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Excel Formulas in View
If you're new to Excel, you'll soon find that it's more than just a grid in which you enter numbers in columns or rows. Sure, you can use Excel to find totals for a column or row of numbers, but you can also calculate a mortgage payment, solve math or engineering problems, or find a best case scenario based on variable numbers that you plug in.
Excel does this by using formulas in cells. A formula performs calculations or other actions on the data in your worksheet. A formula always starts with an equal sign (=), which can be followed by numbers, math operators (like a + or – sign for addition or subtraction), and built-in Excel functions, which can really expand the power of a formula.
For example, the following formula multiplies 2 by 3 and then adds 5 to that result to come up with the answer, 11.
Here are some additional examples of formulas that you can enter in a worksheet.
- =A1+A2+A3 Adds the values in cells A1, A2, and A3.
- =SUM(A1:A10) Uses the SUM function to return sum of the values in A1 through A10.
- =TODAY() Returns the current date.
- =UPPER("hello") Converts the text "hello" to "HELLO" by using the UPPER function.
- =IF(A1>0) Uses the IF function to test the cell A1 to determine if it contains a value greater than 0.
The parts of an Excel formula
A formula can also contain any or all of the following: functions, references, operators, and constants.
Parts of a formula
1. Functions: The PI() function returns the value of pi: 3.142…
2. References: A2 returns the value in cell A2.
3. Constants: Numbers or text values entered directly into a formula, such as 2.
4. Operators: The ^ (caret) operator raises a number to a power, and the * (asterisk) operator multiplies numbers.
Using constants in Excel formulas
A constant is a value that is not calculated; it always stays the same. For example, the date 10/9/2008, the number 210, and the text "Quarterly Earnings" are all constants. An expression or a value resulting from an expression is not a constant. If you use constants in a formula instead of references to cells (for example, =30+70+110), the result changes only if you modify the formula. In general, it's best to place constants in individual cells where they can be easily changed if needed, then reference those cells in formulas.
Using calculation operators in Excel formulas
Operators specify the type of calculation that you want to perform on the elements of a formula. Excel follows general mathematical rules for calculations, which is Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication and Division, and Addition and Subtraction, or the acronym PEMDAS (Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally). Using parentheses allows you to change that calculation order.
Types of operators. There are four different types of calculation operators: arithmetic, comparison, text concatenation, and reference.
Arithmetic operators
To perform basic mathematical operations, such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division; combine numbers; and produce numeric results, use the following arithmetic operators.
Comparison operators
You can compare two values with the following operators. When two values are compared by using these operators, the result is a logical value—either TRUE or FALSE.
Text concatenation operator
Use the ampersand (&) to concatenate (join) one or more text strings to produce a single piece of text.
Reference operators
Combine ranges of cells for calculations with the following operators.
The order in which Excel performs operations in formulas
In some cases, the order in which a calculation is performed can affect the return value of the formula, so it's important to understand how the order is determined and how you can change the order to obtain the results you want.
Calculation order
Formulas calculate values in a specific order. A formula in Excel always begins with an equal sign (=). Excel interprets the characters that follow the equal sign as a formula. Following the equal sign are the elements to be calculated (the operands), such as constants or cell references. These are separated by calculation operators. Excel calculates the formula from left to right, according to a specific order for each operator in the formula.
Operator precedence in Excel formulas
If you combine several operators in a single formula, Excel performs the operations in the order shown below. If a formula contains operators with the same precedence—for example, if a formula contains both a multiplication and division operator—Excel evaluates the operators from left to right.
Using parentheses in Excel formulas
To change the order of evaluation, enclose in parentheses the part of the formula to be calculated first. For example, the following formula produces 11 because Excel performs multiplication before addition. The formula multiplies 2 by 3 and then adds 5 to the result.
In contrast, if you use parentheses to change the syntax, Excel adds 5 and 2 together and then multiplies the result by 3 to produce 21.
In the following example, the parentheses that enclose the first part of the formula force Excel to calculate B4+25 first and then divide the result by the sum of the values in cells D5, E5, and F5.
Using functions and nested functions in Excel formulas
Functions are predefined formulas that perform calculations by using specific values, called arguments, in a particular order, or structure. Functions can be used to perform simple or complex calculations. You can find all of Excel's functions on the Formulas tab on the Ribbon:
Excel function syntax
The following example of the ROUND function rounding off a number in cell A10 illustrates a function's syntax.
1. Structure. The structure of a function begins with an equal sign (=), followed by the function name, an opening parenthesis, the arguments for the function separated by commas, and a closing parenthesis.
2. Function name. For a list of available functions, click a cell and press SHIFT+F3, which will launch the Insert Function dialog.
3. Arguments. Arguments can be numbers, text, logical values such as TRUE or FALSE, arrays, error values such as #N/A, or cell references. The argument you designate must produce a valid value for that argument. Arguments can also be constants, formulas, or other functions.
4. Argument tooltip. A tooltip with the syntax and arguments appears as you type the function. For example, type =ROUND( and the tooltip appears. Tooltips appear only for built-in functions.
NOTE: You don't need to type functions in all caps, like =ROUND, as Excel will automatically capitalize the function name for you once you press enter. If you misspell a function name, like =SUME(A1:A10) instead of =SUM(A1:A10), then Excel will return a #NAME? error.
Entering Excel functions
When you create a formula that contains a function, you can use the Insert Function dialog box to help you enter worksheet functions. Once you select a function from the Insert Function dialog Excel will launch a function wizard, which displays the name of the function, each of its arguments, a description of the function and each argument, the current result of the function, and the current result of the entire formula.
To make it easier to create and edit formulas and minimize typing and syntax errors, use Formula AutoComplete. After you type an = (equal sign) and beginning letters of a function, Excel displays a dynamic drop-down list of valid functions, arguments, and names that match those letters. You can then select one from the drop-down list and Excel will enter it for you.
Nesting Excel functions
In certain cases, you may need to use a function as one of the arguments of another function. For example, the following formula uses a nested AVERAGE function and compares the result with the value 50.
1. The AVERAGE and SUM functions are nested within the IF function.
Valid returns When a nested function is used as an argument, the nested function must return the same type of value that the argument uses. For example, if the argument returns a TRUE or FALSE value, the nested function must return a TRUE or FALSE value. If the function doesn't, Excel displays a #VALUE! error value.
Nesting level limits A formula can contain up to seven levels of nested functions. When one function (we'll call this Function B) is used as an argument in another function (we'll call this Function A), Function B acts as a second-level function. For example, the AVERAGE function and the SUM function are both second-level functions if they are used as arguments of the IF function. A function nested within the nested AVERAGE function is then a third-level function, and so on.
Using References in Excel Formulas
A reference identifies a cell or a range of cells on a worksheet, and tells Excel where to look for the values or data you want to use in a formula. You can use references to use data contained in different parts of a worksheet in one formula or use the value from one cell in several formulas. You can also refer to cells on other sheets in the same workbook, and to other workbooks. References to cells in other workbooks are called links or external references.
The A1 reference style
By default, Excel uses the A1 reference style, which refers to columns with letters (A through XFD, for a total of 16,384 columns) and refers to rows with numbers (1 through 1,048,576). These letters and numbers are called row and column headings. To refer to a cell, enter the column letter followed by the row number. For example, B2 refers to the cell at the intersection of column B and row 2.
Making a reference to a cell or a range of cells on another worksheet in the same workbook
In the following example, the AVERAGE function calculates the average value for the range B1:B10 on the worksheet named Marketing in the same workbook.
1. Refers to the worksheet named Marketing
2. Refers to the range of cells from B1 to B10
3. The exclamation point (!) Separates the worksheet reference from the cell range reference
NOTE: If the referenced worksheet has spaces or numbers in it, then you need to add apostrophes (') before and after the worksheet name, like ='123′!A1 or ='January Revenue'!A1.
