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What is Fintech and How It Changes Financial System?

What is Fintech and How It Changes Financial System?

Fintech is a hot startup topic right now. Fintech is not just another buzz on startup world but it is a technology niche that offer really high oppportunities.

We have seen how the internet encouraged innovation in various industries, such as retail (B2B and B2C), entertainment (TV and movie), education (online course), media (news and magazine) and other industries which strongly affect our lifestyle.

And it is now the turn of financial industry to grow up.

The fact is, we have seen financial system being re-innovated as an online system in the recent years. Take Paypal as an example or bitcoin as another. However, the buzz doesn’t really that loud until recent years.

So, what is fintech?

Fintech is the short form of Financial Technology. It is a way to make financial system much simpler by using advance and ‘creative’ technology.

The reason I added ‘creative’ technology is because technology is not just about high-end technical stuffs, complex system and hard-core programming, but also needs creative approach on how the technology create a system fits user behaviour and make our life better.

Why Fintech is hot?

Banks and other conventional financial institutions has grown to a phase where there are not much revolution in the banking system anymore. One problem that is commonly known is they are slow to accommodate rising demands. Others are high interest and complexity on getting good deals.

I am absolutely not being judgemental that they don’t have capabilities in pushing the system beyond limit, but the fact is there.

Some financial institutions have realized this and now building better financial technology to accommodate market needs.

Aside from that, this problems have created opportunities for savvy entrepreneurs to play on their creativity in changing the financial system by acquiring available technology.

The raise of internet and mobile technologies have also smoothen the path to achieve the solutions.

What can Fintech do to ease our personal and business life?

Imagine you can do any financial transaction conveniently and securely with mobile devices, such as:

  • Pay something without taking out your wallet or cards, but by scanning your smartphones.
  • Receive payment from your customers by swiping their cards through smartphones.
  • Removing the hassles of comparing their products by visiting each banks or their websites before submitting.

What are some of Fintech ideas?

  • Doing financial transaction online, such as making and receiving payment internationally.
  • Personal financial system
  • Business financial support
  • Financial data analysis for decision making
  • Lending system
  • Crowdfunding
  • Bitcoin and blockchain

And with the best use of creativity, it’s a long list to go.

Why Fintech is so attractive these days?

  • As mentioned before, our existing financial system needs better approach to fits the market.
  • And as such reasons, there are revolutionary ideas in financial technology innovated by startup entrepreneurs.
  • Markets have high tendency to use advanced financial technology. It ease their life and improve lifestyle.
  • Funding is mature. This includes personal investors and venture capitalists. They are getting their foot wet in financial industry. They deeply understand that our global financial system needs revolution.
  • Big opportunity in revenue when the developed fintech startup is successful.

So, that’s it, I hope this posts can give you a good introduction and nice insights about Fintech.

If you are really interested in Fintech or much better, you are keen in building a Fintech startup, please search for more data and evaluation about this technology.

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Speech by Foreign Minister Heiko Maas to mark the opening of the European Centre of Excellence for Civilian Crisis Management (CoE)

17.09.2020 - Speech

How do you teach a Portuguese police officer to read Ukrainian customs documents?

And how do you prepare an Irish coast guard to work in Mogadishu?

One could think that these are technical questions.

But getting the answers to such questions right is crucial to the success of EU missions abroad.

Today, we are officially opening an institution that will help us answer such questions: the European Centre of Excellence for Civilian Crisis Management.

It will help the EU and its Member States to improve their civilian missions. This means recruiting the right people, but also giving them the best training possible.

Ladies and gentlemen,

We are setting up the Centre at a critical moment.

  • The COVID-19 pandemic will most likely create further instability in our neighborhood.
  • We are dealing with destabilizing actors in a number of countries – just think of Ukraine, Syria or Libya.
  • And the United States is retrenching – from Afghanistan, but also from Africa.

For the European Union this can only mean one thing: we need a toolbox to solve the conflicts in our own neighborhood.

And this toolbox, ladies and gentlemen, is our Common Security and Defence Policy.

Making it more effective is therefore a central goal of our EU Council Presidency.

  • Recently, we have started work on the Strategic Compass that will outline our level of ambition in the field of security and defence.
  • And we will continue our defence cooperation via PESCO.

But if the crises from Bamako to Benghazi and Donezk have taught us one thing, it is this: they cannot be solved by military means alone.

Building sustainable peace requires an “integrated approach”.

Therefore, civilian crisis management must be at the heart of European foreign and security policy.

We know that this is easier said than done.

  • Well-trained advisors with political experience and diplomatic skills are hard to find.
  • Trust in the justice system cannot be established overnight.
  • And building democratic police forces in a country plagued by corruption remains an uphill battle.

In 2018, Member States made a political commitment to move forward in the Civilian CSDP Compact. Today, we are filling this commitment with life.

The Centre of Excellence is Germany’s central contribution to the Compact. But more importantly, it is a joint European project – at the service of Member States and the European External Action Service. Eighteen EU Member States are already part of it – with more to join. The Centre is also open to NATO partners.

It will pool knowledge, offer practical advice and answer concrete needs to improve EU civilian missions.

Above all, this means getting the right people to do the job.

And we all know that often women are the right people to build peace and to mediate in conflicts.

This is why it is so important to attract more women to join EU civilian missions – one of the key goals of the Compact that the Centre will pursue.

Dear friends,

I know that many of you who are here today or following us via the livestream have been working for years towards this day.

And while I already had the pleasure to inaugurate the Centre’s premises on Monday – the opening would not have been complete without you, its pioneers and supporters:

  • the Member States who responded with enthusiasm to our initiative,
  • the European External Action Service as the Centre’s “Preferred Partner”,
  • the Bundestag, which made additional financial resources available,
  • the community of experts, who gave important guidance,
  • and, of course, the Centre’s Founding Director, Volker Jacoby, and his great team.

Ladies and gentlemen,

It is a challenge for a Portuguese police officer to work in Ukraine and for an Irish coast guard to move to Somalia.

But it is their commitment that will make the Centre of Excellence truly excellent.

And it is their efforts – and the efforts of all men and women serving in EU missions abroad – that allow Europe to manage the crises in its neighborhood.

They have our full support.

Thank you very much and the best of luck and success in your work!

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The Italian automaker is preparing another exclusive supercar. The new product will be announced later this month.

More than a year has passed since the retro-styled De Tomaso P72 debuted, an incredibly gorgeous supercar inspired by 1960s racing car prototypes, including the P70. Since its debut at last year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, De Tomaso has been suspiciously quiet, but it turns out that the automaker is preparing something special.

