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This is a discussion on My experience Saturday with the NRA class (long) within the Concealed Carry Issues & Discussions forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; I am a NRA TC level Instructor ( cert. to train NRA INST.s) Just some thoughts. From what I read in the above posts, the ...
I am a NRA TC level Instructor ( cert. to train NRA INST.s)
Just some thoughts.
From what I read in the above posts, the Class being discussed is the "PISTOL - BASIC" NOTE the term BASIC. This course is "Generic" in nature & is designed to INTRODUCE the individual to Pistols. ( SAFETY, Handling, Cleaning, storage, etc.) It is NOT a class for CCing, PP etc ( therefore DOES NOT COVER the Law, Psychological ?? etc.) . the "concept" again, is to "introduce"the Individual to shooting the pistol in GENERAL. ( ranging from "plunking", hunting, Target, Compilation,etc. ( The last lesson spends time on what is avail. to the "New shooter" in these areas & ENCOURAGES them to become involved, PLUS encourages them to get further training & Practice.)
NOTE - In my State ( WA ) Does not Require any Training for a CC lic. ( ) But several states do & use the NRA Basic Pistol Course to fulfill this requirement.
The NRA does offer "PERSONAL PROTECTION" Classes - Personal Protection in the Home & Personal Protection Outside the Home. (CCing ) These classes DO HAVE a Section on the Law, etc.
NOTE - This section is NOT Taught by the NRA Instructor, BUT by a QUALIFIED Guest Speaker. ( The NRA is VERY STRICT on this.)
ALSO NOTE - Both these are BASIC Classes & the individuals are "encouraged" to seek further training & PRACTICE.
A PERSONAL side Note -
I have been a "Pistol Instructor" for over 40 years. ( Mil, LEO,private ( including PP, CC, etc)
Perhaps the HARDEST thing I had to come to "grips with" when I started out as a NRA Instructor, was to remember that the classes were BASIC. I wanted to give them MORE. ( esp. in the PP classes ) but that is NOT what the classes are designed for.(any more than the Basic Rifle class is to make the shooter an "over night" sniper)
As I mentioned, I Train NRA Instructors. My "training team" trains instructors ranging from "sporting" gun club staff to LEOs & well known PP Training org.s We STRESS the FACT that the NRA courses are BASIC & that they MUST adjust to that.
This Esp. HARD when training the latter 2 types of groups
As an example, last year we signed a contract with a "nationally known" PP Training org. that wanted to include the NRA Classes in their curriculum. We met with the "Owner & Staff & "briefed" them on the above. It took a while to get them to "understand" but the "candidates" they sent us "knew" the "rules" & adjusted very well. ( BTW, we have sat in as "observers on a couple of their classes ( this a part of being a TC) & they did GREAT.
There should be no requirements to defend yourself with a firearm. NO constitutionally protected rights should even require a permit or license to exercise.
The people who feel that requirements and training should be required are basing their decision generally on emotional and not on the facts. You can't reason with these people because their feelings are in the way of the logical conclusion based on facts. It's like arguing with my wife.
Permit holders are not running around shooting good-guys and blood is not running in the street over fender benders as is always predicted when looser CCL laws are passed.
Speak softly, and carry a big stick.
Well Idaho requires a class and several classes are available. I took the free class offered by the Ada County sheriff's office . It was the best and fastest three hours of my life. I was sad when the class was over. I have said before and will say again. I think EVERY adult should have at least some exposure to this training. Gun owner or not. Specific firearms were not discussed. I bet several folks who took the class elected not to pursure their CCW permits, which is fine. The class was totally common sense and legal aspects. I don't think government should mandate training. People owe themselves and the public to train, practice, learn and respect the weapon and the responsibility. My wife is getting her permit, has little experience with handguns, and we will spend a bunch of time at the range, as well as the kitchen table discussing, safety, responsibilitys, the use of force. We do not take this lightly I hope no one does.
In a gun fight, you can not miss fast enough, to catch up.
These threads just keep re-appearing.
For the record, I'm on the side of "There should be no prior restraints on ANY constitutional Right -- including the RKBA and to defend yourself with a firearm. NO constitutionally protected rights should even require a permit or license or training or proficiency test to exercise."
