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Nothing is forced.
Actualy it's not forcing. Here is another way for blacks.
How about Rxd8 in ALL the variations? Black has three connected passers until the White Knight goes for a mate.
Mate can be done in 4 if 2...Rg1
I've seen this puzzle on another site (puzzle 12):
You can use the engine to show refutations to other lines...
Hahahaha You guys are very funny and quite annoying as well ! 2... Rh1 also ruins the mate in 4 moves! But if you've not seen the solution above yet, I can tell you: 1. Nb4!
TempterMan! More than that if 2...Rh1 then 3.Qg7 will solve this problem in 5 moves. I discuss the solution where the 1st move is Qc3. And if you look with attention i don't contest your solution with 1st move Nb4. So please be carefull with your comments against people.
prativa_prah your solution isnt forcing mate in 4 moves:
Also here is another solution with a variation mate in 2 moves:
If 2...any other move than b6 then mate in 2 moves
Come on guy, you may have many solutions to mate in 5 moves, 6, 7 or whatever in this case, but the challenge of this puzzle is to mate in just 4 moves (most puzzles are like this, you may know that), and the only way to solve this problem - no matter what black replies - is 1. Nb4. For any others first moves you try - even goods - black has ways to delay the checkmate to a minimum of 5 moves. I hope you understand my point.
I didn't mean to be harsh on my last comment, but sorry anyway. I just don't want to discuss this anymore.
But you are right, 1. Qc3 can lead to a mate in 5 moves, no matter what black refutes! Ok?
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It was an air affair on the south side of Tallahassee!
Members from the WCTV news team and Blazin' 102.3 were invited out to bump it, set it, and smack down for a little friendly competition at the Walker-Ford Community Center.
Walker-Ford's supervisor says it's events like these that help bring the community together.
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Definition of dulcet in English:
(Especially of sound) sweet and soothing (often used ironically): record the dulcet tones of your family and friends
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sweet, sweet-sounding, mellifluous, euphonious, soothing, mellow, honeyed, pleasant, agreeable;
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rare mellifluent
Late Middle English doucet, from Old French doucet, diminutive of doux, from Latin dulcis 'sweet'. The Latin form influenced the modern spelling.
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Presentations to these travel clubs have been well documented. So, no need for me to go there. I'll assume nothing different about this 45 minutes segment. $9600 up front and annual fee of $149 to join. Naturally, the $9600 is required at the meeting on your credit card. With a little of this and that, the $9600 can become $3600. We'll let you put that lesser amount on your credit card if you like.
All I can say is wow. Can't wrap my head around the kind of person who would willingly do this. Imagine - there are people walking around among us, (I guess someone must buy or they wouldn't have a dozen people involved in the effort to put it on), who think this is a good deal. I'm still shocked a day later. How bad are these travel clubs? They make the second worst all-time "investment", time shares, look almost palatable in comparison. Of course, these are the worst.
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verb[no object]
1Change to a higher gear in a motor vehicle.
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Dorchester, Mass. -- Members of a New England wedding party said they didn't want to upset the happy couple by telling them their limousine had been carjacked.
Six bridesmaids and the limo driver were forced out of the vehicle Saturday by a hammer-wielding assailant outside a Dorchester, Mass., church while the bride and groom were inside, the Boston Globe reported Sunday.
"They all acted as if nothing happened," The Right Rev. Jack Ahern told the Globe. "They just didn't want to ruin the bride's wedding."
No one was hurt in the incident, Ahern said.
The car was found a short time later, but the suspect remained at large.
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Louisville, Ky. -- Shared Account rallied along the inside to upset Friday's $2 million Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf at odds of 46-1.
The heavy favorite, Midday, had every chance in the final yards but settled for second, a short neck behind the winner. Keertana was third and the Japanese invader, Red Desire, finished fourth. At mid-stretch, any of the top four could have stepped up for the win.
Shared Account, with Edgar Prado up for trainer H. Graham Motion, got through between horses turning for home, secured the inside position down the stretch and simply kept going. The 4-year-old Pleasantly Perfect filly covered the 1 3/8 miles in 2:17.74.
Doha, Qatar -- Samantha Stosur pulled off the first upset of the WTA Championships in Qatar with a straight-win Wednesday over world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki.
Stosur, seeded fifth, didn't lose her serve in a 6-4, 6-3 win against Wozniacki in a Maroon Group match. The decision left Stosur 2-0 with one round-robin match left while Wozniacki is 1-1.
Francesca Schiavone and Elena Dementieva, who had Wednesday off, are both 0-1 in the group.
Stosur took the lead with a ninth-game service break in the first set and added another in the second set for a 3-1 lead. She saved all six of the break points she faced, the last coming in the final game before Stosur took the final three points for the match.
LEXINGTON, Ky., Oct. 16 (UPI) -- Mike Hartline hit Randall Cobb for a 24-yard touchdown with 1:15 left Saturday, completing Kentucky's 31-28 upset of No. 12 South Carolina.
Anthony Mosley sealed the deal for the Wildcats with an end zone interception.
Hartline completed 32-of-42 passes for 349 yards and four touchdowns for Kentucky (4-3, 1-3 SEC), which had trailed 28-10 at halftime. It was the Wildcats' first win over the Gamecocks in 11 meetings dating to Oct. 9, 1999, when Kentucky posted a 30-10 victory in Columbia.
Cobb finished with eight receptions for 63 yards. He also rushed eight times for 27 yards. Chris Matthews caught 12 passes for 177 yards and a score while La'Rod King caught four passes for 38 yards and two touchdowns.
Honolulu -- Bryant Moniz threw three touchdown passes Saturday and Hawaii went on to upset No. 21 Nevada 27-21.
Moniz hooked up with Kealoha Pilares on scoring strikes of 6 and 16 yards in the first quarter, and then completed an 11-yard TD toss to Royce Pollard in the fourth quarter.
Scott Enos booted field goals from 24 and 31 yards to account for the rest of Hawaii's points.
Nevada's offense came alive in the second half with Colin Kaepernick rushing 1 yard for one touchdown and then throwing 18 yards Vai Taua for a second and 10 yards to Mike Ball for a third.
The Wolfpack's rally, however, fell short.
Madison, Wis. -- David Gilreath opened the game with a 97-yard kickoff return for a touchdown and No. 16 Wisconsin went on to upset top-ranked Ohio State 31-18 Saturday.
John Clay rushed for 104 yards and scored a pair of touchdowns and the Badgers turned back a fourth-quarter challenge to hang on and send the nation's No. 1 team down to a defeat.
Wisconsin (6-1, 2-1 Big Ten) blunted the Buckeyes' comeback attempt when James White scored on a 12-yard run. It was the first time Wisconsin has defeated a top-ranked team since 1981 when they beat Michigan.
Scott Tolzien went 13-of-16 passing for 152 yards and was intercepted once for Wisconsin.
Chicago -- The California apparel company Gotcha says it deeply regrets that one of its products has upset American consumers.
