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Hawaii is known for its white sand beaches, tropical climate and fun water sports. But any food lover wil tell you that the real draw on Oahu is the fresh garlic shrimp, served at roadside shrimp trucks along the North Shore. Chef Jason Hill shows you how to make garlic shrimp scampi modeled after the famous shrimp shacks in Kahuku. At our favorite stop, Giovanni’s shrimp truck, in Kahuku, each plate includes 12 shrimp with two mounds of steamed sticky calrose rice and a lemon wedge. We hope you enjoy this — it’s almost a perfect replica of Giovanni’s shrimp. Mahalo! Hawaiian Shrimp Truck Scampi 10 shell-on U-15 (extra large) shrimp, deveined 1 head (10 cloves) garlic, peeled and roughly chopped 1 cup flour 2 tablespoons paprika 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper (1 tablespoon for spicier tastes) 1/2 stick clarified butter (see our video recipe) 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/8 cup white wine 2 tablespoons regular butter To begin, rinse and thaw your large shrimp in cool running water. Lightly pat dry. In a wide tupperware dish, place the flour, paprika and cayenne pepper. Mix lightly with your hands and coat each piece of shrimp on both sides. Heat saute pan over high heat. Add clarified butter and garlic. Stir for 1 minute, then add all of the shrimp, which has been coated in the flour mixture. Saute 3 minutes on each side. After 3 minutes on the second side, add the 1/8 cup of white wine and 2 tablespoons butter. Saute, turning shrimp occasionally, until it reaches a caramel brown color …

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Granny Smith Waldorf Salad, Classic Apple Pie And Apple Sauce Recipes

The Granny Smith apple is just one of about 7,500 varieties of apples. Despite the competition, it manages to be one of the most popular types of apple in the world. The smooth, green skin protects the tart and juicy flesh of the apple. Granny Smith apples first arrived on the culinary scene in 1868 in Sydney, Australia where they were grown by Mrs. Mary Ann (Granny) Smith. Granny Smith apples are healthy and versatile which makes them an excellent ingredient.

Eating an apple out of hand is a nutritious, portable snack. A medium Granny Smith apple provides 5 grams of filling fiber, 20% of your daily vitamin C needs and antioxidants all at just about 60 calories. The fiber helps you feel full for longer than other snacks while barely making a dent in your daily calorie allowance. Apples aren’t just for those trying to whittle their middle. Their have been countless studies showing the health benefits of eating apples including cutting your risks of developing lung and colon cancers. Apples are undeniably healthy but eating them as is can get boring. Fortunately, there are plenty of ways to enjoy them.

While apples are probably best known for providing the filling for a pie, they are a multifaceted ingredient. They can be used in muffins and breads, coated in caramel, as an apple sauce, juiced or tossed in a salad. They can even be sliced and frozen. How ever you prepare them, try to keep the skin on because the skin is the main contributor of the nutrition benefits. Broaden your horizons and head to the grocery store to stock up on Granny Smith apples. Choose a firm apple with no soft spots unless you intend to cook with it. In that case, choose one that is a bit more ripe but still not soft. Now that we have our apples, let’s turn them into delicious meals.

Classic Apple Pie Recipes

Ingredients:

• * Two 9 in. pie crusts

• * 3 tbsp all purpose flour

• * 1/4 cup apple juice

• * 1/2 cup sugar

• * 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed

• * 8 Granny Smith apples, cored and sliced about 1/4 in. thick

Directions:

1. Preheat your oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit. Form a paste by mixing the flour with the melted butter in a saucepan. Add the juice, brown and white sugar and allow it to come to a boil. Then reduce the heat and let it simmer.

2. Dump the apples into the saucepan and coat the apples. Pour the apples over the bottom pie crust in a pie dish, reserving about ? cup of the liquid. Cover the apples with the top pastry crust either using a lattice work effect or cutting slits in the crust. Using a pastry brush, coat the crust with the remaining saucepan liquid.

