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Sally's Seafood on the Water - Located in Seaport Courtyard, on the boardwalk, this upscale restaurant serves fresh seafood and sushi, and offers panoramic views of San Diego Bay.
Lael's - Situated in lobby level, this casual restaurant serves breakfast buffets every morning with fresh scrambles, omelets, pastries, crispy bacon and more.
Redfield's Sports Bar - Located in lobby level, Seaport Tower Lounge, this bar serves a variety of appetizers, wraps, salads and specialties, as well as spirits and drinks, including Bloody Mary and a variety of Mojitos. Wireless Internet access is also available. Features Direct TV Sports Channels in high-def., darts and billiards.
Redfield's Deli - Located in lobby level, Seaport Tower, this restaurant serves sandwiches and gourmet soups, salads, fresh-baked pastries, piping hot coffee and espresso beverages. Redfield's Deli offers wireless internet access.
Ann Marie's Coffee House - Located in Seaport Courtyard, on the boardwalk, this café offers both indoor and outdoor seating on the boardwalk and serves a variety of lattes, blended mochas, espresso, Starbucks Coffee, specialty crafted teas, ice cream, pastries, sandwiches and salads.
Top of the Hyatt - Located on the 40th Floor, Harbor Tower, this rooftop lounge offers a spectacular panoramic view above San Diego Bay, Coronado Island and beyond.
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The Manchester Grand Hyatt features KIN SPA on the 3rd floor. A 24-hour fitness room is on the 4th floor of the Seaport Tower. The outdoor swimming pool is surrounded by a sundeck, 2 spa tubs, and a fire pit. The hotel also offers 2 tennis courts and a children's club.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
- Windsurfing nearby
- Boating nearby
- Water skiing nearby
- Golf - driving range nearby
- Golfing nearby
- Golf - miniature nearby
- Ice skating nearby
- Motor boating nearby
- Boat launch nearby
- Whale-watching nearby
- Surfing/boogie boarding nearby
- Dock nearby
- Kayaking nearby
- Sailing nearby
- Running track/path nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Basketball on site
- Bicycle rentals on site
- Swimming on site
- Tennis on site
- Segway rental/tour nearby
- Fishing nearby
- Personal motorized watercraft on site
- Bowling alley nearby
- Golf lessons available nearby
- Spa
KIN SPA, overlooking the San Diego Bay, offers a variety of types of full-body massages, body scrubs and wraps, rejuvenation treatments, facials using high-quality natural ingredients, manicures and pedicures, and hair styling. Massage is available in couples and outdoor treatment rooms.
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Check-in time starts at 4 PM
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Check-out time is noon
- Pets
Pets allowed, Pet policy - dogs and cats only, Maximum number of pets per room 1, Pet maximum weight in lb is 50
- General
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- Fees
- The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
- Breakfast fee: USD 24 per person (approximately)
- Fee for in-room wireless Internet: USD 12.95 (for 24 hours, rates may vary)
- Fee for in-room high-speed Internet (wired): USD 12.95 (for 24 hours, rates may vary)
- Fee for wireless Internet in public areas: USD 12.95 (for 24 hours, rates may vary)
- Fee for high-speed Internet (wired) in public areas: USD 12.95 (for 24 hours, rates may vary)
- Self parking fee: USD 28 per night (in/out privileges)
- Valet parking fee: USD 40 per night (in/out privileges)
- Pet fee: USD 100 per room (varies based on length of stay)
- In-room microwave fee: USD 20 per stay
- Rollaway bed fee: USD 20 per night
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
- Additional Details
Guests can arrange to bring pets by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation (surcharges apply and can be found in the Fees section).
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- A Green / Sustainable Property - Third Party CertifiedThis property participates in Green Key Eco-Rating Program, a third-party certification program that has been independently certified. Third-party certification measures the property's impact on one or more of the following: environment, community, cultural-heritage, the local economy. An objective assessment of a company's sustainable tourism practices has been performed at this property by an auditor who is independent of the third-party certification program.


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Tuesday, September 18, 2012
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With our chosen hardware, we dealt with the completely typical (for the industry segment) GPL violating company which we negotiated with to change that ... only to have them simultaneously renig at the last minute and, while introducing a new revision of the board not only break our prior work but noticeably decrease in build quality. This was a massive, massive set back for us.
We didn't give up immediately, but kept banging our collective head against that particular wall until we exhausted all rational options. We began looking at various other options in the meantime for hardware production. It's been a grueling few months, which at one point was one contributor to my health generally failing forcing me to take a number of weeks away. (I'm feeling very good and all in one piece again, in case anyone is wondering. :)
Armed with the things we've learned from our first go-around, we began exploring the Asian manufacturing world again. I've noticed a few differences this time: first, I'm able to ask the necessary questions a lot more effectively, and as a result get rather better answers. I'm also able to read between the lines a bit more effectively as I learn the business lingo of this sector's culture, which really also helps.
But recently a really eye-opening thing happened. One person I'd been working with previously contacted me, said they had recently moved to another company that also produces the sorts of electronics we need and started with "... and we have source code."
This was the first time I'd had a company at this level in the game approach me with that line. Are we, collectively, getting through to them? Maybe. One person, one company, one effort at a time.
I'm not going to say anything about the hardware we are looking at using. Last time that didn't turn out perfectly, so this time we'll wait a bit longer before sharing that information ... though I expect that when we start sending devices around to people for demos and engineering work that it will still come out. :P Anyways ... what a ride, but we aren't done yet.
In fact, that is a question I've had to stare down a few times: Is this worth doing still? In times when things look completely bleak and you've just had your most recent negative answer handed to you, that question pretty much finds you without you going looking for it. I've found my answer to it has shifted over the last few months. For a brief period of time it was, I'll be honest, "No, it is not worth doing." I hated that answer, though .. it felt unnecessarily wrong. So I dug more and the combination of seeing that the tablet space is still very much open (with all sorts of speculation about Android's position in it, Apple's ability to keep a death grip on the space, the rise of Amazons and others, etc..) and the reaffirmation that if we don't make open devices who will, I feel it is more important than ever to keep going.
After all ... someone came back to me and started their sales pitch with ".. and here's our source code." Halle-fucking-lujah.
49 comments:
- Nikolai Vincent Vaags said...
As someone who's been following this (and preordere) since the first announcement, I have complete understanding for the problems you're facing, and I'm still eagerly awaiting whatever comes out in the end!
- 18/9/12 12:39
- 114957767966840687923 said...
I'm totally happy you are not giving up. Thank you for your hard work, I'm glad to hear you are all one piece now.
