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Metamorphosis is one of the leading orthodontic clinics in London. Metamorphosis provides holistic orthodontic treatments that take into account the aesthetics of the whole of a patient's face, the profile, bone tissue and muscular structure.
We have also the best orthodontics experts for teeth straightening surgery that ensures the best possible care to children, teens and adults.
There are several forms of orthodontic conditions that we here at metamorphosis solve. Some of the commons ones include:
The corrective appliance for severe underbite vary, and your orthodontist will prescribe the best solution. They may include either Braces or an upper jaw expander depending on the severity of the condition.
Orthognathic jaw surgery also referred to as orthognathic surgery may be used for extreme cases to improve the look and function.
It is important to have orthodontic conditions attended to by a trained orthodontist because leaving the situation unattended can lead to more complications. For instance, the overbite condition if left unattended as it may cause problems related to eating, breathing, tooth decay and even speech difficulty.
Frequently asked questions about teeth surgery
With a team of some of the best experienced orthodontists, we are sure to minimize any adverse risks involved with any of our procedures. We pride ourselves in giving a holistic care, and this ensures we first understand the cause of the problem and how the treatment we over will respond to your body.
The cost of treatment mostly depends on the severity and recommended a form of therapy. The price varies from one client to another based on the nature of the problem. Although here at Metamorphosis clinic we endeavor to keep our prices competitive and in line with the market standards.
This depends on your age and your bite problem. On average though a patient may wear a brace for two years you can make a difference by looking after your brace. A broken brace or missed appointments may slow the recovery progress.
Consulting an experienced orthodontist such as those found at Metamorphosis is essencial. They will explain you everything about your condition and build a specific treatment plan for you. Metamorphosis team is highly trained and enthusiastic to serve you.
For more information visits us at or clinic. We will be more than glad to help you.
Metamorphosis is located in southwest London near Eel Brook Common and Parson Green tube station. 315-317 New Kings Road London SW6 4RF or call +44 20 3828 7116 to book an appointment.
You can also visit our website http://www.metamorphosisorthodontics.com/contact-us and leave us a comment or further queries you may have.


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Lufthansa has brought their A380s back to San Francisco
for their Frankfurt service.
The A380 makes a B747 look like a normal airplane
The Lufthansa A380 flies the "Shoreline" departure off RY28R.
Horizon Air Dash 8
Alaska. Proudly all Boeing.
Virgin America flies Airbus A319s and A320s. Each one has a name.

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Spinoff Online reports that actor Laurence Fishburne has been cast as Perry White in the film. I imagine he'll play a warmer version of the character ... well, when he's not chewing out his staff. Meanwhile, star Henry Cavill tells Total Film what it feel like to wear the tights. "I turned around and look in the mirror and you can't really play it cool - you sort of guffaw and laugh," he says. "I thought 'OK, holy hell, this is real, it's not a joke anymore. This is it...you're doing it, you're right in the middle of it.'"
Directed by Zack Snyder, release date: June 14th 2013
MTV News asks director Marc Webb about the first-person "Spidey-vision" moments in the trailer:
Release date: May 28th, 2012
Heat Vision reports that "Snow White and the Huntsman" screenwriter Melisa Wallack has been tapped to adapt the Dark Horse property. "The story line is being kept under wraps, although the aim is to tell the origin of the punk and gothic figure and how she comes to gain her abilities that fuse technology and imagination," they write. "The story will also focus on her relationship with four cats: troublemaker Sabbath, schemer Nee-Chee, imaginative Miles and leader Mystery." I know I've always been curious about the character's origins ... maybe I'm suffering from origin fatigue.
Release date: TBA
Warner Bros film group president Jeff Robinov tells The Los Angeles Times Hero Complex that they are still moving forward on a "Green Lantern" sequel. "To go forward we need to make it a little edgier and darker with more emphasis on action," says Robinov. "And we have to find a way to balance the time the movie spends in space versus on Earth." If I can do a little armchair executive-producing, the first film's biggest problem was a lack of confidence in its ideas. Consider that in every other presentation of the story, Hal immediately learns to fly upon receiving the ring. In the feature, he runs away and bitches to the his buddy about the alien. He never really enjoys having the powers. In fact, he runs from them at every opportunity. I don't know if "edgier and darker" is necessarily the right tone to take, but having confidence in the chosen tone would be a start.
Release date: TBA
Marvel released a clip from the forthcoming short featuring Clark Gregg as everyone's favorite S.H.I.E.L.D. agent:
The short will be released on the "Thor" DVD/Blu-ray and is the first of several short films with Agent Coulson that will serve as connecting tissue between the features and reveal the agent's day to day life in the organization. "I think every day he's somewhere doing something for S.H.I.E.L.D.," says Gregg. "And yet I don't always know what that is."
Release date: September 13th, 2011
Actor Bradley Cooper tells Den of Geek that his ties to the project may not be as solid as previously reported. "It was never like that. It was something that got a lot of traction on the Internet, but I'm not sure where that is," says the actor. It's always possible that his interest in the project waned as development and legal action stalled its momentum. Such is life in Hollywood.
Release date: TBA
As the Con-Crud finally leaves my system, word comes that several reels of an earlier Alfred Hitchcock project have been recovered in New Zealand. According to The Hollywood Reporter, "For 'The White Shadow,' an atmospheric British melodrama picked up for international distribution by Hollywood's Lewis J. Selznick Enterprises, Hitchcock is credited as assistant director, art director, editor and writer. He was 24 when he worked on the film." The three reels discovered represents more than half the film. For a movie fan like myself, that's pretty cool news. Meanwhile, if any of you in the great, wide Internet discover something awesome, disheartening, or just plain weird, let us know! Take credit, come up with a clever nickname, or go anonymous. The choice is yours. Fresh rumors and movie news every weekday morning. I am Erik Amaya, bracing for the future threat of other unlikely discoveries.


text: 2 studio sessions so far. One for drums and one for re-amping guitars. The rest of the sessions took place here at my place. Randomly and sporadically from 2007 til a few months ago. 7 songs total. No more older songs in the vault after this. My next release will be made up of all current material, most likely. Anyways, nothing to do now but mix. I'm psyched to be working on this stuff in October. This weather is perfect. Gets my creative juices flowing. Killing Joke - Fire Dances on repeat.


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RESULTS: Mt. SAC | Woody Wilson
WALNUT, Calif./DAVIS, Calif. — Jack Davidson highlighted a busy weekend for Santa Clara track and field by posting the fastest 5000m time in program history Friday in Murdock Stadium at the Mt. SAC relays. The freshman's 14:23.35 broke Kurt Ruegg's previous best mark (14:26.63 at the 2015 Husky Classic) by more than three seconds.
Davidson's mark also bested Joey Berriatua's outdoor program record of 14:27.59, which Berriatua set during the team's last time out at the San Francisco State Distance Carnival on March 31.
