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Save Money : Free Bagel w/ Schmear @ Einstein Bros.

| Breakfast, Einstein Bros Bagel, Save Money

I guess the economy must really suck, cause this is the 5th free food offer i have seen this week. Already having consumed about 10 Free tacos this week (Thank you Taco Bell) ...its time for the most important meal of the day Breakfast. Become a Facebook Fan of Einstein Bros... then go to the "Free Bagel" Tab and print away...

Save Money : Free Fresco Taco at Taco Bell

| Save Money, Taco Bell

Well Taco Bell has started something called the Drive-Thru Diet and they want us to have a free Fresco Taco on them...well if I must. Free Tacos for everyone....

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Save Money : First Aid 2010 USMLE STEP 1

| Save Money, United States Medical Licensing Examination, USMLE Step 1

Amazon has First Aid USMLE Step 1 2010 edition on sale for 22.50$ a savings of 50% vs retail and free 2 day shipping. Get it while its hot! (2010 edition comes out Jan 5)

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Health Cuts With Little Effect on Care

| Economics, Health, Health care, Heart, Medicine, New York Times, Patient, Writer

Here is a great article from NY times writer DAVID LEONHARDT about current medical economics and how it relates to patient care at Bon Secours health care system in Richmond, VA.

"At the heart of the health care debate is the question of whether it’s possible to cut medical costs without harming patients. What has happened here in Richmond helps to answer that question."

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Merry Christmas

| Holidays and Special Days

Merry Christmas!

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Invictus

| Motivation, William Ernest Henley

I wanted to share this classic poem with all you studying, interviewing or just going through the daily grind on the path of being a doctor. Truly an inspirational piece...

Invictus

Out of the night that covers me,

Black as the Pit from pole to pole,

I thank whatever gods may be

For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance

I have not winced nor cried aloud.

Under the bludgeonings of chance

My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears

Looms but the horror of the shade,

And yet the menace of the years

Finds, and shall find me, unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,

How charged with punishments the scroll,

I am the master of my fate;

I am the captain of my soul.

by William Ernest Henley

Prefixes, Roots, Suffixes

| Medical Terminology, USMLE, Video, Videos

Great video on Medical Terminology...

Save Money : Free Frutista Freeze at Taco Bell

| Lindsay Lohan, Save Money, Taco Bell

With summer disappearing faster than Lindsay Lohan's acting career. Enjoy a cold one on me...ok Taco Bell. Trust me the Frutista is the best thing Taco Bell has ever come up with...

HousingMaps

| Affordable housing, Craigslist, GOOGLE, Google Map, Google Maps, Housing, HousingMaps, Medical school, Medicine, Search, Search Engines, Searching

Are you looking for an easy way find affordable housing in a city. Try HousingMaps which merges Craigslist rental listings on a Google maps. This is one of the best way to locate housing in a city or even a particular neighborhood. Great to the medical student on the move.

Save Money : Short Term Accommodations

| Hotels, Housing, Money, Save Money, Travel

Need a place to stay? Don't have too much money to spend? Try AirBnB.com
AirBnB gives the "perpetually broke" medical student two great advantages... 1.Cost: most rooms are less than a 50$ 2. Flexibility: "Coming into NY on a Tuesday and leaving on Thursday no problem with AirBnB." Its like an eBay for rooms. Oh and they do offer international cities as well.