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Well, 2010 is about to come to a close and while I'm sure many in the Cocktail Culture are putting together their own "look back" lists, here is mine. Warning: It's not short.
If you see something I missed then feel free to send it my way and I'll add it. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com (start the subject line with Re:), facebook email me, or text to 407-924-6234.
The following contains Milestone & Firsts, 5, 50, 75, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300, 350, & 500 Anniversaries, Media; Books, TV, Film, iPhone Apps, New Bars Worth Mentioning, New Alcohol, New Mixers, Misc., Tools, Novelties, What's In Trends, and What's Out Trends.
– Tales of the Cocktail®, the internationally acclaimed festival of cocktails in New Orleans, Louisiana broke more records than any cocktail related festival/event in the world. Their shopping list consisted of 2,902 Mint Sprigs, 2,800 Driscoll's Blackberries, 1,760 Lemon Twists, 1,420 Orange Twists, 1,320 Egg Whites, 1,305 Cucumber Slices, 1,280 Grapefruit Wedges, 1,029 Lemon Wheels, 995 Orange Wheels, 960 Luxardo Cherries, 475 Ginger Slices, 450 Zespri Kiwifruit Slices, 207 Gallons Bitters, 162 Gallons Lime Juice, 123 Gallons Lemon Juice, 60 Gallons Grapefruit Juice, 45 Gallons Fever-Tree Club Soda, 44 Gallons Orange Juice, 9 Gallons Fresh Sour Mix, 100,000 Tales of the Cocktail Recyclable Cups, and 5,804 bottles of liquor.
Tales also organized 25 Spirited Dinner® locations, 5 Spirited Luncheons, 64 Seminars, 50 Tasting Rooms, 282 Sponsors, 6 Radio Shows, 164 Events, and 8 partner hotel properties.
The local economic impact Tales of the Cocktail made consisted of $11.3 million with 14,014 hotel nights booked. 52.7% of visitors had attended Tales of the Cocktail more than once, 47.3% went for the first time, 70.3% of attendees traveled to the New Orleans area, 62.9% of respondents attended Tales of the Cocktail for 4 to 5 days.
Tales Attendee Breakdown was 18,750 and 65.3% were Industry Professionals, Bartenders, Sponsors, Presenters and Media, 34.7% were Cocktail Enthusiasts/General attendees. The National and International Statistics were 17.8% New York, 14.4% California, 10.1% from Texas and 6.6% from Florida. The largest fraction of international visitors came from Canada (32.7%), followed by Australia (12.2%), France (10.2%) and Sweden (6.1%). Other countries that attendees visited from: Mexico, The Netherlands, Italy, Denmark, The UK, Germany, South Korea, Trinidad & Tobago, Switzerland, Afghanistan, New Zealand, Brazil, and Austria.
Tales of the Cocktail Social Media Statistics include: Facebook, Twitter (43.2%) and Blogsite (15.3%), 48.1% of visitors attend Tales of the Cocktail events, based on information received from social media 96.9% of attendees surveyed used the Tales of the Cocktail website.
As for media coverage, Tales of the Cocktail had 238 Credentialed visiting media, writers, journalists, editors, radio show hosts, etc., 1,459,621,250 Media Impressions, 1,446 Stories Written, and $14,447,452 Ad Value generated. Notable Media Outlets included Saveur Magazine, Nightclub and Bar Magazine, Food Network, LA Times Times Magazine, Martha Stewart Living Radio, Mutineer Magazine, NBC Universal, New York Times, Popular Science, Sharp Entertainment, Seattle Times, The Houston Chronicle, and Washington Post.
– The Manhattan Cocktail Classic hosted its 1st year.
– Portland hosted its first Portland Cocktail Week.
– London hosted its first London Cocktail Week.
– The Bartender's Travelling Book (started late 2009, but began to travel in 2010) has made it to Mr. Javier de las Muelas of Barcelona, Spain. The mission and purpose of the book is to gradually create a unique collaborative work featuring 333 prominent bartenders coming from different continents and various cultures. It will be a testament to the camaraderie and mutual respect among the bigwigs in the bartending world. The book came into existence with a clear objective – to be filled with personal entries by the world's best bartenders. Other things to know about the book is that it is the only book of it's kind in the whole world, made of leather and has silver embossing, made from exclusive hand made paper, and took 2 months for the book binder to put together. You can follow its travels on the Facebook Bartender's Travelling Book Group.
– After witnessing Tony Conigliaro's Glass Aged Manhattan at 69 Colebrooke Lane in London, Mixologist/blogger Jeffrey Morgenthaler from Portland pondered the question, "What if you could prepare a large batch of a single, spirit-driven cocktail and age it in a used oak barrel? Well, he did it. He first made a batch of rye Manhattans and put it into a small, used oak cask whose previous contents were Madeira wine. After five-to-six weeks, a soft blend of oak, wine, caramel and char was born. He continued his project by using whiskey casks and proceeded to fill them with a large batch of Negronis and after After six weeks in the bourbon barrel emerged a rare beauty. The sweet vermouth so slightly oxidized, the color paler and rosier than the original, the mid-palate softly mingled with whiskey, the finish long and lingering with oak tannins. Jeffrey has continued with several other recipes.
– There was a march for mezcal in Portland, OR.
– Great Rum Debate took place on a boat between Oakland and San Francisco.
– The World's largest bar supply store, Bar Products, Inc added a Master Mixology section to their sites.
– Gläce Luxury Ice introduced their Mariko sphere (means "ball in Japanese) and the G3 (G-Cubed) 2" ice cubes. The consumer site is here.
– The Great Vodka Debate by the San Francisco USBG (United States Bartenders Guild) was the first of its kind.
– Medea Vodka from Holland is the first to release a bottle with a programmable LED display that can hold up to six different messages each with 255 characters.
– Trader Vic's offers a Mai Tai surfboard flight.
– 1000 bottles of Glenfiddich Snow Phoenix whisky were made available exclusively to members of the online club, Glenfiddich Explorers.
– Bols launched in America, Galliano L'Autentico and Galliano Ristretto (55% Arabica beans from Columbia and Brazil and 45% Robusta beans from India and Kenya).
– Tiffany & Co. created 73 silver cups for the Kentucky Derby for Mint Juleps to be served in. They sold $1,000 each.
– In honor of Elvis's would-be 75th birthday (January 8th), Three-O Vodka put together cocktail recipes, Jailhouse on the Rocks, Blue Suede Shooters, All Shook Up, and The Hound Dog.
– To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Frederic Chopin's birth, Chopin Vodka unveiled a hand-blown, seven-foot tall, 200-liter glass bottle on the red carpet at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival (2010). It's the largest bottle of liquor ever to be produced.
– In honor of Frank Sinatra's would be 95th birthday, Social Mixology served old-school Ketel One Martinis prepared by Anthony Alba and Tobin Ellis as well as a tasting of the limited Angelo Lucchesi bottling of Jack Daniel's.
– Cocktail Kingdom made it easy for non-residents of the Caribbean to buy actual swizzle sticks.
– Delta Airlines added new cocktails on their flights: Bourbon Breeze • Woodford Reserve Small Batch Bourbon, cranberry & apple juice, and a splash of orange juice with a lime wedge; Marseilles Manhattan • Bourbon, sweet vermouth, Angostura bitters, splash of Ricard, and brandied cherries; Tahitan Dream • Rhum J.M. Gold, Cointreau, orgeat syrup, fresh lime, and hibiscus sugar.
