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Rx Response Recognized for Efforts During Hurricane Sandy
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Rx Response – an initiative by members of the pharmaceutical supply chain designed to keep medicines moving to patients in emergencies like a natural disasters – got some welcome recognition at the 2013 National Hurricane Conference in New Orleans this week. RxResponse Director and PhRMA Associate Vice President, Erin Mullen, PhD., RPh, CEM, was recognized with an Outstanding Achievement Award for Preparedness.
The recognition is for Rx Response's and Dr. Mullen's work to support emergency managers and provide them with needed, real-time information about the status of pharmacies and medical supply production and transportation during Hurricane Sandy. Rx Response's contribution was the result of a multi-year effort (since Hurricane Katrina) to weave together all the players in the pharmaceutical supply chain – from manufacturers to transportation to pharmacists and pharmacies – and to better respond to natural and manmade disasters as well as potential terrorist attacks.
Everyone at PhRMA is proud of Dr. Mullen and congratulates her on the great job that she and her team have done!
In addition to accepting the Achievement Award, Dr. Mullen also announced that Rx Response has re-named an important Rx Response tool. The Pharmacy Status Reporting Tool (PRST), which was widely praised for its contributions following Super Storm Sandy, will now be called Rx Open.
The PSRT was deployed in 11 states following Super Storm Sandy's landfall. The tool maps open pharmacies in disaster impacted areas on the Rx Response website. Widespread media coverage of the PSRT following Sandy quadrupled traffic to the online tool. In addition, more than 200 pharmacies in the New York and New Jersey area that were not registered in the PSRT's database asked to be included for future disasters and have since been added.
The new name and matching web address are designed to make the program easier to remember, a move Rx Response officials believe will significantly increase the tool's use in future disasters.


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A Pearl River County jury deliberated 13 minutes before finding 35-year-old Matthew Thomas Rickman guilty in the severe beating of a corrections officer at the county jail.
The Sun Herald reported that Rickman was convicted Wednesday in the aggravated assault of a law enforcement officer Feb. 12.
District Attorney Hal Kittrell said the officer had several broken bones, including a broken hip, and a permanent eye injury.
The beating was videotaped. The tape was played at Rickman's trial, which began and ended Wednesday in Pearl River County Circuit Court.
Rickman faces a prison term of life without the possibility of parole as a habitual offender. His sentencing is set for Jan. 25.


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POSITION: Left Wing
SHOOTS: Left
BIRTHPLACE: North York, ON, CAN
DRAFTED: PIT: 2003-263 overall
Signed as a free agent by the Islanders on July 6, 2009. Signed a one-year contract extension with the Islanders on July 27, 2010. Agreed to a three-year contract extension with the Islanders on Jan. 27, 2011.
Selected by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the ninth round (263rd overall) of the 2003 National Hockey League Entry Draft...Signed as a free agent by the Los Angeles Kings on September 1, 2006.
Led the Islanders in assists (29), placed second in points (44) and third in goals (15) during his fourth season with the team...Tied for seventh in the NHL and placed second on the team in power-play goals (8)...Had 13 multi-point games, including a season-high four- point effort (1g/3a) on Feb. 16 vs. New Jersey...Scored the 100th goal of his Islanders career on Jan. 27 at Winnipeg...Had a three-game point streak (2g/3a) from Jan. 27-31...Scored his 200th NHL point (assist) on Feb. 23 at Buffalo...Had a five-game assist streak (5a) from Mar. 9-19...Appeared in his 300th NHL game on Mar. 9...Missed the first game of his Islanders career and saw his consecutive games-played streak come to an end on Apr. 6 vs. Tampa Bay, when he was scratched with the flu. His 284 game streak is the third longest in Islanders history (Billy Harris - 576, Bob Nystrom - 301).
2011-12: Established career highs in goals (36), assists (33) and points (69) in 82 games during his third season with the Islanders and sixth professional campaign...Finished 10th in the NHL in goals...Eclipsed the 30-goal mark for the third-straight season, becoming the first Islander to do so since Ziggy Palffy (1995-96 to 1997-98)...Appeared in all 82 games for the third-straight year, extending his consecutive games-played streak to 246, which ranks fourth in Islanders history...Placed second on the team in Three Star voting with 11 total selections (two First Star selections)...Finished second on the team in power-play scoring with 24 points (14g/10a)... Tied for third in the league with 14 power-play goals...Led the NHL with 12 "first goals" and tied for second in the league with 23 road goals...Went 2-for-4 in shootout attempts, netting one game-deciding goal...Recorded 17 multi-point games, including one four-point effort and three three-point performances...Had a team season-high five-game goal streak (8g) from Nov. 26 - Dec. 6 and a personal season-best six-game point streak (8g/3a) from Nov. 26 - Dec. 8...Netted his first career four-goal game on Dec. 3 at Dallas...Named the NHL's First Star of the Week (6g/1a) for the period ending Dec. 4...Scored his 100th career goal on Mar. 24 at Tampa Bay.
2010-11: Recorded 53 points (31g/22a), marking his second-straight 30-goal season in his second year with the Islanders...Finished second on the team in goals and tied for second in points...Skated in all 82 games for the second-straight season...Tied for the team lead with nine power-play goals, tied for second with three game-winning goals and finished second with 237 shots...Had 12 multi-point games, including a trio of three-point efforts...Recorded his first career three-assist game on Jan. 15 vs. Buffalo...Scored two goals against his brother-in-law (J. Quick) on Feb. 19 vs. Los Angeles...Scored his second NHL hat trick on Feb. 21 vs. Florida...Recorded his 100th NHL point on Feb. 22 at Toronto, extending his point streak to four games (6g/1a)...Scored his 30th goal of the season on Mar. 15 at NY Rangers.
2009-10: Scored 30 goals and 18 assists for 48 points during his first full NHL season with the Islanders and fourth professional campaign...Led the team in goals...Was one of three Islanders to play in all 82 games (Streit & Tavares)...Ranked 24th in the NHL and first on the Islanders in game-winning goals with five...Scored his first career goal as an Islander on Oct. 8 at Ottawa...Went on a four-game goal-scoring streak from Oct. 12-21 (4g)...Recorded his first-career hat trick on Dec. 3 at Atlanta (including the game-winner). It was the first "natural hat trick" by an Islander since Jason Blake (Dec. 19, 2006 at NY Rangers)...Eclipsed the 20-goal mark for the first time in his career on Jan. 28 at Carolina...Played in his 100th NHL game on Mar. 19 at Anaheim...Finished the season on a three-game goal-scoring streak (3g)...Reached the 30-goal mark for the first time in his career on Apr. 11 vs. Pittsburgh.
2008-09: Had one point (1g) and two penalty minutes in seven games with Los Angeles, while also netting 47 points (21g/26a) and 35 penalty minutes in 54 games with the Manchester Monarchs (American Hockey League)...Led Manchester in goals (21) and power-play goals (11)...Ranked third on Manchester in points and fourth with 26 assists...His lone goal for Los Angeles was the game-winner on Oct. 14 vs. Anaheim.
2007-08: Recorded nine points (5g/4a) and four penalty minutes in 22 games as a rookie with Los Angeles...Became the 16th player in Kings history to score in his NHL debut on Nov. 2 at San Jose...Recorded his first-career NHL assist on Nov. 15 vs. Anaheim...Scored in two straight games on Jan. 29 at Philadelphia and Jan. 31 at NY Islanders...Was recalled from Manchester four times during the season...With Manchester, recorded 56 points (28g/28a) and 29 penalty minutes in 57 games...His 28 goals were second on Manchester, while his 14 power-play goals ranked third on the team...Also appeared in four Calder Cup Playoff games with Manchester, recording two points (2g/0a) and four penalty minutes.
2006-07: Led Manchester with 77 games played, 25 goals and a plus-26 rating...Tied for the team lead with 57 points, 11 power-play goals and two short-handed goals...Finished second on the club with 32 assists...Recorded five points (2g/3a) in 16 post season games with Manchester, which advanced to the AHL's Eastern Conference Finals.
2005-06: Appeared in 35 games as a senior at Cornell University and led his team with 18 goals and 38 points. It was the third consecutive season that he led Cornell in goals and points...Also led his club with 11 power-play goals and four game-winning goals...Served as team Captain...Finished his four-year tenure at Cornell with 138 points (71g/67a) in 134 games.
