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In a recent conference call with reporters, Brian Niccol, Taco Bell's coon-to-be CEO said,
"People are not looking for diet food. What they are looking for is food that gives them energy, food that's going to give them freshness, food that's going to give them the protein."
With the new crave in protein shakes and the growing popularity of Greek yogurt, Niccol is on to something. But protein, which includes steak, chicken and pork, is not cheap.
Chipotle has had to raise its menu prices to offset the rising costs of beef and chicken. McDonald's (MCD), which once seemed impervious to such macro issues, decided to remove its Angus third-pounder from its menu. McDonald's saw no cost-benefit in selling the burgers that didn't grow the bottom line.
That won't be the case for Taco Bell.
The Cantina Power Menu, which will offer double portions of meat, will be priced at $3.79 for a chicken burrito and $5.19 for a steak bowl. Both are more expensive than items on Taco Bell's regular menu. At the same time, these are cheaper than buying at Chipotle, whose comparable menu items have always been priced at a premium. But Chipotle is growing revenue at a 24% rate and delivering 37% in gross margin.
Yum!, which is double the size of Chipotle, won't need that level of growth to deliver the sort of profits to drive the stock higher. In the April quarter, Yum! delivered a 24% jump in profits on just 8% year-over-year revenue growth. And that was with a weak performance at Taco Bell.
It remains to be seen how quickly the protein menu takes off. We'll find out one way or another -- either through Yum!'s results or Chipotle's. Granted Chipotle has aggressive store expansion plans but its restaurant aren't yet everywhere.
Yum!, on the other hand, which benefits from its dual restaurant concept (e.g. Taco Bell sharing restaurant space with KFC), can reach more people in more ways.. In either case, I can't bet against Yum! The food's delicious and, unlike Chipotle, Yum!'s stock is still cheap.
At the time of publication, the author held no position in any of the stocks mentioned.
This article represents the opinion of a contributor and not necessarily that of TheStreet or its editorial staff.
TheStreet Ratings team rates YUM BRANDS INC as a Buy with a ratings score of A-. TheStreet Ratings Team has this to say about their recommendation:
"We rate YUM BRANDS INC (YUM) a BUY. This is based on the convergence of positive investment measures, which should help this stock outperform the majority of stocks that we rate. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, increase in stock price during the past year, increase in net income, good cash flow from operations and expanding profit margins. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had generally high debt management risk by most measures that we evaluated."
Highlights from the analysis by TheStreet Ratings Team goes as follows:
- The revenue growth came in higher than the industry average of 7.3%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues slightly increased by 7.5%. Growth in the company's revenue appears to have helped boost the earnings per share.
- The stock has risen over the past year as investors have generally rewarded the company for its earnings growth and other positive factors like the ones we have cited in this report. Turning our attention to the future direction of the stock, it goes without saying that even the best stocks can fall in an overall down market. However, in any other environment, this stock still has good upside potential despite the fact that it has already risen in the past year.
- The net income growth from the same quarter one year ago has exceeded that of the S&P 500 and greatly outperformed compared to the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure industry average. The net income increased by 18.4% when compared to the same quarter one year prior, going from $337.00 million to $399.00 million.
- Net operating cash flow has increased to $570.00 million or 42.14% when compared to the same quarter last year. The firm also exceeded the industry average cash flow growth rate of -3.17%.
- 37.19% is the gross profit margin for YUM BRANDS INC which we consider to be strong. It has increased from the same quarter the previous year. Regardless of the strong results of the gross profit margin, the net profit margin of 14.64% trails the industry average.
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Could China's love of cash be as much about trust as lack of trust?
- By Isaac Stone FishIsaac Stone Fish is a journalist and senior fellow at the Asia Society's Center on U.S-China Relations. He is on sabbatical from Foreign Policy Magazine.
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In Tuesday's New York Times, Shanghai-based business reporter David Barboza takes a look at the preponderance of cash in Chinese daily life, and suggests that the phenomenon may stem from people's mistrust of Chinese banks and the Communist Party:
This is a country, after all, where home buyers make down payments with trunks filled with cash. And big-city law firms have been known to hire armored cars to deliver the cash needed to pay monthly salaries.
For all China's modern trappings – the new superhighways, high-speed rail networks and soaring skyscrapers – analysts say this country still prefers to pay for things the old-fashioned way, with ledgers, bill-counting machines and cold, hard cash.
Many experts say it is not a refusal to enter the 21st century as much as wariness, of the government toward its citizens and vice versa.
But what if the use of cash also demonstrates trust — that people in China think it's safe to walk around carrying the equivalent of hundreds or thousands of dollars in cash?
Chinese crime data are unreliable. A September 2012 article published on the People's Web, the website affiliated with the official newspaper of the Communist Party, the People's Daily, makes the dubious claim that incidences of eight major crimes — including rape, murder, and robbery — decreased by 9 percent from 2009 to 2010 and 10 percent from 2010 to 2011. In 2009, the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime found that China's murder rate was 1.1 per 100,000 people — low (the United States was 5.0 per 100,000), but still much higher than official statistics.
Still, anecdotally at least, and not considering crimes stemming from official corruption, China's a pretty safe place. Perhaps one reason people keep cash around and not in state-run banks is because they think their neighbors are more trustworthy than the government.


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Magic appearing ACLs of FFFFEEEE-DDDD-CCCC-BBBB-AAAA00...
XSan 1.4.2
10.5.8 clients
10.5.8 server running OD (separate from MDC)
Weird issue where an ACL seems to magically change to a generic ACL seen via ls -alen
This then gets mapped back to the current logged in user (in most cases) or at least the user that was logged in when the xsan volume was mounted - not sure. Seen via ls -ale
Either way
dscl /Search -list /Users GeneratedUID
dscl /Search -list /Groups GeneratedUID
on any of the workstations doesn't show it as being a valid UID.
The ACL works for a while, then seems to change on its own.
Removing it and re-doing it seems to fix it, but haven't determined what in the heck is causing the issue.
Anyone seen something like this?
Searching the forums is leading me in the direction of possibly bad hardware somewhere in the mix?
Wondering if it's an Open Directory server issue? DSCL queries seem to work fine as far as I can see.
We have seen a similar issue with the ACL's on our Xsan volume.
We are running 10.6.4 on our controllers and clients and users and groups are through Active Directory.
A call to Apple Enterprise support resulted in this being a known issue (in our case at least). Basically when a client machine is restarted (or the controller for that matter) the Xsan volume is mounted very early in the boot process and the Active Directory info is not yet available from the Directory Services process, so there is no way for the system to 'parse' the ACL's correctly. The result is ACL's that look like :
0: FFFFEEEE-DDDD-CCCC-BBBB-AAAA82000800 allow list,add_file,search,add_subdirectory,delete_child,readattr,writeattr,readextattr,writeextattr,readsecurity,writesecurity,chown,file_inherit,directory_inherit
The work around for us is to make sure that the Xsan volume is unmounted before a machine is shutdown/restarted, that way when the machine restarts the Directory Service process is in place before the Xsan volume is mounted. The actual mounting of the Xsan volume is now done by a loginhook that uses the xsnctl command.
Hope this helps.
