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BOSTON (Reuters) - The Sedin twins Henrik and Daniel may be the smiling faces of Vancouver but not even their charm can stop the Canucks from being seen as one of the National Hockey League's's most hated teams.
For all the skill and flair demonstrated by the two Swedes, it is the Canucks' dark side that has the hockey world buzzing during the Stanley Cup finals.
Canucks Raffi Torres started the post-season by serving a suspension for a vicious hit and Aaron Rome saw his Stanley Cup abruptly ended on Tuesday when he was handed a record four game ban for a late blow to the head of Boston Bruins Nathan Horton.
In between, the Canucks have been accused of everything from biting fingers and excessive trash-talking to diving and embellishing hits.
"This team is so easy to hate its unbelievable," Edmonton Oilers Ryan Whitney told a Boston radio station ahead of the final with the Bruins.
"I'd say that 90 percent of the guys in the league want nothing to do with seeing them win."
Being cast as villains is an unfamiliar role for most Canucks but not one they shy away from as they close in on Vancouver's first ever Stanley Cup.
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Both police and service providers had long resisted releasing details on the scope of mobile surveillance. But the new disclosures from mobile companies in the US still leave a slew of unanswered questions
In response to a congressional inquiry, mobile phone companies on Monday finally disclosed just how many times they've handed over users' cellphone data to the FBI and other law enforcement agencies. By the New York Times' count, cellphone companies responded to 1.3 million demands for subscribers' information last year from law enforcement. Many of the records, such as location data, don't require search warrants or much court oversight.
Both police and cell service providers had long resisted releasing details on the scope of cellphone surveillance. But the new disclosures from cellphone companies still leave a slew of unanswered questions. Here's what we have yet to learn.
So more than a million people had their cellphone records picked up law enforcement surveillance?
Actually, it's probably far more than that, but we can't know for sure.
While the Times calculated the number of overall requests from law enforcement, each of those requests could cover more than one person.
For instance, when seeking location information, law enforcement agencies frequently ask for "tower dumps," which list every phone in range of a cell tower at a particular time. In cities, where cell towers are located close together, it is possible that the locations of thousands of people might be swept up in a single request.
Even outside of urban areas, ubiquitous small boxes known as microcells, which help you get cell reception in crowded places like shopping malls, also record highly precise location data. Sprint noted in its letter to Congress that each subpoena it received "typically" asked for information on multiple subscribers.
The Times' calculation also doesn't include specifics from T-Mobile, one of the four largest carriers, because it refused to provide them, saying "T-Mobile does not disclose the number of requests we receive from law enforcement annually."
When do police have the right to snoop on your location data?
The law isn't settled yet, but location information is generally far easier for police to get than a warrant for a wiretap.
A warrant is generally required for police to place a wiretap or track phones in real time, meaning police must have proof they have probable cause that the search will reveal evidence of a crime. But for police to get location data, many courts hold that police need only show that the data would contain "specific and articulable facts" related to a case.
Privacy activists have long held that requests for location data require a search warrant to be constitutional. They say police are essentially using cellphones as tracking devices. But the Supreme Court hasn't ruled on the issue, and Congress has yet to pass a law addressing it.
Police obtain court orders for basic subscriber information so frequently that some mobile phone companies have established websites— here's one— with forms that police can fill out in minutes.
The Obama Administration's Department of Justice has said mobile phone users have "no reasonable expectation of privacy."
For their part, cellphone companies have supported congressional efforts to make it tougher for police to get location records. An industry representative spoke at House hearing in favor of a bill that would require law enforcement agencies to obtain a warrant before demanding mobile phone users' location information.
Exactly who are police tracking?
It's unclear how connected to a criminal investigation you have to be for law enforcement agencies to request your cellphone information. Stephen Smith, a magistrate judge in southern Texas who has advocated for clearer standards for location data requests, said law enforcement authorities sometimes even request information for every mobile phone a suspect has called.
"If you call and order a pizza, they might request the delivery guy's records," Smith said.
These court orders are usually kept secret— during an ongoing investigation, police don't want to tip off a suspect— but as a result, the vast majority of cellphone subscribers being tracked have no idea police or the FBI have their historical location information, whether they were suspected of a crime or not.
What sorts of investigations do the requests serve?
It's not clear.
Police departments have frequently argued that requiring a warrant to obtain cellphone location information would cripple investigations into violent crimes like kidnapping. But it's unknown what proportion of law enforcement requests actually relate to these types of serious crimes.
"If 80 percent are for drug cases or robberies and two percent are for child sexual predators, it would help if you could put a number on those things," Smith said. "We'd be in a better position to legislate."
So what data did police request the most?
That's also unclear.
Most of the companies didn't release an exact breakdown of police requests. So we don't know how many of the requests were for location data and how many were for call records, billing information or other data.
Some of the overall numbers leave questions too. Sprint has about half the subscriber base of Verizon and AT&T. But it reported that it received about 500,000 requests overall from law enforcement last year. That far outpaces its competitors.
We spoke to Sprint spokeswoman Stephanie Vinge Walsh who said that Sprint counted each person whose data is sucked up via a police request. It's not clear exactly how the other companies totaled the requests they handled.
Which agencies have been requesting the data?
Once again, we don't know.
The cellphone companies didn't say what proportion of requests was made by federal authorities and what proportion came from state and local police departments.
The American Civil Liberties Union earlier this year culled data from dozens of police departments, showing wide discrepancies in the ease with which police could obtain cellphone location data. Some police departments routinely obtained warrants; others requested swathes of records with far less court oversight. In response to a question from Congress about whether police had misused phone tracking, T-Mobile said it had identified two cases, which it referred to the FBI.
What does law enforcement do with the data after it's collected?
It depends on who is requesting it.
As Smith, the Texas magistrate judge, pointed out in a recent paper, any information that's not used as evidence in court is unlikely to become public. Cellphone companies'data retention policies vary widely, and the duration of time law enforcement hangs on to the data it obtains is unknown.
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With airlines passing on more of their costs to us and the dollar being stronger against the rupee, airline fares have gone up over the past few months. But you sure can still make a neat saving on your travel expenses
While airlines don't want to do it, they have to do it. They will not survive for long if they went about distributing tickets for less. So, they're squeezing every paisa they can to drive up revenue. But promotions are ways of attracting customers so it seems marketing departments still churn out quite a few of those.
SpiceJet recently announced a "Monsoon Hungama" where it is offering a new discount code on their website every day. The discount code is applicable on a per segment per person basis, which means if you booked six people together on one return trip, you would actually get 12 times the value of the discount code applied on your ticket. That is a generous offer, however, available only for booking via www.spicejet.com. Looks like this will go on for an undisclosed period right now.
Jet Airways is offering its standard 5% discount on booking online on www.jetairways.com on return trips. However, if you are booking for travel on weekends, you may notice that there is a Rs500 discount on one-way reservations, which could help you save more rather than booking a return ticket. As of now, this promotion is on till 15 July 2012, but I hope it gets stretched further ahead.
Air India has an ongoing promotion where if a passenger buys a full-fare economy or business class ticket, a family member can travel along in the same class of service by only paying the taxes. If you book far ahead in advance, you will notice this is not for you, but if you have to make some urgent travel plans, this could be something to keep handy. After all, tickets may be more expensive closer to departure date, and by paying a little extra for a full-fare economy ticket, you may be able to save a lot of money on a second ticket. However, you will need your travel agent to help with this since these tickets cannot be booked online.
