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What would you do for revenge? To what lengths would you go? Would you destroy the man you loved or would you let him destroy you?
La Ville des Dieux—The city of the gods. It isn't. It is a city full of evil, demons and devils that prey upon the weak, the vulnerable, the pitiless and the poor. Mortal men who call themselves gods own the city, control the lives of all who live within its vast borders. Yet they aren't gods-just men with the faces of angels and godlike bearings. ...
What would you do for revenge? To what lengths would you go? Would you destroy the man you loved or would you let him destroy you?
La Ville des Dieux—The city of the gods. It isn't. It is a city full of evil, demons and devils that prey upon the weak, the vulnerable, the pitiless and the poor. Mortal men who call themselves gods own the city, control the lives of all who live within its vast borders. Yet they aren't gods-just men with the faces of angels and godlike bearings. And they share the weaknesses of all men-their sins, their lusts, their desires…and Selena knows this with a certainty.
Sixteen years ago, the most beautiful of all the gods took her innocence and in doing so, he destroyed her soul. She has never forgiven him, and on the anniversary of that night, she sets out to remind him that some sins can never be forgiven, that some sins can only be atoned for with the sacrifice of blood.
Adonis—The most beautiful of all the gods. He bears the face of an angel, and with a simple touch, a single look, he can inflame the passions of both women and men. Some say his beauty and the desire he ignites with his touch is a gift-others say it is his curse. When he stares into the ravished eyes of his past, he knows this woman who once found pleasure beneath his touch has been equally cursed by it.
Sixteen years ago he destroyed the only woman to love him and ripped apart her soul…in order to save her life.
No matter the sacrifice or the intent, there are some sins that can never be forgiven.
But on the anniversary of that night, both Adonis and Selena will discover that while some sins require payment in blood, sins of the flesh can only be atoned for with the surrender of the body.
One night forever changed their lives, and this one promises to do the same…
Reader Advisory: This book contains strong BDSM elements, the use of toys, and anal play. There are references to sexual abuse, rape, and to what would be considered underage sex in contemporary society. This book is set in an alternate, contemporary reality.
La Ville des Dieux...
The city of the gods.
Selena knew better. It was a city full of demons, devils, evil that preyed upon the weak, the vulnerable, the pitiless and the poor.
Mortal men owned the city, controlling the lives of all who lived within its vast borders. They called themselves gods. They weren't. They were just men, with the faces of angels, godlike bearings...but they shared the weaknesses of all men--their sins, their lusts, their desires.
Selena pulled her black silk shawl up higher around her face, slipping through the crowd of patrons who'd come to La Maison d'Adonis--the house of Adonis--for the grand opening of the opulent hotel that would bear the owner's name. It was a place of decadence and finery, the gilded golden luxury of the establishment as perfectly and beautifully made as the man himself.
The proprietor of the western district of La Ville des Dieux--the most beautiful of the four gods...and the cruellest of them all.
She was dressed in a floor-length, black gown, the sequins twinkling beneath the warm glow of the crystal chandeliers. Her dress was subtle, understated, yet flattering as it raised her full breasts and flared at her rounded hips. The expensive attire had cost her two months' salary, but it was worth it--the expense, the sacrifices would all be worth it, very soon. The dress was necessary. Its opulence gained her entrance--its modesty allowed her to pass through the crowd without notice.
And that was exactly what she wanted--to pass without notice. No one would expect a simple, diminutive beauty who wore the crucifix of His Saviour draped around her neck--the outward symbol of God's handmaiden...a nun by any other name--to do harm to a single person. But her sole purpose for being there was to do harm and to reclaim that which had been cruelly taken from her sixteen years ago.
Selena left the crowded ballroom and glided beyond the guest bathrooms into the elevator and rode to the forty-second floor. She then got off, silently disarmed the lock and slipped into the stairwell to climb the last three floors to the penthouse level. A guard awaited her as soon as her heeled feet left the dull grey concrete of the stairwell and sank into the plush, burgundy carpet.
"Excuse me, Sister, but I cannot allow you back here. The chambers in this hallway are private."
The guard was young, handsome...beautiful, as all of the god's men were. He favoured beautiful things and beautiful people to mirror the perfect beauty of his own flawless face. That was why he'd taken her, defiled her--her beauty had reputedly surpassed his. But not anymore. Outwardly, maybe, but deep inside she was ugly, the core of her vile and hideous.
She knew what the guard saw when he looked at her--an ethereal angel, a stunning being touched by the divine. She smiled, disarming him with her loveliness before disarming him with her weapon. She raised her hand, trained the gun on his neck and pulled the trigger.
His eyes widened as he clutched his throat and gasped then crumpled at her feet in a heap.
Every movement was muffled, almost silent.
She stepped over the beautiful man and turned the corner. His room, she could easily tell, for another two guards stood before the double oak doors.
Selena smiled as she approached and the two men fell under her spell.
Her smile mimicked the pure luminescence of warm sunshine peeking through the dull grey of winter clouds. Before either could react, she shot them both, also in the neck. The mild neurotonic venom seeping through their blood stream would cause immediate paralysis. Unconsciousness would follow in seconds. They would think they were dying. But all would awaken...long after she was gone.
Only one needed to die this night.
She stepped over the prostrate guards and knocked gently on the door. There was no need for pretence. He knew she would come, for she'd told him. Sixteen years ago he'd taken her innocence and destroyed every dream she'd ever had. And sixteen years ago she'd promised him she would do the same to him someday. When he was at the pinnacle of success, she'd promised, she would destroy him as cruelly and carelessly as he'd once destroyed her. She kept every single one of her promises. She'd warned him then. And with a letter just weeks ago, she'd warned him again.
There was no need for pretence for he knew she was there, knew why she was there, just as he knew nothing would stop her.
He bore the face of an angel, and, with a simple touch, a single look, he could inflame the passions of both women and men.
His beauty and the desire he ignited with his touch--some said it was his gift, others said it was his curse
As Adonis stood in the doorway to his suite, staring into the ravished eyes of his past, he knew that this woman who had found pleasure beneath his touch was equally cursed by it.
He stepped aside and let her in.
