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"All the tree tops lie asleep,
Like green waves on the sea,
As still as in the silent deep
The ocean woods may be;"
Like green waves on the sea,
As still as in the silent deep
The ocean woods may be;"
This must have been a glorious summer's day as Barnard also appreciates the shade given by large trees which overhang the river and he notes that the summit of Ben Wyvis was bathed in sunshine. It was a glorious spring day when I visited this area and given also how long it took me to find the entrance to the estate for the distillery I would have been better parking up in the town centre and enjoying a similar pleasant walk under the trees along the banks of the river.
|Ben Wyvis at sunset, viewed from the fertile Black Isle
|View across the Dal More to Teaninich in the trees
|Reverse view from the middle of the Dal More, across the Cromarty Firth to the Black Isle
Of interest though is his comment that Teaninich is "the only distillery north of Inverness that is lighted by electricity" and there are also telephone connections with the Proprietor and Excise. He records the year it was founded as 1800 but the first licence was issued in 1817 and this later date is generally accepted as the true beginning of the distillery. He doesn't mention the water source and despite being close to the River Alness there is a separate burn running into a small reservoir behind the distillery, the water originating from the Dairywell Spring to the west of the town.
The distillery had a few owners before Barnard's arrival, including Robert Pattison (later infamous from the Pattison's of Leith crash) from 1850-68 and John McGilchrist Ross, one of the Ross dynasty that had worked Balblair Distillery for most of the 19th century, from 1869-95. It eventually became part of SMD in 1933 and from there ultimately into Diageo.
The plant has been extended and rebuilt a few times since. The original two stills were increased to 4 in 1962 and then in 1971 a modern distillery building (named Side A) with a new still house containing 6 stills was built right beside the old buildings. The original still house (Side B) was rebuilt in 1973 and the two houses operated together (although independently) until Side B was closed in 1984, Side A falling silent in 1985. Side A restarted production in 1991 but Side B was now surplus and was demolished in 1998. In between all of that a Dark Grains plant was built on site in 1975 to produce cattle feed from the draff and pot ale.
In place of the traditional mash tun/lautering process Teaninich now use a mash filter press to extract the wort by squeezing it through 24 cloth plates. For this process to be effective the malted barley has to be ground more finely than normal grist for which they use a hammer mill. The process is said to be more efficient than using a tun, with higher extraction rates and quicker turnaround. It also leaves a drier draff of a different constitution that the livestock industry identifies separately as Teaninich Mash Filter Draff as opposed to normal Distillers Draff. The filter press was installed in 2000 and remains unique in Scottish distilleries; it is more commonly used in the brewing industry.
|Teaninich Still House
Teaninich is one of Diageo's workhorse distilleries producing non-peated whisky mainly for blending. It is not open to the public and the information above on more recent developments is from Malt Madness and Udo (2005). There are very few bottlings of whisky from here and the very first distillery bottle was in the Flora and Fauna range in 1992. A few other independent releases can be found, although I don't recall ever having tried any – must do something about that!


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My friend and i decided to go out for a meal and she suggested somewhere quite nice so i thought i would put on a collard blouse which i got from primark ages ago and worn once and paired it with my favourite leigh jeans from topshop. I also wanted to put on some wedges so decided to try my brown trucker boots as i call them!! and of course my mustard bag!
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If you live in New Hyde Park and your house was damaged in Superstorm Sandy, you may still be eligible for government grants from New York Rising. Even if you have received storm damage repair money already (following paperwork and inspections) you might still be able to acquire additional funding, if you total repair work is above any grants or loans already received. The total amount an individual may receive (from any sources (FEMA, insurance and SBA loans) is $300,000.
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Kaiman, the former Town of North Hempstead supervisor, stepped down a few months ago in order to take this position, as well as the position as president of NIFA (Nassau County Interim Finance Authority). With New York Rising, he deals primarily with storm recovery on Long Island.
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- Disguise - Hope Police Officer : collect this disguise from The policmen in desert tan.
- Disguise - Truck Driver : get the disguise from enemies with red shirt.
- Disguise - Hope Bar Bouncer : look for men with the roadije t-shirts.
- Worn Z&M Model 60 : in this chapter you have to find this weapon from Some enemies who use this weapon.
- JAGD P22G : this is handgun , get this weapon from Hope Police Department
- HX UMP : remember kane? ( he is with Lynch) , kane use this weapon. so agent 47 should take him out by the jukebox to get this weapon.
- Mustang Snub : get from enemies weapon, Some of them use this gun .
- Steak souce Bottle : go to back of the bar, spot the table over the bartender, there is red bottle it's botle of ketchup or sauce
- Police M590 12GA : Go to bar office , there is m590 with the evidence.
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- Bill Spike : go to the bar, get this item On the counter .
- Baseball Bat : find the stall in restroom , there is baseball batt
- Keycard : this keycard will permit you to pass bar security office, get this card at The left staircase .
- Glass : just make bar fight then go to a pool table in the back, look for a mug of beer. pick it up
- Metal Pipe : the location for this item is in the bar
- Tomahawk : go around bartender counter, find this item On the dart board .
- Plunger : you know where to get this item, it should be in the bathroom
- Hula Girl : this is a toy, get this toy in the front of the bar, the location is place where the bouncers stop agent 47 from going forwardBottle : there are many Empty beer bottles in abundance
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The co-founder of propertECO, a Bath company that tests buildings for radon gas which causes over 1,000 deaths a year from lung cancer, has been crowned champion of an entrepreneurial competition.
Bath-based Rebecca Coates was of one of 30 shortlisted entrepreneurs who pitched in front of an audience of more than 200 during an 11 hour entrepreneurial extravaganza at Paintworks in Bristol, organised by BusinessZone.co.uk and UK Business Forums in association with AVG.
The contestants made it to The Pitch 2014 Final after 1,000 applications from across the UK were submitted, of which 100 were shortlisted to attend two intensive training boot camps in September before being whittled down to 30.
Founded in Bristol in 2008, The Pitch is one of Britain's longest running small business competitions.It is also supported by ICAEW, Constant Contact, .uk, Microsoft Devices and Xero.
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This is my entry in the Baileigh Industrial "build a box" competition at SMC. I see that fellow contestant Bill posted his very beautiful contest entry here on Lumberjocks, so I thought I would also post my entry. My entry is entitled "B cubed" for Baileigh Bit Box, as it is a storage box for my router bits.
Contestants were asked to describe how their box was made, so I created a video on design and construction:
I hope that you can take a few minutes to watch the video. I won't repeat all of that here, other than to point out a unique feature of this box, the articulated hinges. Due to the curvature of the top, standard hinges would not work. The hidden articulated hinges that I designed allow the top to move upward to clear the back.
-- Dick, http://www.carveshop.com
16 comments so far
#1 posted 05-05-2013 12:19 PM
Wonderful hinges – excellent construction. Designing and making the hinges alone should put you in the medals.
-- Bruce, UK
#2 posted 05-05-2013 12:29 PM
Fantastic build. Great detail, nice craftsmanship.
-- "I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The point is to bring them the real facts." - Abraham Lincoln
#3 posted 05-05-2013 02:04 PM
I find the box beautiful. The lib hinge assembly is ingenious. Another post devoted to its construction wiould be wonderful.
-- Max the "night janitor" at www.hardwoodclocks.com
#4 posted 05-05-2013 03:39 PM
WOW, What a Graeat box, this project covers a lot of skill sets with mastery of art, Great job, thanks for sharing
-- It's Mic Keep working and sharing
#5 posted 05-05-2013 03:46 PM
Very cool box ,it has lots of great details,excellent build.
