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Confessions Of A Former Heroin Dealer
August 2, 2018 | No Comments » | Topics: TRUTH, Life Experiences
What drug did you sell?
Heroin. Well, it started off years earlier with ecstasy then I moved to cocaine then prescription pills and finally to heroin. I was chasing the biggest profits. When I was selling ecstasy it was because that was my favorite drug and I wanted a little bit of extra money to compliment my regular job. By the time I was selling dope and prescription pills, I had a whole organization and this was my full time job.
What quality/type of heroin did you end up selling?
The highest quality black tar heroin. The connect was so low level that we had to warn people when switching over from another dealer. I know everybody says that but we had a lot of close calls. It was dark almost black but a drier charcoal like that would crumble and turned into dark brown tar when handled or breathed on.
What is the profit margin on heroin?
On pills, a 30mg oxycodone instant release sells for about $15 where I live and I gave my pharmacist $5/each. Dilaudid 8mg sold for a similar $15 or sometimes 10 for $120 and I gave my pharmacist $4 each for those. High quality dope sells for anywhere from $120-150/g (or $30-40 for .2) in my location and my first connect was for $80/g – though as I moved up and got introduced to higher level people, that price dropped to $40/g (and remember my market was $30-40 for a .2) and my prices stayed similar. Dope and pills are where the money is. Margins aren't bad on coke and such ($25/g wholesale and $50/g retail) but dope fiends have to come back every day. They don't feel like they have a choice in the matter.
How does the process work? do you buy drugs from some larger organization then move them to your "market" or did you manufacture as well? How does one make the connections and go about buying large sums of heroin etc?
A combination of good luck and just networking. It's not easy for a white guy in this particular field. The Mexicans control the heroin trade where I live and they don't trust white guys. My first connect for dope was one that sought out because I couldn't get enough pills to keep up with demand. It was a white guy who had gained the trust of a Mexican woman and was basically middle-manning it for me. He got arrested and they realized that I was the one moving most of his product. They approached me and I got my first Mexican connect. After my first arrest, they realized I could hold my mud (not tell dirt on everyone) and my connect's boss approached me and that's how I got down to near Mexican level prices ($35-40/gram) because normally even the white guys who can buy from Mexican suppliers don't pay the same as Mexicans. So, yeah, luck, balls, and willingness to protect your own I guess.
How do the drugs and money change hands? Do you shop up at Mr. Mexicans door with a wallet full of hundreds and place a box full of drugs in your trunk? Or by the end did you even touch the product directly?
At the beginning, I went personally to all deals and I stuck ounces of heroin in my butt cheeks. They were wrapped repeatedly. Don't worry. But yeah, by the end, I very rarely touched the dope. I had runners and a partner I trusted to meet the connect. I was almost mostly selling to smaller dealers who use to be my customers. I did very few individual sales, even through my partner in the end. He had made a spot within the fuse box in the engine bay of his car so at some point he would stop shortly after leaving the connects house at a gas station and moved the what was now a quarter pound per reup from on his person to this spot attached to the fusebox and he would drive with it under the hood until he got home. We'd move it into the apartment nonchalantly at some point and chop it up for sale.
Every dealer I have ever known has hid the reup under his hood. The police are on to this, right?
The biggest assumption is that you are being pulled over because they know what you are doing. Usually its just a regular traffic stop. Two, you carry in your ass until you get away from the connect to make sure nobody was waiting right away. And lastly, we had created a compartment underneath the traditional spots. But in the end if they know what you are doing, the dogs will find it. It's to prevent accidental discoveries. I've also swallowed 12 grams of dope once following a certain nudie massage.
What percent was cut? What did you use to cut?
I did not cut my product at all. Because I was getting it from a very low level dealer, I suspect it was cut very little before I got it either. I took over the market on the basis of quality – and to top it off quality at a lower price because of how far down the ladder I had went to get it.
Wouldn't that be up the ladder? Generally you climb the corporate ladder…in this case it seems like you sorta climbed the cartel ladder.
Sorry you do climb the ladder but generally the closer to the source it is, it's called a low level connect.
How did people find you?
I built up a pretty large clientele through other drugs first. Some of them made the switch. The biggest of those were my pill clients. Almost 100% of them made the switch to heroin. If you go to any college campus, the pill clients are not hard to find. In addition, my supply was Mexican and many other Mexicans started picking up from me because it was simple and the traditional Mexican suppliers require much larger up front purchases than the average dope fiend can handle. So my clientele was all over the place. The two major groups were well-to-do college students and poor Mexicans.
How did you do deals? In your own home, on the street, at the buyers location of choice? Cell phone or face to face to initiate a deal?
We had a dope spot initially where people could come to the apartment. After it got hot, we switched to delivery only and a couple things like dummy cars and other shit. Burner cell phone changed every two weeks to avoid wiretaps – though I don't know how likely they were as there were no recorded conversations at our court discovery that I knew about. Maybe that's because of the precautions. Maybe it's because its more difficult than I know.
What's the most amount of cash you have made in a week?
I averaged about $25,000/month by the end and we came up from about $100/day when we first started selling ecstasy.
How did you handle that kind of money (25k/month)? You can't just walk into a bank and deposit that.
We spent it as fast as we made it many cases, I reinvested a lot of it into other ventures and more drugs, I did deposit some of it, I paid tuition and rent for me and my girlfriend, I bought a car, bought a second car just for work, lots of things like vacations and nice clothes. But basically we just went through it. A lot got seized at the end in product and cash. I made off with a little bit and have been living off it and watching it dwindle. Maybe that's why I started these memoirs. It's just another hustle.
Were you smart enough to take some of that money and bury it somewhere? Please god say yes, my brain would hurt if you didn't set up a nest egg that no one but you knows about.
I got away with some money. Alot was spent. Alot was seized. That money is slowly dwindling but is paying for mine and my girlfriends tuition. She has stuck by me through this whole thing and she's the love of my life.
I always wondered how people who made a lot of money selling drugs managed to push so much product. Do you have several hundred clients, or sell to a few dealers who would sell to others? I suppose for heroin you would just need a number of daily users, but what about the rest?
I had probably 20-30 clients. When people hear that number it is always smaller than they expect. But with dope they are daily clients. Also it is deceiving because I force those people to pick up for their friends that I don't want to meet and some of them are dealers and resellers. As far as the rest, even 20-30 is decent because of the profit margins but you do need more the less you force them to resell for their friends or the less dealers you have working for you making their own customers. My five or six dealers I had on my team all had their own clients so a sale is a sale is a sale.
