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G-Slate, Aakash, Arc, Transformer, Thrive, Nook, Iconia, Xoom, Playbook, Galaxy Tab and Flyer – are these the names of forgotten blockbusters or yet-to-be-launched challengers in the automotive segment?
If these aren't ringing a bell, I could keep rattling off names, but I'll just stop here and say that the proliferation of tablet PCs is anything but close to softening in the near future. In fact, tablet brands are mounting wave after wave of fresh offensives to an overwhelming tempo as we speak, fighting tooth and nail to get major share in the emerging 'micro' notebook blitzkrieg.
Is this really a revolution in the making, or yet another passing chapter in the gizmo-arena? Let us take a look.
What do the fortune-tellers say?
A recent report by NPD DisplaySearch pegged the tablet PC category as one of growing importance, with 72.7 million units shipped in 2011, accounting for more than a quarter of total mobile PC shipments last year. This report, which was released as recently as the opening week of 2012, pegged the growth rate at a massive 256 per cent year-on-year, making the 12 per cent year-on-year growth rate of notebook PCs pale in comparison.
Closer to the home-turf, a mid-2011 report released by IDC claimed that Asia-Pacific markets (except Japan) are set for a massive growth spurt pegged at 21 million units by 2015, up from 2 million units shipped in 2010—that's a CAGR of 54 per cent; and a multiplication factor of 10. Most of these volumes are slated to originate from China, and the market is also poised to loom over the current market leader, North America.
Various reports also point toward peaking interest in tablet devices across mature economies such as South Korea, Australia and Taiwan, while the adoption and comfort levels across other Southeast Asian economies (Indonesia, Malaysia, etc) are slower with the psyche still skewed toward more conservative strains of familiar laptop-type experience.
And methinks that the rapid uptake (and sway) of the tablet breed is evident just by looking around cafés, airports or just about any public space. Personally, I can't hide my amusement when the officials ask, "Sir..do you have a notebook or an iPad in your cabin baggage?"
The penchant for tablets
Say, why do these so-called tablet PCs have the potential of creating obsessive behavior like we initially saw with the usage of Blackberry type devices?
The last time I made a dash for the airport, it had completely slipped my mind that I was not in possession of the boarding pass that I carefully printed. When I presented myself at the counter, the burly 'gate keeper' demanded that I show it to him. Dismayed, I nevertheless whisked out my 'boarding pass' in the form of my Asus Transformer 101 tablet.
In yet another of my absent-minded sojourns to a car-rental company, it had skipped my over-worked mind that I did not carry a receipt, which I needed to get a car. Out comes the receipt from the faithful tablet pulled straight out of my personal mail account via a public Wi-fi access, and in minutes I was driving comfortably to my favourite holiday destination.
In short, there are a plethora of 'holes' in my personal (and professional) life that the tablet is efficiently plugging, right from being able to have 'entertainment-on-the-go' or being able to access my files using a 'Cloud service' to being able access virtually any information irrespective of my physical location (including the time and place I can lay my hands on the upgraded version of the current tablet, or arguing with the salesman about lower rates advertised for the latest gizmo I want to purchase).
Tablet mutations in the offing
Mutations are just an eventuality, once a product has tugged on the imagination of the market. And even as the tablet proliferation is gaining critical mass, mutations have already started to appear in the market to occupy any 'nooks & crannies' of opportunity that can be found quickly.
Among many, Samsung, having launched the Galaxy Note to bridge the slim chasm between smartphone and tablet PCs, is worthy of mention. Too big to be a smartphone and too small to be a tablet for my taste, the device seems to have created a niche segment of the market, with encouraging reviews from many leading gizmo-evaluation authorities.
Then there are so-called 'Ultrabooks,' referring to ultraportable laptops that are less than an inch thick and have fast boot-up time, extended battery life and built-in security, according to Intel, which is the primary advocate for the device category. Rival AMD is also targeting the ultraportable device space that will debut next year. Not to mention the e-reader segment which is harboring tall ambitions to morph into 'entry-level' tablets, with Kindle Fire being one of the recent favorites.
Before I conclude, a home-grown 'tablet-for-the-masses' from India deserves a mention. Christened Aakash, it is India's first low-cost tablet that is receiving overwhelming attention and demand from both corporate and individual buyers. Reportedly more than 1 million units were booked online just two weeks after it was made available, prompting UK-based vendor Datawind to establish three more factories in India to cater to demand.
So is this a revolution in the making?
To me, when a device has two (or three) great attributes—being light and comfortable enough to be carried around, providing an enjoyable engagement & interaction experience to achieve whatever the ends may be, and comes with a price tag that is not too hard on the wallet—then the device definitely has the potential to create the next wave in the market.
A year ago, I couldn't quite see the point of a tablet PC. I have long since changed my mind.


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Reading the Figural, or Philosophy After the New Media
€ 25,49
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September 2001
BeschreibungTheorizes the concept of the figural as a way to get beyond the long held aesthetic distinction between plastic and linguistic arts, a distinction that will not work for film and new media.
InhaltsverzeichnisContents - Presenting the Figural; Reading the Figural; The Figure and the Text; The End of the Aesthetic; The Historical Image; A Genealogy of Time; An Uncertain Utopia - Digital Culture
PortraitD. N. Rodowick is Professor of Film Studies at King's College London. He is the author of "Gilles Deleuze's Time Machine "(also published by Duke University Press), "The Difficulty of Difference: Psychoanalysis, Sexual Difference, and Film Theory" and "The Crisis of Political Modernism: Criticism and Ideology in Contemporary Film Theory."
Pressestimmen"A stunning accomplishment in the theorisation of the visual. By situating developments in photography, film, and digital media on multiple hinges between philosophy and history, France and Germany, and visual theory and practices, Rodowick delivers a breathtaking overview of modernist aesthetics and an exciting excursion into transformations on the digital frontier." - Timothy Murray, author of Like a Film: Ideological Fantasy of Screen, Camera, and Canvas "Rodowick shows us that the labour of theory is vital and ongoing and that figural thinking is a crucial element for what remains of creative activity and micro-politics in a world where agency appears to be close to extinction." - Tom Conley, author of The Graphic Unconscious in Early Modern French Writing
Untertitel: 'Post-Contemporary Interventions'. 55 illustrations. Sprache: Englisch.
Verlag: Duke University Press
Erscheinungsdatum: September 2001
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Sorry for the mess, our office is a perpetual hardware dismantling lair.
Ongoing Research and Development for Plogue's 'retro digital' products: chipsounds, chipspeech and chipcrusher .... and various retro computing stuff.
