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It was seven-ish and I was sitting in a nice-enough room overlooking the front entrance to the pub above which I had just moved in. The pub was the Pig and Whistle on Soi 7 in Pattaya. Across the way was a big hole, which they were hoping to construct a hotel in and next door to that, right opposite me, was a small bar with one lady sitting on a stool outside it. Not that there was a wall there, it was open on two sides. The Soi was nice and peaceful, I thought. I also thought that I might go and sit in that little bar and talk to that woman, if my friend was late, because I would definitely see him arrive from two metres away, the width of the Soi.

So, I went to the bar in the pub at 19:15 to await my friend who said he would arrive at 20:00. It was much busier than thirty minutes earlier but not noisy and I sat at the bar. The first thing a barmaid did was say hello, give me a menu and step back. I did not really want to eat, I only wanted a beer as I assumed we would be eating together later, but I wanted to read the menu anyway.

‘A pint of Boddington’s’, I said. It arrived and the girl started laying a place for me. I tried to explain that I was not hungry, but it was no good. Like in Spain, most people eat and drink at the same time. All the while the girl was smiling at me. Then she said: ‘You have room upstairs? My name Charli. What you want to eat?’. So, I gave in and ordered something and rice.

‘You first time in Thailand? You no can eat. Too spicy’, she said with a grin. ‘Oh’, I replied, ‘but I want to try. ‘I put only 50-50 for you’, she declared and went.

I struggled through that meal and it took a Boddingtons and a bottle of water. Charli had been accurate, it was too hot for first-time foreigners and she had reduced the chilis by 50%. I have always listened to a Thai’s advice on food ever since.

I changed seat to by the window to see what was happening as it was dark by 19:30 and I was curious. Within thirty minutes Soi 7 had changed completely. I could see hundreds of ladies and tourists milling about. I wanted to go out and join in or at least sit in the quiet bar across the way, but I’m ashamed to say that I was too scared, so I sat put, rivetted to the Pig like a rabbit in a hunter’s beam.

My friend arrived on time and after we had been chatting for an hour, he said: ‘Drink up, I have someone I want you to meet’. This was it, we were going into that mele. A waitress held the door for us and the noise and the heat were tremendous. Especially the noise. Every metre at least two or three girls would yell: ‘Hello, sexy man, you want a drink’. Trying to say no courteously to each call was impractical, so I just stuck close to my pal.

Luckily, we only had about fifty metres to stroll and we sat down in another bar. My friend said hello to several ladies and then said, this a girl I have been going out with for some time. I was astounded as I had never heard him talk about her, ever. She was gorgeous, but could not speak English, so I sat in the din in silence. Not for long through, as my friend said, I have a blind date for you and he introduced another girl to me who was equally beautiful, but with whom I could speak a little. She was captivating and I was captivated. The pandemonium seemed to pass away, but it was only because I was concentrating on my new friend. The four of us had the best time and the best food I had ever had in my forty-nine years of existence.

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Since the 1970’s, the physician and patient ratio has been steadily increasing across the country. The result of the increase is much less time spent with patients. This can result in errors in diagnosis, a loss in developing a personal trust with the patient, and patients not receiving proper medical care. However, there are a number of ways to improve physician to patient ratio which will result in more time spent with the patient, more time on preventive care, improving medical care, and developing better relationships between the doctor and patient.

Ways to improve the physician to patient ratio:

1. Arrange for physician schedules to be more consistent. For instance, schedule physicians to work 3 or 4 days consecutively instead of varying ‘off and on’ days. There can often be much time and expense wasted during doctor transitions. As well, a doctor on a set schedule will spend more time with a particular patient.

2. Improve physician communication with staff and other physicians when they are scheduled for their days off. This includes making use of modern technology such as email and websites to update the staff about patients.

3. Talk to physicians about the benefits of maintaining a consistent schedule as it applies to patient care. Engage the physician to come up with a positive and effective agreement to implement a more effective schedule that benefits patient care.

4. Hire more Physician Assistants. These assistants are able to perform many of the tasks normally performed by doctors. This can include diagnosing and prescribing medical treatments, arranging for diagnostic tests, preventive care counseling, writing medical prescriptions, performing physical exams, and much more.

5. Hire more Nurse Practitioners: A Nurse Practitioner is a registered nurse that acquired additional education and training to carry out some of the tasks normally performed by a doctor. This can include: treating illnesses and injuries such as bandaging, performing physical exams and screening, and diagnostic work.