The cobra entering the lion's den. She was small...delicate even. To be disarmed by her diminutive stature was to be foolish. She was dangerous, deadly, and she'd come there to kill.
He closed the door behind her with a soft, ominous thud--the locking of the door sealing his fate...and hers. Tonight would forever change their lives, just as that night sixteen years ago--on this very same date--had irreparably altered their destinies.
There was no turning back--no space for redemption, for forgiveness. v"Selena."
She turned at the deep, husky lilt of her name on his lips. His accent was rich and heady, like potent brandy. Her shawl slipped to her shoulders as she lifted her head and met his gaze.
Piercing amber eyes bore into her, seeing through her, inside her, searing her body, marking her very soul. She shuddered despite herself. He knew the effect he had on women, men...her.


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Word is official… the Dallas Cowboys have signed Henry Melton to a contract. The details have not been confirmed yet, but DallasCowboys.com insider Bryan Broaddus has said that it will be most likely be a one-year deal with the possibility of a team option for three years. There has been interest between both parties, but word is finally official that the Cowboys will sign the 27-year-old. Although he sat out much of the 2013 NFL season, it should be noted that Melton was a Pro Bowler in 2012 when Rod Marinelli was his defensive line coach with the Chicago Bears.
This marks the first major move for the Cowboys in free agency. After signing depth players like Jeremy Mincey and Terrell McClain, the Cowboys have finally went out and signed a bonafide star in Melton. Many will be concerned over the ACL injury he suffered early last season, but there is no doubt in my mind that Melton will have an instant impact on this team. In my honest opinion, I believe he will be a better 3-technique than Jason Hatcher was.
Hatcher will be 32 years old when the 2014 NFL season starts, and there are major concerns over Hatcher because he has really only had one successful NFL season. On the contrary, Melton is only 27 years old and he has plenty of gas left in the tank. By reuniting with Marinelli, I fully believe Melton can become one of the best defensive tackles in the entire NFL.

Thank you chicago for the best 5 years of my life!…. I can't wait to begin the next chapter of my life… With a star on my helmet.
— Henry Melton (@HenMel) March 19, 2014

Melton made it official on his Twitter account Tuesday night. Melton grew up in the Dallas area, and the thought of playing for his hometown team was too convincing for him. He visited with the St. Louis Rams on Tuesday, but he was still talking with Dallas regarding a contract. This defensive line has taken a hit with the departures of Hatcher and DeMarcus Ware. Signing Melton gives the Cowboys and Cowboy fans a sigh of relief.
The Texas product had a physical during his visit at Valley Ranch, and it was said that he could have played in an NFL game a couple of months ago. In Dallas' 4-3, Melton will be the 3-technique. This position is supposed to get after the quarterback and stop the run. He will also have to be a three-down player for the Cowboys. With Ben Bass slated to start next to him, it is vital that Melton gets a ton of pressure on the quarterback and clog the middle as well.
If the Cowboys can add a guy like Jared Allen to pair next to Melton, I would consider this free agency a success for the Cowboys. As of now, the Cowboys' defensive line consists of Mincey, Melton, Bass, and George Selvie. While this isn't particularly good, it's not bad either. Signing Melton was a logical move, and it didn't put that big of a damper on Jerry Jones' wallet. Both sides will be getting a great deal out of this, and Cowboy fans should be happy to hear that Melton will be wearing a star on his helmet in 2014.
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In opener "Thermo", Korber begins with arguably the most minimal of motifs, a miniscule digital glitch. He adds a twin and then a triplet, but does it so lethargically that you might not notice that the CD is playing; he pits the elements against one another in a canonic fashion, while uniting the pinpoints and scratches into a thick, flowing rhythmic texture. Korber is stingy and patient with his materials, holding us in a trance with nervous tension -- like the anticipation of that last page in a book, where we finally learn the killer's motive -- and amazement at how much mileage he gets with such a limited sound set. He concedes near the six-minute mark, introducing a breathy, pulsing drone -- which sounds a bit like a marching band heard from a few miles away -- beneath the increasingly twitchy speckled swarm. Korber knows when you've had enough of this sameness, and abruptly hacks away the excess detail, riding a lilting vapor trail until niente for the last four of the piece's nineteen minutes.
Following such a spectacular work is difficult, but the composer does his best in "Wüste". What initially seems like a lull, at least compared to the previous sonorous labyrinth, soon turns into a hushed concentration of electrical hum; you may have to turn off your heat to hear it, as this collage of guitar feedback and low frequencies is set right on the threshold of human hearing (though you feel it in your stomach). In "Fred Austere", Korber exploits the electric guitarisms hinted at during the prior work. He leaves his cable halfway into the jack, messing with it for short intervals, then nervously tapping his buried-under-a-sea-of-electronics strings for a Gamelan-like effect (i.e. deep, monotonal metallic thumps).
The remaining three tracks follow suit: Korber circumvents and varies his palette, but constructs the works in the same formal fashion. He methodically molds a simple sine wave from meek to painful on "The Synaptic Spell", adding then peeling back harmonics and screeching AM radio static over the course of fourteen minutes. He explores a bit of melody via lugubrious post-rock guitar drones, Godspeed style, in "Too Thin a Skin". He summarizes the previous hour during the album's final few moments ("Que les jours s'en aillent") by mixing earlier clicks and beeps into a hospital-monitor rhythm, killing the body, exposing the beating heart for all to hear. Then there's a minute of silence -- which might sound a bit dramatic, but you haven't listened yet, have you?
In 1901, after witnessing a single performance of a Debussy piece (Pelleas et Melisand), one critic called the composer's music "vague, floating, without color and without shape, without movement and without life." However, Debussy's music is historically revered for its layers, simplistic sound forged from complex techniques and, as one author describes, a global approach of "quiet intensity". In other words, this work took a minute to label but years to understand. In the same manner, Korber's music might initially seem like a bunch of noisy, messed up CD skips and test tones, but an investment of sober concentration reveals bottomless textures, deft precision, OCD attention to microscopic detail and the composer's ability to animate the digital world. Stellar.
