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Post by Chu Chu on Mar 9, 2024 13:17:20 GMT -5
Perhaps not exactly the same. Didn't we end that Georgia series undefeated (2-0)? 3 - 0!
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Post by Chu Chu on Mar 9, 2024 10:23:17 GMT -5
Get a win then end the series. That way you keep the fact of ending on a winning note. That's what we did with Georgia!
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Post by Chu Chu on Mar 8, 2024 12:15:56 GMT -5
Just let HC public relations know. Be nice if they noted it on our social media accounts, at a minimum. They did!
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Post by Chu Chu on Mar 6, 2024 10:57:51 GMT -5
That was well done and very entertaining!
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Post by Chu Chu on Mar 5, 2024 10:54:14 GMT -5
Jim Fixx, who wrote the best selling “The Complete Book of Running “ that helped start the running/jogging revolution in the 1970s, died of a heart attack while running at age 52. I remembered James Fixx and enjoyed his book. I also know that he had congenital heart problems and that if he had not been running, he quite probably would not have reached the age he did. Some of his doctors and friends said much the same thing. Not exactly. Jim Fix died of an acute myocardial infarction, and was found after his death to have severe arteriosclerosis of the three main coronary arteries. I also read and enjoyed his book. He was a great advocate for exercise as a major cure and preventive for cardiovascular disease, and believed he exercised at an elite level that he did not need to pay attention to other risk factors. It is important to get his story right, because I believe it contains lessons for the rest of us. He should've paid more attention to his prior history of cigarette smoking, and his family history of early heart disease, which might have indicated an underlying abnormality putting him at increased risk.
This article is by By Lawrence K. Altman, M.D., from the New York Times, was written a week after his death, July 24, 1984, Section C, Page 1:
THE first symptom of heart disease is sometimes sudden death. Never was that fact made clearer than in the ironic death last week of James Fixx, whose best-selling book ''The Complete Book of Running'' led tens of thousands to take up jogging and made him a guru of the running world. Mr. Fixx, whose transition from a heavy young man who smoked two packs of cigarettes a day into a trimmer, middle-aged nonsmoking athlete seemed to insure a healthy life, died at the age of 52 while jogging in Vermont.
Friends described him as being in fine physical condition and said he had not complained of any symptoms while running 10 miles a day and pursuing other vigorous physical activity. He had trounced his sister, Kitty Fixx Bower, in a tennis match on Cape Cod the day before his death.
His former wife, Alice Kasman Fixx, said, ''He never had any warning.''
''If he did,'' she said, ''he ignored it.''
Reports immediately after his death suggested that Mr. Fixx did not have a regular physician and had not gone for a routine checkup as his sister had urged him to do, even though his father had his first heart attack at the age of 35 and died of another one at 43.
News accounts of Mr. Fixx's death have led many to assume that such checkups would have detected the disease, brought about drug treatment or coronary bypass surgery, and saved his life. It might have.
But the insidious thing about heart disease, which is the nation's leading cause of death, is that it is often so secret and veiled that doctors cannot always detect severe cases such as Mr. Fixx's from routine tests. All individuals with heart disease are not candidates for bypass surgery, nor do all who have it benefit from it. It usually takes decades for arteriosclerosis to clog the arteries, thereby narrowing the stream of blood and reducing nourishment of the heart muscle. Further, as the painless, insidious process progresses, the body usually adapts to it by forming collateral pathways for blood to flow. Presumably, in Mr. Fixx's case, they were inadequate to protect against the heart rhythm abnormality that apparently killed him - an abnormality that may or may not have been triggered by a heart attack.
Dr. Eleanor N. McQuillen, Vermont's chief medical examiner who performed an autopsy on Mr. Fixx, said in an interview that all three of his coronary arteries were damaged by arteriosclerosis, the underlying cause of heart attacks.
Mr. Fixx's left circumflex coronary artery was almost totally blocked; only trickles of blood could flow through the pinholes that were left of the inside of that artery. About 80 percent of the blood flow in the right coronary artery was blocked. The chief nourishment to Mr. Fixx's heart came from blood flowing through the third artery, the left anterior descending, which was less severely affected. Nevertheless, half that artery was blocked in places.
