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text: Uh...excuse me, actually I am fully aware of this since you have been quite unshy about educated the public a year ago on this very topic. But what has this got to do with ANY of my posts? I have been refraining to post anymore on this topic but I feel i have no choice since people keep twist them. Let me emphasize again, this is not about Japan vs Korea, certainly not about the Cricket club, Canadian, or anything to do with anti Japan, Orser etc. It is about the role of an agency and how it impact decision making and outcomes for the sport. The moment Brian renewed his contract with IMG, the fate for the Kim-Orser relationship pretty much sealed. Why? Because as an agency, a candidate that is not going to bring them any money (no contract have been signed, so no money can be made) would be completely useless to them and it is best to end that relationship PERMANENTLY. It would be a waste of their time and effort when alot money can be made elsewhere and motion need to be in place and timing is the key. Agencies love the phrase 'cut the cord... cut the cord' because it means getting rid of any business relationships that are a liability to the agency, not just their own but their client/candidate relationships. Once an agency comes in, it is all about billable hours, and structured deals, and whether these deals have legs that will stand to last long and be lucrative. Hanyu is only 17, potential 10 years regular billing from both sides. Mens have longer career lifespan than the ladies too. Do you really think Brian randomly bump into OGM coach to discuss about their salary and that he should be gaining 30% of skater's future earning at 'his' level? Geez. just how many OGM coaches are there in the world? 2 singles OGM every 4 years, there's only a handful of OGM coaches he can bump into, and most of them are Russian, or has he been hanging out with Frank Carroll since the OGM? The fact he 'knows' this indicate he has been having heart to heart with an agency. Nothing wrong with it, he is a valuable commodity in the sport now. If IMG represent Brian, they'd get 20% from his newly adjusted coaching fee (or 10% claimed by some even if it makes no business sense) as well as the '20-30%' from the student representation, endorsement deals. So for example, say Hanyu makes 1 million dollar a year, Agency probably get 20% of that. Brian according to his theory could claim 30% (a little outrageous), Agency would be getting additionally 20% of Brian's rate, so they'd make $60k get more just from structuring the SAME deal and for doing the SAME amount of work from just one side representation. Brian makes 300k-60k(20% goes to the agent)= £240k Agency makes 200k from Hanyu +£60k from Brian = £260k. Based in 20% for endorsement deals Or 300k from Hanyu + 60k from Brian = £360k. Based on 30% for endorsement deals. Now imagine Hanyu get 10 million a year endorsement deals like Mao does for the next 10 years, or even half that. Is it not worth their while to develop this relationship? It is how you make money for doing same hours. That is why a sport agency would keep sending him their own client students so they can have control over structuring these deals. IMG does not represent exclusively Japanese skaters, but also Javier, Christina, Adam and probably Cynthia too since she is a regular SOI Canada cast, and I am pretty sure Hanyu too, otherwise they would be pretty useless at their job. It is nothing personal, just business. It is only personal because readers are fans of certain individuals, factions, affiliations, but it is still possible to be objective when you broke things down logically.


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Yay! The men are on the ice. Go Johnny!
Yay! The men are on the ice. Go Johnny!
Thank you for the feed!
So excited to watch Johnny! I want him to shake things up on the podium.
Urmanov looked great! Is he a coach?
Ahhhhh, Urmy~~~! Still looks gorgeous!
This stream doesn't work for me and has a virus according to my antivirus program . Is there any other live streaming?
http://tvonsite.org/index.php?kanal=sport2 works for me and it's a great nearly freeze-free stream. My AV isn't finding a virus...maybe a false positive from your firewall?
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Johnny. Damn!
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Wowch! What happened to Johnny?
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salted lemons recepie
hi does anyone know what 15 min recipe has salted lemons (or pickled lemons) in it? Iv tried search for it to no avail
If someone could help me pls i'd really appreciate it x.
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Re: salted lemons recepie
Dont be put off with the *Total Time: 99 hr 15 min*
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/jami … index.html
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Re: salted lemons recepie
Argh! Have you noticed when you go to foodnetwork.com from outside the USA, it plasters this big thing all over the page just after you've started reading it, inviting you to go to your local version of the site? On my small netbook screen you have to zoom out for miles before you can even find the buttons! And it's lot like I've just wandered into the front page, I've obviously linked to a specific recipe - no, I don't want to be forwarded to foodnetwork.co.uk! I want to read about Jamie's preserved lemons!
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I would like to plant dandelion for next spring. All I've read say plant in the early Spring. I also am going to plant clover which I will do soon. Is Spring the correct time to sow and still get dandelion flowers? I would think Fall would allow germination and then Spring flowers? Any good place to purchase?
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You have a lot of good pictures Thanks for sharing From what I saw your hives were all a dark color.Most of us here use a light color to reflect the heat more.
