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MOUNT HOOD, Ore. -- I'm sitting in the base lodge of one of the most beautiful ski resorts in the country but I should be outside.
The snow is snowing, but softly. The wind is blowing, but gently, and I can weather the "storm" because I have a roof over my head.
My son Ben, 40, and my grandson Ezra, 10, are out there skiing and I'm not.
Not that I terribly mind my current occupation of snow-people-watching because skiers wear colorful clothes and Martian-type helmets and some of the helmets even have a little lighthouse on top that's really a camera. I kid you not.
While I gaze at this snow menagerie I wonder why I ever gave up skiing in the first place at least a decade-and-a-half ago.
Did I get scared? No, although I've had my feel of pretzel knees and frozen fingers.
Did it get too expensive? Heck, no; as a sometimes ski writer, I usually got in on a freebie.
Then the answer to my ski retirement question suddenly dawned on me: I was working for a living. That is, assuming that you call broadcasting hockey games "work." When I might have been skiing, I was watching the guys stickhandling over a frozen pond. But it wasn't always that way.
When my two boys, Ben and Simon, now 34, were tykes, I had few weekend hockey games to cover, which meant that we were skiing Hunter Mountain at every opportunity. Before they put on the slats, I had some exciting moments all by my lonesome.
On my best ski days, I either worked over Hunter West -- my favorite area -- or the ever-fearsome K-27 that overlooks the base lodge. In either case, my technique never would have received an affirmative nod from Better Skiing Magazine. Let's face it, to purist skiers, I was a bum -- B-U-M, bum.
I could tell that on any given day when I was at Hunter there were those expert skiers chuckling to themselves over my lack of slope sophistication. Those scoffers scoffed because my skis were those three-foot-long, wooden Clif Taylor "Short-ees" that many Stan-watchers believed would be more useful on a crackling fire in my crackling fireplace.
As I zig-zagged down the mountain, some onlookers actually thought that I was wearing ice skates, not Fischler's Favorite Skis. But I loved my Clif Taylor's because they reminded me of my Aunt Hattie, who lived in Albany. We used to kid Aunt Hattie because of the Plymouth she liked to drive always seemed too old for us. But Hattie had the best answer: "It takes me where I want to go."
Ditto for my yellow-and-black Clif Taylor's that resembled oversized toothpicks. They could find their way around the toughest moguls and enabled me to ski even an occasional Black Diamond (very tough) trail. Not that I negotiated slopes without the throbbing of my heart. I'd never tell you a fib like that.
Fright was my co-pilot on Hunter's daunting K-27, but I always had delight for dessert after I successfully negotiated the last few yards. Same with Hunter West's assorted torso-twisters. All of that comprised Chapter 1 of my ski life.
My Chapter 2 involves my kids and their introductions to skiing. Two things come to mind: 1. Hoisting them into the chairlift. For some reason that always was a challenge for fear that they just might fall right out as the chair orbited toward the peak. 2. A biting cold day when I worked with Ben and his pal, Damon. New to the sport, Damon was dangerously under-warmed and looked to me as if at any moment he'd freeze to death. It was darn cold for Ben, too, and I admired how heroically each of them pbattled through Jack Frost's brand of torture and kept trying again and again to do it right.
Like Ben, Simon eventually made it to the racing level -- my wife, Shirley, too and she has plenty of trophies to prove it. Looking backward, I feel that both boys' successful morning put-on-the-ski-boot battles with my gnarled hands all proved worthwhile now that I see what skiing meant to them..
Now the grand-kids are doing it. Today it's Ezra; next time little Niko, who appears ready at age five.
Meanwhile, I sit in the Mount Hood base lodge watching insect-like figures slalom down the pristine run where snowmaking is not necessary. If ever there was a Winter Wonderland, this Mount Hood is it.
The temptation for me to be out there with the schuss fraternity is strong. To resist that temptation I remind myself of the challenging parts; the agony of frostbite, the fear of a tough run, the long lines to get on the lift. Those were the stinky parts.
But I'll tell you this: When we return to Boiceville, the first thing I'm going to do is find my Clif Taylor Short-ees and my boots, to boot. Should the boots defy time and be useless, it still won't matter. I'm going to phone my pal John Parete and see if he'll drive with me over to Belleayre of which Johnny is so fond.
Yeah, one day watching the snowbirds at Mount Hood has convinced me to rock 'n roll once more.
(Winter translation: Ski again, man, ski!)
Author-columnist-commentator Stan "The Maven" Fischler resides in Boiceville and New York City. His column appears each week in the Sunday Freeman.


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A Bioavailability Study of Rifabutin and Lopinavir/Ritonavir in Healthy Adult Subjects
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The purpose of this study is to study the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of rifabutin dosing with lopinavir/ritonavir tablets in healthy volunteers.
|HIV Tuberculosis
|Drug: lopinavir/ritonavir Drug: rifabutin
|Phase 1
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Comparison of the Bioavailability of Rifabutin With and Without Lopinavir/Ritonavir in Healthy Adult Subjects
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MedlinePlus related topics: HIV/AIDS Tuberculosis
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- Analysis of pharmacokinetic variables will be computed for each sampling time and each parameter. [ Time Frame: Approximately 0.5 - 1 month ]
- Analysis of safety measures including but not limited to tabulation of adverse events, physical exam, clinical lab results (include chemistry, hematology and urine) and vital signs. [ Time Frame: Approximately 0.5 - 1 month ]
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|August 2008
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|October 2008 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: A, B
Group 1 receives regimen A and B. A: Healthy volunteers, receiving one 150 mg rifabutin QD alone. B: Healthy volunteers, receiving 150 mg rifabutin QD+ two lopinavir/ritonavir 200/50 mg tablets BID.
Drug: lopinavir/ritonavir
lopinavir/ritonavir tablet; see arm for intervention description
Other Names:Drug: rifabutin
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Experimental: C
Group 2 receives regimen C. C: 150 mg rifabutin QD+ two lopinavir/ritonavir 200/50 mg tablets BID.
Drug: lopinavir/ritonavir
lopinavir/ritonavir tablet; see arm for intervention description
Other Names:Drug: rifabutin
rifabutin capsule; see arms for intervention description
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 55 Years (Adult)
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|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Adult Male or Female 18-55 yrs.
- Subject has provided written consent.
- Subject is in general good health.
- If female, subject is postmenopausal.
- If female, subject is not pregnant and is not breast-feeding.
- Subject must use birth control methods or be surgically sterile.
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- Subject is HAV-IgM, HBsAg or HIV Ab positive.
- Positive screen for drugs of abuse, alcohol, or smoking.
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- Cannot have previous history of alcohol or drug abuse.
- Cannot have history of any major diseases or disorders.
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|United States, Illinois
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|Waukegan, Illinois, United States, 60085
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|August 27, 2008
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|October 29, 2010
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HIV co-infected with tuberculosis
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HIV Protease Inhibitors
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Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A Inhibitors
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Smothered Chicken!
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Colts - 27
Neither team can stop anyone but the Colts haven't been able to consistently turn red zone trips into touchdowns and I don't think they have anyone who can stop Megatron so I'd give the edge to the Lions. I love being wrong though when it comes to picking against the Colts!
The Colts aren't perfect, but neither are the Lions. I actually think Indy has a better all-around team than Detroit. The only factor that sways things towards Detroit is that it's at their house. But Detroit is hardly unbeatable at home. They've lost to some good teams, but they've only beaten the Rams, Jags, Eagles, and Seahawks. The only team above .500 is Seattle.
