Restoration of a Vintage Watch This time I am restoring a Rolex Oyster Perpetual Date.The reference number is 1500, it has a stop-second (movement stops when the time is set) and an instantaneous date circuit. Automatic Watch The Rolex 1570 caliber, an automatic movement with 26 jewels and a KIF Ultraflex shock protection. It beats…
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Eagles perform “Hotel California” at the 1998 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. Looking for more Induction Ceremony memories from Eagles? Visit the band’s official Hall of Fame online bio: http://rockhall.com/inductees/eagles Dive into the full 1998 Induction Ceremony video collection at rockhall.com/inductees/classes/1998 and watch all videos, read from the official Hall of Fame…
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Learning from Art Part V Amsterdam, June 30 2021– “Spiritually speaking, I stay miles away from my bookcase when I write,” says Stefan Hertmans. “Yet reminiscences of other literature haunt my books, quite unconsciously and unintentionally. You can find traces of Rilke’s The Diary of Malte Laurids Brigge in all my prose work.” The poet,…
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The Student and Teacher Part IV Amsterdam, June 30 2021– Strange, but true: Rilke is popular. New editions of his work appear regularly and he is widely read, especially in the circles of theo-, anthroposophists and ex-believers. In America there has been a small Rilke cult for some time. He is raved about, especially by…
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Read Rilke or the Artist as a Teacher Part III Amsterdam, June 30 2021– Writers are often asked: why do you write? Readers are never asked: why do you read? Literary theory does indeed look at all kinds of aspects of a work of art, but something is grossly neglected, according to literary scholar Jan…
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Private investigations by Dire Straits Tributeband “dIRE sTRATS” Live in Edenkoben, 13. Aug. 2016 Band: Lead Guitar – Wolfgang Uhlich Vocals & Guitar – Peter Spencer Bass – Thomas Fiebig Drums – Jens Gernhoff Keyboards – Tobi Blattmann Flöte & Percussion – Matze Schinkopf Pedal Steel – Mike Lindner
And yet so rich and easy Part II Amsterdam, 30 june 2021– One often hears that Rilke’s poetry is so difficult, so very incomprehensible. This is true for his mystical late work, but not for the poems from his middle period. These are surprisingly concrete and clear, if you make any effort to follow the…
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Part I Rainer Maria Rilke: Diary from Florence (Das Florenzer Tagebuch). Amsterdam, 30 june 2021–Rainer Maria Rilke was twenty-two when he traveled to Italy to view the art treasures of the early Renaissance. In his Florentine diary, which he wrote not in Florence but in the fashionable seaside resort of Viareggio, the young student makes…
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Part III by: A. van Veelen Amsterdam, June 28th 2021– It is as if Amsterdam Football Club and Ajax’s selection escapes relegation in the post-competition and we still praise the coach: just go for it, he did it in the very end. Nothing seems to break our self-image. No pandemic, benefits disaster or corruption scandal. The…
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Our Life Our Story Part II A. van Veelen Amsterdam, June 28th 2021– Anyone selling gossip is shooting him/herself in the foot. Branding comes from burning. You burn your fingers somewhere. Just look at the influencer without a last name. Zero experience with buying Chinese mouth caps, and yet he talked a hundred million into…
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