"Jack continues to run like a savvy veteran despite being in only his second season of competitive track," head coach Felipe Montoro said. "He makes it easy to forget he only started running track in his senior year of high school. He's just getting started."
The Broncos also competed on Saturday at Woody Wilson Track as part of the Woody Wilson Classic. Bevin McCullough posted personal best marks at 800m (2:23.91) and 1500m (4:51.51), both of which were good for sixth in their respective fields.
Wilder Boyden — competing at 1500m for just the second time in his collegiate career — won his section with a personal best 4:02.49 and posted the third-fastest time in the field overall. Boyden doubled back for an 800m personal best of 2:05.51.
"We had a lot of good performances at Woody Wilson lead by Bevin McCullough and Wilder Boyden," Montoro said. "[Associate head coach Pete Cushman] and I are looking forward to getting back on the track and competing at Fresno State next week."
The Broncos close their April Slate of competition Saturday, April 22 at the Frenso State Bulldog Invitational in Clovis, California.
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page transfer by a.kaytri.com top of page says Firefox
I am trying to sign into a website and before I can finish - I get a page that overlaps my website that I am trying to sign into. At the top of this overlapped page (for lack of a better word) it reads Mozilla Firefox - the web address of this page is www.a.kaytri.com - says please wait - and when it opens it is an ad for say McDonalds for example. How do I turn off this annoying pop-up page.
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- Shockwave Flash 11.6 r602
- Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox and Netscape 11.0.02
- 5.1.20125.0
- Firefox 19.0.2
- Umsebenzisi oyi-ejenti: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.2; rv:19.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/19.0
- I-URL Yokweseka: http://support.mozilla.org/1/firefox/19.0.2/WINNT/en-US/
- DownloadTerms 1.0 (firstname.lastname@example.com)
- iGive Toolbar 3.5.46 ({E68155BA-066F-4CC9-B128-4A2627664264})
- InboxDollars 1.300.436 ({ceff3aa1-bfdc-f434-c52d-922216a9cdf5})
- Troubleshooter 1.1a (email@example.com)
- Browser Guard Toolbar 184.108.40.2064 ({cb84136f-9c44-433a-9048-c5cd9df1dc16}) (Akusebenzi)
- DoNotTrackMe 188.8.131.52 (firstname.lastname@example.com) (Akusebenzi)
- incrementalGCEnabled: True
- adapterDescription: Microsoft Basic Display Adapter
- adapterDescription2:
- adapterDeviceID: 0x7187
- adapterDeviceID2:
- adapterDrivers: Unknown
- adapterDrivers2:
- adapterRAM: 0
- adapterRAM2:
- adapterVendorID: 0x1002
- adapterVendorID2:
- direct2DEnabled: False
- direct2DEnabledMessage: [u'tryNewerDriver', u'10.6']
- directWriteEnabled: False
- directWriteVersion: 6.2.9200.16433
- driverDate: 6-21-2006
- driverDate2:
- driverVersion: 6.2.9200.16384
- driverVersion2:
- info: {u'AzureContentBackend': u'none', u'AzureCanvasBackend': u'cairo', u'AzureFallbackCanvasBackend': u'none'}
- isGPU2Active: False
- numAcceleratedWindows: 0
- numAcceleratedWindowsMessage: [u'tryNewerDriver', u'9.6']
- numTotalWindows: 1
- webglRendererMessage: [u'tryNewerDriver', u'9.6']
- windowLayerManagerType: Basic
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- accessibility.typeaheadfind.flashBar: 0
- browser.cache.disk.capacity: 358400
- browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run: False
- browser.cache.disk.smart_size.use_old_max: False
- browser.cache.disk.smart_size_cached_value: 358400
- browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion: 4
- browser.search.useDBForOrder: True
- browser.startup.homepage_override.buildID: 20130307023931
- browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone: 19.0.2
- dom.ipc.plugins.enabled.nptnt2.dll: False
- dom.max_chrome_script_run_time: 0
- dom.max_script_run_time: 0
- dom.mozApps.used: True
- extensions.lastAppVersion: 19.0.2
- gfx.blacklist.direct2d: 3
- keyword.URL: http://www.bing.com/search?q=
- network.cookie.prefsMigrated: True
- places.database.lastMaintenance: 1363640837
- places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages: 87194
- plugin.disable_full_page_plugin_for_types: application/pdf
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That is annoying.
You have some unusual sounding extensions in your "More system details" list. Can you recall what they're supposed to do? I suggest this test: disable all of them (except the Troubleshooter), restart Firefox, and test the problem site(s) again.
To disable extensions, you can use this page:
orange Firefox button (or Tools menu) > Add-ons > Extensions category
Any difference?
I see you are not alone. There was a post yesterday on these ads: I have been trying to remove this a.kaytri.com from firefox with no luck other then to change browers. Got any help?
Please let us know whether disabling extensions helps, and if it reappears after you restart Firefox the next time.
Wizards - hit this link - maybe it will help!? Says it is benign... BS - it's a RPITA!
3/16 Fresh install of W7/64. Only basic functional progs installed. Had AVG but swapped for Avast free/trial. Also have Malware bytes. CCleaner and MS Security Essentials. Tried the ADblocker listed on the other thread. NOTHING works. Run multiple times.
Add-ons : Extensions - ONLY Avast Ad-blocker 8.0 and Avast Web rep active. Problem could be from Avast DL from C|net. Hate C|net.
Control panel: internet options: security: restricted sites: have 10+ or so listed, including a.kaytri.com. Doesn't stop it. There could be 100's - NONE of the sites will allow anything NEAR an uninstall or method to stop. MOST hated site is Quibids.com. One site asked for my e-mail to unsubscribe - WHY? I never subscribed!! I closed...
I have another PC... NOT affected/infected. This is about 3 days old. Yes, it may be benign but it's still a pain in the ass... both running 19.0.2
I REALLY need to solve this problem as I NEED to create an ISO b/u disc, partition, clone....
I also have IE10, Chrome and AOL - none affected/infected. This is a FF problem.
Thanks - I'll keep reading.
Hi lestr50, most of the settings in the Internet Options control panel are for IE only and do not pass through to Firefox. We'll have to solve this another way.
The site http://jsunpack.jeek.org is very handy, but the URL we need to submit is the lengthy URL for the specific ad. I found an example in a Google site search and watched what happened with that URL: it redirected to the intermediate site feed.validclick.com, which is part of an affiliate ad network run by Inuvo. So while it's very invasive advertising, I don't think we can learn how to remove it by looking at the back end.
If you can rule out problems from your extensions -- did you try disabling ALL of them despite their innocent looking names? -- you might also check plugins for anything unexpected or unecessary and disable that as well.
