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The Land and Water Co.
- Address:
2978 Carlsbad Blvd
Carlsbad, CA 92008Neighborhood:
- Cuisine:
SushiPrice: $30 and under
The Land and Water Co.
- Dining Style: Casual Elegant
- Website: http://www.landandwaterco.com/
- Phone: 7607295263
- Hours of Operation:
Lunch: Daily: 11:30am - 3:00pm
Dinner: Sunday - Thursday: 5:30pm - 10:30pm; Friday & Saturday: 5:30pm - 12:00am
- Payment Options: AMEX,MasterCard,Visa
- Cuisine: Sushi, Hawaii Regional Cuisine, French
- Executive Chef: Robert Ruiz
- Dress Code: Casual Dress
- Accepts Walk-Ins: Yes
- Additional Details: Banquet/Private Rooms, Bar Dining, Bar/Lounge, Beer, Farm to Table, Fireplace, Full Bar, Gluten-free Menu, Happy Hour, Late Night, Private Room, Takeout
- Catering: We do not offer regular catering but at Chef's discretion we can do off site dining for sushi and hot food.
- Private Party Facilities: We have two spots. One is reservation only area for public and the other is reservation only for guests at the discretion of management.
- Private Party Contact: Pamela Harper 7607295263
A word from The Land and Water Co.
Welcome to The Land & Water Company. Please visit our webite for specific information about our menu and private party accomodations. We look forward to serving you the finest foods and cocktails in San Diego County. Find us at www.landandwaterco.comContinued
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The Land and Water Co. reviews from OpenTable diners
47 reviews since June 4, 2014
- Food4.3Service4
- Ambiance3.9Noise LevelModerate
fit for foodies (29)great for outdoor dining (25)neighborhood gem (19)good for groups (15)special occasion (15)great for lunch (10)hot spot (8)late-night find (7)vibrant bar scene (7)romantic (6)kid-friendly (5)great for brunch (2)scenic view (2)notable wine list (2)Show More
- OpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 9/28/2014Food presentation was pleasing. Unusual taste combinations were enjoyable. Staff friendly & attentive.Special Features:
- LAdiningDined on 9/26/2014Good food and great service. Space is very cool too. Music was a bit loud and selection didn't match the scene (80s and 90s like Billy Idol and Michael Jackson).I would recommend this to a friend.
- Business CelebrationRoseDined on 9/25/2014The Hostess and the manager were accommodating. The noise level was loud. The menu options are very limited. If you like sushi than you will probably like this. Three of us do not like Sushi, so really could not rate it. However, the other two diners are fans of Sushi and had the water roll, they loved it. The three of us that do not like Sushi had the top sirloin, which tasted very good, but, the portion was very small. The menu was more appetizer than fine dining. We think it is overpriced and you are definitely underfed. Will we go back, no. I like more bang for my buck, and this place does not have it. Our waiter was okay he did his job.Special Features:
- Best roll ever.CJSPCDined on 9/6/2014I eat a lot of sushi. A lot. And the water roll at land and water co. is the best roll I have had to date. The service was great, our other entrees were delicious, the fish was super fresh amazing. But order the water roll and you won't go wrong.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- DisappointedChrisDined on 9/1/2014I live in Encinitas and had heard this place was an improvement on Ocean House but sorry to say I was underwhelmed. Waiter was polite and friendly but he didn't tell us until after we ordered drinks that literally about 75-80% of the sushi menu and about half the appetizers were not available due to some "crazy private party the night before" (and it was only 6:30 PM). Presumably the manager would have known this fact before opening the next day and figured something out? We got our check and went somewhere else for dinner so no hard feelings, but I will probably not go back here given all the other great local restaurants.Special Features:
- OK not greatWalkmanDined on 8/30/2014One of the items was interestingly plated. It all tasted good, but there are numerous sushi restaurants with great food.
- OpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 8/29/2014Interesting menu, but limited in diversify. Sushi was great, but that is about the only choice for a meal. If you order an entree do not be surprised at all over the lack of a carb. Seems that protein is all you get and at a very slow pace. 2 hours to receive, salad and entree. Rather pricey also.Special Features:
- Lucky surpriseGinnaVIPDined on 8/23/2014Found this in Open table while looking for a late night dinner as we left San Diego for Los Angeles after the John Legend concert. Willing to eat anything since it was late, we found this to be a fantastic place. The owner takes pride on making the rolls himself, the menu is not huge with choices, but we tried 5 different items and they ware all delicious. The Water roll was amazing.Special Features:
- drrasDined on 8/22/2014Delicious, innovative, creative food. Forced ourselves to stop eating after 2 appetizers and 2 specialty rolls but could have eaten all night the food was so great! Bacon Lardon, Beef Skewers, Water roll and Surf and Turf roll were all superb. We'll be back to try everything else!!!Special Features:
- Creative and flavorfulquest4flavorDined on 8/22/2014Food freshness, flavor and preparation were outstanding. There were some unique combinations not found at other sushi restaurants. I appreciated the fact that those not coming for sushi still had some interesting options yet the sushi was still first rate. The only disappointment food-wise was the desert. Service was spotty as we had to ask several times for items like soy and wasabi. Ask for an outside table if you want to be able to hold conversations easily during your meal.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Highly recommended!FantasticDined on 8/18/2014This was are first visit to The Land and Water Co. We gathered to celebrate our grandson's first day of Kindergarten and our birthdays. We sat outside, the weather was beautiful, and our server was fantastic. And the drinks and food were excellent! We will return and recommend this restaurant to all. Thank you, TomSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Finally tried Land and Water Co.SkimoreDined on 8/14/2014After four months, I finally went last Thursday with out of town friends for dinner. They had a nice happy hour menu until 6, but unfortunately my friends met me there after the 6pm cutoff point. Though primarily a sushi restaurant with a sushi bar, there were other items as well: I had the braised beef skewers which were crispy on the outside, sweet and tender inside. My friends had the cod and a salad, and raved about both. Except for a draft from open doors to the outdoor (on pacific highway street view) we were comfortable after moving once. Servers were attentive but forgot water when asked.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Unique FoodCarlsbadLocalDined on 8/9/2014The food was amazing and the portions were not overwhelming. The setting was nice but as the night went on the noise level was a little out of control. If you want awesome unique food, go early and enjoy the friendly staff and the nice decor.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- unique menu... tasty food.wellfedDined on 8/9/2014Well run.... very good, unusual menu and food quality. Nice presentation, good quantity and value. Nice location and atmosphere. Well done!Special Features:
- Best in CarlsbadtraveleatsVIPDined on 7/31/2014This is my favorite restaurant in Carlsbad. Every bite is delicious and the service is fantastic!Special Features:
- Great food; noise & service subparZillDined on 7/18/2014Great appetizers and entrees. Very flavorful and the actual presentation of the food was amazing. The place looks good on the inside but WAY too loud to have a conversation with the other 6 people in my party. Felt like I had to almost scream for others to hear me. Acoustic paneling would do wonders for this up-and-coming business. Also, the overall service needs improving. Their policy is that they'll bring out a dish when it's ready. Well, when you have 7 people in your party, bringing out one appetizer or entree at a time is annoying and awkward. Several minutes went by between our 3 appetizers and everyone felt a little weird about their portion consumption. Also, more direction needed when placing entrees down to the correct person.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Terrific food in CarlsbadLindakVIPDined on 7/12/2014We went to this restaurant based on a recent review in the SD Union-Tribune. The food did not disappoint. Excellent sushi, and the other dishes on the menu were distinctive and very good. My complaints are with the parking and noise level. Probably two things the management can't do much about as this restaurant is housed in an old (historic) building, therefore cannot be altered. But they should be able to get valet parking and that would help tremendously. We almost bailed on our reservation because we could not find parking, eventually finding something a street away which was fine. Maybe adding some interior wall coverings or hangings would help soften the noise level. Anyway, the food is very good and the restaurant worth checking out.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Land and WaterEatingoutontheTownDined on 7/12/2014GREAT seafood, good staff, informative and fun. Spent 34th Anniversary there and had a great time.. Some 'craft' cocktails (good marketing) were fun, different.Special Features:
- Excellent FindsequimteethDined on 7/6/2014Took my daughter to dinner just because...reservation (but not needed on the day we went)...and ordered just about every sushi on the menu. Really loved the presentation, palate, and the fact that the restaurant cares about the quality of the product. Really a nice place. We really liked the Water Roll and the Green Roll with the kale. Excellent.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Wanted to like it moreElsWellsDined on 7/5/2014The Land and Water Company could become a great addition to downtown Carlsbad. It has potential, but needs to be sure that what is on the menu is available, and is well prepared. That being said, the beef skewers and the Spicy Tuna Musubi were excellent. The server we had wasn't well prepared and didn't attempt to be helpful. An example was the beer list, which he ran through quickly, and then acted annoyed that we hadn't memorized it and tried to order something on the menu that wasn't available. We ordered a couple of rolls and one had an off taste and the other fell apart because it wasn't rolled tightly enough. The restaurant itself is attractive, and I hope they pull it together so it can be what it hopes to be.
