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Gudeløs - Bryggeriet Djævlebryg ApS
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Reviews by olfolxholme:
3.56/5 rDev -14.4%
12 oz bottle into Deschutes tulip snifter
A - Solid representation of the style. Thick dark liquid that pours with a gorgeous chocolate milk colored foam. Head dissipates eventually, but each sip stirs up another bit of foam. Splotches of lacing.
S - Blasts of dark roasted malt mixed with chocolate. A bit of mineral character and a trace of funk - two things that I was not looking for.
T - Roasty freakin' malt. Some umami flavor. Not bad, but not overly complex.
M - I tend to like a lot of carbonation, but this one was over the top carbonated for me. To the point of distraction. There was also some unexpected astringency. The whole affair is quite tingly. If I was eating some greasy food, this beer would help cut through it. Hmmm... that sounds good...
O - Maybe my expectations were too high, but this one did not perform like I had hoped. I would gladly, gladly try it again, but I just didn't get the Wow Factor from this one. That said, it is definitely worth trying, and possibly great with greasy food. I'm giving slightly higher marks because I sat on this bottle for a while. The beer didn't taste old, but maybe it would have been better fresher.
03-18-2013 06:10:18 | More by olfolxholme
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4/5 rDev -3.8%
Thanks to bu11zeye for sharing this bottle.
The beer pours a very dark brown color with a tan head. The aroma is heavy on the chocolate, coffee and roasted malt. I don't get too much smoke or any dark fruit in the aroma.
The flavor is very similar to the aroma. I get a ton of coffee and chocolate in the flavor as well as some roasted malt. There is also a nice smoke component to the flavor.
Medium mouthfeel and medium carbonation.
01-05-2011 00:49:49 | More by Mora2000
4/5 rDev -3.8%
11-16-2011 01:58:15 | More by bpfrush
3.78/5 rDev -9.1%
A double stout, black as night, not much in the way of a tan head, say maybe around 1/6th", didn't do anything beyond a smattering of lace here and there, far from uniform lace.
Bitter dark coffee and chocolate, neither overwhelming but substantial enough to warrant an early mention. Some weird Swedish dark fish candy fruitiness, some of the tobacco leatheryness with a little bit of ash to it. Might as well throw a little bit of licorice in there to even this all out.
A pretty decent stout and relatively easy to drink at this abv. It's not cheap though, and it never seems to have a predictable time when its around. Nonetheless, there's worse selections you can make.
Neat story about the athiest society on the label. Ironically, this beer isn't quite heavenly, but it is decent and worth a look, I just don't think I'll be converting anytime soon.
01-02-2012 07:34:31 | More by Beerandraiderfan
4.2/5 rDev +1%
Bottle purchased from Green's on Ponce in Atlanta.
Pours black with a one-finger brown head. The head recedes into a thin layer on top leaving decent lacing.
Smells of robust roasted malts with good amounts of sweet molasses and hints of semi-sweet chocolate. As the beer warms the molasses aromas intensify.
Tastes similar to how it smells although the roasted malts are a bit lighter. Equal parts of roasted malts and dark molasses flavors kick things off. Midway through the sip the flavors turn slightly bitter with the addition of unsweetened chocolate flavors. The chocolate and roasted malt flavors carry through to a moderately bitter ending.
Mouthfeel is good. It's got a nice thickness with smooth carbonation.
Drinkability is very good. I finished my glass quickly and could easily have a few more.
Overall I was impressed with this bad boy - a very well balanced beer that's easy to drink despite the somewhat high ABV. Well worth a shot.
08-05-2010 02:33:43 | More by glid02
4.1/5 rDev -1.4%
(Served in a tulip glass)
A- The jut black body supports a volcanic head of deep tan that sits proud of the top of the glass and last for a good bit. There are a few tiny bubbles stuck to the glass but as they pop off they disappear in to the abyss.
S- The black fruity roasted malt is dry with a dry licorice hint and some dark cola notes in the finish. There is a green earthy hint in the finish but it is not distinctly from hops.
T- The big black roasted flavor has some dark candy licorice notes to it with a mellow chicory character to it without the bitterness. There is a noble green pungent note in the finish that blends with the roasted flavors lingering for a bit.
M- This beer has a medium mouthfeel and a creamy texture as long as the head last. There is a soft alcohol warmth that clings to the black malt character.
D- This beer is a nice easy drinking beer but it has an inky quality that coats the mouth. The full roasted flavor is nice without being to bitter and the licorice is pretty subtle adding just a bit of mystery to the flavor.
11-11-2010 14:48:35 | More by rhoadsrage
New Jersey
3.5/5 rDev -15.9%
02-26-2012 13:02:16 | More by acurtis
Alberta (Canada)
4.23/5 rDev +1.7%
500ml bottle - and I'm contributing to the Danish Atheist society - kind of the polar opposite of buying Trappist beers...Dandy Warhols' beer...Mr. Dawkins' wet beer dream. I won't go on.
This beer pours a solid black, with the slightest of basal cola edges, and a teeming tower of puffy, egregiously foamy, and somewhat fizzy mocha head, which crowds the glass for a spell, displaying annoyingly stellar retention, taking its sweet time before allowing me even a half fill.
Left behind eventually is some nice, densely webbed lace, and an aroma of roasted malt, bitter chocolate, Nordic licorice, stale coffee, treacle, and sour, boozy dark fruit. The taste is roasted caramel malt, bathed Cadbury-style in baker's chocolate, topped off with crushed coffee beans, a splash of lactic sourness, more salty black licorice, the whole (unholy) mess tempered only slightly by some bitter green hoppiness. Underlying all is a mildly astringent heat that increases commensurately as the drink warms.
The carbonation is quite soft, just a lilting frothiness throughout, the body full in weight, nearly smooth (the booze and hops still have to have their say), and fairly creamy. It finishes sweet, chocolaty, somewhat complexly bitter, and certainly cockles-warming.
A lovely rendition of the style, no searing booziness or teeth-melting saccharine overdose. Lots of variety, all tied nicely together, and quite enjoyable to sip a little too swiftly, even on a late summer scorcher of a day, all the while ruminating on the deeper meaning of liff.
09-08-2011 23:15:05 | More by biboergosum
4.28/5 rDev +2.9%
Thanks to ShogoKawada for adding to my cellar of these guys - yum! Poured from a 500mL bottle into my Portsmouth tulip.
Deep seal brown, opaque body crowned by four fingers of camel/tan cream. Incredibly dense muscular saturn-ring lacing fed by a violent stream of upthrusting bubbles. Very impressive.
Medium-roast fine coffee, cocoa, molasses, chocolate malt, intensely inviting aromatics though with a certain freshness rather than lushness...faint berry notes underneath as well.