Next issue: have your connection settings been switched? Check here:
(WIN) orange Firefox button (or Tools menu) > Options > Advanced
(MAC) Firefox > Preferences > Advanced
(LINUX) Edit > Preferences > Advanced
On the Network mini-tab, click the Settings button. To use the default connection used by IE, choose "No Proxy" or "Use System proxy settings".
Also, if your external security software runs Firefox in a sandbox or virtual machine, you might want to test with that setting disabled.
By the way, in all my responses, I assumed that these were not ads the websites themselves were running. Could either of you supply some URLs to sites where this is happening so volunteers could check for that?
Yes, I followed the suggestions. No relief. I copied the basic site address to MS security because that is the only place I COULD copy them TO for a double blind. FF doesn't allow this. Additionally, IF it got into FF it could also get into IE which I don't use often, however... it was a precautionary measure, if you will.
Next, I downloaded AVG and within 30-45 seconds on the first scan it let me know in no uncertain terms it found something and told me to reboot immediately.. did it... let it finish the scan after reboot. Have not been able to "draw fire" from the a.kaytri.com affiliates. They may not even KNOW about this crap. One site led to kpm7.com. pull it up.
C:\users.......\TIF\content.IE5\A1AFYU1S\HOSTS_Anti-Adware[1].exe identified as Worm/autoit.AZCH
That's the best I can do. I believe it's gone. some sites: secure.homeownershipgroup.com freedishHD.com Livesearchnow.com freescore360.com rent2own-usa.com There are a cople of others but... unbelivably it took the last of 4 programs to snuff it.
On re-thinking it - I may have got it when I downloaded Macrium Reflect from CNet and got hung into HAVING to try a stupid check up program. Maybe that's it. Not sure but all I can think of. Check your downloads. I simply let the "check up" run its thing and then I uninstalled - then was able to get Reflect to do the disc work I was after. I tried to get Reflect from other sites but was re-directed to CNet. I won't make that mistake again. I also have NOT used reflect. It was recommended as #1 by MaximumPC.
I hope this helps anyone who reads this. In essence FF did ABSOLUTEY NOTHING toward blocking it. Their AD Blocker doesn't work? Screw it.
That's about all I can add. Avast, Malware bytes and MS-SE all failed. VERY surprising. Think I'll keep 'em all.
Thanks for your input. Standard measures did zip.
Hi lestr50, thanks for reporting your experience. It sounds as though AVG was useful, and that it found suspicious software in your Internet Explorer cache (Temporary Internet Files). The reason for rebooting most likely is that a malware process resisted termination and could only be removed at boot time before it restarted.
There is some malware which runs externally to Firefox and launches pop-ups in your default browser after you launch it. If this program was based on a similar concept, that might explain why it wasn't affecting IE.
The AVG data on the detected malware flags file sharing sites as the most common source: http://www.avgthreatlabs.com/webthrea.../#analytics. You could check your download history for any files from those sites.
Anyway, whatever real-time antivirus protection you're using, you can reduce your exposure by keeping all internet-facing programs and plugins, and any program used to open email attachments, up-to-date with security patches.
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I too have (had ?) this problem.
I installed and ran AVG and it found something but I don't think (?) it was what was causing the a.kaytri.com problem.
I went to the windows 7 software uninstall page and deleted everything I did not recognize. I noticed that there was a software program called "discount buddy" (I think that was the name, it was something similar if not that) that I uninstalled.
I don't seem to have the problem anymore (did this yesterday). Could someone with this problem see if they have "discount buddy" installed on their computer? I did not intentionally install this program and don't know how/when it was installed.
I'm having this same issue and I don't have "discount buddy". Running my AVG scan now hoping it will do the trick. <edit> BTW I'm using Chrome.
Okulungisiwe ngu Shautru
Hi Shautru, you might also want to start a thread on the Google Chrome forum here since its menus and settings storage are quite different from Firefox's: http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!forum/chrome
Thanks, I did start a thread there as well. I do have Firefox too I just was searching and this was the only topic I found so came here first.
My AVG only found corrupted executables named SCC.exe which it deleted. Not sure if it fixed it yet or not as the popup is somewhat sporadic in nature.
Well it must have been the AVG (free edition) that fixed it then. I haven't had the a.kaytri.com screen since I installed and ran AVG. I am also running MIcrosoft Security essentials which does not catch the problem. My intent was to remove AVG after the problem was fixed but now I'm not so sure ....
I'm not getting it anymore either.
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What is AVG and where do I get it so I do not get this popup anymore
Hi villageofone, AVG is a popular brand of security software. You can read about the product and download it here: http://free.avg.com/us-en/homepage
Please note that installing AVG may have unexpected consequences in Firefox: it includes add-ons that may add toolbars, change your new tab page, and change your default search provider. There are other threads here on how to remove those if you don't like them.
In addition to AVG, which offers full-time/real-time virus protection, there are some highly regarded supplemental scanners you might want to try:
Malwarebytes Anti-malware : http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free
SUPERAntiSpyware : http://www.superantispyware.com/
Impendulo Ewusizo
I found a solution.
I was only able to resolve it by going into my Firefox extensions directory (for me it was in C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\extensions) and searching through them.
If an extension folder has a sensible name and you recognize it, you can ignore it. Otherwise, go into the extension folder and open 'install.rdf' in notepad or your favorite text editor. Search through the file for the word 'name' and check in the vicinity of every hit. If it looks suspicious (and not "classic", that's your base theme), take that folder and move it out of the Firefox extensions directory (while Firefox isn't running, mind you). Start Firefox up again, and see if it's fixed. If not, move the folder back into extensions and check another one.
Hope this helps!
Okulungisiwe ngu SparroHawc
Hi SparroHawc, thank you for your report.
I'm troubled that the extension managed to elude the add-ons page:
orange Firefox button (or Tools menu) > Add-ons > Extensions category
If the extension folder or XPI is in your Recycle Bin, could you post the name? It may be a GUID - a long string of numbers and letters.
Also, for anyone doing disk-level research on installed extensions, you can open this page and use it for comparison:
Help menu > Troubleshooting Information
The order won't match but hopefully it will speed the process of review anyway.
Okulungisiwe ngu jscher2000
Hi villageofone, your original post indicated that you have the DownloadTerms extension mentioned by SparroHawc. Were you able to disable or remove it on the Extensions page?
orange Firefox button (or Tools menu) > Add-ons > Extensions category
If there is a Disable button but no remove button, this indicates that it was installed externally (e.g., as part of a different program) and the uninstaller is somewhere else. In that case, if you can't track down the original source, the manual removal described by SparroHawc might be necessary.
To access your extensions folder, you can use this method:
Help menu > Troubleshooting Information > "Show Folder" button
This should open your currently active Firefox settings folder (AKA your Firefox profile folder) and in there you should see an extensions folder.
Edit: It also makes sense to check the program-level folder mentioned by SparroHawc, but you should hardly find anything there.
