special thanks for that info, as it applies to my situation!

• is there such a thing as a cell phone with pre-paid minutes, - sm
  • Verizon has one.... - AllieCat
  • ditto everyone else on Tracfone - fg
  • I use TracFone....sm - El Cheapo
    • it fits the bill for me! i'm frugal too :) - nm
  • anyone tried the refurbished Tracfone? - THANKS TO ALL, nm
    • Ditto below - I've had a refurb phone - for 2 1/2 years, still going strong.nm
      • Thanks a bunch to ALL !! - nm
    • Yes, that is what I did, free phone, like new, works fine. - nm - Laura E.
  • Yes, I use a prepaid Tracfone from Nokia- works well for me since I only use it for urgent stuff -nm - Laura E.
  • Prepaid - nss
    • special thanks for that info, as it applies to my situation! - nm
  • Cell phone - sat
  • Centennial Wireless. - Midwest MT
  • I have a pay as you go cell phone - Sue
  • Cingular and T-Mobile advertise prepaid plans. - nm
  • In our area .. Cingular has that - It's advertised daily

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I paid a lot of attention to your posts this year as I worked as an employee, an IC and a SE.  I submitted my tax return yesterday using TurboTax and my total federal tax for the year was - cough, sputter - $281, or 0.061% of my income.  I have already been notified the IRS accepted the return and will receive my refund by DD next week. 

I just wanted to send up a special thank you to your valuable contribution to the board! 

Other projections include:

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  10 percent of U.S. technology jobs will have moved offshore by 2005 (Gartner Group)
  
  
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  up to 25 percent of traditional IT jobs will be relocated from developed to developing countries by 2010 (Gartner Group)
  
  
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  500,000 financial services jobs (8 percent of all U.S. jobs in banking, brokerage and insurance) will be shipped overseas by May 2008 (AT Kearney)
  
  

For starters a good high pay rate with bonuses.  Good benefits including a retirement with a match by the employer.  And while we're wishing, how bout a little more respect for the MTs.   

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Isn't he cute?  He bought all of us chapsticks and a key chain.  I think that is so sweet.  He likes me the best of all his 10,000 transcribing chicks though.

Did I tell you I won the lottery and won $3567 million? 

on hospital infections and stated that basically, because of poor sterile technique by the hospital and hospital personnel, more than 80,000+ people would die this year from this condition.

The cost of taking care of one of these infections, caused by the hospital itself, is horrendous, well over $100,000 if you have to have an infected surgical wound treated surgically again.   I finished my IV wonder drugs, not sure what that cost will be yet from the pharmacy and home health care, but I know that 1 vial of medicine used to unclog my IV was $800.  My 10 day supply of Zyvox was $1100.   I also had 14 days of IV Zyvox twice a day and 14 days of IV Levaquin once a day, so you can imagine what my bill is going to run.   I will also have an addition bill from the anesthesiologist, the surgeon, the infectious diseases doctor, the hospitalist, radiologist, and who knows who else. 

I really think the cheapo hospitals could dig up another few cents a line that could be paid directly to the MTs rather than cutting our rates all the time. 

Whenever you need to insert a special key for a function, such as the combination key for bolding, underlining, etc., do it the "easy way"

In the shorthand dictionary screen, where  you are entering the expansion of your term, just press control+K

A cute little box will show up and tell you that the next key you press will be put into the shorthand box.  So, press control+b and a screen pops up to verify if you want it to be control+b, ALT+b, or shift+b.   It works with all other special combinations, as well. 

Dear Medical Transcriptionists,

In honor of National Medical Transcription Week (May 14 - 20), Spellex Corporation will give away two free copies of our Spellex Medical / Pharmaceutical Spelling Bundle to two lucky MTs. Other participants will receive a 30% discount on selected Spellex products.

-How to get your free Spellex program-
To get your free copy of Spellex Medical / Pharmaceutical, simply be one of the first two transcriptionists to take our medical spelling quiz and score 90% or better. That's right, you only have to spell 9 out of 10 words correctly for a chance to win! You can find the spelling quiz at www.spellex.com/quiz.htm.

-Get 30% off regular prices!-
If you're not one of the first transcriptionists who score 90%, you are still eligible for substantial savings just for participating. All medical transcriptionists who complete the medical spelling quiz are eligible for a 30% discount on any Spellex single user product during National MT week.

Once again, congratulations to all Medical Transcriptionists for the important work you do!

Spellex Corporation

value to your books that have the misprinted cover, with your name spelled incorrectly? 

Look what I found: