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So I am in charge of locating a ticketing/crm system for our company. Ideally we want something that can be added to our website. Where clients can put in trouble tickets for support, is probably web based, does not require mysql, linux, or anything of that sort. Allows e-mail to be sent and recieved, and also allows clients to send xml files, excel files, and screen shots. Does anyone have any suggestions? FogBugz and JitBit are the front runners so far. Thank you in advance!
Oct 15, 2010 at 11:36 UTC
Niagara Technology Group (NTG) is an IT service provider.
CRM + Helpdesk is available in SugarCRM.
We've used FogBugz and were pretty unimpressed - it was a very Mickey Mouse product with a very high price tag.
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Oct 14, 2010 at 3:51 UTC
Have you looked at Spiceworks? Seems like a vanilla install without anything else configured but the help desk would do most of what you want (except maybe screen shots, but they could paste those into a Word document and email that).
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Oct 14, 2010 at 3:55 UTC
Why not use Spiceworks HelpDesk?
I know you said does not require mysql, linux, or anything but I just want to mention it anyway, check osTicket.
Oct 15, 2010 at 8:35 UTC
Thank you for all your responses. We have dug deeper into what we need and here are some other things that are needed from our ticketing system.
- Allows clients to send e-mails to the ticket systems.
- Allows searchable features in the ticketing systems for future reference.
- Tracks the number of e-mails sent for that particular ticket.
- Allows you to set priorities on tickets and allows support to send e-mails back to clients.
- Tracks the number phone calls for that particular ticket.
Thanks in advance if you have any other suggestions!
Oct 15, 2010 at 9:03 UTC
At my last job they used MS Dynamics CRM for ticketing and while it wasn't perfect it worked well enough and had all the features you are looking for.
And because its already a CRM app you get all the benefits of being able to use it for leads and sales and other fun things!
Oct 15, 2010 at 10:59 UTC
I know you said you didn't want to have to use MySQL, but after quickly looking at the two options you mentioned in your original post, you might want to reconsider based on the following. I just did a two month search for a CRM system and found Vtiger 5.2.0 to be one of the best out there. It will run on windows (I'm using Apache, but it will run on IIS also), however it does also require MySQL and PHP. It is Open Source Software, so there is a FREE version, but Vtiger (www.vtiger.com) also offer "supported" versions too. Its system requirements are as follows:System Requirements
- Hardware: Intel 80486 with 512 MB RAM or more and at least 250 MB of disk space.
- Web Browser: Firefox 2.x and above Internet Explorer 6 and 7
- Web Server Apache: version 2.0.40 or higher or Microsoft IIS 5 or higher
- Database MySQL: version 4.1.x through 5.1.x
- PHP: version 5.0.x through 5.2.x
The FREE download comes with an install setup that takes care of all of this for you, including installing a working Apache setup, the MySQL and PHP, aLL you have to do is input a few port numbers (I am running my alongside my web server on TCP Port 81) and it runs very well. There is a large support community and lots and lots of plug-ins available -- although most everything you could want comes in the install package.
I would strongly suggest you check it out (www.vtiger.com) especially considering it's FREE compared to $999 or $349 for the basic versions of the programs you mentioned.
Hope this helps.
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CRM + Helpdesk is available in SugarCRM.
We've used FogBugz and were pretty unimpressed - it was a very Mickey Mouse product with a very high price tag.
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plusnoir posted a topic in Graphics and GPU ProgrammingHi there first I want to tell you about my situation. Since I have been into game developement I used XNA. I know it is a little late but I recently realized that Microsoft stops further XNA developement. After I read that I decided that the best choice would be to switch to openGL since it is crossplatform and would give me the opportunity to learn more C++. Now that I started I had to realize what an overhead this whole new OpenGL thing implicates. Now I am wondering, how dead is XNA? I mean I can still use it in windows 7 (windows 8?). And as far as I know Steam Greenlight still accepts XNA projects. At the end of the day XNA has everything I ever needed. So is it ok to continue with XNA or is it about time to switch frameworks? Greets, plusnoir
plusnoir replied to plusnoir's topic in Graphics and GPU ProgrammingI guess, I am the champion in asking stupid questions [img]http://public.gamedev.net//public/style_emoticons/default/dry.png[/img]
plusnoir posted a topic in Graphics and GPU Programming[color=#4A4A4A]Hi folks,[/color] [color=#4A4A4A] I'm not really new to programming or XNA but I still find it hard to completely understand the [url="http://create.msdn.com/en-US/education/catalog/sample/winforms_series_2"][b]"WinForms Series 2: Content Loading"[/b][/url].[/color] [color=#4A4A4A] As I get it, the MainForm.LoadModel(); Unloads the current model and loads the user specified model. So according to this There is always only one model on screen.[/color] [color=#4A4A4A] 1. My first question is, what if I want to draw several models? I guess I simply wouldn't call the Unload-method?[/color] [color=#4A4A4A] 2. The second and most important of my questions is, what to do if I want to load the same Model several times? [b]Let's say, three spaceships at a time? How would I tell the ContentBuilder that every time I pick a Model in the FileDialog he should create a completely new Model?[/b][/color] [color=#4A4A4A] F.e.: I already tried to Load several models of the same kind by putting them into Lists. But the Problem was I somehow always had only references to my First loaded model. So basically they all were the same. And changing one of them automatically changed the referenced models. [/color] [color=#4A4A4A] I hope you guys get my problem.[/color][color=#4A4A4A] I am pretty certain that is a noob question. Still I would be thankful for any advice.[/color] [color=#4A4A4A] Thanks in advance.[/color]
plusnoir replied to plusnoir's topic in Graphics and GPU ProgrammingFigured out, the offset is caused by the viewport being drawn into a PictureBox in a WinForm. Still don't know how to fix it.