I do not have this user ID in my 10.6 system, but since all (default) background users like _sshd, root, _spotlight, etc also start with FFFFEEE-DDDD I guess that it is supposed to be some background user (default groups start with ABCDE..), maybe only available on one of the workstations?
My guess is that an application installs a new background user, and this user's UUID is added to all folders created/edited with this application or workflow
Could you give more info about the type of folder you see these ACL's on?
that should help us (and you) where to look for the source.
The [i]ls-alen/i command will always show you the number of the users/groups and what if you run[i] ls -ale /i? If you do not see a user/group name it means that this workstation does not know the user/group related to this UUID.
If you see an UUID in the [i]ls -lae/i output, does not automatically mean that there is a directory services issue, it only indicates that not all Xsan clients have the same setup for Directory Services. (including the MDC's), so look into the Directory Setup for all workstations and MDC's
A workaround could be to delete all ACLs from a folder with a (scripted) [i]chmod -N/i command. (if you can live with just the posix permissions)
Did you try un-mounting the volume, then restarting the client machine, waiting until Directory Services was available (if you show the Network Accounts Available text at the login screen there should be a green light next to it), then logging in as a user and mounting the volume (either via Xsan Admin or using 'xsanctl mount name_of_your_volume')?
We've been having this issue with our Xsan setup and I tested the unmount/restart/mount solution and it worked great!
My concern is for one of my servers that's resharing our Xsan volume via AFP. No one ever logs onto it so I couldn't use a LoginHook to fix it.
1. Is there a way to create a "ShutdownHook" for the server?
2. If I created a launchd script to do my mounting on startup, could I just put in a 'sleep 20' into the script to wait to mount the xsan?
BTW, if anyone's interested, this is the script I created for my Login/Logout Hooks:
- !/bin/sh
SUBJECT="Xsan: $HOSTNAME unmount output"
/Library/Filesystems/Xsan/bin/xsanctl unmount $XSAN_VOLUME 2>&1 | mailx -s "$SUBJECT" $RECIPIENT
Xsan 2: ACEs on Xsan volumes may appear as hexadecimal code
The script included in this Apple support article worked for me:
Xsan 2: ACEs on Xsan volumes may appear as hexadecimal code
Unfortunately, the script was posted without proper line breaks. Here is a copy that has been cleaned up:
And here are the instructions with line breaks added:
[code]sudo mkdir -p /Library/Scripts/Xsan
sudo cp /path/to/xsand_delay.rb /Library/Scripts/Xsan
sudo chmod +x /Library/Scripts/Xsan/xsand_delay.rb
sudo defaults write /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.xsan Program /Library/Scripts/Xsan/xsand_delay.rb/code
[b]Note:/b This script is for Mac OS X 10.6 or later and it will not work for Mac OS X 10.5. However, the technique might could be adapted by testing for Directory Service nodes to be up some other way (output of some id commands, etc).
The only problem I have now is that some of the other services may not like the fact that Xsan is slow to mount. In particular, some web applications I have stored on an Xsan volume will fail to start properly. I have to stop and restart the Web service each time the server restarts.
A possible solution might be a similar script that delays the startup of the Web service until the Xsan volumes have mounted. I will let you know if I go down this route.
Thanks for posting the script in a usable form. I switched from my Login/LogoutHook to using it and it's working well.
The only service I have that's using the SAN is Appleshare and it seems to be handling the late loading fine, but I'm going to keep an eye on it.


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Name: LOWER MOOR FARMHOUSE AND ATTACHED BARN
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House, 2nd quarter C17, attached to contemporary barn with mid C16 timber-framed interior. Thin coursed hammer dressed stone, rendered in part to barn, stone slate roof. Double-aisled barn with wide gable at right angles to house forms an L-shape. 3-room through-passage plan with 1 ½ storey porch to south front. 2 storey front with single aisle to rear of house. Barn to left has gable flush with house front with unusual feature of service end of house taken out of 1st bay of aisle of barn. Barn has central doorway with large lintel and composite jambs (blocked) formerly leading into end mistal or stable with hay loft over. Rectangular ventilators to gable and apex. House has double chamfered mullion windows: 4-light window with 3-light window over to 1st floor. Porch breaks forward and is faced in ashlar with Tudor arched doorway with moulded surround and spandrels. Set in gable, which is coped with kneelers and sundial finial, is single arch headed light with spandrels. Another to 1st floor to right set over 2-light fire-window, 6-light window to housebody with 4-light window over to 1st floor; 5-light window to former parlour with 4-light window over to 1st floor. String course continues round porch and over ground floor windows except those to service end. Rear has quoins and 3 chamfered mullioned windows of 2 lights and one of 4 lights to left of modern inserted C17 double chamfered mullioned window of 3 lights. Set back is through passage doorway with shallow arched lintel. Barn, at right angles has tall cart entries to either side set within aisle portal. Attached to east end of house is 2 storey single-cell late C19 cottage with higher roofline of no particular interest. This has gable stack. 3 other stacks to ridge; one backs on to through passage.
Interior: Oak segmental arched doorway leads from through passage into housebody. Similar doorway with ogee lintel leads into former parlour. Housebody retains bressumer and heck-post, (screen realigned in passage) and salt cupboard with oak frame and door carved with decorated lozenge with butterfly hinges. Timbered arcade to aisle which has tie reused from post of earlier barn now occupied by service end. King post roof with single angle struts. Barn has fine timbered interior of post-and-truss construction with queen strut trusses, curved braces to tie team and arcade-plate. Large wall ties to aisle.
A house of unusual development with the service end taken out of the barn, an apparently contemporary stone encasing of an existing timber-framed barn. The house retains its principal features and is a fine example of a yeoman- clothier's house.
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Young Midlands boy fights for a cure with golf tournament
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Each year more than 7,000 children are diagnosed with Leukemia.
In May of 2008, Levi Vasquez was one of them."He is the sweetest little thing and tough and has endured more things in his life than most people do in their lives and he's three, said Stacey Vasquez, Levi TMs mom.
Every couple of weeks Levi comes to the Palmetto Children TMs Hospital in Columbia to receive treatments, but he'd rather be doing something else.
"He loves golf, his dad is a big golfer, so he's been out on the golf course since he was a year old," said Vasquez.That TMs why Vasquez came up with the idea to hold a charity golf tournament in Levi TMs name.
Proceeds from the March 6th event go directly to the Leukemia and Lymphoma society. Vasquez hopes the money will help researchers find a cure.
"I hope that it will help find a medicine, that you don't have to have for so long, that doesn't knock you down and allows kids to be kids," Stacey Vasquez.
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Veteran Tucson pastry chef Lena Steinbrenner, whose beautiful, sweet creations have been featured at a number of Tucson restaurants and resorts, is opening her own shop.
Lena's Custom Desserts will occupy the former Mamma Llamas Empanadas shop at 2418 N. Craycroft Road. Steinbrenner is hoping to open in the next couple of weeks.
Lena's will specialize in everything from black forest chocolate cake with a cherry fruit filling to white chocolate cake filled with apricot fruit and white chocolate créme and brushed with Grand Marnier. If the descriptions on her website are any indication, Tucson is in store for a brush with decadence.
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[QUOTE=Ronin1966;750446]Hello CAGrandma:
Apologies I will try and explain more clearly...
