Before you decide to move into a specialty, or even pursue a fellowship, some people would recommend taking a few years out to serve as a general practitioner. This will allow you to hone your practical skills. It will also give you more time to determine an exact specialty, if you remain uncertain. After you've built up a practice, you can often take a leave of absence to pursue additional fellowships or to develop your skills as needed. In some locations, general practice exposure is not optional, such is the case in the United Kingdom. In the UK, each doctor is required to spend at least three years working in general practice, culminating with a Specialty Certificate Examination (SCE). There are a wide array of fields that you can choose from within a surgical area. If you are a cardiac surgeon, then you work on the heart and the cardiovascular system. If you are an orthopedic surgeon, then you work on musculoskeletal issues. As you move through your residency, try to explore as many options before narrowing down a focus field. This process also takes place in the United Kingdom and is called Core Medical Training or Acute Care Common Stem and lasts for approximately two years. During this time, you will also need to pass the Membership of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP) exam. You then move into four to six years of additional specialty training. Within your surgical field, you will want to become proficient in a certain type of surgery. This could be open surgery, where you make an incision and work through that opening. Or, you could become proficient in using an ultrasonic scalpel or electrosurgery. Many of these skill sets require additional training on particular machines. After you've completed your education and settled into work life, make sure to stay abreast regarding any advances in your surgical field and type. Read the medical journals in your area. Attend conferences as often as you can. Talk with other surgeons about what interests them. Some areas regulate this process more closely than others. In the UK, a doctor is required to a certain number of continuing development hours per year in order to stay licensed. If you've decided to move away from a solo surgical practice, be aware that there are other job opportunities available to you. For example, you could take on a position at a university as a professor. You could become a full-time researcher. You could head into politics as a lobbyist or policymaker.

Summary: Gain experience in a general practice. Decide your specialty field. Decide to focus on a type of surgery. Be aware of new developments. Pursue additional advancement opportunities.

This can be found in the Control Panel, under Appearances and Personalization. Click on the Color link, located either at the bottom of the window for Windows 7 & 8 users or the Window Color and Appearance link located in the main list for Vista users. This will open the Colors tool. You can choose from a set of pre-made colors, and choose whether or not you want to enable transparency. Use the "Color intensity" slide to choose how vibrant you want the window colors to be. Open the color mixer to define a custom color. You can adjust the hue, saturation, and brightness to come up with a unique color for your windows.

Summary: Open the Personalization menu. Choose a preset color. Make your own color.

A guy who likes you online will often make time to talk and message with you. For instance, he might message you frequently even when you are offline. You may also find that you spend hours messaging back and forth throughout the day and even into the night. This is a sign that he likes talking to you and is making time in his schedule to communicate. If you send a message to him and he takes over an hour to respond and you know that he is online, this likely means that he is just being polite. Alternatively, if he messages back right away and then starts up a conversation he probably likes you. Similarly, a guy who likes you will often message you as soon as you log onto Facebook messenger or any other messaging app. Some guys will respond to your messages just because they are polite. If this is the case, they will likely respond with short, one word answers and will rarely try and engage in a meaningful conversation. Alternatively, if a boy likes you, he will try to get to know you, ask your advice or opinion, or share stories about his day. If he is interested he might say "how was your day?" or "what are you up to this weekend?" These types of questions reveal that he wants to be apart of your everyday life. Boys will often flirt when they like someone. Signs of online flirting include compliments, light hearted jokes, the use of exclamation points, emoticons, or bitmojis. He might say something like "you look so cute in your profile picture." Never pin all your hopes or fears on just one or two online conversations. Lots of people run their instant messengers in the background whether they have the time to chat or not. His short responses may just signal that he is busy or preoccupied. If this becomes a regular pattern, it may be a sign that he is not interested in you.

Summary: Notice if he spends time messaging you. Look for him to respond to your messages quickly. Analyze the quality of messages he sends. Look for signs of flirting. Don't draw conclusions from one interaction.

This type of bain marie the French word for "water bath" provides gentle heat to a soup, sauce, or other dish while you're waiting to serve it. A tall stock pot or other cylindrical pan is best for this purpose. Fill it to full of water, or enough to reach halfway up the side of the smaller container. Heat to a rolling boil, then reduce until the water is simmering. Unlike a double boiler, a bain marie does not require a snug fit between the two pans. A metal pastry ring at the base of the pan can support a small container. If you are keeping several small dishes warm, you can even use one large sauce pan for all them, placing each on its own supporting ring. Alternatively, fold a towel and place it on the base of the large pan. This will insulate the food even better than water alone, and keep small containers from rocking back and forth. The water should reach partway up the sides of the small container, but not enough to spill over the top. Leave the food to warm until ready to serve.
Summary: Fill a large sauce pan partway full of water. Bring water to a simmer. Place a metal ring at the base of this pan. Place the smaller container inside the larger one.