plusnoir posted a topic in Graphics and GPU Programming[color=#333333]I'm trying to implement Object picking. My BasicModel.cs has a function:[/color] [color="#333333"][CODE] public bool CheckRayIntersection(Ray ray) { //Where aabb is the BasicModel's BoundingBox if (ray.Intersects(aabb) != null) { return true; } else {[/color] [color="#333333"] return false; } } [/CODE][/color] [color=#333333]I create the Ray in my Camera.cs:[/color] [color=#333333][code]public Ray GetMouseRay(Vector2 mousePosition, Viewport viewport) { Vector3 near = new Vector3(mousePosition, 0); Vector3 far = new Vector3(mousePosition, 1);[/color] [color=#333333] near = viewport.Unproject(near, projection, view, Matrix.Identity); far = viewport.Unproject(far, projection, view, Matrix.Identity);[/color] [color=#333333] return new Ray(near, Vector3.Normalize(far - near)); }[/code][/color] [color=#333333]And finally in game1.cs I check for Intersection in every BasicModel and write "Intersects" to Console:[/color] [color=#333333][code]foreach(BasicModel model in assetManager._modelsOnscreen) { if(model.CheckRayIntersection(camera.GetMouseRay(mouseLocation,viewport))) { winForm.ConsoleWrite = "intersects"; } }[/code][/color] [color=#333333]Somehow it always returns true for intersection with offset (to the right) to the actual Boundingbox. I also don't have any clue how I could visualize the problem or step through it. Actually the Boundingbox is drawn correctly as seen [url="http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/9926/basica.png"]here[/url], so I don't think that aabb causes the problem.[/color] [color=#333333][size=4]Any advice is welcome,[/size][/color] [color=#333333][size=4]noir[/size][/color]
plusnoir replied to plusnoir's topic in Graphics and GPU ProgrammingThanks a lot Tsus thats what I wanted to know. The problem is, the basic hlsl-tutorials always deal with the basic effect or a single effect at once. Now the BB and the model are drawn with correct shaders on them. The Lightsource still screws up it seems to somehow change position when I strafe around my object. As seen [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ltrsVsH_qw&feature=youtu.be"]here[/url]. But I guess I somehow messed up the shader code ;) Thanks for taking the time and writing almost a tutorial
plusnoir replied to plusnoir's topic in Graphics and GPU ProgrammingHey thanks for the response. I'm still learning, so could you tell me how I would declare and bind the vertices?
plusnoir replied to plusnoir's topic in Graphics and GPU ProgrammingI'm not really sure why nobody can help me with that problem. Is it a stupid or a hard question? Well after one week of messing around with that problem managed to finaly draw the bounding-boxes. The shader issue persists though. I will try to describe it more precise this time. Here is my BasicModel.cs. It is a little messy but the functionality should be clear. It is responsible for drawing the Model and the corresponding bounding-box. It contains a method called DrawModel. Here I have two possibilities implemented, drawing the model with basic effect and drawing it with a diffuse light (taken from [url="http://digitalerr0r.wordpress.com/2009/03/23/xna-shader-programming-tutorial-2-diffuse-light/"]here[/url]). I also have a method DebugDraw which uses a basic effect in order to draw the bounding box. (really sorry for posting the entire class, it is a mess I admit) [CODE] namespace XNA3Editor { public class BasicModel : DrawableGameComponent { public Model model { get; protected set; } public String name { get; set; } public String id { get; set; } public float yawAngle { get; set; } public float pitchAngle { get; set; } public float rollAngle { get; set; } Matrix rotation = Matrix.Identity; Vector3 vRotation = Vector3.Zero; Matrix translation = Matrix.Identity; Vector3 position = Vector3.Zero; Vector3 direction = new Vector3(0, 0, 0); private BasicEffect renderer; private Effect effect; private BoundingBox aabb { get; set; } //axis-aligned boundin box private Camera camera; private short[] indexData; //The index array used to render the AABB private VertexPositionColor[] aabbVertices; //The AABB vertex array used for rendering protected Matrix world = Matrix.Identity; public BasicModel(Game game,Model m, String name) : base(game) { model = m; this.name = name; // Vertex declaration for rendering our 3D model. Game.GraphicsDevice.VertexDeclaration = new VertexDeclaration(Game.GraphicsDevice, VertexPositionNormalTexture.VertexElements); camera = ((Editor)game).camera; } private void CreateAABB(Model model) { aabb = new BoundingBox(); foreach(ModelMesh mesh in model.Meshes) { //Create an array to store the vertex data. VertexPositionNormalTexture[] modelVertices = new VertexPositionNormalTexture[mesh.VertexBuffer.SizeInBytes / VertexPositionNormalTexture.SizeInBytes]; //Get the models vertices mesh.VertexBuffer.GetData<VertexPositionNormalTexture>(modelVertices); //Create a new array to store the position of each vertex Vector3[] vertices = new Vector3[modelVertices.Length]; //Loop throught the vertices for (int i = 0; i < vertices.Length;i++) { //Get the position of the vertex. vertices[i] = modelVertices[i].Position; } //Create a AABB from the model's vertices. aabb = BoundingBox.CreateMerged(aabb, BoundingBox.CreateFromPoints(vertices)); } } protected