A spokesman for the firm issued an apology after Sears announced it was pulling all T-shirts with the word "Gotcha" emblazoned over a photograph of the World Trade Center, the Chicago Sun-Times reported Wednesday.
"We began removing this T-shirt from stores last week when the image was brought to our attention," a Sears spokeswoman said. "We apologize for the oversight."
Gotcha said it is working to pull the offensive T-shirts from all stores in the United States.
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New York -- Top-seeded Rafael Nadal cruised to a third-round win but fourth-seeded Andy Murray was bounced in an upset Sunday at the U.S. Open.
Nadal, seeking to collect his first U.S. Open championship, advanced to the Round of 16 where he will take on countryman Feliciano Lopez, who defeated Sergiy Stakhovsky 6-3, 4-0 after the Ukrainian retired with an infected toe.
Murray, meanwhile, was victimized by No. 25 seed Stanislas Wawrinka, who rallied after dropping the first set to take a 6-7 (3-7), 7-6 (7-4), 6-3, 6-3 victory over the Scotsman.
Toronto -- Rafael Nadal avoided an upset Friday by rallying from a set down to defeat Philipp Kohlschreiber and reach the semifinals of the Rogers Cup.
The top four seeds all made it to the semifinals of this ATP Masters event, a tournament that has the feel of a major championship with its star-studded field.
Nadal, who has lost just once in his last 35 matches, downed Kohlschreiber 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 to set up a semifinal meeting with fourth-seeded Andy Murray. Nadal has defeated Kohlschreiber in each of their seven meetings.
Nadal has an 8-3 lifetime record against Murray, who advanced with a 6-2, 6-2 decision over David Nalbandian.
Nalbandian had won his previous 11 matches, including a hard-court title in Washington last week.
WWashington -- Tomas Berdych, playing for the first time since his surprising Wimbledon run, avoided an upset bid Wednesday to advance at the Legg Mason Classic.
The top-seeded Berdych defeated Dmitry Tursunov 7-6 (7-2), 4-6, 6-1 to set up a third-round meeting with Andrey Golubev. The 16th-seeded Golubev ousted Kristof Vliegen 6-2, 7-6 (9-7).
Berdych defeated Roger Federer in the quarterfinals at Wimbledon and downed Novak Djokovic in the semifinals before falling in straight sets to Rafael Nadal in the championship match.
He received a bye past the first round of this tournament.
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Residency Program Information
Our team of residency preceptors are highly skilled clinicians with diverse backgrounds and interests. Below you will find a brief biography for each preceptor, most of whom are involved in several of the residency programs. These talented individuals make up an exceptional team that is one of the greatest strengths of the Boston Medical Center residency programs.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Faculty
Lindsay Arnold, PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Specialist, Cardiology
Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, Northeastern University (2002)
Residency: PGY1 University of Nebraska Medical Center (2003), PGY2 Adult Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University (2004)
Memberships: ACCP, HFSA, ASHP
Practice/Research Interests: Acute decompensated heart failure, glycemic control in hospitalized patients
Rotations Offered: Coronary Care ICU, Inpatient Diabetes Consult
Dr. Arnold is actively involved in ACCP, previously serving as the Chair of the Adult Medicine PRN, and she continues to be actively involved in various committees throughout the organization. She is also serves as secretary of the BMC Endocrine Subcommittee and the co-chair Anti-thrombotic Task Force. She has presented research in the areas of glycemic control and thromboprophylaxis.
Megan Bergstrom, PharmD, BCACP
Clinical Specialist, Primary Care
Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, Drake University (2008)
Residency: PGY1 St. Mary's Health Center (2009), PGY2 Primary Care, Boston Medical Center (2010)
Professional Membership: ACCP, ASHP, MSHP, NEIAP
Practice/Research Interests: Medication adherence; management of diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and asthma
Rotations Offered: Primary Care
Dr. Bergstrom provides clinical pharmacy services to patients in primary care focusing on medication teaching, adherence, and optimization. She works with patients to better understand and treat their diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and asthma.
Prachi D. Bhatt, PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Specialist, Critical Care
Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA (2010)
Residency: PGY1, Temple University Health System (2011); PGY2, Critical Care, Boston Medical Center (2015)
Professional Membership: Society of Critical Care Medicine, ACCP, MSHP
Practice/Research Interests: ICU sedation, delirium, antibiotic stewardship, pharmacokinetics and pharmacokinetics in critically ill patients
Rotations Offered: Medical ICU
Dr. Bhatt provides clinical pharmacy services for critically ill patients in the medical intensive care unit. She precepts students from Northeastern University, PGY1 residents, and PGY2 critical care and emergency medicine residents. Her research interests focus on improving the quality of care and medication use in critically ill patients.
Diana Clarke, PharmD
Pediatric HIV Pharmacotherapy Specialist; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine
Education: BS Pharmacy, University of Rhose Island (1977), Doctor of Pharmacy, State University New York at Buffalo (1980)
Fellowship: Fellowship in Pharmacokinetics, SUNY Buffalo
Professional Membership: IDSA; DHHS – Working Group on Antiretroviral Therapy and Medical Management of HIV-Infected Children, Health Resources and Services Administration, NIH; WHO – Pediatric Antiretroviral Working Group; Vice Chair, Pharmacy Resource Committee, International Maternal Pediatric-Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials Network (IMPAACT)
Practice/Research Interest: Pediatric HIV Pharmacotherapy and Prevention of HIV (PMTCT and PEP)
Rotations Offered: Pediatric HIV Clinic/Pediatric ID Consult service
Dr. Clarke has been involved in the field of pediatric HIV pharmacotherapy and perinatal transmission since the start of the NIH HIV Treatment Networks. She provides counseling for patients in the pediatric HIV and ID specialty clinics and coordinates investigational studies involving antiretroviral medications. Dr. Clarke serves on both domestic and international pediatric HIV guideline committees and is a member of the leadership group for IMPAACT.
Justine E. Dickson, PharmD, BCACP
Clinical Specialist, Ambulatory Care
Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy, 2011
Residency: PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice, Yale New-Haven St. Raphael's Campus, New Haven, CT (2012), PGY-2 Ambulatory Care, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH (2013)
Professional Memberships: ASHP, ACCP, LKS
Practice/Research Interest: Primary care, chronic disease state management, transitions of care, renal transplant, anemia management in CKD, medication adherence
Rotations Offered: Ambulatory Care - Primary Care, Renal Clinic, Renal Transplant
Dr. Dickson provides clinical pharmacy services to patients in our Primary Care clinics with a focus in chronic disease state management, patient education, and optimization of medication therapy. Outside of the primary care realm, she also sees patients before and after renal transplant for evaluation, medication management, and patient education, and also manages anemia treatment in patients with chronic kidney disease. Dr. Dickson looks forward to precepting both students and residents who have an interest in ambulatory care.