You have a lot of good pictures Thanks for sharing From what I saw your hives were all a dark color.Most of us here use a light color to reflect the heat more.
Yea, I have some contacts in the packaging industry - that same ink that is used for printing expiry dates on packets of chips, cereal boxes etc I reckon would be the go.
Thats interesting with the green paint / leaves of tree's etc. I hadnt thought about the efficiency of that paint colour. I just use it purely for camoflage for theft / not alerting the neighbours etc. (I should paint the white insulated lids I have on them too - haha - as they stand out a bit). me personally, Im not a fan of multi coloured boxes - I like everything to be the same etc. The lids I am using are the migratory ones with the air vents in them. The bees seem to block that air flow off with propolis for most of the year, and there is always plenty of bees in the underside of the lid, so the insulation must be doing the trick.
Regarding how colour affects temperature have a look here as a guide only:
"The bees seem to block that air flow off with propolis for most of the year"
Some of my bees also do this ( and I find it a nuisance as they also tend to seal off the AJ beetle traps) while others leave the place as clean as can be.
I'm trying to select splits more from the clean ones.
Well, not much happening here with the dismal summer. The local guys reckon its the worst production period since the early 1970's.
Hopefully thats the worst I will see!!
On a brighter note, the new hive stencil turned up today, and I gave it a small test drive. Love the new gear!!
And the old ones - not doing them like this anymore
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The latest project around here is a small scale de-humidifying cabinet to reduce the moisture content of some honey crops at different parts of the year.
I'll have the cabinet as a multipurpose unit as well Im thinking - some for wax straining, and wax melting.
1..Buiy a big box
2..Fit out with some outlets for heater lamps, fan, and dehumidifyer unit
3..start looking at electric controls
Just starting to think about touch screen design for the control unit.
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Still working on the whole process. It sort of looks like it might work - more to come on this.
Hi Rob,
my beehouse ( for storage and extraction) is as good as finished. I will take some photos and put them on my website soon.
Good honey flow on at the moment and looks like I will have a pretty good store for winter. Lots of markets coming up and the local IGA is buying a lot and paying a fair price too.
I have no need to reduce humidity/moisture if I take the honey fairly fully capped.If I have a bucket full of honey flowing to slow I place it in the car in the sun. Works well.
Still dealing with the SHB - the Department has sent a letter to all Bee Keepers with some advice. Must be bad if they are getting seriously involved.
Autumn is looking pretty good and I have big hopes for a winter flow and early spring.
After all the posts on here I knew I had to make the aussie equivalent of a presto pot. This ones the Sunbeam!!
Im still fiddling around with cleaning wax. The latest trial for me is the shortening filters in paper.
My labourer is only too happy to help undo the mold's.
We had a small holiday with my mum and dad. I hung around dad while he was doing his bee jobs. This one is supplying a school with bees for their garden / agriculture studies setup
Hey fella's,
I have been doing my spring and summer bee keeping. I should update my photo blog here a bit more often I reckon.
One thing I have been playing with is a website.
If anyone has a minute or 2 to ckeck it out?? I would like some positive and negative feedback so I can finish that off - cheers for the help!!
G'day Rob,
Looks great. Would love to see more photos.
I've got a website started here: http://ecovillageresearchgroup.com.au/?p=198
Needs more photos
This is an amazing thread to me (but, I've only had one hive for four months so I'm easily amazed). Thank you for sharing some great pictures and ideas.
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Well, after 2 bad wet seasons, this year we have a surplus of honey.
We started selling at the local markets last month (learnt a lot the first day), and had our second market day today. Here's a few pics of our stall
Its amazing how many local people, and also visitors to our town want to talk about bees!!! I love talking about the subject anytime anyhow, but today my lungs and throat are sore I spoke so much. Brings a tear to the eye how concerned people are with whats going on with general bee health.
Well my apiary bees have good taste!!
Had a little helper while bottling off the other night for the market stall - had to fish her out
"Well, after 2 bad wet seasons, this year we have a surplus of honey."
Hi Rob,
yes, an excellent season here too. The Brush Box have been flowering ( maybe the first time in 8 years?) and bees are still bringing it in. We took off 260 kg of honey off just the wife and i with our little set-up. Working well but still room to improve. I have been bottling and labelling and cleaning up....and in the next couple of days we will be starting again. Not complaining!
I will have a bit of a stockpile for when the rain hits. Some I will store on the concrete floor and it should go crystalised. Sells well. I may have to have a look for another outlet. We sell at two markets - smaller then your market but we sell about 60 to 80 kg of honey on a good Saturday morning. We charge a bit more then you do - $ 6.00 per 500g and $ 10.00 for a kg and we give a dolar back when they return the glass jar. We can get more then 20 jars returned on some days - a guarantee to make another sale. We also sell Beeswax Candles. A good product at Christmas but at other times a little slow.