– United Airlines offered their passengers a Sunrise Sunset • Vodka, cranberry apple juice, a splash of orange juice, and a squeeze of lime (same mixers as the Bourbon Breeze from Delta above?). They also offer a Mai Tai.
– Continental Airlines began offering Vodka Red Bull to their passengers.
– Virgin America Airlines offers these cocktails to their passengers: Pomegranate Martini, Mai Tai, and Margarita. All made with Stirrings mixers.
– Angostura Bitters Shortage rose due to changes in Angostura's ownership, cash flow problems, and production stoppages.
– Sagatiba Cachaça launched in Lebanon, China and Russia.
– Kanon Vodka launched, "Jello Shots in Tow".
– President Barack Obama and his wife went out for a "date night" to Havana, a Latino-inspired restaurant that serves some of the best Cuban drinks and food on the island and drank Grey Goose Martinis. I guess not "when in Rome"?
– Moet-Hennessy put sleeves on all their products.
– Don Julio's Blanco, Reposado, and Añejo bottles as well as their unique boxes debuted a new modernized, eye-catching design and a new logo that pays tribute to the brand's namesake.
– The AWOL machine was invented in the Uk and allowed to function in Australia for precisely one day (AWOL means Alcohol With Out Liquid: you inhale vaporized alcohol and get… vaporized).
– Stolichnaya Vodka launched a new ad campaign called, "Would You Have a Drink With You? " which will feature celebrities with Playboy magnate Hugh M. Hefner.
– The Los Angeles Times reported that Matthew Biancaniello, a bartender at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel's Library Bar, developed a cocktail called the Indian Summer, which is served in an emu egg.
– InBev recalled some batches of Stella Artois beer (250ml bottles) because they may contain small pieces of glass.
– Ban on alcoholic energy drinks.
– Macallan adopted the ice ball as core to push 18 "on the rock".
– The Hungarian liqueur, Zwack was released to the U.S. market.
– Indiana – ID must be presented for all off-premises sales as of July 1, 2010.
– Nebraska – Legislation passed in 2010 allows for municipalities to extend on-premise sales to 2 a.m.
– Pennsylvania – a trial was initiated to test selling wine in grocery stores using vending machines. The buyer must present identification, look into a camera to allow an off site PLCB employee to verify the identification, then blow into a breathalyzer to authorize the sale.
– The Museum of the American Cocktail opened in New Orleans and was founded by Dale and Jill DeGroff, Anastasia Miller, Jared Brown, Robert Hess, Ted Haigh, Chris & Laura McMillian, and Phil Greene.
– Gary Regan's introduction of Regan's Orange Bitters.
– The first scholarly journal of the cocktail, Mixologist: The Journal of the American Cocktail. Published by Anastasia Miller and Jared Brown.
– Introduction of NAVAN, Captain Morgan Tattoo, Absolut Apeach, and Heavy Water Vodka.
– All American states adopt a BAC level of 0.08.
– Molson merges with Coors.
– Tanqueray 10 celebrated their 10th anniversary on 10-10-10.
– The film Coyote Ugly was debuted.
– Alizé Red Passion, Wild Turkey Russell's Reserve, Tequiza Extra, Baffert's gin, Doc Otis Hard Lemon, and Smirnoff twist flavored vodkas are introduced.
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– The first Playboy Club (116 East Walton, Chicago, IL) opened and It became the busiest bar in the world, often serving 1400 guests a day. Cocktails cost $1.50, lol!
– The plastic lined bottle cap replaced the cork lined crown bottle cap on beer.
-"Happy Hour" became a common term.
– Jägermeister is introduced from Germany.
– All bottled liquor sold in America is required to have the statement, FEDERAL LAW FORBIDS SALE OR REUSE OF THIS BOTTLE embossed in the glass.
– Krueger cream ale becomes the first canned beer.
– The first in-flight cocktails were served to paying passengers on the scheduled airliner, Zeppelin while flying over Germany.
– J&B Scotch whisky was introduced.
– Prohibition for Canberra, Australia began.
– Mount Gay Eclipse Rum (from Barbados) was named after an eclipse of the same year (1910).
– Bacardi opened their first facility in Barcelona, Spain.
– Britain's first cocktail bar, the Criterion in Piccadilly Circus opened (2 Jermyn Street, London).
– Jerry Thomas. the most famous founding fathers of the Cocktail Culture. He died on December 14th. at 55 years old.
– Campari was introduced in Italy.
– Gosling's Black Seal Rum distillery was established in Bermuda.
– Combier Liqueur D' Orange is available in the US for the first time in 175 years.
– The first Oktoberfest in Germany took place.
– Cruzan Rum from the Virgin Islands is introduced.
– George Washington wrote asking the Laird family for its applejack recipe.
– Elector of Hanover in Germany commissioned a silver buffet fountain intended to cool wine called the "Hanover Cistern and Fountain".
– Brandy was added to Portuguese wine to help preserve it for Atlantic voyages.
– Benedictine was introduced. Happy Birthday!
– Fix the Pumps by Darcy O'Neil
– Punch: The Delights (and Dangers) of the Flowing Bowl
by David Wondrich
– The Modern Mixologist by Tony Abou-Ganim
– Paparazzi Bar Book by Stanislav Vadrna. The beautiful website for the book is here with endorsements from Gaz Regan and Beachbum Berry.
– Speakeasy: The Employees Only Guide to Classic Cocktails Reimagined by Jason Kosmas and Dushan Zaric
– The Everything Bartender's Book Third Edition by Cheryl Charming
– Just Martinis: A Little Book of Liquid Elegance by Cheryl Charming
– Just Margaritas and Sangrias: A Little Book of Liquid Sunshine by Cheryl Charming
– Just Shots: A Little Book of Liquid Fun by Cheryl Charming
– The Bartender's Best Friend: A Complete Guide to Cocktails, Martinis, and Mixed Drinks 2nd Edition by Mardee Haidin Regan
– 101 Blender Drinks By Kim Haasarud
– Just Tropical Drinks: A Little Book of Liquid Paradise by Cheryl Charming
– Bar Book: Poems and Otherwise by Julie Sheehan
– Champagne Cocktails by Jared Brown and Anistatia Miller
– Food & Wine Cocktails 2010: The Ultimate Source for 160-Plus Terrific Cocktail & Party-Food Recipes from the World's Biggest Talents by the editors of Food & Wine
– Hungry Girl Happy Hour by Lisa Lillien
– Yuri Kato's Japanese Cocktails by Yuri Kato
– The Little Green Book of Absinthe: An Essential Companion with Lore, Trivia, and Classic and Contemporary Cocktails by Paul Owens and Paul Nathan
– The Bar and Beverage Book by Costas Katsiqris and Chris Thomas
– Booze Cakes: Confections Spiked With Spirits, Wine, and Beer by Krystina Castella and Terry Lee Stone
– How to Booze: Exquisite Cocktails and Unsound Advice by Jordan Kaye and Marshall Altier
– Left Coast Libations: The Art of West Coast Bartending: 100 Original Cocktails by Ted Munat and Michael Lazar
– Peterson's Happy Hour: Spirited Cocktails and Helpful Hints to Brighten Daily Life by Valerie Peterson
– Boozehound: On the Trail of the Rare, the Obscure, and the Overrated in Spirits by Jason Wilson
– Whiskey For Women by Meghan Leary & forward by Francesco Lafranconi (limited edition)
– How I Met Your Mother is set in the fictional NYC bar, MacLaren's, which allows for many bar scenes, but the 100th episode titled, "Girls vs. Suits" showed Barney, played by Neil Patrick Harris (I love him!) playing the charming womanizer who lists off all the women he has conquered except for one…a hot female bartender.