In my ignorance I would throw a stone in the lake and see what happens: what about the nexus 7 hardware? I *think* (just by guess and not by knowledge) if CyanogenMod developers can build a custom firmware for it, it is possible to run Mer on it. For sure the bootloader is not locked. Of course it should be verified what non-free drivers are shipped with it, if those can work on Mer and most important: if Asus want to collaborate.... I don't have strong hope to be honest.... but who knows?
In any case I strongly hope you will find the right OEM and you will be able to release a great tablet. I definitely want one! - 18/9/12 13:08
- Marko Paasila said...
Have you tried to contact JollaMobile? At least they work on Mer and co-operate with hardware manufacturers, so they could possibly provide some valuable information or contacts...
- 18/9/12 13:25
- slashdotaccount said...
Maybe you should be working with Qi Hardware? They will start with "our CPU designs, case designs, software and other parts are under open licenses". Way better than what you have now or will ever have with any other company.
https://sharism.cc/ - 18/9/12 13:56
- Diederik van der Boor said...
Very glad you haven't given up. IMHO it's where the great CEO's stand out from the good/mediocre:
The great ones never quit, don't give up, and "stay on the line". That's how their companies became succesful as well after all. - 18/9/12 14:03
- StephanG said...
I just want to comment on the single question, "Is it worth it?"
After thinking about it for a few minutes, I realized it's actually quite philosophical. Because it depends largely on who you're talking about. For you, it might definitely not be worth the effort. But, for someone buying the device it might well be, as he didn't pay the exorbitant amounts of time, energy and frustration that you did.
But, I also want to encourage you with the thought that what all your sacrifice is buying isn't just an neat open-tablet.
It's a precedent.
- 18/9/12 14:08
- Drew said...
I tried mentioning to you about ZaReason's ZaTab which may be hardware you can build on.
ZaReason already sells computers with Linux installed (choice of distribution) and the ZaTab is already running "Custom Android-based software based on CyanogenMod 9" (http://zareason.com/shop/zatab.html)
I contacted them and they said "members of the KDE Plasma Active team working on several of our ZaTabs" so I don't know if you are directly involved or not. - 18/9/12 14:14
- Unknown said...
Thanks for giving it all you got!
Do you know the Raspberry Pi recently started producing their boards in the UK? The board I recieved a week ago is made in a plant in South Wales.
http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/1925 - 18/9/12 14:17
- plc said...
I can't say how nice it is to get some news, however grim it might look!
I have basically been holding my breath since july, anticipating the next piece of news.
Please keep up your fine work commitments, knowing that you have a patient audience that can't wait to buy the product they have been looking forward to! :-) (excuse the paradoxical wording). - 18/9/12 14:41
- Rootdev said...
"Is it worth it?"
It seems that you've already answered that. To me it is the single most important thing since the first free and open source operating system appeared.
We, as a free software community of developers and users, only have a few classes of computers we can use. If you can succeed, we'll have a foot on the most rapidly expanding class (tablets and mobile). We will be able to not only spread the word but also help manufacturers thrive, because they will not depend on getting permission from the major players to release their hardware.
Please don't give up! I spend a lot of of my time trying to convince manufactures that if they release GPL drivers, they may spend less energy on lawsuits, proprietary agreements and so on.
Like StephenG said, it is a precedent, and, IMHO, the most important one since the dawn of free(dom) software. - 18/9/12 14:54
- Del said...
Thank you Aaron, if the world only had more of you!
Please do pay attention to your health. The last thing we need is you burning out, nothing is worth that.
Yes, it certainly is worth it. The only relevant question is whether you could have done even more working on another open project. Personally, I believe you are betting on the right horse though.
Please consider popping me a mail if you ever come to Norway :-) - 18/9/12 16:09
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- 18/9/12 16:29
- 1m93 said...
As Nikolai, I am still interested in the preorder. Whatever time it takes :-)
Seriously, it is about time for an alternative to the fancy fashion tablets with their closed worlds. Otoh, don't let the project touch your health!
- previouslysilent said...
I am impressed with the endeavours.
This project reminds me a little of the "boot to gecko" plan, only you've actually got working software, and had working hardware.
I am wondering if the Google Nexus7 or KindleHD would be a good platform to build on; if you could make it dual boot android + plasma then it could really boost the project as a lot of people have bought android tablets.
Good luck and keep us informed. - 18/9/12 17:11
- Guido said...
If you contact some people that walked this way before, maybe they could help you, for example Sean Moss-Pultz (Freerunner, gt02) his company is based on Taiwan, if I remember FIC was behind the smart-phone project:
Also another people from Germany are working on gt04
Again If one door is closed another is open, don't give up. - 18/9/12 19:11
- Guido said...
Also the people from Germany offer some customizations:
They said:
"We know that not everyone can use the standard GTA04 in their applications. There is a need for individualized devices, e.g. having a larger display or a different battery. And not all applications need UMTS or GPS or even the highest speed OMAP3 that is available.
To fulfil this demand, we can also provide custom variants of the GTA04 board by leaving some components unpopulated. Two 60 pin Board to Board connectors (Hirose DF40-60DP-0.4V) allow to interface to your application specific adapter board." - 18/9/12 19:32
- wvh said...
This project is more important than I first thought. After playing around with Android and IOS tablets, it becomes pretty clear these devices are locked down end-consumer black boxes. Their popularity marks a shift from relatively open computers to form factors that are tightly controlled by vendors for their own respective purposes. Apple has iTunes and App Store, Google has Search, Maps and Play Store, and Amazon of course tries to peddle books and media from their collection.
Therefore I'm quite surprised that this project doesn't get more help from the open-source world ant its leading figures, the users and open-source friendly vendors.
However, to sell a product, it still needs to set itself apart from the competition. There needs to be a clear benefit to the tablet for people to want to pick it up, and I'm not sure "mere" openness will create enough interest in the project to keep it afloat.
There could be something special about the hardware, such as extra storage space, a plethora of connectivity options, audiophile quality sound, built-in Wacom Digitizer, anything that sets it apart. Or the software could offer a nicer experience, better design or possibilities not found in other tablets yet.
If openness is the only selling point, not only might the group of potential takers be rather limited, but any semi-open move by Google or any Android vendor – such as releasing a more geek-friendly device – might distract a lot of buyers away without necessarily providing a truly open platform.
Hence I think that not only is this project necessary, it is also extremely hard, having to fight hardware suppliers for openness, other tablet vendors for competition, and potential customers for interest and finding among all those other shiny toys.
Good luck! - 18/9/12 21:09
- Kjetil Kilhavn said...
@wvh: To me the Vivaldi will set itself apart from the competition. None of them have *anything* like the activity-centered interface - as far as I know ;-)
My wife bought an iPad, and I have an Android telephone myself. I am looking forward to the day when I can use the Vivaldi which will let me use an activity for work where I need to keep track of time spent on various tasks (billing, got to live), and another activity for the archery club. The two will have absolutely nothing in common, and while the iOS and Android lets me organize like that application by application it is built right into the software concept in the Vivaldi and thus becomes so much simpler.
