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The Austrian city of Salzburg is perhaps most famous as the birthplace of Mozart. It's also situated around 100 miles east of Richard Strauss's home in Garmisch.
Festivals celebrating Mozart have taken place there since the late 1870s. In 1917, Strauss, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, director Max Rheinhardt, designer Alfred Roller and the conductor Franz Schalk – with whom Strauss ran the Staatsoper in Vienna from 1919 to 1924 – collectively decided to formalize these efforts and widen the festival's remit, creating an annual summer arts festival.
The Salzburg Festival opened on 22 August 1920 with a performance of Hofmannsthal's Jedermann play, a work now performed each year. In 1922 the work of Strauss and Mozart briefly converged as Strauss conducted Don Giovanni, the first operatic production staged at the event.
The Salzburg Festival has since been home to the premiere of the revised version of Strauss and Hofmannsthal's Die ägyptische Helena in 1933 and the first performance of Die Liebe der Danae after Strauss's death, staged in 1952. The production had originally been planned for 1944, but following the 20 July plot to assassinate Hitler, Joseph Goebbels declared 'total war' and closed all the theatres and performing venues within the Third Reich. However, the Nazis permitted one dress rehearsal of Die Liebe der Danae – the only time Strauss would hear the work live. The Salzburg Festival has continued to proselytize its founder's work.
View other posts in our weekly Richard Strauss A-Z series.
2014 sees the 150th anniversary of Richard Strauss's birth. The composer is celebrated at the ROH with stagings of Die Frau ohne Schatten (which ran until 2 April 2014) and Ariadne auf Naxos (25 June-13 July). Tickets for Ariadne auf Naxos are still available.
]]>Though Richard Strauss was raised in Munich and found his calling in Berlin, Dresden - the capital of the state of Saxony - was the city that was perhaps dearest to him.
It was at the Dresdner Semperoper that his operas Feuersnot, Salome, Elektra and Der Rosenkavalier all had their premieres. Their collective success cemented Strauss's relationship with the Semperoper, continuing with the first performances there of Intermezzo, Die ägyptische Helena, Arabella, Die schweigsame Frau and Daphne.
Strauss adored Dresden's baroque cityscapes, as well as its justly famous orchestra, the Staatskapelle. And the city was perfectly placed geographically, pulling people from across Central Europe to hear Strauss's new operas. Indeed their appeal was so potent that a special train was laid on from Berlin to Dresden for the premiere of Der Rosenkavalier in 1911. When Allied bombers destroyed the Saxon capital in February 1945, Strauss was distraught and it is believed that the razing of his three favourite cities - Munich, Dresden and Vienna - that prompted the composition of Metamorphosen in 1945.
View other posts in our weekly Richard Strauss A-Z series
2014 sees the 150th anniversary of Richard Strauss's birth. The composer will be celebrated at the ROH with stagings of Die Frau ohne Schatten (14 March-2 April) and Ariadne auf Naxos (25 June-13 July). Tickets for Die Frau ohne Schatten are still available. Tickets for Ariadne auf Naxos go on general sale 8 April.
]]>Richard Strauss (1864–1949) displayed great gifts as a composer for voice early in his career, writing exquisite songs from the early 1880s. However, until 1894 his larger-scale works were primarily orchestral tone poems, such as Don Juan and Tod und Verklärung (both 1889). Strauss began work on his first opera, Guntram, in 1887. The opera had its premiere in 1894 in Weimar, on the same day that Strauss announced his engagement to the soprano Pauline de Ahna, who sang the role of Freihild. Guntram showed the influence of the music dramas of Wagner and the philosophy of Nietzsche and Schopenhauer. It was not a success, and Strauss's second opera, the satirical Feuersnot (1901), also had a lukewarm reception, largely because of the sheer difficulty of the music.
Strauss's next work, Salome (1905), was a great succès de scandale. The opera's colourful orchestration, bold and arresting narrative and chromatic harmonic language led Strauss to be hailed as a new modernist voice in opera, while the opera's heroine was seen as an archetypal femme fatale. Although Salome was banned or censored by several opera companies, it remained popular with audiences and Strauss's fortune was made. Strauss was even more daring in his next opera, Elektra (1909): he employed a huge orchestra and composed immensely demanding music for the three principal female characters. The first Klytämnestra, Ernestine Schumann-Heink, declared 'there is nothing beyond Elektra'.
Elektra marked the beginning of Strauss's fruitful collaboration with the Austrian playwright Hugo von Hofmannsthal. For their next work they left the angst-ridden world of Greek tragedy and turned to Rococo Vienna. Der Rosenkavalier (1911) explores the love triangle between the ageing but still beautiful Marschallin, the young nobleman Octavian (the 'Rosenkavalier'), and the beautiful adolescent Sophie von Faninal. There is also plenty of comedy, as Octavian outwits Sophie's boorish suitor Baron Ochs. Strauss chose a broadly diatonic language for Der Rosenkavalier, employing characteristically 'pictorial' orchestral effects, and also made witty use of that most Viennese of dances, the waltz. The writing for the three principal female roles is far more lyrical than in Elektra, above all in the Act III trio 'Hab' mir's gelobt', when the voices combine to sublime effect.
Strauss and Hofmannsthal's next collaboration was a theatrical hybrid. Ariadne auf Naxos (first version, 1912) combined Hofmannsthal's version of Molière's play Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme with an opera about the Greek heroine Ariadne, staged simultaneously with a humorous performance by a commedia dell'arte troupe. Ariadne had a mixed reception, as audiences were uncertain whether they were watching a play or an opera. In 1916 Strauss and Hofmannsthal revised the work as a full-scale opera, replacing the Molière material with an operatic Prologue. Strauss further developed the lyricism and vocal beauty he had explored in Der Rosenkavalier, particularly in the writing for Ariadne and Bacchus. He also experimented with smaller orchestral forces (a 36-piece chamber orchestra), and had fun creating the acrobatic coloratura role of Zerbinetta.