Ironic that the first words to escape my lips after tasting this were "Oh God" seeing how I'm basically an atheist myself. Truly decadent chocolate licqueur notes with multiple layers of roast malt, licorice, and esters. Rich clean bready finish, faintly herbal with leather, coffee, cream, charred currants, and light spice cake as well. Hops offer a light bitterness but not much flavor that I can perceive.
Chewey, thick, full-bodied, well carbonated, moderately astringent, but not slick mouthfeel. Very good.
A classic yet novel RIS - a suitable libation to be enjoyed while watching Häxan...
09-09-2010 03:45:59 | More by augustgarage
New York
3.78/5 rDev -9.1%
Thanks to Alistar for this one by way of IS BIF 2. Poured from a 16oz. bottle into a Blue Point snifter.
A: Gentle pour yields a slowly creeping 2.5 finger, fluffy, dark mocha head with great retention. Beer is an opaque black. Lacing is wave-like. Thick and ample with great cling.
S: Nose is burnt malt, a slight coffee bean sourness, faint chocolate, and liquorice. Not anything out of the ordinary and not particularly aromatic.
T: Dark fruit flavors engulf my senses from the first sip. Prunes, raisin sweetness, anise, and plum are all present to some extent. Supported by a backbone of rich chocolate and sweet burnt malts. Hop bitterness is surprisingly noticeable but relegated to the back. Caramel and toffee creep in towards the end which is exceedingly sweet and a bit spicy. Aftertaste is one of brown sugar and butterscotch.
M: Medium to full bodied and a bit too carbonated. Feel is abrasive at first but smooths out considerably as this one warms. Finish is accented and aftertaste is sticky and lingers.
D: I'd definitely consider this one a hidden gem. Not talked about at all, this is a great representation of the Imperial Stout style. A bit overcarbonated in my opinion but the complexity and balance of this one make up for it. Worth a try!
09-03-2010 18:52:05 | More by SpeedwayJim
4/5 rDev -3.8%
08-23-2012 20:51:24 | More by aztraz
4.03/5 rDev -3.1%
500 mL bottle poured into a CBS snifter. No bottle date.
Appearance - Black with an ample mocha head. Thick collar around the beer. Nice islands of bubbles.
Smell - Chocolatey with a bitter malt presence. Comes off as coffee and black patent malt.
Taste - Lots of chocolate in the taste. Chewy fudgy chocolate. Turns bitter with almost a smokey finish. Slightly sweet with a touch of alcohol.
Mouthfeel - Very chewy at first, but the carbonation cuts it quickly. The finish thins out and alcohol comes through. Nothing intense, but enough to notice.
Overall - Quality stout. Very good without being standout in any category, though.
12-07-2012 02:31:15 | More by Alieniloquium
4.58/5 rDev +10.1%
Drink a good beer and support the godless masses? Fantastic then! Poured from the bottle into my Bruery tulip.
The pour is fairly thick and quite black. Holding it to the light reveals a slight ruddy edge to the beer. Beautiful sandy cap on top, initially three fingers, but recedes to about a half-finger and stays there for most of the beer. Good lacing. A swirl produces beautiful, cascading tiny bubbles down the sides of the glass... truly an excellent-looking imperial stout, one of the best I've seen.
Aroma is lovely. Requisite roasted coffee, slight bitter chocolate. Anise and some smoke - though I tend to be very sensitive to both of these components, this beer gets it right on the level. I think that's impressive, because I've hurt other beers because of their anise (e.g., Ten Fidy) and smoke (30th Anny SN beers). Damned impressive. Perhaps a touch of vanilla in there somewhere too, but the dominant aroma is darker in nature.
Taste is also quite nice. A little sweetness. Again, the chocolate plays more in the background, opening up the way for roasted malt and coffee flavors. Anise is there, but as a supporting player instead of the star. Smokey, maybe only very slightly peaty. Touch of bittering hops at the finish, balancing this brew out nicely.
Nice full mouthfeel, excellent level of carbonation, finish is dry-ish. Slightly warming. Drinkability is great for this beer, I'm sorry that my half of the bottle was gone so soon.
I will need to get more of this beer to support my heathen friends in Denmark. This beer is seriously, seriously good. It's not over-the-top craft insanity with booze or crazy flavors (though I like those kinds of beers as well)... however, it is an expertly crafted example of the style. Highly recommended.
08-27-2010 22:26:03 | More by davod23
4.45/5 rDev +7%
Poured into the GLBC Christmas Ale Snifter, while listening to First Aid Kit's "Hard Believer" (seemed appropriate...) No date code that I can find. Hope the Danish Atheist Society uses my Danish Crown well.
A - Very dark brown body topped by a mocha head. Good retention and lacing. Looks like a tasty stout, if you believe in such a thing.
S - Nice upfront smokey, roasty aroma. Undertones of anise and dark chocolate seem very appropriate. The aroma does not overwhelm, but still maintains good expressiveness. Textbook aroma.
F - Rich baker's chocolate and whiskey-like smoke balance each other out in the entry. Hints of esters and prickly alcohol start out mild and build to the swallow. The finish starts out grainy, then lingers with whiskey smoke and sweetness, plus anise-like herbal qualities lingering. Nice complexity, with the exception of the sweet smoke, no particular flavor seems to dominate, and I feel like I am picking up something new and different with each sip.
M - Not as intensely viscous as it's American counterparts, but the body is on par with most other Scandinavian Imperial Stouts I've had. Carbonation is creamy, but the alcohol provides enough prickles to give this beer some scrubbing power.
D - For me, this falls under the Nøgne ø category of fantastic textbook RIS's. They have all the right flavors, great balance, wonderful complexity. They might not be as over-the-top as some of our favorite American Stouts, but are great examples of brewing. Not just a cute marketing ploy, this is an excelent Russian Imperial Stout.
08-27-2010 03:59:00 | More by SammyDavisJrJrJr
4.25/5 rDev +2.2%
03-24-2013 23:42:48 | More by zonker17
4/5 rDev -3.8%
06-04-2013 00:48:37 | More by Kevincredible
4/5 rDev -3.8%
Pitch black into my Chimay glass with a lighter head dissipating quickly. Bitter roasty smokey chocolate nose/some tobacco with fruit and maybe some vanilla.
Tastes more intense than the nose, more of the roast malt and a long dry finish with the float of 8.9% throughout but not too aggressive. A little more medium bodied than I like in an imperial stout. Definitely a dry cocoa flavor at the end.
A nice beer recommended by my local packie - I've been able to have several Danish stouts and they've got something pretty interesting going on. A nice brew worth snaging if you can find it.
02-20-2011 02:15:39 | More by OldIronLungs
3.5/5 rDev -15.9%
07-06-2013 06:58:27 | More by GRG1313
4.33/5 rDev +4.1%
Pint 9 oz. Another brew from the Scandanavian region, expectations are high.