2004-05: Appeared in 34 games with Cornell and led his team with 22 goals and 42 points...His 20 assists ranked second on the team...Also led the club with 12 power-play goals and was tied for second with four game-winning goals.
2003-04: Appeared in 32 games as a sophomore at Cornell and led the team with 18 goals and 35 points...His 17 assists were second on the team...Also led the club with four game-winning goals and was tied for first with six power-play goals.
2002-03: Appeared in 33 games at Cornell as a freshman, notching 23 points (13g/10a)...His 13 goals were tied for second on the club, while his 23 points, 13 goals and four power-play goals led all Cornell freshmen.
2001-02: Appeared in 42 games with Guelph of the Mid-Western Junior B Hockey League and notched 102 points (56g/46a) and 80 penalty minutes...His 56 goals and 102 points were both second-most in the league...Named MWJHL Co-MVP with Cambridge's Aran Myers.
2013: Made his Stanley Cup Playoffs debut, scoring three points (2g/1a) in six games during the Islanders' Eastern Conference Quarterfinals against Pittsburgh.


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I don't agree with everything Maggie Haberman says HERE, but it's food for thought:
For Democrats, there is no fallback: It�s Hillary Clinton or probably a long bout of depression ahead of 2016.
With expectations hitting a fever pitch three-and-a-half years out that Clinton is running for president again, every move she makes � a video endorsing gay marriage, a coy line about supporting a woman president � moves the excitement a notch higher. So too do endorsements from former critics � House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill, among others.
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That is too funny!!!! Obscurity is the Artist's Refuge
I don't see a picture of Shelle. Censorship in America.
Two drifters, off to see the worldThere's such a lot of world to seeWe're after the same rainbow's end, waitin' 'round the bendMy huckleberry friend, Moon River, and me
Classic. Now if this thread is not "saved" nothin will be.Obscurity is the Artist's Refuge
Infidel, you're my new favourite contemporary artist.My ass belongs on your face.


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By now you probably know about the fan who got up onto the catwalk during Saturday night's game, causing an entire section of the lower bowl to be evacuated. Here's how it looked on the Kings broadcast:
I thought I had seen it all in Detroit. There was the termite scare of 1983 when the entire visitor's penalty box was eaten while Steve Larmer was serving a double-minor for high sticking (Remember when Nancy Reagan swooped in with her helicopter to fish him out of there? Oh man.) And of course there was that Wings/Leafs game where Terry Sawchuk made a save by catching the puck with his teeth, chewed it into the shape of a middle finger, and uncovered Toe Blake's despicable plan to use under-aged indentured servants to build a secret cross-country railroad made entirely of cheese. And who could forget the assassination of 2Pac? All happened at Wings home games and all were equally incredible moments. Now, we have "Catwalk Guy".
Well anyway, me and Merv Griffin's other best friend (Chris Hollis) were discussing what it would be like if a member of the Herm 2 Hockeytown party tarnished the reputation of the entire online community by doing something stupid at the March 26th game against Minnesota. You know, like bringing your mom's basement with you or biting another fan because he keeps pronouncing "Abdelkader" wrong . That shit will get back to the media and we'll all be ruined.
So for those of you that will be joining us there, I've constructed a few guidelines to follow that will ensure maximum safety and keep our noses clean.
- Don't be that douche who screams "YOU'RE HOT" to Karen Newman while she's singing the national anthem. Not because it's disrespectful, but because it's insulting to her. It has to be. You don't think that she already knows she's hot? Do you think she's never seen herself? Do you think there are no mirrors in that woman's house? Are you saying she can't afford mirrors? Are you calling her poor? You just called Karen Newman a blind, stupid, homeless tramp and made us all look like ignorant dicks. I hate you.
- For your own health, it would be best if you stayed out of the middle of whatever Kyle and Matt will be feverishly debating that day. It's only inevitable that we'll order some buffalo wings and then the whole "Ranch vs. Blue Cheese" nuclear bomb will go off. They'll have a separate table in case either of them needs to draw a Venn diagram or show a Power Point presentation.
- Be nice to Herm. Don't try and trick him just because he's never been to America by telling him that it's okay to take off your pants in public in this country. Because as far as my understanding goes they're still not letting us do that yet. So Herm, if you read this, keep those pants on. (I think. I'm like 96% on that one and I'm going to contact my local congressman later today.)
- Don't carve your online alias into your seat to show "_____ was here".
- Nobody outside of our group is going to care or know about who "Pinky" is, so you best keep that one close to the vest. In fact the Pinkster said something about suing us all or eating our children if there's ever an awesome hat sale in Michigan and he happens to come through here. Or something close to that.
- Stay off the catwalk. Unless your last name is Van Damn and you have to climb up there in order to swing across the arena like fucking Tarzan into a press box which you just through a homemade bomb at to break the glass so that you can save your kids and beat the bad guys before they blow the whole building up. And even then you're going to need a permission slip.
- I swear to God, if I hear anybody say "+1" or the letters "LOL" in an effort to be ironic I'm going to punch them in the sack. Women included.
- Our hype man Osrt is going to be there. Consider yourself warned: he's what some of our cooler friends would call a "player". If you are
an attractive woman... a reasonably attractive woman... a woman... a human... alive... a tangible object, Osrt is going to approach you. Just let him drop the "are you tired/you've been running through my mind all day" line and he should move onto the next warm body within 10 seconds. Unless you have blonde hair, killer eyes, you can backcheck like crazy and you where #51, because then you might be in actual danger.
- I don't know if George Malik is going or not, but the answer to your question is no: that is NOT Brendan Shanahan's game-worn playoff beard from 1998. You need not ask him.
- All of us share this somewhat special, almost pathetic bond because each of us are the biggest Wings fans that we know. We come to this Internet thing and Twitter and liveblog with our imaginary friends because they're the only ones who truly understand. We type with fury whenever something bad happens and our keyboards and remotes take massive amounts of punishment. So with that in mind, I want you to imagine more than 100 of us together in real life at a venue that serves alcohol as we watch Brett Lebda try to do his job. I don't really know where I was going with this but basically I think that Lebda needs to be gone by March 26.


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The US Should Learn from Israel How to Permit, Not Outlaw Guns
Latest update: December 18th, 2012
Once obvious targets for an attacks, such as schools (think JCCs, and synagogues, too) appoint visibly armed, well-trained guards, we will undoubtedly be seeing a reduction in the number of massacres perpetrated in American schools and other public places.
But if schools and shuls can't afford that extra expense, they should at least let their staff who can afford it undergo the proper training.
Jews have an obligation to themselves, their families, and their communities to own guns, and be well-trained in their proper handling, storage and use.
We mustn't wait until, God forbid, another JCC, synagogue or a yeshiva is targeted by some crazed gunman.Shalom Bear
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76 Responses to "The US Should Learn from Israel How to Permit, Not Outlaw Guns"
I fail to see how more restriction on civilian gun ownership is going to stop violent crimes. The only people deterred from gun ownership will be the law abiding citizens. (That said, a simple metal detector at the school's door would have alerted the staff not to buzz the killer in. They didn't even need an armed guard.)
When was the last time a violent crime was committed by the trained, legal owner of a licensed and registered gun? 99.9% of guns used in crimes are stolen, bought on the black market, purchased with fake ID, or otherwise obtained by people who are breaking the law to acquire them – with further law breaking in mind. If a deranged person has a well planned attack in mind, he/she will find a way around the system, no matter what.
When something goes "bump in the night", I rest easy knowing that I can defend my family when needed. I refuse to allow criminals to dictate my rights to self defense.
the other flaw I see with this argument is the DMV can barely handle drivers licenses….if we let them handle gun licenses…. need I say more…
the other flaw I see with this argument is the DMV can barely handle drivers licenses….if we let them handle gun licenses…. need I say more…
And so the cycle of violence continues.
Oh, Israel does have shootings. The settlers shoot the pallies.
Bad example I'm afraid.
Please read early American History. The intent of the 2nd Amendment was not just for hunting and personal protection. Israel may allow the people to have guns but have clearly made sure the Gov. is in full control of the user.
