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Written to meet the DOT National Standard Curriculum The EMT-Basic Exam Review will assist anyone preparing to become certified as an EMT-Basic. There are 1,500 questions included in 33 chapters which cover the cognitive and affective objectives in the DOT National Standard Curriculum. The questions reflect the state and national EMS exams to better prepare learners for the exam. For those who want even more review a CD-ROM is included containing two fulllength practice exams with the rationales for the correct and incorrect answers.

Author: Kirsten M. Elling
Paperback:  288 pages
Company: Delmar Cengage Learning  (2005-08-04)
ISBN: 1401891527
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Author: Henry M Boettinger
Paperback:  340 pages
Company: Collier Books  (1974)
ISBN: 0020792506
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Few business functions have greater impact than employment interviewing. Interviewing builds the future, for it is the way of hand-selecting those individuals who will become the face... the voice... the embodiment of the organization to its clients and customers. This holds true for employees at all levels of an organization, and across all job titles. Rather than being viewed as a way to shape the future, however, interviewing is frequently viewed as a burdensome administrative task... something that takes managers and HR professionals away from their "real" work. Mission-driven interviewing will enable you to recognize, maximize, and leverage the power and impact that is inherent to interviewing. Mission-driven interviewing encourages interviewers to take a more "macro" perspective (meaning, what is the mission of the position and the organization), in addition to a more traditional "micro" perspective (meaning, what kind of person do we need in this job). It also seeks to expand interviewers' focus away from an almost single-minded obsession with behavior-based questions by outlining complementary questioning techniques that will yield more accurate and complete job-related information about each candidate. In addition, mission-driven interviewing provides tools, techniques, and processes that encourage consistency throughout the interviewing process, all within a framework that affords interviewers ample flexibility to incorporate the realities of their organizations' cultures, as well as the nuances of their own personal styles. In short, with a mission-driven approach to interviewing, interviewers will develop the skills they need to find the "right" candidate -- the one who can meaningfully contribute to attaining the mission of the organization.

Author: Cathy Lee Gibson
Perfect Paperback:  176 pages
Company: PTI Publishing  (2006-06-15)
ISBN: 097860380X
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I recently got out of a relationship that was no good for me. It was a mistake and I paid a hefty price for the decision I made in being with him. I was good to him and had his back, even helping him getting him the great job he has now. He and another woman was seeing each other behind my back, and she knew he lived with me. It was under the guise that she was his 'auntie'. His mother participated in the deception because she no longer liked me and thought the other woman was a better choice for him. I've moved on with my life and am working on myself. I'm catching up on my bills, which he never offered to help me with. I've chosen not to seek vengence against them, even though what they did angers me. I've gotten my hefty appetite back and am gaining back the weight I lost. Even though I'm happier now, it does bother me that they get to reap rewards for what they've done, have a new baby girl and just got engaged. He takes care of her and his mom and they are living grand. I know that it's a chance that they won't get any repercussion for what they did. That does bother me because it's not cool to be that happy after causing a good person pain. Any examples of anyone being in a similar situation and how to get past this last part of this will be most welcomed! Have a blessed day!! (more...)

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I'm in the military and while I was deployed my wife and I were fighting a lot. She went and got a boy friend for about a month while I was away. I was suspicious and hired a private investigator to look into my suspensions, which is how I found out she had a boy friend. I was hurt and decided to go out and sleep with a woman to help me feel better (which it didn't), I also told both sides of our parents because I didn't want her having any support should we get divorced nor did I want that guy ever being welcomed in with her family. I didn't tell her I knew about it until after I got back nor about sleeping with another woman or telling our parents. She swears that her and the other guy never had sex, just saw each other at a friends house and hung out there on the weekends but never had sex. We both feel as if each other has messed up pretty bad, I don't feel that getting a boyfriend was the right choice and she is hurt that I slept with someone and told our parents about the situation. We've decided to work on things and see if we can't make our marriage work (we have kids so we're really trying). However, for a long time after we decided to try and work on things she was still talking to this other guy, I would snoop on her phone and catch her and that went on for about three months until recently when she finally told him it was over (she claims she had a hard time doing it because she felt bad for him because he really cared about her). The problems we're having now is trusting each other, getting over everything and trying to make this into something better than it was before. We both really want it to work but I'm having problems because this guy keeps trying to call and text her and she doesn't want to do anything about it i.e. block his number, change hers, etc. We also have been throwing things into each others faces about all that has happened and that hasn't been good for us as well. I just want this to work out and for us to be able to use this as an opportunity to put everything on the table that we didn't like before in our marriage and fix that as well so that we can not only get past what has happened but also make our marriage better than ever before. She's having a problem moving on because everyone in our family knows our business and that's something she's huge about. I also want to just be able to say were going to stay married and realize that we have a lot of work in front of us but at least we're staying married were she doesn't want to say that we are for sure staying married until she feels things are stable, well and we're happy. I don't know, I'm just looking for some good advice out there on how we can better our current situation as well as better our overall marriage and start setting ourselves up for success instead of failure. I do love this woman with all my heart and just want so badly for us to make it through all of this. thanks for the help:) (more...)