Our main product is vegetable seedlings which we grow ( and some buy in in bulk).
The combination of seedlings and Honey is a good way to get return sales. Most are regulars which come to each market and buy.
I put out a little Gardening Newsletter ( for free) and this allows me to keep in touch with my clients.
Just wanted to say thanks for sharing all the wonderful photos Robbo. When I make it back down to Oz to see family maybe I could twist your arm into letting me swing out and check out your operation?
We the willing have done so much with so little for so long we can now do anything with nothing
Yea, that would be cool
We have a few months left to go on house renovations, but after that, that would be great.
Will have to get you working though - haha - just getting to that stage where I am doing something bee related every weekend of the year
We are getting into the Market thing Max. Its definitely better when you are the only bee keeper there. We have met so many great people wanting to have a bee chat. Im 1/2 way thru getting on to facebook with 'ballina honey' as that will be my 'flyer' I think. People are coming around to supporting local products so thats bee awesome.
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Went out to one of my apiary sites for a peek today - It was so hot!!! - Hot and no wind.
Check out those beards!!
I ran out of frames and spare supers 3 weeks ago (when I thought the last 20 would 'do me') - haha
I flipped out the entrance reducres while I was there.
If there was a thread for 'best thing you bought for beekeeping in 2011', this would be mine.
One of these scissor carts. Im amazed how much I use it!!
This one pumps up enough to get a super to the bench, then can go on top of that super which is great. It gets a bit hard to pump up with 5 or 6 supers on it, but will apparantly lift 350kg's (umm about 800 pouinds I think??)


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Russell Apiaries is rumored to be setting-up local shipping centers / breeding operations in most states. If true, that could reduce the shipping problems and certainly help the customer service.
The not answering of emails and phones just fans the flames of this little internet drama. I can picture a staff that is hunkered down and hiding from the flaming vitriol being hurled in their direction. Of course that "hunkering down" is just making things worse.
Unfortunately, the common rule of customer service seems to apply in spades here. If you completely satisfy a customer, they may tell one or two other people about their wonderful experience. An unhappy customer is going to tell at least 7-20 people until they "get it out of their system".
In any case, the queens I got from another supplier were poorly mated (shotgun pattern after a month and still shotgun with brood in all stages as of last night, indicating those queens were mated with some closely related drones). That supplier (who I won't name or patronize again) said tough beans, they are alive and laying.
So I've taken the plunge and ordered queens from RA. Obviously, I've read about the nightmare experiences others have lived, and chosen to roll the dice.
Got confirmation email 6/26, so they accepted the order. Apparently, as they wind-down the retail sales, if you place an order that they cannot fill this season, they will not accept the order. So I'll report back about shipping or not within the month.
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Diogenes; Agree. Seems time for Beesource to contact Russell and clear up this if possible, at least to bring this thing to a head.
In a perfect world that might happen.
As things are, it is my personal opinion that you will never see Doc Russell on BeeSource again. At least not until the BeeSource.com site terms and conditions are changed back.
Got my refund
Well i got a bike in this race.It never left the gate . For those that haven,t kept pace , 10 moonbeams payed for last june ,,no contact . When i see stuff posted,,i payed and got my bees 3 days later ,,,i really wanna drive down and settle my account . Birdman ,,,how ?
Hey Mike, can I ride along? I'm sure they are very nice in person.
Maybe we could get the pick of the yard
After all Robert said he would make it right, (a friggen year ago!!)
There's not enough sheep dogs and the wolves are coming!!!!!!
Yes indeed birdman,
If it won't violate Barry's dictate that you post only your own personal experiences, I am also very curious about how you managed a refund when others seem to have had such difficulties getting any answers.
How long ago did you place your order, and how long past the ship date was it when you cancelled it? Perhaps your example, knowledge, experiences and contacts will help some of the others who seem to have been cast adrift by Russell Apiaries.
If they can say that RA refunded birdman for his xxxx date order due to ship yyyy, then it could set a precedent to help others.
I have recieved several Queens from Russells, Good luck to those of you that do get yours. mine weren't worth putting in my hives. He was great help last year in getting rid of my pure Russians, which I greatly appreciate. However the genetics that I replaced them with didn't last 1 year without failing. The queens that I ordered to replaced them with was a complete disaster. I won't have to worry about delivery anymore, because I will never order anything else from them. Kelleys is only 35 miles from me, and I can honestly say I have never gotten a bad queen from them. For the first time in 2+ years I'm enjoying beekeeping with my now 14 hives headed by Kelley Hygenic and Carniolans that Kelleys get from Shamrock. Nuff Said!!
So much to learn, so little time!!
BBB and attorney gen.