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The Impact Of Post Involvement Of Business Angels On The Commercial Performance Of Startup Businesses
Business angels play an essential role in the economic system of United Kingdom as they create useful investment techniques in businesses through their resources and skills. In return they are able to acquire possession of the companies through buying stocks or shares. The banks in the country are quite hesitant to support little and start-up companies hence it is difficult to acquire financing in form of loans for such tasks. The banks have diverted their credit openness to more established companies which they believe have low risk due to their capability to produce income and pay back the debt. On the other hand, business angels complete the gap that the banks create hence offer capital and skills needed to start investments. Their demand for possession of companies depicts the willingness of the business angels to add value and propel further economic growth. Business angel partnerships have emerged as a new phenomenon for enhancing the growth and performance of startup businesses. After the 2008 financial crisis, the European markets were greatly suffering financially and during this time, business angels emerged as a great resource in terms of funding, innovation and employment. Through the help of business angels, the European markets started producing innovative products for consumers all around the world. Moreover, business angels also greatly helped startup businesses by funding their startup capital requirements and this led to the successful growth and development of various startup businesses in the European markets. These startup businesses became a source of employment for various unemployed people who were affected by the financial crisis. In short, the concept of business angels became a source of overall revival of the European economy.
The European commission established the European Business Angels Network (EBAN) which started putting extensive efforts towards financing and helping startup companies and SMEs. EBAN basically started the European Business Angels Week in which more than thirty four countries started participating on a weekly basis in order to enhance the performance of their businesses and to benefit from better innovative ideas and job creation opportunities. The main problem is that for most small companies the commercial performance has not been stable in terms of productivity, market share, human capital, and profitability. Startup businesses may have insufficient social or financial capital as well as weak marketing and management strategies. This is also occasioned by rival companies' monopolies the markets at the detriment of the startup businesses. Inadequate profitability derives from suppressed market share because there lacks enough sales and revenues. The problem with startup businesses commercial performance could be due to the lack of post involvement of business angels.
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- To find out if lack of post involvement of business angels is the cause of poor performance of startup businesses in UK
- To make recommendations about what SMEs companies must do to address the problem
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Homeschool Music Lessons Are Very Important
Homeschool music lessons are an important part of our daily activities here at Indigo River Academy. Music Education has been proven to help children become successful in society, school, intellectually and in life. (Picture Right: In Raiyna and Lexi's case, just playing in the music store makes them happy!). I also feel that our public schools don't provide nearly the amount of music education that a child requires. Having homeschool music lessons has provided my children with an extra advantage that will benefit them in their futures.
Research has shown that music lessons dramatically increase a child's abstract reasoning skills, the same skills used in math and science (Neurological Research, Vol. 19, February 1997). Another study found that the best engineers and technical designers in the Silicon Valley are practicing musicians ("The Case for Sequential Music Education in the Core Curriculum of the Public Schools," The Center for the Arts in the Basic Curriculum, New York, 1989). And finally, I found a study proving that children who receive music education score higher on their SAT's (College-Bound Seniors National Report: Profile of SAT Program Test Takers. Princeton, NJ: The College Entrance Examination Board, 2001). Here I am with FOUR college bound homeschoolers, so those SAT's are pretty important!
Homeschool may very well be one of the best places to get music education. Here are some ideas for you to think about when adding homeschool music lessons to your child's education.
Integrating Music Lessons Into Your Homeschool
How Much Will Homeschool Music Lessons Cost?
Homeschool music lessons can cost quite a bit. Instructors typically give 1/2 hour lessons and range anywhere from $10 to $40 for each lesson, sometimes much more. Depending on the instrument your child chooses, you can keep costs down by purchasing a used instrument or renting an instrument. You'll also need to factor in the cost of books and tapes. These have cost me about $40 per child. Lastly, there are the "fun things" that your children will probably want for their homeschool music lessons. These are the extra guitar straps and picks, the drum covers, the new violin case….ohh…and that T-shirt that says "Fender" across the front. (Fender is a Guitar maker).
So here's an average cost run down:
- Lessons (per month) $75
- Instrument (rented – per month) $10-$25
- Instrument (purchased) $10 to Sky's the Limit…
- Books (purchased) $40
- Incidentals (purchased…obviously) Whatever $$ is leftover!
Who Will Pay For Your Homeschool Music Lessons?
If you are working with a charter school, sometimes the charter school will pay for homeschool music lessons, instruments and books.
Another option is work-study. This is where an older student volunteers their time in a music store, or working for a music teacher, in exchange for homeschool music lessons. This can be a really good situation and provide valuable work experience for a child.
You can also look for a "music sponsor" for your child's homeschool music lessons. This could be a grandparent or other relative, or you could even go to certain philanthropic organizations and see if they sponsor children or have scholarship programs. (If anyone knows any of these specifically, please let me know. I know they're out there – I just haven't researched them yet.
Whatever you do, don't let finances get you down. Personally, our family prefers the minimalist lifestyle. By slimming down on unnecessary spending (we don't eat out, we don't buy expensive toys…we live in a commune with every member of my husband's family…HaHa! Just Kidding!) we're able to budget for these types of expenditures.
Obtaining quality Instruction
Large music stores/centers will typically have a good list of reputable music instructors. However, it is always best to ask for references. You can also ask friends and family for referrals. One of my children's music teachers, Todd Weber, is an extended family friend of about 20 years. We couldn't find a better reference than that!
It is best if children receive private lessons, or one on one instruction. Most reputable instructors will only teach this way. This is extremely beneficial for the child. This way the child works at his/her own pace, and areas of weaknesses can receive extra focus.
I've also noticed that it is really important for a child to "bond" with their music teacher. Both of my sons have male music teachers that they look up to as role models. They think their music teachers are "cool dudes" and they practice more because they have a good relationship with their instructors.
Another idea to consider are the many online music lessons that are available now. These are inexpensive yet they take a certain amount of discipline. There are even quite a few websites that have free music lessons that you can download. Check them out.
Choosing an Instrument
There are a lot of different schools of thought about how to choose an instrument for your child. People talk about the length of a child's fingers or the shape of their mouth and how it relates to their instrument choice. Personally, I don't care about any of these instrument choosing theories!
Here's how I do it. Take a good look at your child's personality. It is my feeling that there, in your child's personality, you will find the key to what instrument they should play. You will also find that your child will "resonate" with a certain instrument or type of music.
