Why Social Media is enriching our lives, while it eats away at the fabric of our society.

Tom McAndrew

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0:00 - Intro, Live from Greece
05:00 - Cadet/U17 Worlds Update for Team USA
06:30 - 3 Greco Medals for First Time
09:00 - Morgan Turner is a Dawg
12:25 - Cadet Men’s Freestyle Draws Are Out
17:15 - Hulk Hogan’s Passing & RAF Update
21:25 - TJ Dudley Elevated as Head Coach
26:00 - Sasso No Longer at Lehigh After Arrest
30:30 - Bellarmine Adds Brayton Lee as Assistant Coach
35:45 - Vito Competing in Poland?
40:00 - Villasenor Staying in Stillwater
42:00 - Sammy Alvarez Officially Not Going to Iowa
45:15 - NWCA/Mike Moyer
51:30 - Jersey Barred from NCAA Punishment?
53:45 - “Mental Hardship Pilot Program”

 

jtothemfp

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0:00 - Intro, Live from Greece
05:00 - Cadet/U17 Worlds Update for Team USA
06:30 - 3 Greco Medals for First Time
09:00 - Morgan Turner is a Dawg
12:25 - Cadet Men’s Freestyle Draws Are Out
17:15 - Hulk Hogan’s Passing & RAF Update
21:25 - TJ Dudley Elevated as Head Coach
26:00 - Sasso No Longer at Lehigh After Arrest
30:30 - Bellarmine Adds Brayton Lee as Assistant Coach
35:45 - Vito Competing in Poland?
40:00 - Villasenor Staying in Stillwater
42:00 - Sammy Alvarez Officially Not Going to Iowa
45:15 - NWCA/Mike Moyer
51:30 - Jersey Barred from NCAA Punishment?
53:45 - “Mental Hardship Pilot Program”


Smart coss-posting here.

100x more valuable to readers of this space, and in turn more valuable to the space itself, than posting mere video thumbnail hyperlinks, which are often cruelly deceptive.
 

zzs006

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Amit is gettin’ hitched


Now that is one bad *** couple! I don’t know how many of you watch bjj and grappling but it’s worth your time to go and watch Mica. Kid is an absolute beast. I think he’s 1 of the 3 best grapplers in the world right now no matter the weight. A lot of grappling matches are pretty boring but Mica gets after it and is always looking for the submission.
 

Psalm 1 guy

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"The new home's dedicated wrestling building features considerable mat space, plenty of light, and windows adorned by banners of programs that represent the colleges of club wrestlers or coaches who have lent their expertise."

Not the way they would have done it in Iowa : )
 

316_Lyons

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Not sure where to put this, but our HS wrestling coach, Bill Bence, passed away this week. His teams didn’t wrestle a lot of top competition, but he had a great dual record (320-15) matched only by his sense of humor. (He once said our undersized HWT was “slicker than a three-peckered billy goat” for a local article) He’s in the PA coaches HOF.

Having attended a neighboring school during his final years of coaching, he always struck me as very down to earth despite his success. I remember him always personally swabbing the mat ahead of the start sectional finals when held at Dallastown.
 

Walkon86

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Burroughs really is as big of a dick as we all thought.

Burroughs posted a video talking about how Dake had reached out to him after the death of his (Burroughs) father. Burroughs felt bad about it because he did not reach out when Dake lost his (Dake’s) father because he didn’t know want to show compassion to a rival. He seems to have had somewhat of an epiphany over the incident…but he really does come across as a big a dick as I always thought he was. But decent of him to own it.
 
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Psalm 1 guy

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Burroughs really is as big of a dick as we all thought.

Burroughs posted a video talking about how Dake had reached out to him after the death of his (Burroughs) father. Burroughs felt bad about it because he did not reach out when Dake lost his (Dake’s) father because he didn’t know want to show compassion to a rival. He seems to have had somewhat of an epiphany over the incident…but he really does come across as a big a dick as I always thought he was. But decent of him to own it.
I only watched this clip and not the whole interview, but I admire Jordan's change of heart. It is not easy, especially for men, to admit when we fall short, and I appreciate Jordan's comments.
 

Tom McAndrew

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Burroughs really is as big of a dick as we all thought.