Okulungisiwe ngu jscher2000
jscher2000: I wish I had, but I was troubleshooting someone else's computer in a hurry and shift-deleted that sucker. I'll know better next time I do something like that.
I have disabled it, then removed it. Hopefully this takes care of the issue.


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When I was young my Mum basically had to tie me down and wrangle me into any pink clothing. She loves to joke about it now considering my love pink nail polish & lipgloss!
Here's some eye candy to brighten up your working week.
Tag: nail polish
lace nails | how to guide
I am obsessed with these nails!
I had only seen them in a magazine and after asking my local nail salon if they could do it (they didn't know what I was talking about), I googled it and discovered a 'how to' guide from Shona Wallace from Studs & Lace.
What you'll need:
- Base coat (any color you choose)
- Top coat (clear nail polish)
- Small-patterned lace (so it fits over your nails, honeycomb pattern is simplest to work with) in any color
- Small nail scissors
This is the Studs & Lace guide to perfecting the lace nail!
1. Take a stretch of pretty black lace and cut out pieces to fit each nail.
2. Paint your nails a base colour of your choosing- the most simple and stylish is a blush/nude tone, but it can look pretty with a bold colour as well. If you really want to channel a Studs & Lace look, opt for a duck-egg blue base and top with black lace. Models Own 'Bloo Boo' is a great pastel blue. Gorgeous!
3. While the nail polish is still wet, carefully apply each individual piece of lace.
4. Wait for the polish to dry and apply a clear top coat over the lace.
For the Studs & Lace full article visit [here].
There is also another really 'good how' to guide via Behind The Seams.
I'm going to try to do my nails this weekend!
But what do you think of the lace nail?


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What are the symptoms and signs of E.coli, can it be caused by uncooked chicken and how is it treated?
E.coli is a common bacteria found in our gut - but some strains can be deadly
E.COLI is a type of bacteria that is common in our guts — but certain strands can be deadly.
What type of strands of Escherichia coli are there, and how is it spread? Here's what you should know.
What is E.coli?
Escherichia coli is a type of bacteria common in human and animal intestines.
While most types of E.coli are harmless some can cause serious food poisoning and infection.
E.coli bacteria is a common cause of cystitis - an infection of the bladder.
Some types of E.coli can cause gastrointestinal infections.
As the bacteria can survive outside of the body, its levels serve as a measure of general hygiene and faecal contamination of an environment.
A common mode of infection is by eating food that is contaminated with the bacteria.
What are the symptoms of infection?
Some E.coli strains produce toxins (Shiga toxins) that can cause severe illness.
One common strain called E.coli 0157 produces such toxins and is usually responsible for the outbreaks that are covered by the news.
Classic symptoms linked to this strain, that include severe stomach cramps, vomiting, and diarrhoea that may be bloody.
The symptoms usually last up to seven days if there are no complications, but some infections can be severe and may be life-threatening.
A particular life-threatening complication called haemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) may develop in 5-10 per cent of people infected with a toxin-producing form of E.coli.
This is a severe kidney-related complication that may, in extreme cases, lead to renal failure and the need for renal replacement therapy.
Two children from the same family died after contracting E.coli in Charnwood, Leicestershire before health bosses confirmed their deaths on 4 October.
Public Health England revealed it's working with environmental health officers after two cases of hemolytic uremic syndrome were confirmed in the siblings.
Can E.coli be spread through uncooked chicken?
E. coli infections can be serious so preventing infections is important.
The bacteria are usually spread through faecal matter reaching the mouth, so good hygiene is critical in preventing contamination and spread.
Handling or preparing food is a common source of infection.
Foods should be cooked thoroughly — and this includes chicken.
However, uncooked chicken is more likely to infect you with salmonella.
A study in 2017 found two in three fresh chickens sold in the UK is infected with E.coli.
However, the strain of the bacteria found in the meat is not dangerous to your health.
But experts said they fear it could live in the gut for years and cause resistance to antibiotics.
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How is e.coli treated?
There are a number of different types of e.coli - most of which are harmless - but because of this there is no one treatment.
In some cases a short course of antibiotics may be necessary, according to the NHS website.
Intestinal infections are not normally treated with antibiotics.
Rehydration is important as fluids can be lost through diarrhoea.


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Soc Trang is located 60km south of Can Tho. The area has a large Khmer population and you will find several interesting temples in the vicinity. Some of the places to visit are Kh'leng Pagoda, Clay Pagoda, Im Som Rong Pagaoda and the Khmer Museum. Try to visit in time for the long boat racing festival which is held in December (the date varies so ask at a Vietnam tourist office or travel agent). You will need to book a hotel in advance if you intend to visit at festival time.
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Weather: January is the coldest month in Guilin. It rarely snows, and the temperature is not low compared to cities in North China, but it still feels quite cold because it's damp and windy. There is usually no heating in most places except the top hotels, and this makes it feel doubly chilly.
Average daily low and high temperatures are 12 °C (54 °F) and a chilly 5°C (41 °F) in January. There is about 64 mm of total rainfall each month, and it rains most of the days of the month.
Clothing: Prepare warm clothes such as padded jackets, thick sweaters, gloves and scarves to keep warm. Sometimes the roads are slippery due to dampness and frost, so wearing comfortable skid-proof walking shoes is recommended.
Guilin has a lot of natural caves, the best of which include Reed Flute Cave and Seven Star Cave in Guilin, and Silver Cave in Lipu Country, close to Yangshuo. These caves really feel quite warm when entering from outdoors, so are a good choice at this time of the year.
Most tourists come to Guilin to see Yangshuo, the Li River, and the surrounding region. It is a quaint town with a lot of character with many small restaurants where you can enjoy the local beer fish and a variety of good-quality Western food on a cool night.
Li River cruises operate all year around. Although the scenery is not as good as during the rest of the year, you still can see the famous peculiar limestone mountains. All ships are air-conditioned, so it is comfortable inside the cruise ships.
Chinese New Year is the biggest Chinese holiday season, and most people get about a week off. The Chinese New Year usually falls in February, though in a third of the years, it falls in late January.
People will mainly spend their time with family and friends, celebrate with special food, and set off fireworks. It is the equivalent to the Christmas and New Year's holidays in the West.
You might enjoy the quiet uncrowded streets in Guilin. Or you might think the city of Guilin is more boring during the holidays, but you can still have fun with fireworks, try the holiday food, buy souvenirs, and experience the customs.
However Yangshuo particularly will be crowded, usually with traffic jams in the town and roads to major attractions, especially if it is a warm New Year holiday. The city and all attractions are colorfully decorated for the new year, such as by hanging red lanterns.
January is generally a low travel month. But if Chinese New Year falls in the month, expect crowds at the airport, train stations, and bus stations. Expect high rates for hotel rooms and greater difficulty reserving flights and train tickets. Book in advance, and we can help you get discounted rooms and tickets.