Strauss termed his next opera Die Frau ohne Schatten (1919) 'the last Romantic opera'. He intended it to be similar in tone to Die Zauberflöte, with the story of two couples, one too high-minded and one too earthbound, who learn the meaning of love. Hofmannsthal's libretto is one of his most symbolic and complex, though the poet showed a lighter side when he modelled the character of the Dyer's Wife on Strauss's volatile wife Pauline. Die Frau ohne Schatten is a major undertaking for any opera house, with its massive orchestra, unusual length and extremely difficult principal roles – but it contains some of Strauss's loveliest music, particularly for the Empress and Barak the Dyer.
After the premiere of Die Frau ohne Schatten, Strauss announced to Hofmannsthal his plan to write a 'modern domestic comedy'. Hofmannsthal refused to collaborate, so Strauss wrote his own libretto, based on an incident in his marriage. Intermezzo (1924) is less vocally lyrical than Strauss's previous three operas; instead, much of the vocal writing resembles a 'sung play', with the melodic beauty reserved for a series of orchestral interludes and for the final reconciliation scene.
Strauss and Hofmannsthal resumed their collaboration with Die ägyptische Helena (first performed in 1928), about the adventures of Helen of Troy after the Trojan War. The opera contains some lovely music, including Helena's Act II aria, but a convoluted and at times somewhat clumsy plot, coupled with one of Strauss's famous 'killer' tenor roles for the Spartan King Menelaus, have prevented the work gaining a firm foothold in repertory. Strauss and Hofmannsthal's last collaboration, Arabella (1933), had the same Viennese setting as Der Rosenkavalier (though now in the 19th century). Strauss's love of operetta is clear in the score, which shares much of the lyricism of Rosenkavalier – and has an even more complicated plot. Arabella is Strauss's best-loved stage work from the 1920s and 30s and contains some exquisite music; particularly beautiful is the duet for Arabella and her sister in Act I ('Aber der Richtige') and the Act II duet for Arabella and Mandryka, 'Und du wirst mein Gebieter sein', based on a Croatian folk tune.
After Hofmannsthal's untimely death in 1929 Strauss struggled to find a new collaborator. He thought he'd found one in Stefan Zweig, another Viennese writer, with whom he created the witty comic opera Die schweigsame Frau (1935) – but Hitler's rise to power prompted the Jewish Zweig to leave Europe, and the opera was subsequently banned by the Nazis. Strauss began another partnership with the historian Joseph Gregor, which he found somewhat frustrating. The Nazis banned their first collaboration, the Fidelio-like one-act Friedenstag (1938), due to its pacifist sentiments, and Strauss complained much about Gregor's 'schoolmasterly banalities' in Daphne (1938) and Die Liebe der Danae (completed 1940, dress rehearsal 1944 for a performance cancelled by Goebbels and finally first performed in 1952). However, both operas contain beautiful and very moving music, such as the heroine's metamorphosis into a laurel at the end of Daphne, and Jupiter's farewell to earthly love and his beloved Danae in Die Liebe der Danae.
Strauss believed that Die Liebe der Danae would be his last opera. In fact, in 1939 he and the conductor Clemens Krauss began work on Capriccio, a 'conversation piece in one act' set in Paris in 1775. Capriccio addresses the question of which in opera is more important: words or music. Strauss wrote the music, Krauss (with much input by Strauss) the libretto. The premiere, in war-torn Munich in 1942, was a great success. With a sparkling score that contains glorious melodies, witty pastiches of 18th-century dance and opera seria and a host of vivid characters – including Countess Madeleine, one of Strauss's greatest soprano roles – Capriccio is a fitting close to the career of one of the greatest opera composers of the 20th century.


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What do you guys lay your stuff on? towel? nylong bag? specific mat?
Keep getting bitched at when I clean my guns at the dining table, but it's the best lighting and most comf place to do it lol...
Just trying to get some ideas so I can lay something in between
I was thinking like a smooth green mat or some sort. with green all the parts should be easy to see as well. I don't want something that can absorb the oil that I applied on the gun. something non absorbent perhaps? (our dining table has tiles, so it's stone, which works perfect)
The reloading table is too high, and I don't feel comf cleaning them there, chair is better than stool. :D

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Interview with New Vilna Review05/27/2010 My good friend, Daniel E. Levenson, who toured Tishbi Winery with me summer 2009, interviewed me for his publication, the New Vilna Review. Please click here to read the interview. Israel Wine Direct Blog05/11/2010 Richard Shaffer, founder of Israeli Wine Direct, invited me to be a guest blogger twice a month on his Israel wine blog. Click here to read my post. Join Israeli Wine Direct and be able to buy boutique wines from Israel easily through Richard, who is located in Chicago. Richard sells wine from these Israeli wineries: Flam, Margalit, Pelter, Somek, Clos De Gat, Tulip, Tzora, Meishar and Karmai Yosef. On Sunday, May 9th we set out of Tel Aviv early in the morning to drive to a couple of Jerusalem wineries. The views were superb and the scenic drive was calming. The first winery we visited was Ella Valley Winery, a kosher winery producing almost 200,000 bottles and located in Nativ Ha-Lamid. Jason and Phil thoroughly enjoyed the smooth and bold taste of the Ella Valley wines, especially their Cabernet Franc. The next winery we visited was Flam Winery, a non-kosher family owned winery. We were toured through Flam Winery facilities by Israel Flam, the father of the winemakers and winemaker himself for over 40 years. Israel proudly detailed for us the family's interest and history with wine. We then sat down with Israel and had a lovely tasting of their crisp and light Sauvignon Blanc-Chardonnay 2009 blend, the Syrah Superior 2006, Flam Classico, and the Cabernet Reserve which surprised us as one of the best wines we've tasted thus far. Jason and Phil definitely enjoyed their two day winery experience. As this was Phil's first trip to Israel, and the first couple of his days in Israel, he was surprised by the high-quality kosher and non-kosher wines produced in Israel. Carmel Region On Friday, May 7th I picked Jason and Phil up at the Dan Panorama Hotel in Tel Aviv. 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Additional reporting by JJ Robinson
The Juvenile Court has sentenced a 17 year-old boy to four months in prison after he kissed a 16 year-old girl in a court waiting room.