override void LoadContent() { effect = Game.Content.Load<Effect>("Effects/Diffuse"); //Create the bounding box from the model's vertices CreateAABB(model); base.LoadContent(); } public virtual void Update() { // Rotate model rotation *= Matrix.CreateFromYawPitchRoll(yawAngle, pitchAngle, rollAngle); } public override void Draw(GameTime gameTime) { //Create a new vertex declaration Game.GraphicsDevice.VertexDeclaration = new VertexDeclaration(Game.GraphicsDevice, VertexPositionColor.VertexElements); //Draw bounding box. DebugDraw(aabb,Color.White); //Draw model. DrawModel(model); base.Draw(gameTime); } private void DrawModel(Model model) { #region draw model with diffuse effect Matrix[] transforms = new Matrix[model.Bones.Count]; model.CopyAbsoluteBoneTransformsTo(transforms); // worldMatrix = Matrix.CreateWorld(position, rotationMatrix.Forward, rotationMatrix.Up); // Use the DiffuseLight technique from Shader.fx. You can have multiple techniques in a effect file. If you don't specify // what technique you want to use, it will choose the first one by default. effect.CurrentTechnique = effect.Techniques["DiffuseLight"]; // Begin our effect effect.Begin(); // A shader can have multiple passes, be sure to loop trough each of them. foreach (EffectPass pass in effect.CurrentTechnique.Passes) { // Begin current pass pass.Begin(); foreach (ModelMesh mesh in model.Meshes) { foreach (ModelMeshPart part in mesh.MeshParts) { // calculate our worldMatrix.. //world = GetWorld() * mesh.ParentBone.Transform; world = Matrix.CreateWorld(position, rotation.Forward, rotation.Up); // .. and pass it into our shader. // To access a parameter defined in our shader file ( Shader.fx ), use effectObject.Parameters["variableName"] Matrix worldInverse = Matrix.Invert(world); Vector4 vLightDirection = new Vector4(0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f); effect.Parameters["matWorldViewProj"].SetValue(world * camera.view * camera.projection); effect.Parameters["matInverseWorld"].SetValue(worldInverse); effect.Parameters["vLightDirection"].SetValue(vLightDirection); // Render our meshpart Game.GraphicsDevice.Vertices[0].SetSource(mesh.VertexBuffer, part.StreamOffset, part.VertexStride); Game.GraphicsDevice.Indices = mesh.IndexBuffer; Game.GraphicsDevice.DrawIndexedPrimitives(PrimitiveType.TriangleList, part.BaseVertex, 0, part.NumVertices, part.StartIndex, part.PrimitiveCount); } } // Stop current pass pass.End(); } // Stop using this effect effect.End(); #endregion /* #region draw model using basic effect //Create a rotation matrix from GameModel's rotation. Matrix rotatioMatrix = Matrix.CreateFromYawPitchRoll( vRotation.X, vRotation.Y, vRotation.Z); //Create the world matrix from the GameModel's position and rotation. world = Matrix.CreateWorld(position,rotation.Forward, rotation.Up); foreach(ModelMesh mesh in model.Meshes) { foreach(BasicEffect Beffect in mesh.Effects) { //Set effect lightning. Beffect.EnableDefaultLighting(); Beffect.PreferPerPixelLighting = true; //Set effect matrices. Beffect.World = world; Beffect.View = camera.view; Beffect.Projection = camera.projection; } mesh.Draw(); } #endregion */ } public Matrix GetWorld() { return world;//* Matrix.CreateTranslation(position) } private void SetupRenderer() { //Create a new Basiceffect instance. renderer = new BasicEffect(Game.GraphicsDevice,null); //This lets you color the the AABB renderer.VertexColorEnabled = true; //Set renderer matrix. renderer.World = world; renderer.View = camera.view; renderer.Projection = camera.projection; } private void DebugDraw(BoundingBox aabb, Color color) { //Setup the debug renderer. SetupRenderer(); //Create an array to store the AABB's vertices. aabbVertices = new VertexPositionColor[8]; //Get an array of points that make up the corners of the AABB. Vector3[] corners = aabb.GetCorners(); //Fill the AABB vertex array. for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++ ) { aabbVertices[i].Position = corners[i]; aabbVertices[i].Color = color; } //Create the index array. indexData = new short[] { 0,1, 1,2, 2,3, 3,0, 0,4, 1,5, 2,6, 3,7, 4,5, 5,6, 6,7, 7,4, }; //Start drawing the AABB. renderer.Begin(); //Loop through each effect pass. foreach(EffectPass pass in renderer.CurrentTechnique.Passes) { //Start pass. pass.Begin(); //Draw AABB. Game.GraphicsDevice.DrawUserIndexedPrimitives<VertexPositionColor> (PrimitiveType.LineList,aabbVertices,0,8,indexData,0,12); //End pass. pass.End(); } //End rendering. renderer.End(); } public Vector3 _position { get { return this.position; } set { world = Matrix.Identity; world *= Matrix.CreateTranslation(this.position = value); } } public Model _model { get { return model; } } } } [/CODE] Now my problem is, if I draw the model using basic effect, everything looks fine. The bounding box and the Model are drwan as expected. But if I try to apply the diffuse effect to the model, it is drawn wrong. Like there is no shader on it it just looks flat. Now the thing is in the Draw Method I have a vertex declaration. If I comment that out and remove the bounding box he actually draws the model with diffuse light on it. But it still looks wrong. I have no idea what is going wrong there! Maybe the vertex declaration somehow screws up between the basic effect for the BB and the diffuse effect on the model? Help would be great, Thanks.