Saturday, June 29, 2013
Making arcade cabinet impulse responses.
Here are a few pictures we took while capturing impulse responses for chipcrusher in late 2011...
Sorry for the mess, our office is a perpetual hardware dismantling lair.
Sorry for the mess, our office is a perpetual hardware dismantling lair.
Thursday, June 6, 2013
GBA SP Speaker Impulse Response
Looks fun? This is what I did for each and every speaker impulse in chipcrusher's Post Processing section.
The goal is to capture not only the frequency response of the speaker itself, but also the effect of its casing and internal components: resonance, cancellations etc.
Its thus very important to make sure to properly close the unit (which can be complicated by the tight confined space) with your soldered speaker leads dandling out without changing the tonal balance of the unit.
A few carefully created test tones are then 'injected' through the leads and recorded with one or more microphones in a mostly anechoic space at a few inches from the device.
Next the recordings are processed with custom software.
Once thats done, and we are sure the recorded IR data is valid, we need to do the inverse: reopen, unsolder,
close and make sure it works. While the microphones are set up I usually also record native console sounds (games or test code), through that same setup, for later comparison.
Luckily no unit were destroyed, and everything worked just like it did before.
(But you can imagine the stack of devices that I have in the office and in my basement)... there is a psychological condition for that, and also a TV show about it.... Rest assured I ONLY keep tech stuff. :)
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Listing Courtesy of Option Realty Group Ltd
Listing information
- Beds: 2
- Total Rooms: 7
- Parking Type Description: Attached 2 cars
- Total Square Footage: 2,010 ($183.58 per sq. foot)
- County: Du Page
- Elementary School: White Eagle Elementary School
- Style: Townhouse
- Baths: 4 (Full: 3 3/4: 0 1/2: 1 Other: 0)
- Stories: 2
- New Construction: No
- Estimated Annual Taxes: $8,161
- High School: Waubonsie Valley High School
- Subdivision: White Eagle
- Year Built: 1995
- Status: Active with Contingency
- Fireplaces: 2
- Foreclosure: No
- Association Fee: $360
- Middle School: Still Middle School
Additional Rooms Loft
Age 21-25 Years
Air Conditioning Central Air
Appliances All Stainless Steel Kitchen Appliances, Dishwasher, Disposal, Dryer, Microwave, Oven/Range, Refrigerator, Refrigerator-Bar, Washer
Area Naperville
Assessment Includes Clubhouse, Common Insurance, Exterior Maintenance, Lawn Care, Other, Pool, Security, Snow Removal
Basement Full
Basement Bathrooms (Y/N) Yes
Basement Description Finished
Bath Amenities Double Sink, Separate Shower
Built Before 1978 (Y/N) No
Common Area Amenities Golf Course, Park/Playground, Party Room, Pool-Outdoors, Restaurant, Tennis Court/s
Contingency Flag Attorney/Inspection
Dining Room Combined w/ LivRm
Disability Access and/or Equipped No
Equipment Backup Sump Pump;, Ceiling Fan, Humidifier, Sump Pump
Exterior Building Type Brick
Exterior Property Features Deck
Fireplace Details Gas Logs, Wood Burning
Fireplace Location Basement, Living Room
Garage On-Site Yes
Garage Type Attached
General Information Commuter Bus, School Bus Service
Heat/Fuel Forced Air, Gas
Interior Property Features 1st Floor Laundry, Bar-Wet, Hardwood Floors, Vaulted/Cathedral Ceilings
Kitchen Type Eating Area-Table Space, Pantry-Closet
Lot Description Cul-de-sac, Golf Course Lot, Water View
Management Manager Off-site, Monday through Friday
Master Association Fee Yes
Master Bedroom Bath Full
Other Bedrooms (Below Grade) - 0, Master Association Fee($) - 1040, Max Pet Weight - 999, Special Service Area - N, Tax Year - 2015, Total # Units in Building - 3, Total Full/Half Baths - 3.1, Township - Naperville, Unit Floor Level - 1
Ownership Fee Simple w/ HO Assn.
Parking Garage
Pet Information Cats OK, Dogs OK
Pets Allowed (Y/N) Yes
Possession Closing
Property Type Attached Single
Recent Rehab (Y/N) No
Sewer Sewer-Public
Special Assessments N
Tax Exemptions Homeowner
Type Attached Townhouse-2 Story
Virtual Tour None
Water Lake Michigan
Waterfront (Y/N) No
Dining Room Main Level 13X13
Kitchen Main Level 12X12
Laundry Room Main Level 7X6
Living Room Main Level 18X13
Family Room Basement 30X15
Bedroom 2 2nd Level 13X13
Loft 2nd Level 14X12
Master Bedroom 2nd Level 15X13
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There's a lot to report from yesterday's practice session at Curtis.
First, '14 WR Malachi Dupre continues to impress. Dupre has been mentioned repeatedly by his coaches and teammates as an exceptional athlete, and he flashed some brilliance yesterday. Dupre made a couple of long down-field catches that had jaws dropping among the smattering of spectators. The 6-foot-2, 175-pounder hauled in a 50-yard bomb along the right sideline and didn't break stride while remaining in-bounds by mere inches. He also hauled in another reception for a lengthy gain vs. double coverage. Look for a stand-alone feature on Dupre in the next couple of days. He did drop a pass on a slant across the middle, proving that the sophomore is, indeed, human.
Brandon Porter would be a 1,000-yard rusher for almost every team in the state, but with Curtis having "The Four Horsemen" ('13 RBs Sherman Badie and Tevin Horton, and '14 RBs Raekwon James and George Moreira) already vying for touches in the offensive backfield, Porter plies his trade most of the time on defense. He has an ideal build for a RB at just under 6-0 and 200 pounds, but the junior can play defense in college if that's where he's needed. Porter was extraordinarily quick out of his breaks yesterday. He had a nifty interception that probably would have gone for a pick-six in a real game.
"I'm going to camp at North Texas on June 9th," said Porter, who is looking for his first offer. "Coach (Justin) Gaines said they'll offer if I do good at the camp. I'm also hearing from Colorado, ULM and UL (Ragin' Cajuns)."
Porter is thicker than any of the other Curtis defensive backs, but he moves just as well as any of the other prospects in the deep secondary unit. He also hopes to turn heads this summer at a joint TCU/Northwestern State camp that will be held on the Curtis campus.
LB Duke Riley is the only Patriot that is currently ranked by Fox Sports/Scout.com, and the three-star was watched closely by coaches from Indiana and Houston yesterday. The Cougars have already offered Riley, who is a model of intensity during practice. Coach (Tim) Rebowe from UL also appeared to keep an eye on Riley.