The girl was sentenced to four months house arrest.
The sentences were given after the boy was brought to court for a remand hearing in an ongoing drugs case, and kissed the girl who was in the waiting room. The pair were convicted for indecent behaviour and contempt of court for kissing on court premises.
"The boy was taken out of where those in custody are kept to the general waiting area, and walked right up to a girl standing there and kissed her in public. We found the girl to be 16 years of age," a Juvenile Court official told Minivan News on condition of anonymity.
The official said although the girl involved in the matter had been sentenced to four months under house arrest, the court had ruled to delay implementation of the sentence for three years as this was her first offence. If the girl did not commit repeat offences of a similar nature in the next three years, the sentence against her would be annulled, the official said.
The four months would be added to the boy' s drug sentence, the official added.
Harsh sentencing
Belying the country's reputation as a luxury honeymoon destination, Maldivian courts issue harsh sentences for sexual offences.
In February 2013 a 15-year-old rape victim was sentenced to 100 lashes and eight months of house arrest, for a separate offence of fornication.
The girl had given birth to a baby in June 2012, which was discovered buried in the outdoor shower area of her home. Her stepfather was later charged with child sexual abuse, possession of pornographic materials and committing premeditated murder.
Following global outrage and a two-million strong petition threatening a tourism boycott by online activist group Avaaz.org, the girl's sentence was overturned in the High Court on appeal.
Meanwhile in July 2013 the Judicial Services Commission (JSC) – the judiciary's watchdog body – rejected the recommendation of its own subcommittee calling for the suspension of Supreme Court Judge Ali Hameed.
Multiple leaked videos circulating on social media showed the judge fornicating with unidentified foreign women in a Colombo hotel room.
The JSC declined to suspend the judge, citing "lack of evidence".
21 Comments on "Juvenile Court sentences 17 year-old boy to four months in prison for kissing girl"
Dhivehi Hanguraama on Tue, 24th Sep 2013 4:23 PM
It is heartening that this country is not yet a complete cesspit of vice and harlotry.
This is a wise judgement that serves to uphold our customs and values by severely punishing two individuals who knowingly and wantonly flouted them.
I thank our courts for their consistent and tireless efforts in upholding our moral norms and their uncompromisingly harsh attitude towards citizens who engage in sexually indecent behavior.
lifestyle battle on Tue, 24th Sep 2013 4:27 PM
Since this news appeared in Dhivehi, everyone has been expecting it to premier in Minivannews. This is a perfect story for Minivannews which does a good job of getting off beat stories out and make Maldivains look like Jamaicans in world press.
There is clearly a battle of lifestyles in Maldives. A western liberal camp VS a conservative camp. This is the diving line of Maldives politics too.
Hope proper context is given in such cases so people who does not know Maldives are not mislead.
Public kissing is frowned upon even in many liberal countries. In this case, it was kissing in Court!!.
This is a stand alone case and linking this story to the fornicating judge seems misleading.
But others may disagree.
red rabbit on Tue, 24th Sep 2013 4:37 PM
yeah, thats my country, corrupt as hell. where the judges are caught having sex and a boy and a girl gets sentenced for kissing.
they should have really made out and got their sentence extended to life.
the f**k is wrong with this country.
Ann on Tue, 24th Sep 2013 4:38 PM
"The official said although the girl involved in the matter had been sentenced to four months under house arrest, the court had ruled to delay implementation of the sentence for three years as this was her first offence. If the girl did not commit repeat offences of a similar nature in the next three years, the sentence against her would be annulled, the official said.
The four months would be added to the boy' s drug sentence, the official added."
So where is the issue here?
terry on Tue, 24th Sep 2013 4:44 PM
What a hopeless place is this, even love is a crime.
Ben Plewright on Tue, 24th Sep 2013 4:47 PM
The brutally harsh nature of the law is designed to terrify the masses into a state of perpetual anxiety which renders them too afraid to create the sense of democratic accountability which normally works to reign in the unjust, cruel, sadistic, hedonistic excess of the tyrants.
What a paradox, the law only exists so that some can be above the law.
zanpakuto on Tue, 24th Sep 2013 6:33 PM
@lifestyle battle
Minivannews or anybody else does not have to make Maldives look bad, your doing a good job of it all by yourself.
crazy coconuts on Tue, 24th Sep 2013 7:52 PM
The issue is with corrupt judges punishing citizens for crimes they also commit. Why are members of the supreme court allowed to fornicate with prostitutes on video tape and keep their job and not be punished? Linking this story to Hameed's sex tapes makes total sense because it shows the level of corruption and inconsistency with court sentencing in Maldives. Men in government can break any law they want while punishing the sheep for the same crimes.
Ann? lifestyle battle? dhivehi hanguraama?
Pen Blewright on Tue, 24th Sep 2013 8:19 PM
Ben Plewright, do you even read what is written on these articles or do you just blindly comment about the "pleight" of the Maldivians.
Please do the Caucasian race and this site a favor and off yourself.
Maldivian Man on Tue, 24th Sep 2013 9:30 PM
The judge must have been a fat piece of sh*t that never got any and mustve gotten jealous.
Now what will that poor boy learn in a prison?
Nils on Tue, 24th Sep 2013 9:51 PM
lifestyle battle on Tue, 24th Sep 2013 4:27 PM
Quote: "This is a perfect story for Minivannews which does a good job of getting off beat stories out and make Maldivains look like Jamaicans in world press."
The story is absurd if true, and Maldivian courts are a joke.. No reason to make racist slurs about Jamaicans.
Facts on Wed, 25th Sep 2013 2:54 AM
What a great country for the chosen few. If you are a well connected corrupt lawmaker, or fortunate to be rich, the Maldives is the place to be. Among legal activities include:
* Having sex with children
* Having multiple sex partners whenever you want
* Being homosexual with teenage partners
* Enslaving wives and use them to get you younger sex partners
* Dealing and using in hard drugs (cocaine & heroine)
* Stealing and using government money
* Prostitution
* Gambling
The only condition which makes you in par with other good muslims is, NEVER miss prayers!….