Kieran Fennell, RPh
Clinical Specialist, Anticoagulation
Education: BS Pharmacy, Northeastern University (1998)
Practice/Research Interest: Medication adherance, transitions of care, monitoring of TSOAC
Rotations Offered: Ambulatory Care - Anticoagulation Clinic
Mr. Fennell provides outpatient anticoagulation therapy management in the Anticoagulation Clinic at Boston Medical Center. He educates patients initiating warfarin and the target specific oral anticoagulants (TSOAC), monitors and adjusts as warranted. Kieran looks forward to precepting both students and residents who have an interest in anticoagulation therapy management.
Barry Graime, RPh, MS
Information Systems Pharmacist
Education: BS Pharmacy, Northeastern University (1997), Masters in Healthcare Informatics, Northeastern University (2010)
Practice/Research Interest: Streamlining information technology systems to improve pharmacy workflow
Rotations Offered: Pharmacy Informatics
Mr. Graime is an integral member of the pharmacy department keeping all systems running smoothly. He has recently begun to offer a rotation in pharmacy informatics. Development of skill in this area is increasingly necessary to function efficiently with the rapidly advancing technology in healthcare.
Kevin Horbowicz, PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Manager – Critical Care & Emergency Medicine
Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, University at Buffalo, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (2005)
Residencies: PGY1, UMass Medical Center (2006), PGY2 Critical Care, Boston Medical Center (2007)
Professional Memberships: Society of Critical Care Medicine, ACCP, MSHP
Practice/Research Interest: Quality improvement, medication safety, pulmonary hypertension
Rotations Offered: Practice Management
Dr. Horbowicz precepts PGY1 and PGY2 residents along with students from Northeastern University. He has a passion for quality improvement and medication safety. He has been involved in a number of quality improvement projects to reduce the time to antibiotics in severe sepsis, to perform daily interruptions of sedation in mechanically ventilated patients, to standardize and improve the care of ICU patients with severe alcohol withdrawal, to identify surgical patients at risk for alcohol withdrawal, and to reduce the number of antibiotic days with a procalcitonin-guided algorithm.
Kelly Killius, PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Specialist, Emergency Medicine;
Director, PGY2 Emergency Medicine Residency Program
Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, University at Buffalo, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (2005)
Residency: PGY1, SUNY Upstate Medical University (2006), PGY2 Critical Care, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, FL (2007)
Professional Membership: ASHP, ACCP, SCCM, AACT
Practice/Research Interest: Emergency Medicine, Critical Care, Toxicology, Intranasal fentanyl in pediatric procedural pain
Rotations Offered: Emergency Medicine
Dr. Killius precepts pharmacy students from Northeastern University and the University at Buffalo, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. She has a background in critical care and solid organ transplantation. She actively participates in committees and work groups to improve the efficiency and safety of ordering of medications in the BMC Emergency Department.
Brian Kopcza, PharmD, BCACP
Clinical Specialist, Ambulatory Care - Family Medicine Clinic
Director, PGY2 Ambulatory Care Residency
Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, Duquesne University (2011)
Residency: PGY1 Pharmacy Practice, Hospital of Saint Raphael (2012); PGY2 Ambulatory Care, University of Washington Medicine (2013)
Professional Memberships: ACCP, ASHP, MSHP, NEIAP
Practice/Research Interest: Family medicine, diabetes care, dyslipidemia, medical home model, transitions of care, cultural competency, patient counseling
Rotations Offered: Ambulatory Care – Family Medicine
Dr. Kopcza provides clinical pharmacy services within the Family Medicine Clinic at Boston Medical Center. He works as part of a multidisciplinary patient care team to improve patient transitions of care, chronic disease state management and comprehensive medication education. He looks forward to serving as a preceptor for residents and students.
Jason Mordino, PharmD
Clinical Specialist, Critical Care - TSICU
Director, PGY1 Residency Program
Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, Massachusetts College of Pharmac
Residency: PGY1, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (2012); PGY2, Critical Care, Boston Medical Center (2013)
Professional Memberships: Society of Critical Care Medicine, ACCP
Practice/Research Interest: Post traumatic injury, acute care surgery, parenteral nutrition, quality improvement and resource utilization.
Rotations Offered: Trauma/Surgical Critical Care (Menino SICU) for both PGY-1 and PGY-2 residents and a Nutrition rotation for PGY-2 residents.
Dr. Mordino provides clinical pharmacy services for critically ill patients after traumatic injury in addition to post-surgical care for neurosurgical, orthopedic and acute care surgery patients. He also works with the nutrition committee and dietary team to provide optimal parenteral nutrition in a safe and effective manner for all BMC patients.
Michael Rio, PharmD
Clinical Specialist – Generalist
Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, Northeastern University (2009)
Residency: Pharmacy Practice, Swedish Medical Center (2010)
Professional Memberships: ACCP
Practice/Research Interest: ICU sedation, delirium, infectious diseases, learning theory
Rotations Offered: To be determined
Dr. Rio embraces the diverse experiences provided by working in a variety of clinical specialties. He finds great value in caring for underserved patient populations and providing them with tools to better understand and control their health outcomes. He looks forward to spending time with residents and students on rotation.
Radhika Sane, PharmD, BCOP
Clinical Specialist, Hematology/Oncology;
Director, PGY2 Oncology Residency Program
Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Connecticut (2004)
Residency: PGY1, Fletcher Allen Medical Center, Burlington, VT (2005), PGY2 Hematology/Oncology, Boston Medical Center (2006)
Professional Membership: Hematology Oncology Pharmacy Association (HOPA)
Practice/Research Interest: Supportive care of cancer patients, infectious disease, oral chemotherapy
Rotations Offered: Outpatient Hematology/Oncology - Chemotherapy Clinic
Dr. Sane precepts PGY1 and PGY2 residents in outpatient oncology. She also precepts students from Northeastern University. She serves on various committees in the Hematology/Oncology department including the Data Safety Monitorin Board and the Hematology/Oncology CQI committee.
Bhavesh Shah, RPh, BCOP
Administrative Director of Specialty and Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy
Education: BS Biochemistry, Loyola University (1998), BS Pharmacy, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (2001)
Professional Memberships: HOPA, MASCC
Practice/Research Interest: Anemia, anorexia/cachexia, peripheral neuropathy, iron deficiency, IBD
Rotations Offered: Chemotherapy Clinic, Inpatient Hematology/Oncology, Specialty Pharmacy, Hepatitis C, Autologous Stem Cell Transplant
Mr. Shah precepts PGY1 and PGY2 residents, primarily in the Solomont Center for Hematology and Medical Oncology Clinic. In 2013, he received a BMC's Be Exceptional Aware award in recognition of outstanding performance and commitment to providing exceptional care, without exception. He serves on various committees in the Hematology Oncology department including the Data Safety Monitoring Board, Scientific Review committee, Hematology/Oncology CQI committee, ASCT, and IRB. He is also the principal investigator of an on-going prospective active drug trial evaluating the safety and tolerability of megestrol acetate in combination with oxandrin in cancer-related anorexia/cachexia.
