to audio. They can also learn kitchen skills, including knife cuts and working with recipes.
In the past five to 10 years, she said, technology has opened whole worlds for the visually impaired. Movies, television programs, even theater are more accessible, thanks to new technology.
"The more people know about life after blindness, the more fulfilling their life can be," she said.
Best intentions
In addition to educating the blind about ways to make life easier and more enjoyable, Austin says part of her job at Second Sense is to enlighten the sighted.
Though they may be well meaning, people who grab a blind person's arm to direct them actually do more harm than good. It is far better to offer specific oral directions to an expressed destination. And if the blind person doesn't ask for help, it could be because she doesn't need it.
It takes months of intense work to make a guide dog. Only after the canine passes 10 levels of training can it be paired with a handler, and then put through even more training.
But all that work can be undone if the dog has a bad experience with another canine while on the job. On her recent commute, as Austin made her way north to her office building, she suddenly felt Solomon stiffen on the reins.
"I knew right away there was another dog," she said.
Ahead, at the corner of Michigan and Lake, was a black poodle out for an early stroll with its human.
"People need to know that guide dogs are working dogs," Austin said. "They should not be petted, talked to or distracted in any way. It can confuse and disorient them and make them solicitous of more attention."
In addition, she said, people walking dogs should keep their pets far away from guide dogs.
She understands the urge to reach out to these friendly looking canines, what with their big eyes and easy gait, but Austin said, "The important thing to remember is that guide dogs are not pets, they are workers.
"One bad encounter can ruin a guide dog," she said.


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I own a gaming store in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and tonight we got to try out the SWLCG for the first time. Using the pre-built deck lists we played three games with me as the Jedi and then I opened a copy and built my own Rebel Alliance deck. I lost three games to SuperLaser Blast, and the last to basic attrition with the DS counter.
I like the game, but we were talking after and both felt that the LS has a distinct disadvantage right now. Are we missing something? I've been pondering the games on the drive home and every time I was waiting for that card, and when it came late game it was DEVESTATING, The cascading effect of destroying an objective with another in the graveyard was pretty much instant game-over for me. Four resource to destroy any objective seems, well, a tad overpowered…
I will bust open another copy tomorrow at the store and try some other deck ideas, but we have a limited following. I'm hoping we can get some organized play going soon but it's going to be an uphill struggle against MTG, L5R and Super Dungeon Explore Maybe I can encourage some more players to come and play, but I fear that people will see the same I saw and that the DS counter objective of DS is simply too fast right now.
I don't understand why the objectives are not the same for both sides; destroy three objective cards. As an LS player I have 12 turns to win; less if I lose the force or if I lose an objective to a first-turn SuperLaser Blast (happened first turn on game four).
I hope I'm just being dumb and missing something. I really love the game (but boy do I wish you could tap/bow cards instead of using so many counters) and we'll support it at the store as long as people want to play it!


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May 13, 2013 1:17 PM, By Tim Kridel
Building the multimedia library of the future
What is a library supposed to be these days? That fundamental question created a host of AV challenges and opportunities at North Carolina State University's James B. Hunt, Jr. Library, which opened earlier this year to accolades, including the distinction as one of the world's "25 coolest college libraries."
Much of that cool factor comes from the generous amount of AV, which both reflects and enhances NCSU's reputation as one of the world's top schools for engineering and technology. For example, NCSU's degrees include a minor in game development, so the Hunt Library includes a lab with features such as gesture-enabled interactivity and "stealth glass" that turns opaque with the flip of a switch to hide games in development.
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The upshot essentially was a blank slate for Sextant, AVI-SPL, Biamp Systems, and the other companies involved with the project.
