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Living in a metropolitan like Mumbai sure has its advantages, especially if you're a foodie. Here I get to feast my taste buds on the specialties of various areas without having to wait to personally visit them. So today I'm thinking about the abundance of specialty restaurants in the city and topping that list are the seafood places here – a personal favorite. The city gives you a chance to experience the best of coastal fare from across regions.
MumbaiMag picks out some of the celebrated places for seafood in the city and what is it that makes them so unique.
Trishna: Located at Fort, Trishna is one of the most popular places for seafood in the city. You will always find a steady stream of people – locals and tourists alike, lining up to taste their famous seafood. The cuisine is primarily Manglorean but they do have some Hyderabadi dishes as well. Whoever thought that Hyderabadi cuisine was all about the biryani and mutton need to try the Hyderabadi pomfret. Some of their most reputed dishes include butter pepper garlic king crab, the prawns koliwada, butter garlic squids, tandoori fish and rawas hyderabadi amongst others. It may be nestled in a small bylane but seafood lovers can easily find their way to this paradise.Where: 7, Sai Baba Marg, Kala Ghoda, Fort, Mumbai
Contact: 022 22703213
Fresh Catch: If you're looking for some home-style seafood delicacies, Fresh Catch at Mahim is the place to visit. As the name goes, Fresh Catch boasts of not just fresh seafood but also the ingredients that go into the making of the mouth-watering food. The place specializes in Karwari (Karwar is a small seaside town south of the Goa-Karnataka border) cuisine which is made using the owner, Francis Fernandes', mother's old recipes. Once here try the crispy fried bombil (Bombay Duck), the rossa and ambotic curries, prawns rechado, Konkan treasure prawns, calamari (squid) sukke or various crab preparations. The preparation is not very spicy nor greasy thus sticking to the promise of giving you a home-style meal. The place is a little small but the taste of the food compensates for it all.Where: Lt Kotnis Marg, Near Fire Brigade, Off L J Road, Mahim West, Mumbai
Contact: 022 24448942
Oh! Calcutta: And while talking about seafood how can one not mention Bengali cuisine with its penchant for fish. Oh! Calcutta gives you a taste of authentic Bengali food including the delicious fresh water fish preparations. They have branches in Andheri and Tardeo that are frequented not just by Bengalis looking to get a taste of Kolkata but non-bengalis as well. Recommended here is the smoked hilsa, kakra chingri bhapa (prawn and crab meat cake steamed in banana leaves), chingri (prawn) cutlets, chingri malai curry (coconut milk based gravy) and maachher jhol (spicy fish stew) among other traditional dishes. The fish is especially flown in from Kolkata and the goodness of mustard can be felt in every dish. The food may be a little expensive but is worth every bit of it.Where: Hotel Rosewood, Tulsiwadi Lane, Mahindra Heights, Tardeo, Mumbai
Contact: 022 23539114
Gajalee: Frequently voted as one of the best coastal food restaurants in Mumbai, Gajalee lives up to its repute with a lip-smacking menu. It has several branches in the city but Vile Parle houses the flagship outlet. Gajalee specializes in Malwani cuisine and perpetually witnesses throngs of seafood aficionados. Starting from the tandoori crabs to the baby sharks, butter garlic lobsters, clam koshimbir, clam masala, stuffed bombil and so on, every dish has its fan following. They also have a value-for-money fish thali which comprises a fish masala, bombil fry, sol kadi and one vegetable alongwith rice and rotis. It is one of those few restaurants that will seldom leave you disappointed and ensures repeated visits.Where: Kadamgiri Complex, Hanuman Road, Vile Parle (E),Mumbai
Contact: 022 2616 6470
Mahesh Lunch Home: Mahesh Lunch Home is a name synonymous with Manglorean seafood in Mumbai. It is one of the prominent restaurants offering this cuisine in the city with the original outlet at Fort and branches at Juhu, Andheri and Thane as well. Cooked with traditional ingredients, the food here retains the taste and authenticity of Manglorean fare. It's renowned for the gassis (prawn gassi is a favorite) with neer dosa, crabs in butter-pepper- garlic, clams sukka, squid koliwada, dakshin fried crab, tandoori pomfret, rawas tikka and fish balti and an array of other scrumptious dishes. They regularly have several seafood festivals focusing on delicacies from various coastal regions. Over the years Mahesh Lunch Home has attained a reputation for finger-licking seafood which it continues to live up to.Where: Mahesh Lunch Home, 8-B, Cawasji Patel Street, Mumbai Contact: 022 22870938
Highway Gomantak: Highway Gomantak is not just a restaurant but an institution of sorts. At this over 20-year old eatery, the ambience is non fussy and the focus is mainly on the food. Serving a mix of Goan and Konkani cuisine, the restaurant is known for the simple style of cooking and serving but there is no compromising when it comes to flavors. Try the pomfret green masala, kolambi (prawn) curry, bombil fry, mori (shark) masala, tisrya (shell fish) sukke and a variety of fried fish which include mandeli, bangda, gaboli, surmai and many others. Famous at Highway Gomantak are the range of thalis, from kolambi suke thali to pomfret curry thali, tisrya masala thali, kurlya (crab) masala thali and many others which make for a sumptuous meal.Where: 44/2179, Gandhi Nagar, Behind Maratha Store, Service Road, Bandra East, Mumbai
Contact: 022 26409692
Excellensea: Also known as Bharat Excellensea, this eatery located at Fort may not be that well known, but those who have visited it swear by the seafood here. It is one of the oldest surviving seafood places and offers Manglorean style preparations which are top notch and good value for money. Dig in to their jumbo prawns or enjoy the prawn gassi with idlis, experiment with the pullimunchi (spicy & tangy) fish or settle in with the impeccable fried fish (Pomfret and Surmai are winners). Seldom will you find this place empty. Excellensea is definitely a discovery for seafoodies and a must try!Where: Bharat House, 317,Sardar Bhagat Singh Road, Opp.Fort Market, Mumbai – 400038
Contact: 022 22618991
So the next time you feel like indulging yourself in some amazing seafood, do try out one of our recommendations.
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There are only 23 days left before the class of 2018 graduates, which leaves you with just enough time to get to know Tekla Monson '18. She grew up in Alaska and is an extremely outgoing theater major. The Argus sat down with Tekla to talk about her involvement in Second Stage, the best advice for underclassmen, and the crazy thing that she's planning to do before the semester ends.
The Argus: Why do you think you were chosen to be a WesCeleb?
Tekla Monson: Because I am exuberant, and I really wanted to be one. You gotta have that status symbol. I mean not actually, but I'm ashamedly and also unashamedly very textbook definition outgoing and a little attention whore-y, so it makes sense that I would be a WesCeleb.
A: We hear you're pretty involved in Second Stage. Can you tell us a little bit more about that?
