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There's no specific time frame. Just keep watching.

Posted By: Administrator sm on 2007-07-15
In Reply to: Anyone know how often winners are posted - PAMT~MDM

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Whatever time frame works for you. The point is
If you have to keep looking up your entries, it is not functional! LOL You're just looking up something else!

The point is to have Expanders you don't even have to think about. They just automatically flow with the text and you don't have to even think about using them.

Wouldn't have wasted the time watching.
just my opionion
Not MT specific, but try half.com. I buy all kinds of books from there all the time. nm
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I asked this specific question to a physician 1 time
how do you determine a middle aged person- I told him noticed more women than men, same age bracket, called differently- told me he did by their looks only. I am considered senior by others but the one I really care about most seems to think I look like a spring chick!
I was hired for a specific account/specific

work type.  I've learned the dictators, done the macros, now  they need to hire new MTs because the workload has increased, so they switch me to a very difficult account, doing everything but my normal work type.  Does this make sense?  I'm productive on my original account, not productive on new account, plus I'm majorly stressed. I do ESL 90% of the time but the new account is really horrible, not only ESL but they mumble and the quality of the dictation is bad.  If you took a new hire and put them on this account and they stuck it out, maybe they wouldn't think these dictators would be so bad.  I've talked with the MTSO and they say they'll switch me back and that lasts 2 weeks and then back to this horrible account.   It would be different if they called and said we need you to do this account for a couple of weeks, but it doesn't pay enough for me to do from now on.


I understand this is the way the business is and my griping probably isn't going to help anything, but I just had to get it out.


A really pretty silver picture frame. Its so nice!
nm
Got very nice letter and beautiful picture frame.
I didn't send cookies but just continued being a dependable, loyal employee.   
You obviously didn't read the post carefully. Try again in a more sober frame of mind.
It made sense to me.
After watching this
I'd have to say I now know why I had no idea this was going on.  If more people knew about this, how their meat was being "harvested" and what they do to these animals, they wouldn't be in existance at all and thats what they are afraid of.  These images should be shown to schools all over the U.S. to teach at a young impressionable age that this is what is going on and it needs to change.  I myself know that I need meat in my diet, we all need it, I don't eat a lot of it because too much can be bad for you, but how am I going to eat after watching this??  It sickens and hurts me and I can't believe people can work a full day treating a living thing like this.  Imagine their lives, born into complete suffering and agony, you can HEAR it.  I'm just completely blown away.  There is a better way to do this.  Why are they being hurt alive?  We have enough technology to take away their pain at the very least not to mention the living conditions.  I'm completely hurt and I think more people should be.
watching less and less
Seems like half of the year is reruns and alot cable stations are reruns from regular tv. Getting sick of the same shows day after. Cut it off for awhile see how you like it.
Okay, I'm watching CNN now and (sm)
They are showing the expressway where people are trying to evacuate... total gridlock. It's like a 6 to 8-lane interstate, but they don't have the other direction open... what I'm trying to say is they can open up the other side to let more people evacuate, even though they would be going down the highway in the wrong direction. No one is even on the other side..

All these poor people in their cars, just moving like turtle and this thing is coming... I just don't get it.
you must not have been watching the same...sm

YOU must not have been watching the same show and even today - they showed clips all over the TV and HIS BICEPS AND TRICEPS are in TREMENDOUS GOOD SHAPE for anybody 62.....


Obviously your upper arms are batwings.......if you think his upper arms were in bad shape.  You should only look so good in the upper arm area.......