Burroughs posted a video talking about how Dake had reached out to him after the death of his (Burroughs) father. Burroughs felt bad about it because he did not reach out when Dake lost his (Dake’s) father because he didn’t know want to show compassion to a rival. He seems to have had somewhat of an epiphany over the incident…but he really does come across as a big a dick as I always thought he was. But decent of him to own it.

 

nerfstate

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I hold massive respect for Jordan on many levels.

One of the best American wrestlers in history. As clutch as they come in the sport. A good example of a human for young people. Came to State College and ran the NLWC gauntlet at OTT: Facundo, Mitchell, Nolf, that guy in the stands. He didn’t make it to the Final Boss Dake, but I’m glad for their new relationship. JB’s great generally. Also, Booo!
 

LB99

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I respect JB’s accomplishments on the mat. His attitude and personality….meh. He’s pretty cocky, but I guess he’s earned some of that. It’s just a bit much for me. I was glad Chance beat him in 2023 and I think JB and Manning overplayed the booing after the Mesenbrink match at BJC.
 

Matter7172

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Saw this today:



Having had atrial flutter (very similar) myself a couple of years ago, I just can't imagine wrestling with it. I'm a lot older, but coming back from it was/is no picnic.

Edit - Luckily, I had no complications from the ablation and it worked like a charm.
 
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Psalm 1 guy

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This is literally why social media is good. Keep swiping and reading. I love Sarah’s storytelling.


Thanks for posting and the advice to scroll through the whole post; very enjoyable! I am sure that cut for Sarah over the years was incredibly hard. There was also the mention of her getting an injection in one of her knees before the gold medal match. It is amazing what these athletes go through in order to be able to compete. Also, what is up with the Paris police trying to stop her from running to make weight after her semis? Very strange.

And finally, being told she had won the gold because her opponent missed weight only to be told later she would have to compete for the gold against a different opponent had to really mess with her mind. Not only that, but they told her on short notice, which caused her to lose three hours of prep before her gold medal match! Here are all of Sarah's 2024 Olympic matches (the videos direct to YouTube):



 

jtothemfp

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Saw this today:



Having had atrial flutter (very similar) myself a couple of years ago, I just can't imagine wrestling with it. I'm a lot older, but coming back from it was/is no picnic.

Edit - Luckily, I had no complications from the ablation and it worked like a charm.

Similar over here. I had SVT and lived with its symptoms from about 2004 to 2008 when the ablation healed it, never to return. Really effin trippy procedure to endure--totally awake & cognizant as a med tech threaded an electrical wire into my groin & up into my heart, all of which I could see on screen. My cardiologist was a floor above, talking through a microphone, while I was strapped on a table in the 'arena' lol. My nurse called herself my 'cocktail nurse' and fed me, first, a sedative, then, when Cardio Doc was ready, some adrenaline to trip the SVT and give Doc one final confirmation of where the second, false, pathway was located. She dosed me, I felt the extra heartbeat, the screen lit up, Doc said there it is, and burnt the hell out of it. Done. I went home later that day.

Also no complications for me. But I shared Yianni's story with my wife, who admitted how scared she'd been during and can't imagine the agony of the 20 seconds before the heart started up again.
 

Nitlion1986

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Similar over here. I had SVT and lived with its symptoms from about 2004 to 2008 when the ablation healed it, never to return. Really effin trippy procedure to endure--totally awake & cognizant as a med tech threaded an electrical wire into my groin & up into my heart, all of which I could see on screen. My cardiologist was a floor above, talking through a microphone, while I was strapped on a table in the 'arena' lol. My nurse called herself my 'cocktail nurse' and fed me, first, a sedative, then, when Cardio Doc was ready, some adrenaline to trip the SVT and give Doc one final confirmation of where the second, false, pathway was located. She dosed me, I felt the extra heartbeat, the screen lit up, Doc said there it is, and burnt the hell out of it. Done. I went home later that day.

Also no complications for me. But I shared Yianni's story with my wife, who admitted how scared she'd been during and can't imagine the agony of the 20 seconds before the heart started up again.
I got a call from nurses on a med-tele floor. A female patient in her 60s had popped off into a systematic SVT. I got to the room and everybody was ready with adenosine, 3 way stopcock and a flush. A male ICU nurse was giving the adenosine, and he is explaing the process and expected sensation "this will stop your heart and you may feel like you are dying". The look on the patient's face caused me to interject with "this medicine will cause your heart to pause for a second. That will allow it to reset into a normal rhythm, and you will feel a sensation that will make you go ooooohhhh."
Her facial expression improved, the shot was given, she literally let out an "ooohhh" and it reset into a normal rhythm. The patient looked at the male ICU nurse, grabbed him by the arm and told him "your bedside presentation is horrible, you need to learn to talk to a woman lying in bed like the other guy. I bet you never get laid!" The entire room cracked up.
 