Zennin, my 8 year old son, is very rhythmic. He raps and taps on things, he'll walk in circles (and drive me crazy) and he'll make little noises over and over again. This kid is obviously suited for the drums!
My 6 year old daughter, Merrin, will start violin lessons in the fall. She takes classical ballet lessons and is a perfectionist. The violin suits her well. Quintin is very eclectic and spontaneous. He's an abstract thinker and an abstract musician. Even if there was a music sheet in front of him, I'm not quite sure he'd follow it, instead he'd make up his own thing…on the fly. The electric guitar matches his personality very well.
Raiyna doesn't resonate with any instrument, but she does sing quite loudly with the radio in the car, so voice lessons are in the works for her. Now sit quietly and listen to your inner voice while you watch your child; the right answer will come to you, and your child will feel it too!
Practice Makes Perfect and Fostering Internally Motivated Musicians
Practice. What a touchy subject. What I want for my children is for them to have the internal motivation to propel themselves forward in anything that they want to do. I won't always be here to nag them. So actually, I encourage my children to practice only up to a point – and I don't nag at all. My children are pretty good about setting their own practice schedules and sticking to them. I also encourage my children to dialog regularly with their instructors about how much practicing they've been doing. I step out of the music learning process entirely and allow my children to develop a responsibility to their teachers, without me in the middle. This has been so hard, however, it is paying off. My son will look at me now and say, "Mom! I need to practice today!". Then he just goes and does it! It makes me want to cry!
The other thing I do to encourage my children to practice their instruments, is I will tell them stories about other musicians and the amount of practice they had to put in to reach their goals. I use real life examples that my children can emulate, instead of arbitrary schedules. This has helped to motivate them to keep practicing – even when they don't want to.


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It won't happen.
1) It would kill the ability to rent or sell used games. While Sony might like that, they know it would drive customers away in droves.
2) There would be keygens available about 5 minutes after the games hit the shelves, and legal owners could be prevented from using their game because someone already keygen'd the same serial.
What part of "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn" don't you understand?
#2 can be prevented by using a sufficiently complex and genuinely random code generator. While there will always be a technical chance that someone gets caught in this, proper phone support can fix this sort of problem in no time flat.
Game rentals could be dealt with via the equivalent of Volume License Keys. These discs would always present a security risk, but what makes this situation so unique is the fact that there's nothing Sony can do to resecure the system permanently on any level. The logical approach is therefore to implement something--even a fine mesh grate slows the flow of water--but to attach sufficient goodies to being legal that customers opt for it.
Under the circumstances, does it really matter that VLKs are a security risk? I think not.
Fascinating, i wonder what sony will do here. I own a PS3 as well, but bought it solely for a blueray player. Ironically, i dont own a HDTV yet haha. But i use the thing to stream music, videos and pictures time to time.
I hope it doesnt go down the 360 route where getting games is soo easy. Perhaps they'll have a new iteration of the ps3 soon enough. Similar to the xbox slim, which i believe till today is not mod-able.
The ps3 extra-slim?
Doesn't work for PC software, won't work for console software.
There will be patches for most titles that allow you to simply NOP the code that asks for the serial while you're ripping the disk to your HD. A serial system would cost Sony a ton of money to support, REQUIRE you to have your system connected to the Internet for any kind of meaningful verification, and it won't even slow down the casual copiers.
If there are Volume License Keys, there will be keygens for them. Just like Windows. Has anyone *ever* had a problem finding a serial or cracked version of Windows?
I disagree that the logical approach is to implement 'something', even if it does no good. That's what got them into this mess.
What they'll likely do is put spyware in a never-ending series of firmware upgrades that examines your HD content for known hacks and then phones home to blacklist you. It won't matter to the real hackers though, because the firmware can now be dissected and the changes analyzed before anyone updates their firmware. There are already several flavors of replacement firmware available.
Most people will continue to buy PS3 games, whether the system can be hacked or not. The only real solution for Sony is to rush the PS4 through development now. But, I won't be buying it. I'm going to stick with PC gaming, where I can be sure no game company's going to remove features from the system I paid for.
"I disagree that the logical approach is to implement 'something', even if it does no good. That's what got them into this mess."
Keeping piracy off the PS3 since launch constitutes *enormous* financial good. If they hadn't removed Other OS support, the PS3 would still be locked; the cracks discovered prior to the Other OS removal didn't fling wide the door for pirated content.
Furthermore, I suspect you vastly overestimate the technical capabilities or interests of the typical PS3 owner. Console junkies may well spring for a pre-cracked system if they can purchase one, but that doesn't translate into people feeling comfortable doing the work themselves.
As far as I know, there isn't a PS4 to rush. I'm sure someone, somewhere has been tasked with drawing up hypothetical specs and charting the lay of the land, but Sony has clearly articulated that the PS3 is the console to target for the "foreseeable future," which I arbitrarily translate to mean two years until a PS4 is announced and 3.5-4, minimum, before a PS4 arrives. Even if my numbers are off one way or the other, there's no way to just adjust the development schedule--not when the software companies have adjusted their own products and delivery dates to accommodate the PS3 as it stands today.
A rush job is also potential suicide. Sony could certainly deliver a PS 3.5 by incorporating advances in GPU and CPU technology, adding larger caches, more memory, etc. The software compatibility issues surrounding this, however, are nightmarish--and the PS 3.5 would by its very nature have to somehow maintain compatibility with previous games.
They foget the main mantra of todays tech croud, if you key it...then someone has to crack it:P
This will drive people to either not use their content or move towards a more round about way of getting the content.
Anima, do you even read articles? :P
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NLRB roundup: a year in review, and a look ahead *
USA - February 18 2013
The National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB" or "Board") began 2013 as it began 2012, facing questions regarding whether a quorum of its members had…
Co-authors: Arrissa Meyer, Arthur Carter, A. John Harper III, Punam Kaji, Alex Stevens.
Court upholds NLRB adoption of notice posting rule but limits sanctions *
USA - March 7 2012
On March 2, 2012, a federal district court in Washington, D.C. upheld the National Labor Relations Board's authority to adopt a proposed regulation requiring employers to post a notice informing employees of their federal labor law rights.