Like several others have said: I'm still waiting for the Vivaldi to become available so I can throw some money at it :-)
I'm thinking I should buy not one, but a few Vivaldis - and leave them around so people can try them and crave them! - 18/9/12 22:55
- maninalift said...
Thank you for your work and thank you for sharing this.
It is quite encouraging to see in the comments that there are more open hardware efforts out there that I didn't know about.
The raspberry Pi project is quite different to Vivaldi. You would not be able to design your hardware from the ground up (or at least from the chip up). However they may be useful people to make contact with.
These are people passionate about a hackable platform who also want to see open hardware (add are facing challenges with that). Unlike any other such group however, they are shipping a device which is ahead of the closed-source competition in the power-per-penny scale and is shipping hundreds of thousands of units.
Even if there is no direct way you can work together right now, setting up links to encourage and support each other - an open hardware confederation if you like - could be a positive step.
Thanks again - 18/9/12 23:24
- Mitch Golden said...
Don't give up. I have been holding out for Vivaldi.
- 19/9/12 03:10
- Rootdev said...
I think that this project is so important that maybe yo could "crowdsource" more help, if needed. If you need anything (say, some guy endless pitching asian vendors for open drivers), I want to help.
On a side note: what about Samsung Galaxy Note II and the Allwinner-like devices? They are supposed to come with the Male 400 GPU and I think the Mali 200 reversed engineered drivers might work...
And, btw, get more rest if you need. Thank you for your efforts - 19/9/12 04:28
- Wren said...
The Vivaldi project is the spearhead all that is good of open source efforts. I believe it is paramount to continue.
- 19/9/12 05:31
- Silviu Marin-Caea said...
I wonder if talking to an European company instead of Chinese would not have been wiser.
I'm thinking of Archos. They probably do their manufacturing in China, but they already got that nailed, so you would not have to worry about that.
The only problem I could see would be volume, but you'd have to ask. - 19/9/12 08:12
- thinkfat said...
I'm sad it didn't work out, but I can not say that I'm surprised. As you correctly said in your Akademy talk this year, all that counts is volume. I found your "rounding error" analogy quite fitting. I hope you succeed eventually.
- 19/9/12 08:21
- thinkfat said...
Oh, and what Silviu said ;)
- 19/9/12 08:26
- Luca Gabbrielli said...
Go ahead don't stop
- 19/9/12 08:42
- gizanamooo said...
Well done on persevering. I desperately want this tablet. Not because it's open source (although that is nice) or because it's KDE. I want this because I think I need it and it seems well designed. I'm a 'project-orientated' person, juggling multiple tasks and businesses at once, and the design of plasma active suits me perfectly.
Is there a link where we can donate to the project?
On another note, does anyone want to buy my Zenithink C71+ ;-) - 19/9/12 12:26
- Unknown said...
I have to be Honest, when this project was first announced I was hopeful that this would be my laptop replacement. I still love plasma active, but I have some serious doubt as to weather you'll be able to produce hardware that can compete feature wise and price wise with what the other tablet makers are doing now. The windows 8 tablet/laptops look really good from a a hardware perspective, I imagine they won't be too much different from current ipad prices. When they are released I might just try to hack one up with plasma active.
- 19/9/12 15:02
- Unknown said...
Hi aaron,
Is it true that you live in zurich? I ma also a great linux fan and live in zurich. Up for a beer once?
email me at
suvi - 19/9/12 16:28
- bruce said...
I second Silviu's thought re Archos :-)
They seem to actually go out of their way to show their GPL compliance (and they have everything nicely on gitorious (http://gitorious.org/archos)).
If they were receptive, it would be nice to support a company who support the open mentality that's so important for this project, and there are also the obvious benefits of them clearly showing their GPL compliance.
It would also be a great PR thing for all involved :-) - 20/9/12 00:27
- STiAT said...
I already thought this project died, not hearing a word for month. Especially not hearing a word of you was pretty much concerning me.
Anyway, I'm still waiting, and wish you the best with the tablet project. Taken that much care in licensing and developing the solution, I'm sure the result will be worth it. - 20/9/12 02:19
- Sola said...
First of all: thanks for the hard work done on the Vivaldi. I think this is a truly important effort
You are absolutely right that we need more open alternatives to Android and iOS.
My suggestion would be to use this setback well and make a proper update to the tablet hw.
Make this tablet a real contender hw wise. It should run on a quad core Cortex-A9 processor, 2GB of RAM, 1280*800 IPS screen and a huge battery for at least 10 hours of runtime.
Your target segment should be the laptop-replacement crowd, the people who would like to use the tablet with keyboard+mouse as well. This means that some kind of docking station should be made available when it ships.
- 20/9/12 12:14
- Pascal d'Hermilly said...
I have an Archos 101 G9. And I just want to say "Don't go that way". It was cheaper 30% than the Samsung galaxy tab my dad bought, but the quality is a world of difference (build and performance). My archos tablet often freezes for 1-2 seconds where you can't do anything. It is a major bummer and it didn't change after upgrading android.
- 20/9/12 13:17
- Unknown said...
I second what Sola suggested about making a tablet to replace laptops. That is who and why tablets are getting so popular.
My suggestion is to use good hardware, even if it was more expensive, and try to get Active Plasma working as fast as possible and then worry about open hardware.The Galaxy is an excellent starting point. I would also look into making some sort of a deal with Samsung. I believe they would be receptive to work something out just to compete with Apple.
- 20/9/12 13:55
- Stefano Badoino said...
This might be of some interest to you...
"Carsten Munk has announced libhybris, a bridge between the Bionic C library used by Android, and glibc - the C library more commonly used by Linux systems (including everything from Maemo to Ubuntu and, especially, Mer).
What this means is that binary-only hardware drivers, built on top of Bionic, will be able to run on top of a glibc system with Hybris. This will allow easier adaptation of Mer, for example, to hardware where there are Android drivers, but not free software ones."
More info and a little demo here
libhybris sources here
libhybris in action here - 21/9/12 16:39
- Shmerl said...
Aaron: Just to note, that since you switched gears from dealing with Zenithink, the Make Play Live site is now misleading (in the hardware section). It's probably better to remove the obsolete information from there to avoid further confusion.
- 21/9/12 19:43
- Günter said...
Let me add something to the wishlist, the purists might not like it but I tend to be pragmatic:
Given the fact that most of the current services that provide apps for mobile devices only do so for iOS and Android:
Can we please have a device that dual boots flawlessly between Android (4.x, preferably x=1) and Mer/Plasma Active? That way we would not lose lots of useful things and still have freedom. The best of both worlds, in a way. - 21/9/12 22:01
- Kushi Purac said...