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Nitlion1986

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Similar over here. I had SVT and lived with its symptoms from about 2004 to 2008 when the ablation healed it, never to return. Really effin trippy procedure to endure--totally awake & cognizant as a med tech threaded an electrical wire into my groin & up into my heart, all of which I could see on screen. My cardiologist was a floor above, talking through a microphone, while I was strapped on a table in the 'arena' lol. My nurse called herself my 'cocktail nurse' and fed me, first, a sedative, then, when Cardio Doc was ready, some adrenaline to trip the SVT and give Doc one final confirmation of where the second, false, pathway was located. She dosed me, I felt the extra heartbeat, the screen lit up, Doc said there it is, and burnt the hell out of it. Done. I went home later that day.

Also no complications for me. But I shared Yianni's story with my wife, who admitted how scared she'd been during and can't imagine the agony of the 20 seconds before the heart started up again.
If his heart wasn't beating for 20 seconds, he stepped out and wasn't aware. Everybody else in the room was in a controlled motion of frantic.
 
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Cstroke

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I got a call from nurses on a med-tele floor. A female patient in her 60s had popped off into a sympathetic SVT. I got to the room and everybody was ready with adenosine, 3 way stopcock and a flush. A male ICU nurse was giving the adenosine, and he is explaing the process and expected sensation "this will stop your heart and you may feel like you are dying". The look on the patient's face caused me to interject with "this medicine will cause your heart to pause for a second. That will allow it to reset into a normal rhythm, and you will feel a sensation that will make you go ooooohhhh."
Her facial expression improved, the shot was given, she literally let out an "ooohhh" and it reset into a normal rhythm. The patient looked at the male ICU nurse, grabbed him by the arm and told him "your bedside presentation is horrible, you need to learn to talk to a woman lying in bed like the other guy. I bet you never get laid!" The entire room cracked up.
Hell I wasn't even there and she called me out..
 

WashurMerkin

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I got a call from nurses on a med-tele floor. A female patient in her 60s had popped off into a sympathetic SVT. I got to the room and everybody was ready with adenosine, 3 way stopcock and a flush. A male ICU nurse was giving the adenosine, and he is explaing the process and expected sensation "this will stop your heart and you may feel like you are dying". The look on the patient's face caused me to interject with "this medicine will cause your heart to pause for a second. That will allow it to reset into a normal rhythm, and you will feel a sensation that will make you go ooooohhhh."
Her facial expression improved, the shot was given, she literally let out an "ooohhh" and it reset into a normal rhythm. The patient looked at the male ICU nurse, grabbed him by the arm and told him "your bedside presentation is horrible, you need to learn to talk to a woman lying in bed like the other guy. I bet you never get laid!" The entire room cracked up.
Before you got there the same ICU Nurse probably contemplated, packing her groin in ice or a pre-cordial thump. Ended up being too chicken poop!
 

PAHURDLER

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I got a call from nurses on a med-tele floor. A female patient in her 60s had popped off into a systematic SVT. I got to the room and everybody was ready with adenosine, 3 way stopcock and a flush. A male ICU nurse was giving the adenosine, and he is explaing the process and expected sensation "this will stop your heart and you may feel like you are dying". The look on the patient's face caused me to interject with "this medicine will cause your heart to pause for a second. That will allow it to reset into a normal rhythm, and you will feel a sensation that will make you go ooooohhhh."
Her facial expression improved, the shot was given, she literally let out an "ooohhh" and it reset into a normal rhythm. The patient looked at the male ICU nurse, grabbed him by the arm and told him "your bedside presentation is horrible, you need to learn to talk to a woman lying in bed like the other guy. I bet you never get laid!" The entire room cracked up.

My very first overnight as an intern I received a similar call for a woman in SVT on tele. I was so green that I was nervous about ordering actual medicine for a patient on my own, so naturally I tried to have her valsalva first. Didn’t work. Still too chicken sh*t to push adenosine, so what do I do? Basically water board her with a towel over face and a bucket of ice water. Did the trick, although my senior resident never let me live it down.