Did you carry a firearm? If so, ever use it?
I did not carry a firearm. I did keep a combat knife of sorts around the house after an incident I talked about before where some rival Mexicans ran up in my house while my girlfriend was present.
Did your Mexican associates offer you protection? OR did your Mexican associates put you in uncomfortable situations, or were they professional and businesslike?
After that incident, my connect provided me with a guy for muscle and this was probably the point where I started doing more Mexican sales because the enforcer wanted in on sales as well. The Mexicans I worked for were always very businesslike. My primary connect at the end couldn't have been any older than me and was very clean cut with a nice home and a BMW 7 Series. That muscle guy is in jail now as part of the raids in October but I am close with his family and I stay with them when visiting.
So as you can see they were very businesslike (the La Eme associates anyways) but there is a certain amount of drama that happened just because of the association. Taxes to the local Eme boss, rival gangs who don't listen to directives, etc. My connect was Mexican Mafia (La Eme) but I was white. I wasnt required to pay taxes. But I lived on the westside and the westsiders worked with and protected me but the eastsiders ignored the Mafia and caused me drama all the time. Either they claimed I owed taxes or they just thought they could take advantage of the soft white boy.
There was one incident where I was ran up on at knife point. I talk about it in a few locations around this topic. I didn't ever own a firearm. I was probably unwilling to fire it and that it is just a bad combo. I did eventually keep a knife around and this Mexican guy who was originally sent to me after the incident ended up living with me permanently and I became close to him and his family. He was actually half mexican/half white but all westsider and he grew up with only the Mexican side of his family because the father abandoned them.
Did you find that most of the time you were stressed, experiencing sleepless nights, etc.
It came and went. Certainly the best times I had were vacations with my girlfriend and when I learned to delegate and trust my partner more.
What do you think about the people you sold too?
They represented a very wide spectrum of people. Some were dope fiend thieves, many were college students or poor Mexicans. Some had trust funds and college funds, others stole from their girlfriends. I had this one group – four of them all from the same company who came to my house on their lunch breaks and fixed or got well. Some came back after work too. They were respectable business people at a legit tech company. It was funny, they kept it from each other for a while. Even their manager. Then eventually they all found out about each other.
Did you ever use the drugs?
I'd like to say that I never used the drugs. That's the cool thing to do in movies and rap music, right? Never get high on your own supply. But the truth is that I suffered from pretty severe heroin withdrawal when I quit selling and using. It's too easy to pass the time by using when you are bored and have reached a certain point.
How did you manage to get through college while on heroin? In the period you were a user yourself, did you use a lot?
It's not nearly as debilitating as everyone expects. And after a while, a regular or small amount just gets you normal. I feel more active and talkative after getting high. The early user nod out or dick in the dirt moments stop happening as frequently or you just know yourself and do a "get well" dose and then get loaded after class.
Did you have any other big scares before you got arrested?
Ammusingly the first time I got arrested in April, I was accepting a nudie massage for a small bit of dope while waiting to reup. Long story. Lol. After that incident, there were a lot of close calls and it became a bit of a game of cat and mouse. I only got charged with possession and drug paraphernalia the first time and we thought we were staying one step ahead of them. I had some close calls with being followed, stopped and questioning, and in general the lead detective just wouldn't leave me alone. What we didn't know for a while though was that they had a snitch and this was a long-haul investigation. I also became increasingly paranoid during this time.
How did you end up getting arrested?
My pill supplier was a pharmacy manager who used an insurance scheme to make pills disappear from the pharmacy. They were investigating him and the first time I got arrested, I got caught up in that whole investigation. I was getting a nudie massage when the police showed up and I was arrested for possession and paraphernalia. I ultimately kept going because those charges were expunged but by then, people were talking and they had a snitch who said I was selling everything. A larger investigation was launched and ultimately my organization came down in a series of raids and the case was mostly made by snitches aka informants.
Did you roll on your supplier?
As far as this investigation went, I was the top of the supply chain. Only myself and one other person knew the supplier and neither of us rolled. We tipped off everyone involved. We are in tighter now than ever and have access to bigger things even but we both chose to stay away.
What did you ultimately get charged with?
My pill supplier was a pharmacy manager who used an insurance scheme to make pills disappear from the pharmacy. They were investigating him and the first time I got arrested in April, I got caught up in that whole investigation. I was getting a nudie massage when the police showed up and I was arrested for possession and paraphernalia. I ultimately kept going because those charges were expunged but by then, people were talking and they had a snitch who said I was selling everything. A larger investigation was launched and ultimately my organization came down in a series of raids in October and the case was mostly made by snitches aka informants. There was very little physical evidence and my partner and I both copped pleas to lesser charges (originally trafficking, intent to sell, etc.) and drug rehabilitation (we were selling to support our habit allegedly) and this allowed us both to get probation and NA meetings rather than jail time because we had no priors. I assume they didn't want to test their snitches on the stand. I don't know. Some states are just very lenient with drug offenders. Especially those with no priors who are doing other things in their lives. I was very depressed and assumed because of the first time around, they were not going to accept the plea deal but they did. Three years felony probation and 6 months of NA meetings. They also took almost every dime I had so I am broke as well. So it wasn't a complete wash for them.
How the hell did you get away with three years of probation and drug rehab?
When I got arrested, I had a fraction of this. Their case was built on informants that they did not want to take the stand. I explained this. I also explained that however my former partner got caught with a quarter pound of the dope and he got more serious charges including trafficking across county lines but even he got the same type of deal and reduction with expunge. Some states are more lenient than others. Especially when you have other things going on in and life and rehabilitation and re-entry to the normal world is expected rather than the exception. I was a student, good gpa, did charity work, and sending me to prison would have just made me a career criminal. At the end of my probation, I was eligible for a drug rehab program and the record is to be expunged. Same is true of my former partner.
Do you think all or certain drugs should be legalized?
All of them. Both of my brothers are dope fiends and I cry sometimes thinking about the trouble they've been in and the time in jail they've spent because we treat this as a criminal problem rather than the health problem that it is. This is coming from somebody who has seen both sides of the fence.
So what are your opinions on The Wire?
It is probably the only realistic portrayal of drug dealing I have seen. It's fantastic. The college scene works a bit differently but that is how it was around the cities I grew up in.
How was the college scene different?
You don't really have corner boys. It all works through a series of referrals and friends of friends. I only had 20-30 direct clients but I forced them to pick up from their friends. Only if a friend of theirs became a very regular and good business customer would I sometimes meet them and take on a new customer.