China Highlights offers Guilin tour packages, or we can tailor-make a tour to suit your needs. Through years of experience and customer feedback, we've created a variety of tours.


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Yoga ah! Blog
8 weekends 200 hours foundations training
Yoga ah weekend training is a chance to immerse yourself in yoga training over the course of 8 weekend and 4 months. Teacher Training can be a very magical time all you have to do is begin!! Every weekend we meet at the same time.
5:30 Yoga Practice
7:00pm - 7:30 Q and A
9:00am Yoga Practice
10:30am assist in a beginners Ashtanga class
11:30 - 12:30 beak
12:30 - 4:00 Training Circle
8:30 am open practice with fellow trainers
10:30am assist in Modified Ashtanga class
11:30am - 1:00pm Break and Journal
1:00pm - 4:00pm Training Circle
October 13th, 14th,15th
October 20th, 21st, 22nd
November 3rd, 4th, 5th
November 10th,11,12
December 1st,2nd,3rd
December 16th special workshop!!TBA
January 5th, 6th, 7th
January 19th,20th, 21st
February 2nd, 3rd, 4th GRADUATION!!
Yoga ah 200 hour training is the foundation for more advanced teachers training offered in our Rocket 500 hour program. Yoga ah is one of the only schools in the country that offers a beginners to advanced training in the Rocket developed by the late Larry Schultz.
Larry, created a system of practice based on a 6 day per week practice schedule that targets different body parts through out the week. This was the inspiration for what Larry would fondly call it "the system". The Rocket is part of a system that offers a wholistic approach to practicing Ashtanga and vinyasa yoga.
Yoga ah offers "the system", in Yoga ah teachers training you will study "the system". One of the first routines that you will study is called MDR or Minimum Daily Requirements which consists of sun salutations from Ashtanga yoga and meditation practice. You will be encouraged to begin a home practice. Then you will begin studying Primary series from Ashtanga yoga, from studying Primary Series you will learn to instruct a modified version that consists of 34 poses. As part of the system you will also learn Bottle Rocket sequencing which is the foundation for Rocket sequences.
Our teachers training will give you the tools to develop a stronger home practice as well give you different routines that you will be able to teach after graduation.
Spring 2017 Training Announced
Wow what a year 2016 was! Do you know that Yoga ah will be going into thier 10th year practice and facilatating Rocket and Ashtanga Vinyasa classes in a community setting. Now that is a lot of sun saluatations. This Spring 2017 we are very excited to announce our Spring 8 weekend training. This training will give you a good foundation to insturct a wide range of classes as well as introduce you to the more spiritual aspects of yoga, with the study of the yoga sutras. We are hoping that all the wonderful past graduates will make an appeareance to share thier insites and wisdom.
Yoga ah training is inspired bt the great Larry Schultz aka the yoga man whom developed the Rocket system of weekly practice.You will learn a "system" of routines as well as an oppurtunity to develop and find your voice as an instructor. You will also learn the basics of alignment and "two finger" gentle adjustments.
As we celebrate 10 years of practice this year we want to share the genoristy of yoga and have discounted our training tuition to 1800.00 if paid by March 1st!!
See You on the mat:)
Yoga ah 200 hour Teachers Training
What makes Yoga ah training different than other trainings?
The number one answer is experience. Yoga ah has been offering yoga teachers training for 9 years. During these 9 years we have graduated 100's of students. In the beginning of the training you will learn the history of Ashtanga yoga and the foundation for creating a script. During our training you will be studying specific sequences based in Ashtanga yoga. We will help you develop a personal practice as well as a strong teaching voice.
After training you will have all the tools you need to instruct a wide range of classes from beginners to move advanced.
Other trainings may be recognized by Yoga Alliance as are we but this does not reflect the experience of the studio hosting the training.
We have dropped the price to 2100.00 until September 15th and after that the full price is 2400.00 payment plans are available.
Please email us with your questions. Taking yoga training can be a life changing experience!! Come see for yourself.
Larry Schultz
Larry Schultz
Larry was an American yoga instructor. He studied traditional Ashtanga yoga with Pattabi Jois for a number of years and then began instructing in Austin TX and and after that in San Francisco.
He was one of the first yoga instructors to develop a yoga teacher training program and 100's of yogis traveled to San Francisco every year to learn "the system" as Larry fondly called it.
Larry developed more beginner routines called the MDR or Minimum Daily Requirements and MPS or Modified Primary Series to make Ashtanga yoga suitable to the masses. Later he developed the Rocket while on tour with the Grateful Dead as there private yoga instructor. Named by Bobby Wier the sequences are known to help you progress your practice at a faster rate. Larry taught up into the time of him leaving his body in 2011. Today his most dedicated students continue his teachings.
Reverence and The Rocket
"This is a humble path"
This is a humble path, the words rang out in our Rocket yoga training circle on the last day. After 5 days of intense asana practice and self-discovery, we all came together to sit in our Rocket circle and talk about, "what is our Rocket?" and what we discovered is the stronger you get on the mat the more humble you become. Humble to be able to practice the asanas, and humble to be able to share your love of the Rocket.
Most people don't know that the other day as I was leading Rocket one, when I spoke the words reverent to my class as they focused their dristi, a flood of love and gratitude swept over me as I remembered my friend and teacher Larry Schultz and everyone that I have met along the way. It just goes on and on, love and being reverent for being in the presence of beautiful people.
For me today, that is my Rocket, being humble as the world opens up its beautiful arms and nurtures me with such an amazing practice. Remember the practice will always give you what you need when you need it, have faith and stay true to your beliefs. In our system, the students become the teachers and the teachers become the students. So I am happy to report our 5 day Rocket yoga training we ALL learned something and we all became stronger, by working together and keeping our dristi focused.
The Rocket will give you the tools to be stronger on and off the mat. The Rocket will teach you how to focus. The Rocket helps us find ourselves and awaken our voice of the inner teacher on and off the mat. Like Larry said, "it keeps us in gear, moving towards our goals". So thank you all for coming together for our 5 day training. I was so happy to hear how many of you loved Cincinnati and found it fun and AFFORDABLE!! That is awesome, I am reverent for being able to share the practice with you and for you all making me a better person.
We all had a good laugh when we talked about how when you come to Rocket training you are really learning how to sweep the floors and light incense!
Our next Rocket 5 day in Cincinnati is July 8th - 12th, spread the word, share the love!! Amber Gean


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With the win and the two points, the Stars improved to 28-15-5 (60 points) and are still in sole possession of second place in the USHL Western Conference. Click here to view the current USHL standings.
I didn't watch the game on FastHockey tonight, but I did listen to the radio broadcast. I hope to post some video highlights from the game sometime later, courtesy of the Des Moines Bucs Highlights twitter page. When those highlights get posted on youtube, I will post them here.