Alison Stebbings, PharmD, BCOP
Clinical Specialist, Hematology/Oncology
Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, Northeastern Univeristy (2010)
Residency: PGY1, Tufts Medical Center (2011); PGY2 Hematology/Oncology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (2012)
Professional Membership: Hematology Oncology Pharmacy Association (HOPA)
Practice/Research Interest: Supportive care of cancer patients, MASCC criteria in febrile neutropenia, post discharge transitions of care
Rotations Offered: Inpatient Hematology/Oncology
Dr. Stebbings provides clinical pharmacy services to patients admitted to the hospital with cancer related complications. She enjoys working with residents and students interested in learning more about hematology/oncology and the needs of this diverse patient population.
David Twitchell, BS, PharmD, MBA
Chief Pharmacy Officer
Education: Bachelor of Science, Pharmacy, University of Connecticut (2001), Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Connecticut (2003), Master of Business Administration/Healthcare Management, University of Phoenix (2007)
Professional Membership: ACHE
William Vincent, PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Specialist, Critical Care – SICU
Director, PGY2 Critical Care Residency Program
Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (2006)
Residencies: PGY1, University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center (2007); PGY2, Critical Care, University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center (2008)
Professional memberships: Society of Critical Care Medicine, ASHP, ACCP
Practice/Research Interests: Educational approaches for evidence-based medicine for pharmacy students and residents, Perioperative medication management, Immunonutrition, Kidney transplantation
Rotations offered: Surgical Critical Care (East Newton SICU) for both PGY1 and PGY-2 residents
Dr. Vincent provides clinical pharmacy services for critically ill patients after cardiothoracic, otolaryngology, vascular, and neurological surgical procedures. His research focuses on identifying outcomes that improve medication use in these critically ill patients.
Joy Vreeland, PharmD, BCPS
Director of Pharmacy, Inpatient
Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, Northeastern University (1998)
Residency: Pharmacy Practice, Shands at the University of Florida, Gainesville (1999)
Professional Membership: ASHP, ACCP, PPAG
Practice/Research Interest: General pediatrics, neonatology, neonatal abstinence syndrome, pediatric medication safety & quality
Rotations Offered: Practice Management
Dr. Vreeland served as PGY1 program director and pediatric clinical specialist until recently accepting her new position in Pharmacy Operations. She enjoys pediatric pharmacy for the challenge and rewards of helping the medical center's most vulnerable patients improve their health through the safe and effective use of medications. She enjoys precepting residents in the administrative aspects of pharmacy practice.
Kevin Yeh, PharmD
Clinical Specialist, Internal Medicine and Transitions of Care
Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy (2012)
Residencies: PGY1, VA Boston Healthcare System (2013)
Professional Memberships: MSHP, ACCP, ASHP
Practice/Research Interest: Internal Medicine, Transitions of Care, Decreasing ED visits and readmissions
Rotations Offered: Internal Medicine
Dr. Yeh precepts PGY1 residents in their core internal medicine rotation along with students from Northeastern University. He provides clinical pharmacy services to patients admitted to the internal medicine service and is actively involved in hospital-wide initiatives to improve transitions of care.
Affiliated Faculty
Mark Douglass, PharmD
Associate Clinical Professor, Northeastern University- School of Pharmacy
Education: BA Chemistry, Adrian College (1993), Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Michigan (1997)
Residency: Pharmacy Practice, University of Illinois at Chicago (1998)
Professional Membership: ACCP, AACP
Practice/Research Interest: Pain management education, men's health, BPH, ED and PE
Rotations Offered: Internal Medicine
Dr. Douglass precepts numerous Northeastern University students at BMC each year. His rotation in Internal Medicine gives residents the opportunity to become more involved in precepting. He has conducted research on pain management education for medical interns, residents, and attendings. He has been recognized by Northeastern University with the Vice President's Award for Outstanding Advisor Involvement for his work with the Phi Delta Chi fraternity.
Danielle Miller, PharmD
Assistant Clinical Professor, Northeastern University – School of Pharmacy
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Ambulatory Care
Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, Northeastern University (2012)
Residency: PGY-1 Primary Care, Bay Pines VA Healthcare System (2013)
Professional Memberships: AACP, APhA, NEIAP
Practice/Research Interest: Ambulatory care - chronic disease state management, medication adherence, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)
Rotations Offered: Primary Care - Adult and Geriatrics
Dr. Miller provides clinical pharmacy services to primary care patients, both in the geriatric and adult primary care clinics. Dr. Miller serves as a primary preceptor for Northeastern University students on clinical rotation at Boston Medical Center.


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Rare-Unseen pictures: Saif, Kareena's cute childhood photos
We know how much you all love to read about the not-so-known side of your favourite stars. Say it's about their family or personal life, people take extreme interest to know every minor things related to the Bollywood stars. We are here to present before the childhood days of the industry's most loved and hottest couple - Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor.
Before getting married last year, Saif and Kareena were in five-year-long courtship. Saif Ali Khan was born to late cricketer Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi and actress Sharmila Tagore, while Kareena was born to actors Randhir and Babita Kapoor.
Reportedly, the duo fell in love with each other on the sets of their film Tashan. Go through the slider to check out more pictures of Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor's cute childhood days pictures. No wonder, the duo were too cute....


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Artist Saint Hoax has created a series of images of influential figures dressed in drag. He's also given each one a catchy drag name.
These photographs were staged by Adam Summers, a University of Washington researcher who used old-school preservation techniques to die the cartilage and bones of his specimens to give them a new life after death. Check them out below!
Hat tip to Wired.
Japanese Artist Jun Kitagawa has been installing zippers like these all over for the past several years, splitting up ordinary rooms and getting a look into their inner workings. Check out more here!
[Hat tip to Laughing Squid.]
Maximo Caminero, a Miami-based artist, was named in a police affidavit as the defendant. He told an officer that his act was a protest against the gallery's decision to only display international art.
Japanese illustrator Hama-House does quick sketches of daily life in Tokyo and photographs them side by side. Each sketch manages to have a personality of its own. Check them out here!


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How do you mark the mid-point of the work week?
Oklahoma City station KFOR celebrated being half-way to the weekend by inviting a special guest to their studio.
This is sassy the camel.
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This bracelet is gorgeous. (The only down-side is that is nearly impossible for me to fasten it by myself!) The closure is a lobster clasp that closes onto a ring or extension chain; so it is adjustable----but the chain looks a little cheap in comparison to the actual bracelet. Still,it is very cute and it seems well made too.
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Ideally located on the banks of the Elbe, Hotel am Terrassenufer offers splendid views of the river and easy access to Dresden's many historical sights. For a variety of culinary favors, the hotel provides Pavillon. There are four meeting rooms on site for small gatherings. The hotel also offers laundry, dry cleaning, and ironing services. Dresden Airport is approximately seven miles from the hotel. Each of the 196 guestrooms has a minibar, satellite television, video on demand, business desk, and two-line telephone. Our 189 rooms (25 m²) and 5 business suites (50 m²) viewing the river Elbe and the historical city centre of Saxon Switzerland, correspond to international standard.