Do you have any regrets about how you ran your business?
Yeah, there were things we could have done. People I had gut feelings about that I should have followed. Never ran a dope spot and ran delivery games from the beginning. My best friend protecting me is a sore spot too since he got the more serious charges (but still gets to expunge them later) and a few other things. But overall I don't regret the experience.
If could go back in time and you had the knowledge now of the investigation that was being carried out on you and the snitch and you could completely avoid being caught as you were. Would you still go ahead with it or completely avoid the scene?
If I could avoid being caught, yeah. Like I said, I don't regret the experience. I regret the peoples lives who were destroyed. I regret certain decisions but not the experience as a whole. I did things I would have never got to do traditionally within my socio-economic status.
Did you ever get depressed when you stopped selling and all the highs that in itself brought?
I talked about this in one of my NA meetings. It was miserable not being THAT guy anymore. Not being a boss. Not being recognized. Not skipping the lines at the night club or being able to do or buy what I wanted. I felt so alive selling drugs. I know that sounds bad but its true.


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The recently concluded Game of Thrones : Season 4 coincided with the start of the World Cup. Nerea Palacios came up with just the right inspiration for it. Instead of killing ourselves silly over a stupid throne, why don't we do it for the World Cup? Who would you support?
Month / June 2014
Swiss Bliss Day 8 (Part 2)
Having had our fill of a late brunch. We were ready to explore Mürren. It can be best labelled as a village, and most of the people here are tourists, or Swiss from other districts. Most were here for the hike. For such a small town like this, there are plenty of places which you can hike to, depending on your level of fitness and experience. You could even take the gondolas towards the mountains — Schilthorn.
Mürren can best be described as the focal point. If the point of your holiday is to hike the nearby areas, this would be a good place to stay. High up in the mountains, fresh air and nice views. Our family's fitness levels aren't coordinated, so we have to go by the weakest link. Hence the lack of any strenuous outdoor activities.
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Aroma of Old/New Books
Ever wonder why old/new books have that smell? You know what I mean, when you thumb through The Alchemist, what does it smell like? When you first bought the book and now.
Swiss Bliss Day 8 (Part 1)
"Hmmm, the weather forecast doesn't look good today either," I said.
We were all having breakfast at the hotel. Local TV channels have one special channel with a live video feed of the nearby mountaintops. So that you can gauge the weather that you will be expecting when you go up. Our three days here at Interlaken was all cloudy and gloomy. Not the perfect weather to go to the mountains but quite nice for some hike. Which was what we were going to do.
We have already memorized the train schedule that's leaving Interlaken for Lauterbrunnen, so we could take it easy with our breakfast and the brisk stroll to the train station from the hotel. I can't emphasize how good the Swiss punctuality is for our daily usage. We don't have to rush and we would always knew when the next train/bus would be coming around the corner if we missed the first one. It makes travel planning so much easier and flexible.
The town of Lauterbrunnen which can mean 'clear springs' or 'many springs' depending on the translation. Nestled in between two massive mountain walls, it is famous as the town with the backdrop of a waterfall, known as the Staubbach Falls.
Once you get off the platform, instead of following the masses and heading towards the town, make your way in the opposite direction, towards the carpark. Exit the carpark and you will find yourself in a tourist-free, residential area of Lauterbrunnen. This gives you a close-up look at how the people here lived. The Swiss really like their flowers. Almost every window, every garden around the area are dotted with flowers of various varieties.
Tip: Instead of exiting to the town, try exiting through the carpark on the opposite direction.
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Grace is a fashion designer, illustrator and intelligent artist with a twist. A lot of people might claim that they have been inspired by nature in their works, but Grace took it a step further. She really does. Literally. Here are her flowery fashion pieces. Find more at Grace Ciao.


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Hilarious 'Bachelorette' does more than simply mimic last year's hit comedy
Rating: R
When: Opens today
Where: Wide release
Running time: 1 hour, 31 minutes
It might be tempting to assume "Bachelorette" is just a knockoff of last year's hit comedy "Bridesmaids." While it's likely that writer/director Leslye Headland, in her feature film debut after writing for the San Diego-based TV series "Terriers," benefitted from "Bridesmaids' " success, "Bachelorette" has more in common with cult-favorite high school torture comedies like "Heathers" and "Mean Girls," plus a healthy dose of "The Hangover," than it does with the pleasantly potty-mouthed Kristen Wiig film. The result is an unexpected and bitterly funny take on the misery of the modern, maladjusted woman.
The story revolves around the wedding of Becky (Rebel Wilson, much more subdued than her turn as Wiig's creepy roommate in "Bridesmaids"), the heavyset butt of the joke among her catty high school clique called the "B-Faces." Based upon their despicable behavior over the course of the wedding weekend, you can guess what the "B" stands for.
The queen "B" is Regan (Kirsten Dunst, practically spitting venom), a tightly wound overachiever who takes charge of Becky's wedding and resents every second of it. Even with all of her success, Regan still sees life through the hierarchical lens of high school, and she can't stand the fact that Becky, the same person she still calls "Pigface" behind her back, beat her to the altar.
Next in the line of succession is Gena (Lizzy Caplan, terrific), a promiscuous substance abuser who's happy to explain her philosophy on oral sex with the stranger sitting next to her on the plane. Gena's punk-rock, angry vibe only accentuates the fact that she's using sex and drugs to bury a deep psychological hurt, which slowly comes to light when she faces her high school ex-boyfriend (Adam Scott), a groomsman in the wedding.
Rounding out the group is Katie (Isla Fisher), an attractive airhead and the closest thing to a stereotype in a film that, despite its familiar high-school-clique dynamic, skillfully avoids them. As we follow the women (minus Becky) on a pre-wedding all-nighter that begins with hard partying and ends with a mad scramble to fix the bridal gown they carelessly damaged, it becomes clear that the characters are more than just stereotypes in service of a laugh (though there are plenty of laughs to go around). As the night progresses, the characters deepen, their dynamics grow more complex and, before you know it, you actually understand them, even if you don't necessarily like them.
If only Headland had taken the same amount of care with the character of Becky; more specifically, why on earth this seemingly well-adjusted woman would remain friends with such an insensitive bunch, let alone ask them to be bridesmaids. While it's nice to see Wilson inhabit a character who doesn't give you the willies, Becky is so underwritten that the rising comedic actress is used mostly as the reason for this dysfunctional high school reunion.