I have no need for a tablet (still find my 9 and 13inch net/laptops more useful) but I am definitely still in for the Vivaldi tablet.
Supposedly hardware in China is really cheap http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/15/hardware-is-dead/ but it might be better to pay a bit more instead of cutting hardware corners which show up later.
Hope you are feeling better now and learned from this experience not to fall in the same pattern.
- 24/9/12 17:31
- jabgoe said...
Thanks for the update. I already feared vivaldi project had gone down the drains like so many other projects before. I'm really looking for an alternative to the apple-universe and the googleoid computers. So keep up the work!
- 25/9/12 15:02
- Kosmas Chatzimichalis said...
Hi Aaron,
Thanks for the update and well done for not giving up!
Hope that everything goes well at the end.
As another person here commented about the hardware solution, there was a very recent review of the ZaTab here: http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/zatab-zareasons-open-tablet
And there's anything I could help with please call for help (I'm also living in Zurich). - 28/9/12 08:27
- testingwithfire said...
So glad to hear that the Vivaldi project still has life. Every time I try to do something a little out of the ordinary on Android, like trying (and failing) to play FLAC files on a samba share, I realize how much I need a Linux solution.
I'll definitely be following your progress. - 29/9/12 15:16
- Mark said...
So I want this to work out, but I have to ask... Why does ALL of the hardware need to be opensource?
What is the benefit of that? I mean are you insisting that ALL hardware be open, or just the things like drivers, etc...? - 2/10/12 21:16
- Citizen of the World said...
I'm glad I decided to check up on the Vivaldi tablet again tonight - it's great to see some progress! The tablet market certainly lacks a fully open device.
I'm no expert on the open-source side of things but I do like to support open-source software as much as possible and I personally think open source hardware is the way of the future. I know that I would pay more for a truly open tablet but how much more, I don't know. I know there are plenty more people who would pay at least a little too.
I'm just going to lay out a few of my observations about tablets here, I hope I don't blabber too much.
Google (and Asus) have thrown down the gauntlet to other manufacturers, at least in the 7" tablet field. I have seen it suggested that Google might be making a loss on that tablet but looking at the price difference beteween the 16 and 32GB makes me think otherwise. I'm not in the business of selling tablets so for me it's a little frustrating to see the vast differences in price for things such as storage and 3G in the tablet world. Obviously being able to stick a sim card in is a benefit but I, for one, feel violated having to pay an extra €100 or so for the privilege.
If there's room for a standard sized SD card I reckon that would be a nice feature because quite a few people I know still use a standard SD card in their cameras and would love to be able to stick it straight into their tablets. Not an essential feature but a micro SD slot is a definite selling point for some people. A standard-sized USB slot would also be a nice feature but obviously could be a bit hard to find space for, especially if the tablet's slim.
Another couple of things which would be great for productivity are a stylus that works well like those that come with Samsung Notes and a keyboard case. In my line of work both of those would be very useful additions. Obviously the stylus isn't for everyone and no doubt requires a lot of work (Samsung teamed up with Wacom) but maybe something worth thinking about further down the line. Again, a keyboard case is obviously not for everyone and could be developed by 3rd parties, but really the tablet should be at least a little successful before starting production. If the tablet size/s are kind of "standard", people will be able to use existing accessories. I take it you won't be using any proprietary connectors!
If you brought out a well-priced 7" tablet with semi-decent specifications I would buy it tomorrow. I know there is definitely a market for larger tablets but that does tend to drive up the price and I would prefer for the device and the system to prove themselves before investing larger sums of money.
Last but not least, please try to ensure that there aren't any glaring faults with the hardware. I don't know how hard quality control is but maybe sometimes paying a little extra for some of the components is better in the long run. I'm an owner of a Notion Ink Adam who had to send it off to Germany at my expense to have a broken power switch replaced. I'm almost certain they sent me a different device (unless they removed the screen protector for some reason) and I'm pretty sure the screen is slightly less responsive than the original but I didn't want to stuff around with sending it off again. After sales service is probably something you'll have to give a little thought to.
I look forward to hearing more news about the Vivaldi - good luck! - 6/10/12 00:07
- Aaron J. Seigo said...
"I mean are you insisting that ALL hardware be open, or just the things like drivers, etc...?"
if we were insisting on all open hardware ... we wouldn't be looking at ARM ;)
right now we're focusing on the software support. and even then we're making some compromises that are necessary due to the current landscape.
milestone 0 is a "regular Linux" (read: not Android) device that works WELL.
milestone 1 is that sort of device with ALL Free software
milestone N will be Free hardware.
we're a long ways from that yet. and we're retaining our pragmatism. however, even being pragmatic, it's an uphill slog.
we're getting there though :) - 6/10/12 01:07
- Claudia Huurkman said...
Why instead of thinking little you don't go on Kickstarter and ask for a big budget to produce many many tablets? So you would have more power when you talk with chinese manufactures.
I really hate my ipad at the moment. I would love an open platform with KDE. But...I don't want to be harsh... I would never buy a shitty tablet just because it has KDE. - 9/10/12 01:20
- phelanm said...
desperate to get a kde tablet, wishing you success, thanks.
- 1/12/12 04:13
- alfred said...
The inception of tablet PCs brought about some additional components in the computer market. Slate and touchscreen tablets do not come with in-built keyboards. However, one can choose to buy an accessory keyboard and attach it. Computer manufactures provide accessory keyboards and mice for their touch tablets and slates.
e_cell - 23/1/13 02:57
- Tabletas para niños said...
You need to sleep and think about if it's worth to continue.
- 2/2/13 23:05
- Mark said...
Maybe the question should be "Does it matter?"