Riley was light on his feet with his drops in coverage, which was good to see, considering that he'll move from the inside to outside in college (in all likelihood). He recently visited Mississippi State and is nearing double-digit offers.
Rebowe has been in contact with several Patriots, including offensive lineman Brandon Godfrey, and the Cajuns' recruiter spent a good chunk of time checking out Godfrey and fellow offensive lineman Anthony Taylor.
Porter, Taylor and Horton (pictured below) all seem overdue to get their first offer. Taylor is a man-mountain in the 6-7, 335-pound range, and he's not stiff. Back in March, Taylor mentioned Indiana as a favorite, along with Kentucky, Nebraska and Purdue.
Horton is a bullish runner in the 5-9, 190-pound range who was second on the team in rushing last year behind only Badie. On one particularly-impressive carry yesterday, Horton punished two or three defenders as he barreled along the left sideline. In early January, he was a hit among the Fox Sports/Scout.com Recruiting Team at the U.S. Army Junior Combine in San Antonio. At that event, Horton joined David Yancey (Indiana product) and Jowan Davis (Sealy, Tx.) as the only three first-team All-Combine RBs.
'14 LB Kenny Young was sidelined for the last couple of playoff games in 2011 after suffering an injury versus Ville Platte. He'll be cleared for full contact when fall camp gets underway. Yesterday, Young ran a few brisk intervals by himself during practice, and he is a chiseled guy who looks like an ideal, versatile LB capable of playing inside or outside. Young is a year behind Duke Riley, but he seems to be slightly larger than Riley, who is somewhat of a mentor to the sophomore.
The Curtis coaching staff had some frustrating news for opponents. It's clear the Patriots are loaded for at least the next two years, but things look rosy down the road, as well, because multiple references were made about the vast potential of the current crop of eighth-graders at the school.
Dupre and another '14 WR with nice size -- Henry Smith (6-1, 170) -- should get the secondary well-prepared for Byrnes' pass-happy attack. '13 CB Jacolby Cooper won state in the 400-meter dash recently, and he's joined by '13 CB/S Richard Allen, '14 CB Prine Lewis, '14 S/CB Mattrell McGraw, '14 CB Terrence Alexander, '15 S Hunter Dale (pictured below) and Porter.
All of the Curtis DBs were quick and explosive during backpedal drills. McGraw's teammates frequently speak highly of him, and he was fluid with his movements yesterday. Although only a freshman, Dale is possibly the tallest member of the unit. He demonstrated the ability to consistently turn and run with receivers in one-on-one coverage, and if Dale can hold down the free safety spot, it would allow Allen to stay at corner.
Allen manned the free safety spot in the state title game versus Winnfield and came up with a crucial first-half interception of Nebraska signee Alonzo Moore in the end zone. While Dale's coverage skills are legit, he'll have to prove himself in run support.
The Patriots have two quarterbacks with starting experience: '13 prospect Patrick Morton and '15 signal-caller Abby Touzet. Both will get reps with the first team this fall, although Morton is the current starter.
Prior to a season-ending injury in 2011, Morton was neck-and-neck with Badie and Horton for the team lead in rushing. He toted the rock for 367 yards on only 37 attempts, an average of just under 10 yards per carry.
Morton (5-10 1/2, 190 lbs.) is healthy now and it's easy to see how he achieved so such success churning out the rushing yards. He's built like a strong safety or even a fullback with his huge traps. When Morton was forced to the sidelines last year, Touzet (6-1, 210) stepped in as a frosh and the team didn't miss much of a beat, if any. He ran for 11 touchdowns and threw for almost 800 yards.
Sophomore RBs Raekwon James and George Moreira, briefly mentioned above, will play college ball, and the duo will probably do it at a high level if they continue to progress as expected. James (5-9, 175) had nice cuts in the open field yesterday. He has above-average vision and has proven himself as an effective receiver out of the backfield (especially dangerous on screens).
Moreira (pictured below) won the RB MVP at the National Underclassmen Combine 5-Star Showcase earlier this year at Zachary High School. He's heavier than James at 5-9 and almost 195 pounds, but Moreira may be faster than his classmate. At the outdoor state track meet earlier this month, Moreira placed sixth in the 300-meter hurdles.
James isn't a track and field sprinter, but he was a starting guard on Curtis' state championship basketball team and his lateral quickness on the hardwood was something to see.
Curtis went 14-0 on the gridiron in '11. The Patriots broke open a close game at the half to cruise past Winnfield in the state finals, 33-3.


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Valentino SOLD for $858 Million U.S.D.!!!
The brand has been sold to the Middle East to continue thriving, changing, and developing their market strategies.
Yes… you read this title correctly! The fashion powerhouse Valentino has been sold to Mayhoola for 700 million Euros, a.k.a. $858 million United States Dollars! The company Mayhoola is an investment vehicle that is backed from a group of private investors in the Middle Eastern Monarchy… it is common knowledge that Mayhoola is lead by the royal family of Qatar who just got a whole new wardrobe.
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With this deal Mayhoola will now be the owner of 100% of Valentino SpA along side with the Missoni License business, while the MCS Marlboro Classics (from VFG) will stay under the rule of Red & Black (R&B also own the majority share in Hugo Boss out side of this transaction).
After the deal had occurred Valentino's chief executive officer Stefano Sassi said that the investors had a high "level of ambition and strong desire to further develop the label. They took control not only of the brand, but also of the projects behind it."
Despite the ownership changing Sassi will remain highly involved in the companies' development along side the brands creative directors, Maria Grazi Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli.
"After four intense years, a new phase opens up and we are offered a chance to push forward with additional resources," he says.
A Spokesman from the investment company Mayhoola said "Valentino has always been a brand of unique creativity and undisputed prestige."
The investment company is run from the Investment house Qatar which has its hands in many pockets including LLC, all of Harrods (bought for $2.20 billion in 2010), a 1.03% owndership in LVMH Moet Hennessy Lois Vuitton, 5.2% share in Tiffany & Co., 26% of the British supermarket J. Sainsbury (acquired in 2010), and has recently become the largest share holder in the French Media group Lagardére SCA with a whopping %12.7 percent stake.
The deputy chairman of Milan consultancy InterCorporate says that their company "recognizes the management's work over the past few years, and it's an injection of support and confidence in Sassi and the designers. These are investors a company such as Valentino deserved. They behave splendidly, and having seen their work with Harrods, it makes me think of this deal in a very positive way. If only there were more of these investors….There is an entrepreneurial strategy and they know the luxury sector."


