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Two fighters on the verge of mixed martial arts stardom clashed at the Emerald Queen Casino on July 14 at CageSport XX, as Sterling Ford won by technical knockout in the second round over James Marohl in the co-headliner fight to cap the 10-bout event.
The two lightweights began the night's final battle by exchanging a flurry of blows early in the first round, as Marohl came out aggressive against Ford, who hails from Spokane.
"He was throwing haymakers, caught me with one," said Ford, whose professional record moved to 14-5. "He was going for the (knockout) shot like I expected."
Ford recovered from a devastating blow early in the second round to deliver a few crushing blows that left Marohl flailing and desperate, as the fighter from Longview was ultimately subdued by TKO in the second round.
"He's a really tough guy," Ford said of Marohl. "I didn't figure he was going to be able to take a punch that good, but he took good punches."
Up-and-comer Patricia Vidonic was able to outlast Everett's Sally Krumdiak – the crowd favorite – in the co-headliner fight earlier, landing a devastating set of punches at the end of the first round and capping the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows in the final 10 seconds.
"When that 10 seconds hits, you unload," said Vidonic, who got the win after all three judges scored the fight 29-28 in her favor. "You go all-out for it no matter what. I just kept my hips sunk in and made it to the end. It feels really great to be able to go up against Sally. She's a veteran; she's been doing this twice as long as me. It felt really nice to get out there and dominate. And I appreciate her sportsmanship too, she's a very good competitor."
Krumdiak had a solid takedown in the first round and landed a big right hook in the third, but was bloodied by an elbow to the face in the second round by Vidonic, who hails from Billings, Mont.
The undercard featured an intriguing set of storylines as well, as Yakima's Gustavo Lopez began the night with a TKO victory in his first professional fight over Seattle's Jorey Taylor. Beau Hamilton also got a victory in his professional debut two fights later, gutting out a victory over Tacoma's Calvin Horton with a couple of solid takedowns.
"It was a little scary, he was like 6-foot-6," said Hamilton, who won by decision, with all three judges scoring the fight 30-27. "We were very well-prepared, my ground game we thought would make the difference, and that's what happened…I thought my wrestling just really broke him.
"Getting a win like that over a big guy like that, it makes me really want to go out there and do it again as quickly as possible."
Hawaii's Trevor Sojot also provided a nice storyline, submitting Cory Vom Baur via guillotine less than one minute into the bout – Sojot's last professional fight.
Enumclaw's Justin Harrington was impressive in later defeating Levi Peaslee by TKO in the third round, as Harrington's barrage of punches in the second round did serious damage.
Benny Vinson followed with a reverse-naked-choke submission of Chris Wheaton in the first round, and Yakima's Shaine Jaime submitted Everett's Omar Cruz in the second round.
Spokane's Jerome Jones and Everett's Byron Sutton engaged in a three-round battle, as Sutton connected with a few blows in the third round and overcame a bloodied Jones on the score sheet, as all three judges scored it 29-28.
Kirkland's Brent Knopp – a huge crowd favorite – overcame a serious gash above his left eye early in his bout to defeat Darrio Mobley in the final undercard fight, winning by TKO midway through the second round.


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Hello RealSelf Community!
First and for most, love this site! It has helped me in many ways. I am 30 yrs. old with 3 beautiful boys. I had my first son in my teens and boy was my body not ready for that! I got stretch marks everywhere, breasts, belly, hips, butt, thighs, inner thighs, and back of legs! Never wore a bikini again. In 2003 after I had my 2nd son I had my breasts done with 360cc saline implants to help fill out the lost volume with the 2 prior pregnancies. Then 7 yrs later I had my 3rd son in 2010 (surprise surprise). Was not expecting that but best thing that ever happen to our family. Now we are definitely done with babies & I'm ready to repair my body. Ever since I had my first baby I have always dreamed of removing my strech marks on my hips and belly and after bre
ast feeding my last baby I really needed to get my breasts redone. I have decided to go with bigger implants this time. Somewhere between 500-550 and silicone. I will also have a full TT with muscle repair. Scheduled for April 9th! I'm starting to get nervous and anxious. I will post some before pics soon.
6 Months Post OP & feeling better :)
Hello RealSelf Community! First and for most,...
Hello RealSelf Community!
I am 5' 6" tall 132 lbs. I just posted some...
132 lbs.
I just posted some before pics but to be honest I look alot worse in person where you can see all my loose stretched skin :( I have always hated the gap in between my breast and hope with bigger implants it will fill in that are more.
Can someone help me find a post I read 1-2 months...
Today I am 4 weeks away from my MM and I'm...
I decided to add a few more pics of my poor...
I had my pre-op appt. today and it went really...
So I finally told everyone at work I will be gone for several weeks and I also told my boys today. That all went well. Glad thats off my to do list. I'm dreading filling my scripts because I will have to pay in full since I have Kaiser and can't run them through them. I hope I figure out some way to get them cheap. I will be having surgery at 8:30 am and will spend the night in the surgery center and will be discharged at 6:00 am the following morning. I'm looking forward to being on the flat & perky side instead of worrying and wondering about everything. I hope everyone doing well and best wishes to you all!
Holy Moly! 7 more days till my surgery. I'm...
I just can't believe my surgery is tomorrow...
Also, Aunt flow dropped by today so that really put a damper on everything. My PS office said not to worry and it's not a problem. So irritating, wasn't expecting it for a few more days but oh we'll.
I know why I'm doing this and I'm so excited to see my results!
Best wishes to all of you XOXOXO
Post OP day 2 (i think) So I made it to the other...
4/12/13 Friday Post OP day 4 not much has changed....
My first post OP appointment went great. I got see...
I forgot to mention yesterday, but during my...
Day 5 and no BM!!! I've been drinking a ton of...
Today has been my hardest emotional day so far. I...
My 1 week check up was today. Things are healing...
So I felt a need to share my lowest point so far...
Do any of you have advise for me on how to address my concerns about my breasts with my PS? I need some help!
Today I am 2 weeks post op and feel pretty good....
I still am very unhappy with my boobs and I don't think that will change until he redoes them. I am happy with everything else so far. I added a couple of new pics. Not much difference that I see. I hope you all are doing well and best wishes as always!
Question: Is anyone else having a weird popping of bubbly type feeling in between their incision line and pubic bone area? I have been and it's really strange. Even if I push on that area I can feel it sometimes. It doesn't hurt or anything but just feels weird.
Question: Is anyone else having a weird popping or...
Day 17, had another check up. My last drain was...
I was told to order a girdle preferably from a recommended website according to my PS. It's a Veronique design girdle and they are pricey $110.00 bucks! I started researching girdles here on RealSelf and I was surprised to read a lot of doctors don't even use binders or compression garments. Now I'm wondering if I should be wearing one even though that's what my PS suggests. I did ask if I could use an off-brand and they said yes as long as it's similar to the one they suggested.
What type of girdles / compression garments is everyone using on here? Are they comfy?
Thanks in advance for your help! :)
I finally did it! After 3 weeks of suppressing my...
I will try and post some new pics tomorrow. As always, best wishes to everyone!
Post OP day 26 Finally made time to add some new...
Finally made time to add some new pics. Night night and happy healing my RS sista!
Today I am 4 weeks (and 1 day) post OP. I feel...
I feel entirely better physically and mentally this week. My body is quickly healing and my mind is more at peace with this entire experience. I have learned so many valuable life lessons in these last 4 weeks and I am so grateful that I was able to have this surgery. The amazing women on this form who have opened their hearts and mind have inspired me to be a better me. This journey thus far has been a life changer for me from the inside out. I'm truly enjoying this journey and look forward to learning more.
Physically I'm doing great. Today I graduated into a pair of Spanx and I now get to wear a sports bra too! Next week I will start to message my breasts and possibly start silicone scar therapy. Isn't this a little late in the game for this? Seems like it to me. I still have quite a bit of swelling in my flanks and lower belly. BB is doing good as well. I'm almost walking completely normal and I'm starting to be able to arch my back a little which is nice. Energy is slowly but surely coming back. I still get exhausted cleaning or walking to long.
I had a great "ahh haa" moment the other night while in the shower. My husband opens the bathroom door to ask me a question and as we are talking he interrupt me and says "I like what's going on here" and I said what? He says, " you aren't trying to hide from me". I have hid from him for last 13 years and now I feel free. Don't get me wrong, I still dislike many things on my body but this whole journey has helped me put my guard down and see me through his eyes a little more. This was a big part of my goal and I'm happy to see it come through.