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The first class hotel "Am Terrassenufer" is situated near the historic part of the town in the inner city of Dresden.
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Ideally located on the banks of the Elbe, Hotel am Terrassenufer offers splendid views of the river and easy access to Dresden's many historical sights.
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Hello, I am Becky Carlberg, gardening enthusiast from Southeast Oklahoma. I have degrees in Biology from Eastern Oklahoma State College and Oklahoma State University. Teaching, research work, and competing in art shows then followed. I earned my Master�s Degree in Plant Pathology from OSU and continued graduate work on a Doctorate of Botany at the University of Oklahoma.
With my family, we twice had an opportunity to live in Europe. We were in England for five years and then later in Germany for seven years. It was an excellent education for our sons. I returned to gardening, writing and art, became a Master Gardener, as well as an Oklahoma certified Master Naturalist. I am the gardener in charge of the Shawnee Japanese Peace Garden, a member of the Deep Fork Audubon Society, and now call my five acre Backyard Wildlife Habitat and Oklahoma Wildscape outside Shawnee home.
My name is Linda Workman Smith. The first step of my gardening journey began in the hills northwest of Van Buren, Arkansas, where my parents�both from farming families�raised seven children.
This is not to say that I�ve always had a love for gardening although over the years I�ve managed to keep my hands in the dirt. In 2000, my husband�s employment brought us to Shawnee where we settled on two acres west of town. Being unemployed for the first time in many years�and planning to stay that way�I started gardening on a small scale.
I have been a member of the Multi-County Master Gardener Association for several years and thoroughly enjoy being in the organization. I now have many flower beds and I�ve expanded my gardens to include lots of vegetable varieties, several fruit trees, strawberries, blackberries, raspberries and grapes. Every year I try to plant something different. I don�t grow a lot of any one thing, but a little bit of lots of things!
October 12th 2013 Blog
Becky Emerson Carlberg
The weather is fixing to change once again. Another run at autumn is coming, accompanied by cooler temperatures and moisture. As I stepped out the door this morning, I could smell rain. The humidity was quite high, and condensation was dripping off our metal roof. Then the wind switched around and a cool northeast breeze began flowing in with fast moving clouds heading south. The first frontal boundary had moved through, but there are others lined up waiting to come into Oklahoma the next several days.
Thursday, October 10th (my brother's birthday) was the Native Plant Materials Conference at OSU. I got in my dew-covered van and trucked up to Stillwater, maneuvering past the construction of bridges and new road outside and around Perkins. In case you were wondering, the donut shop was open.
I drove into the parking lot behind the Wes Watkins Center, and lo and behold, David Hillock, Master Gardener Coordinator, was handing out parking permits. I graciously accepted one, parked the van, went inside and located handouts, name tag and auditorium where the speakers and attendees were.
"Indigenous Ornamentals" presented by Dr. Mike Schnelle, specialist in ornamentals and floriculture, opened the Conference. I would like to write something about his talk, but, as usual, came in late and missed most of it. Blame the refreshment table loaded with fresh fruit, pastries, hot coffee and folks hanging around who were engaged in interesting conversations. Who actually connects words at 8:30 in the morning? Mike did have a handout with thoughts and points about natives. Arborists, landscape architects, master gardeners, horticulturists and many others were in attendance this early morning hour. By 9:00 am, I had found a good spot in the auditorium and was ready for Marilyn Stewart's talk on "Oklahoma Natives, the Weird and Wonderful". Marilyn is president and founder of Wild Things Nursery in Seminole OK and has a wealth of knowledge about native plants.
There are 2,700 plant species native to Oklahoma, as well as 25,000 insect species, 1,000 spider species, 365 bird species and the list goes on. Marilyn had an Adder's Tongue fern come up in her yard. This fern has 1,262 chromosomes, the most of any living organism on earth! One palm is native to Oklahoma and is known as the Dwarf Palmetto (Sabal minor). You can see it in the OKC zoo and in private landscapes. This palm may only get 2 to 4 feet tall, with leaf fronds 2 to 3 feet across.
Dodder, the parasitic thin yellow twisting vines seen wrapping around Indian Paintbrush and grasses, produces seeds that can lay dormant on the soil 5 to 10 years. But, butterflies love dodder so it isn't so bad. There is a penstemon (Penstemon oklahomensis), only native to Oklahoma, with a closed throat, but open slits in the back of the flower.
The bush morning glory (Ipomoea leptophylla), also called Man Root, is very drought tolerant due to its huge root system. It puts out a tap root that swells to over 2 feet in diameter, and over 5 feet long, with more lateral roots extending out beyond 20 feet. Portions of the root were hollowed out and hot coals placed inside when Native Americans were moving from one camp to another. The morning glory root was known as the "Fire Keeper".
Marilyn brought persimmon seeds which were sliced directly through the middle. In weather folklore, persimmon seeds were used to forecast the winter. Inside, the little embryo can resemble a knife (ice), fork (mild) or spoon (snow). Her seed embryos had the knife shape, which indicates an icy winter. We'll see.
A good book Marilyn recommended was "Bringing Nature Home" Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants written by Douglas W. Tallamy. It is available on Kindle as well as hardback, softback, new and used.
Mark Andrews, Supervisor of New Product Development of Greenleaf Nursery, Park Hill, OK, followed Marilyn with "New Selections of Commercially Available Native Plants". He started with a story about their line of Silverwood sycamores that originated from one sycamore that had been spotted growing in Utica Square in Tulsa. They were given permission to bring in a bucket truck to get cuttings for asexual propagation. In the process, all traffic was stopped for a period of time.
A staff member had seen columnar red cedar happily growing near the Missouri state line. Several small trees were dug and taken back to the nursery, and were expected to grow tall and thin as they did in their native soils close to Missouri. Under nursery conditions, the little cedars did grow taller, but increased their girth as well, mimicking their cousins further south. It is still under investigation as to what environmental effects may be taking place to cause the columnar growth they were unable to replicate at the nursery. Another linear red cedar forest was located near Taylor, Nebraska in 1978, but has been marketed by Monrovia. Juniperus virginiana 'Taylor' has consistently demonstrated the narrow girth, medium height, drought and deer resistant traits. In the developmental world of new plants, select perennials and grasses may become commercially available after 2 to 3 years of growth trials, shrubs may take 4 to 6 years, and trees often must grow 8 to 10 years to determine that the desired traits are coming through.
Jenn Olson, OSU Plant Disease Diagnostician, gave a brief discussion of (Hypoxylon) BiscogniauxiaCanker and Dieback of Trees seen all over Oklahoma. Not only are oaks affected but maples, hickories, pecans, Goldenraintrees (Koelreuteria paniculata) and sycamores have also succumbed. She described how samples could be collected and sent to her, as she is conducting a survey to access the extent of the (formerly known as Hypoxylon) canker in the landscape. The fungi willenter stressed trees through wounds. Leaves wilt and turn yellow to brown as the ends of branches dieback. The fungi descends down the channels to the trunk and girdles the tree, killing the entire crown. A white to brown cushion (stroma) of asexual spores forms under the bark, eventually pushing the bark off the trees and liberating the spores. A new batch of sexual spores then forms turning the fungal cushion black. They in turn also become air-borne, rain-splashed or dispersed by animals. Be careful around the bark of trees.
