MooPig Sports Trough :: "Go BAYLOR BEARS"

Football American Style
Retrieved by Pat Darnell  |  Nov 16, 2013  |  Bryan TX

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2013 NCAA College Football Polls and Rankings for Week 12 - ESPN:
"AP Top 25 RANK"
TEAM / RECORD / PTS
1 Alabama  9-0  1472
2 Florida State  9-0   1418
3 Ohio State  9-0   1310
4 Baylor  8-0   1303
5 Stanford  8-1   1272
6 Oregon  8-1   1139
7 Auburn  9-1   1109
8 Clemson  8-1   1049
9 Missouri  9-1   1012
10 Texas A/M  8-2   909"

The last number four MooPig rooted for was probably John McCain when he was climbing up through the Republican ranks for presidential nominee. He ended up number two. That's how we see BAYLOR football team today.

They are proving that they are no one's doormat anymore. Remember the old Southwest Conference? University of Texas used to win all the time. Baylor was a fly-over football team, made up of pre-med students, who might or might not have a propensity to withstand concussions of football play. You know, a concussion might limit one's ability to concentrate on his studies.

Rice and Baylor were both known for their academics, and relative small sized student populations. MooPig Sports Trough Department has been secretly rooting for Baylor since the advent of RG III into the annals of football history. What, you say, calling out Baylor only when they are winning? We are after all one of those lazy bloggers... eh?

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http://espn.go.com/college-football/rankings
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/08/sports/ncaafootball/in-a-chaotic-game-baylor-leaves-its-past-and-the-sooners-far-behind.html?_r=0
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/big12/2013/11/07/college-football-baylor-bears-oklahoma-sooners/3471221/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/no-4-baylor-will-have-to-compensate-for-loss-of-injured-wr-reese-rbs-still-banged-up/2013/11/11/ddd68c9c-4b1f-11e3-bf60-c1ca136ae14a_story.html

MooPig Home School Department :: "Universities" PART ONE

Treatment by Pat Darnell | Apr 12, 2013 | Bryan TX

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The Practical University - NYTimes.com:
"What is a university for?

Are universities mostly sorting devices to separate smart and hard-working high school students from their less-able fellows so that employers can more easily identify them? Are universities factories for the dissemination of job skills? Are universities mostly boot camps for adulthood, where young people learn how to drink moderately, fornicate meaningfully and hand things in on time? (DAVID BROOKS. Published: April 4, 2013. LINK) ... "

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" ... A recent article in the Washington Post began with the statement that today’s college students “may be part of the last generation for which ‘going to college’ means packing up, getting a dorm room and listening to tenured professors.” By using these three aspects of college life – packing up, dorm rooms, and tenured professors – the writer was able to clearly illustrate the ritualized process of traditional university education, setting the stage for major changes coming in the very near future.
In 2007 I released a paper on the future of education, culminating an 18 month effort to probe the likely evolution of a system that has become emotionally linked with many of our country’s and the world’s deficiencies. (By Futurist Thomas Frey. no date. LINK) ... "

Thomas Frey describes in his article deficiencies that come with dominant world powers. He relates dominant world power with a kind of tunnel vision mentality. The Romans, while in power, did not add much to mathematics because of their numbering system, Roman numerals. Because each Roman numeral was more of a "formula" than a "place holder" number. As a deficient numbering system, Roman numerals did not "promote" higher math.

" ... [What] made Roman numerals so inferior was that each number lacked specific numeric positioning, making each number more of an equation than a single integer. The added layer of complexity prevented people from doing higher math. (ibid. Frey, Thomas) ... "

Unfortunately, in our cataloging society, we are today, like the Romans, too deeply immersed in our systems:

" ... Most of these systems we take for granted – systems for weights and measurement, accounting, banking, procurement, traffic management, and food labeling. With each of these systems we are much like the Romans, immersed in the use of these systems to a point where we seldom step back and question the reasoning and logic behind them. ... "

Universities traditionally are the "conveyors of wisdom and culture from generation to generation." Human intelligence, still not fully understood, might be genetically passed on from parent to child -- but memory of how we became intelligent must be relearned by each child. Memory is not passed on genetically in humans.

However, Universities are "about to find out" that our digital revolution with its "counterparts in education" will outdistance the pedantic task of passing on wisdom and culture.