Just one note of fact: the shooter was not buzzed in. He forced his way in.
This sounds like a very reasonable approach to the whole issue.
Stacie Officeshrew Curtis – you asked me earlier concerning guns in Israel. Here's an article you should read.
The Constitution (Second Amendment) speaks of a well-regulated militia. If you're in the National Guard, fine – keep a gun at home and carry one around. Ordinary civilians don't need one, and if they have one it's more likely to be used in a tragic accident or in domestic violence than in self-defense. We have entirely too many guns in the wrong hands. Enough already.
Listen up, America!
Chris 'thegoth' Wilcox
hey o, we shoot in self defense or when we are being attacked, thats what guns are supposed to be used for. the only bad example is your wacked attitude
The USUAL uninformed B.S.
It doesn't even take into account the US Constitution, in which driving a car is not a right, hence the DMV can take it away and regulate it, but having a gun is a right.
Nor it takes into account that a crime like the one committed in Connecticut could not have likely happened in Texas, where carrying a gun is allowed almost everywhere and where criminals KNOW that they get shot at by good citizens.
Have you noticed that those massacres happen often in states with draconian gun laws, from California, to New York, to Colorado, to Connecticut?
Nor the writer takes into account that there are much more gun crimes and murders in Chicago (where it is almost impossible for a law abiding citizen to be allowed to carry a gun, only criminals a police do!) than in Dallas; or that Vermont, that even has a Socialist Senator, has NO GUN LAWS AT ALL, that is free sale and everyone can carry, and it is at the last place for violent crime in the US.
What about Switzerland, where every family has an automatic assault rifle, or Finland, where pistols are as free and as ubiquitous as cell phones?
It's ALL a matter of EDUCATION!
I agree!
I agree!
Common sense. I can't believe that someone advocates common sense. Where have you been hiding? Thank you. What sends red flags for me is the people that are buying bulletproof vests. What do they need those for? They certainly aren't going to wear them at home. I'd monitor the sale of those.
I disagree Zev. You're expecting people in the police force or National Guard to be in the McDonalds or grocery store or mall in the event of a criminal in whose hands the gun is probably stolen. They aren't. Police respond to events after they have happened. I carry a gun, am licensed and capable and you'd better hope that someone like me is around if you need it. But then again, I live in a Red state that recognizes the value of having citizens armed. We have far less crime than you do and are not victims. Yes, I carry a gun to Shul and the Rabbi's love me for it.
I disagree Zev. You're expecting people in the police force or National Guard to be in the McDonalds or grocery store or mall in the event of a criminal in whose hands the gun is probably stolen. They aren't. Police respond to events after they have happened. I carry a gun, am licensed and capable and you'd better hope that someone like me is around if you need it. But then again, I live in a Red state that recognizes the value of having citizens armed. We have far less crime than you do and are not victims. Yes, I carry a gun to Shul and the Rabbi's love me for it.
I disagree Zev. You're expecting people in the police force or National Guard to be in the McDonalds or grocery store or mall in the event of a criminal in whose hands the gun is probably stolen. They aren't. Police respond to events after they have happened. I carry a gun, am licensed and capable and you'd better hope that someone like me is around if you need it. But then again, I live in a Red state that recognizes the value of having citizens armed. We have far less crime than you do and are not victims. Yes, I carry a gun to Shul and the Rabbi's love me for it.
Many years ago I was visiting Israel. A relative's gun was missing and he was required to report it to the police station immediately. I was told the police there are tough on anyone who reports a missing gun, as it could have fallen into the wrong hands. Eventually someone else who had borrowed the gun came forward and it was recovered, but the relative was at the police station for hours to deal with the gun loss before it was found. So that is another form of gun control, to require an immediate report of a missing gun.
Brilliant man that you are, I wish to see you someday on 'Face The Nation'. YOU, kind Sir would really make all those 'suits' look like the idiots they are. xo!
Texas's violent crime rate is higher than that of New York, a blue state with strict gun laws — 15% as of 2010, the last year for which I could find data.
"When was the last time a violent crime was committed by the trained, legal owner of a licensed and registered gun? "
Jared Loughner purchased his massacre weapon legally, thanks to Arizona's lax gun laws. That should give us all chills.
Not at all. Pallies have guns too, beat younger children down, and beat women and rape both… So, of course you shoot at them but not kill them and is rare to kill, so such instance proper when rape children and women. Israelis are not savages -they are Jewish and Obey God's Law.
Israeli people have "FULLY-AUTOMATIC" weapons and not semi-automatic weapons in there homes as needed and yes -I agree with assertion Israeli peoples and government are very weapons responsible, Thank You!
Gang/Drug related… Shoot them in the back of the head, (call it suicide by-proxy of crime committed), on National T.V. and your gang violence goes down over night.PERIOD!
What works in Israel, might not work in America. Israel is a Jewish state. No matter how corrupt this or that Israeli prime minister might be, "he or she is one of us." Look what we have here in the White House. Americans (many) viscerally do not trust their government; thus the Second Amendment. How much more today? Would gun-owning Americans want Barack Obama somehow involved in permitting gun-owners?
Lets remember that only 7% of Israelis have gun permits, while 50-80% of American households are permitted or have weapons. Israel ranks 80th of 178 countries in the number of guns among its population. The US is #1
Local or state law enforcement agencies would be much better choices than motor vehicle administrations — they have the experience to check people out to see if they are likely to be able to be responsible gun owners. That is how it works in New York City.
And when George Washington faced a rebellion as people used their "Second Amendment Rights" to stage a tax revolt, he and Alexander Hamilton raised a huge army to go fight the rebels. The cowards mysteriously disappeared. The idea that a ragtag militia can defeat a large well trained well disciplined army is sheer lunacy.
Barack Obama is the duly elected and re-elected President of the United States. Those who question that are little better than traitors. You can disagree with his policies but he IS our President.
Decent article, albeit with a few spelling errors. I remember seeing a T-shirt long ago that read, "gun control works: just ask the experts." The picture that followed featured Mao, Hitler and Stalin. I think Shalom Bear is partially correct, however, I believe the DMV is not the proper licensing agency. Also, I believe that there is room for both concealed and non-concealed ownership. If there is one guard posted at a location, he/she will be the first to be shot. If, by chance, there were others in the vicinity who concealed their arms the balance of threat is better suited for both deterrence and defense. Practically speaking, if someone was carrying a concealed pistol in Aurora Colorado, or a teacher in Newtown Connecticut had bore the same, the massacre may have been miniature in comparison. The reason that folks who seek to kill innocents gravitate toward a movie theater or a school is that they are betting they'll be able to carry out their evil unfettered. An armed guard is a decent start, but may become the object of a surprise attack. People should be clearly vetted (medically, legally, etc.) for the responsible possession of firearms. That being said, when one who obtains firearms unlawfully is intent on using them to terrorize their mission may be cut short by those among us who refuse to be a lamb to the slaughter. The sheepdog must prevail!
Decent article, albeit with a few spelling errors. I remember seeing a T-shirt long ago that read, "gun control works: just ask the experts." The picture that followed featured Mao, Hitler and Stalin. I think Shalom Bear is partially correct, however, I believe the DMV is not the proper licensing agency. Also, I believe that there is room for both concealed and non-concealed ownership. If there is one guard posted at a location, he/she will be the first to be shot. If, by chance, there were others in the vicinity who concealed their arms the balance of threat is better suited for both deterrence and defense. Practically speaking, if someone was carrying a concealed pistol in Aurora Colorado, or a teacher in Newtown Connecticut had bore the same, the massacre may have been miniature in comparison. The reason that folks who seek to kill innocents gravitate toward a movie theater or a school is that they are betting they'll be able to carry out their evil unfettered. An armed guard is a decent start, but may become the object of a surprise attack. People should be clearly vetted (medically, legally, etc.) for the responsible possession of firearms. That being said, when one who obtains firearms unlawfully is intent on using them to terrorize their mission may be cut short by those among us who refuse to be a lamb to the slaughter. The sheepdog must prevail!
the conservative response is always More Guns!
Although I agree with the premise that restricting guns is the wrong move to make, I see a whole lot of assumptions in this article that are unfounded, and I also see a complete disregard for the differences between the Israeli Constitution and that of the United States.