I pass within a mile of Roberts house everytime I go to Jackson. When Twinkiebee was posting on here as Roberts mouth piece I asked if I could drop by and tour his operation. She said he said that he didn't want any troublemakers at his place.
"Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself." - Mark Twain
And we all know how much of a troublemaker Jonny is........ LMAO
I had four Emails about shipping no reply. I used a diffrent email address put need queens asap, didn't take long to get a reply. I think they flag all email once they recieve payment. I posted on russell fourm if I didn't have my queens or money I would be calling the BBB and atonery gen , Monday. Two hours later paypal email fund returned to card. I will still ride along if anyone's going that way.
Alrighty, the promised update to my Russell Apiaries order.
Previously I'd posted that I placed an order for some of the Russell queens I've been salivating over (no, not the ones with the little feather boas, the other ones) in spite of the multitude of posts in this forum moaning about Russell Apiaries' less-than-stellar customer service.
What I had neglected to mention was that my requested ship date was 9-Jul-2012. The day came, and nothing but silence from Russell Apiaries. After reading over the BeeSource threads, I was uneasy. My God, I thought, they're ignoring me!!! Maybe I should start sending them an email or PM every hour on the hour until I get an answer about when they'll ship or if they even accepted the order!!
Fortunately, before I joined the mindless panicking herd, Rob Hughes posted on the Russell Apiaries forum that: "if the order was not canceled and refunded it was accepted". I did send him a PM thanking him for posting that information as it answered one of my questions (hope that will encourage more news).
So I took a deep breath, and shook the knot outta my panties and decided to wait some more. Another post on the Russell Apiaries forum explained that some of queens I wanted were in short supply due to a queen cell shipping incident. OK, I decided to give it at least another week before making any inquiries.
Then, Wednesday evening (18-Jul-2012), I got an email from Victoria asking if Russell Apiaries could make a substitution for the one variety of queen I had ordered. After a couple emails back and forth, (I wasn't sure about the initial substitution variety offer and she had some of my alternates available) the deal was struck, and shipment scheduled for Thursday via UPS overnight. It looks like Thursdays are "catch-up shipment" days. Sure enough, Thursday afternoon, I got an email shipment notification from UPS, shortly followed by another email from Victoria also confirming the shipment. I replied to Victoria with a thank-you and then it was down to the last bit of waiting. Plus, I'll order the "short-supply" queen variety from their New-York sub-producer next year. (I can drive there to pick 'em up.)
So, here it is, only 11 days past my requested ship date and I signed for my queens this morning. Part of this "success story" is due to Russell Apiaries trying to get things under control and using more expensive Thursday shipments to get things back on track. It also helped that this was a routine order, and was not interrupted by any disasters (natural or otherwise). Additionally, I think my being willing to make a substitution for one of the varieties greased the shipment skids, as apparently everything I ordered was in very short supply. Though if I was willing to wait a couple more weeks they would have filled the original order. (Bonus for me was being able to work in balmy 75 degree temps instead of the upper 90s last week)
Given that they ship 2700-4100 queens per week, if you assume an equal mix of small and large orders, then that equates to maybe 130-210 queen shipments per week. (very wild guess on my part) So naturally they are going to have a higher volume of complaints compared to many other producers. It's the numbers giving them more opportunity for the USPS and weather and other things to go wrong.
I suspect, though I cannot know, that the worst of this season's order tangles and problems at Russell Apiaries involve orders placed before or shortly after Mother Nature's office remodeling job. Also included in the worst of the mess would be anything due to ship in that time frame (yes, I'm speculating).
Anyone in that situation who has not yet resolved it, should contact Robhughes (click "send a message") at the Russell Apiaries forums. He is the no-nonsense go-to-guy for unraveling order messes and it appears that he gets great results.
Your mileage may vary.
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what sort of substitution did you do?
I had the exact same experience as diogenes except my order was just under the 45 days stated on the website. I had put asap for a ship date when ordered and no exact date. Recieved a very similar email from victoria wednesday afternoon, I agreed to a substitution, (JN Russell), recieved confirmation Thursday that my original order had been shipped. They will be installed this afternoon. I for one am very happy with RA and will order again when i can.
IMHO it seems that if you NEED a queen in a set time, right now with what they are dealing with, this is not the place to go. But they do put 45 day disclaimer on website. There are other places to get a queen "Today", but not the variety or genetics.
I know this will be replied to with "but my order is 3,6, and 12 months late", I do believe they will make it right given time.
good luck
Well, all I can say is "your lucky"!! I ended up with 1 out of 6 queens (that had been ordered and paid in May of 2011 for 2012) that made it a month later after install. And guess what, a drone layer. Mentioned that to RA with another reminder that I still had an extra shipping charge to be refunded, but guess what the reply was??? You guessed it!!** Can you say nada, zippo .....