As development continues on the P72, De Tomaso has released a series of teaser images announcing their next stunning creation. Unfortunately, there are very few details about the new project, but the images show that it is based on the P72. De Tomaso claims it will be launched as part of the automaker’s new informative AAR mission, but did not provide any further details.[IP]&ua=[UA]&domain=[DOMAIN]&page=[PAGE]&secure=[SECURE]&language=[BROWSER_LANGUAGE]&bidfloor=[BIDFLOOR]&gdpr_consent=[GDPR_CONSENT]

In an announcement on social media, De Tomaso also confirmed that he will be sharing new details about the P72, so everyone is intrigued to see how the project has progressed since the prototype was unveiled last year.

“Although our marketing has stalled, our P72 development program has continued. We’ve also worked hard on something new and very special. We look forward to sharing with you updates to the P72 program and our new initiative, Mission AAR, ”says the manufacturer.

At the moment, what De Tomaso is actually preparing remains a matter of debate. It can be a new special edition P72 or a new personalization program that allows you to create a customized version of an exotic supercar exactly according to personal requirements.

If the mysterious design is based on the P72, it should have a 5.0-liter supercharged V8 tuned by Roush, producing over 700 horsepower and 824 Nm of torque, paired with a 6-speed manual transmission developed in-house by De Tomaso.

Production of the De Tomaso P72, which uses the same chassis as the Apollo Intensa Emozione, is limited to 72 units, and prices start at 750,000 euros. As for the Mission AAR program, we will find out more soon, as De Tomaso will make an “imminent” announcement this month.


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As 2020 inches closer — with Sen. Elizabeth Warren spending a weekend in Iowa, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard throwing her hat in the ring and former Vice President Joe Biden telling friends he's "definitely running" — Sen. Kamala Harris is getting closer to making a decision.

The big picture: The New York Times reports that Harris is believed to be "well positioned to create electoral coalitions among Democrats desperate" to beat Trump in 2020. But some worry that in a crowded field of Democratic candidates, Harris may not be liberal enough for voters, and could be in a tough spot if other progressive challengers "try to to move the debate to the left in ways that could force difficult choices for her," the Times explains.

Driving the news: On Friday night, Harris laid "the groundwork for a national profile" on a book tour stop in New York, where she discussed criminal justice reform, standing up to the White House, bipartisanship and more, the Times' Astead Herndon reports.

  • Herndon notes that Harris "speaks less about Wall Street corruption and economic populism" than potential 2020 challengers Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.
  • Harris has gained supporters for her notorious grilling of Trump administration officials on the Senate Judiciary Committee, but continues to face criticism from criminal justice activists because of policies she put in place as California's attorney general.
  • One woman who came to Harris' book tour stop on Friday, 33-year-old Sarah Weiss, said: “She keeps saying there’s more that connects us than divides us, but at this time in politics, it seems like that’s not enough.”
  • Another woman at the event, 50-year-old Vaolree Celona, said: "Her message of unity, that's the key. If she can get people to have that hope again, that's what's important. That's what President Obama did."

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America has waited a decade for an aggressive government crackdown on white-collar crime. Now, just before the election, and in the middle of a bull market, it has arrived.

Why it matters: When times are good, investors become more trusting and more greedy. That makes them more likely to put their money into fraudulent or criminal enterprises.

  • After a decade-long bull market, there is no shortage of those frauds to prosecute.

Lawyers crystal-ball the Google antitrust case

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The Justice Department's antitrust suit against Google is a strong, straightforward monopoly case, competition lawyers and experts tell Axios. But that doesn't mean it'll be an easy journey for the government.

The big picture: Winning any antitrust case is a heavy lift. It's even more of a challenge to pull off victory in a future-looking case that seeks to make room for potential new competition to flourish.

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Gold Nanoparticles as Promising Drug-Delivery System to Target Cancer Biomarkers

Targeted drug-delivery systems are a promising candidate for the effective treatment of cancer by leaving the healthy surrounding tissues unaffected. However, they can work only when the drug hits its target.

Gold nanostars have emerged as promising drug-delivery agents that can be designed to target cancer cells (Image credit: Northwestern University)

Scientists from Northwestern University have developed a new method to find whether single drug-delivery nanoparticles can successfully hit their expected targets—by just examining the distinct movements of each nanoparticle in real time.

They investigated drug-loaded gold nanostars on cancer cell membranes and discovered that nanostars developed to target cancer biomarkers passed over wide areas and rotated much rapidly than their non-targeting counterparts. The targeting nanostars, though surrounded by non-specifically bonded proteins, can retain their clear signature movements, showing that their targeting potential remains unrestrained.

Moving forward, this information can be used to compare how different nanoparticle characteristics—such as particle size, shape and surface chemistry—can improve the design of nanoparticles as targeting, drug-delivery agents.

Teri Odom, Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor of Chemistry, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Northwestern University

The work led by Odom has been reported in ACS Nano on August 9th, 2019.

For quite a long time, the medical field has been seeking alternatives to existing cancer treatments, like radiation and chemotherapy, which damage healthy tissues besides diseased cells. Despite the fact that these are effective methods for cancer treatment, they pose the risks of painful or even dangerous side effects.

When drugs are delivered directly into the affected area—rather than destroying the entire body with treatment—targeted delivery systems can result in reduced side effects than existing treatment methods.

The selective delivery of therapeutic agents to cancer tumors is a major goal in medicine to avoid side effects. Gold nanoparticles have emerged as promising drug-delivery vehicles that can be synthesized with designer characteristics for targeting cancer cells.

Teri Odom, Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor of Chemistry, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Northwestern University

However, many proteins tend to attach to nanoparticles as they enter the body. Scientists began to worry about the hindrance of the targeting abilities of the particles these proteins might cause. The new imaging platform by Odom and her group can now analyze the developed nanoparticles to find whether their targeting function is retained in the presence of the adhered proteins.

The study titled “Revolving single-nanoconstruct dynamics during targeting and nontargeting live-cell membrane interactions” was supported by the National Institutes of Health (award number R01GM115763). Odom is a member of the International Institute for Nanotechnology, Chemistry of Life Processes Institute and Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University.

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Top Retirement Posts in 2018

Every winter, our final post is a summary of the most popular posts of that year.  It has been interesting to see how the topics have changed slightly over the years.  This year, the top post was on End of Life Planning.  It was followed by posts on how to help your grandchildren earn scholarships, how Medicare handles certain health problems, and how to prevent dementia. In fact, concern about dementia has been the most recurring theme over the past few years.