" ... College 2.0 will witness a massive peeling apart process. Learning will become separated from the classroom. Courses will be created organically and formed around an on-demand, any-time, any-place delivery models. Professors will declare their independence and work for multiple institutions rather than just one specific college. Accreditation will shift from the Institution to the course and to the individual. And textbooks, the ink-on-paper version that we know today, will all but disappear. (Frey, thomas. ibid.) ... "

What MooPig Wisdom wants to pass on to its reader is that you don't have to wait for this to be perfected. Stay at home higher learning is here already, and effective as a source of educational advancement. It doesn't hurt to go ahead and enjoy the cost advantages of digital learning today; especially since it is how things are going to be. Just like libraries, music, newspapers, and broadcasters, Universities adapt to the digital era.

" ... An August 2009 study released by SRI International for the U.S. Dept of Education concluded that “On average, students in online learning conditions performed better than those receiving face-to-face instruction.” (ibid. Frey Thomas. [NY Times]) ... "

Meeting in classrooms, instead of driving to and from a location while supporting oneself, can be done online virtually. Room and board is no longer an added cost factor in educational pursuits.

" ... For colleges to survive and thrive, the coming years will find them searching for higher ground. Their struggle will be to transition themselves beyond regional objectives, political boundaries, and short-term thinking. ... "

" ... Cultural shifts: The perceived value is a core component of a college’s reputation, and that reputation is being continually re-defined in online communities.

• 81% of Americans age 18 and over use the Internet. (Harris Poll)
• On average, 245 million word-of-mouth conversations occur in the U.S. daily via e-mail, IM/text messaging or chat rooms/blogs, and 35% of advice givers in online conversations fall within the 13 to 17 age bracket. (Keller Fay Group)
• 64% of college student Internet users consider word of mouth the most useful type of advertising. (Alloy Media + Marketing)
• Many of the top attributes that teenagers value in a brand — community, collaboration, co-creation, empathy, real story and meaning — relate to authenticity. (ibid. Frey T. [Ypulse]) ... "

SUMMARY
" ... The problem is that as online education becomes more pervasive, universities can no longer primarily be in the business of transmitting technical knowledge. Online offerings from distant, star professors will just be too efficient. As Ben Nelson of Minerva University points out, a school cannot charge students $40,000 and then turn around and offer them online courses that they can get free or nearly free. That business model simply does not work. (DAVID BROOKS. Published: April 4, 2013. LINK) ... "


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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/05/opinion/Brooks-The-Practical-University.html?src=me&ref=general
http://moopigwisdom.blogspot.com/2013/02/moopig-home-school-department-moocs.html
http://www.davinciinstitute.com/papers/the-future-of-colleges-universities-blueprint-for-a-revolution/

MooPig Zazzle Department :: "They don't show the flip side"

T-shirts ...
Re-hashed by Pat Darnell  |  Mar 22, 2013  |  Bryan TX

[Picture LINK] Reuters/Reuters - A Viking-era woollen mitten found by a shrinking glacier in the mountains of south Norway in 2011 is seen in this undated handout picture released by the Oppland county council March 21, 2013. REUTERS/Oppland county council/Handout

Pre-Viking Tunic Found In Thawing Glacier Shows How Climate Change Aids Archaeology (PHOTO): "Reuters reports that the woolen garment was uncovered in 2011 in south Norway, 6,560 feet above sea level on what is believed to have been a Roman-era trade route. Carbon dating revealed that the greenish-brown tunic was made around the year 300."

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While Kim and Kanye are naming their baby "NorthWest," while Amanda Bynes is proving her mental state-- unaware of her new reputation, and as Britney S picks up some KFC, archaeologists find a "tunic" in glacier ice.

[Picture LINK] Marianne Vedeler of Norway's Museum of Cultural History shows off a 1,700-year-old tunic used as warm outer clothing, found in the mountains of southern Norway in 2011, in Oslo March 21, 2013. The pre-Viking woollen tunic found beside a thawing glacier in south Norway shows how global warming is proving something of a boon for archaeology, scientists said on Thursday. (Alister Doyle/Reuters)

They don't show the flip-side of the oldest Tunic shirt because ...

... of copy-right issues!!!

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http://news.yahoo.com/pre-viking-tunic-found-glacier-warming-aids-archaeology-211622382.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/22/pre-viking-tunic-found-glacier-climate-change_n_2932431.html?ncid=webmail1

MooPig FWD Emails Department :: "Reversed Aging... Dr Al Sears"

Witnessing History
Retrieved from email by Pat Darnell | Dec 9, 2012 | Bryan TX

Al Sears, MD
11903 Southern Blvd., Ste. 208
Royal Palm Beach, FL 33411

December 5, 2012



Dear Patdarnell,

In 1990, Dr. Daniel Rudman accomplished something that had never been done before. He reversed human aging. Wrinkles disappeared. Grey hair began turning black again. Energy levels soared. And seventy-year-olds had resurgence in sexual appetite.