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Oral History Program Kaye Lyon Interviewed by Marci Farr 27 October 2010 Oral History Program Weber State University Stewart Library Ogden, Utah Kaye Lyon Interviewed by Marci Farr 27 October 2010 Copyright © 2010 by Weber State University, Stewart Library Mission Statement The Oral History Program of the Stewart Library was created to preserve the institutional history of Weber State University and the Davis, Ogden and Weber County communities. By conducting carefully researched, recorded, and transcribed interviews, the Oral History Program creates archival oral histories intended for the widest possible use. Interviews are conducted with the goal of eliciting from each participant a full and accurate account of events. The interviews are transcribed, edited for accuracy and clarity, and reviewed by the interviewees (as available), who are encouraged to augment or correct their spoken words. The reviewed and corrected transcripts are indexed, printed, and bound with photographs and illustrative materials as available. Archival copies are placed in Special Collections. The Stewart Library also houses the original recording so researchers can gain a sense of the interviewee's voice and intonations. Project Description The St. Benedict's School of Nursing was founded in 1947 by the Sisters of Mount Benedict. The school operated from April 1947 to 1968. Over the forty-one year period, the school had 605 students and 357 graduates. In 1966, the program became the basis for Weber State College's Practical Nursing Program. This oral history project was created to capture the memories of the graduates and to add to the history of nursing education in Ogden. The interviews focus on their training, religion, and experiences working with doctors, nurses, nuns, and patients at St. Benedict's Hospital. This project received funding from the Utah Humanities Council and the Utah Division of State History. ____________________________________ Oral history is a method of collecting historical information through recorded interviews between a narrator with firsthand knowledge of historically significant events and a well-informed interviewer, with the goal of preserving substantive additions to the historical record. Because it is primary material, oral history is not intended to present the final, verified, or complete narrative of events. It is a spoken account. It reflects personal opinion offered by the interviewee in response to questioning, and as such it is partisan, deeply involved, and irreplaceable. ____________________________________ Rights Management Special Collections All literary rights in the manuscript, including the right to publish, are reserved to the Stewart Library of Weber State University. No part of the manuscript may be published without the written permission of the University Librarian. Requests for permission to publish should be addressed to the Administration Office, Stewart Library, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, 84408. The request should include identification of the specific item and identification of the user. It is recommended that this oral history be cited as follows: Kaye Lyon, an oral history by Marci Farr, 27 October 2010, WSU Stewart Library Oral History Program, Special Collections, Stewart Library, Weber State University, Ogden, UT. iii Kaye Lyon Class of 1965 Kaye Lyon October 27, 2010 1 Abstract: This is an oral history interview with Kaye Lyon, conducted by Marci Farr and Sarah Langsdon, on October 27, 2010. In this interview, Kaye discusses her recollections and experiences with the St. Benedict's School of Nursing. Melissa Johnson was present during the interview. MF: This is Marci Farr. We're interviewing Kaye Lyon. She graduated from St. Benedict's School of Nursing in 1965. It's October 27, 2010, and we're interviewing her at her house in South Ogden, Utah. Tell us a little bit about your early life; where you grew up, your family, and where you attended school. KL: I grew up in Caliente, Nevada, which is in southern Nevada. It's about 150 miles north of Vegas. I graduated from high school there, in a class of 32. So it was a very good experience to be in a small group, because I was able to do pretty much what I wanted to do and have a good experience. My dad was a railroader, and Caliente was a railroad town; my mother was a housewife. MF: Any siblings? KL: I have two brothers and a sister. MF: How did you end up in Ogden? How did you make it to St. Benedict's? KL: Well, I had a friend who was a year ahead of me in school who went to St. Benedict's. Her name was Maxine Peterson, and she died probably thirty years ago from complications of diabetes. Anyway, she graduated from St. Benedict's. So I found out about school from her. My father worked on the railroad so I could 2 travel from Caliente to Ogden for free on the train, because I had a pass. That worked out really well. MF: Very nice. So was there any reason why you decided to become a nurse? KL: From the time I can remember, I always wanted to be a nurse. I always wanted to be an operating room nurse, and that's all I've ever done. MF: How interesting – nothing else? KL: Nothing else. When I graduated, I went into the operating room, because at that time at St. Benedict's they only had technicians, and they really needed RNs. So they pulled myself and Judy Scroggins and Gail, and then RaeAnn Cook. I don't know whether she responded, or… MF: I've heard her name. KL: We all four went into the operating room and received the training so that we could circulate. MF: What were your first impressions when you entered nurses' training? KL: I was scared. I didn't know what I'd gotten myself into, and I was a long way from home for the first time - little town girl in the big city. MF: Who was your roommate? KL: My roommate at first was Karen. Oh, heavens, I can't even remember what her last name was now. I had several roommates. We started out with a class of 32 and ended up graduating only twelve of the original. MF: That's a considerable drop. KL: Yes. MF: Why do you think most of them dropped out? It just wasn't what they wanted? 