Israel's Constitution does not begin with the Enlightenment premise of individual rights, and there are restrictions on the rights of Israelis, right down to limits placed on "personal status"–a concept foreign to the American heritage–with regard to religion and Israeli law. As an American Jew, my government has so far protected my rights, including the right to marry according to the practices of my religious institution and practice my religion as I wish, with no legal interference from a specific brand of rabbis. In Israel, my freedom in this realm and others would be restricted and my religious identity as a Jew would cause me to come under the rule of Israeli Rabbinate who would make all kinds of restrictions upon my free expression of my religion. This is why I choose to remain an American Jew: because I cherish and respect that my government was instituted to preserve and protect my right to life, liberty and property. Although those rights are now under threat by collectivist notions imported from Europe, individual liberty is still my heritage as an American, and I act to do everything I can to preserve them.
The right to keep and bear arms is uniquely American, and predates the American Revolution. In Colonial America, men were not even free to choose NOT to own a firearm, and the first battles of the American Revolutionary War–Lexington and Concord–were also the final confrontations of a series of Powder Alarms–in which the martial law Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony attempted to disarm the colonists there. Having just fought a Revolution against an illegally imposed government on them (one that violated the colonists rights), the Founders (particularly the anti-federalists) enshrined into the Bill of Rights the right to keep and bear arms in order that Americans would be able to resist their government should it become tyrannous, as the writings of Jefferson, George Mason, and others attest. The Constitution would not have been ratified by the states if the Bill of Rights had not been promised, even though its purpose was originally limited to defining the scope and limits of the power of the federal government.
This is also a difference between Israel and the United States: Israel is formed after the image and likeness of a European Democracy, but the United States is a Constitutional Republic, in which rights are not given by the government, but derive from individual human nature–"nature and nature's God")–as written in the Declaration of Independence. They cannot be voted away, and the whole purpose of the government is to protect those rights, leaving individuals otherwise with the liberty to pursue their lives as they please. That this ideal has been adulterated somewhat by the collectivists and progressives in there more than century-long campaign to make the United States look more like European Democracy (G-d forbid!) does not mean that ordinary Americans do not continue to look to this ideal.
In short, although there are things the United States can learn from the experiences of Israel, there are many ways in which the founding principles of the two countries so differ that what works in one will not work in the other. To sum, Israel was founded on collectivist and socialist principles and looks more like a European majoritarian democracy. The United States was founded on the Enlightenment concept of individual rights and is a Republic.
This comment is long enough, and so I will take up the facile and derogatory assumption of the author about how Americans relate to firearms in another.
In the article above, I also noticed assumptions about gun ownership in the United States that are not born out by the facts. The author wrote disparagingly that: "… Israelis, unlike Americans, are taught from a young age a mature, respectful and structured interaction with their weapons."
This is simply untrue. Although in the United States gun ownership is a right, and therefore any vetting by government is simply unconstitutional even when legislated, the vast majority of the gun owners in America are responsible, and understand that a firearm is a tool, not a toy. This is born out in the fact that doctors in the United States cause more accidental deaths than do the more than 1.1 million gun owners in America. For the vast majority of gun owners in America, the possession of a weapon is for our work as well as for our self-defense. For example, I am a cattle rancher living in one of the largest counties in the Southwest, that also has a very small population. I carry a gun on a daily basis, to protect my person, our livestock and our property from bears,
mountain lions, coyotes and snakes. There are three sheriff's deputies available to us but they cover over 7,000 square miles daily. We don't call 9-11 because by the time help would arrive, we'd be dead. But since the residents of the county are all armed, and everybody knows we are, crime is almost non-existent here. We can leave our doors unlocked and our keys in our trucks.
America is a very large country, with a great deal of geographic as well as human diversity, and the video games and movies that glorify gun violence do not define American culture. They do not define our citizen's relationships with guns any more than they do for Israel. Most American gun owners have been taught from childhood the proper use, storage and care of their firearms and they adhere to those rules and customs. Further, the progressive European attempt to label America as one of the most violent countries in the world is both hateful and wrong. The vast majority of American citizens are peaceful, law abiding people who want to be left alone to live their lives. Of course, those people do not generally make the 5 O'clock news. And we are not generally taken to blowing up our neighbors over religious practice, burning down their churches or stoning them to death, as we see in a majority of the barbarian Middle Eastern countries. We are not terribly interesting in telling anyone else how to live, either. We leave that to the progressives in Europe. But neither do patriotic Americans wish to have every aspect of our lives controlled by a police-state government. And even the most intrusive police state cannot prevent every random crime committed by individuals. Perfect safety is not achievable by any means, and Israelis really ought to understand that, given the perils they face every day. And they ought to recognize when another country is being libeled, instead of buying into it, seeing that Israel is the most frequently libeled country in the world.
The talking heads are trying to cover all their bases. Unfortunately they are not listening to the people that are voting them in and experience teaches them nothing. I'm concerned that Obama will attempt to take away our rights though executive order and will once again by-pass Congress. He is a devious individual.
YES, because NYC is a crime-free garden spot…
Interesting, the author starts off as if he's pro-gun, but then gives a list of restrictions, similar to the anti-gun liberals. As well as the fact that much of what he said was simply inaccurate. For example, in order to receive a concealed carry permit, one must pass a certified pistol safety course and qualify at a range. The author also suggests that the Israeli system of getting permission from a doctor and police is a good idea. It is worthy to note that in states that require authorization from local law enforcement (NJ, for example) the police often abuse this power, unreasonably delaying the process (sometimes 6 months or more) or "losing" an applicants forms. As well as the fact that many doctors have been known to reject any application that crosses their desk (often veterans are told they must get permission from a VA shrink), simply for fear of liability issues, despite those same vets getting a clean bill of mental health from several other psychiatrists. Another difference is the fact that in America, the constitution guarantees an individual the right to keep (in their home) and bear (on their person) arms. Israel, on the other hand does NOT guarantee any such right, nor does it have a constitution (or a bill of rights). As a side note, I have personally witnessed trained Israeli soldiers (some, not all) who were not as competent with their firearms as many American civilians.
The 'settlers shoot the Pallies'? Israelis shoot in self defence. Only ignorance or lies could say otherwise.
Every citizen in Israel has to undergo a year or more of military training. I am sure that makes a difference in how their youth view firearms.
Not more guns, but more responsible gun ownership. Further, a practical approach toward law enforcement being more diffuse in regard to citizen capabilities. I'm a former soldier and cop. I don't suggest gun possession lightly, but a liberal fantasy I should like to dispel. Namely, that "gun control" is an answer. That is a serious misstatement of the problem and an oversimplification of the solution to our nation's most lethal threat to children's safety in schools.
The Revolutionary War began as militia. They were led by people like Washington who had experience in the French and Indian war. They defeated the biggest military power present in the world at the time, the British Empire. To God be the Glory!
Except, that's how America defeated the British…….
The ragtag Revolutionary Army was a string of state militias drawn together for a greater cause, and the world was rocked when they beat the most disciplined, well-trained, and best-equipped army on the planet.
Its the heart of the matter that can make the difference. What you're fighting for draws out the best or worst in ordinary "rag-tag" fighters. Just ask the Soviets in Afghanistan, as well as our men and women who are ready to just pack it in and come home after 11 years of futility.
Charlie, Texas is a border state with some of the worst gang-drug violence in the nation. Our gun control will not affect what Mexican drug gangs do on our soil because we don't control our border.
In the 1920s the US govt. banned the mfr., distribution and sale of alcohol. It was totally ineffective and the law was repealed in the 1930s.
There are very strict laws today in the USA against the use, sale and mfr. of heroin, cocaine, etc. In fact, every nation in the Western Hemisphere and Europe and much of the "civilized"world has equally stringent laws.
Yet, here in the USA ANYBODY AND EVERYBODY who so chooses, can obtain any drug they desire; ANY DRUG AT ALL!
The lesson here is that enacting a law prohibiting something (drugs, booze, prostitution, etc.) does not produce the desired outcome and most likely will produce other undesirable effects (e.g., more crime, more violence).
The definition of stupidity is repeating the same thing over and over and expecting a different outcome.