Thank you to all the courageous women on this site who have shared their stories. I wish you all the very best and happy healing from the inside out :)
5.5 Weeks Post OP
I went bikini shopping at VS for the first time. I ended up getting a 34 DD top and medium bottoms. I was a little sad that my vertical scar is not covered by any of the bottoms as I thought it would be but oh well it still feels great to be even shopping for a bikini instead of my normal tankinis. I have ALOT of work to do on the lower half of my body. I have always hated my legs since my second baby due to vericose veins, spider veins, and of course cellulite. I never ever wear shorts and if I wear a bathing suit my legs are covered with something. I feel like my bottom half doesn't even match my top half now so I need to start working out alot. My PS has only released me for walking and thats it. I'm still waiting to start scar therapy too.He still keeps putting the tape on and thats it.
Everything seems to be healing good. I do have a stitch poking out of the top of my BB that he may need to remove if it doesn't go down. It's really pointy like it's going to poke through my skin. Kinda freaky looking. My flanks are still very sore to touch and swollen due to the lipo. My PS said he removed several liters of fat from those areas so he really went to town.
My belly is really numb still too. Boobs are a little sore at times but no pain.
I'm feeling pretty darn good but very motivated to get in the best shape ever!
Happy healing to everyone and best wishes!!!
6 weeks!
7 weeks post OP
The stitch above my BB is not dissolving which is causing a bump and irritation on my skin. My PS said he may need to make an incision and remove it. He will also fix the top part of the bb where it still protrudes. He wants to wait and see how it does but it's only gotten worse over the past couple of weeks. My right nipple is healing nice. It just looks so much darker than my left nipple due to the incision. My tt incision is doing good. He has finally instructed me to buy Oleeva silicon strips which are very expensive, $100. Ouch! They better work for that much money. He has also given me the go ahead to go swimming which is great because it will be 100 degrees this weekend where I live. Not looking forward to wearing a bathing suit because of my ugly bb and flab nasty thighs but I will hide them of course. I really need to come up with a good leg work out that will give me fast results because this is really depressing how my lower have doesn't match my top half. Swelling also seems worse lately but I'm sure it has to do with being more active. My flanks and lower belly are still numb and the muscle repair is still tight and feels funny. If I'm not wearing a cg and I bend over it feels like a 5 lb weight is in my belly. Totally uncomfortable. Any how, happy healing ladies!!!
9 Weeks Post OP
Well I have hit the 9 week mark and I STILL can't believe I had this surgery. I had a checkup today as well. My PS gave me a really nice compliment today too. He said I have one of the best looking figures he has ever seen but of course I know he's partial to me since he did the work. He even called in another lady for a second opinion. I was like really! This is a little awkward. Anyhow, I officially have started my Oleeva strips today and hope they make a big improvement on my scars. I was feeling pretty down last week due to menstruation and swell hell. I was eating pretty crapy and it showed. I was always bloated and felt like sh*t. I really have to watch how I eat, especially salt. I'm eating much cleaner this week and it shows. Yeah!
My breasts and the incisions are doing well. No pain unless I lift something too heavy. My stomach is pain free as well. My lower abdomen is still totally numb and swollen. It still feels tight if I try to extend my abdomen too far. The TT incision is doing great. My BB still has a lot of swelling and that annoying stitch is still poking out under my skin. I will most likely have to have it removed but we will see how it does. I go back in 6 weeks for another checkup. If I knew then what I know now I would definitely do this all over again except change a few things to meet my expectations. Thankfully they are minor things that bother me and not anything major. 6 weeks ago I would have said something different. Through my journey I have learned so much and have been touch by so many women on this forum that I am forever grateful for. I could have never imagined the amazing support and encouragement from these gracious women would be extended to me in such a giving way. You all have really been so inspiring and I am so thankful for all of your support during my journey. You all have made this experience more enjoyable and at times were the only ones I could turn too during my dark days. Only we fully understand each other and what we are going through during this intense journey so thank you all for sharing!
16 weeks Post OP
I haven't posted in so long so I thought I would give a little update even though not much has changed. I had a check up last week and they took post OP pics so I will post those once they send them to me. I have a few minor thing I want fixed/adjusted and my PS said he would take care of it. Early on during my recovery I really was unhappy with my breasts and wanted them bigger and was considering a lift to help tighten the loose skin but I have decided to not mess with them for now. Maybe in 10 yrs when I really need it. They are still tender at times with occasional little pains but still doing good. My bb is actually doing much better regarding the stitch that was trying to poke through above bb. It has healed and now I have a little scar that needs to fade as well as the bb scar that needs to fade. My abdomen is still very numb and my skin feels very sensitive when touched. Like an irritating feeling. My stomach just feels very foreign to my body. I guess because of all the swelling and numbness. I wish it just felt back to normal. I have been very swollen lately due to high activity and not the best diet I guess. My TT scar still is very ugly and dark. I am not sure the silicone strips did much. It's hard to tell. I think I'm going to stop the strips and start vitamin E and massaging. I am still working on my lower half of my body to try and tone but still have a long way to go. I still feel so skinny on top half but so flabby on my bottom half. I don't understand how I can be so lean on top and so flabby on the bottom . UGH. I could really use some advise and motivation. I know most of you are exercise experts. Can you give me some pointers on a fast effective way to get my legs in shape? I wish I was like most of you ladies dying to go back to the gym or just work out but I haven't been to a gym in over 10 yrs. I know I would feel so much better but it's just one of those things I think about daily but never do. I am still happy I had these procedure done and happy with the overall results. Thanks again for all the wonderful support ladies! Happy healing to you all :)
Post OP pics from PS office
WTF is going on with my belly???
Belly Little Belly Update
Belly update
Have any of you ladies experienced anything like this before? I'm just curious if it's semi-common or not.
Thank you ladies for all your support. I wish you all well and happy healing. I will try and post some pics soon.
Belly pics
PS Visit
Thanks again ladies for all the support :)
6 Months Now
I was refereed to this PS by my vascular surgeon who has seen his work and has highly recommended his work of artistry. Once I meet him I fell in love with his warm character and felt incredibly comfortable talking to him. Not to mention his extensive background in plastic surgery I knew he was the right PS for me!

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Faculty Descriptions
Emelia J. Benjamin, MD, ScM
Dr. Benjamin received her undergraduate degree at Harvard, her MD at Case Western Reserve University, and her Master's in Epidemiology at Harvard School of Public Health. She is a Professor of Medicine at Boston University and is a clinical cardiologist at Boston Medical Center. At the Framingham Heart Study, she serves as Director of the Echocardiography and Vascular Function Laboratories and a Member of the Executive Committee and Genetics Steering Committee. She has done research at the Framingham Study over the past 17 years on the genetics, epidemiology, and prognosis of the following: atrial fibrillation, cardiac risk factors for stroke, echocardiography, valvular pathology, vascular function and the relation of systemic inflammation to cardiovascular disease. She is Principal Investigator on 2 NHLBI RO1 grants investigating the association of inflammation (R01 HL76784) and of vascular function (1RO1 HL70100, arterial tonometry to assess vascular stiffness and brachial reactivity to assess endothelial function) to subclinical and clinical cardiovascular disease. She also serves as Principal Investigator of the Framingham Component of the CardioGenomics Program in Genomics Applications, which is investigating the genetics of cardiac structure and function in collaboration with the Broad Institute and Harvard Medical School. Dr. Benjamin has volunteered for the American Heart Association for the past twelve years; serving on a variety of local and national Committees. Currently she serves as a member of the national American Heart Association's Interdisciplinary Working Group Steering Committee Functional Genomics & Translational Biology and is Co-Chair of the Conference "Discovering the Full Spectrum of Cardiovascular Disease – Addressing Ethnic Disparities". She has derived tremendous professional growth and personal pleasure in successfully mentoring residents, fellows and junior faculty in conducting and publishing studies in the field of cardiovascular disease epidemiology.