TM: So I do a lot of theater, and I love doing theater because my big things are friendship and collaboration. Last semester, I took a class called "Friendship and Collaboration," and I'm all about the F and C. Me and my friends use F and C to mean friendship and collaboration just colloquially as any sort of hanging out that is perhaps generative. That's pretty much my fave, and I get that the most when I'm doing theater. So, I love theater and I love the collaboration and the sense of community and the staying up until 3 a.m. and working on a tiny little detail that no one is going to notice but it really makes your heart feel good. This semester I don't have one big project that I've been working on, I've been doing a series of small projects, but it's crazy not having that community as your "best friend"….So not having that new crush or best friend is kind of sad, because I really love that.
A: Do you have a favorite memory from being involved in Second Stage?
TM: I love rehearsals, and any kind of cast party where you look around and are like, "Ah, I love you and I'm so in love with every single one of you and I'm in love with this process!" I love inside jokes and any moment like that. I don't know if I have a specific favorite memory, but I really love doing Show Tunes Sideways, which is a queer, miscasting, gender-bending cabaret with songs from musicals. I've MC'ed that a couple of times and it's really fun. We rehearse for a week and the community is really short-lived but still really tight.
A: What else are you involved with on campus?
TM: I came to Wesleyan and I was a religion major. I think I decided that in freshman spring that I wanted be a religion major…I knew it was going to be my constant throughout Wesleyan that I would be taking religion classes. I did that, and then almost this time last year, I was sitting with some professors at graduation from the department and some other juniors, and they were like, "Tekla, why aren't you a theatre major?" and I was like, "Hmm, why am I not a theatre major?" I pretty much had all the credits, so this year I did all the freshman, technical classes and got everything in a year, so now I'm a theatre major.
A: What's your favorite class you've taken at Wesleyan?
TM: I'm loving "Reason and Revelation" right now, which is pretty much a religion class about what it sounds like. It's about reason and philosophy, versus revelation and faith, that sort of thing. It's lots of old philosophers being like, "Is there a God? Can you prove the existence of God?" It's very hilarious and I love it so much.
A: Do you have any post-graduation plans?
TM: I am going back to Alaska, where I'm from, and I'm going to work for my family's dog kennel, we do tourism in the summer. Then come fall, I'm going to move to the big, bad Apple and try to be a set designer. I'm very excited about it.
A: Do you have anything crazy that you want to do before the semester ends?
TM: Yes, actually, I have a very specific thing. I want to have a spectacle fest. The building that's the theatre proper building—the other night I took a projector and I was projecting stuff onto different walls on the CFA to see what it would look like, so I want to have like, a projector fest. Some sort of pure spectacle, where there are musicians and singers in the windows doing something, there's live projections being mixed on the CFA walls, and on the stairs, you could have a puppet show on those stairways, like people doing puppet shows from underneath, and then you have dancers, actors, movers on the lawn in front. A dream would be to have people doing graffiti on the stair steps, some sort of live art component, and having all of these things being made together and having a concert and a spectacle dance party thing. So, I think I'm going to do something like that during senior week, with projections and lights and music.
A: Do you have any advice for underclassmen?
TM: Take a studio class. If you're not feeling a class during add/drop, don't take it. Take classes with professors that will inspire you. Like it or not, the people who are passionate about something are going to make you passionate about it, and it's better to be passionate about something you never thought you were going to be, then to stick to something you thought you like. Passion and love of something is quite infectious. Be chill. Stuff happens, stuff doesn't happen.
A: Anything else you want to add to this interview?
TM: I'm super happy to know people here and I'm really excited for these last few weeks of school, and I really love everyone who's reading this.
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It's that time of year, when it's nearly impossible not to walk into any nursery you might pass. The air is fresh and warm, flowers are particularly robust and colorful, and spending an afternoon planting or nurturing your buds, pink lemonade in hand, sounds positively delightful.
If you're looking for a fun project to either work on solo, with family, or with a group of friends, might we suggest dabbling in succulents? These hearty, gorgeous plants are more than a photogenic Instagram op. They're very easy to work with and, perhaps most importantly, they're easy to look after. Even if you don't have a green thumb—especially if you don't have a green thumb—succulents are very difficult to destroy.
Today we're putting a rainbow spin on a succulent arrangement!
Here's what you need:
- A shallow planter (we're using a 6-inch option)
- Six to eight 2-inch succulents ranging from deep red to purple
- Small rocks
- Potting soil
Gather Your Supplies
Because of the way succulents grow, a shallow dish is ideal. To accommodate the rainbow range, we recommend no smaller than a 6-inch planter. If you want to go bigger, that's perfectly fine, but you'll need a few more plants.
Speaking of plants, shop for one or two-inch succulents in a range from red to purple. Yellow and orange can be a little difficult to find, but don't feel pigeon-holed into getting the "perfect" color. The goal is to simply have the ROYGBIV spectrum with plants that complement each other in color and appearance. We shopped at a few different nurseries to find ours, including some small independent nurseries such as San Diego's Sage Sisters.
Prepare Your Planter
Place a handful of small rocks or pebbles at the bottom of your planter. This helps with drainage, which is particularly important for succulents since excess water can cause them to rot. Next, place a shallow layer of potting soil on top. You can add or remove soil as you go, so don't overthink it!
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Now for the really fun part! Begin arranging your succulents in the following order: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. They don't have to be perfectly in line but try to follow the spectrum as you move from one side of the planter to the other.
When pulling the succulent from the plastic packaging, break the dirt and roots apart a little bit. This will allow the existing roots to adapt more easily in the new soil. Add soil around the succulents to prop them up, and remove excess soil if necessary.
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Okay, here we are again - ready for another little teaser. You know the rules: open your current book at random, select two teaser sentences (and don't give away the surprise ending!) and post them here.
I'm currently reading The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson. I know I'm a little behind the curve on this one - most of the blogs have been over this one months ago - but I've been eager to get around to this one. Very, very good so far. This book grabs you from the very first pages; a perfect example is today's teaser, which comes from page 2:
"For a glorious moment, you achieve the empty bliss that Eastern philosophers spend their lives pursuing. But following this transcendence, your mind becomes a supercomputer capable of calculating the gyrations of your car, multiplying that by the speed of the fall over the angle of descent, factoring in Newton's laws of motion and, in a split second, coming to the panicked conclusion that this is gonna hurt like hell."
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I wanted to drop by and wish you an awesome Thanksgiving. :)
- November 26, 2008 at 8:10 PM
I haven't read *The Gargoyle* yet, but I think I'll enjoy it when I get to it!
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Today's email will focus on Connecting your Canvas course site to Training Hub.
Canvas course sites
If you have online courses, you've been working on setting up your development sites in Canvas for the past few months. Now that Training Hub is available, you can move that content over into sites associated with Training Hub.
In Training Hub, when you create a course section and select Canvas as your delivery method, an associated Canvas course site is automatically created. The next step is to copy your development site content, and then add the "Complete Course" external tool. This tool is required to enable course completions to be recorded and tracked in Training Hub.
Adding the Complete Course external tool to communicate back to Training Hub
Find your Canvas course site associated with your Training Hub course:
- Navigate to Training Hub (training.umn.edu).