- This restaurant is DELICIOUS!!OpenTable Diner Since 2013Dined on 6/28/2014My new favorite restaurant hands down... The spicy tuna musula roll is beyond!!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Underwhelmed for the pricenctygirlDined on 6/27/2014Pricey food, less than stellar service (took a while to be acknowledged after being seated on the patio). Crispy beef skewers were yum, but the sushi role that was supposedly the most popular was $19 and lackluster. Left a bit disappointed and still hungry, tab was close to $80 for 2 (included $22 in wine)Special Features:
- Fantastic!!!!SmileyteacherDined on 6/25/2014My husband and I celebrated our 31st wedding anniversary in June 2014 at the Land and Water Company. I made reservations on Open Table, so the hostess knew that it was our anniversary. She greeted us very warmly and asked if we would like to sit at the sushi bar and see Chef/Owner Rob work and be our host. What a great experience. Rob is an absolute artist with the sushi knife. We let him choose our menu for the evening. What a treat! The sushi was delicious and all the other sides were amazing. The bartender even looked up a special drink using Pimm's and served it. Yummmmmmmy... A very beautiful and evening to remember.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- FoodieNdisguiseDined on 6/25/2014Small portions. We were on the patio. It was a cool evening and the heaters were more for ambiance rather than throw off heat.
- Should have been five starGumbyDined on 6/23/2014The only really things I had some concern over, we're the setting sun shining through the west windows and open doors to the patio were in the eyes of a few of my guests for quite a while. I'm surprised one of the servers or other staff didn't notice and offer to lower a shade, or move our group to another table, or even help or suggest a modification of the seating arrangement. We fixed it ourselves with a minor seating re-arrangement. The hostess did say happy birthday to my wife (since I mentioned her name and birthday in my Open Table reservation); however the server never mentioned the birthday or any type if similar acknowledgement. I was disappointed about that. The food is, as always, EXCELLENT, and the staff was very courteous.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- An "iffy" if we recommendOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 6/13/2014Celebrating an important event, waited over 1/2 an hr for drinks and over an hour for food. They only brought our food as we got ready to leave. Way over priced for what you get.
- ExcellentPaulDined on 6/7/2014Loved it. Took the wife on a date day and it was all good. You will feel like you are on some kind of food show. The food will blow you away.Special Features:
- The following 26 reviews are from the The Land and Water Co. reviews archive.
- YummyOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 5/24/2014We arrived late. Chef came out and personally greeted us. Even we missed dinner time, he offered us the full menu, and even sent tasters over before our food arrived. Delicious! And the service was excellent. We came back again the next night and brought friends.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great additionwinedanddinedDined on 5/19/2014You can go anywhere in Carlsbad village and get the same scene, same dinner routine... Same style food. Land and Water offers a great new spot to get together with friends, enjoy quality cocktails (only 5$!), and try several items in the menu to share between the group. We did not leave feel full- which some people may not understand- but we loved our experience and will be back. A couple of the girls thought we should change locations when it came time for actual dinner, so maby add a couple more "dinner size" options to accommodate everyone in a party. But that would be more only suggestion.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Bold & BeautifulChefsDadDined on 5/13/2014The food and service is outstanding! Great beer and wine selection. Ambiance was organic with re-purposed features throughout this historical location on Pacific Coast Highway. It doesn't get any better than this.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- YumLuckyDuckyDined on 5/11/2014We had the pickled vegetable appetizer and some of the sushi and it was all very delicious!Special Features:
- Get your sushi on!FitzDined on 5/10/2014Our expectations were high, and amazingly they were exceeded.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- DwkwVIPDined on 5/10/2014Wierd menu. Some great dishes, some not so much, but overall very limited menu. There is no sound absorbing material so be prepared to yell all night and keep saying, "what?" to everyone at your table. If this place gets tweaked, it will be great.
- Innovative sushiOpenTable Diner Since 2006Dined on 5/10/2014I liked it. Small plates..Nuvo sushi tapa style. Friendly staff. It's in the old neimans bar. Need to work on acoustics cause it's noisy. A lot of people dining with kids..doesn't seem like a kid place. Would come here again for appetizers.Special Features:
- Noise level too intenseTLOEDined on 5/10/2014The food was fine and had sufficient options for most everyone. Drinks a bit too expensive and the noise level too intense. Good location.Special Features:
- Good food, not enough for priceNandBDined on 5/9/2014We knew this was a small plates restaurant. But we spent $100 for two of us and still walked away hungry. The food was good, but suggest adding a few heartier plates to the menu. For example, the carne asada didn't even come with tortillas, this would have provided a little more of a meal. We're locals and not sure whether we'll go out of our way to go here again. It would be better for a few drinks and appetizers prior to eating out somewhere else. The bar scene seemed vibrant and upscale, which is a nice addition to the neighborhood.Special Features:
- Not impressedOpenTable Diner Since 2013Dined on 5/4/2014Poor experience overall. Ambience/service/menu selection--restaurant seemed "in training".We ordered a number of sushi rolls, & a variety of their share appetizer dishes. Servers seemed confused-came to our table 2ce with the wrong drinks & then we had 1 roll delivered, but no chopsticks/soy sauce/wasabi/ginger, etc...then no water...constantly looking for waitress. The menu sushi-wise was limited, which surprise me because I thought it was a "Japanese" restaurant. It didn't feel like a Japanese restaurant. Our waitress said, if you want a roll, let me know & I can have the sushi chefs prepare something. Also mentioned the menu was just completely redone. The portions were small.Flavors of some of the food was good. We won't be back.
- A little disappointedHungryBearDined on 4/29/2014Born and raised in the area I grew up loving this Land mark building where you'll now find The Land and Water Company. As a small boy and into my Late 30's this Icon was known as the Twin Inns. Great wholesome comfort food, excellent service and consistency. That's all gone now. The beautiful Victorian structure is there but ever since the Twin Inns shut down their restaurant they have never had a restaurant that amounted to anything very good in the old Hotel. I had such high hopes for the Land and Water Company. Issues: Confusing menu, Dirty table where we sat, lack of clientele(6:30), consistency and a dismal ambiance. In spite of a good selection of well made Sushi my wife went home hungry due to a poor selection of non seafood items.
