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September 2009

July 2009

Save Money The Scottish Way

by rax262
The Scottish have long been famed for their frugality and practicality. Henry Duncan, a Scottish minister, founded the world's first commercial savings bank. Adam Smith, one of the most famous figures in economics also hailed from Scotland.

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June 2009

May 2009

Alt-w Fund | New Media Scotland

by karlcow

Initiated by Scottish Screen in 2000 the Alt-w Fund supports the development of new artworks, devices and creative applications that challenge the notions of what networked or web-based digital creativity can be.

About | New Media Scotland

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Scottish Arts Council

New Media Scotland is a national development agency fostering artist and audience engagement with all forms of new media practice.

February 2009

December 2008

Amazon.co.uk: Japanese Whisky, Scotch Blend: The Japanese Whisky King and His Scotch Wife Rita: Olive Checkland: Books

by sbrothier
In the early 1920s, Masataka Taketsuru came to Scotland from Japan to learn how to distil whisky. While in Scotland he married Rita Cowan, of Kirkintilloch, who left Scotland with him to live in Japan for forty years, never to return home. She died in 1961. This is an illustrated story of one man's determination to succeed, both in business and love. It is also the story of a young girl's move to a land far away, of strange customs and even stranger language, her joys and heartaches. It is also the incredible story of how whisky is made to perfection thousands of miles away from its cultural 'home', and the history of its development within Japan up to the present day.

Scotland loses "best whisky in world" title to Japan - Times Online

by sbrothier
LIKE English wine, it has suffered from the taint of inauthenticity and has been the butt of condescending jokes. But now Japanese whisky has scotched its critics by being voted the best in the world, ahead of its Scottish rivals. Yoichi 20-year-old, distilled on the shores of the Sea of Japan, has become the first variety produced outside Scotland to win the coveted single malt award in an international competition run by Whisky Magazine, the industry bible.

Nonjatta: Japanese Whisky History (1854-1918) - The Jurassic Period

by sbrothier
It is not really in the interests of Japan's big two distillers to tell you too much about it but Japanese whisky had a prehistory. If you listen to the official versions from Nikka or Suntory, Japanese whisky started with a bang in 1919 or 1924. They have slightly different versions of the creation myth, emphasising the role of either Masataka Taketsuru or Shinjiro Torii in bringing the gospel of authentic whisky from Scotland, but basically they agree: quite suddenly, out of the blue, Japan started making proper Scotch style whisky.

The Founder | NIKKA WHISKY

by sbrothier
In 1918, Masataka Taketsuru embarked alone on a long voyage to Scotland. In this distant land the secrets of whisky-making would be imparted to this young Japanese man, and here he would meet the woman who would become his bride. Masataka Taketsuru was born in the coastal town of Takehara (now Takehara City) about 60km from Hiroshima City. The Taketsuru family owned a "sake"(Japanese brew made form fermented rice) brewery that goes back to 1733-- and continues to produce fine sake today, in 2004. Taught early that sake making is a painstaking fine art, Masataka studied diligently and trained at university as a chemist, preparing to carry on the family trade.

November 2008

JISC RSC Scotland N&E: AccessApps

by knann (via)
50 open source and freeware assistive technology applications which can be entirely used from a USB stick on a Windows compute

October 2008

Adam Christie SEO Scotland

by e_D_D_y
I am an SEO consultant working both as a freelancer and consulting for Netpromote Ltd. I'm based in Crieff, Scotland.

September 2008

Nonjatta: Japanese Whisky History (1918-1919): Unlocking Scotland, Part I

by sbrothier
On Thursday April 17, 1919, Masataka Taketsuru walked into the ramshackle wooden buildings of Glasgow`s Buchanan Street Station and boarded the Caledonian Railway train going north. It was a historic moment.

July 2008

May 2008

April 2008

BBC NEWS | UK | Scotland | Edinburgh, East and Fife | No sex for all-girl fish species

by karlcow

A fish species, which is all female, has survived for 70,000 years without reproducing sexually, experts believe.

February 2008

January 2008

violence des batailles de gangs à Londres

by karlcow

"La violence des batailles de gangs à Londres a toujours existé, mais c'est leur intensité qui est nouvelle. Les jeunes criminels portent non seulement des couteaux à longue lame, des cutters ou des hachettes mais aussi des revolvers pour défendre un prétendu territoire, comme si c'était la seule chose au monde qu'ils possèdent", explique le commandant Shaun Sawyer, l'un des chefs de l'anti-gang de Scotland Yard.

November 2007

The Gortein Croft by Loch Fyne, Argyll in Scotland: self catering holiday accommodation

by jey
Great cottage, as close to the sea loch as possible. Kitchen blessed by an Aga but missing a freezer (not even an icebox). Plenty of living room, good views of the loch from most rooms. Next to the road but little traffic,only the sound of the burn

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