Co-authors: Arthur Carter, A. John Harper III, Alex Stevens.
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With this posting I find myself enveloped in the 21st century and the world of blogging. Only slightly intimidated I found myself asking the "younger" crowd to explain this blogging phenomenon and more importantly what one gets out of it. Setting aside the professional recognition and free "advertising" I was advised that blogging can be an almost cathartic experience; accomplishments both big and small can be celebrated, tears can be shed, joy expressed and frustrations vented. Seems like a lot to put on one task however I am up to the challenge.
I am one of the few who wakes up each morning looking forward to the day. This includes workdays as well as those things the corporate world calls "days off" or "weekends". As a small business owner I have chosen to pursue my passion for photography. I founded and own Lux Photography based in Sterling Virginia. Lux began when at 15 I found myself doing freelance photography for the local county community center. After completing several assignments I realized I was in business and needed a name. Thank goodness for mentors or their would be yet another F-Stop Photography business. After several weeks of contemplation, and yes one can be contemplative at 15 (at least in ones own mind…) I came up with Lux which is Latin for light. Since photography is based on light and image capture I felt it fitting. With that Lux was born.
I look forward to sharing my experiences with Lux and life in general in my newly created blog.


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MB Free Enneagram Software 1.0
MB Free Enneagram Software is an interactive and interesting tool to judge your personality and analyze your nature. It is principally a diagnostic tool for one's emotional and expressive outlook on life, which empowers to understand better about self and others. It plots the 9 distinct personality types and depicts how these types move during stressful and under flourishing situations.
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Wondershare Rapid E-learning Suite 4.2.5
Wondershare Rapid E-learning Suite is a comprehensive solution for intructional designers and suject-matter-experts to create E-learning content for LMS (AICC/SCOROM) and online training resources. Based on the exsiting PowerPoint presentations, this toolkit is able to convert them to LMS-compliant content and well integrate multimedia tothe content. In addtion, interactive quizzes can be added to enhence learning and collect valuable feedback.
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MB Free Color Test 1.10
MB Free Color Test is a highly accurate and easy to use software that provides a fairly accurate analysis of your personality. This software is based on the fundamental principle of colors representing your changing moods and hidden desires, which will help you to understand your present situation. The purpose of this simple software is to provide an analysis of your present situation so that you can take appropriate remedial measures.
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Free College Courses 1.00.1
Find out how to go to an online college and get tuition assistance to help with funding. There are many college course options and many degrees to choose from. Read how other people are getting their degree at almost no cost to them. Not only are people saving money but also they are getting their degrees at an accelerated pace. You can aquire your degree in as little as 15 months.
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If you're tired of shelling out hard-earned cash on high-priced PHP programmers making small changes to your
website, then look at what I have in store for you: a 17-step program for how to learn PHP the easy way.
Gone are the days of plain-Jane websites with static HTML pages. Internet success is built upon a foundation of
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FreeEducationAid 1.0
Our main focus is in spreading knowledge and education and providing a rich range of information and necessary guidance to the students and individuals in order to assist them in shaping their future, growth and career.
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Colleges With Online Courses 1.0
Colleges with online courses are becoming more popular these days. More students are resorting to distance learning because of all the benefits that they think they can get from such a type of learning. However, some parents are cautious of their children getting such degrees online. There are some doubts about online degrees that have been holding back more students from enjoying the experience of learning through the use on the Internet.
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eDock Server 2.1
eDock Server is a secure document server that provides fast and convenient access to your documents from anywhere. Revolutionize the way you publish, share and distribute your documents online. Access eDock Server using a standard web browser from your local network or from anywhere on the Internet. Gain full-text search capabilities, image thumbnail generation, HTML previews and easy user management.
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123 Flash Chat Server Software 6.2
Full-featured, high-performance 123 Flash Chat can integrate db( Postnuke, phpbb, phpnuke, vbulletin, Invision...) It's text+ Video chat with customizable look, can be moderated and secure, AD banner& low port supported. Predefined messages stored. It offers easy installation on all major OS. It's a fast, affordable real-time chat. It's perfect for chat events, collaborative work sessions, online meetings, dating sites and customer live support.
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EasyWare B2B Commerce 4.003
EasyWare Commerce allows merchants with little or no technical know-how to build powerful e-commerce-enabled Web sites. The sites allow users to browse for products and place orders online, and are compatible with a range of popular payment providers.
The main strength of EasyWare is its ease of use. It allows creation of unlimited stores and products and supports multiple languages.
See also: online store, e-commerce, ecommerce, store builder
Automatic Shell MP3 Tagger 1.15
The automatic shell MP3 tagger (ASMT) is a simple easy to use tool for music collectors. It integrates directly into windows explorer, which means you can right click on a folder and have the tagger do all the work for you! The MP3 tagger connects to an extensive online music database (discogs.com) and matches releases (CD's and vinyl) to the correct information. It renames, tags and generates playlists for you!
See also: Online, Database, Tagger, Artist, Label, Shell, Automatic, Discogs, ID3, Tag, MP3
GRCLive Business Edition 1.5
GRCLive Business Edition is a powerful and affordable communications tool with superior quality Video and Audio, Remote Desktop, File Share storage area, Whiteboard collaboration, Application Sharing, Remote Printing and Recording features. GRCLive Business Edition provides increased office productivity through real-time collaboration with co-workers, employees, and customers. Save time and money with less travel.
See also: web conference, web conferencing, video conference, collaboration, net meeting, desktop video conferencing, live meeting, online meeting, webconference, webmeeting, application sharing, internet conference, live video conference, file sharing, business communication
KingSmart Suite 2003
KingSmart Suite's important modules in the Hotel Property Management Software Suite include, Hotel Management Software, Hotel Reservation Software (Billing Software), Hotel Reception Software, Hotel Point of Sale, Call Accounting, Hotel Accounting software and Hotel Back Office Software. For a limited time ComPower Technology is offering Hotels, Motels, Apartments, with up to 100 rooms a chance to obtain high quality hotel software for Free.