But "any given Sunday"....
I'll say Colts 24, Lions 10
There are two types of quarterbacks in the league: Those whom over time, the league figures out ... and those who figure out the league.
I think Vontae Davis definitely needs to get back for this game, he is our best corner and i would feel a lot better out there with him on megatron instead of Darius Butler
Moala to IR
Moala's been OK, but just the sheer number of DL bodies going down is a bummer
Fleener and Davis being back is going to be good for us.
I think we can win it. We just have to get some pressure to Stafford and make him make mistakes. If this was a home game I'd be more confident.
Super Bowl XLI Champions
2000 Eastern Conference Champions
This is the least important game left on the schedule because it won't play into a tiebreaker. A win of course would be great and all but lock up a playoff spot, but a loss won't kill us.
Go Chargers (blech) and go Ravens!
Based on the body of work from the past two weeks, I don't think we'll win this. Plus it's on the road. But who knows, hopefully I'm proven wrong.
Lions 24
Colts 20
Don't ask Marvin Harrison what he did during the bye week. "Batman never told where the Bat Cave is," he explained.
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The craziest thing about this Colts team is that we've had crappy players like Butler and Vaughn playing a majority of the time and we are still winning. Think about everyone who has missed time, Davis, Fleener, Avery, Mathis, Freeney, Redding, Angerer, Powers, Brown, Satele. Heck Austin Collie was supposed to be here ()
We really need a receiver like Collie right now. I wish we had 2009 Collie or 2010 pre-injury Collie on this team.
Looks like you'll need to find a new one of those Collie's in the off season. I can't imagine the Colts signing him again with his concussion history and frankly for Austin I hope the lure of really good money and can't give up football doesn't sway him in that direction. It already seems players have a short life span so don't make the mistake of hitting middle age and having no memory of anything.
You know how hippos are made out to be sweet and silly, like big cows, but are actually extremely dangerous and can kill you with stunning brutality? The Pacers are the NBA's hippos....Matt Moore CBS Sports....
There's something about Stafford's game that strikes me as off. He seems to be fairly easily figured out. His side-winder throwing motion is weird. The guy can absolutely wing it, but not always accurate, not a very great form or stance. Sort of like Cutler, but bigger/stronger and not as much of a loose cannon. They'll wow you here and there with some amazing plays, and you can even win some games with them, but you're hardpressed to see them going deep in the playoffs because they just lack that sort of structure in their game.
Having Megatron to throw to makes you look a little better, too.
It just seems like if you can reduce the big plays, they are pretty mediocre, and it's not all that hard to reduce the big plays.
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There are two types of quarterbacks in the league: Those whom over time, the league figures out ... and those who figure out the league.
I'm sure most of you remember the last time we went to Detroit. It was Thanksgiving 2004. Manning threw 6 TDs and we beat the crap out of them. 41-9.
WTF does is take for Suh to get suspended?
Someone off-topic, but thinking about Stafford's build got me thinking.
It's interesting to me how throwing motion/mechanics in relation to physical make-up works. You look at a guy like Jay Cutler. When he throws it, it's an absolute missile. He can blister the ball maybe moreso than anyone in the league. There have literally been times I've lost track of his thrown ball in flight because it's moving so fast. But he's not a big guy. He's really not very physically imposing at all. He's 6-3, 220, which isn't small, but he doesn't have huge arms. He actually looks skinny. Why is he able to wing the ball harder/faster/deeper than anyone else? Cam Newton can unleash a deep ball, but if you had to have a guy throw a bullet into 3-man coverage 20 yards out, would you go with Cutler or Newton? I'd go Cutler... and Cam physically could just pick Cutler up and throw him like a shot-put.
I'm sort of one of those guys, too... skinny and a lil long. I might even say I'm built somewhat like Cutler, a lil smaller. I can wing a football or baseball like no other (well, maybe not so much anymore, but in my younger days)... and I don't understand why. I could throw the ball harder/faster than guys way bigger than me growing up. Ken Griffey Jr. was sorta like that too, he wasn't a huge guy, but he could absolutely throw the ball and hit deep shots as if he was some monster.
I dunno, that just interests me. I'd bet it comes down to some physical ratios and motion efficiency, etc... people used to ask me how I threw it like that, I never had an answer. I just threw it.
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There are two types of quarterbacks in the league: Those whom over time, the league figures out ... and those who figure out the league.
Maybe you have a different grip on the ball than most. Jeff George always credited (wow Jeff George giving credit to anything ) his particular grip with his index finger on the back point of the ball for creating his monster throws. Too bad the guy didn't have a grip in his head or he could have been the first Indy Colt HOF inductee.
You know how hippos are made out to be sweet and silly, like big cows, but are actually extremely dangerous and can kill you with stunning brutality? The Pacers are the NBA's hippos....Matt Moore CBS Sports....
Wow, I just did some reading on Cutler... he bench pressed 225 lbs 23 times at his combine. That is pretty damn ridiculous for a quarterback. He's a lot stronger than he looks. He also started at Safety in high school, was considered top state safety.
There are two types of quarterbacks in the league: Those whom over time, the league figures out ... and those who figure out the league.
Yeah Cutler is a big time athlete and always has been. I don't think you can say the same for Stafford.
Luck is now on the cover of SI. In the past month, IU basketball, Notre Dame football, and now Luck/Colts have all been the cover.
I'm predicting that Calvin Johnson fantasy owners will be very pleased with this game.... :x
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BTW, Vontae Davis and Coby Fleener are listed as probable for this game, good news, another receiving threat and our best corner


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Is it wrong to admit that I sometimes want another child just to name it? That at times, that desire is so powerful as to supersede memories of chafed breasts, sleepless nausea and the exhausting reality of carefully raising a precious child?
The awe-inspiring and all creative opportunity to put a name to a life has seduced me like a secret lover – a passion you cannot acknowledge despite the obsessive hold it has upon your every thought. After each child, I have wondered… will I ever name again?
When pregnant, I pour over books, bookmark websites, read messages boards, post and poll as I consider what to call each child. I can't resist the urge to utter new names, explore meanings and sounds from languages and family lore. The names of our children have all been inspired by a relative who has passed away. This, a Jewish tradition, not only adds beautiful meaning to the act of naming, but honestly helps narrow the focus. I can't imagine having A-Z available to me.
When I became pregnant with our daughter, our third child, my naming obsession went into over-drive. My husband begrudgingly played a game night after night just before we closed our eyes. I would ask – "If you had to pick a name right now- what would it be?" Sometimes he managed a measure of enthusiasm – and names like "Jana" or "Samara" emerged. Other times, befuddled by my obsession, he would grunt "Brunhilda" and flip his head around to face the other wall while I lay frustrated that he didn't share my passion for finding the perfect name.
But all the while, we knew there was one name to reckon with, a name that might make moot all ten thousand entries in baby name books.
My grandmother was a magical person, a warm, loving beacon to those around her. We called her "Grandma" – a word that meant love and comfort, chicken soup, chocolate ice cream, ivory soap and freshly swept carpets. But of course, we were not going to name a little girl "Grandma." My grandmother had a given name. As a matter of fact, it was one of the most popular names of the century. The previous century, that is…. Her name was Dorothy.


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Sedaka Sutta: At Sedaka
(2: The Beauty Queen)
translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
How solid is your concentration? Try this test, proposed by the Buddha: Can you keep a glass of oil balanced on your head while your favorite movie star is singing and dancing right in front of you?