There have been three developments with this blog in 2018.  The first was the addition of the services of a Medicare expert from Boomer Benefits, Danielle Roberts, who is licensed in 47 states.  Either she or one or her co-workers will be happy to answer your individual Medicare questions. You can find her photo, phone number and email address in the lower right-hand column of the blog.  Danielle also has written several guest posts about Medicare for this blog during the past year and you can find them by clicking on the Social Security and Medicare tab at the top of the page.

Secondly, as the author of this blog, I have decided to personally join an Alzheimer's research study at the University of California - Irvine MIND facility. I have been sharing what I have learned in some of my blog posts and plan to continue to do so in coming years.  I believe that my readers will find the information I am sharing will be valuable.  To see all the posts on dementia and Alzheimer's Disease which have been discussed in this blog, use the Medical Concerns tab at the top of the page to find links to all of them.

Thirdly, I narrowed down the variety of ads which are visible on the sidebar of my blog. All the ads in the right-hand column are either from Amazon or Google, both reputable advertisers.  This means you should be able to comfortably use the links in the sidebar to obtain information about advertised products without fear of malware or viruses.  I'm not sure you can say that for all the advertisers you encounter on other sites on the internet!

Now for the list of the most popular retirement posts in 2018.

End of Life Planning for Baby Boomers - The most popular post of the year was about the steps we all need to take in order to prepare for the end of our lives. For example, you should contact a lawyer, write a will, set up a trust, and complete an advanced healthcare directive. You should also talk to a mortuary, prepay your funeral, if possible, and leave instructions with your heirs.  Get details and learn more about the other steps you should be taking in this post.

College Scholarship Tips for Grandchildren - Despite the risk to their own financial future, according to AARP, approximately 53 percent of grandparents help their grandchildren with their educational expenses.  Learn how you can help your grandchildren earn scholarships and reduce their need to take out debt or turn to you for help.  This could benefit you both and was another very popular post over the past year!

Medicare Coverage for Heart Disease - If you have a heart attack, what will Medicare cover?  How many heart screenings, tests, etc., are covered each year?  Get the answers so you know what to expect before you find yourself in the hospital.

How Medicare-For-All Would Work - A number of recent politicians have expressed support for a Medicare-For-All program in our country.  However, how would it work? What are the benefits and concerns about a program like this?  Learn more about this proposal so you understand the concept and how it could gradually be implemented.

Hearing Loss Increases Dementia Risk Dramatically - An important way to prevent or postpone dementia is to engage with other people.  However, if you have hearing loss, your socialization could be reduced and your risk of dementia could increase.  Learn more about this important issue.

Lower Dementia Risk with Exercise - Anything which is good for the heart is good for the brain.  This is especially true when it comes to the importance of getting regular exercise.  Learn more about the best types of exercise to lower your dementia risk.

International Travel Tips for Senior Citizens - Are you planning an international trip?  If you have not traveled overseas in a while, there are certain issues you need to consider in making your plans.  Even if you are a seasoned traveler, you may find these tips to be helpful, so be sure to check out this post before your next overseas trip.

Medicare, Substance Abuse, Addiction and Alcoholism - Many senior citizens suffer from problems with substance abuse, including addiction to legal and illegal drugs, as well as alcoholism.  If you need help recovering from these problems, how much of the cost will Medicare cover?

Socializing Reduces Dementia Risk - Did you know that following the MIND diet, getting adequate sleep, and engaging in a variety of types of exercise have all been shown to dramatically reduce your risk of dementia, including Alzheimer's Disease?  Socializing is another important way to improve your brain health and lower your dementia risk.  Learn more about how it can help you to spend time engaging with other people on a regular basis.

Prediabetes and Diabetes Prevention - Roughly one in four adults over the age of 65 have diabetes, and significantly more have prediabetes.  A large percentage of people with these conditions are NOT aware of it.  However, this is not a disease which you want to ignore.  Diabetes is the 7th leading cause of death in the U.S.  As a result, it is important we all understand how to avoid it and how to minimize the damage it can cause. This article is a good place to begin to expand your knowledge of this life-shortening disease.

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World Food Programme Received The Nobel Peace Prize

World Food Programme Received The Nobel Peace Prize

On Friday, the World Food Programme received the Nobel Peace Prize for feeding millions of people from Yemen to North Korea. The coronavirus pandemic has pushed many into hunger.

WFP estimates that one in 11 goes to bed hungry. The leading humanitarian organisation, the WFP wins the Nobel Prize.

It was founded in 1961. The UNO helped 97 people in the previous year by providing 15 billion rations to people belonging to 88 countries.

As per experts, if the current trend continues then the UN’s programme to remove hunger by 2030 is out of reach.

As per the World Food Programme, women and children are at the highest risk. The WFP says that hunger causes war but it is also a consequence of the war.

“There’s no two ways about it — we can’t end hunger unless we put an end to conflict,” WFP executive director David Beasley said on September 21.

The greatest example is the Yemen which the UN described as the largest humanitarian crisis in the world.

The conflict has displaced three million people and pushed the country to the verge of famine.

As per WFP figures, 2/3 of Yemen’s population of 30 million don’t know from where their next meal will be from.

The outlook for the world has grown even bleaker this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, which has led to earnings losses, made food more expensive and disrupted supply chains.

The Nobel committee said that the coronavirus pandemic has boosted the number of hunger victims across the world.

It said that countries like the Democratic Republic of Congo, Yemen, South Sudan, Nigeria, and Burkina Faso suffer the most. These countries face a combination of violent conflict and the pandemic which has led to a surge in the number of hunger victims in these countries.

This is the twelfth time when the peace award is provided to the UN.

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Duodenal Switch Diet

Duodenal switch patients are able to enjoy a wide variety of foods from all food groups, but will also be expected to make permanent changes to diet and eating habits after surgery. Choosing healthy foods and taking vitamin and mineral supplements will be important aspects of maintaining good health and promoting weight loss.

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Specific diet plans will vary between patients and bariatric surgeons and your nutritional advisor will help you plan a healthy diet based on your personal situation. Although patients should always follow the advice provided by their health care provider, the following nutritional guidelines highlight the general aspects of a duodenal switch diet.

Eating Basics

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After duodenal switch surgery, you will need to learn a new way of eating. The changes made to the digestive system will affect how much food you can eat, what types of food you can eat, and how you eat for the rest of your life. It may take a period of adjustment for your body to adapt, but eventually it will become accustomed to the new eating habits and behaviors.