But it's Headland's whip-fast banter, loaded with the kind of well-rehearsed comebacks, nicknames and movie references (several from another high school classic, "Fast Times at Ridgemont High") that can only be shared between close childhood friends, that makes "Bachelorette" crackle. The film keeps up with a bouncy, nostalgic pop soundtrack and a frantic, fun pace that defies your expectations despite its familiar conventions.
It's also occasionally raunchy and consistently foul-mouthed, behavior we've grown accustomed to seeing in bros-behaving-badly romps like "The Hangover," but rarely see with women on-screen. This may come as a shock, but a good number of real women are plenty familiar with the language and lasciviousness Headland depicts. If you're one of them, you will most assuredly enjoy the hell out of "Bachelorette."


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Halloween Party Themes for Adults
Yes, we realize that the "theme" category seems like a no-brainer -- it's Halloween. Just carve some pumpkins, head to the dollar store for generic decorations, throw "Monster Mash" on the stereo and call it a day. But the sky's really the limit if you want to kick it up a notch. Here are some of our favorite Halloween theme party ideas:
- Dead celebrities: Have your undead guests walk a red carpet (and maybe over some police tape) to enter the festivities.
- Murder mystery: Buy a murder mystery game, assign characters to your guests and have them come in costume.
- Toga party: Old-school, but classic -- and easy. Be careful, though, that things don't dissolve into "Animal House"-type debauchery.
So, even if you're not having a specifically themed party, does everyone still have to wear a costume? One word answer: Yes. Turn the page for more on costumes.


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CHS Inc. has opened in office at Montevideo, Uruguay, making it the fourth South American nation in which CHS has operations.
CHS growth in South American markets supports the company's strategic goal of expanding its business platform to meet growing customer demand and adding value to its member-owners' investment.
"CHS expansion into Uruguay will further build our grain origination and fertilizer distribution capabilities, and is a strategic complement to current operational and logistical activities in Argentina and Paraguay," said Stefano Rettore, senior vice president, CHS South America.
Sebastian Lavista will manage the CHS Uruguay office. He will report to Ignacio Bosch, general manager, CHS Argentina. Prior to joining CHS, Lavista was responsible for commercial business with Glencore in Uruguay. He earned a bachelor's degree in International Business at Catholic University of Uruguay, at Montevideo.
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Turkish authorities have arrested 283 members of the presidential guard of Recep Tayyip Erdogan over alleged affiliation to the last week's failed coup.
Security sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the suspects were part of the special forces regiment stationed at the presidential palace in capital, Ankara.
The sources added that the suspects will be taken to the Palace of Justice in Ankara after a police inquiry is conducted.
Meanwhile, an unnamed Turkish government official said 10,856 passports, including close to 10,000 green/grey ones, had been cancelled "due to flight risk," either because the holders are in custody or on the run.
Green passport holders include civil servants as well as former legislators, who can travel to some countries visa-free. Grey passports are issued to those working on government business as well as members of sports delegations.
Prime Minister Binali Yildirim vowed on Friday to adopt more measures against potential "threats" in the face of the July 15 botched putsch.
Yildirim said the danger from the attempted coup remains, but the government is trying to keep it at bay. He also assured Turkish citizens that security and safety have been ensured across the country.
"Our priority is to ensure the peace and safety of people at all places, dismiss all their concerns and control state institutions thoroughly," the premier pointed out.
Erdogan said on Thursday 10,410 people had so far been detained with 4,060 of them remanded in custody, including more than 100 generals and admirals.
He further noted that the death toll from the failed coup attempt had risen to 246 people, excluding the coup plotters, and that 2,185 people had sustained injuries.
Turkish officials have launched a large-scale crackdown following the July 15 attempted coup d'état. A three-month state of emergency has also been declared in Turkey.
Turkey's Ministry of National Education announced in a statement last Tuesday that it had dismissed 15,200 of its employees from their jobs over their alleged involvement in the putsch.
The Turkish public broadcaster TRT also reported that the country's High Education Board had ordered the resignation of 1,577 deans, including 1,176 in public universities and 401 in private institutions.
Sources in Turkey's Interior Ministry said on Monday that a total of 8,777 Interior Ministry officials had been suspended since July 16.


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1. What inspired you to write Web 2.0 and Leading 21st-Century Schools?
I have been studying, researching and teaching about technology integration for more than two decades and I finally began to realize that no matter what a teacher may try to do, if the school leaders (building level and district level) do not support it, the teacher ma y be completely isolated and frustrated. It is not unusual to 'blame the teacher' for the lack of meaningful integration, but in reality, teachers do what works for their children, and what is supported and encouraged by their administrators. If the teachers do not have the training, technical support and knowledge, and access to good materials, how can we expect them to create well developed lessons that challenge, engage, and encourage each child? I investigated what our school leaders (primarily principals) are required to know about integrating technology and leading change, and found that overall, it is zero! That led to the book.
2. What makes the current generation of students different from others in terms of technology?
A lot has been said about our learners all growing up with vast technology in their hands, which is true; however, I see this as much more involved than that. Our students do expect instant connections, and immediate responses and they tend to text, talk, SMS, and surf a great deal. But I am not a believer that their brains have changed. I believe that they now expect us to provide relevant, authentic and engaging activities and material in meaningful ways. Do they need to memorize the fifty state capitals? Maybe not. Do they need to know when to multiply and when to divide? Absolutely! I think we as educators must take on the hard task of purposefully examining the content and asking ourselves to consider what must be memorized, what needs to be learned in other ways, and what types of things are not essential for our students to know by heart.
3. How can technology and the internet change education?
Access to current information, global experts, and creativity is one change and it means we have the possibility of finding ways to really engage and motivate our learners. We have to recognize the power of what is available. Students must have experience in being cautious and careful consumers of what is available. But now we read about what is happening in another country, and can engage in a conversation with someone working on the issue or problem. As our entire nation watches the tragedy in the Gulf of Mexico, are we educators using this as a teachable moment? Think of the possibilities to engage students in investigating topics in math, science, literacy, and even social activities.
4. What is the biggest obstacle in integrating technology in the classroom?
All the research says time is the biggest problem. I agree it is one important factor but not the only one. Teachers need to have leadership that says this is an important aspect of a 21st Century school and we need to take advantage of the affordances of the technology currently available to us. I almost weep when I see schools spend their limited resources on Electronic Smartboards without helping teachers understand the power they offer. As always some teachers will take the time to investigate, develop, and promote their use; but others need help and support. Do we give them what they need? If we did, and promoted what is already available, teachers would have more possibility of making effective use of the technology. Here is an example. The Department of Education sponsors many efforts to make information available in content areas. They fund a National History Education Clearinghouse (http://teachinghistory.org/) which offers amazing resources, organized primary sources with lesson plans, and technology links that support what teachers do. Having a school wide discussion focused on the resources available would do wonders to change the conversation.
