Cat: Kingston, Turtle: Mr. Tumnis, Beta Fish: Henry
Posted By: D on 2006-07-21
In Reply to: POLL: What is your cat/dog's name? - Nielson family
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Henry's such a cute name, and I love beta fish
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U love beta fish? Aren't those the ones that kill
I remember my exhusband always had Japanese beta fish when we were married. As I recall, if my memory serves me well, these specific male fish impregnate the female fish and then when she has the babies, the beta (male) squeezes all life out of the mom and kills her after she has the babies. Just the idea of this made me hate this type of fish 4ever.
Just one person's opinion though! No flaming please! *LOL*
What temperature do you normally cook your fish at. I find sometimes that in the oven the fish seems
to have a lot of or water coming out and it doesnt get done nicely. Not sure what I am doing wrong.
Hey! I just got my second dach (mini). Henry is in my lap at this moment.
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Try Turtle Beach
Audio Advantage. Essentially it is an external sound card. Plugs into USB port and then your headphones plug into it. I have had one for about a year and cant live without it. My problem is so called "secret" dictators. A lot of my docs think their dictation is a secret or something and talk so low that I simply cannot hear them. The Turtle Beach does wonders for them. There are tons of options to play with that helps clear up noise too. One warning though, it will render your speakers useless and you only have sound through your headphones unless you uninstall it.
I use a Turtle Beach device.
It plugs into the back of the computer and enhances the volume as well as the quality of sound. But I needed to get an extender from Radio Shack since it plugs in the back (but if you have any USB jacks in front, that would work too).
http://www.turtlebeach.com/products/micro/home.aspx
http://www.radioshack.com/sm-8-ft-computer-speaker-cable-1-8-jack-to-1--pi-2102967.html
Possible solution for the turtle dictators
Charge by the minute of dictation...
How much? Easy. Decide what you want to make per hour. Assume at least 50 minutes in any hour should be productive (interruptions, etc.) Since every minute of dictation takes roughly three times as long to transcribe, you are looking at 17-18 minutes of dictation that can be transcribed in hour (give or take depending on particulars).
So, using round figures, if you charge $1.00 per minute of dictation, you'd made $17-18/hour in the above scenario. $1.25/minute of dictation is $21.25, etc.
OK! I have to check my math - I just got up! But I think that's about right.
If/when I ever go back to my own clients, that's the way I'll set up fees: By the minute - based on difficulty/ease of the dictator and/or specialty.
This way the dictator can control costs, and there is no question/hassle about invoice - they can see how much time they submitted for transcription.
What about the fast dictators? Higher per minute rate. Sample the dictation and base the rate on charateristics of the dictator.
Look at Audio Advantage by Turtle Beach
It is a USB thing that looks like a flash drive and it bypasses the sound card. It has lots of settings to adjust to improve sound. I got it and didn't think it made much difference, but then didn't use it for a couple of days and realized that it did make a difference. I got mine at Best Buy for about $30. There have 3 different levels and I think Audio Advantage is the middle one (which was the only one they had at Best Buy). You can Google Audio Advantage by Turtle Beach and probably find their website.
Creative is a good brand of sound card and likely it isn't the sound card that is the problem, just poor quality dictation. The USB thing above will help, but if you don't have good dictation to work work, you can only do so much. If you don't have them also try noise-cancelling headphones. They are rather pricey, though can probably get a good pair for about $60 or less on sale, and they make a significant difference too.
Try taking Fish oil
Try taking fish oil but make sure it molecularly distilled to get all the impurities out of it like mercury. That really does a lot for depression and anxiety and try to cut caffeine and sugar out of your diet. I notice a huge difference with it. It's hard to believe but its true.
Chinese fish
Most of the tilapia in the stores comes from China, catfish also.. Ask your meatman BEFORE you buy and only buy US produced cats and other fish... Its your body you are putting this contaminated food into.
What is Tiger Fish? nm
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What kind of fish are you baking? (nm)
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Teach a newbie to fish
I don't think it helps them. I started looking at the Word Help board after I read a post earlier this evening about the low-level questions newbies are wanting answers for. One was something like "vigomatic...this is somewhere on the head." Are you KIDDING??? I couldn't believe it. I think it would serve this person much better to give him/her some ideas on how to find the answer rather than to just give the answer away. Just giving the answer away is not really helping them learn anything. It's just letting them copy your homework.
What's that saying? Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.
In the earlier discussion I mentioned, someone thought posting on the board (in a virtual situation) was the same thing as asking a teacher for an answer in a classroom situation. Well, I think a great teacher in a classroom situation would do the same thing; i.e., point the student toward the dictionary or the encyclopedia or whatever, not just give away the answer.
I really have to wonder how someone can end up as a working transcriber & not know, or at least have been exposed to, the word "zygomatic" at some point. How did this person get a job? Scary, especially considering how protective we are of our field and how much better at it we think we are than anyone else on the planet.