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I have heard that on one occasion the Blessed One was living among the Sumbhas. Now there is a Sumbhan town named Sedaka. There the Blessed One addressed the monks, "Monks!"
"Yes, lord," the monks responded.
The Blessed One said, "Suppose, monks, that a large crowd of people comes thronging together, saying, 'The beauty queen! The beauty queen!' And suppose that the beauty queen is highly accomplished at singing & dancing, so that an even greater crowd comes thronging, saying, 'The beauty queen is singing! The beauty queen is dancing!' Then a man comes along, desiring life & shrinking from death, desiring pleasure & abhorring pain. They say to him, 'Now look here, mister. You must take this bowl filled to the brim with oil and carry it on your head in between the great crowd & the beauty queen. A man with a raised sword will follow right behind you, and wherever you spill even a drop of oil, right there will he cut off your head.' Now what do you think, monks: Will that man, not paying attention to the bowl of oil, let himself get distracted outside?"
"No, lord."
"I have given you this parable to convey a meaning. The meaning is this: The bowl filled to the brim with oil stands for mindfulness immersed in the body. Thus you should train yourselves: 'We will develop mindfulness immersed in the body. We will pursue it, hand it the reins and take it as a basis, give it a grounding, steady it, consolidate it, and undertake it well.' That is how you should train yourselves."


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DETROIT - The Detroit Red Wings in partnership with the American Cancer Society and Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute have announced events for Breast Cancer Week presented by Team Rehab.
The team will hold a pair of events Wednesday and Thursday in recognition of October as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
The Red Wings will host 30 breast cancer patients and one guest apiece Wednesday from 1 to 5 p.m. at Joe Louis Arena for the Pink the Rink event.
According to event organizers, guests will have the chance to participate in some unique Red Wings experiences:
- 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.: Guests will mingle with former Red Wings players Chris Osgood and Kris Draper along with Assistant General Manager Jim Nill and radio play-by-play announcer Ken Kal.
- 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.: The patients will participate in a patient-exclusive session in partnership with the American Cancer Society, while their guests enjoy a small skating party on the ice, interactive hockey games and a guided arena tour.
- 4:00 - 4:15 p.m.: Team nutritionist Lisa McDowell will make a brief presentation to all guests with tips on what to eat while going through chemotherapy treatment.
- 4:15 - 5:00 p.m.: All guests will enjoy a Red Wings locker room tour and photo opportunity.
A Chris Chelios autograph signing will be held on Thursday at Hockeytown Authentics, organizers said.
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DAKOTA DUNES, S.D. (AP) – Former Republican South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds is forming a committee to explore a run for the U.S. Senate seat held by Democrat Tim Johnson.
That seat is up for election in November 2014. Rounds says if he does decide to run, he won't make an announcement until after this year's November elections.
Rounds served two terms as governor, from 2003 to 2009. He has talked openly about a possible Senate run since early this year. He says he's particularly worried about the country's debt and health care reform.
His decision to form an exploratory committee was first reported by KCCR radio in Pierre.
Johnson has represented South Dakota in Congress since 1986. He has not yet announced whether he will seek a fourth term.


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Montana State University student Saul Martinez died for the first time on May 8, 2007.
He died a second time a couple of days later.
They are not experiences Martinez likes talking about—not the details anyhow. Yet the circumstances that led to those two flat lines on EKG readouts in military hospitals on two continents have, in profound ways, shaped the man he has become—literally and figuratively.
In the six years since the improvised explosive device attack that took both of his legs and two of his friends, Martinez has become a father, an MSU sociology student and an advocate for veterans. He speaks at events and fundraisers, counsels vets in learning to deal with their disabilities and, despite the strains on his time, manages by all accounts to remain upbeat, devoted and genuine.
"He's just one of the good guys," said Brenda York, director of veterans services at MSU, who has known Martinez since he enrolled. "That's the face I'd like to put on a vet coming back to school."
It's hard to miss the 28-year-old Martinez on campus. He stands more than 6 feet tall, his 250-pound, Crossfit-trained frame held up by two prosthetic legs and accompanied by Nebula, his service dog, a Great Dane who is, size-wise, a comically appropriate match for the retired soldier.
Born in Hollywood and raised in small-town Bloomington, Calif., Martinez was a constantly active teenager. With football, track, swimming, wrestling and his other activities, there was nary a day of his teen years that he wasn't on a team.
It was during his sophomore year that 9/11 happened, and like a lot of young men, he saw the attacks as a call to duty. He watched the soldiers deploying to Iraq on TV and wanted to be part of that team.
"I was very prideful in our country, still am," he said. "That's when the seed was planted."
Graduation came in 2003 and then marriage to his high school sweetheart, Sarah. For more than two years he lived the civilian life, though it couldn't last. His 21st birthday proved to be the catalyst.
"I said, 'It's time.'"
He joined the Army in March 2006. By that time, the invasion of Iraq was well under way, and since Martinez was joining the infantry, a ticket to Iraq was pretty much included with his enlistment paperwork.
"If I said I wasn't scared, I would be lying," he said, adding that basic training at Fort Benning, Ga., was his first time really being away from home. "There were a couple of times I broke down. 'I'm really going over there. It's really happening.'"
Martinez was assigned to the HHT, 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, assigned to Command Security Detachment Headquarters Company, providing security for commanding officer Col. Wayne Grigsby. When not needed for security, he was on combat patrols.
"I was excited about that," he said. "It was finally happening."
Martinez found out about two days ahead of time about the convoy. They would be accompanying Col. Grigsby to a meeting of high-ranking Iraqi officials. It was a big deal—lots of people and lots of attention.
The morning they were scheduled to leave, May 8, 2007, didn't feel right, Martinez said. His buddies, KIA (Killed in Action) SPC Kyle Little and SGT Blake Stephens, normally talkative and lively, were stern, even reluctant to get on the road.
Whether it was just nerves or something prophetic, Martinez can't say, but, "Something was predetermined to happen that day, regardless."
Four vehicles in the convoy: Martinez in the lead Humvee's gunner's turret.
Thirty-five miles per hour: the Army's speed limit at the time.
Forty minutes into the mission.
One foam rock, six hidden improvised explosives designed to penetrate armor.
"I still blame myself for not seeing it," Martinez said.
He remembers everything.
The sound, the loudest thing he ever heard.
The feeling of the Humvee still rolling along after the blast.
The realization that the two soldiers in the front seats, his friends, were no longer there.
The sound of his squad leader and the medic cutting what remained of his legs loose from where they were twisted, caught and melted to the vehicle.
The colonel kissing him on the forehead and telling him how proud he was of him.
The dire need to make sure the squad leader gave Martinez' wife the special bracelet he always wore.
—Saul Martinez
"When that realization kicks in, it was almost like a cooling sensation through my whole body, like you're about to go to sleep and be the most comfortable you've ever been in your entire life," he said.
"It was probably the bluest sky I'd ever seen in Iraq up until that time, kind of like an opening in the smog and nastiness. Just looking up at the sky. 'Wow, this is really it. This is what it feels like to die.'"
Martinez was the only soldier from his Humvee to survive the attack. He credits the heroic actions of squad leader SFC Michael Henderson and SPC Stephanie McCulley. A helicopter arrived 22 minutes after the blast and flew him to Baghdad, where the staff stabilized him and induced a coma, during which he flatlined twice—once in Iraq and again in Germany.
He woke up eight days later in Walter Reed Army Hospital in Maryland with his wife, Sarah, next to his bed.