#6 posted 05-05-2013 03:49 PM
Love the box and good video
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#7 posted 05-05-2013 03:54 PM
Thanks Max. There was really not a lot more that went into the hinge construction than what is shown in the video. I took the basic geometry from the trunk lid hinge shown in the video and made up a wood mule on my bench with some scraps. I started with just one hinge and a simple board representing one of the box sides, and a 3/4" x 3/4" stick representing the top, which was laid against the top edge of the "side" board. Sort of a 2D version of the box. I drilled a row of holes in small sticks, spaced at 1/2" or so intervals. Again, starting with the approximate trunk hinge geometry, I attached the two hinge arms to the "top" and "side" with screws, then operated the hinge. I experimented with different length arms by choosing different holes in the arms, and various attachment points on the "top" and "side". The latter looked like Swiss cheese when I had finished. It was really trial and error. I guess I should have taken more photos or videos of that process. Once I got the action that I needed, I checked a final time with mule parts fastened to the actual box and lid with hot melt glue – this part of the process is in the video. I then took the exact arm length dimensions and pivot point locations to the CNC Designer software to produce the final parts, and mark the locations for the screw pilot holes in the box sides and lid brackets.
-- Dick, http://www.carveshop.com
#8 posted 05-05-2013 04:26 PM
Amazing project and an amazing result Dick. I think it took a lot of talent and knowhow to create this wonderful box. If you don't win I will be surprised.
-- Mike, an American living in Norway.
#9 posted 05-05-2013 06:27 PM
Great looking box – but I love the hinge design! Trial and error design works great.
-- Steve - Impatience is Expensive
#10 posted 05-05-2013 09:17 PM
incredible! That work is absolutely great.
-- *** the german lumberjock ***
#11 posted 05-05-2013 11:58 PM
I have seen "SMC" a few times now. I googled it and cant find anything to do with woodworking. So what is SMC?
-- "Nothing happens until you build it"
#12 posted 05-06-2013 12:03 AM
Dick has done a superb job. Love the hinges and the shape of the box is right on. It's still anyone's game no matter what. There are thousands of members there and only a few have voted. I can only hope my entry has inspired you as much as yours has inspired me. well done my friend.
-- What you listen to is your business...what you hear is ours.
#13 posted 05-06-2013 01:02 AM
-- Chris, http://www.youtube.com/CMRwoodworks , FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/cmrwoodworks1 , Proverbs 16:9
#14 posted 05-06-2013 01:27 AM
creative..very good..
#15 posted 05-06-2013 02:11 AM
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So I recently got invited to taste test Ocean Spray's new cranberry flavoured fruit drink and I thought why not.
Ocean Spray to me is synonymous with cranberry juice. I've had it many years before in their distinctive rounded glass bottles and enjoyed it as refreshing drink in summer. Although it is no longer bottled using these glass bottles I was eager to see what this new recipe would taste like.
This version of the drink has been especially formulated to be less sweet and thus somewhat healthier than the standard version. According to the bottle (1.5 litres as shown below), it contains only 10 calories per serve and instead of sugar, is naturally sweetened using Stevia. It is also only available in Australia and New Zealand (sorry international readers!).
Ocean Spray Low Sugar Cranberry Drink
The Stevia sweetener is the same as the one they use in 'sugar-free' soft drinks such as the Coke Life and Pepsi Next so there does appears to be a growing trend for companies to use this new sweetener given its apparent benefits.
Tastewise, given it is a low sugar version of the original, it is naturally less sweet (duh) but also less flavoursome than the original. Whilst it retains the delicious tangy taste of cranberry, I found myself wanting more punch to the flavour.
In spite of this, I found myself during the week growing to enjoy the drink as a replacement for those times when I would be reaching for a fizzy soft drink such as my regular Coke and Creaming sodas. It doesn't feel as unhealthy as these drinks and seems to be a good alternative to have a glass of this low sugar drink rather than the soft drinks I'm used to.
Of course the best option to be healthy is just to drink water, but when you have that craving for something a bit more sweet and satisfying, I think a drink like this could be a better option than the fizzy drinks every is now accustomed - especially if you're trying to lower you calorie intake.
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Grilled Quick-Brined Jumbo Shrimp
- cup water
- 0.5 cup kosher salt
- 0.25 cup sugar
- 24 jumbo shrimp, 2 1/2 pound
- spicy citrus dipping sauce, for serving
1. In a large bowl, combine the water, salt and sugar, stirring to dissolve the salt. Using a paring knife or scissors, slit each shrimp down the back through the shell; remove the dark veins. Add the shrimp to the brine, cover and refrigerate for 4 hours.
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Lose Yourself in the Retro-Styled JRPG Fortuna Magus
If role-playing games in the spirit of the Super Nintendo-era entries to the Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, and Phantasy Star series are your thing, Kemco should be planted firmly in your radar. The Japanese developer has now released more than 20 RPGs on Android, at varying degrees of old-school.
I decided to finally take the plunge with their latest, Fortuna Magus, which seems to be more of a throwback than other recent releases. It's a fun and well-conceived adventure, with an engaging battle system and an unconventional story of three children heading out in search of their father a decade after he vanished, but a solid set-up is let down by poor writing and pacing issues.
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You control Amane and his foster sister Tia, plus a vagabond magician called Rett and — eventually — two others. Amane's a huge wuss, but he's not afraid to stand up for what he sees as right. And so he and Tia — who's clearly in love with Amane — become embroiled in Rett's run from the law. Magi are outlawed, considered evil incarnate — even though they actually have no control over whether they possess arcane abilities.
Somehow this run from the King's men becomes a search for Amane's father, and then a crusade to put the world right (though there's never a pretense that you're saving the world, thankfully). Beneath the main narrative lies a cute subplot between Amane and Tia, which seems to offer the only real moments of personality in the game, and a few intriguing twists that keep things from getting too predictable.
There's the makings of a great story here, but it's delivered in such a ham-fisted way — replete with oftentimes awkward dialogue, unnecessary lines, lazy tropes, leaps of logic, and poor continuity — that there's no way I could recommend Fortuna Magus on these merits alone.
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The battle system makes a few cool adjustments to the standard turn-based fare. Party members level up during battles, as each enemy falls, and they accrue Technical Points as they deal or take damage. These Technical Points can be spent on special attacks, including some tandem moves that involve two characters.
Each character also has a number of skills, which cost Skill Points to use (that's essentially MP, for the JRPG vets). And magic users can, unsurprisingly, cast magic. You have to use skills in order to learn new ones; the more powerful the skill you use, the more likely you are to have a "revelation" that acquires the next one.
Adding an extra layer of tactics and planning to this, you need to use Magestone items to up each character's aptitude in the four elements — wind, fire, water, and earth. If a character's aptitude level isn't high enough, they'll never learn a particular skill.
Battles themselves move at a steady clip, and you can pop into Auto mode — which executes turns automatically — if they ever start to feel like a grind, while the complexity of the levelling systems feels about right. But dungeons are unfortunately too formulaic, always filled with random encounters with the same few enemies (a different few each dungeon) and ending with a boss encounter.
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It's hard to place Fortuna Magus in the realms of Japanese-style role-playing games — at least as a newbie to Kemco's games. It looks and sounds somewhere between blandly generic and refreshingly new, while it plays like a classic updated to the more streamlined design conventions of today (without cutting the depth). And it reads like it couldn't decide whether to tell a story about a broken family or the usual saving the world schtick — leaving it uncomfortably in between the two.
But it's a good game that offers excellent touch-based controls and a solid six to eight hours of story, plus however much time you're willing to put into chasing the last few side quests and all the alternate endings. And Fortuna Magus definitely scratches that 16-bit RPG itch that so many of us have.