Getting 4 months jail term for Dhivehi and not French kissing is hilarious.
Hey, the guy who makes Maakana show…this is the best time for you to start a series…to much good stuff is happening and housewives need entertainment as husbands are busy in politics and kids are glued on PS busy killing each online.
lifestyle battle on Wed, 25th Sep 2013 4:16 AM
Sure Jamaicans are good people. But there is a semantic point.
If one read stuff written by Brits one cannot avoid noticing the wholesale stereotyping. Perhaps as owners of the English language (which unfortunately has become the universal language, at the expense of the rest of the world due to internet), the natives of the English have an advantage – when they define words that becomes the standard and the rest of us follow. But if English is to be an universal language, everyone should be able to define and write Englsih their way. Why not?
Indians and Sri Lankans have realized this a long time ago and they have their own type of English – they are not be bothered by what the native English think..
The typical Brit/native English view of an islander is very likely a Jamaican stereotype ( pot smoking, voodoo practicing, rastfarian, unorganized, lazy people)
Is this not the picture of Maldivains society that get from reading the Minivan articles..? I think it is.
just my view..
Question on Wed, 25th Sep 2013 5:59 AM
A country where love is illegal, but prostitution is legal. What a miserable hell this place is. May global warming sink this cesspit into the depths of the ocean.
Wives and Concubines on Wed, 25th Sep 2013 7:42 AM
I could not stop laughing after first reading this on haveeru. Well done to the young couple who did this in court. If the 100% muslim people can go abroad and fornicate with prostitutes, while women fall off buildings during sex, kissing is not a problem at all!
kobakoba on Wed, 25th Sep 2013 9:04 AM
I think it is a perfectly knitted article..
I am concerned about The boy: will end up in jail where he will complete his studies for drugs, theft or probably murder.. he is just 17, a small boy. what age does mischief happen in? Judge Hameed's age? when u can pay off for the f-*ks? The boy would have felt his whole world trembling down at the court,, maybe he wanted some comfort knowing that he is going "IN" for a long time..?? a comfort kiss, a good bye kiss,,,,? i do understand that the country is muslim..such actions (at least in public) arent encouraged even if it is a daily (nightly) occurrence specially in the capital city.
Pple like sheik shaheem who blam the quran for actions of his own would disagree.. pple like imran will call for immediate lashing under fornication..while he is allowed to fornicate with his sister in law..(captured on video). And finaly, pple like judge hameed will sit in the high posts, protected by the a corrupt system while they openly indulge in immature, 5minute sexual ordeals.
Maldives as a state is on the verge of making the most critical decision of its entire life time. It is the time we decide either we want to be like an extremist state or the west. History and past of each extremist state, iraq, iran, syria, pakistan, are of extremist majority where so far; a stable govt is non existant. Bombing, killing, mass murder, etc etc.it is time we choose the right decision.. for the sake of the many generations we wish to come for our children. do we knowingly throw our state into the hands of extremist ideas or we give a future to our generations?? the decision is weighing on which side we choose now. MDP or PPM.. I for one have seen enough repetition around the world.. I want development and stability and a balance in my country. I call you all to vote with your heart. Think about this well.b urself when u have the voting paper & pen in your hand. make the right choice.. EBBURUN ANNI for President. HABURUNVIYAS HEYO
kobakoba on Wed, 25th Sep 2013 10:01 AM
to follow ismalic principals, a country does not have to sky dive into extremism. religion a self right of each individual. and i mean no harm or disrespect to islam and its fundamentalism in above comment. But i have seen religion being sold in Maldives for petty cash.
I have seen Imran and Shaheem openly sell out the quran and the religion for party benefits, for money benefits…what more will you call this other than selling out on religion? in this maldives…
So i am calling for the rights of each person..to be able to live a life of their own in peace…for future and current generations..
PPM- those of you who will vote for PPM, are couching for cocaine and brown sugar business in Male…Seriously, who doesnt know the mass tax free business done by Yamin? and who doesnt know that this PPM is a monstrosity created by the then 30 year old dictator Maumoon abdull Gayyoom? I feel shame for the fellow Maldivians,,..knowing all and still campaigning for him… he can pay off his entire state to me and my reply to him wud be f-=k off. i will not sell my future or my kids future to a drugs smuggler.
for those of you who would like to ask me what proof i have of yamin…. i'd like to say:, i have enuf proof..
- Do i want to say that in a court of law? Not yet…
- Why wudnt you go as witness or proof?
To protect my family
To protect my friends
To avoid confronting corrupt systems
Ben Plewright on Wed, 25th Sep 2013 12:27 PM
@kobakoba: "Why wudnt you go as witness or proof?
To protect my family
To protect my friends
To avoid confronting corrupt systems…"
But humans can only live broken by fear for so long… before they make a stand – live or die – any sacrifice… The Justice will reach you one day Yamin…
Ben Plewright on Wed, 25th Sep 2013 12:41 PM
@Pen Blewright: " off yourself…"
You see! The corrupt ones want us DEAD because we are annoying them, and they would kill us if they could!
oh… by us I mean ANY who speak against the tyrants in Maldives.
Ben Plewright on Wed, 25th Sep 2013 12:57 PM
@Pen Blewright: " off yourself…"
You see! The corrupt ones want us DEAD because we are annoying them, and they would kill us if they could!
oh… by us I mean ANY who speak against the tyrants in Maldives.
So this desire to kill, to wish DEATH upon us reveals how evil they are! That is why it is SO IMPORTANT to resist them with EVERYTHING we've got!
runda on Wed, 25th Sep 2013 9:47 PM
This is what Anni says, the Tourists will increase when the Maldivian are civilized. How many tourists will think twice on hearing this news whether to go on their next vacation to Maldives? I don't think these monkeys will ever evolve. Is kissing that bad, I think spitting on the ground or scratching the crotch in public is common practice in Maldives which looks more ugly then kissing someone. How about if you kiss your kid in public, are you going to be punished? Too much fish….., bloody fishermen will never grow up.