- Click Admin Console.
- Click Manage Courses.
- Click Edit for the appropriate course.
- Scroll down to the Sections area.
- Click Canvas Course for the appropriate section (under the Location column). This opens your Canvas course site.
- Navigate into the Modules area of your Canvas course site.
- Add a final module to your course called Training Completion.
- Add the Complete Course external tool to the new module.
- Click the plus button in the upper right of the Training Completion module to open the Add Item to Training Completion window.
- Select External Tool from the Add menu.
- Select Complete Course.
- Click Add Item.
- Set the required prerequisites on the Training Completion module.
Additional Resources
You can refer to the following additional resources as you continue working with Canvas and Training Hub:
- Prepare and Configure SCORM to be Used in Canvas
- Create a Canvas Course Site
- Copy a Canvas Course Site to be Used in Training Hub
Migration Reminders
As you work on migrating your courses to Training Hub, remember to:
- Get support by using the self-help guide, attending an open lab for training administrators, or by emailing [email protected].
- Communicate with your learners about the transition.


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Hello Falcon Band Families!
We have another great week ahead of us. Here are a few things to look forward to:
- Band Gear orders are still going on. You have until October 1st to order your FPMS Band T-shirt, Band Hoodie, and car decal. Orders can be made online at the Four Points Middle School website or with cash or check only.
- On Thursday, September 26th, we will have Baby Face Teti and Pie your band director day! We have earned enough in our fundraiser. The event will be taking place after school on Thursday in the basketball courts.
- On Friday, students auditioning for district will be attending the district-a-thon with students from Canyon Ridge. The event will be taking place at Four Points MS from 4:30 PM to 9:30 PM. Students need to have their instrument, binder, pencil, and music to work with professional musicians we having coming in.
As always, please email the band directors if you have any questions!


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(CNN)Shortly before imposing sentence on a convicted terrorist who managed to become a US citizen, a federal judge in Los Angeles on Friday directed two questions at the prosecutor in the case:
How did Vallmoe Shqaire get into the country in the first place? And what took the government so long to prosecute him once his terrorist past had been discovered?
The questions by US District Court Judge John F. Walter echoed those raised in a CNN report published Thursday detailing how Shqaire was made a US citizen in 2008 despite having served time in an Israeli prison for attempting to blow up a bus.
Assistant US Attorney Annamartine Salick acknowledged that Shqaire, 51, had "slipped through the cracks" of the immigration vetting system.
She said the state of information-sharing between countries back then was "not as advanced as we are today."
"We've come a long way," she added.
Once Shqaire became a citizen, legal protections afforded by the US Constitution kicked in, making it "an extremely difficult process" to prove that he had lied to obtain his citizenship, Salick told the judge.
Shqaire and an accomplice attempted to blow up a bus in Israel in 1988, according to court records. They did so at the direction of a cell of the Palestine Liberation Organization -- at the time, a terrorist group in the eyes of the US government. Shqaire was convicted and served four years in an Israeli prison for the attack, in which no one was hurt.
He failed to disclose his arrest, conviction or ties to the PLO at various stages of his years-long quest to become an American. His past crimes and his association with the group at that time, if known would have excluded him from becoming a citizen, authorities said.
According to court records, Shqaire was recruited by the PLO in the mid-1980s. He confessed to the bombing charge, and to assaulting fellow Palestinians suspected of collaborating with the Israelis. He claimed in court records decades later, after his terrorism conviction was discovered by the US, that his confessions were coerced by the Israelis following beatings and being confined to a tiny cell in which he could not stand up for weeks. US prosecutors said there were unaware of any evidence to support those claims.
Shqaire was charged in September with illegally obtaining his citizenship by omitting those facts from US immigration officials.
Salick acknowledged that authorities had a "source report" in 2010 in which Shqaire had allegedly boasted of serving time in prison in Israel. But, "at that time, we didn't have sufficient evidence," she said.
She described working nights and weekends on the phone with officials in Israel who were retrieving water-logged records in an effort to provide the US with documentary proof of Shqaire's crimes. The process took years.
Judge Walter made clear that his frustration was with that process, not Salick herself, whom he described as an "outstanding" prosecutor who did "an excellent job representing the government."
But the judge said he failed to understand why, if Shqaire truly posed a threat to the US, somebody "didn't get on a plane," to Israel, get the documents and, "get him out of here."
He said the delay undercut the notion that Shqaire posed a continuing threat.
Shqaire's defense attorney, Mark Werksman, asked the judge for a sentence of probation, noting his client's "peaceful" existence in the United States for two decades. The lawyer noted that he worked as a parking valet.
"He didn't try to start a sleeper cell for al Qaeda," the former prosecutor quipped.
Shqaire, wearing black slacks and a white dress shirt, spoke briefly on his own behalf.
"I am very, very sorry for what I have done," he said. "I love this country."
Walter said he found Shqaire's past acts in Israel "despicable," but that he did not view him as a terrorist as he stood before him three decades later.
He sentenced him to nine months in federal prison.
Immigration officials have already begun administrative proceedings to strip Shqaire of his citizenship. As part of his plea agreement with the government, Shqaire will be deported to Jordan following his release from prison.
Walter gave Shqaire until May 28 to surrender to begin serving his sentence.


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Researchers are once again confirming what many of us have known for a very long time. And that is, the way you react to something determines the outcome of any given event or action. And the way you react to something stems from the type of personality that you have.
This is common sense.
It explains why some people react to traffic snarls with clenched teeth and white knuckles and profanity laced tirades and others sit back and learn something new from a book on tape or catch up by calling back clients during the delay.
It also explains why some people are crashing and burning on all the doom and gloom out there, especially with regards to the economy.
Some people are clearly panicking and others are keeping their heads on tightly. Why?
Because there are those who realize they are in control of their lives and those who have yet to realize this. There are people who thrive under pressure and see opportunities everywhere and those who see everything through a lens of dread and lack of opportunities.
The beauty of all of this? I have come to learn beyond ANY doubt that YOU and I are completely capable of changing this. Even though it was not the conclusion of this particular study, we all have the power to change the way we see things.
We CAN choose to see the glass as half full instead of half empty. But the key word here is CHOOSE. It's up to us.
Is it easy? Nope. I got unfortunately grouchy this morning when three calls were coming in at the same time and then the doorbell rang and then the dog barked and the baby screamed and the checkbook was nowhere to be found. But within minutes, we can change our focus...take a deep breath...and continue on.
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"One of the best aspects of health care reform is it starts to emphasize prevention."
Anne Wojcicki
Last month's column described the monumental Medicaid Managed Care Reform Initiative being implemented by New York State as rapidly as possible. The reform initiative is being implemented under the umbrella of the Delivery System Reform Incentive Program with the formation, implementation, and operation of 25 Performing Provider Systems throughout New York State.