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plusnoir replied to plusnoir's topic in Graphics and GPU ProgrammingThank you for taking the time and awnsering my questions. Actually my plan was to load a animated character. He will be visible from a top-down iso-perspective mostly. But he also will appear in some close up views where you can actually see his face.
plusnoir posted a topic in Graphics and GPU Programming[color=#333333][size=4]I am working on a 3D mapeditor right now. Until yet I was working with some primitives (dummies) in order to check the functionality of my Editor. Now I have reached a point where The Editor is ready to be filled with actual content. f.e. Character and environment assets. As I am a one-man-army right now I have to do it by myself. There are some issues I don't have any clue about:[/size][/color] [list] [*]I guess assets should be as low-poly as possible. So when is a Mesh/Model considered low-poly? Or do I just have to adjust the Models to the performance of my Editor? [/list][list] [*] What other Information should be saved to the Models while it still is in the modeling software (3Ds-Max, in my case)? Materials, Light...? [/list][list] [*]How to choose the right scale for the Models? What is a reasonable size for models which are later loaded into xna? [/list] [color=#333333][size=4]Those are the questions I can think of. But if there should be something else that is important please don't hesitate to tell me.[/size][/color] [color=#333333][size=4]Thanks in advance,[/size][/color] [color=#333333][size=4]plusnoir[/size][/color]
plusnoir replied to plusnoir's topic in Graphics and GPU Programming[color=#333333]Another issue that could be of interest is, that I also tried to draw some Spritefonts on the gamescreen. It had the same effect. Shaders were not applied to the meshes. [/color] [color=#333333]Is it possible that it somehow has to do with the order in which Shaders/Meshes, Sprotefonts, Colored vetices...are drawn? I mean, I use the BasicEffect in order to draw the BoundingBox (Vertices) and the Meshes are also being drawn with the BasicEffect applied, although they should be drawn with my Diffuse Shader.[/color] [color=#333333]I sence some kind of connection there [img]http://public.gamedev.net//public/style_emoticons/default/smile.png[/img][/color] Also moved render code to draw method. Now I at least see the BB. Still some issues. 1. Shaders still not working properly, like described above. 2. The BB-lines behind the Model tend to be drawn in front of the model for a split moment [color=#333333]Thanks,[/color] [color=#333333]plusnoir[/color]
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plusnoir posted a topic in Graphics and GPU ProgrammingHi folks, I've got following problem. I have some .X models loaded via selfwritten assetManager that has Lists with models in it. I also Apply a Diffuse-shader to my models. All the models are "selfdrawing" in a BasicModel-class. [CODE] effect.CurrentTechnique = effect.Techniques["DiffuseLight"]; // Begin our effect effect.Begin(); // obvious renderstates //graphics.GraphicsDevice.RenderState.DepthBufferEnable = true; //graphics.GraphicsDevice.RenderState.DepthBufferWriteEnable = true; // A shader can have multiple passes, be sure to loop trough each of them. foreach (EffectPass pass in effect.CurrentTechnique.Passes) { // Begin current pass pass.Begin(); foreach (ModelMesh mesh in model.Meshes) { foreach (ModelMeshPart part in mesh.MeshParts) { // calculate our worldMatrix.. world = GetWorld() * mesh.ParentBone.Transform; // .. and pass it into our shader. // To access a parameter defined in our shader file ( Shader.fx ), use effectObject.Parameters["variableName"] Matrix worldInverse = Matrix.Invert(world); Vector4 vLightDirection = new Vector4(0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f); effect.Parameters["matWorldViewProj"].SetValue(world * camera.view * camera.projection); effect.Parameters["matInverseWorld"].SetValue(worldInverse); effect.Parameters["vLightDirection"].SetValue(vLightDirection); // Render our meshpart graphics.Vertices[0].SetSource(mesh.VertexBuffer, part.StreamOffset, part.VertexStride); graphics.Indices = mesh.IndexBuffer; graphics.DrawIndexedPrimitives(PrimitiveType.TriangleList, part.BaseVertex, 0, part.NumVertices, part.StartIndex, part.PrimitiveCount); } } // Stop current pass pass.End(); } // Stop using this effect effect.End(); [/CODE] Now I checked out [url="http://www.xnawiki.com/index.php?title=Rendering_Bounding_Boxes"]this [/url]tutorial on how to create BoundingBoxes. Of course it doesn't work [img]http://public.gamedev.net//public/style_emoticons/default/smile.png[/img] 1. The render method needs a view and a projection-Matrix. Are those the view and projection-matrices I use in my Camera-class or what are they supposed to be? I just guessed that those are Matrices from my camera class. So I had to call the BoundingBoxRenderer.render() function in Game1.Update(). It looks like this: [CODE] if (assetManager._modelsOnscreen.Count != 0) { foreach (BasicModel model in assetManager._modelsOnscreen) { foreach(ModelMesh mesh in model._model.Meshes){ sphere = mesh.BoundingSphere; BoundingBoxRenderer.Render(BoundingBox.CreateFromSphere(sphere),this.GraphicsDevice,camera.view,camera.projection,Color.Red); } } } [/CODE] As you can see I also had to generate my BoundingBox out of the meshes BoundingSphere. No Idea why the Microsoft guys didn't implement mesh.BoundingBox just like they did with mesh.BoundingSphere. 2. If I just leave the code as it is there are no BoundingBoxes drawn at all. But As far as I can see no more Shaders are applied to the models. They are drawn with BasicEffect. I guess it somehow is caused by the Basic Effect that is used for theBoundingBoxRenderer. Any advice is welcome. Perhaps somebody experienced similar problems? I use XNA 3.1 if it is important. Thanks in advance!