He spent several weeks in intensive care before heading to C-5, the Comprehensive and Complex Combat Casualty Care Center in San Diego for rehab.
"I didn't even think about losing my legs. It's later on when the realization set in. 'I've got no legs now. What am I going to do?'"
What he did was stay in the Army.
"I decided I wasn't done yet, that I'd gotten hit too soon," he said.
He was released from the hospital in mid-June, and just five months later, he was fitted for his first prosthetic legs.
After a year of rigorous rehab, Martinez took a job as squad leader at one of the Army's Warrior Transition Units, where he counseled soldiers who were in positions like his and motivated them to stay active.
"I spent the next two years running around like a madman," he said. "I wouldn't take it back for anything, but sometimes I wish I would have gone back into a regular unit."
There are lots of jobs for amputees in the regular Army, he noted. Some below-knee amputees—a term Martinez pronounces like "baloneys," while comparing said amputations to paper cuts—are out there in combat.
Rather than deploy again, though, Martinez decided to retire from the Army in March 2010. He said it was time to focus on his family, and it felt like the right time to move on.
"I miss it every day," he said. "I try to be as up to date as possible because all my friends are still in the Army. I still feel like I'm part of the team."
He praises the time he gets with his two young kids and the chances he has to attend classes at MSU. Hearing him talk, though, it's clear he's trying to convince himself that an ordinary life is enough.
It's not convincing. The Army has his heart.
Sarah Martinez has seen first-hand how hard it has been for her husband to part with the Army life.
"What do you do after you cannot keep working your dream job?" she said. "You're doing what you love, what you see yourself doing for the rest of your life, and once you're told you'll never be able to do that again…. That was really difficult for him to accept."
In September 2009, Martinez took up an offer to be part of Warriors and Quiet Waters, a program that brings veterans to Montana for a week of fishing, relaxation and healing.
"It's therapy without the therapists," said Tom O'Connor, vice president and secretary of the nonprofit.
O'Connor met Martinez in 2008. He said that, like most of the veterans who come on the expeditions, Martinez started off reserved.
"He was pretty quiet," O'Connor said. "He's a changed personality today."
Martinez has stayed involved with the nonprofit and serves as its adviser. He trains volunteers on how to deal with people with traumatic injuries and disabilities, speaks to veterans groups and even helps with fundraising.
Having someone there who has been through some of the same experiences as the veterans attending strengthens the program considerably, O'Connor said.
"He can tell it like it is," O'Connor said. "Being injured himself, the guys can relate to him."
It was Warriors amd Quiet Waters that cemented the young family's desire to move to Montana—Sarah had grown up taking trips to the state to visit her uncle. The slower pace of life, friendly people and the proximity to MSU made Bozeman the perfect choice—husband and wife were both looking to attend classes.
On top of that, the price was right.
Eugene Graf IV, a 2003 MSU graduate and owner of EG Construction, had been looking for some time to continue a tradition his father started in the late 1980s of helping build a home for a family in need.
When Graf learned that the Martinez family was looking at moving to Montana, he met with tradespeople and a developer and managed to get nearly $200,000 in labor and materials donated to build the family an affordable Bozeman home, which was finished in time for Thanksgiving 2010.
"(The house) was pretty overwhelmingly supported," Graf said.
Situated in a home and with a newborn adding to their family, Martinez began classes at MSU. It was his first college experience, his wife said, and the adjustment from military to academia was rough.
"At first it was really hard for him to be in a more free environment," she said. "It was difficult for him to manage his time and know when assignments were due."
It's a common problem for veterans coming to school for the first time, said York, whose office helps the more than 500 student veterans attending classes at MSU.
"It's hard because it's so unstructured," York said. "You have to guide them back into it, help them see that no one is going to make them go to class or do their homework."
Adding to Martinez's difficulty was another consequence of the IED attack: traumatic brain injury, which Sarah said can play havoc on his memory.
"The first couple of semesters were learning experiences," she said.
But it was worth it to Martinez, his wife said, because he felt like getting back to normal after the attack would also help the widows of his two friends.
While Martinez describes MSU as a veteran-friendly campus, he still says there's a tendency among students and some faculty to see veterans as unstable or unpredictable—like "grenades waiting to go off," he says.
The stigma is real, said York, who has been helping MSU veterans for 18 years.
"It's a perception that's formulated by not knowing veterans," she said.
"You have faculty who want to be over-involved and know everything about you, or have you sharing everything about your war experience," she said. "And there are the other ones who think all vets are dangerous or have PTSD and are going to go off in class."
To combat this perception, York's office is holding an educational summit in the fall to discuss student veterans' roles as leaders on campus.
—Brenda York
Additionally, her office has orientation sessions specifically for veterans, and they're hiring tutors just for veterans. York is also putting together an advisory board for faculty, staff and veterans to talk about the issues on campus and report to the provost.
"We want to see vets succeed in college, so we want to help them transition from military to civilian life and matriculate through higher education and get that degree," York said.
Martinez, president of the student veterans club on campus, admits there are a few bad apples, but he also knows vets who dropped out in part because of interactions they've had. Combating the stigma of the unstable veteran is one of his main goals now.
"We're part of this society," he said. "We have a different skill set and different experiences. This doesn't mean we should not be incorporated normally."
York said Martinez is invaluable to MSU's veterans service efforts.
"Saul is…an inspiration to pretty much everybody," she said. "If I need a veteran to be at something or another veteran needs help or mentoring, he's the one I call."
"Being a teacher or mentor wasn't really on my radar back then," Martinez said, referring to the explosion. "There's a lot of positive aspects to what's come out of that day."
Indeed, Martinez receives many speaking invitations and often does peer visits with other wounded soldiers. He has spoken at Army functions about helping servicemen and women recover from traumatic injury, and he has given talks for organizations like the Semper Fi Fund and the Troops First Foundation, in which he often focuses on providing support systems for returning soldiers and their families. This summer he traveled to China with an MSU class, taught English and worked with kids with disabilities.
His experience has also allowed him to indulge in one of his passions—golf—with some high-profile people. In 2011, he got some tips from golf legend Jack Nicklaus at a Warriors and Quiet Waters event in Bozeman, and just this January, Martinez met former President Bill Clinton while golfing in the Humana Challenge in La Quinta, Calif.
His family, including his children, Ezekiel, 4, and Sephora, 2, are setting down roots in Bozeman. Sarah plans to take health classes at MSU in the near future.
Martinez hopes to find a career in the intelligence field, or something related to his sociology degree would work too, he said.
"I'm finding that people with sociology degrees tend to go into social work and counseling, which I'm finding more and more that I'd be comfortable doing," he said. "I like helping people.
"If I happen to land a career that I love waking up in the morning for, great. If not, I'm perfectly happy being a father," he said. "In other words, I don't want to waste this gift of a life I've been given after May 8, 2007. It wouldn't serve my brothers right if I did." â–


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Wife of Steelers QB Roethlisberger expecting baby
Ashley Roethlisberger is expecting a son. File photo
The Steelers might have found their quarterback of the future.
Ben Roethlisberger and his wife, Ashley, are pregnant with a son, the couple announced Saturday on the Steelers quarterback's website.
"Ashley and I are proud to let you all know that we are expecting a baby boy later this year!" Roethlisberger wrote. "It is truly a blessing, and we are so excited!"
Roethlisberger declined further comment through his agent, Ryan Tollner.