Herman Dittrich of Johnston Seed in Enid showcased "Use of Natives in Floral Arrangements" and brought beautiful native plant arrangements of grasses, milkweeds and seeds. Herman has been in the business over 60 years. He briefly talked about native vegetation and their protection by using garlic barriers, etc. around crops.
"The Ultimate Makeover—Prairie Edition" by Scott Vogt, Executive Director of the Dyck Arboretum of the Plains, Hesston, KS, presented home landscape transformations using sustainable, maintainable and beautiful native plants. Did you know silver foliage often indicates drought tolerance, or bluestem roots may penetrate down 10 feet in the soil? He gave instructions for planning a native garden, plant selection recommendations and planting tips. Examples: lay out the entire bed before planting, don't plant too deep, mulch lightly with 1-2 inches (prairie plants do not like pampering), use little or no fertilizers, water daily until established….then lay off to prevent root rot. He likes to say at plant sales: "It is not called growing, it's called gardening". Achillea, Coreopsis, Liatris, milkweed, blue sage, grasses, viburnums and cypresses were some of the plants highlighted. Check out: www.dyckarboretum.org.
A short session with Dr. Dennis Martin from OSU was all about "The Benefits and Challenges of Using Buffalograss" (Bouteloua dactyloides). This is the only major turf species native in North America. The native range is from Texas up to the Dakotas. He has found a very impressive buffalograss stand in the Pawnee Cemetery. The key is to make sure all other grasses are killed off before establishing buffalo grass. Maintain sanitation and practice the "Advancing Front" technique by spraying and killing other grasses that try to creep in.
Lunchtime break. Very tasty chicken or steak fajitas with cookies for dessert. We all gathered in the expansive dining hall and enjoyed the food and camaraderie.
Dave Edwards, landscape architect, talked about "Underutilized Woody Plants for Oklahoma" right after lunch. It was a tough act to follow, but he was good and most of us managed to stay awake. Retired after 18 years at OSU-OKC, Dave began with the Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera), a good tough tree, and proceeded to show and discuss several other species. One nearly perfect specimen was the Rusty Blackhaw Viburnam (Viburnum rufidulum). This is a tall shrub that can take any moisture level, sun or shade, has flower clusters the size of your palm, attractive blue berries in fall, glossy dark green leaves, but has a problem with availability. It takes a double dormancy, so seeds may take over 4 years to germinate! The Eastern Red cedar (Juniperus virginiana) is a good performer in urban settings. Older trees have muscling and folding of the trunk and attractive branch structures. He mentioned the Dwarf Palm, but noted we are on the northern edge of its winter range, so watch exposure. This palm has persistent winter fruits and no known pests. Oakleaf Hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia) is another plant where pests are not a problem, is drought tolerant, tough and grows head high or shorter.
Midafternoon was Steve Bieberich's turn. Steve is the co-owner of Sunshine Nursery in Clinton, OK. His topic was "Native Plants of the United States". His focus was on provenance. Get to know this word in the native plant world. Provenance has to do with the origins of the plants themselves. Where their genetic background became established is considered their native area. The further plants stray from home, the less robust they perform. Steve said the same plant species can be moved from west to east in Oklahoma, but the same species may not tolerate the move from their native area in the east to the more hostile west. The same can be said about the same plant species growing both in the north and south. It all depends on adaptability.
The Caddo Maple (Acer saccharum 'Caddo') was mentioned by several growers as a good maple to grow in Oklahoma. Sugar maples do not exactly thrive in most areas of Oklahoma. They die. They are out of their native area of northeast USA and Canada. They prefer well-drained soils with more consistent moisture. The Caddo maple, probably a subspecies of the sugar maple, is native to Caddo and Canadian counties in OK, is very drought and heat tolerant, and has dark green leathery leaves that turn brilliant red in the autumn. It hates having wet feet. The Big Tooth Maple (Acer grandidentatum) is the Rocky Mountain counterpart to the Caddo, and likes growing in limestone and rocky landscapes in higher elevations.
The Desert Willow (Chilopsis linearis) is another drought tolerant tree, but produces gorgeous flowers. It is known to send out the wandering branch here and thee. Bieberich's response is "if you don't like the shape, just cut it off". People do not realize this was one of the shelterbelt trees planted by the WPA in the 1930's in response to the devastating droughts that created the dustbowl. The Texas Madrone (Arbutus xalapensis) is another small flowering tree that was propagated using the Carl Whitcomb (OSU professor from 1972-1985) graduated milk-carton system now known as "Rootmaker". The little saplings grow well until moved into different pots or landscapes. They then croak. The growers have yet to be able to propagate the TX Madrone past the "rootmaker" growth pot stage. Research is being done to determine the best transplant time in coordination with non-actively growing root systems.
The Sunshine Nursery's all-star perennial shrub is the Autumn Sage (Salvia greggii). At his house, Bieberich cuts his plant back by half each year to stimulate growth the next season. This man always carries his Felco trimmers in his back pocket. "You never know when you need to get a cutting. I take my trimmers with me to church".
The last presentation was given by Jay Pruett, Director of Conservation of the Nature Conservancy in Tulsa with the surprising title "The Nature Conservancy and Native Plant Conservation". The Nature Conservancy has 13 preserves, 26 staff members and the central office is in Tulsa. In the past, the focus has been to acquire large landscapes for preservation and protection, but this required much maintenance and money. There is now a gradual shift to working with landowners and their own land, and employing conservation easements. The property owner agrees to sell or donate property rights to preserve migration routes, water quality, etc. On the Blue River in southern Ok, water quality is an issue being dealt with.
There you have it. It's as if you were almost there, minus hearing about and seeing dozens of other native plants that can be grown in your gardens. Herman Dittrich's arrangements were very imaginative, and demonstrated how people can enjoy their native plants indoors after the growing season has ended.
The Native Plant Materials Conference was a venue for sources and information for native plants. Not only are the natives part of the urban and rural landscape, they are available as cultivated varieties ready to plant at your home.
Go outside and look at your native vegetation, even if it means getting in your car and driving to the city limits. Look at the grasses, the flowers and trees. Appreciate the fact they were not watered or pampered throughout the entire growing season, yet here they are. Provenance. Plants thriving in their native area.
Additional sources:
Oklahoma Proven: www.oklahomaproven.org
Oklahoma Biological Survey: www.biosurvey.ou.edu
Biscogniauxia (Hypoxylon) Canker: http://pods.dasnr.okstate.edu/docushare/dsweb/View/Collection-260
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180: Jesus Quote Bubble
Perhaps the best way to answer the inaccurate and probably blasphemous words being put into the mouth of Jesus by some pastors and politicians is to quote Jesus of Nazareth at length. My favorite way of doing that is sharing The Sermon On The Mount. For better or worse, I've chosen to do that in a way that might have gotten me burned at the stake a few hundred years ago.