Have you tried watching
Desperate Housewives or Greys Anatomy? I think they're both entertaining shows, although Desperate Housewives was better last year.
If you like watching
made for TV movies, try the Lifetime channel. Once in a while I can find a good movie there. Good luck
still watching ER
It is not quite as good as it once was but still head and shoulders above much of the other stuff on TV. I still watch and like the newer characters. Neila is interesting right now as is the situation with Kovac and Abby.
When you are watching something like CNN
when there is a big news story (like the miners in WV) and you're hearing this stuff supposedly live and then you hear someone like Wolff Blitzer repeat the information and say something totally different than what someone said just 3 minutes ago.   Not the same subject, but it also drives me totally insane when they ask someone who has lost a loved one in a horrific manner - how do you feel.  HOW DO YOU THINK THEY FEEL?  And why do they feel like they need to get up in the face of someone who is burying a loved one - is nothing sacred anymore. 
Yes, I have been watching
It's keeping my interest enough to keep watching and actually it better than I thought it would be.  
I'm watching sm
Although I missed the last episode. I'll catch it next week before the next episode hopefully. Don't know who will win.
I'm watching.
It's nice that you can see one episode right after the other. So easy to get involved that way. I wanted to see more of Tym's work also, but I think David is going to win. Alice is the brunette, right? I'm glad the young blond got kicked off. She was dizzy if you ask me!
So very sad watching this
Sitting here watching Animal Channel and the tribute to Steve Irwin. My heart is still crying. His wife, Terri, looks so grief stricken. What a loss.
BE SPECIFIC, PLEASE
You need to CLARIFY - Not sure why you can't be specific - or is it you don't even know what you are talking about?
how do you do that, could you be a little more specific?
x
to be more specific....sm..

You, the parent, want something done.


They, the child, want something(s).....


When the something you want gets done by the child...


The child gets something.


 


Deals and contracts - works every time....*S* 


can you be more specific.
nm
How much more specific does it need to be?
It says to save the TEMPLATE to a disk, flash drive, etc. Short of coming over and doing the work for you, now sure what you are asking for. Did you know there's a Help menu in Word that spells out all the details?
More specific help?
I am only using about 25% of my hard drive, and I defrag regularly. I am always getting rid of stuff that I am not using anymore, but my computer is still SUPER slow a lot of the time. It is almost always sluggish, and seems like there is something downloading that I can't see. Does that make sense? I check the running processes and programs and can't see anything there, but there is definitely something going on.
Any ideas on how I can find my gremlins?
Can you be more specific?
There are numerous programs, legit and not so legit, which have similar names. There's a CA Anti-Spyware 2008 (legit) and then there's one referred to as "Zinaps" Anti-Spyware 2008 (which is a trojan). In any case, you need to correctly identify what's actually running in order to know whether it's a threat or not and how to remove it in either case. For the latter (mentioned above), see http://www.precisesecurity.com/threats/zinaps-anti-spyware-2008/

Beyond that, downloading and running either Ad-Aware or Spybot Search and Destroy would presumably detect (and possibly remove) what's running if it's spyware/trojanware.
To be specific...

The "account" that I do - I currently transcribe for only one facility - does not offshore - so only transcriptionists are hired that can produce the work required without needing someone to edit the transcription.  I understand that editing can be in either form - correcting or filling in the blanks of someone who isn't qualified to produce a final document (as in a new transcriptionist's work) or VR (which I have done with past accounts).   As I said, I am fortunate to have that opportunity and not all are so fortunate.  I also have the luxury, because of years of only acute care experience, to have had a choice in who I work for.  I know that isn't the case for everyone.  I am also not currently the sole supporter of my family and I have been in that position in the past. 


However, I think that if each of us who personally has the ability to do so - economically-speaking - that we try not to make it easy for those companies offshoring who are asking for our years of experience to train their transciptionists.   In a perfect world..... 


I've been watching the news but
haven't heard if anyone is claiming responsibility?  On a different note, I was just telling a friend yesterday that before 9-11 I heard that the biggest thing on the news was shark attacks.   Hoped it wasn't an omen.
But maybe she does not like watching MTs look stupid
ranting about something that isn't even true? I know I don't.
Well, I cried while watching them all
xx
Watching the news
My heart goes out to those who are homeless, jobless, lost everything in their lives, many including loved ones.  I have come to appreciate my family, job and home so much in the last few days.  I stopped to get gas today, only needed 1/2 tank and it ended up costing $25, went up 35 cents since yesterday.  Somehow this is very scary, nearly everything we have comes through the trucking industry.  The ramifications of this will be far reaching, everything will go up......well, everything but an MTs pay, but hey, I have a job and I don't need to get in my car to do it. 
watching you like a hawk?
What really happened?
No, there's nothing on TV that's worth watching anyways.
I do listen to my CDs, though.  Music makes my type faster.
They are definitely watching. See post below about my
experience with Verizon long distance any my $2500 bill in one month.  I only call 2 numbers long distance and they are my hospital accounts so they knew what I was doing.
And you keeping watching, don't you?
Why anyone would watch that show is beyond me, but to each his own. All 3 of those judges are nutty in their own way. If Simon had a Brookly accent instead of a British accent, no one would find him charming. Paula has always been a little looney - remember when she was married to Emilio Estevez?