Pretty black, even near light very little gets through. Solid lasting layer of light tan foam.
Solid roast malt and chocolates. Some coffee, very minor hops.
Roasty and malty. Molasses, chocolate. Cocoa coffee slightly dry finish.
Coasting solid mouthfeel. Carbonation is actually a little too high to consider it creamy though. Alcohol well hidden.
No mind blowing palette or anything, just rock solid.
Brewers from this region know what they're doing with dark beers.
10-16-2011 01:42:26 | More by Bung
4/5 rDev -3.8%
02-28-2012 19:57:43 | More by JGuill
3.75/5 rDev -9.9%
09-24-2012 21:09:31 | More by Magery
4.15/5 rDev -0.2%
Purely black with a tobacco stained cap of fluffy foam. Arcs of sticky lace adhere above the fill line, with spotty bits here and there also. Wispy skim across the surface after a few minutes.
Licorice, plum and oddly blueberry in the nose when first poured. Later there are hints of coffee and brownies.
Lightly sweet with a moderate roast malt character, suggests a smoky espresso fudge. Some dark fruit is also present. Fairly light for a nearly 9% imperial stout, though it has some heft to it. Slight berry acidity lends a mildly astringent bite, though it doesn't distract. Long aftertaste of dark roast coffee and rich dark chocolate. This is very nice, glad I finally got to try it after so many positive recommendations!
02-20-2011 01:15:46 | More by emerge077
4.13/5 rDev -0.7%
500 ml bottle. Served in a DFH Signature Glass, the beer pours dark brown/black with about an inch and a half frothy tan head. Head retention is excellent, and there's a lot of lacing left behind on the glass. Aroma is roasted malt, molasses, coffee, dark fruit and bittersweet chocolate. Taste is similar to the aroma, but there's also a little bit of a soy sauce flavor noticeable. Mouthfeel/body is medium/full, it's a little oily and creamy but also starts off with a little too much carbonation for my liking. Luckily the carbonation dies down some as the beer warms, making it easier to drink. I think it's a good overall brew, it's certainly worth trying. $8.99 a bottle.
10-22-2011 23:38:11 | More by bluejacket74
Quebec (Canada)
4/5 rDev -3.8%
Bottle: Poured a pitch-black color stout with a medium size light brown foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of sweet black chocolate with some light vinous notes. Taste is also dominated by sweet black chocolate with some light coffee and some lactose in the finish. Body is quite full with some creamy notes and good carbonation without much alcohol being perceptible. Well done from a fine brewery that I am glad to be discovering.
08-15-2009 03:34:35 | More by Phyl21ca
4.13/5 rDev -0.7%
Pours black as night with a nice light mocha head. Slight bits of lace. Aroma is very toasty, roasty and malty. Slight char, nutty alcohol soaked fruits. The taste is a tad dark and fruity, with a big coffee finish. The middle comprises of big roast and toffee, char and chocolate. Feel is full bodied and thick. Finishing clean.
This is an interestingly great stout...on clearance? Really? I'll have to get more.
12-21-2011 04:28:07 | More by EgadBananas
Gudeløs from Bryggeriet Djævlebryg ApS
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CATEGORIES MoviesThis Friday sees the release of the long-awaited "Cloud Atlas," a three-way collaboration with some of the most talented filmmakers working today: Tom Tykwer, the German director behind the art-house smash "Run Lola Run" and the criminally underrated period thriller "Perfume: Story of a Murderer," and the Wachowskis, best known for their influential "Matrix" trilogy and 2008's massive flop "Speed Racer." The film is based on David Mitchell's acclaimed novel "Cloud Atlas," which works as a series of concentric circles -- six stories, in total, which reverse direction once the book hits its midway point -- covering a wide breadth of the human experience (and a multitude of literary genres), from an American notary traveling across the Pacific ocean in 1850 to a gay romance set in pre-World War II Europe to a clone revolt in the distant future.
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PRO: It's Unlike Anything You've Ever Seen Before... To achieve the replication of the book's style and form, the directors decided to have the same handful of actors (among them Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Hugo Weaving, Ben Whishaw, Susan Sarandon, Jim Broadbent and Hugh Grant) play roles in each section. So, for instance, you'll see Hanks play a thuggish modern-day author who throws a critic off a roof, a nefarious nineteenth-century doctor and a post-apocalyptic survivor wrestling with demonic urges. The movie also cuts around between the various stories throughout the whole running time, never settling in one scenario for more than a few minutes at a time. The effect is something like the last 30 minutes of "Inception" (with multiple storylines existing on different planes of dreamlike reality), except stretched across a genuinely epic three-hour run-time. This structure does much to emphasize the movie's views on the elasticity of time and space and the recurring theme of reincarnation. The scope and scale of "Cloud Atlas" are unbelievable, and it's a genuine feat to have the directors' corral their individual visions into a (mostly) cohesive whole.
CON: ... That's Not Necessarily A Good Thing At first, the incessant cutting is invigorating, with a feeling of bewilderment and confusion that isn't exactly unpleasant (it certainly beats a movie that goes to great lengths to over-explain everything) and somehow mimics our current cultural state of multiple browser tabs, texting, tweeting and constant Facebook-updating. Sadly, at a certain point, right before the last act, that sensation of exuberant experimentation wears thin, replaced by a feeling that borders on exhaustion. Sometimes the crosscutting actively lessens the drama and excitement, as in the case of an extended aerial chase sequence set in a neon-drenched futuristic Korea and much of the cross-Pacific voyage, since we're never given enough time to let any moment truly set in.
CON: If You Haven't Read The Book, You're Going To Be Especially Lost Watching "Cloud Atlas," I felt like I had an ace in my pocket -- I had actually read Mitchell's novel. If you haven't, then whole swaths of "Cloud Atlas," no matter how hard the directors work to underline the movie's thematic concerns, will probably come across as a barely comprehensible muddle. (It's not.) Things become clearer after the movie's first hour, but that's a lot of work to put in just to keep up with the basic narrative (there was at least one walkout at the screening we attended). "Cloud Atlas" is definitely worth the effort, though.
PRO: It's Woozily, Drunkenly Romantic Despite all of the cutting around, the sheer beauty and romantic grandeur of "Cloud Atlas" persists. At times, each separate moment is so gorgeous and earnest that you get choked up. When these moments start to bump up against each other, cascading through time and space, is when the movie really hits its stride and becomes a singularly powerful piece of pop art, a kind of glittery cubist fairy tale. If you have someone in your life who you'd cross centuries for and happily wear goofy prosthetic makeup around, well, I suggest you take them to see "Cloud Atlas."