The US govt can pass all sorts of laws to limit/prohibit access to guns, but it simply will not work. We KNOW THIS from our experiences with the prohibition of drugs and booze.
Frankly, IMHO , the only way to actually stop these mass murderers it to adopt Israeli model and have armed guards and many many UNCONCEALED guns in plain view (and robust screening and training programs for gun owners).
I realize this sounds very extreme, but the Israeli model has been shown to work and if it works than we need to adopt it.
The US and European model has been shown NOT to work (recall the wacko in Norway who shot about 70 kids!)
By the way, I have never owned nor do I own any guns at all and I do not foresee that I ever will.
We either enact programs that will in fact provide the desired result – elimination of mass shootings – or we can just enact laws that will not produce the desired result but will merely show others how "responsible"and "caring" we are while boosting our egos and our own public persona.
Many years ago in the USA there were basically no gun laws at all and we rarely, if ever, had these horrible horrible incidents. Our culture is changing for the worse and we need to adopt measures that actually work; not nice sounding measures that will not work.
@Charlie Hall. And yet the Iraqis and the Afghanis have held off the Americans for ten years. I think the Iraqi and Afghani terrorists are the bad guys and the US military are the good guys – but the simple fact of the matter is asymmetrical warfare allows the poorly trained and equipped to make even the best army bleed. Look at the IRA in Northern Ireland.
@Charlie Hall. And yet the Iraqis and the Afghanis have held off the Americans for ten years. I think the Iraqi and Afghani terrorists are the bad guys and the US military are the good guys – but the simple fact of the matter is asymmetrical warfare allows the poorly trained and equipped to make even the best army bleed. Look at the IRA in Northern Ireland.
Hasn't anybody noticed that there are FAR more guns in the US than gun murders? There are 300 million guns and 11,000 gun murders annually. That works out to 27,272 guns for every gun murder (even assuming that a gun can only murder one person). If you make the assumption that in order to have a gun murder you have to have: 1) a gun, 2) a victim, 3) a murderer it would seem logical that of the three the gun is not the limiting factor. I would suggest that it is the number of murderers that is the limiting factor. Interviews with violent criminals in jail supports this observation – they say that it is easy for them to get illegal guns from other criminals. Only about 7% of all gun murders are committed with "legal" guns.
Where am I going with this? Trying to prevent gun crime by banning guns is like trying to prevent snowballs by banning snowflakes – the best way is to stop the PERSON from making snowballs.
Banning guns WILL have one effect on the crime rate – it will make it go UP. That has been the experience of every nation that has tried it. The reason why is obvious and was readily enunciated by those same violent criminals in jail. Violent criminals don't fear the cops because they know that they will be long gone before the cops respond. What they DO fear is armed victims. Violent criminals know better than most the effects of gunshots on the human body because they have often inflicted them themselves. They fear the armed victim more than cops or even other criminals because they don't know what the potential victim will do: they might freeze, threaten, run, plead or shoot – and it is this uncertainty that causes violent criminals the most concern.
Every year in the US violent crimes are prevented between 2.5 and 4.5 MILLION times by privately owned firearms without them being fired. If you take away the guns you take away the uncertainty in the lives of violent criminals – making it much more likely that they will commit crimes.
It's not about banning guns completely. It's about making sure ASSAULT WEAPONS are illegal. period. There is NO REASON for citizens to have the kind of weapons used by the Newtown killer. Don't confuse the issue by saying all guns will be banned, cause that's not the case!
The "Well Regulated Militia" was supposed to be the only type of organized force in the United States (they did not necessarily want a Government Army and Tyranny all over again), and it was every man capable of bearing arms – 14-40 Years Old.The "Well Regulated" part meant Regimented or practiced – not regulated as into non existence by Laws. It was not uncommon for land owners to have their own field cannons – much more damage could be caused by those mortars than a .223 Semi-Auto Rifle I might add. The 2nd Amendment was written NOT to protect us from one another or for "Hunting", it was there to protect us from an overbearing tyrannical state. What part of shall not be infringed do you not get? If you want the 2nd amendment over turned, go ahead try to amend the constitution, that's the procedure those very smart men decided could always be the path or alternative.
Charlie Hall – There are more guns now than ever – Obama is the NRA's gun salesman of the year (past four years). Violent crime rates are down overall by one third since 1994 51/1000 (*Republican Congress takeover) today – 16/1000 (BJS). If you want to compare rate statistics by State, why not a another red state with concealed carry that does not border a drug cartel crime infested country – One of which Obama's Justice Department allowed/nay pushed illegal guns to flow into. http://tinyurl.com/br558du
I would be more than happy to put up with additional carry restrictions that made me a better shooter!
The liberal response is always: "ban guns"!
Knee jerk reactions amaze me, and in many cases are used immorally to gain support for a cause.
Smoking kills almost 20 times more people than guns, alcohol almost 4 times. The suggestions that tobacco and alcohol related deaths are victimless is false. 50,000 people/year die from secondhand smoke, 5 times the homicide by gun rate. Non-driver DWI rates are approximately equal. Gun related deaths are approximately 1% of preventable deaths. If you factor out suicide (60% of gun related deaths), and it drops to about half a percent. More people die from STDs (another preventable category). I guess we should outlaw sex. Where do you draw the line to limiting personal freedom? Way more lives are lost to alcohol, and tobacco, than guns. We turn a blind eye to using alcohol and tobacco around our children because we enjoy those vices, yet each (by them-self) kill more than guns. Of westernized countries we have one of the lowest mortality rates. Lower than gun controlled Europe and Japan.
The majority of gun related deaths are suicide, then individuals with a criminal background (death related to criminal behavior). The majority of those deaths are young minority males of poor socio-economics in urban areas. Switzerland has the highest gun ownership per capita and one the lowest incidents of gun related fatalities. The major difference is socio-economics and education. Take care of your people and your economy and mortality rates improve.
I'm not against implementing sensible legislation regarding licensing, education, waiting periods, assault rifles, and high capacity clips. The challenge is leaving it at sensible. Look at all the personal freedom we so easily gave up after 911. History shows that governments always manipulate tragedies to attempt to disarm the people.
In 1929, the Soviet Union established gun control. From 1929 to 1953, about 20 million dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated. In 1911, Turkey established gun control. From 1915 to 1917, 1.5 million Armenians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated. Germany established gun control in 1938 and from 1939 to 1945, a total of 13 million Jews and others who were unable to defend themselves were rounded up and exterminated. China established gun control in 1935. From 1948 to 1952, 20 million political dissidents, unable to defend themselves were rounded up and exterminated Guatemala established gun control in 1964. From 1964 to 1981, 100,000 Mayan Indians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated. Uganda established gun control in 1970. From 1971 to 1979, 300,000 Christians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated. Cambodia established gun control in 1956. From 1975 to 1977, one million educated people, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
Switzerland issues every household a gun. Switzerland's government trains every adult they issue a rifle. Switzerland has the lowest gun related crime rate of any civilized country in the world.
Defenseless people rounded up and exterminated in the 20th Century because of gun control: 56 million. You won't see this data on the US evening news, or hear politicians disseminating this information. Guns in the hands of honest citizens save lives and property and, yes, gun-control laws adversely affect only the law-abiding citizens. Notice that these mass tragedies happen in "gun free zones". Criminals don't obey laws.
It's a shame that guns are blamed for a lunatics activity. Timothy McVeigh and the 911 terrorists didn't use guns. Crazies will always find a way.
© David Wall 2012.
Lanza shot his way through the principal's new security door.It didn't do much to secure anybody laying in shards on the floor.AS to you Wilcox the cycle of violence will continue as long as people are herded together defenseless into gun free zones.Why can't you bedwetter Libs make that connection?People will die if you disarm them,refuse them adequate security and then advertise that there is no one capable of armed response.The IDF takes care to reduce collateral damage,Hamas and Hezbollah will kill their own to drive up the body count.No ing honor there or in any of you pole smoking Libs.
Texas Dept.of Public Safety handles both licensing operations and gets the job done.CHL apps have increased every year since Obama has been in office.
The people bleeding are the defenseless individuals in gun free zones.
Who provides your person security,Zev?Who secures your loved ones?You sound like it isn't you.Abdicate your personal responsibilities but don't even imagine you can decide that issue for others.Are you totally clueless or a self loathing Jew ?