These idiots go insane if they see a Maldivian women swimming in bikinis, or sipping a beer, if it was like eating from the garbage. Do you really think those women who wrap up like mummies, or those potbelly men eating like dogs licking the fingers and chewing nuts like grazing cows are beautiful scene.
And how about those MPS behaving like apes in the Majlis hole or the public who seems that there is nothing in their life other then spying on people and spreading rumors and engaging in politics. Grow up guys and be civilized in order to progress.


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now that i saw their website i think i read about them in a magazine once.
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The Butchies rock :-) I like "Sex (I'm a Lesbian)", and I'm also a fan of the sutff they did with Amy Ray of the Indigo Girls. If you like the loud, punk style, I recommend Tribe 8 or Bikini Kill.
Ahh, queer punk.
I really liked them when they opened up for Amy Ray. Never got their CDs, though, not sure how well it translates, but they are really amazing live. And touring right now, i know they come to Sf soon anyway...
I have "3," and it's a hot, tight CD. Their music definitely translates to the disc. I can lend it to you if you want.
I'll probably just add them to the Ferrick/Indigo Girls thing, see them when they are in town, ignore them otherwise. :-)
They are coming to Bottom of the Hill for like $10 in April.
The Butchies rock my socks. I decided that gays are the only ones who can really still do punk music. Because they are the ony one who have something to be really angry about. I mean, does a white middle class dude need to punk-er-ize about? ::sobs:: I miss the sex pistols. The Butchies are coming to MA the 30th of April though and I have every intention of seeing them.
The Sex Pistols are in their 50s...
Punk is over, emo forever!
I am Willy Wonka.
Not just the idea of queer punk, but our entire subculture. We're our own little self-sustaining community. We have our "own" bookstore, music, foods, clothing.
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The film closes with the words: "Just because it isn't happening here, doesn't mean it isn't happening." Save The Children says it has released the striking video in the run up to the third anniversary of the start of the Syrian conflict on March 15. The conflict in Syria has "cost the lives of more than 11,000 children and turned more than 1 million into refugees. It has subjected them to trauma, indiscriminate shelling and even torture."
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At SXSW in Austin, IBM's Watson group showed how cognitive computing can help put together a gourmet meal unlike anyone has ever seen before.
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This is a wonderful free crochet pattern from Alla Koval for your fall and winter wardrobe. Created with unique materials like Tredsetter Soleili yarn, cut fabric leaves and wooden beads. This easy to make scarf will look great and won't cost a fortune.
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- Trendsetter Soleil Yarn (100% Cotton/50 g (1.75 • oz)/80 yds) #7324 brown - 1 skein (MC)
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- 12MM brown wood beads with 4MM hole - 16
11/2 rep x 7 rows = 4"
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NOTE: See diagram 1 on p. 4.
Row 1(RS): With CA, leaving 4" yarn tail, ch 229, dc in 17th ch from hook, dc in next 4 chs, [ch 11, sk 11 chs, dc in next 5 chs] across to last 16 chs, ch 16, fasten off, leaving 4" yarn tail = 16 repeats.
Row 2(RS): With MC, leaving 4" yarn tail, ch 16, [sk 3 chs of next ch-11 sp, dc in next 5 chs, ch 11] across, sk next 3 chs, dc in next 5 dc, ch 8, fasten off, leaving 4" yarn tail.
Row 3(RS): With CA, leaving 4" yarn tail, ch 8, dc in 9th ch, dc in next 4 dc, [ch 11, sk 3 chs of next ch-11 sp, dc in next 5 chs] across, ch 16, fasten off, leaving 4" yarn tail.
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Referring to picture details, string wood bead onto • yarn tails of every next two rows. Adding one more strand of CA held together, tie knot. For 1st Row row, attach one additional strand of CA to center of beg ch-sp before stringing bead. Push wood beads to knotted ends.
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Wilson, Douglas L., ed.; Davis, Rodney O., ed.; Hanks, John. 'John Hanks (William H. Herndon Interview)' in 'Herndon's Informants: Letters, Interviews, and Statements About Abraham Lincoln' . Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1998. [format: book], [genre: interview]. Permission: University of Illinois Press
about 2 weeks Cutting our timber suppose it was on Congress land Abe walked afoot to Springfield thence to Judy's ferry got the Canoe and floated it down to the mouth of Spring Creek where the timber was Cut: we then rafted the logs down to Sangamon River to what is Called Sangamon town 7 miles N.W of Springfield. We boarded when we were working at the mouth of Spring Creek walked 1. M Eat 2 meals a dy. When we got to Sangamon town we made a shantee-shed Abe was Elected Cook. We sawed our lumber at Kirkpatricks Mill on Prairie Creek about 1 ½ M S.W. of Sangamon Town. We hewed & scored the timber at the mouth of Spring Creek. We finished making & launching the boat in about 4 Weeks we loaded the boat with barrell pork Corn & live hogs and left Sangamon twn. I remember a jugglers show at Sangamon Town. Abe went to it. Abe was full of jokes during all this time Kept us alive. Offutt was a whig so was Lincoln but he Could not hear Jackson wrongfully abused Especially where a lie & malace did the abuse. I can say that Abe never was a democrat: he was always a whig so was his father before him. We landed at the New Salem mill about the 19th April and got fast on Rutledges Mill dam now called Bales Mill dam. We unloaded the boat that is we Changed goods from one boat to a borrowed one rolled the barrels forward bored a hole in the end of the boat over the dam water ran out and thus we got over on the dam part of a day and one night. We then went on down to the Yellow bank or blue banks on the Sangamon River near Squire Godbys [12] about 1 M above the mouth of Salt Creek. We purchased Some hogs of I think Squire Godby am not sure tried to drive them, Couldnt ran them back in the pen Caught them Abe held the head of them I the tail and Offutt sewed up their Eyes wouldn't drive couldn't put them in a cart Carried them to the boat about one mile to the river Abe recd the hogs Cut open there [13] Johnson & I halled them to Abe We then proceeded Offutt John Johnson Abe Lincoln & Myself, down the Sangamon River thence into Ills . We Kept our victuals & in fact Slept down in the boat at one End went down by a Kind of ladder through a scuttle hole. We used plank as Sails & Cloth Sometimes rushed through Beardstown in a hurry people Came out & laughed at us passed Alton Cairo and Stopt at Memphis Vicksburg Natches &c. There is nothing worthy of being Known going down the river. I Can say we soon Say in May we landed in N.O. [14] There it was we Saw Negroes Chained maltreated whipt & scourged. Lincoln Saw it his heart bled Said nothing much was silent from feeling was Sad looked bad felt bad was thoughtful & abstracted I Can say Knowingly that it was on this trip that he formed his opinions of Slavery: it ran its iron in him then & there May 1831. I have heard him say often & often Offutt Johnson
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The British artist recycles packaging material into these painstakingly detailed sculptures without the use of any supporting frames, wood or metal. Each represents an object from everyday life, but rendered in cardboard it takes on a whole new presence. His pieces tap into our and memories of these objects and our relation to them while growing up — vintage typewriters and vacuum cleaners remind us of homework and domestic life, and a dentist chair is replicated in full detail, including examination light and spit sink. The material of cardboard – a childhood favorite for fort and playhouses – also beckons our memories of the objects Gilmour replicates, tying them in with the present.