PRO: Playing Spot-The-Actor One of the more primal kicks when watching "Cloud Atlas" is trying to spot the various actors as they pop up in different roles, obscured or camouflaged by make-up and prosthetic appliances. It's easy to notice Hugh Grant as the slippery owner of a nuclear power plant in a section set in the '70s (it resembles paranoid thrillers of the period), less so when he shows up a few stories later as a war-painted warrior in the distant post-apocalyptic future. Actors are constantly shapeshifting, changing scale and size, gender and ethnicity. Sometimes the effects are clunky but you're never truly taken out of the story (which is priority number one), and for the most part, it adds another layer of gentle psychedelic on top of an already surreal world.
CON: It's A Movie For Everyone and No One On one hand the movie's themes are so universal and straightforward that it's hard to imagine them not touching moviegoers (any moviegoer, really), on the other hand, it's almost unstoppably weird. We can easily see stuffy art-house types, drawn in by the promotional imagery promising a period drama, disconnect entirely during the science-fiction sequences and be turned off by the movie's often times graphic violence. It's also going to be a terrifically difficult movie to tell people about. The conversation will probably go something like this:
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on Dec 2, 2009 at 1:23 pm
By Panda, I assume you're not talking about Panda Express correct?
on Dec 3, 2009 at 1:17 am
I haven't heard any rumors about Panda, although I do have some general comments about them. They have some very silly rules. For example, let's say you are rather hungry and would like a bit more food than can be put in the small box but you don't want to get a rice bowl. You ask for a medium sized container of a meat dish and are told "You cannot order that. It is a Panda rule". You are either forced to buy less than you wanted (and end up on the hungry side) or to buy a lot more food then you were planning to.
No one is forcing anyone to go along with this, we can choose to walk away...and we will. I know some people who refuse to eat at Panda because of these silly rules. Yes, the food is good (for semi-past food)but there are other places that won't play these games.
on Dec 3, 2009 at 8:02 am
Really Qwerty???
At what eating establishment can you do that? I've never seen a place where you can order just a little more than what's on the menu..Pizza?? Hey there, just throw a couple more slices on there for free? Steak? Come on, give me another two ounces of the filet..
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And I feel like crap all of a sudden. All my reps went down, luckily I haven't gone down in weights. I mean I'm sick as hell of the loose fat that has been lingering all over my body and I've decided it's gone, period. So without messing with the calorie count of my diet which is still around 2200, I've cut out about 400-500% saturated fat from my weekly diet, and a lower amount of fat, maybe 200-300%. Unfortunately that included some protein bars but I was having trouble paying for 4-5 of them a week anyway, I just replaced them with another scoop of Nitrean on those days. The only fat I have left is like 2-3 or 3-4 servings of 2% milk a day and maybe some random meat meal, this week I'm eating ground sirloin burgers burnt to a crisp. So I'd guess I'm about at 50% fat and 70% saturated fat a day. I was obviously maintaining a normal fat covered muscle figure back when I was eating maybe more than twice the fat I do now so I don't know what to think of those daily allowance percentages but they work for quick quantitative counts well enough. So is it normal to feel weaker when cutting down the fat to where I might not even be getting what my body needs a day?...
Fat in the diet does not necesarily equal fat in the body. I would keep fats at at least 20% of your daily intake.
I have no idea how you cut 400-500% saturated fat from your diet.
That's from my weekly diet. I halved my milk servings per day, stopped eating protein bars and started using more Nitrean, and switched to a fat free deli meat as I eat sandwiches a LOT. And fat/saturated fat is about all that's left to try to get the rest of the fat off. I'm pretty sure my cardio is beyond what I need to control calories, and my daily calorie consumption is under control. And I just started doing this pretty much over the past weekend. Still getting 160g of protein a day. I'm hoping to see some results soon but like I said, I feel crappy when trying to lift. Or at least I can't lift quite as much as I could last week...
Have you actually cut your calories as well? You need to keep some fat in your diet and not go into too drastic a calorie deficit or you will feel like crap. Excessive restriction of fat and saturated fat intake can also decrease testosterone levels in males, which will make you feel bad as well. If you just started this and you are already feeling significantly weaker, then you are cutting things way too drastically. You will often lose some strength as you lose weight, but it happens over a period of weeks or months, not a few days in.
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Fat in foods is not the cause of fat in your body. If I were you, I would find a nice macro split and just reduce overall CALORIES. Another thing you can look into is nutrient timing. There are arguments for and against it, but I am going to try it right now anyway. The idea is to get most of your carbs in before and after training in 4-5 hour window...then maybe 1 more meal with a 1-1 protein-carb ratio. During the other meals is when you avoid carbs and go for your fat/protein combination meals.
For me, this would be
Breakfast and lunch, fat and protein meals
Preworkout shake, heavy carbs, moderate protein (2/1 carb/protein)
Postworkout shake, heavy carbs, moderate protein (2/1 carb/protein)
Dinner, a normal meal with a normal macro breakdown.
Pre-bed, protein only
I am trying to follow this pretty closely for at least the next 4 weeks to see if it actually works. My goal is to maintain or even gain weight while shedding *some* fat and still increasing my lifts.
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Fat does not equal fat gain. Youd most likely be better of taking out carbs.
I see you eat a lot of bread (from the sandwiches presumably). Probably not the best idea, especially since you are getting only 160g of protein a day. Unless you are 100lbs thats nothing.
What do your total macros look like?
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Bench: 45 lbs Bench: 235 lbs
Squat: 95 lbs Squat: 285 lbs
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^--Macro is short for macronutrient. The macronutrients are carbohydrates, protein and fat. ehopkins is asking how many of each you are eating per day.
Fat also help with testosterone production as well. by cutting your fats that low, you could be comprimising testosterone production. I would increase your fats, by simply adding a couple table spoons of all natural peanut butter through out the day. Try that and see how you feel.
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Well it's weird because right now I'm doing my regular upper body free weight workout and I'm not slowing down a bit, I could almost go up in reps. I'm thinking I could easily go up to 100lbs on my one-arm row. I guess I'll just give this a week or so rather than just a weekend and see what happens...
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Well I've been keeping about the same fat amount for a while now and it looks like I'm actually making progress on my ab shape finally. Starting to see actual muscle creases, even if small right now, instead of just bulges. Also that layer of fat right below the pecks is starting to retreat. So, whatever the case, cutting out all that fat and saturated fat is what I needed. I tried to calculate the macronutrients but it's just too much. There's no way in hell I can be that precise with my daily diet. But at least I can keep track of my general calories and gram intakes and this seems to be the right mix. Also trying some pyramids and reverse pyramids for my bench pressing, they seem help as well with the tired feeling...
Punch in your meals in there it is by far the simplest one i have found, it also has a smartphone app. I do not know very much about diet but this will make everything easy to track.
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You need fat to live. You don't need carbs to live. Thats why alot of people do ketogenic diets when they can't lost fat. you eliminate the macro you don't need not the one you do.