There are no shortcuts. Every great working Transcriptionist has had to look everything up, has had to go through the unbearable period when getting through one report was like swimming through concrete. Are newbies these days under the impression that there is another way? Because there isn't.
HAHAHA - meaning fish don't use bikes....nm
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The RMT is just in beta now
and is meaningless, in any case. Very few employers care whether MTs have a CMT or RMT or whatever. Even fewer even know what a CMT is, and it's a sure thing no one's heard of RMT. The whole certification thing is simply a power grab by AAMT. Their goal is to sponsor legislation in every state that will force every MT to be certified to be employed. Since the AAMT is the only organization offering "certification", guess who will benefit from the whopping fees they will charge to take the test?
re: beta
Could someone who is computer literate please explain this "beta" stuff to me and what it means? Thanks !
I've tried mayo cooking fish - DELISH (sm)
for cholesterol-watching husband, JUST DON'T TELL HIM - he'll never know
what is this beta-thing...
RMT Beta Exam
How many of you are taking the beta exam for the RMT credential? Are you planning to take the final version after beta testing, or will you not take it at all? I'm curious. I received email notice that they have openings until June 1st. Should I bother? I know that many companies ask whether or not we are certified, but do you think it will come to their asking if we are an RMT also? Any and all opinions welcome. Thanks!
How about grilled fish like salmon? Add a glass of wine and you're all set!
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Don't complain! I spent years married to the coldest fish around....
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beta natriuretic peptide. nm.
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I work as a beta tester and they pay me to do it.
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I don't believe anyone would pay the 90-somethng bucks to do a beta SM
test which is practically useless.
Well I too have been selected for the beta test-sm
I am absolutely thrilled about this test and once I have 2 years acute care experience I will write the CMT as well. To me it is very well worth the $95 US to write the test, even the beta test. This is something that I would like to achieve.
No, it is not for everyone. No, not everyone wants to spend $$ to take a test. We all have different ideas of what is right for us. For me I want to have those letters behind my name. In a couple of years I would like to trade them in for the CMT.
I know that there are many here who dislike AAMT and are stongly opposed to many of the things that they are doing but I have got to tell you I have gained so much by being a member of AAMT and especially the Online Chapter of AAMT.
If you don't like the fact that there is offshoring going on well that is too bad...it is here and it is probably here to stay. What we can do is offer credentially, such as the RMT, for those in other countries as well so that the can be required to meet a certain level of education and training. I know I gonna get yelled at here for this one, but this is my opinion.
Beta test? Can you elaborate on this a little bit more?
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I think it's nuts that it's still in beta test but we still would have to PAY to take it. sm
If I'm helping YOU develop your product, I should not be paying! When game developers need people to beta test their games....the game company PAYS THE TESTER! AAMT is absolutely out of their minds.
I tested the beta version
I enjoy using the software. I work in InScribe over half the day and have tons of shortcuts in there. Until now, I could not use those shortcuts in other programs. I imported the InScribe shortcut file to Ditto and now I use those shortcuts in WordPerfect and Word. The shortcuts work in e-mail, also. The pop-ups are not annoying - they go away after a few seconds if you do not respond to them. You can do functions with it, also. I have not tried whole blocks of text. For me, it's worth the price. I think you can download and try it before purchase.
Beta testers needed for MPLite
The beta testing for MPLite has been going well. Phase 3 of the beta testing will begin on Wed or Thurs of this week.
We are soliciting 2 or 3 additional volunteers for this final phase of beta testing, and anticipate this phase to last no longer than a week. Volunteers should be experienced working transcriptionists, but not so busy that they don't have time to read the help file, and set things up in MPLite. We need the testers to actually work in the program, and not just look at it.
Testers will receive MPLite free of charge, and all subsequent releases of MPLite free of charge. If you have the interest and the time to assist us, please send an email to support@mpword.com
Most likely, MPLite will be a the most popular program we have ever produced. For a preview of it, see our website:
http://www.mpword.com/7mplite.htm
Best wishes,
Vann Joe
Beta is usually a program that is in the development stage
where lots of people use the program to test it out to help make it better and fix all the bugs before the final release.
Anyone else get an email from aamt about REGISTERED MT beta test?
Seems pretty stupid to me.
Beta-blocker the patient is a candidate for the (SOUND LIKE) cavatidall???
Ditto Pro Text Expander - Free Copy for BETA Testers
Hello Everyone.
We are running a BETA program for our new version of Ditto (Professional Edition). To be
sure Ditto is for you, please watch the following 8 minute video.
Instructions on how to proceed are at the end of the video. BETA testers will get a
free copy of the new Pro Edition of Ditto (not the Standard Edition currently on the site).
http://www.palabrio.com/beta/beta_demo.htm
Please do not reply to this post. I will update it when we stop taking new testers.
Thank you.
Regards,
Danny
Palabrio Software
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