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Picture of the Week 2010
The Long and Winding Road*
This splendid picture shows the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT) on Cerro Paranal in the Chilean Atacama desert. The mountaintop, 120 km south of the town of Antofagasta, is a remote haven for scientific exploration.
Its distance from populated areas means that light pollution is essentially non-existent, which helps to guarantee clear views for the telescopes. It also ensures that activity is not disturbed by other human activities, such as traffic on nearby roads or dusty air from mines. The desert location means that moisture in the atmosphere is at a very low level, which contributes to the excellent atmospheric conditions. As well as the VLT, Paranal Observatory is also home to the VISTA telescope on an adjacent peak, from which this photograph was taken. The road which links the two peaks can be seen in the centre of the image, winding through the desert landscape.
The two distinct bright patches seen here in the night sky are the Large and Small Magellanic clouds, which are neighbouring galaxies to the Milky Way, about 160 000 and 200 000 light-years away respectively. The path of the Milky Way itself can be seen on the left of the image. Astronomers use the VLT to study our own galaxy, the neighbouring Magellanic Clouds, and naturally also much more distant galaxies billions of light-years from Earth. On the long and winding road to the stars, observatories like the VLT are our first steps.
Monuments of Science*
On a remote mountaintop, 2600 metres above sea level in the Chilean Atacama Desert, lies the world's most advanced visible-light observatory. The European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT) is not only a window on the Universe; it is also a celebration of modern science and technology.
This photograph shows two of the four Unit Telescopes that make up the VLT. With its giant 8.2-metre diameter mirrors, sensitive detectors, and state-of-the art adaptive optics system, the VLT uses cutting-edge technology at every opportunity. Even the telescope enclosures — the domes — are highly advanced, being thermally controlled to reduce air turbulence in the telescope structure.
Every night the VLT studies the sky to make discoveries about the Universe. Visible in this photo, sweeping between the two Unit Telescopes, is the plane of the Milky Way. Containing billions of stars, it is our own corner of the cosmos, but the VLT's vision can peer much deeper than this, our home galaxy, and look out to the extremes of space, all in the name of science and discovery.
This image is available as a mounted image in the ESOshop.
Collecting Precious Starlight*
As soon as the Sun sets over the Chilean Atacama Desert, ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) begins catching light from the far reaches of the Universe. The VLT has four 8.2-metre Unit Telescopes such as the one shown in the photograph. Many of the photons — particles of light — that are collected have travelled through space for billions of years before reaching the telescope's primary mirror. The giant mirror acts like a high-tech "light bucket", gathering as many photons as possible and sending them to sensitive detectors. Careful analysis of the data from these instruments allows astronomers to unravel the mysteries of the cosmos.
The telescopes have a variety of instruments, which allow them to observe in a range of wavelengths from near-ultraviolet to mid-infrared. The VLT also boasts advanced adaptive optics systems, which counteract the blurring effects of the Earth's atmosphere, producing images so sharp that they could almost have been taken in space.
This image is available as a mounted image in the ESOshop.
Up Close and Personal with the Very Large Telescope
Imagine being a fly on the wall of ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) at the world's most advanced optical observatory. You could have a view a little like this. Fish-eye photography gives this unusual view of the 8.2-metre diameter telescope, poised and ready to begin gathering light from the deep recesses of the Universe as soon as the dome opens and starlight pours in.
The VLT has four of these 8.2-metre Unit Telescopes, called Antu, Kueyen, Melipal and Yepun. These are the Mapuche names for the Sun, Moon, Southern Cross and Venus. This photograph shows Yepun. The names are from the native language of the indigenous people who live mostly in the area south of the Bio-Bio River, some 500 km south of Santiago de Chile.
The VLT is so powerful that it allows us to see objects four thousand million times fainter than those that can be seen with the unaided eye. This has helped make ESO the most productive ground-based observatory in the world.
Crash of the Titans
NGC 520 — also known as Arp 157 — looks like a galaxy in the midst of exploding. In reality, it's the exact opposite. Two enormous spiral galaxies are crashing into each other, melding and forming a new conglomerate. This happens slowly, over millions of years — the whole process started some 300 million years ago. The object, about 100 000 light-years across, is now in the middle stage of the merging process, as the two nuclei haven't merged yet, but the two discs have. The merger features a tail of stars and a prominent dust lane. NGC 520 is one of the brightest interacting galaxies in the sky and lies in the direction of Pisces (the Fish), approximately 100 million light-years from Earth.
This image was taken by the ESO Faint Object Spectrograph and Camera attached to the 3.6-metre telescope at La Silla in Chile. It is based on data obtained through B, V, R and H-alpha filters.
Looking into the Milky Way's Heart — ISAAC observes the Galactic Centre
The centre of our own galaxy, the Milky Way, is again in the sights of ESO telescopes. This time it's the turn of ISAAC, the VLT's near- and mid-infrared spectrometer and camera.
From Chile's Atacama Desert, site of the ESO observatories, the Milky Way offers magnificent views, particularly in the southern hemisphere winter, when the central region of our galaxy is most visible (see eso0934). However, the Galactic Centre itself, located about 27 000 light-years away in the constellation of Sagittarius, hides behind thick clouds of interstellar dust, which appear as dark obscuring lanes in visible light, but which are transparent at longer wavelengths such as the infrared. In this image, the infrared observations clearly reveal the dense clustering of stars in the galactic core.
ESO telescopes have been tracking stars orbiting the centre of the Milky Way for more than 18 years, getting the highest resolution images of this area and providing a definitive proof of the existence of a supermassive black hole in the heart of our galaxy (read more in eso0226 and eso0846). Infrared flashes emitted by hot gas falling into the supermassive black hole have also been detected with ESO telescopes (see eso0330).
This representative-colour picture is composed of images taken by ISAAC at near-infrared wavelengths through 2.25, 2.09, and 1.71 µm narrowband filters (shown in red, green and blue respectively). It covers a field of view of 2.5 arcminutes.
An Ancient Cluster of Stars Against a Stunning Background
Among the myriad of stars in this image shines NGC 2257, a collection of cosmic gems bound tightly by gravity. Many billions of years old, but still sparkling brightly, it is an eye-catching astronomical object.
NGC 2257 is a globular cluster, the name given to the roughly spherical concentrations of stars that orbit galactic cores, but are often found far out from the centres in the halo areas of galaxies. Globular clusters contain very old stars, being typically over 10 billion years old, and can therefore be used like a "fossil record" to learn more about the Universe's past. They are densely packed, with tens to hundreds of thousands of stars gathered within a diameter of just a few tens of light-years. NGC 2257 lies on the outskirts of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a satellite galaxy of our own Milky Way. It is one of 15 very old globular clusters in the LMC.