plusnoir posted a topic in Graphics and GPU Programming[color=#333333]I am attempting to use System.Windows.Forms objects within an XNA application (as opposed to using a XNA device in a System.Windows.Forms application) - which has no examples as far as the AppHub samples go.[/color] [color=#333333]When I attempted to resize the window I got an exception indicating that the thread was not a STA thread; so I updated my Main method as follows:[/color] [CODE][STAThread] // Added this static void Main(string[] args) { using (Game1 game = new Game1()) { game.Run(); } }[/CODE] [color=#333333]After I fixed this problem; as soon as I draw some models (using the 'X' format) into the XNA window and try to resize, another exception occurs.[/color] [quote] [color=#444444]An unhandled exception of type 'System.InvalidOperationException' occurred in Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Game.dll Additional information: [/color] [color=#444444]A previous Draw call threw an unhandled exception. See InnerException for details.[/color] [/quote] Any idea how i could handle this? Thanks in advance, noir
plusnoir replied to plusnoir's topic in Graphics and GPU Programming[quote name='__sprite' timestamp='1322473324' post='4888371'] This page has instructions on how to use SOIL: [url="http://lonesock.net/soil.html"]http://lonesock.net/soil.html[/url] [/quote] I know that site. Thats where I got SOIL from. But it still doesn't give me any clue on how to link SOIL with Code::Blocks.
plusnoir posted a topic in Graphics and GPU Programming[size="2"]Hi folks,[/size] [size="2"] [/size] [size="2"]I am using Code::Blocks for OpenGL development. Right now I am trying to load some textures. As suggested on NeHe I downloaded SOIL [url="http://www.lonesock.net/files/soil.zip"]here[/url].[/size] [size="2"]Unfortunately I didn't find any instruction on how to link all the headers and libs with Code::Blocks.[/size] [size="2"] [/size] [size="2"]So could anyone give me a step by step instruction or any helpful links on how to include SOIL with CB?[/size] [size="2"] [/size] [size="2"]Thanks,[/size] [size="2"] [/size] [size="2"]plusnoir[/size]


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Dr. Fawzy Salama MD Patient Reviews
- Neurology Syosset, NY
Overall Rating
54 Patient Reviews
- Friendly Staff
- Promptness
- Wait Time 51.5 minutes
- Appropriate Followup
- Spends Time With Patients
- Bedside Manner
- Fair and Accurate Diagnosis
- Easy Appointments
Showing 1 - 12 reviews
5.0 of 5
May 18th, 2015
Accurate Diagnosis!
Had a nerve problem for two years enduring the pain and misdiagnosis. The meds other doctors prescribed did not help. My internist recommended Dr. Salama who listened to my symptoms and immediately showed me on the computer all the info I needed regarding my condition. He gave me the proper meds which my present neurologist agrees with, and I must say he was professional, informative and always gave me a complete exam. I am so sorry he is no longer with the group. If I knew where he presently practices I would continue as his patient. I agree there was a long wait but he spent a good deal of time with each patient which I for one certainly appreciated!
5.0 of 5
March 31st, 2015
migraine sufferer
He is,a great Dr. I've been his patient for over 5 years. He's the only one who could give me any help for my condition. Getting an appt. Was hard, but that's not his fault that's the center's fault. I hope I can find him and continue seeing him.
5.0 of 5
March 9th, 2015
Great doctor like to know where he is since getting fired from Qlimc
5.0 of 5
January 18th, 2015
1.0 of 5
June 4th, 2014
-Waited over a month for an appointment -Waited over an hour to be seen even though I arrived early for my appointment -Was immediately treated rudely, abruptly and dismissed/brushed off -Absolutely out of line- RUDE, CRUDE, DISRESPECTFUL, NASTY, FOUL SMELLING OFFICE (Like salami) -Paid no mind at all to why I was there - insisted on asking irrelevant questions and tried pushing prescriptions on me without even knowing what my reason for being there was -WORST EXPERIENCE EVER - NEVER BEEN TREATED THIS WAY IN MY LIFE -Should NOT deal with the public or have ability to write prescriptions - probably has some connection to a Pharmaceutical company - call him pill pusher not doctor -Rushed me out the door-just interested in collecting his co-payment - no help, no care, no concern involved -DESPICABLE -No class
1.0 of 5
June 4th, 2014
WARNING: Dr Fawzy Salama is a BAD Choice for a doctor!
Dr Fawzy Salama Is terrible! , He was VERY Unprofessional,Rude and he Misdiagnosed my problem entirely,As a matter of fact he never even addressed the issue I was seeing him about. VERY UNPROFESSIONAL. But,what really bothered me the most was he insulted me with a un called for comment ! Out of all the things I experienced with Dr Fawzy Salama heres a whole list: Long wait time, Totally rude,he never introduced himself,he never asked "what can I do for you?" or "what brings you here today?" , He never examined me correctly !, He asked many unrelated questions as to why I was there(example-my neck has an injury ,He wanted to prescribe anti depressants! & sleep medication ! ), a couple of times he asked the same questions more than once!(unrelated questions to my issue!(example-do you sleep ok?..are you stressed ?.. do you sleep ok???? ) I totally agree with the other people here reviews, this quack don't deserve to have a License! And he should treat people with respect & dignity. He had Bad manners. * indicates field is required What else can you tell us about your experience? Click to select ratings below
1.0 of 5
June 21st, 2013
Everytime I see the doctor I wait over 3 hours to see him but if im 20 min late I am told by the front desk that I have to reschedule. The wait is ridiculous and he changes your prescriptions everytime, he does not give you the proper diagnosis either
1.0 of 5
May 8th, 2013
Sat down, looked me in the face and said quote" IM NOT GOING TO BE YOUR DRUG DEALER DOCTOR" .. He didn't even go threw my records he just down talked my MRI and treated me like a drug addict because im in my mid 30's. Write some more methadone and more drugs to people doc! Just forget the ones who do need it, JOKE
3.7 of 5
October 27th, 2011
The Truth on DR.SALAMA
Cons- the time spent waiting for your name to be called so you can enter his office.Pros- CARES ALOT ABOUT HIS PATIENTS AND MAJORITY OF THE TIME THE WAIT IS WORTH WHILE BECAUSE THE TIME SPENT IN HIS OFFICE IS FILLED WITH LOTS OF INFORMATION ON YOUR DIAGNOSIS.