- For True Culinary Geeks + Lovers...BirthdayGirlVIPDined on 4/22/2014What started from a quiet date night turned into a true culinary lovers experience. I highly recommend sitting at the sushi bar if you like to be engaged and watch pure AWESOMENESS. Chef Rob and his team radiate with the passion and excitement they hold for their new restaurant and food concepts. The menu items are eclectic in their ingredient pairing with a story and description from the Chef for every choice on the menu... They are not trying to be Hipsters... they just love their craft and want to share it with anyone who appreciates food and wants to listen. Looking forward to another visit. (If you're a brave food enthusiast, ask Chef Rob for Ikura With House Made Caramel + A Shot Of Scotch)Special Features:
- LouiseVIPDined on 4/20/2014This is a new restaurant in Carlsbad, the name doesn't represent the menu, sounds like a steak and seafood place but it is sushi mostly and even at that, limited in comparison to other sushi restaurants, has a few other choices but the menu is very limited, don't think I would go back.


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Today has turned into an unintentional theme day on Tiny Cartridge, with the discovery of Hori's Metal Slime version of its excellent Slime keyboard, complete with removable Slime figures on the buttons, and even a Liquid Metal Slime on the escape button … naturally.
Ostensibly, it's for use with Dragon Quest X, and includes some in-game Metal Slime stuff, but who cares. It's USB, it'll work with things.
This is going to be released sometime in the spring for ¥4980 ($53), and judging by how quickly the last one sold out, I don't have much time to think about it if I want to buy one of these. Is a novelty keyboard something I need at this point in my life…
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As usual it was an awesome event from show to dynos to drags and well-worth the excursion to Las Vegas. (As if we needed an excuse.) What I have come to decide about Supras is that as much as I love and admire them, I just can never own one unless I win the lottery. They are just too darn expensive to own because the possibilities are endless to make power on these puppies. It would be impossible to keep a Supra stock when there are limitless modifications to pursue which is like kryptonite for me. I simply could not afford my ideas and need for power. Nonetheless, I will salivate at every MkIV I see on the freeway and continue to torture myself by attending this event next year and seeing even more sick Supras that are not parked in my driveway.
Next year we hope even more Supras turn out. Even if you don't have the Toyota in question take advantage of the casino-subsidized cheap airfare to the City of Lost Wages and attend the 10th annual Supras Invade Las Vegas event. The more the merrier.
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With The Third Reich's bold-faced title, one might think that it represents the summa of Bolaño's Nazi fixation. Perhaps here his visceral realists and his fascist literary critics might merge into some kind of frightening hybrid, a singularity of political and literary fanaticism. Instead, The Third Reich belongs with shorter Bolaño novels like The Skating Rink: There's violence and literary ambition, sure, but it's a book more concerned with what happens when a mind submits to its own fantasies.
Told through the vacation diary of Udo Berger, a 20-something electric-company worker from Stuttgart, The Third Reich takes place mostly in a vacation town in the Costa Brava of Spain. Udo is an adherent of an ambitious strategy game that takes varying names; at times, "The Third Reich" is simply the name of the version of the game, or "strategic variant," that he prefers to play. The game is "a sport on the rise," and Udo is the German champion. We're treated to brief descriptions of other strategic variants, diplomatic modules, hexagonal boards, some sort of in-game currency called BFP, as well as clubs, competitions, and industry magazines. (Bolaño was always fond of describing the cultural ephemera coalescing around a literary movement or, in this case, a stringently serious board game.)
Udo arrives on vacation with his girlfriend, Ingeborg. They quickly become acquainted with another German couple, Charly and Hanna, as well as two locals, The Wolf and The Lamb. But Udo is consumed by thoughts of his game, which he's brought along. He's supposed to be writing a magazine article about "an unheard-of variant," he explains. "No one's ever come up with anything like it." But he becomes distracted by boozy nights with his new friends, whom he doesn't entirely like. Later, when Charly apparently drowns (his body doesn't turn up), the novel shifts as Ingeborg and Hanna return to Germany; Udo stays behind.
Udo doesn't care much for Charly, but he's become fixated on the beautiful owner of his hotel and on El Quemado, a heavily muscled, horrifically burned man who rents pedal boats to tourists and, at night, stacks the pedal boats on the beach and sleeps under them. Taciturn and mysterious, El Quemado proves himself a quick study and, as time goes on, appears to gain the upper hand against Udo in The Third Reich. In one of Bolaño's typically enthralling depictions of hallucinatory paranoia, Udo begins to believe that once he loses to El Quemado, the grotesque strongman will kill him. Tantalizing fragments of gossip indicate that El Quemado might have suffered his burns as a soldier or revolutionary in South America. Does he blame Udo?
One must add some caveats about this being an unfinished, posthumously published work, but there's a frustrating sense here that Bolaño doesn't take his conceit as far as he could. Bolaño excels at showing how Udo begins to take the titular game as a substitute for real life, how his possible defeat may result in his death. But there's little sense of why this game matters, why the fact that Udo, a young German playing as the Wehrmacht in order to change the historical course of the war, might in itself represent something malevolent. (Late in the book, when confronted with a rumor that he's a Nazi, Udo, credibly, denies it.)
One might say that Udo's breakdown is a consequence of his arrogance in refashioning history into nothing more than a game—a game he takes quite seriously—but that would be to offer a moralistic interpretation to a novel by a writer who resists them. Rather, Bolaño doesn't consider the political stakes of what is, at heart, a political story. There are slight exceptions, such as a description of El Quemado staring at the game board: "Muscular and charred, his torso looms over Europe like a nightmare," Bolaño writes. In another scene, Udo remarks that he's "in an amnesiac Europe, with no sense of the epic or heroic." Yet the battle remains deeply personal, verging on solipsism: It's Udo Berger versus his own degenerating mind.
Writing in 1930, Walter Benjamin accused Jünger of treating war with a "depraved mysticism." Roberto Bolaño is a more admirable figure than Jünger, as well as a more important writer, but he leaves himself open to a similar critique. (According to one interview, Bolaño considered giving By Night in Chile, his 2000 novel, the title Storms of Shit, redolent of Jünger's Storm of Steel.) From 2666's scenes set in Nazi Germany to Udo's ignorance of his own background, there's a thinness to Bolaño's engagement with history, a way his characters skate on top of it a little too easily. Their politics are taken for granted, their battles fought mostly off-screen. In Distant Star, Juan Stein, a leftist Jewish poet who worships a World War II-era Jewish Soviet general to whom he's distantly related, disappears. The narrator doesn't hear news for years. One day, Stein suddenly is everywhere. "He appeared and disappeared like a ghost wherever there was fighting, wherever desperate, generous, mad, courageous, despicable Latin Americans were destroying, rebuilding and re-destroying reality, in a final bid that was doomed to failure," Bolaño writes.
Perhaps this is the voice of a writer who never got to fight the battles he believed in. The most common (and most revealing) account of Bolaño's political activism is a disputed anecdote about his arrest in Chile after Pinochet's 1973 coup. After Bolaño spent eight days in jail, and possibly faced torture, a policeman allegedly recognized him as a former schoolmate and arranged for his release. Bolaño left Chile and didn't return for many years. Like Aleksandar Hemon, whose fiction frequently returns to the author's Kafkaesque separation from his native Yugoslavia during its civil war (war broke out when Hemon, who spoke almost no English, was in the United States on vacation), Bolaño's work comprises a literature of absence, the fictions of a perpetual exile nagged by the sense that life's great struggles are happening elsewhere.