  • Portion Control: It is important to avoid overeating - stop eating when you feel full. After surgery the stomach can only hold 4 to 6 ounces of food, or 2 to 3 tablespoons at one time. The stomach will slowly stretch over the months following surgery, gradually allowing you to eat more regular sized meal portions. It can take about 9 to 12 months for the stomach size to stabilize.
  • Food Choices: Every bite counts - feed the body with the nutrients it needs and avoid empty calories. A typical diet consists of high-protein foods with sides of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. Foods that should be avoided are high-fat foods, refined carbohydrates, and concentrated sweets.
  • Eating Behaviors: Adopting new eating behaviors aids weight loss. Schedule three meals and one high-protein snack per day, plan menus ahead of time, and avoid snacking throughout the day. When eating, eat slowly and chew food thoroughly to aid with satiety and digestion. Also, avoid drinking beverages within a half-hour before or after eating, to allow room for food.

Diet Progression After Surgery

Your diet after surgery will slowly progress from clear liquids, to purees, then to soft foods as your body heals from surgery and adjusts to the digestive changes. It can take up to a month or two before your body will tolerate solid foods. Throughout the recovery process, it is important to follow the guidelines of your bariatric surgeon and only reintroduce foods to your diet when informed it is appropriate to do so.

  • Duodenal switch (hospital) clear liquid diet: The first few meals after surgery will consist of clear, sugar-free liquids, such as water, tea, broth, sugar-free jello. Liquids should be sipped slowly at the rate of 1-1/2 to 3 ounces per hour.
  • Bariatric surgery (hospital) pureed diet: Once the body is able to tolerate liquids, you will be given pureed foods such as cottage cheese and unsweetened applesauce. Portion sizes should be limited to 2 to 3 tablespoons.
  • Duodenal switch soft food diet: When you leave the hospital, your home diet will consist of soft foods for about 3 to 4 weeks. Soft food items include meatloaf, moist fish, eggs, low-fat cottage cheese, oatmeal, crackers, unsweetened applesauce, ripe bananas, soft-cooked vegetables (not corn), and sugar-free puddings.
  • Duodenal switch modified diet: Once you are able to tolerate all the foods on your soft diet, you will then gradually advance to your new post-surgery diet. New foods are typically added to the diet one at a time to avoid intolerance. The diet progression at this stage is very individualized, but at one year post-op most patients are able to enjoy a wide variety of foods from all food groups.

Foods You Can Eat

Duodenal switch patients are able to eat a wide variety of foods from all food groups, but it is important to choose foods wisely based on high nutrient value and low calorie content.

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A typical duodenal switch diet consists of three high-protein nutrient dense meals and one high-protein snack each day. Protein is the most important diet nutrient and should always be the first food item eaten. Protein supplements can also be used to meet daily protein requirements.

  • The recommended amount of protein for duodenal switch patients is around 90 grams each day.

Common sources of protein are lean meats, veal, poultry, fish, soy products, eggs, cheeses, yogurt, legumes, and nuts. Unlike gastric bypass patients, duodenal switch patients are generally able to eat dense, high-protein foods without difficulty including beef, steak, pork, and stew meat.

Although protein foods are the focus of meals, the diet should also include a variety of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. Patients are usually able to eat fibrous vegetables, bread, and pasta without difficulty or getting stuck in the stomach. Dietary fat is best derived from monounsaturated (canola, olive, and peanut oils, avocados) or polyunsaturated (corn, safflower, peanut, soybean and sunflower oils) sources and low-fat dairy products.

Food Intolerance

The changes to the digestive system may cause some individuals to develop a food intolerance to certain food products. When foods are added to the diet after surgery, they should be introduced one at a time to rule out an intolerance. If a food is not well tolerated, it can be tried again in one week.

One of the more common reactions is an inability to handle lactose (milk sugar), resulting in gas and diarrhea. Patient who become lactose intolerant may find it easier to digest non-fat dairy products or lactose-free milk. Lactase pills are also available to help with lactose digestion.

Food intolerance and unpleasant side effects from different foods varies from patient to patient, so your experience may be different from the response of others.

Foods to Avoid

After recovery, almost all foods can be eaten without the incidence of stoma blockage or dumping syndrome that is common with gastric bypass surgery. However, some types of food should be avoided because they either are high in calories or cause unpleasant side effects.

  • Avoid high fat foods: greasy, fried, high fat foods are unhealthy and undermine weight loss efforts; high fat foods may cause diarrhea or increased bowel movements as fat is not completely absorbed by the digestive system; avoid saturated fats (butter and other animal products) and trans fatty acids (margarine and shortening)
  • Avoid concentrated sugars: foods and beverages with high sugar content are full of empty calories that do not provide nutrients to the body and slow down weight loss (artificial sweeteners such as nutrasweet, saccharin, and sucralose are okay to use)
  • Limit carbohydrates and starchy foods: carbohydrates and starchy foods, such as pasta, may cause gassiness as undigested carbohydrates in the colon is broken down by bacteria into gaseous by-products

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To keep the body hydrated, duodenal switch patients should drink at least 6 to 8 cups (8 oz) of fluid each day. Signs of dehydration include headache, dizziness, nausea, lethargy, dark urine, whitish coating on the tongue, and lower back pain.

Acceptable beverages include water, skim milk, decaf coffee and tea, broths, and sugar-free beverages (Crystal Light, Diet Snapple, sugar free Kool-Aid, sugar-free Tang, sugar-free vitamin water, flat diet soda).

Liquids should be sipped throughout the day to avoid becoming dehydrated. Do not drink within half an hour before or after eating otherwise there will not be room for food and the fluid will interfere with digestion. Also, using a straw may cause gas and should not be used.

Nutritional Supplements

Duodenal switch patients will need to take daily vitamin and mineral supplements for the rest of their lives in order to maintain health. The body is not able to absorb the nutrients it needs to function due to bypassing a large portion of the small intestine. Typical supplements include a multivitamin, ADEK's, calcium, and iron. Protein supplements may also be recommended. Your bariatric surgeon will monitor you on a regular basis to make sure you are maintaining the proper level of vitamins and minerals.

  • Diet Guidebook for DS, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview
  • Nutritional Guidelines for Roux-en-Y and Duodenal Switch Gastric Restrictive Procedures, University of Chicago Medicine
  • American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, The Story of Obesity Surgery, Chapter 4, Biliopancreatic Diversion and Duodenal Switch.
  • "The Duodenal Switch Revisited", Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Bariatric Times, June 2009

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Always be prepared with ready to eat healthy foods. If you find that preparation is a stumbling block, buy pre-cut, pre-washed fruits and vegetables, such as baby carrots, melon bowls, or salads in bags; treat yourself to a favorite fruit for dessert, and don't be afraid to try exotic or tropical fruits for variety.

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Phew! It's finally over. Over a month cramped in a vessel filled with horrible people, boring days and desolate landscapes devoid of life is over and I can finally return home - Is what I would like to have said, because it would have made the 'goodbyes' and the 'see-you-laters' that much easier. But I can't say that, it would have been a lie.