There was additional arteriosclerotic damage to a portion of Mr. Fixx's aorta and the arteries in his legs, but no blockage. The disease spared the arteries that fed his brain.
Mr. Fixx's case ''will be a big question raiser'' because of the irony of his death while jogging and the debate about the health benefits of exercise, said Dr. Robert S. Ascheim, a cardiologist who practices at 435 East 57th Street and teaches at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center.
''Does running benefit you? Nobody really has a clear answer,'' Dr. Ascheim said.
Nevertheless, many people believe exercise prevents death from premature heart disease. Dr. Ascheim said that the severity of Mr. Fixx's heart disease would not have made bypass surgery imperative but that national studies have shown that medications would have been advised.
As the debates go on, optimists will say that exercise prolonged Mr. Fixx's life, and pessimists will contend that it shortened it.
Because of the uncertainties, one of the thorniest questions physicians face is how many tests and which ones to advise to screen for heart disease in middle-aged males who have no symptoms. Many physicians would not have been particularly suspicious of Mr. Fixx's having heart disease because he was in such fine physical condition and because of the apparent absence of symptoms even when exercising strenuously.
A physician examining him would start with a medical history, asking such questions as whether the patient has felt pain in the chest, jaw, throat or arm in relationship to exercise. He would ask the patient to describe the character of the pain and to tell how long it has been present. Newly occurring pain might merit special attention.
On learning that 17 years had passed since Mr. Fixx stopped his two-pack-a-day smoking habit and began running, the physician would have assumed that his risk of a heart attack would have returned to that of a nonsmoker. However, the physician would be struck by the heart disease history of Mr. Fixx's father.
If Mr. Fixx's blood pressure was high, appropriate therapy would have been advised.
Mr. Fixx's heart, like those of many athletes, was enlarged, and it probably would have appeared so on a chest X-ray. But, as Dr. McQuillen said, ''it is hard to know what the significance of an enlarged heart is in a runner'' who had serious heart disease.
Chances are that the electrocardiogram would have been normal because blockage of the arteries does not show up in the test, which detects only abnormal heart beats and damage that has already occurred to the heart muscle itself. Evidence of a painless heart attack sometime in the past, if present on the electrocardiogram, would have been a clue to the severity of his problem. However, if it was a heart attack that killed Mr. Fixx, it was apparently his first. Dr. McQuillen said she would study specimens of Mr. Fixx's heart under the microscope for evidence of an old heart attack.
Doctors are reluctant to resort to tests involving injection of needles, tubes and chemicals because of the associated risks. They usually order such tests only if there is evidence of medical need. So most doctors would not advise special X-ray tests known as coronary angiograms unless they had strong clues to the presence of heart disease.
The advanced equipment needed to screen for heart disease in symptomless individuals is very expensive. Moreover, all medical tests sometimes fail to detect a condition when it is present and indicate it is there when it is not. The percentage of such so-called false negatives and false positives varies with each test. For those and other reasons, most doctors are not inclined to advise use of currently available technology to mass screen for heart disease.
Particularly because of Mr. Fixx's family history of heart disease, many doctors might have advised a simpler screening test called the treadmill, or exercise stress test, which costs about $175. But many other doctors might not have done it.
Even if Mr. Fixx had a stress test, his endurance might have been supernormal because of his training. Yet changes may have shown up in the so- called ST segments of the electrocardiogram. In equivocal cases, ''many doctors might ignore the changes if he had no pain at the time,'' said Dr. J. Ward Kennedy, chief cardiologist at the University of Washington in Seattle.
If the results of the exercise stress test were normal, most doctors would have stopped the search. However, if the exercise stress results were abnormal, many doctors would have ordered tests that rely on radio-isotopes to outline the heart muscle. Some use thallium, and such tests cost about $750. Presumably, Mr. Fixx's results would have been abnormal. Because of the expense and because there are false negatives, such tests are generally not done as a first option.
Many will be struck by the irony of the jogger dying while striving for physical fitness. But as Dr. Kennedy put it, arteriosclerosis is ''a very complicated disease and practically anything can happen.'' Mr. Fixx's death is a reminder of how much more needs to be learned before heart disease can be conquered.