It follows then that Bolaño would turn to Nazis. In the postwar era, they, too, were exiles, ever rumored to be popping up in the world's hot spots and advising a host of right-wing regimes across Latin America. They were, by inspiration or direct complicity, the great villains of his age, the exemplars of fascism and the diabolical mirror of his fellow radicals.
In Distant Star, which distilled Bolaño's twinned fascinations—poetry and political violence—into a stiff cocktail, a young poet and aviator named Carlos Wieder takes to the skies to write oblique poetry glorifying Chile. Later, he's found to have murdered numerous intellectuals, including two writers from the narrator's university workshop. But Wieder, who took his German last name after Pinochet assumed power, is a cipher, his actions never explained. What's more is that he seems proud of, or at least unafraid to admit, his crimes; in the book's most shocking scene, he unveils an exhibition of photographs of his bloody victims. Soon after, he disappears.
At that novel's end, Wieder is encountered at a distance, but we never engage with him directly. His evil remains ultimately unknowable, and the lingering impression of him is the image of him skywriting in his Messerschmitt—which, of course, was a Luftwaffe plane. How it got to Chile is never discussed, but it, like Wieder himself, seems to imply the dangerous proximity and promiscuity of the Nazi legacy.
Wieder, Bolaño wrote, was "the incarnation of near-absolute evil" and "personified in some way the terrible fate of our continent." That qualifier—"near-absolute"—is essential, as it indicates some possibility of redemption (even Distant Star's narrator thought that Wieder should ultimately be spared). It is also, perhaps, an admission that Bolaño's depictions of evil were incomplete, that while they were ravishing and disturbing and even fearless, they failed to take a more programmatic look at the political realities that spawned them. In their stead, the fantastical symbol of the Nazi—enduring, occult, a strange import from some darker place—would have to do.
Jewish Star
Despite his notorious pro-Hitler comments at Cannes, Lars von Trier is more of a Jew than he knows and Melancholia a more Jewish movie than he realizes


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Last weekend, I attended Total Beauty's very first Blog Summit in Los Angeles. I had a total blast and it was so great to finally meet the awesome Total Beauty team and all my fellow beauty bloggers. The 3 day event was jam-packed with tips from makeup, hair and skincare pros, advice from blogging and pr experts, makeovers and lots more. Read on for more pics and a brief recap!
Saturday was a *long* day! We got to meet with several beauty brands and attend different presentations and workshops. First, Dr. Alan Hirsch introduced us to Sensa, a patented, breakthrough tastant technology which utilizes your senses of smell and taste to reduce your appetite and help you lose weight.
Next, 5 top beauty bloggers – Annie from Bella Sugar, Nadine from Jolie Nadine, Tia from Shake Your Beauty, Annie from The Jet Set Girls and Kristen from BeautyRiot – shared the inspiring stories behind their blogging careers and offered advice to us.
After that, Total Beauty announced its community awards and I was very honored to have won the Award for Best Content out of the 100 blogs on the Total Beauty Network. Thank you guys *so* much for all the support!
A big thank you to Lilan from The Daily Cookie for snapping this picture for me =)
Then comes the workshop sessions. I started with IQ Derma in which they introduced us to their integrative approach to skin care and analyzed our skin with a machine called Visia (read my results here). Then I attended two very helpful workshops by the Total Beauty team on how to improve our blogging and skills.
After the workshop sessions, Redpoint, whose packaging I absolutely adore, gave us the 411 on their makeup products and a few pointers on some of the fall makeup trends. Next came celebrity hairstylist from Salon Gregories and founder of Kronos Hair products, Dusty Simington (god I just love this guy!) Dusty gave us the scoop on fall hair trends and treated three ladies to a hair makeover. I also snagged an exclusive interview with Dusty on tips for Asian hair for some of you so definitely check back if you are interested!
The summit wrapped up with a presentation on Lisa Hoffman's line of skincare products – a line devoted to "simplify the beauty process, making it easier to use and convenient to carry, while providing products that represent the best ingredients that science and nature have to offer".
Sunday started with a brunch at the Ares Hotel followed by a Q&A/feedback session with the Total Beauty team and a great workshop on PR with Lucy Moore. Below is me with the girls during brunch:
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I'm sick to hell of this Chris Rock thing. I am sick to fucking hell of him prancing around like it's nobody's business...
I'm going to fucking throw up
He might as well- that's all anyone sees when they look at him anyway.
I cannot stand this guy
What are you going on about? It looks like a woman wearing 'day of the dead' makeup. Wow my guess was pretty accurate....


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Long time state prosecutor Patrick Gullufsen has been suspended from practicing law after he withheld DNA evidence in the "cold case" murder trial of a former Fairbanks resident.
That's according to documents acquired by the News Center's Anchorage "Sister Station" KTUU.
The controversy lies in Gullufsen's prosecution of Jimmy Eacker for the death of Toni Lister, who was killed in Seward in 1982.
Lister's death was unsolved until 2006, when the Seward Police Department revisited its sole unsolved homicide.
Because of then-discovered DNA evidence, there was a break, and given how long the case was "cold," that evidence, said to be withheld by Gullufsen, was considered vital to the case.
Gullufsen claimed he should have provided the evidence to the defense and only failed to do so out of confusion.
He retired as a prosecutor in 2010.
Police had long considered Eacker the prime suspect in the case.
Lister, a mother of four, was found lying in a snow dump in Seward on April 17, 1982.
Authorities say she had been stabbed repeatedly in the head, neck and chest with a Phillips screwdriver, and had been sexually assaulted.
Eacker was renting an apartment on the Steese Highway in Fairbanks when he was indicted on a First Degree Murder charge, and arrested in 2007.
After a jury trial, he was found guilty of First and Second Degree Murder in 2010.
Eacker was given a 99 year prison term, but the aforementioned issues with DNA prompted the sentence to be thrown out and he received a new trial.
In February of 2011, Eacker pleaded guilty to the lesser crime of Manslaughter in the First Degree, and is currently serving a 20 year sentence.


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Is that a listing in your pocket? Pocketlisting.net goes beyond the MLS
Inquiry.net Most every successful agent in residential and commercial real estate has at some point either had clients looking to quietly sell their property, or a buyer that needs something that is simply not available on MLS. Up to now, those quiet sell listings have been called pocket listings, and as the name implies, kept […] [Read More]
Pictures of Foreclosure: What's Left Behind
Nobody wants to think about their home being foreclosed, the fear, the urgency of the situation, the things you might be forced to leave behind. Rhyen Coombs saw first hand what people abandon when they are pushed out of their homes for a project she undertook for the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. Rhyen […] [Read More]


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A Great Little Museum
Maidenhead Heritage Centre, described by one visitor as "a little gem", is just the place to explore this town's history, which stretches from before the Romans to racing cars, aeroplanes, Hammer Horror films and scandals at Cliveden. The town grew up when the first bridge was built across the Thames in 1250 and became a Victorian boom town when the Great Western Railway opened.
Our permanent "Story of Maidenhead" exhibition is supplemented with four free exhibitions a year in our Sammes Gallery, so there is always something new to see.
On the first floor of the museum is Grandma Flew Spitfires, our Exhibition and Archive dedicated to Air Transport Auxiliary, with its fabulous Spitfire simulator (admission charge applies).