3. Bake for 15 min then reduce the temperature to 350 degrees and continue baking for 30-40 min, until the apples are soft and the crust is golden.

Waldorf Salad Recipes

Ingredients:

• * 1 Granny Smith apple, cored and cubed

• * 1/2 cup of chopped walnuts

• * 1/2 cup of seedless grapes, sliced in half

• * 1/2 cup celery sliced thinly on a bias

• * 3 tbsp mayonnaise

• * 1 tbsp lemon juice, preferably fresh

• * Romaine lettuce

• * Salt and pepper to taste

Toss the ingredients in a large bowl and pour over a bed of lettuce. It can also be enjoyed as an entr?e with the addition of a protein such as hard boiled eggs or chicken.

Apple Sauce Recipes

Ingredients:

• * 3 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and cubed

• * 3 Fuji apples peeled, cored and cubed

• * 1 cup of unfiltered apple juice

• * 2 tbsp unsalted butter

• * 4 tbsp honey

• * 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

Combine all the ingredients in a microwave safe container with a lid. Leave a corner of the lid unsealed to allow the steam to escape. Microwave on high for 10 min. Carefully remove the lid as the steam will be hot. Blend into a sauce using a stick blender. Serve hot over pork chops or cool and store in the refrigerator for later use.

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A well-planned and very effective sales training program is very crucial in developing a productive sales force that will not only help in selling the products and services of the company but will also sell the company’s good name. A successful training program can yield to more effective sales associates and more sales and revenue.

As a sales manager, it is your responsibility to make sure that your sales training programs are effective and suitable to the needs of your associates. Here are the things that you need to consider when designing and conducting your trainings:

1. Objective. Before you design a sales training program, make sure that you establish your goals first. Some managers conduct such trainings when there is a sudden drop in the sales or when they are advised by the top management to increase their sales by up to a certain percentage in a specific period of time. A training may also be conducted based on the observation of managers on their associates’ performance or if they are hiring new associates who do not have any idea about the company or the products to sell just yet.

2. Choosing your mediums. There are so many ways on how you can conduct your training. You can do one-on-one or group training programs, you can use email or the company’s website, or you can do teleconferencing especially if your company has other branches. Assess the effectiveness of each medium and stick to that one that yields to more favorable results.

3. Skill levels of your trainees. Get to know the skill levels of your trainees before you design your sales training programs so you’ll know what exact information or assistance they’ll need from you in order to reach the pre-set goals. Let me give you an example; if you are training your associates to effectively communicate the benefits of the products, they must have exceptional communication skills and in-depth product knowledge. Otherwise, they will not be able to follow your orders.

4. Language. Keep in mind that your main objective in conducting trainings is to inform or empower your trainees. This will not possibly happen if you make it too difficult for them to understand the message that you are trying to get across. As much as possible, use the preferred language of these people and utilize those words that they can easily identify with to easily avoid confusion.

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AN OVERVIEW OF THE SITUATION

Performance improvement efforts at the hospital in this discussion were about eight years old at the time of this Emergency Department initiative. The institution consisted of 325 inpatient beds, with an emergency department of 26 rooms, seeing about 60,000 visits annually. Problems included chronic overcrowding in Emergency, often with all ED rooms filled, more than a dozen stretcher patients waiting for a room, and 70-100 more patients in the ED waiting area. The inpatient side of the house was frequently full, and diversion of incoming emergency patients to other hospitals 30 or more miles away occurred several times monthly.

Performance improvement efforts had included team projects related to the admissions process, discharge, bed placement, unit staffing, lab turnaround times, radiology flow, relay of information, and numerous other from clinical and administrative areas.