Twelve men, ages 61 to 81 volunteered for the trial. They received injections of a certain pituitary protein for 6 months. Usually, as we age, our skin grows thinner, we lose muscle and bone, and gain body fat. But the men in the study grew thicker skin, developed bigger muscles and denser bones and lost fat.

On average, the participants experienced:

14.4% decrease in fat tissue mass
8.8 % rise in lean body mass
7.1% increase in skin thickness
1.6% rise in bone density
When Rudman’s study was published in the New England Journal of Medicine, he wrote:

“The effects of six months of human growth hormone on lean body mass and adipose-tissue mass were equivalent in magnitude to the changes incurred during 10 to 20 years of aging.”1

But the conventional medical establishment fired back, saying it does nothing to prevent aging. They went so far as to claim that the use for anti-aging is illegal... The American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M) filed a lawsuit claiming libel.

Several other studies have now confirmed Dr. Rudman’s findings. The benefits include:

Increased energy
Enhanced sexual performance
Muscle gain
Stronger bones
Diminished wrinkles
Improved immune function
Enhanced mood
Improved vision
And results of a 10-year study helped to prove its long-term effectiveness.

Researchers analyzed a group of men for ten years. The men were compared to a group of men of the same age who did not receive the protein. The men receiving it had more lean muscle mass, less fat, more energy, and more stable emotional health.

The benefits seen in the many short-term studies were also there throughout the 10 years, without any negative side effects. The men appeared to turn back the clock, safely.2

I have researched the effectiveness of this age-defying solution through my Wellness Research Foundation in patients anywhere from 35 to 95 years old with great success.

Many studies have shown that you can elevate your own levels with strenuous exercise. But they don’t know anything about what I do, which is that you don’t have to exercise that hard to get those benefits.

All you have to do is find some new element to focus on, and your body will respond in the same way without the negative effects you get if you exercise too strenuously. As long as you’re doing something that’s a little more or a little different than what you’re used to, you’ll get that benefit anyway, without straining yourself.

But there are other ways to increase your levels, and you could go from flabby and frail to stronger and healthier in a matter of weeks.

I’ve come across a great resource that explains everything you need to know about this incredible youth-activating protein, what it can do for you, and how to use it. It comes from my colleagues at the Institute of Natural Healing.

This exclusive guide gives you the specific steps to take to feel invigorated, mentally alert, and physically stronger than ever. And you’ll also discover exactly how you can easily fix underlying problems rather than just covering up the symptoms.

The techniques are easy to implement and give you a weapon to stave off the consequences of growing older ... and discover how you can ramp up your body’s production of this age-reversing compound all on your own – without a doctor.

To Your Good Health,

Al Sears, MD



__________________________Reference
1. Klatz, R. Grow Young with HGH Harper Collins, NY: 1997
2. Gibney J. et al., The effects of 10 years of recombinant human growth hormone (GH) in adult GH-deficient patients J Clin Endrocrinol Metab 1999 Aug; 84(8): 2596-2602
http://www.alsearsmd.com/catalog
http://lahealthcare4u.blogspot.com/2009/11/hgh-therapy-anti-aging.html

http://lahealthcare4u.blogspot.com/search/label/hgh%20hormone

http://lahealthcare4u.blogspot.com/search/label/hgh%20therapy

http://www.hghmagazine.com/side-effects-of-hgh/

MooPig's Famous Last Words Department :: "Cup of Coffee Prevents Diabetes 2"

We Knew it all Along!
Retrieved by Pat Darnell | Feb 12, 2012 | Bryan TX

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Type 2 Diabetes accounts for 95% of cases. Compounds in coffee inhibit hIAPP (human islet amyloid polypeptide), a substance linked to diabetes.

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Coffee prevent diabetes: Coffee prevent diabetes new study reveals why - latimes.com: "Researchers Ling Zheng, of Wuhan University, and Kun Huang, of Huazhong University of Science and Technology... two Scientists looking for ways to prevent diabetes have been investigating ways to block hIAPP, which is present in high levels in the pancreases of those with the disease. Zheng and Huang decided to study whether coffee was doing that. Their study appeared in a recent issue of the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry." (Marni Jameson, Orlando Sentinel. January 16, 2012)

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**Bonus Brewing Method (For those coffee enthusiasts who have read this far) – The coffee siphon is an old method of coffee brewing that is now making a resurgence among diehard coffee fans. The method virtually eliminates the usual acidity found in most coffee brews and leaves an almost sweet taste that’s full of flavor. Google it, ask your local coffee expert about it, but definitely try it out. ( SCHAEFER on AUGUST 3, 2009. LINK )


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http://www.latimes.com/os-coffee-prevent-diabetes-20120116,0,7490582.story
http://artofmanliness.com/2009/08/03/brewing-the-perfect-cup-of-coffee/

University of Houston Football Undefeated, 11-0

The Law of Gus has been overtaken by the Law of Gilmore.
Retrieved by Pat Darnell | Nov 20, 2011 | Bryan TX

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Cougars509
Only 2 undefeated teams left!