I read over a thousand posts on this tragedy since it occurred.I have yet to find a Liberal that addresses school security or the commonality of mass shootings and gun free zones.People are disarmed where they are needed the most.Of course we could send kids to schools fortified like prisons or place people capable of armed response in schools.When an armed adult stops a shooting survival is increased by a factor of 9 compared to shootings stopped by law enforcement.An armed principal at Sandy Hook would have sent live children home instead of dead ones to the morgue.
All the buzz re. more gun control totally ignores the real problem: crazies on the street. When I was growing up, California (and I imagine other states) had mental institutions for unstable people. As much as I admire Reagan, I believe he was the one who let them all out on the streets. I am committed to defending the second amendment.
Concealed carry serves two critical purposes – The bad guy(s) don't know who is armed. The bad guy(s) will ambush who they know is armed. If I have to explain either of those further, you're not ready/capable of understanding them.
The inalienable right to defend one's life is not predicated on nothing more than the feeble opinion of a quack or government worker – Especially when the primary concern of the Second Amendment was written as the ultimate deterrent against a rogue government. The current administration and his allies are proof positive of our Founding Father's genius of foresight.
Obviously, your opinion not only severely lacks full appreciation in the differences between our cultures but more importantly, in what actually deters criminals from acting and why.
Charlie Hall AND considering the homicide rate in NYC, what a wonderful example of why employees of politicians (law enforcement) can not be trusted with an inalienable right.
An interesting article but I disagree on the idea that citizens would need government permission to own or carry a firearm.
Considering Nazi Germany, would Hitler's government have given Jews permits to carry guns?
In the USA would blacks have been granted gun permits in slave states?
And in our lifetime… After numerous death threats and having his home fire bombed, Martin Luther King applied for a concealed carry gun permit… but the local police decided that he didn't need to carry a gun.
Militias do not have to face tanks head-to-head. The Finish Militias disabled and destroyed about 80 Russian tanks using logs, crow bars and Molotov cocktails.
Afghan rebels faced soviet tanks and jets but they continued their fight using guerrilla tactics till the soviets finally gave up and left.
Switzerland was the only country bordering Nazi Germany that the Nazis did not invade, and that was because of the well armed Swiss citizen militia (a gun behind every blade of grass).
Armed with only a handful of guns, the Jews of Poland's Warsaw ghetto were able to keep the Nazis at bay till their ammo ran out.
Militias can make invasion way too expensive for an invading army by forcing invaders to keep large numbers of troops tied up in relatively quiet areas.
Read David Wall's comments on this article.
Prohibition did NOT work in America!
People went right on drinking (illegally). The war on drugs has also failed; people go right on using (illegally). And outlawing firearms will have the same result. Organized Crime enjoys these kinds of restrictions very much indeed!
Also, some still fail to realize that a Modern Homosapien will not abide a totalitarian society. The many uprisings in country after country are proof of this! I don't say these things because I wish any to side with my views, I say it because it is a sociological fact- it doesn't work….
The problem with Homicidal Maniacs in society lies in humanities failure to embrace even the basics of Torah. By the same token, one does NOT place the cart before the horse, and solve their transportation problems either! 🙂
I know this is not very reassuring, but it is no less truth.
Paul J.
Prohibition did NOT work in America!
People went right on drinking (illegally). The war on drugs has also failed; people go right on using (illegally). And outlawing firearms will have the same result. Organized Crime enjoys these kinds of restrictions very much indeed!
Also, some still fail to realize that a Modern Homosapien will not abide a totalitarian society. The many uprisings in country after country are proof of this! I don't say these things because I wish any to side with my views, I say it because it is a sociological fact- it doesn't work….
The problem with Homicidal Maniacs in society lies in humanities failure to embrace even the basics of Torah. By the same token, one does NOT place the cart before the horse, and solve their transportation problems either!
I know this is not very reassuring, but it is no less truth.
Paul J.
Brian, I live in New York and what's true in Texas is not true in New York. It's been shown scientifically that when males are crowded together they can start acting in anti-social ways. Introduce guns, and what might have ended with a fist fight now ends with one or more deaths. I am not trained to use a gun and probably lack sufficient eye-hand coordination. Nobody wants to take away anybody's hunting rifles, and the Supreme Court decided, wrongly I believe, that just about anybody can have a gun at home for self-defense. Bushmasters, despite their name, are not for hunting or for self-defense. Their only purpose is to kill as many people as possible in as short a time as possible. They should not be in civilian hands, period.
Well said and explained!


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Now is the perfect time for Gorilla fans to buy their tickets to the MIAA Basketball Tournament at the historic Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City. The Pittsburg State women's basketball team can finish no lower than third in the MIAA standings and has locked up a bye for the first round of the tournament. The team will open the tournament during the evening session on Thursday, March 6. Tickets are $50 for an all sessions pass if purchased through the PSU ticket office. An all sessions pass allows access to all 14 games of the tournament. The price increases to $65 if purchased in Kansas City. PSU students can purchase single session passes for $5 with a valid PSU I.D. Tickets can be purchased at the PSU Ticket Office at www.pittstate.edu/office/tickets or by calling (620) 235-4796. Pittsburg State Alumni and Constituent Relations will host a pre-game celebration at Johnny's Tavern in Kansas City's Power and Light District at 1310 Grand Boulevard from 4-6 p.m. on Thursday, March 6. Johnny's will be the Pitt State headquarters for the tournament.
Everyone will be entered for prize drawings! Food and drinks will be available for purchase.Please check the PSU website for updates, reservations and more at www.pittstate.edu/alumni For more information or questions contact: PSU Alumni & Constituent Relations at 620-235-4758, 1-877-PSU-ALUM or email: email@example.com


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In the United States, motor vehicle accidents are one of the leading causes of death, especially among children and young adults. The simple act of buckling your seat belt every time you get in a vehicle can save your life. If you have not made seatbelts part of your traveling routine, learn why you should change your behavior.
There are three possible impacts caused by a motor vehicle collision:
Unbelted occupants can also be ejected from the vehicle. This is one of the most damaging events that can happen during a crash.
Here is what seat belts do for you in a collision:
Air bags are designed to be used along with seat belts, not as a substitute for them. There are a number of reasons for this. For example, if your car has a front air bag, it will only deploy in a certain type of crash. So, if a vehicle collides into the side of your car, the front air bag will not inflate. But, wearing a seat belt can keep you secure and protect you from injury. Also, if you are involved in an accident and the air bag is deployed, the device will quickly deflate. So, unlike the seat belt, the air bag will not be able to continue to protect you if there are a series of collisions. Additionally, a properly worn seat belt keeps you secure and in the proper position if the air bag does deploy.
In the United States, all of the states, except for New Hampshire, have seat belt laws for adults. Depending on where you are, not wearing a seatbelt can result in an expensive fine. Thankfully, most people do buckle up—not to avoid fines, but to avoid injury.
If you have not made wearing a seat belt part of your lifestyle, see if you can find your reasons below, then read the list of realities.
If you feel that being a good driver means you do not need a seat belt, NASCAR driver Jeff Burton begs to differ. Burton, who drives at speeds of over 200 miles per hour in races, was in a serious passenger car crash, but he was wearing a seat belt and was not seriously injured.
"People who have never been in a wreck need to listen to those who have and who drive for a living," says Burton. "We know what your body goes through and how hard the impacts are. I can't imagine getting hit at 30 miles per hour without wearing a seat belt. If you can't avoid an accident, the next best thing is to have your seat belt on."
You have heard it before, because it is true: Better safe than sorry.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Network of Employers for Traffic Safety
Alberta Motor Association
Canada Safety Council
Motor vehicle safety. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/motorvehiclesafety/. Updated October 3, 2012. Accessed March 25, 2014.
Seat belt laws. Governors Highway Safety Association website. Available at: http://www.ghsa.org/html/stateinfo/laws/seatbelt_laws.html. Updated March 2014. Accessed March 25, 2014.
Seat belt safety. Arizona Department of Public Safety website. Available at: http://www.azdps.gov/information/Seat_Belts/. Accessed March 25, 2014.
