March 7 2016

Steno Style: The Perfect All-Black Carryall Bag

All Black CarryallI’ve searched far and wide for the perfect all-black carryall: Not too small, not too large, not too flashy, practical, a bunch of extra compartments and pockets, sturdily strapped, roomy enough for machine and extras; and I think, I finally found it.

The above-pictured Steve Madden bag seems to be perfect to tote machine, tripod, and all the accompanying reporter doodads. Today is my first day using it. Being that it will be “Steno In The Park” weather this week, I’m sure I’ll have a bunch of opportunities to see how durable it is.

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March 2 2016

Briefs and Phrases From The Blacklist: Season 1, Episode 6

The Blacklist

radioactive= RAO/T*IF
cesium= SAOES/Y*UM
passports= PAFRPTS
fortune= FORN
interrogating= SBROEGT/-G
picture= PIR
Boston= BOFNT
defector= DPERKT
recess= RES
assassinate= AEFNT
misunderstanding= MUNGD
separate= SPRAIT
identification= AOIFGS
clearance= KLAOERNS
psych= SAOIK
worry= WOR
beautiful= BAOUF
blues= BLAOUZ
maw= MAU
mesmerizing= MEZ/MER/RAO*IGZ
Dubai= DAOU/BAO*I
skeptical= SKEPLT
suspicious= SPIRBS
honest= HONS
surprised= SPRAOIFD
resolve= ROFL
voluntarily= VOL
multinational= MULT/NA*L
companies= K-PS
Chicago= KHI/KHI
over the counter= VOURNT
predictable= PRIKT/-BL
diversion= DWERGS
you are not= URNT
Kuwait= KAOU/WA*IT
Cambridge= KAIM/BR*IJ
Walter= WAURLT
meeting= MAOEGT
Friday= FRI
credit card= KREKD
coincidence= KWOINS
verify= VOIF
ballistics= BLIFKTS
updates= PAITS
development= VEMT
inappropriate= NROEPT
investigated= VEGTD
manager= M-G
piano= PAON
confirmation= K-FRMGS
official= FIRBL
exactly= XLAKT
current address= KRAES
treasure= TRERB
frequent= FREK
worrisome= WOIRM
dirty= DOIRT
market= MARKT
I’m sorry= AOIMS
sedan= SDAN
contamination= TAMGS
radius= RAID/Y*US
medevac= MED/VA*K
investors= VEFRS
division= DWIGS
New Orleans= NU/ORNLS
Houston= HOUFNT
contaminated= TAMD

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February 25 2016

Briefs and Phrases From The Blacklist: Season 1, Episode 5

The Blacklist

Tell me= TL-M
I need= IFRN
of course,= -FX
I don’t get= YOGT
murder= MURD
powerful= POUF
daylight= DAILT
ultrasound= URLT/SOUND
normal= NOL
mistake= MAEK
courier= KOR/Y*ER
intercept= SBEFPT
resources= SRORSZ
Cairo= KAOI/R*OE
committee= KMAOE
occasional= KAEFNL
American= MERN
manuscript= MAN/SKR*IPT
letters= LERTS
earthly= *ERLT
conduct= KIKT
violence= VLS
physical= FIS
embodiment= KBOEMT
transaction= TR-X
success= SK
delivery= DLOIFR
packaging= PAJ/-G
genetically= GLENLGT
hundred= HUN
east side= *EDZ
intersection= SB-X
corner= KRORN
conceivable= SKAOEFBL
obviously= OEFL
painful= PAIFL
congenital= KON/JENLT or KAUN/JENLT
anhidrosis= AN/HAOI/DRO/S*IS or AN/HAOI/DRO*EZ
disorder= DORD
million dollars= ML-DZ
analyst= NALTS
protocols= PROELTS
coerced= KOERS/-D
psychopath= SKO*EPT
Washington= WARB/WARB
absent= ABT
philosopher= FLOFR
ancient= SHET
encounter= KBOURNT
frequently= FREL
kidnapping= KIPG
surveillance= SWAINS
figure= FIG
technological= TOJ
ATM= A*MT
canceled= CAELD
specified= SPEFD
location= LOEX
employed= PLOID
Petersburg= PAOERTS/B*URG
exchange= XAING
marshals= MARBLS
Virginia= VA/VA
objects= OBTS
transport= TR-PT
vehicle= VAOEK
meantime= MAOENT
in the meantime= NAOEMT
suggestion= SUGS
French= FREFP
intelligence= TEJ
release= RAOES
compromised= KPROM
freckle= FR*EBLG
access= SKES
Marrakesh= MA/RA/ K*ERB
other side= OERDZ
ritual= RIFPLT delivery= DLOIFR
networks= TWORKS
adversary= DWAER
circumstances= SIRKS
complex= KPLEX
future= FAOURT
arriving= RAOIFG
sofa= SOEF
I don’t even= YOFN
I don’t even know= YOEFN