I love the distro of Linux I use but I use it on a laptop full of proprietary hardware. What's the difference? - 4/2/13 20:16


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Handel: Ottone
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Helios (Hyperion's budget label)
Act 1 Overture: Grave Allegro Gavotte
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Act 1 Scene 01 No 1. Aria: Pur che regni il figlio amato (Gismonda)
Act 1 Scene 01 No 2. Recitativo: Chi più lieto è di me? (Adelberto/Gismonda)
Act 1 Scene 01 No 3. Aria: La speranza è giunta in porto (Gismonda)
Act 1 Scene 02 No 1. Recitativo: Vien di Romano inclita figlia (Adelberto/Teofane)
Act 1 Scene 02 No 2. Aria: Bel labbro, formato (Adelberto)
Act 1 Scene 03 No 1. Recitativo: È tale Otton? (Teofane)
Act 1 Scene 03 No 2. Aria: Falsa imagine (Teofane)
Act 1 Scene 03 No 3: Concerto
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Act 1 Scene 04 No 1. Recitativo: Te, che assalir le nostre navi osasti (Ottone/Emireno)
Act 1 Scene 04 No 2. Aria: Del minacciar del vento (Emireno)
Act 1 Scene 05 No 1. Recitativo: Tutto a più liete cure (Ottone/Matilda)
Act 1 Scene 05 No 2. Aria: Ritorna, o dolce amore (Ottone)
Act 1 Scene 06 No 1. Recitativo: Anch'io sperai (Matilda)
Act 1 Scene 06 No 2. Aria: Diresti poi così (Matilda)
Act 1 Scene 07 No 1. Recitativo: Tu la madre d'Ottone? (Teofane/Gismonda)
Act 1 Scene 07 No 2. Aria: Pensa ad amare (Gismonda)
Act 1 Scene 08-09. Recitativo: Adelaide, di cui con tanta lode (Teofane/Adelberto/Gismonda)
Act 1 Scene 10. Aria: Affanni del pensier (Teofane)
Act 1 Scene 11 No 1. Sinfonia Recitative: Cedi il ferro, o la vita (Ottone/Adelberto)
Act 1 Scene 11 No 2. Aria: Tu puoi straziarmi (Adelberto)
Act 1 Scene 12 No 1. Recitativo: E' di più mio rival? (Ottone)
Act 1 Scene 12 No 2. Aria: Dell'onda ai fieri moti (Ottone)
Act 2 Scene 01-02. Recitativo: Per breve spazio a me colui (Matilda/Adelberto/Gismonda)
Act 2 Scene 02 No 2. Aria: Lascia, che nel suo viso (Adelberto)
Act 2 Scene 03 No 1. Recitativo: Ah! che più non resisto (Matilda/Gismonda)
Act 2 Scene 03 No 2. Aria: Ah! tu non sai (Matilda)
Act 2 Scene 04 No 1. Recitativo: Ben a ragion Matilda (Gismonda)
Act 2 Scene 04 No 2. Aria: Vieni, o figlio (Gismonda)
Act 2 Scene 05 No 1. Recitativo: Quegli, è certo il mio sposo (Teofane/Ottone/Matilda)
Act 2 Scene 05 No 2. Aria: All'orror d'un duolo eterno (Matilda)
Act 2 Scene 06 No 1. Recitativo: O illustre Teofane che tal ti scuopre (Ottone/Teofane)
Act 2 Scene 06 No 2. Aria: Alla fama, dimmi il vero (Teofane)
Act 2 Scene 07 No 1. Recitativo: Con gelosi sospetti (Ottone)
Act 2 Scene 07 No 2. Aria: Dopo l'orrore (Ottone)
Act 2 Scene 08 No 1. Accompagnato: O grati orrori, o solitarie piante! (Teofane)
Act 2 Scene 08 No 2. Aria: S'io dir potessi (Teofane)
Act 2 Scene 09 No 1. Recitativo: Del gran sasso alla mole questo braccio (Emireno/Adelberto)
Act 2 Scene 09 No 2. Aria: Le profonde vie dell' onde (Emireno)
Act 2 Scene 10 No 1. Recitativo: Odo gente, dell'antro ripiglierò (Adelbert/Matilda/Ottone/Teofane)
Act 2 Scene 10 No 2. Aria: Deh! non dir, che molle amante (Ottone)
Act 2 Scene 11-12. Recitativo: Già d'ogni intorno alto silenzio regna (Emireno/Adelberto/Teofane)
Act 2 Scene 12 No 2. Duetto: Notte cara, a te si deve (Gismonda/Matilda)
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Act 3 Scene 1 No 2. Recitativo: Già t'invola, tiranno (Gismonda/Ottone)
Act 3 Scene 1 No 3. Aria: Trema, tiranno (Gismonda)
Act 3 Scene 2 No 1. Accompagnato: Io son tradito (Ottone)
Act 3 Scene 2 No 2. Aria: Tanti affanni
Act 3 Scene 2 No 2. Aria: Tanti affanni (Ottone)
Io son tradito
Act 3 Scene 3 No 1. Recitativo: Empi! al vostro attentato (Teofane/Adelberto/Emireno)
Act 3 Scene 3 No 2. Aria: D'innalzar i flutti al ciel (Adelberto)
Act 3 Scene 4-5. Recitativo: Perchè in vita tornai? (Teofane/Emireno/Adelberto)
Act 3 Scene 5 No 2. Aria: Nò, non temere, oh bella! (Emireno)
Act 3 Scene 6 No 1. Recitativo: Si mi traete, alme malvagie (Teofane)
Act 3 Scene 6 No 2. Aria: Benchè mi sia crudele (Teofane)
Act 3 Scene 7 No 1. Recitativo: Uno de' servi miei (Matilda/Ottone/Gismonda)
Act 3 Scene 7 No 2. Aria: Nel suo sangue (Matilda)
Act 3 Scene 8. Recitativo: Matilda, arresta il piede (Emireno/Adelberto/Gismonda/Matilda/Ottone)
Act 3 Scene 9 No 1. Duetto: A' teneri affetti (Teofane/Ottone)
Act 3 Scene 9 No 2. Recitativo: Ma qual caso (Ottone/Teofane/Emireno/Gismonda/Matilda)
Act 3 Scene 9 No 3. Coro: Faccia ritorno l'antica pace
Handel's text was adapted by Nicolo Haym from the libretto that Stefano Pallavicino had written for the Dresden performances of Lotti's Teofane in 1719. This commission had celebrated the marriage of the Electoral Prince Frederick Augustus of Saxony to the Archduchess Maria Josepha of Austria. Pallavicino had in turn based his plot on the true story of an earlier royal marriage, that of Otto II of Germany to the Eastern Princess Theofano, which had taken place in Rome in 972. To this he added, for good measure, the suppression of Berengar's attempt to usurp Otto's throne in 950 (aided by Berengar's wife Willa—transformed in the new plot into Gismonda) and the succession of Basil II to the throne of the Eastern Empire in 976. The disguise of Basilio in the opera as the brigand Emireno is Pallavicino's own invention.
Mrs Robinson was unhappy with the role she was given, complaining that 'it in no way suits my capacity', and used the Modenese ambassador Giuseppe Riva to get through to Handel. The quiet approach seems to have worked, for the composer replaced two of her arias to provide a softer side to her character. Cuzzoni was making her debut in London, and she clearly intended to show her dazzling qualities. She had a good advance press too, as The London Journal of 27 October 1722 promised:
There is a new Opera now in Rehearsal at the Theatre in the Hay-Market, a Part of which is reserv'd for one Mrs. Cotsona, an extraordinary Italian Lady, who is expected daily from Italy. It is said, she has a much finer Voice and more accurate Judgment, than any of her Country Women who have performed on the English Stage.