The difference between Absolute, Relative and Mixed References
Relative references:
A relative cell reference in a formula, such as A1, is based on the relative position of the cell that contains the formula and the cell the reference refers to. If the position of the cell that contains the formula changes, the reference is changed. If you copy or fill the formula across rows or down columns, the reference automatically adjusts. By default, new formulas use relative references. For example, if you copy or fill a relative reference in cell B2 to cell B3, it automatically adjusts from =A1 to =A2.
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Absolute references:
An absolute cell reference in a formula, such as $A$1, always refer to a cell in a specific location. If the position of the cell that contains the formula changes, the absolute reference remains the same. If you copy or fill the formula across rows or down columns, the absolute reference does not adjust. By default, new formulas use relative references, so you may need to switch them to absolute references. For example, if you copy or fill an absolute reference in cell B2 to cell B3, it stays the same in both cells: =$A$1.
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Mixed references:
A mixed reference has either an absolute column and relative row, or absolute row and relative column. An absolute column reference takes the form $A1, $B1, and so on. An absolute row reference takes the form A$1, B$1, and so on. If the position of the cell that contains the formula changes, the relative reference is changed, and the absolute reference does not change. If you copy or fill the formula across rows or down columns, the relative reference automatically adjusts, and the absolute reference does not adjust. For example, if you copy or fill a mixed reference from cell A2 to B3, it adjusts from =A$1 to =B$1.
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The 3-D Reference Style
Conveniently referencing multiple worksheets: If you want to analyze data in the same cell or range of cells on multiple worksheets within a workbook, use a 3-D reference. A 3-D reference includes the cell or range reference, preceded by a range of worksheet names. Excel uses any worksheets stored between the starting and ending names of the reference.
For example, =SUM(Sheet2:Sheet13!B5) adds all the values contained in cell B5 on all the worksheets between and including Sheet 2 and Sheet 13.
- You can use 3-D references to refer to cells on other sheets, to define names, and to create formulas by using the following functions: SUM, AVERAGE, AVERAGEA, COUNT, COUNTA, MAX, MAXA, MIN, MINA, PRODUCT, STDEV.P, STDEV.S, STDEVA, STDEVPA, VAR.P, VAR.S, VARA, and VARPA.
- 3-D references cannot be used in array formulas.
- 3-D references cannot be used with the intersection operator (a single space) or in formulas that use implicit intersection.
What occurs when you move, copy, insert, or delete worksheets: The following examples explain what happens when you move, copy, insert, or delete worksheets that are included in a 3-D reference. The examples use the formula =SUM(Sheet2:Sheet6!A2:A5) to add cells A2 through A5 on worksheets 2 through 6.
- Insert or copy If you insert or copy sheets between Sheet2 and Sheet6 (the endpoints in this example), Excel includes all values in cells A2 through A5 from the added sheets in the calculations.
- Delete If you delete sheets between Sheet2 and Sheet6, Excel removes their values from the calculation.
- Move If you move sheets from between Sheet2 and Sheet6 to a location outside the referenced sheet range, Excel removes their values from the calculation.
- Move an endpoint If you move Sheet2 or Sheet6 to another location in the same workbook, Excel adjusts the calculation to accommodate the new range of sheets between them.
- Delete an endpoint If you delete Sheet2 or Sheet6, Excel adjusts the calculation to accommodate the range of sheets between them.
The R1C1 Reference Style
You can also use a reference style where both the rows and the columns on the worksheet are numbered. The R1C1 reference style is useful for computing row and column positions in macros. In the R1C1 style, Excel indicates the location of a cell with an "R" followed by a row number and a "C" followed by a column number.
When you record a macro, Excel records some commands by using the R1C1 reference style. For example, if you record a command, such as clicking the AutoSum button to insert a formula that adds a range of cells, Excel records the formula by using R1C1 style, not A1 style, references.
You can turn the R1C1 reference style on or off by setting or clearing the R1C1 reference style check box under the Working with formulas section in the Formulas category of the Options dialog box. To display this dialog box, click the File tab.
Using names in Excel formulas
You can create defined names to represent cells, ranges of cells, formulas, constants, or Excel tables. A name is a meaningful shorthand that makes it easier to understand the purpose of a cell reference, constant, formula, or table, each of which may be difficult to comprehend at first glance. The following information shows common examples of names and how using them in formulas can improve clarity and make formulas easier to understand.
Example 1
Example 2
Copy the example data in the following table, and paste it in cell A1 of a new Excel worksheet. For formulas to show results, select them, press F2, and then press Enter. If you need to, you can adjust the column widths to see all the data.
NOTE: In the formulas in columns C and D, the defined name "Sales" is substituted for the reference to (range) A9:A13 and the name "SalesInfo" is substituted for the range A9:B13. If you don't create these names in your test workbook, then the formulas in D2:D3 will return the #NAME? error.
Types of names
There are several types of names that you can create and use.
Defined name: A name that represents a cell, range of cells, formula, or constant value. You can create your own defined name. Also, Excel sometimes creates a defined name for you, such as when you set a print area.
Table name: A name for an Excel table, which is a collection of data about a particular subject that is stored in records (rows) and fields (columns). Excel creates a default Excel table name of "Table1", "Table2", and so on, each time you insert an Excel table, but you can change these names to make them more meaningful.
Creating and entering names
You create a name by using the:
- Name box on the formula bar: This is best used for creating a workbook level name for a selected range.
- Create a name from selection: You can conveniently create names from existing row and column labels by using a selection of cells in the worksheet.
- New Name dialog box: This is best used for when you want more flexibility in creating names, such as specifying a local worksheet level scope or creating a name comment.
NOTE: By default, names use absolute cell references.
You can enter a name by:
- Typing: Typing the name, for example, as an argument to a formula.
- Using Formula AutoComplete: Use the Formula AutoComplete drop-down list, where valid names are automatically listed for you.
- Selecting from the Use in Formula command: Select a defined name from a list available from the Use in Formula command in the Defined Names group on the Formula tab.
Using Array Formulas and Array Constants in Excel
An array formula can perform multiple calculations and then return either a single result or multiple results. Array formulas act on two or more sets of values known as array arguments. Each array argument must have the same number of rows and columns. You create array formulas in the same way that you create other formulas, except you press CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER to enter the formula. Some of the built-in functions are array formulas, and must be entered as arrays to get the correct results.
Array constants can be used in place of references when you don't want to enter each constant value in a separate cell on the worksheet.
Using an array formula to calculate single and multiple results
NOTE: When you enter an array formula, Excel automatically inserts the formula between { } (braces). If you try to enter the braces yourself, Excel will display your formula as text.
- Array formula that produces a single result: This type of array formula can simplify a worksheet model by replacing several different formulas with a single array formula.
For example, the following calculates the total value of an array of stock prices and shares, without using a row of cells to calculate and display the individual values for each stock.
When you enter the formula ={SUM(B2:D2*B3:D3)} as an array formula, it multiples the Shares and Price for each stock, and then adds the results of those calculations together.
- Array formula that produces multiple results: Some worksheet functions return arrays of values, or require an array of values as an argument. To calculate multiple results with an array formula, you must enter the array into a range of cells that has the same number of rows and columns as the array arguments.
For example, given a series of three sales figures (in column B) for a series of three months (in column A), the TREND function determines the straight-line values for the sales figures. To display all the results of the formula, it is entered into three cells in column C (C1:C3).
When you enter the formula =TREND(B1:B3,A1:A3) as an array formula, it produces three separate results (22196, 17079, and 11962), based on the three sales figures and the three months.