Stars got out to a quick 1-0 lead in this game thanks to an even-strength goal from Luke Johnson just 2:50 into the game. Brent Tate collected the lone assist on Johnson's 14th goal of the season. Johnson has now scored a goal in three straight games. Johnson's goal would give the Stars a 1-0 lead going into the first intermission. Bucs outshot the Stars 15-13 in the first period.
The Bucs would get on the scoreboard late in the second period to knot the game up at 1-1. Chad McDonald of Des Moines scored a goal just as a Stars penalty was ending at the 17:59 mark of the second. The Bucs outshot the Stars 14-10 in the second period.
As I mentioned above, the Stars exploded in the third period with four goals to take control of the game and seal the victory. Brent Tate started the scoring with a PP goal just 37 seconds into the period with an assist going to Ralfs Freibergs.
At the 7:51 mark, Stars affiliate player Vinnie Lettieri scored his first USHL goal to give the Stars a 3-1 lead. Lettieri, who will finish the season and playoffs with the Stars, scored what would turn out to be the game-winning goal. Vinni's goal was unassisted.
Matt Friese scored his 8th goal of the season at the midpoint mark of the third period to increase Lincoln's lead to 4-1. Markus McCrea earned the only assist on Friese's goal.
The Bucs would score at the 15:32 mark to pull Des Moines to within two goals at 4-2. However, the Stars would finish out the third period scoring with Kevin Roy's empty net goal coming with only 26 seconds left in the game. The goal was Roy's 40th of the season, and was assisted by Mike McKee and Vinni Lettieri.
The #1 star of the game tonight was Lincoln goaltender Charles Williams who stood on his head and stopped 42 of 44 shots to record his 12th win of the season. Great effort by CW3 tonight. Lets hope the coaches stay with Williams next weekend when the Stars go back on the road with games against Team USA and Muskegon.
Lincoln finished the game 1-for-2 on the powerplay, while the Bucs went 0-for-8 with the man advantage. Great to see the much aligned Stars penalty kill unit come up huge tonight. In order to win the special teams war, your goaltender must be your best penalty-killer. That certainly was the case tonight with Charles.
Just when the Stars offense couldn't get any more lethal, they added the youngster Vinnie Lettieri to the lineup. I've highlighted Vinni before on this blog, but for those who are unfamiliar with him, here's the skinny. Vinni was a 2011 USHL Futures Draft pick of the Stars and played this season in Minnesota with his Minnetonka high school team. After his team was eliminated in the state playoffs this past week, Lettieri joined the Stars and will finish out this season in Lincoln. Born in '95, Lettieri is now the youngest player on the Stars roster. Despite his young age, this is a player many scouts are drooling over. Vinni has committed to play collegiate hockey at the University of Minnesota. He'll wear #7 for Lincoln for the remainder of this season.
Stars forward Dominik Shine was injured in this game, and did not return to ice afterwards. Listening to head coach Chad Johnson after the game, it sounds like Shine will undergo testing for a possible concussion on Monday. Hopefully Shine isn't injured too badly and can return to the lineup next weekend when the Stars will be back in his home state of Michigan.
Nice to see the boys rebound from the disappointing home loss last night to Cedar Rapids with a full 60 minute effort on the road in a hostile barn. Let's hope they can keep the road winning streak of two games rolling next weekend in Michigan.
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Rane had the privilege to meet and work with James Patrick at Seattle's Decibel festival in 2013. James is founder of the SlamAcademy, Timefrog Recordings and The Great Magnet. Jame is also a Dubspot instructor, curator of the international Spark Festival of Electronic Arts, and an Ableton Certified Trainer. Watch as James runs through how he uses the MP2015 in his live setup; incorporating a Moog Minitaur, Ableton Push, and Ableton Live.
Rane have introduced many innovative DJ products over the years, culminating in the 2012 release of the Rane Sixty-Two mixer for Serato Scratch Live.
Turntables have a long and rich history. Instead of writing a novel about our beloved friend, we wanted to share a few interesting facts that can help you strike up conversations with fellow Rane DJs. Do you know where the term "rewind" comes from? Read on to learn about this and other fascinating turntable facts.
In 2012, Rane, in cooperation with Serato Audio Research, introduced the Sixty-Two mixer for Serato Scratch Live, completing the full integration of Serato Scratch Live software and performance mixer.
As mentioned in our previous post, DJs wanted Serato Scratch Live and software controls built into a Rane mixer. Rane introduced the TTM57SL for Serato Scratch Live in 2006. It was the first 2-channel turntablist mixer with integrated USB sound-card and software controls.


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Wellness retreats are special kind of getaways since they are not exactly vacations or an adventure but one of the greatest rewards you could ever give to yourself for you mental and spiritual well-being. You can be totally relaxed and taken care of. You will be in the arms of nature and be able to revitalize your body while you embrace its purity.
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Craft Breweries
Aguirre Allen Law works with craft breweries to assure a strong foundation and continued growth and success in an increasingly competitive craft beer market. We provide practical, cost-effective legal advice in the following areas that are essential to your brewery's success:
Forming Your Craft Brewery Business
Forming a new company is an exciting and daunting task and getting the setup right is critical. Amanda will advise you on issues related to formation, including whether to form a corporation or a limited liability company. There are many factors to consider including financing, investors requirements and expansions plans. Amanda is experienced in drafting formation documents that fit your specific needs and will serve as a guide for years to come as the brewery takes on new challenges and opportunities.
Protecting Your Brand –
Aguirre Allen Law provides trademark and copyright services. We will help you navigate the process of conceptualizing and developing a brand that is distinctive and legally protectable. If you are interested in filing for trademark protection with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, we can help you research, prepare, and file your application at a price that won't break the bank! We will see your application through addressing any office actions or opposition in a timely responsive manner. Communication is critical to seeing the trademark process through and assuring your brand is protected.
Copyrights exist any time craft breweries create something in tangible form. However, the protections you are afforded are not as great as those provided to registered copyrights. Aguirre Allen Law can help you register your copyright and protect your creations! In addition, we can help assure you are not violating any copyrights as well. Not all uses of copyrighted material without the owner's permission constitutes illegal infringement. There are certain defenses to a claim of infringement. One of those defenses is fair use. The fair use doctrine allows someone to use another's copyrighted material without being liable for infringement. Aguirre Allen Law welcomes the opportunity to help you determine whether your use may fall under fair use.
Craft breweries, although often willing to share information, have many trade secrets worth protecting. Your trade secret information is information that you do not want employees, clients, or independent contractors disclosing to the public. Keep your trade secret information secret by crafting legally enforceable trade secret non-disclosure agreements. Aguirre Allen Law can draft custom trade secret non-disclosure agreements to ensure you are protected.