I have been in some of the world’s most amazing places. So amazing, in fact, that it feels like a dream. A dream that is about to end. In a couple of days I'll be back home, and in a couple more, this whole trip will feel distant and blurry, like when you wake up and barely remember what you dreamt. But this wasn't a dream. And even if almost everyone on this ship, including permanent crew, calls the world we return to 'the real world', this adventure was very much real, and I will do my best to remember that, because it means that I can return here. I've seen hundreds of whales, thousands of seals, and hundreds of thousands of penguins of different shapes and sizes. I've sailed in sort of rough weather and steered a motoring ship through the calm. My hands have hardened a bit from sail handling, even though my sailing experience can best be described the same way as my beard: Thin and patchy, and better in some areas than others. I have climbed the mast, all the way to the top. And I have, yet again, tried furling the upper topsail under the guidance of Peder. Fear took me out on the yard and while I managed one gasket, my legs started shaking and I decided to go down. I'm sure Peder felt me shaking. Antarctica was an amazing place. I would have been content with just seeing an iceberg the size of a house - I saw one the size of a city! There were also smaller ones that were covered with penguins. How cool is that?! It wasn't as cold as I expected though. In fact, with the exception of some days at sea, it was pretty warm (I'm sure some would disagree). The day we entered Antarctica was especially nice. The sun was shining, it was pretty calm waters and we had whales around us. I spent a lot of time on the bowsprit, a spot I've found perfect for alone time, if not a tad weather dependant. I sat there, listening to the waves, looking at the sky and the sea, seabirds around us. "PC, is that a growler?" Titus (he prefers Tito nowadays) is shouting from the lookout. I squint my eyes and sure enough, there's one, still far away, heading straight for us. Reported to the captain, and avoided. I'm glad Titus saw it first, as it hopefully boosted his confidence after his two-in-a-row loss of backgammon against me. James was in the foremast, chilling on the royal yard. I decided to join him. We saw whale sprouts in front of the setting sun, it was awesome. It may sound like romanticized penguin guano, but it's true. We even saw the fabled green flash as the sun left the horizon, a myth I didn't think was real. We did a polar swim as well. The Deception Island beach was amazing. A nice and warm volcanic beach with warm water for about 30 cm. When I kept going I hit the freezing Antarctic water. We were about 12 people doing the swim and I was in the first zodiac to arrive. I remember standing in the water thinking this wasn't so bad. Then we ran into the icy cold water. Like a penguin chick hiding in his parents warm pouch, my privates hid inside my man-pouch from the sudden hit of cold. I managed to control my breath this time and stayed in long enough to not feel my feet anymore. It was very nice. As I was drying myself I was afraid that my diamond nipples would cut holes in my towel. It was cold, and it was awesome. I'm proud of my fellow swimmers, good job everybody! I've learned so much this trip. Sail handling, ocean currents, weather and wind, seals, ice and history is just some of the many topics we've had at our lectures. I've learned that living in a cabin with 4 other men isn't too bad. And once you get to know each other it gets easier to get along, though I've never encountered an issue with anyone on this ship. People now know I'm not a morning person, and are very considerate during the early breakfast hours. I've learned that there is a place called Brown Bluff, and that it is named after its brown bluff and not after what happens when you try to pass gas and get a little bonus in your pants (I did not know what a bluff was). I apologize for my bad humour just now, and I blame hypothermia for my sudden decrease in comedic standards (don't worry mom, I don't have hypothermia, my humour have always been bad). Now, I could go on forever about all the things I've seen and experienced, but you'd have to experience it for yourself to be able to feel what I feel. And the tallship experience is something else. If you think about going on a cruise ship to Antarctica, don't. Because the Europa has something that cruise ships have not: A soul. You can feel it in the deckhouse when the voyage crew enjoys each other’s company in the calm waters. You can feel it during potato peeling sessions, or in your bunk when you hear music and laughter from the galley (no, it's not too loud). You can taste it when you eat the divine food coming out of the galley, with fresh fruit and vegetables even at day 35. I'm starting to think they have a greenhouse in the hull. You see it when you attend lectures by the passionate Jordi and Sarah. Oh, and Nilla, I almost forgot you. I guess you weren't on my mind (I kid of course, I will never forget you, nor your love for snickers toblerone, or snoblerone as I have named it). What I'm trying to say is that the soul of Europa is everywhere; In the perfectly imperfect Mars and Snickers bars, squashed when stashed away somewhere; In the eyes of the permanent crew as they join us on the landings and experience things for the first time together with us; And the watches, when half is asleep and the other half is reading a book, when Martijn comes in, shouting in his happy voice 'BRACING'. We get up, brace ourselves first, then go outside, happily, because we enjoy it, every second of it. As I'm writing this we're crossing the washing machine called the Drake passage. Many has yet again become sea sick, including some of the permanent crew. If you are one of those permanent crew, I hope you feel a little bit better after reading this. Because you all make this trip. It wouldn't have been the same without your positive and energetic, yet chill and cool personalities. Even when you're sick you dish out comments that leaves a smile on my face and you smile back. Thank you for that. You've opened yourselves to us and let us into the warmth. Not fully opened though, as there exist a professional barrier between the voyage crew and the permanent crew. A barrier that have to exist, for your own sanities sake. But open enough to make me feel part of the Europa family. I won't drop names here because it would take up too much space and I promised Natalie to not mention her mistakes and bad habits. A joke, of course, as Natalie is one of the greatest people I've met. Funny, kind, knowledgeable, caring and hardworking. And along with some of the others, one of the people that makes me want to work as a permanent crew. So thank you, every single one of you, for making this an amazing and unforgettable journey. I also want to thank my fellow voyage crew comrades as we have grown quite close. For some of us, this is goodbye, for others it's see you later. I am happy to say that I have made some nice friends here, ones I'm looking forward to seeing again. Thank you to the blue watch, also called the best watch, for the smooth and painless watches. Thank you, white watch, for your caring wakeups in the morning (morning is every hour of the day here). And thank you red watch for relieving us when we're tired and cold, though you were five minutes late that one time. I've enjoyed spending time with you all and getting to know you. And close we have become. As I wrote this in the poker corner, Birdy got out of his bunk, came to me and asked me if I was alright, like truly alright? I must have looked thoughtful and a little bit sad. It warms a Norwegian heart that we've gotten this close. I'll miss you Birdy. In fact, I'll probably miss most of you voyage crew and all of you permanent crew. It's with a heavy heart that I succumb to Europa's warm embrace for the last couple of nights, letting her rock me to sleep next to my cabin 10 mates. My watch is ending and I'm returning home. But this is not the last you see of me, Europa, that's a promise.