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Two years ago, I made a head decision -- an intellectual choice -- to attend a Pride48 event as soon as schedules could be coordinated. The time lag says a lot about my vacation schedule and nothing about my resolve. This year, I can say as a heart decision -- a more spiritual confidence -- that it was one of the better plans I've made. Anyone who has followed previous vacation episodes knows that my wife and I make excellent travel plans, too. So, while I normally don't do recap shows, it just makes sense to talk about "what I did on my summer vacation" as a follow-up to the original Proud To Know You episode on Inappropriate Conversations (#128).
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The Walk The Earth podcast hit a milestone of sorts in recent weeks with an episode recorded before a live audience. Seems like a good time for Inappropriate Conversations to look back at the still-building history of Walk The Earth, including the mission of the show and the questions I have attempted to answer.
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Strident Christian views about homosexuality have compromised any defense of infallibility, causing some to question the existence of God. Certainly there is justification for denying the validity of their anti-LGBTQ worldview. After all, in less than a decade "religious right" speakers presuming to represent Christianity have moved from there is no such thing as sexual orientation to homosexuality is just a choice to maybe it isn't a choice but there can't be anything inherent to it to if it is inherent in some way it still cannot possibly by "natural" to either way it's just a behavior that represents a rebellion against God to those people can attend church but they can never be members of our congregation to perhaps they can join us in Christian fellowship but only if they take a vow of involuntary celibacy to perhaps it is inevitable that some of them will live together but we don't want to know what that intimacy entails to God can forgive all sins but not the sin of those people wanting to get married. Frankly, it is dizzying how many times a perfect and never-changing God has put a completely different idea, or strategy, into the mouths of those who purport to speak on behalf of deity. This Inappropriate Conversation is going to give the soapbox to a totally different group, gay Christians. "Why worship a God of love if doing so means denying the possibility of experiencing love?" (N.T., Australia). What do we do if some Christians don't want LGBTQ people worshiping God in the first place? Where do we find either the Great Commission or the Great Commandments in that Christian worldview? Perhaps, the Spirit of the living God is pointing us in a different direction. We should listen.
Different Drummer: John Shore
157: Letting Justice Roll
As a writer, I always knew that "dumping the notebook" would create a longer and less focused news story. The time and discipline it takes to match ideas and paraphrase would trade density for brevity, rather than the opposite. This look at how police work is conducted today and the impact that has on local, particularly minority, communities does the opposite. It's more sprawling and anything but brief. On an issue where jumping to quick conclusions is far too common, I felt the need to take more time. The short summary is simple, though: we can do better than we are today.
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154: Holiday Jukebox
Even from an Advent Calendar perspective, I prefer music to chocolate. This includes Christmas music, both reverent and irreverent, along with songs that would be more accurately described as "winter holiday" than Christmas music.
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146: The Idea Of Christ
A century ago in sermons and speeches that would become My Utmost For His Highest, the current sad state of Christianity was described aptly with the question, "Are you loyal to Jesus or to your notion of him?" by Oswald Chambers. We see the problem when Christians openly dispute the things Jesus said, or when popular versions of Bible stories don't match the "inspired word of God" and those obsessed with Biblical perfection fail to side with the inerrant text. Chambers might say that we are guilty of siding with what we believe without much regard for God's will. If this is true of individuals, it is certainly true of organizations and groups -- no matter how we may defer to their "religious beliefs."
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[MOC] Coruscant cargo repulsor barge
Posted 04 April 2012 - 03:28 PM
I really like to build unusual vehicles from SW univers, so I was watching CW mini series from 2001 and spoted in "Chapter 24" unidentified Coruiscant freighter that had role in the show (Jedi were fighting Grievous during his abduction of Palpatin on top of this freighter). Year ago there was Wookipedia page about this ship, but they removed it for some reason and now its just called in the chapter synopsis "cargo repulsor barge"...shame since its quiet a cool ship and deserves some info.
I was building it in proportion to minifigs, so it should be quiet close to scale. It is imposible to figure exact scale since there is no info on size and cartoon also has wierd camera views and in one scene ship is smaller in the next scene just second later looks bigger compaired to characters - quiet bizzar animation.
I used cca. 3000 bricks for ship + landing pad.
Also I used glow in the dark bricks for engine exaust and integrated lego batery box with light so that the windows glow blue as seen in the cartoon, but coudn`t take proper picture of it.
More photos here:
hope you like ti! plz leave a comment!
p.s. I acctualy build last week first version of this ship that was cca 1,2m long, but figured that it was wayyy too big and scaled it down to present version.
Posted 04 April 2012 - 03:43 PM
I do wonder though, after seeing your source pics (on moc pages) that perhaps it should be more of an equal length each side of the triangle shaped ship, perhaps using the 45 degree inverted 2x2 slopes instead of the 1x2x2 slopes? So, slightly wider, and 'shorter' in height, or... just as wide, but not as 'tall'?
I do understand the difficulty in which you have currently accomplished with the lack of info available though, and do applaud you on what you have so far reached =D
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Unfortunately I never got my hands on Magna Guards.So no :( But would love to do it.
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May the Brick be with you!
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"I'm like a dog chasing cars, I wouldn't know what to do if I caught one, you know, I'd just do…things." Heath ledger- 2008
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did take to make that? Nice job Davor
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That's a very rare vessel to be built! When I did a micro version some years ago I also had to call it an unidentified class. Although its class is still unknown to us, you did an excellent building job for this almost forgotten vessel! The overall studs-down concepts works perfectly for this unique shape. Very well done!
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Im a brickmaster., on 06 April 2012 - 02:23 PM, said:
did take to make that? Nice job Davor
it took me cca. 3h to built.
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Typical Day
Dr. Valeria Mesmerich is going over a month's worth of morbidity and mortality reports, shaking her head in utter dismay. It's 4:00AM, an hour before she's scheduled to go on duty at the big, fancy, prestigious hospital where she worked very hard to get a job.
Four years of medical school, five years of a residency in cardiothoracic anesthesiology (she saw lots of beating and flopping hearts during that stint), and post-doc work all led to her huddling over a laptop in a tiny, windowless cubicle, tallying the number of sick, dead, and dying patients she's been privileged to work on.
Hmm. She starts reading about Patient B, who was rushed in with a blood clot early in the week. Not good. The patient turned out to be a poster child for bad health: diabetes, balky heart, high blood pressure, benign tumors, flat feet, what have you. Valeria had prepped him for general anesthesia for surgery to repair a leaky heart valve. It had all been well and good until the patient hadn't woken up.
Valeria feels her blood pressure go up. She reads further, knowing what's in store. It turns out the patient had an allergy to one of the drugs in the anesthetic cocktail she'd dripped into his veins. The report concludes that the patient will wake up—eventually. Well, they may not know when, but "eventually" is a lot better than "never."