AS the diabetic, my point is telling "us" (the diabetics) is a very dangerous thing to do on any number of levels as you likely know. It is lit emotional dynamite (on a very, very short fuse) and dangerously real stuff. That situation reminds me a lot of the Bugs-Bunny Cartoons of my childhood. Anybody even suggesting we are low (aloud) is Wiley E Coyote and holding said dynamite. In short, a baaaad place to be no matter which end of the game you're on.
As for "accusation" aspect, being told things by others (whether completely right or not -ggg-) implys all kinds of things. A proverbial black hole of wholely negative stuff. Being told we are low is defacto saying you (the diabetic) cannot do it... you (I) screwed up... that type of thing. Even never spoken, telling us we are low... simply carries that implication, in my view for whatever its worth.
I often wonder what causes the "NO" response that so many of you encounter with us, your diabetic(s)? Its real blessed clear we are crashing hard no matter what words come out of our mouth. Heck, even the family goldfish knows something is off, (ie we are dangerously low) and yet, if asked, you folks still often get the angry, annoyed "NO" loop from us.
You are low...
Thanks for explaining. And I do understand what you are saying. Wish there was a good answer for this situation. My husband (non-D) told me that he hates it when people 'accuse' him of not hearing well. I'm still trying to figure out why he used the word 'accuse'. Cause, in case you haven't guessed, he really can't hear well! And there is a treatment that would improve things, but instead he goes along feeling left out cause he can't hear what people are saying around him.
Is it an accusation if I tell him when his fly is open? Or he has a piece of spinach between his teeth as he leaves for a job interview? Where's the "I have some important information you may not be aware of and I love you so I want to tell you" come in?


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I've been in lust ever since I first laid eyes upon Eurasian beauty Chrissy Teigen. I like to think that her ignoring my letters and calls and airplane banners with pictures of my shorn scrote are a pretty solid signs that she feels the same about me. From her early modeling days to her rise in fashion and swimsuit and Sports Illustrated modeling and marrying fancypants singers and having a glass of wine or four and engaging on Twitter. It's always been pure lust.
But, now, thanks to a ton of you who are ever so eagle-eyed and generous to share your discovery, here's a wicked hot pictorial of Chrissy Teigen topless in a shoot by Sasha Samsonnova. It's black and white which means it must be respected as art, but it's Chrissy Teigen without her clothes on which means it should be respected with the door locked in the privacy of your bathroom or happy time corner of this world.
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Berlin (Jun. 14)
Ministerial Councillor Fans Goslar, the head of the Press Department of the Prussian Government, is going on long leave for a period of many months, the J.T.A. is informed.
Ministerial Councillor Goslar's decision has not come as a surprise in political circles, the J.T.A. is told. He was a close friend and political associate of the Prussian Prime Minister, Herr Otto Braun, during the entire period of his Premiership, and now that Herr Braun has gone on leave while awaiting political developments, with the Vice-Premier acting meanwhile as head of the Government, he is taking the same course.
Ministerial Councillor Goslar before he entered the State service, was a journalist, who enjoyed a big reputation as a writer on commercial and economic questions. He was associated with Dr. Georg Bernhard, former editor-in-chief of the "Vossische Zeitung". In 1919 he was appointed to the Prussian State Ministry, for the purpose of creating an impartial informative Press Department, and he has since held the post of head of the Department. He was the confidential man of the Premier, Herr Braun.
Ministerial Councillor Goslar is a religious Jew and he has always taken part in Jewish activities. He is one of the leaders in Germany of the orthodox religious wing in Zionism, the Mizrachi, and he is a member of the Zionist Jewish Reople's Party in the Berlin Jewish Community, and a Deputy to the Assembly of Jewish Communities in Prussia.
Soon after the big Hitlerist victory in the elections in April, Ministerial Councillor Hans Schaeffer, the State Secretary to the Federal Ministry of Finance, the only Jewish high official in the Federal Government, resigned, and it was stated that his decision was prompted by the Hitlerist success, which had made intolerable the position of Jewish Government officials, and that the Jewish high officials in the Prussian Government, Dr. Hans Goslar and Dr. Herman Badt, would shortly have to follow suit.
In Jewish quarters, it was stated at the time, Herr Schaeffer had been urged not to yield to the antisemitic pressure and leave his post, because it was feared that it would create a precedent encouraging the antisemites to squeeze out all Jews in high places in Germany.
This attitude was expressed by Dr. Weiss, the Berlin Police Vice-President a few days ago, when he wrote that the people who were withdrawing from the fight were actually furnishing weapons for the arsenal of the antisemites. It would mean that Jews must give up all the positions won by the fight for Jewish emancipation and would result in the end in establishing a political ghetto. If the Jews accept the position that no Jew may hold any State position the antisemites would be perfectly entitled to demand that every other post should be closed to Jews. The more we are attacked, he wrote, the more strongly we German citizens of Jewish faith must resist and stand at our posts and do our duty as German citizens till we fall.


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'Teen Wolf' Star Tyler Posey Engaged!
Sorry, ladies. "Teen Wolf" star Tyler Posey, 21, is now off the market, ETonline confirms.
Posey spilled the news that he's engaged to longtime girlfriend Seana Gorlick in a recent interview with TooFab at Comic-Con.
"I love being home. I have a fiancée now," he said. "We live together. We have dogs now and it's absolutely great -- I love it."
Pics: Hollywood's Most Famous Young Engagements
And it turns out, Posey knew Gorlick was "the one" since he was just a kid.
"[I knew] since I was 11," he told Us Weekly in June. "I couldn't really put it into words when I was that young, but I always had this really strong connection to her, and it's just been something 'I can't really explain other than I want to marry you and be with you forever.' You just know. You definitely just know, and I know."
Though some might question the news due to the couple's youth, Posey is more than sure of his enduring love for Gorlick.
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"I don't really like that excuse that I'm too young, it doesn't really make sense to me. I've been in love with her since I was 11-years-old, and she's the best thing that's happened to me in my entire life," he added. "I'm in love! I know I'm in love."
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It's hard enough, wouldn't you agree, for a restaurant to make dinner in a fully equipped kitchen, never mind one that's been stripped of its range and hood due to pesky city zoning ordinances.
Despite such a hitch, 20 Spot in the Mission, owned by Bodhi Freedom (whose name suggests a natural keep-cool disposition nicely suited to handle such kitchen-related hurdles) has managed to become a successful neighborhood joint where locals pack the house to enjoy a full dinner menu, thanks to the wonders of the sous-vide slow cooking method. "Light cooking allows us to have a menu of balanced dishes that, in addition to being flavorful, also highlight our wine," says Freedom. While the roasted king trumpet mushrooms with sunchokes and béarnaise sauce and the chicken and chickpea stew are popular dishes that satisfy the expectation diners have of actual cooked meals, it's the uncooked vittles that really shine: the steak tartare with fresh tomatoes is succulent and the cheese plate is thoughtfully executed and a veritable cornucopia of dairy, nuts, and fruits. Pair anything with their housemade rosé sangria and you've got the makings of a memorable meal, quite possibly worthy of a weekly tradition.