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Right now the chipset king in the mobile world is Qualcomm's Snapdragon 800. It's been (and still being) deployed in the majority of top of the line devices from all of the phone makers that aren't Apple. But this situation won't last for long.
Qualcomm has already announced the Snapdragon 805, the sequel to the 800, in November. But back when it was made public, the company only said that it will be out in "commercial devices" in the first half of 2014. That's incredibly vague, so obviously everyone has been curious to find a more concrete release timeline.
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Now that we just found out from an official source that Samsung's Galaxy S5 will only get unveiled in March or April, it seems rather likely that it could get released in May. Early May, of course – so as not to have too much time pass from the announcement. In fact, the date could even be May 1, according to famous Russian journalist Eldar Murtazin.
Obviously, Samsung could use the newest iteration of its own Exynos processor for the S5, but that doesn't mean it won't also have a version with a Snapdragon inside. After all, this is exactly what has been happening ever since the Galaxy S III got official in 2012 – the LTE capable model sports Qualcomm silicon, while the HSPA-only device goes with Samsung's Exynos CPUs.
If this is the case, using anything but the newest Snapdragon 805 for the Galaxy S5 would put Samsung at a disadvantage compared to its competitors who will certainly come out with handsets featuring this processor a bit later on in the year. Some people still compare spec lists when they buy phones, and the Snapdragon 805 will go up to 2.5 GHz, compared to 'just' 2.3 GHz for its predecessor.
Samsung's current flagship, the Galaxy S4, is already one chipset generation behind, using the Snapdragon 600 because the 800 wasn't yet available when it launched. We're assuming that the Korean company doesn't want that to happen again, but keep in mind that this is all just shameless speculation.
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The Weight of Feathers by Anna-Marie McLemore
What it's about (courtesy of Thomas Dunne):
For twenty years, the Palomas and the Corbeaus have been rivals and enemies, locked in an escalating feud for over a generation. Both families make their living as traveling performers in competing shows—the Palomas swimming in mermaid exhibitions, the Corbeaus, former tightrope walkers, performing in the tallest trees they can find.
Lace Paloma may be new to her family's show, but she knows as well as anyone that the Corbeaus are pure magia negra, black magic from the devil himself. Simply touching one could mean death, and she's been taught from birth to keep away. But when disaster strikes the small town where both families are performing, it's a Corbeau boy, Cluck, who saves Lace's life. And his touch immerses her in the world of the Corbeaus, where falling for him could turn his own family against him, and one misstep can be just as dangerous on the ground as it is in the trees.
Beautifully written, and richly imaginative, The Weight of Feathers is an utterly captivating young adult novel by a talented new voice.
Why you should read it: The romance is one of my favorites of YAs recently. Lace and Cluck are different, and watching them fall in lust and love was a great way to spend a lazy Sunday. The magical parts of the book are also different and woven in so well that it felt that magic was/is normal. There were also a lot of twists. I gave this book to a few friends who I knew would enjoy this. I mean, who doesn't want to see mermaids vs. avians?
Please tell us a bit about The Weight of Feathers.
Anna-Marie: The Weight of Feathers tells the story of two teens whose families each run rival traveling shows. The Mexican-American Palomas perform in a mermaid exhibition, while the Corbeaus, who are French Romani, dance in the highest trees while wearing wings. In addition to being rivals, the Palomas and the Corbeaus have also been in a feud for the last twenty years. The love between Lace Paloma and Cluck Corbeau starts to unravel the lies about why this feud got started, why they've been raised to hate each other, and what they each believe about their own families.
Is there anything interesting that happened to you while doing research for a book?
Anna-Marie: I spoke with a mermaid performer who inspired me to make a mermaid tail! I love being in water, and having a fin makes it even more fun.
Are there any other genres you would like to write in?
Anna-Marie: Historical fiction is one of my favorite genres to read, and I'd love to write a historical novel one day, maybe set during Prohibition, or la Revolución mexicana, or the reign of the Habsburg Monarchy … so many different points in history interest me.
What do you do when you get stuck?
Anna-Marie: I usually dance — I did a lot of ballet growing up, and I used to compete in Irish dance, so practicing some of my old routines helps get my thoughts going again.
Where did you come up with your ideas for the mermaids and the feathers?
Anna-Marie: Years ago, my father told me about a mermaid show he'd seen when he was in his 20s. Ever since, I've wanted to write a story about performing mermaids, but it wasn't until a photographer friend had me out in the woods while wearing a set of wire and cloth wings that the idea for the book came to me. Women swimming in mermaid tails, and winged tree performers. The story grew from those two images coming together.
I love Cluck. Tell us about him!
Anna-Marie: Thank you so much! In many ways, Cluck Corbeau is the emotional center of this story. He values his heritage, faces prejudice with strength, and shows his family loyalty while still questioning his cousins' brutality toward the Palomas. But at the same time, Cluck has to break from believing what his family has decided about him. He and Lace have to take similar paths, but in very different ways.
What made Lace and Cluck fall for each other so hard? Very forbidden Romeo and Juliet!
Anna-Marie: The Weight of Feathers is very much the story of two people caught between their two families. But at the same time that it evolved as a love story, it became the story of a boy and a girl becoming their own people. To really find each other, Lace and Cluck have to find themselves. Their falling in love is intertwined with them deciding who they are in the context of their families and their own lives.
Any plans for an audiobook?
Anna-Marie: There are plans in the works! I'll be sharing more soon!
Which family would you fall into?
Anna-Marie: The Palomas, and not just because I'm Latina. I love the wings and the quiet glamour of the Corbeau show, but I adore being in water! Though I don't remember it, my father tells me stories about how quickly I took to swimming.
What are you currently working on?
Anna-Marie: My second book will be a new story but with some strong common threads with The Weight of Feathers. Magical realism, multicultural themes, and characters who, like the Palomas and the Corbeaus, spend their lives enchanting people who know very little about them.
Favorite line from The Weight of Feathers?
Anna-Marie: "Her hand found the feathers under his hair, soft and thick as river grass, and she kissed him back. She opened her mouth to his and pretended the sky was water."
What's your favorite snack and/or beverage while you're writing?
Anna-Marie: Frozen fruit bars. My favorite kind has a bunch of flavors layered in a rainbow. I also love fizzy water.
What TV show or other activity interferes with your writing schedule?
Anna-Marie: Reading! Some days my brain is just more in the mood to take in stories than create them. Also cooking. My work usually involves descriptions of food, which often results in, "Hey, why don't I try making that for dinner?"
Jessie Potts, also known as BookTaster, adores books in all forms. She also does reviews for RT Book Reviews magazine and works in the submissions departments at Dreamspinner Press and Entangled YA. You can follow her on Twitter (@BookTaster).


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Hey, male P&P readers (and some female ones if you're like me): it's Valentine's Day soon. If you're looking for something that will get your significant other in the mood, try this video for Rhye's "Open." The R&B outfit released a video for this sensual song some time ago, but now have come out with a second version that connects to the one for "The Fall."
As with their previous set of visuals, "Open" features a couple on a romantic getaway getting hot and bothered while set to lyrics that express insecurities present in every relationship. Check out it above, but be warned that it's not entirely safe for work with all the skin and what not.


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I couldn't think of a better title. LEAVE ME ALONE.
Anyway, I get lots of messages from all you guys about how you want recommendations for videos to watch and music to listen to, and while the former will take me a billion years (especially with the issues of subtitles), I figured I might as well try to put together a simple playlist of music to help newbies with venturing through TOKIO's massive 22 years of discography. In my opinion, these 15 songs are a good sampler to figure out what to expect from our five lovable morons, and I hope you have fun as you go along!