Richard A Cohen, MD
Dr. Cohen is the Jay and Louise Coffman Professor of Vascular Medicine and the Director of the Vascular Biology Unit. Dr. Cohen is also co-principal investigator of the BU NIH Cardiovascular Proteomics Center. Dr. Cohen received his MD from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and trained in Internal Medicine at Boston Medical Center. His clinical expertise is the diagnosis and management of arterial and venous peripheral vascular disease including intermittent claudication, venous thrombosis and phlebitis, and vasospastic diseases. Dr. Cohen has been continuously funded for over 20 years by the National Institutes of Health to study physiological and molecular vascular biology. He is now funded by three R01 grants and participates as project leader in two additional program grants. The research programs of the Vascular Biology Unit are directed towards an integrative molecular understanding of abnormal vascular endothelial and smooth muscle cell function in diseased blood vessels and its contribution to abnormal vascular reactivity and atherogenesis. Research projects focus on the mechanisms by which vascular risk factors associated with diabetes mellitus, hypercholesterolemia, and hypertension lead to abnormal production of vasoactive factors from the endothelium and also how they alter the responses of cells within the vascular wall. These factors include nitric oxide, prostanoids, oxygen-derived free radicals, cytokines, and growth factors. Experimental approaches employ cell physiology of cultured endothelial and smooth muscle cells with measurements of intracellular calcium and oxygen-derived free radicals, coupled with studies of molecular signaling. The influence of altered production of endothelial factors and signaling cascades on inflammatory responses and cell adhesion is studied as it applies to the development of atherosclerotic lesions, particularly in diabetes. Post-translational modification by tyrosine nitration and thiol oxidation of proteins studied by immuno/affinity labeling and mass spectrometry has been shown to alter the function of endothelial cell nitric oxide synthase, sarcoplasmic reticulum ATPase, endothelial nitric oxide synthase, manganese superoxide dismutase, and prostacyclin synthase. Proteomic approaches are being used to screen proteins for oxidant modifications that occur as physiological mechanisms or are a consequence of excess reactive nitrogen species. These numerous investigations into mechanisms of vascular dysfunction may serves as the foundation for translational or mechanistic research endeavors for our fellows.
Adrienne Cupples, PhD
Dr. Cupples has expertise in study design and statistical methods, as well as experience in training clinical researchers. Dr. Cupples is Professor and Chair of Biostatistics and Professor of Epidemiology at Boston University School of Public Health. An experienced biostatistician, she is a popular teacher in the School, teaching introductory biostatistics, statistical methods in epidemiology and more recently analytic approaches to correlated data. She is also an active collaborator in the Framingham Heart Study, serving as a senior statistician in genetic studies of cardiovascular disease and associated risk factors. She is Co-Director of the Framingham Study Genetics Steering Committee, and is a member of the Framingham Heart Study Executive Committee. Dr. Cupples is also an active researcher in Alzheimer's disease, particularly the MIRAGE project (Multi-Institutional Research in Alzheimer's Genetic Epidemiology) and in the REVEAL project that is evaluating the safety and effects of disclosing genetic information to first-degree relatives of AD subjects. Her research focuses on biostatistical methods for epidemiological studies, survival analysis and genetic epidemiology. She currently interacts frequently with MD clinical investigators at BUMC as a statistical consultant and mentors several trainees in the doctoral program in Biostatistics. Dr. Cupples has taken a lead in the redesign of the introductory course taught in the summer to incoming CREST fellows and frequently teaches this course. The inclusion of Dr. Cupples on the advisory committee will provide assurances that appropriate attention is paid to the design and analysis of the proposed research projects of our fellows.
Laura Dember, MD
Dr. Dember is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine, Director of the Dialysis Program at Boston Medical Center, and a clinical nephrologist. Dr. Dember is an established investigator in Vascular Medicine with a specific research interest in vascular access for maintenance hemodialysis. She is a Principal Investigator for the NIH-sponsored Dialysis Access Consortium, a multi-center group established to design and conduct clinical trials evaluating interventions to improve hemodialysis vascular access outcomes. The Dialysis Access Consortium is currently conducting two parallel, large multi-center trials evaluating interventions for autogenous arteriovenous fistulae and synthetic arteriovenous grafts. Dr. Dember is the lead investigator for one of these trials, and is the lead investigator for ancillary studies addressing the mechanisms underlying vascular access failure. In addition to her role in the Dialysis Access Consortium, Dr. Dember has conducted both single center and multi-center investigator-initiated studies in the field of vascular access, and is a member of a collaborative group studying cardiovascular disease associated with chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease. She is a member of the Steering Committee of the NIDDK Kidney Disease Clinical Studies Initiative and has served on ad hoc review groups for NIDDK-initiated RFAs. Dr. Dember has served as a mentor for research fellows in the Boston University Nephrology Fellowship Training Program as well as for undergraduate students at Harvard College and Boston University. She has established collaborative relationships with members of the Cardiology Section and Interventional Radiology Divisions at Boston University. Dr. Dember's clinical research resources and access to large chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease patient populations together with the expertise in vascular biology at Boston University provide important opportunities for research training in the areas of hemodialysis vascular access failure and vascular disease associated with chronic kidney disease.
Dr. Eberhardt is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine and Director of Medical Vascular Services at Boston Medical Center. He is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology, Council on Clinical Cardiology of the American Heart Association, and the Society for Vascular Medicine and Biology. He is board certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular diseases, and vascular medicine. After completing fellowship training in 1999, he joined the faculty of the section of Peripheral Vascular Medicine and since Cardiovascular Medicine at Boston Medical Center. His clinical expertise is in the evaluation and management of vascular disorders, including arterial, venous, lymphatic, thrombotic, and vasospastic disorders. He emphasizes the systemic nature of atherosclerosis with efforts to treat modifiable risk factors and prevent cardiovascular complications – serving as co-director of the Lipid Clinic at Boston Medical Center. Dr. Eberhardt has expertise in non-invasive vascular imaging, and is a registered vascular technologist, registered physician in vascular interpretation, and co-director of the vascular laboratories at Boston Medical Center and Quincy Medical Center. His expertise in vascular laboratory testing and quality assurance issues is demonstrated by his being elected on the Board of Directors for the Intersocietal Commission for Accreditation of Vascular Laboratories. He has served as an item writer for the board exam in vascular medicine and committee chair for the Emerging Leadership Committee for the Society for Vascular Medicine and Biology.
Dr. Eberhardt's research interests include studying the mechanisms and contribution of vascular and endothelial dysfunction and impairment in nitric oxide bioactivity to the pathophysiology of several disorders including sickle cell disease, coronary artery disease and peripheral arterial disease. He has studied the effects of hyperhomocysteinemia on endothelial function and oxidant burden in a murine model of cystathionine beta-synthase deficiency. He conducted translational investigations on the effects of sickle cell disease on vascular function as the Research Scholar for the Boston Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center. He has investigated the effect of creatine supplementation on the response to L-arginine in coronary heart disease. His more recent focus has been in peripheral arterial disease, serving as an investigator on an NIH-funded grant entitled "Clinical Utility of Endothelial Function in PAD".
Cardiovascular Center link , Whitaker CVI link
Harrison Farber, MD
Dr. Farber is Professor of Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine and Director of the Pulmonary Hypertension Center at Boston Medical Center. He is an established investigator in Vascular Medicine with a specific research interest in endothelial responses to inherent stresses, particularly hypoxia, and the phenotypic changes of pulmonary vascular endothelial cells that lead to development of pulmonary hypertension. He is a Principal Investigator on several NIH-funded projects including development of mouse models of pulmonary vascular disease in sickle cell anemia, proteomic changes of endothelial cells in sickle cell vascular disease and the response of endothelial cell to hypoxia and reactive oxygen species via a subset of phospholipids, the plasmalogens. In addition, Dr. Farber is a recognized leader in treatment of pulmonary hypertension and has been an investigator in several clinical trials of newer medications for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension. He has served on numerous NIH and AHA study sections and is on the Leadership Council of the CPCC section of the AHA. Dr. Farber is the principal investigator for the Pulmonary Circulation research group in the Pulmonary Center and has served as a mentor for research fellows in the Boston University Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship Training Program as well as for undergraduate students at Boston University. He has established collaborative research relationships with members of the Cardiology, Rheumatology, Hematology and Biophysics Sections at Boston University. Dr. Farber's clinical and bench research resources and access to an exceptionally large population of patients with pulmonary hypertension together with the expertise in vascular biology at Boston University provide numerous opportunities for research training in the area of cardiopulmonary vascular disease.
David T. Felson, MD, MPH
Dr. Felson is well credentialed to serve on advisory committee with expertise in training clinicians for research careers. Dr. Felson, a rheumatologist, is a Professor of Medicine and Public Health (Epidemiology) at Boston University School of Medicine and Chair of the Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit at Boston University Medical Center. Dr. Felson's main areas of research have been in musculoskeletal epidemiology and clinical trial methodology in musculoskeletal diseases. He is PI of the Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Center Grant, a NIH P60, which funds a multidisciplinary team of clinical researchers to carry out a diverse group of clinical studies in arthritis and musculoskeletal diseases. He is also PI of the Framingham Osteoarthritis Study and Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study, both NIH grants. His work has focused mostly on osteoarthritis, including identifying the causal link between obesity and osteoarthritis. He also founded the Framingham Osteoporosis Study and has spearheaded standardization of trial methods in rheumatology. He was elected to ASCI in 1993 and to AAP in 2003.