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| Zarroc chapter 1 . 11/29/2005
this was really cute, i think you should continue it, maybe when Kara and Ben are at school... they could fall in love or something, i don't know, just continue it kk?
| HarryPotter'sCharmedTwilight chapter 1 . 8/25/2005
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| Reed chapter 1 . 8/23/2005
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| simplyme89 chapter 1 . 8/22/2005
the sequal's not that bad! it's good, and i think you made Kara a cute kid. hope you'll continue with this and write about harry and ginny too!
| Demi chapter 1 . 8/21/2005
ur right, the epilogue to UP wasnt that great, but still, it was ok. anyway, i liked this little "non sequel". i think kara is cute. so, keep writing, i just hope u get more ideas, that r maybe a little bit... better. sorry for the babbling, just please, update soon!
| ipikachooseyou chapter 1 . 8/19/2005
That was so sweet! I almost cried!...I play the clarinet too! Sorry I went off topic, but you are writing up to my standards.
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| Ron-N-Hermione-4ever chapter 1 . 8/19/2005
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| LaurenxPotter chapter 1 . 8/18/2005
i really like this so far! i think you should continue..though i'm sure you already were planning on it...
| violet snicket chapter 1 . 8/18/2005
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| TrueBluePotterFan chapter 1 . 8/18/2005
This was a very good 'non-sequal'. I really hope you will write a sequal though, but i suppose this is better than nothing. :)
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Members of the Quad-City Mallards have spent the first third of the Central Hockey League season enjoying their league-best home record, working feverishly on improving the league's worst power play and building on the league's third-best winning percentage.
But in the midst of all that, the team has not forgotten to make time to have an impact on the community that its players call home for seven months.
"I want the people in the Quad-Cities area to know that we are a part of the community," coach Terry Ruskowski said. "If they need something, we're going to be there for them, and if we can help them out, we'll help them out."
That's why, in the midst of their busy schedules, the players have made a point to get involved. Most notable was the team's decision two weeks ago to take part in the Salvation Army's bell-ringing campaign the day before its road trip against the league-leading Rapid City Rush.
"It was a cold day, but it was good to get out and support the cause," forward Mike Hellyer said. "There were a lot of people supporting us when we walked in the store and we appreciated it. It was nice for us to spend our day out in the community."
Hellyer is one of six Mallards who was with the team last year in a season filled with questions about the organization's security. The continued community support given to the team during that stretch made a lasting impact on the Manitoba native.
"I know the community has been very supportive of the team in the tough times, the last three or four years, they weren't sure if they were going to have a team or not, but they stuck with it," Hellyer said. "To be a returning guy, any chance we have to give back to the community, in any way, it's just a positive for the organization and it's just kind of kudos to the community. They stuck with us we want to stick with them."
The need for community involvement stems from Ruskowski, whose desire to give back goes back to his childhood.
"When I was a kid, I could remember looking up to guys that I admired, good hockey players, and I emulated what they did, on the ice, and off the ice, how they handled themselves," Ruskowski said. "I think we want to portray that we are good people, good athletes, and we want to show that we can be role models."
The team also goes out to local schools once a month to read to kids and talk to them about the benefits of an education.
"It's good to have someone else besides your teacher to tell you to stay in school, and school's important, it's not just athletics, athletics, athletics," said captain Darren McMillan, who has a son of his own in second grade. "When a pro athlete comes in, no matter who it is, if it's someone the kids look up to, maybe they listen a little more and we can help them out with the decisions they have to make."
"It's nice to give back, especially to the schools," rookie Tyler Yaworski added. "The kids get these big smiles on their faces, and it's pretty rewarding for us to get out there and spread some knowledge about getting your homework done and stuff like that."
Ruskowski would like to do even more to give back, especially at this time of year. But scheduling conflicts — the Mallards played four games in five nights in three different cities heading into the holiday break and leave for Brampton, Ont. early on Thursday — have prevented the team from doing so.
"I wish that we'd had a better schedule around Christmas time," Ruskowski said. "If we were home, I'd like the guys to go to a hospital and give out toys to the young kids who are going to be in the hospital for Christmas. I did that every year (while coaching) in Laredo. Unfortunately the last two years, the schedule hasn't given us the opportunity to do that."
So over the rest of the season, don't be surprised to see a Mallard at a school, a hockey practice, or somewhere else in area, doing the little things to make sure they are a part of the community, and more than just a faceless hockey player.
"We're here for a while. It's kind of our home away from home," Yaworski said. "So it's nice for people to be able to put a name to the face."


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The International Monetary Fund partially reversed its previous cut to its UK growth forecasts yesterday, but weak manufacturing figures showed that the economy remains deeply unbalanced.
The Chancellor George Osborne's Treasury team was quietly enjoying the IMF upgrade, which came just a few weeks after it sharply cut UK growth forecasts for this year, and followed a flurry of good economic news. However, the prediction of a 0.9 per cent growth rate this year remained below the IMF's projection of 1.1 per cent as recently as last October, while it left next year's forecast unchanged.
The fund's chief economist, Olivier Blanchard, repeated his call on the UK, and other key advanced economies to rein in austerity measures.
Meanwhile, a double whammy of bad UK news – from the industrial sector and a widening trade deficit – gave further cause for caution. Manufacturing output shrank by a bigger-than-expected 0.8 per cent in May, disappointing economists who had pencilled in a rise. Melanie Bowler, the UK economist at Moody's Analytics, said it could take until "close to the end of the decade" for manufacturers to make a full recovery as output lags 13 per cent below its pre-recession peak.
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Rep. Frank Wolf (R-10th) today signed a measure aimed at bringing a bipartisan immigration reform bill to the floor of the House for an up-or-down vote.
Wolf joined more than 90 House Members in signing a discharge petition on H.R. 4088, the Secure America Through Verification and Enforcement (SAVE) Act of 2007. Wolf is a cosponsor of the bill, introduced by Rep. Heath Shuler (D-NC).
"Congress needs to address this issue," Wolf said. "We must take action, and it seems like the only way to move this bipartisan bill forward is through a discharge petition."
A discharge petition is a procedural maneuver that is used to force action on legislation, bypassing the usual committee process for moving legislation. It can only be filed after a bill has been pending, but not acted on, for 30 legislative days. The petition is given to the Clerk of the House, who is tasked with publishing the petition signatures once a week in the Congressional Record on the last legislative day of the week. The SAVE Act was introduced in November.
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Increases Border Patrol agents by 8,000, utilizes new technology and infrastructure to secure the border and expands a specialized enforcement program called the "Tunnel Task Force".
