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Could anyone tell me how to start an English ivy?  I have a plant from my grandmother that both my sisters want a start from.  I am lucky it has still survived with me, but is quite healthy looking and grows like crazy!  How can I make a start from this plant?

Thanks!

does anyone know of where I can find or how I can go about looking for a consulting person to help me out with trying to get local accounts and what I need and should do such as contract, how to go about charging the client, what software is needed and the ins and outs of various ways of getting the work back to the client?  any information would be so greatly appreciated.  I just need pointed in the right direction. 

Or can somone give me advice as to what they did to get up and running?

Have a beautiful day!

I started as a MT at MQ 6 years ago and used a C-phone.  99% of all my dictators were crystal clear - just like they were standing in the same room as I was.  I left MQ and have been at 3 different companies that use rerecordings via internet, and at best the dictation is slightly muffled.  Has rerecording ruined transcription quality?  Do C-phones give better quality dictation?  I am really tired of straining to hear my dictators.  I am the only one that feels like this?  Sure would like some input regarding  this. 

How much experience does the average MTSO have when they step out on their own? 

Thanks in advance for any and all help!

looks like a good place for new transcriptionists to get good information and word help.  Hope to learn the lingo soon.

Hello,

Tax time is here.  I am trying to gather information regarding doing my taxes for the first time as an IC.  Everyone on this board is pretty helpful so I am seeking suggestions regarding doing my taxes this year.  In previous years I have used Turbo Tax and see that Turbo Tax could be used for ICs as well.  Anyone used Turbo as an IC?  Feedback would be appreciated on anything regarding getting taxes done.  I am nervous about it.

Does your child's school work well with you on educating them or don't like having to give your child extra attention? 

My 1st grader is having problems staying focused in class with her 24 peers in the room and being asked to stay on task for an hour at a time.  At home she does just fine when things are broken down into 15-20 minute intervals.   The 2 teachers she has don't want to spend extra time with her or eliminate distractions so I've now officially requested an IEP meeting to force this with them.  She had no problems at the same school last year in kindergarten because her teacher had worked with other kids like her in the past and was able to teach her on her level using the techniques recommended.  

We met with her 2 teachers yesterday and they actually had the audacity to suggest that we work extensively with her at home on the areas she's struggling in.  I'm not home schooling this kid just because they don't want to help her stay focused when my taxpayer money is being paid to support the schools and federal laws require they meet her needs.

Interestingly when I had a prior foster child that had ADD this very same school and teachers were very accommodating and worked very well with me on meeting her needs.  Not sure why her current teachers don't want to but we're going to have to work on that.

What about you and your child?  Did you have to go to the extremes of getting an IEP and forcing them to do what they're required to do or did you get immediate cooperation?   I'm not going to put my child on ADD/ADHD medication just because they don't want to deal with it. 

Is any one else getting the run around by their company with regards to getting paid?

I started with a company PT back in March.  They pay monthly and hold a paycheck, which I was fine with.  But now that it's time to pay me, I seem to be getting the run around by the owner.  I've sent several emails asking when to expect my pay (direct deposit) and each time she replies "this weekend".  This account is not my main source of income but I would like it to be, as I really enjoy the work, more so than my other account, BUT I can't afford to devote more time to her if I can't count on a timely paycheck.

I'd hate to let this one go but it seems I'm left with no choice.  Everyone else that works for her doesn't seem to have a problem and everyone seems happy and eager to help each other out (which is hard to find sometimes). 

I'm just venting, really.....

Just wondering if anybody works part-time for two companies?

Stumbled upon this helpful site. Lots of useful word lists in there. Also, pretty handy operative sample reports and other samples as well. See link below.

This will be fun, but we'll be showing our age. It must be things y ou actually remember. List as many as you want and you can separate into 'as a child' or 'as a teenager' but be truthful.  I'll begin:

As a child I remember when:

TV's were big boxes that sat on the floor.  Only black and white picture - no color.

Cars were all manual shift (my mom drove)

As a teen I remember when:

Gas was 25 cents a gallon, then the 'oil crisis' hit and it doubled to 50 cents - cost more to fill up my '65 mustang.