3 KL: I think it was – some of them just found out that it wasn't what they wanted, but a lot of them didn't like the regimen. I tell people it was like being in the military, and I don't think they liked that. MF: Being told what to do and when to do it? KL: Yes. Lights out, what you can and can't do. So I think that was part of it. MF: Did you get along with your roommates? KL: I did. MF: Didn't have any crazy issues? KL: I didn't. I liked them all. MF: What about breaking curfew or anything like that? Did you ever try and sneak out? KL: Oh, multiple times. Just sneaking in after hours. If we were going out on the weekend, we had to sign in and out at the front desk at the hospital. I can remember many times almost down on my hands and knees, creeping underneath the window at the front desk to get past to go down to the tunnel to the nurses' home. MF: Was this your first time, when you came to St. Benedict's, being around the nuns? KL: I was raised LDS. MF: What was that like? KL: It was different. I liked them a lot. One thing I remember is the habit. They had a different habit than I had seen even in pictures and stuff. It was very crimped, and they had kind of a bib thing. When they talked it bounced up and down. I had 4 a terrible time for a while not watching that bounce up and down, and paying attention to what they were telling me. MF: That would be a totally different, having no comparison for that. KL: They were very nice, very nice. MF: Who do you remember the most, of the sisters? KL: Sister Berno, I think. She was fun, and she was funny, and I think she liked the students a lot. I think it was my senior year, Sister Cassian came in, and she was a whole new story. MF: That's what we've heard; kind of went downhill from there. KL: She was an ugly lady. MF: Everything you did would be wrong, no matter what you did? KL: It didn't matter. Luckily, that year I had two rotations. So for almost my whole senior year I was away, which was great. MF: That was a good thing. What were some of your favorite classes that you took while you were in training? KL: I really enjoyed med/surg, of course, and I enjoyed obstetrics a lot. Several years ago one of my co-workers who worked recovery at McKay, wanted to work in the operating room, so she was going to take the operating room class. She asked me about the training and I pulled out some of my old operating room books. They were so out of date – it was just awful. It was funny to go through them and see from the time I had started up to that point, how things had changed. MF: Absolutely. So who were your instructors, do you remember? 5 KL: I remember Janice Hassell, she taught med/surg to us, and she was wonderful. Of course, she wasn't very much older than we were. Mrs. Etcheverry taught us obstetrics, and she was great. MF: We talked to Janice the other day and interviewed her. She's so funny. KL: She is a fun lady. MF: Who were some of the doctors you were in the operating room with when you were on your rotations? KL: I remember Dr. Swindler. He was funny, and I really enjoyed him. He was intimidating. And then Dean Tanner, he was great. He liked to teach. Dr. Grua was a really good teacher; I'm trying to think who else was there. It's been so long ago. I do remember – I used to work with - Dr. Mossinger assisted one of the general surgeons. So I worked with Dr. Mossinger, I worked with Mossinger the ENT, and I worked with Dr. Mossinger, his son, the general surgeon; so grandfather, son, and grandson. So that's been fun. MF: If you had some time off, what you and your classmates or your roommate, what would you do? KL: Oh, the usual teenage kinds of things. Ride up and down the boulevard and wave at guys, and we did a lot up the canyon, those kinds of things. MF: Did you have any time that you spent with the sisters in a social setting? Was there any parties? KL: Yes. We always had a barbecue in the fall; we always had a Halloween party. At some point we usually had a picnic up old Snow Basin road. They really liked to barbecue, and they liked to have a good time. Some of them liked to play 6 baseball, and that was funny, because they'd hike up their habits so that they could run. MF: That's great. That probably was nice, to see them in that aspect, because you don't think that the sisters would participate in that kind of thing. KL: Right. They were fun, and they enjoyed it. They just really were fun. MF: Did you ever notice – as far as religion, was that ever an issue while you were there? KL: I don't think so, for some of the time that I attended Mass and I investigated the Catholic church for a while, and very much enjoyed their religion and that aspect of it. I liked the ritual. MF: Did it help you understand the LDS religion any more? KL: It actually made me realize that the religion that I had was what I needed. MF: Tell us about your rotations. When you were in the hospital at St. Benedict's, how long were you on each floor, and