PREVIOUS ACTIVITIES

My own department (Performance Improvement) had the year before completed a major emergency process redesign involving the coordination of fourteen departments, all directly involved in the flow of patients and information through the ED. We had painstakingly designed ideal flow in the major areas of the larger process, and our recommendations to executive staff had been almost completely accepted, even though the price tag was in excess of $1.5 million dollars. It was discouraging to find that, even after five months of work and enthusiastic cooperation from all parties, there was almost no change in the flow of patients through Emergency.

FIRST STEPS TO A SOLUTION

At this point we were contacted by a large consulting firm which had been applying Eliyahu Goldratt’s Theory of Constraints (TOC) in manufacturing settings with significant success. They were familiar with our performance improvement process, and felt that together, we might be able to produce similar results in a hospital setting. Initial discussion made it obvious that if we could improve throughput in the Inpatient Process, it would likely open up the “impacted” Emergency Process, so that became our focus. After approval from upper management, the Performance Improvement Department staff began an initial investigation.

We began an analysis by interviewing a large number of employees, and about 1/3 of the physician staff, seeking common issues within the whole process. The results of those interviews, over 200 flip chart pages, were sifted down, with 20 suspicious areas being identified. Using the TOC conflict diagram we were able to identify several major themes of conflict, most arising from shared common high level goals!

WHERE THE CONFLICTS START

I should take the time to explain how this situation occurs, as it’s key to under-standing a)the origin of major inter-departmental conflict AND b) the cause of poor performance through the organization. A simple example arises from the corporate goal “Provide high quality clinical care”. Sounds like a good goal, huh? It IS, but watch what happens when that is translated by two different key departments:

Emergency Department Interpretation:

1) If we’re going to provide high quality clinical care, we must get the patient stabilized quickly, dealing with his immediate problems, and…

2) …Get that patient admitted to inpatient care as rapidly as possible.

Inpatient Nursing Unit

Interpretation:

1) If we’re going to provide high quality clinical care, we must meet all the needs of that patient, including clinical, psychological, and educational, and…

2) …To do this well, we need the right patient in the right unit (so the best care can be given), and we need the time to provide that necessary care.

Sound innocuous, doesn’t it? Watch what happens, though. Now you have one group of dedicated professionals seeking to get a patient stable and upstairs as quickly as possible, no matter what - “Get ‘em in, Get ‘em stable, Get ‘em admitted!”. But you have a second group, just as dedicated, who want the extended time it take to ascertain the patient’s current condition, develop a plan of care, implement the care, and educate the patient so that the care can be carried on even after the patient is discharged. “Get the right nurse with the patient, find out what’s needed, give the right care!” You can see, of course, that both plans will provide top notch care, but the result in hospitals is chaos!

Conflict #1…

Emergency: “I don’t care if you have no beds in medical-surgical, put the patient in pediatrics if you have to! Get him a bed!”

Inpatient: “This patient is SICK. He needs nurses who understand his condition, can ask the right questions, and can give the right care! We won’t take the admission!” Sound familiar?

Conflict #2…

Emergency: “These patients are backing up down here. We’ve GOT to get these stable people out, so we can deal with the acute patients still waiting to be seen!”

Inpatient: “How can we give quality care when you’re trying to admit 5 patients to this floor? We haven’t finished the last 3 you sent us, and we’re already late with meds - give us a break!”

Is either group in the wrong? Of course not. Both are motivated to achieve the same goal - top quality patient care - but their resulting activities were in direct conflict with the activities of the other department.

And this is only one area, there were a number of others, all contributing to slower inpatient care, which blocked admissions, which backed up Emergency. Quite a mess!

INITIAL FINDINGS

The result? It was impossible to open up flow through Emergency until we could improve throughput in the inpatient units. And there were so many issues there that we needed to find the critical few that would make a real difference. That’s covered in Emergency Room Throughput Diagnosis Part 2: Removing the Blockage, by the same author.