The Finger Lakes Performing Provider System is the sole PPS for the 13 counties in the Greater Rochester/Finger Lakes Region. FLPPS health care providers accounted for $1.3 billion of Medicaid spending in 2013, which represents less than 5 percent of total New York annual Medicaid spending. As one might expect, the vast majority of state Medicaid spending occurs in the Greater New York Metro area, with 15 separate PPS regional entities.
The focus of this column is on strategic positioning for community-based health care and human service providers in the FLPPS region. Each of the 25 PPSs is led by hospital systems. In the case of FLPPS, sponsors include the Rochester Regional Health System (RRHS-Unity/Rochester General) and Strong/UR Hospital/Medicine.
The hospitals in the FLPPS region, 24 in total, are supported by more than 600 health care and community-based providers who have committed to be a part of the FLPPS Care Network that will provide cost-effective, coordinated managed care to Medicaid-eligible individuals in the region.
Each PPS is required to submit implementation plans to the New York State Department of Health by April 1, 2015. These implementation plans relate directly to the 11 DSRIP reform projects selected by FLPPS following a Comprehensive Needs Assessment (CNA). The FLPPS projects are extensive and impact virtually every one of the 600 Medicaid service providers in the region. The projects selected by FLPPS requiring an implementation plan are as follows:
1. Form an integrated delivery system for all providers. Easy to say, difficult to achieve.
2. Establish hospital emergency room, managed-care triage for at-risk populations.
3. Develop a managed care intervention model to reduce hospital readmissions for patients with chronic health issues who have been discharged from a hospital within the past 30 days.
4. Develop transitional supportive housing services for vulnerable populations.
5. Implement community outreach activities to engage, educate and integrate the uninsured and low/non-utilizing Medicaid populations in community-based care.
6. Implement delivery service models that achieve the integration of behavioral health and primary care services.
7. Develop and expand community-based crisis stabilization services for the mental health/substance abuse population.
8. Implement effective behavioral health interventions in long-term care facilities.
9. Implement increased supports for timely and effective maternal and child health services.
10. Strengthen mental health and substance abuse delivery system infrastructure throughout the FLPPS region.
11. Improve access to high-quality chronic disease preventive care and case management in both clinical and community service locations.
The current Medicaid Service Delivery System is fragmented, as evidenced by 600 providers in the 13-county region.
So, from a strategic positioning perspective, what should a community-based Medicaid service provider do in response to the MMCRI and PPS structure?
The answer to this question is complex. This is particularly true since community-based service providers are purported to be integral to the primary objectives of MMCRI. Those objectives are a 25 percent reduction in avoidable Medicaid emergency room visits, hospital admissions and readmissions within 30 days of discharge, over a five-year DSRIP timeframe.
One of the key strategies for community-based providers to consider has been and continues to be the formation of and membership in one or more Independent Provider Associations. An IPA is an individual group of physicians and/or other health care providers that are under contract to provide services to members/enrollees of different MCOs, ACOs and PPSs, as well as other insurance plans, incorporating a fixed fee per enrollee (capitation) or based on a pay-for-performance model (P4P) (partial capitation), service care-outs, and/or targeted performance incentives.
There are three types of IPAs: independent; captive, which is typically owned or controlled by the MCO or a health system; and partnership between MCO and IPA entities. Depending upon circumstances, any one of the three alternatives may be appropriate. Provider control is greatest in the independent model IPA. Depending upon the attitude and relationship between the PPS/MCO and the individual providers, the captive and partnership models may be desirable or not.
Characteristics of the independent IPA model include:
- Formation is a grassroots effort of the providers who are also members of the IPA.
- Board representation consists only of representatives from participating provider members of the IPA.
- Decision-making authority rests with the IPA board that is initially ap-pointed by the IPA provider members.
- Can be formed as either taxable or tax-exempt, depending on membership, structure and objectives.
Also, in the independent IPA model, contract negotiations with PPSs/MCOs are managed directly by the IPA Board, its independent legal counsel, and individuals designated with contract negotiation authority. The primary advantage for the PPS/MCO is that through a single signature, a regional network of providers can be PPS/MCO network participants without having individual negotiations with each provider. Single signature contract authority by the IPA board is powerful from a negotiation and leverage perspective.
In order to pass legal requirements and anti-trust regulations, independent IPAs cannot be formed for the sole purpose of negotiating rates. Rather, in addition to rate negotiation, the IPA must assume some degree of financial risk and/or targeted performance-based incentives as a condition of the contract.
In order to effectively function as a joint network entity of multiple providers, there must be some evidence of "clinical and financial integration" (e.g., electronic medical records, billing systems, clinical protocols, etc.) among IPA provider members. Financial risk, coupled with clinical and financial integration, represents "safe harbors" that allow Regional Provider IPA Networks to operate without substantial risk of anti-trust challenges.
Membership in a provider-sponsored IPA is one of many strategic considerations for community-based service providers in developing a strategic position that is responsive to integrated and regional reform initiatives.
Gerald J. Archibald, a CPA, is a partner in charge of management advisory services at the Bonadio Group, and is known for his expertise in non-profit and tax-exempt accounting, management and governance issues. He can be reached at (585) 381-1000 or email@example.com. Download podcasts of his articles at http://viewpoints.bonadio.com.
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Snap judgment: 'Reaper'
If the idea of a guy getting crushed by a Zamboni andleaving a blood-and-gore trail across a skating rink doesn't make you chuckle,then you probably didn't watch last night's series premiere of The CW's Reaper,the first freshman fall series to score a "series recording"designation on my DVR. (Much to my shock, this means my favorite new sitcom,Aliens in America, and now my favorite new hour-long show both reside on — dun, dun, dun — The CW. Who'dve thunk?)
In her A- review of Reaper in the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly, TV critic Gillian Flynn pretty much summed up my feelingsabout the show's terrific cast, noting that sidekick Tyler Labine defies his"manic Jack Black sidekick role" by "actually being someoneyou'd want to hang out with," and calling series lead Bret Harrison (pictured, left, with Labine)"perfectly endearing" as Sam, who thanks to his parents' deal withthe Devil, is forced to become a bounty hunter in pursuit of the escapedresidents of Hell. Indeed, Harrison, with his perpetually downturned mouth andsleepy, puppy-dog eyes, puts a fetching face on modern slacker-dom, scoring biglaughs almost every time he opens his mouth and decries his unexpected fate.(Sample rant: "I got chased by a pack of dogs. I moved an air conditionerwith my mind. Oh, and the Devil tried to carjack me. So overall, not a greatday.") The rest of Sam's crew is terrific, too; I especially loved how Ben(Rick Gonzalez) responded to Sam's "punch me in the face right now"request by giving him a comforting pat on the back. And even the show'sseemingly throwaway moments — the Devil (a hilarious Ray Wise) flirtatiouslynodding to a female shopper at Sam's Home Depot-esque place of employment,demons being transported back to Hell via a pneumatic tube at the DMV — areall plotted and filmed with the kind of zest and cleverness that's absent fromso many network series these days.