For travel inside India, Kingfisher still seems to be offering lowest fares on some segments. While it has shrunk to being very small and only serves key routes now, the current route network is reliable for the time being. You may consider booking on it if you want to book lowest fares.
Jet Airways and Air India do also offer ongoing discounts on domestic tickets to various categories such as students, armed forces personnel, physically challenged, amongst others. Discounts could range from 20% to 50% and with some conditions, more details are available on http://www.jetairways.com/EN/IN/SpecialOffers/ConcessionalFares.aspx and http://www.airindia.in/SBCMS/Webpages/Other_discounts.aspx?MID=23. GoAir is also offering a flat Rs500 off to serving and retired defence, paramilitary and police officials and their dependants. You need to ticket via their call centre or ticketing offices and produce your relevant ID at check-in to get the benefit out of this offer.
Online travel agents are feeling generous, as well. Cleartrip.com is offering a 25% cash-back (up to Rs600) if you use an HDFC Bank Credit Card to book a domestic roundtrip, valid for booking till 31 July 2012. Similarly, Axis Bank and Ezeego1.com are offering a flat Rs500 cash-back on domestic bookings made via Ezeego1.com and paid with your Axis Bank cards. They are also offering a flat Rs350 off on Indigo and Jet Airways for travel between 10 and 20 August 2012.
So there you go, you're all set to travel again and shave off some money from your travel expenses.
(AJ writes a travel and aviation focussed blog from India at www.livefromalounge.com. You can follow him at @livefromalounge on Twitter.)


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2012 was a down year for Chicago Bears running back Matt Forte. Between injuries and a questionable offensive scheme, Forte struggled to be consistent from week to week. Some think it could have been that he finally received that new long-term contract, but looking at what he was against last year, the numbers may open some eyes.
According to Pro Football Focus, the Bears ranked 27th in run blocking. Couple that issue with an offensive scheme that simply did not work, and you have your real answer why Forte struggled to get going in not only the run game last year, but also was not a big part of the passing game.
Looking back at the two prior years before Mike Tice's tenure at offensive coordinator, Mike Martz utilized Forte as not only a top-10 runner, but also a top receiving target on a question receiving corps.
In 2011, Forte lead all receivers and running backs in all-purpose yards through 11 games before going down early in week 13 with a season-ending injury. In 2010, Forte ran for 1,069 yards, while collecting 547 receiving yards off of 51 receptions. All this due to his freakish athletic ability coupled with a Martz system that knew how to utilize running backs in more than just the run game.
Just look at Marshall Faulk's career and that will show all you need to know.
Looking to this year, GM Phil Emery brought in respected offensive mind Marc Trestman who, much like Martz, has been known to run a high-powered "West Coast Offense". Trestman has never had a head coaching job in the NFL, but in his 10 years as either an offensive coordinator or quarterbacks coach, his running backs have averaged a whopping 65 receptions per year.
Forte's average reception line since coming into the league has been just over 53 receptions per year, while missing five games in that career span.
The good news does not stop here, though.
Emery and Trestman also added top offensive line coach Aaron Kromer, who led the New Orleans Saints' lineman to 12 combined Pro Bowls over a five-year span. After adding Kromer to the mix, the new staff went out and added three big pieces to a successful blocking scheme with former Saints left tackle Jermon Bushrod, left guard Matt Slauson and tight end Martellus Bennett, who is a very good blocker.
The formula is clear in this equation: Emery and Trestman both understand the importance to not only a good offensive scheme, but a good line to be able to execute a multi-threat offense that airs the ball out, as well as relying on a vicious ground attack to break tempo and punish defenses come December and January when the temperature drops.
With Michael Bush looking to get a good amount of carries and vulture short-yardage touchdowns, Forte will get that needed push along with a better offensive approach to truly help him become a top-five fantasy running back.
The focus has turned from defense to offense for this Bears team and with some much-needed moves, I expect that most NFL fans will hear Forte's name much more this season than in any of his five prior seasons. He will not have an Adrian Peterson-type season, but he will threaten to break 2,000 all-purpose yards this year.
My final prediction on a stat line for Forte: 1,200 yards off 260 touches, and 60 receptions for 600 yards and 11 total touchdowns.
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There was a need to back Narendra Modi to bring a change in India
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The next few days, though spent in futile arguments and searches for hiding places of Horcruxes while Cedric complained and begged to know what was going on, were bliss as far as Harry was concerned. After weeks without Theodore, he was just glad to be spending his waking hours with Theodore at his side and his sleeping hours being held by him. Despite the lack of progress, Harry found himself actually...happy. As long as Theodore was with him, his optimism wouldn't drop. He had hope, he had purpose, and he felt he could do just about anything.
It still would have been nice to make some progress.
Then one day, they overheard a conversation between two goblins (Gornuk and Griphook), two men (Ted Tonks and Dirk Cresswell), and three ex-students of Hogwarts (Dean Thomas, Hermione Granger, and Ronald Weasley). The goblins had pissed off the wrong people and made a run for it while the two men, being Muggle-born were off on their own in hiding. Dean and Hermione were also Muggle-borns and were also in hiding while Ronald, who didn't want to leave his girlfriend in such troubled times, had come along with her while disguising the family ghoul as him with spattergroit. The group discussed how students (Ginny Weasley, Luna Lovegood, and Neville Longbottom) had tried to break into the headmaster's office to get the Sword of Gryffindor. They had failed as they had run into Snape at the bottom of the stairs and he had confiscated the sword and sent it to a vault in Gringott's. The goblins found this hilarious because apparently it was a fake and they didn't tell the wizards so. The students who had misbehaved had been punished by being sent to Hagrid into the Forbidden Forest.
This was what Harry found the most peculiar.
"Why would Snape do that?" Harry asked a few minutes later. "Why wouldn't he punish them himself or send them to the Carrows?"
"Are you wishing he had?" Cedric gave him a disgusted glare. "Hagrid would have just had a laugh with them!"
"That's the thing! Snape knows that!"
"Maybe he doesn't." Cedric shrugged.
"Snape would always make sure any students he set punishments for never got to go to Hagrid, Sprout, or Flitwick." Theo cut in. "He always felt they were far too gentle with the students...especially Hagrid."
"Sprout was never 'too gentle'." Cedric scoffed.
"That's not the point." Harry rolled his eyes. "We're not discussing whether or not Snape's opinions were right. We're discussing his opinions. If he refused to send students to Hagrid in years past because he feared they wouldn't be properly punished, why would he, now Headmaster and under a You-Know-Who Controlled Regime, send students to Hagrid, especially after they were caught stealing the sword of Gryffindor? It doesn't make sense!"
"See what you're getting at." Theodore nodded. "Should have sent them to the Carrows."
"What does it matter?" Cedric asked, looking both confused and annoyed as was often the case.
Harry stood and told Cedric to stay put, which seemed to annoy him all the more, before walking with Theodore over to the Burok and casting Muffliato. Quickly, he explained what had happened the first time he'd gone out to meet Luna and had an encounter with Snape.
"I know he recognized my wand." Harry said quickly as he saw the anger rising into Theodore's eyes. "I know it, but he didn't turn me in. He set the wand down and moved on."
"Shouldn't have done that." Theodore spat. "Was stupid and risky and..."
"It's already done." Harry cut across him, scowling. "All right? What I want to know is why Snape didn't turn me in."
Theo shrugged. "As far as I have both seen and heard, Snape is loyal to the Dark Lord. Didn't hesitate to tell him what he knew about your escape from your house. Didn't seem bothered to attack Lupin and George..."