Using Array Constants
In an ordinary formula, you can enter a reference to a cell containing a value, or the value itself, also called a constant. Similarly, in an array formula you can enter a reference to an array, or enter the array of values contained within the cells, also called an array constant. Array formulas accept constants in the same way that non-array formulas do, but you must enter the array constants in a certain format.
Array constants can contain numbers, text, logical values such as TRUE or FALSE, or error values such as #N/A. Different types of values can be in the same array constant — for example, {1,3,4;TRUE,FALSE,TRUE}. Numbers in array constants can be in integer, decimal, or scientific format. Text must be enclosed in double quotation marks — for example, "Tuesday".
Array constants cannot contain cell references, columns or rows of unequal length, formulas, or the special characters $ (dollar sign), parentheses, or % (percent sign).
When you format array constants, make sure you:
- Enclose them in braces ( { } ).
- Separate values in different columns by using commas (,). For example, to represent the values 10, 20, 30, and 40, you enter {10,20,30,40}. This array constant is known as a 1-by-4 array and is equivalent to a 1-row-by-4-column reference.
- Separate values in different rows by using semicolons (;). For example, to represent the values 10, 20, 30, and 40 in one row and 50, 60, 70, and 80 in the row immediately below, you enter a 2-by-4 array constant: {10,20,30,40;50,60,70,80}.
Delete a Formula
When you delete a formula, the resulting values of the formula is also deleted. However, you can remove just the formula and leave the resulting value of the formula displayed in the cell.
To delete formulas along with their resulting values, do the following:
- Select the cell or range of cells that contains the formula.
- Press DELETE.
To delete formulas without removing their resulting values, do the following:
- Select the cell or range of cells that contains the formula.
If the formula is an array formula, select the range of cells that contains the array formula.
How to select a range of cells that contains the array formula
- Click a cell in the array formula.
- On the Home tab, in the Editing group, click Find & Select, and then click Go To.
- Click Special.
- Click Current array.
- On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click Copy .
Keyboard shortcut; You can also press CTRL+C.
- On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click the arrow below Paste , and then click Paste Values.
Avoid Common Errors when Creating Formulas
The following table summarizes some of the most common mistakes you can make when entering a formula and how to avoid formula errors:


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Renowned Welsh record label ANKST MUSIK RECORDS will be releasing the new ZABRINSKI album 'KOALA KO-ORDINATION ' (catalogue number ANKST106) on Monday the 25th of November
'KOALA KO-ORDINATION' will be the follow up album to last year's YETI. Originally from Carmarthen, West Wales ZABRINSKI (average age 19) are now settled in Cardiff having worked their way to the top of the musical pile in Wales with dates supporting the likes of Gorky's Zygotic Mynci and Coldplay.
Individual members Matthew (vocals, guitar) Iwan (electronica) and Gareth (guitar) have been making music together since they were in school and form the heart of ZABRINSKI. Charming, talented, funny, outspoken, extreme and totally dedicated to their music, ZABRINSKI's recordings are endowed with a maturity and vision that sees them joining a crop of other recent young bands (The Coral, The Zutons) in taking a psychedelic blueprint to create something strangely new.
KOALA KO-ORDINATION sees ZABRINSKI upping their own personal ante with their finest record to date. A perfect distillation of their far-reaching sounds, KAOLA KO-ORDINATION swings delightfully from moody electronica (Blen) to skewed, mind altering trip-ballads (Kaoloa Ko-Ordination) through joyous, life affirming pop (Raid The Farm) before ending with epic slow-mo grandeur (Release The Hounds). Kaola Ko-Ordination confirms ZABRINSKI to be one of the most talented and exciting young bands in the U.K right now.
ZABRINSKI are: Matthew Durbridge - Vocals / Guitar / Iwan Morgan - Electronica /keyboards / Gareth Richardson - Guitar Rhun Lenny - Bass / Owain Jones - Drums
Tracklisting: Blen / Koala Ko-Ordination / Switzerland / Pan Central / Black Forest Science Friction / Spleneticals / Floodback / Raid The Farm / I Ask The Questions / Plus 3 / Release The Hounds


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Hawaii Tops Well-Being List for Fourth Consecutive Year
(NEW YORK) -- Hawaii has ranked highest on a well-being survey for the fourth year in a row, according to a new Gallup poll.
Weather wasn't even a variable. On a local level, in fact, the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index showed that Lincoln, Neb., ranked number one, a state that doesn't share Hawaii's sultry breezes.
"It's safe to say weather probably isn't a factor there," Bruce Middlebrooks, Healthways spokesman, told ABCNews.com.
Colorado took the runner-up position, on a slate of 50 measures that looked at factors including emotional health, work environment and access to healthcare. West Virginia placed at the bottom of the list, with Kentucky, Mississippi and Tennessee not far behind — states with low median household incomes, said the survey, released Thursday.
Residents of Hawaii ratcheted up their happiness in 2012 compared even with a year earlier, with a score of 71.1 out of 100 compared with 70.2 in 2011.
Western, Midwestern and New England states generally ranked higher than the rest of the country, while Southern states placed in many of the lowest spots. Rankings remained mostly unchanged since 2008 when Gallup and Healthways began the survey, Gallup said.
The motivation behind the research is to help improve people's health through awareness and pilot projects on a community level, Dr. James Pope, vice-president and chief science officer of Healthways, told ABCNews.com.
"We knew that people in the U.S. were getting more unhealthy over time and we recognized that there are differences around the country in terms of chronic disease," Pope said.
Things might be looking up nationwide as the Affordable Care Act of 2010 gets into gear, the Gallup statement noted. The act, which requires all individuals to have health insurance or pay a fine, will make it easier for people to get treatment at no cost for everything from smoking cessation to obesity counseling.
"Certain provisions of the Affordable Care Act … may help low-income individuals improve their wellbeing, if they aware of and take advantage of them," Gallup said.
Massachusetts, the state with the highest percentage of residents with health insurance in the country, scored the top rank for access to "basic necessities," the survey noted. This category also looked at whether residents believed they had enough money for food, shelter and medicine, a safe place to exercise and access to clean water. Mississippi ranked lowest here.
Vermont wins when it comes to healthy behaviors. Residents in that state had the highest percentage of residents who ate five or more servings of fruits and vegetables at least four days per week, according to the survey, which was based on telephone interviews with 350,000 Americans. On an individual level, the survey found that doctors were typically in better health than the average person and those who "are engaged in their work" were likely to lead healthier lifestyles.
In 2011, the index defined the happiest person in America as a tall, Asian-American male 65 or older, a resident of Hawaii who's married with children, religious, owns a business and earns more than $120,000 a year.
It's important to note that individuals and communities are malleable, however, said Dr. Lindsay Sears, principal investigator at Healthways. With the right policies put in place by healthcare groups and local businesses, especially, big changes can happen.
"People can really change over time," she said. "You might think people or even communities are the way they are, but we've seen from five years of research that people are able to change and sustain that change."
A Hawaiian psychologist chalked up her native state's top spot to a relaxing natural landscape and a local culture that prizes collectivism.
"Thank aloha spirit that's hard to define," June Ching, a Honolulu-based clinical psychologist, told ABCNews.com.
As Ching spoke, she was driving into a parking lot and an attendant left her booth to hand the ticket to Ching, who couldn't reach it.
"A perfect example of what I mean," said Ching, a former president of the Hawaii Psychological Association. "[Hawaiian culture] has been composed of a lot of people with values that have to do with the family and a sense of collectivism. We're working together."
As for the stunning scenery, "I love not having seasonal affective disorder because we have the sun," Ching said. "The sky has a different kind of blue that soothes you."
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She's got it where it counts, kid.