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February 18 2016

Briefs and Phrases From The Blacklist: Season 1, Episode 4

The Blacklist
badge= BAJ
system= ST-M
wonder= WUND
classified= KLAFD
homicide= HOM
what really= WHA*RL
supervisor= SPR-FR
courthouse= KHOUS
interested= TR-D
I don’t know= YON
appointment= POIMT
FBI= TB*I
suspicion= SPIGS
arrest= AR
indictment= DAOIMT
impressive= KBREFS
sideways= SDWAIS
vicious= VIRBS
transportation= TR-PGS
out of the= OUFT
identity= AOID
passport= PAFRPT
bank account= BA*INGT
credit cards= KRERKDZ
witness= W-NS
testifying= TEFG
at all= TA*UL
parking lot= PROT
movie= MO*EF
goodbye= GAOIB
can you please= KUP
tragic= TRAJ
paramedics= PARMDZ
bailiff= BIF
courtroom= KRAOM
defendant= D-FT
juror= JAOR
alternate= NAET
EMT= *EMT
heart attack= HAURK
chemically= KHEM/LI
poisoned= POIFND
specs= SP*EKS
consistent= KAONT
urgent= URGT
criminal= KRINL
services= SEFSZ
Haiti= HAIT/YI
Chardonnay= SHARD/NA*I
besides= BESZ
especially= EP
oozing= AOGZ
memories= MEMS
Boston= BOFNT
weekend= WEND
interview= SBOUF
last time= LAFMT
out of= OUF
we need= WEFRN
do I really= DO*IRL
abandoned= BAUND
forensics= FRENS
adhesive= DHAOEFS
crime scene= KROEN
chemicals= KEMS
plumber= PLURM
fellow= FLEL
disposal= SDPOEFL
expert= SPERT
victims= VIMS
DNA= DPHA*
nome de guerre= NOEM/DA/GER
corporeal= KOR/POR/RAO*EL
disappear= SPAER
proficiency= PROE/FIRBZ
trophy= TROEF
collector= KLERKT
regimes= RA/JAO*EMS
notoriously= NOERBLS
government= GOFT
corporation= CORPGS
mysterious= STRAOERBS
mystery= STRAOE
entities= SB-TS
terrorist= TRIFT
organizations= ORGSZ
dangerous= DAIJS
agents= AGTS
survivor= SVAOIFR
Port au Prince= PORT/A/PRINS
disrupted= DRUPTD
profiles= PROILS
footage= FAOJ
kidnap= KIP
contract= KR-T
equivalent= KWIFNLT
Christmas= KMAS
jeopardy= JEP
bargaining= BARNG/-G
confronting= K-FRNGT
equations= KWAIGSZ
surveillance= SWAINS
breviloquent= BRA/VIL/KW*ENT
Federal Bureau of Investigation= TBI/TBI
Corsican= KORS/KA*N
highway= HOI
Venezuela= VENS/WAI/LA*
Assistance= SIFNS
business= BIS
fingerprints= F-PS
law enforcement officer= LAUFRMT
rental= RENLT
Maryland= MAERLD
Kitzmiller= K*ITS/M*IL/*ER
alias= A*ILZ
Elizabeth= AO*ELZ
dogs= DAUGS
panic= PA*NG
cell phone= SLOEN
politics= PLIKS
device= DWAOIS
decency= DAOENT
dissolve= DOFL
nature= NAUR
transference= TR-FRNS
energy= N-RJ
transformed= TR-FRMD
transform= TR-FRM
family= FAEM
father= FA*ER
married= MAERD
cluster= KLUFRT
nerve= NEFRB
dentist= D-NTS
do you think= DOUNG
cabin= KBIN
chopper= KHORP
sedative= SDAFT
paralysis= PARLS
sensitivity= SNEFT
evolution= EFLGS
farmer= FRAFM
slaughtered= SLAURTD
children= KHIRN
imagine= MAJ
despair= SDPAIR
knotted= NO*TD
complicated= KPLIKTD
wreckage= WREJ
damaged= DAJD
repair= R-P
incident= DIN
medic= MEKD
horrifying= HOIFG
weird= WERD
restaurant= STRAUNT
might be= MAOIB
tarp= TARP
mediocre= MAOEKD or MOIRKD or MAOERKD