See also: point of sale, online-booking, resorts, apartments, hopsitality, property, motel, reservation, system, management, hotel, pos, pms
Quick Notes 2.0
WebAsyst Quick Notes is one of the applications, developed within the family of web-based software solutions, known as WebAsyst Suite. This application has already proved incredibly popular among small- and mid-sized businesses as well as well-established large-scale enterprises. This software solution gives you a secure place on-line to store notes and memos. Create on-line notes and memos, supplemented with as many file attachments as you wish.
See also: share notes, store notes online, book note online, online memo, online note, memo, note, We based, quick notes, webasyst
Word Viewer ActiveX Control 2.6
Word Viewer ActiveX acts as an ActiveX document container for hosting Word document in a custom form or Web page. Support Word automation client and offer abundant sample codes. It can be easily integrated into applications written in languages that support ActiveX control such as Visual C++, Visual Basic, Delphi, C++ Builder and .Net languages.
See also: Word ocx, Word Viewer, Word activex, Word application, Word integrate, Word program, Word programme, Word automating, Word automate, Word sample, Word vba, Word online, Word component
Learn To Speak Japanese 3.0
When we are playing games, surfing on line or doing some other work we spend a lot of time on waiting. How can we make full use of the waiting time? To use this software to learn foreign language, I think, is one of the perfect ways. Learn to Speak Japanese is very useful in improving your spoken Japanese and building your vocabulary. It will make every second of your time useful!
See also: Learn to Speak Japanese, Learn Japanese, online Japanese course, grammar, vocabulary, verbs, foreign languages, study, tutorial, culture, free Japanese online lessons
Championship Five Hundred Pro Card Game for Windows 6.42
Discover this blend of Spades and Euchre! Enjoy the most realistic game of Five Hundred (500) available. Learn basic play & strategy with our tutorial. Improve your skills using unlimited hint, undo and replay. and undo. Play popular variations including Australian, American, Canadian, and Cutthroat. Experience community and competition with free online play at DQZone.com. Relax and enjoy our free trial and 100% money-back guarantee.
See also: shareware, online, download, play 500, game, card games, free, five hundred, 500, Internet
Piquet by MeggieSoft Games 2006.2
Play this respected card game (dating back to the 15th century) against an online opponent or against your computer. Piquet has a rich user interface with many customizable visual, audio, and game options.
Piquet is a game of exchanging cards, declaring combinations, and playing tricks with the object of scoring more points than your opponent. Each game, or "partie", comprises 6 rounds.
See also: LAN, Internet, Network, Online, Piquet, Card, Cards, Games, Meggiesoft
Logic Briks game 08
Make 3 stones at one line the same color. Make 3 stones at one line the same color. Quick Bricks is an original interpretation of legendary Collapse game. The aim of the game is to remove as many bricks from the board as possible. Click at the group of three or more bricks of the same color and they will disappear. The bonuses help you to do this and three skill levels give you an opportunity to turn the game according to your abilities.
See also: flash, game, free, online
learn-a-language 1.0
When you will travel the world, meet people who speak the language you studied in language school , you will see that the knowledge of the language, lets you get close to people, learn more about them and their customs and therefore - to feel more and more like home. School of Languages offers you business and social opportunities.
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Fujifilm X20 review
2/3in 12.0-megapixel sensor, 4.0x zoom (28-112mm equivalent), 353g
The Fujifilm X20 is the successor to one of our favourite cameras of 2012. The Fujifilm X10 was a delight to use with its luxurious retro design, plentiful controls and large optical viewfinder, and image quality was among the best we've ever seen from a compact camera.
These are big boots to fill, but with the X20, Fujifilm delivers some significant improvements. Performance is faster, the controls are more responsive and photo and video quality are both higher. A year after launch, the price has dropped significantly as well, meaning anyone looking for a bargain camera should take notice of Fuji's stylish compact. It still holds its own against current compacts, and the retro design carries a classic appeal, so there's absolutely no reason to write it off for simply being "last year's model".
The viewfinder now shows exposure settings, the autofocus area and various other useful information, overlaid directly onto the viewfinder image. This information appears in black when shooting in bright conditions but switches to green in low light, and red when the autofocus is unsuccessful. This isn't an SLR, of course, so the viewfinder has its own window on the front of the camera to gather light, and its own 4x zoom lens, which moves in tandem with the main lens. One downside of this is that – as with the X10 – the lens obscures the bottom-right of the viewfinder view at wide-angle settings. Another is that shooting nearby subjects can lead to parallax errors, where the viewfinder and lens see different slightly things. However, the overlaid information warns for that too. Not everyone needs a viewfinder on a compact camera, but this one is second only to the Sony NEX-6 and its 2.4-million dot electronic viewfinder.
Another big change is the introduction of a Q (short for quick menu) button, which replaces the X10's dedicated raw button. Pressing it reveals a grid of settings, which are navigated with the pad and adjusted via the rear wheel or command dial. It greatly speeds up access to the settings that don't have a dedicated button. Elsewhere, the Auto ISO function now has customisable minimum and maximum ISO speeds, as well as a minimum shutter speed.
The accessory shoe is primarily designed for external flashguns, but it can also accommodate the MIC-ST1 external microphone. We weren't able to get our iShoot wireless flash trigger to work with the X10, but we're happy to report that it worked perfectly with the X20. It even let us achieve flash sync with shutter speeds up to 1/1,000s. This let us control the amount of captured ambient light much more effectively than with an SLR, which typically has a sync speed of 1/250s or slower.
We're relieved to find that the X20 allows settings to be adjusted while photos are being saved to memory card. This is impossible in all of the Fujifilm cameras we've seen in recent years. They're generally quick to take photos in quick succession, but taking a photo and then realising you need to adjust a setting before taking another isn't so immediate, especially when shooting in raw mode.
The X20 was also quick to switch on and shoot, taking 1.3 seconds to the X10's 3.3 seconds. As before, powering up simply involves rotating the lens barrel from its retracted position. It captured a photo every second, and unlike the X10, it didn't slow down when shooting in raw mode. Continuous mode is twice as fast as before, capturing ten frames at 12fps before slowing to a still-fast 3.3fps. Continuous raw mode set off at 9fps and slowed to 1.2fps after eight frames. These are brilliant results that put many SLRs to shame. Various other compact cameras lay claim to a 10fps continuous mode, but most only last for a few shots before stopping for a rest. The X20's optical viewfinder comes in really useful here, too, giving an uninterrupted view of the action. The only disappointment is that there's no option to update the autofocus between frames in continuous mode.