Opening hours are 10am to 4pm, Tuesdays to Saturdays.
20th June – 13th September 2014
This summer we celebrate the centenary of Maidenhead's motoring industry with a brand new exhibition featuring real vintage cars. Find out about GWK, Marendaz, Burney and Vanwall cars, all built on the Cordwalles Estate between 1914 and 1936.
Celebrate our local racing hero, Stirling Moss, who drove a Vanwall to victory in the 1957 British Grand Prix, narrowly missing out on becoming World Champion by one point in 1958! Don't miss out – three different cars will go on display over the summer, with special family activities themed around each car and a series of evening talks.
Make the most of your visit with a trip to Grandma Flew Spitfires. Discover the forgotten story of the Air Transport Auxiliary, a civilian wartime airforce whose base was 2 miles away at White Waltham. With a state of the art Spitfire Simulator there is no better way to experience this unique story in our national history.
Flights include instruction and cost just £5 per 15 minutes, plus entry charge to the exhibition (£3.50 adults, £2 children aged 11-16, 10 and under Free – with GIFT AID tickets are valid for return visits within 12 months).
Booking is essential so phone us now on 01628 780555
are the most cost effective way to experience Grandma Flew Spitfires - for just £12 enjoy 30 minutes flying (including instruction) and entry to the exhibition for 2 people. Perfect gifts for birthdays and special occasions, our vouchers have no expiry allowing you to plan your trip at leisure.
Flights are available from 10.20am to 3.40pm, Tuesdays to Saturdays.
The simulator is recommended for 'pilots' aged 9 or over – the oldest person to fly it was 92! Younger pilots may like to fly with assistance from an adult.
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- Feyisayo Anjorin
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Freelance Director, Afro-Carribean Media Group
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Is it possible for an individual to be without ethnocentrism?
Ethnocentrism involves using the ideas and beliefs of one particular culture to judge other cultures.
It is so similar to pride in the sense that we loath it in other people/cultures; but we are hardly conscious of it in our own culture.
Our beliefs and worldview is as a result of years of living in our community and seeing things done in a particular way; years of familiarity with the material culture, social structure, religion, history, philosophy and ideals.
We usually percieve our culture as the logical, reasonable and normal way to live; and we often wonder "How anyone could ever live like THAT?!"
It is usually the chief enemy of marriages. The husband has grown up in a different home environment, under different circumstances, and with a different experience. He would wonder why the wife is behaving in a certain manner that is contrary to his ways; and so does the wife.
Is ethnocentrism inevitable?
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Anna RuizSep 6 2012: Ethnocentrism has been expedient for the propagation of our species. A necessary survival tool. We all know how that is played out in the real world... wars, systematic annihilation and/or assimilation of the *other* under some banner of politics and government.
However, it is in the evolution of our *humanity* which creates and recreates a world in which survival of our species is possible in this time period--with the possible destruction of the world as we know it. It's a choice we must make individually and collectively.
Beyond ethnocentricity is a world that embraces its ethnocentric roots but sees itself as a global village. Compassion and a sense of shared humanity are its hallmarks. It's living beyond the survival game/meme. Us and them. We have very little experience in the bounty of this type of shared experience of existence.
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From Retrospection to Introspection: War Cinema
Speakers: Stephen Sze Man-hung, Ka Ming
Date & Time: 3/8 (Sun) 16:30
Venue: Cinema, Hong Kong Film Archive
Conducted in Cantonese. Free Admission.
The contents of the programme do not represent the views of the presenter.
The presenter reserves the right to change the programme should unavoidable circumstances make it necessary.


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Arizona resident Melissa Liebling went into this year's 24 Hours in the Old Pueblo with confidence and excitement. She had experienced Old Pueblo before but had a good feeling that this year was going to be special.
Her road to the finish wasn't paved in gold however. Liebling had to overcome some potentially crippling difficulties on her way to first place in the solo singlespeed category and the highest lap total for any solo woman at this year's event.
Read about Melissa's stunning ride below:
Melissa -
Knowing that registrataion would fill earlier than ever for 2012, I was up bright and early to register for 24 Hours in the Old Pueblo on the morning it opened. I knew this would be one of the most important races of my career and I couldn't wait to start training! It's one of the biggest, most competitive 24-hour races in the world and it's right at home in Tucson, Arizona.
I first attended this Epic Rides event in 2011 shortly after moving to Arizona from Ohio. It was too late and I was too inexperienced to enter the solo or duo category so I participated on a corporate team. It was a blast and I knew that solo 24-hour racing was in my near future! Living in 24 Hour Town and pedaling through the Sonoran desert was just where I wanted to be. The mountain bike community is amazing!
With my main focus for 2012 being Tour Divide, training for OP fit right in. I recruited a crew, trained hard, and was feeling great by the time I headed out to camp on Friday morning. The vibe surrounding 24 Hour Town when I arrived created a permasmile that never disappeared until I finally fell asleep Sunday night. I did a short pre-ride lap on Friday afternoon and everything was in place. I felt strong, my bike felt great, and the trail was fast! I was riding new Stan's NoTubes wheels with Schwalbe Racing Ralph tires and felt like I was floating across the trail! It was awesome and that feeling continued throughout the race! I spent most of the afternoon saying hello to the vendors and all of my bicycle happy friends. It was a super mellow evening chillaxin and getting my head ready to race for 24 hours!
A sunny Saturday morning was the perfect setting for the start of this epic experience. I attended the pre-race meeting with part of my crew just to make sure I didn't miss a beat. Returning to camp, I ate my usual breakfast, put on the poor chamois that would have to race with me all 24 hours, applied plenty of Chamois Butt'r, and headed down to the timing tent to check in. My crew and I picked a spot to stage my bike for the start and I began the long walk to the start line. It was sweet because I saw so many friends on that walk that I forgot about the task ahead and was simply looking forward to a long day in the saddle.
Todd Sadow, the "Ringmaster" of 24 Hours in the Old Pueblo, was there to count us down to the start and we took off running! It's 400 yards on a dirt road in cycling shoes through 3,500 racers, fans, and volunteers to get to the bike, which becomes very hard to find! Luckily, I ran fast enough to beat the crowd and knew exactly where my bike was waiting. It was time to start pedaling! It took some time to catch my breath, but I was off to a great start and pulled out a screaming fast lap to gain the early lead! I passed my pit and crew with a smile and thumbs up to continue on to the second lap. I was in a rhythm and feeling strong. The field was starting to spread out and all the riders were super encouraging. The laps rolled by and soon I lost count. I was eating and drinking well as the sun started to set. It was time to mount my Nite Rider Pro 1500 and MiNewt. 600 lights. I ate my first hot dog of the day and headed out into the night. These laps are long and lonely since there are not as many racers out at night and not much to look at except the trail ahead of you. I looked forward to seeing my crew each lap to say hello, grab some real food, and hear cheering from the folks who managed to stay up all night. By the end of my second night lap, I was wondering where my next crew member was. I didn't see her and was concerned. I found out that she wasn't going to make it, but thanks to some of my very best friends and fellow racers, I had nothing to worry about. They stepped up and took over to crew me the entire night and all the way to the finish!