The Roethlisbergers were married last July in a private ceremony at Christ Church at Grove Farm in Ohio Township. They held a private reception at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Downtown.
It's been a busy offseason for Roethlisberger. The two-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback turned 30 in March and graduated in May from Miami (Ohio) with a bachelor's degree in education. He was four courses short of graduation when he declared himself eligible for the NFL Draft in 2004.
He since has become one of the most successful quarterbacks in the league, leading the Steelers to victories in Super Bowls XL and XLIII. He has thrown for 26,579 yards - 1,410 shy of Terry Bradshaw's franchise record - and 165 touchdowns in eight seasons.


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Univ. of Toledo Student says uncle mistakenly jailed for pressure cooker
Mon, 13 May 2013 20:57:07 GMT —
The nephew of a Saudi man arrested at Detroit Metropolitan Airport says the case is a misunderstanding, and that the pressure cooker his uncle was bringing for him so he could make lamb.
Nasser Almarzooq told The Associated Press on Monday that he'd asked his uncle, Hussain Al Khawahir, to bring him a pressure cooker because the ones he bought in the U.S. didn't work.
Two pressure cookers were used in last month's Boston Marathon bombings.
Almarzooq says he's concerned about his uncle and hasn't been told anything since his Saturday arrest. Almarzooq goes to the University of Toledo and says his uncle was coming to visit him for a couple weeks.
Al Khawahir is accused of using a passport with a missing page and making false statements about why he was traveling with the pressure cooker.


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An armed robber wearing a bandanna over his face stole money Monday night from a Taco Bell in Big Bear Lake.
San Bernardino County sheriff's deputies said the robber confronted an employee at the front door of the store at 41170 Big Bear Blvd. as she was closing for the night about 10 p.m.
He pulled out a handgun and made the employee get behind the counter. He ordered two employees to open the safe, but they were unable.
The robber then demanded money from the registers. He fled after employees emptied the cash drawers into a bag.
The man is thin, 5-feet-5 to 5-feet-9 inches tall and wore a dark baseball hat and a gray hooded sweatshirt.
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16 May 2012
The Detroit Tigers avoided falling to two-games below the .500 mark with their 10-8 win over the Chicago White Sox, but although the Tigers have avoided falling flat on their faces (they're 8-8 in the last 16 games), they haven't won two games in a row since finishing a sweep of the Kansas City Royals back on April 18.
But the Tigers have a pretty good chance of doing just that as baseball's worst team, the 10-26 Minnesota Twins, come to Comerica Park for a two-game set beginning tonight. Just how bad are the Twins? They're last in the American League in runs scored (3.33 per game), and last in the league in runs allowed (5.33 per game).
The Tigers are set to face 30 year-old right-hander Nick Blackburn tonight in game one of the two-game series. Blackburn currently sports a 7.18 ERA and has allowed seven home runs in 31.1 innings of work. Blackburn showed promise earlier in his career, posting a 4.05 ERA and a 4.03 ERA in consecutive years as a 26 and 27 year-old (2008 and 2009), but since then he's made 60 appearances with a cumulative ERA of 5.18. Blackburn doesn't strike out very many batters, doesn't appear to have issues with his control, and tends to give up a lot of home runs, so expect the Tigers to put a lot of balls in play, and put them in play with authority.
It's still relatively early in the year, and the Tigers aren't in a bad spot just two games back from the Cleveland Indians, but floundering against bad a team like the Twins would be tough to take. Five of the next eleven games are against the Twins, so this should be the perfect opportunity for the Tigers to re-find their groove as a ball club.
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text: Charleston Catholic holds off Poca for 38-37 win By Rick Ryan February 22, 2013 Story Share CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- It wasn't the best of situations for Charleston Catholic.Clinging to a tenuous lead over Poca late in a back-and-forth game, the Irish watched as their point guard, junior Garret McCarty, was writhing in pain and rolling around on the floor.McCarty exited with 2:32 left with a leg cramp (that looked much worse) and didn't return until the final few seconds. The Irish, however, proved up for the challenge.They protected the ball just well enough and Zach Casto knocked in a pair of clutch free throws with 16 seconds remaining to secure a 38-37 victory over Poca at the Charleston Catholic Athletic Complex. The battle of state-ranked teams drew a paid crowd of 327.Nick George (15 points, six rebounds) and Casto (13 points, seven rebounds) led the Irish (19-3), the No. 3 team in Class A, in their regular-season finale."It's huge as far as a great confidence builder for the team,'' said George, a junior who's now just 10 points shy of 1,000 for his career. "Especially the last game at home, especially a rival game like Poca. We look forward to them every year. It's huge to win a close game like that."Even though it's a rough game, it helps the team out. It definitely gives us confidence because you start to see the pieces coming together. At the end of the game, we're getting a little sharper. You realize what you can do, and you start doing it. We're really hoping it starts the trigger on something, so we start rolling.''Poca (16-6), the No. 4 team in AA, lost for the fourth time in five games - the setbacks coming by a total of just eight points. The Dots rallied from an early eight-point deficit Friday with a 10-0 second-quarter run and the game swayed back and forth, with nine ties and 10 lead changes despite the low scoring.George took it upon himself to give Catholic the lead for good with back-to-back inspired goals to start the fourth quarter. The first came on an off-balance flip with his back to the basket (a la vintage Michael Jordan) and the second was a get-out-of-my-way charge to the basket for a scoop shot and a 34-32 lead."I was just upset at myself and determined to make those,'' George said, "because I had missed three easy ones right before that. In a close game, especially low-scoring like it was, each possession and each bucket counts.''Casto and George worked a perfect pick-and-roll for a goal (with Casto cashing in) right before McCarty went to the floor in a heap with 2:32 left and the Irish ahead 36-32. Every time Catholic got the ball after that, it tried to spread the floor and milk the clock without its top ball-handler. Making it even more interesting was the fact that Poca wasn't whistled for its second team foul until only 1:22 remained and had free reign to attack the Irish dribblers.Poca's Cameron Cottrill (12 points) shaved the deficit back to 36-35 on a leaning three-point play with 32 seconds to go before Casto answered with his two foul shots to bump the lead back to three.Matt Chandler took a feed from Hayden Bailey and made a layup for the Dots with 7.4 seconds left and they called a timeout, down 38-37. George was fouled and missed the front end of a 1-and-1, giving Poca one final chance. The Dots got the ball to Adam Sigman, who brought it down the right side of the floor as time dwindled. He waited for a teammate to come open, but found none, and missed a 15-footer at the buzzer."When Garret went out,'' said Irish coach Bill McClanahan, "I was really pleased with the way that David Godwin and Nick and Keifer [Hovorka] and Zach stepped up and took care of the ball and handled the ball and handled Poca's pressure. Because Poca had fouls to give and they were gonna come at you hard anyway, and with fouls to give meant they could come at you twice as hard."I thought we wouldn't have made those same decisions a month ago with that same group on the floor. So that's a positive to take with us getting ready for the tournament. It's a good growing process for the guys who stayed on the floor, and it also lets Garret know he can trust his teammates. He has a huge role on this basketball team, but he's got guys he can trust and play with.''McCarty added 10 points for the Irish, who led 23-20 in rebounding. Hovorka led the team with three steals - each leading to a transition basket at the other end.Noah Frampton headed Poca's offense with 14 points and grabbed a team-high seven rebounds. Chandler added nine points and six boards.Dots coach Allen Osborne doesn't think his team's recent losing spell will curb momentum heading into sectional play. "We're four possessions from winning those four games,'' Osborne said. "It's just how you handle it. We're not going to let that put us down. We're going to try and get better and learn from those things."We had a chance at the buzzer tonight. We did a lot of right things. We fouled the right people, put them on the 1-and-1 and had a chance to win. That's all you can ask for.''Reach Rick Ryan at 304-348-5175 or email@example.com. 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Is that pac behind fab….
are these written in English?
whewwwwwwww! too funny.