The image is made from data taken with the Wide Field Imager instrument on the 2.2-metre MPG/ESO telescope at La Silla, in B, V and I filters, which are shown here in blue, green and red respectively. The field of view is approximately 20 by 20 arcminutes. These observations were made as part of the ESO Imaging Survey project, which was planned to make public imaging surveys to identify targets for follow-up observations with the Very Large Telescope.
Shooting a Laser at the Galactic Centre
This impressive image, taken on 10 May 2010 by ESO astronomer Yuri Beletsky, beautifully depicts the sky above Paranal. One of the 8.2-metre telescopes of ESO's Very Large Telescope, Yepun, Unit Telescope 4, is seen against the wonderful backdrop of the myriad of stars and dust that makes up the Milky Way. A laser beam is coming out of Yepun, aiming perfectly at the Galactic Centre. When used with the adaptive optics system the artificial star created by the beam allows the telescope to obtain images and spectra that are free from the blurring effect of the atmosphere. When this image was taken, astronomers Stefan Gillessen and Hauke Enkel were using the SINFONI instrument, together with the laser guide star facility, to study the centre of our Milky Way, where a supermassive black hole is lurking.
The field of view of the image is very wide, about 180 degrees. One of the 1.8-metre Auxiliary Telescopes used for interferometry can be seen on the right.
ESO's Very Large Telescope Peers into a Distant Nebula*
Astronomers using data from ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT), at the Paranal Observatory in Chile, have made an impressive composite of the nebula Messier 17, also known as the Omega Nebula or the Swan Nebula. The painting-like image shows vast clouds of gas and dust illuminated by the intense radiation from young stars.
The image shows a central region about 15 light-years across, although the entire nebula is even larger, about 40 light-years in total. Messier 17 is in the constellation of Sagittarius (the Archer), about 6000 light-years from Earth. It is a popular target for amateur astronomers, who can obtain good quality images using small telescopes.
These deep VLT observations were made at near-infrared wavelengths with the ISAAC instrument. The filters used were J (1.25 µm, shown in blue), H (1.6 µm, shown in green), and K (2.2 µm, shown in red). In the centre of the image is a cluster of massive young stars whose intense radiation makes the surrounding hydrogen gas glow. To the lower right of the cluster is a huge cloud of molecular gas. At visible wavelengths, dust grains in the cloud obscure our view, but by observing in infrared light, the glow of the hydrogen gas behind the cloud can be seen shining faintly through. Hidden in this region, which has a dark reddish appearance, the astronomers found the opaque silhouette of a disc of gas and dust. Although it is small in this image, the disc has a diameter of about 20 000 AU, dwarfing our Solar System (1 AU is the distance between the Earth and the Sun). It is thought that this disc is rotating and feeding material onto a central protostar — an early stage in the formation of a new star.
This image is available as a mounted image in the ESOshop.
- The research for which these observations were originally made was described in ESO press release eso0416.
Starry La Silla
The stars rotate around the southern celestial pole during a night at ESO's La Silla Observatory in northern Chile. The fuzzy parts in the trails on the right are due to the Magellanic Clouds, two small galaxies neighbouring the Milky Way. The dome seen in the image hosts ESO's 3.6-metre telescope and is home to HARPS (High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher), the world's foremost exoplanet hunter. The rectangular building seen in the lower right of the image contains the 0.25-metre TAROT telescope, designed to react very quickly when a gamma-ray burst is detected. Other telescopes at La Silla include the 2.2-metre MPG/ESO telescope, and the 3.58-metre New Technology Telescope, the first telescope to use active optics and, as such, the precursor to all modern large telescopes. La Silla was ESO's first observing site and is still one of the premier observatories in the southern hemisphere.
Reflecting on the VLT
The Sun sets at ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) in this image. Taken at the observatory on Cerro Paranal in the dry Atacama Desert of Chile, the observatory's four 8.2-metre telescopes can be seen preparing for the night ahead. Three of the VLT's four Auxiliary 1.8-metre Telescopes (AT), used for interferometry, are also visible. The telescopes are seen reflected in the protection cover of one of the AT stations. The ATs are mounted on tracks and can be moved between precisely defined observing positions from where the beams of collected light are combined in the interferometric laboratory. The ATs are very unusual telescopes, as they are self-contained in their own ultra-compact protective domes, and travel with their own electronics, ventilation, hydraulics and cooling systems. Each AT has a transporter that lifts the telescope and moves it from one position to the other. At 2600 metres above sea level, the observing climate is excellent, with little disturbance from clouds.
New Temporary Offices at ESO Headquarters
ESO has grown significantly since 1980, when its European staff originally moved from offices at CERN to a dedicated headquarters building in Garching, near Munich, Germany. In the intervening three decades the number of ESO's member states has increased from six to fourteen, and the organisation has achieved milestones such as the First Light of the New Technology Telescope at La Silla and of the Very Large Telescope at Paranal, becoming in the process the most productive observatory in the world. Today, ESO is constructing the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array at Chajnantor in collaboration with international partners, and is in the detailed design phase of a 40-metre-class European Extremely Large Telescope, which will be "the world's biggest eye on the sky".
Over the years, the number of ESO staff working in Garching has increased from about 100 to about 450, as the organisation has grown and tackled these exciting new projects. When the capacity of the headquarters building was exceeded, it became necessary to rent additional office space elsewhere on the Garching Forschungszentrum research campus. A recent development during the summer of 2010 is the construction of several new temporary office buildings, seen on the left in this photograph, which are immediately adjacent to the main headquarters (on the right). These buildings make it possible to bring more of the ESO Garching staff onto the main headquarters site from their scattered offices around the campus, so that people can work more easily together. It is planned that a new permanent building, next to the original headquarters, will be constructed for offices and meeting facilities.
ALMA Antennas on Chajnantor
Two of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) 12-metre antennas gaze at the sky at the observatory's Array Operations Site (AOS), high on the Chajnantor plateau at an altitude of 5000 metres in the Chilean Andes.
Eight antennas have been installed at the AOS since November 2009. More antennas will be installed on the Chajnantor plateau during the next months and beyond, allowing astronomers to start producing early scientific results with the ALMA system around late 2011. After this, the interferometer will steadily grow to reach its full scientific potential, with at least 66 antennas.
ALMA is the largest ground-based astronomy project in existence, and will comprise a giant array of 12-metre submillimetre quality antennas, with baselines of up to about 16 kilometres. An additional, compact array of 7-metre and 12-metre antennas will complement the main array. The ALMA project is an international collaboration between Europe, East Asia and North America in cooperation with the Republic of Chile. ESO is the European partner in ALMA.