Outlines provisions for recruitment of new agents and personnel through bonuses, student loan repayments, and other financial incentives.
Creates a pilot program to increase aerial surveillance, satellite, and equipment sharing between the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Defense to SAVE taxpayer dollars.
Title II - Mandatory Work Authorization Verification
Expands the E-Verify program and makes it mandatory for employers.
E-Verify provides employers with an inexpensive, quick, and accurate way to verify employee eligibility.
E-Verify already exists and has had tremendous success, but it currently is voluntary, which puts users at an economic disadvantage if competitors hire illegal aliens, and is only being used by a fraction of U.S. employers.
Employees must provide an acceptable form of ID from a limited list. Employers receive verification in seconds.
Closes the existing loopholes in E-Verify to detect multiple people using the same social security number and to detect people using stolen identities.
Requires information sharing between the Department of Homeland Security, the Social Security Administration, and the Internal Revenue Service.
Title III - Reduces Illegal Immigration Through Interior Enforcement
Increases investigative abilities of ICE by employing more agents and training additional state and local law enforcement personnel.
Expedites the removal of illegal aliens by expanding detention capacity and increasing the number of Federal District Court Judges.
Implements a targeted media campaign to inform illegal aliens of new laws and penalties, while also informing employers of penalties for hiring illegal immigrants
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Within a short walk of Sardar Patel Stadium, Holiday Inn Express Ahmedabad is within 2 miles (3 km) of Gandhi Ashram. This 173-room, 3.5-star hotel has free breakfast along with conveniences like a 24-hour fitness center and free in-room WiFi. It's in central Ahmedabad and also close to Hathi Singh Temple and Manek Chowk.
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The hotel offers a restaurant, a coffee shop/café, and a snack bar/deli. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast each morning. A computer station is located on site and wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary. Business-related amenities at this 3.5-star property consist of a 24-hour business center and a meeting room. Event facilities measuring 861 square feet (80 square meters) include a conference center. This business-friendly hotel also offers a 24-hour fitness center, tour/ticket assistance, and multilingual staff. Complimentary self parking is available on site. The property may provide extended parking privileges to guests after check-out (surcharge).
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Holiday Inn Express Ahmedabad offers 173 air-conditioned accommodations with iPod docking stations and coffee/tea makers. 32-inch LCD televisions come with cable channels. Bathrooms include showers and hair dryers.
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The Red Hat Club Rides Againby Haywood Smith
Georgia, SuSu, Teeny, Linda and Diane have been friends for more than thirty years. But when Pru Bonner, black sheep of the group, falls off the wagon so hard it shakes their world, "the girls" stage a hilarious kidnapping in Vegas to help their childhood friend clean up her act. As the women confront their pasts along with their hazardous adventure, they discover
Georgia, SuSu, Teeny, Linda and Diane have been friends for more than thirty years. But when Pru Bonner, black sheep of the group, falls off the wagon so hard it shakes their world, "the girls" stage a hilarious kidnapping in Vegas to help their childhood friend clean up her act. As the women confront their pasts along with their hazardous adventure, they discover surprising strength in themselves and their friendships. Laughter is spiced with secrets, surprises, and pitfalls aplenty, including a midlife pregnancy test, the perils of internet dating, an all-expense-paid plastic surgery cruise, and a surprise celebration that proves it's never too late for love.
As in THE RED HAT CLUB, these irrepressible heroines face the challenges of friendship in sickness and in health, with heart and indomitable humor. So join The Red Hats and remember that age is all in your head, calories should always be in chewable form (Diet Coke with chocolate éclairs!), and that when all else fails, your Red Hats will see you through.
Editorial Reviews
"A tribute to women who emerged victorious through divorce, menopause, spreading waistlines, and other tribulations." Chicago Tribune on THE RED HAT CLUB
"The Red Hat Club is a valuable life lesson for women of all ages...a spunky, sexy, intriguing, lickety-split romp." Times (Roanoke, VA)
"A gossipy, engaging read, full of witty Southern characters readers will be unable to resist the urge to cheer on." Florida Times-Union on THE RED HAT CLUB
"Smith's celebration of comradeship is a loving tribute to those lifelong relationships that may defy logic...a joyous, joyful ode." Booklist on THE RED HAT CLUB
"Rowdy Southern feminist fantasy." Kirkus Reviews on THE RED HAT CLUB
"The Red Hat Club ladies are just Bridget, older, wiser, and with husbands who may or may not be faithful." Toronto Sun
"A fine, confiding...voice, which makes for a fast, easy read. Her dialogue is true to life. She has a wicked sense of humor." Bookreporter.com on THE RED HAT CLUB
"Inspiring...fun to read." Romantic Times on THE RED HAT CLUB
"A humorous, cathartic coming-of-middle-age story of five feisty women who refuse to throw in the towel--or the hat." Tennessean on THE RED HAT CLUB
"A hoot...A delightful read that shows that even 'mature' women can be full of surprises to themselves and others." Chattanooga Times on THE RED HAT CLUB
"A great story with many fond memories for anyone who had a group of ladies in their high school." Book Review Café on THE RED HAT CLUB
"An engaging tale that welcomes readers as if they were sharing wine with the heroines...fans of women's fiction will appreciate Haywood Smith's fine homage to the southern female." Harriet's Book Reviews on THE RED HAT CLUB
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- 9780312316914
- Publisher:
- St. Martin's Press
- Publication date:
- 03/15/2005
- Pages:
- 336
- Product dimensions:
- 6.48(w) x 9.42(h) x 1.18(d)
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Swan Coach House tearoom,Atlanta.April 8, 2003. 10:55 a.m.
As always, I got to the Swan Coach House Restaurant before the valet parking, so I saved myself a tip and pulled into a slot under a canopy of blooming dogwoods and towering, newly tasseled oaks across from the main entrance. Spring-a precious, unpredictable event in Atlanta-had come early this year, confusing the plants into a glorious, out-of-synch display that sent the pollen count soaring along with the spirits of the populace.
As I crossed to enter, I savored the warm air perfumed by narcissus and hyacinths. The clouds of oak and yellow pine pollen would come later, driving everyone inside and providing a bounty for car washes and sellers of antihistamines, but for now, the day was perfect.
Once inside the gift shop, I made my usual cursory circuit to see what was new since last month in the tempting array of gorgeous things. Fortunately for my budget, nothing sang to me, so I proceeded down the short flight of stairs to the restaurant foyer.