I wouldn't buy a pencil from this outfit. Good luck if you do order, quality in addition to the customer service is nothing to write home about. Maybe if you buy a hundred or so, you may find something that lays something other than a drone. Good luck!
You had a drone layer, notified RA, and they told you that you were out of luck? That has not been my experience with them. Could you copy and post the response? Just curious.
Here's the response....... Nothing
Link to his contact info at Russell Apiaries: http://russellapiaries.webs.com/apps/profile/97739020/ < -- Click on "Send a Message" and see what he can do.
Rob is the go-to-guy for fixing-up order issues.
Worth a try unless you prefer to do nothing. Your choice either way.


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text: I've lived in southeast Oklahoma all my life my family is here. My household is me my wife & our 2 boys. We have a nice sized home on nearly 3 ac. which is more land than I need or want to take care of. My job sucks & the new economy makes it worse, I've been there for almost 12 years & no place within reasonable driving distance can compete if they are even hiring. My wife doesn't like it here anymore because there is nothing for the kids to do close by, I'm starting to agree with her & wondering what keeps me here. Mostly its the fear of what would happen I've switched possitions at my job a few times looking to find a better place only to be hitting a wall & I don't want to go so far as to sell our home move off (out of state if need be) change everything to find things worse than they are here. I would like to stay close to the area so visiting family wouldn't be a week vacation lol. Thinking about the surrounding states. I like the Southern Mo. area, NW Arkansas seems to be booming right now, Tulsa, OK is on the list my Brother in law lives there & could probably help me get a job the cost of living seems about the same as here but job pay is higher. I've been on the net past few days looking for cities towns in these areas & trying to compare but I thought I would ask on here how it is where you live even if you don't live in this 4 state area.


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IWC founded
Florentine Ariosto Jones (1841-1916), a watchmaker from Boston, Massachusetts, founds the International Watch Company in Schaffhausen. His aim: to produce high- quality pocket watches for the American market.
Roaring masses of water plunge over the rocky cliffs that make up the world-famous Rhine Falls. A few kilometres upstream, in Schaffhausen, the Rhine glides at a leisurely pace past the workshop windows of IWC. Here, over 140 years ago, a company began a story that is still being written today. At the tender age of 27, the American engineer and watchmaker Florentine Ariosto Jones had been the deputy director and manager of the E. Howard Watch and Clock Co. in Boston, then a leading American watchmaker. At a time when most people were trying their luck in the west, Jones went in the opposite direction. His journey took him across the Atlantic to Switzerland, where wages were still comparatively low. His plan was to combine the outstanding craftsmanship of the Swiss with modern engineering technology from overseas and his own pioneering spirit to manufacture high-quality watches for the American market. However, the skilled workers in the Geneva region and the remote valleys of western Switzerland met his plans with scepticism. Since the 17th century, they had been working from their homes or in tiny workshops. Jones, on the other hand, was dreaming of building a modern factory with centralised production.
It was then that Jones chanced on an industrialist from Schaffhausen by the name of Heinrich Moser. At this time, Schaffhausen already had a long clockmaking tradition. The first clock ever mentioned in the records was made way back in 1409 at the Rheinau Monastery, ten kilometres further down the Rhine. It had been produced for the Church of St. John in Schaffhausen. There are also official records of a clockmakers' guild in the town since 1583, and it was also home to the famed Habrecht family of clockmakers, who built one of history's most outstanding astronomical clocks for Strasbourg cathedral. Nevertheless, it was Jones's plan to manufacture relatively large numbers of high-quality watches in-house to precisely the same tolerances which enabled these watches made in Schaffhausen to become famous all over the world.
Florentine Ariosto Jones (1841-1916), a watchmaker from Boston, Massachusetts, founds the International Watch Company in Schaffhausen. His aim: to produce high- quality pocket watches for the American market.
Construction of new premises and the current headquarters of IWC on the banks of the River Rhine. IWC has 196 employees.
Schaffhausen engine manufacturer Johannes Rauschenbach-Vogel (1815-1881) acquires IWC.
Following the death of his father, Johannes Rauschenbach-Schenk (1856-1905) takes over IWC's helm.
Innovation: the first watches with a digital hours and minutes display (Pallweber system) leave the workshops in Schaffhausen.
Manufacture of the Magique, a pocket watch in a cabriolet case with a 24-hour display that can be used either as a hunter or an open-face pocket watch.
One of the first known wristwatches leaves Schaffhausen destined for the market. The company's small 64-calibre ladies' pocket watch movement is housed in a dainty case fitted with lugs for the wristband. The 63-calibre ladies' pocket watch movement is used for other wristwatches.