"But he hit another Death Eater." Harry threw out.
Theodore shifted. "Accidents happen in aerial battles. Was a lot going on and people get disoriented, forget where each other are...stuff happens."
"But what about what we just heard and him sending the thieves off to Hagrid?" Harry tried another. "Clearly, he didn't want them suffering."
"Don't know." Theo huffed. "Could have been any number of reasons. Could have not had anyone else..."
"The Carrows wouldn't have passed up that opportunity..."
"Don't know. Maybe they weren't available."
"And he also didn't turn me in." Harry felt his chest grow warm with emotion. "He knew it was me. He knew that was my wand and that I was there under the Invisibility Cloak. He's not stupid. He..."
"You are determined to see him as an ally." Theodore cut in, his rage evident in the harshness of his tone. "Don't forget who he killed. He murdered Dumbledore."
"I know that..." Harry whispered, the warmth in his chest cooling considerably. "But maybe he..."
"You see him as a father replacement." Theo snarled. "Stop. He's not your father. He never has been. He has used you since the moment you got to that school. He played you the entire time. And he still hopes your feelings towards him will not waver when the time is right."
Harry's throat hurt and he gritted his teeth as he looked away. He couldn't speak. Tears were burning in his eyes and his face felt hot against the cool of the surrounding air. Theodore stormed off into the tent, abandoning Harry to his thoughts.
Snape had known it was Harry and Harry's wand in that corridor. It wouldn't have been the first time Harry, trapped in his cloak and wand out of reach, had been stuck with Snape beside him, picking up the wand and recognizing it and yet still...he covered for Harry. The time for Snape to be winning Harry onto his side was over. The Dark Lord had taken over the school. He wanted Harry captured as soon as possible. Alliances with the boy were no longer necessary. Why hadn't Snape turned him in? It made about as much sense as Snape sending three thieves into the Forbidden Forest with Hagrid. Could Snape still be on their side? Was he, maybe, following Dumbledore's orders? Did he know the sword he'd given away was a fake and did he perhaps know where the real sword was?
But he'd killed Dumbledore...and Dumbledore wouldn't have wanted to die...unless...the curse in his hand had been too much pain and he wanted Snape to end it?
He thought about voicing this opinion, but then he heard the shouts and he turned to see Cedric and Theodore raging at each other. He started towards them, but Cedric had turned, stalking away, and finally Disapparated.
Theo was screaming after him and Harry, confused, rushed up to him.
"He took the Deluminator!" Theo thundered. "He had it! He hadn't given it back yet from when we were using it at Hogwarts! The bastard!"
Harry let out an exasperated sigh and hung his head. One of Dumbledore's clues was now gone.
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And a group of college students were asked if they ever heard of Benghazi? And the answer was "No, who was he?" This is the era of the "low information" voter.
This time it was the Algerian equivalent of Seal Team 6, Algerian helicopters and special forces, as they stormed a gas plant in the stony plains of the Sahara during this the third week in January 2013. Why? Their mission and goal was to wipe out Islamist militants and to free the hostages from at least ten countries. The United States government is playing a new, very uncomfortable role, leading from behind, playing catch-up. The French, fresh from a failed attempted rescue of a secret agent, Denis Allex, captured by insurgents in Somalia, have re-entered the global crisis, also attempting to fill the vacuum, God bless them, imagine that, the French!
As our government wanders in the haze of indecision- a clear provocation to radical Islamist terrorists-we are a self-diminished super power.
Are hostage situations, resurrecting images of "deals" with terrorists- when if ever offered or granted-a disaster? The first priority for terrorist militants is to kill, as it was with an American Jew like Daniel Jacob Pearl, the South Asia Bureau Chief of The Wall Street Journal, based in Mumbai, India. Don't ask a college student who Daniel Jacob Pearl was!
What we Americans need, sadly, is a wake-up call confronting the lies we are continuously being nourished with, starting with late July 2012. It was mid last years that our nation was being told that "Al Qaeda is on the run", nobody cared to mention they are regrouping in African and running right straight at us. This propaganda is looped repeatedly, regularly, on a complicit media platform, as if "saying it enough" will make it true. This lie will most assuredly be "falsely" trumpeted at the 2013 inauguration, all while some struggle to weaken the 2nd Amendment, our defense against tyranny.
Al Qaeda is just one of many radical Islamic organizations in Libya, Mali, The sub-Saharan Africa, the next staging ground for the often mentioned rise of the coming "Caliphate" outside of the Middle East.
The chaos in Syria is part of this administration's inability to fathom the depths of national security rationality on what the real enemy to America is? Our ability to respond to the evil in the world is purposefully and strategically being diminished by enemies from within, by our surrendering constitutional rights to self-defense, our ability to confront tyranny, the 2nd Amendment, and by the cuts in our defense posture. It is already happening, don't wait for sequestration.
The Algerians have been through this terrorism before in the 1900s. Then it was the kidnapping of French priests, eventually murdered. Why, because the French would not meet the militant's demands. This is a lesson perhaps we are want to re-learn?
We have the Carrier Battle Group in the Mediterranean. The "Law", an incredible concept ignored, an eviscerated security force, a law that requires us to have eleven Carrier Battle Groups. The United States only has nine. At this moment in time some Navy Officials state that the nearest Amphibian Ready Group with a Marine Expeditionary Force aboard is off the east coast of Africa, nothing in the Mediterranean. So short is our memory. America was promised after Benghazi that things would get better. Behold the creeping strategy of the "managed decline of America". The total, and yes, it has been, as to date, total, not even a plausible deniability, the total lack of a "response" is our answer to Benghazi. This vacuum looks favorably as a provocation to radical Islamist terrorists. Just remember Ambassador Chris Stevens in context with
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As we go to meet the foe –
Let's REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR
As we did the Alamo.
This is the era of the low information voter. Given the Holocaust, our Jewish culture should have a better handle on these phenomena. Are they not the primary target of radical Islamist terrorists, along with Westerners, with the most to lose? Why "Zero Dark Thirty"-Liberty and Freedom! Do we lack the courage? Is it any wonder that Benghazi was such a necessary cover-up and catastrophe? Is America retreating? Do our enemies know it? Will we depend on France or Algiers ultimately? These are the times that try men's souls.
There was a time when an attack on an American was an attack on America. Where have all the patriots gone? "Zero Dark Thirty" was exceptionalism, a rarity these days, rising about radical insane partisanship.
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Scratch Day (back in 2011)
This is the Scratch Day animation for Year2 and Year 3 Children on the day. They will have lots of fun making this and chanting the song.
If we have time we'll put their faces into the animation rather than Mr. Squirrel and Mr. Lobster.
Hope you enjoy it too.
Part 1
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N.B. These lessons and resources are in no way finalised were very much a 'work inprogress for everyone to edit".
Needless to say but you are welcome to download and deconstruct.
This is a series of scratch programming lessons for every year group from Year 1 to 5. Year 6 will be coming shortly but the premise of this is that I work on it to get it a bit tighter in terms of progression and pitching it just right. The thing is, if your school doesn't have a specialist teacher then it might be best to rip them apart and mix and match as you see fit.
The whole school have been working on Scratch for the end of term 2 projects and these are a range of simple turns and effects/ key presses right through to a full scaled game with several levels focusing on paltform type games.