Autofocus was impressively quick in normal use. This may be thanks to the new phase-detect autofocus points that are integrated into the sensor, although the X10 was pretty quick to focus without them. Focusing errors were slightly more common than we'd like but it wasn't a big concern – they were usually pretty obvious from looking at the screen so it wasn't much trouble to take the shot again. It's easy to move the autofocus point to any part of the frame, and the subject tracking autofocus mode was extremely responsive and accurate. Face detection is available too, but it's a bit annoying that enabling it disables the autofocus and metering options. We prefer to be able to set the autofocus area manually, and for the camera to override it when it spots a face in the scene.


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This year's Iranian presidential election may be headed for a town near you. Sixty-five-year-old Iranian-American Hooshang Amirahmadi is running for president of Iran.http://ow.ly/j0Sxi
Obama's victory is tempered by the fractured nature of the country he gets to preside over for another four years. Cartoon by Patrick Chappatte of Switzerland.
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As much as I love Boston Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo, ans as much as I want to believe Danny Ainge when he tells us that he is going to make every attempt to resign the All-Star guard in the summer of 2015, I like to think I understand the NBA well enough to understand that there is just as good chance of Rondo leaving town as there is of him staying put. Because of that, and because I like Phil Pressey but not enough to hand him the starting point guard job, I'll be watching the first game of today's Final Four double-header with my eyes on University of Connecticut point guard
Shabazz Napier
There's a good reason why so many people want to compare Napier to his former teammate, point guard Kemba Walker – namely, the fact that UCONN is riding its young point guard as far as he will carry them. Walker was THE reason that UCONN won a a national championship in 2011 – but lest we all forget, UCONN was a three seed in the NCAA tournament that year, so it wasn't an absolute surprise to find them in the Final Four.
The same cannot be said for this year's UCONN team. Find me someone who had UCONN picked to the make it to the Sweet 16, and I'll shake his or her hand. Find me someone who had this team going to the Elite Eight, and I'll buy them a beer. Find me someone who picked them to make it this far, and I'm going to punch him in the face (if it's a girl . . . well, I STILL might punch her in the face) because that's a lie: NO ONE except total UCONN homers picked the team to get this far. Especially not with tournament favorites Michigan State and coach Tom Izzo in their path.
All of which makes what Napier is doing potentially GREATER than Walker's accomplishments. The game plan to stop UCONN is pretty simple: shut down Shabazz Napier. I'm going to bet Tom Izzo instructed his team to do exactly that . . . and then Napier went off and scored 25 points, grabbed 6 boards, dished the rock out for 4 assists, grabbed a steal, and managed to go 9-for-9 from the charity stripe. Napier has scored 93 points in four tournament games so far, and that's with every defense he has faced designed to shut him down.
His scoring is all well and good, but here's the real reason why he should be on the Boston Celtics' radar: like all good point guards, Napier is an extension of his coach on the floor during practices and game time. According to UCONN head coach Kevin Ollie,
He's taken ownership of his team. I can come in (a practice), and Shabazz is already doing drills, already out there with the fellows. I call him my unpaid coach because he has a coaching mentality. Him and me think the same. He knows when to get on guys, but then he knows when to back off of guys, too. I couldn't think of another point guard that I really give the keys to and let drive the bus.
If Danny Ainge and company think that there is any chance that Rajon Rondo won't be wearing a Boston Celtics jersey once the 2015-2016 NBA season rolls around, they better put Shabazz Napier on their big board if he is not there already, which is why we should all enjoy watching him square off against the Florida Gators in the big dance tonight.
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This morning one of the candidates for the joint CDSP/PLTS ethics professor will be available for a meeting with students.
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Web surfers are 41 percent more likely to visit malware-infected sites this year than last year, according to McAfee. In the second annual study, "Mapping the Web Revisited," the countries with the highest percentage of malware-laden sites were also ranked. The riskiest country domain was Hong Kong (.hk), followed by China (.cn), the Philippines (.ph), Romania (.ro), and Russia (.ru). The safest national domains are Finland (.fi) and Japan (.jp). McAfee analyzed 9.9 million heavily trafficked sites in the 74 most popular national domains.
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I just watched an episode of One Tree Hill that was wayyyy too relevant to my life right now.
I don't understand how people work out when they're sick, I don't even want to move. So this is like, the second or third day in a row that I haven't worked out…just ew.
Embraced the lion's mane for a day.#me
I've always known I was indecisive but I've never had to make a decision this big. I'm scared to be away from home for seven weeks, I'm scared because I wont see my sister that much, but most of all I'm just scared that if I don't go it'll be my biggest regret.
Post-March Madness depression over here. (Taken with instagram)
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He's just my favorite.
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My birthday is tomorrow. My alma mater is in the Final Four. I would pay more attention to MY OWN birthday if it were a college basketball team, honestly.
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"Duke? That was my safety school!"
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Perfect baby shower gift includes four unisex onesies made into cupcakes that come decorated in a bakery box. Decorations & onesies will vary, but they will always match selected gender. Each cupcake is topped with a four crocheted strawberry pins, and/or crocheted flower pins! Onesies size 0-3 months.
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Duke's David Cutcliffe Talks Increased Expectations and Victory Bells
July 21, 2011 1:35 PM
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Frank Garcia and Stan Olson filled in on the Mac Attack, but the Coaches Caravan rolls on. Duke head football coach David Cutcliffe talks about keeping a program clean in big time college football, his recruiting practices, increased expectations for the Blue Devils and T-Bone makes a promise.
Mac Attack Interviews David Cutcliffe
Listen to previous Mac Attack Coaches Caravan interviews:
Jim Grobe (Wake Forest)
Tom O'Brien (NC State)
Dabo Swinney (Clemson)
Randy Edsall (Maryland)
Gene Chizik (Auburn)
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These are the shots I have especially been focusing on with the brightness and contrast filter. Having these shots darker is a stronger representation of the cave, but does hide the facial expressions of the prisoners. However, with the flashes of color and lighting, we still get a sense of the images overwhelming and fixating them. After presenting my two edits during the final presentation, the audience felt that the darker images worked more effectively than the brighter images of the faces.