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Kris-I would love to split the cost with you!! I am out of "drop by range", but I would love to help our CC angel Kim and all she does! If you email me your address I will send my share. I hope you will let me help.
Jim-I have my surgery on Tuesday and my mass is 7mm. I just keep hearing my doctor say "Your cancer is so aggressive, we would expect it to come back more aggressive", those are my words of comfort. Barnes is #9 in the nation, so like your hospital, is on top of and very aggresive in my care. I knew my cat scan find before I made it home that day, and it will be 2 weeks from finding to consult t osurgery!! My doctor also said couple of days in hospital, but the last time I woke up 3 weeks later with a new liver!!! LOL!!
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text: The Wild Side: A Christmas Eve to remember By Scott Shalaway December 22, 2012 Story Share CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Everyone has special Christmas memories. This is one of mine (first published in 2008).It was the night before Christmas about 20 years ago. Nora was barely 10 years old, and Emma was still dreaming of kindergarten. We had just gotten home from a Christmas Eve church service.About two inches of snow had fallen the day before, and it was cold, about 25 degrees, so a white Christmas seemed assured. All that remained was a long winter's nap, but the girls were too excited to sleep.My wife, Linda, suggested we take a walk in the woods. "That will tire the girls out so maybe we can at least sleep until dawn," she hoped. "Besides, the moon is bright. With the snow on the ground it really does give a 'luster of midday to objects below.'"The girls thought it was a great idea. "Maybe we'll hear the animals talk," Emma suggested. "Mom says on Christmas Eve animals can talk." Nora smiled a big-sister smile.So we bundled up and followed our favorite trail. About a half-mile later we came to a huge fallen tree, a favorite rest stop. "Let's just sit for a few minutes," I said.It was a gorgeous night. Chilly, but not too cold. The air was still, the sky crystal clear. A thousand stars winked and blinked. The moon was so bright it cast shadows from the tall white oak trees that surrounded us. A pair of great horned owls dueted in the distance, a reminder that the beginning of the nesting season was just a month away.As we watched and listened, a breeze picked up and blew flakes off the snow-covered branches above. Though the sky remained clear, it seemed to be snowing -- on Christmas Eve.After about 15 minutes, our feet began to get cold. The thought of hot chocolate and a few cookies was too much to resist. So we got up and headed back to the house. We hadn't taken two steps when we all heard a distinctive, high-pitched sound."What was that?" Emma asked. "I don't know," Nora answered. "Maybe the animals are starting to talk," she added with a sly grin.Before I thought better of it, I almost spoiled the moment. "I think we're hearing flying squirrels. They have high-pitched voices," I explained. "I know they live in the woods. Remember, we found a few nests in the chickadee boxes last spring."In the brightness of the moonshine, I confirmed my suspicions. All around us a half-dozen flying squirrels jumped from tree to tree. As they sailed, the flaps of skin that run from ankle to wrist billowed with air, and the fliers glided skillfully from one tree to the next.Upon landing, they instantly scurried to the back side of the tree trunk -- just in case a owl was in hot pursuit. Linda and Nora saw the movement too, but just as I was about to point it out to Emma, she exclaimed, "Those aren't animal sounds, they're elves!" She was still focused on the squeaky noises we had heard moments earlier.Now I faced a dilemma. Do I grab the teachable moment, or do I go for holiday magic? I opted for magic because I knew we could see flying squirrels another time."What are you talking about, Emma?" I asked. "What elves?""Santa's elves. I don't know why they're in the woods, but we need to get back home, and I need to get to bed," she explained.Emma took off up the trail like a fox on the run. It was all we could do to keep up. By the time we got back to the house, we were exhausted.After a cookie and a quick cup of hot chocolate, Emma put on her nightie and jumped into bed. Her cheeks were still rosy and cold. Before I even opened our dog-eared copy of "'Twas the Night Before Christmas," she was sound asleep. It was a Christmas Eve to remember.Send questions and comments to Dr. Scott Shalaway, 2222 Fish Ridge Road, Cameron, WV 26033, or by email at firstname.lastname@example.com. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Deer in 8 WV counties found dead from EHD 2 New company planning $73M synthetic fuel plant in Greenbrier County 3 Morgantown coal operator Laurita indicted in alleged campaign finance scheme 4 Protester: 'Thanks for the danishes but we'd rather have health care' 5 US attorney general to go after doctors who overprescribe opioids The Way It Was: Armored cruiser Previous Story Things to do Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012 Next Story


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UPDATE: Kirkland rape suspect arrested in Redmond, charged with first-degree rape and burglary
A 26-year-old man accused of violently attacking and raping an 80-year-old Kirkland woman on Oct. 25 was charged with first-degree rape and first-degree burglary on Thursday in King County Superior Court.
Redmond police on Wednesday arrested Moses Kelly, who detectives believe is transient and his residence is currently unknown. They located Kelly near a gas station in Redmond and took him into custody on Kirkland's felony warrant. The warrant was obtained when DNA evidence gathered from the October assault came back as a match to Kelly.
"Officers spotted him walking into the gas station and arrested him without incident as he exited the station," said Redmond Police Department (RPD) spokesperson Jim Bove.
Three officers were on the scene and they transported Kelly to the Kirkland Police Department.
Kelly's bail was set at $1 million due to the "extraordinarily violent" manner in which he allegedly raped the woman, said Lisa Johnson, senior deputy prosecuting attorney, in charging documents filed on Thursday.
According to the police report, the 90-pound woman, who is small in stature, returned home on a Metro bus from a visit to Seattle on Oct. 25. When she got home, she went to close her front doors and saw the suspect swiftly walking towards her and assumed he might be a salesmen.
However, Kelly allegedly forced open her doors before she could lock them, "grabbed her by the throat/mouth area, choking her as he did so and forced her backwards into her residence," according to the police report.
In her request for bail to be set, Johnson said during the course of the sexual assault the defendant allegedly "wrapped his hands around the frail and elderly victim's throat, choked her with his hands and threatened to kill her if she didn't keep quiet."
However, despite the woman's age, she fought back, bit the Kelly's hand and the defendant responded by biting her, said Johnson.
"Close to losing consciousness and unable to breathe, there were moments that (the victim) was convinced she was going to die," the prosecutor continued.
The suspect conversed with the victim during the assault and he told her he is currently homeless and had recently broken up with his girlfriend, according to charging documents.
When she asked him why he was raping her, he said, "I need sex," the documents continue.
After the sexual assault, the suspect left and the woman called her husband who took her to the Group Health Urgent Care Center in Bellevue. She was later transported and treated at Harborview Medical Center.
A Washington State Patrol Crime Lab forensic scientist matched DNA from the sexual assault to Kelly's DNA typing profile. His photo ID was also a very close match to a composite sketch that a Kirkland police contract sketch artist prepared in November.
Police also reviewed Kelly's recent case reports that showed he is frequently listed as transient/homeless, which was consistent with statements the suspect made to the victim while he was raping her, according to charging documents. Kelly is known to use Metro and public transit, with previous contacts in Seattle, Woodinville, Federal Way, Bellingham, Mukilteo and Edmonds.