6. Update hospitals with modern technology to help reduce non patient duties. This can include creating electronic patient files and other important electronic documents and files. Computer orientated patient management can drastically cut down on time away from the patient. Physicians will have more time to focus on their patients.

7. Streamline business operations, particular reducing time dealing with health insurance companies. Physicians can spend many hours each day on the phone with their patients’ health insurance providers. Create a website that allows doctors to enter in a patient’s health plan and identification number which will pull up the patients file containing what treatments and procedures are covered by their insurance provider.

Patients do not always understand why they see a doctor for 5 minutes or why they see several doctors in a family practice setting or during a brief stay in the hospital. Doctors have a lot of added burdens outside the care of their patients. As well, less time with patients can result in poor quality patient care, a higher chance of making a medical error, and even making an error when writing prescriptions. It is important to find and implement measures to increase the physician and patient ratio as it will benefit the medical care industry as well as the doctors and their patients.

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Purchasing laptop notebooks can be a confusing, and very expensive, process if you don’t have proper knowledge going into it. Researching a laptop notebook before you buy can ensure you buy the right one for your needs, and get the best price possible. Notebook computer research can also ensure that you know some of the less obvious, but still important, features that would allow you to make a more educated purchase. There are three basic steps in researching laptops.

Step 1: Think about how you will use your laptop computer

Step 2: What are the components of a laptop and what do they do?

Step 4: Look for laptops that have the features you found important in Steps 1 and 2.

Step 1 investigates how you will use a laptop notebook. Everyone has a slightly different need when it comes to laptop computer, and knowing what your specific needs are will allow you to get the proper one. In step 1, you will determine how you will most often use your laptop, in what setting, and with what computing needs.

Step 2 focuses on learning the components and features of laptop notebooks. Each component in a laptop performs a specific function, and allows the computer to operate a certain way. Learning about components such as hard drive size, optical drives, and screen types will give you the knowledge necessary to choose what type of these components would best suite your laptop.

The last step uses information from the first 2 steps to find the best laptop for you. There are a ton of laptops for sale, and numerous places to buy them, so simplifying this task can be valuable. Easing this process is possible by applying a few simple concepts.

To simplify your laptop notebooks purchase, follow the steps above. This will allow you to make a more educated decision, which in the long run will result in a more suitable product and a happier buyer.

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As everyone has already experienced, we are in the midst of a huge economic downturn, which had affected a lot of individual businesses.

Every business throughout the world is trying to save themselves money, there are two ways to do this either by sacking people or giving them that extra bit of time off.

Businesses all over the world are looking at various ways to reward staff, but without increasing their pay packet. The best way to actually do this is simply by increasing overall holiday time. But this has a major positive effect for a couple of reasons.

1) Staff are not very happy at the moment, simply because they do not know whether they are coming or going, giving employees extra holidays is infact telling them that there jobs are safe. Making them work a huge amount better.
2) It helps the company save money in the long run, people always want pay rises every years, but companies cannot afford it at the moment, so maybe giving them extra holiday time is the key to keep them happy.

Summing up this is a great method and technique that both employees and employers can benefit from, in my opinion the employers will save themselves a huge amount of money and in return the staff will be more relaxed because they will have more time to spend on themselves and could go on holiday or safari holidays at least twice a year.

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I am 30 years old and my story began when I was small, I have always had a fascination for seeing animals and wildlife it was just so overwhelming I honestly could not get enough of it. I used to bug my parents to take me to the zoo every week. When we used to go I did love to bring a long my camera with me so that I could record all of the fascinating animals. Within a few years my bedroom wall was covered full of fascinating images.

When I went to college I continued to study art and photography, I decided not to go to university and instead got a job down the local sea life centre. The job I was in was outstanding, I was doing a job that I loved but somehow it did not feel like it was enough.

When I turned 25 I received the best gift ever from my parents, safari holidays were an up and coming trend, but to be honest I could have never afforded to go. Once I got my tickets I was totally happy.

Once I arrived on my Kenya holidays I just felt that I belonged to be here. This feeling just grew and grew the more time I spent there. Personally I did not want to return back home, I mean the weather was better, the people were nicer and I could take advantage of my photography. So do you know what? I did decide to to return to my home country, although I do miss the people close to me I have had 5 happy years in Kenya.

I was born to be part of nature and that is where I want to stay, I am also earning a great bit of money by selling on my wildlife photos, but not everything is about the money.