5. Do you think it is possible to one day have an all-online classroom in the future?
I think we have a lot of examples of this working for post-secondary education students and most states offer high school classes online. These tend to be for the more advanced subjects because no matter what, succeeding requires that the learner be self-directed and also have whatever background knowledge the specific subject requires. On the other hand, I hope we never move elementary and middle school classes totally online, because that so minimizes the importance of the other things we hope to teach in these grades.
Thanks for the interview Lynne! Again, you can find Web 2.0 here and Leading 21stst Century Schools here. For more information about education and technology, see Udemy's main website.


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Happy Monday friends! This is a very exciting week because I'm heading to Denver for a little girls trip on Wednesday! Yay! This mama is pumped! Today I'm chatting a bit about my work out routine, or lack thereof…I hope some of you can relate!
I always feel so energized at the beginning of the week, but then find myself struggling by Wednesday #whoopsie where's the coffee? Anyone else in the same boat? Last week I was so motivated to stick to a work out routine. My plan was to work out at home Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. I was going to do a 15-20 minute workout video each day and a mile jog/walk.
The goal felt attainable on Monday as I was planning everything out. It was easy to stick to it on the first day, but when Wednesday came around I was all like ehhh…my body still hurts from Monday so I half-assed my way through a 10 minute work out video and skipped the run. Friday came around and I skipped both and decided that walking around a toddler gym was enough of a cardio session (totally lazy!).
Then Saturday I ran a full out olympic speed run on the trail downtown trying to get Noah to stop crying in his stroller. I could barely walk afterwards, and hobbled around most of Sunday in pain (FYI, I have the worst knees… I blame it on growing up a ballerina and jumping around way too much without landing properly).
This little scenario happens to me all of the time, and I end up getting a tad frustrated. I have to stop and remind myself that the reason my work out schedule is so crazy is because my life is so crazy. With my job, no two days are the same. Some days I'm at a coffee shop working, some days I'm out doing photo shoots and running errands, and other days I'm at home spending time with Noah and doing dishes and laundry.
The bottom line is that being healthy is a lifestyle. You don't have to stick to the same rigid routine every week to be healthy. Do what works for you, and don't stress out if you can't stick to a routine. Choose happiness, health, and get active as much as you can when you can.
Hoodie // Leggings // Sneakers // Sunglasses
Thanks so much for stopping by friends, and have an amazing day!


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Allergy Dictionary
The ECC Germany has created a dictionary to allow people suffering from food allergies to travel abroad worry-free.
Update: Jan 2013
The dictionary contains a translation of 130 allergenic foodstuffs in 21 official European languages, as well as in Turkish, Russian, Icelandic and Norwegian.
This dictionary can also help you when ordering in a restaurant or grocery shopping, to explain your food restrictions and understand the ingredients of what you eat or buy in a foreign language.
You can write down your allergies on a card "I'm allergic against…" before you leave and keep it in your wallet during your holiday.
Select your own language from the following list. A pdf document will be opened, containing the translations of the terms in all other languages.
- Разговорник: Алергия (BG)
- Slovník: Alergie (CZ)
- Sprogfører: Allergi (DK)
- Wörterbuch: Allergien (D)
- Guía: Alergias (E)
- Guide: Allergia (EST)
- Guide de la conversation: Allergies (F)
- Guide: Allergia (FIN)
- Guide: Allergies (GB)
- Γλψσσικός οδηγός: Αλλεργίες (GR)
- Útmutató: Allergia (H)
- Guida: Allergie (I)
- Orðtakasafn: Ofnæmi (IS)
- Guide: Alergiškas (LT)
- Ceļvedis: Alerģijas (LV)
- Guide: allergier (N)
- Taalgids: Allergieën (NL)
- Guia: Alergias (P)
- Słowniczek: Alergie (PL)
- Leksikons: alergijas (RO)
- Разговорник: Аллергия (RUS)
- Guide: Allergi (S)
- Guide: Alergiu (SK)
- Vodnik: Alergije (SLO)
- Guide: Alerjim (TR)


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|Dr. Aniruddha Ghosh
Resident Doctor & Clinical Researcher, Institute of Child Health, Kolkata, India
|Dr. Aniruddha has graduated from NRS Medical College and Hospital and has done post-graduation (MD in Pediatric Medicine) from Institute of Child Health, Kolkata (Calcutta), India. Alongside playing the role of a doctor he has been working also as a Clinical Researcher at the Institute of Child Health Kolkata. He has special interest in the fields of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Pediatric Neurology. He is an editorial board member of several international medical and pediatric journals.
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Delnas Metal Roofing has had continuous involvement with local community projects since our inception. In recent years we have supported national health and wellbeing initiatives such as Healthier Work and Movember® Australia.
2015 Convoy for Cancer Families
The convoy for cancer families is an event organised by The Cancer Support Group ACT in which trucks / bikes pay a registration fee and gather support on a designated route within Canberra displaying cancer awareness merchandise.
2008 – 2014 and 2016 Sponsor of ACT's Master Builder Associations Excellence in Building Awards
The awards recognise outstanding projects and workmanship from the region's residential builders, commercial builders, civil contractors, architects, designers, sub-contractors, suppliers and associated professionals.
2008 – 2014 Sponsor of Gungahlin Jets (Junior) Australian Football Club
The Jets are a local junior football club based in Gungahlin, ACT. They are focused on kids having fun, gaining development skills and engaging with the local community.
2009 – 2010 Sponsor of STC Pumas
The STC Pumas are a local cricket club situated in South Canberra. The Pumas have a long history within the local community; playing their first game in 1975.
2007 – 2013 Community League Soccer Team
The local soccer team is part of a community league of Canberra men who come together once a week to train and compete in a team spirited sport.
2006 – 2009 Sponsor of the Special Children's Christmas Party
The Special Children's Christmas Party is a project run in conjunction with Make-A-Wish® Australia to provide a Christmas party for children with a variety of special needs.