My last full lap in the dark was the most difficult. I was starting to fall asleep on the bike and had trouble focusing on the trail. I knew that if I didn't rest, I wouldn't be able to continue. I returned to camp to find out that I had increased my lead to 47 minutes and felt I was finally able to take a 20 minute power nap. It was the best decision I made the entire race! When I woke up, I knew that the sun would be rising in a matter of minutes and there would only be six hours to go. I grabbed several Bonk Breaker Energy Bars and headed back out on the trail. Feeling rejuvenated from the power nap, I rode another fast lap and settled into a pace I could maintain for the remainder of the race. Until the very last lap, the weather was perfect! Very little wind and tons of sunshine. It was cold at night, but thanks to my crew, I was cozy and warm in my winter cycling gear. I went out for my last lap with a close friend and training partner to keep me company. I was feeling slow, but knew that I could not be caught. It was a sweet end to an amazing and super tough race! I crossed the finish line shortly after noon on Sunday with a huge smile knowing that I would remember this experience forever! In the end, I rode 15 laps for a total of 241.5 miles in 24 hours, 28 minutes, and 25 seconds to win the solo single speed category. An awesome and unforgettable ride!
Thank you so much to my crew, sponsors, and the Epic Rides family! I couldn't have done it without you!
MTB Race News would like to thank Devon Balet for his incredible photos. Check out more of Devon's images at Devonbaletphoto.com
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I'm bored shitless on a 5 hour coach journey. Submit nudes or jokes
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Bit horny. Inbox me saying what you'd do to me if you had me alone and naked.
There are a few certain people on Tumblr tonight that I want to do disgusting, dirty, things to. If you think you are one of them (you probably are) please inbox me as I am drunk and wish to tell you how much I want to bone you.
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Someone inbox me, 2am is kinda boring when everyone you know is asleep.
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I wanna get to know some of my followers better so if you see this feel free to inbox me and say hi <3
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Clearing out my inbox, I found these gems. When taken out of context they're rather wtf.
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Can someone do me a favour and inbox me? I could do with someone to talk to (anon is fine) →
If anybody has anything they want to talk/rant/whatever to someone about then my inbox is always open. →
I adore every single person who follows me, if any of you need to talk about anything no matter how silly it may seem, I will be there for you <3
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Could somebody do me a favour and inbox me, I'm having a bit of a breakdown and I need someone to talk to. →
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Manati Park - Swimming with dolphins!
Manatí Park is an amusing theme park located in Bávaro-Punta Cana, an incredible landscape of wonderful gardens overflowing with orchids and tropical plants. Here you will be able to experience nature, coming into contact with the fauna and flora of the Dominican Republic. During your stay in Manatí Park, you will be able to enjoy varied shows, restaurants, local crafts and souvenir shops... Furthermore, you will have the opportunity of swimming alongside dolphins, an unforgettable experience.
In the crystal clear water of the Manati Park swimming pool under the close supervision of our staff, you will be able to realize a dream you will never forget - that you will want to relate in earnest to your friends and family. A dream that will live on in your memory for ever and remind you of your visit to Bávaro - Punta Cana.
Make your reservation as soon as you arrive in the country with your Tour Operator or with any of the Manati Park reps at the Bávaro-Punta Cana hotels.
Unforgettable Experience
What else to do in Manati Park
Amongst many more activities Manati Park has developed a new concept of fun with animals. Visit the iguanas, flamingos, tropical birds, snakes, crabs, sea lions, dolphins .... you may caress them and discover their world by the hand of our experienced keepers, who will at all times be able to satisfy your curiosity and will answer your questions : all the personnel at Manati Park at your service, to make your visit to Bavaro-Punta Cana an unforgettable experience.


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1/48 Monogram P-61ABlack Widow
Here are some photos of Monogram's classic Northrup P-61A Black Widow. I used both of Eduard's photoetched detail sets (interior and exterior) in the construction of this kit. I also used AeroMaster decals to depict "Moonhappy," the first P-61 credited with a victory.
You get a plethora of photoetched parts with both of Eduard's sets. The cockpit detailing is extensive, and even includes a gooseneck lamp for the rear compartment ! The exterior details include wheel well and landing gear pieces, along with antennas and machine gun cooling jackets.
There are some modelers that consider this to be a difficult or tricky build. I found that the parts fit very well, with some minor adjustments. Dryfitting, trimming, filling, and sanding are necessary to build this kit. I had gaps where the booms met the trailing edge of the wings, and these were filled with styrene plugs. The canopies are perhaps the worst-fitting parts of the kit, as they seem a little undersized. I sanded the fuselage around the canopies, and filled gaps with Micro Scale Krystal Kleer.
I always use Scotch frosty tape to mask my canopies. In order to save a little money, I tried a generic frosty tape. Big mistake! Residue was left on every clear panel. I scrubbed each one with a Q-Tip soaked in isopropyl alcohol. When dry, I used tape to daub the gummy mess off the windows. Each pane was then brush coated with Future to bring back some of the shine and clarity. I will never use anything other than Scotch frosty tape to mask clear pieces. It has never left residue behind, even on a canopy that remained masked for over a year.
I had originally planned to apply washes to the raised surface detail. I did this on the underside, and I'm not pleased with the results. It took about four hours to remove the excess wash on either side of all the raised lines, and it dried much darker than I wanted. I don't care for panel lines that jump out at the viewer, since they never look that way in photos of the real thing.For the upper surfaces, I used a technical pencil. I don't care for the color (dark gray), so I may try Prismacolor pencils on my next kit with raised lines.
The AeroMaster decals behaved wonderfully. The wingwalk stripes were easier to apply than they look. They are printed in segments, yet join along the straight portions. The angle of the corners is done for you, assuring proper alignment.
If you like challenges, and can work with photoetched parts, this kit and the detail sets are a great combination.
Visit my website to see other models of mine, I also build models on commission. http://www.pix.prettyneatinc.com/
Photos and text © by Bill Lachance


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A History of Wine
Intro- Wine has been the preferred beverage of mankind for thousands of years. Our natural fondness of this drink stems from the nice taste, its nutritious properties and not least its psychotropic (intoxicating) effects. Out of all the alcoholic beverages none has had such an impact on society. The trade of wine between cultures opened up channels for religious and philosophical ideas to spread across
The Best Invention since the Wheel
How and when was the remarkable discovery of wine first stumbled upon?
No one can be sure but there is an ancient Persian fable that recognizes a woman as the discoverer of wine. According to the fable she was a princess who had lost favor with the King. The shame was so overwhelming that she ate some table grapes that had spoiled in their jar in an attempt to end her life. Her suicide did not go as planned instead of slipping onto eternal slumber she got giddy, intoxicated and then she passed out. When she awoke she found that all the troubles of her life seemed to have gone away. She continued to partake of the spoilt grapes and her mood changed so much that she regained the favor of the King and wine really did solve all her problems. Although this is a pleasant tale the accidental discovery of wine probably happened as few times in different regions but what is for sure is that wine is not the invention of man but was found via pure dumb luck.
The first sign of the vine we all know and love were sixty million year old fossils which means that our pre human ancestor may well have come to realize that the older grapes will have been more desirable as we can observe with our animal friends today who tend to prefer riper fruit. The earliest remnants of wine were discovered in the site of Hajji Firuz Tepe in the northern Zagros Mountains of Iran. The wine dated back to the Neolithic period (8500-4000 B.C.) Carbon dating confirmed that the wine was from sometime between 5400-5000 B.C. Although no earlier dating wine has been found it is though that the art of wine making started shortly after 6000 B.C. it is thought that this is the date for one of mankind's most momentous creations because the peoples of these regions had managed to create permanent am settlements via the domestication of animals and plants. This was a far more stable living situation than the nomadic way of living which most humans were currently employing. This stability allowed the people to experiment with their cuisine and drinks. Some of our favorite dishes and drinks we still enjoy today were developed in this time period including beer and of course wine.