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February 16 2016

Medical Briefs From House: Season 1, Episode 3

House MD
cough= KAUF
symptom= STOM
fever= FAOEFR
contagious= TAIJS
rash= RARB
blood pressure= BLAOPS
fluids= FLAOUDZ
abdominal= ABL
diagnosis= D-GS
testicular= TES/TIK/LA*R or TES/TIK/AOU/LA*R
Yersinia= YER/SIN/YA*
infection= N-FX
arthritis= THRAOITS
vasculitis= VAFK/LAO*ITS
nerve= NEFRB
allergy= LAOERJ
carcinoid= KARS/NO*ID or KAR/SA/NO*ID
Absidia= AB/SID/YA*
symptoms= STOMS
sepsis= SEP/S*IS
antibiotics= AEBTS
Cort stim= KORT/ST*IM
echocardiogram= EK/O*E/KARD/GRA*M or EK/O*E/KARD/YOE/GRA*M
pituitary= PA/PAOU/TA*ER
adrenal= DRAOENL or A/DRAOENL
glands= GLANDZ
clinic= KLIN
diagnostician= D-FGS
nephrology= NEF/FRO*LG
infectious= N-FKT/SH*US
Motrin= MOE/TR*IN or MOERNT
Vicodin= VAOIK/D*IN
emergency room= MAOM
exam room= X-RM or XRAOM
mucus= MAOUKS
paramedics= PARMDZ
911= NAOINL
glasses= GLASZ
teeth= TAO*ET
health insurance= HURNS
viral= VAOIRL
titers= TAO*IRTS
lungs= LUNGS
creatinine= KRAOE/AT/N*IN
kidneys= KAOENDZ
intestines= SBEFNTS
cardiomyopathy= KARD/YOE/MAOI/OP/PA*ET or KARD/YOE/MAOI/OP/TH*I or KARD/YOE/MAOI/OP/THAO*E
cardiac= KARD/YA*K or KARKD
hypothyroidism= HOIP/THROID/IFM
parasites= PAR/SAO*IS
sinus= SAO*INS
Occam’s razor= OK/KA*MS/RA*ERZ or OK/KAMS/RA*ERZ
Unasyn= UN/A/S*IN or UN/S*IN
intravenous= SBRAFNS
levothyroxine= HREF/OE/THAOEU/ROBGS/*EUPB or HREF/OE/THAOEU/ROBGS/S*EUPB
recovery room= ROIFRM
theory= THAOER
treatment= TRAOEMT
doctors= DR-S
Stockholm= STOK/HO*EM
Syndrome= SDROEM
Coxsackie= KOX/SAK/YI
Virus= VAOIRS
Negative= NEF
Epstein Barr= EP/STAOEN/BA*R or EP/STAO*EN/BA*R
throat= THROET
hurts= HURTS
prescribe= PRAOIB
lozenge= LOZ/*ENG
parvovirus= PAR/VOE/ VAO*IRS
illness= *IL/-NS
urine= AOURN
interstitial= INT/STIRBL
nephritis= NA/FRAO*ITS
immune system= KBAOUMT
health= H*ELT
blood count= BLAOK
respiration= R-RPGS
secretion= SKRAOEGS
spasm= SPAFM
marrow= MA/RO*E
anesthetic= AN/STH*EKT
biopsy= BAOIPZ
needle= NAOELD
blood cells= BLAOLS
fibrosis= FAOI/BRO*EZ or FAOI/BROE/S*IS
muscle= MUFL
physician= F-GS
gout= GOUT
uric= AOURK
acid= SDID
joints= JOINTS
swelling= SWELG
redness= RED/-NS
stiffness= STIFNS
cells= KRELS
colchicine= KOEL/KHA/SAO*EN or KOL/KHA/SAO*EN
medicine= MED
mitosis= MAOI/TO*EZ or MAOI/TOE/S*IS
prescription= PRIPGS
pharmacy= FARMZ
pharmacist= FARMT
deteriorate= DRAET
lymphoma= LIM/FOE/MA*
adenopathy= AD/NOP/TH*I or AD/NOP/THAO*E or AD/NOP/PA*ET
laparotomy= LAP/ROT/T*OEM
exploratory= XLORT
pulmonary= PUL/MA/NA*ER
arteries= AERTS
numb= NUM
atrium= A/TRAOE/Y*UM
ectopy= EK/TOE/P*I or EK/TOE/PAO*E
arrhythmia= A/R*IT/MAOE/YA*
pressure= PRERB
tricuspid= TRAOI/K*US/P*ID
catheter= KA*ERT
pulse= PULS
surgery= SURG
medically= MEL/LI or MREL
blood cell= BLAOL
blood cell count= BLAOLT
organs= GORNZ
neuropathy= NAOUR/PA*ET
fingers= FIRNGS
toes= TOES
ingested= IN/JEFTD
fragments= FRAGTS
Tylenol= TAOINL
antibodies= AOINT/BOEDZ
temperature= TEM