- Comes with four hex keys, two screwdrivers, and an adjustable wrench
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The Star Wars Millennium Falcon Multi-Tool Kit comes equipped with four hex keys, two screwdrivers (one flat-head, one philipps), and an adjustable wrench built into the ship's helm. The hex keys store away nicely in the back underside of the ship which is sealed shut with the power of magnets. Screwdrivers tuck away in the sides, and the wrench is adjusted by a wheel located in the center of the Falcon.
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4th of July Festival Notice
The City of Hoboken is expecting to host tens of thousands of guests to view the Macy�s 4th of July Fireworks which will take place over the Hudson River this year.
Based on prior years, residents and visitors who drive are advised to expect four hours or more of traffic and delays exiting Hoboken after the fireworks and at least two hour delays to exit municipal parking garages. In addition to delays, the gridlock can create a situation where public safety vehicles cannot effectively respond to emergencies, so�the City strongly urges visitors to take mass transit. Options include the PATH, Hudson-Bergen Light Rail, NY Waterway ferries, or NJ Transit commuter rail or bus. For additional information, visit:http://www.hobokennj.org/visit/how-to-get-here/. Visitors looking for parking will be directed to municipal garages B and D on 2nd and Hudson St, respectively.
Visitors are advised that no alcohol, open cooking or barbeques are permitted. Pier C Park will be closed due to safety concerns, as requested by Chief Falco. The fireworks display will begin at 9:20 pm and last approximately a half hour. The rain date is July 5th.
Due to the closure of Hudson Place, Vezzetti Way (along Observer Highway) from Washington St. to Willow Ave. will be the designated taxi area with no public parking after 8 am.
The following streets will be closed to all traffic except emergency vehicles between 8 am and midnight on July 4th:
� Sinatra Dr. from 15th St. to 1st St.
� River St. from Hudson Place (PATH) to 4th St., however between 1st St. and 3rd St, River St will be open for limited access to residents and parking patrons only.
Additionally, no parking will be permitted on the following streets between 8am and midnight on July 4th:
� Sinatra Dr. from 15th St. to 1st St (no parking as of July 3rd at 8 am)
� 4th St. from River to Clinton (on the south side of the street)
� Willow Ave. from 11th St. to 4th St. (on the west side of the street)
� Hudson place (by the PATH)
� Newark Street from Hudson St. to Sinatra Dr.
� Clinton St. from 7th St. to 8th St.
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Let's get one thing straight. I'm a land-based mammal. You're a land-based mammal. We're all land-based mammals. Let's not kid ourselves into thinking otherwise. We walk on two feet. We don't have fins, flippers or gills. None of us lives like a fish.
The two worlds — land and water — should remain distinctly different, in my book.
While Sherill and I were on our honeymoon in Florida, we decided to do some fishing. None of this wimpy, fish-from-the-dock stuff of Norman Rockwell paintings. It would be more of an Outdoor Channel type of a setting where we'd get on a boat and go out to sea to land some big ones.
The sea was calm, the experts told me. You'll have a good time fishing. It'll be a ton of fun. Lots of fish. Plenty of sun. Very relaxing. A great day all around.
Hook, line and sinker, they had me.
And it turns out that I married a professional fisherman. Sherill is hard-core. What was sort of a passing mention on our initial agenda planning turned into a mission for her. She loves fishing. I like to fish, too, but nearly all of my experience has been with trout up to this point in my life. Trout involve standing next to a stream. No boats are involved. They are what I, a land-based mammal, consider to be land-based fish. This getting in a boat and going out on the water was totally new to me, but I was willing to try it. We'd do some deep sea fishing in Florida. A little sun, some fresh salt air and the thrill of reeling in a big one with a group of yet-to-be-met friends who would join us on a charter boat.
Did I mention my land-based mammal tendencies? I come from a long line of drowners. At least one relative drowned in the past hundred years, maybe two. My actuarial math classifies that as a long line of drowners. My personal ability to get all the genetic downside contained within my pedigree makes me assume I'll join the list of drowners. My record of not drowning thus far had held up pretty well, so why push it?
I thought about that as I got out of the shower one morning in Boca Raton. It was about 6:30. Sherill, the professional fisherman, was already dressed and ready to hit the road. She was really into deep sea fishing. I was pretty sure I was into drowning.
Traffic was heavy, so we arrived at the marina about five minutes past our scheduled departure time. Sadly, the crew was more than willing to wait for us. It didn't appear to be standing room only, so they could afford to wait for the out-of-towners to get there and pony up their $35 for the adventure of a lifetime.
I put a seasickness bracelet on each of my wrists and took a Dramamine as we departed terra firma. Land-based neurotics like me can never have too much personal dizziness protection. We made our way out of the marina near Fort Lauderdale and headed for the open sea. It seemed like a longer trip than I expected. It felt like we were zig-zagging through some elaborate maze, because we seemed to go around one corner and then another and then another without ever really making any progress toward the open sea. At least we were going slowly through a No Wake Zone. Add in a little speed and I'd have more than enough in no time. A four-hour boat trip looked to me like an hour and a half of commute time, an hour of fishing, then an hour and a half of commute time again. Trout were looking better and better all the time. At least the commute time could be spent in the GuyNo.2Mobile with trout!
Finally we got past all of the cruise ships, freighters and yachts at the nearby docks and made our way out to open water. The life aquatic didn't seem so bad. It was a pleasant trip out to the sea for some fishing. Maybe not as smooth a ride as I'm used to in a Buick, or a Deere, but not all that bad.
We reached the point where the captain decided to drop anchor and let us begin to fish. The rules were pretty simple. When we were given the sign, we could release the lever on our reel and pull out an arm's length of line while keeping our thumbs over the reel to prevent the wholesale unreeling of our entire line. The captain's mates would tell us how many arm's lengths of line we would dispense for optimum fishing. When they'd blow the horn, we were to reel our line back in and pull up stakes before moving to a new spot. If we caught a fish in the meantime, we could let one of the mates know and they'd be over to help us reel it in, get our hooks re-baited and fish again.
The anchor was dropped. The sea was calm, the experts told me. I leaned against the rail and tossed my line into the water, counting away at the number of arm's lengths of line I was allowed to toss in the water. Strangely enough, the water seemed to be getting closer and closer all the time. Then it seemed to get further and further away. Closer and further didn't seem to take much time getting between one another. The sea surface looked to me like it was ten yards away, then ten inches away a second or two later.
The sea is calm, I told myself. These geniuses said so.
I lasted a grand total of 90 seconds on the deck. As calm as the experts kept telling me it was, all the pitching and rolling was getting to me. My first thought was to have a seat on the bench. "Pick a point on land and focus on it. That will help you keep your balance," I was told by the experts.
Interesting. The building I picked happened to be thirty stories in the air, then fifty stories below sea level as we pitched.
That pointless exercise lasted for a little while, and then I made my way into the cabin. I put my head down on the table and rested my nose on the back of my hand. As the boat rocked more and more aggressively, my nose moved from my watchband to the last knuckle of my fingertip and back again.
I started counting how many more minutes we had left on this part of the trip. Then I started counting seconds. That's how soon I wanted it to end.
After an hour or so, and plenty of time for that one carton of not-totally-cold milk from breakfast at the hotel lobby to really get percolating in me, I graduated from mildly seasick person to full-blown hurling dervish. My adventure at sea was good enough to last me a lifetime. It had turned into The Perfect Storm.
Sherill, on the other hand, was having a great time fishing. No balance or dizziness problems whatsoever. Plenty of new friends to chat with on deck. She was in her element.
We eventually made our way back to shore. The 14 members of the boat caught ZERO fish. Not a thing. The captain told us that his crew lives off of tips, so please feel free to tip your crew member accordingly. A five or ten was typical, just so we'd know.
