March 13
2014
March 13
2014
Stenspiration™
March 10
2014
Medical Monday: Abdominocardiac
Abdominocardiac means of or pertaining to the abdomen and the heart.
Machine Briefs:
Option #1: abdominocardiac= BAURK
Option #2: abdominocardiac= AOMD/KAURK
Option #3: abdominocardiac= AB/DOM/NOE/KAURK
Option #4: abdominocardiac= AB/DOM/NO*E/KAURK
Option #5: abdominocardiac= AB/DOM/NOE/KARD/YAK
Option #6: abdominocardiac= AB/DOM/NO*E/KARD/YAK
March 9
2014
Practice Video: Indian Institute Of Technology Lecture On Highway Capacity And Level Of Service
Here is a lecture given by a college professor from the Indian Institute of Technology about highway capacity and level of service.
If you live in a city that is a melting pot like I do, it is wise to continue to become well acquainted with the various accents that you will be hearing throughout the course of court reporting, and/or captioning and CARTing. This professor, being from a school located in India, has an Indian accent.
Here are some briefs from the video:
transportation= TR-PGS
engineering= GERG
capacity= KPAFT
highway= HOI
roadway= ROI
freeway= FROI
facility= FAEFLT
factor= FAOK
traffic= TRAFK
lane= LAEN
surface= SFAS
vehicle= VAOEK
maximum= MAX
hourly= HOURL
prevailing= PRAILG
volume= VAOUM
clearance= KLAOERNS
meter= MAOERT
design= SDAOIN
pavement= PAIFMT
strategy= STRAJ
guideline= GLAOIN
effectiveness= FEFNS
curvature= KUFRBT
horizontal= HORL
essentially= SERBL
presentation= PRENGS
division= DWIGS
traffic control= T*K
service= SEFS
passenger car= PAERK
adjustment= JAUMT
density= D*ENTS
ideal= YAOEL
equivalent= QIF
population= POPGS
recreational= KRAOERLGS
volume= VAOUM
calculate= KLAIT
correction= KREX
access= SKES
commuter= KMAOURT
March 8
2014
Practice Video: 140 Lit
Here are some briefs from the video:
generation= JAIGS
encountered= KBOURNT/-D
eternal= AOERNLT
justice= JUS
affirmed= AFRMD
dignity= DIGT
delusion= DLAOUGS
supreme court= SKORT
first time= FIRMT
molestation= MREFGS
farmer= FRARM
republic= REB
citizen= SIZ
independence= NPS
brutal= BRAOUL
republican= REN
devastated= DWAEFTD
province= PROFNS
aspiration= SPIRGS
prevail= PRAIL
modernization= MOERNGS
ambassadors= SDORS
hostile= HOFL
applause= PLAUS
on the floor= OFL
March 8
2014
Tired Of Writing Unconscious In 2 Strokes?
During a recent practice session where the word, “unconscious,” came up a multitude of times, I decided that I was tired of writing “unconscious” in two strokes. As a matter of fact, “tired” was an understatement it was more like, on the brink of exhaustion. Lol.
Therefore, I came up with a one-stroke brief for unconscious, KOUNS. It is similar to the brief I use for conscious, KONS. I just added a “U” to that brief.
March 8
2014
This Song Impeccably Describes How I Feel About My Steno Journey At This Point…
I’m taking a break from my early morning steno practice, and I want to post a song that was apropos to how I feel about my steno journey right now. I have a feeling that even after I become seasoned in this profession, I’ll still feel the same way. 🙂
I’ve always loved this song:
“We’ve Only Just Begun,” By: The Carpenters
Love, Speed and Accuracy,
Elsie Villega
March 7
2014
Friday Phrases
low back= LOEK
lower back= LOERK
about the same time= BAIMT
it about the same time= TBAIMT
is it about the same time= STBAIMT
above the= BOFT
juvenile delinquency= JUFLZ
I guess= IGS
Immigration and Naturalization Service= INS/INS
mental health= M*ENLT
not to answer= NAONS
not to answer the question= NAONGS
March 6
2014
Stenspiration™
“You have to be uncompromised in your level of commitment to whatever you are doing, or it can disappear as fast as it appeared. Some players noticed me because of everything I was doing off the court, and that was the wrong reason to pay attention to me. Pay attention to the way I played the game. Pay attention to my passion. Pay attention to the idea of focusing on improvement everyday. Pay attention to my commitment. Commitment cannot be compromised be rewards. Excellence isn’t a one-week or one-year ideal. It’s a constant. There will be days when you don’t feel on top of your game, or meetings in which you aren’t at your best, but your commitment remains constant. No compromises.” -Michael Jordan
Love, Speed & Accuracy,
Elsie Villega
March 3
2014
The Retroactive Oath
The Deposition Handbook, written by: Lynn Brooks, discusses how a reporter should administer an oath retroactively when it was failed to be given at the beginning of a deposition.
The Deposition Handbook states the retroactive oath as follows: “Do you solemnly swear that the answers you have given and will give to these questions are the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?…”