The apparent functionality of Gilmour's cardboard sculptures often seem so real that the viewer gets confused. He has sited visitors attempting to type on his typewriters and open car doors before they realize that the pieces are in fact art works and not the real thing.
Gilmour uses recycled cardboard and packaging material because of its accessibility — virtually all of his neighbors and family members throw away the material on a regular basis. Instead of traditional marble or bronze, Gilmour makes a modern and environmentally sensitive statement, while playing on our nostalgic memories.
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"Climate uncertainty, declining oil supplies and more mouths to feed make it risky to rely on globalised food supplies. A saner, healthier, more sustainable food system based on local production and processing will require a renaissance of craft skills, knowledge and commitment. The School of Artisan Food is a key part of this radical - and vital - new agenda."
Andrew Whitley, Author of 'Bread Matters'
"As demand for artisan food increases so does the demand for knowledge about it. Not only is the general public hungry for knowledge about the food they eat but also the need for skilled artisans is ever increasing. I have been involved in the renaissance of artisan cheese in Britain for 30 years and seen the number of these cheeses increase from a handful in the late 1970s to hundreds now. But the knowledge and craft of artisan cheesemaking is still held by very few and now is the time to teach what we know. Fifty years ago there were several schools in Britain providing training for hundreds of cheesemakers and now there are none. The School of Artisan Food will fill that gap."
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"All indications are that SAF will steer clear of the style wars that clutter the world of British artisanal food. Artful presentation of food, be it raw or cooked, is not the point here.
The Tea Togethers, having themselves slogged through the early years of creation without a compass, salute a course set to answer the real needs of those who seek a viable future in the making and selling of non-industrial foods.
As guides and mentors, its students will have people who have earned their international reputations with their sleeves rolled up, and who also have had to grapple with the financial realities of their calling.
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Ballet Hispanico
Last seen at the Kennedy Center in 2007, Ballet Hispanico returns with a dazzling mixed repertory program to include the DC premiere of Sortijas by Cayetano Soto, one of the most dynamic and groundbreaking Spanish choreographers of his generation.
- Thursday, December 05, 2013 - Friday, December 06, 2013
- Eisenhower Theater
- Approx. 100 minutes
- $22.00 - $60.00
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Eduardo Vilaro, Artistic Director
Tina Ramirez, Founder
Jardí Tancat
Choreography by Nacho Duato
Sortijas (Rings)
Choreography by Cayetano Soto
Choreography by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Choreography by Eduardo Vilaro
Live Music by Paquito D'rivera
"Ballet Hispanico reaches joyous heights."
--The Times Picayune
"Vilaro balanced bold choices of guest choreographers with a pleasant hedge of his own."
--The New York Times
New York–based Ballet Hispanico explores, preserves, and celebrates Latino cultures through dance. Last seen in the Kennedy Center's Concert Hall in 2007, Ballet Hispanico is now under the guiding hand of Cuban American dancer and choreographer Eduardo Vilaro. A former Ballet Hispanico dancer, Vilaro was named Artistic Director in 2009 after a successful 10-year term as Founder and Artistic Director of Luna Negra Dance Theater in Chicago.
For its Kennedy Center mixed repertory program, the company brings Spanish choreographer Nacho Duato's Jardí Tancat, the D.C. premiere of Spanish choreographer Cayetano Soto's Sortijas (Rings), Annabelle Lopez Ochoa's new work Sombrerísimo, and Eduardo Vilaro's Danzón with live music by Paquito D'Rivera.
Duato's very first work, Jardí Tancat is based on Catalonian folk tales sung by Maria del Mar Bonet. With equal shades of passion and melancholy, the ballet evokes the despairing yet hopeful prayers of Spaniards who wait for rain on their barren land. Soto's Sortijas is an exciting duet that celebrates Latino tradition by representing the circular ties of family and friends that link communities together over generations. The piece is set to music by American-born singer and songwriter Lhasa de Sela. In Sombrerísimo, an athletic tour de force for six men full of rhythmic agility and stylistic flair, "Lopez Ochoa disassembles and reassembles the coded rituals and rhythms until they spark insight and laughter" (Financial Times). Initially evolved from Haitian contradance, the Danzón has been called the official dance of Cuba. Eduardo Vilaro has taken this traditional and quintessentially Cuban dance form and reinvented it with contemporary language to construct a joyous celebration of music and movement.
Performance Timing: Piece 1 - 17 min.; Intermission - 15 min.; Piece 2 - 6 min.; Pause - 3 min.; Piece 3 - 14 min.; Intermission - 15 min.; Piece 4 - 28 min.
Explore the Arts: On December 5, join a free post-performance discussion with a moderator and members of the company.
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Yeahhhhh buddy! Having a shitty day has a prescription – EXERCISE HARD!!!
Today I woke up unmotivated, tired, depressed, lazy, heavy, gravitationally challenged, but as soon as I hit the gym I turned it all around! And now I feel relaxed, pumped, calm, happy and glad that I went to the gym and won the battle with myself…..