Try other delectable repasts from these other stripped-down kitchens:
Prubechu (Guamanian gastronomy): 2847 Mission St., 415-952-3654
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Noeteca Cafe:1551 Dolores St., 415-824-5524


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New York (Oct. 23)
The Polish Government will return Jewish commucal property to reconstituted Jewish communities, but intends to retain under government administration all property belonging to murdered Jews who left no relatives to clain it, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency was told today by Minister Jozef Olszewski, director of the political department of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Warsaw, who is in this country together with Polish Foreign Minister Wincenty Rzymowski.
The Polish diplomat emphasized that no decision has been reached by the Warsaw Government with regard to communal property belonging to Jewish communities which will not be revived. He declared that this property, as well as the unclaimed property of individual Jews in Poland, will not be utilized for the economic rehabilitation of the surviving Jews.
"The Jews in Poland are considered equal citizens with equal rights," he explained. "They don't constitute a separate economic unit. They are a part of the general economic structure of the country. No special economic considerations can, therefore, be given them."
Asked whether Jews in Poland will be able to organize their religious communities on a judicial basis with the right to tax the members of the communities for special Jewish cultural and religious needs, as was the case before the war, Mr. Olszewski declared that this depends upon whether Poland renews the Concordat with the Vatican.
"There is freedom of religion in Poland," he said, "but the Church is now seperated from the State. If the Concordat is renewed with the Catholic Church, then all the other religions will get the right to organize themselves on a judicial basis."
The Minister emphasized that anyone who wishes to emigrate from Poland to any country will be allowed to do so, providing the emigrant secures an entrance visa for the country of his destination.
Polish currency will soon be stabilized so as to enable the inhabitants of Poland to get the full value of the foreign currency which may be sent to them by relatives abroad, he stated, adding that relief parcels sent from abroad to Jews and others in Poland are exempt from duty.
Discussing repatriation of Polish Jews from Russia, Mr. Olszewski said that the repatriation is being conducted on a territorial basis. At present Jews and other Polish citizens are being repatriated from the Ukraine and Byelorussia. Repatriation from other sections of the USSR will follow, though not before Spring, since it is difficult to conduct repatriation in the winter months, he stated.
Asked why the indictment of the 24 top Nazis by the Allied War Crimes Tribunal, while specifically citing places in other countries where mass-executions of Jews by the Nazis took place, does not contain any mention of such places in Poland, and does not even cite the mass-extermination of the Jews in the ghettos of Warsaw and other Polish towns, the Minister replied that the document was composed and edited by the "Big Four" in which Poland is not included. "The Polish Government," he said, "is definitely dissatisfied with the fact that the Nazi crimes in Poland-were not sufficiently emphasized in the indictment."


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Q: My partner and I are planning a trip to the USA in September next year for 3 weeks. We want to visit New York, San Francisco, Las Vegas and LA - with a stay in Anaheim for 2 days at Disneyland.
We do not want to do an organised tour and are hesitant about renting a car. What order would you recommend we visit the cities? Would we be best to fly between every city, and how would we go about finding a good deal for domestic flights?
A: Those are certainly some great cities to see!
I would recommend New York first - that gets your longest flight out of the way. Then head to Las Vegas, LA/Anaheim and up to San Francisco.
For your transportation options, the easiest (and quickest) way between New York and Las Vegas is to fly.
Then take a Lux Bus luxury coach transfer between Las Vegas and LA/Anaheim, which leaves Las Vegas in the afternoon daily and gets you to Anaheim just after 9pm. They offer onboard snacks, light refreshments, onboard movies and free wi-fi.
Once in Anaheim I would recommend at least 3 days at Disneyland because there is so much to see and do. You'll be pushed to see everything in 2 days - plus it's a great place to base yourself for other theme park day trips.
Flying is also the best way to travel between LA/Anaheim and San Francisco.
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Listers, in little over a year St. Peter's List has become a rapidly growing community of faithful Catholics. Our I Stand with the Catholic Church graphics have been used in religious liberty rallies around the nation and listers have sent fantastic photos of themselves and their loved ones standing for Holy Mother Church. SPL cannot thank you enough for your support and we invite you to continue to check our website daily for news, lists, and updates to the SPL Store. Cheers and Keep Calm and Catholic On.
20. The Idiot's Guide to Fasting and Abstinence: 5 Things to Know
Drawing from Canon Law, Sacred Tradition, the Early Church Fathers, and Papal teaching SPL writer John Henry gives an excellent introduction to fasting and abstinence.
1983 Code of Canon Law:
Can. 1250 The days and times of penance for the universal Church are each Friday of the whole year and the season of Lent.
Can. 1251 Abstinence from meat, or from some other food as determined by the Episcopal Conference, is to be observed on all Fridays, unless a solemnity should fall on a Friday. Abstinence and fasting are to be observed on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday.
Christians have always set aside Wednesdays and Fridays as penitential days. Wednesday was the day Our Lord was betrayed and Friday was the day Our Lord was crucified. In most Eastern Catholic churches and Orthodox churches Wednesdays and Fridays are still days of penance. In the Latin Church, only Fridays remain as weekly penitential days on which abstinence from meat and other forms of penance are performed. [Read More]
19. 5 English Hymns Every Catholic Should Know
SPL writer CL Davis lists all five hymns with a brief introduction. For the hymn Hail, Holy Queen, Enthroned Above, he writes: This classic English hymn is really a poetic translation of the ancient "Salve Regina Coelitum" of the Roman Missal. Thanks to Whoopi Goldberg's rousing interpretation of this hymn in her movie "Sister Act," it is even recognized amongst many non-Catholics." [Read More]
18. Regina Sanctissimi Rosarii: 6 Things All Catholics Should Know About the Rosary
Another heavily commented list, John Henry explains the ancient origins of the Holy Rosary and its purpose. "Why pray the Most Holy Rosary? The answer is actually quite simple: It is the request of the all Power Virgin Queen and Mother, Mary. However, one cannot truly call themselves a Roman Catholic if one does not write an entire volume explaining why." [Read More]
17. 6 Things to Know about the Miracle of the Holy Fire
Our list on Holy Fire has proved to be one of our most controversial and commented on article. While the comments devolve into Catholic vs. Orthodox apologetics/polemics, the list itself serves as an introduction to the reoccurring Orthodox event. The "miracle" itself may be describe as such: The Greek Orthodox Patriarch enters the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on Holy Saturday - according to the Orthodox calendar. He proceeds into the Tomb of Christ and begins to pray. A fire is then miraculously enkindled by the Holy Spirit – supposedly the power of the resurrection – and is shared rapidly throughout the Church and all those who are waiting outside. To be clear, it is said that Pope Gregory the IX declared "Holy Fire" a fraud in AD 1238, but a primary source is needed to confirm this papal statement. Today, the miracle is not recognized by the Catholic Church, but is considered a pious tradition of certain Orthodox Churches. [Read More]
16. 5 More Short Stories Every Catholic Should Read
One of many popular literary lists by Catherine, the "5 More" list sequel to her original short stories list - found below - continues to offer entertaining and engaging short stories for the Catholic mind. Catherine opens the list with the following question, "Listers, fiction has a savage appeal to authors and readers because they get entertainment out of some character's suffering or unhappiness. However, to the credit of all fans of the written word, they also derive entertainment in a resolution, but that always means that something must first be resolved. Why are we, members of humanity, so obsessed with this tension between conflict and resolution?" [Read More]
15. Know Thyself: 10 Reflections from St. Teresa of Avila on the Spiritual Life
Listers, St. Teresa of Avila, one of the great doctors of the Church, wrote some of the most beautiful and animated descriptions of the intricacies of the spiritual life. Although some of her ideas and descriptions appear to be strange to the modern mind, her words still have something to give to this present age, an age of narcissism and selfishness. For example, I attended an evangelical school and always snarkily spoke of such-and-such girl who was "married to Jesus." Little did I know that such an accusation was really a compliment. [Read More]
14. 8 Quotes from Golden Mouth on Raising Children
Listers, one of the most important basis for children's spiritual formation is a strong foundation of faith made by their parents. This task is a massive long-term undertaking, which requires the parents to approach their vocation with fear and trembling. [Read More]
"Let us pass to the despotic part of the soul, spirit. We must not eliminate it utterly from the youth nor yet allow him to use it all the time. Let us train boys from earliest childhood to be patient when they suffer wrongs themselves, but, if they see another being wronged, to sally forth courageously and aid the sufferer in fitting measure." —An Address on Vainglory and the Right Way for Parents to Bring Up Their Children, 66.