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I would like to change the icon on the first tab of thunderbird. So when I select an inbox, it should display inbox.svg. I have tried to put the following in my userChrome.css:
.tabmail-tabs>.tabmail-tab[type="folder"][SpecialFolder="Inbox"][selected="true"] {
list-style-image: url("icons/inbox.svg") !important;
The tab now displays no icon on selecting in inbox. I reckon Thunderbird is not able to find the url to the icon. However, the css to change the icon in the folder tree works perfectly:
treechildren::-moz-tree-image(folderNameCol, specialFolder-Inbox) { list-style-image: url("icons/inbox.svg") !important; }
Can someone point me to a working css?
I have tried to understand the documentation about chrome urls, but I did not understand what they are trying to explain. It is mostly pointed towards firefox and not specific enough for me to understand it.


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2017 Fantasy Baseball, Spring Training Position Battles – AL Central
Continuing the theme of Fantasy relevant Spring battles, going division by division we're heading from the AL East over to the AL Central.
Don't get too excited about the possibility of snagging a star for a bargain price. But there are some hitters who could sneak into the reckoning given regular playing time.
In AL-only leagues, anyone with a pulse should be considered and deeper league players should always be open to some ignored late round guys. These are the ones we'll be looking at here.
Probably more than a late round flyer, these are all hitters who might not necessarily be the 2017 version of Jonathan Villar, but could easily tip you over the edge from "nearly-rans" to Champions.
Chicago White Sox
When most teams have given up the ghost before Opening Day, they'll be fielding some players who you might not be too familiar with. And the White Sox are no exception.
Managing to acquire arguably the best position player and pitching prospect via trade, it's highly unlikely Moncada or Giolito will make the big league club out of Spring. There's simply no reason to do anything other than start the year with them in the minors.
* As of typing this, both have been optioned to Triple-A.
That's not to say you shouldn't track them for their eventual call-up. But for draft days, there are a couple of hitters who could sneak into the reckoning of fantasy assets.
As of now, Brett Lawrie is unemployed after his release from the White Sox. His value has been in steady decline since his prospect days. And that's left a hole in the White Sox infield.
Who could fill the gap? Right now it's between Tyler Saladino and Carlos Sanchez.
Carlos Sanchez is 25 and has featured in Chicago in each of the last three years, totalling 687 plate appearances. In that span, Sanchez has hit 9 homers, stolen 3 bases and mustered a .224 average. Nothing to see here.
Tyler Saladino on the other hand is older, has played fewer Major League games but is a more enticing proposition.
Saladino featured in 93 games for the White Sox in 2016, where he managed 8 homers and 11 steals. His .282 batting average and .315 OBP was a big improvement on his 2015 debut (.225 BA and .267 OBP). So where's the truth lie?
His minor league career comprises of 541 games, 41 homers, 111 stolen bases, a .261 batting average and .351 OBP. Not too shabby I think we can all agree.
So last year's numbers might not hold up but if Saladino does win the second base job out of Spring, he could conceivably hit .260 with double digits homers and 20+ steals. If he does manage to get on base at a rate similar to his minor league rate, those steals could go up even more. With something of a weak supporting cast, counting stats might lack but given the rest of the lineup, Saladino should be hitting higher up the order.
As of now, Sanchez is hitting .275 this Spring with a home run and two stolen bases. Saladino is hitting .389 with 3 homers and a solitary stolen base. Saladino's defense this Spring hasn't been sharp but he's better than his current efforts are showing.
I fully expect Saladino to be the everyday second baseman in the South Side and will be a nice late round pick-up for the middle infield spot.
Another quick note on the White Sox is outfielder Charlie Tilson. Charlie who?
Well he'll probably start the season on the DL with a foot injury but Tilson was pencilled in to be the starting centre fielder for the White Sox. The injury occurred before he got on the field this Spring, so it's difficult to gauge how long he'll be out for. Late April seems to be the current target.
So why am I mentioning Charlie Tilson? Well he's 24, so still developing his game. He's a career .293 hitter in the minors, has a .346 OBP to go along with that. Which is important as his biggest asset is his legs.
Tilson has played 487 games across all levels and has stolen 93 bases in that time. That's 30 steals over a 162 game span. Tilson managed just 15 last year, but did miss time with a hamstring injury which could explain why he couldn't get near the 50 bags he stole in 2015.
Last round pick, put him on your DL, then wait until he's on the field to boost your stolen base totals? I'll support that.
Minnesota Twins
The other significant battle in the AL Central is over in Minnesota where two sluggers are competing for DH and occasional first base duties.
When Byung-Ho Park was waived this Winter, it appeared the Twins had cut their losses and was looking to move on from their Korean experiment. Move on with Kennys Vargas that was.
Park reported for Spring with the Twins and rather than sulk about his Major League dream being in tatters, he's come out swinging (literally and figuratively). Right at this moment, Park is likely ahead of the queue to DH for the Twins.
Park has clubbed 4 homers and is hitting at a .361 clip over 36 at-bats. Park came to the US with a reputation as a power hitter and even in limited time with the Twins last year, he displayed that (12 homers in 62 games). It was his sub Mendoza line average which saw him sent to Triple-A.
So if Park can continue to hit this Spring, he should be in pole position for the DH duties in Minnesota.
So what of Vargas? He went 1-13 for the Twins this Spring before participating in the WBC, where he's gone 2-8 (one of the hits being a home run) for Puerto Rico. The Twins will likely want to give Vargas more time back at the club to show his worth. But right now, he's got some catching up to do.
A newly motivated and performing Park looks to have stolen the inside track to Opening Day. Even if he hits .250 for the Twins, a 30 home run season should be achievable. If you're someone who wants to take a gamble on Thames but miss out, Park could be a nice back-up choice come draft day.
Park could end the season as what Thames is expected to be (just with fewer steals). Given Thames has an ADP of 208 at ESPN and 231 at Yahoo, Park being drafted in around 2-3% of leagues represent more potential value for money.


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I'm going to break a rule here. Several rules, really. If you come from a similar sort of background, you'll perhaps be all too familiar with these rules. You see, I believe in sunlight under stones. I think that some secrets drain us too deeply if kept indefinitely. Sometimes we must give ourselves permission to be bold, to speak our own truths. Rotten things--mold, mildew, and decay--thrive where there is no sun. Light kills the rot.
My truth is that I come from a non-neurotypical family. One parent has had severe paranoid schizophrenia all of my life. This got progressively worse as I got older, but the schizophrenia was always there. The other parent does not always interact in "normal" ways either, but is intelligent, loyal, and gentle. I suspect Asperger's, but nothing has ever been diagnosed; indeed, I myself can empathize with some "Aspie" traits, but the controversy over the DSM-5 aside, I likewise have not been diagnosed with it.
