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A nationwide recall of human cadavers was issued Friday after anatomy students at a California medical school were surprised to find a major defect in their cadaver: It wasn't dead.

Thursday morning, medical student Edward S. Hands said he had just cut into an arm using scissors when the cadaver -- affectionately nicknamed "Kenny" -- suddenly sat straight up, looked around in a daze, spotted the deep cuts in his arm and body, and calmly said, "Ouch." Then, hopping off the table, he wrapped a drape around his waist and marched out of the room.

Body donation organizations are at a loss to explain how a living person could have slipped through the cracks. "We take pride in delivering the highest quality corpses," said Abby Cadavvy, CEO of Sesame Medical Care, a major cadaver supplier, "ones that will lie perfectly still on the table while students dissect it. We regret that a clearly defective cadaver made its way into an anatomy lab."

Upon learning of the incident, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) ordered a recall of all cadavers now in the supply chain. "All cadavers must be sent back to the body donation companies," said HHS Secretary Alex Azar, "so they can make sure that the bodies are, in fact, 100% dead."

Once the bodies are received, they will perform 72-hour cardiac monitoring, 48-hour EEG monitoring, 24 hours of continuous CPR, a Mini-Mental State Exam, and a colonoscopy on each body to search for any signs of life.

Azar was questioned about the need for colonoscopy.

"Yes," he confirmed, "because if they are still alive, they'll make that abundantly clear when you shove a tube up their ... well, you get the picture."

Asked for her reaction, Bernardette Lomax, a med student in Pennsylvania, said, "Oh dear, we've been slicing our cadaver for weeks already. It'd be devastating to learn she's been alive this whole time!"

As for Kenny, authorities are eager to speak to him and examine him medically, but he hasn't been seen since his dramatic exit from the anatomy lab.

Authorities also wish to interview the anatomy professor and the other two dozen students who witnessed Kenny's revival (a.k.a. #TheyResurrectedKenny). But they too have been unavailable for comment because they all remain in the anatomy lab, frozen in place, eyes wide and mouth agape. In fact, it appears they were literally frightened to death. Fortunately, they can now be used as replacement cadavers.

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Final broadcast primetime live + same-day ratings for Thursday, November 21, 2019

There were a few major adjustments between the preliminary ratings in adults 18-49and the finals today. The Thursday Night Football game on FOX adjusted from 2.2 to 3.8, while Greys Anatomy moved up from 1.3 to 1.4. On the CW, Legacies ticked up from 0.2 to 0.3, and Law & Order: SVU of NBC shifted from 0.6 to 0.7.

Upward adjustments in adults 18-49 are in blue.

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Definitions:

Rating: Estimated percentage of the universe of TV households (or other specified group) tuned to a program in the average minute. Ratings are expressed as a percent.Fast Affiliate Ratings: These first national ratings are available at approximately 11 a.m. ETthe day after telecast. The figures may include stations that did not air the entire network feed, as well as local news breaks or cutaways for local coverage or other programming. Fast Affiliate ratings are not as useful for live programs and are likely to differ significantly from the final results, because the data reflect normal broadcast feed patterns.Share (of Audience):The percent of households (or persons) using television who are tuned to a specific program, station or network in a specific area at a specific time.Time Shifted Viewing:Program ratings for national sources are produced in three streams of data Live, Live +Same-Day and Live +7 Day. Time-shifted figures account for incremental viewing that takes place with DVRs. Live+SD includes viewing during the same broadcast day as the original telecast, with a cut-off of 3 a.m. local time when meters transmit daily viewing to Nielsen for processing. Live +7 ratings include viewing that takes place during the 7 days following a telecast.

Source: The Nielsen Company.

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Raiders defensive coordinator Paul Guenther was hyped up for his blitz packages coming into the Raiders last season. Unfortunately, the NFL caught up the double A-gap blitz scheme and it took Guenther some time to adjust. He may have just hit his stride, however. In recent weeks, the Raiders defense has put more consistent pressure on opposing QBs, racking up 12 sacks in three games, including consecutive five-sack performances against the Chargers and Bengals.

Last week, rookie DE Maxx Crosby had a well documented four sack performance. He deserves credit for an incredible individual effort, but lets take a look at the entire defense and see how an individual pass rush doesnt happen in a vacuum.