Cuzzoni's voice was clearly better than her looks, for the diva was described by Horace Walpole as 'short and squat, with a doughy cross face'! But the character of Teofane is a sad, mostly melancholic one and, when she finally arrived in Britain, Cuzzoni told Handel she would have none of this, as Mainwaring later recounted:
Having one day some words with CUZZONI on her refusing to sing Falsa imagine in OTTONE: Oh! Madame, (said he) je sçais bien que Vous êtes une véritable Diablesse: mais je Vous ferai sçavoir, moi, que je suis Beelzebub le Chéf des Diables. With this he took her up by the waist, and, if she made any more words, swore that he would fling her out of the window.
Suffice it to say that Handel, despite his well documented dictatorial treatment of his musicians in rehearsal, did not eject his leading lady by this novel means, and his judgement in retaining the aria was proved correct, for 'Falsa imagine' became the hit of the season. Indeed, Ottone became one of the most popular operas of Handel's career, with 34 known performances during his lifetime, beaten only by the 53 performances of Rinaldo. London went opera mad, and De Fabrice wrote that 'there is such a run on it that tickets are already being sold at 2 and 3 guineas which are ordinarily half a guinea, so that it is like another Mississippi or South Sea Bubble'. Gay wrote to Jonathan Swift on 3 February that 'folks, that could not distinguish one tune from another, now daily dispute about the different styles of Handel, Bononcini, and Attilio' and that 'Senesino is daily voted to be the greatest man that ever lived'. Even the Footmen's Gallery (from where the rich patrons' staff were able to watch) was caught up in the enthusiasm, and threats had to be made by the theatre management that 'The next Time any Disorder is made there, the Gallery will be shut up'. Barracking seems to have had a rather genteel tone in those days, for one report mentions a cry of 'Damn her! she has got a nest of nightingales in her belly!'.
Despite Cuzzoni's high fee of £1500, double the original estimate by the Duke of Portland for the Academy, the season made a profit, and shareholders were paid a dividend of 7%. The next year Handel was able to move to Brook Street, where he lived for the rest of his life, and after its initial run of fourteen performances the opera was revived for six more in December 1723, eight in 1726, two in 1727 and seven in 1733. As ever, for these revivals he added and replaced arias as he became familiar with new singers or had to re-cast (in 1726 Matilda became a soprano and Gismonda a contralto): Robert King's performing version follows the score heard in January 1723 at the Haymarket Theatre.
Handel's orchestral scoring for Ottone was quite modest, especially if we look to the exotic instrumental colours and on-stage band of Julius Caesar the next year. But the simplicity of scoring (just strings, oboes and bassoon, with recorders in Ottone's wonderful nocturnal 'Deh! non dir') allowed the composer to concentrate on melodic grace, rather than crowd-pleasing fireworks.
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Otho, Son to the Emperor Otho the Great, being sent by his Father into Italy, got there Several Victories, not only over the Grecians, who, at that time, contended with the Germans for the Possession of it; but likewise over the Saracens, who continually infested the Sea Coasts. The former being forced into a Peace, he obtained Theophane, Daughter to Romano, Emperor of the East, who long before had been promised him for his Bride. Basilio was Brother to Theophane, who being drove out of Constantinople, by the Tyrant Nicephoro, liv'd so long in Exile, till he was call'd in by Zemisces, to have a part in the Empire. It is suppos'd that this Prince, during his Exile, should turn Pirate, taking the Name of Emireno; and being ignorant of what past in Constantinople, should chace the Ships which brought Theophane to Rome, and should be overcome by those of Otho as he went to meet his Bride. It is likewise suppos'd, that Adelberto, Son to Berengario, a Tyrant in Italy, by the instigation of his Mother, here called Gismonda, should cause Rome to rebel against the Germans, who were not long e'er they retook it: This Action here attributed to the Second Otho, in History, is reckoned among those of Otho the Great. It is also a Fiction, that Theophane should fall in the power of Adelberto, and that he should see her and fall in Love with her at the Time he was incognito in Constantinople. This occasions the greatest part of the Accidents which are seen in this Drama.
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Prince Adelberto, thanks to his mother Gismonda's scheming, is about to assume the throne of Italy. Ottone, king of Germany, is on his way to Rome to dispute Adelberto's claim, but has been delayed by the pirate Emireno in a fierce battle. Ottone has been promised the hand of the Princess Teofane as the spoil of a previous victory, and she has arranged to meet him, for the first time, in Rome. But Teofane, already in Rome, has only a small portrait to tell her what Ottone looks like.
After the three-section Overture (a serious, dotted French opening, followed by a fugal section and a gently lilting Gavotte) Gismonda, in 'Pur che regni il figlio amato', is full of ambition for her son Adelberto, wishing only that he can reign securely. The aria is dominated by a menacing, rising unison figure in the orchestra. Gismonda persuades Adelberto to present himself to Teofane, impersonating Ottone, and he assures his mother that Teofane will not recognize him. In Gismonda's aria 'La speranza è giunta in porto' she expresses her delight that her plans are about to come to pass.
Adelberto welcomes Teofane. She is horrified by the discrepancy between the portrait in her locket and the person she actually sees before her: she wonders why she came all this way. Adelberto quickly proposes marriage as if he were Ottone and sings of his hopes in the touching aria 'Bel labbro, formato': the high sustained string accompaniment and the rich scoring of the ritornello (with bassoon high in its tenor register) add poignancy to a beautiful number. Teofane is confused and extremely upset: when finally alone she blames the portrait for deceiving her. Her aria 'Falsa imagine' (which had caused such strife in rehearsal) is accompanied only by the continuo section, with the strings reserved for the final playout: its simplicity and memorable melody were, as so often is the case in Handel, the reasons for its huge success.
The mood is broken by a lively instrumental sinfonia, full of rushing string passage work and breaks for the woodwind, as the real Ottone arrives, having defeated and captured the pirate Emireno. The movement proved extremely popular, becoming widely known as 'The Concerto in Ottone': Handel later re-used it at the start of his Concerto Grosso Op 3 No 6. Emireno hints that he is really someone more important but refuses to tell Ottone who he actually is. In the blustering aria 'Del minacciar del vento' (not so dissimilar to Polyphemus's famous aria in Acis and Galatea) the orchestra imitates wind and storms in music of great character. Ottone sends Emireno to prison and turns his thoughts towards Teofane and his new kingdom but is interrupted by his fearsome cousin Matilda. Matilda tells Ottone of Gismonda's scheming, of Adelberto's designs on Teofane, and that she, Matilda, is already betrothed to Adelberto. In the melancholic aria 'Ritorna, o dolce amore' Ottone yearns for Teofane.