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February 8 2016

Medical Briefs From House: Season 1, Episode 2

House MD
clinic= KLIN
waiting room= WAIRM or WAIRMT
meningitis= MEN/JAO*ITS
tumor= TAOURM
specialist= SPIFT
iodine= AOIND
deficiency= DPIRBZ
cretinism= KRAOET/N*IFM
differential= D*IFRNL
diagnosis= D-GS
neurologists= NAOURLGTS
examine= X-
lesions= LAOEFNS
neurological= NAOUR/L-L
post traumatic= PRAUMT
post traumatic stress= PRAUMTS
post traumatic stress disorder= PRAUMTD
trauma= TRAUM
sexual abuse= SWBAOUS
concussion= KUNGS
ophthalmologist= MOLGT
twitch= TWIFP
myoclonic= MAOI/O*E/KLO*NG
respiration= R-RPGS
respiration rate= R-RPGTS
brain= BRAIN
pulse= PULS
asleep= SLAEP
awake= WOIK
muscles= MUFLS
disorder= DORD
wheelchair= WHAOEK or WHAOERK
degenerative= D-FNGT
paternity= PA/T*ERNT
nerve= NEFRB
leukoencephalopathy= LAOUK/O*E/EN/SEP/LOP/PA*ET or LAOU/KOE/EN/SEP/LOP/PA*ET
systemic= ST-M/*IK or ST-PBLG
conscious= KONS
polysomnograph= POIL/SOM/NOE/GRA*F
restraining= STRAENG
MRI= MR*I
abnormalities= BORLTS
abnormal= BORL
meningeal= MEN/*IN/JAO*EL or MEN/NIN/JAO*EL
enhancement= KBHAMT
viral= VAOIRL
corpus callosum= KOR/P*US KA/LAOE/S*UM
interhemispheric= INT/HEMS/F*ERK
bowing= BOEG
pressure= PRERB
radionucleotide= RAO/NAOU/KLAOE/O*E/TAO*ID
cisternogram= SIS/TERN/O*E/GRA*M
blockage= BLOJ
injecting= N-JT/-G
surgery= SURG
ventricles= VEN/TRA/KA*LS
cerebrospinal= SA/RAOE/BROE/SPAO*INL
fluid= FLAOUD
swollen= SWOENL
fever= FAOEFR
glands= GLANDZ
vaccination= VAK/NA*IGS
pharmaceutical= SKAOULT
antibodies= AOINT/BO*EDZ
symptom= STOM
oligoclonal= OL/YI/GOE/KLO*ENL
intrathecal= SBRA/THAOE/KA*L
sclerosis= SKLOEZ
bowel= BOUL
bladder= BLAERD
dysfunction= SFUNGS
pain= PAIN
lumbar= LUM/BA*R
puncture= PURNGT
consulted= SKULTD
treatments= TRAOEMTS
demyelinating= DA/MAOIL/NA*IGT or DAOE/MAOIL/NA*IGT
viruses= VAOIRSZ
titers= TAO*IRTS
neurosyphilis= NAOUR/SIF/L*IS or NAOUR/S*IFLS
negative= NEF
penicillin= PLIN
intracranial= SBRA/KRA*INL
herniated= HERNT
shunt= SHUNT
syphilis= SIFLS
condition= K-N