Dr. Felson's interest in training clinical investigators is readily apparent. He has mentored numerous trainees to pursue clinical research careers and obtain faculty positions and independent research funding. Beyond mentoring trainees, he has developed and is the Director of the CREST (Clinical Research Training) Program, a NIH K30. This program was developed to assure that trainees who wish to pursue academic clinical investigative careers have the knowledge and skills required. The trainees in the Research Career Development Program in Vascular Medicine will participate in the CREST program as the major didactic element of their research training.
Jane E. Freedman, MD
Dr. Freedman is an Associate Professor of Medicine, Pharmacology, and Experimental Therapeutics at Boston University School of Medicine. She received her BA from Yale University, MD from Tufts University, and completed her Medicine and Cardiology training at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital, respectively. Dr. Freedman currently serves on study sections for the NHLBI and the AHA as well as multiple committees for the National AHA. Her major research initiatives over the past 20 years involve the study of the regulation of molecular pathways contributing to thrombosis, vascular disease, and how these factors contribute to acute coronary syndromes. The main topics include; 1) Platelet signaling pathways; 2) Molecular regulation of platelet nitric oxide and reactive oxygen species; 3) Relationship of thrombosis to atherosclerosis and coronary disease; 4) Inflammation and thrombosis. Dr. Freedman is currently an Established Investigator from the National American Heart Association and is the PI on the NIH funded awards: Thrombosis, Aging, and eNOS Polymorphisms from the NHLBI/AG (RO1AG08226-11) and Platelet-Derived Nitric Oxide and Hemostasis from the NHLBI (RO1HL62267-4). These projects include studies examining the specific pathways regulating receptor expression and their effect on thrombosis and disaggregation. The basic studies have been extended into the clinical setting and have included the role of pharmacological therapies on various molecular pathways relevant to hemostasis. Recent projects have examined genetic expression and genetic variants in subjects with unstable coronary syndromes. Using these findings, the role of innate immunity in the atherothrombotic process is being investigated both in molecular and animal studies. Dr. Freedman has a tract record for mentoring investigators at every level of training including clinical cardiovascular trainees. Dr. Freedman's topics of investigation, technical expertise, and mentoring ability, all provide a fertile ground for development of vascular research for fellows.
Dr. Gokce is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine and Associate Director of Echocardiography at Boston Medical Center. He is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and American Society of Echocardiography. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases, and Adult Echocardiography. Dr. Gokce is an Honors graduate of Tufts University School of Medicine, and completed his Internal Medicine training at Beth Israel Hospital, Boston. Following fellowship training at Boston Medical Center in 1998, he joined the cardiovascular faculty at Boston Medical Center and provides expertise in general cardiology, cardiovascular imaging, and echocardiography. He is the recipient of an excellence in clinical teaching award in 2006 in the cardiovascular division at BMC.
Dr. Gokce's research interests currently focus on elucidating mechanisms of vascular dysfunction in several disorders including peripheral arterial disease, coronary artery disease, metabolic syndrome, and obesity. He has conducted several key translational studies demonstrating the prognostic role of endothelial dysfunction for future cardiovascular events. He is currently the Principal Investigator in two NIH-sponsored R01 grants entitled "Obesity, Adipocytokines, and Endothelial Dysfunction" and "Inflammation and Vascular Dysfunction in Obesity". These studies seek to characterize the relationship between obesity and vascular endothelial dysfunction, and determine whether weight alteration and risk factor modification improve arterial health, markers of inflammation and oxidative stress, and adipocyte metabolism. The projects also examine the relationship between inflammatory activity in adipose stores and systemic arterial endothelial dysfunction. Dr. Gokce is also a co-investigator on a separate NIH-funded grant entitled "The Clinical Utility of Endothelial Function in PAD" and has served on several AHA and NIH-sponsored grant review committees.
Dr. Kalish
Dr. Kalish is the Laszlo N. Tauber Assistant Professor of Surgery at Boston University School of Medicine, and Director of Endovascular Surgery at Boston Medical Center. He is a graduate of Harvard University in Massachusetts and New York University School of Medicine in New York. He has completed general surgery training at Boston Medical Center and a fellowship in vascular surgery at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. He is board certified in General Surgery and Vascular Surgery. He is a member of the American College of Surgeons and the Society for Vascular Surgery. His clinical expertise includes the following: endovascular aortic surgery, peripheral interventions, diabetic vascular disease and dialysis access.
Dr. Kalish joined the General Surgery Division at Boston University in 2009. He has since participated in optimizing the Endovascular Program working closely with the divisions of Interventional Cardiology, and Interventional Radiology. Dr. Kalish is currently serving as the primary investigator at BMC for industry-sponsored clinical trials involving venous ulcers.
Carlos Kase, MD
Dr. Kase is a Professor of Neurology at Boston University School of Medicine and Director of the Stroke Service at Boston Medical Center. Dr. Kase completed his medical school education at the Catholic University of Chile, training in Neuropathology, Neurology and a Stroke Fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital. He participated in forming the Neurology Department at the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Alabama prior to joining the Department of Neurology at Boston University School of Medicine in 1984. Dr. Kase is an Honorary Member of the Spanish Society of Neurology, and a Corresponding Member, Chilean Society of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry. He has received other honors including numerous teaching awards, the C. Miller Fisher Award for Excellence in Stroke from the American Stroke Association, and was awarded a Doctor Honoris Causa degree from the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain in 2002.
Dr Kase's professional interests have been in the area of cerebrovascular diseases, performing clinical studies and clinico-pathologic correlations in intracerebral hemorrhage and cerebral infarction. Research activities have included participation in multicenter studies such as the Stroke Data Bank (NINCDS), epidemiologic studies such as the Framingham Study, and therapeutic trials that have included: Canadian-American aspirin trial in TIAs, hypervolemic hemodilution in acute ischemic stroke (NINCDS), EC/IC bypass study (NINCDS), the Ticlopidine-Aspirin Stroke Study (TASS), Nimodipine in acute ischemic stroke, thrombolysis with tPA in acute ischemic stroke, heparinoids in acute cerebral infarction (NINDS), NMDA receptor antagonists in acute ischemic stroke, North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial (NASCET) (NINDS), Warfarin-Aspirin Recurrent Stroke Study (WARSS) (NINDS), the Warfarin-Aspirin in Symptomatic Intracranial Disease (WASID) trial, and the Secondary Prevention of Small Subcortical Strokes (SPS3) trial. Dr. Kase provides clinical expertise in the treatment and prevention of stroke.
John F. Keaney, MD
Dr. Keaney recently moved to the University of Massachusetts Medical Center and serves as Chief of the Section of Cardiovascular Medicine. Prior to his departure, Dr. Keaney was actively involved in clinical and research training at Boston University Medical Center. He served as the Program Director for the Cardiovascular Fellowship Training Program at Boston Medical Center from 2001-2005 and also led the Boston University Medical Center Basic Science Training Grant in Cardiovascular Disease. He has served as mentor for some 22 trainees in cardiovascular research. Thus, he brings important perspectives to all aspects of clinical and research fellowship training and serves as a key external advisor to the program.
Dr. Keaney's research interests center on the redox environment and biology of endothelial cells and their contribution to maintaining normal vascular function. He is the author of some 150 original research articles, review articles, and book chapters and has edited a book entitled "Oxidative Stress and Vascular Disease." His research accomplishments include receiving a Clinical Investigator Development Award from the NIH and an Established Investigator Award from the American Heart Association as well as over 20 invited lectureships, both nationally and internationally over the past two years. Dr. Keaney is an Executive Committee member of the Society for Free Radical Biology and Medicine and serves on the editorial board of Free Radical Biology and Medicine. He is an Associate Editor of Circulation as well as the Editor for its Basic Science for Clinicians review series. He has been Chair of the American Heart Association Cardio-Renal Review Panel and is currently a member of the Vascular Cell and Molecular Biology review panel for the National Institutes of Health. His research efforts have been funded through grants from both the NIH and AHA.
Peter A. Merkel, M.D, M.P.H.