You and anyone are free to download and edit the files, videos, and slide shows as you see fit. I would like though, to have some kind of discourse should there be improvements made to any of the files. Should there be a clearer video or anything like that.
You can contact me via the form inthe contact link above.
As there is a creative commons license attached to this it would great if, when you use these, you post or tweet where you got them from. Thanks and enjoy the games :)


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Ville-Marie, Québec
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PENTHOUSE Modern, elegant 2 floor condo located in the renowned Port Royal - Golden Square mile within walking distance too all amenities. Spacious open concept living area ideal for entertaining. Luxurious finishing including hardwood floors throughout, quartz counter tops and floor to ceiling windows allowing for an abundance of natural light
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- 4,100 ft2 / 380.89 m2 - Living space
- Year Built 1970
- $51,804 Yearly Condo Fees
- $1 Taxes Municipal 2016
- $1 Taxes School 2016
Additional FeaturesHeating system: Air circulation, Water supply: Municipality, Heating energy: Electricity, Easy access: Elevator, Available services: Laundry room, Equipment available: Alarm system, Garage: Attached, Garage: Heated, Garage: Fitted, Proximity: Highway, Proximity: Cegep, Proximity: Golf, Proximity: Hospital, Proximity: Park - green area, Proximity: Elementary school, Proximity: High school, Proximity: Public transport, Proximity: University, Bathroom / Washroom: Adjoining to the master bedroom, Bathroom / Washroom: Seperate shower, Parking: Garage x 1, Sewage system: Municipal sewer, View: Water, View: Mountain, View: Panoramic, View: City, Zoning: Residential
This full service luxury building offers Downtown living at its best! Located in the heart of the Golden Square Mile, this magnificent modern and luxurious completely renovated 2 floor condo features high quality finishings, magnificent views & enviable amenities.
This expansive open concept condo greets you with 11 foot ceilings and a wall of windows offering panoramic views of the entire city. A gourmet kitchen awaits, complete with quartz counter tops, 7 state of the art appliances and dinette area comfortably seating 6. The spacious living room open to the kitchen features floor to ceiling windows allowing for an abundance of light.
A sleek & modern staircase leading to the 2nd floor opens to a sprawling living room complete with dining area and wet bar. A true one of a kind master suite complete with his & her ensures, his & her dressing rooms with custom built ins, office area, boudoir and private lounge. The 2nd bedroom features a magnificent walk in closet, skylight and private ensuite bathroom.
Features -24 hour security and visitor parking -Large gym and common terrace -Sublime kitchen with large Subzero fridge & freezer, Wolf induction cook-top, built-in Wolf Steamer, wall oven and microwave, Asko dishwasher and integrated Subzero wine refrigerator
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Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has suggested Arsenal fans who labelled Chelsea boring after Monday night's goalless draw at the Emirates should have focused their frustrations on their own team.
Mourinho returned to his tactics of yesteryear, setting up a compact Chelsea side that were content to sit behind the ball and frustrate their opposition for long periods of the match.
However, Mourinho believes that the Arsenal fans who chanted 'Boring, boring Chelsea' in the final minutes, should have aimed their criticism at their own team.
Mourinho said: "I think boring is a team that plays at home and cannot score a goal. That's boring.
"If somebody was boring, they were boring because Petr Cech made zero saves.
"You go to your stadium and you fill your stadium, in weather like we had on Monday, to see victories. There is not a home fan in any club in the world who goes to the stadium and expects his team not to win."
According to Mourinho, Chelsea's new found solidity in defence was down to a rare lengthy preparation period, something he was keen to point out title rivals Liverpool have had the luxury of every week.
"We played Sunderland last Tuesday and we had one week to work which we didn't have since the summer," Mourinho added.
"I had three days to work tactically. I worked on everything because it was a special week for us. It was the kind of week Liverpool has every week."
The timing of Mourinho's remarks is unlikely to be coincidental with Chelsea hosting Liverpool at Stamford Bridge on Sunday afternoon.
Mourinho admitted that he enjoyed the Premier League more when his Chelsea side were cruising to the title during his first spell at the club, but was also keen to highlight the benefits of a close title battle, particularly for the younger members of his squad.
"I enjoyed it more in 2005 and 2006," he said. "But for me it is fantastic. The pressure is there. I have told the players they have, some of them, to learn how to cope with this situation. Because they have to learn.
"For me it is not a problem. For some of the guys it is not a problem. But for them, now, they have to learn how to express themselves on the pitch in this situation.
"When you are 20 points behind the leader, you can play at home one day and win 6-0. But what does that mean? It means nothing.
"What means something is when you are fighting for the title, play a fantastic match and score the winning goal.
"That is the way, especially young players, grow up quickly. They have to grow and I think I'm the right guy to teach them how to cope with this situation because it's a situation I enjoy."
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Insulating Rim Joist - caulk or spray foam around edges?
I am getting ready to insulate the rim joists in my unfinished basement and am intending on using 2" XPS and sealing around edges with either caulk or spray foam (Great Stuff). Is one better than the other? easier? more cost efficient?
If using caulk, is there a certain type that I should use?
Spray foam would be my choise.
I believe that the word on the street is that you should caulk to prevent gaps from expansion and contraction. Did I use caulk when I did mine? No, I used expansion foam. So what. I got it to 99% perfect instead of 100% perfect. it is still a million times better than what it was.
Thanks for the quick replies! I am guessing spray foam is easier as well?
Caulk is cheaper. If you have a big caulking gun, the big 850mL tubes of acoustical sealant end up being about half the price of the small ones for what you get, up here in Canada anyway. I just did mine and I used a combination of the caulk and foam, depending on the size of the gap.
Great Stuff Pro would be my choice. It's what I've been using to do ours. Excellent control and no waste like the regular cans.
Either or will work just fine.
Spray foam is usually easier.
I'd caulk (allows slight movement) the wood joints at rim/joists and canned foam the f.b. perimeter, (except the bottom- use caulking there for movement) double air-sealed. The caulk/sealant would stop any air movement between joist cavities behind the foamboard. Fig. 2; http://www.buildingscience.com/documents/information-sheets/crawlspace-insulation/
Did you notice Fig.3- the adhesive on top the foamboard and the sealant/caulk on the bottom for movement. The rim joist, if solid wood rather than engineered wood, will move slightly with the seasonal changes; pp.51- chart (though that is for new wood and after first seasonal changes) after that changes will be less, depending on outside humidity.http://books.google.com/books?id=iwS...joists&f=false
The canned foam/f.b. will stop exfiltration of basement air getting to the rim surface but that is only 1/2 the solution. You need the caulking on the rim (behind the foamboard) to stop infiltration for a complete seal of air moving both ways. Otherwise the outside air could condense on the inside of rim, behind your air-sealed f.b. defense... smaller cells caulk pattern, in BOLD; http://joneakes.com/jons-fixit-database/743
Good advice above... Spray foam will probably be a little pricier, but easier to work with. It can be really awkward to maneuver a caulk gun in that tight space.
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I had 162 lineal feet of rim joist done by a local spray foam company. Dont mind the dimensions on the chandelier. I was trying to sell it in that photo.
Before all I had was fiberglass stuffed in the rim joist cavities. After all sealed up with spray foam.
Hammerlane, do you mind me asking how much that cost you?
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A few photos below of the before and after of the area above my garage.
After they did the spray foam in the attic area I fluffed up all existing batt insulation and laid new batts across the joists.
That's a good price IMO. I have a friend who owns a spray foam company here that I've talked to several times about pricing and it's not as bad as it's made out to be on here.