A Solargraph taken from APEX at Chajnantor
This unusual and artistic image, made using a technique known as "solargraphy" in which a pinhole camera captures the movement of the Sun in the sky over many months, was taken from the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) telescope on the plateau of Chajnantor. The plateau is also where ESO, together with international partners, is building the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). The solar trails in the image were recorded over half a year and clearly show the quality of the 5000-metre altitude site, high in the Chilean Andes, for astronomical observations.
The idea for creating the solargraphs at ESO's telescopes came from Bob Fosbury, an astronomer based at ESO Headquarters in Germany, after learning about the technique from Finnish artist Tarja Trygg. Trygg provided the cameras, known as "cans". The cans are constructed from small black plastic canisters used for storing 35 mm film cassettes. A pinhole in a sheet of aluminium foil is placed over a small aperture drilled into the side of the can, and a rectangle of black and white photographic printing paper is curled and placed snugly around the inside of the can.
Two cans were sent to APEX where David Rabanus, the APEX Station Manager, mounted one facing west of north on the gatepost of the telescope enclosure, close to the telescope itself, and the other on the roof of the generator powerhouse facing east of north. Both were pointed at an elevation of about 45 degrees. The cans at APEX were exposed for a full six months from mid-December 2009 until the southern winter solstice in June 2010. The image from the second can is shown here. It includes the tilted profile of Cerro Chajnantor on the right, silhouetted against the trails of the rising Sun. The mostly unbroken solar trails show that there were some clouds at the ALMA site during the six months — but not many! This solargraph is so sharp that holes in the fleeting clouds over Chajnantor on the few partly cloudy days sometimes managed to create individual "snapshots" of the solar disc (seen as dots in the broken sequences).
The colours appearing in this pinhole camera picture are not related to the actual colours of the scene. The colour comes from the appearance of finely divided metallic silver growing on silver halide grains. With solargraphic images, the photographic paper is not developed but simply scanned with a normal colour scanner after exposure and then "inverted" — switched from negative to positive — in the computer. This reveals the latent image, which in a normal photograph consists of around ten silver atoms per billion atoms of silver halide grain and is usually invisible. On continued exposure however, the latent image clumps grow so that the first visible signs of an image are yellowish, which then darkens to sepia and finally to a maroonish-brown hue as the particle size increases. Eventually the maximum exposure produces a slate-grey shade.
APEX is a collaboration between the Max-Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR), the Onsala Space Observatory (OSO) and ESO. The telescope is operated by ESO.
- Article about this series of solargraphs in the ESO Messenger
- Bob Fosbury's Solargraphs
- Tarja Trygg's Solargraphy page
- A solargraph of Cerro Paranal was ESO Picture of the Week on 15 March 2010
- A solargraph of La Silla is available
Starlight Shines Brightly Above Paranal
After the Sun sets at ESO's Paranal Observatory darkness descends, but the black sky is speckled with a glorious myriad of sparkling stars. This 15-second exposure demonstrates just how dazzling the skies above Paranal are. Located high in the Atacama Desert in Chile far from any sources of light pollution, on a clear moonless night it is possible to see your shadow cast by the light of the Milky Way alone.
Says visual artist and ESO Photo Ambassador José Francisco Salgado, "The skies at Paranal are among the darkest and steadiest I have photographed. I love photographing observatories and at Paranal it's incredible how you can still see just with starlight and zodiacal light!"
In the image the stars of the Milky Way seem to be pouring forth from the open dome of the telescope. The brightest patch close to the telescope is the Carina Nebula (NGC 3372), which contains some of the most massive stars in our galaxy (see for example eso0905 and eso1031). Near the top of the image are the stars of Crux, the Southern Cross. This constellation, and that of Carina, are in the southern sky and are therefore not visible from most northern latitudes.
The telescope in the image is the fourth 1.8-metre Auxiliary Telescope, part of the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI). The VLTI consists of four 8.2-metre telescopes, and the four smaller Auxiliary Telescopes, which have mirrors 1.8 metres across. Thanks to the size of the telescopes, their cutting-edge technology, and the excellent conditions at the site, it is no wonder that Paranal is considered the most advanced visible-light observatory in the world.
The Great Barred Spiral Galaxy
Spiralling around, 61 million light-years away in the constellation Fornax (the Furnace), NGC 1365 is enormous. At 200000 light-years across, it is one of the largest galaxies known to astronomers. This, plus the sharply defined bar of old stars across its structure is why it is also known as the Great Barred Spiral Galaxy. Astronomers think that the Milky Way may look very similar to this galaxy, but at half the size. The bright centre of the galaxy is thought to be due to huge amounts of superhot gas ejected from the ring of material circling a central black hole. Young luminous hot stars, born out of the interstellar clouds, give the arms a prominent appearance and a blue colour. The bar and spiral pattern rotates, with one full turn taking about 350 million years.
This image combines observations performed through three different filters (B, V, R) with the 1.5-metre Danish telescope at the ESO La Silla Observatory in Chile.
A Laser Beam Towards the Milky Way's Centre*
In mid-August 2010 ESO Photo Ambassador Yuri Beletsky snapped this amazing photo at ESO's Paranal Observatory. A group of astronomers were observing the centre of the Milky Way using the laser guide star facility at Yepun, one of the four Unit Telescopes of the Very Large Telescope (VLT).
Yepun's laser beam crosses the majestic southern sky and creates an artificial star at an altitude of 90 km high in the Earth's mesosphere. The Laser Guide Star (LGS) is part of the VLT's adaptive optics system and is used as a reference to correct the blurring effect of the atmosphere on images. The colour of the laser is precisely tuned to energise a layer of sodium atoms found in one of the upper layers of the atmosphere — one can recognise the familiar colour of sodium street lamps in the colour of the laser. This layer of sodium atoms is thought to be a leftover from meteorites entering the Earth's atmosphere. When excited by the light from the laser, the atoms start glowing, forming a small bright spot that can be used as an artificial reference star for the adaptive optics. Using this technique, astronomers can obtain sharper observations. For example, when looking towards the centre of our Milky Way, researchers can better monitor the galactic core, where a central supermassive black hole, surrounded by closely orbiting stars, is swallowing gas and dust.
The photo, which was chosen as Astronomy Picture of the Day for 6 September 2010 and Wikimedia Picture of the Year 2010, was taken with a wide-angle lens and covers about 180 degrees of the sky.
This image is available as a mounted image in the ESOshop.