Seat belts and airbags, helpful safety aids. Safe Ride.org website. Available at: http://www.saferide.org/seat_belts_airbags.html. Accessed March 25, 2014.
Seat belts fact sheet. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/Motorvehiclesafety/seatbelts/facts.html. Updated January 4, 2011. Accessed March 25, 2014.
Seat belts: your single most effective safety step. National Safety Council website. Available at: http://www.nsc.org/safety_road/DriverSafety/Pages/SeatBelts.aspx. Accessed March 25, 2014.
Last reviewed March 2014 by Michael Woods, MD
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- Era: Age of Sail
- Number of Pages: 264
- Subject: History
- Date Available: October 2011
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Since its capture from Spain in 1704, Gibraltar has been one of Great Britain's most legendary citadels. As the gatekeeper of the Mediterranean Sea, its commanding position has shaped the history of the region and nations, including modern Britain. During the Napoleonic Wars (1793–1815) Gibraltar gained great strategic importance as a naval station in its own right. It became an offensive force, leaving the sanctity of the isle's fortificationsto attack the enemy in Europe and Africa. This history examines Gibraltar's growth during that twenty-year struggle with Napoleonic France. As a forward base for the operations of the Royal Navy and Army, the island allowed Nelson to achieve his victories at the Nile and at Trafalgar. The book also describes how Gibraltar served as the base of secret negotiations that brought Spain to the British side during the Peninsular War and further served as the most forward operations base for the British in that war.
Lt. Col. Jason R. Musteen, USA, teaches military history at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, NY. A combat veteran of Afghanistan, he holds a PhD in Napoleonic history from Florida State University and has appeared frequently on the History Channel.
Praise for Nelson's Refuge
"…a very useful book on the role of Gibraltar for British military and naval forces between 1793 and 1815…Musteen's original archival research and his discussion of developments ashore in Gibraltar—in the context of both military and naval operations—make it a valuable contribution to the literature."
— The Historian, Vol. 75, No. 1
"…Very detailed and extensively annotated."
— Work Boat World, November 2012
"…Well told and is obviously well researched. This is a book that tells a very interesting story with lots of detail about the role and events at Gibraltar during a tumultuous period in European history."
— Starshell
"…the writing in this book is quite good."
— International Journal of Maritime History, June 2012
"The author's book is accessible to both the scholar and the interested reader. He interweaves the various characters and important events into a narrative which sheds welcome light on an under-studied period of Gibraltar's history."
— The Journal of Military History, April 2012
"Nelson's Refuge is an excellent addition to any world history collection focusing on great battles and campaigns."
— Midwest Book Review, January 2012
"This excellent study examines what no other work to date has: the role of the fortress during the Napoleonic Wars 1793–1815. Using an outstanding selection of archival, primary, and secondary sources from Spain, Britain and France, Musteen's writing style is accessible to the general reader as well as the academic. His depiction of Gibraltar's personalities and politics only enhance the military history and makes for a unique and fascinating read."
— Warfare Magazine
"For any sailor, there is nothing in the world quite like the sight of the Rock of Gibraltar as one enters the Mediterranean from the Atlantic. The Rock is steeped in naval and military history and this book captures in comprehensive detail one of the most important periods in the Gibraltar story. For me, as a former naval officer for whom Gibraltar had been a refuge on many occasions, it is fascinating to read that story. Nelson's Refuge tells it all!"
—VICE-ADMIRAL SIR ADRIAN JOHNS KCB CBE, Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Gibraltar
"Although the subject has never been looked at in any detail, the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars saw Gibraltar play an important part in the British war effort: once again, indeed, the Rock proved itself to be a considerable asset. Jason Musteen's book is therefore a helpful addition to the historiography."
—CHARLES J. ESDAILE, University of Liverpool, author of Napoleon's Wars: An International History, 1803-1815 and Fighting Napoleon: Guerilla's, Adventurer's and Bandits in Spain, 1808-1814
"Jason Musteen has given us a unique study of one of the military icons of the world. Using an outstanding selection of archival, primary, and secondary sources from Spain, Britain, and France, Musteen writes in a style easily accessible to scholar and general reader alike. Musteen's vivid description of Gibraltar's personalities, politics, and even such things as the difficulties in supplying water and food greatly enhances his discussion of its military history. Had I been able to read this book before my own visit to Gibraltar I would have had a far better understanding of its unique and fascinating history."
—J. DAVID MARKHAM, President, International Napoleonic Society, and author of The Road to St. Helena: Napoleon after Waterloo


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"Borg and Crossan reveal a figure who, besides being neither anti-Semitic, anti-sex, nor misogynist, stresses social and political equality among Christians and between them and others. A refreshing and heartening exculpation of a still routinely maligned figure of the first importance to culture and civilization." — Booklist (starred review)
John Dominic Crossan and Marcus J. Borg—two of the world's top-selling Christian scholars and the bestselling authors of The Last Week and The First Christmas—once again shake up the status quo by arguing that the message of the apostle Paul, considered by many to be the second most important figure in Christianity, has been domesticated by the church. Borg and Crossan turn the common perception of Paul on its head, revealing him as a radical follower of Jesus whose core message is still relevant today.
Bestselling authors of The Last Week and The First Christmas, Marcus J. Borg and John Dominic Crossan join once again to present a new understanding of early Christianity—this time to reveal a radical Paul who has been suppressed by the church.
Paul is second only to Jesus as the most important person in the birth of Christianity, and yet he continues to be controversial, even among Christians. How could the letters of Paul be used both to inspire radical grace and to endorse systems of oppression—condoning slavery, subordinating women, condemning homosexual behavior? Borg and Crossan use the best of biblical and historical scholarship to explain the reasons for Paul's mixed reputation and reveal to us what scholars have known for decades: that the later letters of Paul were created by the early church to dilute Paul's egalitarian message and transform him into something more "acceptable." They argue there are actually "Three Pauls" in the New Testament: "The Radical Paul" (of the seven genuine letters), "The Conservative Paul" (of the three disputed epistles), and "The Reactionary Paul" (of the three inauthentic letters). By closely examining this progression of Paul's letters—from the authentic to the inauthentic—the authors show how the apostle was slowly but steadily "deradicalized" to fit Roman social norms in regards to slavery, patriarchy, and patronage. In truth, Paul was an appealing apostle of Jesus whose vision of life "in Christ"—one of his favored phrases—is remarkably faithful to the message of Jesus himself.
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"A refreshing and heartening exculpation of a still routinely maligned figure of the first importance to culture and civilization." — Booklist (starred review)
"Paul is one of the most controversial figures in Christian history—and one of the most misunderstood. . . . Many will be thrilled with this fresh, erudite portrait of the man." — Publishers Weekly
"In this scholarly and engaging account . . . Borg and Crossan successfully argue that we must separate the genuine writings of the apostle from the writings attributed to him . . . This well-researched and highly readable account is recommended for all students of Paul [and] interested lay readers."" — Library Journal
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- Imprint: HarperOne
- On Sale: 03/03/2009
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- Pages: 240
- List Price: 24.99 USD
- BISAC1: RELIGION / Biblical Meditations / New Testament
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Guns are here to stay is the collective cry in Gypsum these days.Gypsum Town Council recently passed a resolution in support of the Second Amendment and the Gypsum Rod and Gun Club is seeing more participation than ever.The town council doesn't want to see the Constitution whittled away and the Gun Club members can fire off many reasons why stricter gun legislation won't do much to prevent violent crimes. Most of those reasons essentially echo the statement of a bumper sticker: "Guns don't kill people. People kill people."
The Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution - which guarantees the right of citizens to own guns - is perceived to be threatened enough lately that the town of Gypsum passed a resolution last week to express support for it. (See sidebar.)Gypsum Mayor Pro Tem Dick Mayne is also the Gun Club's president and he introduced the idea for a resolution after Jefferson County Commissioners passed a similar version. Gypsum's resolution passed with six members in support and one abstention by Tom Edwards."I agreed with pretty much all of it except one small part," Edwards said. "I didn't want to vote against it so I abstained.""I think this is a sad time when small towns have to pass resolutions to support the Constitution," said Gypsum Council member Pam Schultz. "If we have to support this amendment that already exists, what else will we have to support? We shouldn't have to be doing this."Gun Club Secretary Esgar Acosta said that is probably why people feel so strongly about some proposed state legislation that would limit the number of bullets a weapon can have."If we start down this path, where does it end?" said the former police officer. "I think that is the real concern."Acosta said bad people are going to do bad things."Once a person has made up his mind to do harm, he can do it without any weapon," he said. "A (small) .22-caliber bullet can actually be more deadly than a bigger round."Acosta said a .22 bullet has a higher likelihood of ricocheting around in the body. He described video footage of a cop that died in a shoot-out. The suspect was shot four times by a .40-caliber handgun and lived. The cop was shot twice with a .22 and died. The point in the context of this article, Acosta said, is that harm can be done with any size weapon."I don't think there's a right or wrong answer to the gun debate, so I think it's hard for government to get involved," he said. "Education is key."
The club at the Gypsum Shooting Sports Park is dedicated to safety and education."We have more members than ever, and when you consider that we sometimes have hundreds of guns and people here at one time, it's impressive that we've never had an accident," said Randy Carter, who has been a caretaker of the Shooting Sports Park with his wife, Barb, for several years.Mayne nodded."There's never been an accident that I know of and I've been shooting here since I was a teenager in the 1960s," he said. "The more people are educated, the less likely it is for accidents and misuse of firearms to happen."If anything, all the talk of restricting gun rights has encouraged people's interest in weapons."Since President Obama got elected, he's been the best salesman we ever had," Mayne said.Attesting to that is the club's rising membership, which has grown from about 80 people six years ago to more than 300. The last two years have seen the most dramatic increase."Especially in the last couple years, there's been a lot of interest in hand guns," Mayne said.Acosta agreed."I've seen an increase in people getting excited to learn about weapons," he said. "Is it related to the hype? I think it is a little bit."Besides the club activities, the Shooting Sports Park hosts several educational and training programs, such as the Whistling Bullets 4-H Shooting Sports Club for children, hunter safety classes and law enforcement training. It's challenging for the current clubhouse - a one-room building - to meet the demand."It's tough to fit one hunter safety class of about 35 people in here, and sometimes we also have an event going on," Barb Carter said.With that in mind, the club is applying for grants and has plans to build a $1.5 million, two-story building next year. "With two levels, a class can be on the second floor and we can host an event at the same time on the first floor," Mayne said.
Dave Hammond is the co-leader of the Whistling Bullets and vice president of the Eagle Valley Rod and Gun Club. The 4-H group shoots once a week starting the middle of May through July with the following disciplines: Archery, .22 rifle, muzzle loading rifle and shotgun - trap and five-stand. "The 4-H Club is about youth development where the members learn citizenship, responsibility, sportsmanship, conflict resolution, community service and many other qualities," Hammond said. "I have been a leader for nine years and have been able to use the Gypsum Shooting Sports Park all of those years. We are extremely fortunate to have such a top facility for the youth, ages 8-18, to use and learn safe firearm and archery skills. Last year we had 34 male and female shooters register and take part in the program. This year is going to surpass last year's enrollment."Hammond said national 4-H Shooting Sports was started in 1981. He said that in over five billion contact hours with the 300,000 registered youth, there has only been one documented injury, which happened in 1981. "We, as a club, discuss issues in the news regarding firearms and shootings and what we think about them and how they might affect us personally and as a community," he said. "The 4-H Shooting Sports Club is very fortunate to have such a well-run and well-respected range to be associated with."
The land used by the Shooting Sports Park was originally a landfill. At some point it became a popular place to shoot. Around the 1950s and '60s, a handful of people including Fred Collett and Hank Knuth organized some gun clubs and built trap houses there, but no one was officially responsible for the land. The clubs would pitch in for maintenance and improvements over the years but the site didn't even have running water."I think there was a hesitance to invest heavily into it because there was no guarantee the county wouldn't decide to do something else with the land and a scrap any improvements that were made," Mayne said. "The county wouldn't give a long-term lease agreement."With Mayne's urging, Gypsum annexed the land around 1998 and declared it a shooting sports park. Since then, the various clubs have come together as one, pooling their funding and efforts for big projects like the new clubhouse.Last year, the club paved the formerly muddy road leading to the facility. Two years ago, the archery range and a parking lot were improved. Before that, 10 berms were improved and roofs were added to the rifle and pistol ranges. The facility got running water about eight years ago.An annual membership fee that covers a whole family is $150. There is also an option to knock $50 off the dues by volunteering for projects and events. The public is also welcome to use the facilities. Those people are expected to pay a $5 fee per person (it's an honor system) and they don't have access to the locked facilities, such as a shed with targets and ammunition. The club's seven board members are elected to three-year terms. The board is set up to represent all the different disciplines of the shooting sports park, so that one sport doesn't overshadow the rest."Having so many different interests available in such a small area is unique," Mayne said. "We have members from places like Minnesota, Denver and Rifle these days."Meetings are the second Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. and the public is always welcome. Mayne said safety talks and updates on regulations precede each meeting.
Mayne said a big reason the shooting park hasn't seen any real mishaps is probably because it is gated and Randy and Barb Carter live there to keep an eye on the place."I can spot someone who has never been to a gun range about that quick!" Barb said, snapping her fingers.That's OK and those people are perfectly welcome, provided they listen to instruction and obey the rules. Barb said the facility is ideal for new gun owners."Would you rather have someone shooting on the side of the road, or here, where they're supervised?" she said.She added that shooting on the side of the road always leaves trash. Even if the person picks up his or her bullet casings, the rounds themselves are hard to retrieve."Here we pick up your trash," Randy said.Randy said he only has to eject one or two people a year when they don't follow the rules."When I see a guy point a loaded gun at someone, I don't ever want him here again," he said, recalling one incident.Most people are receptive to learning about their mistakes and don't give the messenger any guff when they're called out."I hear a lot of people at the club saying, 'Oh, I didn't know that,'" Acosta said.
Mayne and Randy Carter said the government isn't able to enforce the gun laws it already has and that is one reason why they are skeptical of new legislation."I think there are laws now that need to be enforced more and with stiffer penalties," Mayne said. "Bad people are going to do bad things. Taking away rights doesn't solve anything."Acosta suggested efforts should be focused on getting people psychological help and being careful how children are raised."There could be a lot of factors that account for cases of gun violence," he said. "There are the parents, TV, video games - a whole culture to consider - where do we stop blaming the gun?"


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News 12 at 6 o'clock / Thursday, March 21, 2013
EVANS, Ga. (WRDW) -- They're usually one of the best teams in the state, but now Greenbrier High School's varsity soccer team doesn't even have enough players to put on the field.
Eighteen of the 25 team members have been suspended for allegedly using drugs and alcohol at an out-of-town tournament.
"We had 18 young men make a huge mistake," said a disappointed and embarrassed Charles Nagle, Columbia County's school superintendent.
Several of the players have admitted to drinking alcohol on the trip.
"Seventy percent of their players are gone. The students that remain with the school will have to continue on with the few student that they do have," Nagle said.
Officials say the drinking happened in the hotel rooms while the team was at a tournament in Jekyll Island last weekend. They also say underage drinking was not the only thing going on.
"Two students admitted to smoking spice, which is a synthetic marijuana," Nagle said.
"Disappointed obviously for the students, for the school, for my coaches, for the families of theses students. Just disappointed," said Greenbrier High Principal Chris Segraves.
While there have been questions about procedures and chaperones on the trip, Segraves says they followed all the rules, and there's no question who is responsible for what happened.
"They know the difference between right and wrong. They know what's lawful and what's not lawful, and they made those decisions, so yes, responsibility lies directly with the young men on this," he said.
He says there is a silver lining here.
"It's going to give quite a number of our JV soccer players an opportunity to step up to the varsity level," Segraves said.
School officials say most of the 18 players have admitted to drinking alcohol or smoking spice, but they all have a chance to tell their side of the story at a hearing. They're hoping to start those within the next five days.
As to how administrators found out -- social media is to blame. It came to light through Twitter. Someone saw a tweet about what was going on and alerted the administrators.
Nagle says since it is so close to the end of the school year, some students who admitted their participation might get the chance to waive their right to a hearing and be placed straight in an alternative school so they won't miss much class time.
He says seven players on the team had no involvement in the incident at all.


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