The first thing you notice about TOKIO (at least, as far as comparisons to their agency go), is the fact that they play instruments. And it's not like Kanjani8 where they play instruments and also do some boy band stuff on the side, no--TOKIO is 100% playing their own instruments no matter the occasion. Furthermore, unlike other Johnny's units, TOKIO has a lead singer who very obviously sings alone in most of their songs, while the other members usually just pick up the slack through back-up vocals.
Technically, TOKIO was previously a dance unit in their junior years, but when Johnny Kitagawa himself noticed Joshima and Yamaguchi capable of playing their own instruments and decided "YOU, make a band!", the rest was history. At first TOKIO was thought to be following in the footsteps of Johnny's previous band, Otokogumi, but whereas Otokogumi failed to achieve longevity, TOKIO's been alive and kicking for over 20 years to this day with an image of their own--separate from their senpai, and from everyone else in general. Right from the get-go, they're definitely different in terms of musical style and how they go about the actual musical process; watch a TOKIO concert and you'll see it's not got the same sparkling aura that people associate with idols, but rather the happy, family-esque feeling of any other band who just plays because they love music and for the people who come to see them.
But musically, TOKIO's had it rough. In fact, they still have it rough to this day. Other Johnny's CD sales go over 100,000 copies sold--TOKIO's latest single (circa the writing of this post being Ai! Wanna be with you...), however, sold less than 20,000 copies. Despite the low number, TOKIO has personally refused to go through what the agency always does to rank up the charts: make more versions of a release than an RE and an LE. While other bands will release up to 4 different versions of a single in order to boost their sales, TOKIO's kept a very elegant integrity about doing things the way they want and the way they envision it. For them, an RE and an LE--as is the way that all the other normal bands go--is enough. And while they want to sell as much as anyone else does, this choice gives off the impression that they don't want to chart because of multiple copies bought by their die-hard fans, but rather because a number of people from all walks of life like the music they make and decided: hey, let's buy it!
Given that they never did well in their first few years as a debuted group (and received a lukewarm reaction to their actual debut in 1994), Johnny's stopped pushing them. And when V6 and KinKi Kids debuted, and after them Arashi came out, TOKIO was pushed even further towards the back. It was because of this, however, that TOKIO decided to work even harder, and with Joshima Leader acting as their de facto manager along with their actual manager, TOKIO managed to stay afloat until their first hit single in 2001.
Being used to independence and having to do things alone, it was no surprise when TOKIO decided to stop accepting other songwriters' songs and to write and compose everything on their own. And while they admittedly aren't the best band in the industry, what they lack they more than make up for in their attitudes, their hearts, and their honesty. With TOKIO, what you see is what you get. After working their asses off for two decades, TOKIO's been through too much to try and be fake.
With this in mind, the following songs were chosen for these reasons: 1) they were written/composed/arranged by TOKIO as a whole, or certain members of TOKIO; 2) their lyrics speak volumes of what TOKIO feels and what their experiences have been and what kind of music they want to continue making; 3) they represent the kind of sound that TOKIO wants to make now that they're independent; 4) they're important pieces of TOKIO's history as a band and all the trials they've gone through; 5) they aren't motherfucking LOVE YOU ONLY, AMBITIOUS JAPAN!, or Sorafune.
I've prepared a playlist of songs here for you guys to listen to. Furthermore, every "LYRICS" by the title is a link to the translated lyrics of each song. Enjoy!
1. ASHITA O MEZASHITE! | 明日を目指して! | "REACH FOR TOMORROW!" (Lyr + Comp: Tomoya Nagase, 2005, LYRICS)
Ashita o Mezashite! was released as a single in 2005, toted as TOKIO's first single where the titular song was 100% created by one of their members (in this case, vocalist Tomoya Nagase). Before Ashita o Mezashite! TOKIO'd already written and composed a number of songs, but all these songs were either additional songs in albums or B-sides in singles. Ashita o Mezashite!, therefore, was a huge push career-wise towards the TOKIO that we know today.
For fans of Tomoya, Ashita o Mezashite! aptly marks the beginning of his long-standing love affair with brass instruments and arrangements, and in the same way that he was young here (only 26 years old!), it's got a very young, very pure sound--sounding very much like the start of a journey. And after reading the lyrics, you'll see that maybe Tomo thought this was the start of something new, too.
2. MIAGEREBA | みあげれば | "LOOKING UP" (Lyr + Comp: Taichi Kokubun, 2014, LYRICS)
Miagereba is a B-side in the single LOVE, HOLIDAY., which is the first single TOKIO released following their announcement of no longer accepting songs from other songwriters. Taichi's always been a loud, energetic guy, but the quiet, simple sound of Miagereba shows the Taichi that we forget lurks beneath the surface. Yes, he's a happy person, and yes, he's always out to make people smile, but besides this, Taichi's also a perfectionist to the core.
The lyrics of Miagereba give the impression of the world being boring and nondescript: grey and slow. In TOKIO's earlier years, Taichi didn't even want to be a part of them (and their sloppy technique, and how it looked like nobody was taking it seriously, and how it was as if he was the only one working his ass off) and nearly quit the band. But as he grew up, his outlook on life changed, too, and while he's still too hard on himself and still got his perfectionism, he at least sees everything in a brighter way now--and he encourages everyone else to do the same.
As a side note, Taichi said the title is in hiragana instead of kanji characters because he wanted to keep it simple. I think it's a nice touch.
3. ...AS ONE (Lyr: Tatsuya Yamaguchi, Comp: Taichi Kokubun, 2012, LYRICS)
When TOKIO decided to make the 17 album in 2011, Taichi was assigned to make 3 songs. And because Taichi was too busy with all the details in the song he wrote and composed himself, he forgot about the two other songs and had to procrastinate. ...as one is one of those songs, and because he only had time to make the composition for it, he asked Tatsuya to write his lyrics for him.
According to Taichi, Tatsuya is a lyrical genius. He creates images and phrases that Taichi could never in his life write, and the ideas he wants to convey are simple, but true. ...as one talks about moving through life despite the obstacles; it says to bring only what's important and not what's expendable. And while one day everything you've done might become forgotten history, as long as you're fulfilled, then what's the harm in it?
...as one rounds up with 'all five souls in one body' and 'our friendship will never die', and if this isn't a testament to TOKIO--and how TOKIO's music might not be legendary, but they'll always have each other and that's enough--then I don't know what is.
4. LOVE, HOLIDAY. (Lyr + Comp: Tomoya Nagase, 2014, LYRICS)
LOVE, HOLIDAY. has no deeper meaning besides what it represents: TOKIO breaking free from the influence of other songwriters and moving forward with music that they want to write themselves. The fun sound of LOVE, HOLIDAY. coupled with the fun lyrics made for very fun performances with a very happy-looking TOKIO on stage, and it was personally a good thing to see. Tomoya's giant smile and Taichi jumping behind his keyboard and Mabo yelling LOVE LOVE LOVE HOLIDAY into his microphone are some unforgettable things--and remembering the fact that this is the first single marking their new life as musicians just makes that happiness swell even bigger.
5. ARCHIVE (Lyr + Comp: Tomoya Nagase, 2012, LYRICS)
The first thing you notice about archive is the heavy guitar sound to it, which Tomoya made sure of when he was composing the damn thing (in the making of you can see him testing out different guitars to see which one made the sound he was looking for, and my plain ass literally couldn't tell the difference). Growing up, Tomo was always into hard rock, and with the 17 album being TOKIO's first foray into real heavy duty songwriting, he took that chance and went with it.