During this time of year, when our thoughts turn to family, I say let us be honest. Let us at least be honest with ourselves, for honesty really is the only way through. I'm happy with my life, but I did not get to to this place by pretending that I grew up in a Norman Rockwell painting. One way or another, sunlight must be allowed under the stones. Your story must be permitted its voice. While silence is utterly moving and transcendent in some contexts, it is the vilest poison in others. We all need a chance to be heard. We all need a chance to be able to speak our truth.
I know first-hand that stigmas against the mentally ill can be projected onto the children of the mentally ill. A stigma might be hidden under a veil of politeness: good people don't talk about that, and so forth. Telling the truth can be a risk. I have also seen the other side of taking that risk. Even in the simplest interactions, I've seen people lift their heads with relief because they are talking to another person who gets it. A tension drains from their shoulders. Voices lose a defensive edge.
Many of us have one secret or another. You are not alone. Perhaps it is time to tip over the stone. Perhaps it is time to let the sunlight in.
[Awareness of the multi-generational phenomena of Childhood Emotional Neglect may prove helpful, especially if you've already addressed some of
the more obvious "surface" effects and find yourself struggling.]
Nov 25, 2013
Sunlight Under Stones
Posted by OrderInTheQuartz at 01:30
Labels: heathen values, philosophy
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- Teka LynnNovember 30, 2013 at 1:18 AM
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- AnonymousDecember 1, 2013 at 11:00 AM
I'm glad you are talking about this. So many people hide it away, my family included. I can't help but think if we talked about mental illness the same way we talk about, say, diabetes, then maybe as a culture we might be able to deal with it better. I'm not sure what better would be - it is such a complicated problem - but anything is better than silence. Sunlight under the stones indeed.ReplyDelete
Yes, indeed, there is unfortunately still a "culture of shame" surrounding this and related subjects, one which places an horrendous burden on individuals and families. Thank you very much for your kind comment and thoughts.Delete
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Research Paper: Overcoming Decision Making Conflicts in Palliative Care
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Ethical Analysis: Strategy for Palliative Care
The alternatives that are available today to take care of dying patients are numerous. These alternatives have increased as technology has evolved. Ethical dilemmas arise when one is faced with the decision of the best possible care for a patient who is dying. One of these decisions is on sustaining a patient's life through machines or terminating it through the switching off of the life supporting machines. These are decisions that create ethical dilemmas for all who are involved. Unlike in the past, when death could easily be defined as the cessation of life, today, things are different. This is because in today's world, there exist machines that can sustain the functions of various organs such as the lungs and this leads the definition of death to be more complex. Thus as Shaughnessy (2004) says, in the twentieth century a new patient has emerged whose heart and lungs are alive but the brain is essentially dead as it does not function. Technologies such as the cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) have made this possible where a patient whose heart and lungs have ceased to work, but are restarted using machines. This care of dying patients as well as the ethical dilemmas imposed lead many healthcare workers to burnout because of the emotional exertion, the physical as well as psychological demands made on them. Periera, et.al, (2011) state that this suffering is as a result of facing death everyday by the palliative care workers. Some of the issues that confront these workers are the decision to comply with the advance requests of patients, the decision to assist in suicide or euthanasia, the decision to withhold or withdraw treatments that one knows are necessary to sustain life, the decision to withhold resuscitation techniques.
Intraprofessional Team to Formulate Strategies
Palliative care delivery is difficult and often requires a whole team; the team includes medical and nursing staff, physiotherapist, social worker, and spiritual caregiver. Communication and coordination of a team is very important and during meetings of the team, detailed information should be shared and every member should be on the same page. A stronger team requires common understanding and ideal of the contribution and the role of the team that each member makes to achieve successful results (Spruyt, 2011). Inadequate communication, interpersonal conflict, role overload, role ambiguity and conflict issues are some of the challenges within the team. This can be due to external or internal issues, corporate issues or stresses. As the team grows larger in lobby groups, alliances and subgroups, several agendas come up, which distract the team from its actual purpose (Crawford & Price, 2003).
Application of Ethical Standards
Through technological developments new ethical dilemmas have emerged. The patients, health workers, and families must now make decisions on whether to adopt procedures that will prolong the life of the patient, even though not curing them, or not. Some of these techniques to prolong life may also prolong the suffering of the patient and by extension the family and caregivers involved. There are principles that can guide those involved in making a decision that would be agreeable and morally right.
Hinshaw (2008) highlights four of these principles as the modern principles of autonomy and justice as well as the Hippocratic principles of non-malfeasance and beneficence. All who are involved in patient care must have adequate knowledge so that their care is preemptive and accommodates the inclinations of the patient. It can be a difficult thing to be truthful to patients in cases of terminal illness or advanced stages of cancer. Sometimes informed consent must be sought from the families of patients who are not in a conducive mental state for this. Thus a family caregiver will be in communication with the palliative care team so that during the patient's final stages, their dignity is preserved and confidentiality is maintained. In this case, the communication will serve two purposes as far as ethics is concerned. Mohanti (2009), states that one of these is to clarify what a good death would be and the other is try and resolve the needs of the patient and his/her family which are mostly in conflict.
Pain is a present factor in many terminal illnesses including cancer in its advanced stages. It causes the patient discomfort and agitation and is difficult to bear for their families. In palliative care, it is relieved through the scientific principles of the analgesic ladder. However much as it is an ethical duty to relieve pain, it has not been given priority in medical care. Mohanti (2009) explains the reasons for this as inadequacy of skills and knowledge to evaluate pain, poor medication, lack of morphine, and myths surrounding opioid addictions and sedation.
The World Health Organization has made efforts to improve these situations especially in palliative care. These efforts by WHO and other bodies has caused the relief of pain to be designated an ethical duty of medicine and made it the responsibility of society to avail morphine. Pain should actually be viewed as a public health crisis for ethical reasons and this will ensure that measures are put into place to give it priority. The palliative care principles and the preferences of the patients should try as much as possible to be balanced. Autonomy of the patient through the receiving of his or his family's consent should be encouraged. Through this numerous tests, prolonged hospitalization, and unnecessary procedures can be avoided. Many nations around the world have incorporated the DNR (do not resuscitate) policy into their palliative care (Mohanti, 2009).
Palliative care strategies
Baker, et.al, (2008) proposes various strategies when dealing with ethics in palliative care. One of these is the formation of ethics committees whose input is imperative when conflicts arise in resolving complex situations with regard to patients, the communication required with their families and healthcare providers and all the ethical issues arising from this.