Funny, how you fall into ruts without ever realizing it till they're interrupted. I've always liked to get to our Red Hat luncheons first, before the tables fill and the floral padded walls rumble with a polite roar of female chatter and chairs scraping on the dark wood floors. Our regular waitress, Maria, always seats me at our usual banquette in the back corner and brings me fresh, no-cal hot lemonade right away, which I load with Sweet'N Low and sip slowly, taking advantage of the waiting quiet to shake off the mundane concerns of my life and focus on friendship.
But that morning when I entered the dining room from the bright yellow foyer, I saw that SuSu had already beaten me there for the third time in as many months-a total turnaround from her pathological lateness of the past two decades. I shook off a tiny stab of disappointment that I wouldn't have my settling-in time.
She waved, looking like a just-ripe Lauren Bacall in a red cashmere beret and bulky black turtleneck sweater over slim black slacks. She'd finally gotten with the program about wearing a red hat a year ago, but the purple clothing thing was still a no-go.
Talk about a makeover. Gone were the brassy red hair and too-young clothes from SuSu's bitter, wayward years following her divorce. With the help of Teeny's generosity, she'd aced her LSAT, gotten into Emory Law School, and adopted a whole new, professional look. Classic to the core in her smooth, shining, dark-honey, chin-length hair and elegant wardrobe (most of which came from Teeny's Perfect line of real-woman clothes) SuSu already looked like the domestic relations lawyer she would be when she graduated in another two years. Every time I saw her this way, it made my heart swell with pride for her.
As always, an aura of smoke-tainted perfume surrounded her.
She'd reformed, but not completely.
"How's school?" I asked.
We'd been busy praying all year for good grades, though SuSu had always been brilliantly book smart. It was just men she didn't have a lick of sense about.
"Brutal," she grumped. "And, Georgia, you'll never guess what my study group did to me."
I knew it was major; she rarely called me by name.
After all our years as friends, I fell instantly into the tried-and-true rhythm of our conversations. "No. What did your study group do to you?"
"They invited in a new guy without even asking me, then stuck me with him as a study partner for tort review," she fumed. "Probably stuck me with him because he's even older than I am. I guess the legal eaglets think it's pretty funny, but I sure don't."
The old SuSu would have cussed a blue streak next, but the new SuSu bottled that all up and minced out a tame, "I am so annoyed."
Maria arrived with warm mini muffins and took advantage of the break in conversation to ask me, "Excuse me, but would madam like the usual, or perhaps some fresh-brewed coffee this morning?"
Mmmmm. Coffee sounded good for a change. Iced tea season was still a few weeks away. "Coffee, please."
I returned to our conversation, surprised that SuSu would mind studying with a man "full-growed." Last fall she'd solemnly sworn off stud puppies, a resolution she'd already broken several times, but Tradition Eight (No beating ourselves up-or each other-when we blow it) had kept us from mentioning her "slips."
"Is he a problem?" I asked her.
"I'll say." SuSu adjusted her beret with her perfect American manicure. Gone were the red talons of the past. "He's the stupid, embarrassing Mattress Man!"
I tucked my chin. "The guy on those cable ads?" The one who stood there dressed in a blue baby bonnet and matching footed pajamas, singing mangled lullabies with his ukulele to promote his chain of mattress stores?
"Yes," SuSu bit out. "And he's as big an idiot as he looks."
Having been the gullible brunt of many a prank over the years, I eyed her with suspicion. Last time I looked, they didn't let idiots into Emory Law School. "You're kidding. This is some April Fools' joke, isn't it?"
SuSu glowered. "Do I look like I'm kidding?"
Mouth pursed, I shook my head.
"The joke's on me, kiddo, and the only April Fool is him. The guy's totally annoying. Always joking around when we should be studying." Her nostrils flared. "Not everybody has a photographic memory like he does."
I injected logic, futile though it was. "Ah. A photographic memory. Maybe that's why your study partners thought he could benefit the group."
SuSu would not be appeased. "Maybe so, but they at least should have asked me first."
I had to bite my lips to keep from laughing at the idea of SuSu, trapped, studying with a man who was famous for wearing a blue baby bonnet and footed pajamas on late-night TV ads. "I always thought he was kind of cute, in an older sort of way. Nice dimples."
"Well, he's bald as a mango under that baby bonnet," she grumbled.
"How can he go to law school and run those stores?" I wondered aloud.
"He doesn't. He sold them."
"But I just saw him on a new ad a few days ago."
Her mouth flattened. "That was part of the deal. They paid him a fortune to keep making the ads. At his age, you'd think he'd be embarrassed."
This, from the woman who'd come back from the bathroom at a charity fund-raiser at the Piedmont Driving Club dragging a toilet-paper comet, with her dress caught up in her sheer pantyhose, exposing half her fanny to high society. But SuSu's memory worked in adverse proportion to her alcohol consumption, so she probably didn't even remember it.
I looked up to see Linda stomping toward us, her usually sunny round face grim as thunder and her broad-brimmed red hat askew on her soft gray curls.
SuSu abandoned the subject of the Mattress Man. "Whoo," she murmured as Linda approached. "Looks like she's got a bee up her butt."
Very out of character for our level-headed Linda.
Linda dropped her open-topped Kate Spade bag by her chair as she plunked down into her regular seat beside me, then started fanning herself vigorously with her napkin, her plump neck red and mottled.
SuSu and I exchanged knowing looks, recognizing the symptoms immediately.
"At last," I crowed. "She's having a hot flash. Coming to join the rest of us on the shady side of the hill."
Linda glared at me like a bull eyeing a toreador. "It is not a hot flash," she snapped out. "And just because y'all have all gone through the change before me doesn't mean I have to."
"Oooooh," SuSu gloated. "Moody, moody, moody. Been there, done that. It's the hormones talking, baby. Estrogen in the major minuses." She patted Linda's arm. "Time to crank up the old HRT, and you'll be right as rain."
Linda recoiled from her touch, irate. "Contrary to your personal experience, SuSu," she snapped, "some people don't try to solve everything with a pill. Or a drink."
Whoa! Serious personal foul! We never discussed SuSu's drinking. Granted, it had grown progressively worse since her second husband had left her in the lurch, but SuSu was still fully functional. We accepted the drinking as her problem, and hers alone, to deal with. "Fixing" each other (unless it was a life-or-death situation) was strictly taboo.
Why Linda had said that was beyond me. I doubted even menopause would have sent her for the jugular that way. There had to be something else.
A look of deep concern overrode whatever offense SuSu might have felt. She leaned closer. "Linda, honey, what's the matter?"
Linda looked like she was about to burst into tears.