Anyhow, if you missed Reaper last night — I urge you tocatch The CW's encore airing on Thursday night at 9 pm EDT. And if you've alreadyseen it, share your first impressions with your fellow PopWatchers in thecomments section below.


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Setlist from August 24th, 2018
August 24th, 2018
Night Lights Music Festival, Sherman, NY
SET ONE: Gordon's Mule, The Median > Complex Pt. II, Goodbye Stranger1 > Don't Do It2, Staring Into the Sun
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OEH – NPWS member update – Dec 2017 (PDF version)
The PSA appeared in the IRC for the 12th time regarding the restructure on the 7th December 2017. During proceedings the PSA raised concerns with the recruitment process being offered for the Senior Field Supervisor 3 role.
Members will be aware OEH has proposed recruitment to the new SFS3 roles will be limited to SFS, FS and SFO staff only, before advertising externally. The PSA advised the Government Sector Employment Act, Rules, Regulations and other associated policies do not allow the agency to pick and choose individual classifications of staff that they will limit internal recruitment to, in cases of promotional opportunities to different classifications of work.
The PSA met with 40 field officers in Kosciusko National Park comprising of PSA, AWU and non-members, where staff overwhelmingly endorsed recruitment for the SFS3 role be opened up to all affected NPWS staff.
All employees affected by this restructure should have the opportunity to apply regardless of your classification. If you have the skills for one of these positions, you should have the opportunity to be considered for these roles.
A PSA delegation led by General Secretary Mr Stewart Little met with the Hon. Gabriel Upton Minister for the Environment, on 12 December 2017. Also in attendance were Mr Michael Wright and Mr Anthony Lean. The PSA raised a number of issues regarding the restructure, and Mr Lean committed to reviewing what the PSA put to the Minister, with a view to meet before Friday 22 December to hopefully resolve these issues without need for further disputation through the Industrial Relations Commission.
The PSA will keep members updated with how these discussions progress.
Whilst many members will continue working over the festive season, the PSA would like to wish all members and their families' best wishes for Christmas and a Happy New Year.


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IATEFL BESIG 2014 Bonn Conference Selections (IATEFL BESIG Conference Selections Book 3)
International Association Teaching English as Foreign Language - Business English Special Interest Group
Chapter Five
Classroom Practice and Materials
"2044's business leaders: Will they thank us?"
Erica Williams
Chapter Eight
Teaching and Assessment
"Thise Mad Men ... and women: English for Marketing Communications"
Erica J Williams
Journal of Teaching English for Specific and Academic Purposes
Business English
dedicated special issue with peer review
November 2014
English for Marketing Communications
This paper discusses the problems that arise when delivering English for Marketing Communications courses and offers new insights and practical solutions for this largely undiscovered area of ESP.
Find Your Voice
Book & DVD - Macmillan (worldwide) Hueber (Deutschland)
Erica J Williams
Small sample selection of universities worldwide using this textbook:
Hochschule Düsseldorf, Germany: B.A. Business International Management / B.A. Communications & Media
Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft, Dresden, Germany
Hochschule Niederrhein, Germany
Hochschule Schmalkalden, Thuringia, Germany
University of Cagliari, Sardinia
Kainan University, Taiwan
FH Kärnten, Austria
Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, Germany
University of Birmingham, UK
Glasgow Caledonia University, UK
Geneva School of Business Administration, Switzerland
Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia
Lambton College Toronto, Canada
Lomonsov Moscow State University Business School, Russia
Poznan University of Technology, Poland
Universitat de Girona, Spain
Global Leaders Program, Toyo University, Japan
Soran University, Kurdistan
Queensland University of Technology, Australia (English Australia (EA) Journal)
International House, London, UK - "Presentations in University EFL classes"
Khakiv Polytechnical Insititute, Ukraine - "Training Communication Competence in Giving Presentations"
Trinity College, London, UK - Certificate in International Business English Training (UK Cert IBET)
If 30 million presentations are given around the world every day, there are perhaps 30 million different ways to give these presentations. So, how can we begin to teach presentation skills? There are basic presentation phrases, techniques and rules that should be learnt. But, presenters also need to be able to select just the right vocabulary and techniques in order to present to particular types of audience or achieve specific objectives. Sometimes, they have to recognise when and how to bend or even break the rules. Other factors such as country or corporate culture may come into play too. Most importantly, presenters need to be able to adapt presentation structure and style according to individual personality and language skills - to 'find their voice'.
An effective teacher/trainer for presentation skills should:
• be systematic and motivate the learner by giving clear achievable targets at all stages
• be knowledgeable about presentations in order to introduce the learner to a wide range of research and techniques
• not give absolute 'dos and don'ts' but rather introduce research and techniques in such a way that the learner has access to an extensive range of skills and can 'pick and mix' for each individual presentation
• motivate the learner by explaining the theory behind the practice
• let the individual learner find what suits and doesn't suit his/her personality in order to develop an authentic style
• develop a creative training environment where every trainee feels safe, has fun, experiments, experiences success, makes mistakes, learns from mistakes and takes a risk from time to time
• give realistic models (presentations given by actors are often inauthentic and give learners unachievable goals and expectations)
• provide trainees with the time and space required for preparation and practice
• guide learners on how to give and use feedback
• give constructive feedback
• provide scope for self reflection
In short, the trainer/teacher wears a number of hats. S/he's an expert who introduces learners to a wide range of skills, techniques and research; a facilitator who creates a relaxed environment; a cheerleader who motivates and a coach who fosters self-reflection, exploitation of knowledge and target setting.
Presentations in English is a complete presentations course (book and DVD) that addresses these points.
• learners build their skills and confidence in a step by step approach.
• research is examined and the reasons for using techniques are explained.
• material that is largely new to ELT publications on presentations is introduced including exercises on Dr. Howard Gardner's work on multiple intelligences, psychological research, psychometric testing, NLP, story telling and using metaphors.
• The DVD presentations are given by 4 non-native speakers who are NOT professional actors but come from different business and academic fields. These 'guinea pigs' were not given scripts but prepared and shaped their own presentations based on their work and / or studies and the 7 step training. They were filmed in a true training situation and the DVD tells a story in which you see real presenters going on a journey of experimentation. They are learners just like any other learners and trainees identify with them.
• Learners give full presentations based on presentation briefs given in each step. These briefs have defined subject, audience, structure and objectives designed to exploit the skills that have been gained.
• Feedback is given from different perspectives. Firstly, learners analyse a DVD presentation at the end of each step with the aid of a form provided in the book which directs learners to comment on points raised in the previous step(s). This encourages learners to give feedback and to analyse. This, in turn, helps them in the process of finding what they like and don't like in presentations and developing an authentic style. Secondly, learners analyse colleagues' presentations. Analysis again helps presenters to work on their own performance. Finally, each presenter has scope for self-reflection, analyses his / her own performance and sets goals for the next presentation(s) in a presentations diary. This moves from training to coaching methodology.