Another strategy proposed by Baker, et.al, (2008) is that where pediatric oncology programs foster partnerships with health and hospice agencies so that the patient receives the palliative care that is better as a result of the partnership than it would have been without it.
Another strategy is by combating the fragmentation of care through coordinating the care process so that there is adequate communication and collaboration between health care providers as the disease progresses. This will ensure that the quality of life of the patient is improved while the healthcare is provided (Baker et.al, 2008).
Another strategy is to have a symptom control process (Baker et.al, 2008). This is the process by which attention is given, right from the point of diagnosis, to expected and unexpected symptoms with the aim of incorporating palliative care with oncology programs.
Lastly Baker et.al, (2008) state that special attention needs to be given to the patient's preferences as well as those of their families. The patient and their family's preferences and priorities are bound to change as the condition changes or the treatment is altered.
Team Member Conflict
Legal elements as well as human rights offer protection of rights that permit not only equal participation but also individual fairness in any functional society. This implies that individual life, health, freedom and property are protected by law. In this century, healthcare rights are well documented, including delivery of fundamental clinical services and an society that permits optimum and thriving health. Within this framework, a patient with terminal illness might seek to commit suicide assisted by a physician. This phenomenon is referred to as Euthanasia and this practice has been authorized by law in a few countries including Holland, Belgium, some states within the U.S. along with Australia). Nonetheless, euthanasia raises moral issues in palliative care. Since the staff is not trained for this act, stress and conflict tends to arise in such situations (Mohanti, 2009). The Physician in the team was against using euthanasia, while the rest of the team had no issue with it, in the palliative strategy because of several reasons he presented to the team; (1) he stated that euthanasia is wrong in its pure essence, violates professional integrity while also endangers the relationship between the patient and the physician; (2) this sends mixed messages to the public who are already misinformed about the issue; (3) it is a source of distress for both the family of the patient and the patient itself; (4) it is also a source of moral and emotional stress for the staff members; (5) and it places the entire team on the position of a gatekeeper between the family who disagrees with using euthanasia and the patient who wants to end his life through assisted suicide (Bigler, Jean-Michel, et al., 2006).
Incorporating the Decision Making Process and Achieving Consensus
As a basic human right, a person is entitled to healthcare. This as seen in the past century and even today encompasses an atmosphere that is conducive for good health as well as access to clinical services. Thus patients and their family members may express the wish… [END OF PREVIEW]
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Red Onion, Mushroom & Goats Cheese Tartlets
4tbsp Olive Oil
2tbsp Butter
4 Red Onions, sliced thinly
5ml/1tsp Unrefined Soft Light Brown Sugar
15ml/1tbsp Balsamic Vinegar
15ml/1tbsp Soy Sauce
200g/7oz/3cups White Button Mushrooms, sliced
1 Garlic Clove, finely chopped
2.5ml/?tsp Fresh Tarragon, chopped
30ml/2tbsp Fresh Parsley, chopped
250g/9oz Goats Cheese
Sea Salt
Freshly Ground Black Pepper
Mixed Salad Leaves to serve
Preheat oven to 190C / 375F / Gas 5
serves 6
Products: 6 Silverwoods 9cm/3½in tartlet tins, rolling pin, baking beans
Balsamic Red Onions
· Heat 1tbsp of the oil and 1tbsp of the butter in a heavy frying pan, then add the onions.
· Cover with a lid and cook gently for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
· Uncover the pan, increase the heat slightly and sprinkle in the sugar. Cook, stirring frequently, until the onions begin to caramelize and brown.
· Add the balsamic vinegar and soy sauce and cook briskly until the liquid evaporates.
· Season and leave your caramelised onions to cool slowly.
· Heat 30ml/2tbsp of the oil and the remaining butter in a pan and add the sliced mushrooms and chopped garlic.
· Cook fairly briskly for 5-6 minutes or until the mushrooms are browned. (Set aside a few mushrooms and onions for topping the tarts later)
· Mix the rest with tarragon and parsley and add to the onions. Season to taste.
Making the pastry shells
· Roll out the pastry and use to line six Silverwoods 9cm/3½in tartlet tins.
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Two years ago, Marvin suffered from atrial fibrillation — a condition that forced him to live each day in fear, never knowing when terrifying heart palpitations would strike next.
"The a-fib gave me an irregular heartbeat and caused me to feel very nervous and afraid for my life," says Marvin. "It was like every heartbeat… I never knew if that was going to be the heartbeat that tripped into a-fib."
With the condition beginning to dramatically affect his quality of life, Marvin sought the medical counsel of Bon Secours cardiologist Dr. Harpreet Grewal, who specializes in cardiac electrophysiology — the study of abnormal electrical rhythms.
Grewal had recently brought a new form of treatment known as cryoballoon therapy to Memorial Regional Medical Center and Marvin was fortunate to be one of its first recipients.
"We basically put a balloon up into the left atrium and froze around the four pulmonary veins that enter into the left atrium," says Grewal. "That disrupted the electrical signal that comes from those veins and electrically isolated those veins from the rest of the heart."
Today, Marvin's living completely symptom-free and hasn't had a single palpitation in two years. He remains in awe of his results and the level of care Dr. Grewal and the Heart Team at MRMC provided.
"Their service is top-notch," says Marvin. "I can't say enough good things about this hospital. Dr. Grewal is a very caring person. He went out of his way to make sure my procedure succeeded. It's a miraculous difference that he made in my life."
To ensure the procedure was 100 percent accurate and Marvin was in fact cured, Grewal implanted a device called a loop recorder to monitor his heart rhythms.
"He's now had this for two years," says Grewal. "And he has not had a single bout of atrial fibrillation."
For Marvin, good help means good health. "It's like a night-and-day difference, in my case."
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Seeing outcomes like Marvin's are especially rewarding for Dr. Grewal, whose cardiac electrophysiology program was the first in the area to do same-day discharges for procedures such as pacemakers, defibrillators and simple ablations.
"You get to see that we're actually having a pretty significant impact on how well people are living in the community… and how long they're living," he says. "That's what drives me to come to work."
Grewal has long sensed there is something special about Bon Secours' commitment to bringing new technologies to the area.
"That's what attracted me to Bon Secours," he says. "It wasn't about dollars and cents. It was about the people in the community. It was the right thing to do for the people of Hanover County."
For Grewal, good help is seeing patients smile after he's done with them, seeing them feel better and ultimately seeing them go home happy and healthy.