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Post by Chu Chu on Mar 2, 2024 13:17:22 GMT -5
Quite a turnaround so far! GoCross!
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Post by Chu Chu on Mar 2, 2024 13:03:00 GMT -5
I just turned in before the half. Ouch.!
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Post by Chu Chu on Feb 22, 2024 12:35:15 GMT -5
I don't think that fans are going to line up for a trip to Montana. This one will!
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Post by Chu Chu on Feb 22, 2024 10:39:10 GMT -5
To perhaps reset the dialogue and discussion, do others have individual journalists whom they follow and would like to share?
I am speaking of individuals who appreciate and engage in real pursuit of Truth, informed decision, and knowledge.
Another individual whom I track closely is Victor Davis Hanson. Highly intelligent individual who provides riveting historical perspectives on a wide array of topics. Thanks for the recommendation, td.
As a counterpoint, someone that I follow who also comes with a very thoughtful and interesting perspective is Heather Cox Richardson. She is a professor of history at Boston College, where she teaches courses on the American Civil War, the Reconstruction Era, the American West, and the Plains Indians. She writes a consistently interesting daily newsletter that you can subscribe to for free that also discusses current events in light of past history.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
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Post by Chu Chu on Feb 21, 2024 20:44:03 GMT -5
This is our best game of the year!
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Post by Chu Chu on Feb 21, 2024 16:31:30 GMT -5
I participated in this campaign, but I never saw where I could select how to direct my gift.
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Post by Chu Chu on Feb 21, 2024 16:20:50 GMT -5
I have a good friend who is a St Johns grad, and a basketball fan. He was so hopeful this year, and he is crushed about Pitino's comments. He also disparaged the schools facilities as one of his problems. I am frankly a bit surprised. It certainly won't be good for team chemistry or morale. I do not remember him doing anything similar while at Iona.
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Post by Chu Chu on Feb 10, 2024 13:10:55 GMT -5
Mo money, mo money, mo money. IMO, this is all by design and thought out well in advance by the Power 4 conferences. The 12-team playoffs beginning next year are the college equivalent of the NFL playoffs. The NCAA wants to continue to be in a position to feed at this trough so it plays a role as a sycophantic yet ineffectual self regulatory organization. Under this construct both on the FB and BB front, you’re right this is worse than pro sports. I foresee future major issues primarily related to gambling on games. All the elements are in place. I think the likelihood of scandals relating to gambling is like night following day. I personally think Holy Cross and like minded schools and FCS schools overall are in a great position. The schools that are boxed are the mid to lower tier FBS programs that are not going to be able to keep up and don’t have the $$ to compete. BC, Syracuse, Temple, UConn, UMass, and a host of others in the MAC and Sun Belt are going to get squeezed. They either won’t be able to land the requisite number of talented recruits to compete and/or will lose their better players. I foresee many kids and families choosing to come to places like Holy Cross instead. Just my two cents. Let’s Win. Although, Syracuse is having their best recruiting year in decades.
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Post by Chu Chu on Feb 7, 2024 17:27:45 GMT -5
I have a feeling of subdued optimism about this game. Fingers crossed!
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Post by Chu Chu on Feb 5, 2024 14:20:24 GMT -5
The article in the Smithsonian Magazine is amazing. I think that every HC alum should read it.
I thought I knew a lot about the Healy family, but I had no idea about how Patrick and James felt about their mixed race, and how they navigated the world around them. I also do not remember learning that it was the fortune amassed from selling the family slaves that rebuilt Fenwick Hall after the fire.
Although the author talked about several of the Healy siblings, something not mentioned in the article (that is well-known here on the West Coast), is the history behind the United States Coast Guard Cutter Healy. USCGC Healy is the United States' largest and most technologically advanced icebreaker, as well as the US Coast Guard's largest vessel. It is named in honor of Captain Michael A. Healy, who is yet another famous Healy brother. She is home ported in Seattle, and was commissioned in 1999.
The achievements of this family of children, born into slavery, are truly astounding.