Matilda, alone, resolves revenge on Adelberto for breaking his word. In the outer sections of 'Diresti poi così' she asks herself if she could speak kindly to Adelberto, but in the contrasting, lively middle section she speaks of the rage to which a woman's heart can quickly turn.
Gismonda is now posing as Adelaide, Ottone's mother, and is alone with Teofane. Teofane asks Gismonda questions about her supposed son, and receives answers which of course relate to Adelberto, not Ottone. In 'Pensa ad amare' Gismonda lectures Teofane that love demands more than mere duty from the heart. Teofane does not like Adelaide's haughty manner. Adelberto presses ahead with his suit and leads Teofane to the marriage ceremony. Gismonda intrudes with the news of Ottone's arrival in Rome, forcefully urging the reluctant Adelberto to take arms against him. Teofane, left alone and now realizing that Adelberto is an impostor, tells of her torment. Her aria 'Affanni del pensier' is one of the highlights of Act I, with its minor key, dropping chromaticism and intense suspensions creating music of powerful effect.
In the very short Sinfonia which follows, Ottone's soldiers are represented in combat with Adelberto's troops: Ottone captures Adelberto who remains defiant in defeat. In 'Tu puoi straziarmi' the repeated orchestral figurations give greater emphasis to the captured prince's protestations. Although Ottone has still not yet found Teofane, he ends the Act optimistically, declaring peace and goodwill to all parties and looking forward to both kingship and marriage. 'Dell'onda ai fieri' would have ensured that eighteenth-century audiences went out to the bar in fine spirits!
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Adelberto meets Matilda on his way to prison and she reproaches him for wooing her when he loved Teofane. Gismonda takes Adelberto to task for losing the battle with Ottone. Matilda orders Adelberto to prison, but is secretly touched by pity for him. In his aria 'Lascia, che nel suo viso' Adelberto asks that he should learn constancy from Matilda before he is parted from her: the simplicity of the music makes his plea all the more moving.
Matilda and Gismonda, alone together, vent their anguish over Adelberto's fate. Matilda suggests pleading Ottone for mercy on Adelberto's behalf. The proud Gismonda prefers death for herself and her son, but in 'Ah! tu non sai' Matilda insists she will be content only with Adelberto's freedom. When alone, Gismonda reveals that she too feels compassion: her aria 'Vieni, o figlio' is a gem (its key and mood looking forward to 'I know that my redeemer liveth'), its melody again proving that the simplest tunes are the often the best.
Ottone and Teofane are about to meet at last, each fairly certain that they know who the other is, when Matilda intrudes and throws herself at Ottone's feet, pleading on behalf of Adelberto. Teofane hides and watches as Ottone, though refusing the plea for clemency, embraces Matilda in pity. Matilda is furious at Ottone and sings a stormy aria, 'All'orror d'un duolo', summoning thunderbolts and monsters.
Teofane has completely misconstrued the previous scene and accuses Ottone of infidelity with Matilda. He retorts by accusing her of giving her hand in marriage to Adelberto. In 'Alla fama, dimmi il vero' Teofane suggests that Ottone is no longer in love with her. Privately, Ottone cannot understand her reaction and wonders who has caused her to turn against him. In 'Dopo l'orrore' he hopes that calm will return after the storm in marvellously Handelian vocal figurations and a splendid orchestral accompaniment. Here was another hit aria for Senesino and Handel's audiences!
Teofane, alone, asks the god of love for pity, and in her accompagnato 'O grati orrori' Handel uses the sustained string parts to great effect to enhance the sense of total abandonment and isolation. Teofane's aria 'S'io dir potessi' sighs with sadness and suffering.
Emireno and Adelberto have escaped from prison through the underground passage, thanks to a map sent to them by Matilda. She has also informed them that a boat awaits them. Emireno sings a jaunty aria 'Le profonde vie dell' onde', asking heaven to allow him freedom again, and vowing to avenge the wrongdoings he has suffered.
Emireno goes searching for the boat. Matilda and Ottone arrive separately, Matilda looking for the entrance to the tunnel and Ottone searching for Teofane. Adelberto hides at the tunnel entrance when he realizes that others are in the garden. He recognizes Ottone and then Teofane. Teofane recognizes Matilda's voice and sees Ottone. Matilda and Ottone meet: Teofane eavesdrops. She hides in the tunnel entrance, uncomfortably, near Adelberto. Matilda dissuades Ottone from going near the tunnel entrance for fear that the escape might be foiled and her part in it discovered by Ottone. She leads him away. Ottone's aria 'Deh! non dir' is another jewel, with the muted strings and recorders mimicking nocturnal bird calls and engaging in charming dialogue with the soloist.
Emireno returns, having found the boat and some of his men. Adelberto seizes the fainting Teofane and puts her into the boat. They row away. Gismonda sees the departure and meets the returning Matilda. Together they celebrate the success of their plan, though Matilda harbours apprehension over her deceit of Ottone. Neither is aware of Teofane's abduction. In the delightful duet 'Notte cara' they praise the fact that night has enabled them to carry out their plans. The writing finds similarities with several of the earlier Italian duets in the rhythmically moving bass line and vocal suspensions: the two women end the act optimistically.
Act III
Ottone laments Teofane's disappearance in 'Dove sei?', surprisingly short in the 1723 version, but rich in its harmony and suffused with melancholy. Gismonda taunts Ottone about the escape of Adelberto and Emireno with Teofane, even though she knows that she will be sentenced to death. In her aria 'Trema, tiranno' Gismonda gloats, the wild string arpeggios giving greater emphasis to her triumphant cries.
Ottone is utterly desolate, and in the accompagnato 'Io son tradito' and the aria 'Tanti affanni' muses over his desertion and betrayal by everyone. Here we have Handel at his most intense: the key, F minor, is already flat, but the music modulates further into some of the most extreme keys in the whole baroque repertoire.
The boat and the three escapees have been unable to get very far due to a storm. Emireno suggests that they wait until the weather improves and says that he will stand guard over Teofane. In the glorious aria 'D'innalzar i flutti' Handel is at his most melodic, with Adelberto's delicate line accompanied by exquisite string figurations. Adelberto hopes not only that the weather will calm but that love too will brighten for him with Teofane.
Adelberto goes in search of shelter from the storm and Teofane tells Emireno that she is the daughter of Romano, King of Byzantium. Emireno goes to embrace her, because he is in fact her brother, Prince Basilio. This attempted embrace too gives her the wrong idea, for she believes he is attempting to seduce her. Adelberto returns at the most inopportune moment and makes the same presumption. Adelberto jealously attacks Emireno, but is overpowered by him and placed under guard. In the aria 'Nò, non temere' Emireno assures Teofane that she has nothing to fear.