Emma Marie Rauschenbach (1882-1955), daughter of Johannes Rauschenbach, marries psychologist and psychiatrist Dr. Carl Gustav (C. G.) Jung (1875-1961). Her younger sister Bertha Margaretha marries Schaffhausen industrialist Ernst Jakob Homberger (1869-1955) the same year.
Florentine Ariosto Jones
IWC Headquarters
Johannes Rauschenbach-Vogel
Following the death of Johannes Rauschenbach, Ernst Jakob Homberger takes over the management of IWC on behalf of Rauschenbach's heirs.
Two newly developed calibres, the 75 (without seconds) and the 76 calibre (with small seconds), are the first movements designed by IWC specifically for wristwatches.
Ernst Jakob Homberger acquires the holding of his brother-in-law C.G. Jung and becomes the sole owner of IWC.
IWC creates elegant, rectangular watches that contain the newly designed tonneau-shaped 87 calibre.
IWC's first "Special Pilot's Watch" is launched. It features a rotating bezel with an arrowhead index that can be used to register take-off times. It is also fitted with an antimagnetic escapement.
The birth of the Portuguese watch: two importers from Portugal order a series of large wristwatches with high-precision pocket watch calibres.
In response to demand, IWC develops the Big Pilot's Watch 52 T. S. C. with a central seconds hand.
Ernst Jakob Homberger
The appearance of IWC's first W. W. W.: a new wristwatch for military use by the British Army. The letters W. W. W. engraved on the back of the case stand for "Watch, Wrist, Waterproof", and the royal arrowhead insigna is used as a mark of ownership. Albert Pellaton, born in 1898, takes up his post as Technical Director at IWC.
Pellaton's first design, the 89 calibre movement, has a central seconds hand and is extremely accurate.
Appearance of the Pilot's Watch Mark 11 from IWC with the 89 calibre. Its soft-iron inner case provides unusually high protection against magnetic fields.
The 85 calibre, designed by Albert Pellaton, features IWC's first automatic winding mechanism. The innovative pawl-winding system replaces the traditional reciprocal gearing and, at this time, is a patented proprietary development by IWC.
Albert Pellaton
Hans Ernst Homberger becomes the company's last private owner. The Ingenieur with automatic winding is launched.
Design of the 44 calibre, the first automatic women's movement from IWC.
With the Aquatimer, IWC marks the beginning of a successful series of diver's watches. Water-resistant to an unprecedented 20 bar, it is the watch of choice for professional use underwater. The Yacht Club Automatic is unveiled at the Basel Watch Show.
IWC is involved in the development of the Beta 21 quartz movement, a wristwatch calibre with quartz control (frequency 8192 hertz). It marks a watch-making revolution. The Da Vinci is the first IWC wristwatch to feature the Beta 21 quartz movement.
With the new Ingenieur SL, IWC takes the Ingenieur tradition a step further.
The unveiling of the 9721 calibre: the first pocket watch from IWC with a calendar and moon phase display. IWC embarks on the construction of its complications. These include a series of complicated pocket watches, some of which are also skeletonised.
Hans Ernst Homberger
Co-operation with designer F.A. Porsche results in the first wristwatch with a built-in compass. The same year, German instrument manufacturer VDO Adolf Schindling AG takes over IWC.
IWC produces the world's first chronograph in a titanium case, designed by F. A. Porsche. IWC procures its expertise in the machining of titanium through an exchange of ideas with Aérospatiale and other leading technology specialists.
IWC launches the ultra-rugged Ocean 2000 diver's watch, made of titanium and pressure-resistant to 200 bar.
The Da Vinci from IWC is the first chronograph to feature a perpetual calendar that is mechanically programmed for the next 500 years and can be set using only the crown. Another exclusive feature is the four-digit year display.
IWC begins to use zirconium oxide, a scratch-resistant and virtually unbreakable ceramic, as a new case material.
With its Novecento (Italian for "20th century") the Schaffhausen-based company presents the first rectangular, water-resistant and automatic IWC watch with a perpetual calendar.
A quantum leap in precision watchmaking: the wristwatch-size Grande Complication appears with a wealth of functions: a chronograph with a perpetual calendar, minute repeater and moon phase display. It is a masterpiece that was 7 years in the making.
Watchmaking's ultimate achievement goes by the name of II Destriero Scafusia, "The Warhorse of Schaffhausen". To mark its 125th anniversary, the company produces what was then the world's most complicated mechanical wristwatch in a one-off limited edition of 125 pieces. The exclusive timepiece features several complications, including a tourbillon, split-seconds, minute repeater and perpetual calendar. Likewise, to celebrate its 125th anniversary, IWC launches a limited series of its Portuguese watch, and in doing so revives the tradition of high-precision, large-calibre wristwatches.
The Pilot's Watch Mark XII maintains the tradition of the legendary Mark 11.