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Team Roping is a fun, fast paced, competitive event that can be enjoyed by anyone at any age. To begin, team roping consists of a steer and two mounted competitors. The steer is released from the chute and if the ropers leave before the steer gets a sufficient head start, they get a 5 second penalty added on to their time. This is called breaking the barrier, a rope tied around the steer’s neck and across the header’s box. The roper on the left side of the steer will rope the steer’s horns and turn at a right angle to the left. After making the turn, the heeler will come in to rope both hind feet. If either roper misses, they get no time. If the heeler only catches one leg, another 5 seconds is added to their time. Team roping is the only event in rodeo that requires or allows more than one person to compete for a score., team roping.

Beginners need to have a few tools to get started. Headers would want to buy an extra soft (XS) or and extra, extra soft (XXS) rope to begin with. It will be pliable enough to allow you to develop the proper swing. It is also a good idea to have a roping dummy to practice on. A lot of team roping professionals will tell you that you need to rope your dummy between 50 - 100 times a day. Swing your loop overhead in a smooth, flat motion, aim for the back of the steers head and release the loop. When you release, stop you hand right where you threw the loop; your hand should be open, flat, and palm down.

Heelers will also want to start with a softer rope. As you begin to twirl your loop, do so kind of on the left side of your body, always keeping your tip on the left side. This will ensure that when you throw your loop, it will go under the steer. Heeling is all about timing. You want the tip of your loop to be at the lowest point as the steers legs are coming forward. The lay of your loop is also very important; it should stand up against the steers legs with the bottom loop on the ground so the steer will jump right into it.

It is also a good idea to wear a team roping glove to protect your hands from possible rope burns as you pull the slack from your rope and go to dally. Heelers need to be careful not to go to the horn to fast or you will give the steer too much slack and they will slip out of your loop. You saddle horn needs to be wrapped with rubber to keep your dally from slipping and need to be replaced frequently. Be willing to try out different rope types and sizes until you find the one that works best for you. Be sure that your horse’s legs are protected with at least a pair of bell boots. Following these simple tips will help you become a great team roper.

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Business is no longer all about quality work. This does not mean that people have stopped focusing on quality material; however, in order to make business a success, one has to keep a lot of things in his mind these days. For any business, proper marketing is very important, and corporate events such as conferences play a very important role in promoting a business. A successful event will not only establish your image in the corporate world, but your name will also become reliable for the prospective clients.

In any conference, a venue plays an important role, as conferences are a great way to promote your brand or image. It also gives an opportunity for relationship building. By reading all this, you would probably realize how important a conference can be for any company. Organizing a conference is never an easy thing. A lot has to be taken care of, and if something goes wrong, it destroys the entire event. You will have to look for a perfect venue as you will be representing your company.

As an organizer, you should be very clear about what you want and what you do not want. Finding a venue can be a very tiring task; however, finding a perfect one is way too important. In the UK, you will find hundreds of absolutely outstanding business venues, but you need to select the one which suits the theme of your conference and will represent your company in a better way. You cannot just get up and start looking for a venue. You need to get organized, make a list of few things and then start your business venue hunt.

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If you are a digital scrapbooking beginner, you probably have many questions. You like the idea of digital scrapbooking, but you don’t want to sink a lot of money into it until you know whether it will be rewarding.

Definition of Digital Scrapbooking

Digital scrapbooking is the act of creating images, photos, journaling, and extra “touches” to preserve your memories in digital instead of physical form. Scrapbooking software is available free on the Internet, or you can use a standard Microsoft Word program.

Digital Scrapbooking Themes

Scrapbooking looks most professional when the entire publication has a theme. A digital scrapbooking theme helps you focus on one style, rather than have each page different. Once you have a central theme, you can set themes for individual pages. These should follow the main theme, but in smaller pieces. For example, an main vacation theme might have page themes of transportation, hotel, beach, restaurants, and activities. You can get free digital scrapbooking themes for both overall and individual pages.