Arp 271 — Galaxies Drawn Together*
NGC 5426 and NGC 5427 are two spiral galaxies of similar sizes engaged in a dramatic dance. It is not certain that this interaction will end in a collision and ultimately a merging of the two galaxies, although the galaxies have already been affected. Together known as Arp 271, this dance will last for tens of millions of years, creating new stars as a result of the mutual gravitational attraction between the galaxies, a pull seen in the bridge of stars already connecting the two. Located 90 million light-years away towards the constellation of Virgo (the Virgin), the Arp 271 pair is about 130 000 light-years across. It was originally discovered in 1785 by William Herschel. Quite possibly, our own Milky Way will undergo a similar collision in about five billion years with the neighbouring Andromeda galaxy, which is now located about 2.6 million light-years away from the Milky Way.
This image was taken with the EFOSC instrument, attached to the 3.58-metre New Technology Telescope at ESO's La Silla Observatory in Chile. The data were acquired through three different filters (B, V, and R) for a total exposure time of 4440 seconds. The field of view is about 4 arcminutes.
Starry Night at Paranal*
During a night at ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT), the stars seem to rotate around the southern celestial pole. The skies over Paranal provide splendid observing opportunities for the astronomers below. At the observatory on Cerro Paranal in the dry Atacama Desert of Chile, one of the observatory's four 8.2-metre telescopes can be seen on the right performing its nightly task of looking at the heavens. Two of the four 1.8-metre Auxiliary Telescopes are also seen in the picture. The dry, high environment at 2600 metres above sea level, and the extraordinarily advanced equipment makes observing time at the VLT highly sought after by astronomers around the world.
The 2010 Perseids over the VLT
Every year in mid-August the Perseid meteor shower has its peak. Meteors, colloquially known as "shooting stars", are caused by pieces of cosmic debris entering Earth's atmosphere at high velocity, leaving a trail of glowing gases. Most of the particles that cause meteors are smaller than a grain of sand and usually disintegrate in the atmosphere, only rarely reaching the Earth's surface as a meteorite.
The Perseid shower takes place as the Earth moves through the stream of debris left behind by Comet Swift-Tuttle. In 2010 the peak was predicted to take place between 12–13 August 2010. Despite the Perseids being best visible in the northern hemisphere, due to the path of Comet Swift-Tuttle's orbit, the shower was also spotted from the exceptionally dark skies over ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile. In order not to miss any meteors in the display, ESO Photo Ambassador Stéphane Guisard set up 3 cameras to take continuous time-lapse pictures on the platform of the Very Large Telescope during the nights of 12–13 and 13–14 August 2010. This handpicked photograph, from the night of 13–14 August, was one of Guisard's 8000 individual exposures and shows one of the brightest meteors captured. The scene is lit by the reddened light of the setting Moon outside the left of the frame.
Although the comet debris particles are travelling parallel to each other, the meteors appear to radiate from a spot on the sky in the constellation of Perseus (here seen very low on the horizon and partly covered by the VLT enclosures). This effect is due to perspective, as the parallel tracks seem to converge at a distance. The apparent origin in Perseus is what gives the Perseid meteor shower its name.
Around the globe, many thousands of people were out observing the Perseids. Some of them took part in citizen science projects such as Meteorwatch and the annual campaign organised by the International Meteor Organization (IMO). According to the IMO measurements, the 2010 Perseid meteor shower was above normal with a peak activity of over 100 meteors per hour under optimal viewing conditions, but not spectacular. In the coming nights the Perseids will still be visible, but with fewer and fewer meteors night by night.
- More about the 2010 Perseids at the International Meteor Organization: http://www.imo.net/live/perseids2010/
- More about ESO's Photo Ambassadors
- Meteorwatch: http://www.meteorwatch.org/


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- A victim of its own successnbks3Dined on 9/12/2014We wanted 8pm but were able to get a reservation for 8:15pm. The restaurant was so busy on arrival we had to fight through a crowd of people waiting for tables, just to get to the hostess desk, and then had a 15 minute standing wait to be seated. Once seated, after the usual introduction by our server and receiving bread and waters, I ordered a draft beer. I didn't receive my beer until 2 minutes before 9pm, 25 minutes after ordering, and 45 minutes from the reservation time. My girlfriend's drink arrived, so why does it take 25 minutes to pour a beer? The food itself was of the usual high standard, but I didn't much enjoy the evening, and the only explanation was that they were busy. Well, there will be 2 people less next time.
- Not enough rpom for a review.OrdinaryfoodDined on 9/12/2014While i would not recomend, if asked i would not discourage, only offer my honest opinion.
- a long wait even though I bookedFedoraDined on 9/12/2014even if I have reserved a table, we had to wait for 40 minutes to get the table. Moreover, in the reservation I have specified that we have 2 kids, but they don't take it into account and we had to wait standing in the entrance of the crowded restaurant. This restaurant has a frenzy atmosphere and it seems more like a grilled meat factory than a relaxing and enjoyable place. The food is good, but the waiting does not worth it. The waiter kept coming up to us saying "take your time" , but he seems to want us to hurry to finish dinner!
- NOISY, but good food and staffHankReardenDined on 9/11/2014We brought our group of four in and had to wait for 20 min past our reservation time. The lobby was so crowded on a Thursday night, that we had to wait on the sidewalk, while local bums asked us for money. The volume inside is near-deafening, so don't plan it for a romantic outing. However, they delivered on what they promise with outstanding steaks and sides. Our waitress was right on top of things. Good beer selection too!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Always great!marthaVIPDined on 9/10/2014Always a great spot! Would recommend the BBQ even though a bit smokeySpecial Features:
- DisappointedOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 9/8/2014Maybe I've gotten older and come to appreciate finer cuisine but I have to say I could have done much better myself. My friend and I both had the New York Strip special. Although cooked properly it had little or no seasoning. The side of broccoli was undercooked. The waiter was not knowable and a bit abrupt. I will not be going back.
- BBQ lunchcamkingVIPDined on 9/8/2014I had the combo of the sausage, chicken and ribs - hard to go wrong with that, and it was delicious. Service was good. It was a quiet time of day, so not many people there to create any real ambience. I was given a booth alongside the kitchen which was fine, but I would have liked the option to sit elsewhere (even outside)Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Matt BIMsuffdDined on 9/7/2014I got there a few minutes early and after a little confusion at the hostess station (maybe name spelling?) they found my reservation. While I waited I watched the chefs prepare the dinners in the kettles inside, that was great. I was given an outside table at the time I had reserved. The beer selection was good and I enjoyed both my pre-dinner and dinner beer. I had a perfectly cooked steak, my friends enjoyed their meals as well. I have been using a weber grill since childhood, I must say I am biased about the place but they did not let me down in any department. Awesome meal. Great service. Smiling people. Thanks, I have no constructive comments to render. Wish I could stay in Chicago longer. I would go back often.Special Features:
- Cool restaurant, but expected moreRossNightOutDined on 9/7/2014My husband and I stopped in for dinner during a visit to Chicago. The restaurant vibe was nice and I certainly enjoyed being in there. However, my chicken was quite bland and my grilled shrimp appetizer was over-cooked and though I was told that it was going to be made with "jumbo" shrimp, there were 4 medium-sized shrimp instead. My husband's ribs were good, though. Overall, I was definitely disappointed with the food, but I liked the vibe so I would probably try them out again. There was a pretty sizable crowd, so it's possible that my experience was not typical.I would recommend this to a friend.