Teofane reflects on her fate, and invites Emireno's guard to kill her. Even though Ottone might be in Matilda's arms she says she will never be unfaithful to him. She is still unaware of Emireno's true identity and mistrustful of his motives. In the aria 'Benchè mi sia crudele' Handel gave his star Cuzzoni an especially good chance to show off her lyrical qualities.
Matilda tells Ottone that Teofane has been taken by Adelberto. Gismonda is exultant at her son's deed, but Matilda turns on her, telling her that when Adelberto's head is thrown at her feet her mood will change. Gismonda responds by reporting Matilda's part in the escape to Ottone. He becomes even more despairing that even his closest allies and family are betraying him, but in 'Nel suo sangue' Matilda repents and vows to recapture Adelberto to wash the guilt from her heart. In a marvellously characterful aria, threatening terrible vengeance, she sings that she does not mind if she kills him.
Suddenly Emireno arrives with Adelberto as his prisoner. Ottone orders Adelberto's death at the hands of Emireno's men but Matilda demands the right to stab him herself. However, Adelberto's confession causes her to stop, and once again she takes pity on him. Gismonda seizes the dagger and tries to kill herself. Teofane arrives before Gismonda has time to commit the deed: Ottone and Teofane are finally united, and celebrate with the delicious duet 'A' teneri affetti'.
The last strands of the plot are unravelled as Teofane explains that Emireno is really her brother Basilio. Ottone finally realizes what has happened, Gismonda and Adelberto swear loyalty to their king, while Matilda again frees Adelberto and accepts his hand in marriage. The final chorus, a light minuet 'Faccia ritorno l'antica pace' (very similar to 'Galatea dry thy tears') dancingly brings back peace: love finally vanquishes treachery.
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6o John Laurance was Judge Advocate.1 At the same time a Court was convened to try Smith. It consisted of a number of line officers, mostly of Connecticut regiments, with Colonel Henry Jackson, Sixteenth Massachusetts, as president. As before noticed, Smith was acquitted, after the case had dragged along with frequent postponements for four weeks from September thirtieth. The report of the case is interesting. Smith, realizing his danger and able to see from his window, if he cared to, the gallows erected for his unfortunate companion, conducted his own defence with a degree of courage which compels admiration. He cross-examined every witness (of whom he complains Hamilton and Lafayette were unjust to him) and won. His liberty, however, was brief, as he was soon arrested by the civil organization styled | Commissioners of Conspiracy," taken to Goshen, and imprisoned until May 22, 1781, when he escaped to New York.2 While imprisoned, Andre was visited by a number of general officers, and was treated with the utmost consideration—in marked contrast to the treatment of Nathan Hale by Howe in 1777. He was allowed to write to Clinton3 and • It is of interest to note that Knox had met Andre1 before, at the capture of St. John's, in 1775. Knox was of the victorious force, and allowed Andre1 to share his quarters for a night. 1 Was Parsons at that very time holding treasonable relations with Clinton? The question is one requiring more space for discussion than I can give it, but I do not credit it. A very full and interesting paper on the subject, by Congressman George B. Loring, of Salem, Mass., will be found in the Magazine of American History. 1 John Laurance (1750-1810) was an Englishman, born in Cornwall. He was afterwards a judge of the New York District Court, a member of the first Federal Congress, and of the Senate (1796-1800). He held the rank of Colonel in the Continental Army. His wife was a daughter of General Alexander McDougall. 5 Anxiety had undermined his wife's health, and she was unable to accompany him when he left New York with the British troops, in November, 1783, but died there January 1, 1784. At the time of his departure he owned No. 7 William Street, which was sold by his order in December. He lived in London, receiving a small pension from the British Crown—6s. a day, in 1783-4; it had been f 1 per day while in New York— until 1801, when he returned to the United States, and (as I am informed by an old resident) opened a school in his old house in Haverstraw. Public opinion, however, was against him, and he soon withdrew, went South, then returned to England, where he seems to have lived at Shepton Mallet, Somersetshire. In 1808 he published his celebrated book: "An Authentic Narrative of the Causes which led to the death of Major Jonn Andre." It was reprinted in New York the next year, and attracted general attention, as all three of Andre's captors, and most of those who had witnessed his death, were still alive. In spite of the generally unfavorable opinion which historians have entertained of it, I (as noted elsewhere) can but think its statements credible on minor points. He married a second time, whether while living in England or in the South is not determinable, though the lady's name, Anna Middleton, is common in South Carolina, By his will, dated December 31, 1817, and proved in New York, October 15, 1818, he gives her an estate in Shepton Mallet. He returned to New York, some time after 1808, and died there October 10, 1818. He was buried in a vault of either the Middle or North Dutch Church, New York. The portrait given is the only known one of him, and is owned by a private collector in New York. It has never Seen copied before. Trumbull met Smith in London, and the portrait is endorsed in his hand- writing : "Joshua H. Smith, who was a very smart (?) man. Arnold and Andre met in his House. I met him in England, 1808, and sifter in N. York, and were the best of friends. J. T." 3 Tappan, Sept. 29. His Excellency General Sir Henry Clinton, K. B., etc. Sir,—Your Excellency is doubtless already apprised of the manner in which I was taken, and possibly of the serious light in which my conduct is considered and the rigorous determination that is impending. Under these circumstances, I have obtained General Washington's permission to send you this letter; the object of which is to remove from your breast any suspicion that I could imagine I was bound by your Excellency's orders to expose myself to what has happened. The events of coming within an Enemy's posts, and of changing my dress, which led me to my present situation, were contrary to my own intention, as they were to your orders; and the circuitous route which I took to return was imposed (perhaps unavoidably) without alternative, upon me.
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"There was stuff exploding the entire time we were fighting the fire," Tomball Fire Chief Randy Parr said. "Gas tanks, tires, shock absorbers. There was magnesium in one of the engine blocks and when you hit magnesium with water it just causes the flames to roar."
The fire started around 4:30 a.m. Oct. 30. While the cause is still under investigation by Harris County Fire Marshals, proof of arson still lies everywhere. Several cars had windows busted out and their insides were doused with gasoline, but were spared from the blaze.
Once Tomball Fire Department (TFD) firefighters reached the scene it look less than an hour to knock out the fire, according to Parr.
"Once we got through the gate it took us about a half-hour to three-quarters of an hour to knock it down," he said.
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"(The TFD) did a wonderful job," Randy Schmidt, owner of Tomball Towing and Storage said. "The response time and how quick they contained it was amazing. It could have been a lot worse. We could have easily lost 100 cars."
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