At his core, Guenther is a conservative play caller. He rarely sends five or six men on a blitz and very often, his pressure calls involve a creeper or mug blitzer. Many of Guenthers blitzes are really just four man pressures with either a DE is dropping into coverage to replace a LB, or that LB is feigning a blitz path but really has a coverage responsibility.

Maxx Crosbys first sack of the 4th quarter came during one of these simulated pressure looks. The Raiders come out in dime personnel (six defensive backs) with the five defenders who arent DBs lining up on the line of scrimmage. This look tells the QB a blitz is coming and forces the protection to adjust.

But its not a blitz, its your standard four man rush on 3rd down. LB Tahir Whitehead gives a stutter and head fake to create the illusion of a blitz, but hes really in man coverage on the RB and ready to cut off a potential scramble from a QB under duress.

Perhaps because the illusion of a blitz was created, watch how the left tackle momentarily doubles newly acquired Dion Jordan, lining up as the interior pass rusher. This is a fatal miscalculation for the blocker, who cant get his feet set by the time he engages Crosby and gets bull-rushed into the QB.

Blitz coverage in the NFL doesnt follow your standard rules and can be malleable and prone to changing from week-to-week to take advantage of a tendency or to protect against a particularly dangerous threat. The standard difference between blitz coverage and traditional coverage, however, is that defenders expect the ball to come out quick and will be more aggressive than normal.

The vast majority of Guenthers blitz coverages throughout the first half of the season came from a single-high Cover 1 shell. The underneath defenders were responsible for jumping the hot routes inside. Guenther has changed this recently, opting to blitz under 2-high safety coverage. This simulated pressure came with dime personnel, allowing for man coverage to be played across the board.

At the top of the screen, notice both Daryl Worley and Isaiah Johnson allow the WR to essentially run past them. They are both playing trail technique, which is a standard man coverage technique in a 2-Man coverage. Safety Curtis Riley is playing the deep half, which lets the defenders play the quick game and not worry about the deeper routes as much.

This coverage is why in the first clip you see Ryan Finley pat the ball and wait for his receiver to uncover. The pass rush, the blitz look, and the coverage allowed for the result of this play to be a sack. Crosby will get the credit, but from the play call to the men in coverage, this was a positive for the entire defense.

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The ABC drama holds steady and leads the night's non-sports offerings.

The final Grey's Anatomy of 2019 finished on top of Thursday's adults 18-49 ratings among entertainment programs. Thursday Night Football declined week to week, but Fox's broadcast still led the night by a sizable margin.

Grey's Anatomy closed its fall run with a 1.3 rating among adults 18-49 and 6.37 million viewers, on par with a week ago (and, with a few thousand viewers over last week, the show's second-largest same-day audience of the season). A Million Little Things (0.8, 4.61 million) was also steady, but How to Get Away With Murder (0.4, 2.22 million) declined a little.

Thursday Night Football captured 9.41 million viewers in the fast nationals, down about 19 percent from the early 11.65 million last week. The game will adjust up substantially in the finals; last week's broadcast ended up with 15.3 million viewers.

CBS' Young Sheldon (8.33 million viewers, 1.0 in adults 18-49) slipped from its season highs of a week ago, but was still the most-watched entertainment show of the night. Mom (6.02 million, 0.8) also fell a little, but The Unicorn (5.72 million, 0.7), Carol's Second Act (4.89 million, 0.6) and Evil (3.45 million, 0.5) were all up in viewers and steady in adults 18-49.

Superstore (0.7 in adults 18-49) and Law & Order: SVU (0.6) were off a tenth of a point each in adults 18-49 on NBC. Will & Grace ticked up to 0.5, and Perfect Harmony (0.4) and The Good Place (0.6) matched their week-ago numbers. The CW's Supernatural and Legacies each came in at 0.2, down 0.1 apiece from last week.

Fox's 2.5 rating in adults 18-49 (pending updates) easily led primetime. ABC finished second at 0.8, a little ahead of CBS (0.7) and NBC (0.6). Telemundo averaged 0.5 and Univision 0.4. The CW drew a 0.2.

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The plan, it appeared, was fairly straightforward: get Prince Andrew in front of a camera and put a stop to speculation about the nature of his connections to the convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

So, how did it go from that to the Queen feeling she had no choice but to take the barely conceivable step of allowing one of her sons to step back from public duties altogether in less than five days?