I do agree that training should be encouraged.
Apply all these pro-permit or license or pro-required-training or pro-required-proficiency test to any other constitutionally protected rights and it becomes clear why they don't fly.
A government-issued permit or license or a government designed-required-training or government designed-required-proficiency-test to exercise religion? Yeah, Right!!
A government-issued permit or license or a government designed-required-training or government designed-required-proficiency test to exercise the right of (free???) speech? Yeah, Right!!
A government-issued permit or license or a government designed-required-training or government designed-required-proficiency test to exercise the right of a (free???) press? Yeah, Right!!
A government-issued permit or license or a government designed-required-training or government designed-required-proficiency test before you can assemble, or petition the Government for a redress of grievances? Yeah, Right!!
SCOTUS has even extended the freedom to act w/o prior restraint to "rights" not enumerated under their reading of 9A.
Yet, folk want prior-restraint of 2A.
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I am neither an attorney-at-law nor I do play one on television or on the internet. No one should assumes my opinion is legal advice.
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i dont think youll find many who would disagree that the majority of gun owners may be severely undertrained for any type of self defense...but...how far do we take it and how "stringent" should the testing be before it starts infringing on peoples right to keep and bear arms?....
be careful what you wish for...because if the wrong people get involved youll be looking at groups the size of a quarter at 20 yards or no permit....one hell of a gun control measure camoflaged as qualifying requirements to carry a firearm....
I'm with Puffer 100% on _everything_ he'd stated. Everything.
I too am an NRA certified instructor, 'Basic Pistol', and as noted by both Puffer and LENs, this specific course is nothing more than an introductory AND the NRA requires that .22LR be used and nothing greater as related to instruction within that specific level of course.
Again the course is "Basic Pistol". No advanced level pistol use discussion is involved AND it is not oriented specifically toward hunting nor defense. It is simply covering the basics with specificity toward safety and basic fundamentals of firearm operation. That is all.
Like Puffer I too had serious problems getting my mind around this.
Reason being that many states now, including MA, will accept an NRA 'Basic Pistol' cert as being compliant training toward being allowed application for a state issue carry license/permit.
All things being relative it's akin to sending a person through an 'Easy Method' drivers school course for beginner drivers...And upon passing allowing these same people to drive an RV, over the road commercial truck or to compete in an IRL or F1 race.
It's difficult to get ones mind around, if and when you suspend knowledge of the 2A as it is written.
As noted by Puffer the NRA does though offer _advanced_ and specific course work toward carry.
Thing is you are mandated to take the Basic Pistol, Basic Shotgun, Basic Rifle or one of the NRA First Shots programs (pistol/shotgun/rifle) first.
The subsequent advanced courses are though themselves 'Basic':
* NRA Basic Personal Protection In The Home Course
* NRA Basics of Personal Protection Outside The Home Course
Followed by:
* NRA Home Firearm Safety Course
* Refuse To Be A Victim® Seminars
NRA course catalog - NRAInstructors.org - Portal for NRA certified Instructors, NRA Education and Training
The entire suite of NRA courses for civilians are largely introductory and basic.
They explicitly do not allow instructors to offer legal advisorys. That is to be provided only by a LEO or attorney as is retained specifically by the instructor for providing that narrow area of instruction/advice as in addition to the very specific and regimented course detail as provided by the NRA.
Vary from what the NRA allows and you as an instructor are on your own...They will pull your credentials, you will be subject to legal action(this happened in CT this year and has been a huge mess!), and the NRA will walk away from you as related to any sort of legal defense.
An NRA instructor would be _foolish_ to do anything other than what is proscribed in the course curriculum as per the NRA.
So to Opie and others what you experienced and how you felt is not at all surprising.
Just know that what you went through was _basic_ as in a level 101 type of course. It is not designed to make people 'shooters', thus the use of .22LR.
It's primary focus is to instill safety in use and practice as with firearms regardless of the individual students future post course goal...Be it defense, hunting, sporting, to later become a cop, enter into the military or to never ever put hand to a gun in their life again.
- Janq
P.S. - When I went through the NRA course for VA as toward my specific focus of carrying a gun (VA law then required it) I did by my own choice bring the gun I'd intended to carry. A full size full steel 5" 1911 chambered in .45 ACP.