For our house, he gave a quick verbal quote of around $500 for the rim joist area though probably higher due to one section that's hard to get to and will take more time.
That's a VERY good price. Around here, the going rate would be higher than that for the rim joist alone, without that attic wall.
Initial price was $1000. About a month later the compnay called me on a Tuesday night and said they had cancellation on Thursday morning and they would give me a $200 discount if I were to schedule in that slot. I took them up on it.
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Every year, the Oscar nominees get together to have lunch at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, and every year a 'class photo' is taken.
Attending the 2016 luncheon were the likes of Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Bryan Cranston and Brie Larson, all of whom put on a smile for the camera.
It's safe to say the net worth of everyone in that room would have been exceedingly high. Check out the photo - which also features directors Ridley Scott, Alejandro G Iñárritu and Steven Spielberg - above and see how many celebrities you can spot.
Of course, if you've been following the Oscars this year, you will know about the #OscarsSoWhite controversy which has seen actors from every stage in their career speak out about the lack of diversity among nominees.
Will Smith, Spike Lee and Reese Witherspoon have spoken out against the Academy, with Cheryl Boone Isaacs - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president - calling for reforms to its membership.
#OscarsSoWhite: What Hollywood has to say
#OscarsSoWhite: What Hollywood has to say
1/19 Jada Pinkett-Smith
"Today is Martin Luther King's birthday, and I can't help but ask the question: Is it time that people of color recognize how much power and influence we have amassed that we no longer need to ask to be invited anywhere? I ask the question: Have we come to a new time and place where we recognize that we can no longer beg for the love, acknowledge, or respect of any group?" - Posted on her Facebook page.
2/19 Will Smith
"The beauty of Hollywood combined with American ideals is the ultimate dream for humanity: the basis of the American concept of anything is possible, with hard work and dedication, no matter your race or religion, creed, none of that matters in America. I think that diversity is the American superpower. That's why we are great. So many different people from so many different places adding their ideas and their inspiration and their influences to this beautiful American gumbo and for me, at its best, Hollywood represents and then creates the imagery for that beauty. But for my part, I think I have to fight for and protect the ideals that make our country and make our Hollywood community great. So when I look at the series of nominations of the Academy, it's not reflecting that beauty." - Quote from ABC News appearance.
3/19 Reese Witherspoon
"I really appreciated this article in TIME on the lack of racial and gender diversity in this year's Oscar nominations. So disappointed that some of 2015's best films, filmmakers and performances were not recognized... Nothing can diminish the quality of their work, but these filmmakers deserve recognition. As an Academy member, I would love to see a more diverse voting membership." - Posted on her Facebook page.
4/19 Spike Lee
"This whole Academy thing is a misdirection play. We're chasing a guy down the field, he doesn't even have the ball. The other guy's high-stepping in the end zone. It goes further than the Academy Awards. It has to go back to the gatekeepers. We're not in the room. The executives, when they have these greenlight meetings quarterly, they look at the scripts and see who's in it and decide what we're making and what we're not making." - Quote from ABC appearance.
5/19 George Clooney
"If you think back 10 years ago, the Academy was doing a better job. Think about how many more African Americans were nominated. I would also make the argument, I don't think it's a problem of who you're picking as much as it is: How many options are available to minorities in film, particularly in quality films? There should be 20 or 30 or 40 films of the quality that people would consider for the Oscars. By the way, we're talking about African Americans. For Hispanics, it's even worse. We need to get better at this. We used to be better at it." - Interview with Variety.
6/19 Snoop Dogg
"Somebody was actually like am I gonna watch the motherf***ing Oscars. F*** no. What the f*** am I going to watch that bulls*** for? They ain't got no n***** nominated. All these great movies and all this great s*** ya'll keep stealing from us. F*** you! F*** you!" - Posted on his Instagram page.
7/19 Don Cheadle
"Yo, Chris. Come check me out at #TheOscars this year. They got me parking cars on G level." - Posted on his Twitter page, directed at host Chris Rock.
8/19 Mark Ruffalo
"I woke up in the morning thinking, 'what is the right way to do this?' Because if you look at Martin Luther King's legacy, what he was saying was that the good people who don't act are much worse than the wrongdoers who are purposefully not acting and don't know the right way." - Quote from interview with BBC News.
9/19 Lupita Nyong'o
"I am disappointed by the lack of inclusion in this year's Academy Awards nominations. It has me thinking about unconscious prejudice and what merits prestige in our culture. The awards should not dictate the terms of art in our modern society, but rather be a diverse reflection of the best of what our art has to offer today. I stand with my peers who are calling for change in expanding the stories that are told and recognition of the people who tell them." - Posted on her Instagram page.
10/19 Tyrese Gibson
"This is not us saying we're against the Oscars because we're gonna combat racism. We're just saying, 'Yo, this is not cool.' You can't be doing this in 2016 and act as if no one is gonna notice." - Quote from interview with People.
11/19 David Oyelowo
"The reason why the Oscars are so important is because it is the zenith, it is the epitome, it is the height of celebration of artistic endeavor within the filmmaking community. We grow up aspiring, dreaming, longing to be accepted into that august establishment because it is the height of excellence. I would like to walk away and say it doesn't matter, but it does, because that acknowledgement changes the trajectory of your life, your career, and the culture of the world we live in. This institution doesn't reflect its president and it doesn't reflect this room. I am an Academy member and it doesn't reflect me, and it doesn't reflect this nation." - Speech at gala honoring Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs.
12/19 Brie Larson
"Thank you @hollywoodreporter for covering this very unique moment in my life! It was wonderful spending time with all of you. Personally, I'm interested in reading their article on #OscarsSoWhite. This is a conversation that deserves attention." - Posted on her Instagram page.
"How many black films are being produced every year? How are they being distributed? The films that are being made, are the big-time producers thinking outside of the box in terms of how to cast the role? Can you cast a black woman in that role? Can you cast a black man in that role? You can change the Academy, but if there are no black films being produced, what is there to vote for?" - Quote from interview with Entertainment Weekly.
14/19 Charlotte Rampling
"It is racist to whites. One can never really know, but perhaps the black actors did not deserve to make the final list. Why classify people? These days everyone is more or less accepted... People will always say: 'Him, he's less handsome'; 'Him, he's too black'; 'He is too white'... someone will always be saying 'You are too' [this or that]... But do we have to take from this that there should be lots of minorities everywhere?" - Quote from interview on Europe 1.
15/19 Michael Caine
"There's loads of black actors. In the end you can't vote for an actor because he's black. You can't say 'I'm going to vote for him, he's not very good, but he's black, I'll vote for him'. You have to give a good performance and I'm sure people have. I saw Idris Elba (in Beasts Of No Nation).I thought he was wonderful. Be patient. Of course it will come. It took years to get an Oscar, years." - Quote from interview with Radio 4 Today programme.
16/19 Steve McQueen
"This is exactly like MTV was in the 1980s. Could you imagine now if MTV only showed music videos by a majority of white people, then after 11 o'clock it showed a majority of black people? Could you imagine that happening now? It's the same situation happening in the movies. Hopefully, when people look back at this in 20 years, it'll be like seeing that David Bowie clip in 1983 [of artist critiquing channel for not featuring black artists]. I don't even want to wait 20 years. Forgive me; I'm hoping in 12 months or so we can look back and say this was a watershed moment, and thank God we put that right." Quote from interview with The Guardian.