– Castle from ABC aired an episode that centered around cocktail culture, the history of prohibition in NY and coveting vintage booze.
– Mad Men on AMC continues to romanticize the free-flowing Martinis and Manhattans of the early 1960s.
– Charlie played by Charlie Sheen continues to booze it up on Two and a Half Men from CBS.
– The gang in FX's, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia continues the zany predicaments they get themselves into while in the bar they own called Paddy's Pub.
– Boardwalk Empire from HBO is set in Atlantic City during the American Prohibition. In the opening, Dimmi bottles wash up on the shore at Steve Buscemi's feet.
– Cougar Town on ABC tipples around the clock with Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. In one episode, Jules (Courtney Cox) held a memorial service for her favorite (but now broken) over sized wine glass.
– Salt – Angelina Jolie and several Russian agents all drink a vodka toast. Later, Angelina Jolie uses a bottle of vodka as a weapon.
– Princess and The Frog – The frog says, I'll take a pre-dinner cocktail and something to nibble on."
– Avatar – Sam Worthington mentions Tequila in voice-over narration and states on his video diary that the Na'vi won't be making any deals with the humans, not for light beer or blue jeans.
Stephen Yang tells his team that the first round of drinks is on him.
– Get Him To The Greek – Russell Brand says, "It's time to invest in Jack Daniel's."
– The A-Team – Gerald McRaney states he has a bottle of Blue Label (Johnnie Walker Blue Label Scotch) waiting for the team, and Liam Neeson tells him to make it a case.
– The Hangover – Jägermeister is drank for a rooftop toast.
– Burlesque – Alan Cumming tells Christina Aguilera, "Maybe I should wash your mouth out with Jägermeister".
– Cyrus – Matt Walsh hands John C. Riley holds a Vodka Red Bull.
– Dinner For Schmucks – The ring tone on Steve Carell's phone is the chorus of Rupert Holmes' "The Pina Colada Song."
– Grown Ups – On several occasions, lyrics from Escape: The Pina Colada Song" is heard.
– Charlie St. Cloud – Zac Efron invites Amanda Crew for dinner, then asks if she'd like beer or wine. Zac Efron holds a bottle of Jack Daniel's.
– Taker's – Lots of alcohol scenes with Matt Dillon and others. Ghost drinks Paul Walker's Scotch without his permission.
– The Switch – Lots of drink scenes. Jennifer Anniston and Juliette Lewis and others drink many drinks including Bloody Marys.
– Knight And Day – Cameron Diaz kisses Tom Cruise on a plane and says, "That was from the Tequila and altitude." Viola Davis tells Peter Sarsgaard that something needed a Margarita and not capping. A guy at a bar orders a Harvey Wallbanger.
– Marmaduke – One of Owen Wilson's (Marmaduke, the dog) friends says to him, "Not to rub Margarita salt in the wound, but you deserved it."
– Killers – Catherine O'Hara asks a flight attendant for three Chardonnays and drinks from a large pitcher of Bloody Marys in the morning.
– Piranha 3D – Richard Dreyfuss sings "Show Me the Way to Go Home," which features the lyric, "I had a little drink about an hour ago and it's gone right to my head." Jerry O'Connell drinks Tequila body shots off on a bikini-clad Riley Steele.
– The Other Guys – Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg are served Arnold Palmers at the house of one of Will's former girlfriends. Her husband announces that her drink is the only one with vodka in it.
– The American – Lots of spirits and wine seen.
– Pilgrim VS. The World – Michael orders two Gin and Tonics. Mary Elizabeth Winstead says she normally doesn't drink, prompting Scott to ask, "Oh, you want one?" (meaning, he ordered the two for just himself).
– Eat Pray Love – Julia Roberts orders Tequila on the rocks and also tells Billy Crudup that she'll have unlimited mini-bar access in their Bali hotel. Giuseppe Gandini sees a commercial about Miller Time and then buy a 6-pack.
– 127 Hours – James Franco says, I need to be chilled like Sauvignon Blanc".
– Skyline – Lots of bottles and drinks are seen as well as Margaritas.
– Life As We Know It – Lots of drinking scenes. Katherine Heigl, Josh Duhamel, Hayes MacArthur, and Christina Hendricks drink Mimosas.
– Iron Man 2 – When Robert Downey Jr. tells Gwyneth Paltrow he's promoting her, she asks if he's been drinking and he says, "Yes, chlorophyll" then opens Champagne for both of them and tells her, "Don't think…drink." Scarlett Johansson hands Robert Downey Jr. a Martini and suggestively asks, "Is that dirty enough for you?"
Samuel L. Jackson talks about Mickey Rourke being on a multi-year vodka binge in the past.
– Red – Brian Cox opens a bottle of Sobieski Vodka with a knife.
– Leap Year – During the opening credits, Amy Adams drinks wine and later a Martini at a wedding.
– Edge Of Darkness – Jay O. Sanders asks a grieving Mel Gibson if he wants coffee or something stronger and Mel says, "There's a bottle of Crown Royal somewhere in the house collecting dust."
– Broken Embraces – Blanca Portillo orders a Gin and Tonic.
– Valentine's Day – At the end of a sex operator call, Anne Hathaway says she's going to need a Mint Julep.
– Shutter Island – Ben Kingsley offers Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo a drink. Mark asks for a rye. There is also a hot tub scene with lots of bottles.
– Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief – The song by Three Dog Night, Mama Told Me Not To Come, with the lyric, "Want some whiskey in your water" is played.
– The Ghost Writer – Pirce Brosnan is given a Bloody Mary.
Olivia Williams tells the Ghost (Ewan McGregor) he needs is a drink. She gives him wine and he says, "I don't understand the point of white wine" and then has another drink instead.
– Dear John – Scott Porter says that Channing Tatum looks like he could use a drink, and then brings him Bourbon.
– Cop Out – Bruce Willis offers to buy Jason Lee a drink. Jason asks for a Scotch and Bruce orders him rum.
– Our Family Wedding – Bartender, Paul Costa (self-labeled as a mixologist) tosses liquor bottles about while preparing drinks then Carlos Mencia and Forest Whitaker both order a Pink Nipple.
– You'll Meet A Tall Dark Stranger – Gemma Jones asks for some Sherry from Pauline Collins and Pauline says, "Is Scotch is okay?"
– Greenburg – Ben Stiller's grocery list for Greta Gerwig is whiskey.
– Date Night – Steve Carell orders two glasses of wine but is ignored by the bartender.
– The Bounty Hunter – Christine Baranski drinks a Martini.
– Sex In The City 2 – Drinking throughout the film. Jessica Parker describes Abu Dhabi to Kristen Davis's young daughter as "Like Jasmine, only with cocktails," (referring to the lead female character from the animated Disney film, Aladdin).
– MacGruber – Powers Booth tells Will Forte to relax and have a Molson's beer.
– Robin Hood – The Friar, Mark Addy collects money from the three men and then asks them if they know about mead. Robin Hood (Russell Crowe) and his men, drink and sing about mead.
King Richard (Danny Huston) has a drink and tells his assistant that he should drink and laugh. Later after mortally wounded, he asks for wine, has some, and then dies.
– Shrek Forever After – Shrek drinks Eyeball Martinis.
– Get Low – Robert Duvall and Bill Murray drink moonshine.
– Going the Distance – Lots of drinking scenes. In the opening credits, Drew Barrymore gets a text message asking about getting a drink. After tasting some cake icing, Justin Long mentions that vodka is a great chaser.