Didn't feel the need to go real heavy, especially on chest days…… I have a real attitude about doing chest because my whole life all I ever hear is how much ya bench? How much ya bench? How much ya bench? How much ya bench? Etc…….if you saw me do easy REPS on barbell curls with 233lbs, rows with 455lbs, shoulder presses with 315lbs, trap bar deadlifts with 720lbs, then maybe you would leave me alone and ask someone else how much they bench…..grrrrrrr to hell with bench press – back strength and forearm power is what gets me fired up!
But since some people are interested in what kind of weights I throw around, this is what my chest workout was like tonight:
Incline Bench in the power rack – 333lbs for 2 sets of 8-10 reps
- 229lbs for 3 sets of 17-19 reps
- 133lbs for 2 sets of 33-50 reps
Dumbbell flys on the ground – 75lbs for 3 sets of 8-13 reps
Cable chest squeezes (one arm) – 100lb stack for 3 sets of 10 reps
Why the random reps and odd drop sets? Well, I felt like crap when I got to the gym – just kinda went thru the motions with no focus, but by the time I got to cable squeezes I was feeling great! And my chest had a hell of a pump! Like I said on facebook, "Dumbbell flys on the ground haha……a painless end to a painful chest workout……I can't even lift my arms……stay tuned, BLOG coming tonight about training chest on NO energy! Success is fucking mental chief – just DO IT"
That's what I'm asking of you……just go out there and DO IT – you will feel better my friend
Take care all,
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Who's up for a magical Monday? Well we're giving you one on right here on Nerdist News!
On today's episode we're dishing on Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the J.K. Rowling-scripted flick set in the world of Harry Potter, giving you a release date for the hotly-anticipated Alien: Isolation, telling you what big name in TV just joined American Horror Story: Freak Show, revealing a shocking new medical process that could actually put you into suspended animation, and giving you the chance to win a totally awesome Game of Thrones pop-up book! In other words, we're nailin' it.
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The top five sigils will be featured on Nerdist.com and our favorite original house sigil will score a set of sleek Game Of Thrones journals, as well as an amazing pop-up guide to Westeros by Insight Editions (all viewable down below). The contest ends this Sunday at midnight PST, so be sure to send your submissions over via twitter using the hashtag #NerdistOfThrones.
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Terrible. He paralyzed one side of my face and then blamed me because I had "elected" a surgery he had pushed on me. He wanted to "correct" what he thought was another surgeon's bad work, which was actually fine, and in doing that placed a 3 inch incision next to my eye we hadn't discussed. I awoke from surgery permanently disfigured. I tell people I was in a car accident that left my face scarred and paralyzed. He also seriously compromised my vision, leaving me with a dessicated cornea as a result of the facial paralysis. My speech is impaired, I cannot smile, and my life has been forever altered. Stay away from this man.
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Dr Y reconstructed my breast in 1996 after a mastectomy. The procedure I had required using tissue from my abdomen, therefore I also ended up with with a "tummy tuck". He did an amazing job that still looks good after almost 18 years. Initially I thought his bedside manner was terrible (he was yawning during our conversation the first time I met with him like I was the most boring patient in the world) but I still chose him over three others to do my surgery after a consultation with each of them, even though they were all more personable. I read other posts that described Dr Y as egotistical, but my sense then was that there was an intensity about him and my gut feeling was that he was more invested in a great outcome than making friends. My nephew, a doc from L.A. Came with me on my next meeting with Dr Y & my nephew confirmed my gut feeling that Dr Y should do my surgery. I did ask him to get lots of sleep the night before my surgery (no yawning) and he did crack a smile.
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This is a very good doctor with just the right number of years of experience. If you are concerned about competence and don't know what pastic surgeon to go to, chose this one. I have been going to him for 7 years and I have had no problems. My seven- year history puts me in a position to judge his ability, and he is just a very good doctor. I would not hestitate to use him as my doctor and would recommend him without reservation. I would ignore the post by that other user on 11/22/11. In fact, this user may be thinking about a different doctor/or have the wrong doctor in mind. To illustrate my point, many of the nurses who work at the hospital Dr. Yaremchuk is affilated with compliment his work stating that he does a great job with closing up facial wounds.
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I have had several procedures with Dr Yaremchuk (facelift, upper bleph, IOR's) and find his work exceptional and extremely natural looking. I have also found him to be extremely caring and responsive to questions and concerns. After a recent survery I was concerned about how I was healing and he immediately made time to see me off hours on a holiday weekend. Everything was fine and knowing he cared that much about his patients and his work made me an even bigger fan. He is a true professional and an extremely talented surgeon.
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Dr. Y performed a blepharoplasty (both upper and lower eyes), a facelift and necklift for me a month ago. The results are amazing. He is an extremely skilled surgeon. His staff (especially Jan) is extremely knowledgeable and are always available when he is not to answer any questions. I cannot believe how perfect the results are. It is great to look at least 20 years younger! His fees were half of the other surgeon I consulted with for a second opinion. This is one of the best decisions that I have ever made in my life. The first week after the surgery is difficult; however, after that, the recovery is fairly quick. I was back to work full time after 10 days. Just follow his and his staff's advice during recovery and you won't regret your decision.
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Dr. Y did a face & neck lift for me with amazing and very natural looking results. I still look like me, just younger and better. He is both a brilliant surgeon and talented artist. I found him to set very factual and realistic expectations, and he took the time to answer all my questions. I was nervous about the whole process, but cannot imagine things going more smoothly. I'm thrilled I went through with it and would absolutely recommend him without hesitation.
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Dr. Yaremachuk is an excellent surgeon. He preformed surgery on me for a browlift and breast impalnts. There was nver a moment of feeling anxiuos when I was in his hands. Others have stated he has a large ego they are mistaking confidence as an ego. He has been rated as one of the top 10 plastic surgeons on more than one occasion in Boston magazine.
