Electronic gadgets, boxed movie sets, tickets to something

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and includes a quarterly bonus saying the first payout will be in the first paycheck in October and management is not saying anything and you can't get in touch with management and your first line supervisor says it's just taking a while and maybe we'll here something the end of October but still nothing is being said, what options do you have?  I mean, if they would just say, hey, we're working on it and we will let you know by (whatever) date, then I would be more patient but it feels like that by saying nothing at all, management is sending a message that no news saves them money.  In the meantime, the accounts are getting short of work because they are hiring new MTs in with $1000 sign-on bonuses.

Give me some ideas of how to handle this.

Disney World is what runs Orlando, so you can purchase the tickets absolutely anywhere.  International Drive is one of the big hubs of hotels/restaurants, if not the biggest, outside of the Disney grounds, so you will find tickets readily available anywhere there.

If you have the opportunity and the money, go to the Polynesian restaurant at the top of the Polynesian Hotel for dinner (not the lau (sp) - the restaurant - forget the name.)  The view is spectacular, and the food is absolutely wonderful, and lots of it, too!  All you can eat shrimp, beef, chicken, lamb, etc. cooked over spits Polynesian style........

Have fun.......

We are planning a trip to Orlando over spring break. Does anyone have experience with purchasing tickets on-line or purchasing them at the hotel travel desk, pros and cons of each? We went years ago before Internet and purchased everything when we got there and would like to do that again. Any suggestions?

$56 when we got there.  I'm very happy we waited!  This was at Disneyland-Anaheim.  The bad news is that they said the gaits would be closed by !0 a.m. or when the crowd reached 45,000, but that didn't happen.  The park was terribly crowed, and we heard "upwards of 65,000" from a cast member later that day.  Every ride had at least a 2-hour wait, and even Main Street was full of people - not just on the sidewalks, mind you, but the ENTIRE street from side-to-side! 

I priced them through Travelocity and on the airline's web pages and I got a better price direct from the airlines.  On NWA you can preregister on-line 24 hours before your flight leaves, so you just walk into the airport, drop your bags and head for the plane.  For the parks, we booked everything through AAA.  The price was about $100 less than booking direct with Disney on-line.  There are very few places to get cheap Disney tickets, don't waste a lot of time trying.  If you're staying on the Disney grounds, let me know and I've got TONS of tips for you.  It is a GREAT place to vacation. 

I currently have all of my word books, drug books, and dictionaries on my computer.  About the only book that I may ever need that I don't have on my disk is *One-Word, Two-Words, or Hyphenated?* and my anatomy book, but there are some great websites out there, in addition to Google, that can supplement this when I'm away from home.

One of the last places I went to where I actually had to take work with me was Las Vegas.  We had a BEAUTIFUL view of the strip, so I just turned the hotel desk sideways so that it was up against the over-sized windows and I just typed away!!!  I would rather have been ON the strip, but the view while I was working was definitely different than the trees-and-mailbox view that I get at home!!

I just took my laptop, external ergonomic keyboard and mouse, foot pedal, and headphones.  I had to pack the keyboard in my suitcase and pray that it wasn't crushed, but everything else fit nicely in my laptop bag as a carry-on.  I think the high-speed connection at the hotel was around $20/day, but I had no connectivity problems with it.

A lady I used to know traveled full-time with her retired husband and so she had a new *view* every week!  She had a satellite connection hooked up to her RV and so she would work on the road.  I actually think I might postpone my own retirement just so I can have the experience of working in a different state every week!!

When I go to the doctor, he types my visit into the electronic medical record himself as he is speaking with me.  I guess it saves them time on dictating the report .

I always say I will train for something else but it costs to go to school.  I have been in school forever, off a semester, on a semester.  I just hope I can get re-trained before everyone switches to EMR.

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I never saw his other 2 movies, but I am so glad he is making this, and I hope everyone will watch it. 

He mentioned on Oprah that health insurance companies are required by law to turn a profit (for the benefit of their stock holders), and in order to turn a big profit they feel they need to deny care to patients that need it.  The laws obviously need to be changed, and healthcare needs to be a right, not an outrageously expensive privilege!

Ok, so I went to my doctor's office today and noticed that they just installed a computer station for all doctors in the clinic to start doing their own records while they are visiting you!  What do you guys think?? Is this the end of our profession or is our profession going turn it to something else..like editing those reports that the doctors have to type.

Is this a real problem or will it be many years from now before it effects us?  Let me know your thoughts.

Thanks....

I own a small home based medical transcription business and have been asked by prospective new clients about electronic signature capabilities.  Can anyone recommend a company or any advice regarding my document management needs.  I currently have physician offices set up digitally without any electronic signature capability at all.

Thanks