17/19 Julie Delpy
"Two years ago, I said something about the Academy being very white male, which is the reality, and I was slashed to pieces by the media. It's funny - women can't talk. I sometimes wish I were African American because people don't bash them afterwards. It's the hardest to be a woman. Feminism is something people hate above all. Nothing worse than being a woman in this business. I really believe that." Delpy has since clarified these remarks, saying, "I'm very sorry for how I expressed myself. It was never meant to diminish the injustice done to African American artists or to any other people that struggle for equal opportunities and rights; on the contrary. All I was trying to do is to address the issues of inequality of opportunity in the industry for women as well (as I am a woman)."
18/19 Clint Eastwood
"I don't know anything about it. All I know is there's thousands of people in the Academy, and the majority of them haven't won Oscars. A lot of people are crying, I guess." - Quoted by TMZ.
19/19 Ellen Page
"It's awful, and I think what just happened in regards to the nominations two years in a row is a reflection of the industry itself, and the lack of diversity in all positions. It's so upsetting that we're still having this conversation. I don't know what to say other than it's so disheartening, and I feel like we all have to be doing what we can to make a change, because we're supposed to be telling stories that reflect human experience, and we can't just be showing one group of people." Quote from interview with The Wrap.
At the lunch, Isaacs attempted to move on from the controversy, saying "This year there is an elephant in the room. I have asked the elephant to leave."
As you can see, the 'class photo' above illustrates the lack of diversity among nominees, with white faces dominating.
It has been argued that the Oscars should not nominate because of race but because of talent, yet the likes of Idris Elba won big at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, leading many to wonder why his phenomenal performance in Beasts of No Nation was not nominated for an Oscar.
Host Chris Rock has spoken about changing his opening speech to reflect the controversy. In other Oscar news, it has been revealed what will be in the nominees $200,000 gift bag, find out here.
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So right now I'm sitting in the recording booth listening to a brass 'choir' play something called a Nonet. Who knows what it is. I decided to write a blog entry whilst I am recording though! Hurray for a terribly boring job.
My oh my it has been a long time since I have actually written a post in this blog. Lots has gone on. Maybe no particularly with me, but in the rest of the world. In my little corner of it though, much has stayed the same. I'm still in school, surviving my 3rd week already. Holy shit. Things are going to start picking up here soon so I'm going to get even more busy. Since I'm in a recording techniques class, much of my time this semester is going to be recording, OUTSIDE of the hours that I work. The class I am in is kind of redundant for me because this is my second year as a recording tech, and we're suppose to have taken that course before we even START working as tech. Oops. Oh well. Tomorrow I will be recording some drums with a friend of mine to add to his tracks. It should be pretty fun, and kind of hard. I'm going to be the one playing drums. I've never actually recorded drums to a full track before, so we'll see how I do. I will post the results later tomorrow afternoon.
I sent in my application to the Banff Centre earlier this week. This was a big step for me. Attending the Banff Centre has been one of my goals ever since I first heard about it in grade 11. I am skeptical about whether I will get in, but even sending in an application is a pretty big accomplishment for me. I hope I heard from them soon, the deadline is Monday, so hopefully sometime in early February I will find out.
Did you know I have a terrible time spelling the word February? Even though I was born in that month I still, after almost 20 years, can't spell it right on the first try. It's okay, you can laugh at me.
In the news lately, there's been this whole Haiti thing. I don't really understand it. Yes, I get that there was an earthquake and millions of people are pretty much fucked over. But it's stupid how people will drop everything to try and help right away. Girlfriend told me that there was an earthquake of the same magnitude in Nicaragua some time in the past, which is in Central America, in case you were wondering http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicaragua, and no one did anything to help. Why? Because we don't like Nicaragua. Do we know why? Nope. Just didn't want to help. But why do we want to help Haiti? Why not Rwanda? Or Iraq? Or Afghanistand? Oh right! That was our fault, not our problem to clean up. But if "Mother Nature" happens to fuck up Haiti, we ALL gotta JUMP up and save them. Imagine if all these funds for Haiti were going to Iraq or Afghanistan where we've already bombed the shit out of people.
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Don't laugh, but sofas reflect society. The decline of family dining, growth of loft living and popularity of bathing in the plasma rays of a jumbo television have spelled the end of the three-piece suite. Nowadays we want a multi-tasking sitting device for eating, laptopping, dozing and watching back-to-back seasons of Curb Your Enthusiasm. Or maybe the armchairs of the suite felt just too lonely, and now we crave the comforting, cocooning feeling of a corner sofa - just look at the way Big Brother contestants huddle and sprawl over each other on their vast colourful modular sofas.
Furniture manufacturers haven't been slow to create and reflect these developments, and their showrooms are awash with L-shapes, U-shapes, in fact any shape U-like. So we thought it was time to assemble a qualified panel and road-test a cross section.
Lisa Whatmough has her own upholstery boutique, Squint (www.squintlimited.com), where she breathes new life into pre-owned classics. When buying a sofa her advice is: 'The sofa should be the first piece you buy and should dictate everything else. Decide your paint colours after.' Buying the sofa last is a common mistake, apparently.
Architect and interior designer Rabih Hage runs a design studio in Chelsea (www.rabih-hage.com), where among many other things he sells his own line of furniture, which doesn't include any corner pieces - Rabih is not a corner enthusiast. 'The corner is only for psychological reasons, to feel you have a cosy space. It's made for the mind, not the body.'
Marcus Fairs is editor of online design magazine dezeen.com and author of Twenty-First Century Design. He is also a modular sceptic. 'They are a hangover from modernism - the idea that a designer can come up with one piece of furniture that will solve all your problems, but life isn't like that at all.' Could our couch rebels be won over?
1 Oscar system, £4,472
From Natuzzi (www.natuzzi.co.uk)
Lisa Whatmough You need an enormous space to accommodate this. Quite comfy, lots of cushions. It does look like it'll need a lot of plumping. This is a sofa as a playground for grown-ups, for tumbling around on.
Marcus Fairs It's vast - oh to have the space and the dinner party guests to be able to fill it. It's a landscape rather than a chair, a mountain range of a sofa - you get a lot of acreage for your money. This end bit is pointless - probably designed for the dog.
2 Unit sofa, £1,100 for this combination, units from £250
Muji (www.muji.co.uk)
LW It's very good value for money, quite comfy. You could get different coloured cushions made to brighten it up. If something retails for £1,000, it cost substantially less to make, so you can't expect the finishing to be exceptional. Very starter home.
MF The foam in the arms makes a strange nautical creaking sound when you squeeze it, but thankfully the seating doesn't. It's actually all right; the proportions are right, for the price it's darn good I'd say. Only comes in one colour, but it's the right colour.
3 Wall sofa, £3,970
By Piero Lissoni for Living Divani, from Aram (www.aram.co.uk)
LW I like this, I like the fabric, its colour and texture. It fits me. It feels well made, if you sit on it and get up it looks the same as it did before, which is a sign that it's well tucked and stitched. Because it's low, it doesn't feel enormous or intrusive. I definitely want this for my Ibiza dream house.
MF This feels quality. It is more comfortable than it looks - it has some give in it. The more I sit on it the more I like it, because it feels cocooning. Often these sofas are designed to look good in adverts in big loft apartments, but when you get them home you'd rather sit on a bean bag.
4 Togo, £3,627, units from £700
Designed by Michel Ducaroy for Ligne Roset (www.ligne-roset-city.co.uk)
LW I like this, they are a lot of fun and very comfortable - they support your head. And the rear is finished and detailed, so they will look good in the middle of a room. I like the feel of the fabric, I'd say there's quite a lot of work in these. And you can re-cover them.