Dr. Merkel is an Associate Professor of Medicine who holds a joint appointment in the Section of Rheumatology and the Clinical Epidemiology Unit of Boston University School of Medicine. Dr. Merkel serves a variety of roles at the Medical Center that directly enhances his qualifications as a mentor for the proposed training grant, including the Director of the Boston University Vasculitis Center, the Director and Principal Investigator of the NIH Vasculitis Clinical Research Consortium, and Associate Program Director for the Boston University General Clinical Research Center. Dr. Merkel has an excellent record for mentoring trainees in clinical investigation at every level of medical training including individuals who now are independent and well-funded investigators. Dr. Merkel is the recipient of a NIH Mid-Career Clinical Investigator Award (K24) from the National Institute of Arthritis Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases and is a faculty member within the Boston University K30 Clinical Research Training Program (CREST Program). As Principal Investigator of the Vasculitis Clinical Research Consortium, Dr. Merkel directs the Fellowship Program that sponsors trainees to develop clinical research skills in vasculitis at Boston University and other VCRC member institutions.
Resources available to Dr. Merkel are substantial and will help support the overall goals of the proposed training program. The Boston University Vasculitis Center is the largest program for the care and research of patients with vasculitis in the Northeast. The Vascular Medicine fellows would have access to a substantial number of patients and resources, both to develop clinical expertise as well for enrollment into clinical research projects. The Boston University Vasculitis Center is extremely well-funded from the NIH and strongly supported by the University and the Medical Center. Additionally, Dr. Merkel is Associate Program Director for the GCRC with a mandate to mentor new clinical investigators; thus, the resources of the GCRC would be readily available for Vascular Medicine fellows. Dr. Merkel is also a faculty member in the Clinical Epidemiology Unit, which includes some of the leading epidemiologists, biostatisticians and clinical investigators on campus. The ability to interact with this group would be another added advantage to Vascular Medicine fellows. Dr. Merkel's research is well-suited for inclusion of Vascular Medicine fellows that would be supported by the current proposal. He directs a series of projects in vasculitis that range from investigator-initiated, NIH-supported clinical therapeutic trials in small and large vessel vasculitides to investigator-initiated outcome measure development projects and, and clinical epidemiology studies. His studies of the large vessel vasculitides, including Takayasu's arteritis and giant cell arteritis, are particularly relevant to Vascular Medicine fellows. He has developed a strong working relationship with both basic scientists at the Medical Center as well as vascular medicine clinicians, radiologists, cardiologists, nephrologists, and other specialists directly relevant to the study of the inflammatory vasculitides. Thus, Dr. Merkel's commitment to mentoring clinical investigators and his ongoing research infrastructure and projects in Vascular Medicine make him an excellent potential mentor for Vascular Medicine fellows.
Alexander Norbash, MD
Dr. Norbash is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Radiology at Boston University Medical Center. He was most the prior director of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and an Associate Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School. He is the founding director of the Interventional Neuroradiology and Endovascular Neurosurgery Divisions at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and was formerly an interventional neuroradiologist at the Massachusetts General Hospital. From 1994 through 1998, prior to his appointment at Massachusetts General Hospital, Dr. Norbash is a career interventional and diagnostic neuroradiologist, and was previously director of Head and Neck Imaging, and director of Neuro-Magnetic Resonance Therapy at Stanford University Hospital.
Dr. Norbash's research interests have focused on neurointerventional tool development for the treatment of vascular disorders of the brain and spinal cord, with a concentration on aneurysms, stroke and the treatment of atherosclerotic disorders. Dr. Norbash has given over 340 national and international lectures, and also published over 140 original and review articles and abstracts. He is a member of many professional organizations, including Alpha Omega Alpha, the Radiological Society of North America and the American Stroke Association. He has also developed clinical products that are currently being utilized in the treatment of vascular disorders of the head, neck and spine. He has mentored numerous trainees in radiology including many now active in academic careers.
Dr. Pande
Dr. Pande is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine and Director of Endovascular and Structural Heart Interventions as a staff member of the Cardiovascular Medicine section at Boston Medical Center. A graduate of Harvard College and Duke University School of Medicine, Dr. Pande has completed advanced training in cardiology at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, where he performed his residency. This training has included post-doctoral fellowships in cardiovascular medicine and interventional cardiology, as well as an advanced fellowship in peripheral vascular disease and structural interventions. He also was chief resident in medicine at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in West Roxbury. He is board certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease, interventional cardiology, and endovascular medicine. He is a member of the American College of Cardiology and a Fellow of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions.
In addition, Dr. Pande was a post-doctoral research fellow studying atherosclerosis at the Center for Molecular Imaging Research at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. His research has been published in peer-reviewed journals, and he has contributed to several textbook chapters on heart disease. His areas of clinical interest include complex coronary artery angioplasty and stenting, medical and interventional management of peripheral vascular disease, structural heart disease including closure of patent foramen ovale and atrial septal defects, and minimally-invasive treatments for valvular heart disease. Dr. Pande joined the Cardiovascular Medicine Section and Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at Boston Medicine Center in August 2009 from St. Elizabeth's Medical Center and Tufts University School of Medicine, where he was Director of Structural Heart Disease and an Assistant Professor of Medicine. Dr. Pande is currently serving as the primary investigator at BMC for industry-sponsored clinical trials involving carotid stenting.
Tania J. Phillips, MD
Dr. Phillips completed her medical training and an intercalated B.Sc., Honours Program in Physiology and Immunology, at Guys Hospital Medical School, University of London in 1979. After internships in internal medicine and general and vascular surgery, she gained postgraduate experience in general medicine, cardiology, intensive care and thoracic medicine at the Whittington, Brompton and Royal London Hospitals. After becoming a member of the Royal College of Physicians, Dr. Phillips trained in Dermatology at the London Hospital and also had an appointment at St. John's Hospital for Diseases of the Skin. In 1986 she did a Dermatology Fellowship at Boston University School of Medicine and Harvard Medical School, and subsequently joined the faculty at Boston University School of Medicine. She is Director of the Wound Healing Clinic and Director of the Dermatology Clinical Research Center at Boston Medical Center. Her clinical experience in wound healing includes the evaluation and treatment of cutaneous manifestations of chronic venous disease. Her clinical leadership in wound and venous skin care provide a valuable resource for potential research into venous disease for the Vascular Medicine Fellows. Her research interest is wound healing, particularly in the use of cultured skin and skin substitutes. She has won numerous awards and prizes including the Venous Research Award of the American Venous Forum and the Young Investigator Award of the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery. She has lectured as numerous national and international meetings and is on the editorial board of Wounds and the Journal of Dermatologic Surgery. She is a panel member of the FDA General and Plastic Surgery Devices Advisory Committee. She is also a member of the Medical Research Planning Committee as well as the Symposium of Advanced Wound Care Planning Committee. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Women's Dermatologic Society and the Association for the Advancement of Wound Care. She has co-authored three books and over 100 scientific publications. She has also assumed an active role in the education and mentoring of many students, residents and fellows (including vascular surgery fellows) in both clinical dermatology and research into wound care. The clinical and research activities of Dr Phillips would provide our fellows with a valuable resource to learn about wound care and potentially develop research project in venous disease and wound healing.
Rick Ruberg, MD
Dr. Ruberg is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Radiology at Boston University School of Medicine and the Co-Director of the Advanced Cardiac Imaging Program at Boston Medical Center. Dr. Ruberg is also the Co-Director of the Cardiovascular Fellowship Training Program. He is board certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease, and adult comprehensive echocardiography. Dr. Ruberg is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia, PA, and completed his internal medicine training at Brigham and Womens' Hospital, cardiology fellowship at Boston Medical Center, and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) fellowship at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, all in Boston. His clinical expertise is in newer cardiac imaging technologies such as echocardiography, cardiac MRI, and cardiac CT. Dr. Ruberg's clinical interest is in diastolic heart failure, serving as a consulting cardiologist to the BU Amyloid Treatment and Research Program.
Dr. Ruberg's research interest is in the translational application of MRI-based techniques to quantify lipid (fat) deposition in the vasculature of patients with vascular disease, as well as gain insight into the association between metabolic syndrome and vascular dysfunction. He is a co-investigator on an NIH-funded grant "Vascular Consequences of Insulin Resistance and Obesity," led by Dr. Joseph Vita. Dr. Ruberg also works in collaboration with investigators from Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering at Boston University to develop novel imaging strategies and targeted reagents to identify inflammation and lipid deposition in vascular disease.