SPL has several lists founded upon the wisdom of St. John Chrysostom.
13. 6 Type of Catholic Churches: The Basics
Listers, there are many kinds of Catholic Churches, and each kind has further subclasses which make for a rather confusing classification system. Here is a quick list comprised of highlights from the Catholic Encyclopedia pages on various kinds of Churches. [Read More]
12. 8 Prayers Every Catholic Should know in Latin
Listers in 1978 Bl. Pope John Paul II said, "We exhort you all to lift up high the torch of Latin which is even today a bond of unity among peoples of all nations." Even Vatican II and Pope John XXIII lauded Latin and asked that it remain the universal language of the Church; however, today the Roman Church has turned its back on Latin and blamed it on the ever-shifting spectre or "spirit" of Vatican II. SPL collected 14 quotes on the importance of Latin in the Church and drew many from the actual Vatican II documents and from post-Vatican II popes. Continuing in this proper understanding of Sacred Tradition, it is only fitting that the listers have a list to help them develop their use of Latin. The following prayers are all the prayers one would need to pray the Holy Rosary in Latin. Enjoy. [Read More]
11. 5 Quotes from St. Thérèse of Lisieux's "The Story of a Soul"
Listers, many people often say that writings by many saints who were monks and nuns are hard to apply outside of the consecrated life. However, nothing could be further from the truth. Yes, monks and nuns perhaps have more time to sit in active prayer than those who are called to the married life, but that does not mean that the spiritual advice they give is inapplicable to the outside world. For a while, I brushed those works off. I thought that those works had little to no bearing on my life. I thought that even if I were to read those works there was no possible way I could pass muster. However, an opportunity arose to read St. Thérèse of Lisieux when some of my friends decided to form a reading group. [Read More]
10. The 7 Authentic Trappist Ales
In 1997, eight Trappist abbeys—six from Belgium (Orval, Chimay, Westvleteren, Rochefort, Westmalle and Achel), one from the Netherlands (Koningshoeven) and one from Germany (Mariawald) – founded the International Trappist Association (ITA) to prevent non-Trappist commercial companies from abusing the Trappist name. This private association created a logo that is assigned to goods (cheese, beer, wine, etc.) that respect precise production criteria. For the beers, these criteria are the following:
The beer must be brewed within the walls of a Trappist abbey, by or under control of Trappist monks. The brewery, the choices of brewing, and the commercial orientations must obviously depend on the monastic community. The economic purpose of the brewery must be directed toward assistance and not toward financial profit.
This association has a legal standing, and its logo gives to the consumer some information and guarantees about the produce. [Read More]
9. Glory of Rome: 5 Latin Hymns Every Catholic Should Know
Listers, our study of the best hymns within the treasury of the Church continues with a look at the Latin hymns all Catholics should know. [Read More]
8. 25 Reader Recommended Blogs of 2012
Listers, SPL's list of 12 Catholic Blogs Worth Your Time garnered a large lister response of other notable Catholics blogs. As promised, we've composed a list of the 25 lister recommended blogs. SPL has also articulated a list of the Top 10 Catholic News Sites, which includes popular sites such as New Advent and the National Catholic Register. [Read More]
7. 12 Catholic Blogs Worth you time of 2012
Listers, the following collection of blogs represents the best Catholic voices online. The list is not necessarily in a strict order. If you think there is a blog(s) that should be featured on St. Peter's List please do not hesitate to name and link the blog in the comment box and we'll see what we can do. Also, please note this is a list of blogs – and even though SPL has included some that stretch the limits of a blog, other excellent news sites like New Advent and Life Site News will be featured elsewhere. SPL did not list itself, but you can find more lists from us on Twitter and Facebook. [Read More]
6. Top 10 Catholic News Sites of 2012
Listers, it almost goes without question that the mainstream media does not understand religion, much less the one true faith of Holy Mother Church. Catholicism cannot be boiled down to a list of doctrines, but demands a formation of the intellect and way of thinking. To properly report on Catholicism a Catholic news source is a necessity. The following sites represent the best Catholic news outlets available to the laity, and have been distinguished from SPL's list of the Best in Catholic Blogging. [Read More]
5. Catholics, Obama, and the HHS Mandate: 16 Political Cartoons of 2012
Listers despite the enormous amount of protests and the arduous work of many Catholics and Catholic media companies to spread awareness about the HHS Mandate, President Obama still stands strong in the polls less than 40 days out from the election. The following collection is taken from various sources and composes only a fraction of the material available. Additionally, SPL has provided our introductory paragraph to our gallery of graphics addressing Holy Mother Church and the HHS Mandate. [Read More]
4. The Domestic Church: 7 Steps to a Proper Catholic Home
It has been said that the Catholic home should be seen as "The Domestic Church". With this being said, the Father is the head, the Mother is the beloved spouse, and the children are brought up learning to love and serve the Blessed Trinity. The true head of the Catholic home is Christ, just as the Head of the Church is the Supreme Pontiff, His Holiness. Christ should be known and recognized in each Catholic home as King; the family's week should be centered around the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and prayer is a must. [Read More]
3. 5 Short Stories that Every Catholic should Read
Listers, The genre of the short story is a particularly extraordinary human invention. In a matter of two hours or less, the short story can illustrate some complexities of life without taxing the mind with deep philosophical terms or concepts. As some of us don't have the proclivity to have intense philosophical and theological discussions on the various nuances of life and faith, the short story provides us with a brief vision on the robust nature of the Christian existence. Many people would suggest that short stories are just for children. However, I would argue that adults need short stories as well. It is one of the few welcome outlets in which adults can hold up a mirror to themselves and observe what they see, warts and all. [Read More]
2. Pope and Beer: 9 Photos to Brighten Your Day
Listers, praise be to Jesus Christ Our Lord that we are not Puritans. Christ did not change wine into water, he change water into wine; and ever since then our Church has had a long and proud history of brewing and refining alcoholic beverages. The following are several photos featuring Cardinal Ratzinger, German beer memorabilia from Pope Benedict XVI's journey to Germany, and other papal products for your enjoyment. [Read More]
1. I Stand with the Catholic Church: 10 Graphics in Defense of the Church
Listers, the HHS mandate has jolted the soporific Catholic Church in America into action. We are at war. We are in a multi-front conflict that cannot be reduced to violations of religious liberty. The Church is calling the faithful to stand against the scourge of abortion, the unnatural and artificial recreation of marriage and family, and the inalienable right for Catholics to worship God in the mass and serve him in the poor according to the truth of the Gospels. As our world abandons God and natural law for the dictatorship of relativism, Holy Mother Church is calling us to defend the faith and to promote that which is natural and rational in man. [Read More]
Those interested in the lister community that has grown out of these graphics can check out photos sent in by the community - You Do Not Stand Alone: 14 Photos from the Lister Community.