Now we skip forwards a few thousand years to the Predynastic era of the Egyptian Pharos when wine was spreading across the ancient world. Hieroglyphics form this time show that perhaps binge drinking is not such a modern problem as apparently the Pharos didn't seem to care that much about the quality but more quantity as shown below!
Even Pharos have bad days!
Although the wine that the Egyptians drank was a distant relative to the wine we know today. The Egyptians used white, pink, green, red, and dark blue grapes they also used figs, palm, dates and pomegranates. So as you can imagine the taste would have been completely different to what we would expect when being served wine. Making wine from various fruits is essentially the same as that of grapes except that sugar is added to help the fermentation.
The Egyptians used trellises which were protected from sunlight (because the light is too intense in
A Hieroglyphic of the wine pressing in action!
The Egyptians had several grades of wine one was called "Free Run Must" little of this was collected and was a very sweet long lasting wine. This wine came from the grapes own weight. There was also the grade "First Wine Must" which came from the treading and was about 2/3 of the juice. Then finally the "Second Run Must" which came from the additional pressing. These 3 grades could be mixed to make different kinds of wine (e.g. red, white, dry or sweet). These 3 different grades of wine were then left in a trough to ferment. Fermentation is the converting of sugar from the grapes is converted into alcohol. This conversion is due to the yeast from the grape's skin, stalk and stems, the yeast releases enzymes that bond and react with the sugar to make alcohol (ethanol). The amount of alcohol obviously depends on the amount of sugar. The maximum percent of alcohol the yeast can survive in is roughly 15%. Any sugar left over will add sweetness to the drink. To achieve a drink with a light consistency it would be fermented fro only a short while (a few days). Whereas if you want a heavy final product it would be fermented for a long time (several weeks) as well as being heated as this speeds up the conversion of sugar. To add color and bitterness to the wine, the seeds, stalks and stems may have been left in the must. This means that to make a red wine the colure would not have been just down to the grapes color but also if the composites of the grape vine were included in the must. The rather gritty wine would then be filtered through linen to dispose of the stalks and other solids. The wine was then bottled and sealed with mud and reeds. The wine would be sealed a few days before it turned to vinegar.
It seems that the Pharos were particularly fond of the drink as it became there drink of preference to take with them into the after life which means we all have something for us too look forward to when its our turn to go to that big drinks party in the sky! At this time wine was almost exclusively for royalty, only at special occasions like festivals or for medical uses like sedating women during child birth and as an antiseptic would a commoner be permitted this luxury. Below is an example of a seal impression that Egyptian bottles used to bare. These were the equivalent to the wine maker's labels we have today so this could be the Ancient Egyptian Petrus.
Wine was still only available for the rich at this stage but this poor
state of affairs would not last for long!
The next people to carry the torch of this great commerce were the Greeks. The early signs of the wine in
By looking at the countries that the Greeks introduced winemaking to we can get a vague idea of how the ancient Greeks made wine and how it may have tasted. Another clue to the flavor of the wine are the surviving Greek varieties such as Limnio, Athiri, Aidani and
The Ancient Greek's wine became so popular in
It is known that the regions of Hios, Thassos and Levos all produced high grade wine whereas the wines of
During the Turkish occupation the wine industry of
The next group to start developing winemaking and the actual growth of the vine in roughly 1000BC were in fact a Greek colony that had grown so strong that they had become independent of the Greeks. If you haven't guessed it yet I am of course referring to the Romans. The Romans made major contributions to the science of winemaking. They took huge steps to the classification of many varieties of grapes. They also invented the wooden wine barrel. Which was a huge development considering that the kind of wood used to make the barrel imparts its own distinct flavours to the wine and depending on the grain of the wood it the flavours of the wood will be imparted either faster or slower. Also the barrels allow for the wine to evaporate a little bit during the aging process. I'll come back to the process of aging in caskets when we cover the French as they have perfected the technique. It is important to remember the Romans laid down the foundations. The Romans are also thought to be the first to use glass bottles for wine. The oldest bottle of wine to be found has been dated to 325 AD. Corking had been invented at that time but the Romans preferred to preserve their wine by floating a layer of olive oil on it. They classified many diseases that afflict grapes.
At first the Romans didn't take to wine and sent any that was produced was sent over the
The Romans much like the Greeks enjoyed drinking parties where philosophical debates and poetry readings took place. The difference in these parties was that the Romans tended to get very drunk and dancing girls and orgies were also a standard part of the night. The master of ceremonies would choose the type of wine or the blend of wines, how much water should be mixed with the wine and call out the toasts so in short he had the best job going at the party. The people who attended these parties were the rich but the poor got there fair share of wine also. At the theatre and at the games a drink called muslum which consisted of cheap wine mixed with honey. This was provided by politicians that needed support for the next election if only our MP did the same! Wine wasn't just for merriment it also had an important role in religion. Wit was consumed a lot at the graveside funeral feasts at theses feasts wine was poured down specially designed orifices in the tombs so that the dead could share wine with the living. Wine continued to play a significant role in the Catholic religion.
No one can actually say what the Roman wine tasted like but as with the Greeks. we can get a pretty good idea by the taste of wine made from the surviving varieties of grapes then take the resins and pitches that lined the amphorae and what that would do to the taste and if were feeling brave we can try adding lemon or honey or even sea water to the wine like they did. Personally id rather leave the mystery of the flavour of Roman as just that a mystery. The other great contribution that Romans gave to winemaking was that every province they conquered, so most of
Monks (particularly Benedictine monks) spread the knowledge of wine even further as wine was required for Holy Communion. The Church transported it all across
In the 1800's the French vineyards was devastated by many diseases but the main to afflict the vines was Phylloxera an insect which attacks the roots of the plants (this was coinciding with when the Greeks started growing raisins). If it weren't for the use of American root stock (which is immune to Phylloxera) being grafted with French vines then many of the grape variety we know today would be extinct. Every vineyard was replanted and now immune to the dreaded Phylloxera.
The French also hugely developed the effects that the barrel used for aging has on the wine. They learnt that dampening and then placing the half completed barrels or Rose over a small fire chars or "Toasts" the inside of the barrel this will then effect the characteristics of the wine aged in the barrel. When buying a barrel from a cooper there are 3 options given light, medium or heavy toast, the toast chosen will depend on the grapes used and the desired style of the resulting wine. This heating also allows the wood to be bent to form the arches to obtain the shape of the wine barrel. They also learnt that white oak is the best wood to be used as this has the tight grain and fine tannin content as well as being particularly tough and bend ability which its fairly stable when going through wet swelling and dry shrinkage and of course it has desirable flavours to impart to the wine. Later on it was discovered that chestnut wood could be used but they had to have the inside covered in paraffin or something similar to mask the bitter flavours. A wine barrel can be used for 5 years but after that the barrel stops imparting any flavour to the wine and should be disposed of. This is of course expensive and so several techniques have been employed to carry on using barrels. One is to shave the inside of used barrels and then insert new thin inner staves that have been toasted. Another option is to very simply to keep the wine in stainless steel containers and put bags of oak shavings in with the wine. Neither of these has managed to produce quite the same effect as a freshly made barrel.
Have you ever notice in French nostalgic wine posters that the peasant farmers always armed with a bottle of wine in one hand and a block of cheese in the other. Now I've brought this to your attention you may be wondering why wine and cheese are generally consumed at the same time. The reason for this is something Europeans learnt hundreds of years ago which was that the fats in cheese temper the bitter taste of tannin that cheap (especially red) wines have and makes the wine taste much better. So next time your in the mood for a good wine but are short of cash you can substitute a good bottle of wine with your favorite cheap box of wine and a block of cheddar.