Most everyone else brought or borrowed .22LRs. I recall my instructor asking why did I bring such a gun and asking if I wanted to borrow a .22 they had available. I refused it stating that if I can't past a very basic test using a 'real' gun (my view then and still my view now) then I have no business carrying on the street and among human beings.
I was prepared to accept the consequence of failure. I passed...And that is the gun indicated as what I'd qualified with as on my NRA certificate, as in a course instructed by and at the NRA Headquarters.
I've been carrying and competing with that specific same gun for over six years now.
"Killers who are not deterred by laws against murder are not going to be deterred by laws against guns. " - Robert A. Levy
"A license to carry a concealed weapon does not make you a free-lance policeman." - Florida Div. of Licensing
At Miami Valley Shooting Grounds, near Vandalia, Ohio, five of us mature men took our $75 mandatory minumum CCW class from two NRA instructors. CCW classes do not qualify one to use a gun for Spec Ops or SWAT or police or CIA or FBI or even to target shoot. Our Ohio CCW class stressed serious civil and legal consequences, liabilities and responsibilities with anecdotal stories, conversations, questions and handbook tests that we had to pass. The final two hours was for close-range CCW competance and target shooting. We did not tell our NRA instructors all about how we used to shoot and what we used to do when we were in the military or police, etc. It was their class and they knew what they were doing. They asked us to come back and practice, after the class, to become better and safer, without a fuss, because it was and is up to us. You see, we were surprised when we soon saw that we were not as young and as good as we used to be...or thought we were.
OH requires at least a twelve hour course. In your post you do not mention the length of you course. From reading your post it did not seem to meet the twelve hour requirement?? I too am a NRA instructor. I am on the WV OH border and teach a class the meets the requirements of both states. My class includes both NRA Basic Pistol and NRA Personal Protection in the Home. The NRA makes three excellent videos available for these courses. I have a law enforcement officer come in to cover the legal aspects of concealed carry and to answer questions as required by the NRA. This session is usually at least an hour long and frequently longer depending on the number of questions asked.
From your post it seems like you did not get an adequate class.
I prefer my students to shoot something larger than a .22. However with the recent high cost of ammunition, I do allow .22s if that is all the student has available. We shoot about 100 rounds.
I wasn't particularly happy with my NRA class either. My instructor(a last minute substitute due to illness) seemed a bit senile. We did not have to fire any weapon at all. That is not required in Va. When it was, bringing a .22 was fine because they weren't looking for accuracy with a carry weapon, but rather to see how you handled and shot a loaded firearm. Honestly, if I hadn't found out later that I was already qualified to carry under the Va law (former military, hunter safety and a full semester shooting and firearms safety course in college) I would have looked for another course. One other thing, during my course, the instructor passed his S&W .38 around for everyone to handle. Myself, my son and his girlfriend were the only ones who verified that the gun was unloaded. Maybe it wasn't necessary for all of us, but that is always my practice even when "I know it isn't loaded". My son was taught the same thing.
Going to a class is definitely an eye opener. There's always a Hicks (Police Academy movie), a Fudd, a desperate housewife, a gang banger look alike, etc. Usually only a couple other people I would want to know are armed when the smelly stuff hits the ventilation. But as has been said, news reports do not bear out our fears of mass self defense shooting incompetence.
Sometimes I do wonder though if the government shouldn't design a very basic, easy to pass familiarlity class that must be passed before a citizen can carry CC or OC. Yes I know it's a right, no other rights get this treatment, blah blah, but no other rights will immediately cause death or serious bodily injury if misused. It is well established that rights have limits.
When I went through the VA Corrections academy way back, during the revolver range event, we were all encouraged to fire slowly and deliberately to get good scores. Um, no. When we went live fire, I put 18 rounds on target while everybody else was still working on their first 6. Awkward feeling standing on line for most of the 90 seconds alloted for everybody else to finish up.
"Each worker carried his sword strapped to his side." Nehemiah 4:18
Guns Save Lives. Paramedics Save Lives. But...
Paramedics With Guns Scare People!