Let me think. While I was sitting in the cabin, sick as a dog, no member of the crew ever so much as looked in the door as he went by. Not quite Midwest friendly. This was no Lutheran church basement, let me tell you!
Perhaps I'll invite them out to the farm sometime for a tour. I'll give them plenty of undercooked chicken and eggs to start their day. Then it will be time to ride a steer near some electric fence.
The steer is calm. Trust me. I wouldn't have it any other way.
Guy No. 2


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The NFL fined Packers linebacker Clay Matthews $15,000 hitting 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, but 49ers guard Alex Boone would have preferred handing down a different punishment.
Boone said that if he had his druthers, he would have taken care of Matthews by coming with some knuckles.
"Probably punch him in the face," Boone said, via CSNBayArea.com. "I don't want his money."
The 49ers haven't made any secret of the fact that they don't like Matthews. The rest of us can only hope we get to see the 49ers and Matthews square off again in the playoffs, as this is quickly becoming one of the NFL's most heated rivalries.


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JLS' Oritsé Williams surprised year ten students at Glossopdale Community College on Friday by popping in to hold music workshops.
The popstar was joined by High Peak MP Andrew Bingham at the Talbot Road school, in Glossop, to take part in a music skills day, organised by UK Music.
Steve Playford, headteacher, said he was "honoured" to have been asked to host the event.


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Tuesday, January 15, 2008
17 reader comments:
- RMWB said...
Om svasti.
Live long dearest Lama Tenpa.
Though we have not had the pleasure of each other's company in this lifetime, there must have been at least one in the three.
May all the Dakinis bless you with health and long life and may all your wishes be fulfilled.
- Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at 1:24:00 PM GMT+8
- Dragpa Gyaltsen said...
....... We pray for your recovery .......
And may those Lagomorph canines tickle your toes :)
With the deepest devotion,
Dragpa Gyaltsen (Chuck Tellechea)
Kunzang Palyul Choling
- Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at 6:39:00 PM GMT+8
May you recover your health and live long for the benefit of all beings.
- Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at 10:52:00 PM GMT+8
May you recover your health and live long for the benefit of all beings.
- Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at 10:52:00 PM GMT+8
- michael said...
Lama Tenpa
One who fills the world with emptiness,
keep the light of your kindness shining in the bowl of the sky.
Praying that your sickness is the broom that sweeps away all others' doubt, may you feel the gentle breeze of awareness on your fevered brow.
with Love, michael
- Wednesday, January 16, 2008 at 1:04:00 AM GMT+8
- SystemUser said...
Wishing wellness for Tenpa Rinpoche. Tonglen time.
- Wednesday, January 16, 2008 at 2:50:00 AM GMT+8
- Lodu Rabgye said...
The gnomes are becomming more brazen by the day - please put your big pointy teeth rabbit shoes on again and come walk with us in the garden - they need the soft touch of your foot on the earth to remind them... - as do we.
May you live long and be free of illness;Enjoy freedom, great resources & happiness. Next life, may we meet in the pure realm.
May we always practice dharma
and benefit beings.(Milarepa)
Smiling to you,
Eric Weinberg, Lodu Rabgye
- Wednesday, January 16, 2008 at 6:35:00 AM GMT+8
- kunzang said...
get well seems so indequate...i am at a loss to what to say...be the breeze in the stillness, never cease.
may your life be long, and beyond even that...
- Wednesday, January 16, 2008 at 6:43:00 AM GMT+8
- DGA said...
I've very much enjoyed reading your work in the last few months, and I'd be delighted if you stuck around for a while longer to keep the flow going.
Please consider this.
If our paths cross in the future, coffee is on me.
May beings benefit.
- Wednesday, January 16, 2008 at 10:33:00 AM GMT+8
- Lulu said...
Rinpoche, I just found you and hope you decide to stay around a bit longer. I pray for you to.
- Thursday, January 17, 2008 at 8:03:00 AM GMT+8
As someone very new and precious to my life recently shared these lyrics with me, I offer them as a request for you to remember and remain firm:
"If you ever need holding
Call my name, Ill be there
If you ever need holding
And no holding back, Ill see you through
Sky blue and black"
- Thursday, January 17, 2008 at 3:20:00 PM GMT+8
- irina said...
Please get well, Rinpoche.
There is still much we need to hear from you. Thank you.
With love and best wishes,
- irina
- Thursday, January 17, 2008 at 5:44:00 PM GMT+8
- Karma Dechi Chotso said...
Hope you like the slippers?
thank you for being
.. in my thoughts ...
on heart broken days
My little family pray for a speedy recovery
With much love and joyfulness
Hari Krishna
- Thursday, January 17, 2008 at 11:24:00 PM GMT+8
- Gage said...
best wishes for a speedy and full recovery!
- Friday, January 18, 2008 at 2:04:00 AM GMT+8
- Starry Night said...
Dear Tulku Tenpa,
May you have a long life and recover fully from you illness.
I am accumulating Medicine Buddha Mantra for you, and wish you the very best.
Ixthara (Starry Night)
- Saturday, January 19, 2008 at 3:48:00 AM GMT+8
- peartree said...
Dear Lama Tenpa
I am so grateful to have crossed paths with you recently so thank you for posting your writings and such on this sight. :)
I wish that you remain long in this world and continue to benefit countless beings.
I trust in your graciousness
with love
- Saturday, January 19, 2008 at 5:00:00 AM GMT+8
- Dara said...
Your teachings are so direct, so perfect. Thank you. May you live long and continue to benefit beings always.
- Saturday, January 19, 2008 at 11:29:00 PM GMT+8


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Legendary New York noise-rockers Sonic Youth – 26 years and counting – visited China for the first time ever earlier this year, playing a pair of shows in April, in Beijing and Shanghai. DiS got on the phone to the band's Kim Gordon to talk about their trip.
Hi Kim. How was China?
Well, we really had a great time. The promoter was great – he took us out for great meals – and we were happily surprised with the audiences, as they were mostly Chinese. There's a big ex-pat presence there, but the audiences were great, some of the best ever ones we've played to.
And you played just two shows, in Beijing and Shanghai? How did playing before totally new audiences affect you?
They knew most of the songs, and they seemed to know the news songs more than the old songs. I guess that's because it's more recently available, and there's access to the internet, too. Although I don't know what kind of restrictions there are on the internet in China, if there are any. I think there is some moderating, and I remember seeing something about Google about how they're in cahoots with the Chinese government, because when you search for Tiananmen Square you only get all these beautiful tourist sites, and no information about what went on there. So there definitely is some censorship going on, but Thurston [Moore] found some Chinese nose musicians through their sites, so there is information out there for sure.
Did you do much research before going to China? Did you have to leap through any hoops to get there?
I don't know, because we didn't really have to take care of that. I know it wasn't as difficult as one might think. When Lee [Ranaldo] was in Japan – he went to Japan before we did – he had to get his visa there, and that took only a couple of days. It's opening up more for western artists, but I'm sure it's very bureaucratic from the promoter's point of view. I don't think it's as difficult as getting a visa to Russia though, bureaucracy wise.
Did you have any concerns at all about how full the shows would be? Did you go into the shows quite blindly?
Ha, yeah, I guess we did. But I figured that if the promoter thought he'd get a good turn-out… well, we wouldn't have been brought out there if they thought we'd be playing to an empty cave. I also think there's a big enough ex-pat community there – one of the biggest in the world – so I think we'd have been okay. We didn't know that, but they knew that.
I read that there were problems with tickets in Shanghai, and that the venue was taking a very high percentage from their sale…?
I don't really know. I think the venue – which was a state-run place, a really beautiful theatre – could decide whatever percentage they took. They wanted twenty per cent of ticket sales, and then another twenty per cent if they sold them on the day of the show. We didn't sell any personally – we had nothing to do with it – but the promoter sold some out of a van.