which one do you think was your favorite? You said operating room; which of the others? KL: I liked the surgical floor, and I liked the orthopedic floor; I can't remember how long. My class, when we started, we started out kind of with the old program; you've probably talked about how there was really no time off, but the year I started, about three months into it, they kind of changed the program a little bit to conform more with Weber. So we actually had more time off. We didn't have to work evenings and stuff like the classes previous to us did. So it was a different kind of experience; although we had the same rotations and stuff, I don't think we had the patient load that the previous classes had. 7 MF: That probably made a difference, since you had so many classes you had to take care of; do your classes plus do your patients. KL: The classes previous to us were actually on call for surgery. We were not on call or that kind of thing. So it was a change. MF: So which one was probably your least favorite rotation at the hospital? KL: Medical floor. I disliked it with a passion. MF: Why, do you think? KL: Because the patients didn't ever change. I liked the surgical floor. Get in there, get out, get better. MF: Instead of going in circles, you felt like you had a beginning and an end. Did you have any experiences with patients while you were on floors that stand out in your mind? KL: I don't. MF: Tell us about your rotations. You did go to Children's? KL: Yes, we went to Children's, in Denver. MF: Did you go to Hastings? KL: No, we went to Montana, to Warm Springs. MF: Okay. Tell us about those rotations. KL: Warm Springs was interesting, to say the least. To live in a mental institution. We had classes, and we had half of our time on a critical ward and half of our time on a long-term ward. Then we each had a patient that we were to go visit each day. My patient had been in the facility for – oh, I bet fifteen years. At the time, she was an old lady; she probably was forty. I look back and think, oh my gosh. We 8 had to go visit them, and you know, I was – what – I must have been nineteen. Here I'm trying to talk to this woman who is pretty much non-verbal, and trying to talk to her. What do I say that might help? In the old days, they only had Thorazine, and that had just barely come out. She did the rocking, and it was really intimidating. I was quite introverted, and I didn't like my psych rotation at all. I got really good grades with the bookwork, and I enjoyed that a lot, but I got horrible grades trying to relate to the patients, the clinical stuff. MF: That would be hard; but if you've never had a background, you've never had that experience, that would be hard to have to go, okay, how am I supposed to talk to this person? What about Children's? How long were you there? KL: We were there for three months, and we rotated through the different wards. One that I remember the most was the croups and those kinds of things. Basically what we did was just babysit. You know, you sat with the kids and rocked them; that was when they had the big tents for the croup. That was hard for me too, because I had a hard time with kids and them hurting. Especially the kids in the ward where - there were several kids when I was there that had been abused, and they had been there for quite some time. Nobody wanted them, and that was hard. MF: Did you enjoy that time, being away from the school? KL: I did, yes. Denver was a very, very good experience. I think we were there in the winter, and it was nice; we enjoyed it. 9 MF: Tell us about your capping ceremony; do you remember about capping and where it was held? KL: I think it was held in the cafeteria. That was three months in, and to be able to finally put on my cap was so wonderful. We went through and had the little Florence NightinGail lamps that we lit, and had a dinner, and I can remember going back to the dorm and getting ready for bed, and still having my cap on, because I did not want to take it off. MF: That's what Judy said; "We all slept in our caps." KL: Pretty much. MF: That's a great thing. KL: Worked hard for that cap. MF: Be prideful; there's nothing wrong with that. What do you think was probably your greatest challenge while you were in nurses' training? KL: My greatest challenge – like I said, I was really an introvert – and coming from a small town – I think my biggest problem was just trying to relate to people, trying to talk to the instructors. I liked to hang back. So that was my biggest. MF: Tell us about graduation. Where was graduation held? KL: Graduation was at St. Joseph's. We all had uniforms made especially for graduation. They were long-sleeved, fitted, sheath type of dress, with a little Peter Pan collar. We had our pin at the neck, and felt absolutely elegant, because it was not the student uniform. That was neat, and the uniforms – they tailored them all for us, and it was really nice. MF: So your family was all able to come? 10 KL: They were. MF: That was probably a great thing. What was that like, walking down the aisle? Did you do that, walk down the aisle? KL: Yes, we did. I think they had a Mass as part of it, but I can't remember – but we all had the blue capes, and it was neat. It was like, yahoo, I did it! MF: Blood, sweat, and tears? KL: Yes. MF: That's a great thing. What did you do after graduation? Did you stay at St. Benedict's? Tell us about your nursing career. KL: I did stay at St. Benedict's. Like I said, they needed operating room nurses. I was so glad, because that's what I wanted to do. I worked