Here is the edit I will be showing in the final presentation. The final edit is nearly complete. I'm currently experimenting with brightness and contrast to see how the different levels of brightness visually impact the film. I want to capture the atmosphere of the cave as much as possible, whilst reducing image noise but also making aspects of the image clearer to viewers. The sections within the film I am particularly focusing on are the shadow scenes and side shots of the prisoner's faces.
This is the soundtrack I have chosen for my final piece Plato's Shadow. This track was produced earlier in the project as a test audio edit in Macpod. Since then I have used it with each test edit and feel that it works effectively in conveying the mysterious and atmospheric confines of Plato's Cave. The track is very similar to the sound work of David Lynch, whose pieces create tension and entice and unsettle the audience.
I am now in the process of editing my final piece. Having incorporated new elements since the previous shoot, like sounds of the objects and shots of the projector, I hope the film will have become a stronger reflection on and illustration of Plato's cave within a contemporary context.
Having conducted two test shoots of Plato's shadow and identified its effectiveness and significance in conveying Plato's theory, I am now going to use this idea for my final shoot.
I have looked through the latest edit and highlighted key aspects which need to be improved and added:
My latest edit, Plato's Shadow. I'm particular pleased with this shoot and edit because of how strongly it reflects Plato's theory, in particularly the use of shadows as the only reality the prisoners have ever known. The objects appear to overwhelm the prisoners as they try to work out what each of them are. As one prisoner is released from his chains he is then faced with the light from the window, revealed as the blinds are opened. He now has to come to terms with this new reality away from the shadows.
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Every time I don't attend an NHS appointment, the NHS send me a shaming letter, detailing how much DNAs (Do Not Attends) cost the NHS every year. Fair enough. That was a valuable 8 minute appointment that could have been given to somebody else so they could have been patronised, pathologised, ignored and sent away by my sub standard GP. I deserve the letter.
But it's unfortunate that there is no standard letter that patients can send to their GPs for wasting their time. And costing them money. Here's a brief list, off the top of my head, of people I would like to send that letter to:
- The consultant who looked at my broken arm when I was 10 in A and E and said, "Gosh, your bones are a bit brittle," and proceeded to do fuck all about it. If you had ordered a few tests, I might have got diagnosed with coeliac disease at age 10 rather than at age 17, saving me 7 years of pain and an expensive appointment with a private nutritionist who prompted me to ask for the coeliac test on the NHS.
- The GP who said, "Gosh that's a bit weird," when I told her that I fall asleep all the time. Thanks for your brilliant analysis, but next time, remember that you've gone to medical school and say something - anything - more profound than that.
- The GP who told me that as I have Meniere's disease, all dizziness - any dizziness - is due to Meniere's disease and can NOT EVER be a symptom of other things. It is COMPLETELY IMPOSSIBLE for Meniere's sufferers to ever experience any other kind of dizziness ever until the end of time. You cost me £4 in a charity shop buying a second hand blood pressure monitor and hours on the internet researching hypotension. That's valuable time I could have spent becoming an entrepreneur you bumhole.
- The audiologist I saw when I was 16 who told me that my hearing was fine (it wasn't), and that any mild hearing loss that I did experience (so it's fine but also possible that I'm experiencing mild hearing loss? How does that work exactly) was probably due to 'hayfever'. Thanks a lot. I had to wait another 10 years before I got my Meniere's diagnosis.
- The urologist who spent about 25 minutes talking to me about Sexual Intercourse: how Sexual Intercourse was probably the cause of my recurrent kidney pain, how I could prevent further kidney issues by urinating before and after Sexual Intercourse, by taking a prophylactic antibiotic before Sexual Intercourse and having a shower after Sexual Intercourse even though I explained right at the beginning that I don't do Sexual Intercourse and haven't done for some years. Your obsession with Sexual Intercourse cost 25 minutes of valuable A and E time when you could have been giving other patients who do have Sexual Intercourse this patronising and insulting lecture and I could have been working on my career as an entrepreneur.
- The GP I saw when I was 16 with severe intermenstrual bleeding and cramps who told me that, "It's common for some young ladies to have irregular periods," and was so obviously embarrassed that I had said the word 'menstruation' that he tried to get me out of the door as quickly as possible with a promise of an appointment with a 'Lady Doctor' if the bleeding continued for another 6 months. In what world do you live, GP, when Lady Doctor means an actual thing, and where you think it's perfectly okay for someone to bleed continuously for a whole year without anyone so much as testing them for anaemia (which I had. Thank you Lady Doctor for diagnosing that)? You owe me 6 bottles of Floradix and some kind of medal for not putting you in a museum on the spot.
- The GP who told me that they would ring me (there is no other way to get hold of patients, we don't care if you have a hearing impairment) if anything showed on my test results and proceeded to not ring me when something showed on my test results. Thanks.
- The countless doctors that have lost my friend's test results and also proceeded to fail to ring them when they found something worrying on their test results. You are all wankers.
I made a letter we can all send out to clinicians who waste our time based on the DNA letter.
Dear (clinician's name),
Re: Wasting My Time
We have noted that you wasted my time on (date and time of appointments).
Having reviewed your record it can be seen that this is not an isolated incident and that over the last (number of months) you have wasted my time (number) different times. In each of these cases there has been no attempt to apologise for this behaviour.
(Insert name here) has a lot of things to do. If a clinician wastes (insert name here)'s time, (WMT) and they do not receive prior notification of the time wastage, (insert name here) cannot plan to do other things with their time.
There may be specific circumstances around you wasting (insert name here)'s time that (insert name here) is unaware of. If this is the case, please feel free to contact (insert name here) so that this can be discussed.
Clinicians who imply that they can be of use and then waste people's time are wasting an extremely valuable resource and this is not acceptable to (insert name here) or any other patients.
(Insert name here) expects a high quality service and reducing wasting (insert name here)'s time is clearly of the highest priority.
If you continue to waste (insert name here)'s time without providing any notice of time wastage, (insert name here) will have no alternative but to bitch about you on the internet.
It is hoped that there will be no further need to contact you about time wastage.
Yours Sincerely,
(Insert name here)


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