Tomo's the kind of guy who sits outside, watches people go about their lives, and then grasps songs through the experiences that he sees. archive begs people to break out of the mould that surrounds them--to reach for the sky, to look for what's beyond it, because surely there's got to be more. When we were kids, we were curious. We played. We saw everything as new and amazing. And for Tomo, that attitude is what we need now.
6. SUGAR (Lyr + Comp: Tomoya Nagase, Arr: TOKIO, 2008, LYRICS)
In the same way that Ashita o Mezashite! was the first single titled after a song 100% made by a member of TOKIO, sugar is the first album titled after a song 100% made by TOKIO themselves. Earlier it was mentioned that TOKIO's concerts have this aura about them--a warmth, a feeling of family, of camaraderie and being together. And that's because to TOKIO, their fans are everything, so much so that they decided to write a love song just for them: and that's what sugar is.
Throughout their career, TOKIO'd been through a number of ups and downs, and it was usually the latter more than the former. sugar has the image of stopping suddenly in the middle of the crowd, thinking hard and remembering what it is you should do, and then moving forward with that goal in mind. For TOKIO, that goal is to keep going forward not just for themselves, but to reach the people who're waiting for them--the fans from all around who see things differently because they're so far away, but who are all that TOKIO can think about.
TOKIO says that sugar describes what it feels like for them during their tours and how far and wide they travel--how they do all of this because they want to meet with the people who've supported them throughout their trials and tribulations. It's uplifting and honest and beautiful, and the instrumental at the end especially sounds like a tribute to the people TOKIO owe everything to.
7. TOKYO DRIVE (Lyr + Comp: Tomoya Nagase, 2015, LYRICS)
TOKIO's members have volumes to speak about Tokyo Drive, and that's probably because this is the sound that they've all been waiting for. It's a fun-sounding, cool-sounding, and manly song, and TOKIO had a whole boatload of fun recording and making it happen.
When the members of TOKIO were kids, there was a phenomenon in Japan called the Band Boom, where bands were coming out left and right and would perform on music shows in these amazing costumes. When TOKIO debuted, however, the Band Boom was coming to an end, and the image that Johnny's wanted them to portray was like the complete opposite of what TOKIO envisioned (hell, they sounded more like a pop band than a rock band!).
Tokyo Drive is their redemption. The music video itself shows TOKIO dressed the exact same way bands on music shows would in the Band Boom era, and it feels a lot like a 21 year old promise fulfilled.
8. FUTURE (Lyr + Comp: Tomoya Nagase, 2013, LYRICS)
By now you must know Tomoya's trademark style of instrumentals, right? Heavy guitars are everything to him, and it really shows. Future is like the Ashita o Mezashite! of a Tomoya who's become eight years older. Tomo himself said that he only really managed to create music he can be proud of making when he was a little bit into his thirties, and Future is one mark of that.
Unlike Hontontoko, the other half of the titular Hontontoko/Future single, Future was not written with the thought of matching a drama in mind. And from the lyrics, the upbeat sound, and the generally happy/hopeful aura about it (albeit a more mature sort of hopeful from Ashita o Mezashite!), Future is the kind of song you listen to when you're down. Tomo's a huge advocate in the power of music and how much music can move or change a person, having been influenced himself since he was a kid by rockin' guitars and power chords, and Future feels a lot like him paying that debt back now that he's old enough to understand how things work--and how life can't possibly be as bad as you think it is.
9. LYRIC | リリック (Lyr + Comp: Tomoya Nagase, 2013, LYRICS)
Lyric was written as the theme song to Tomo's drama Nakuna, Hara-chan, and was actually his second attempt at making a theme song for it after he wrote a sadder one. While the lyrics are certainly very much the romantic words that they appear to be, Lyric itself marks an important part of TOKIO's career. It was TOKIO's last single to feature any extra songs written by other songwriters, and for a good reason: after Lyric, TOKIO decided that they'd become independent and do everything themselves.
Mabo calls Lyric a masterpiece; he calls it Tomo's greatest song. He also calls it a symbol of not only Tomo's maturity, but of TOKIO itself, and Tomo admitted that with Lyric, he wanted a mature sound that TOKIO hadn't yet achieved--a sound that wasn't idol-like, a sound that set them apart from the title of "idols" that they'd been given. Lyric is honest and real and true; Lyric is sung with feeling, is played with feeling, and Lyric was the catalyst with which TOKIO finally realised: we're ready to stand on our own, we've grown up enough to stand on our own, and so we're going to make our own music from now on.
Fittingly enough, after Lyric's release, Tomo became TOKIO's primary songwriter and composer, and according to Tatsuya and Mabo, it was because TOKIO'd realised that the music Tomo created was the music that represented TOKIO best.
10. HOME ~KONO BASHO~ | HOME ~この場所~ | "HOME ~THIS PLACE~" (Lyr + Comp: Taichi Kokubun, 2013, LYRICS)
We're taking a break from the guitar for now with a relaxing piece from Taichi--so relaxing that the main instruments for it come in the form of strings. In a way, if Tomo's guilty musical pleasure is brass instruments, then Taichi's is string instruments.
home is a simple song about... home. It's about a place you can find yourself again, a place where you can relax, a place where you can go when the world becomes too hard to bear. The quietness of the instruments coupled with the softness of Tomoya's voice makes a stunning effect: something that only Taichi can achieve. It also, in my opinion, is an elegant way of representing the side of TOKIO apart from the rock music they produce. Songs like home are rare to find in TOKIO's long career, but when they appear, you find a gentler version of this happy band; a mature, human side to them--an ordinary side that anyone can relate to. And honestly, you've got to listen to this side of TOKIO at least once, because it's awfully, awfully beautiful.
11. I BELIEVE (Lyr + Comp: Taichi Kokubun, Arr: Tomoya Nagase, 2015, LYRICS)
I believe comes from the Tokyo Drive single, and while Taichi jokingly said that "you guys shouldn't look into a deeper meaning for it!", it's really his perspective on the years that TOKIO's been through together as one band, one unit.
TOKIO wasn't always as close-knit as they are now. They had a huge number of creative differences, and in terms of work ethic, Taichi was always clashing with Leader especially. They'd fight and they'd yell and they'd lash out at each other almost all the time--going as far as fist fights--and it was a huge reason why Taichi nearly left the band entirely. In their earlier years, TOKIO wanted to be famous. They wanted it so badly they tried to be people they weren't, and in return, people called them drab and boring; uninteresting and plain.
But time passed, and TOKIO realised where they'd gone wrong. They realised there wasn't a point to being what they weren't, and they decided to be true to themselves. They didn't know if it was the right choice to make and they didn't know if it would help them, but they at least knew that being themselves and failing was better than being anyone else.
I believe captures all of it well, down from the "sparkling world" of fame TOKIO turned their eyes away from, and the "loud echoing of bells" heralding what might have been their disbandment that they shut their ears from. It's genius. And it's important.
12. SWITCH (Lyr + Comp: Tatsuya Yamaguchi, 2013, LYRICS)
You'll note I've recommended all the songs off the Hontontoko/Future single except Hontontoko, and that's because this single is just pivotal. It's the first single they released after Lyric, which we covered earlier, and it seems that after TOKIO'd decided they wanted to stick to Tomo's sound as a representation of who they are, Tatsuya'd gotten the message and made a Yamaguchi-esque version of it as a B-side for Tomo's single.
I could write essays about Tatsuya and his complexities, but I'll summarise it with this: he's been through a lot. All of TOKIO's been through a lot. And switch has this message of releasing everything you've been through--all the weight you've been carrying throughout life finally let loose in the wind--and that this act of release will make it easier for you to keep moving forward. And the further you go, the closer you'll get to finding it: a "rusty switch" to help you smile honestly again, from the heart.