Now on to one of wines proudest moments in its long history I of course am referring to the creation on champagne. Despite common belief champagne was not created by the monk Don Perignon but was in fact was researched 30 years earlier by an English scientist and physician called Christopher Merrett in the paper he presented to the royal society in 1662 called "Some observations concerning the Ordering of wine".
Now on to new world wines such as
Wine was first brought to
The only advancement that has been made by these countries is the way they make their oak barrels for the aging fine wine. It was thought that French oak was the best for imparting its flavour into wine. This was mainly because American oaks (as well as oak from many other countries) had been used to make barrels but the effect of the wood on the wine was far too great. It was later discovered that it wasn't the wood that was the problem but the way the barrels were made. As the Americans were more accustomed to making whiskey barrels they dried their wood in a kiln unlike the coopers who let their wood air dry for at least 24 months before using. The other difference was that the Americans sawed the wood into staves whereas the coopers split the wood. These differences to the technique used immediately made a substantial difference to the wine produced. After this discovery the


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Ridden by the trainer's brother Steven, the daughter of Gold Well won on her debut at Sedgefield last month by three and a half lengths and she followed up today by an impressive seven lengths.
Sent off the 13/8 favourite she was held up towards the rear in the early stages before moving closer over a mile from home.
She hit the front two furlongs out and went clear a furlong from home, crossing the line for an easy seven length success.
Newcomer Delta Forty finished second under James Reveley at 11/4 while another newcomer came third, that was the Venetia Williams trained 12/1 shot Falcon's Present.
The winner is out of a half-sister to Mossbank, who won six times in his career including the Munster National at Limerick and the Grade 2 Clonmel Oil Chase, while the dam herself, Durgams Delight, won nine times on the level.
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Now that the road just got a little bit clearer for women (at least those with private insurance) to obtain preventative health care without a hefty co-pay, thanks to the Affordable Care Act, everyone's raving about how their birth control pills will be free. And that's awesome for the ladies who don't mind hormonal birth control (and all its side effects and potential side effects), but the enactment of the reform actually offers an awesome opportunity to take a second look at a different form of birth control -- one that's totally hormone-free.
As it turns out, use of intrauterine devices (IUDs) has been on the rise over the past few years, as more American women are choosing IUDs and contraceptive implants over the pill and condoms, according to a new national study. That's the good news.
The bad is that the numbers are still way lower than in other countries -- only 8.5 percent of us chose an IUD or implant over other forms of birth control in '09 vs. one-quarter of women in France and Norway! -- due to outdated misconceptions about the device. Like that they can cause pelvic infection and infertility. Agh. So not true!
In fact, the IUD hasn't been associated with such threats since the '70s when women got the first model called the Dalkon Shield. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) have endorsed IUDs and implants, which these days include the hormonal IUD Mirena, the copper-T IUD ParaGard (which gets rave reviews from women I know who have it!), and Implanon (a progestin-only hormonal implant). All of these have a much lower rate of unintended pregnancy than the pill or condoms. And for young women, IUDs are 20 times (!!!) more effective in pregnancy prevention than the freakin', libido-killing, blood clot risk-raising pill! (That's because it's a "set and forget" method.)
And yet ... 30 percent of docs aren't recommending them to younger women who have never had kids, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, because they're hung up on some antiquated, disproven issues from 30+ years ago. Ugh! It's enough to make you want to bang your head against the wall.
But being that cost-sharing for the device (which used to be a few hundred bucks) will soon be nil, it'll definitely be worth putting up a fight with any health care provider who tries to steer you away from the form of birth control that suits you best.
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I have one and it has saved my life. I had a mini stroke from birth control and found out I can't take anything with hormones. They recomended the ParaGaurd copper IUD, it doesn't use chemicles of any kind since the copper is a natural sperm repellant. I have had it going on 5 years now and can't believe no one had ever told me about it before. No side effects, no moodiness, I can't feel it, I don't have to remember to take anything and if I decide to take it out I can get pregnant right away since there are no hormones to leave my system. Oh and no waiting in the beginning either- it starts to work the minute they put it in. I tell everyone about it now....and the dangers of birth control.
absoeffinlutely LOVE MY IUD! But, i'm no longer sexually active. OH well...lol
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Starring Michael Douglas and Matt Damon, the biopic follows the 6-year relationship between Liberace and his younger lover, Scott Thorson.
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Who has the energy to read 141 characters on art shows anymore?
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As an unabashed art fanatic, I can't help but notice our collective shortened attention span when it comes to reading art reviews. Most of the blogs, online magazines and even, some of the art press stalwarts have bowed to the quick and easy review or article. In their defense, who has time to read through all those thoughts anymore?! I have other things to do like drink and stare at my phone, pretending I'm getting important text messages!
While I prefer to read longer critical analysis myself, that just does not seem to be the way things are moving. And well…I figured if you can't beat them, join them and while you"re at it, why not take to the utmost extreme. So Art In 140 Or Less will fill that void, making reviews even less reading than before!
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During the open date and coming off the horrendous effort two Sundays ago, I have had a week to contemplate many issues regarding our beloved Chiefs. One of these is the approach this franchise has had regarding the most important NFL position hands down–quarterback.
During Carl Peterson's reign we have had a revolving door of rental quarterbacks. I have for convenience listed these starting QB's in order of appearance and their order in the draft:
1989-1991 – Steve DeBerg (drafted by Dallas out of San Jose State, 10th round)
1992 – Dave Kreig (free agent out of Milton College, signed with Seattle)
1993-94 – Joe Montana (drafted by S.F out of N.D.in 1978, 93rd overall)
1995-1996 – Steve Bono (drafted by Minnesota out of UCLA, 6th round)
1997-2000 – Elvis Grbac (drafted by S.F. out of Michigan, 8th round)
1998 – Rich Gannon (drafted by New England out of Delaware, 4th round)
2001-2006 -Trent Green (drafted by San Diego, 8th round)
2007 - Damon Huard (free agent out of Washington)
2008 – Brodie Croyle (drafted out of Alabam, 3rd round)
Carl's impatience with the QB position is only supplanted by his futility in drafting the position. In the 20 years he has been GM his drafted QB's have thrown 23 interceptions and only 10 TD passes. Furthermore, none of his draftees have ever lead the Chiefs to a regular season victory. Here is Carl's record:
1989 – Mike Elkins (2nd round out of Wake Forest)
1992 – Matt Blundin (2nd round out of Virginia)
1994 – Steve Mathews (7th round out of Memphis)
1995 – Steve Stenstrom (4th round out of Stanford)
1997 – Pat Barnes (4th out of California)
2005 - James Killian (7th out of Tulsa)
2006 – Brodie Croyle (3rd round out of Alabama)
What a legacy. Now you know why he wouldn't trade up for Brady Quinn or Matt Ryan. He has a mental block when it comes to picking QB's. Either that or he simply does not have the patience until now to suffer through a major rebuilding effort. Carl likes old, seasoned QB's who can manage a game and allow the Chiefs to always be competitive. Great strategy if your goal is to avoid losing seasons and fill Arrowhead. Bad strategy if you want to win Super Bowls.
I want to leave you with one thought. The Chiefs have had one franchise QB, Lenny Dawson, and he lead them to their only Super Bowl appearance. Do you honestly think the Chiefs will make it with RENT-A-QB?
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