This page was written by Erica Williams and forms the introduction to the online teaching notes for the book "Presentations in English" Copyright © Macmillan Publishers Limited 2008.


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Landowners near Eagle Pass coal mine had water shut down from wind-blown dust
This story had been updated to include a response from the mining company and correct information about legal challenges to the mine.
Some residents living near a controversial coal mine outside of Eagle Pass had canal water services shut down for six days after a windy Valentine's Day left their water coated in dust.
Maverick County Water Control and Improvement District #1 staff found "little dust particles" covering a few tenths of a mile of Lateral 20 near Thompson Road on Feb. 15 following a day of 34-mile-per-hour winds, general manager Cynthia Martinez said.
"It's nasty," said Jeff Taylor, who owns 13 acres near Dos Republicas Coal Partnership's Eagle Pass mine, when reached by phone Monday. "It's just all gooey and it's not fit for anything."
The canals deliver residents domestic and irrigation water diverted from the Rio Grande. Martinez said she cannot confirm the substance was coal dust from the mine but said the mine is directly adjacent to the affected part of the lateral.
"We're thinking that it came from the coal mine," she said.
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality inspectors came and took water samples on Feb. 15., though the district has not yet seen any results, Martinez said. The district flushed the canal and had service restored by Feb. 21, she said.
Dos Republicas spokesman Rudy Rodriguez said the company took its own water samples of the canal and had them sent to a private laboratory. He said he heard Friday from company engineers who said the results indicated the mine is in compliance with its permits, though he did not know what the substance was exactly.
"Everything's in compliance and everything's good with the water," he said. "There was just high winds and if you know that area, imagine a creek or canal that has water with two dirt roads on the side of it."
During the shutoff, the company also provided potable water to seven or eight nearby households, he said.
TCEQ spokeswoman Andrea Morrow said the incident is still under investigation.
The 6,346-acre mine has faced stiff opposition from landowners, Native American groups, the city of Eagle Pass and Maverick County. The company mines coal too low-grade to burn in the U.S. and ships it over the border to Mexico to burn in some of that country's largest power plants.
The company is a subsidiary of Minera del Norte, a partnership of Mexican industrialists that owns four other mines in Mexico and one in Israel.
Dos Republicas must control fugitive dust by "by minimizing activity during high wind conditions," using water and chemical stabilizers, vegetation and mulch, according to its Texas Railroad Commission mining permit.
Taylor said he and his wife drink bottled water but have a water softener and reverse osmosis system in place to use the canal water for showering and other domestic uses.
He said his property is frequently coated with dust that he thinks blows in from the mine.
"We can walk across our pasture and walk back to the house and we leave footprints in the coal dust," he said.
Mine opponents are waiting to learn whether the Texas Supreme Court will hear their challenge to Dos Republicas' mining permit. The company also faces a challenge to its water discharge permit in state district court in Travis County.


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If you had just one chance to achieve your dream, what would you do? In a distant kingdom lived a young musician named Barbad. His one dream was to play before the king in the royal court. But Barbad's way was blocked by Sarkash, a jealous rival who would do anything to stop Barbad from meeting the king. But perhaps the palace wasn't the only place to play before the king, for he loved to walk in his garden. What if Barbad was to hide in a tree for just the right moment to play?Find out if Barbad's dream comes true in this magical tale of patience and determination, which proves that all good things really do come to those who wait. Stunning artwork from award-winning illustrator, Claire Ewart, gently brings this whimsical story to life. Adapted from a 1,000 year old Persian story by Mahvash Shahegh, the tale of Barbad the musician is originally found in the legendary Book of Kings (Shahnameh), which tells the story of the mystical past of ancient Persia.


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Most of us have been at a large gathering somewhere, a sports event or a beach, and have seen an airplane fly by pulling an announcement or an advertisement of some type. This is called airplane advertising and this method of getting a message out has proven to be very effective.
Have you ever wondered how they get such a huge banner into the sky? After all, if the banner were attached to the plane before it took off, two problems would result. First, the banner would be dragged across the runway, damaging it. Second, The drag of the banner would make the take off either impossible or more difficult, making the drag time even longer.
It takes a plan, good quality materials, and a skillful pilot to make this happen. First, the airplane takes off without the aerial banner, but with a device called a "grapnel hook." This is attached to the tail of the plane but the hook end is hanging in the pilot's window.
Once the airplane is airborne, the pilot releases the hook from his window and lets it fall. The hook falls below the plane and is ready for the next part. Meanwhile, on the ground the banner is folded up, but it has a lead pole attached to the front. A harness is attached to that and a pick up rope to that. Finally a loop of rope connected to the lead rope is draped between two poles about five or six feet off the ground.
Next the plane flies over the open area where the loop of the airplane sign is visible. As he passes low over the area, the hook dragging below the plane is designed to catch the loop, pulling the lead rope and then the banner into the air. The moment he reaches the pick up area, he pulls back on the stick and throttles the engine, making the plane soar upward at a steep angle. The hook snags the loop of rope, and pulls the banner up into the sky. If for some reason his hook misses, then he circles around and tries again.
But how does the banner stay upright and not, like a kite, spiraling in the wind? First, the tail end of heavy billboards or banners has tiny parachutes that catch the wind and keep it straight. Then the bottom has weights that keep that edge closest to the ground. The letters are usually seven feet tall and the banner might be up to fifty letters long. So everything must be planned just right so that the drag is not too great or too little.
When the pilot has completed his mission over the designated area, he will fly the banner back to the drop off place, fly low again, and, release the hook so the banner falls to the ground unharmed. This way it is reusable if that is appropriate.
Some larger planes have developed a method of taking off with the banner behind, being careful not to damage it before it is airborne. But the small prop planes are still using the above method to get the banner into the air safely.
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Scott is a Solutions Specialist on Microdesk's MEP team. His responsibilities include providing technical support, training, implementation and consulting services to various Microdesk clients. Before joining Microdesk, Scott served as a BIM Coordinator at AMA Consulting Engineers, managing Revit models for projects ranging from 5,000sq ft to 1.2million sq. ft in area, providing workflow support and developing and updating company standards, families and templates for CAD and Revit products. Scott has also spent time as a Media and Systems Engineer at InComm Conferencing and in Logistical System Management at The United Postal Service.
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In 1989, a British Midland's 737 attempted an emergency landing at Kegworth Airport. Cabin crew had alerted the pilot mid-flight that an engine was on fire. Normally this problem is resolved by shutting down the engine that is on fire and landing at the nearest airport using the other engine. On this fateful day, the Captain accidentally shut down the wrong engine. As the Pilots could not see the engines from their seats, they assumed everything was ok… However, cabin crew could still see the smoke billowing from the engine as could the passengers… but no one said anything until it was too late. They all assumed the Captain knew what he was doing. The plane crashed just before the runway and 47 people died.
An extreme story… but I am a football fan and I feel extreme emotions.