1.0 of 5
November 18th, 2010
drug pusher
This Doctor is looking to get patients addicted to very serious medications I left with prescription for 4 zanax DAY 2 TYPES OF PAIN MEDICATIONS THAT TOTALLED 12 PILLS MORE A DAY TOPPED BY AN HEAVY DUTY ANTI DERESSANT, I WAS ON NO MEDICATION WHEN I GOT THERE SUFFER FROM NO TYPE OF PAIN AND WAS CERTAINLY NOT DEPRESSED,MY SYMTOMS WHERE FLOATERS AND EXTREME HOT FLASHES, AFTER TAKING HIS MEDICATION I FOUND MYSELF PASSED OUT ON A FLOOR IN MY HOME.RUSHED TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM.
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February 26th, 2017
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I have to be honest, upon first arrival at the hotel, our group was a little nervous by the quality of this hotel. BUT after just one night there we fell in love with it. The staff was so friendly and helpful. We were greeted with such a kind concierge and treated to chocolate covered strawberries and champagne. The bell boys were full of smiles and overly kind in helping with our luggage. There was a door man that we loved to speak to every night as we left the hotel. He was very helpful in directing us to different restaurants every night. There was a sales lecture while we were checking in, but the lady was very polite and after we said no we weren't interested we were never bothered with that again. We chose not to do all inclusive because we wanted to get out around town and experience the local life in PV. But we did have one lunch there are the snack bar and it was good. There is also a Burger King and Pizza Hut within walking distance if all else fails.
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*The cabanas were definitely one of my favorite parts of our trip. They were so comfortable & FREE!
*They had a full list of activities that you could choose from. We chose to participate in the Kayaking. It was free once a day and the guide was so nice. We were able to see some whales from our kayaks.
*The pool was very clean and nice. Free towels every day, but make sure you hang on to your towel card!
*OH...the rooftop veranda with the hot tub. Every time we went up there, we were the only ones there! However, we would go up around 8:00-9:00, so there may have been more people as the night went on. I can't say. The only complaint I have about the hot tub was that it didn't seem very hot and we couldn't figure out how to turn the temp up.
*The rooms were clean. They weren't top notch or the most fancy thing I had ever seen, but they were nice. We hardly spent any time in our room at all. Occasionally we would have lunch on our balcony which was very nice. There is a huge market within walking distance that you can get all your groceries from.
*The massage spa...I booked a massage on the beach the morning that we were to check out and it was wonderful. She did a great job. There's nothing better than having a massage while listening to the waves.
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The area was great and we were never worried about it being dangerous and we went out to old town almost every night. Beware of the taxi drivers that might try and rip you off though. Ask the guy at the door what a good price is for the place you are going. They will help you.
Overall, the trip was a huge success and we would very willingly go back again. If you are willing to settle for a room that is not quite a 5 star in return for rest and relaxation with great people, then don't worry about the Plaza Pelicanos Grand. Again, the rooms were not bad at all. Just not amazing. It really was a great choice and we have lots of memories there.
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Two metal spheres with masses 4.0 g and 6.0 g are tied together with 6.0 cm long massless string and are at rest on a frictionless surface. Each sphere is charged to + 5.0 nC.
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14 November 2016,
Price realised CHF 118,750
Patek Philippe. An extremely fine and unique 18K gold hunter case keyless lever watch with enamel miniature "bateau commercial" by J-L Péter, the back with engraved nautical symbols, original certificate and box, made to special order
Signed Patek Philippe, Genève, ref. 865/224, movement no. 1'940'117, case no. 2'831'091, manufactured in 2001
MOVEMENT: manual, cal. 1-17/140, stamped with the Geneva seal, 18 jewels, cam wheel regulator
DIAL: white lacquered dial, Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds
CASE: 18K gold, painted polychrome enamel miniature depicting a sailing commercial vessel at night signed J-L Péter 2003 to the cover, hinged back chased and engraved with nautical symbols, 47.7 mm. diam.
SIGNED: case, dial, movement
ACCOMPANIED BY: Patek Philippe Certificate of Origin, product literature, leather pouch, original presentation box and outer packaging. Patek Philippe Extract from the Archives confirms production of the present watch with painting on enamel "bateau commercial" (commercial vessel) and engravings on the back cover in 2001 and its subsequent sale on 15 December 2003.
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Around 2000, the owner of the present watch, founder of an important shipping company, approached Patek Philippe in Geneva with a very special request: he asked for a hunter case dress watch depicting the painting of one of his vessels to the front and engraved nautical symbols on the reverse. After some correspondence Mr. Philippe Stern granted the request, the image of the vessel was sent to the manufacture and production started.
The enamel miniature of the "bateau commercial", after a painting by Diedrich A. Kniffka, was commissioned to one of the firm's longstanding and talented enamellists, J.L. Péter, who signed and dated the work once finished in 2003. An especially decorated back cover chased with nautical symbols completed the watch and it was collected by the proud new owner at Patek Philippe's German retailer G.D. Wempe on 31 August 2003.
This superb and extremely rare example of a Patek Philippe's dress watch made to special order, embellished with an enamel miniature painting, a small work of art in its own rights, is now consigned for auction by his wife.