Joseph Vita, MD
Dr. Vita is a Professor of Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine and a senior staff cardiologist in the Section of Cardiovascular Medicine. He is a member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation and the Association of University Cardiologists. He is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, and the American Heart Association Councils on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, Basic Cardiovascular Sciences and Clinical Cardiology. Dr. Vita is a member of Cardiovascular Diseases Board of the American Board of Internal Medicine. He has served on numerous study sections for the NIH and American Heart Association and is a former Chair of the Cardiovascular Pathophysiology Study Section for the AHA. Dr. Vita is a member of the editorial boards of the American Journal of Physiology, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, and Coronary Artery Disease, and currently serves as Deputy Editor of the journal Circulation.
Dr. Vita's current clinical activities include consultative cardiology and attending in the coronary care unit. Dr. Vita supervises a translational research program in vascular biology with a focus on mechanisms and clinical consequences of endothelial dysfunction. Dr. Vita successfully competed for RFA-HL-03-003 "Clinical Research in Peripheral Arterial Disease", which currently funds an RO1 grant entitled "Clinical Utility of Endothelial Function in PAD". He also is the Principal investigator of a SCCOR Grant on Vascular Injury, Remodeling, and Repair entitled Vascular Consequences of Insulin Resistance and Obesity.
Dr. Vita has a strong track record for mentoring research fellows and a number of his former fellows hold faculty positions and have national grant support. Dr. Vita is a co-investigator on the Boston University Clinical Research Training Program (CREST), a K30 training program led by Dr. David Felson. As part of this training grant, he serves as the mentor for CREST fellows, lectures on translational research, and critically reviews fellow research presentations.
Philip A. Wolf, MD
Dr. Wolf has been an active investigator in epidemiological studies of neurological diseases, principally stroke. He has been affiliated with The Framingham Heart Study for more than 35 years and is currently Principal Investigator of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Contract to conduct examinations and maintain surveillance of the Framingham Study cohorts. He is principal investigator of the MRI, Genetics and Cognitive Precursors of AD and Dementia Project, Epidemiology of Dementia Study, and the Precursors of Stroke Incidence and Prognosis Study, all NIH-funded research programs. He was selected by the Institute of Neurologic Diseases and Stroke to receive a Jacob A. Javits Neuroscience Award. He was the first to receive the Humana Award for Excellence in Clinical Stroke of the Stroke Council of the American Heart Association. He is the recipient of the American Stroke Association's C. Miller Fisher Award in 2000. Dr. Wolf is a member or fellow of numerous professional associations, including the American Neurologic Association and the American Epidemiologic Society. He is a fellow of the AHA's Stroke and Epidemiology Councils and served on the Executive Committee of both Councils as well as the editorial board of the journal Stroke. He is author of more than 200 peer-reviewed papers and one of five Editors of the 4th Edition of the textbook Stroke – Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management (2004).
For many years he was Chief of the Cerebrovascular Disease Section of the Department of Neurology and directed a number of international cooperative clinical studies of stroke: The NINDS Stroke Data Bank, The Ticlopidine-Aspirin Stroke Study (TASS), Boston Area Anticoagulation Trial in Atrial Fibrillation (BAATAF), North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial (NASCET) and the Clopidogrel-Aspirin Prevention of Ischemic Events Study (CAPRIE). He has also served on Executive Committees and Data Safety Monitoring Boards for a number of NIH and industry supported studies of Stroke: TASS, BAATAF, NASCET, BRAVO, VISP, TRENDS, WHI Stroke Study, and ProFESS. He serves on the Monitoring Boards of two NHLBI studies the Cardiovascular Health Study and The Jackson Heart Study. During his career at the Framingham Heart Study Dr. Wolf has mentored many clinical investigators in conducting epidemiologic research with numerous trainees pursuing long-term academic careers. With expertise in investigating stroke prevention and carotid artery disease, Dr. Wolf remains eager to participate in the development our vascular medicine fellows.


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Chunky Mochi Tri-Cornered Hat by Cathy Campbell
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Chunky Mochi Tri-Cornered Hat
This hat is fairly easy to work up and a great way to practice your I-cords and Kitchener's Stitch! (We also have versions of this hat in Cuddles and Mochi Plus.)
Pattern calls for double-pointed needles for entire hat. You can use a 16" circular needle instead for the body of the hat. Even though the circumference is 15", you are not working on the very tips of the needles so the circumference of the working part of the needles is actually about 15". You will still need at least 2 dpn's for working the Kitchener st and I-cords.
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we have to download the game first you know? why not go to http://nexonwww.nefficient.co.kr/nex...W_Setup409.exe switch the 3 digit numbers if the version updates etcetc and press download 1 so we can get our game!
download 2 is a zip file so dont bother downloading that one lol if you need other help and translation in game please pm me or go to www.talesweaver.org and ask them ^^
first lets learn how to register to talesweaver we will all use lime360 as nexon account and tales as nexon password. oh wait! we dont know how to show the servers after we run the game! benya shall help us! follow the red boxes =)
now lets register a new account! yippe!!!
yippe we are done registering now lets freaking play the game roflmfao =)
well i used a lucian (blond hair with blue clothes) as a guidechar name is guidechar as well lol curse these two koreans that didnt support me on partying part grrr :P you watch you two ppl! i will kill you in pk :O ok erm anyways here i start. when you are creating your char oh crap let me take a screenie of that stuff LOL :P well anyway to create a char you have to press the 2nd button o.o thenzors you get to choose a character o.o 8chars total
from order (whoa let me see the picture LOL i ono what order i did in :P)
Ispin,Lucian,Naya,Mila,Sivilin,Maximin,Boris,Tiche il
well anyways lucian,maximin,boris,ticheil should start with style 2 :P
also ispin(optional) can be style 3 you wont like being style 1 at first since
you wont have counterspear at lv.1 or anything lol you may start as style1
and use hack/stab stats and use multislash or just do it the hardway and use
stab :/ okay sivilin should be type 1 (type 2 optional : if you want poles instead?) most nayas do stab(Style1 for her) since it has 1agi point needed but its annoying till you reach lv.31. alot of people hackstab(style2) since you get to have auto dex and agi bonus if you only raise all the common tree and use kusai throw o.o mila? you can be style 1 or 2 if style 1 i prefer getting
that multiwhip skill aka Dancing viper if you want to throw cards like crazy (brrr scary in pk) style 2 :P. you dont really need to do it but you should? :P
okay lets do the tutoral o.o;;;;;;; after you create your character
you will have a scene aka prologue of your char and if you watch it you get
30 exp to start off with (lmfao :P) first option is to watch and second is to skip
you will see another scene and two choices. choose the first option unless you dont want to start out strong as a lv.16 lol tutoral equips got lv.16 equips stats alot of you seen people with lv.16 equips in noob dungeon 1 yes? ;p thats why o_o
now if you pressed the first option you should be in a place with crazy white ground omg o.o it dyed it self lol -.- anyways go find longsword good night which is the guy with the blondehair shown below talk to him and press 3rd option everytime you see 3 options. lol o.o
first class: how to move and heal hp. o.o run to the solo warp NOW o.o
now lets sit down press insert to sit. some of you might not have insert. just mess with option or look at this guide all the way o.o;;
now if you talk once more you will need to go to this stoopid smoking person ( i hate smokers lol ) he wants you to get 30 strawberry syrup
and 30 kiwi syrup go do that by going outside and hunting flame thingies o_O you better talk to him (for doing this you earn tutoral weapon)
longtime no see Mr.Goodnight? o_O;; there goes the 3rd option strategy wooo
right click ludi the girl in red. then press the bubble with ... =)
now use your allowance goodnight has gave you (1000seeds) you must buy 15 green herbs. if you are done with that drag it to ludy one at a time.
if you have thrown 15 green herbs at ludy you should see the black feather pen. why not buy that for long sword good night sama~
we arn't done with ludy yet! talk to ludy and she will give you 3 options o.o (if you dont see this you either didnt give her 15green herbs or she wants some more omg lol ;p if you talk to mr.Goodnight he will make you go to sleep! , nah.. o_O;;
after you talked to him talk to him again obviously we are to press the 3rd option.
we must talk to the kid named Chris (@$%(*#$_!)%(#$&#@$_()#*#@$*)&#@)
woops 2 options this time our 3rd option plan won't work.. what shall we do now! we need superman! UH UH i have a great idea press the 2nd option duh lmao o.o
zomg a glitch?! nuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu its a solo warp we must go through (note:you will not see this or cannot go into the solo warp if you are in a party so make sure you are not in the party or leave the party then relog + repeat the process o.o)
now you are in this wierld dungeon or cave o.o or whatever you think your at go find your way o.o if i were you i would be looking for dices
on floors WTF ON FLOORS? dices reminds me of jumanji lmao anyway -.- follow after me.