The Duke of Yorks strategy had taken a hit even before he had sat down opposite the BBC Newsnight presenter Emily Maitlis. Andrew had already lost the services of Jason Stein, the spin doctor hired in September to restore his reputation. Stein had reportedly advised Andrew against the whole thing, preferring a longer-term strategy that included a great deal of charity work and interviews with print outlets to mark his birthday.

The unravelling of the strategy began almost immediately after the interview ended. Andrew appeared pleased with his performance, even giving the Newsnight team a tour of the palace afterwards. But when lines from the interview began reaching journalists inboxes early on Friday evening, they were astonished by what they read. By Saturday morning, the story was dominating the news agenda. The headlines were devastating for Andrew. And the interview had not yet even been aired.

The early press reports focused on his claim that his decision to maintain close relations with Epstein despite the financiers conviction for sexual offences was motivated primarily by the princes tendency to be too honourable.

Kept back by the BBC was the princes claim that he could not have had sex with Virginia Giuffre, which she says she was coerced into doing while a teenager, because he was at home after a visit to Pizza Express in Woking. Nor was his contention that her description of his dancing with her beforehand could not be true because he was unable to sweat at the time.

Those revelations, when they came out, were met with incredulity and were shared widely online, adding fresh impetus to the story.

By Sunday evening, Andrew was facing calls to speak to the FBI from lawyers representing 10 of the Epsteins victims. While some of the attention was focused on Andrews extraordinary defence, there was strong criticism of his attitude towards the victims and the fact that he had not expressed sympathy for them in the interview.

The Liberal Democrat leader, Jo Swinson, said she could not understand how somebody could be talking about their relationship with [Epstein] without recognising, or understanding, or discussing, how he felt about those victims. And I felt they should have been much more at the centre of that discussion.

The backlash continued into this week as numerous organisations began to cut ties with the prince. On Monday, it emerged that the accountancy giant KPMG would not be renewing its sponsorship of Andrews entrepreneurial scheme, Pitch@Palace.

That night a fresh Epstein accuser gave a press conference in Los Angeles where she detailed allegations that the financier assaulted her when she was 15 and urged Andrew to come forward to the authorities with whatever information he had about his former friend.

On Tuesday, Standard Chartered also pulled out of Pitch@Palace as questions about Andrews continued involvement in the scheme he founded in 2014 continued to circulate. They prompted a whole host of other firms to review their involvement or cut ties altogether.

Wednesday morning brought no respite, as it emerged that three Australian universities had severed their links with the business-mentoring charitys Australian branch. On top of that, the telecoms firm BT said it would not work with Andrews digital training scheme while he was a patron.

Later that same day a letter emerged casting serious doubt on Andrews claim in the BBC interview to have first met Epstein in 1999. The letter written to the Times in 2011 to counter reports that the prince had been a friend of Saif Gaddafi, son of the former Libyan dictator had come from his own former chief of staff, who said that the prince had met Epstein in the early 1990s.

At first, Buckingham Palace sought to defend Andrew over the apparent discrepancy. The dukes words in the interview speak for themselves, said a spokesperson.

By Wednesday afternoon, the palace sought to bring the issue to a close with Andrews announcement that he would be stepping back from public duties and was willing to help any appropriate law enforcement agency with their Epstein investigations if required.

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The Cooper Cougars return to the field on Friday night in Class 5A Division I play.

The Cougars bring an interception happy defense to the second round in Stephenville.

How interception happy?

In eleven games, The Cougars picked off 25 passes and returned seven for touchdowns.

How does that happen?

We all see the interception itself, but what are we missing that causes those turnovers?

Isaiah Boutte said, The D-line gets pressure on the quarterback, also the linebackers getting the pressure on the quarterback. It messes them up. They throw it up, something like that, and then we pick it off.

Brady Miller said, We are stopping the run. Our front seven is doing a great job stopping the run and forcing them to throw the ball. Our d-line and linebackers are getting pressure. There have been so many interceptions where they just throw it up, and we just go and catch it. You also dont see the other secondary guys doing their job, so the other guy can shine. We are playing the game we love with our friends. Its really what it comes down to. The fact that we are winning and doing so much fun makes it that much more fun.

The Cougars defense is going to be tested Friday night by the Azle Hornets.