Arsene is our captain, he's shut down the wrong engine and there is no one on the plane who is willing to tell him he's made a mistake… Our plane seems to have been in free fall all season… but it's getting to the point now where even if he does realise his mistakes… we're still going to crash.
Aston Villa play today and if they win, we will be 8 points behind them with 11 games to go. Not insurmountable, but judging by today's performance, and the previous 2 months… you'd say it's going to be a big ask.
The starting 11 was the most exciting of the year. Finally we got to see Vela out wide, finally Wenger took a bit of a risk and lined up with a bit of flair… but when it came to the crunch, the players let their leader down.
Today felt like a backwards step… the whole day felt flat, devoid of any urgency… devoid of any realisation the we might be playing in something called the 'Europa Cup' next year.
The fact of the matter is that we were promised a team that would contend for the league this year and now we're in a situation where we are struggling to gain entry to the Champions league. This could be a failure of catastrophic proportion… I am not exaggerating… if we are struggling for money now, imagine the ramifications of losing out on the gold mine that is the Champions league?
So what went wrong today? Well… I've got a few observations…
1. Leadership: A question you could only answer if you were there… or watching on an extremely good feed… Who is leading this team? Who is making sure all lost causes are chased down? Who is there to scream at players who aren't giving 100%? No one… no one wants to take that sort of responsibility. The team spirit today wasn't there today… the players don't fight for each other.
2. Motivation: Motivating players to play in the big games is easy… but if you can't motivate them to play in the minor games, then something is up. Those players today couldn't have looked any more uninterested in the second half. The manager has to be questioned on this subject… why can't you motivate your team? Is it because you can't bullshit players… if all of us can see our weaknesses… I am pretty sure our players can as well. They know as well as we do why we're failing and that must be pretty demotivating. It has been pointed out that the players looked unfit in the second half, I'd agree… but these are professional athletes… aren't big players supposed to drive through that barrier?
3. Winning mentality: Where has it gone? I'm half expecting Wenger to come out in his next interview and tell us, 'It's not the winning, it's the taking part that counts'. A winning mentality should run through the club… but it doesn't. Hillwood reckons 5th will be ok, Wenger cited Milan as missing out this year… so he thinks it's ok… So where are we on this? When did we stop being a football club? If the coach and the chairman don't believe in winning… why would the players?
Wenger said to judge the players at the end of the season. I'm interested to know what that means? If they fail, like most people think they will… what will the coach do? I'll take a wild guess… persevere… again.
4. Responsibility: This kind of ties in with leadership… Today, no one took the initiative in the final third. Like the passengers on the plane… they assumed someone else would take the lead… when everyone thinks like that, you have optimum conditions for 'crabbing'. Today we saw exactly that… Their goalkeeper made a few smart saves, but I didn't feel he was really worked. No one was brave enough to take the initiative and have a go. 4 goals since at home since November the 8th…
We can't even brag about how we dominated the possession… because we didn't… Fulham tipped the scales in their favour with a 53% dominance. We can't say that we peppered their goal… because again, we didn't. 8 shots on goal, 4 on target… Fulham had more chances than us!
I hope people don't complain about Fulham parking the bus… if you were in a fight with a man twice the size of you, you wouldn't try and out punch him, would you (Maybe Geoff would)? Teams know not to play football against us… if they get their tactics right, a point is highly likely.
I really don't know what to think of the whole situation. Going into the summer knowing we're 'Europa cupped' is a horrible thought. Knowing if that happens, we wont have any money to spend is even worse, knowing players will want to leave because we didn't bolster the squad when we should of makes me want to weep…I don't think I can handle another summer of Vela, Rambo and Wilshere potential stories. They are a long way off turning in world class performances every week.
We're being told this team will dominate in 3 years time… I'm sure I heard that 3 years ago… hands up who is prepared to suffer another 3 years of this? My hand is firmly down…
The chorus of boo's at the end of each game is getting louder and louder… which is amazing, because if the plastics are the ones that leave early (Loads leaving with 11 minutes to go)… that means a lot of real fans are very angry about what is going on at the club.
The whole set up needs freshening up… because the stench of stagnation at The Grove couldn't be stronger.
Almunia: Had one shot on target all afternoon to deal with. He saved it and gained another clean sheet. 7
Sagna: Oh Sags… what has happened to your game this year? The longer the season goes on… the more your confidence looks shot to pieces. He couldn't cross the road at the moment, could he? He was pretty strong defensively, but further up the pitch he looks as though he is suffering. 6
Gallas: I'm impressed by him all the time. He quietly gets on with his job without making too much noise… His defending has been outstanding, but his input vocally is noticeably less than what it was… Did anyone see him hobbling around? 8
Kolo: If Kolo and Gallas were a couple, Kolo would be the crazy one who Gallas had to keep in check. Thankfully the only partnership those two have is on the pitch… and it is proving to be a successful one. Another clean sheet, but a few mistakes by the crazy one… I don't know how comfortable I'd feel with Kolo and JD… 6.5
Clichy: Suffering the same problems as Sagna. Going forward less because he has been instructed to, or his confidence is low? Sound at the back, crap in attack. 6.5
Vela: Another one of those, 'Wenger needs to start playing X, that will solve our problems'. Sadly it didn't. Carling Cup Vela didn't turn up today… but I still thought he played well. He creates openings, he runs at players and he is prepared to play that killer pass. He is shot shy at the moment… but give him as many games as Eboue has had and we might have a player. 7
Diaby: Conflicting view's were exchanged during half time drinks. I thought he was poor in the first half. He links up the play better than Song and Denilson do, he runs with the ball well… but sometimes he holds onto it too long… and his decision making can be woeful. He also left us exposed at the back on a number of occasions. I thought he was poor today… and he looked really tired by the end… but Bud and his brothers thought otherwise. 5
Denilson: If you watch him play with the same mindset you would watching Gilberto play, he is actually a very hand player. He doesn't waste many balls, he covers a lot of ground and he is a hard worker. His standards dropped a little late on, but I thought he was adequate today. 7
Nasri: Our rotund wide man took up a new role today… sitting just deep of RvP in the Bergkamp role. I thought he played very well. He was busy as ever, looking for gaps and shooting opportunities, but like the rest of the team… no end product. He was our best player today… and I am pleased he is showing it consistently now. 8.5
Arshavin: Can't you tell when you see an experienced player of quality? Arshavin knows exactly what he is going to do about 5 seconds before anyone else does… he sees runs and space… has the vision to exploit them and he isn't afraid to have a pop at goal. His fitness levels are pretty low at the moment, he looked very tired at the end of the game. That is why he can't be played centrally yet… although I am sure that will come soon. 8
RvP: Guilty of more misses today. I wonder how long it is before Arshavin takes the freekicks off him… because his are beyond a joke. Robin has to start taking more of his chances, because he is missing more than Nik B and he is being forgiven because we all love him. Must do better in my opinion. 6
Eboue: Came on at right back and looked better than Sagna going forward. 6.5
Nik B: Created a few chances, fluffed a few passes… but ok. 6
I'll leave you with this quote to cheer you up… remember Hleb saying he wanted to leave London for the quiet life?