All this friction between Simon and Paula is just a publicity stunt.
Three that I never tire of watching are:

The American President (Michael Douglas and Annette Benning)


The Jazz Singer (Laurence Olivier and Neil Diamond....ohhh, I ADORE Neil Diamond)


My Big Fat Greek Wedding (Nia Vardalos and John Corbett)


I believe it is, since they are watching your children & (sm)
in the event of an emergency such as an allergy, should you not disclose something it would not benefit anyone. Especially your child. I do ER transcription and have had kids come in to the ER with new onset diabetes, and the nurse knew to check since it was in the family history, so that is something to think about.
No, you said to prove that as you were watching,
That is exactly how it happens. But people can do this type of work from home as well as on-site. I am a member of another transcription board and there are several ladies there that do this. They are always posting jobs on the job board there for this type of work. Why is it so hard to believe that they can do this from home? What would be any different if they were sitting in an office transcribing?

But believe what you want, since you are always right anyway. ;)
we're watching out pay go down -
I personally went from 70K a year to 40K. And I am doing nothing different. Oh, but then, I am working 3 extra hours daily. So, yes, I/we get ticked off at this industry - perhaps the stress of its creators is settling in.

I am glad I have a job...so glad it hurts.
Still tearing up after watching it over and over
Animals have always been a big part of my life. I just love them and they never cease to amaze me. This is an unbelievable story. I just went and ordered the VHS documentary of Christian the Lion on Ebay! I have to see more of this. Thanks SO MUCH for posting this.
I don't enjoy watching my pay go

from a living wage in the 80s/90s with decent line counts and fairly decent dictators to horrendous ESLs, "creative" line counts to gyp the MT, and pay so low you can make more at McDonald's.


I do enjoy transcribing & editing.  Preaching to the choir here, as we all know MT isn't something anyone without training and skill can do.  The pay should be commensurate with knowledgel, but sadly it isn't.  That is why I only do MT on weekends now and have a FT job in a completely different field.  I simply can't afford to be an MT anymore.


When enough skilled transcriptionists leave the MT industry and US hospitals are fed up with offshore quality or get sued enough times and the message finally hits home, maybe there will be a demand again for MT, but I doubt it.  That is my hope though.


anything that does not have a specific board
look to the left
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if there's not a spot for it there, then you can post it here

how hard is that? rofl
Is there a specific panel/s you are looking for?
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This is specific and helps.
nm
That's not working, could you be more specific please
xx
Yes, you would need the specific software.
DocShuttle integrates with the other pieces of the Bytescribe system which basically allows the software to do the work of uploading and downloading. Without your piece, you wouldn't be able to send or return work.
is this regarding a specific post?
nm
Radiology specific CMT

How can I become a CMT which is radiology specific?  Do I contact AAMT?  It is my hope that the focus of the test is primarily on radiology and anatomy as I have been out of the other fields for such a long time, it would be impossible to pass the test (I have heard the standard CMT test is quite difficult, is this true?).


Thank you and Happy Holidays Inspite of It All!!!! 


CalfRadMT@aol.com


specific points
Any specific points that you feel are meaningful to you. Whereas in my situation I am going to make the point that I applied at a hospital and intended on working for the hospital and not being outsourced after 10 years. The benefits aren't going to be as good for me, and also with outsourcing like that they put so many people on the account to get that turnaround time real fast that you run out of work. Those are just a few of my points. What I am going to do is make an outline of why outsourcing is a bad idea for the hospital and bad for us on a personal level just to sum it up, and then I am going to proceed on with my letter.
That's a specific problem
that the Canadian gov't has promised to address. I think it has something to do with very expensive MRI equipment and a huge country to cover. I don't think anybody is demanding that their single-payer system be abandoned over MRI delays.

Naturally people who can afford to go somewhere to buy "fast track" care are going to go there. Ever hear about the private Saudi jets lined up in Rochester, Minnesota?