INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Graduate school takes many more years of hard work and is not the right choice for everyone. Graduate degrees can provide more opportunities for advancement into administrative positions. Lab scientists often have master's degrees and directors usually have a doctorate. Pursuing a master's degree takes about 2 years to complete. Most master's programs require that you pay your own tuition. Pursuing a doctorate takes an average of 5.5 years to complete. Many PhD programs provide a stipend and pay for your tuition in exchange for your work in a lab. Once you have decided to pursue an advanced degree, you must choose a graduate program. If you have been in the workforce for a few years, you may have a specialty in mind already. Choose a program that focuses on that specialty and is well-known for job placement. Many of the factors to consider are similar to those of choosing an undergraduate university. Attending a university is a very expensive endeavor. Public schools in the state you reside may be cheaper than private schools, but public schools outside of your resident state may cost just as much as the private school. Schools should be able to provide you with data and job placement following graduation. You should look into these statistics while trying to decide which school to attend. Where does the program you're looking at rank compared to other schools? You don't need to go to the number one program, but choose a school that has the ability to get you the type of job you're hoping to achieve. Graduate school applications require reference letters. You want to make sure they are going to be positive letters. If you ask someone and they hesitate, they may not be the best person to write a recommendation for you. Ask professors you had a strong bond with or someone you did research with. Employers also make good references if they are in the correct field. A retail manager is not the ideal reference, but can work if you are trying to change fields. Friends and family are not generally accepted as valid references. Give your references a few months to complete their letters. Gently remind them closer to the deadline if you know they haven't been submitted yet. The GRE is the standard entrance exam into graduate school. The test takes almost four hours to complete and is administered on a computer. You must have basic computer skills to take the exam. Spend an appropriate amount of time studying for the exam. You can purchase study aid books or you can take a special class to prepare for it. Consider taking the test a second time if you didn't achieve the score necessary for the school to which you're applying. It's good to be confident, but you want to make sure you get into a program after spending all of that time preparing. Apply to more than one program to increase your chances of being accepted into at least one. Make sure you get your applications in by the deadline. Check with your references to make sure they have submitted their letters of recommendation on time.

SUMMARY: Decide if graduate school is the right choice for you. Choose a graduate program. Ask for positive letters of recommendation. Take the Graduate Records Examination (GRE). Apply to multiple graduate programs.

In one sentence, describe what the following article is about: It is against the Legal Rules of Professional Conduct for an attorney to contact you if you have not already expressed interest in his/her services or given him/her permission to contact you. Attorneys are forbidden to pressure you into any fee arrangement or other agreement. They should give you time to consider any arrangement you make. If you feel like you're being pressured, find another attorney. These should be given without hesitation. If the attorney seems unwilling or hesitant to give you this information, look elsewhere. Verify your lawyer's background and credentials with the local or state bar association. The American Bar Association has a directory of state and local bar associations. You can call to verify the information your attorney has given you; in some cases it may even be available online. You can also check whether s/he has any ethics violations or disciplinary actions on his or her record. If the attorney has been disciplined multiple times or has been suspended, you should hire someone else. Attorneys are bound by very strict codes of ethics and professional conduct. Never hire an attorney who encourages you to do anything illegal or unethical. For example, an attorney who suggests that you lie about your income in a child custody case should be rejected. Never hire attorneys who make unethical offers. You should avoid attorneys who make specific promises about the results of your case. A "guaranteed result" is impossible, and it's unethical for an attorney to promise you that s/he will get you "the result you want" if you hire him or her. Attorneys are required to fully and competently represent you if they accept you as a client. They cannot shape the quality of their representation depending on how much you pay, and they cannot promise different results if you pay more. For example, if a divorce attorney tells you that your case will have a greater chance of success if you pay for his/her "platinum" package vs the "basic" package, do not hire that attorney. This behavior is unethical.
Summary: Do not hire an attorney who has solicited you. Make sure the attorney gives you time to make a decision. Ask for the attorney's background and credentials. Avoid hiring an attorney who suggests anything unethical.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: In a large skillet over medium heat, add 2 cups ground beef and 1/2 cup chopped onions. Season with thyme, cloves, chopped garlic (if desired) and salt. Cook over medium heat, stirring to crumble the meat and mix in the spices, until the meat is evenly browned. If you'd like a more flavourful pie, you can also use a dash of cinnamon and nutmeg as seasoning. Once your meat is cooked through, use a wooden spoon or spatula to push your meat to one side of the pan and tilt the pan away, letting the grease pool on the other side. Spoon it grease out, or carefully tilt your pan over a grease safe container to dispose of it. Place your cooled grease into a sealed non-recyclable container and discard it into your regular trash can. Do not dump grease into the kitchen sink or toilet bowl or even use hot water to wash it down the drain. This allows grease to get into the sewage system or harden in your pipes. Be careful whenever handling hot grease. Chop 1 potato into small pieces and add it to the skillet with 1 1/4 cup beef broth to start. Pour in 1 1/2 cup carrots and peas. The beef broth will keep your filling moist once the grease has been drained out. You can peel your potato if desired. If you want something different, try using a sweet potato instead. You can also add more or less beef broth as needed, but don't let your filling get too soupy. You may need to thicken your filling if it gets too runny. This can be done in a number of ways. Here are some things to consider: Mix two tsp. of flour with 1/4 cup cold water or 1 tbsp. cornstarch with 1/4 cup cold water before stirring it into your mixture Thicken with flour. For each cup of filling, use about 2 tbsp. of flour. Add the flour in increments of 1 tbsp. Add the flour slowly and stir in each addition. This will help prevent lumps from forming in your filling. Cook and stir for 1 additional minute until your sauce is thickened and bubbly. Thicken with cornstarch. For each cup of sauce, use 1 tbsp. of cornstarch. Add the cornstarch in increments of 1 tbsp. and stir until thickened and bubbly. Add 2 minutes to your cooking time for cornstarch.

SUMMARY:
Cook your meat. Discard the grease or fat. Add the vegetables and beef broth. Thicken your pie filling (optional).