in the operating room at St. Benedict's for a little over a year. Then I met my husband and we got married, and we moved up to Logan so he could finish his schooling. I worked in a nursing home for about eight months – Sunrise. My father-in-law actually had been the architect for that facility, so he helped me get a job there, because I couldn't find a job in Logan, because at that time it was really quite small. So I worked in the nursing home there, and then my husband joined the military and we went back to New York. I had two babies, and I didn't work for about five years while my kids were little. Then, when we came back here, I actually applied with Gail at St. Benedict's. We wanted to work part time – we wanted to take a shift – I said, let me work three days, and you work four, and alternate. They wouldn't let us do that. But it was the same supervisor we had worked for before. So Dr. Nellis, 11 Noel Nellis, happened to be in my ward, and he helped me get a job at McKay in the operating room. And that's where I've been until four years ago when I retired. I went from the operating room at the McKay to the surgical center at the McKay. I helped open the surgical center, and worked there for twenty-one years. I retired four years ago from there. MF: Was Virginia Tanner there? KL: Yes, she was. MF: She's one of our Dee nurses – she was a supervisor? KL: Yes, she was one of our supervisors – wonderful lady. And like I said, Darlene and I worked together for a lot of years. We went from the operating room to the surgical center together. And Judy – I worked with Judy for a little bit, because she worked with Dr. McMaster's, and I scrubbed for McMaster. She was his assistant, so that was fun. MF: Were there any questions you wanted to ask? MJ: I was wondering if you were there when the shooting happened. KL: Yes, I was. MJ: Were you a student there, or was it when you were working? KL: I was a student. We were at one of our barbecues, and the student who did the shooting was a medical records student. I really do not know the circumstances, but they had asked her to leave the program. She was very, very angry with Sister Cassian. She came down into the backyard of the nursing home with a gun, and was actually gunning for Sister Cassian, but – the name of the little gal – was a couple of years younger than I was, that actually got shot. 12 MF: Was it Cafarelli? KL: Cafarelli, yes, that's right. She laid out on that lawn for quite some time, in a hostage kind of situation, and Gail and I had happened to be kind of in the background and saw the shooting. I can remember we both kind of ran for one of these trees. The tree was about that big around (maybe a foot wide), and we were both trying to hide behind that tree. We finally went upstairs to the dorm, and watched the whole thing from the dorm, but that was scary, really, really scary. I think she laid out there for over an hour or more while somebody tried to talk – what was her name? Des. To put the gun away. She had shot her through the abdomen, so she had to have surgery. That was definitely one to remember. MF: Well, thanks for letting us come and visit with you; we appreciate it. KL: It was a good experience. MF: I'm sure with your training, you could do anything in the hospital and not be uncomfortable, because you were trained so well. That clinical work – I think that makes all the difference. KL: You know, and talking about; we learned to scrub and stuff in the operating room, which was wonderful for me, but even those who chose not to work in that environment, it gives you that sterile technique, and I have been with my husband; my husband's had a couple of surgeries and stuff, and sitting on the floor and watching some of those young nurses; their sterile technique sucks – I'm sorry. They don't have any sense of what's – it's sad to me that there isn't that kind of training any more. 13 MF: They don't have that where it's just – get to know the whole hospital and what's expected and how to make it work. KL: Well, and that's three years where that's all we did, was nursing; nothing else. MF: True, and that's probably what made the difference; you didn't have to worry about English, didn't get your Shakespeare training. KL: Nope, none of that. MF: All about nursing. Well, thank you for letting us come. KL: Thank you.
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Anyone think its hot to see a guy sneak up on another guy and pull his pants down in public or see a guy lose his pants in public such as someone losing his swin trunks in the ocean. Know of any good websites or groups?
Anyone think its hot to see a guy sneak up on another guy and pull his pants down in public or see a guy lose his pants in public such as someone losing his swin trunks in the ocean. Know of any good websites or groups?
This happened to me when I was a kid about ten years old. At the time, I struggled hard against it, but they got my pants down anyway -- a gang of about six older boys. To my huge embarrassment, my dick got very hard. Then, later on, the experience excited me every time I thought about it, and I deliberately put myself in the way of the same group of boys who did it to me again and again. After a while, I stopped pretending to struggle, and they figured out that I was enjoying it, so then they brought me into a garage and played with me more and more. I always got very hard. I had a lot of similar experiences when I was young, and later on I began to expose myself deliberately. I just loved the feeling of boys looking at my hard dick.