Free Digital Scrapbooking Theme Kits

Free digital scrapbooking themes are available in kits at several Internet websites. You might combine similar themes, or use the elements for your own theme. For example, downloading two or three free digital scrapbooking theme kits that are focused on sports would give you elements to complete several coordinated, but different pages in a sports-themed work.

DIY Digital Scrapbooking Themes

Your status as a digital scrapbooking beginner does not mean you cannot approach digital scrapbooking themes as do-it-yourself projects. If you are willing to invest a little creativity, you will find an abundance of free digital scrapbooking themes on the Internet. One website gives the digital scrapbooking beginner many hints in their descriptions of themes for sale. Consider three of them.

1. Memories of school days will be placed on backgrounds specifically designed for school. Stop and think. What kind of background fits the description? Imagine back-to-school advertising. Pencils, books, backpacks, apples, desks, and alphabets spring to mind. With very little work, you can create your own backgrounds for free digital scrapbooking themes on school days.

Picture a page with a faded school building background. A large school bus sits in front of the building. A child’s kindergarten photo fills one window. Friends’ photos fill two more windows. A note about the first day of school is “tacked” to the page with a small, bright backpack graphic. Another page theme might begin with a background of alphabet letters or “spelling words” written in script and arranged at angles. Great for showing off a perfect spelling test, or photos of the spelling bee. The same letters, or bright trophies, could be added as embellishments. In a matter of moments, you have two free digital scrapbooking themes for school memories. Each is do-it-yourself. Each fits the mood you are trying to create.

2. A 50th wedding anniversary scrapbook might have a nostalgic, antique theme. Close your eyes and picture antique things. Imagine an antique store or a trunk of old clothing and faded letters. Lavender, satin ribbons, old lace, and antiqued paper come to mind. With imagination, you can create your own backgrounds for free digital scrapbooking themes on old memories.

A large photograph of a county fair, faded and antiqued, would make a great background page for photos of the dating couple and a ticket stub or two. Cotton candy or carousel horse embellishments could spice up the page. If it’s a 2-page spread, a piece of an old love letter can be the journaling. Colorful photo mats in candy-striping will carry out the couple’s happy feelings. A second page theme might be antique cars, a faded background of vehicle graphics setting the stage for photos of the couple’s first car, or every car they ever owned. On a third page, clipart or photos of ornate mirrors could be repeated on a faded background. A single, enlarged mirror frame could frame the main wedding photo. Smaller mirrors, lace and ribbon elements could complete the theme. With a few minutes of thought, you have three free digital scrapbooking themes for your 50th wedding anniversary scrapbook.

3. If you want a digital scrapbook cowboy hat theme, begin by thinking of symbols you connect with that idea. Your background might be rodeo scenes, a desert, or the colors of the outdoors. You might make a page that looks like the inside of a stable. Hang rope on a board in the stable, and set a pair of cowboy boots on the floor. Scatter straw at the bottom. Then add your photos, tacked in place with small cowboy hat graphics. Be sure one photo shows the subject in a cowboy hat. Add rope letters to spell out a caption such as “Ride ‘em, Cowboy!” A “scrap” of torn paper with the date, name, and a comment would be appropriate journaling so that future generations can fully appreciate the occasion. You have just given yourself another free digital scrapbooking theme.

Gleaning Digital Scrapbooking Themes

Another source of free digital scrapbooking themes is the website postings of those who are eager to share their own work. These are easily found by doing an online search. If you have a basic theme in mind, you can often glean themes for individual pages from the examples offered.

Scrapbook stores and magazines offer many themes, some digital. If you are creative, you can adapt non-digital themes with a little practice.

Final Tips on Digital Scrapbooking Themes

Wherever you get your digital scrapbooking themes, keep in mind that backgrounds should always complement the colors in the photographs that will go on each page. Journaling adds great interest. If you don’t know what to write, think: who, what, where, when, why, and how. “Elements” are extra decorative objects added to the page. Scrapbook Bytes offers many free, downloadable elements.

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