So what were you doing while the business side of things was being sorted? Did you get to see the sights?
In Beijing there was this great artists complex, built out of these industrial factories. This French woman we met took us there – the promoter introduced us to her, and the artist who started the complex, and they showed us around. We had so little time that we basically hit all the tourist spots – the Forbidden City, the Great Wall, and Tiananmen Square. They had a tour guide for us, and we weren't used to that! We wanted to go look at the old parts and wander around, but no… But I lived in Hong Kong when I was twelve, so I was pretty familiar with Chinese culture. I think one thing you don't get, in the cities there, is the impression that outside the cities ninety per cent of the population lives in poverty. You see people living in crowded circumstances in the older areas, where they're on low incomes, but you don't really get the sense that it's worse elsewhere.
So it was as much of a vacation as a business trip?
It was, but it was also very moving to play there, I think. China is one of those countries that has been so inaccessible for so long, and it's so mythic. More western artists will go out there. We did feel as if we were breaking some ground – I'm surprised that bigger bands on our management haven't been there. We're the first, but Beck's not been there yet, and nor have Foo Fighters, but they will go in time. It's interesting that there's no network of commercial western influence there, so for a band like us it's interesting that we have such a high standing – people there haven't been brainwashed by MTV, and made to like certain things. There aren't labels out there, working all these records. Most of our audience seemed to really be fans, which was nice.
So did playing China make you think about shows elsewhere any differently?
No, but it did make Coachella seem like something of a let down. It was like, "Oh, we have to go do this…" But festivals are always kind of touch and go. It wasn't a brilliant Coachella this year.
So would you go back, to China that is?
Oh definitely. It's such a huge, vast… it's our future master, China. The manufacturing machine that it is…
Sonic Youth's official website can be found here, and their MySpace here. A blog of their trip to China, written by the promoter, can be read here.


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ONARCHITECTURE- Waste not, want not: should Mall bricks be re-used?
In June, the City hosted a public meeting on the proposed $7 million plan to replace the brickwork on the Downtown Mall, during which a majority of those who spoke criticized the enormous expenditure and suggested the existing brickwork should either be repaired or reused. In addition, a survey was completed by the nearly 50 people in attendance, which according to city planning staff's own analysis, indicated that people believed the project cost was "too high for the City to undertake in these economic times" and that the existing brick should be repaired or reused.
A month prior to the meeting, Councilor Satyendra Huja said publicly that he thought the Mall project "could be done for a lot less" by cleaning up the existing bricks and reusing them.
"First, we need to use the bricks we have," he said, "and this will save money and preserve the character of the Mall."
At one time, city planners had wanted to use either 4" x 8" or 5" x 10" bricks for the renovation, an idea that outraged preservationists. Mall designer Lawrence Halprin himself urged the city to use the existing 4" x 12" sized brick. Responding to those concerns, city planners finally elected to use the existing 4" x 12" brick size for the renovation, despite engineering concerns that the longer bricks could be unstable when set in sand, the chosen method for laying them.
As a result, many have wondered why the existing 4" x 12" bricks couldn't simply be repaired or reused.
Noted UVA architectural historian Daniel Bluestone, speaking before Council on July 25, the night they voted on the project, again reiterated what many had said at the public meeting, urging Council to handle the Mall's "long-deferred maintenance problem" by hiring masons from the Charlottesville community to make the best of what's already there. "The existing bricks on the Mall could be easily recycled and re-used," he said.
As part of a pedestrian Mall renovation in Columbus, Ohio, a job program for high school students was created in which students cleaned the mortar off old bricks and prepared them for reuse. Locally, some have even floated the idea of employing the growing downtown homeless population in such a task.
Councilors, however, voted 5-0 to move forward with the $7 million plan to replace all 375,000 bricks with new ones beginning in January 2009, a project that City planners have promised will be done by May 2009. The idea of reusing the existing bricks was never discussed.
"What gives?" asks preservation activist Aaron Wunsch. "People implore City Council not to squander millions on a needless brick replacement program, they point out that most of the bricks are in good shape and that disposing of them would be a horrible waste, then Council votes unanimously to proceed as planned."
Indeed, as City planners have said, over 80 percent of the bricks on the Mall are in good condition. Ironically, the same planners argued early on for replacement by pointing out that many of the bricks have come loose from their mortar joints, effectively removing themselves, a situation that would appear to aid a reuse plan. Even more ironic, the fact that a majority of the bricks are in good shape is the reason why they can't be saved. Addressing the re-use issue, planners and brick industry experts have said it would be difficult to remove the more securely mortared bricks in such a small time-frame without damaging most of them.
"I'd urge city officials and the public to go out and use their eyes," says Wunsch. "Most of the bricks are fine, and, even where mortar is missing, very few have shifted position. This, after four decades– can we really expect a new Mall to hold up better?"
Of course, such protestations appear moot since councilors have already sealed the Mall's fate. On Tuesday, August 19, the Charlottesville Board of Architectural Review will make its final recommendations concerning the brick size, the design of the drainage runnels (yep, that's what they're called), and other design specifics, but it's unlikely the BAR will require any kind of reuse plan.
So what's going to happen to all that discarded brick?
According to City spokesperson Ric Barrick, no decision has been made about exactly what to do with the discarded brick. "But we are determined that the bricks will be re-used or recycled or both," he says.
While that doesn't mean re-using or recycling them for the Mall project, Barrick says it could mean grinding up broken ones for mulch around trees in area parks or for trail cover, offering intact ones for sale to the public, and even offering them to merchants as a giveaway to customers for shopping at their store.
However, a pile of free, unusually-sized bricks could be little consolation to downtown merchants, positioned to take the brunt of the disruption.
"If it was my vote, I'd say leave it alone," says Men & Boy's Shop owner Mike Kidd, who was here when the Mall was constructed 32 years ago. "Personally, I'd like to see it re-grouted."
Across the Mall, however, spectacle purveyor Jon Bright sees the original decision to go with grout as the problem.
"Dry-laid brick streets survive for hundreds of years without problems," says Bright. "After 30 years, it's a little worn and a little beat-up, so it's time to freshen it."
Bob Stroh, president of the Downtown Business Association, has enthusiastically endorsed the City's accelerated plan to re-brick the Mall within five months, from January and May 2009. Yet some merchants, such as the clothing-selling Kidd, remain skeptical.
"They want to get it done in May– May of what year?" says Kidd, recalling the eighteen months it took to complete the original Mall project. "Once a project like this gets started, you can't stop it. I wish them all the best, but if they get it done in that time frame, it will be a miracle."


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Yoichi (no age) - Cheapest single malt in the world?
Is this the cheapest single malt whisky in the world?
A bottle costs 1600 yen. It works out at £6.80 or $13.40. That is for a 500 ml bottle, rather than the more usual 700/750 ml, but we are still talking about £9.50/700 ml, a price that not even discount supermarket Lidl's astoundingly cheap own-brand single malt beats in the UK.
This is no second-rate brand either. This is a "Yoichi", arguably one of the two top Japanese single malt distilleries. It was a 10-year-old Yoichi that confirmed Japan's arrival on the international single malt scene in 2001, when it won "Best of the Best" in the Whisky Magazine annual contest. So what are Nikka doing sullying the Yoichi name with one of the cheapest single malts in the world? Who cares? Ours it but to rejoice and get straight down to the nearest supermarket to buy three bottles of the stuff before they think again (if you are lucky enough to live in Japan).
Is it any good?