Copyright 2005 by Haywood Smith
Meet the Author
Baby boomer HAYWOOD SMITH (born Anne Haywood Pritchett) grew up as one of five children in North Atlanta, Georgia. Inspired by Jenny Joseph's free-spirited poem, "Warning," Haywood writes lighthearted coming-of-middle age tributes to the Jilted Generation of women who, like her, have emerged victorious through divorce, teenaged children, menopause, the Internet, tennis elbow, spreading waistlines, nothing but tacky clothes in the stores, and countless other modern tribulations.
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- Hometown:
- Buford, Georgia
- Date of Birth:
- April 21, 1949
- Place of Birth:
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Education:
- One year of college and several professional real estate degrees and appraisal certifications
- Website:
- http://www.haywoodsmith.net
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This was a perfect vacation type of story. The characters were all interesting & mostly humorous. I loved the part about Las Vegas "kidnapping." These ladies loved and looked out for one another, very endearing! It was a page turner, to be sure!
Haywood Smith writes books that have such hysterically funny portions that I laugh out loud and my husband wants to know what is funny, so I read him portions of the books and he always laughs, too. All of these books are eagerly awaited.
When I click on author's website, it appears that this author's website is no more (same goes for keying in author's website directly). Does anyone have any additional info on what's going on?
Is it me, or does the author tries just a bit too hard to make this book as funny and hard-to-put-down as the first one?
After reading The Red Hat Club I was anxious to continue reading about what has transpired with the characters Georgia, SuSu, Teeny, Diane, and Linda. I was very disappointed in this sequel. I think Haywood Smith went too far out on a limb with Teeny having all that money and treating the 'girls' to extravagances. The Vegas kidnapping was funny but the one-month, carte blanche plastic surgery cruise that she arranged for them all was unbelievable and really ruined it for me. The internet dating part was good, the pregnancy test hillarious but it's just that gosh darned extravagance with Teeny is hard to take. Not a world that we the readers can relate to. The party at the end also was unbelievable and far fetched. I was very let down after having finished this book. Is there a sequel? If so, I hope it will be more down to earth than this one. I'm still a fan of Haywood Smith and the Red Hat Girls, I hope I can get caught up in the lives of these women again.
I picked this up as a followup to the first book. While I did enjoy it, it does not stand out among the better books I have read. Probably better for an older crowd.
Most are familiar with the historic warning cry, 'The Redcoats are coming! 'The Redcoats are coming!' Today, according to author Haywood Smith (born Anne Haywood Pritchett), the rallying cry should be 'The Red Hats are coming! The Red Hats are coming!' What is it about Southern women (Steel Magnolias, Being Dead Is No Excuse, etc) that makes them such fascinating protagonists? Don't know what their secret is - just that it works. 'The Red Hat Club Rides Again' is a tribute to all women in midlife who have suffered a few setbacks and bounced back. (It's a bit like the bravado song 'I'm Still Here.) Of course, not all in that age group are fortunate enough to have a multi millionairess gal pal who can grease any number of wheels and make life a lark. So, reality isn't an issue here. If you enjoy an imaginative romp, give a listen to this group as they set sail for a plastic surgery cruise and jet off to Las Vegas to rescue a friend. Cynthia Darlow deserves a sequin embroidered red hat for her entertaining voice performance - never too much drawl, always pinpoint articulation and timing. - Gail Cooke
Though the membership are all in their fifties, the Red Hats still meet every month for lunch though their choice of locale has changed somewhat since Teeny has twenty million earned during the Clinton stock market boom to waste. Instead of always a high class Atlanta area location, the group also meets elsewhere incuding the Bahamas though that was part of a month long plastic-surgery extreme makeovers cruise.--- When member Pru breaks the substance abuse tenet of the twelve commandments, her southern sisters (Georgia, SuSu, Diane, Linda, and of course Teeny ¿ someone has to pay for this extravaganza) ignoring tradition 5 of minding your own business, converge on Las Vegas. Sin City is not prepared for the invasion of the Red Hats who plan to intervene and kidnap Pru so that they can take her to clean herself up in the Rockies at an exclusive rehab center, but first they must play the slots.--- The Red Hat Club once again proves that life begins at fifty as these Southern steel magnolias refuse to allow time or family relationships to interfere with their long time friendships. The current tale is intriguingly deep yet irreverent as the members satirically assault anything in their way, just ask Elton John, who will surely wear a red hat in his next public appearance. Haywood Smith provides a warm delightful tale of strong friendships that mean helping one another live life to the fullest.--- Harriet Klausner


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Nisean horse
The Nisean horse, or Nisaean Horse is an extinct horse breed, once native to the town of Nisaia. Located in the Nisaean Plains at the foot of the souther region of the Zagros Mountains, Iran[1]. They were highly sought after in the ancient world. The famous mount of Alexander the Great, Bucephalus, was said by <some to be a Nisean horse.[citation needed] The Nisean horse was said to have come in several colors, including common colors such as dark bay and seal brown, but also rarer shades such as black, red and blue roan, palomino, and various spotted patterns. The ancient Nisean horse was said to have had "not the slender Arabian head of the Luristan Culture but a more robust one that was characteristic of the great warhorse". This suggests the Nisean may have been a descendant of the "forest horse" prototype
The Nisean, according to one source, was "tall and swift, and color adorned his sides. The ancient Greeks called him the Nisean after the town Nisa where he was bred; the Chinese called him the Tien Ma-Heavenly Horse or Soulon-Vegetarian dragon. He was the most valuable horse in the ancient world, and he was regarded as the most beautiful horse alive. Some were spotted like a leopard or as golden as a newly minted coin. Others were red and blue roan with darker color in the roan, what Mustang (sic) people call blue and red corn."[citation needed]
The royal Nisean was the mount of the nobility in ancient Persia. Two white Nisean stallions pulled the shah's royal chariot, while four of the regal animals pulled the chariot of Ahura Mazda, the supreme god of Persia and Medea. Silver coins from the days of Cyrus the Great show him hunting lions from horseback using a spear. It is safe to assume that courage and manageability were more important than color on these occasions, and without the stirrup, Cyrus also needed a smooth riding horse, so it is assumed that the Nisean horse also had smooth gaits.[citation needed]
During the reign of Darius, Nisean horses were bred from Armenia to Sogdiana. The Nisean horse was so sought after that the Greeks (mainly, the Spartans) imported Nisean horses and bred them to their native stock, and many nomadic tribes (such as the Scythians) in and around the Persian Empire also imported, captured, or stole Nisean horses.