The First Puzzle
The LAST Puzzle ( LOL IM JOKING )
The Third Puzzle
The Last Puzzle!!! - after this puzzle find your way out o.o;; then talk to chris after that longsword o.o then talk to the girl in green
Longsword GoodNight will give you 50k to make a club (and it disappears even if you join one lol) make a club then go back to longsword
this is the last quest. i believe this gives 500exp and stuff but i skipped it due to noob Kylon accidently pressing option 1 which leads you to town. i would normally tell you to press 2nd option but this time press the 1st option. i will update the guide again so others can do it soon.
End of Tutoral.
you will either be in Laydia,Clad,Narvik,Kaul it depends on what char u chose.
just incase one of you still dont know how to equip
to equip
you must double click the item you are trying to wear you cant wear stuff
because #1:your level requirements #2:your stat or char requirements.
anyways when you are at a town you will always see this (or somewhere else
in the fields)
the left side is where the warppoint is make sure you get it. and the rightside
is the teamboard you can taxi people or they can taxi you you can take a
shortcut to anycave (almost) now lets move our legs to the red haired
aha! here he is ^0^;; press the first option to get teleported to ctf map
capture the flag lobby and go west to buy 999cards (use it to teleport there when you need to) then go south to get your warp [note:do not buy the potions they only let you heal inside the ctf map not lobby nor other places]
now teleport back to your town also try right clicking the equip you want
to see to know if your char can equip it you must see a yellow letter like this
first is stab (dont worry about this if you are a hacktype starting with katana
with ispin,lucian means you are hack style or a 2h sword for maximin and boris
means you are a hack style. so basicly hack is your damage :P also screenie
below curse those two people :< lmao anyways shift click a user to do something like apply to club add to messenger 1:1 whisper or party trade etcetc here is the screenshot :O
ignore the crossed one and lets do this clock wise 1st is club 2nd is whisper
3rd is trade 4th is team 5th is messenger crossed out one is trash if you dont
have the album stuff o.o (thats cash :/) before i tell you about joining club
ill show you the map outside of a town screenie below shows you the pweety
you see the [!]? thats the newbie cave get in there and go to the right
side to join club press shift click mentioned above then click club button
now a popup should appear mmmmmmmm
anyways press the button below to apply you cant apply if the club is full
so stay alert with that.heck no dont join that club :P now for party.
press shift click (duh mentioned above) and press the team button wait till
the player accepts now press t and name your club first bubble is team exp
so if your team kills you get extra exp like if a monster gives 1exp you get 1exp o_o if 10exp still 1 xp 20xp 2xp extra o_o and 2nd bubble is share its good
to share if you are fighting strong monsters or you can use it to leech people
its better to leech one person just keep that in mind. now when you are dead
when you die you have to teleport to town or wait for someone to revive you
but newbies reviving you ? i dont think so they mostly dont have violet
herbs to revive you so press esc and you will see menus o.o press the button that my mouse is pointing the button only appears when you are dead
i believe o.o if you want to heal full hp you can always go to the healer and pay just a little bit of money as shown here if you are lower than lv.6 you
get free heals of hp only through
okay for people that dont know what solo and team warp does heres a picture
that warp leads you to chapter scene or a place where you have to do stuff
to get to the map where boss is located in o_ o
to combo o_O!!! you need to be level 6 first noobs! >_<!!
regular attack once aka left click
then rapidly press right click (only works when you have a skill)
when you do that the yellow bar above will move and your skill will be activated
then you will do something like this o_o look below not here below nooo below >_<;;
even if you level a skill that is level 1 to level 2 the skill will be level 1 unless you click the arrow shown below. never forget this
so basicly you can lower the skill level or higher when ever you want. if you are hunting a monster that dies with a skill that can hit
6times and it basicly dies in one hit you can lower the skill level o_o and it will hit once or twice (multislash =P) so it saves time xD
also after you have learned your skills put it in the slot shown below healing items work as well.
alrighty now lets see the chatbar some of you dont know and i dont want to repeat the same line
over and over again~ over and over again~ i got the feeling~ oops o_O
okay here is them chat bar :P
if you press the pacman like shown above you will have 3 more
stuffs the one with 3 people is team chat the one with the ear is whisper (we mostly use 1:1 aka press j method) and finally
the 1st one with a c on it also dont forget there is one person on it with the c! AHA! couldnt find that huh?! YEP :P
now on with the sign over your char you must press /si or /간판 i prefer /si even if you are korean or can type korean /si is faster duh :P
if you put your mouse on the sign it gets longer o_o;;
if you right click someone's sign a window pops up
the title of it says 3letters in korean and a face (-ㅅ-) because thats the users sign and it shows her character and her id.
below lys buttons o_o 1:1 message (j method duh) trade,invite to party,add to messenger, and EXIT
some times these signs may bother you i mean like really :P if it bothers you what shall you do? duh
make it not show up! yours shows up through many people (counting the koreans) dont know this
here are many many many boxes o_o and buttons above the boxes cant forget the check mark too
game button sets alot of stuff like Pk protect option meaning you cant hit your team mate if your first box there
is checked if 2nd you wont be able to hit your club mate (if you are in fight club you cant get in battle unless you put the 3rd option
which is "ignore lmfao" ) ok the next word is snapping 1st box monster 2nd box skill 3rd box item 4th box interface it just snaps if you click it o_o try it once? :P next is Usershop mark On to see usershops Off to not see them woot empty freemarket sounds cool :P next is sign show! :O on to see off to not see o_o trade option on to ignore (you cant trade with people) off is a must if you want to trade
next is quickslot on to show off to not show o_o... now minimap is next on to show off to not o_o ,,,chating window (obvious lol) status panel dont really matter i never put it on its just on off all the way woot anyway next one use messenger on to use messenger press h to open it you can 1:1 groups of people too :P next is chatting log dont really need this so just turn it off i guess.. next is long sidebutton menu to open with click i did it off since i dont want a extra click in the game lmao next two are useless so ill skip that.
whew okay figure the rest out on your own - _- lol
*** excuse that FAQ!
1.QUESTION: what is the diffence with boris and maximin?
ANSWER: Obvious! .... i meant ill solve that problem for you!
boris stats :P=cough he needs 2 stat points for dex and 1 point for defence one less stab o_O what? mr require point is 2 as well :P
maximin stats :P=in the other hand he needs 2point for defence 1 point for dex one more stab 3 stab and 5 hack as a hack type? wth?!
conclusion=boris gets more defence and magic resistance but maximin gets more dex o_O maximin doesnt really need tons of dex its pretty useless having 1 point required for dex since later on you are going to use the common tree to get free dex and agi as bonus why not have 1agi!!! then again you wont need million points on defence if you are going agi :/ wah lol. we arnt finished with this yet!
the skill difference maximin only has x slash at low levels but ?! boris? he gets circle slash and x slash at the same time :< and after lv.60s maximin gets another mob skill and if you do skill quest another one boris already had 2other mob skills too but you learn the other mobskill by mastering xslash and lv.64 but that skill is slow and very disappointing it made me quit boris but at lv.94 a very big mob skill
but 94... that just stinks mean time maximins 2nd mob skill called rollharsh is learned at the 40s or 50s o_O its not that good but pretty
cool effect perhaps? anyways his 3rd mob skill which is slyph lance is learned from a skill quest and its fast and great alot of people uses it xP but they still use x slash for botting "i saw them :P" well anyways o.o now if you want to target one skill you pretty much
only use multislash for boris and you can use at least 3 if not 4 one target skills multislash, moonslash(deadly),wind sword,xan(deadly if critical and its fast lol) if you are a maximin o.o. there is this skill called frozen xan for boris this korean person around lv.24 ish with a bastard sword (2h sword = these have int in them) has told me he did 2k/2k dmg with regular damage but i dont think thats possible. but
at least it will go over 1k/1k for sure since i did 900/900 with my hackstab boris ill probbly reset my char one day to check with a hackint boris to clear out the damage the speed is fast enough. go here for different chars skills o_o oh yeah boris is a ice type of magic swordman and maximin is a wind type windtype are weak ice are strong but slower than wind and lighting i want a lighting type
magic swordsman or woman perhaps a pretty girl would do ~_~ since i dont want to play a guy char hehe.. oh yah >_< the link!
http://www.talesweaver.org/database.php by the way they dont have all the skills its a really old data-base lol and yes they kinda named it wierd =.= we all car "cresent slash" circleslash o_o coz its almost a circle lol and "cold cut wth?!" is frozen zan =_ =;
anyways heres a pic when max is in battle field
and boris holding sword along with boris ultimate skill i still dont like it lv.94 for that skill eek >_<
dont be dumb do any of you expect boris to have a shield with his two hands full? i think not maximin is the only char
with a 2hsword than can wear a shield ... but? he can only use round shields no kite no tower boo who :P most people uses
knuckles,wrists as shield which gives you stab/hack/hit instead of shields theres no use for shields if you are weak :P
don't you want to create your own room with your friends in it? after double clicking the teamboard you will see this
and of course part 2
now i have made boxes on important stuff. its in order kinda lol
blue: Room title you can use any letters for the title so make up your own title. ex: apple pie in toilet? :o
black: level requirement if the level requirements min level is higher than your level you cannot make it. same with with max it has
to be at least one level lower or higher than your own level so keep that in mind.
green: max members if you set it to 2 you can go with one person the max is 16 ^^
red: cave enterances you can go to (note: you cannot use this alone you must have a person join your room and he must press ready and you press start lol)
1. i will skip this its no use if you dont beat chapters you can see bosses in chapters here each hour a spawn they drop encrypt scrolls (not a rare but it wont come "that" easy) and field messaging scroll which lets everyone on the field see what you type.