Rabih Hage This is creased already! It's nice because it has a relaxed look - a bean bag pulled up so you have a headrest.
MF Looks like a big slug. This kind of slug look seems to coming back in but it's not for me. I don't like the seating position - too low, it's like driving a sports car.
5 Track sofa, £4,000
Naughtone (www.naughtone.com)
LW Not my sofa at all, the fabric feels itchy. Doesn't fit my back at all - you are forced to sit very upright, which is fine in a formal antique piece because they have a higher back that supports you all the way up. I don't see the point of the detailing, it's a block of foam, very hard, no give in it. I would expect to see those legs on something cheaper.
MF Very unforgiving, it's the Clint Eastwood of sofas. I feel quite lonely sitting in it. And it looks like a giant laptop bag.
6 Strips corner unit, £3,960
By Cini Boeri for Arfex from Twentytwentyone (www.twentytwentyone.com)
RH It's very comfortable, but where are you going to put your head? I'm not sure about this design, it looks like a Seventies piece, but the Togo is from the Seventies yet it still looks contemporary.
LW It's comfortable, although even if it's a sprung piece it's expensive. I'm not keen on the look, it's a bit shapeless. It looks very worn in already, with the loose-fitting cover.
MF This chocolate-bar thing is very fashionable at the moment, the Diary Milk look - it's a sofa with built-in cushions. I didn't like this when I first saw it, but it's growing on me because I can imagine it working in any kind of home. Designed to wear its sags well.
7 Kennedee, £9,180
By Jean-Marie Massaud for Poltrona Frau from the Conran Shop (www.conran.co.uk)
RH This is the best corner sofa, because it has the most comfortable corner. I'm not sure what it will look like with cushions; you would get more comfort but kill the design. I would have this in my house, and fall asleep watching Sky Sports. It is my favourite one.
LW It's a beautiful piece to have free standing in a room, because it's curved and it utilises space well.
MF The shape is utterly impractical, it's a statement sofa and the statement is: 'I've got a really big house - and I like boomerangs.' It's designed for people with enormous thigh bones; you have to perch like a little kiddie on the toilet. It has a handy bit on the end for dogs and newspapers - next thing there'll be cooking rings on the back.
8 Cuba corner sofa, £995
Dwell (www.dwell.co.uk)
RH This is very bouncy to sit on. The edge of the seat - especially for someone like me with short legs - digs in and cuts the circulation to your legs. It's not the best quality leather - might be better in fabric. Although it's not bad for £1,000.
LW I don't like this. You can still see stretch marks in it long after the sitter has got up. The problem with using such cheap material is durability-wise it's not going to last; and I would question how you can produce a leather piece of this size for this low price. That would really bother me. The chrome leg is its redeeming feature.
MF It's not the best leather: some of the seams don't line up and some of the geometry is out. Leather is designed for cows which are rounded; they're trying to apply something organic to something square - so you get compromises in the stitching.


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Oka Castle 岡城
|Ogata Koreyoshi
|Alternate Name
|Takeda-jo, Gagyu-jo
|Admin's Rating
|★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
|Historical Site
|National Historic Site
|Historical Value
|Top 100 Castles
|Taketa, Oita pref.
|Google Map
|Bungo Taketa Sta. (Houhi Line); taxi
|Oita City
|not personally visited, pictures donated by Raffi. This is one of the castles I most want to see.
|Oka Castle has a very long history. It was originally founded for Minamoto no Yoshitsune in 1185. Shiga Sadatomo entered the castle in 1332 and initiated many repairs and improvements. Shiga's descendents ruled Oka Castle until 1586. Nakagawa Hideshige took over the castle in 1594 and began more improvements and expansion of the castle, including building a main keep and palace. The main keep was destroyed in an earthquake during the Edo Period. The Nakagawa ruled until the Meiji Restoration when all the buildings were dismantled leaving only some of the stone walls we see today.
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August 27, 2014 at 09:41 PM
This is a fabulous mountaintop castle ruin to visit. Personally I rate this very highly, second only to Bitchu-Matsuyama Castle, which has an extant castle keep. Out of the many yamajiros (mountaintop castles) that I have visited so far, Oka Castle for me, surpasses almost all of them including highly rated ones like Takatori Castle (Nara) and Iwamura Castle (Gifu). Oka Castle Ruin is very impressive for a number of reasons. It is a massive castle on the same scale as Kannonji Castle (Shiga), Niitakayama Castle (Hiroshima), and Okishio Castle (Hyogo, not listed on JCastle yet.) It has way more ishigaki (stone walls) than the "Castle in the Clouds: Takeda Castle" and probably about the same amount of ishigaki if not more than Takatori Castle. If they chop down all the trees, the visible ishigaki of Oka Castle, perched on a mountain 352 metres above sea level (actual height differential is around 100 metres from the valley floor), would stretch for almost a kilometre in roughly a J-shape. As it is, there is a team of gardeners who regularly weed-whacks the site, so that most of this massive castle ruin is accessible to castle fans unlike other yamajiros such as Takatori Castle and Kannonji Castle, where many of the sprawling baileys and stone walls are buried under dense undergrowth and trees. Despite the efforts of the gardeners, the sides of some of the baileys (the stone wall parts) are still covered by a verdant carpet of ferns and weeds. I guess the castle ruin is just so big that it is impossible to keep it completely free of the rampant summer growth. Still it is much better maintained than similar-sized yamajiros that I have been to. Size and accessibility to most of the baileys alone don't account for the wow factor of this castle ruin. It has many features that appeal to castle fans. Around a dozen different stone wall construction styles can be found at Oka Castle. In addition, there are several types of gate ruins including an Uzimon, kokuins (carved insignias), wells, an extensive drainage system, two massive "display stones" each measuring nearly 2m x 2m at the gate ruin to Sannomaru (Third Bailey) plus other smaller "display stones" elsewhere, very steep walls (particularly around the Ninomaru and Sannomaru), panoramic views including Mt. Aso in the distance on a clear day (unfortunately, it was somewhat hazy when I visited with my wife), and reasonably good signposting (in Japanese only). One final point in its favour is that there are relatively few tourists. In the four hours that we were on site, we came across probably around 50 to 60 people, and that was during the height of the Obon holiday. Combining all these factors with the detailed coloured map that you get with the 300yen entrance fee, and the fact that this castle ruin was the inspiration for Taki Rentaro's famous composition, make this a great yamajiro to visit. BTW, Taki Rentaro's statue is located in the Ninomaru (Second Bailey), not far from the site of where the Tsukimi Yagura used to be. The only downside to Oka Castle is that if you are using public transport to get there, express trains to JR Bungo-Takeda (from either Kumamoto or Oita) are quite limited with only several trains a day. The castle ruin is only a 20 minute walk from the station. The staff at the ticket booth to the castle site was very helpful, and if you ask, they do have a one-page A4 explanation of the castle in English. Kudos to the people managing Oka Castle for making it such a wonderful and accessible castle ruin to visit.
Ron Fox
July 07, 2014 at 08:07 AM
There is a statue to Rentaro Taki in the ruins.
March 17, 2009 at 03:26 PM
This ruin is expecially good for hanami in the spring as there are many cherry trees there.