Nisean horses had several interesting traits that they passed on to their descendants. One of them were bony knobs on their forehead often referred to as "horns".[citation needed] When Persia (and the Spartans) defeated a rival country, they would usually leave behind one or two Nisean stallions to "improve" the native stock. The Greeks exported many horses to the Iberian peninsula, where the Nisean greatly influenced the ancestors of today's Iberian horse breeds, such as the Carthusian, Lusitano, Andalusian, Barb (horse), and Spanish Mustang.[citation needed]
The Nisean horse was first mentioned in great detail by A.T. Olmstead in his History of the Persian Empire. Pure white Niseans were the horses of kings and, in myth, gods. Cyrus the Great was so distraught when one of his stallions was drowned while crossing a river, he had the river where the horse was drowned drained. He did not believe that anything that could kill something so beautiful should be allowed to continue.
Olmstead also wrote that the Assyrians started their spring campaigns by attacking the Medes for their horses. The Medes were the breeders of the first Nisean horses.
The Romans had their first encounter with the Nisean and the Parthian cataphract at the Battle of Carrhae when General Crassus went up against the great Parthian General Surena. After Crassus fell to the Parthians. His head and standards were presented to Orodes II. In 36 B.C., Anthony in an attempt to avenge Crassus' death ravaged the region of Media Atropatene with 16 legions. At his disposal were 100,000 infantry and 10,000 cavalry, most of these from Spain. He also had with him 30,000 shock troops. The Parthians would not give him the battle victory he wanted, so in anger he ravaged Armenia and brought back the Armenian king Artavasdes to Egypt. Among the prized possessions were the first Nisean horses in Rome. When Antony died, these horses fell into the hands of Augustus.
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When Cambyses II fell off his horse and died in 521 BCE, future king Darius the Great had his horse trained to whinny upon entering the city's gates. This action gives him the kingship of Persia.
On New Year's Day the Persians would slaughter and sacrifice 1,000 Nisean foals from Armenia to Mithra. This was a part of Armenia's yearly tribute to the Persians.
In 481 BCE Xerxes invaded Thessalonia and raced his Nisean mares against the legendary Thessalonian mares and beat them.
479BCE General Mardonius was killed beneath his white Nisean stallion at the Battle of Plataea. Another stallion was so feared by the Greeks for its training that the Athenians actually had a plan to kill the horse.
When the Roman writer Strabo (63-24BCE) saw them, he said they the most elegant riding horses alive.
St. Isidore of Seville (c.560-636)stated that the Roman horses of the imperial stud founded by Emporer Justinian of Constantinople, the last Byzantine outpost in the West, were the most beauitful horses in the world.
When Alexander the Great invaded Persia, he demanded a tribute of thousands Nisean horses from the captured cities.
Emperor Wu Ti was told about the Heavenly Horses to the West and sent an army to get some for China. Thirteen Heavenly Horses were taken from Ferghana along with a thousand lesser animals. When the Emporer saw the horses, he decided that the expedition was worth it.
The Nisean became extinct in the east with the sacking of Constantinople in 1204.
Elwyn Hartley Edwards in The New Encyclopedia of the Horse called the Nisean the "super horse of the ancient world".[citation needed]
- ""The History of the Nisean Warhorse and its Descendants"". http://www.competitivehorse.com/Iraq/Nisean.htm. Retrieved 2007-07-11.
Burris-Davis, Beverley. Parthian Horses, Parthian Archers. bibliography attached http://www.parthia.com/parthia_horses_burris.htm
Davis, Beverley. Timeline for the Development of the Horse. Sino-platonic papers. http://www.sino-platonic.org/complete/spp177_horses.pdf
Olmstead, A. T. History of the Persian Empire. University of Chicago Press. 1948
Plutarch. The Lives of Noble Greeks and Romans
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Mr Pligitt Observes Three Kidnappings
Dear Diary,
(I would put down the date, but I have quite forgotten what it is. Sometime in the 14th century perhaps?)
I have seen many odd things aboard this ship, from my lookout-tower of sorts. I have seen sparrows painted like parrots, fat men attempting to eat wooden seagulls, and most recently, Spanish rowboats being consumed by pirahna-sharks. Many nights have been lonely, the nights where pirates sleep in the more obvious crow's nest a little way below mine even more so, but for the first time I feel a sort of changing tide. I'm not sure what it is.
A little while ago, I was inexplicably brought a diary and an inkwell, and so I grabbed a seagull's feather and began to write. I shall now report what is both the strangest incident in both this diary and my entire observances; a few days ago, we entered the midst of a storm and were attacked by a ship of ghostly characters. In fact, they were ghosts. I was observing the battle meticulously, being sure not to miss a detail, when there was a sudden gust of wind and my telescope flew out of my hand! I am rather near-sighted without it, and so could not tell what was happening, until inexplicably, I found it in my clutches again. I thanked good fortune. As I looked back again, I saw the damned vessel sounding the retreat.
Then, the storm cleared, and another ship approached. From this there came a rowing boat, and up climbed none other than la capitana! That same woman who had launched an attack one week previous. She came up to the deck, and looked the captain right in the eye. I thought for a second they were going to embrace, until quite the opposite occurred; with fire in their eyes, almost at the same time, they flew into a whirlwind of passionate swordplay. It is the most intense clash of swords I have ever seen. It has been two days now, and the battle has not yet finished. All the crew have been fixated upon it, except Jimmie, who took it upon himself to work the ship and feed the crew, and the castaway, who spends most of his time sitting beneath me, staring out to sea. Well, Jimmie for a little while at least, until eventually the other ship, the Fantasma, pulled up alongside ours, and the crew boarded. Mostly, this was to watch the terrific swordfight, but one Spanish woman wearing a cook's apron ended up talking to young Jimmie, and eventually the two boarded the Fantasma. Now I'm not sure who's taking care of the ship, so there's no great change there.
It seems I was the only one to notice that three of the number were missing. The peg-legged man and the french one were two, who boarded the ship. The other is Hans, of all people. I am not sure what happened exactly, but at the same time as that gust of wind, I heard the clatter of ghostly chains beneath me and the yells of a dutchman. Perhaps the two incidents are related. In fact, now I think of it, I heard similar rattlings last night, and though there were no wails, I notice that the castaway is dead silent beneath me. But then, he's usually dead silent, so it's hard to tell.
Most predominantly, I have spent my time in an important practise; I have decided to give myself a first name, until one comes up. Perhaps Archibald? Or Henry? Or maybe Donald? I'm sure one will come to me. As I write now, even if her fatigued state, Maria has managed a skilled spinning-thrust, met with a diving-block of equal prowess by the good captain. It is all very confusing at present. I wonder how long it will last?