To commemorate the 10th birthday of the automatic Da Vinci Chronograph, the Da Vinci appears as a split-seconds chronograph with a tenth hand. Another new model is the Portuguese Chrono-Rattrapante, a large-calibre chronograph with split-seconds hand. There is also no mistaking the third new product: the Portuguese Minute Repeater.
The new GST sports watch line makes its debut.
IWC's designers launch the Pilot's Watch UTC (Universal Time Coordinated) featuring an hour hand that can be adjusted in one-hour steps and a 24-hour display.
The GST Deep One is a demonstration of IWC's creativity when it comes to diver's watches. The GST Deep One is the first IWC watch with a mechanical depth gauge.
Il Destriero Scafusia
With the extra-large 5000 calibre, which runs for 7 days non-stop and features a power reserve display and a Pellaton automatic winding system, IWC's designers develop the company's own movement for large wristwatches. IWC is taken over by Richemont.
Günter Blümlein (1943-2001), amongst other things Chairman of the Board of Directors at IWC, was an outstanding personality who had a decisive influence on the company's development.
At the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH) in Geneva, IWC presents the Big Pilot's Watch with its 7-day movement, automatic winding, power reserve display and date display, and revives the company's tradition of the Big Pilot's Watch.
The Portuguese Perpetual Calendar with its newly designed perpetual calendar and exclusive hemisphere moon phase display is yet another demonstration of IWC's innovative tradition. A second highlight is the new Spitfire range of pilot's watches.
IWC relaunches the Aquatimer family. At the same time, the Portuguese family is extended to include the Portuguese Tourbillon Mystère, the Portuguese Minute Repeater Squelette and the Portuguese Automatic. New models are also added to the Da Vinci and Portofino lines.
Ten IWC premieres in a single year. There are some exquisite new additions to the Portuguese and Da Vinci families and, after 50 years, the Ingenieur makes a spectacular comeback in three versions. The new East Annexe of the company's premises in Schaffhausen is inaugurated.
IWC unveils five classic pilot's watches in a modified design, including the Big Pilot's Watch and the Pilot's Watch Chronograph. The watches in the Spitfire collection, such as a larger version of the Spitfire Chronograph, are given a facelift.
IWC presents the tonneau-shaped Da Vinci line. This includes the Da Vinci Chronograph with a completely new IWC-manufactured movement and the Da Vinci Perpetual Calendar Edition Kurt Klaus, named after the man who invented the calendar, commemorating his golden jubilee with IWC. Other new products include the Big Ingenieur and the Spitfire Double Chronograph. In the summer, the newly designed watch museum opens its doors. A modern, light-flooded space with many attractive exhibits now occupies the area where cases and movement parts were once made, and a multimedia presentation relates the company's history.
On the 140th anniversary of its foundation, IWC pays homage to the legendary founders of its six watch families in an exclusive IWC Vintage Collection. The West Annexe, built for the company's watchmakers in the same style as the East Annexe, is completed.
IWC presents a new generation of technically improved Aquatimer watches together with new models. A much-publicised premiere: the Da Vinci Perpetual Calendar Digital Date- Month arrives on the scene with a big digital display for the date and month in large numerals.
IWC launches several new models in the Portuguese watch collection. For the first time ever, the Portuguese Tourbillon Mystère Rétrograde combines the flying tourbillon with a retrograde date display. While the Grande Complication makes its debut in a Portuguese case, the Portuguese Yacht Club Chronograph brings an unmistakably sporty touch to the watch family. And the Da Vinci Chronograph Ceramic, with a case made of extremely durable high-tech ceramic and titanium, features a fascinating three-dimensional chapter ring that appears to hover above the dial.
In its new guise, the classically elegant Portofino watch family combines Swiss precision with Italian joie de vivre. The flagship is the Portofino Hand-Wound Eight Days with its new IWC-manufactured 59210-calibre movement. With its combination of a titanium case, rubber strap and split-seconds hand, the Ingenieur Double Chronograph Titanium is a worthy addition to the Ingenieur watch family. In August, at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) on Cerro Paranal, Chile, IWC presents the most exclusive and complex mechanical wristwatch ever built in Schaffhausen: the Portugieser Sidérale Scafusia. It features a patented constant-force tourbillon together with numerous complications and individually calculated astronomical displays. Every watch is unmistakably unique and made specifically to order.
The year of the high-flyers: IWC takes off with five new TOP GUN models. The TOP GUN Miramar line, with its military style design, references IWC's longstanding tradition in the manufacture of deck watches. Taking pride of place in the elegant Spitfire line, which comes in a more luxurious look with new features, is the Spitfire Perpetual Calendar Digital Date-Month. And in the Classics collection with its authentic cockpit-style design, the Pilot's Watch Worldtimer continues the success of the UTC Pilot's Watches.