– New Orleans' Best Bars by Todd Price
– Pocket Cocktails (cool looking site!)
– Mad Men Cocktail Culture
– Cocktails+ by Ted Haigh and Martin Doudoroff
– Cocktails #8 by Simon Difford
– The Holiday Cocktail Bar by Kim Haasarud
– Eiffel Society – New Orleans (contemporary art, cocktails and cuisine in the building originally part of the real Eiffel Tower)
– Victory – New Orleans (named after the owner, Daniel Victory)
– Sylvain – New Orleans (in the building where the first Opera ever played in New Orleans in 1796…the name of the comical Opera? Sylvain)
– Tar Pit – Los Angeles
– Painkiller – NYC
– Lani Kai – NYC
– Bar 44 at The Royalton – NYC
– Cienfuegos – NYC
– Dram – Brooklyn, NY
– Smuggler's Cove – San Francisco
– Michael Mena – San Francisco
– Bar Agricole – San Francisco
– Zero Zero – San Francisco
– Hog & Rocks – San Francisco
– Burritt Room – San Francisco
– Comstock Saloon – San Francisco
– The Residence – San Francisco
– Trader Vic's (reopened in Emeryville from Oakville, CA)
– Locanda da Eva – Berkeley, CA
– Spoonbar – Healdsburg, CA
– Secreto Lounge – Santa Fe, New Mexico
– The bars in Hotel Plaza Real – Santa Fe, New Mexico
– The bars at Cosmopolitan – Las Vegas
– Vanguard – Las Vegas
– Experimental Cocktail Club – Chinatown, London
– Chambord (Black Raspberry vodka)
– Smirnoff Peach
– Smirnoff Mango
– Ivanabitch (bitch?)
– Bootlegger (USA)
– Van Gogh Dutch Caramel
– ZU (bison grass flavored from Polland)
– Medea (wheat-based vodka from Holland with a programmable LED display that can hold up to six different messages each with 255 characters)
– Vesica (potato vodka from Polland)
– Devotion (has Casein, which is a clear protein)
– Nolet's (from the maker's of Ketel One and made with Saffron, the world's most expensive spice)
– Sipsmith (from London and made from English barley and with ten different botanicals; Macedonian juniper, Bulgarian coriander seeds and Seville orange peel are a few)
– Beefeater 24 (additional ingredients include Chinese green teas, Japanese Sencha teas, and grapefruit peel)
– Beefeater Winter (additional ingredients include cinnamon, nutmeg and pine shoots)
– Brooklyn (distilled with cocoa nibs and kumquats)
– Cold River (base is from Maine potatoes)
– Oxley Classic English Dry (December 2009, uses a unique cold distillation process)
– Smith & Cross (Jamaica)
– Banks Five Island (by John Pellaton, former president of Hine Cognac USA and named after explorer Sir Joseph Banks)
– Black Tot Rare Reserve (England)
– Agua Libre (California)
– Cockspur 12 Bajan (Nicaragua)
– Flor De Caña Grand Reserve
– The Lash Spiced (West Indies rum infused with spices and Bourbon vanilla extract from Asia, India and Madagascar)
– Zaya Gran Reserve (Trinidad)
– Denizen (product of Trinidad and Tobago but it is actually blended in Europe before being imported and bottled in the US)
– Ilegal Mezcal (only one "L")
– Excellia Reposado (agave is cooked in brick ovens, natural fermentation and is the aged in former Cognac and Sauternes casks)
– Abandonado
– Don Diego Santa (certified Kosher)
– Muchote Reposado (aged 7 months in former Bourbon barrels)
– Nobelza Azul (peppery finish)
– Maker's 46 Bourbon
– Angel's Envy Bourbon (aged in sherry or port casks)
– Benjamin Prichard's Double Barreled Bourbon (not cut with water; taken from 120 proof to 95 proof and re-barreled in new charred oak barrels)
– Buffalo Trace Experimental Collection
– Evan Williams Singe Barrel 2000 Vintage
– High West Bourye Whiskey (Bou for Bourbon and rye for uh…rye)
– Parker Heritage Collection
– Seagram's 7 Dark Honey
– McKenzie Rye (upstate New York)
– Whistle Pig Rye (imported from Canada and hand bottled in Vermont)
– Hudson Manhattan Rye (New York)
– Templeton Single Barrel Rye
– Glen Thunder Corn Whiskey
– Revel Stoke (re-launch)
– Canadian Mist Black Diamond
– Glenfiddich Snow Phoenix Whisky
– Courvoisier 12 Cognac
– L'Essence de Courvoisier Cognac (feel free to send me this as a gift!)
– Paul-Marie & Fils Cognac (new to the US market)
– Pierre Ferrand Ambre Cognac (double distilled in unusual onion headed copper pot Cognac alembic stills)
– Remy V (clear Raw eaux-de-vie taken before aging in oak barrels…so it's not really a Cognac?)
– Enchanto Pisco (collaboration between Peruvian distiller Carlos Romero, Cantina owner Duggan McDonnell, and sommelier/importer Walter Moore)
– Gran Sierpe Pisco (Peru)
– Whitesnake Zinfandel
– Cocchi Americano (Quinquina, flavored with quinine; a Kina Lillet substitute)
– Gran Classico (Bitters of Turin with wormwood and gentian; a Campari substitute)
– Bittermans (Xocolatl Mole, Grapefruit Bitters, 'Elemakule Tiki, and Boston Bittahs)
– Master of Malt Cask-Aged Whisky
– Evan Williams Cherry Reserve Kentucky
– Esprit de June (made from French grapevine flowers; Ugni Blanc, Merlot, and Cabernet that has flavors and aromas of wild strawberry, cherry, , raspberry, violet, pear, and peach)
– Zucca Amaro (Italian rhubarb, new to the US market)
– Firelit Coffee (made with San Francisco's Blue Bottle Coffee)
– Agwa De Bolivia (new to the US market, means Water of Bolivia" and made with hand picked wild Bolivian coca leaves in the Andes and then shipped under armed guard in 2000 Kilo Bales to Amsterdam to be macerated and de-cocainized)
– Love Potion #9 (from New Jersey, sugarcane alcohol-based mango, peach, chocolate, vanilla, pear, apple, cherry, and almond)
– Combier Liqueur D' Orange (available in the US for the first time in 175 years)
– Harlem Kruiden (Jägermeister-ish from Holland)
– Hum Botanical (Chicago rum based ginger, kaffir lime, dried organic hibiscus flowers and cardamom created by mixologists Adam Seger and Joe McCanta)
– Xante (pear)
– Creme Yvette (parma violet petals and more)
– Solerno (Sanguinello oranges)
– Goji (harvested by independent Himalayan farmers)
– Budweiser 66
– Brass Knuckle Imperial I.P.A.
– Old Dipsea Barleywine Style Ale (aged in Heaven Hill Bourbon – barrels for 10 months)
– Three Floyds Moloko Milk Stout
– Innis & Gunn Oak Aged
– Boom Shakalager
– Gamma Ray
– Double Feature
– Reunion
– Herradura organic agave nectar
– Employees Only mixers (line of artisan bar mixers, lime, grenadine and agave nectar)
– Bacardi Rum's Mojito mix.
– Trader Tiki's Syrups (late 2009)
– Skinny Mixes (Cosmopolitan, Margarita, Appletini…really?)