In like new condition, of private provenance and fresh to the market, this reference 865/224 must be considered a highlight for the collectors of unique timepieces and nautical memorabilias alike.
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By Rick Hampson, USA TODAY
Calling Shirley Sherrod a "good woman put through hell" by his mistaken conclusion that she'd made a racist remark, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack apologized Wednesday for ousting Sherrod and offered her a new job.
"There was no pressure from the White House" to remove Sherrod from her Agriculture Department job, Vilsack said. "It was my decision, and I regret having made it in haste. … I did not think before I acted."
The affair illustrated how quickly politics can change in the age of the Internet and cable television. In less than 24 hours, a low-level bureaucrat in Georgia went from being the villain in a firestorm over race to the recipient of a Cabinet secretary's pleas from Washington.
"I asked for her forgiveness, and she was gracious enough to extend it to me," Vilsack said of Sherrod, 62, who said she agreed to consider his job offer.
THE OVAL:Sherrod wants to speak with Obama
TRANSCRIPT EXCERPTS: What Shirley Sherrod said
Sherrod, who is black, was forced to resign from her rural development job in Georgia after a conservative blogger posted a portion of a speech she gave in March at a local NAACP event.
In the clip, she admitted that she failed to help a white farmer as much as she might have 24 years ago, when she was working for a farmers' aid group. In the context of the speech, however, the anecdote was told to illustrate Sherrod's change of heart and how she realized that people of all races need help. The farmer said this week that he was grateful to Sherrod for helping him keep his farm.
After viewing the clip, not the entire 45-minute speech, the NAACP also had called for her removal — a position the group quickly abandoned after the context of Sherrod's remarks became clear.
The Sherrod conflagration had two familiar accelerants: a media culture in which half-truths can spread like a virus online, to be instantly and endlessly chewed over on cable TV; and a continued preoccupation with race that has smashed hopes that President Obama's election portended a post-racial society.
But the Internet is not new, cable is older, and race always has been a sensitive topic. What was remarkable this week was how they combined to create a climate in which two venerable institutions — the USDA and the NAACP — could rush so disastrously to judgment.
Robert Thompson, a Syracuse University expert on television, compared the officials who turned against Sherrod with "the kind of people who believe everything they see on the Internet. The story here is the utter lack of due diligence by these officials. They really walked right into it."
Donna Brazile, a Democratic strategist and an African-American, blamed "this rapid news cycle, the White House, the administration, the NAACP, the conservative noise machine, the liberal noise machine. We've got to learn to calm the waters."
While Vilsack was apologizing, NAACP President Benjamin Jealous was said to be traveling and unavailable for comment. Leila McDowell, a spokeswoman for the civil-rights organization, referred to a statement posted earlier online that read, "we were snookered by Fox News and Tea Party activist Andrew Breitbart," the owner of the website that first carried the edited video of Sherrod.
CNN, Fox's rival, claimed to have acted responsibly. CNN held off on airing the clip. "We did what the others didn't seem to do," said Sam Feist political director of CNN. "We actually worked the story."
He said CNN didn't air a story about the episode until after Sherrod was fired late Monday, showing some of the clip. At 6:50 a.m. Tuesday, CNN aired a telephone interview with Sherrod, giving her side of the story. CNN also interviewed the farmer she had helped 24 years ago, Roger Spooner.
Spokeswomen for Fox did not return calls Wednesday, as support for Sherrod swelled.
Steve Hollis, a vice president of American Federation of Government Employees Local 3354 and an Agriculture Department IT specialist, knew Sherrod when she visited Missouri to train farmers how to market their products.
"If Glenn Beck and those people are concerned about the color of the people she's helping," he said, referring to the Fox News Channel conservative commentator, "I know a lot of white farmers she's helped."
Hollis said he believed the USDA shouldn't have sought Sherrod's resignation until it had her side of the story: "It was a crying shame that the secretary of Agriculture and the Obama White House apparently did no investigation."
Earlier Wednesday, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs seemed to agree, saying, "A lot of people involved in this situation" were "acting without all the facts.
"We live in a culture (in which) things whip around, people want fast responses, we want to give fast responses," Gibbs said. "One of the great lessons you take away from this is to ask all of the questions first."
Later, Vilsack said his haste reflected a desire to improve the civil rights record of a department facing thousands of bias claims by minorities.
CNN broadcast Gibbs' briefing live on a split screen, with the other half devoted to Sherrod, who was sitting in one of the network's studios and reacting to his remarks as he made them.
When he apologized, Sherrod smiled broadly, seeming to enjoy her moment on a medium that had been the venue for her vilification earlier in the week. When reporters asked Gibbs whether he would like to say something directly to her, he declined.
"I accept the apology," Sherrod said afterward. But she said the apology was too long in coming.
The incident followed a dispute between the NAACP and the conservative Tea Party movement in which the former passed a resolution this month accusing the latter of having "racist elements."
The two-minute, 38-second clip of Sherrod posted Monday by biggovernment.com was presented as evidence that the NAACP was hypocritical. The website's owner, Breitbart, said it showed the civil rights group itself condoning racism.
"To divert this into a Shirley vs. Andrew show diverts from the concerted effort that the NAACP is going through to try to malign the Tea Party movement," Breitbart said in an interview Wednesday.
(Biggovernment.com is the same site that last year aired video of workers for the community group ACORN counseling actors who were posing as a prostitute and her boyfriend.)
Race-based distractions
Obama's election in 2008 raised hope in some quarters that the United States might begin to move beyond race. Retired Memphis sanitation worker Taylor Rogers, who heard Martin Luther King Jr. speak the night before King was killed in Memphis in 1968, said part of King's dream had been realized: a president who would "bring the races together."