The completely overhauled Ingenieur collection is inspired by IWC's new cooperation with the MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS Formula One™ Team. Two of the spectacular watches that underscore IWC's aspirations to lead the constructors' championship in haute horlogerie include the Ingenieur Constant-Force Tourbillon featuring the patented mechanism responsible for its name and the Ingenieur Perpetual Calendar Digital Date-Month with its quick-action switch. Case materials such as titanium aluminide, carbon, ceramic and titanium are inspired by the range of materials used in FORMULA ONE.
Roll-out of the new Aquatimer generation, with an innovative external/internal rotating bezel. It combines the advantages of an internal rotating bezel with the ease of use of an external rotating bezel. With the new digital perpetual calendar, the mechanical depth gauge and pressure-resistance to 200 bar, the watch family confirms its arrival at the highest level in haute horlogerie. It is also the first time IWC has used bronze, a material with a charisma of its own, for a watch case.
In 2015, IWC Schaffhausen celebrates the 75th birthday of the Portugieser watch family. The newly designed IWC-manufactured 52000-calibre family, which is used in the Portugieser collection, sets new technical and aesthetic standards. The annual calendar and the digital calendar are adopted for use in the Portugieser line.
In 2016, watch lovers all over the world can look forward to a wide range of IWC Pilot's Watches that seem set to create a furore with innovative designs, sophisticated complications and top-quality materials.
5000 calibre
Günter Blümlein
IWC East Annexe
New Da Vinci line
Portuguese Grande Complication
New Portofino line
New Pilot's line
New Ingenieur line
New Aquatimer line
New Portugieser line
New Pilot's line


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Discussion in 'Chevy Truck Accessories' started by groceryman, May 16, 2011.
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Had the day off so i installed some aux. back up lights
Cool! How did you wire them in, on a switch that you activate when you want?
Just hooked up to the backup lights right now been thinking about the switch thing
Nice lights. If you wire a switch, that would be a good how-to post.
ive been toying with doing something similar.... a how to would be nice.
Looks good :great: What lights are those? KC? PIAA? Pro Comp? Auto Zone special? lol
Those lights look great. Where did you get them?
They came from tractor supply all weather they have a all rubber housing thanks for all the comments guys
could always wire them to the overhead unit
just my .02 here but id rather have a pair or work lights mounted a but higher than extra reverse lights, i think our trucks rear lights are pretty good the way they are......but good job it looks like a very clean install.
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Movie Review: Lawless
Lawless is a gory, violent, Prohibition-era barnstormer about three moonshine-brewing brothers in Franklin County, Virginia vs. the federal lawman out to shut them down.
Director: John Hillcoat
MPAA Rating: R
Studio: Filmnation Entertainment
Lawless is a gory, violent, sometimes cartoonish Prohibition-era barnstormer about three prosperous moonshine-brewing brothers in Franklin County, Virginia vs. the federal lawman out to shut them down. Expect fussin', fightin' an' feudin' a-plenty. Just don't expect too much more.
Directed by John Hillcoat (The Road) from a Nick Cave screenplay and adapted from a 2008 Matt Bondurant novel, the film delivers plenty of good ol' boy fun, and there's a reasonably enjoyable hillbilly tang to it. But it's a brew without a real kick, mostly because the moviemakers seem to keep pussyfooting around the show they really want to put on. There's no escaping how Lawless gets much of its voltage from some deeply odd performances, with stars Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy and Jason Clarke laying it on as the bootlegging Bondurant brothers and Guy Pearce as their hiss-worthy, nasty-spirited fancy-pants nemesis. The terrific Mia Wasikowska and Jessica Chastain wander in and out as LaBeouf's and Hardy's obligatory love interests, but this is an alpha boy's adventure with no real time for women-folk. The tone is faux mythical, like a TV commercial for toilet paper or beef jerky set in the Old West. Even when faces get smashed, throats slashed and the bullets rip flesh as the banjos plunk and fiddles saw away, cinematographer Benoît Delhomme shoots everything prettily. We get a strong sense of the backwater mayhem, even if it's glossy, but when it comes to story, let alone heft, there's not much here we haven't seen before. LaBeouf is so bright eyed and eager to please that a good rap on the knuckles seems called for, but he's winning and keeps you watching. The charismatic Hardy is on hand to bring the hulking gravitas, but his patented guttural mumble gets so murky that after a while you may give up trying to figure out what he's saying.
Even in a good-timey, unsubtle movie like this one, Pearce's bow-tied, by-the-books prissiness crosses the border into the much too much, and Gary Oldman turns up only briefly as a mobster with a tommy gun who might have wandered off the set of The Untouchables. In the end, Lawless isn't much more than malicious fun, cornpone twangs, squints, grunts and posing. We just wish Hillcoat and company had gone for the throat.