One of the hottest things is a guy getting his pants down or having them downed by another guy
happened back when i was in highschool.. Math class. Teacher wasn't in the room just yet. the football team was dicking around with each other as usual. One of the bigger guys had help the other in a full nelson while his buddies unbutton and inzip his pants. Only got down to his boxers before the teacher walked in.. but his swinging cock under the shorts made for some hot spank footage for weeks to cum!
no mind guys me know or gay locals
but rest ya pray
The dudes used to try an pants each other all the time in my class during high school. I remember being a sophomore and one dude pantsed Jon K. as he was walking out of the room. It wasn't a full exposure, but they got him to where his right ass cheek was out. It was a beautiful sight.
I think it's safe to say what my first priority was when I got home.
Zerlock; boxerdudeuk
I remember it was during PE like after every time the big guys would go round pulling down peoples shorts (and sometimes boxers) when we were waiting to go in, though I tried to deny it I did want them to pull down mine all the way - so hot. Did happen once but I was too scared to keep them down or anything and immediately hid it, got so annoyed with myself lol.
One guy I remember was hanging up on the bottom of the stairs - feet suspended in the air, full pull off - was amazingly good, have wanked over that seen so much in my life - wish it would happen to me lol.
Once, a long time ago at an all male YMCA a guy snuck up behind his buddy while he was curling weights and yanked his shorts down. They were hockey players. The sight of those round smooth completely white mounds has always stayed with me.
I saw it happen on the subway once. This group of hot Latino soccer players got on the train and took over a portion of the car. I happened to be the only one not in their group sitting in that section of the car. I was about 15 at the time. One of the guys snuck up behind the guy holding the soccer ball, he was standing against a pole in the middle of the car when his friend yanked down his sweats he wasn't wearing any underwear. He didn't realize it for a second and then didn't to let the ball go so I got a clear 5 seconds of his dangling cock. It turned me on so much.
...so that everyone could then see my huge plump uncut cock? lol...you know how many arrogant American bitches would run screaming because they've never seen such a thing? a lot of them. Come pull my pants down!
Dude, don't be so hesitant! I'd love to see your cock, cut or uncut!
I remember when I was in school in Australia and at a swim meet, one of the hottest guys was a swimmer and wearing a speedo. 3 or 4 guys got a hold of him and picked him up. Two guys had his feet and two had his legs and someone else pulled off his swim suit. 30 years later, I still remember this and get excited just thinking of it. I wish I could see a replay.
frustratingly still in the closet
I remember getting "pantsed" once by some older boys when I was about 10 or 11. At the time, it was a very traumatic experience. If it happened to me now (which isn't very likely), I think it'd be sort of fun!
I got pantsed by my brother, once. Some middle aged man was staring in horror, I didn't get hard thankfully.
i was pantsed at the gym one. i was doing squats and my buddy came up behind me and yanked my shorts down and i wasnt wearing underwear
i was on the swim team in high school, i saw a lot of hot guys pants themselves!
When I was in college yes - after college it is considered immature.
when i was in high school we used to do it all the time... great time saw some nice dicks
I'm in college now and my friends are always pantsing me..I usually have on sweats and I NEVER wear underpants..most embarassing when my cock is stiff
I find it extremely hot when someone is pants. My friends and I used to do it all the time back in high school. In fact, I remember being in band and a friend of mine who was playing bass drums was exposed. This guy came behind him and yanked his band pants down along with this boxers. Man....his fat dick was jiggling everywhere. It was definitely hot.
the more people it happens in front of the better
I love "reluctant exhibitionists" -- guys naked in front of others but not by choice, like losing a bet or suffering from a prank. I love it when the guy isn't just pantsed but actually held down while his buddies rip all of his clothes off. All of them: shirts, shoes, socks, pants, underpants, everything. And then leave him stranded naked in public.
yes i agree.. a guy left completly naked without clothes is hotter. tearaway pants are cool esp if the guy isnt wearing underwear..they can be just yanked or ripped off in an instant
Did you ever see that movie Drop Dead Fred, where that guy loses his toga? I have always thought that scene was really hot.