Peter in Australia
January 18, 2009 at 05:16 AM
This castle was reputedly the inspiration for Taki Rentaro's hauntingly beautiful music for 'Kojonotsuki', although the actual lyrics are much older and are said to refer to Aizu Wakamatsujo. One day, I want to sit up on Okajo's ruined wall under a full moon and listen to that music.
naomi perez
September 06, 2008 at 04:31 AM
cool pix... love the information.
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Sail Date: February 09, 2016
Reviewed: 1 year ago
Traveled As: Couple
Room Type: Suite
I'd give them another star if it weren't for their customer service. This was the first leg of a back to back cruise. Our issues started before the cruise. The US reps couldn't answer many of our questions regarding procedures and had no inclination to find out the answers. On board, the difficulties continued. For instance, we were supposed to receive tickets for drinks, which we were told would be in our cabin. Not there. At Guest Services they had never even heard of such a package. After some discussion, they called the bar manager who recognized the package and said it would take a couple of hours to get it - we should come back later. We did at the appointed time, nothing was there. Call the bar manager again. Someone came up 10 minutes later. A complete waste of time and lack of service. Otherwise, a great trip. Excellent waiters and some good servers and bartenders. Cabin stewards were very good. Pasta and pizza excellent.
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|Large cabin with a great view all the way forward, but no veranda. We actually preferred our smaller cabin with a veranda which was more midships on the second leg of this back to back trip. In rough seas, you felt it.
|Embarkation and Disembarkation
|Embarkation was nightmarish. Material had said that there were port shuttles to the ship. Three of them passed us without stopping and we ended up walking. No one told us you had to go to the far end of the port from the train station to get the shuttle. Then, they wanted to see a boarding card which we didn't have (got them on the shuttle which didn't pick us up), then they wanted to know why we hadn't checked our luggage (had to do that at the shuttle.
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|Destinations were great. Didn't use any excursions on this leg of our back to back.
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|More than enough to do.
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|Didn't use them.
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|Our waiter Budi H. was outstanding. Also, got great service from most of the drink servers, especially Lipan S. and Poshybalo A. Great job by Cabin Steward Victor.
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|Buffet could be crowded. Pasta and pizza were excellent. You will never go hungry. Pastries and desserts were a delight and all of the food was very good. Loved the sauces.
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|You can just about walk anywhere. This is a beautiful city that you don't hear much about.
|Barcelona, Spain
|We've been to Barcelona before. We walked into the city, but there is a port shuttle, as some might think it is a little far. You don't need the ship's shuttle.
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|A trip to see the mosque is well worth it. Walk through the Medina and make sure you go to the far end.
|Santa Cruz De Tenerife, Canary Islands
|A visit to the market is a must. There is a superb military museum.
|Funchal, Madeira
|Take the cable car up and ride the toboggan down.
|Malaga, Spain
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Baltimore, Maryland (March 26, 2009): In a surprise announcement at the launch ceremony for the new Louis Braille Bicentennial Silver Dollar, NASA announced that the new commemorative coin celebrating the life and work of the inventor of the reading code for the blind will fly on a future space shuttle mission. The announcement, by NASA Deputy Administrator for Educational Programs Dr.
Baltimore, Maryland (March 26, 2009): The National Federation of the Blind (NFB), the nation's oldest and largest organization of blind people and the leading advocate for Braille literacy, today celebrates the release of the 2009 Louis Braille Bicentennial Silver Dollar. This historic commemorative coin, the first-ever U.S.
Baltimore, Maryland (March 30, 2009): The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) will host THE CANE EVENT on April 4, 2009, at the National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute in Federal Hill. The event will celebrate the NFB's Braille Readers are Leaders program. More than four hundred friends, colleagues, and blind people from across the nation are expected to attend.
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US STOCKS-Wall St ends lower as Apple falls, bond yields rise
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NEW YORK, Sept 9 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks fell on Tuesday as Apple shares declined and as bond yields hit their highest in a month on concerns the Federal Reserve could raise interest rates sooner than some investors had expected.
All 10 S&P 500 sectors ended lower. Apple shares, which jumped as much as 4.8 percent earlier in the session after the company unveiled a smartwatch, ended down 0.4 percent at $97.99. Apple also announced two larger iPhones.
Benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury note yields rose to 2.5 percent. Sectors with high-dividend paying stocks including utilities were among the day's weakest. The utilities sector and telecommunications each fell 1.2 percent.
Improving U.S. economic conditions may force the Federal Reserve "to tighten sooner rather than later," said Doug Cote, chief market strategist with Voya Investment Management in New York.
"Rising rates are an immediate discount for financial assets, including equities," he said.
Shares of Home Depot fell 2.1 percent, a day after the company confirmed its payment security system had been breached.
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text: Front Row Fox SS14 - Day Three 16th September 2013 Front Row Fox parties hard with Cara Delevingne, but a day of Paul Smith and Vivienne Westwood keeps her bright-eyed and bushy-tailed...It had been a late one for Front Row Fox, as she boogied the night away at the new London Edition hotel for the W magazine party. She brushed tails with Arizona Muse, Ellen von Unwerth, Harry Styles again (is he fox-hunting? *blush*) and one of the Gallagher brothers. After a quick dance-off with Alexander Wang, she slipped out the door and into a taxi, narrowly avoiding Naomi Campbell.So thank goodness for Land Rover, ferrying FRF between shows, care of driver Chris. He arrived promptly in the morning to escort her to Preen, bearing ibuprofen and water (just in case). She was slightly apprehensive about the show's venue, the Natural History Museum, as several elder relatives now reside inside. However, the clothes were lovely, featuring fresh bright patchworks and bubblegum pinks that immediately perked her up.She took a musical turn at Emilia Wickstead, where treble clefs danced across minidresses, before trotting off to Claridge's for a tea party at Mulberry. After a gorgeous show of girly frothy dresses, copious amounts of finger sandwiches and some rather alarming bulldogs on the runway, FRF drifted out into the rain behind dreamboat Douglas Booth. Hoping to bat her foxy eyelashes, she was a little upset to hear him boast to his friends that Cara Delevingne had winked at him from the runway, and stuck her tongue out as she walked past. What a minx, fox thought - I must try that move another time.A wander around a secret garden for Sophia Webster soon took her mind off both the Romeo rejection and the impending hangover. Models were perched in flower-covered tree swings, and lounging in grassy bunk beds dotted with ladybirds. For the rest of the afternoon, FRF barely had time to tweet, let alone wiggle her whiskers, due gazing at fellow redhead Lily Cole at Vivienne Westwood, the covetable coats at Unique, the breezy summer suits at Paul Smith.FRF mustered her energy for three more shows, knowing there would be stunning prints at Mary Katrantzou and polished perfection at Jonathan Saunders. She definitely didn't expect the children's choir at Matthew Williamson, but it was a nice way to close a long day after only three hours' sleep. Time to rest those weary paws, she thought, lest she miss Christopher Kane in the morning. She was totally bushed.:: Follow Front Row Fox on Twitter for round-the-clock updates during Fashion Week.IF YOU LIKED THIS, YOU'LL LOVE: Front Row Fox's LFW diary - Day Two Backstage Badger's LFW diary - Day One Backstage Badger's LFW diary - Day Two Backstage Badger's LFW diary - Day Three Beauty Flash - Badger Balm Backstage Badger's SS14 blog Front Row Fox's SS14 blog The Tribes of London Fashion Week Instagram Dos and Don'ts for Fashion Week Backstage Badger's AW13 blog Front Row Fox's AW13 blog