- Good - When cooked rightSayreVIPDined on 9/7/2014I ordered the pork chops. A server in the past told me that they recommend cooking them medium to medium-rare (which I also recommend). One of the pork chops was cooked nearly well done, but it was still tender and juicy and still very good to me. I had no issues. The other one looked like it had barely been on the grill. The outside was crisp, but the entire inside was completely pink/purple-ish and you could not even chew it. I sent it back, and they brought me a new one cooked the exact same way. I sent that back as well. The waiter seemed annoyed, but took it back and had them cook it longer. This was the first time in my life I have ever sent food back (aside from when I have found hairs).Special Features:
- Poor food qualityOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 9/4/2014For a place called Weber Grill the food was not very good.
- Shows you how you should BBQEugeneHDined on 9/1/20142nd time coming. First time was around 2004. Visiting from out of town. Still great food. First time was my first time trying a beer can chicken. It made me sad because they showed me how I should be BBQing, but wasn't. This time, had the Southwestern brick chicken. Wife had the BBQ combo platter. My chicken was good. Here chicken and brisket were good. Ribs were a little dry. Huge s'mores with molten chocolate cake was fantastic. Given the size of the cake, you'd expect most of it to be cooked out, with less liquid. Not so. Fantastic. Service was friendly and good. Still on our to-recommend list.Special Features:
- good foodrlernVIPDined on 8/31/2014service could have been better, but, the food was delicious and reasonably priced. it would have been nice if all of the food came out at the same time, but, the waiter forgot to put in one of the orders.Special Features:
- Welcome EnvironmentOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 8/31/2014Weber Grill's Specials to celebrate their anniversary were excellent and the service was top notch as always.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Kitchen Seatingseasalt752Dined on 8/31/2014Unfortunately, we had a booth located in the kitchen and it was very loud. Our waiter was not friendly and basically just asked us "what do you want". We were not impressed with this restaurant and would not go back.
- Nothing specialOpenTable Diner Since 2008Dined on 8/31/2014The concept of everything being grilled on Weber grills is fun; however the food isn't anything special. We had a burger, ribs and grilled, smoked sausages.. all of which were ok at best. We were sat at a booth right by the "food line" where they prepare the food and our entire time at the restaurant it was hot from the grills and very smoky. We didn't have a steak which would probably be good however there's many more places in Chicago to get a good steak.Special Features:
- ServiceAllItalianDined on 8/30/2014As always, the food was delicious. However, our server was not friendly or helpful at all!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- FabulousOpenTable Diner Since 2013Dined on 8/30/2014Best food we ever had!! Great service! Friendly and fast!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- One of our FavoritesJz33Dined on 8/30/2014Great spot for a relaxing dinner with Great Food. We sat outside and watched the people while having an awesome family dinner. We highly recommend the BBQ combo on menu.Special Features:
- The food was excellent.OpenTable Diner Since 2008Dined on 8/29/2014This was a great experience. Our servers was great. They had a special anniversary three course meal, which I had. It was $25 and you got a little quiz to take about the Weber Grill. Our server gave us great information. For getting the quiz answers correct the manager have me a $25 gift card which never expires. Win, win!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Happy Anniversary!minichicagogirl28Dined on 8/29/2014On a whim a group of friends and I decided to try the 25th Weber Anniversary lunch special. We also ordered desserts and appetizers and could not have been happier! It was bliss! Can't wait to go back!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Service was unparalleled!Love2DineDined on 8/24/2014I dined at Weber Grill on a Sunday evening with my parents. We were running late for our reservation & called to let the restaurant know. The host was very kind and we were seated immediately upon arrival, even though there was a wait. Our server, Shawn, knew the wine list & recommended a great bottle of champagne (Brut, Domaine Ste. Michelle, Columbia Valley, WA). My father, obsessed with BBQ, could not make up his mind on what to order. Shawn pointed out their BBQ combos (choose two $18.50, choose three add $6.50) & recommended the Black Angus Meatloaf for one choice, which my father loved! We received our food promptly even though the restaurant was full. Shawn was personable & very attentive to our needs. We will definitely be back!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- OpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 8/23/2014Prime rib was best I ever had. Flank steak was perfect. Great serviceSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- DeliciousOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 8/23/2014This was oor third visit to this restaurant. The wait staff was attentive and the food was wonderful. My husband ordered a customized appetizer to which the kitchen accommodated. Very much appreciated. Would go back again. Our kids love it too.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- OpenTable Diner Since 2010Dined on 8/23/2014Surprised that we were seated in the middle of the floor when many booths were available. Noted that it was a special occasion and wasn't treated that way. Service was very slow with our drinks (lemonade and coke).Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Big portionscjtvsDined on 8/22/2014My husband and I went here during happy hour on a Friday. Since we sat at the bar, I can't comment on the regular table service, but our bar servers were OK. We only ended up getting two apps since the portions were huge. Would return if in Chicago again.Special Features:
- You gotta try itBoardingpass007Dined on 8/20/2014Great open kitchen, they are using our famous Weber grill. My wife and I took the combo meat ( ribs, brisket and meat loaf )! Everything was good but the winner is the meat loaf. It has everything to be a tourist trap but I is not.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Again...BeetlejuiceLovesLydiaDined on 8/20/2014If you make Bar-B-Que grills for a living, then use them to cook the food you serve in your restaurant, you can't go wrong. We lived in the area four years but have since moved...but...when we are back in the area ALWAYS make this a dinner stop at least once. The food is simply awesome. And the chef will stop by your table for allergy consultation (gluten / dairy) and will make you what you need!! Yes!...we will be back.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Declicious!TrinaDined on 8/19/2014So much yummy stuff to pick from. I had the Filet and Mashed Potatoes....boring I know but I wanted to see if they grilled it as good as I would on my Weber Grill. They did! Could have had a little seasoning or steak sauce but that is just my preference. On a side note, my friend loved it so much she said to me, "Thanks for picking this restaurant!" That was wonderful to hear as I went on a colleague's recommendation about this place!Special Features:
- Wonderful Service, Lots of Optionsnyk1123Dined on 8/19/2014The food was delicious. They had a surprising number of vegetarian options for a "grill" place. As a someone who still eats seafood from time to time, I opted for the crab cakes, which were phenomenal. Even more so, due to some food allergies, we needed some special options and the server and staff went out of their way to check ingredients and cooking preparations and to let us know what was safe and what we should avoid. Overall, the food was excellent and the service made it a relaxing and enjoyable experience.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great BBQJRSMVSDined on 8/18/2014We really enjoyed the great tasting food-especially the sampler appetizer! The chicken was the best followed closely by the fall-off-the-bone ribs!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- SPECTACULAR SERVICEMissGoochVIPDined on 8/16/2014Busy evening on a Saturday night with a ton of waiting, our server was unflappable, completely in tune with the needs of the table---a table which included three kids. When the table falls into silence upon their first bite, it was a clear success.Special Features:
- great foodOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 8/16/2014Ordered steak & it was one of the best ever. Done just the way I ordered it and in a timely manner. Good food, great service & reasonable price. I would go back again and recommend it to anybody. I was there at a busy evening & the noise level was a little high but I guess people were enjoying themselves.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Deliciousld18Dined on 8/16/2014Everything we ordered was great! Ribs are AMAZING!Special Features:
- Awesome experience!CourtBDined on 8/15/2014Glad to of made a reservation. Seemed there was a long wait, but we were seated immediately after walking in. Food was great and the atmosphere very nice!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Perfect evening,CherylpDined on 8/15/2014We were seated within 15 minutes of reservation! That was great since place was packed. Lots of delicious choices - we tried appetizers and spit several dishes. All were excellant! Service was great too! Would definately recommend this! Oh, prices were quite reasonable - this allowed to have fun and try lots!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- stloukDined on 8/15/2014the food was phenominal. we had a party of 6 and they raved about their dish! the service was oustanding and it was CROWDED. our server recommended a wine for me that i wish now that i had asked the name. very friendly staff. would def go back for lunch/dinner and highly recommend to anyone visiting chicago.Special Features:
- Best burgerCarolHoogDined on 8/15/2014Excellent good and service. So glad we decided to try Weber Grill. I had the martini burger and it was fabulous! My boyfriend had a BBQ plate with brisket and chicken and he said his was delicious as well. Definitely will be back.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.


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Longsnout Distichodus
Long Nosed Distichodus, Longnose DistichodusFamily: Citharinidae Distichodus lusossoPhoto © Animal-World: Courtesy Ken Childs
The Longsnout Distichodus is a handsome large characin, gold-toned with black and red accents!
The Longsnout Distichodus Distichodus lusosso is a characin just like the tetras we are all so familiar with. And like many tetras, it has bright beautiful coloration. But this fish is fairly rare, quite pricey, and gets big. They can reach up to 15 inches (38 cm) in nature, though are somewhat smaller in the aquarium.
Like its close relative, the Sixbar Distichodus Distichodus sexfasciatus, it also has strong black vertical bars on its flanks and bright red fins. These two fish are actually very similar in color, but this species can easily be distinguished by its noticeably longer snout. Hence its common names Long Snout Distichodus and Long Nosed Distichodus. It's adult size is also smaller than the Sixbar Distichodus.
The Longsnout Distichodus is a very easy fish to keep but because of their potential size, they require a large aquarium. A juvenile will need at least 40 gallons, and as they mature a 55 gallon tank will be minimum for an adult. Though they will feed on worms and other invertebrates, they are primarily herbivorous and will eat almost all vegetation growing in a tank. A planted aquarium is pretty much out of the question unless the plants are very hardy species such as Anubias or Bolbitis, as they tend to leave those types alone. Still they do need some places of refuge to feel comfortable. Driftwood and smooth stones are good choices for decor and to create hiding places.
The Long Nosed Distichodus can be kept in a community aquariuim, but their temperament with tank mates is unpredictable. Some will be peaceful and co-habitat well with similar sized occupants, while others will get ornery. Keeping them in schools is ideal and helps lesson aggressive behavior. This species makes a good choice for the experienced fishkeeper with a large community tank.
Most species of Distichodus are sold by their scientific name. Because their price is generally high, they are usually only purchased by advanced hobbyists. Most of these fish collectors don't use the common names because they want to be 100% sure that they are getting the fish they desire. Eventually it is hoped that someone will be able to commercially breed this and other rare fish so they will become more accessible to everyone. If and when this day arrives, the Longsnout Distichodus Distichodus lusosso will need a good common name.
For Information on keeping freshwater fish, see:
Freshwater Aquarium Guide: Aquarium Setup and Care
- Size of fish - inches: 15.0 inches (38.10 cm)
- Minimum Tank Size: 55 gal (208 L)
- Temperament: Semi-aggressive
- Aquarium Hardiness: Moderately hardy
- Temperature: 72.0 to 79.0° F (22.2 to 26.1° C)
- Aquarist Experience Level: Advanced
- My Aquarium - Enter your aquarium to see if this fish is compatible!
- Beginner Fish - Freshwater fish for beginners
- Community Fish - Peaceful Freshwater fish
- Hardy Fish - Hardy Freshwater fish
- Similar size fish - Fish that are 1 inch bigger or smaller
- Coldwater Fish - Looking for cold water fish? (65 °)
Habitat: Distribution / Background
The Longsnout Distichodus Distichodus lusosso was described by Schilthuis in 1891. They are found in Bayari-sea, Lusosso, upper and middle Zaire River including Khinshasa, Angola, Cameroon, Katanga, and throughout the Congo basin in Africa. This species is not listed on the IUCN Red List. Other common names it is known by are Long Nosed Distichodus, Longnose Distichodus, and Long Snout Distichodus.
They are a riverine species, inhabiting large rivers and they swim in schools. They feed on soft vegetation such as new shoots and leaves, as well as worms and other bottom dwelling invertebrates.
- Scientific Name: Distichodus lusosso
- Social Grouping: Groups - They swim in schools.
- IUCN Red List: NE - Not Evaluated or not listed
The Longsnout Distichodus is an elongated fish, becoming more deep bodied as they mature. It can get up to get up to 15 inches (38 cm) in nature, though are somewhat smaller in the aquarium. They have a life span of 9 to 12 years.
The body is an orangish gold color marked with black vertical bars. They have red tinged fins and a forked tail fin. It is quite similar to its close relative, the Sixbar Distichodus Distichodus sexfasciatus, but has a longer snout and is much smaller as an adult. Juvenile markings are quite striking, but as adults the patterning becomes subdued.