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Unfortunately I've had some bad experiences with plastic surgeons. Dr. Y is an artist. He has techniques at solving problems that other doctors don't. If it's not exactly what you wanted he will go the extra mile to give you just what you want. Not to mention he's just an awesome guy. I seriously can't imagine any surgeon being better. Cosmetic surgery is a really delicate thing to mess with and you're not going find anyone better. He seriously changed my life.
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Isobel's critically acclaimed third album In My Garden was released on the 1st of December. The album has already received praise by BBC Radio 6's Lauren Laverne and BBC Radio 2's Jamie Cullum. To stream, download and buy a CD click on the player below:
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Isobel's 2nd single from her forthcoming album In My Garden is now available to download. Little Sounds of Pain tells the story of Isobel's experiences of tinnitus, which she has suffered from for the last two and a half years. Therefore, all profits from the release will go to The British Tinnitus Association. Click on the song below to listen and to download.
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Isobel's stunning new album will be released in early December 2013. The record has already received praise and airplay from BBC 6 Music's Lauren Lavern, and the album's first single, released in September, has already received high recommendations on the music blog circuit.
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Saturday the 21st will see the release of Gentleman, the first single from Isobel's new album In My Garden, Featuring the beautiful and talented Ruby Colley on violin and Isobel's voice and guitar, the song tells the story of taking tea with a very lovely young man. So, make an Earl Grey, butter a scone and pull up a chair to celebrate the singles release.
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Removing Links From A Seiko Bracelet?HOW?!
Posted 21 July 2007 - 04:04 PM
Any ideas?
Posted 22 July 2007 - 09:49 PM
Techniques and tools needed appreciated!
Posted 23 July 2007 - 08:32 AM
Most Seiko bracelets are secured with push pins, the examples you describe being pretty typical of the breed. The pins that hold the links of the bracelet in place are of the "split pin" design and a few have very small collars inside the links as well. Essentially the pins will push out of the bracelet in the direction indicated by the arrows. If fitted with collars, they are *very* small and easily lost - without them the pins won't fit back into the link and so its important to hang onto them. A good tip would be to do the job inside a large-ish clear plastic bag, that way none on the bits will disappear across the room anywhere!..
As for tools, our host Roy, sells a very decent bracelet adjustment tool, see the "watch tools" section on RLT WATCHES and his service is great. That said, it is possible to push the pins out with a strong short length of metal, I have heard of "someone" <ahem!> using a paper clip and small hammer. The tool itself is much safer though!!..
I wouldn't have said it was a "difficult" job, its a bit fiddly and requires some patience - but if you've a little bit of mechanical sympathy and are half decent with your hands its a 15 minute job.
Hope this has helped, best of luck!
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Posted 23 July 2007 - 03:39 PM
Just off the phone from RLT. Don't know which bracelet the OP has but the pin-pusher isn't the suitable tool for mine:
The pin (L-shaped so I'm told) is 'pulled' out with a small tool rather than 'pushed' out from the arrow side as per the pin-pusher. I have ordered the 'Standard' spring bar tool as I'm going to have a crack at this with the watch laid flat for better access (plus I can fine tune the spring bar position too). Should be delivered on Wednesday!
Posted 23 July 2007 - 05:51 PM
You might then need a regular pair of pliers to pull it the rest of the way out.
To put it back just line it up carefully & tap it back with a preferably softish faced hammer (I use a brass headed one).
It's really quite easy, you just need the right tools.
Good luck
Edited by ETCHY, 23 July 2007 - 05:52 PM.
Posted 23 July 2007 - 06:49 PM
This link may help.
Posted 23 July 2007 - 07:42 PM
"Folded link bracelets without pins come in a huge variety of forms. Yet I have seen many of those bracelets being 20 years or older without too much bracelet tear. It would go beyond the scope of this article to describe many different types of those bracelets because all of them work in a similar way. There the metal sheet that needs to pushed out is normally showing a spherical elevation and a recessed or cut out area where to place the marker. Then simply push in ARROW direction. I found that pushing with the pusher slightly tilted to the back helps to apply more force."
Edited by strange_too, 23 July 2007 - 07:43 PM.
Posted 23 July 2007 - 10:33 PM
Tools used:
- High quality adjustable spanner - also has soft coating for 'hammer' usage.
- High quality small/nail scissors - straight blades not curved.
Open the bracelet by removing the spring bar from the clasp. Note: buy the proper tool for this! I used the scissor-tip to push the bar in and 'smothered' it with my hand so it wouldn't go flying off. This isn't 100% necessary but it seems easier to work on an open bracelet than a closed one and it will be open in the near future anyway when you remove a link... so may as well open it now? Retain the spring bar in a safe place - put it in a dish etc.
Using the nail scissors (or any apppropriate driver) push the link pin down in the direction of the arrow. The link pin on this Oyster folded metal bracelet has a hole all the way through it. Get the driver point seated nicely into this hole and apply pressure. I managed to just push the pin out but it may be necessary to tap your driver in order to get it to move from what I've observed:
The pin should be proud of the bracelet. Using appropriate pliers or gripping tool (I used a high quality adjustable spanner) continue to pull the pin all the way out. To remove a link you will need to repeat this procedure again:
Reconstruct the bracelet. Line up the bracelet links and merely push one of your pins back in. Hammers and the like are advertised for traditional pins but for this type of 'pin' I managed to push it all the way home using only my thumb. If you do have to tap yours home make sure you're striking it with a soft tool or covering to avoid damage. You are now left with the spring bar, one pin and one link:
Re-fit the spring bar in the appropriate place, remember you have some adjustment here as well for fine-tuning the fit.
Put the watch on:
When working with the spring bar do not face directly over it! If it 'goes off' it could easily fly up and embed itself in one of your eyes.
Posted 23 July 2007 - 11:05 PM
Tip 2
Make sure you remove the link(s) from the correct side of the clasp I removed mine from the 'wrong' side and the watch didn't quite have the perfect fit... so I put one back in on that side and remove one from the other side for a better fit and 'hang' on the wrist
Posted 23 July 2007 - 11:36 PM
Thanks for taking the time , I'm sure a lot of people will find that very useful .
Posted 23 July 2007 - 11:45 PM
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