1. At the very START of the class, ALL firearms ( modern & Muzzle loaders) MUST BE SHOWN CLEAR. That includes Personal carry ( Including LEOs ) Guns used for display,Demo ( including blue guns etc.), ETC. ( NO LIVE AMMO is allowed in a class room ( except the reloading classes.)
The Gun(s) are (individually held by the individual, shown CLEAR, then He/She, MUST Show the firearm to AT LEAST 3 fellow class members. These class members MUST VERIFIED that the firearm is CLEAR!!
2. ANY TIME A firearm is "handled" consequently, even though it was "shown Clear @ the start of the class, The possess for "showing Clear" MUST BE Repeated.
Notes =
1. Fake guns, Props that are used as "guns" ( brooms, even your finger, etc ) falls under this Req.)
2. If an individual opts to "retain" his/her firearm on their "person", & leaves the classroom, then upon reentering, MUSTrepeat the "Show Clear"possess.
There is NO LATITUDE in this NRA Reg.
Do NRA instructors lose their Certs for not following the above = YES
Sixto...I like the suggestion of TDI...As I have noted to you before I have a friend in Waynesville, I like to visit who is also a shooter and gun person. I might have my girl take one of the better instructed CCW courses here in my new area taught by some LEO friends of mine, to get her permit then we take TDI together.
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I am an NRA Certified Instructor who offers Ohio CHL classes throughout the year. From what you described I am quite concerned that both NRA and Ohio Attorney General requirements may have been compromised in your class. My company (NW Ohio CCW) offers the NRA Basic Pistol Course plus an additional 4 hours of instruction, 90 minutes of which is presented by a criminal defense attorney who focuses specifically on the Ohio law. I agree with previous posters that we need more stringent attention to gun handling and legal implications of concealed carry. I have definitely failed students who were deficient in one or both.
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
I was fortunate to have an excellent training course (Basic Pistol) by certified NRA instructors. We not only covered the basics, we were tought the isosceles shooting stance, two handed & one handed shooting stance(both strong and weak), shooting from behind cover standing and kneeling from the left and right side(two handed and one handed). All shooting was done with my Sig 229 40 cal. at 21ft or less. We also spent close to 4 hours going over state laws and shoot, dont shoot scenerios. This was conducted by a local police chief.
Overall I was extremly statisfied and I will definately be doing some more instructor lead training in the future. IMHO the trainging should never stop. With my choice to carry comes great resposibility on my part to learn and train as much as I can.


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As I've said before, don't think for a minute that this summer is going to be much different from others when peak vacation kicks in later this month. Despite the struggling economy, millions of Americans will still be hitting the roads and skies this summer.
During the next three months, business travelers will be sharing their quarters with vacationers eager to have fun. While the latter is focused on the beach, the pool and the family, your focus will likely be on the deal you've got to clinch tomorrow, your important conference call or the speech you're about to give.
Some suggestions on ways business travelers can live in harmony with their leisure traveler counterparts:
- If possible, avoid business trips during the weeks just before and just after Saturday, July 4 and Labor Day (Monday, Sept 7).
- Don't book a hotel at the last minute. Call ahead of time and ask for a quiet room away from the pool area, vending machines or the workout room. Also, upper floors tend to be more peaceful since fewer folks are walking by on their way to take a dip or go out into the courtyard to release some pent-up energy.
- Get to the hotel breakfast buffet as early as possible. Vacationers tend to sleep late, unless they have really young children.
- If you're stuck at the airport due to a delay or cancellation, check out a helpful social media site, www.airporthavens.com, where travelers swap advice on the best places to find peace at some of the most hectic airports in the US. (Disclosure: Yours truly helped develop this site.)
- Use your upgrades. Peak summer vacation season is the smartest time to upgrade hotel rooms, airplane seats or rental cars. More often than not, what you end up spending in loyalty points or cash is worth it.
How do you manage your summer travel plans? Got any tips for making the most of summer business trips? Please chime in below with your comments and suggestions!


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I am really feeling the florals at the moment, especially when they only cost £6!! I picked up these leggings from Primark.
The top is from Very and the curls are by BaByliss! The Curling Wand to be precise!
