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Lord Bajads and his retainers have been victims of the ice blast. Tavish leads the Lenfels in response.
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jet's skyrocketing popularity has prompted her manager to formally request revision to her present talent retainer. negotiations continue. during this transitional period, both parties have expressed their hopes that a mutually beneficial agreement will be reached soon.
Some of the graves of the 47 Rōnin of Akō.
This is where the 47 Rōnin of Akō, along with their lord, Asano Naganori, are interred. Sengaku-ji is located in the Takanawa are of Minato-ku, Tokyo, near Shinagawa Station.
Ōishi Kuranosuke was the chief retainer of the Asano clan during the turmoil associated with the 47 Rōnin incident, in which the feudal lord, Asano Naganori, attacked and wounded Kira Yoshinaka within Edo Castle. As drawing a weapon within the shogun's castle was a capital offence, Asano was sentenced to commit seppuku the same day.
As a result of Asano's impulsive behavior, the Shogunate disbanded the Asano clan and seized their lands. Ōishi and 46 other former Asano retainers waited and unleashed their misguided revenge on Kira, attacking his home in the dead of night in December 1703, killing his body guards as well as taking his head and placing it in front of Asano's tomb in Sengaku-ji Temple in Takanawa, Tokyo.
All the Akō rōnin were sentenced to death by seppuku (harakiri). Actually, recent scholarship is saying that the rōnin may have not been allowed the honor of death by seppuku, but were actually beheaded like common criminals. The promise of the right of death by seppuku may have been a sugar-coated lie told by the shogunate to help the public more easily swallow the death sentence imposed on the Akō rōnin.
Anyway, the loyalty that these guys showed to their foolish lord by committing what can only be described as what me and some of my friends refer to as a feudal "drive-by"- Japanese style, has been lauded by the Japanese public ever since. The facts behind the actual events have been buried in the countless puppet and kabuki plays as well as movies that have been made about this.
I'm not a terribly big fan of Asano Naganori, nor do I think the Akō rōnin were particularly "brave" by carrying out a night attack after a party and fighting a small group of drunk bodyguards and taking the head of a feeble old man. But, this perspective is from modern, western eyes. In reality, night attacks of this nature have always been a staple of samurai warfare, being documented since the Heian period. As much as I don't partake in the 47 Rōnin Kool Aid drinking parties, I do admit to enjoying watching a good fictional film or kabuki play about these guys.
Oishi Yoshio Kuranosuke (1659-1703) was the chief retainer/adviser (karo) to Ako daimyo Asano Naganori. He is famous for leading a group of forty-seven Ako ronin in a well-planned campaign to get revenge on Kira Yoshinaka. The result is perhaps the most well-known story in Japanese history. Perhaps the most interesting part of the story regarding Oishi was that he actually divorced his wife and disassociated himself from his family. He hung out in areas of ill repute, became a drunk, and associated with prostitutes. He did all this in order to disguise his plan for revenge and dissuade attention from himself--talk about determination.
A man who had spat on Oishi during his destitute days is said to have felt such remorse after hearing of the loyal deed that he came to Oishi's grave to apologize. It is believed he committed seppuku as well. His grave is located on the premises along with the 46 ronin.
My top and bottom teeth are not touching each other at all these days. I have a thick retainer on the bottom teeth; it's necessary to correct a problem in my back teeth, but I fully admit I do not like it. I'm supposed to wear it all the time, except for cleaning it after meals. I slip it off if I have to conduct business on the phone or speak to a group, because my tongue tends to trip on it. (Self-portrait for Sept. 9, 2008.)
Edo Competition’s engine modifications:
■A bump in displacement from 6.0 to 6.3 liters,
■new camshafts,
■new titanium valve spring retainers
■connecting rods,
■modified cylinder heads,
■new high performance exhaust headers,
■high flow catalytic converters,
■mufflers and air filters:
The standard hydraulic tappets are replaced with newly developed solid tappets, enabling the 12 cylinder engine to rev to an incredible 9,600 rpm.
Additionally the intake system of the V12 was modified,
■a new high performance clutch - available with „strada“ or „pista“ friction pads –
■a more powerful oil pump were installed.
The power output is increased by 180 to 840 horsepower.
Without mufflers more than 860 horsepower is possible. The maximum torque of 780 Nm (575 ft-lb) is available at 5,800 rpm.
Specifications
Engine V12 cylinder 6.3 ltr.
Power est. 840 hp
Max. torque est. 780 Nm / 5.800/min
Performance
Top speed > 390 km/h
0 – 100 km/h (0 – 62 mph) est. 3.2s
0 – 200 km/h (0 – 124 mph) est. 9.0s
0 – 300 km/h (0 – 186 mph) est. 19.0s
The Aoyagi house belonged to relatively high-ranking retainers of the Satake, who took possession of the Akita domain in 1603. Previously, the Aoyagi had served the Ashina, and settled in Kakunodate in 1570. The Aoyagi held the hereditary position of chief of the Nanbu (Akita) border guards. The size of the home, as well as the richly decorated main gate, which was built in 1860, help to distinguish the rank of the Aoyagi from other samurai homes in the area.