Till next time

Per Christian, 32, Norway, city-dweller and adventurer

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Eventually Blockbuster declared bankruptcy in 2010. Perhaps they should have spent less time mailing plumbing fixtures around, and more time updating their business model.

8. Dumb Business Decisions: Picture This

Kodak may have invented the handheld camera, but over-cautiousness brought this tech giant to its knees. Founded in 1888, the company was over a century old when it filed for bankruptcy in 2012. Sadly, the famous camera and photo printing company failed to keep up with the changing times.

Having invented the digital camera themselves in 1975, Kodak were unable to actually manufacture the camera due to conservative inside forces that held them back.

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In essence, Kodak lay the important groundwork for the age of digital photography, but fear of undercutting their own market meant they didn’t go digital themselves. This meant that by the time they were ready to manufacture the digital camera they invented, it was too late. Others were already dominating the market.

Once film and physical photo supplies became obsolete, Kodak ran out of money fast. It ended with $6.75 billion in debt, and had to let more than 50,000 employees go.

To this day, Kodak still focuses on selling print supplies and ink cartridges, but it’s very unlikely it’ll ever reach the profits it could’ve had. Now more than ever, in an age of ever-more futuristic tech, it pays to keep ahead of the times!

7. Fallen Giant

Enron was once the biggest energy broker in the world and America’s seventh largest company. The story of its downfall has all the elements of a great drama movie: whistle-blowers, death and lots and LOTS of money.

Enron filed for bankruptcy in 2001 when outsiders discovered that they had been falsifying and hiding accounts for years. Enron also took accounting firm Arthur Andersen down with them. It turned out that they had been partnering with this firm to hide their criminal practices. From frequently concealing large losses and debts to lying about profits to investors, Enron was involved in a range of shady dealings.

In 2001, Sherron Watkins, the Vice President of corporate development at Enron, noted irregularities in the company’s financial statements in an anonymous letter. Eventually, she notified the public, and chaos ensued. Through the exploitation of complex loopholes, top executives in the company had been recording projected profits as real profits, and hiding both debts and losses from investors.

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Once found out, the executives involved in this extensive fraud scheme fell like dominoes – literally. After being called to give evidence at court, in 2002, the former vice chairman J Clifford Baxter was found dead in an apparent suicide. Kenneth Lay, the CEO and founder of Enron, died of a heart attack while awaiting sentencing. The lesson here is, don’t cook the books, folks.

6. Lacking A Novel Approach

When e-commerce giant Amazon was growing, other more traditional bookstores like Borders were struggling to keep up. Something that experts call ‘the Amazon factor’ may explain why some brick and mortar retail stores are failing one by one.

As more consumers turn to e-commerce to save money, traditional stores face a choice: adapt or die. This apparently fell on deaf ears at Borders headquarters. The bookstore did strike up a partnership with Amazon in 2001. But unfortunately, this wasn’t quite enough to stop them from falling victim to Amazon’s growing e-commerce empire.

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Instead of adapting to trends, Borders made a series of stupid corporate decisions which ended up being their downfall. First, instead of moving to online sales, Borders decided to focus on expanding their store fronts and opening more stores.

Not only this, but they were too slow to adapt to the technological trends and release a branded e-reader to market. Amazon’s kindle came out in 2007, and Barnes & Noble released the Nook in 2009. But Borders didn’t release Kobo, their e-reader, until 2011.

Perhaps they should have taken a leaf out of Amazon’s book…

5. A Yak Of Insight

When anonymous messaging app Yik Yak hit the scene in 2013, it was an almost-instant hit with college students around the world. Providing an easy way to gossip and joke about goings-on, the app used location services to share posts between anonymous users in the local area.

At peak popularity, the app was valued at $400 million, but its move away from what gave it its appeal was largely responsible for its downfall. When pressure mounted relating to bullying and security threats, developers released updates that made it impossible to post without setting up a username. This, of course, removed the central appeal of the app. An influx of one-star reviews soon followed, and an already-dwindling user-base bid their last farewells.

Even before the unpopular updates, the app had begun to fall victim to a historic trend among other anonymous messaging apps, which tend lose their novelty over time. On top of this, driving many of the unpopular changes were difficulties monetizing the app due to the anonymity of its users. Eventually, the app was shut down and delisted in 2017.

It’s a tale of failed innovation, failure to pay attention to the histories of similar services, and inadvertently removing the service’s central appeal. But enough yakking, it’s time to moo-ve on.

4. Schlitz Creek

Schlitz Beer was once one of the biggest breweries in Milwaukee, and the best-selling beer in the United States. But the company is now known in business circles as an example of how not to do business. So much so in fact, that their disastrous decision-making process now has its own name: ‘the Schlitz mistake’.

Why? Well, throughout the 1950s the owner of Budweiser Beer, Anheuser-Busch, led a continuous assault on Schlitz. The two companies wrestled for the title of ‘America’s favourite beer’ from one another for years. In 1957, Budweiser took a permanent lead.

To compete with Budweiser, Schlitz beer decided to cut costs, which was one of their worst business decisions. Eventually, the beer was nothing like the original product that consumers loved. The taste had changed dramatically. Schlitz started to substitute fresh hops, the main flavouring ingredient in beer, for cheaper hop pellets.

But the real business killer was the next decision they made. Schlitz’s brewing technicians began to add a new type of anti-haze agent, known as Chillgarde, to the product. Schiltz’s rapid-brewing techniques meant that the unprocessed beer appeared unpleasantly cloudy when chilled, and the hope was that this addition would resolve the issue. Some observers noticed that this protein looked like mucus floating in the beer and sometimes appeared as white flakes.

Nobody wants mucus beer. After this slimy oversight, sales dropped off a cliff, and the company remains up Schlitz creek without a paddle.

3. Fizzing Out

Serial entrepreneur Richard Branson is one of the most successful people in the world, with a net worth of $4.2 Billion. But that amount of success also comes with its fair share of failures. One of Branson’s business brainwaves that you may not have heard of was Virgin Drinks. This endeavor saw Branson and his teams taking a stab at the beverage market, initially with a cola, and later with a vodka to match.

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As the story goes, an aspiring soda-maker contacted Branson with a home-made cola recipe. When it turned out that people preferred the home-made soda to Coca-Cola or Pepsi, Branson launched Virgin Cola. It was doing well in the UK, silently taking over market share from Coca Cola.