- Size of fish - inches: 15.0 inches (38.10 cm) - These fish grow to 15 inches (38 cm) in nature, but smaller in the aquarium.
- Lifespan: 12 years - They have a life span of 9 to 12 years.
Longsnout Distichodus are easy to keep, but because of their adult size they will require a large aquarium. They make a good choice for an experienced fishkeeper with a large community tank and a strong filther. They are active and boisterous so need tankmates that are equally sized, and just as impetuuous.
- Aquarium Hardiness: Moderately hardy
- Aquarist Experience Level: Advanced - This fish is expensive and requires a large tank so generally it is only kept by more advanced aquarists.
The Longsnout Distichodus are omnivores but much of their diet is plant matter. In the wild they feed on soft vegetation, such as leaves and new sprouts, as well as worms and other bottom dwelling invertebrates. For optimal health, in the aquarium their diet should consist of large amounts of vegetable matter.
They will accept most prepared foods including flakes and small pellets and will greedily eat fresh or frozen foods. They like to eat plants so provide greens like Spirulina flake and blanched spinach. Occasionally giving them a piece of leaf lettuce to nibble or some peas is also a good idea. Supplement with bloodworms and other small meaty treats.
- Diet Type: Omnivore
- Flake Food: Yes
- Tablet Pellet: Yes
- Live foods (fishes, shrimps, worms): Some of Diet
- Vegetable Food: Most of Diet
- Meaty Food: Some of Diet
- Feeding Frequency: Several feedings per day
Longsnout Distichodus are big fish that put a large bio load on the aquarium, so need ample filtration. Water changes of about 30 - 50% are needed every other week, depending on the bio load, to keep this fish very happy and healthy.
- Water Changes: Bi-weekly - Do a 30 - 50% water change every other week.
The Longsnout Distichodus will swim in all parts of the aquarium. These fish are easy to keep, but because of their large adult size they require a large aquarium. Juveniles can be kept in a 40 gallon tank, but as they mature a 55 gallon tank will be minimum. They are hardy and quite disease resistant, so can handle a variety of water conditions. They need clean water, so good filtration is important and a moderate water flow.
Provide a gravel or sand substrate and a decor of driftwood and smooth rocks. Most plants will be eaten, however some species such as the Anubias Nana may be ignored. They have a reputation for being excellent jumpers so the tank will need to be covered.
- Minimum Tank Size: 55 gal (208 L) - Juveniles can be kept in a 40 gallon tank, but as they mature a 55 gallon tank or more will be needed.
- Suitable for Nano Tank: No
- Substrate Type: Sand/Gravel Mix
- Lighting Needs: Moderate - normal lighting
- Temperature: 72.0 to 79.0° F (22.2 to 26.1° C)
- Range ph: 6.5-7.0
- Hardness Range: 2 - 20 dGH
- Brackish: No
- Water Movement: Moderate
- Water Region: All - They will swim in all parts of the tank.
They are peaceful as juveniles, but as they mature this fish is rather unpredictable. They have a somewhat pushy temperament so should be kept with other robust species. Some Distichodus lusosso can become aggressive, so it is suggested that they are kept with other fast moving fish that do not have long fins. They usually will not bother bottom dwelling catfish.
This is a schooling fish so they will be less aggressive if kept in a school of 5 or more. Yet because of their high price this is may not be practical for the average hobbyist. Some tank mates could include other large species of Characins, Bichirs, Cyprinids like the Tinfoil Barbs, Plecostomus and Thorny Catfish.
- Venomous: No
- Temperament: Semi-aggressive
- Compatible with:
- Same species - conspecifics: Yes - Temperament will vary greatly individual to individual. It is wise to keep these fish in a small group to diffuse some aggressive tendencies amongst their own kind.
- Peaceful fish (): Monitor - Only other large robust community fish should be kept with the Longsnout Distichodus.
- Semi-Aggressive (): Monitor
- Aggressive (): Threat
- Large Semi-Aggressive (): Monitor
- Large Aggressive, Predatory (): Threat
- Slow Swimmers & Eaters (): Threat
- Shrimps, Crabs, Snails: May be aggressive - They eat bottom dwelling invertebrates in the wild.
- Plants: Threat - This fish will eat many of the plants commonly kept in aquariums.
Has not been bred in captivity. For a description of breeding characin fish, see Breeding Freshwater Fish: Characins.
- Ease of Breeding: Unknown
The Longsnout Distichodus are hardy and disease is not usually a problem in a well maintained aquarium. That being said there is no guarantee that you won't have to deal with health problems or disease. Anything you add to your tank can bring disease to your tank. Take great care and make sure to properly clean or quarantine anything that you add to an established tank so not to upset the balance.
A good thing about the Longsnout Distichodus is that due to their resilience, an outbreak of disease can often be limited to just one or a few fishes if you deal with it at an early stage. When keeping more sensitive types of fish, it is common for all fishes to be infected even before the first warning signs can be noticed. The best way to proactively prevent disease is to give your fish the proper environment and give them a well balanced diet. The closer to their natural habitat the less stress the fish will have, making them healthier and happy. A stressed fish is more likely to acquire disease.
As with most fish the Longsnout Distichodus are prone to skin flukes, parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.), ichthyobodo infection, parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.), bacterial infections (general), and bacterial disease. It is recommended to read up on the common tank diseases. Knowing the signs and catching and treating them early makes a huge difference. For information about freshwater fish diseases and illnesses, see Aquarium Fish Diseases and Treatments.
The Longsnout Distichodus or Long Nosed Distichodus are occasionally available but usually command a high price.
- Animal-World References: Freshwater Fish and Plants
- Glen S. Axelrod, Brian M. Scott, Neal Pronek, Encyclopedia Of Exotic Tropical Fishes For Freshwater Aquariums, TFH Publications, 2005
- Dr. Rüdiger Riehl and Hans A. Baensch, Aquarium Atlas Vol. 1, Publisher Hans A. Baensch, 1991
- Joseph S. Nelson, Fishes of the World, Wiley, 2006.
- Dr. Herbert R. Axelrod, Aquarium Fishes of the World, TFH Publications, 1998
- Distichodus lusosso (Schilthuis, 1891) Longsnout distichodus, Fishbase.org
- Distichodus lusosso, The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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Despite 150 years of fame as one of history's landmark warships, the USS Monitor is the ironclad Civil War marvel that almost wasn't.
Not until shipbuilders at Portsmouth's Gosport Navy Yard had labored around the clock for months to transform the burned-out Merrimack into the fearsome CSS Virginia did the Union navy begin to pay attention. And then only after Northern mayors — alarmed by reports of a "rebel monster" that could shell their cities into oblivion — prodded the Lincoln administration into action.