'In London he was a hero. If I went went to a restaurant with him, there in a matter of seconds about 20 people would surround him asking for an autograph.'
'Now he is at a mega-club. They have 25 world-class players. Only 11 of them can go on to the pitch. Seven sit on the bench and seven more watch games from the stands.'
Looks like all his dreams have come true! Happy Sunday Grovers!


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A few years ago, I lost my soul dog, my very first foster and unequivocally the best dog of all time to cancer right before Christmas. His name was Chance, and he was my heart. I had him in my life throughout my career in vet med, through a marriage, the birth of a child and through several moves as my life changed. I found metastatic lung cancer in his chest right before Thanksgiving. The pressures of being a single mother trying to provide for Christmas and knowing the cancer had spread left me with some choices. I had to choose palliative care and there is nothing harder for a technician to admit than she can't fix her own.
Despite my sadness at his diagnosis, I spent Thanksgiving feeding him scraps from the table which he happily consumed. As I baked Christmas cookies, he got the imperfectly baked Christmas trees, because if I wouldn't fix him, well I was surely going to spoil him. Without question, I scrubbed away at the carpet he had peed on, because the steroids that were trying to buy us time made him have accidents in the house. You could see the shame in his eyes, thinking he had done something wrong.
Shortly before Christmas, I got the gut feeling something wasn't right, and I could hear him starting to cough more. I took him into work and my heart sank when I saw the chest X-rays we had taken. His chest was full of cancer, he was running a fever and he wouldn't eat or even wag his tail. Surrounded by my coworkers I had to make the choice to say goodbye to my best friend. As I held him in my arms, ugly crying, he wagged his tail at me. I told him how much I loved him and then he was gone. I went home empty and had to tell my son who had grown up with Chance that he wasn't going to be here for Christmas.
It has gotten easier, but the holidays still break my heart when I think of Chance. As I felt the holidays begin to loom closer, my world became just a little less happy. I threw myself into my work at the clinic and tried to mentally prepare myself for when I would see the annual reminder in my Facebook memories. Then something changed my outlook. My technicians heart dog had mildly swollen lymph nodes. When we are in the field and know more, our brain jumps to the worst conclusion ever. She had already decided it was lymphoma. My team listened to her while she shared her concerns, we drew blood and sent aspirates to the lab. The next day, when I could see the sadness in her eyes, I called the lab asking if they could get us cytology results as soon as possible because this was a very emotionally charged situation.
Within a few hours the cytology results came back, and my technician crumbled. It was lymphoma. My team offered hugs, our empathy and quickly pulled together to perform any further tests and prepare her very special boy for chemotherapy. Seeing the sadness in my technicians' eyes, as a manager, I was able to remember the pain I had felt and do what I needed to do to make this horrible news just a tiny bit easier. My team saw her shaken to her core and came together to help any way we could. I know she will be spending her Christmas giving extra table scraps and burnt holiday cookies to her pup. I knew that pain and I knew that process.
When we discover devastating news or lose one of our own, it is life changing. The pain dulls over time, but it is always there. A constant nagging memory or aching of wondering: what else we can do? As professionals, some of the best gifts we can offer someone is our empathy, our medical skill and our ability to soften the blow of a devastating situation. These are the gifts we bring to our clients when they come in with their old dog a couple days before Christmas to euthanize. We have no idea the struggle they have been dealing with before walking in our doors or the guilt they feel after they leave. These are the gifts we give to the family who brings in a sick dog on Christmas Eve and are scraping up funds to try and provide treatment. Continue to give those gifts wherever you can. Never lose the ability to share what makes us good at our jobs. Our hearts, our compassion and our empathy.
The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the position of the DrAndyRoark.com editorial team.
Jade is a licensed technician of 9 years who lives in Port Orchard, Wash. She enjoys emergency and critical cases, dentistry and creating a bond with her clients and team. During her off time she is busy keeping up with her two crazy Basenjis!


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Spicy Hot Chocolate With Caramel Marshmallows
Courtesy of executive pastry chef Mauricio Santelice
Dream Downtown, NYC
1 pound dark chocolate, chopped into small pieces
1 cinnamon stick, 2 inches long
1 dry and toasted poblano pepper, chopped
6 ounces heavy cream
1 ounce cocoa
11 ounces sugar
1/2 cup water
2 1/2 tablespoons powdered gelatin.
1 tablespoon vanilla
5 tablespoons water
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 cup milk, of choice
Spicy Ganache squares
Boil cream with cinnamon stick and chopped poblano pepper.
When the cream reaches a boil remove the cinnamon stick and the poblano pepper.
Place the chocolate in a bowl and pour the hot cream into the chocolate.
Mix well until all the chocolate has been dissolved, it should resemble pudding in texture.
Using a small tray or aluminum disposable tray, not taller than 1 inch, dust 1/2 ounce of cocoa to cover the bottom of the tray.
Pour the ganache in quickly before it sets.
Dust more cocoa on top, let it set in the fridge.
Then after 20 minutes, using a small knife cut 1 inch square pieces and place back in the fridge.
Caramel Marshmallows
First, place the gelatin in a bowl and add 5 tablespoons of water and 1 tablespoon of vanilla.
Then set the bowl in a bain marie.
Leave the bowl in the hot water until the gelatin is set.
To make the caramel, mix the sugar and water together in a pot.
Bring to boil until the mixture reaches an amber caramel color.
As soon as it is done, pour the hot caramel into a mixing machine.
Next add in the gelatin and begin to whip the mixture at high speed, this will begin to look like a meringue.
Continue to whip until the mixture is warm.
Prepare a small tray dusted with half of the powdered sugar.
Using a spatula, spread the marshmallow mixture evenly across the tray.
Dust using the remaining powdered sugar.
Let it cool and cut in 1 inch square cubes.
Hot Chocolate
Boil your milk of your preference.
Add one Spicy chocolate ganache cube into your cup or mug.
Pour in the hot milk and mix.
Top with some caramel marshmallows and enjoy!


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CEON/CEES Working paper on the bibliometric analysis of MI SASA for 2016 by P. Šipka published
It describes the previous history of conducting this kind of analyses in Serbia and the circumstances under which the analysis for 2016 was entrusted to the present contractor. Furthermore, the applied methodology, the obtained results, and their main consequences for the assessed journals are evaluated.
The report is rated extremely unfavourably. BA MI SANU is not usable for the purposes it is intended for. The explanation for the failure is found in the crude simplification of the previously used (and still effective in JBR) journal evaluation methodology verified by the Ministry.
It is demonstrated that the consequences of the applied methodology for journal categorization are numerous and serious. Especially affected are the journals assigned to category M24 – National journal of international importance.
Keeping in mind the unjustifiably high price paid for the service to the contractor by the Ministry, the issue of responsibility for investing in such a major professional and scientific failure is raised.