If Future encourages you, and home tells you to find your own place of relaxation when the world gets too hard, then switch teaches you how to be free. These three songs being part of the Hontontoko/Future single one after the other gives a stronger message put together than set apart, I think, and it gives the whole single a healing effect.
13. THE COURSE OF LIFE (Lyr + Comp: Taichi Kokubun, 2012, LYRICS)
Taichi wrote this song with the express purpose of Tomo to sing it. Tomo texted Taichi after recording this saying: "Thank you so much for letting me sing your song." And Taichi, who's been through hell and back, broke down into tears after reading it.
Of all the members, I think Taichi has the most powerful feelings regarding the band second to Leader, especially the fact that after everything, TOKIO's still together, and TOKIO's become a family, and TOKIO loves each other and will be there for each other no matter what. The Course of Life is a song about walking down twisted paths together no matter what, about how you can never make it alone. With a powerful instrumental backing it up, and the strong, leading vocals of the boy TOKIO's said themselves has been pulling them along this journey, it represents a lot of things about how much TOKIO's matured and how far they've come, and how far they've yet to travel.
It's a song about being proud of everything they've done and about how they're proud of it together. And it's so important that when Tomo thanked Taichi for letting him sing it, Taichi couldn't stop himself from crying.
14. JIYUUNA NA NO MOTO NI | 自由な名の下に | "UNDER A FREE NAME" (Lyr: Shigeru Joshima, Comp: Taichi Kokubun, 2012, LYRICS)
Leader never minds being the butt of TOKIO's jokes, and these days TOKIO says that they're the ones taking care of Leader more than the other way around, but that's because Leader's worked so hard to keep TOKIO afloat that he deserves to be the one to relax now. To Leader, TOKIO is family. To him, TOKIO is such a big chunk of who he is, that without it he would just be Shigeru Joshima and not Leader Shigeru Joshima, and that's something he simply cannot accept.
Leader's the eldest in the band, and so he's watched everyone grow with something of a parental eye. Coming from a broken family himself (consisting of just him and his mother), TOKIO became a set of people for Leader to love and trust in a way that he couldn't really do before. He's protective of TOKIO, strongly passionate about his feelings for TOKIO, and while you could never tell he felt so intensely for them behind his lighthearted smile and his multiple puns, TOKIO has been woven so intimately into Leader's soul that he can't imagine himself anywhere else.
Jiyuuna Na no Moto ni speaks honestly of TOKIO's trials and tribulations in the same way I believe does, but from the perspective of someone mature who'd been through a hell of a lot in life already before TOKIO even came to debut. It speaks of the shit TOKIO went through, of all the pressure they were under, of all the scars they had; how finally they've found a cloud of their own whose shade they can rest under--the cloud of their name, the cloud named TOKIO.
They're comfortable with who they are and comfortable with where they've come. And more than that, they love what they've become together: TOKIO, a name of freedom.
15. LOVE YOU ONLY (TOK10 VER.) (Lyr: Tetsuo Kudou, Comp: Takashi Tsushimi, Arr: TOKIO, 2004, LYRICS)
I'm ending this list with a classic, except not quite the classic that you're all used to. TOKIO performs LOVE YOU ONLY all the time on music shows, but they never play the version they re-arranged for their 10th anniversary, which I honestly find a damn shame.
It's a running gag that TOKIO mentions how disappointed they were with the circumstances of their debut. They were told they were going to be a band playing instruments, like a rock band, but their debut song was immature and pop-sounding and they were so god damn sad about it. Now flash-forward ten years and TOKIO decided: to hell with it, why not make it sound the way we wanted it to sound? This is what this version represents, and that's what makes it so important.
The TOK10 version of LOVE YOU ONLY sounds way more mature than the song they debuted with, and is, for lack of a better word, a more "proper" love song. It also shows a huge change in the awkward kids that first took the stage in 1994 and the band who became more sure of themselves as they grew up together, and in that light, it feels like a good way to wrap up a long list of songs.
Some things change and some things stay the same. LOVE YOU ONLY is the same song they've been singing for years--except it grew up with them. And TOKIO isn't done growing up yet.


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As a doctor who sees patients with labral tears, there's allot of confusion among patients about what's injured when they hear the word "labrum". Think about the labrum as the lip around the socket where the ball of the femur bone (hip bone) inserts. I've seen a number of patients get surgery for a torn labrum in the hip, some with good results, some not so good. Why? One of the issues appears to be the very large amounts of traction that need to be pulled on the hip to get the arthroscope into the hip. This can cause the major nerve of the leg to loose the ability to transmit signals as well as extreme stretching of critical hip ligaments. The second reason likely has more to do with the same reason meniscus surgeries have recently come under fire, removing parts and pieces of a joint as part of what we medical types call "debridement" may sometimes cause more problems than it solves. For example, this removeal of important structural tissue from the hip may cause a retear of the hip labrum. How can a torn hip labrum cause problems in the first place? Realize that the labrum is one of the things that helps the hip bone (femur) stay in it's socket. So a tear may cause small amounts of extrra motion, especially with movement out to the side (as in figure skaters, horse back riding, and gymnastics). So if the repair of the torn labrum in the hip can actually help the lip of the hip socket (labrum) mend without adding additional trauma, then the surgery will be sucessful. However, if it's just a "cut out the bad part" type surgery, then it may make the problem worse. Is there a better way without surgery and pulling 80-100 pounds of traction? Yes, we've had good success with injecting the patient's own stem cells into the tear in the labrum, which helps provide new tissue and heal the tear. This procedure can be done through an injection, without the need for surgery and as a result, with much quicker recovery and less down time.
January 10, 2009
Surgery for a Torn Labrum in Hip?
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I had a recent MRI which revealed a labrum tear, and inflamed tendon, and an old fracture (healed) of my left hip. My pain though doesnt make sense to my doctor. I dont hurt in the groin area, but rather more on the side and going towards the left gludias maximus. They treated me for bursitis with 2 shots over a month and physical therapy. It didnt help relieve the pain. I also had a radiologist give me a steroid / numbing shot directly into the socket which relieved the side hip pain but only for 2 weeks. The doc is now talking traction / arthoscopis surgery but didnt sound too optimistic that it would help with the side pain. Im suffering and unsure what to do. Im a young athletic 40 that rides a stationary bike 5 times a week (60 min) and works out with weights. Im not ready to retire to the couch and live on painkillers
Comment by Jesse Andrews — May 7, 2009 @ 3:47 pm
Ive been to 3 orthopedic doctors since July 2008. Two of them said it was simply bursitis and gave me injections. Neither injection helped.
I also have been seeing my internal medicine family doctor frequently. He has sent me to physical therapy numerous times where im treated with ice, stretching, accupuncture, and Iono something (steroid on a bandaid with a small device that pushes it into the tissue).
Finally my family doc sent me to the Hip specialist in Boise Idaho who said that my tear cant be causing side hip pain but there was a way to see for sure. He had a radiologist inject a numbing agent plus steroid into the hip socket. The thinking was that if my side and butt pain went away then somehow the labrum tear was causing that pain. The shot in fact did take away the side pain and butt pain. Although it only lasted two weeks.
The hip doc is now saying "lets go in and clean up the tear and hope that fixes the side pain for you"
Frankly Im at a loss on what to do. Ice and advil dont help much but surgery with traction doesnt sound like its a sure bet to help me.
Ive literally seen all the docs in my small town area plus the specialist in Boise and am out of options for opinions.