Like meeting a sailor, just off his boat and out on the town. He was shaven and sweet smelling after his first bath in months but rough and ready and still redolent of the docks. Is that all a bit homoerotic? The nose was warming, with bananas and apricots and a touch of vanilla. The first taste was powerful but sweet. There was a flavour of pine but then it moved into much more maritime territory. Then soap and then a hint of ammonia at the end of a long finish. It was all quite complex and unbalanced. Same as meeting a sailor at the docks, I suppose.
Did I like it? Yes. And, at this price, I could even justify making a toddy out of it. Which was damn fine, by the way.
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- Nonjatta said...
There is a little game I play when reading newspapers. Almost all headlines posed as a question are best answered "Erm, probably not" ("Did Elvis have a love child with Marilyn Monroe?" Erm, probably not). That is why the journos put the headline as a question in the first place.
Anyway, the answer to this post's question is almost certainly "Erm, probably not". Interesting discussion about it at the Whisky Magazine forum.
- April 12, 2007 at 8:02 AM
- Lars said...
I just got one bottle of YOICHI (no age) sent to me from my fiancés parents. We live in Sweden but my fiancé is from Nishinnomiya, Japan. Looking forward to tast it. I have tasted the 10 year old before and I really like it, so my expetations is quite high. Do you know anything about the age? To be called a "single malt" in Scottland the whisky has to be at the lowest 3 years old. Is it the same in Japan?
Please excuse my bad english.
// Lars Karlsson, Sweden
- March 4, 2008 at 5:37 PM
I am not sure about the age. Obviously, Japanese whisky is not subject to European law, though they almost always stay strictly within the conventions of Scotch. In this case, however, I have no categorical information. I will try to find out the next time I speak to someone from Nikka.
- March 5, 2008 at 10:38 PM
Just picked up a bottle of this at the supermarket today. Definitely agreeing on the sweet fruitiness of it, for this kind of price I could quite happily make it a regular tipple!
- May 25, 2009 at 12:10 AM
you can be quite sure it's at least 3 years old because the reason why japanese managed to get authentic whisky is because they mastered the scottish method of producing whisky. and japanese culture is all about becoming perfect in the basics before you even get the green light to try out something yourself (that's how it works in japan in the ikebana or sadou courses - years of copying your teacher before using creativity yourself). therefore, taking it all to account, i'm sure it's produced according to the scottish rules/traditions
- August 31, 2009 at 10:29 PM
Thanks for your comment. I never did post my update on the age statement question. I asked a senior manager at nikka about this and they said that it was of course over 3 yrs and that most of it was 5-6 years.
- September 1, 2009 at 4:23 PM
if been ripped off, I live in Belgium and I paid €32 for it £29,5
But it is indeed very good whiskey, too bad I had to pay a price for it
- October 10, 2009 at 12:26 AM
I couldn't say whether it's the cheapest single malt in the world, but with the no-age Miyagikyou it has to be the best value.
- September 6, 2011 at 4:22 AM
We are in Taiwan and the prices of young OB whisky here are really low. Yoichi NAS costs us exactly 1600yen and Miyagikyo NAS is even cheaper. This applies to scotch as well: we once paid less than US$17 for a Glenmorangie Original gift pack (two branded glasses thrown in for free)!
- September 15, 2012 at 10:30 AM
I would love to know where you found it at that price???1 I live in UK and everywhere I see it is around £39??
- September 30, 2015 at 9:50 PM
I think you need to look at the date on that post... Even in 2007, it was not of course available for that price globally. It was sold in Japan.
- September 30, 2015 at 10:22 PM


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Good luck on the move! I am sure you will get plenty of opportunities to try your new overlocker...it can be addictive, I warn you :o)ReplyDelete
Oh good luck! Overlocker looks fun, wouldnt mind a go myself... Your samples with the test stitches are very clever tho!ReplyDelete
Oh wow, very hectic indeed! I hope the move goes well and you get settled in easily. Your overlocker course sounds absolutely brilliant, I'm in desperate need of something like it...I'm terrified of my beast and don't use it anywhere near its full potential :o(ReplyDelete
Exciting! Bristol is awesome. I used to live just south of Bristol in North Somerset. It's a lovely place. I'm planning on visiting again while i'm in the UK in July infact.
The overlocker course sounds great, looking forward to hearing more about it.
Hello! I'm a Bristol-dweller and it is indeed awesome.
We're pretty well-connected transport-wise, London is but two hours away by train or National Express (or Megabus, ew) so no problem getting to Fabric Fandangos and the like.
As for craft shops we have:
Sew & Sew - St Nicholas Markets (aka covered market) in the city centre for almost everything apart from fabric.
Fabricland - Broadmead(ish), you probably know what they're like
Hobbycraft - Cribbs Causeway, ditto
John Lewis - Cribbs Causeway, huuuuuuge haberdashery section <3
Creativity - just off the top of Whiteladies Road, stuffed full of beads and things
Bamba Beads - Gloucester Road, just above The Arches. BEADS. Lots of them.
Just up from there there's a show that has wool upstairs and general hippyishness downstairs, possibly called something like Katze.
There's a shop I can't remember the name of up Gloucester Road, pretty much in Horfield I think. A general craft shop with cardmaking supplies and the like. And another in The Galleries shopping centre (it's pretty grim in there otherwise, everything moved out of it into Cabot Circus!)
Cordial & Grace - Clifton Village is a crafty café with sewing machines for hire downstairs (not required I know but awesome). I haven't been there yet but definitely will do as soon as my degree allows, I hear the cake is excellent.
Bristol has a WI branch with an average age of 32, an active stitch 'n' bitch, and lots of yarnbombers.
Café Kino (vegan cafe co-operative), The Cube microplex (tiny cinema plus other stuff), and The Folk House (adult education & a lovely cafe) can all keep you in the loop with creative stuff.
UWE have thriving arts and fashion courses and might also be a good place to look for courses. UoB itself sadly doesn't go anywhere near! We do have a knitting society though.
Most of my information is centre/Clifton/Gloucester Road centric but other areas of the city are plenty creative. St Pauls has a bit of a dodgy reputation but also has a huge carnival every summer and all the associated spangly-costume-making shops I imagine. Bedminster I don't know much of but I think The Tobacco Factory (bar & theatre) is a good place to start looking, they have their own Sunday market.
In Bath there's Bijoux Beads near the abbey, a sewing stall in the Guildhall Market, and a shop called Crock-a-doodle-doo in Larkhall which sounds rather nice. Scruffy Badger can probably help with the local knowledge over there.
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Wowsa, tonnes of info there! Thanks so much, it gives me plenty to explore once I've moved. I like the sound of Cordial & Grace (the cake side of things mainly) :o)Delete
Yay!!! I was wondering how things were going for you and what a great adventure!!! Moving down the road :-)
Bath has less than that long list provided by diochoco but id say the makery is the crafting hub, with shiny rocks a bristol/ bath jewellery making teaching selling emporium giving me loads of crafting pleasure in the past too.
Fabric shops- husquevarna studio is my fave, but we do have another in green st but its not my kind of fabric shop. There is also a fabric shop in keynsham that I believe is relocating to downend in bristol.
I'm v excited you're going to be a near neighbour Laura!
Yay, I'm going to be near Scruffy Badger country, how exciting :o)Delete
I spotted a lovely new sewing shop recently, words will not do so here's a blog post from someone else with plenty of pictures:
Glad you've now got an overlocker Laura & that your class is going well.
Hope the move to Bristol is smooth for ya too :)
Thanks everyone, fingers crossed everything works outReplyDelete
All the best for the move - I don't know Bristol well, but my other half's from around there and so I know that's it's a lovely area in general.