2. Fire cave - Good exp at level 20~30(if its too hard for you go to pillion till level 28 you can stay here till 37 at max if you want)
3. Crystal cave - useful at soloing at 24 ish on floor 1 or 1-1 (better spawn) also good rare rates it can make you rich woot!!!!!!!!
also floor 2 is good for agility types floor 3 as well because the deeper you go the stronger they get lol
4. Grinch mines - i use to hunt scoops,wickids at level 20~28 even through my weapon cracked the 2nd floor has a hidden room
where you get to get these cool looking minerals/rocks that are called simopain its 18k~20k each. but theres a scary monster
guarding there that does 7000x2 damage once you get close to them you cannot use skills in there so stay alert run run fast as
you can you cant catch me im gingerbread man!
5. Cave of Ordeals - this cave can be entered at level 16 ( long time ago it did dont know about now ) good for solo at 20~28 ^^
6. Under water Cave - good exp at level 30~42 with one party member on 2nd exp mode. (you can enter at level30)
7. Synoph Dungeon - this cave can be entered at level 25 and is great exp (the gatlings have no agi but 255 dex so this place will be pretty much hell to you if you are an agility type (low health is a big problem if you want to go to synoph there are 6 floors at max.)
8. Pillion Dungeon - good exp at level 24~28 with one party member on 2nd exp mode. (can be entered any level)
9. Spring cave - nice exp for levels20~28 if your not going to hunt with a partner this place is your friend. entered at level 18+
10. Cave of confusion - a great place to collect arena bones and golem rocks ^^ arena bones are used for this bug quest this red guy in clad gives you need to give him 200 arena bones you will get 20000 exp in all. ( yay~ ) and for golem rocks its used for
ring of hawkeye quest you need 50 of them. you need another 50 if you want to reset your characters stats and skills by the way
(do not forget dungeon duckwarriors mace its a rare you need as well i prefer you to do that reset at level 44 resets can be done
at narvik flee market this pirate at the north level 1~19 needs 5000 seeds and you can do it as many time as you want but others
only 1 or 2 or maybe 3 times at max lol)
okay now its yellow time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the yellow box marked at the first picture is basicly same as soloing but instead your with party members ( do not hunt the same monster its same as kill stealing if your on this exp mode this is bad for party hunting for good exp)
yellow box on 2nd picture is share when you are sharing you rather get more exp if the monster is higher than you ( the more redder the better lol ) the closer you are to your partner the more you guys get. ^-^
ps. when you are resetting stats do not save all the points till you get to your regular level. use it each level unless you dont have stats you would like to raise. see this would be a very good stat *im satisfied with this one* some messed up ones perhaps? i saved stats till lv.75 then raised stats then saved till lv.150 o_O;; owwwwwwww yes
it really hurt call the ambulance now ill save all the stat points till 150
big...... difference lol o.o
thank you for reading this hope you enjoy the game o_o ill do other stuff
thank you deathgodX for accepting the party for me to post a picture about party.
updated! thank you for reading once again. lol


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My SuperChips Flashpaq experience
I bought my 2006 GCO 5.7L 4x4 used, so I'm not sure if it had the stock settings before I purchased it or whether the previous owner had it programed with something other than stock. I purchased the SC Flashpaq because I wasn't happy with my transmission. The vehicle always shifted at the wrong time and when it down shifted, it'd often shift down 2 gears instead of one because the pedal was so sensitive.
My experience:
That being said, I purchased the SC Flashpaq for my vehicle and tried the 93 octane tune, 87 octane tune, and the efficient fuel economy tune. I didn't like any of them. The transmission was extremely aggressive and my mpg decreased from 14.5mpg to 11.5-12.5mpg. I didn't care too much about the mpg... it's still a 5.7L at the end of the day. However, the aggressive transmission annoyed me because it's a Jeep, not a z06. I will say one thing though, the 93 octane tune was nice for offroading in low gear. The low gear shifting was much much smoother.
After being unsatisfied with the pre-tuned options, I purchased the transmission tuning mod for the extra $40. I played around with the shift points. I tried 10-12 different combos and I still couldn't get it right. I tried several of the suggested schedules from another forum (I'm too lazy to check the rules and see if posting other forums is allowed on here... but it was the forum SC recommended to go to for shift schedules) that has hundreds of pages of data on them. It was still way too shifty and had horrible mpg.
At this point, I wanted to go back to the stock settings because I felt the stock settings were much smoother and less aggressive than anything I could program with the SC Flashpaq. After switching back to the stock settings, my transmission felt perfect. It felt much better than any of the tunes I tried out and it felt much better than the "stock" transmission I had before. Now remember, I bought my vehicle used, so I'm not sure if it was running stock before. However, after feeling how nice the ride was, I called SC and asked them how it could be better than what I originally had. They told me that the "stock tune" shift schedule on their module puts the vehicle back to the stock 2007 WK 5.7L settings. Apparently the 2007 settings differ from the 2006 settings. I didn't ask them if they differed from 05, 08, 09, 10 settings, so this is where other members who have interest in this would need to do further research.
I still use the 93 octane tune for offroading, but other than that, I keep it on a stock setting. I'm very happy with the performance.
I'd highly recommend buying the SC Flashpaq to anybody with a 2006 WK 5.7L 4x4 (not sure if the 4x4 matters), who wants a more luxurious transmission feel for their vehicle.
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post a link to the other site please. It will help others tremendously
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A 'senior political figure' may be outed as a paedophile on a BBC programme tonight.
The investigation about the unnamed man, who is alive and could be an MP or an advisor, may be shown on Newsnight.
It was revealed by the editor of the London-based Bureau of Investigative Journalism, Iain Overton, in a post on Twitter.
New claims of sexual harassment against serving BBC staff emerged today in the corporation's inquiry into the Jimmy Savile abuse scandal.
The names of people now under investigation for misconduct or assault were forwarded to BBC bosses in the past few days.
They are in addition to the nine employees that the BBC's director general George Entwistle announced were being investigated last week.
All the newly named individuals are staff members or contributors and are accused of sexual misconduct from the Seventies onwards.
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News of the latest accusations emerged as comedian Freddie Starr was bailed this morning after being arrested by detectives investigating claims that he attempted to grope a schoolgirl in Savile's BBC dressing room.
The comedian, 69, was taken into custody at a police station near his home in Warwickshire before being released in the early hours of this morning.
Starr left his home around lunchtime today to assist police at Leamington Spa police station with further inquiries.
The comedian hid under a pile of clothes in the back of a car driven by his wife.
He strongly denies claims by Karin Ward that he tried to grope her in 1974 when she was 14. Today, police were guarding the gates of Starr's house in the village of Mappleborough Green, near Studley, with two uniformed officers preventing anyone from approaching the property.
The questioning of Starr follows the arrest of former pop star Gary Glitter on Sunday.
He was questioned at a central London police station after being detained at his London home. He was later bailed.
Detectives investigating allegations of abuse by Savile and others have said they had drawn up a list of potential suspects and more arrests are expected over the next few days.
Savile is believed to have been one of the UK's most prolific sex abusers, with about 300 possible victims. Detectives are understood to be following more than 400 lines of inquiry, while the BBC has launched an inquiry into the culture and practices at the corporation in the era of Savile's alleged sexual abuse.
An independent inquiry is also being held into the dropping last December of a Newsnight investigation into claims about Savile. Mr Entwistle and other executives will be questioned by a barrister and be entitled to legal representation.
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