– Whipped Lightning Alcohol Infused Whipped Cream
– Adult Chocolate Milk
– Japanese barware (many places to find, but the most popular is Cocktail Kingdom)
– From uber bar tools; ProCrush pic and Bostonroll pic
– From BarProducts, Inc; V-Rod, Cap-On, BarConic® glassware, and a Master Mixology section on their sites.
– Miss Charming's Lifesize Cocktail Glass Ring
– Slow Cocktails (growing your own herbs, etc. at home and at the bar)
– Barrel aged cocktails
– Pre-Prohibition style classic cocktails
– Cold maceration
– Molecular Mixology
– Mezcal and Tequilla forward drinks
– Sotol (made from the Northern Mexico, New Mexico, and Texas plant called dasylirion wheeleri)
– Punches
– Moonshine
– Genever
– Ginger beer
– Ginger
– Coconut water
– Almond milk
– Balsamic vinegar
– Honeycomb
– Gourmet bitters
– Organic products
– Quality vermouth.
– Tiki bars
– Ice; spheres (balls), blocks, crushed.
– Soda fountain equipment and siphons
– Red Rover Bartenders (celebrity bartenders swapping/traveling to bartend at other bars)
– Flair bartenders crossing over to mixology
– Spirit and cocktail classes
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NEW DELHI, March 27 (UPI) -- People across India celebrated Holi, a festival of colors marking the advent of spring, but the occasion also was marred by several drownings, authorities said.
At least 16 Holi revelers drowned even as millions across the country took part in the dazzling festival Wednesday in which people from all strata of society and religious persuasion take to the streets, hugging and dousing or painting one another with water or dry colors, singing and dancing and feasting on all kinds of food and sweets.
The Press Trust of India news agency, quoting authorities, reported seven youths drowned in the Ganges River in Kanpur in northern Uttar Pradesh state after celebrating Holi. Similarly, six teenagers drowned in southeastern coastal Andhra Pradesh state. Another three drowned in West Bengal state.
The drowning toll was expected to rise.
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Pranab Mukherjee, in their Holi messages, said the occasion is to celebrate oneness and harmony among people.
Mukherjee said Holi "is a harbinger of joy, hope and fulfillment for all." Singh said Holi is a celebration of "life and goodness and gives opportunity to strengthen the spirit of brotherhood."

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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Los Angeles may be getting the first Latino fire chief in the department's 128-year history.
Ralph Terrazas was named to the job Tuesday by Mayor Eric Garcetti after a nationwide search.
Terrazas is an assistant chief and a 30-year department veteran.
If the City Council confirms his appointment, Terrazas will take charge of a department with 3,500 employees and a number of challenges. There have been scandals over poor emergency-response times and nepotism in hiring.
Garcetti says he wants Terrazas to cut those response times and reform the department.
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Jewish World Review September 27, 2012/ 11 Tishrei, 5773
Sylvester Stallone, the Dalai Lama and me
By Barry Koltnow
http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | (MCT) You've probably read a lot of stories about Sylvester Stallone in the 36 years since "Rocky" launched the actor to international stardom, but I'll bet you've never heard the one about the Dalai Lama.
The reason I am familiar with this story is that I witnessed the incident in question.
It happened a little more than four years ago, just a week before the January opening of Stallone's new movie "Rambo," which he wrote and directed, in addition to starring as the iconic movie character John Rambo. Although it was the fourth film in the franchise, it had been 19 years since the character appeared on screen. The movie made more than $100 million at the box office.
Stallone and I met in the lobby of the Four Seasons hotel in Los Angeles, and were walking briskly down a hallway to start an interview in his suite.
Just as we got to the suite, two unsmiling men in dark suits appeared out of the shadows and stood in our path. One of the men addressed Stallone.
"Do you have time to take a call from the Dalai Lama?"
I don't know about Stallone, but I was impressed. It's not every day that the Tibetan spiritual leader picks up the phone to chat. Well, he certainly doesn't call me that often.
My surprise at the man's question paled in comparison to what happened next.
The actor politely declined the offer, explaining that he was running late for our interview. He then motioned for me to enter the suite, and followed me inside, closing the door slowly on the spiritual leader's stunned representatives.
"I hope you appreciate what I just did for you," Stallone said with a smile.
I did. The Dalai Lama probably doesn't come in second place to many people. But apparently Stallone is a man of integrity who honors his commitments.
I was reminded of that story after reading news reports concerning Stallone, who has to promote a new movie this week while grieving over the recent death of his son Sage. The movie is "The Expendables 2," a sequel to the successful 2010 mercenary movie "The Expendables," which rejuvenated Stallone's career when it made $266 million at the worldwide box office. That kind of money may not grow on trees, but it certainly gives birth to sequels.
One of the reasons for the success of "The Expendables" is that it tapped into the baby boomer market with a different approach to the standard action film. It starred a group of aging action stars who caused the kind of movie mayhem normally reserved for studs half their age.
More important, it was Sylvester Stallone in another action film, which is exactly where movie audiences want to see him. Stallone hasn't always obliged that audience, and he told me in that interview four years ago that he regretted that.
"After 'Rocky," I should have been writing and directing my own movies, like Clint Eastwood, but I took a different route. I tried to be a more diversified actor, and I didn't realize that you are pretty much defined by your initial impact on this industry. After "Rocky," that's who I was. That's the role that the industry coveted, but I tried to fight it.
"I was being challenged by the media not to be a one-note actor, and then they vilified me when I tried to do comedies and other films that were outside my strengths. I don't know why the media does that to actors. They don't do it to athletes. You never hear anybody telling Tom Brady that he's a great quarterback, but then questioning how good a defensive end he is. No one expects him to play a different position. He does what he does well.
"I should have stayed where I belonged, in the action genre. Everybody has a niche. I shouldn't have been so damn artistically greedy. I thought I could run the table on all those different roles, which was self-destructive. I should have been happy to just be the action guy."
When you ponder Stallone's career choices, you have to agree that he should have narrowed his focus. There is some truly inspired work, but there is so much more that is downright silly. In fact, while compiling the lists below, it was so much harder to reduce the list of bad movies to only five.
If you don't believe me, play the game. See if you can confine the list to only five. For every "Rocky," there were too many "Judge Dredds."
Here are my favorite Stallone movies:
1. "Rocky" (1976)
2. "Cop Land" (1997)
3. "First Blood" (1982)
4. "Rocky Balboa" (2006)
5. "Nighthawks" (1981)
And now, my least-favorites:
1. "Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot" (1992)
2. "Rhinestone" (1984)
3. "Judge Dredd" (1995)
4. "The Specialist" (1994)
5. "Driven" (2001)
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By Marcus Thompson II, CONTRA COSTA TIMES
October 13, 2005
HONOLULU - This is not Derek Fisher's dream role.
This is not what drove him to basketball greatness on the playgrounds of Little Rock, Ark. This is definitely not what he envisioned when he left the Los Angeles Lakers and signed a six-year, $37 million free-agent contract with the Warriors before last season.
But Fisher is a professional. So, he's taking this backup point guard job and running with it -- literally.
"Last season, I expected a bigger role and wanted a bigger role based on the personnel," Fisher said after Tuesday night's 101-93 loss to the Lakers. "Now I started the season obviously knowing, with Baron (Davis) and Jason (Richardson) at the guard positions, there's not an opportunity in terms of being a starter or even probably playing big minutes. So for me it's just doing what I have to do when I get in there."
In training camp scrimmages and in Tuesday's game, Fisher has taken an aggressive offensive approach. He's attacking the basket, looking for his shot, driving and kicking. He's been using his efficiency as a ball-handler, aided by his low dribble, to beat his man and weave through defenders.