However, the company got more than they bargained for when they took on one of the biggest companies in the world in their primary market. A misguided PR stunt made sure that Virgin Cola would never again appear on supermarket shelves. In 1998, Branson attended the USA launch of Virgin Cola, but his appearance was far from subtle. In a flamboyant display, Branson drove into and crushed a wall of hundreds of Coca-Cola cans.

Needless to say, Coca-Cola didn’t take it so well. They responded by pouring money into pressuring distributors not to work with Virgin Cola, forcing them to stock only Coca-Cola. In the end, Virgin Cola couldn’t even get stores to stock their soda. With no way to distribute their product, Virgin Cola and its offshoot, Virgin Vodka were discontinued, and the entire Virgin Drinks subsidiary disbanded in 2007.

I hear the Coca-Cola versus Virgin battle royale is going to be dramatized in the next Marvel film, with Branson in a colossal mech suit. I’d pay to see that.

2. Worst Business Decisions: Hyped to Death

Nowadays we often carry around powerful computers in our pockets. But it may surprise you to find out that it wasn’t Apple or Microsoft that pioneered this idea. In fact, a company called Osborne Computer Corporation released the very first portable computer in 1981.

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However, despite its innovative beginnings, the Osborne Computer Corporation is actually most famous for how it failed. In an attempt to recoup increasing losses, the company made history with a pretty crazy decision, and not in a good way. Despite releasing the Osborne model 1 in 1981, the company showed a newer model to the press, before the first one was even ready to come to market.

As a result, customers and businesses cancelled their pre-orders of the Osborne 1 in droves. Who can blame them for preferring to wait for a superior model?

Thanks to all of the cancellations, Osborne Computer Corporation ran out of money before they could even release the updated computer. In 1983, after months of low sales, OCC went from being a computer giant with Apple potential to a total bankruptcy case. How about that for a system failure?

1. That’s Nuts!

Some of these company decisions have been pretty insane. But the company up next on the list wins the medal for possibly the stupidest, most irresponsible, and worst business decision a company has ever made.

The Peanut Corporation of America, or PCA, was a peanut processing plant that was responsible for about 2.5% of America’s processed peanuts. By most standards, it was a small company, but the scandal they created propelled the company into the public eye.

After 9 people died and thousands of people became sick from salmonella poisoning, the FDA found contaminated peanuts to be the cause. PCA sold and shipped these poisoned peanuts, and some of them were even headed for schools. But that’s not the worst part. It turned out that when in-house testing found the salmonella poisoning, CEO Stewart Parnell told his staff to ‘just ship’ the products. On top of that, PCA shipped peanut products accompanied by falsified safety certificates to try and cover up the contamination.

In January 2009, PCA finally issued a product recall for some of its products, and many more followed in the subsequent days. Less than 24 hours after one huge, final product recall, the company filed for bankruptcy. Stewart Parnell was sentenced to prison for life, and thankfully for us, this nutcase won’t be shipping any more lethal legumes.

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Barleywine - American
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4.14 | pDev: 9.42%
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JohneHoodlum from Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev -3.4%

Sep 16, 2014
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hoptheology from South Dakota

3.99/5  rDev -3.6%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

Approximately 1 year of age on this bottle.

Pours a beautiful butterscotch blonde-caramel color with a lovely head of 3 fingers, egg foam color. Lots of lace left behind as the head recedes.

Beautiful fruity and caramel aromas waft to the nose, with notes of vinous grape, popcorn ball, butterscotch, caramel, slight chocolate, and the same yeast of Speedway.; Slight smokiness, mouth-watering.

Flavor brings much more bitterness than the nose would suggest; with some of those grape notes giving off a white wine-meets-sauvignon flavor, with smokey caramel lingering in the background and alcohol heat lapping it at its heels. Hints of fruitcake develop as it's left to rest on the palate, with hints of raisins. That's the good. The bad is that it indeed tastes like oxidized hops, like someone aged a 120 minute in the sunlight for a year. Some onion and garbage flavors too.

Feel is velvety, then leathery, then hot, and dries out considerably on the finish. Carbonation is medium-light.

Overall, it's a great beer until it hits your lips. It's not something I'm overly excited about. The more I drink it the more it tastes like old oxidized hops or a very poorly aged 120 minute. Probably would not revisit.

Apr 20, 2018
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mickeymac from California

4.05/5  rDev -2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

It's golden brown and has good looking off-white head that leaves traces on top all the way to the bottom of the glass. The smell is reminiscent of Bigfoot but slightly on the mellower side. The hops are definitely there, but they don't smack you in the face. The citrus flavors tend to dominate and detract slightly from the drinking experience. Despite the 9.25% abv, the flavor of alcohol doesn't make itself obvious. It has an almost milky mouthfeel that is reassuring in a barleywine. It's good but it's not one of the best from Alesmith.

Oct 16, 2002
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walshclimb from Nevada

4.67/5  rDev +12.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

This is a great Barley Wine. I tasted it against Stone's Old Guardian, and this was clearly the better (even if they are slightly different styles). It pours a slightly cloudy reddish amber with a relatively thin off white to tan head. The smell is very aromatic, malty with alcohol and a hint of fruit. The taste has an excellent balance with lightly sweet and complex malty intial flavor with good hop balance. The sweet malty finish is short- to meditum-lived. Full bodied, slightly creamy with soft carbonation and a clean, dry alcoholic finish. Very drinkable for this style. Probably the best BW I have had personally.

May 19, 2007
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KAP1356 from Pennsylvania

3.95/5  rDev -4.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Poured from a 750 ml bottle (with silver foil on the cap) purchased in May of 2010 into a Victory snifter...

A - Hazy caramel-amber color with a nice rich 2 finger tan head forming. Nice retention and some nice sticky lacing.

S - Toffee, brown sugar, malts, raisins, dates and a hint of vanilla all mixed with some piney and some citrusy hops. Very sweet aroma and some booziness detected as well.

T - Very bready taste along with toffee, caramel, dates and brown sugar. Very very sweet but with the hops, it doesn't quite reach the level of cloying.

M - Thicker and very rich. Heavy bodied with moderate carbonation. Almost syrupy after drinking most of the bottle.

O - Nice barleywine and one with a pretty big hop presence. One bottle was defnitely enough. I was worried that the sweetness would make this one hard to finish, but I was able to get through it.

Mar 31, 2011
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Jules11788 from California

4.5/5  rDev +8.7%

Dec 03, 2011
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JayCin from New York

4.25/5  rDev +2.7%

Oct 24, 2012
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Czequershuus from Minnesota

4.58/5  rDev +10.6%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5

This beer pours a deep reddish amber with a rather large tan head. The aroma consists of prune, raisin, nutmeg, and apricot. The flavor follows through with rich dried fruit, a moderate level of sweetness, and a spicy hop character. The mouthfeel is velvety but not syrup, perfect for the flavor profile. Overall this is a very solid barleywine, lots of character, but suitably relaxing as well.