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Aguirre Allen Law specialized in real estate law. We know the business of craft beer and will work with you to understand your real estate needs and concerns. In an increasingly competitive craft beer market, location is more important now than ever. It is important for an attorney with an understanding of the craft beer industry to review your lease. Aguirre Allen Law can provide an effective and affordable review of your lease that will result in lower risk of landlord/tenant issues for the duration of your lease and that will save you time, money and headache. In addition, alcohol and beverage law currently allows up to six duplicate liquor licenses. Breweries looking to expand and open new tasting rooms should work with Aguirre Allen Law on lease letter of intent, leases and contracts to assure the success of the expansion.
More and more breweries are buying property. Purchase and sale of real estate is complicated and one of the biggest decisions you will make running a business. Aguirre Allen Law provides comprehensive legal guidance throughout the process, either reviewing a form agreement prepared by a broker or drafting a custom real property purchase and sale agreement. You will get advice on representations and warranties, due diligence, conditions of sale and more. Often, where buyer and seller may appear to have come to an impasse in negotiations, Aguirre Allen Law can provide creative solutions to solve any concerns and help you get your deal done.
Ideally, craft breweries have wonderful, supportive neighbors, but this does not always happen. Breweries in adjacent to residential neighbor hoods are more likely to deal with neighbor concerns or complaints. Often these complaint relate to the craft breweries use of the property as permitted by local municipal codes. It is critical to deal with neighbor disputes head on. The dispute may require some personal attention, referral to insurance or the guidance of an attorney to minimize risk of costly legal action. Aguirre Allen Law will work with you to avoid costly litigation and build lasting agreements with neighbors to assure the long term success of the brewery.
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I'm still deep in the throes of preparing for a move. As I look at space allocation options for the suite that my son and I are planning to build in his garage, it's becoming increasingly clear that even the few furniture pieces I had planned to take are going to be too big and I'm going to have to make some new purchases. For people with chemical sensitivities, any purchase can be problematic, and requires much research. As I shop for possibilities online, I'm reminded of the games that manufacturers and marketers play and the confusion that exists among the general public regarding materials used in furniture and housing. It's not easy to figure out what we're actually getting.
Here are a few confusing terms related to the home environment:
· Solid wood – Technically, something made of solid wood is made of basic lumber. Much of the wood furniture sold today, however, is made of a manufactured wood product, such as particleboard, medium density fiberberboard (MDF), high density fiberboard (HDF) or oriented strand board (OSB). Chipboard, flakeboard, furniture board, composite wood, and engineered wood are other possible terms. Manufacturers may refer to them as "solid wood products" or as of being made of "wood solids." Sometimes private sellers advertising products on sites like eBay or Craigslist will say that a piece of furniture made from particleboard is solid wood. This may be due to confusion as to material type, but sometimes I think they just mean that the piece doesn't contain metal or upholstery.
Manufactured wood products combine small wood particles with an adhesive resin. Plywood uses layers of wood rather than particles, but otherwise the principle is the same. When used in furniture, manufactured wood is generally covered with a laminate or veneer, making the identification process more challenging. The toxicity of manufactured wood can be high, and comes from the adhesives, which often contain large amounts of formaldehyde and other problematic chemicals.
· Bonded leather – Bonded leather is the fabric equivalent of manufactured wood. Wikipedia expains that "bonded leather is made by shredding leather scraps and leather fiber, then mixing it with bonding materials. The mixture is next extruded onto a fiber cloth, or paper backing, and the surface is usually embossed with a leather-like texture or grain." The amount of natural leather in bonded leather products can vary significantly and can sometimes be quite low. The primary bonding material is generally polyurethane, and among the other chemicals commonly found in bonded leather are plasticizers, which have been associated with a range of health problems.
Terms for leather-like synthetic fabrics (which are generally some form of vinyl) include leatherette, pleather, and naugahyde. "Vegan leather" is an especially interesting term. It can refer to any non-animal leather-like product. Generally it refers to vinyl, but can occasionally refer to alternative leathers made from cork or kelp.
· Linoleum – True linoleum is a product made from linseed oil and natural materials such as powdered cork, tree resin, and limestone. It was once used widely as a flooring material, but has now been largely replaced by vinyl. Generally, manufacturers and marketers don't use the term incorrectly, but private sellers, realtors, and landlords may refer to linoleum flooring when the flooring is actually a vinyl product.
· Hardwood or ceramic floors – Another flooring issue that people searching for healthy housing often encounter is that homes or apartments advertised as having hardwood or ceramic tile floors may actually be floored with a laminate. Laminates have a manufactured wood core with a photographic layer bonded to it that simulates wood or ceramic. Generally the term "floating floor" refers to laminate flooring.
Shopping with health in mind means learning to be a code-breaker. It's not easy, but it's important. Once I've cracked this code, I'll move on to another: trying to decipher the color designations. Is elm bark, for example, more brown or gray? This all makes my head spin.


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BATS Theatre is one of the busiest theatres in the country.
"It's put a lot of bums on seats in its 27-year history, and last year was its biggest year ever – as over half of all live theatre productions in Wellington were performed on BATS' stages." says Programme Manager Heather O'Carroll. (pictured)
More than a venue for hire, more than a traditional theatre company producing its own work, BATS is also New Zealand's strongest developmental theatre - an open home for artists, and a training ground for New Zealand's future actors, writers, directors, designers, technicians and – probably - reviewers.
BATS has had a profound impact on Wellington's vibrant arts scene, partnering with creative people to make bold ideas happen in front of enthusiastic and loyal audiences.
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Coop's West Texas Barbecue
2625 Lemon Grove Avenue, Lemon Grove
Coop's is the new barbecue with the buzz. Since opening last October, it's already garnered one major huzzah (Candice Woo in San Diego Magazine's "best restaurants" issue for best barbecue). On Yelp, it's incited an ongoing war between fans of Phil's-the-Grill (aka Phil's BBQ, which isn't really a barbecue because it's a no-smoking zone) and Coop's converts. Coop may have started the controversy himself — once he registered his business on Yelp, he told me, he posted a few rave reviews under his own name (no fakery), until the site administrators made him stop.
Coop is friendly and personable enough that he may become the San Diego ambassador for Southern-style barbecue. "I understood when I opened Coop's that Southern California is a completely different style of barbecue," he says. "It's basically backyard grilling, like Phil's, and I knew I'd have some hard work ahead to make smoked barbecue popular here. I'm on a mission to be known as the best purveyor of barbeque in Southern California, and I keep learning and experimenting to try and perfect my food."