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I made this no-knead artisan bread variation to rave reviews for a family dinner yesterday. The garlic and cheese are a natural combo in this recipe. Of the variations I've tried so far, this is easily my favorite.
4 cups all-purpose or bread flour, more for dusting
1/2 teaspoon instant or rapid rising yeast
2 teaspoons salt
1 1/4 cups grated Parmesan cheese
1 tablespoon dried parsley flakes
1 tablespoon dried sliced garlic (I found this at Costco)
2 cups water at about 70 degrees
Cornmeal (I usually just use flour and sometimes a little cornmeal)
1. In a large bowl combine flour, yeast, and salt. Then stir in the cheese, parsley, and garlic. Add the water, and stir until blended; dough will be shaggy and sticky. Cover bowl with plastic wrap. Let dough rest at least 14 hours, preferably about 18 to 24, at warm room temperature, about 70 degrees.
2. Dough is ready when its surface is dotted with bubbles. Lightly flour a work surface and place dough on it; sprinkle it with a little more flour and fold it over on itself once or twice. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and let rest about 15 minutes.
3. Using just enough flour to keep dough from sticking to work surface or to your fingers, gently and quickly shape dough into a ball. Put dough seam side down on floured work surface and dust with more flour, bran, or cornmeal. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and a cotton dish towel and let rise for about 2 hours. When it is ready, dough will be more than double in size and will not readily spring back when poked with a finger.
4. At least a half-hour before dough is ready, heat oven to 450 degrees. Put a 6- to 8-quart heavy covered pot in the oven while it heats. When dough is ready, carefully remove heated pot from the oven. Gently move the ball of dough with your hands from your work surface and drop it into the pan, seam-side up. It may look like a mess, but that is okay. Shake pan once or twice if dough is unevenly distributed; it will straighten out as it bakes. Cover with lid and bake 30 minutes, then remove lid and bake another 10 to 15 minutes (Note: I often like a less dark and crunchy crust, so I'll usually tend to go on the lower side in terms of time), until loaf is beautifully browned. Remove the bread from the pan and cool on a wire rack.


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My face basically recedes directly into my neck without any clear chin definition. I am 19 years old and skinny so it isn't a weight issue. I was thinking a submentoplasty, but I'm scared of the bad reviews I have seen. I would rather get a filler over a chin implant, but I know that it would be a very subtle result and almost not worth it. Any advice would be great.
What Procedures Would You Recommend for my Receding Chin and Poor Neck Definition?
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Chin Implant - great option for receding chin and poor neck definition
Hard to offer advice without a photo or an exam. That being said if you don't have problems with the way your teeth come together (malocclusion) then a simple chin implant would be best. Fillers can be used but not as effective.
What Procedures Would You Recommend for my Receding Chin and Poor Neck Definition?
If the chin is deficient then a chin implant or a filler may be appropriate. You would be an unlikely neck lift candidate at your age. Kenneth Hughes, MD Los Angeles, CA
Learn more: http://www.hughesplasticsurgery.com/Chin-Implant.php
Procedures for receding chin and poor neck definition
Without pictures, it's impossible to give you specific advice. In general, a chin implant can help to improve a receding chin. Injectable fillers can also help to some extent, but most of them would give a temporary result. In regards to the neck, liposuction of that area can help to achieve better definition. I can't comment on whether you would be a candidate for any of these procedures without seeing you or at least pictures of you.
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Mikel Tarrance enters his second year assistant coaching, first year coaching with the Men's basketball. Mikel was a member of the men's basketball team at Eastern 2010 – 2011, 2011 – 2012. He served as the captain and was viewed as the leader of the team. He was influential in the Mountaineer's run to the Final Four at the NJCAA National Tournament of 2012 and the team's overall record of 32 -5.
Mikel is a firm believer in students first and treating every day like it's your last opportunity to get better. Mikel graduated from Eastern with an Associate's in General Studies, continued his education, and basketball career at Bethel University where he also found success on the court reaching the NAIA National Tournament of 2015 for the second time in his four-year basketball career.


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Baked Beans with Bacon Recipe
This recipe was one of my mother's and was always a hit. The chopped jalapeno pepper spices it up a bit. It's an easy-to-remember recipe because most of the ingredients are 1/2 cup.—Nadine Brissey, Jenks, Oklahoma
- 3 cans (15 ounces each) pork and beans
- 1/2 cup finely chopped onion
- 1/2 cup chopped green pepper
- 1/2 cup ketchup
- 1/2 cup maple syrup
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped seeded jalapeno pepper
- 1/2 cup crumbled cooked bacon
- 1. In a 3-qt. slow cooker, combine the first six ingredients. Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours or until vegetables are tender. Just before serving, stir in bacon. Yield: 8 servings.
Nutritional Facts
2/3 cup: 232 calories, 3g fat (0 saturated fat), 5mg cholesterol, 932mg sodium, 47g carbohydrate (25g sugars, 8g fiber), 10g protein.
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"I made these for the 4th of July and they were pretty tasty. I think I will add a cup of bbq sauce the next time I make them."
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Package includes a one night stay in a deluxe guestroom with farmers market continental breakfast for two in the lobby lounge at the Ritz-Carleton Westchester.
The Ritz-Carlton, Westchester offers 146 beautifully appointed guest rooms and suites and over 9,000 square feet of versatile function space in White Plains, New York. Minutes from Manhattan and yet miles from ordinary, the intimate hotel marries sophisticated elegance and legendary Mobil Four Star service with unparalleled value. At the hotel you will find a state of the art spa, health club, indoor pool, as well as BLT Steakhouse.
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Princess Cruises Caters To Guide Dogs
Princess recently had a special day for a group and their wonderful guide dogs. Press Release (with link to a video).
That's wonderful. There was a couple on our cruise to Hawaii--each had a guide dog; they maneuvered around the ship better than some of the sighted passengers.
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A pilot study on youth football players indicates that a season of competition resulted in no impairment to brain function. The scientists affiliated with Sanford Research and the University of South Dakota actually found substantial postseason improvements on tests gauging neurocognitive processing, eye movement, and balance among the teenage athletes.
The data runs counter to the growing sentiment to ban youth football due to its perceived threat to maturing brains. A November Robert Morris University poll reported that 41 percent of respondents supported prohibiting tackle football until players reach high school. While few teams have been forced off the field because of bans, the wave of parents pulling players from the field has resulted in some teams folding and others struggling to meet game day numbers requirements. Youth football lost close to seven percent of its competitors last season, so the concussion controversy eroding player population may ultimately make the idea of a formal ban moot.