Fisher's deft shooting touch makes him a threat for the pull-up jumper, and he often goes glass from the left wing. But this year, he's displayed a doggedness to get to the basket, using his strength to create contact and get off his shot in the paint. He took eight free throws, making six, in 20 minutes Tuesday. Combined with Davis, Warriors point guards were 16-for-19 from the line in 44 minutes.
Fisher, one of the only Warriors reserves who can create his own shot, said there is an offensive void among the subs. Because there is no featured player off the bench and because the reserves usually are trying to get a feel for the game, he said, the second-stringers have a tendency to play on their heels.
But Fisher is a professional. And professionals always have a plan.
"So, what I'm really going to try to do this year is be aggressive when I'm out there, try and create some opportunities for myself," said Fisher, entering his 10th season. "But really, like I tried to do tonight, (I want to) break the defense down, get into the middle of the lane (and) kick it out to my guys that I know can make shots. ... So I'm probably going to be a more traditional point guard in terms of making plays, but my level of aggressiveness is not going to slack at all."
Fisher's biggest contribution might come at shooting guard, as it did last year. The Warriors turned their season around when they went to a small lineup, starting Fisher in a three-guard set with Speedy Claxton and Richardson and moving Mike Dunleavy to power forward.
Even after Davis was acquired Feb. 24 in a trade involving Claxton, the Warriors' most effective lineup was the three-guard set. Fisher often was called on down the stretch for his experience, defense and stroke.
He said he looks forward to those crunch-time opportunities but realizes they might be limited. The emergence of swingman Mickael Pietrus and the need to have forward Troy Murphy and center Adonal Foyle on the floor, preventing the Warriors from going small, might cut into Fisher's late-game minutes. He might have to sit and watch the conclusion of more games then he's ever had to in his first nine years.
But he can handle it because ...
"I'm a professional, enough to know and understand the circumstances," Fisher said. "It's not going to affect my ability to perform as well as I can or still help this team. I'm sure there'll be situations where minutes will be big, and I'll get the chance to do some good things. But most nights I'm just going to have to fill in where needed, and hopefully I can do that."
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How ya doin', Santa?
A couple of years ago, about this time, I wrote the story of how I met Santa Claus right in my own kitchen. If my memory serves me correctly, I believe I was about 6-years old.
It was Christmas Eve, and I couldn't sleep. I heard men talking on the first floor, so I sneaked down the stairs to see who was there. If I leaned over the railing, I could look into the kitchen where the voices were coming from.
A man was talking to my father. I leaned over the railing, and there was a man all right. When I saw him I just about fell head first onto the floor below.
Sitting at the kitchen table, his red coat and big black belt hanging over the chair behind him, was Santa Claus, eating a ham sandwich I had helped my little sister make before we went to bed. The jolly old elf was staring right at me. I was caught, and I thought my life was ruined.
But Santa was a kind old soul and he said, "How ya doin', sport? Why don't you come down and say hello?" I was speechless. My dad knew Santa Claus. After he finished his sandwich, Santa stopped at my friend Brian's house a couple of doors down. He even went to his room to wish him a Merry Christmas.
Nothing could have been more exciting. As far as Brian and I were concerned, our lives were perfect. Santa came to our houses on Christmas Eve and visited us personally. I didn't think anything could be cooler than that.
Anyway, the following year, I went with my little sister to see Santa at the department store, and Santa remembered me.
He said, "How ya doin', sport? Good to see you again." Then he looked at my little sister and said, "I bet this is the best ham sandwich maker in the whole world? Thanks so much for thinkin' of me last year. By the time I got to your house I was mighty hungry."
She was thrilled – so was I. All the kids standing in that line heard our conversation, and they knew that we had a personal relationship with Santa.
Nevertheless, Santa reminded me of a good friend of my dad's. His name was Mr. Vogel. He was retired. He lived with his wife on a farm just outside of town. During the summer, we would visit him and he'd let us pick peaches from his orchard.
That summer when we went to visit, I remembered how much he looked like Santa. He had white hair, a white beard, and a big round belly. I couldn't help but suspect that his resemblance to Santa was more than coincidental.
I decided to check him out. I knew that Santa was an elf. If Mr. Vogel was an elf, then he would have pointed ears. Unfortunately, his hair was too long, so I couldn't see them, but I still had suspicions.
While my mom and dad were picking peaches, I went exploring. Mr. Vogel had a big barn about a hundred yards behind his house. I went to the barn to look around.
Hanging on a wall inside the barn, were a bunch of leather harnesses, halters, and reins. It was tack for horses and carriages. One long set of reins captured my attention. It was different from the rest. Round silver bells were spaced about a foot apart along its entire length.
The only reins that had silver bells that I knew about were attached to a very special sleigh. That sleigh belonged to Santa.
The tack hung on a wall next to large double doors secured by a big padlock. I wondered what was behind those doors. I tried looking through the cracks between the boards, but they were too close together.
I walked along the wall and found a knothole that gave me the view I needed. What I saw through that knothole made my heart skip a beat.
Sitting in the middle of the locked room was a big green sleigh with hand carved gold trim. Every year before Christmas, the same sleigh, filled with gifts, sat in the middle of Santa Land at the local department store.
Was Mr. Vogel Santa Claus? Find out next week. Read Part II of "How ya doin', Santa?" It's quite a story about living in a system we can't understand.
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Man at center of Seabrook police video in court for unrelated assaultBy JASON SCHREIBER
Union Leader Correspondent
January 15. 2014 11:35AM
SEABROOK — A man at the center of an alleged case of police brutality caught on security cameras in 2009 made a brief court appearance this morning in an unrelated assault case.
Michael Bergeron Jr., 23, of Seabrook, was expected to face trial on simple assault charges stemming from an arrest last summer, but his defense attorney asked Judge Sharon DeVries to postpone the trial in 10th Circuit Court, Seabrook District Division.
DeVries rescheduled the trial for April 23 because of "various issues raised."
Bergeron was charged with a misdemeanor simple assault charge after allegedly throwing keys at a woman's face last July.
He and his mother showed up at court but made no comment to reporters when they left the courthouse.
Bergeron made headlines last week after posting a video on YouTube showing a Seabrook police officer slamming him into a wall at the police station while he was being escorted down a hallway after he was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated and drug possession on Nov. 11, 2009. Another officer is then seen pepper-spraying Bergeron while he was on the floor.
Officers Mark Richardson, Adam Laurent, and Keith Dietenhofer were immediately placed on paid administrative leave by the town after the video was posted.
The state Attorney General's Office is now conducting a criminal investigation into the officers' conduct.
Attorney Scott Gleason, who is representing Bergeron in the video case, met briefly with Bergeron after this morning's court appearance.
Gleason said he will be meeting with representatives from the Attorney General's Office this week.
When asked how Bergeron was doing since the video was posted, Gleason said, "He's doing fine, he's doing great. Everything is headed in the right direction. We're optimistic."
Bergeron has been arrested on various charges since 2007.
On the night of his arrest on Nov. 11, 2009, police wrote in their reports that Bergeron was aggressive and uncooperative and appeared to be an "emotional rollercoaster."


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NTSB Recommends Tougher Drunken Driving Threshold
Federal accident investigators recommended Tuesday that states cut their threshold for drunken driving by nearly half, matching a standard that has substantially reduced highway deaths in other countries.
The National Transportation Safety Board said states should shrink the standard from the current .08 blood alcohol content to .05 as part of a series of recommendations aimed at reducing alcohol-related highway deaths.