diagnose= D-G
milligrams= MIL/GRA*MS
creatinine= KRAOE/AT/N*IN
diabetes= DAOIBTS
metabolic= MET/BL*IK
vasculitis= VAFK/LAO*ITS
neoplastic= NAOE/O*E/PLA*FK
inflammation= KBLAMGS
esophageal= AOE/SOF/JAO*EL
lateral= LARL
precordial= PRAOE/KORD/YA*L
DNA= DPHA*
epileptiform= EP/YI/LEPT/FO*RM
gonorrhea= GON/R*AE
positive= POF
encephalitis= EN/SEF/LAO*ITS
genetic= G*ENGT
biological= BL-L
cholesterol= KLES
blood pressure= BLAOPS
subacute= SUB/A/KAOUT
sclerosing= SKLA/ROE/SING
panencephalitis= PAN/EN/SEF/LAO*ITS
intraventricular= SBRA/VEN/TRIK/LA*R
interferon= INT/FER/O*N or INT/FER/RO*N
measles= MAOEFLS
biopsy= BAOIPZ
pupil= PAOUPL
paralyzed= PARLDZ
retina= RET/NA*
Ommaya= O/MAOI/YA*
catheter= KA*ERT
antiviral= AOINT/VAO*IRL
immune system= KBAOUMT
autosomal= AOT/SOE/MA*L

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February 4 2016

Briefs and Phrases From The Blacklist: Season 1, Episode 3

The Blacklist
Shanghai= SHAING/HAO*I
Pudong= PAOU/DO*NG
Belize= BA/LAO*EZ
replacement= PLAEFRMT
due diligence= DAOULGS
breakfast= BREFS
omelette= OM/L*ET psycho
psychopath= SKO*EPT
psychopaths= SKO*EPTS
physical therapy= FAERP
Chinese= KHAOINS
Ph.D.= PHD
China= KHAOIN
Lisbon= LIS/BO*N
invisible= KB-FBL
invisibility= KB-FBLT
cryptography= KRIP/TOG/GRA*EF or KRIPT/TOG/GRA*EF
Bedouin= BED/DOE/W*IN or BED/O*E/W*IN or BED/DOE/*IN or BED/O*E/*IN
radio station= RAOGS
encryption= KBRIPGS
intercepted= SB-FPTD or SBREPTD or SBEFPTD
data= DAT
mirroring= MRORG
Mandarin= MAND/R*IN
nicotine= NIK/TAO*EN
polymer= POIL/M*ER
surveillance= SWAONS
protocol= PROELT
morphine= MOFRN
container= TAIRN
biometric= BO/MERKT or BO/M*ERKT
visitors= VIFRTS
database= D-B
DARPA= DAR/PA*
descending= SDENGD
transmissions= TR-MGSZ
algorithm= AL/GA/R*IMT
obsolete= SBLAOET
insertion= SNERGE
monastery= MON/STA*ER
Kunming= K*UN/M*ING
jeopardy= JEP
instincts= KBINGTS
balcony= BAL/KO*EN
microchip= MAOIRK/KHIP
Beijing= BAI/J*ING
frustration= FRUFGS
ballistics= BLIFKTS
classified= KLAFD

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