The "retainer bar" holds the leg braces parallel for a more restrictive type of bracing. By holding the legs together it is IMPOSSIBLE to walk in these braces, but they look nicer. The bar also keeps the feet straighter and in line with the braces. I have all kinds of size 5 and 6 high heeled sandals (that belong to my model) that are for sale. I also make made to measure leg and body braces as well as any metal and/or leather bondage device or restraint that you can dream up. Contact me at my1970junk@msn.com for more information.
Wars of the Roses armies were made up of armed retainers or retinues, each wearing the colours of their lord. This man was actually killed at the battle of Towton in 1461 but shows the sort of injuries that could be survived. He had his jaws broken several years before Towton - possibly at the first St Albans battle or at Blore Heath. Good surgery and luck helped him to survive and this is probably how he appeared when he died at Towton. His injury was probably caused when he removed his bevor plate for comfort or communication and a weapon came up underneath the rim of his sallet helmet, possibly while he was lying on his back. Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, suffered a similar injury for the same reason.
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The really great thing about being born in the 20th century (I turned 65 this month) was that back then we all knew just where everything was. The Battle of Bosworth was fought at Ambion Hill, King Richard III charged down this hill and got stuck in a marsh and was killed. He was hastily buried in Leicester but ignominiously dug up during the Dissolution of the Monasteries and his bones were thrown into the nearby river. All this had to be true, there is even a Victorian plaque on the 19th century bridge which says so…!
Then came the 21st century and all this changed. Growing doubt about the position of the battlefield had been building for years given that everyone was playing 'hunt the thimble' for the missing marsh and countless historians had tried twisting the few historical facts to fit the supposed map of the battle around Ambion Hill and came up with zip. Then, just as they started a scientific search for the missing battlefield, more clever dicks started to postulate that King Dick might not have been tossed in the river after all. There was just an outside chance that he might still be in Leicester.
I well remember seeing the woman leading the hunt for King Dick on television, standing on a large letter 'R' painted on the tarmac in a council car park, gushing to the camera that she just KNEW she was near him. Near him? She was bloody standing on him! What no-one has ever mentioned since then is that the Indiana Jones quote about "X never marks the spot" had finally been proved wrong. On English coins 'R' is cursive Latin for 'Rex' (king) meaning that - on this one occasion - 'Rex marked the spot'.
Yes, they call me Attila the Pun.
For my 65th birthday I did a 'Wars of the Roses' pilgrimage starting at Kirby Muxloe castle - see earlier - and then moving on to Bosworth, Warwick and Tewkesbury. More of that will come later. You have been warned!
The actual battlefield was eventually found by metal detectorists roughly one and a half kilometres away from where it ‘should’ be, leaving Leicestershire County Council with the rather tricky problem of a battlefield visitor centre which is now no longer on the battlefield but rather off it. The footpath which formerly circled the battlefield has now been converted to a path which offers views over the battlefield but you need a good set of binoculars to see very little.
Ambion Hill is now regarded as where King Richard III camped the night before the battle but the thing which struck me is that - for a paranoid or suspicious monarch unsure about the loyalties of his men - the prominent hill is a good choice. Today it still offers good views in all directions and could have been easily defended whichever way an attack came. If a friend rolled up and turned into an enemy (as the Stanleys eventually did) then Richard would have had a chance on the defensive. However his impulsive nature got the better of him and he attacked. Seeing Henry's party moving away from their main force to speak to the Stanleys, Richard resolved to 'cut the head off the snake' figuring that with Henry dead the rebellion would collapse. Someone died but it was not Henry.
Metal-detecting finds from the battlefield are now on display in the visitor centre but all of these are non-ferrous as there is so much Victorian and modern junk strewn across the battlefield that the detectorists had to screen out iron or steel to save time. So iron or stone cannon balls may yet remain in the ground but the collection of lead or lead covered stone balls recovered from the 1485 battlefield now outnumbers all the medieval shot ever found on all the rest of the battlefields of Europe. They are THAT rare.
Other finds include non-ferrous buckles and harness torn from men or horses but the most intriguing find was a silver gilt badge of a white boar, Richard III's personal livery badge. This was found south of Fenn Lanes in what would have been marshy ground in 1485 and probably indicates - within 50 metres or so - where King Richard 'bought it'. It was probably dropped by one of his household men in the last desperate few minutes of the fighting.
Richard's body revealed that he had been fatally hacked across the back of the skull, probably after his helmet had either been torn off or had fallen off. His post mortem also revealed he had been stabbed in the backside and may even have ridden into Leicester slung over a horse with a dagger sticking out of his rear end in a bizarre parody of King Arthur and the Sword in the Stone. This was King Dick and the dagger up the arse. King Richard also had intestinal worms but probably most of the population did.