They meet in Stephenville at 7 p.m.

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It's the colourful, candy-like drug seducing festivalgoers with its promise of a euphoric high that users say makes them feel at one with the universe and dance for hours.

There is very little offence in its appearance but it is a coin flip to whether it will lead to the best or worst night of the taker's life.

University of Sydney clinical professor Andrew Dawson said MDMA - colloquially known as ecstasy or "Molly" - is a type of amphetamine that increases the release of certain brain chemicals, which make people feel happy.

"But those chemicals also interfere with the thermostat of the brain which regulates body temperature as well as causing body cells to generate more heat," Professor Dawson said.

University of Sydneys Faculty of Sciences Dr Samuel Bannister said MDMA reportedly increases the desire to dance

"When people take ecstasy and take multiple doses and push the dose up, that regulation of the thermostat gets much worse and heat production increases."

The University of Sydney Faculty of Science's Dr Samuel Banister said MDMA was not inherently dangerous but can be in the wrong circumstance.

"MDMA is a small molecule structurally related to amphetamine so if people use MDMA the feelings that are reported commonly are increased empathy, desire to dance, increased warmth and some of these stimulating effects that are common to amphetamines," Dr Banister said.

But he added it was hard to predict exactly how an individual would respond to any drug, including MDMA, because there were so many variable factors.

These range from a person's diet and their general physical health to what activities they are undertaking that day and whether they have taken any other substances.

"Poly drug-use is sometimes an issue if you've taken it with other substances they can sometimes interact by several well-known mechanisms," Dr Banister said.

"Alcohol generally doesn't mix with anything it's an inherently pretty toxic substance itself and it doesn't play well with other drugs."

MDMA pills come in all shapes and sizes

The effects of MDMA are usually felt about 20 minutes to an hour after taken and last for about six hours, according to Australia's Alcohol and Drug Foundation.

But there is no hard and fast rule because some pills sold as ecstasy may only have contained a small amount of MDMA or none at all.

Signs and symptoms of a potential overdose can affect any part of the body, and could include headaches, blurred vision, restlessness, anxiety, paranoia and either a clenched jaw or grinding teeth.

An elevated body temperature, chills or excessive sweating are also symptoms of a potential overdose, while some users will also experience abdominal cramping, nausea and vomiting.

An overdose could also lead to seizures, a loss of consciousness, confusion and other changes in mental state as well as an irregular, rapid heart rate, as well as symptoms of chest pains.

MDMA is often mixed or "cut" with other drugs or fillers to make it go further, meaning the strength will vary from batch to batch and impact the high a person experiences.

This also makes it difficult to know whether MDMA itself is addictive and research has not yet provided a definitive answer.

The good times and good beats were rolling at the Supremacy Dance Party at Olympic Park, Homebush, in Sydneys west.

Some users have reported symptoms of addiction including continued use despite negative consequences, withdrawal and craving.

While it is generally only known as a party drug, Dr Banister said MDMA is being used in clinical trials for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

"The drug is manufactured to a very high purity, it's administered by clinicians and under supervision from clinicians so clearly it can't be that dangerous intrinsically or it wouldn't be in a trial at all," Dr Banister said.

"But of course, it can have very serious effects in cases of overdose."

If you need help? Please call Lifeline Australia 13 11 14 - 24 hours a day, 365 days a year or in the event of a medical emergency, call triple-0 immediately.

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With the fall finale of Greys Anatomy coming fast, fans want to know when they can see all of their favorite characters in the spinoff, Station 19. From the promo for ABCs long-running medical drama fall finale, we can tell that a crossover event is coming.

Station 19 is expected to return for season 3 sometime in January, right around the same time that we can expect Greys Anatomy to return from break. Lets take a look at the three reasons why we know these two premieres will coincide with one another.

The Greys Anatomy Instagram account posted a photo of Jackson (Jesse Williams) and Vic (Barrett Doss) on November 19, 2019, and fans cannot stop talking about it. Most viewers dislike the couple together, but they are even more concerned that Jackson might leave Greys Anatomy.

I like these two together OK, wrote one Instagram user, but what I dont want is to lose another series regular, and it feels like thats where were heading with Jackson. Come on writers, give Jackson a real storyline!

Jacksons turned into a player and lost his authenticity after April, added another fan.