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Stand alone security enabled WiFi is available through the entire unit, as well as around the pool area. If you must surf the Internet or work on job assignments, a better place could not be found....moreless
Coffee Maker:
A coffee maker is provided. The resort does provide coffee packets and filters to fit....moreless
Cooking Utensils:
A toaster, a coffee maker and a blender for making pina coladas is included....moreless
Dishes & Utensils:
There is table service for eight, which includes: plates, saucers, coffee cups and bowls, along with serving platters. A full set of wine glasses and tumblers, as well. ...moreless
GE dishwasher is available for the few dishes you may be washing....moreless
- Ice Maker
Easy to use stovetop electric cooking with a GE self-cleaning oven. In sink disposal. Tap water is completely safe to drink....moreless
Easy to operate, fullsize and full featured with turntable, fan and night light....moreless
Side-by-side GE refrigerator-freezer with in-door cubed ice, crushed ice and very drinkable cold water....moreless
GE self-cleaning electric oven with glass top range....moreless
A toaster is provided, along with a blender to make great pina coladas....moreless
(2) One balcony faces towards the east and overlooks the middle of the pool. Very spacious and private. Large table and four chairs means great meals while enjoying a beautiful view. Easy access from the living room area and the guest bedroom. A second balcony faces west and is accessible through the master bedroom....moreless
Pool / Spa
Communal Pool:
Beautiful 75 yd., quarter million gallon freshwater 'infinity' pool which ends at the beach. Comfortable chaise lounges, umbrella tables with chairs, easily accessible poolside bathrooms. Two waterfalls, a water cascade from the center bridge, and a swim-up 'La Palapa' bar with in-pool seating. Very child-friendly shallow end will keep your toddlers wet and happy. Pool towels are provided. Available to hotel guests and owners only....moreless
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All rates based on availability,# of guests,length of stay: starting at $225 Seasonal rates - high season to 4/23. Mid season to 8/15. Low to 12/14. Quoted rates are for 1-4 guests (5th & 6th: $15/day/adult & $10/day/child) A $45.00 check-out fee/charge is payable directly to the resort. Special offerings may be available for longer stays. 2013-2014 holiday rates: from $375+ depending on the holiday 16% hotel tax not included. Remaining days - December - $200 per night.
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Juan Manuel Galvez International Airport
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West Bay Mall
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Celeste's Island Cuisine
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Bite on the Beach
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Anthony's Key Resort
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West End
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- 2.7 miles to rental
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Dolphin Encounter
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- 7.1 miles to rental
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Gumbalimba Park
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- 1.3 miles to rental
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- Region
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- Attraction
- 11 miles to rental
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Pristine Bay Resort Golf Course
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The Beach Club
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Plaza Mar
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Eldon's Supermarket
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Bananarama Beach and Dive Resort
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Infinity Bay Spa & Resort
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World class scuba diving and snorkeling. Short surface swims to several local area dive sites. Interact with dolphins at the not to distant - Anthony's Key Resort. Arrange a day of golf at Pete Dye 'Black Pearl' golf course, located at the Pristine Bay Resort. Glass Bottom Boat on West Bay Beach(perfect to take young children to observe underwater life). Catamarans and fishing excursions are available. An assortment of zipline tours over the tropical canopy. Watch local critters at Gumbalimba Park, the Blue Harbor Tropical Arboretum, the Butterfly Gardens and the Iguana Farm. Scooter rentals available at a nearby mall. 24 Hr. Car rentals are available through the resort office, along with assorted island tours. Live music & a variety of nearby restaurants. Roatan only has one mini casino with about 50 slot machines.
Owner info
Year Purchased: 2007
Why the Owner Chose West Bay, Honduras:
I first came to Roatan in January 1991 and fell in love with the island, making at least one trip a year for the next fourteen years. In October 2005, while visiting Tabyana Beach at West Bay, I realized what a great place it would be for family vacations. The 3/4 mile beach is one of the most beautiful beaches in the world. The beach and the resort are directly in front of some of the great reefs for which Roatan is noted. I have used my condo for longer and longer stays and still find the beach and reefs fun and exciting. The people are very friendly and the climate is near perfect.