This happened often when I was in junior high in the track team I was on. We'd practice for sprints, and when they were lining up to start we'd go up behind them and yank down their shorts/track pants. It was a mixed team, so boys and girls got it. It was fun watching the girls freak out, but it was even better to see the naked asses of the guys.
Yes the scene in drop dead fred was hot esp because he was completely naked under the toga...would love for that to happen to me!!
I always like pantsings aswell. Happened a lot when out with my rugby team or back at college. Great if someone gets really embarassed!
I've embarassed my dad before by pulling his shorts down infront of others lol
My yahoo is email@example.com if anyone wants to chat/email about pants pulling incidents. Would be glad to
hotter when the guy is commando or freeballing
I would love to see someone pull his Dad's pants or shorts off, that would be hot!!!
I have never been very well endowed. Actually rather small. I was teased in high school by the guys because I was so much smaller than everyone else. Some of the guys even called me baby boy because I was so small.
While it bothered me it also excited me beyond belief. One day I was at a party and everyone had quite a bit to drink (and a lot more). A few of the girls asked a couple of the guys why they called me baby boy. They called me over and a few of the guys yanked down my pants, underwear and all, to show the girls why. Not only did they expose me to quite a few people that I knew they also held my hands behind my back so that I could not cover myself and my little cock started getting hard as they all looked on. They all looked and laughed.
It was so extremely humiliating but exciting at the same time. It was then I realized how much I was turned on by being teased about my small cock and dreamed of this happening to me again. Even to this day I think about all of the teasing and fantasize about this happening again and even wishing that it was done in front of my wife and the guy(s) not just humiliate me in front of her, but make me their bitch in front of her.
I not only love this, but one time I met a man who enjoyed exposing exhibitionists, so we went out together, and he would pull my pants down, rip off my clothes -- lots of variations. It was always so hot because everyone watching had no idea that I was a willing participant! I would shop during the day at a thrift store for loose clothes and I would break some seams so they would be easy to pull apart -- then, at night, we would go out to gay bars, private parties, or even just hot spots where gay men are found, or even public places where we felt the risk was minimal, and then he would get me naked, first, just dropping my trousers, and eventually getting me completely naked. I would always get very aroused and very hard, and I always pretended to be extremely embarassed because I knew it aroused everyone more.
The fact is, a lot of guys enjoy being exposed, but it isn't as much fun when you deliberately expose yourself -- having a confederate pull down your pants in front of your target audience (young men, just barely over legal age excites me the most) is the best fun there is.
The same guy also like to exercise dominance by demanding that I pull my pants down for him. I was happy to comply with that fetish, but I really greatly preferred pretending that my forced exposure was unintended. Thin and loose Indian cotton pants that were already obscene because the cotton was so soft and never wore underwear were just great, with the seams broken in a couple of places -- one good yank would cause the whole thing to come apart and drop to my ankles, leaving me with a quickly hardening erection which I was unable to cover, since my partner would put his foot on my pants, or be ripping off my thin shirt while I was "trying to cover myself" (and not succeeding very well!). Oh, that was so much fun!
I was at a friends engagement party years ago now and one of the friends of the bride's brother-in-law was standing in the garage. The bride's brother grabbed his shirt and pulled it up over his trapping his arms and the friend grabbed his pants and yanked them down to the ankles.
I was standing directly in front of the guy who had his pants pulled down and got an uninterrupted view. All the girls in the room got the giggles but I stored that memory into my wank bank. I've lost count of the amount of times I've pulled that image out and used it to get masturbation underway.


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Fred Wilkinson, Managing EditorOne of my all-time favorite magazine features is "GQ Regrets," where the men's fashion bible pokes a little fun at itself for wardrobe oddities it once pushed as what every sharp-dressed man should be wearing.
Not surprisingly, many of the sartorial disasters ridiculed in the regrets department date from the 1960s and '70s: garish colors, seizure-induing patterns, collars wider than a banana leaf.
Fun stuff.
If you need a laugh — or maybe a not-so-subtle reminder to hit up that post-Christmas sale at Macy's — check it out.
Among the miscellaneous items in my filing cabinet here at Packer Mission Control are some yellowed old copies of the paper dating from the mid-20th century.
In these pages there are some features that we could call The Packer Regrets.
Rather than being clothing trends gone laughably stale, The Packer Regrets is all about produce recipes that time forgot.