I've left you a Liebster award across at my blog :)
Hi, someone has already left a very informative message about everything sewing based in Bristol so I have only to add that I work in Cordial & Grace most Sundays as their teacher and would love it if you popped in!! Also, have a mooch around Flo-Jo Boutique on Gloucester Road (I teach there too, but I promise this isn't me trying to get a bit of advertising!!)... they have beautiful fabrics. Hope you're loving Bristol!!ReplyDelete


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- Wait for the Doctor in style with a TARDIS-shaped clock
- Projects the time on wall or ceiling
- Light flashes and TARDIS noises play for the alarm
Generally, if you're waiting for someone (like Godot or the Doctor) it's best not to stare at a clock. Everyone knows time moves more slowly when you're staring at the clock. It's just like boiling water or waiting on the next George R.R. Martin novel. You can't make it happen faster by watching it. But you're a loner, a rebel, and you're not going to follow the rules.
This TARDIS Alarm Clock projects the time on your ceiling so you can lounge comfortably in bed while staring at the time ticking by... and when you wake up, it'll be to the sound of the TARDIS landing. Of course you'll be super excited, thinking that you're about to be whisked off for some amazing adventures in time and space, but alas, this is not the case. It's just time to go to work.
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- Ronni Berke is a mother of two millennials, one of whom moved home post-college
- Berke says she thought she was laid back but it turns out her daughter was even more so
- With millennials finding job security tenuous, more are moving home, surveys say
- Parents and adult children find reconciling their lifestyles a challenge
Yes, I'm a boomer parent. But I missed the cutoff for being an aging hipster boomer -- one who is groovy, laid back and accepts life holistically. My road is split between the hippie and the "me" generation boomer. Which means I have a Type-A approach to counterculture goals: I wash my sardine cans in the dishwasher before recycling them.
For some reason, coming of age as a baby boomer does not translate into worry-free parenting. It hasn't all been hard: There is a palpable sense of freedom during the period in which the children are out of diapers, but not yet familiar with the cruel, hard world of online predators and STD's. Unfortunately, that period lasts about five minutes.
Now I often worry whether my two young adult daughters will be financially secure. Even with a college degree, it can take months -- years, even -- to find a decent job with benefits. As the sluggish economy delays more millennials from establishing households of their own, it's clear that when the going gets tough, the tough get going -- back to their childhood bedroom.
When my eldest daughter moved back home post-college, a pattern started to emerge — she was pretty laissez-faire about things like tidying up -- which for me, is a priority. After a series of arguments and standoffs, I began to wonder how common our dynamic was.
According to a recent Pew Research Center study, 36% of young adults ages 18-31 are now living with their parents.
That's the highest share in at least four decades. Yes, the economy, student loan debt and higher college enrollment are contributing factors. But the real news here is: The majority of these interloping young adults don't seem to mind living at home. It's not embarrassing for them at all. In fact, for many, it's expected.
The Pew Center's Kim Parker, who documented this phenomenon in her 2012 report "The Boomerang Generation," said "there can't be a stigma attached to something that's become almost a norm with a certain age group." Indeed, three-quarters of the young adults she interviewed felt living back home either helped their relationship with their parents or made no difference.
Yet there are inevitable tensions between boomerang kids and their parents. A good friend's 23-year-old son moved back home after graduating college in 2012, while he looked for a job. The arrangement seemed to make sense at the time. Now, the father says, it's getting old. "After having somebody out of the house for four years, it's a bit of a buzz kill," says dad Jonathan Levine.
Levine is often at odds with his son about his career path, yet he cops to some responsibility as a boomer parent. "We've made it very easy for our children to stay home -- more so than our parents. They're motivated in a different way. We knew we had to hustle and figure it out. Their generation waits for things to come their way as opposed to making it happen."
His son, Jason, couldn't disagree more. "They don't want me here and I don't want to be here," he said, but he can't afford to move out. He's worked at three part-time jobs, and two unpaid internships, since he graduated. "It's ridiculous I haven't been able to find paid work since I got out of college."
What about those boomerang children who actually like living with their parents? Often, there's no time frame for their departure. But how long is too long? In a recent Coldwell Banker survey, adults ages 18 through 34 said they think it's perfectly acceptable to live with their folks for up to five years after college.
Dr. Robi Ludwig, a psychotherapist who worked on the survey, says this living arrangement can be healthy. "It depends on how it's handled. If the young person regresses to a perma-child type mode, and if the parent goes into a perma-parent type mode," that's damaging, she says. But if they're staying home to pay off some student loan debt, or saving to buy a house, that's not necessarily a negative thing.
However, she warns, living at home with the parents should not be too easy. "Part of what makes this such a cushy scenario is that the millennials have a very close relationship with their parents; they like living with them, they look to them for advice," Ludwig says. "It's shocking to me to see how parents are enabling some of these young adults to live as permanent adolescents." Like when the children who do have jobs consider the money they earn disposable income -- to be used for going out, nice cars and vacations.
Susan Ende, who co-wrote the humorous "How to Raise Your Adult Children," says boomerang kids aren't ashamed of how much their parents do for them, because they have a certain sense of entitlement. Besides, most of their friends are living back home. "They're not freaky or unusual."
Yet Ende says parents will ask her: "OK, my kids are home. How do I get them out?" Meaning -- for good. "You have to sit down and say, the goal is for you to be self-sufficient," Ende explains. "There needs to be a cost to living at home, (like) rent, or household chores ... every person in the house has to contribute."
Above all, "there needs to be an exit strategy in mind," says Ludwig. "There comes a point where you have to separate."
Separation did wonders for my relationship with my eldest daughter, who moved back home for about a year after college. We had, you could say, a conflicting approach to household chores.
First, there was the backpack situation. I kept seeing her backpack in the living room, where it was not supposed to live. As the NYPD says, if you see something, say something. So I said something. Again and again.
Then, there was the list of chores that kept going missing, or was ignored, or reasoned away. When I suggested she water the backyard once in a while, she was taken aback. "Why should I do that? I never go out there!"
My daughter ended up moving in with her boyfriend -- a serious relationship -- but she'll be the first to admit that remaining at home with me was no longer tenable.
Now that my eldest lives away from home, she and I look forward to getting together whenever we can. And her younger sister? Hopefully, she'll have a job and apartment lined up when she graduates with a teaching degree next year. If not, she's always welcome to stay with her nagging, neatnik mother -- at least that's what I keep reminding her.
Are you struggling to get an adult child who lives at home to gain independence? Or are you living with your parents while gathering the momentum to live on your own? Share your story in the comments section below.


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— Just saying the words, "whirling dervishes" cracks me up, but the photo is really nice too. The movement, the expression...it's not the best photo of whirling dervishes I have ever seen (ok, I just said that so I could write whirling dervishes, again, and I just did it again!) it is a interesting photo nonetheless.
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A tireless programme of national jam making, competitive vegetable husbandry and choir practice had all but eradicated the perilous sickness of boredom in Britain by 1970, when a new hovercraft link to the Continent and a vogue for day trips sparked fears of contamination from abroad.
Suddenly our spectred isle was vulnerable to virulent foreign strains of boredom, such as German Weltschmerz, French ennui, and the Dutch molenvermeidheid (literally 'windmill fatigue', caused by the infrequency of vertical objects on the horizon of the low countries).
After Mrs Sarah Kettleship, the infamous 'Patient Zero' shrugged herself to death in Felixstowe in 1974, the focus turned sharply towards the group perceived to be at the highest risk: Britain's housewives, with their repetitive routine and depressing rollerblinds.
Initial attempts to stem the blight of apathesis included quarantine kennels for globetrotting housewives returning from Calais and Rotterdam, and the introduction by Whitehall's Central Planning Secretariat of a string of national talking points, starting with breakfast television and ending with AIDS.
Opinion is divided as to whether ennui was ever a real threat. Experts still disagree on what wiped it out, attributing it to a wide number of factors including upstairs phones, the Kays catalogue, and everything.