Kelly has no criminal felony convictions, but his criminal history consists of two convictions for criminal trespass in 2008 and 2011 and additional convictions for malicious mischief and fourth-degree assault.
He is being held in King County Jail and his arraignment is set for Jan. 3.


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BRONX, NY - Sunday's CHSAA Quarterfinal Intersectionals on the Campus of Fordham University was heaven for four of the five NYCHoops.net Top Ten teams as they advanced to the semifinal round on do-or-die playoff tournament.
Here are recaps of the game as well as the evening's top performers.
Stepinac stuns St. Raymond, 68-51
In the opening game, St. Raymond jumped out in front early as Jaquan McKennon scored and Luis Santos dominated inside. It would be the tale of two halves as Archbishop Stepinac ruled the latter part of the game.
Josh James would score his 1000th point en route to stellar ending that had the Crusaders up by as much as 17 points.
Reigning down 8 three-pointers as a team, Stepinac advanced to the semis winning by 17 points
"We came with intensity from the jump and finished out the game strong," said James. "I wasn't planning to lose in my senior year."
James led Stepinac with 22 points including three 3-balls in the first half while 5'10" junior Naim Thomas contributed 18 points. 6'3" junior Shawn Jones paced the Ravens with 13 points with McKennon adding 9 points.
Loughlin preps for semis beating Gaels, 72-59
After trailing by 5 points to start the second quarter, Matt Ryan got hot from the perimeter and with 6:18, point guard 6'0" junior PG Isaiah Ice would nail a 3-ball, giving Iona Prep a 17-16 lead.
Loughlin would tie the game when Mike Williams scored from the arc but 6'2" senior Brandon Williams countered and the Gaels remained on top with 4 minutes left in the half. The Lions took the lead 29-28 with 1:30 left the half as Williams fed Javian Delacruz while 6'0" senior PG Jordan Nanton and Khadeen Carrington scored in transition. The Gaels were stung by a 9-0 Lions run leaving them in a 37-29 deficit at the half.
Loughlin opens the second half with a zone as they sat on their 8 point lead but Ryan busts it up with a trey and a strong drive to the rim. Iona Prep got led down to 5 but Williams facilitated the Lions both offensive and with assists, extending their lead to 43-33 with 3:33 left in the third quarter.
Loughlin full court pressed and Gaels turnovers pushed the Lions lead to 19 points late in the quarter. 6'0" sophomore Tom Capuano broke free to put some points on the board for Iona Prep but transition points by Loughlin resulted in an almost insurmountable 55-35 lead to begin the fourth quarter.
The Gaels would never recover as the Lions sailed into the semis.
Mike Williams and Carrington led the Lions with 23 points and 21 points respectively. Ryan scored a game high 24 points with Brandon Williams adding 10 points
Cardinal Hayes edges out Molloy, 67-66
Hayes establishes a low post presence as 6'7" senior forward Ramel Coleman got to the rim and to the line early. Molloy turnovers allowed Shavar Newkirk to score off fast breaks and Hayes led by 6 points at the end of the warm-up quarter.
6'5" senior forward Marko Kozul got Molloy off to a good start in the second quarter as the Stanners tried to creep back into the game. With 6:02 Chaz Watler got to the foul line and cut the Cardinals lead to 18-15. Mustafa Jones midrange game and points in transition increased and sustained a Cardinal's 7 points with 3 minutes. Molloy kept pace as Watler pressed the action offensively while the Stanners benefited from a poor shooting first half from Chris Robinson.
With 30 seconds left a putback by Kozul cut Hayes's lead to 28-26 at the half.
C.J. Davis and Watler tied the game at 28 and 30, thirty seconds into the quarter but each time Hayes had an answer. A jumper by Jones with 6 minutes left in the third would put the Cardinals in front 36-32.
Robinson found his touch midway through the quarter as the Cardinals tried to pull away but Davis went on a tear and Watler tied the game at 43 with a nice drive to the hole. 6'4" senior forward Justin Brown did a nice job on the boards for Molloy and with a 1 minute left in the third a Davis trey finally gave Molloy. Hayes countered but with 3.6,
Davis tied the game going one for two at the line and then got the offensive rebound to score plus the and-1 which put Molloy ahead. Newkirk make the Stanners pre-halftime celebration brief as hit a momentum-killing Hail Mary to tie the game at 52 going into the fourth quarter.
Five minutes remained in the game as Davis scored for the top of the key and Jason Cethoute scored in the paint and Molloy was ahead 62-58 with 3:54 left in regulation.
Jones put up a hook shot to cut Molloy's lead to one and with 1:43 scored a putback, giving Hayes a 65-64 lead. Molloy had a chance to score but Kozul would miss a contested shot at the basket. Newkirk drew a foul and extended Hayes lead to three a minute. Watler scored a nice underhand scoop shot that shaved Hayes's lead down to 67-66.
Hayes ran the shot clock down to 18 seconds, missed the shot but managed to grab the offensive rebound with 16.7. Watler, sacrificed himself, committing his fifth foul battling for the rebound
There was still hope for the Stanners as Hayes turned the ball over on the inbound with 15 seconds. Molloy searched for the last shot but was forced to call time with 4.8 seconds remaining and due to Hayes's defensive pressure, the Stanners would come up short.
"I'm a player," said Newkirk. "I do whatever the coach wants me to do. Today, he told me to be aggressive and attack and that's what I did."
Newkirk led the Cardinals with 28 points with Jones contributing 16. Davis was high man for Molloy with 25 points. Watler added 15.
Christ the King routs St. Peter's, 82-66
The Eagles came out shooting as 5'10" junior Glen Sanabria scored and the game as was knotted midway through the opening quarter. As Jon Severe began to attack the basket late in the quarter, Christ the King pulled out in front of St. Peter's by 5 points to start the second quarter.
Two minutes into the second quarter, Isaiah Cosbert drained a trey giving the Royals a 23-15 advantage. Latrell Curtis provided some pushback for St. Peter's but freshman Rawle Alkins and Travis Alton would extend the Royals lead to 10 with 4:54 left in the half. A Severe three-ball would send CTK off to the races with a 15 point lead
The was in danger of spiraling out of control for the Eagles but a heave at the buzzer by 5'11" senior Khalil Shorter made the halftime score a slightly more manageable, 37-26.
The Royals came out in the third quarter and quickly pushed their lead to 20 points as Jordan Fuchs powered his way up to the rim. Cosbert began to rein threes on the Eagles and Christ the King took a 24 point lead into the fourth quarter.
To the Eagles' credit they did get their deficit down to 16 points with 5:05 remaining but they were simply not equipped to stage a comeback of that magnitude. With 2:33 remaining in the game, the Royals booted their lead back to 25 and Coach Joe Arbitello subbed out all his starters.
Severe led the Royals with 14 points with Andre Walker and Alkins adding 13 points each. Sanabria scored a game high 23 points for St. Peter's.
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The Basics of Twitter
...tweet, tweet tweetly-tweet!
That's not Robin rockin' out in the tree down the street, it's the sound of the social media tool that is fostering conversations between customers, businesses and friends all over the world. Twitter has made quite a racket in the social media world, but it's also a powerful conversation tool for salons and should be considered for a well-rounded online strategy.
To effectively utilize Twitter for your salon, much like any other social media platform, it's all about strategy. Because there are very specific reasons for Twitter outreach you must first make sure this time-intensive platform makes sense for your salon – and you have the resources to jump and continually be engaged with the conversations that are happening.