As to the methods there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods. The man who tries methods, ignoring principles, is sure to have trouble.
And as others have said, fat does not make you fat. That's just absurd.
For normal dieting purposes, one of the best ways is to simply have a protein and fat goal. Once those are met, actual calorie restrictions can come from carbs or anywhere else.
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And it seems like you are going by "daily value" by what the RDA is...don't.
Tracking your macros is just something you have to get used to. I dont like waking up before the sun is up to lift, but you just got to get it done.
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Otherwise, it sounds like you're on your way to a 6-pack and extreme level of leanness with your secret to fat loss that even violates science! Good luck with that and let me know how it works out for ya in the long run.
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Ok, ok, fine. I did neglect to look at one thing which is apparently bananas have a buttload of calories and carbs and I like to eat the biggest ones that I can find, and I was eating two a day. So maybe I'll eat medium size ones and one a day. So that's basically cutting out 200 calories and 51g of carbs a day assuming what I eat amounted to a cup full of banana and according to my test tonight it most likely does every time, that or more. It's too bad because I want to make sure to get a lot of potassium but at least I don't have to worry about fiber with all the whole grain bread...
PS- And for the record, you people conflict yourselves constantly when you practically scream "You need fat, You need fat" and then tell me to look at macro caculations. According to most of them I'm still eating way more fat than I should since I wasn't really even keeping track of saturated fat until now. There's no way in hell anyone could hope to cut too much fat out of their diet. Around 48g of fat is about the average I keep getting quoted by the different ratios for a 2200 calorie diet. I could down that at breakfast if I was even the least bit lax in what I eat.
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There's no actual contradiction regarding the fat content. You're only eating 19-20% of your calories as fat. Most would recommend something closer to 30% and even more than that if they are on a low carb diet. You also have to realize that most hard training males on this site can lose weight on significantly more than 2200 calories so it skews everyone's perspective as well. You're correct in that it's easy for the fat grams to add up if you make high fat food choices. Even with that it is possible to eat too little fat, which can lead to reproductive hormone problems in both men and women.
The bottom line is you've found something that is working for you. Anyone who is losing weight has created a calorie deficit and you've figured out what it takes to do that for you so there's no point in arguing about it.


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Saturday night the D-Train was knocked off track.
Aramis Ramirez smacked a first inning grand slam, added a second homer and drove in six runs as the Cubs blew past the Marlins, 8-3, before a League Championship Series record crowd of 65,829 at energized Pro Player Stadium.
Willis, who went 14-6 with a 3.30 ERA in the regular season, never could get going. Control problems in the first inning set up Ramirez's first-inning slam.
After grabbing a 4-0 lead in the first, the tempo was set for the Cubs to take a commanding 3-1 advantage in the best-of-seven NLCS.
Standup as he has been since being called up after six Double-A starts on May 9, Willis took the blame.
"Tonight, I'm the goat," said the left-hander who has captured so much national attention with his high-energy style and quirky delivery. "That's baseball. ... I feel responsible with this thing falling apart."
The Marlins, who have lost three straight, try to stave off elimination Sunday with Josh Beckett facing Carlos Zambrano in Game 5.
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Saturday featured Willis against former Marlin, Matt Clement. Ironically, the two were traded for each other four days before the 2002 season.
Given early run support, Clement got the better of the rookie.
Willis, who was 7-3 (3.05 ERA) at home during the regular season, was lifted after 2 1/3 innings, giving up six runs on three hits with five walks and two strikeouts.
"I wasn't able to throw strikes," said Willis, an All-Star in his first season. "Maybe I was a little too excited. You can't pitch to any team like that. Walking five guys."
Clement gave up three runs on five hits in 7 2/3 innings.
Florida mounted little offensively, getting two runs in the fifth on Alex Gonzalez's RBI ground out and Todd Hollandsworth's pinch-hit, run-scoring single.
In the eighth, Ivan Rodriguez's RBI double off Kyle Farnsworth was charged to Clement.
For the fourth straight game, the Cubs jumped on the Marlins in the first frame.
Ramirez's blast, the seventh grand slam in NLCS history, gave the Cubs a 4-0 lead. Willis dug himself into a deep hole by walking the bases loaded with one out. Ramirez turned on a 2-2 fastball and deposited a 385-foot homer near the left-field foul pole.
In all, Willis threw 37 pitches in the inning.
"It's either nerves or they are amped up," Marlins pitching coach Wayne Rosenthal says of the Marlins' first-inning woes. "They are either hyped up or strong. They are trying to hit that spot, or trying too hard to hit that spot."
Setting the tone early has been the trend for the Cubs, who have outscored the Marlins, 11-0, in the first inning. Chicago has added nine hits (four singles, one double, two triples and two homers) and six walks.
"There is no answer for it," Rosenthal says. "Yeah, I'm surprised by it. It's uneasy to me. The last couple of nights I've lost some sleep."
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While Willis was throwing sliders and curves effectively in the bullpen, he relied heavily on fastballs to his first few batters.
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With one out, Sosa walked and Alou singled through short. Once again, Willis had a showdown with Ramirez. In an 11-pitch at-bat, the Cubs third baseman bounced an RBI single to right.
Willis was relieved after he walked Eric Karros, loading the bases. In relief, Rick Helling gave up an RBI single to Alex Gonzalez, giving the Cubs a 6-0 lead.
The lead swelled to seven when Alou placed an RBI single in front of rookie Miguel Cabrera, who made his first Major League start in right field. Lofton, who walked, scored for the seventh time in the postseason. That tied a Cubs record set by Phil Cavarretta in the 1945 World Series.
Ramirez's second homer, a solo shot, came in the seventh off Nate Bump.
The Cubs' ability to add on, thwarted any potential Marlins' comeback.
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A city leader organizing a gun buy back event has made a big step in his fundraising goals. Safeway has apparently agreed to be a sponsor.
Tucson City Council member Steve Kozachik plans to hold a gun buy back event at a police station. And he says Safeway will pitch in $1,000 to help provide gift cards in exchange for guns.
A woman who survived the January 8th Safeway shooting says it's a step in the right direction. Patricia Maisch took part in the Demand a Plan video urging gun control measures.
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Maisch says an event where police can safely take weapons off the streets may prevent a lot of accidents.
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The rent at 1911 Brandon Crossing Circle ranges from $765 for a two bedroom to a $850 three bedroom. Apartments in this building are about 29% less expensive than the Brandon average.
This apartment is in Brandon.
1911 Brandon Crossing Circle has a Walk Score of 46 out of 100. This location is a Car-Dependent neighborhood so most errands require a car.
Nearby schools include Mintz Elementary School, Brandon High School and Brandon Adult/Community Center.