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i need some help im moving from denver colorado to bellevue NE im nervous and im goin to a school called bellevue east high school and i was wondering if anyone here is a sohpmore that goes to that school who would help me around the school for the first couple days that would be cool. (more...)

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I'm trying to make a video with Windows movie maker and everytime i press the play button to preview my video, it moves a little bit (and i mean a little bit) and just stops and won't play. I don't know how to fix it. (more...)

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i want to moveout my parents house, i live in brooklyn ny. i have a one 1/2 year old son and make about $32,000 a year and now i want to moveot. i am no longer with my son father and do have a boyfriend but i dont want to pressure my current boyfriend into moving in with me even if financially that would be easier, im afraid moving in with him will put too much pressure on him and ruin our relationship. anyway right now i want to move out alone and wanted to know if there are any suggestions on how i can do alone. i know im not the first nor the last woman to do this but i just dont know how i can afford it or even how to start. please help .....im so lost and scared. I am scared because , how can i afford childcare,rent and all the other expenses alone? how can i get help and is there help for me? how do i move out without any clue as to who will care for my son? my mom cares for him now while i work but if i move too far how will she do it? and what happens when he goes to school?i am freaking out i feel like im going through a midlife crises and im only 25 (more...)

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I recently got out of a relationship that was no good for me. It was a mistake and I paid a hefty price for the decision I made in being with him. I was good to him and had his back, even helping him getting him the great job he has now. He and another woman was seeing each other behind my back, and she knew he lived with me. It was under the guise that she was his 'auntie'. His mother participated in the deception because she no longer liked me and thought the other woman was a better choice for him. I've moved on with my life and am working on myself. I'm catching up on my bills, which he never offered to help me with. I've chosen not to seek vengence against them, even though what they did angers me. I've gotten my hefty appetite back and am gaining back the weight I lost. Even though I'm happier now, it does bother me that they get to reap rewards for what they've done, have a new baby girl and just got engaged. He takes care of her and his mom and they are living grand. I know that it's a chance that they won't get any repercussion for what they did. That does bother me because it's not cool to be that happy after causing a good person pain. Any examples of anyone being in a similar situation and how to get past this last part of this will be most welcomed! Have a blessed day!! (more...)

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I really do like this girl. Shes everything i look for. Anyway, i want to ask her out. Do i ask to go to to the movies and what would i do on the date with her? Looking for suggestions on where to go and what i shoulddo with her. Im more on the shy side and i havent exactly been on a date with a girl b4, so what do i do? BTW- Im trying to figure out of she likes me. I think she does but im not sure. I gave her a card over break which she really liked but she didnt know it was from me. I ddint tell her it was until the day back and she didnt know i was going to talk to her about it the day back from break, yet she came up to me and sat next to me after track. It was like she had found out it was from me but wanted me to say it, which i did and she smiled and loooked me in the eyes. B4 the card and b4 the break we looked each other in the eyes in the halls, class, etc. And once at track she came over to me to keep her warm when it was cold outside. I just moved closer to her and liked it. Im thinking she does like me but she had a bf a week b4 we started doing all this. What am i suppose to think? ty (more...)

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I want to act and do voice over jobs however i am stuck in tucson arizona. What should i do i want to move to california but i have a family. I have done some minor stuff here but not enough i need some advice thanks. (more...)