If and when done properly, there are many opportunities to outreach to both industry influencers, bloggers, media and your customers via Twitter. At Evoke Brands, we utilize Twitter as a PR tool – something we call 'Social Media PR.' It's a new way of connecting with influencers and both introducing our company and clients – as well as joining important conversations in a social, instant way. We look at it as a conversation resource in a way that other social media, even the almighty Facebook, can't.
When you join in that conversation you earn the respect of the customers and earn a place in their daily media diet. From daily updates on salon happenings, photos of unique styles and services to exclusive rewards and contests when done right a twitter account will have "all the little birdies" psyched for their next visit to your salon. To start with Twitter, you must first understand the anatomy of the platform. Then, we'll move on to discuss best practices and how salons across the country are using this powerful tool to drive business.
Here's a quick tutorial on the ins and outs of Twitter:
This is a screen shot of my twitter profile let's check out each step.
Tweet: A tweet is a 140 character status update. Professionals use tweets to promote specials, create buzz about their salon, have conversations with industry leaders and customers, and keep up with the latest trends.
Number 1: The Handle/Avatar
As you can see there are three different ways to identify a twitter user. The first is their twitter "handle." My handle is @kellyehlers. A twitter handle will always have the @ sign before it in order to connect with a user. It is how users send tweets "to" your account, and how they will see when you tweet at them. Your twitter handle should be something related to your salon (or stylist) and will most likely be the name of your [email protected]
The second way to identify an account is the avatar. An avatar is the image that will attach to every tweet you send. I suggest using your salon logo as your Twitter avatar just as you would your Facebook profile picture. Finally you have your account name (Evoke Brands). This should be the name of your salon.
Number 2: Twitter Bio
Twitter allows you 160 characters to describe the account. Here you should define your salon, listing the services you provide, including impressive accolades, adding your salon website and phone number. This will appear on your twitter profile for other users to discover who you are.
Number 3: Follow button
Following Twitter accounts is similar to "friending" or "liking" Facebook pages. You should "follow" your friends, stylists, industry leaders, and information sources. It is also good Twitter etiquette to follow accounts that follow you, this builds your following and your information sources.
Number 4: Following
I am following 1,920 Twitter accounts. This means that my "feed," or dashboard on m account will show every tweet sent by all 1,920 accounts. If you click on this number you can see which accounts you are following.
Number 5: Followers
I have 2,376 followers who have clicked the "follow button" (number 3) on my account and are automatically fed ever tweet that I send. These are the people who I can influence with my tweets. For a salon this will be your clients, stylists, business partners, sales reps and friends who want to receive information, specials and fun insights into your business.
Number 6: Mentions
Here I "mentioned" Premiere Shows in my tweet. When you would like to "mention" or "tag" someone in a tweet so that your followers may click on their name and they can see you tagged them, you must simply add their twitter handle to your tweet. For example to mention me in a tweet you would add @kellyehlers.
Number 7: Retweeting (RT)
Here I have "retweeted" @thehairnerds' original tweet that said "#HairNerd Awesomeness: A Look Inside the RAW Awards with Fabio Sementilli." I liked their article and I wanted to share it with my followers.
You can also retweet a good post by clicking the button at the bottom tweet that has two revolving arrows. This will post the tweet to your friends' feeds directly from the source and will include a small caption that says retweeted by @kellyehlers.
Number 8: Hashtags (#)
Hashtags are links that create a new feed related to that topic. Here I have hashtagged #MrMoon. Hashtags are very useful when you want to create a twitter page with all of the tweets containing the same hashtag. For example, when I tweet about my blog posts on Modern Salon I might add the hashtag #StyleSync at the end of every tweet. Than if my followers clicked on the word "#StyleSync" it would pull up all of my tweets about my modern salon blogs! This can be useful for organizing information, creating campaigns, and participating in national or global conversations.
Number 9:
The final way to communicate using twitter is called a direct message. Direct messages are tweets that only you and the recipient can see. In order to Direct Message or (DM) click this button: choose "send direct message," and write your tweet.
Phew! Now that you know the ins and outs of Twitter it's important to remember to remain professional. This is your chance to engage customers and lure them into your salon, remember to also remain upbeat, join the Twitter conversations and have fun!
Happy Tweeting! To follow Evoke Brands go to: www.twitter.com/KellyEhlers.
As always, feel free to contact me at: [email protected] with any questions or comments.
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Over the past month I have noticed my weekly purchases of eggs beating (pun intended) up the wallet. I didn't think too deeply on it because my food expenditures were not tracked on a granular-spreadsheet level. That is until a trip to Costco (COST).
The wholesaler is the go-to destination for cartons of four or five-dozen eggs at an unbelievable price, unless you are able to house 12 chickens in the one bedroom apartment. Normally, the purchase of five dozen eggs would set me back about $7.00 and change, a relative steal compared to the supermarket which hawks 18 eggs for $4.59 a pop. But I was whacked with a bout of sticker shock after gently placing 60 eggs in the supersized Costco basket. The price was $10.29.
Aside from leaving the store in disbelief, I made it a point to go home and study harder the PPI and CPI reports prior to fresh reads this week and see if there was a way to profit off egg price mania. Consumer price increases for food at home and away from home have decelerated since Sept. 2011, making the apparent ascent in egg prices quite interesting.
I was reassured that my brain has not been totally scrambled when finding out that the price for a dozen eggs has skyrocketed in a month's time. According to YCharts.com, U.S. egg prices have risen 20% this month (monthly annualized growth rate of 235.29%) from December after having been fairly stable dating back to the beginning of 2011. Yet, the coolers holding the eggs at Costco, and the local supermarket for that matter, have sure looked as if consumers have not balked at the price increases. If consumers have taught the stock market anything in the past two years it's that they will cut a non-necessity from the grocery basket to pay more for something deemed a staple, in this case eggs.
Want the financial jargon term for this phenomenon? It's pricing power. Egg pricing power is clear in Cal-Maine's (CALM) recent earnings report. I don't think the company's earnings garnered enough respect by the market (pricing power plus solid demand), and the stock is not reflecting a cost outlook that should be cooler than 2011 (see the crop report).
Reasons to put Cal-Maine in your portfolio
- Consumers have appeared to not balk at higher egg prices. If they did raise the white flag, it would have developed in a sharp slowdown in demand during Cal-Maine's quarter (food producers, like semiconductors, are known for boom and bust financial periods), which reflected holiday buying.
- Cal-Maine has guided Wall Street to be cautious with respect to its input cost outlook. But with new evidence having been presented that costs will not run away in 2011 (barring draught, etc.) the company has teed itself up for earnings surprises (especially so since the company has very little coverage by analysts on the Street, odd since it's the largest egg producer in the country).
Granular details
- Experiencing broad-based strength in higher margin eggs sold (nutritionally enhanced, organic, cage free, which make up 23% of total sales) and offshoots, such as liquid egg whites.
- Fundamental checklist trifecta: coverage ratios up, debt to equity ratio down, inventories turning quicker. This makes me wonder if the company is poised to raise its dividend payout ratio (stock yields 3.5% currently).
- Prices hiked by 17% in most recent quarter, but dozens of eggs sold rose a solid 6%.
- Through efficiency measures, gross profit margin expanded a nifty 200 bps, in the face of elevated costs. As costs level out and price increases stick to a certain extent, the company has a path to potentially log strong earnings quarters that are enhanced by prior work to make the business more productive.


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