The closest grocery stores are Southern Muscle Sports Nutrition, Hess and ALDI Brandon, FL.
Nearby coffee shops include Mimi's Cafe, Chick-N-Bones Cafe & Catering and Gloria Jean's Coffees. Nearby restaurants include Buffalo Wild Wings, Square 1 Burgers & Bar and Tsunami Sushi & Hibachi Grill.
1911 Brandon Crossing Circle is near Sterling Ranch Park.
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Well, we've all been there before: Browns defensive tackle Shaun Rogers was arrested Thursday afternoon at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport after authorities found a loaded gun in his bag. Rogers reportedly told the police that he forgot the gun was there. Not to judge, but it's possible you have too many guns when you start forgetting they're in your luggage. It's not a bottle of lotion.
Stay tuned for more as it develops.
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1 Taxable income excludes zero bracket amount from 1977 through 1986. Rates shown apply only to married persons filing joint returns beginning in 1948. Does not include either the add on minimum tax on preference items (1970-1982) or the alternative minimum tax (1979-present). Also, does not include the effects of the various tax benefit phase-outs (e.g. the personal exemption phase-out). From 1922 through 1986 and from 1991 forward, lower rates applied to long-term capital gains.
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3 After earned-income deduction equal to 10 percent of earned income.
4 Exclusive of Victory Tax.
5 Subject to the following maximum effective rate limitations.
[year and maximum rate (in percent)] 1944-45 –90; 1946-47 –85.5; 1948-49 –77.0; 1950 –87.0; 1951 –87.2; 1952-53 –88.0; 1954-63 –87.0.
6 Includes surcharge of 7.5 percent in 1968, 10 percent in 1969, and 2.6 percent in 1970.
7 Earned income was subject to maximum marginal rates of 60 percent in 1971 and 50 percent from 1972 through 1981.
8 Beginning in 1975, a refundable earned-income credit is allowed for low-income individuals.
9 After tax credit is 1.25 percent against regular tax.
10 The benefit of the first rate bracket is eliminated by an increased rate above certain thresholds. The phase-out range of the benefit of the first rate bracket was as follows: Taxable income between $71,900 and $149,250 in 1988; taxable income between $74,850 and $155,320 in 1989; and taxable income between $78,400 and $162,770 in 1990. The phase-out of the benefit the first rate bracket was repealed for taxable years beginning after December 31, 1990. This added 5 percentage points to the marginal rate for those by the phaseout, producing a 33 percent effective rate.
11 Rates for 2003 are after enactment of the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act. Prior to enactment the rates were 10% up to $12,000 and 38.6% on amounts over $311,950.
12 The 2011 rates were extended for two years after enactment of the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010.
Sources: Joint Committee on Taxation, "Overview of Present Law and Economic Analysis Relating to Marginal Tax Rates and the President's Individual Income Tax Rate Proposals" (JCX-6-01), March 6, 2001, and Congressional Research Service, "Statutory Individual Income Tax Rates and Other Elements of the Tax System: 1988 through 2008," (RL34498) May 21, 2008. Tax Foundation, "Federal Individual Income Tax Rates History: Income Years 1913-2011,"


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Spring arrived this past week. And if you have got a desire to get out in the garden as soon as possible, make sure to take your smart device with you. We are giving thumbs up to a cool gadget and a couple of apps that will help turn your thumb green.We've got something for your favorite house plant. It is the Flower Power by Parrot. The device is placed in the soil and then it can talks to you tablet or smartphone giving vital statistics about the plant. It will push notification to your device to let you know what your plant needs.Flower Power costs $59 and might make a good Mother's Day which is coming up in a little over a month.Did you know that the south leads all other regions in outdoor gardening? Here are a couple of app suggestions from Verizon Wireless that are readily available at the tips of your green thumbs:Garden Pro! - This app has more than 7,000 plants in its database. It can help you manage and plan your garden. The app is for Apple devices and will cost 99 cents.Beginners Gardening Guide - This free Android app offers detailed information about gardening design and growing everything from vegetable to flower gardens.Do you use technology to help your make your thumb greener? Let FOX 5's Doug Evans know. Find him at facebook.com/DougEvansFOX5 or on Twitter at @DougEvansFOX5
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The future club has no potential...
...there's no hope for Esperanza, and I have no faith in Fidel.
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I agree. But in Apple's case, their iOS devices are terrific 'gateway' products for people to check out the rest of the hardware ecosystem, i.e., Macs.
Apple poised to post highest profit and revenue ever thanks to the perfect storm. As we see Apple has just released new hardware with more to follow, the New Ihone 5 coming this fall, a possible new TV or Ipanel, new operating systems for mobile and land............lets face it, it doesn't get any better than this. (I forgot to mention Apples upcoming deal with China Mobile)
My question is what does Apple do for an encore.
Steve Ballmer would give up his Monkey dance to know the answer to that question.
Apple's entry into the music player business was greeted with scoff, as they came in late with a more expensive product. Ballmer howled with laughter when he heard Apple was entering the phone market with a high-priced phone... a market MS had been in for years. The tablet market could never gain market traction until Apple came out with their iPad. THEN, Apple refused to sit still and has annually improved their products in incremental steps, keeping the competition slightly off balance. Apple has "first mover advantage" and have kept the pressure up to hold that position. In chess, that's called the initiative and shows which player is running the game. By not telegraphing their next move, Apple's competitors cannot anticipate or prepare for the next big thing.
From the perspective of a [former] business owner selling Apple products.
What you say has a greater advantage than only the profit $.
You and your $100 customer have a $50 relationship -- that is understood and appreciated by each party.
Your competitor has a $10 relationship, each, with 5 parties -- understood by each, for what it is worth.
You are selling solutions, relationships, repeat business, reference sales...
Your competitor is selling price.
In addition to all of the above, the business owner and the manufacturer have fewer but profitable customers to support, which lowers your operating costs.
One profitable customer vs. six customers, as in the above example. Besides, everyone knows that if it has power cords or tits, you're gonna have problems to resolve. :-)
Apple poised to post highest profit and revenue ever thanks to the perfect storm. As we see Apple has just released new hardware with more to follow, the New Ihone 5 coming this fall, a possible new TV or Ipanel, new operating systems for mobile and land............lets face it, it doesn't get any better than this. (I forgot to mention Apples upcoming deal with China Mobile)
My question is what does Apple do for an encore.
iTV, followed by iCar, and then, the pièce de Resistance: I, Robot!
I repeat my yearly prediction: the first non-living co-respondent in a divorce proceeding will be an Apple FemBot!!!
No doubt you're so clever you can see into the future from that high horse you're sitting on.
First I'd seen of that. Thanks for the links.