With the falling out between Maggie (Kelly McCreary) and Jackson in the last episode of Greys Anatomy, were not quite sure whats left for him at Grey-Sloan Hospital. It looks like the writers might be moving him over exclusively to Station 19.

Fans have two theories about why Ben (Jason George) might be dashing towards the emergency room of the hospital. Lets take a look at what they are.

Its gonna be Bailey [Chandra Wilson], wrote an Instagram user.

I have a feeling too, agreed another fan, especially seeing Ben run in like that.

Maybe shell lose her baby, guessed another viewer.

I think it might be the firefighter that Jackson is dating [Vic], surmised another fan, and Maggie saying this cant be happening because she lost the firefighters boyfriend on the table as well. The viewer continued, and they made it seem as though Ben and that firefighter are close, and thats why hes running?

The comments kept rolling in after fans watched the promo. Viewers are afraid that Bailey is about to lose her baby. Other fans are distraught that Maggie is going to lose a firefighter that is close to Ben and Jackson in some way. One thing is for sure, Ben is back, and something is wrong. He has a troubled, scared look on his face.

In the fall finale promo, fans guess that Jo is holding a baby that was possibly left at Station 19.

Jo seems to be outside with a pretty big baby, wrote one fan, while Ben is running into the hospital (I could be wrong). Maybe it was a baby that was left at the station that they brought to the hospital when Ben got the call that something happened to either Bailey or Tuck?

Could this be the baby that fans are hoping that Jo and Alex (Justin Chambers) eventually adopt? Whatever the truth may be, it is clear that every story arc includes Station 19 for this Greys Anatomy fall finale. Stay tuned to ABC Thursday at 8 p.m. to find out if all of the storylines will coincide with a Station 19 premiere in January.

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The fall finale of Greys Anatomy has fans freaking out about so many things. The love triangles just got more complicated than ever. Viewers found out one key element that is making them scream that Owen Hunt (Kevin McKidd) needs a vasectomy. Read on to find out why. Warning Season 16 Spoilers.

Owen Hunt spent most of the fall finale over at Pac North hospital, showing around a new surgeon, Dr. Daphne Lopez (Amanda Payton). Owen was trying to get Daphne to want to work at the hospital, but its clear that sparks are flying between the two.

Richard Webber (James Pickens Jr.) even commented, You dont want to have three babies, do you? He was referring to how close Owen was getting to Daphne.

Webber was foreshadowing what was about to go down over at Grey-Sloan Hospital. Amelia Shepherd (Caterina Scorsone) finally had her much needed ultrasound, only to find out that the baby measured 24 weeks instead of 20 weeks.

The shock on her face rivaled the dismay to viewers at home with the realization that her baby could now be Owens instead of Lincs (Chris Carmack)! This moment is when fans began yelling for Owen to get that vasectomy because the man will now have three babies. Owen adopted baby Leo, who he is raising with Amelia. He just had baby Allison with Teddy Altman (Kim Raver). Now, he could have another baby with Amelia!

Viewers are not thrilled that Owen could be the father of Amelias baby, and they have a lot to say about it. They even began debating the reasons why it could not possibly be Owens baby.

Owen should probably go ahead and schedule that vasectomy, exclaimed an outraged fan.

Snip snap snip snap snip snap, wrote one Reddit user referencing The Offices Steve Carrell and his many vasectomies.

Im confused how it could even be Owens, questioned another fan. Werent Amelia and Linc sleeping together for a while before she found out she was pregnant? Or was she double-dipping?

Im pretty sure, confirmed another viewer, that she and Owen had a brief roll in the hay right before she and Linc became official.

Some viewers do not believe that Owen could be the father of Amelias baby. However, others see how it could be a possibility. Whether they believe it or not, they are not happy about it.

It seems like fans love Amelia and Linc together, so they are upset that this news may hurt the new relationship.

Better scenario, wrote one fan. Amelia stays with Linc, Teddy can be with Koracick, and Owen is just single with his kids.

We did not need this to happen to Amelia and Linc, added another viewer.

If she and Link break up, Im going to be devastated, wrote another Reddit user, no lie. They deserve their happy Owen free family.

Hopefully, fans will get their wish, and Amelia will remain with Linc. We will have to wait to find out until Greys Anatomy returns to ABC on Jan. 23, 2020.

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