An NTSB study suggested dropping the blood alcohol content level threshold could cut down the nationwide number of drunken driving deaths by as much as 10,000.
"Studies show that about four-million people a year admit to driving while under the influence," said Louisiana Highway Safety Commissioner Col. John LeBlanc, "which becomes a great public safety issue because even if you're not drinking and driving, you and your family could be at risk for someone who's intoxicated."
It took 21 years for all 50 states to comply with the current alcohol content level the last time NTSB made a recommendation, LeBlanc said. Louisiana made that switch in September 2003.
More than 100 countries have adopted the .05 alcohol content standard or lower, according to a report by the board's staff. In Europe, the share of traffic deaths attributable to drunken driving was reduced by more than half within 10 years after the standard was dropped.
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- Create a prototype application with SAP Build's gallery and the easy to use drag-and-drop interface.
Log in to your SAP Build account.
From the top menu bar, select Gallery. This will take you to the listing of all available template application prototypes you can use with SAP Build. The Gallery allows you to quick start an application prototype without having to build it from scratch.
In the Gallery, find the search bar and type in inventory.
This will filter down the list of applications. Select the Inventory Dashboard application from the filtered list.
The prototype overview will provide you details about what screens are included and their navigation and what files are included.
Cloning a prototype will add the prototype to your project collection. Once in your collection, you can make edits and modifications to your local version.
On the prototype overview, click the Clone button under the basic details.
Verify that you want clone the application prototype when prompted by click Clone.
When the clone is complete, SAP Build will let you know. When prompted, click OK to view the cloned prototype in your workspace.
To open the UI editor, click on one of the screens under the Prototype section.
Here you can search for controls, drag and drop them onto the screen, and modify properties of the controls. You can also re-order data and remove controls that you don't need.
To add a table to the main chart area, start by clicking the grayed-out chart area. This will select this view.
On the left hand side, you will find a controls list. Search for Table in this list.
Find the Table control under the List control types.
Drag and drop the control to underneath the chart.
You can customize the control from the GUI interface. To add columns, right click on a column in the table.
This will bring up a local menu bar. Select Add Column Left from the options to create a new column.
Repeat this action. You should have 2 new columns.
The names of the columns can also be modified in the GUI. To do this, double click on the header name.
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In the controls list on the left hand side, search for Label.
Drag and drop the label control into the first column first cell.
In the control list, search for Image.
Drag and drop the image control into the second column first cell.
You can modify control properties in the right hand side bar. In the properties pane for the image control, find the Size property. Change the Height (h) from Auto to
To populate data to the table, find the Data tab on the left hand menu bar. This will show the pre-populated data sources for this prototype.
Select the Parts entity and drag and drop it on the table.
Column names that match properties of the entity will automatically map. You can also manually bind a specific field to a control. To bind a column to a specific field, expand the entity on the data pane to see the available fields.
Drag and drop the Image field to the Image Control.
To preview the final view, click on the Eye icon in the top tool bar.
This will show you a "live" version of your prototype. You can preview how your application prototype will look on desktop, tablet, and mobile devices.
To get back to the UI Editor, click the UI Editor button.
You can modify the overall color scheme, known as a "Theme" in SAP Fiori. Go back to the UI Editor.
In the UI Editor, locate the icon with a paintbrush on the top tool bar. Click it.
Select SAP Belize from the menu items. This will update the overall theme for the application. No need to update each individual screen or control!
Once your prototype is complete, SAP Build lets your share your app in a couple different ways. To share your app, in the UI Editor, click on the Share button.
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Maximizing Test levels as a natty... let's chat!
May 20, 2010, 06:43:16 AM »
As a natural bodybuilder, we are always confronted with an uphill battle in gaining muscle. Let's discuss ways to keep test at it's highest..
limiting carbs for about 2 hours prior to bed to NOT hamper gh release.
Eating some red meat a few times a week
Supplementing with zinc/zma
Getting 8 full hours of sleep a night.
What else nattys?
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Getbig V
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No such thing as an "essential carb."
Re: Maximizing Test levels as a natty... let's chat!
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May 20, 2010, 07:48:02 AM »
This is one of my favorite topics, and Ive discussed it in great detail several times on the Nutrition board.
The various ways of naturally boosting your bodys anabolic hormone levels primarily produce miniscule results by themselves, but if you employ enough of them, many little things lead to big things.
Youve listed some good practices above.
I will simply add a bit to them.
limiting carbs for about 2 hours prior to bed to NOT hamper gh release.
Also avoid excessive fats before bed. Studies indicate that hGH secretion is greatest in an environment of low carbs, low fatty acids, and high amino acids.
I prefer to take either some BCAAs and/or desiccated liver tablets just prior to bed.
You can also elevate growth hormone secretions by using higher rep schemes with shorter rest periods during your training.
Eating some red meat a few times a week
Do not underestimate the value of healthy fats - especially when cutting. Your gonadotropic hormones (testosterone) are cholesterol derivatives. Increasing healthy fats will have a positive effect on your sex hormone levels. Think egg yolks, red meat, olive oil, fish oil, CLA, etc.
Supplementing with zinc/zma
Many people believe they are getting sufficient levels of zinc through their food & multi-vitamin. However, dont forget that intense training depletes those levels. Zinc is an excellent anti-aromatase, as is broccoli, spinach, and brussel sprouts.
According to Charles Poliquin, he tests every one of his athletes for zinc deficiencies, and almost every single one is deficient.
Getting 8 full hours of sleep a night.
Quality sleep is crucial for optimal hGH output. There are thousands of articles on improving sleep architecture - many of which, say the same things - so I wont bother listing them here. Its an easy Google search.
These are very brief outlines of effective principles.
A little searching will reveal greater details for those who are interested and put in the time.
I believe that through exercise and dietary manipulation, you can aid your anabolic hormone levels just as - or more - effectively as many OTC supplements that claim to work miracles.
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May 20, 2010, 09:54:44 AM »
Youre so right about adding all the little things up to actually make a difference.
I'm taking it you're a natural trainer too?
BTW, interesting bit on limiting fats prior to sleep. I thought you should eat some healthy fats prior to bed. My usual pre bedtime meal is 40 grams of casein and an avocado.
To put it bluntly, i've noticed that the less i eat at night before bed, the better the "morning wood" is. This must be better gh release. Just a though.
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No such thing as an "essential carb."
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May 20, 2010, 10:25:40 AM »
Testosterone levels contribute to erections more than hGH.
Early wakeup hard-ons can act as a good measuring stick
(no pun intended)
to gauge a mans test levels.
Casein is a preferred/recommended choice of nighttime feeding for many knowledgable people, and you're probably not doing any significant damage with it.
Most literature in bb magazines, etc. focus more on the no carbs idea for increasing hGH output.
The low fatty acids rule is from anatomy & physiology textbooks and professors.
All of them agree on the high amino intake, though.
Im a firm believer that healthy dietary fats carry much more benefit over carbs for body composition.
Of course, Im not referring to the transfats found in KFC & Oreo cookies, but rather the sources mentioned in my above post.
One other thing is to monitor your overall carb intake.
If youre going to up your fats, youll almost certainly need to reduce your carbs and/or increase aerobic activity, lest you get fat.
Even too many good carbs on a high fat diet can lead to fat gains.
Everybody processes carbs a little differently.
If youre one of the blessed few who can handle a fair amount, then
fu*k you
enjoy it!
Just figure out where you stand.
