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Entries from March 2010

Rochester Institute of Optics

March 26th, 2010 · 6 Comments

Devon is in Rochester, NY this weekend where he was invited by the Rochester University Institute of Optics. This is one of the universities he applied to for Graduate Study. They accepted him, and he’s there now to review their offer. The Institute, funded partly by the US Department of Energy, has one of the […]

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A Shift in the ER

March 22nd, 2010 · 3 Comments

This semester Derek has been training to be an EMT (Emergency Medical Technician). As part of his training he worked a shift in the Emergency Room at Banner Desert Hospital (used to be Desert Samaritan) in Mesa. It sounded very interesting, as he shadowed a certified EMT on his job, treating wounds, taking vitals, and […]

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Playing basketball with Doctors

March 2nd, 2010 · 11 Comments

I still play basketball usually 4 times a week, and it happens that some of the regular players are physicians. This morning I ran into someone’s elbow with my face (it really was my fault), and the edge of my glasses cut a long deep slit in my cheek. Blood was running down my face […]

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