Valeria flips to the next page. Heart transplant patient. The meds were fine, the patient died.
Next page. Lung cancer surgery. Yes! Valeria allows herself a self-administered back pat. The right meds. The right outcome. The patient lives.
Valeria shelves the reports and readies herself for a full day in the hospital. As the chief anesthesiologist for the heart-lung transplant team, she's one busy doctor. She does pre- and post-op care for patients in the intensive care union, and added to that (and to her huge income) is a partnership in a big cardiovascular anesthesia and critical care medical practice.
"Calling Dr. Mesmerich, calling Dr. Mesmerich."
The voice screeches over the hospital PA system. Valeria leaps out of her chair—why can't she ever be on time for anything?—and heads off to meet her first patient. It's 5:00AM.
Minutes later, she's in the room of Jeff Link, a sixty-five-year-old smoker with, as he puts it, "a bit of a drinking problem." He has hardening of the arteries and a heart on its way out. He's not the best candidate for a heart transplant, but he has money, political clout, and a donor match.
Key members of transplant team are already assembled, including the chief surgeon, Dr. Herman Stormtroup.
"Dr. Valeria. I'm touched we have the pleasure of your company." Stormtroup is looking at her as if she were a lower form of life. Valeria lets it go. He's a jerk of a surgeon who happens to be a genius at his job, though his attitudes about gender haven't made it out of the 19th century.
Maybe one of these days he'll start referring to her by her last name. Valeria smiles at him, then launches into an explanation of her plan of action for surgery.
Jeff interrupts her just as she's explaining how she's going to insert the pulmonary artery catheter. "Doc, will I die? Will all this hurt? Is there gonna be a hole in my chest? Give it to me straight."
Valeria knows the patient is losing it, psychologically, and soft-pedals the truth. Well, sugarcoats it.
"Mr. Link," she says, adopting her most soothing and honeyed tone. "All operations have risks, but each of us is highly trained and will do nothing that'll expose you to unnecessary risk. You'll wake up and remember nothing about the operation. That's what general anesthesia can do. And you'll have a brand-new heart. You're a very lucky man."
Jeff looks skeptical, but happier, and lapses into a smoker's coughing fit.
"And Mr. Link, remember: no more smoking."
Jeff coughs in agreement.
Valeria leaves just as Stormtroup starts his spiel, hurrying to her physician's lair to set it up with drugs, drips, lines, and anesthesia equipment. Just as she finishes, Jeff's wheeled in and she intubates him. The anesthetics are administered, and he goes out like a light.
Then it's off to the surgical theater, where she monitors Jeff's blood pressure, adjusts the medication, and controls his breathing. She and the team are totally in sync, like a well-oiled surgical machine, and the operation is a success. No complications. It only took five hours, but who's counting?
It's 2:00PM. Valeria grabs a bite to eat from the hospital vending machine (Lunchables—hey, she has to have some vices) and types out a report on the transplant surgery for the intensive care nurse. Nurse Dina Summer is a no-nonsense woman who rules over intensive care with all the warmth and zeal of a prison warden. Dina listens as Valeria gives her a rundown of that day's surgical slice-and-dice.
"So, A-okay?" Dina says.
"Yes, even the..."
"Fine. Thanks. Bye. I have work to do."
Dina marches off to the ICU. Valeria makes sure to check on Jeff: he's groggy, but alive. She checks his vitals. They're fine. And then just like that, she's off to her next transplant patient. Same protocol, same team. With any luck, Valeria will make it home by 11:00PM.
But then again, she's a doctor, and her time isn't her own. She's on call for virtually her entire life, so she may get a call at 4:00AM to get to the hospital for a transplant emergency. Not after a few more hours of sleep; now. Some weeks she may work thirty hours, other weeks it might be a hundred. And forget scheduling time with friends and family, because who knows when she'll have free time or how long it'll last. Good thing she's single with only a cranky Persian cat to worry about.
But that's small potatoes, she reminds herself. She's in the business of taking away pain and saving lives. What could be better than that?
As it happens, her surgery does end on time, but before walking out she sees that stack of morbidity and mortality reports eyeing her from the shelf in her office. She sighs, puts down her bag, and opens to the next report.
If it has to be done either now or at 4:00AM, she might as well work a bit longer now and take the extra-morning-sleep payoff. After all, she doesn't see her first patient until 7:30AM tomorrow—that means sleeping in, in Valeria's world.


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Book your room at Holiday Inn Express & Suites Energy Corridor West Oaks
Located within a leisurely stroll of West Oaks Mall, Holiday Inn Express & Suites Energy Corridor West Oaks is within a 10-minute drive of George Bush Park. This hotel has 79 rooms and welcomes guests with conveniences like free breakfast, an outdoor pool, and free in-room WiFi. Memorial Park and The Galleria are also within a 30-minute drive.
Start your day off right with a free buffet breakfast.
The 79 rooms are air-conditioned and have an array of amenities, including microwaves, refrigerators, and coffee makers. Guests can expect free WiFi and cable TV. Other standard amenities include free weekday newspapers, free local calls, and hair dryers.
Property features
At Holiday Inn Express & Suites Energy Corridor West Oaks, guests enjoy an outdoor pool, a fitness center, and free WiFi in public areas. You can put free parking to good use if you drive. The front desk is staffed 24/7 to help with dry cleaning/laundry, luggage storage, and securing valuables. Additional amenities include a meeting room, a business center, and express check-in.
- Free buffet breakfast
- Free WiFi in rooms and public areas
- Free parking
- Outdoor pool
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Energy Corridor West Oaks2205 Barker Oaks Dr Houston TX 77077
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Energy Corridor West Oaks features an outdoor pool and a fitness center. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access. This hotel offers access to a business center and a meeting room. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast. This Houston hotel also offers laundry facilities, dry cleaning/laundry services, and express check-in. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
- Total number of rooms - 79
- Number of floors - 3
- Business center
- Free breakfast
- Fitness facilities
- Free WiFi
- 24-hour front desk
- One meeting room
- Luggage storage
- Elevator/lift
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Express check-in
- Laundry facilities
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Free self parking
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Outdoor pool
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Laundry facilities
- Refrigerator
- Microwave
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Free weekday newspaper
- Air conditioning
- Free local calls
- Microwave
- Refrigerator
- Coffee/tea maker
- Private bathroom
- Hair dryer
- Shower/tub combination
- Cable TV service
- Iron/ironing board
- Desk
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Free WiFi
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- In-room safe
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Free cribs/infant beds
Where to Eat
Guests are offered a complimentary buffet breakfast.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool and a fitness center.
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Payment types
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
Optional extras
- Rollaway beds are available for an additional fee
Hotel Name
- Holiday Inn Express Energy Corridor West Oaks
- Holiday Inn Express Energy Corridor West Oaks Hotel
- Holiday Inn Express Energy Corridor West Oaks Hotel Houston
- Holiday Inn Express Energy Corridor West Oaks Houston
- Holiday Inn Express West Oaks
We should mention
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.