That sums up the standings of college football in November 2011. LSU, Louisiana State University Tigers and University of Houston Cougars are each 11 Wins, 0 Losses tonight. All the other college teams have lost at least one game.

Look at University of Houston's eleven game winning scores HERE.


From the WEB, COMMENTARY:
Cougars509
I won't sleep much until Friday this is the first time in school history we have a chance at an undefeated season this late in. BCS bowl on the line. Slim chance but we may even get in the NCG convo. What a time to be a coog. I just hope I am still saying that Saturday. The last time we were here was my freshman year and UT beat us bad end our top 10 rank. We were bowl ineligible due to Yeoman era violations but still. This game is always crazy and hard to call. I think UH should win but our stats against common opponnents are close and with the expection of '08 and back in the 60's, before my time, when UH scored 49 in one quarter against and scored 100 total these games have been very close.

Eat 'em up. I hope we go out and win but Tulsa's run game scares me. Their D is so so and not as good as SMU but they can run and that is our weakest point on D right now.

tomvaughan2005
A lot of losses have to happen for us to be in the NCG conversation and even then I don't see it happening. But you're right, great time to be a Coog.

(I still remember than UT loss. I remember the Miami loss more the next year even more. Ugh.)
7 Hours Ago

Cougars509
I try to forget the Miami game. I was at a Sigma chi party about a week after and the Sigma Chi guys were giving the backup center who snapped one out of the endzone for a safety heck about it since he was one of their brothers.
6 Hours Ago

Golden Hurricane . Attorney at Law
Tulsa is going to eat Houston up. It's our senior day. It's in Tulsa. The pressure and expectation on Houston will be too much for the players.
2 fans like this.
6 Hours Ago

Cougars509
I don't think so scooter. UH might not win but this one will be close. There was just as much pressure against SMU and we got the blow out.

Rocketman003
This is going to be a shoot-out, high scoring game. If UH's defense plays like they did against SMU, they will win but thats a big IF, regardless I have hope
8 Hours Ago

Cougars509
I don't know. It depends on how UH steps up run D. Last year it was pretty low socring but a shootout. SMU was able to really eat some clock today and if Tulsa can run well it might be another 28-25 affair like last year because Tulsa takes 8 minute drives.
7 Hours Ago

Brent6382
You know that last year Houston had a true freshman quarterback in there that didn't know any of the plays right? Keenum and Turner were out for the season. The team was in the dumps all around and still almost won. Don't expect Houston to be anything like last year.
3 Hours Ago

lshocket
I really want UH to win this game but it just won't happen. Strange things are happening on Friday nights. The Law of Gus has been overtaken by the Law of Gilmore.

" ... As for the Tulsa Game this Friday --
Cougars509Common opponents update
Tulane UH 73-17 Tulsa 31-3
UNT UH 43-28 TU 41-24
UAB UH 56-13 TU 37-20
Rice UH 73-34 TU 38-20
Marsh UH 63-28 TU 59-17
SMU UH 37-7 TU 38-7
UTEP UH 49-42 57-28

Total points scored 345 UH TU 244 101 points + UH
Total points given up UH 169 TU 119 -50 TU
Total point differential UH 176 TU 125 UH +51 avg. +7 UH
By common opponents this should be a very close game and a very good matchup. UH has only a touchdown a game net more than TU. ..."

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http://espn.go.com/ncf/conversation?gameId=313290202
http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/r49Ls7ky3E7/Carolina+Hurricanes+v+Nashville+Predators/pZEPSQnsm-X

Today's Strip :: Strippers go to School in London

Lap-land is not just about Yaks anymore....
Retrieved for Edumacational Porpoises by Pat Darnell

London, Sept 9 : A study has revealed that most of the women who have taken up stripping in clubs have done it just so they can pay for their degrees.

[SOURCE]

The study, conducted by Dr Teela Sanders and Kate Hardy, from Leeds University, revealed that just over one in three lap-dancers were in higher education.

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