Occasionally, you may want to switch diet modes and - for instance - try a high carb/low fat diet for a while.
You may like it for something different, or you might find it's better.
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Great posts Montague.
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I'm here all week.
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Maybe a keto diet. I was on it and got much larger boners while on keto, maybe due to increased testosterone?
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Another day, another gallery of supposedly edifying objects huddled under glass -- museum fatigue can strike even the most enthusiastic traveler.
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The museum attached to London's hallowed Lord's cricket ground exposes the game's violent side with an exhibit of a stuffed sparrow.
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Come for the sparrow, stay for … the Ashes -- a tiny urn that's one of cricket's most coveted prizes.
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Half-man, half-fish, the male equivalent of a mermaid crops up in no fewer than two London museums.
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The second, a wizened beast of equally fearsome appearance on display in the prestigious British Museum, was said to have been caught in the seas off Japan in the 18th century.
Closer examination revealed it to be half a monkey sewn on to half a fish -- but it's still nasty enough to give you sleepless nights.
Come for the mermen, stay for … the Horniman's legendary overstuffed walrus, wrought by someone more than 100 years ago who'd probably never seen a living specimen.
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Bentham was a child prodigy who grew up to become a giant of British political philosophy and social reform at the turn of the 19th century.
He demanded in his will that his body be dissected and preserved as an "auto-icon."
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In 1850 the relic was acquired by University College London, the South Cloister of which he imperiously gazes upon to this day.
Come for Jeremy Bentham, stay for … the jar of moles (see 8, below).
South Cloister, UCL, Gower Street; +44 207 679 0664
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Not content with making a snuff dispenser out of the head of a large ram, someone in 19th century Scotland thought it would be a good idea to put the whole affair on wheels.
Presumably if your eyes weren't watering enough when this satanic sight coasted across the room after dinner, they soon would be after you'd snorted up a good dose of its contents.
The object is part of a vast collection of medical oddities that form the wonderful Wellcome Collection, most of which is sadly off-limits until spring 2014, when it re-opens after a grand expansion program.
Come for the ram's head, stay for … the vicious Chinese torture chair. More at home in a snuff movie, perhaps.
Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Road; +44 207 611 2222. Check website for details of reopening.
5. Digestive and respiratory systems of a sea cucumber
You read that right.
This unsurprisingly stringy offering is just one of the incredible array of unusual animal and human body parts on display at the intriguing Hunterian Museum within London's Royal College of Surgeons.
Each container of pickled organs is more confronting than the next (there are jars of pickled jaws, too).
Behold, the nasal passage of a minke whale, the anus and urethra of a hyena and a wince-inducing display of syphilis-ravaged human penises.
Come for the cucumber, stay for … the labyrinthine internal organs of a "hellbender" salamander.
Hunterian Museum, 35-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields; +44 207 869 6560
6. Churchill's chamber pot
During World War II, Britain carved out a subterranean command center where military leaders and politicians could safely mastermind operations as bombs pounded the streets above.
These dank corridors and chambers filled with Bakelite telephones and bulky filing cabinets hosted the country's wartime leader, Winston Churchill, overnight on three occasions.
Lurking beneath a surprisingly tiny bed is Churchill's chamber pot, provided in the absence of flushing toilets.
Given the then prime minister's predilection for hosting morning meetings while still under the blankets, it must be hoped that someone was employed to empty it promptly.
Come for the chamber pot, stay for … The Map Room -- once the buzzing heart of the bunker.
Churchill War Rooms, Clive Steps, King Charles Street; +44 207 930 6961
7. The 'Elephant Man's' skeleton
Another skeleton, but this time with a more woeful story than Jeremy Bentham's above.
The unfortunate life of Joseph Merrick, a Victorian man whose severe deformities led him to be known as the Elephant Man, has been well documented, not least in the Oscar-winning David Lynch film of 1980.
His story remains fascinating, partly for the continuing scientific disagreement on what caused his condition, but also as a disquieting window on attitudes to disfigurement.
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For that last reason, the Royal London Hospital maintains a museum display about the man who became one of its most celebrated patients.
The centerpiece is an exact replica of Merrick's skeleton created by Gentle Giant, a special effects company that has worked on movies such as Hunger Games and Iron Man.
The exhibit also features the hat and shroud Merrick was obliged to don in public to avoid shocking those around him.
Come for the skeleton, stay for … the alarming medical tools: hemorrhoid clamps, anyone?
Royal London Hospital Museum, St. Philip's Church, Newark Street; +44 207 377 7608
8. Jar of moles
The UCL's Grant Museum of Zoology is home to possibly the oddest thing on display in London.
There isn't much you can say about a glass jar inexplicably rammed with 18 dark-furred and pink-footed moles other than it is truly a thing of bad dreams.
Or terrible delicatessens.
The jar has, however, earned cult status via a well-followed Twitter account on which it appears to rail against government spending cuts and the insidiousness of stuffed fish.
Come for the moles, stay for … the massive anaconda skeleton. Gripping stuff.
Grant Museum of Zoology, Rockefeller Building, University College London, 21 University St.; +44203 108 2052


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Butner testified along with Lance Cpl. Marisa Woytek, both of whom have been harassed online. During Butner's time in the Corps, pictures of her fully clothed were stolen from her social media accounts and shared on websites with captions such as, "Smash or pass?" which meant "would you have sex with this woman or not?" she said.
Later, her pictures and contact information were shared on the Marines United page along with lurid descriptions of "all the unspeakable things they'd do to me," she said.
The culture of misogyny toward women that begets this type of behavior traces back to boot camp, where women learn to put up with sexual harassment form male Marines, Butner said on Wednesday.
"We're taught to go with the flow and accept the culture as is, or else we face repercussions," she said.
When asked about Butner's testimony, a Marine Corps spokesman said that any such conduct by drill instructors would not be acceptable.
"Bottom line: Any Marine that would express the type of attitude expressed in that statement is dead wrong," said Maj. Clark Carpenter. "Every Marine is critical to our mission and any behavior meant to demean or degrade a fellow Marine is not tolerated."
But Butner's comments are not the first time this issue has arisen. In 2012, a Marine veteran told Stars and Stripes that she had a similar experience at boot camp, where she and other female recruits were told to decide whether they were a "slut, a dyke or a bitch."
"You are told that pretty much any contact with male Marines makes you a slut," Katie Appeldorn told the newspaper. "It is automatically assumed she is sleeping around. Dyke isn't necessarily a lesbian, but she is thought to be. Bitch is what you are told to be. It basically means you don't give the men around you an inch."
No Marine Corps leaders attended Wednesday's hearing. Marine Commandant Gen. Robert Neller testified at a separate hearing Wednesday morning about how another temporary spending measure could hurt readiness.
Assistant Commandant Glenn Walters initially told Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., that he would attend, but he was later advised against it because it was technically a caucus meeting and not a formal committee hearing, Marine Corps Times has learned.
Rep. Lois Frankel, D-Fla., contended that Wednesday's event was indeed a hearing and she regretted that Marine Corps leaders did not attend.
"We would have loved them to be here with us and I'm sorry they declined," said Frankel. "Hopefully, we'll have some follow-up with them."
All of the lawmakers at Wednesday's hearing were Democrats except one: Rep. Walter Jones Jr., a Republican whose North Carolina congressional district includes Camp Lejeune.
"What would be the best thing I could do to help your pain?" Jones asked Butner and Woytek.
"I think it would be to start holding people accountable," Butner replied. "I think they need to start making examples out of people who are condoning this behavior. I think that would help the victims to come forward