The new study suggests that signing kids up for football does not mean signing them up for brain damage–or at least it didn't for the parents who allowed their kids to play on this South Dakota Junior Football team.
The small study may not prove an alarm bell for the alarmists, but it adds to a growing body of scholarship suggesting that the sensationalism doesn't match the science on football. "Effects of Youth Football on Selected Clinical Measures of Neurological Function: A Pilot Study" measured more than a dozen junior high school-age athletes on the King-Devick Test, Immediate Post-Concussion Assessment and Cognitive Test, and an Advanced Mechanical Technology, Inc. (AMTI) force platform test prior to the commencement of contact sessions for their twelve-week season. During the week following the last game, the scientists retested the players who remained with the team throughout the season.
"Specifically, our aim was to determine if neurologic deficits consistent with the diagnoses of mild traumatic brain injury could be detected in non-concussed youth football players using standard clinical measures," the article's six authors explain. "We hypothesized that no significant preseason to postseason differences would be discovered among any of the assessments."
Yet, the researchers found several significant preseason-to-postseason differences–in a positive direction. "The primary finding of this study is that there were no observed impairments in selected clinical measures of neurologic function in these 10 youth football players tested before and after a 12-week season," the Journal of Child Neurology article points out. "There were, in fact, significant improvements in some measures of postural stability, oculomotor performance, and neurocognitive function."
The contra conventional-wisdom findings recall last year's much larger study of midcentury high school football players by the Mayo Clinic. Hypothesizing higher rates of neurological disease rates for the football players vis-à-vis their peers in the glee club, choir, and band, the doctors instead discovered similar, pedestrian rates of brain disease for both groups. They proved their prejudice wrong. In the case of Lou Gehrig's disease and Parkinson's, the musical students actually experienced worse outcomes than the athletic students. The five MDs wrote in April 2012's Mayo Clinic Proceedings, "We found no increased risk of dementia, [Parkinson's disease], or [Lou Gehrig's disease] among the 438 football players compared with the 140 non-football-playing male classmates."
The authors of the new Journal of Child Neurology study warn that their small sample group makes extrapolations of their conclusions onto larger football populations unwarranted. But they believe their findings warrant future, more comprehensive studies on youth football featuring larger sample pools. Close to three million children participate in American tackle football leagues, making the number of sandlot players greater than all high school, college, and professional leagues combined.
Daniel J. Flynn is the author of The War on Football: Saving America's Game (Regnery, 2013).


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I have just had an Invisalign consultation to fix overcrowding. My main concern is one overcrowded tooth which sticks out. The orthodontist told me that Invisalign will shift my teeth forward (and traditional braces will push them back). I am concerned because I don't want to end up with buck teeth! I am really only worried about my one tooth which is misaligned. I apparently also have a slight overbite and was told that Invisalign won't fix that. I am concerned about Invisalign moving my teeth forward (to meet with the overcrowded tooth). Is it possible to make extra room without moving teeth forward or back? What options are available?
Invisalign for Misaligned Tooth?
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The teeth will come forward with any method you use
Believe it or not the canine tooth is in a pretty good position. The problem is the upper front teeth, especially on the right side, are leaning back. You have more crowding towards that side and your midline is shifted towards that side. Invisalign or braces is going to expand or push forward your upper front teeth, eliminate the crowding and align the midline on your facial midline. The normal position of your upper teeth is forward. The reason an overbite will be form is because your lower jaw bone is setback in relation to the upper jaw bone.
The orthodontist is correct in saying that invisalign cannot correct the overbite, because the only way to correct the overbite is to move the lower jaw forward. Now, since you are a non-growing adult, the only way to reduce that overbite is to surgically advance the lower jaw. By moving the lower jaw bone forward this will reduce the overbite, create a proper occlusion and, indirectly, straighten your profile.
The other alternative is to extract two upper premolars which will give you the space needed to reduce the overbite preventing the upper front teeth from coming forward. However, I would highly recommend not doing this, because you are treating a skeletal issue orthodontically, which can adversely affect facial esthetics. Either of these method should not be treated with invisalign, but rather traditional braces.
Now, if you only want to move the upper front teeth forward to eliminate the crowding without correcting the overbite this could be accomplished with invisalign. But without permanent retention your lip pressure will eventually push the upper front teeth back to their present condition... guaranteed!
Invisalign to correct Mal-aligned tooth
I believe Invisalign will be an excellent technique to correct your tooth. If performed correctly, your teeth will not have to be pushed forward. I also notice you appear to have a bit of a deep bite -- you may as well go ahead and correct that (with Invisalign) at the same time. Good Luck!
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The average dog is a nicer person than the average person
-Andy Rooney-
Let us hope Tyson does not make it to the F3. Please!
There's no place like home!
I'm thinking that they have the RI challenge and the winner gets to come back in the game, but as soon as it is over they are told they are merging, and they all get new buffs. Then maybe the RI winner sits out the individual immunity challenge with an II of his/her own as s/he has already competed and won once that week. So thereby getting a one week pass.
I kind of hope it is John just because I"d like to see someone look for the HII, and he's the only one left who's seen the clues. This time I hope he's smart enough to not tell the details to anyone else.
So I finally got to watch the episode. Poor Kat. That was absolutely cringeworthy, although it did provide a teachable moment for me with my 13 yr old daughters. "If a guy dumps you because you were voted out pre-merge, he's not a good guy - and I hope you never have such low self-esteem to be practically begging your boyfriend to 'save you' - UGH" They liked Kat, but they thought that was pathetic and so sad, that she's that insecure. I could not believe she actually wanted Hayden to switch places with her. Obviously Kat is not cut out to play this game, let him have a shot.
I like Vytas, despite his manipulation of the women on his tribe (or maybe because of that?). Glad to see he made the merge, but I am not so convinced he will hook up with Aras like others think. There is a lot of history between them, and I can see them working against each other.
Aras should be using his "go meditate" time to look for the HII. Seriously. Plenty of people have found it without the clues before, and he should be savvy enough at this game to know he will need some insurance in his pocket because you just know the others will come after him (previous winner, strong at challenges, loved one still in the game).
Tyson I like when he is quiet. He's been talking too much lately. Although I did laugh out loud when Hayden said something about praying before they ate their chicken and Tyson responded with "too hungry. no time" before he digs in.
Finally, I have an irrational hate for Monica. Something about her just irritates the crap out of me. I would love to see her blindsided.
So many people are upset with Vytas for manipulating the women. I'm upset with the women for allowing themselves to be manipulated by Vytas.
When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down "Happy." They told me I didn't understand the assignment. I told them they didn't understand life. - John Lennon
I have much less issue with Vytas for playing the women than with Tyson and how he is playing. Vytas just seems more likable. It's very difficult for me to see how Tyson is managing to influence the others because he comes across with such an egotistical edge that I would think it would rub.....editing maybe...who knows.
Ugh, Kat really was cringeworthy on Redemption...at least she competed like a grown woman in the end. She did better than I thought she would, but I knew she had no chance against Laura M and John...they're probably the strongest competitors who have been to Redemption Island this season, and my guess is that one of them will ultimately reenter the game.