Comment by Jesse Andrews — May 7, 2009 @ 5:10 pm
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She then proceeded to pour boiling water from the kettle into the pewter pot. I was expecting her to wash it out – after all she had just told me that it had been sitting in her cabinet for 22 years. But she didn't dump the water! Instead, she carefully added tea to the now dirty water.
Her scones were delicious and I ate two thinking this might be my last meal.
This little tea cup mini album is not very serious or elegant, but rather more like a child's tea party. And it is very sweet indeed!
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Okay Connie fans, get yourself all nice and comfy, today's post is full of awesomeness! It's Take $2 Tuesday so that means that Connie has two of her fabulous kits on sale for only $2 each. What's in the sale bin today? Be Bright and Be Merry! These two kits were part of the This and That series and are two of my favorite holiday inspired kits. You will love working with them! Their coordinating add-on packs are only $1 each for today only as well.
Winter Wishes has made it's debut in the Gotta Pixel GGI Sale. You can pick up seven fun filled packs for only $1 each and all the add-on packs are $1.25.
For 12 days beginning 12/13 through 12/24 there will be a new "special" sale in my stores at Ginger Scraps, Gotta Pixel, & The Digi Chick! Stop by each day to find out what's on sale!
Here's your 3rd Day of Christmas Special!
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Only two more days left to pick up the December 2015 Template Bundle set on sale! After tomorrow they will all be added separately into the stores at full price. If you like templates this is a monthly must get deal!
You can find these at Ginger Scraps, Gotta Pixel, or The Digi Chick.
Today's freebie is a cluster frame/quick starter that I made using Happy Holiday. Enjoy and have a terrific Tuesday!
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I blogged a few weeks ago about a volunteer retreat we did with our high school ministry team. Several people have asked on social media for more specifics of what we covered, so here you go! More details from the 24 hours getaway!
- Arrival – everyone drives themselves to the location after work and we start with a lost checkin and then dinner. Some fun casual hangout time, fun, relaxing.
- Dinner – food, food food!
- First session – this session explained the purpose of retreat and established the guidelines and theme of the event. This was a guest speaker and more of a lecture format. It probably went too long, but was a good start to the event. I think a little "less is more" would work well in this spot.
- Free time – we had gobs of board games, card games and snacks so everyone could just hang out in to the wee hoursof the morning. It was so fun – easily my favorite part of the whole retreat. Played spoons, ate treats and laughed hard until really late.
- Sleep! Can't go on a "rest" retreat and not carve out real time to sleep!
- Breakfast – simple breakfast window of time for simple breakfast foods one of our volunteers laid all out.
- Retreat solo time – after some introduction everyone was given a handout that included some very powerful exercises on rest, silence, reflection, prayer and more. It was the best session of the event, I also got in a quick nap.
- Share time – this was some time to divide into small groups and prayed over each other. Such good stuff!
- Lunch – got to eat! Delicious food is essentail.
- Reflection time – we did a "year behind, year ahead" exercise with some fun times of drawing, prayer and refelction. This execise was pretty great too. There was even a part of taking your shoes off and reflecting on yourr journey, which was a little weird at first, but I really like it.
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Realising intelligent virtual design
Whitfield, R.I. and Duffy, A.H.B. and Wu, Z. (2006) Realising intelligent virtual design. In: Second International Conference on Design Computing and Cognition (DCC'06), Intelletigent Virtual Design Environments Workshop, 2006-07-09.
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This paper presents a vision and focus for the CAD Centre research: the Intelligent Design Assistant (IDA). The vision is based upon the assumption that the human and computer can operate symbiotically, with the computer providing support for the human within the design process. Recently however the focus has been towards the development of integrated design platforms that provide general support irrespective of the domain, to a number of distributed collaborative designers. This is illustrated within the successfully completed Virtual Reality Ship (VRS) virtual platform, and the challenges are discussed further within the NECTISE, SAFEDOR and VIRTUE projects.
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P&Z continues hearing on marijuana dispensary
WINSTED — More details on an application for a special permit to open a medical marijuana dispensary in Winsted were shared at a Planning and Zoning Commission public hearing in Winsted on Monday, Feb. 26.
Many issues were raised. The hearing has been continued to Monday, March 12, at 7 p.m. at Town Hall.
The proposed location for the dispensary is the former Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) building at 100 New Hartford Road.


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Physical Turtle at PyCon UK
I really enjoyed PyCon UK this year. I saw/listened to some great talks on the Friday but had to miss most of Saturdays talks through being in the Education Track. This was really exciting and I learnt a little bit more about how the new ICT curriculum might pan out. Nicholas Tollervy has written this up with his usual verve – I suggest you go take a look.
I gave a talk on the Physical Turtle module and the main thing I
have to do here is to link to all the usefull things that back it up. So, here we are:
- The PyPI site where you can download the latest version and see some of these links…
- The BitBucket repo. Plese dig in.
- BitBucket repo for a number of presentations on this subject. Not always slides as such, but a turtle based series of dynamic pages. The presentation mechanism has grown over time, and will no doubt change again.
- And of course this very blog. Look for things tagged 'turtle'.
Enjoy reading, and get in touch: 'mike at mikedeplume dot com'
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If you're like me, you were so very envious when PlayStation 3 added Amazon Instant Video support and left the Xbox 360 behind on streaming options. Well, good news, the Xbox 360 has finally been updated with support for Amazon Instant Video. Here's a press release from Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon:
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You can already stream Prime Instant Videos on your Kindle Fire, your PlayStation 3, your Roku, and hundreds of other TVs, Blu-ray players, and set-top boxes. Today, we're excited to announce that the Xbox 360 joins the fold.
We've also just added a new Watchlist feature, which helps you keep track of the movies and TV episodes you want to view later. You can add favorites and new discoveries to your list—then come back anytime to watch instantly. Try it on your Xbox 360, Kindle Fire, or your browser on PC & Mac … and Watchlist is coming soon to PlayStation 3 and Roku.
With instant streaming of thousands of movies and TV episodes, Free Two-Day Shipping on millions of items, and over 145,000 Kindle books to borrow for free from the Kindle Owners' Lending Library, Amazon Prime is an outstanding value and remains only $79 a year. Millions of people have already joined Prime. You can sign up for a one-month free trial today.
Thanks for being a customer.
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Real Estate News
Grand Strand real estate market no longer dependent on lower priced sales
Single-family home sales jumped 11.5 percent in June from June 2013 in Horry and Georgetown counties, enough of a surge to push the year's mostly tepid sales activity up nearly 2 points to a 6 percent growth over the first half of last year.
But the real story lies in a closer examination of what's happening.
"I think we are looking at a shift in the market," said Laura Crowther, CEO of the Coastal Carolinas Association of Realtors.
No longer is the area's real estate market dependent on sales of homes priced $150,000 and below, according to numbers from SiteTech Systems. The growth area in June, and indeed for all of 2014 so far, has been in homes in the $200,000 to $400,000 price range.
The same is true throughout the state, S.C. Realtors reported, where sales from Charleston and Myrtle Beach to Greenville grew in the middle and upper price range while the activity at lower price points slowed.
And a 10K Research and Marketing report showed that sales of homes priced from $200,000 to $250,000 surged by 23 percent in June.
Marvin Heyd, president of Prudential Myrtle Beach Real Estate, said sales at his company grew by 20 percent to 30 percent during June, making it one of the better Junes in recent times.
"Everything just fell into place," he said.
Not only that, but Heyd said the sales surge came at a time when many available properties are rented for the season and more difficult to show than at other times of the year.
Except for March, sales every month since January have either been flat or even down a little this year, a distinct change from the first six months of 2013, when the area's market was showing its first sustained growth since the real estate bubble burst several years earlier.