He grew up here and in Midland, Texas, where his father taught him the art of the Q. Hence, Coop's is a genuine Texas-style barbecue, smoking meats "low and slow" for as long as 12 hours in a brick pit-smoker indoors or in giant steel "big boy" aqua smokers outside the restaurant. Coop's fuels the smokers with mesquite wood or chips, red oak and/or white oak (depending on availability, all Texas Q classics). Nothing's braised or simmered to tenderize it before it hits the smokers, but meats are rubbed with complex spice mixtures. Coop's took over the old site of Barnes BBQ, which moved its Tennessee-style Q a few blocks north to larger quarters. The room here is so tiny that hardly anybody eats on-site, especially since there's no beer, but on a late Saturday afternoon, patrons were lined up out the door to pick up takeout. Most had evidently phoned in their orders because the line moved swiftly.
Like Buddha in the pizza joke, my friend Dave called in our order, saying, "Make me one with everything." One item of our "everything" didn't arrive — the cornbread. We missed it a lot in the face of this meat-o-rama.
First taste was best taste: a huge, heaped-up "big boy" (as the menu calls it) pulled-pork sandwich on a soft roll thinly spread with mayo. The pork strips were tender, smoky, everything you want. They barely needed sauce, although the house sauce, based on ketchup and molasses, with enticing clove undertones, proved an exemplary Texas model, velvety and dark, not too sweet or thick or spicy. The standard side for pulled pork is cole slaw, which typically goes on top of the pork in a sandwich. Coop's slaw is idiosyncratic, starting out light and tangy-sweet (no mayo, hurrah!), fresh and crisp. Then the hot stuff sneaks up. There's a lot of visible black pepper and less identifiable barbecue sauce, which turns the slaw a rusty color — a dragon-breath slaw.
Then we hit our two Kit and Kaboodle samplers, each with four meats and two sides. The Southwestern Jerk Chicken consists of strips of boneless thigh, mopped with Jamaican jerk paste mixed with the house barbecue sauce, to calm down the heat level. I wish the newly introduced smoked-wing version had been available, because I found the poultry overcooked, but Dave enjoyed it.
Contents of fine-grained house-made sausage vary — Coop is still experimenting — but they're mainly pork carnitas-meat and beef; sometimes chicken enters the mix. They have the smoke-ring — a ring of pink meat that shows up in fully smoked meats — but the day we tried them they were too dry. "Yeah, Saturday, they didn't turn out too well," Coop said later. "The guy who stuffed them into the casings left the mixture too loose, so it overcooked." (Well, I still wish there was a little more pork fat in the mix to keep it moist. Barbecue isn't a staple. I don't eat it for my health, but for pure pleasure!)
Classic Texas Q (if you're old enough, think LBJ presiding over huge briskets on the Pedernales Ranch) mainly runs to beef, whereas barbecue from the Southeast runs to pork — all coming from whichever animals flourish there. Coop's splits the difference, covering both pork ribs and beef ribs (and brisket). Like modern pit bosses in Memphis these last 20 years or so, he's into doing complex dry-rubs and serving sauce on the side, the better to taste the rubs undisguised. The full array of smoked ribs — pork ribs, rib tips, spare-ribs, beef ribs with their crisped surface "bark" — seemed a little dry, like the sausage, but after reheating the takeout gently in the nuker, slathered with the wonderful sauce, they bloomed like desert flowers after a rain.
As for brisket, far as I'm concerned, it's a Texas thing: a tough, low-fat cut from low on the cow. My ethnic people saw it fit only for braising; and the Irish for pickling as corned beef. Didn't Cookie, out on the range, making those long-simmered beans, also simmer the brisket? Anyway, the barbecued brisket here is tough and dry, just as I've tasted it at other Texas Qs (including some around Austin, which is NOT the barbecue capital of the state). The surface fat-layer seems to have been removed — not a good idea. It's like going to the famous Katz's Deli in lower Manhattan and ordering your pastrami sandwich "lean."
The famous side dish (as per Yelpers) is the eccentric, tasty baked beans made with pineapple chunks. They're cooked in an open pot in the smoker, so they take on a touch of smoke flavor. I didn't much like the red beans and rice, with their mushy, short-grain rice and occasional shreds of brisket or chicken; in NOLA, the beans get to gobble up smoked pork fat from ham hocks, etc. I did like the soggy Southern vegetarian collard greens. The potato salad is the standard New Orleans version with mashed egg yolks and minced scallions, but it could use a tad more mayo to loosen it.
The peach cobbler had a glutinous texture and (apparently) canned peaches. Forget I even mentioned it. But the pies — oh, the pies! Buttermilk pie, which I've never tried before, seems a relative of the better-known Southern favorite, chess pie. (I've never cooked either, so if you want details, go to Google.) In both, the filling is a thick custard of milk or buttermilk, butter, eggs, flour or biscuit mix, vanilla and sugar, and maybe lemon rind. Most Southerners overdo the sugar but not Coop. This was creamy and velvety and only sweet enough to please, and it came on the thinnest, most delicate crust, barely solid enough to support the filling. The same crust is used for the fluffy sweet-potato pie, which revealed equal restraint with the sugar. Both are flawless finishes for a meaty, smoky, saucy barbecue meal. ■
Coop's West Texas Barbecue
★★★ (Very Good)
2625 Lemon Grove Avenue, Lemon Grove, 619-589-0478; coopsbbq.com
HOURS: Tuesday–Friday 11:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m.; lunch 11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.; Saturday till 5:00 p.m.; Sunday till 4:00 p.m.
PRICES: Meats with two small sides $13–$26; sandwiches $6–$9; pound of meat (no ribs) $12; Kit and Kaboodle (4 meats, about 2 pounds, with 2 sides) $19; sides $3–$5; desserts $4; whole pies $15.
CUISINE & BEVERAGES: Authentic pit-smoked meats and a few sides; soft drinks only.
PICK HITS: Pulled pork; Southwestern jerk chicken (especially smoked wings); beef ribs; baked beans; collard greens; sweet-potato pie; buttermilk pie. Most popular item: rib tips (not always available).
NEED TO KNOW: Smoked wings and Kit and Kaboodle combo (four meats, two small sides) not shown on current printed menu or website. Tiny room; most patrons call in for takeout. Save room for pie! Three vegetarian side dishes.
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By coincidence the latest monthly issue of Westways (AAA magazine) arrived today containing a David Nelson review of...Phil's BBQ (north county satellite branch). Needless to say Nelson was very happy with Phil's food. (Is there any restaurant in SD County Nelson doesn't like?) I'm originally a Big City boy (NYC), so I didn't grow up with any regional BBQ preference. As a transplant to SoCal, I've come to really love the genuine smoked BBQ varieties, as in Texas Q. I don't get the raves about Phil's. It's baked meat, slathered in sauce to make it "BBQ." Obviously Naomi and I seem to be in a minority here, but I don't see why the Phil-style is even called BBQ--because of the sauce used? Another pretty decent place, besides Coop's, for the smokey variety is Abbey's BBQ on Clairement Mesa Blvd.(NOT the one on Mira Mesa Blvd)