Once again, I get the feeling that the editing is being way to obvious about Tyson's scheming against Aras. My guess is that Tyson's going to end up getting blindsided, the editing is just making him seem so sure of himself, and that's rarely a good thing on Survivor.
Vytas is one of the luckiest players we've had in a while. He's been doing everything right since the switch, but that I don't think that would have been enough if Kat and then Laura B both made colossal mistakes. I can see one thing Rupert and Laura B have in common...Laura B made the mistake of thinking with her heart instead of her head in Survivor, a mistake Rupert has made as well. Tina might be the other main force keeping Vytas around, I'm thinking her plan for the merge is an alliance of her, Katie, Aras, and Vytas. I'm sure she remembers being voted out first in All Stars just because she won and "didn't need the money," as well as the fact that all the other winners were voted out shortly after she was. While she hasn't been targeted yet, she probably realizes that it could happen again, especially after the merge, to her and Aras, and thus it would be smart for them to stick together.
So are they really ending Redemption Island altogether after the merge? That kind of bums me out, I was kind of hoping they'd continue it. I wonder if they'll allow the top two finishers in the last "duel" to reenter the game since they'd had two players reenter the game (though at different times) in the past. My guess is that it will be Laura M and/or John who will reenter the game...just like Brad and Kat before her, I just don't think Laura B can beat those two. I'm looking forward to the merge, there's really no one left in the game I dislike.
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BBC Sport has appointed Dan Roan as editor.
Roan takes over from David Bond, who left in May. Roan has been chief sports correspondent since April 2013, having joined the corporation as a sports correspondent in 2010.
Roan led the BBC's sports news coverage at the World Cup and Commonwealth Games this Summer. He can be found tweeting @danroan.


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Too early to loosen curbs on property, says China's Premier Wen Jiabao
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Premier Wen Jiabao said yesterday it was too early to loosen curbs on speculative property investment, state media reported, as authorities keep a tight lid on the once red-hot housing sector.
Wen, inspecting an affordable housing project, said government efforts to rein in runaway housing prices had been largely successful, Xinhua said.
"But the controls over the real estate market are still in a critical period," Wen said in Tianjin .
His comments came after Xinhua reported last month that Beijing was studying new measures to beef up controls in the property sector, amid signs housing prices were bouncing back.
New home prices in 50 out of 70 cities tracked by the government increased in July from June, latest official data showed. That represented a doubling from 25 in June.
The government has been tightening policies for more than two years.
Measures include a ban on buying second homes, an increase in minimum down payments and the introduction of property taxes in certain areas.
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If the folk in Scotlandville community are looking for a supporter for their campaign to have their aging pool renovated at the Anna T. Jordan Community Park, well here I am.
The East Baton Rouge Recreation and Park Commission is considering replacing the pool with a splash pad, basically a high-tech, cool-looking outdoor shower.
I guess it's fun for young children and teenagers to run through water. But, there is a serious problem in the African-American community that splash pads don't address.
African-American communities need swimming pools and swim instructors because African-American children can't swim and are drowning.
According to a 2012 USA Swimming report, about 70 percent of African-American children don't know how to swim. It also reported that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that black children drown at a rate three times higher than their white peers.
I can't forget the heart-breaking photographs from 2010 when, in just one incident, six African-American teenagers, on a family outing, drowned in the Red River near Shreveport. According to news reports, one of the young victims started having trouble in the water. As he struggled, five relatives, one after another, jumped in to rescue him. Each one of them drowned, some screaming "Help me. … Somebody please help me."
Other family members looked on helplessly, unable to assist because they couldn't swim either.
Swimming in a river is always a bad idea, but if one or two of the boys were able to swim, the outcome could have been a lot different.
When I was in second grade, one my classmates had us all in tears when she brought her brother's Cub Scout gear and other mementos to class to show us after he had drowned. Several years later a teenage boy in my neighborhood drowned in a deep hole filled with water. A concrete piling was going into that hole.
The question that begs to be asked is, Why don't young black children learn how to swim? The USA Swimming study said the fear of drowning prevents many African-American parents, who never learned how to swim, from putting their children into swimming lessons.
Also, places to swim in inner-city communities are almost as rare as stores where they can purchase fresh fruits and vegetables. When I was growing up, the only pool I knew of was the Brooks Park pool.
BREC contends that the Anna T. Jordan pool is falling apart and that because few people use it now, it is a ripe for closure. That's a hard argument to beat.
For what it's worth, here's what I think: Fix the pool. Make it look appealing so children want to go and parents will like what they see. Hold quarterly swimming lessons. Encourage the public and private schools in the area to use the pools. Reach out to churches to have special days and events at the pool.
I agree with the people of Scotlandville that a pool is greatly needed. Hopefully, BREC will understand the significance of swimming and swimming lessons in the African-American community. It's a life-or-death proposition.
Ed Pratt is a former Advocate editor. He is assistant to the chancellor for media ralations at Southern University. His email address is firstname.lastname@example.com.


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ExploraTour: A Peek into the Lives of the Stars
How Fast Does Each Element Fuse?
Stages in Nuclear Burning for a 20-Solar Mass Star
Time Interval
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Jul 09 2011
Subtle Beauty
Sparrows are stripey, brown, boring little birds … right?
Not when you look closely.
Last weekend I saw Henslow's sparrows at Piney Tract and because they were Life Birds I spent time looking carefully at each one.
At first they were confusing brown birds whose only distinguishing feature were their flat-topped heads and "Roman nose" beaks. But then one paused on top of a bush with the light just right.
His head and neck were washed in olive. His wings were pale chestnut. In that moment he was incredibly colorful.
Sparrows have a subtle beauty. It just takes time to see.
(Henslow's sparrow photo taken at Piney Tract last Saturday by Steve Gosser)
3 Responses to "Subtle Beauty"
# Gintarason 10 Jul 2011 at 10:52 am
I like sparrows and I like taking photos of those little birds:
http://foto.delfi.lt/album/46013/ (note added by KStJohn: Lithuanian site)
# Gintarason 10 Jul 2011 at 10:19 pm
http://foto.delfi.lt/en/album/46013/ – in english….
# Stephenon 11 Jul 2011 at 9:54 am
Henslow's can also be found a little closer to Pgh, up in Lawrence County, near the big bird feeder (grain silo). I've heard them there often in the past, but have never seen one, they stay so hidden in the grass.


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Your opponents better run and hide—because against the new FPS Freek Vortex— NO ONE IS SAFE! With one full size, convex stick designed for accuracy, and one shorter, CQC-style stick that's concave for comfort and grip, Vortex represents the perfect combination for just about any gameplay situation.
The taller FPS Freek (12.4 mm) is intended for your right thumbstick - to give you more leverage and precision while aiming by increasing your range of motion by over 115%. The lower profile CQC-style sticks (6.1 mm) are designed to add grip to your left thumbstick without adding much height.
Though the two sticks differ in height and function, each one employs a soft and comfortable rubber thumb pad and features a laser-etched design that adapts to the pressure you put on it. The synergistic FPS Freek Vortex is ideal for those who desire enhanced precision for their aiming stick but only wish to add grip to their movement stick.
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