March sales were up 13.4 percent from a year earlier, but came crashing down to a drop of more than 6 percent in April compared to April 2013.
But even then, according to SiteTech Systems, homes in the middle price range were the bulwark.
SiteTech reported that 204 homes priced between $200,000 and $400,000 sold in Horry and Georgetown counties in June, 93 more than in the second highest selling price range, $150,000 to $200,000.
For the year, 990 homes priced $200,000 to $400,000 have sold, 387 more than the second highest range, $100,000 to $150,000.
The June surge helped propel Michelle Duncan, Realtor at Prudential Myrtle Beach, to her second agent of the month award.
Duncan said she closed on five homes during the month for a total she thought was around $600,000, a number she corrected to $730,000 after checking.
"I really don't keep up with all those numbers," said Duncan, a former Horry County educator.
Duncan believes that July is going to look pretty good, based on pending sales. She said that there is a noticeable hump of sales pending in the $120,000 to $175,000 range, which should help make July another significant month.
Indeed, the 10K report shows the same outlook, with 715 pending sales at the end of June, up 34.4 percent from June 2013.
The same good news that enveloped the single-family home market in June did not extend to condominiums, which continued to lag behind 2013 sales.
Crowther said she thinks at least part of the reason for the bounding single-family home market is that there are relatively fewer distressed properties for sale, again a trend not as robust in the condo market.
Much of the lower-price activity in single-family homes that carried the market through much of the recession has fallen away, Crowther said, which has shifted the focus to homes that cost more.
The move is very significant as it will tend to raise prices at all levels. The median sales price for single-family homes in June, $193,929, is up 5.1 percent since the first of the year.
Duncan, who is still on the low side of two years as a Realtor, said she left education because it was getting more frustrating than rewarding, a dynamic she hasn't found true in real estate.
She said she expects to reach Prudential's $3 million 2014 sales goal for her sometime this month. And she's already upped her personal goal for the year to $4 million in sales.
"This is a very rewarding job," she said. "You make people happy."


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Last Tuesday night's postponement at Mansfield Town due to a waterlogged pitch, may well turn out to be the key moment in the season for Crawley Town head coach Gabriele Cioffi and his side.
Reds' last fixture was a 3-0 home win against Crewe Alexandra on November 24.
When Crawley Town next take to the field at home to Northampton Town this Saturday, the players would have had a full two weeks' worth of training and rest.
Hopefully that mini-break will prove to be absolutely key for the busy Christmas period ahead.
So how has the season gone up to now?
Take the cups out of the equation then I'd say pretty good.
Having been knocked out of all four cup competitions, by Bristol Rovers, Gillingham, Southend Utd and the mighty Haywards Heath Town, we now find ourselves with just the league to focus on.
Which may not be a bad thing at all. (Unless your name's Yusuf Mersin!)
Reds are just five points from the play-offs and ten from the drop zone.
Which is an excellent place to be, considering all the nonsense with Harry Kewell at the start of the season. Look how that ended up.
Well played Harry!
It's now down to our Italian stallion Gabriele Cioffi to achieve something no Crawley manager has ever achieved before and take the Reds into the play-offs.
Do we have enough talent and quality in the side to achieve this? Yes.
If, and it's a big if, we can keep our main players like Ollie Palmer, Glenn Morris, Filipe Morais and Josh Payne injury-free.
The squad would certainly be lifted by a certain Jimmy Smith returning to the team as well.
Jimmy is a huge loss to the side with his work-rate, leadership and goals.
Hopefully it won't be much longer before our midfield maestro returns.
I read somewhere the other day that Lewis Young has five assists this season, which is the second best in League Two.
That is an excellent statistic, and hopefully Lewis will continue to play with the freedom to get forward and create.
One last thing I would like to comment on is the support which has been absolutely fantastic home and away up to now.
We can play a massive part in which direction this season goes by continuing to back the Reds to the hilt.
You just can't beat travelling hundreds of miles from home and singing your hearts out for your home town club.
Mr Cioffi and the boys, if you'd like to reward the fans with a Christmas present, please can we have an away win to celebrate.
Any away win will do!
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Thursday, August 24, 2006
Nerves of Steel--Not!
In September, I'm teaching my first online course ever, for my local RWA chapter. The course is called "Never Give Up--The Stubborn Person's Road to Publication." In it, I'm going to try to give struggling writers tips on how to stay in the game for the long haul.
I'm excited to do it, because I'd love to help motivate people who are in the throes of frustration, as I was for many years. But it's also a scary prospect because I've never done anything like this before. It's amazing how intimidating that first time can be--even though I'm confident I know my material and know intellectually that I can handle it. It's just that I can't reach back into any well of experience to tell myself "You've done this before, you can do it again." (If anyone's interested in signing up for this class, you can find more details here.)
Of course, I've also never had a book commercially published before, so (as you know if you've been reading my posts lately) I'm one big raw nerve right now anyway. October 31st (the official release date for Watchers in the Night) can't come soon enough!
To make matters worse, my agent will also be shopping my urban fantasy novel. I've sold four books now. You'd think that would mean I'd be calm, cool, and collected about this whole submission process, right? Nope! The submission process still makes me anxious, especially now that I'm submitting in a second genre. I also really, really love this book, and I really hope it sells. (My agent doesn't seem to worried about that--it's wonderful to have someone have so much confidence in me--but after so many rejections on my road to publication, I can't help my pessimistic tendencies.)
So, any writers out there who think everything will suddenly become easy once you sell--I hate to disillusion you, but it just plain doesn't. And I'm very thankful that there are a whole lot of published authors in my local RWA chapter who were able to warn me of this phenomenon in advance. I think if it weren't for them, I'd have been really shocked to find myself in this state. It's good to know I'm not the only one.


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Travelodge hunts agency for £2m expansion task
Budget hotel brand Travelodge is looking for an advertising agency for its £2m business. The campaign forms part of the brand's plan for expansion under its new owner.
Private equity group Permira bought Travelodge and sister company Little Chef from Compass in December for £712m. Permira said it planned "significant" investment in both brands.
Marketing director Peter Halsey is overseeing the review. He has been using Satellite Creative, based in Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire, for tactical advertising but is now looking for "a bigger brand advertising agency".
Mediaedge:CIA Manchester was appointed to handle media planning and buying in January.
Halsey was sales and marketing director until June last year when the responsibilities were split. Stuart Honey took over the sales director role (MW June 20, 2002).
Travelodge has 236 properties and plans to open more hotels this year. Grant Hearn, former Hilton UK and Ireland president and a previous managing director of low-cost rival Travel Inn, joined the new company Travelodge Little Chef in January as chief executive.
The low-cost chains have proved the most resilient in the hotel sector during the economic downturn and the drop in tourist numbers since the war on Iraq. Travel Inn, the leader in the budget sector, reported full-year results early last month showing occupancy up one per cent to 82 per cent and like-for-like sales up 6.1 per cent compared with last year.
Travel Inn recently appointed HHCL/Red Cell to its advertising account.


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- Alternative / Indie
- Rock
The original idea was an electro album, with saturated guitars in the place of traditional synthesizers's sounds. Minimalist percussions inside noisy ambients. Soft rhythms, very light and ethereal, in general. Progressive, even.
But when I started to record, ideas took another direction. The guitars were made with the almost complete domination of the sound. The acustic drums appeared and the original elegant ambient dried. Electronic arrangements and programmations became the background. The music turned in something direct and powerful.
The soft sounds and quiet scenes turned into rage.
The result is "sevants", classic rock and blues inspired riffs that flirt with the industrial sound.
Some influences … White Stripes, NIN, a day of rage, abandoned industrial buildings, rust, drunk steps, Grinderman…