My dubious favorite is for banana ham loaf, the fading black and white picture of which suggest it's basically a ham meatloaf with a couple of whole bananas stuffed in the middle — kind of a meat Twinkie with banana filling.
This lost gem appeared in a banana marketing section published April 22, 1967.
The section also boasts recipes for banana cheese pie and banana funcakes, which sound a lot like banana pancakes.
A mushroom marketing section from Oct. 14, 1967, featured plenty of recipe suggestions too, although none as memorable as banana ham loaf.
Among its promotional tips were these catchy one-liners:
- Love him? Serve him mushrooms!
- Mushrooms — the glamour food.
- Mushrooms, "food of the gods."
- Mushrooms, "the vegetable steak."
It's fun to look back at what now seem like hokey marketing tactics and food trends and feel a little superior.
But lest we feel a too smug, food trends are always changing, and what's trendy today may seem as dated as lime Jell-o with carrots in a few years.
Don't take your vitamins
Americans are always looking for a quick fix. Witness the proliferation of convenience packs in the produce aisle.
But sometimes this impulse can prove self-defeating.
Take multivitamins — or maybe don't.
New research recently chronicled in the medical journal Annals of Internal Medicine suggests multivitamins are no substitute for eating fruits and vegetables.


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Striped Multi Zip Skinny Jeans
Style # 206620
Fall is all about chic bold prints and soft casual pieces that shout luxury. This pair of bebe jeans feature vertical stripes and the soft stretch of our icon skinny jean. Try it with a black blouse and a pair of matching booties for a quick weekend look.
- 42% lyocell, 33% cotton, 15% rayon, 9% polyester, 1% spandex.
- Five pockets.
- Made in USA.
- Model is 5'9" and is wearing a US size 27.
Striped Multi Zip Skinny Jeans
The best jeans ever
I seen this jeans at the store before but didn't pay much attention to them until one time I saw one of the store employes wearing them. She had quite big hips and they looked good on her. Immediately I just wanted them but they didn't have my size. Later on I order my regular size online and they did fit me perfectly. They are snug but are true to size for sure. My hips are way smaller than the employee's and I think I look good on this jeans also. I get compliments when I wear them.
I also have the red ones that came out last year and they fit just as great.
May 13, 2013
love the black and white stripes
I am excited to wear these out, love the way they feel on. The black and white stripes are so different and unique.
May 13, 2013
Love these.
Be prepared for attention if you wear these jeans. They're amazing if you have the right body type-- if you have big hips they might not work. There isn't much stretch so you may not be able to go down a size. These are my new favorite jeans.
April 12, 2013
Great fit but beware if you are short
I loved these jeans at first sight. The fit was perfect and Ioved the detail. Beware, if you are short for some reason these jeans do not elongate you, you will look shorter, trust me. Also order your true size, do not size down, these jeans run snug. I love the zipper detail and the faded appearance, but they were not for me.
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Wharfedale was Britains first Hi-Fi speaker manufacturer founded by Gilbert Briggs, a salesman for a textile company before WW2. He was very successful and in 1948 he published his book on Loudspeakers and it sold in massive quantities. I have a mid-fifties reprint, in which he shows a design for active loudspeakers and explains their considerable benefits over passive.
The problem was that valve based electronic crossovers add complexity and cost, so not surprisingly, the idea didnt take off till the seventies when Integrated circuits first appeared. More or less immediately active speakers proliferated.
However, although active speakers dominate every other sector, they havent until recently caught on with hi-fi enthusiasts despite their enormous benefits to sound quality. Truth is the more extreme audio fraternity are still listening to valves, FM tuners and vinyl. Subjective opinion dominates; It is sad that a once cutting edge hobby is now firmly based in the past.
AVI saw all this coming and also that media would be delivered by broadband some years ago and as a result we were the first British company to stop making CD players in June 2006 and hi-fi separates shortly after.
Hi-fi no longer needs to be in a pile of boxes. They give worse results and cost far more than decent actives. Nowadays DACs and preamps not only perform better, but need less space so can also be integrated with electronic crossovers and amplifiers into the speaker cabinets.
Enthusiasts can buy a substantial improvement in sound quality for a fraction of the cost of a pile of dust collecting boxes, miles of cables and great big old boom boxes. Thats all legacy.