Exxon pumps about 2.5M bpd, while Saudi pumps ~7.5M (you can find this info very easily on the web; the 7.5M number is probably an underestimate for Saudi). The correct metric to use to infer revenues from bpd is to look at the "revenue equivalent" from production of oil, natural gas and other products. If we use Exxon's multiples (as you did), Saudi's revenue must be closer to $1.4 trillion, or something in that range. 8% of that is over $100B.
It is commonly acknowledged that Saudi Aramco is the largest oil and gas producer in the world (although, they may have been eclipsed by PetroChina, hard to tell).
Every valuation is implicitly or explicitly a DCF valuation. If it is not explicitly a DCF valuation it's likely a relative valuation based on multiples (i.e., EPS*[P/E], which is an implicit DCF valuation). In either event, my two points about valuations being independent of inflation are right -- i.e., the point about nominal cash flows discounted at the nominal discount rate being the same as valuations based on real -- i.e., inflation-adjusted -- cash flows discounted at the real discount rate numbers for both, and the point about P/E ratios being independent of inflation.
Moreover, we could argue that the real price of most tech products had fallen over time relative to functionality offered, i.e., there has been negative inflation in this business.
Independently of all that, there is no law against looking at inflation-adjusted valuations. The question is, what does it mean, if anything at all.
Tim Cook highlighting $150 million in charitable contributions over several years does little to undo the public's perception of Apple as a scrooge in the charitable contributions category.
You do realize that many of the other companies that even get close to Apple's profits give several hundreds of millions ANNUALLY to charity, ranging from 5-10% of their profit? Apple can't even claim getting anywhere close to 1% of their profit donated to charity.
Can you please explain how a publicly traded company with mandatory SEC filings is able to "give in secret"???
Ok whatever, we'll see who is right and who is wrong in a year or two.
Tim Cook highlighting $150 million in charitable contributions over several years does little to undo the public's perception of Apple as a scrooge in the charitable contributions category.
You do realize that many of the other companies that even get close to Apple's profits give several hundreds of millions ANNUALLY .....
Who cares.
It's not Tim Cook's -- or the Board's -- money to give away. I think it's fabulous that a CEO actually understands that.
The debate over whether or not or a company should be an active and beneficial member of their community is a long one that I have no interest in touching.
My issue is with Tim Cook and others here PRETENDING that Apple is a charitable company when the reality is, they give peanuts compared to others. I'm glad to see that you agree with me that Apple is NOT a charitable company, but you should be bringing this to the attention of others making inaccurate statements, and not killing the messenger for highlighting this fact....
Apple's phone business is currently the biggest single source of profits. In my opinion, the market has a huge growth potential as emerging markets shift to smartphones and Apple continues to market older models (which have a low marginal cost) to these new markets. Apple has solid products at various price points in the phone game. Not only are they well positioned to capture sales in new markets, even established markets are experiencing double-digit rates of conversion to smartphones, and in these markets, Apple can sell huge numbers of its latest and greatest iterations at early-adopter prices.
With tablets, things are much less clear. Apple currently dominates, and so, only a growth in the market itself could result in greatly increased sales for Apple. Will the tablet market grow as fast as smartphone market? Will margins remain attractive, like they have in the phone biz? Time will tell.
The PC market is not going to grow nearly as fast as the smartphone or the tablet markets. It is not a prime source of profits anymore. Apple can concentrate on niches within the overall market, but overall, there's less potential.
The key is that the tablet market is the new PC market. Steve saw this as far back as 2007 (see All Things D full interview, note contrast with Bill Gates who basically had no idea what he was doing [I admire his philanthropy though I continue to call for Bill to step away completely from Microsoft]).
Smartphones are important because it is the number one electronic device everyone in the world needs.
Tablets will be critical because the tablet is the new PC and PCs can only hold their own or simply start to gradually erode. Websites, alone, are so grossly bloated that native apps and web apps have become so enjoyable with regards to iOS tablets.
So the writing is on the wall for the PC market, smartphones have had a massive shakeup in just five years, and the next five years will see a big shakeup of the PC market. Anyone that needs a PC will be hard-pressed to look for something thin, light, or simply dirt, dirt cheap. Anyone that is reticent to get a complicated PC will simply get a tablet.
Apple is in an amazing position right now. Wall Street is trying to ride them but not many people realise Apple itself buys and sells a massive amount of securities. Apple's trading of their $100 billion of securities puts them in the top 20 financial traders in the world.
Look at the last few lines. In six months they spent almost $100 billion in securities. Now I'm not sure what the leverage was on that but I can bet it's pretty low.
Apple could walk into any bank (or country for that matter, not in Europe, I guess) and ask for a $1 Trillion loan... And they would get it.
You know the movie Contact with Jodie Foster? If we had alien plans to build a super space-time travelling device, Apple would be the prime company to build it. Of course, you would only be able to go to the planets Apple has pre-approved. LOL.
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On June 3, lawyers for the NFL owners and players met in a St. Louis courtroom in front of the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals presenting their oral arguments as to why the NFL lockout should or should not be lifted. At its conclusion, Judge Kermit Bye strongly encouraged each side to work out a deal on their own to end the lockout and get back to football rather than wait for the court's ruling, which Bye says neither the owners nor players would like.
Dan Wetzel of Yahoo! Sports identifies that as the point when the owners and players started to become truly serious about achieving a new labor agreement.
"That's when the sides got real with each other," the source said. "When the deadline loomed large they started to work on the real issues."
On Tuesday evening, Mike Freeman of CBSSports.com reported that the labor agreement was 80-85 percent of the way done and the source quoted above agreed with that assessment, according to Wetzel.
This is all good news as more and more folks are saying the discussions are on the right track. In fact, it'd be hard to derail the momentum to a new CBA at this point.
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Taylor's future plans are to attend Paul Mitchell Beauty School and Alexandria School of Scientific Therapeutics. Taylor hopes to attend beauty school and massage therapy school with the intent of one day owning her own salon.
At South Decatur High School, Taylor is a member of the girls varsity golf team and varsity cheerleading squad. She is the student council president, a member of SADD, the Key Club and the National Honor Society. Taylor is also the school's yearbook co-editor.
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Praxiteles wrote:some one has asked why the sanctuaries in Br O'Riordan's churches tend to have two doors leading to the sacristy located behind the east wall of the church. The two doors are explained by a requirement of the Roman Ritual which prescribed that for the celebration of High Mass he celebrant arrive at the altar on the gospel side (North Side) and keave the sancturay from the epistle or South side. This resilted in two doors being provided for access to the sacristy.
Praxiteles wrote:Ballintotis Church, Midleton, Co. Cork
Here we have a shot of Ballintotis church. Reports have been confirmed that the sacristy of this church was demolished about two weeks ago. Although this is a protected structure, no planning application was made to Cork County Council for works to be carried out to the church. The County Council has no record of any declaration having been made for works to be carried out at Ballintotis. It looks as though we are dealing with a case of the cowboys in the night - and the only way to stop that is to prosecute and seek exemplary sentencing.


