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Encouraging news from Canada
Not many people take Canadians very seriously. After all, they are best known for their Mounties – strangely dressed police officers who claim always to “get their man” – and their ice hockey teams’ willingness to lose gracefully to US opposition. Fortunately, they are blessed with a good sense of humor and tolerate the gentle fun poked at them. But, like people everywhere, they also get injured and fall sick. Their interests are protected by a federal body called the Therapeutic Products Directorate (TPD). Essentially, this is the same as the FDA on drugs and medical devices. There’s a separate organization to safeguard the public on food. The TPD licenses the sale of all products used as treatments. These decisions are “evidence-driven”, i.e. all manufacturers have to run clinical trials to collect evidence that their product is safe and does what it’s supposed to do with only a few mild side effects. Until recently, the TPD only licensed the use of a once-daily version of tramadol for moderate pain. Conventional wisdom said that the level of relief tapered off too much as the day went by and the concentration of the drug in the blood stream reduced. But, as a result of new evidence submitted by Biovail Corp, the company that manufactures and distributes tramadol north of the border, the TPD has now extended the license to allow its use for the relief of more severe pain. Biovale has run five trials. The first four were standard randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials lasting 12 weeks with about 3,000 participants in total. The fifth trial ran for fifty-eight weeks. All the participants suffered persistent moderate to severe pain caused either by osteoarthritis of the knee joint or by hip and lower back conditions. The results demonstrated tramadol’s consistent ability to reduce the level of pain. All those taking the active drug reported a steady drop in the intensity of the pain over the first month. Once the level of tramadol stabilized in the blood stream, the general sense of relief continued through the period of each trial. The most commonly reported improvement in the quality of life was the ability to get an uninterrupted night’s sleep. With chronic pain, it can be difficult to get to sleep and, as drug levels fall over night, the pain can wake the sleeper. If a pattern of insomnia is established, this can start people down the slippery slope of depression which always seems to make the pain “feel” worse. All the participants felt better rested and their moods improved as the pain came under control. Even more impressive where the results from the longer fifth trial which showed the pain relief did not fall away as people became more tolerant of the drug. With the once-daily version now approved in Canada, attention now turns to the FDA to see whether it will also license its use in the US. Until then, you can buy tramadol online at really low prices. This gives you safe pain relief at prices you really can afford, improving the quality of life and lifting your mood for a better tomorrow. Cheap tramadol really is a lifesaver in both the emotional and physical sense.
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Ice Hockey Humor Questions
Funny yet inspirational quotes?
I play for a ringette team (like hockey, played on ice…etc) and I am responsible for coming up with inspirational notes before every game during our tournament this weekend. However I would like to be creative and throw a twist in, so while being inspirational and motivational, also include humor (for some, if not all of our games).
So throw some ideas at me, I would love to hear them!
An example for a previous note included “we will part the opposing defence like Moses parted the Red Sea”. Funny, but still inspirational! Doesn’t have to be religious!
Thanks for the help!
I like your idea of including some humor in the quotes you give your teammates before the games. Here are some quotes I hope might fit the bill….
“Always remember Goliath was a 40 point favorite over David.”– Shug Jordan
“The other teams could make trouble for us if they win.” Yogi Berra
“You never lose a game if the opponent doesn’t score.”
– Darrell Royal
It’s always too soon to quit. Norman Vincent Peale
It’s not whether you get knocked down; it’s whether you get up.
Vince Lombardi
It’s what you learn after you ‘know it all’ that counts.
John Wooden: Funny Sports Quotes
People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing-that’s why we recommend it daily. Zig Ziglar
Some of the world’s greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible. Doug Larson
Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it. George Halas
There’s no substitute for guts. Paul Bear Bryant
You don’t have to fear defeat if you believe it may reveal powers that you didn’t know you possessed. Napoleon Hill
You get the best out of others when you give the best of yourself. Harry Firestone
Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscle.
Alex Karras
Why did I want to win? because I didn’t want to lose! Max Schmelling
Mental attitude is more important than mental capacity. Walter Dill Scott
Most people achieved their greatest success one step beyond what looked like their greatest failure. Brian Tracy
Concentration is the ability to think about absolutely nothing when it is absolutely necessary. Ray Knight
“Half the game is mental; the other half is being mental.” Jim McKenny
“Do not let ‘what you cannot do’ interfere with what you can do.” – John Wooden
“Whoever said, ‘It’s not whether you win or lose that counts,’ probably lost.” – Martina Navratilova (American tennis player)
“Ask not what your teammates can do for you. Ask what you can do for your teammates.” – Earvin “Magic” Johnson
“The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That’s real glory.” – Vince Lombardi
“Always and never are two words you should always remember never to use.”– Wendell Johnson
If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in the dark with a mosquito. – Unknown
If you don’t know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else. – Yogi Berra
It takes less time to do things right than to explain why you did it wrong. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“Too much of a good thing can be wonderful.” – Mae West
Luck is what you have left over after you give 100 percent. – Unknown
Speaking of “luck,” here’s wishing you and your team the very best of it this weekend!
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