But Sherrod's fall and rise was the latest in a series of racial incidents during Obama's presidency that have captured national attention and sometimes distracted the public from the administration's political agenda.
• A year ago, Obama convened a "beer summit" at the White House between black Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates and a white police sergeant who arrested him after a confrontation in Cambridge, Mass.
• The administration faced criticism over then-Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor's comments about the virtues of having a "wise Latina" on the bench.
• The Justice Department has attracted criticism for dropping an investigation into complaints that members of the radical New Black Panther Party threatened white voters at a Philadelphia polling place on Election Day 2008.
The Justice Department attorney who brought the complaint, J. Christian Adams, resigned June 4. In testimony before the Commission on Civil Rights, he said the civil rights division is hostile to race-neutral enforcement and reluctant to bring cases against African-Americans on behalf of whites.
The Justice Department "makes enforcement decisions based on the merits, not the race, gender or ethnicity of any party involved," replied department spokeswoman Tracy Schmaler.
The blame game
Even as the Sherrod affair played out Wednesday, the battle continued over what it meant and who was responsible.
Bob Parks, a conservative black political analyst, blamed Obama, whom he accused of sitting by while Democrats called members of the Tea Party racists. "This is supposed to be the same president who gave us a lecture on racism" during the presidential campaign, he said.
Eric Boehlert, a liberal media analyst, blamed the right: "The right wing media under Obama has just sort of turned itself into this never-ending, churning, attack machine. And nine times out of 10 (the attacks are) just bogus. And nine times out of 10, the press doesn't give them any attention."
In the clip originally posted on biggovernment.com, Sherrod described the first time a white farmer came to her for help. This was Roger Spooner and it was 1986, when she was working for a nonprofit rural farm aid group, not the government. She said the farmer came in acting "superior" to her and she debated how much help to give him.
Sherrod continued: "I was struggling with the fact that so many black people had lost their farmland, and here I was faced with helping a white person save their land."
At first, she said, "I didn't give him the full force of what I could do," only enough help keep his case moving through the aid system. Eventually, she said, his situation "opened my eyes" to the idea that whites were struggling just as blacks were, and that helping farmers wasn't so much about race but was "about the poor versus those who have."
Sherrod said in interviews this week that she tried to explain that to Agriculture Department officials, to no avail. She said she was traveling Monday when USDA Deputy Undersecretary of rural development Cheryl Cook called her and told her to pull over and submit her resignation on her BlackBerry because the White House wanted her out — an apparent contradiction of Vilsack's version.
"It hurts me that they didn't even try to attempt to see what is happening here, they didn't care," Sherrod said. "I'm not a racist. ... Anyone who knows me knows that I'm for fairness."
The Georgia farmer, Spooner, is now 87. He told USA TODAY on Wednesday that Sherrod did everything she could to help him when he was weeks away from losing his farm at a government auction.
He said Sherrod first took him to a black lawyer, who didn't help. And so, Spooner said, Sherrod drove him and his wife 40 miles north, to see a white lawyer who did.
En route, he said, "we went by the place where (Sherrod) was raised, between Albany and Americus. She told us how her daddy had gotten killed by a white farmer in 1965. She had a right to be mad at every white farmer after her daddy got killed."
Spooner said Wednesday he still wasn't sure how he ended up in the middle of a national brouhaha over race, politics and media: "I don't know where this got all blown out of proportion. It's like — you ever seen where two or three people say something, and before long you don't even recognize it?"
Contributors: Susan Page, Gregory Korte, Donna Leinwand, Peter Eisler, Marisol Bello, Mimi Hall, Chuck Raasch of Gannett, The Associated Press.
The full version of what former U.S. Department of Agriculture official Shirley Sherrod said at an NAACP dinner in March was not originally posted online. Here are excerpts of what the edited version on biggovernment.com included — and what it didn't.
From the full video:
"God is so good 'cause people like me don't get appointed to positions like state director of rural development. ... I've been out there at (every) grass-roots level and I've paid some dues. ...When I made that commitment, I wasn't making that commitment to black people — and to black people only. But, you know God will show you things and He'll put things in your path so that — that you realize that the struggle is really about poor people."
From the video on biggovernment.com:
"The first time I was faced with having to help a white farmer save his farm, he took a long time talking, but he was trying to show me he was superior to me. I know what he was doing. But he had come to me for help. ...
"I was struggling with the fact that so many black people have lost their farmland, and here I was faced with having to help a white person save their land. So, I didn't give him the full force of what I could do. I did enough, so that when he — I assumed the Department of Agriculture had sent him to me. Either that or the Georgia Department of Agriculture. And he needed to go back and report that I did try to help him.
"I took him to a white lawyer we had — (who) had attended some of the training that we had provided. Because Chapter 12 bankruptcy had just been enacted for the family farmer. I figured if I take him to one of them, that his own kind would take care of him. ...
From the full video:
"Well, working with him made me see that it's really about those who have vs. those who don't, you know. And they could be black; they could be white; they could be Hispanic. And it made me realize then that I needed to work to help poor people. ...
"But where am I going with this? You know, I couldn't say 45 years ago — I couldn't stand here and say what I'm saying — what I will say to you tonight. Like I told you, God helped me to see that it's not just about black people — it's about poor people. And I've come a long way. I knew that I couldn't live with hate. You know. As my mother has said to so many, 'If we had tried to live with hate in our hearts, we'd probably be dead now.'
"But I've come to realize that we have to work together, and you know, it's sad that we don't have a room full of white and blacks here tonight, because we have to overcome the divisions that we have. We have to get to the point where, as Toni Morrison said, 'Race exists but it doesn't matter.' We have to work just as hard."
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