Oct 11, 2015
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Bierman9 from New Hampshire

4.5/5  rDev +8.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

07DEC07 - Enjoying my second bottle of Numbskull tonight, courtesy of Artied2. Color this time is more muted, a tawny russet color with some cloudiness. Still attractive, but no ruby/garnet espied. Dropping the appearance by 0.5, and upping aroma by the same, as it is quite distinct and enticing, with the lovely combo of toffee-ish malts and citrussy hops. Beyond that, most everything else matches what's noted below, from 2004. Quite the tasty bier, all-in-all. Thnx, Bro!!

overall: 4.5
appearance: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | mouthfeel: 4.5 | drinkability: 4.5

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Original review (29MAY04). Bigass bottle, but no visible vintage date that I can find.... does say 10.00% abv, though...
Ooooh....nice color!!! Old Numbskull has a deep, clear, tantalizing ruby/garnet hue, with a thin topping of microscopic, light tan-colored bubbles. The head leaves an appealing trace of lace, and within the liquid arises a steady yet fine stream of carbonation. Sitting in a Rapscallion goblet, this bier looks marvelous! Aroma is heavy on the malt, with caramel and toffee abounding. It's very similar to an Old Horizontal I had the other night. There is citrus, too, but well in the background. Body gets down in the middle of the road....a solid medium; no more, no less. Carbonation being quite fine, it plays softly on the tongue, and traverses the palate smoothly, setting off no alarms on the way... Mmmm! Taste reminds me somewhat of Old Ho, too. It has a big malty start, with lots of caramel which just sticks all over the mouth. There's a healthy amount of piney, resiny hop action playing along as well, and it's quite flavorful, though the malt (which suggests 'mocha" to me) is still sticking it to my tastebuds! Very little evidence of the abv, as well....so far.... Very nice brew!! (5.0/4.0/4.5/4.5/4.5 = 4.50).

Zum Wohl!!

May 29, 2004
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drewone from California

4.5/5  rDev +8.7%

Jan 18, 2012
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JamFuel from Sweden

4.5/5  rDev +8.7%

Oct 14, 2012
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rolltide8425 from Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev -3.4%

Feb 25, 2013
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richj1970 from Alabama

4.27/5  rDev +3.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

Poured from 750 ml dated 12/18/2013.

A: Pours a rich mahogany brown and slightly cloudy with generous two to three finger tan head. Long lasting retention with head settling like a cap on top. Lots of sticky lacing,

S: Caramel and toffee. Dates and raisins. Roasted barley. Earthy hops and fresh pine cones.

T: Rich toffee, butterscotch, and caramel. Sweet dark fruity flavors with dates and plum. Biscuits drizzled with honey. Finishes with a big hop punch that cuts through the sweetness.

M: Thick and chewy with an average carbonation.

O: Very well done. Wonderful barleywine, and incredibly drinkable even considering ABV and fairly assertive hops.

Oct 20, 2014
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Beer-Ed from Netherlands

4.49/5  rDev +8.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Jun 18, 2017
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oberon from North Carolina

4.18/5  rDev +1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Pours a deep amber color near brown with a white tight sticky head that is gone pretty quickly.deep vanilla aromas mixed with a generous hopped piney aroma intermingled nicely.Wow what a combination of sweet caramel and alcohol with a generous amount of grassy piney drying hop very balanced and indredibly flavorful barley wine big time winner here I wish I had more what a flavor combination with a big alcohol punch.A little harshness in the mouthfeel dept. kept it from being off the charts.

Dec 19, 2005
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davegray from California

3.75/5  rDev -9.4%

Aug 10, 2014
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Rhettroactive from Pennsylvania

3.97/5  rDev -4.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

From 750ml bottle to glass at Shannon's Big Bad Barleywine Tasting on 4/9/11.
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A: Unfiltered - there are quite a few floaties in this one. It looks like freshly squeezed acai juice. This isn't nearly as dark and robust as most of the other barleywines we poured. A good pour yields a 1.25 head and minor lacing.

S: Hops, big hops and some sweet alcohol esters.

T: This is a prime example of an American (primarily west coast) barleywine. Loads of big, robust hops and forceful malt that break onto the mid-palate. The heavy alcohol and figs appear at the end, but the bitterness from the hops reemerge on the finish.

M: Pretty standard here, with good thickness and a rich, velvety nature that kept me coming back.

O: This one followed the Mother of All Storms and I must say, it didn't fall flat. This is a quality American Barleywine that I would recommend without hesitation.

Apr 13, 2011
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gshak from Texas

4.5/5  rDev +8.7%

Nov 13, 2012
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xacidx from Connecticut

4/5  rDev -3.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Oct 30, 2015
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brittanylicious from Indiana

4/5  rDev -3.4%

Nov 15, 2014
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aracauna from Georgia

4/5  rDev -3.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

This is for the 2000 Numbskull tasted on 10-25-02. Nice medium maltiness. Starts off a bit bland, but the bitterness slowly picks up as does the alcohol. Ends up really good. Body is dark reddish amber with an off-white head. There's some lemon zest in the aroma. I think it's a compbination of the alcohol, malt and yeast.

Oct 25, 2002
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largadeer from California

4.25/5  rDev +2.7%

May 17, 2013
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jwhancher from Pennsylvania

4.41/5  rDev +6.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5

Bought a 750ml bottle at the brewery back in 2011 on a trip to San Diego. Aged this one in the cellar the last few years. Capped with foil presentation. Cold as heck in Philly right now after about an 8- inch snowstorm so figured the timing was right to open this one up.

Pours a hazy orange amber with nice lasting head. Lacing clings to the sides of the snifter I poured this into. Good solid carbonation evident.

Smells of orange marmalade, candied sugar, and sticky/chewy malt sweetness. Hops seem to have since faded but some lingering piney citrus seem evident in the background. No hot alcohols in the nose.

Tastes sweet upfront with nice firm bitterness that dries out most of the residual sugars before giving way to more sticky/chewy malts. Some dark fruits and light cocoa seem evident.

Feels full, thick and chewy. Exactly what I've come to expect from an American style barley wine. A few years seem to have mellowed out any potential harsh alcohol notes. 2-3 years seem about right to age this badboy.

Overall, another excellent beer from a brewery I truly admire and whose beers all seem to kick some ass.

Jan 04, 2014
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hilgart1 from Illinois

3.75/5  rDev -9.4%

Jan 06, 2014
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pinnser from Colorado

4/5  rDev -3.4%

Nov 01, 2013
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