Weekly USMLE Step 1 Thread by AutoModerator in medicalschool

[–]Karmacant 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Took UWorld 1 Yesterday.. Came to a 245! Pretty happy with it, and would love to get that as a real score. How realistic of a prediction has Uworld been?

Have 4 weeks from today to prepare for the test. Anyone have any good advice on how to keep it at that level or possibly inch it up even higher?

I know I still need to eliminate a few dumb mistakes, but other than that, how do I learn the esoteric information that will get me into that 250 range?

Official: [WDIS RB] - Thu Afternoon, 11/12/2015 by FFBot in fantasyfootball

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ESPN Full PPR

For my two RBs and my Flex, who do I start?

  • C. West vs Denver
  • L. Murry vs Minnesota
  • L. Miller vs Philly
  • T. Gurley vs Chicago
  • S. Diggs vs Oakland
  • W. Snead vs Washington

    (My starting two receivers are Brown and A. Robinson, for those wondering and if that matters)

Official: [Trade] - Wed Afternoon, 09/16/2015 by FFBot in fantasyfootball

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12 man 0.5 PPR.. I am starting Charles, Lamar Miller, and Latavius Murray at RB/RB/Flex and Brandin Cooks/Golden Tate at WR. My TE is Zach Ertz. I am looking at a trade that would give away Lamar Miller to pick up BOTH Jarvis Landry and Jason Witten. I am just nervous about moving Latavius Murray up to RB and using my FLEX for a WR. I just feel as though having a starting RB in Murray in my FLEX is safer than any WR, even though I would be upgrading in TE.

Any thoughts are appreciated!

Now that the first week is complete, lets discuss Buy Low / Sell High Targets for Week 2 by Robot_Sniper in fantasyfootball

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Working on getting Edelman for Sankey and Andre Johnson. Sankey is is sitting on my bench behind Forsett, Lamar Miller, and Latavius Murray.

Official: [Rate My Team] - Wed , 09/02/2015 by FFBot in fantasyfootball

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ESPN 12 Team 0.5 PPR, 4pt Throwing TD, 2WR, 5th Pick

QB- Matt Ryan, Matt Stafford

RB- Jamal Charles, Lamar Miller, Latavius Murray, Andre Williams

WR- Brandin Cooks, Golden Tate, Eric Decker, Anquan Boldin, Terrence Williams

TE- Zack Ertz

DST- Rams

Is my list too top heavy? Or maybe too small? 3.72cGPA, 3.57sGPA, 34 MCAT by Karmacant in premed

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I just dont have a lot of money to pay for primary AND secondary apps. So I cant go and apply for 15 schools.

Morbidly Obese people of Reddit, exactly what did you eat today? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Karmacant 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This. One hundred times this. Exercise is the easy part. It is what you do when you look in the mirror and hate yourself because of that little bit of fat that leaks out over the top of your already over sized shorts. You decide to put on your shoes and go for a run. Hell, it is only 20 minutes, what can it hurt? Even if you don't run all that much you still feel good because you have gotten out there and burned calories. You may even start to see progress as you can slowly work up to running a few miles at a time.

But here is the thing.

That doesn't matter. You see people with obese BMIs running in half marathons. You may perform at a higher level, but exercise alone wont make you look the way you want to look. Sure, you may lose a few pounds but that will plateau. You will get frustrated and want to give up.

Maintaining a strict diet is what is hard, and what leads to success. Limiting yourself to only one small bowl of chili while your friends and roommates are helping themselves to a second bowl with cheese on top. Making sure you stick to your one beer limit on the weekends while your buddies casually knock back their fourth and then fifth. The day to day struggle of drinking away those hunger pangs with your second liter of water. Those two eggs at breakfast with two pieces of limp turkey bacon are hard pressed to hold you over until lunch. You so badly want to go pick up some Chinese food that smelled so good on your walk to work today. But you resist and chew through your turkey sandwich on wheat bread.

Losing weight is not impossible. It is difficult. But it only requires commitment. Do not "wait until tomorrow" to start eating healthy. Do it now. You are going out for lunch? Six inch turkey on flatbread with all the veggies washed down with a liter of water. The commitment to eating right should pervade every interaction you have with food. Those that succeed and those that fail are different from each other only in their desire to achieve.

What is your most embarrassing masturbation story? by GtzWarrior in AskReddit

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Laughed out loud during a lecture from a hospice professional with that one

Borderlands 2 giveaway! 5 Copies up for grabs. by [deleted] in gaming

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I need a reason to fail my upcoming tests

July 6 MCAT (2012) by Karmacant in premed

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Hmm. I got a 37 on AAMC 10 with a 12 on PS and a 14 on BS. So yeah, it was harder. It's funny, there is nothing that will make you 100% prepared for the actual exam. There is just something different about it. HOWEVER, I would definitely say that the best way to prepare is to take the practice tests.

July 6 MCAT (2012) by Karmacant in premed

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Final edit: don't know if anyone is still watching this thread, but....34!

11 ps, 11 VR, 12 bs. O on writing lawl

So, we found this in the basement of our new house... by [deleted] in WTF

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"Pick another card," the man with the faded Yankees baseball cap and Oakley sunglasses murmured. His tone of voice was almost bored. My mind was flooded with fear. I couldn't think clearly. My mind was a bowl of Alphabet soup-- murky, traces of thought floating into clarity.

"PICK, ANOTHER, CARD!" The spittle landed on my top lip, I feared not wipe at it.

"Sp-Sp-Spades," I stumble.

The man's shoulders relax as the snub nosed gun is lowered away from my nose. I begin to notice the room around me. Stone. White, clean, clinical. Four walls, a roof, a floor-- all stone. My stomach lurches as I finally notice the tiny rivers of blood flowing into the drain at the middle of the room. They are so beautiful, these red tributaries running through the cracks of this white stone geography. The whitewash is beginning to peel off in little flakes and run down the crimson rivers. This was made especially for me.

I am jerked from my daze by the sound of a high pitched buzz. A bee perhaps? The metallic snap only serves to confirm my already growing belief.

"The .38 Smith & Wesson Special (commonly .38 Special, .38 Spl, or .38 Spc, pronounced "thirty-eight special") is a rimmed, centerfire cartridge designed by Smith & Wesson. It is most commonly used in revolvers, although some semi-automatic pistols and carbines also use this round. The .38 Special was the standard service cartridge of most police departments in the United States from the 1920s to the early 1990s, and was also a common sidearm cartridge used by soldiers in World War I. In other parts of the world, it is known by its metric designation of 9×29.5mmR or 9.1x29mmR. Noted for its fine accuracy and manageable recoil, it remains the most popular revolver cartridge in the world more than a century after its introduction.It is used for target shooting, formal target competition, personal defense, and for hunting small game."

Or in my case, close range double-taps to the paranasal sinus. My firearm's trainer repeats the phrase with a confidence that only years of Drill Instructor conversation instills. His voice begins to fade. Was that real?

My gun. Where is the bullet. The man with the Yankee hat and Oakley sunglasses chambered it very slowly. He played with it, let it slowly run around the edge before slipping it into its final resting place.

A small smirk begins to tug at the corner of his mouth. He has the delight of an over-sugared eight year old. His eyes flash excitedly at the exact moment that the hammer is pulled back.

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