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I legally separated from my abusive husband a few months ago and am obtaining a divorce after the one year mark of separation. A friend of mine left his wife because she was verbally/physically abusive to him in the past and treated him badly, ignored him, etc. He and I had spent a few days chatting on instant messenger, and his ex wife found them by breaking into his email account. Before he told her he wanted to separate/divorce, the conversations discussed how unhappy he was and how he was trying to make the right decision, but that he liked me as a person and could see himself happy with someone like me. Many times in these conversations, I told him to make his OWN choice, whether it was to stay with her or leave. He also said in these conversations he would NOT leave his wife specifically for me or any other person. However, after he told his wife he wanted to separate, he did tell me he loved me over IM and we grew fond of each other quickly. We hung out a few times before he moved out - but he moved out 4 days after he told his ex he wanted a divorce (he couldn't get an apartment quick enough and they slept in separate rooms until then).Both he and I are legally separated and going through divorces, but can his ex sue me? I don't have much money at all, and I'm still in college and live with my parents. I wanted him to do what was best for him and told him that, but since she has all the IM's, I think she might take them to court. Either way, from what I have read, there has to be proof that the marriage was happy, and he was miserable and said he felt as though he were dying inside. They had recently tried counseling too and the last session my friend had, he told the counselor he intended to separate/divorce his wife. His marriage did not end because of me; I gave him advice and was there to support him as a friend. I can't help it that we like each other now. My attorney told me not to worry about it and focus on my own divorce. Please give non-critical, kind advice! No one should be forced to stay in a miserable marriage like we were both in. Again, the IM conversations clearly showed that I wanted my friend to make the decision that was best for HIM, regardless of my feelings. I also showed concern for the feelings of his ex wife and wanted to make sure he was nice to her in the way he approached his actions. Help please! I forgot to add that this is a co-worker, and all hang-out time outside of work was done within the 4 days after he said he wanted to separate from his ex. We did not hang out before he told her he was going to separate. Oh, also, this is not a physical relationship, as neither of us agree to that. We were friends/co-workers for a while who grew fond of each other after our marriages were destined to fail. His ex knows that he told me he loved me and that he has kissed me, but that's as far as it has gone, and none of that happened until AFTER he said he was going to separate and he was in the process of moving. (more...)

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Sorry that this is so long- About 2 years ago, I was going through a strange phase (which didn't last very long at all) where I thought it would be good to get more experience with women as a 21 year old male. Although I'm saving sex for marriage, I wanted to go out and try to be more outgoing and see if I was missing anything. I ended up going to a bar and getting drunk.I kissed a woman, and later stuck one my hands down in her pant ( we were both sitting down so I couldn't have got too far) and touched her bottom. About a year after, I started obsessing over the event and made myself sick thinking about how this may have effected this woman, calling myself a monster and terrible person.I still haven't been able to tame this problem and still have troubles with repetitive thoughts about it which sometimes are extremely frustrating. I am not a bad person and I am not some sort of sexual predator or deviant. I just was going through a phase and was very akward I suppose. She didn't do anything to show me she didn't want me and had friends around so I assume she wasn't frightened or anything (that and I had being talking to her and her friends for a while). I remember at one point I got up adn went inside and one of her friends ran into me and said 'you are the one who stuck your tounge down my friend's throat?' I was thrown off I guess and just said ' no...' and she shook her head yes. In my head I seem to think that she told me I should leave after that but I cannot be sure if this was real or implanted in my head afterwards when I was at my worst of depression. Please tell me what you think and what you think would help me along. There is no way to meet up with this woman again ( fyi she was at least my age (21 at the time) but likely older). So i cannot apologize to her in person reasonably, and it happened almost two years ago. One of my worst obsessions was posting a similar question to this on YA to make sure that other people didn't view me as a monster as I did/do. It's as if two voices are in my head- my normal and my obsessive one that cannot drop this. I am just so afraid that she may have been frightned or felt violated by me kissing her and putting my hand in her pant... I just feel absolutly terrible, and I honestly didn;t mean any harm by my actions. I think about it 24/7 and can never give myself a break.. i feel like I don't deserve it I still do drink, and although I think that had to do with the problem of losing inhibitions, it was my motivation to see if i was missing anything in the whole' go out to a bar and make out with people' scene that most of my peers had experience that had driven me to do what i did. Drinking may appear to be the problem, but it was only a factor in what I did, not the complete issue. we were not making out -I moved in and started to kiss her- and I was the one who pulled away... I don't know if she didn't want to make a move or if I was a little distant afterwards or what- it was definatly at the least a little akward. I had talked to the woman , as I was sitting with her and her friends, but to what extent and about what I cannot be sure as it was so long ago and I had been drinking. I didn't feel particularly guilty afterwards, a little embarassed but the next week but that was it- so I don't think there was anything then to go on that she was terribly bothered by it, but I still feel liek I can't allow myself to drop it I feel like it has alot to do with the fact that I am almost scared of sex- when I took the chance I did that night I got carried away and didn't think of the effects it might have on me. Right now I have seen a therapist and we have dealt with some of my issues with my repressed sexuality, but didn't mention this because I got nervou. I just can't stop asking this over and over again, like I constantly need answers and try to better understand it or something.. I need some more serious help I think. (more...)

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