What happened next is an unlikely tale of stubbornness, subterfuge and persuasion in which the navy and America's greatest naval inventor were coaxed into working together after years of misplaced blame and finger-pointing.
Yet so remarkable was John Ericsson's genius that he needed only 118 days to design and build such a revolutionary warship that — on March 9, 1862 — his so-called "cheesebox on a raft" stopped the Virginia from continuing its brutal, one-sided rampage through the Union fleet blockading Hampton Roads.
The curious-looking little ship also bristled with so many advances that it redefined war at sea for generations.
"Unlike the ironclad casemate of the Virginia — which had been talked about for years — everything about the Monitor was new, from its revolving turret right down to its flush toilets," says John V. Quarstein, author of the award-winning 2011 book "The Monitor Boys."
"Ericsson put 33 patents and some 100 patentable innovations into the Monitor. She was the ship that nobody had imagined before."
The Swedish-American inventor developed his original scheme for an ironclad in 1854, when he tried to sell the concept of an armored vessel with a revolving gun turret to France.
But his revolutionary plans did little more than gather dust until August 1861, when they attracted the eye of a well-connected Connecticut businessman who came to Ericsson's New York office seeking help with an ironclad design of his own.
Struck by the engineer's model for an "impregnable floating battery," Cornelius S. Bushnell enlisted the aid of his friend Navy Secretary Gideon Welles to arrange a private meeting with President Abraham Lincoln.
"All I have to say is what the little girl said when she struck her foot into the stocking," Lincoln said as he studied the model.
"It strikes me there's something in it."
Still, Lincoln's support didn't sway the dubious officers of the navy's Ironclad Board when Bushnell showed them Ericsson's unorthodox mock-up.
""Take the little thing home and worship it," Capt. Charles H. Davis said. "It was made in the image of nothing in the heavens above or on the earth beneath or in the waters underneath the earth."
Just as problematic as the outlandish design were the navy's deep misgivings about the temperamental inventor, whose reputation still suffered after being unfairly blamed for a fatal gun explosion aboard one of his ships nearly 20 years earlier. But instead of being deterred by the board's rejection, Bushnell went back to Ericsson, telling him the plans had been favorably received except for a few small technical questions.
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The Numbers Don't Lie
I always say, if all else fails, check the numbers. Between two evenly-matched teams, I'd rather take the "calculated gamble", so to speak, on those who have the right numbers to back them up.
Based on general numbers, the Aston Villa-Blackburn weekend matchup isn't the reassuring David-vs-Goliath faceoff every bettor hopes for. Although the figures aren't identical, the difference isn't much to feel safe about. Aston Villa stand at 15th place, three above the drop zone; Blackburn are at safer but unimpressive 11th. Villa have an overall 7-9-11 record; Blackburn, a 9-5-13.
Villa's last 5 games show 2 straight wins, 1 loss and 2 draws. Blackburn, although with a higher ranking, have 1 win, 1 draw, and a 3-loss streak in between.
Things change, however, on a head-to-head showdown. In their last 10 meetings, Villa stole 7 wins; leaving Blackburn with 3 and no draws. A striking fact: in the last match Villa handily shoved Blackburn out of the FA Cup running with a 3-1 win.
Finally, in 10 games, Villa clinched 5 home wins; Blackburn has 2 – a stand-out fact for the next match, set in Aston Villa's home turf.
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I just wonder what is best, fry in oil or butter and if I should add this butter/oil to total fatblocks for that meal?
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If you're doing zone blocks, yes it counts. As for butter or oil, th zone typically limits portions though I would chooses the better fats to cook with, with olive oil being near the top of the list.
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Yes I do Zone blocks.
I just asked because many recipes say like "Sauté onions, mushrooms in olive oil" and in the recipe it is 1 cup onions and 3 cups mushrooms and 1/3 tsp (=1,6ml) olive oil, that amount of oil is barely enough to make the pan wet :D
I'm not sure how someone is supposed to suate the onions and mushrooms in only 1/3 tsp of olive oil, but that's not germane.
The 1/3 tsp of olive oil is 1 block of fat. So although it is not much in volume it is 1 block of fat and if you're Zoning then you need to count it.
I'd suggest an oil such as olive oil for cooking: it's one of the healthiest for frying
These days, I either cook in coconut oil, bacon grease, or on a rare occasion, butter. I use olive oil as a salad dressing (with balsamic vinegar) or if a recipe calls for it. I think coconut oil is far better for general frying over olive oil as it tolerates heat a lot better.
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The Notice was identical to amendments Adopted and Filed Emergency
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With a high caliber cast and a director like Anurag Kashyap, Gangs Of Wasseypur is an epic story of vengeance and revenge that spans generations in a small village in North India. Manoj Bajpai Richa Chadda and Mukesh Chhabra make up the star caste of the movie with each actor playing their respective parts with impeccable discipline and method acting. Director Anurag Kashyap has helped make the Action Drama Gangs Of Wasseypur more than just a story of crime and struggle and honor in Northern India, making it more about the story of the lives and loves of Sardar Khan, the philandering son of Shahid Khan.
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Gangs of Wasseypur is a great movie in all aspects and I always wanted to grab its BluRay as soon as it releases.
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The movie is fantastic 10/10.
I expected a better picture quality on this original DVD. The DVD Authoring team did not do a great job unfortunately.
I would still recommend this! This movie can be watched again and again!
typical of anurag kashyap who impresses with all that he has done..violent,dark humor, funny..etc etc..i wd rate him as quentin of India..makes a movie how it has to be made..waitin for gangs 2 to come on dvd..
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Robert Lee Philbrook appeared in Campbell County juvenile and domestic relations court this morning.
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His preliminary hearing in Campbell County J&D court is scheduled for April 29th.
Court records show investigators are testing 5 swabs of "potential biological evidence" found in Philbrook's car for DNA.
A search warrant for that car claims, following the murders, Philbrook pawned $1,400 worth of jewelry belonging to his grandparents.
The search warrant says that police found $950 cash in Philbrook's car.
Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013
The Campbell County Sheriff's Office has announced an arrest in the case. John and Virginia Philbrook's grandson, Robert Lee Philbrook, 27, has been arrested. He has been charged with two counts of second degree murder, two counts of using a firearm in the commission of a felony, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, in connection with the deaths of his grandparents.
While investigating the case, police found the Robert Lee Philbrook had moved into the couple's home in November 2012. Philbrook was developed as a suspect in the case, and on February 20 around 4:00 p.m. he was arrested and charged in the case.
Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013
The Campbell County Sheriff's office has ruled the deaths a double homicide.
John Victor Philbrook, 73 and Virginia Ann Philbrook, 71, both died from gunshot wounds.
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