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Post by Chu Chu on Feb 2, 2024 19:15:08 GMT -5
While watching a multitude of games this season, several schools have now used a campus building motif for their basketball courts. Santa Clara University changed their floor in 2016 to show the mission chapel and palm trees on the floor. From my perspective this design for the Leavey Center floor, does not translate well to viewers of a telecast who are unfamiliar with the campus. santaclara.prestosports.com/general/2015-16/releases/20160311spyfb6Click on the image to see the full detai of the floor…. santaclara.prestosports.com/general/2015-16/photos/0001/index#&gid=1&pid=43santaclara.prestosports.com/general/2015-16/photos/0001/indexKeep the Massachusetts map on the Hart Center floor. ….I get a chuckle when on a telecast the announcer says that three point shot was from Nantucket, or Martha’s Vineyard, on the other side they may say from Great Barrington. As iconic as Fenwick is to all HC alums, very few people on the telecast will make a connection to the image on the floor in the Hart Center to the location of The College of the Holy Cross, if it was Fenwick or O’Kane or Dinand Library. Showing the map of the Commonwealth is part of the critical branding process in the recognition of the college location. I like the court the way it is, and I agree with your points above. The college is trying hard to reach out to central Massachusetts folks in order to form the kind of bond with our teams and the local population that used to exist generation ago. I think this design on the court is part of that. It is about the local community.
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Post by Chu Chu on Feb 1, 2024 13:17:28 GMT -5
"On February 7, 2024 Churchill Bulldog OL Jackson Roon 6 ‘3” 275 will sign his National Letter of Intent and accept a football scholarship to Holy Cross.
College of The Holy Cross is in the prestigious Patriot League and is a mainstay in the D1-FCS top 25."
This jumped out at me. I have been used to seeing all kinds of permutations, including "university" and misspelling of Worcester, but these guys got our messaging exactly right!
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Hafley
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Post by Chu Chu on Feb 1, 2024 13:11:01 GMT -5
Bill Belichick?
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Post by Chu Chu on Jan 30, 2024 14:30:47 GMT -5
When I read this yesterday I figured that someone might post it here. I had no idea about her. She sounds great, and it is interesting to me that both she and President Vince Rougeau both have New Orleans roots, and both seem to be uniquely prepared to be trailblazers in Jesuit higher ed!
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Post by Chu Chu on Jan 30, 2024 14:27:51 GMT -5
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Post by Chu Chu on Jan 30, 2024 14:26:31 GMT -5
Speculative Fantasy: I have always thought the Regis Tuition Free model is an ideal which HC should pursue. No tuition fess for any student. Supplemental aid would be available for student housing & expenses depending on the family financials. An HC education would be available to a wider, more diverse variety of students. This would redound to the benefit educationally of all. Maybe, applications would increase and the quality of the student body might improve. Diversity, Equity & Inclusion based on merit & done the right way. I would reduce the overall enrollment accompanied by a reduction in the athletic profile of the school to reduce expenses. Athletics are a loss leader to attract attention and promote alumni giving. Of course a huge increase in the endowment & other funds would be required to successfully pull this off. Alums would need to be as dedicated & proud of a tuition free HC as they are about the school's success in sports. Obviously ain't ever gonna' happen. And, the great Regis High School endures. Time to pony up!
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Post by Chu Chu on Jan 27, 2024 20:30:44 GMT -5
It's going to be tough on the gals to have this long bus ride and then regroup for BU on TV this Monday.
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Post by Chu Chu on Jan 27, 2024 20:25:37 GMT -5
Don't get discouraged We will get much better in the next year or two...Keep the faith I agree and I think that there was a lot to like in the game today. I only got to see the second half, but what I saw was a great college basketball game, that was competitive until the end. Our guys played in a relaxed fashion, they talked to each other, they were patient, they worked for open shots, and they defended hard. We are going to win a few of these games, and the experience for our young players will pay dividends down the line as they mature.
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Post by Chu Chu on Jan 27, 2024 16:34:27 GMT -5
Fascinating article! I was unaware of the history behind the school.
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Post by Chu Chu on Jan 24, 2024 15:08:34 GMT -5
Outstanding! This marks the first time since 1991 that Holy Cross has had two Academic All-America honorees in the same season. The Crusaders have now also had Academic All-America selections in back-to-back seasons, as Peter Oliver was honored in 2022. Stuff like this should send a powerful message to recruits!
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