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San Antonio Spurs big man DeJuan Blair fell out of the rotation during the 2012 NBA Playoffs. Now, he may be looking for a new team. The Spurs are looking to deal Blair to create roster space to bring over past European picks like Erazem Lorbek and others, according to Yahoo! Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski.
Blair averaged 9.5 points and 5.5 rebounds per game during the regular season, but averaged just 7.6 minutes per game in the playoffs and did not even make it into two games. The former 2nd-round pick would welcome a trade out of San Antonio, according to Wojnarowski.
It remains unclear how the Spurs will deal Blair without taking on another player to add to their roster. They could send him somewhere in a salary dump or for a future draft pick if need be, but that's about the only avenue to make a deal happen under these conditions.
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Mosquito Creek Outdoor's Indian River Lagoon Coast Fishing Forecast, September 2009
by Captain Tom Van Horn
Special Announcement: On October 10th, Captain Mark Nichols of DOA and Jerry McBride of Florida Sportsman Magazine will be conducting a FREE fishing seminar from 1 -3 PM at Mosquito Creek Outdoors in Apopka Florida.
As hurricane season progresses and the summer squalls try to develop and move north in the Atlantic, our prevailing summer breezes begin to switch from the southeast to the northeast. This shift in wind direction along with shorter periods of daylight signals the beginning of the fall migration of all critters preferring warmer climates. This transition also marks the beginning of the fall fishing season as hordes of baitfish, primarily silver and black mullet, bay anchovies (glass minnows), greenies, and predatory species begin their southerly migration along the beach and through the Indian River Lagoon. Rather than a continuous flow, baitfish typically moves south in pulses or waves, so finding the bait is the key to catching fish. One day a particular location will be loaded with bait, and the next day they will be gone. It's hard to predict the magnitude and duration of the run, but it recent trends continue, this year's run will start early, and like last year, progress into October and November. Currently bait pods are forming up in all areas of the lagoon, and small concentration of baitfish have already made themselves known around Ponce De Leon Inlet, Port Canaveral and along the beaches south to the Sebastian Inlet area.
Look for snook, tarpon, redfish, bluefish, jack crevalle, Spanish mackerel, sharks, and large kingfish crushing and shadowing bait pods all along the beach. The bait pods are easily located by watching for birds diving and fish working the bait on the surface. Once you've located the bait concentration, simply determine its direction of movement, usually south, and set up in front of it and let them come to you. This is also my preferred time of year to target tarpon and snook along the beach.
September 1st marks the beginning of snook season and the beach snook run has already started with a few fish being reported. This action will pick up substantially as the bait run progresses. When fishing from the beach, I prefer using live finger mullet as bait, (match the hatch). The technique I like to use starts by treading a ½ ounce barrel sinker onto your line. Next, attach a small swivel to the tag end of your line serving two purposes. The swivel acts as a stop keeping your weight from sliding down on the hook, and it also reduces line twisting as your sinker rolls with the tide and wave action. Next, I attach about 24" of fluorocarbon leader, 40 to 50 pound test, and a large circle hook. You will need to step up your tackle, rig, and bait size if tarpon are targeted. Another tip is to use 20-pound test braided line, because it greatly increases your spool capacity over standard monofilament line. Once you're rigged and acquired bait, you'll want to hook your finger mullet through the lips. Fish the very edge of the beach, just beyond the whitewater, and walk along the beach letting your bait roll along in the direction of tidal flow. This technique will allow bait to cover more ground and help keep it in the strike zone longer. Also, if you are into full contact fishing, Sebastian Inlet features some of the best snook action on Florida's Indian River Lagoon Coast, but its popularity attracts anglers from across the state, so be ready for some shoulder to shoulder fishing.
Near-shore, good numbers of kingfish will continue to work the beaches, Port Canaveral buoy line, and the inshore reefs and wrecks in 70 to 120 feet of water. When targeting kingfish, slow trolling live pogies (Atlantic menhaden) on stainless steel stinger rigs is the preferred method. Also as the water temperatures cool, look for the large manta rays to move into shallower water on their migration south bring cobia with them. In Port Canaveral and Sebastian Inlet look for flounder, mangrove snapper, redfish and snook around the jetties and other structure, and tripletail, barracuda, and cobia under the Canaveral buoy cans.
I always like to use Mother Nature's signals to help predict changes on our nearshore and inshore waters, and currently my goldenrods in my backyard are in full bloom. This flush of golden blooms signals the beginning of the mullet run and the formation of spawning schools of breeder redfish in the IRL and inlet passes. Besides redfish, sea trout are still plentiful on the deeper edges of the grass flats with the best bite occurring at first light and sunset. Also look for ladyfish, tarpon, slot redfish, and jacks to be mixed in. When targeting these fish, work top water plugs for explosive action, or try working ¼ ounce jigs with a white or rootbeer colored DOA Shrimp combined with a Woodies Rattle capsule insert. Near the end of the month, start looking for the pompano and flounder to begin moving out of the lagoon through the inlets into the near shore waters along the beach. Also watch for the larger redfish to begin forming up just outside Sebastian Inlet feeding on small baitfish and small crabs washing out with the tide.
Be sure to check out the new Coastal Angler Magazine Orlando in print and online for free at www.coastalanglermagazine.com.
As always, if you have any questions or need help, please contact me.
Good luck and good fishing,
Captain Tom Van Horn
Mosquito Coast Fishing Charters
(407) 416-1187 on the water
(407) 366-8085 landline
Visit www.mosquitocreekoutdoors.com for your outdoor adventure needs, its Where the Adventure Begins!
Mosquito Creek Outdoor's Indian River Lagoon Coast Fishing Forecast, September 2009


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A*M*E all set for Ponty Big Weekend
2:20pm Friday 8th June 2012 in Music By Argus reporter
AFTER signing with Gary Barlow's Future Records, up-and-coming young star A*M*E will perform at Pontypridd's Ponty's Big Weekend festival on Saturday, July 21.
The 17-year-old brand of quirky pop has already planted her firmly on the radar for 2012.
With one viral hit so far with City Light and the new Ride Or Die viral out now, she is also turning a lot of heads in the style press as well.
Talking about her pursuit of encapsulating 'perfect pop', A*M*E said: "What I love most about a perfect pop song is that with it you are never alone.
"That's what makes me happiest about pop music. It is a friend when no one else is.
"Tracks like TLC's No Scrubs, Madonna's Holiday, Jay-Z's Hard Knock Life or anything by Adele. All amazing pop songs."
Jessie J and Olly Murs are among the household names appearing at Ponty's Big Weekend which runs between July 20 and 22. Go to www.pontysbigweekend.co.uk for more information.
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