Bread was 35 cents a loaf.

Oh for the good ol days!

I am soooo very anxious right now.  I have cried all morning and cannot seem to console myself or come up with a solution.  I have been doing transcription for over 12 years and have been home for the last four.  Through those four years, though I love being at home, I have come up with generally zip as far as contentment in my job goes.  I have been an employee status, as well as an independent contractor.  I have worked for places that seemed 'ideal' until 3 months or so were up, then they'd switch accounts on me (starting out on great accounts and leaving me struggling with a bunch of crud nobody in their right minds would want to do), dealing with owners or supervisors who lay out the 'heavy hand' and do nothing but tell you what you DO WRONG (one who comes to mind nearly gave me a nervous collapse--never could please her and who'd want to the way she treated you, sarcastic, mightier than thou approach).. ugh!  I have done basic four hospital transcription, clinic transcription, ER transcription, and I just am not finding 'THE BEST' place to be.  I don't know.. maybe I'm SUPER BURNED OUT.  I never make enough money, don't have benefits, and I'm getting to the point where I feel I'm just finished with this 'career.'  If I find a place where I make a decent amount of cash, I either have to put up with an idiot for a manager/ boss/ supervisor/owner or hideous dictation.  If I go to a place that seems good as far as dictation/accounts go, and the management is decent, I wind up making next to nothing in pay.  Most places I've experienced give you a come-on to begin with, give you a decent account and after two to three months, they switch you to the crap work.  Still, they give you no pay raises for even attempting to do these reports, not like they would anyway.  I think I have worked for at least six different companies since being at home in the last four years.  I am sick of making no money, not enjoying my job anymore and dealing with all the crap nobody else wants to do.  Sorry, I had to vent.. I'm ready to give up and find a job that actually PAYS in more ways than one. 

Hi,

I just got an offer to do transcription for a doctor about 20 miles away.  Only problem is this is a pick up tape deal and I do not want to have to travel especially with winter/snow coming on.   I'm sure this isn't a big money maker account, but I would like to be able to have the voice files come to me encrypted and deliver the work that way too.  I am not very good at things that are overly complicated, so any help as to what to suggest for a recorder and such would be greatly appreciated.   I am hoping they will go along with buying digital, but if need be, I suppose I could provide it just to save driving.  Help please.  Thank you.

Can anyone tell me what FTP Server is, and how I can find out what type I have.

Thanks

Is anyone out there from the midwest that can tell me the going cpl rate in Illinois area (NOT CHICAGO).   I am starting my own MT business and I don't want my pricing to be too high or too low.  I plan on using 65-character line, with spaces, free corrections, pick-up, and delivery.  Any suggestion would be helpful.

How do you print your whole ShortHand expansions? I knew once how to do it but cannot remember it. I was playing around with it earlier and actually lost one of my dictionaries for my current new account! I have a couple of other old accounts with useful expansions, but why did I have to lose this one! I was really cruising with my lines. How the heck does that even happen? I'm so upset about that but had to start over with putting everything back in it. I know I need to save it to backup, but still...

Thanks for your help!

It seems as if my Keystrokes are made but the cursor landing the typed letter on the screen are not in time, if that makes sense.  It does not happen in wordpad just in the Meditech portion of my program.

I went into control panel and adjusted cursor blink but then it was worse, adjusted time to "fast" on the slide scale but that also made it worse.  Am I doomed to the fact that when I hit a key, the character I typet will appear in a nanosecond as opposed to immediately?

Thank you!

I got offered a job in a small neurology office starting at $17/hr with a raise in a few months.  No working weekends or holidays and lots of vacation days.  Low stress.

I currently work at home for a pretty decent company with a pretty decent line rate, but am starting to feel pressure to produce more...my average pay at home is between $13 and $15 an hour.  It also adds stress when there is little to know work available and I am having to alter my schedule to "make up" time.

So, I would be making a bit more money, but I will have to have child care for the summers and for after school, so I don't know if it is worth it. 

Can someone give me some insight as to whether they were faced with this decision...what they decided and why?  I would really appreciate it. 

Does anyone get the AAMT Journal.  Is it worth the money?