I toured the visitor centre trying to fault it and I could not. Apart from the fact it is off the field, the presentations are excellent and include plenty of reproduction arms and armour and a large number of visuals, many culled from the pages of Osprey Men-At-Arms publications. There is even a wargames table and a chance to re-fight the battle with counters. It fair warmed the cockles of my heart.
Visitors are given a plastic coin to vote for the 'best' king and it was interesting to note that, when I went past there were six votes in each box. The choices were: on one hand King Richard III with spinal scoliosis, intestinal worms and the heavy suspicion that he murdered his two nephews, the two Little Princes in the Tower. On the other hand you had King Henry VII who had a wonky eye, the most tangential claim to the throne via a bastardised bloodline and the grasping nature of a tax collector or accountant. Not great choices!
Richard got my coin but it was a near-run thing. I have never liked Henry VII. When I saw the movie Jurassic Park I instantly recognised that the 'blood sucking lawyer' in the film looked just like King Henry's images and death mask. How I cheered when he was eaten by the T-Rex while sitting on the toilet.
I returned through the Bosworth area five days later (more pics later) and visited the battlefield site again and made another brief stop at Leicester Cathedral to revisit Richard's tomb and statue.
A duke of the Dragonian Kingdom and retainers. I'm trying to refresh some of my older castle factions and the Brickforge pauldrons work on just about everyone.
taken with nikon d60
I wear my retainer, a lot. All my friends make fun of me for it but I am so paranoid about my teeth shifting that I can't help it and no one can talk me out of it.
Pour some potting mix into the planter on top of the wick/soil retainer. Using a finger, a dowel or some other tool push the soil down firmly until the "wick/soil retainer slightly protrudes at the neck opening.
The "wick/soil retainer" holds the soil in the planter and also assures that there will be contact with the water for capillary action to take place.
Note that you do not need a wick all the way up through the soil. The potting mix by itself will provide wicking by capillary action. You can see it happen.
In my opinion this is a far better method than using string through a hole in the cap for a wick. You could also wedge the soil in the neck without the wick strip but over time the soil may fall through. This method is both functional and permanent.
You're now ready to plant whatever it is that you're going to grow. See the rest of the photos in this set.
Read some more about them here.
We recovered this calibration stamp and brass retainer from the old body.
Many years ago weighbridges were quite rare and bulk loads especially low value loads such as sand and gravel was measured in cubic yards instead of weight.
A steel calibration stick was bolted inside the body to gauge level loads in cubic yards. This meant the load had to be reasonably level to get an accurate capacity reading.
The body capacity was usually marked on the outside for reference purposes.
In order to haul bulk loads using this system, the calibration stick had to be fixed in the correct position and bolted in place by the equivalent of trading standards of the day.
The bottom bolt was a tamper proof head inside the body with the nut tightened up inside the brass boss on the outside which you can see.
Trading standards then pressed in a lead seal to cover the nut and stamped it with the crown and stamp date.
This prevented any unscrupulous operator moving the calibration bar up or down. You would have to destroy the seal to undo the nut and if caught, resulted in prosecution.
We have the calibration bar and it is being shotblasted at the moment. Once cleaned up and painted, I will bolt it inside the body. The date is very relevant as it is the year I was born!
well, it's my orthodontic retainers and a movie theater stub from the film "trainspotting" when i was but 16 years of age...
The Aoyagi house belonged to relatively high-ranking retainers of the Satake, who took possession of the Akita domain in 1603. Previously, the Aoyagi had served the Ashina, and settled in Kakunodate in 1570. The Aoyagi held the hereditary position of chief of the Nanbu (Akita) border guards. The size of the home, as well as the richly decorated main gate, which was built in 1860, help to distinguish the rank of the Aoyagi from other samurai homes in the area.
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A duke of the Dragonian Kingdom and retainers. I'm trying to refresh some of my older castle factions and the Brickforge pauldrons work on just about everyone.
My Lynskey Viale Commuting Bike. Built as 6-speed bike with Hope Single speed hub.
* Frame: Lynskey Viale Medium
* Fork: Lynskey Endurance
* Headset: Hope
* Headset Spacers: Chris King and Hope
* Stem: Thomson 90mm
* Handlebar: Raceface Turbine
* Grips: Ergon GS3
* Seatpost: Thomson Elite
* Saddle: Crank Brothers
* Pedals: HT Cheetah
* Shifter: Paul Thumbies & Dura Ace
* Rear Derailleur: Shimano 105
* Crankset: Shimano 105 – Hope Retainer Chainring (44 Tooth)
* Cassette: Shimano SLX 9 Speed (used 14-16-18-21-24-28 Tooth only) 14T is Ultegra CS-6500 first position
* Rims: Velocity Dyad
* Hubs: Hope Pro4 front – Hope Pro4 Trials SS rear
* Spokes: Dt Swiss Competition
* Tires: Schwalbe Marathon Supreme 700X32
* Brakes: TRP Spyre
* Brake Levers: Shimano BL-R780