The Unique Benefits at this Condo:
As this is an owner-managed condo, you will be dealing directly with me - the owner. You will also be staying in this building #4 condo and not a similar one located further from the beach or on the third or fourth floor. It is a mere 30 second walk to West Bay beach. Being a second floor condo, you will truly appreciate the privacy. This is the largest two bedroom condo and it has a master bedroom suite with king-sized bed, along with a private bath & its own balcony. A second bedroom has two single beds, which is especially useful for families with children. Private and secure WiFi is available throughout the condo and on both balconies. There is a lot to be said about doing your e-mails while drinking a cocktail on the balcony.
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Treasured memories are made here! The two biggest reasons I bought here.
Living room & dining areas
Dolphin wall artwork from Roatan artist, Adam Hunt of Rusty Fish
A fully equipped and modern kitchen with GE appliances.
Spacious and private balcony overlooking the center of the pool.
Overlooking the beautiful infinity pool
Guest bedroom with access to the front balcony which overlooks the pool.
Step from the master bath shower and see a local turtle from Mandy's Eel Garden
The newly, nearly finished reception building with restaurant on the 2nd floor.
Your first view of Infinity Bay, on your approach to the nearby airport
What can you say??? Beautiful sunsets nearly every day!
Aerial view - 4th building from the beach, overlooking the beautiful pool.
Interior design by Sandcastle Designs on Roatan at Penelope's Island Emporium
My photo from Mandy's Eel Garden, directly in front of Infinity Bay.
A king-sized bed in the master bedroom suite with access to a private balcony.
Balcony view looking towards the beach and water.
My photo from Mandy's Eel Garden, directly in front of Infinity Bay.
Private master bath and shower in the master suite.
Blue skies, clear water, white beach and lush tropical forests.
A view from the balcony of the nearly & newly finished reception building.
You know, sometimes one vacation is just not enough!
A great way to spend a vacation with the beautiful Caribbean at the 'L' dock.
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Capital, The (Newspaper) - March 8, 1986, Annapolis, Maryland V 'fEflPS UPSET N.C. IN ACC TOURNEY SEE PAGE 13 HOWELL MICROFILMS P 0 1558 LAUREL MD lie Tomorrow's Warmer For see page 11. VOL. Cl NO. 57 MARCH 25 Cents GOOD PONT FORGET Tavern and community life in the 18th century will be recreated from l to 4 p.m. today and tomorrow at London Town Publik House. Admission is charged. HOME OF THE WEEK pie find space in their 25-year- old Page 25. .STATE land's for insuring money in bankrupt savings and loan associations to 000 for each depositor instead of each account was aban- doned in a House committee. Page 4. President Reagan has sent his top diplomatic trouble- shooter on a search for peace in Central while ap- pealing anew for military aid. to rebels fighting the Sandinis- ta government. Page 2. The nation's civilian unem- ployment rate soared from 6.7 percent to 7.3 percent in Feb- the largest monthly gain in nearly six years. Page 3. SPORTS Four county teams will ad- vance to the state tournament in Catonsville after sweeping their girls' basketball region- all last night PEOPLE Jacob K. a liberal Republican and civil rights champion who overcame the clubbiness of the U.S. Senate and becamel one of most re- s p e c t e died night West Pali He was 81. Javits.L who suffered from amyotroph- ic lateral a progres- sive muscle and nerve disorder also known as Lou Gehrig's died at Good Samari- tan Hospital after being brought in earlier in the a nursing supervisor said. was a truly great Amer- ican com- said Sen. Edward D- Mass. the very he taught us with his own inspir- ing example to care about those less lortuate than our- As his condition deteriorat- the disease hampered Ja- vks' physical but it never dulled his sharp mind. does not stop with ter- minal Illness. Only the patient stops if he doesn't have the will to go forward with tin jmtil death overtakes said in 1984. je Jtvtts represented New York ta UK fettle fcr 24 a record tor the state. For a look at other people in the see Ptge S. LQTTB9Y rfaabers 4riwt 4 4 41 pages. Otssiffed Ads 2M7 DOG DAYS City K-9 unit resisting cuts The suspect hiding under a car in the Eastport parking lot aimed his loaded .357 magnum handgun at Sgt. Kenneth Martin. he had fired three shots at police while naming from an Center. Although Martin didn't realize that the gun was trained on a German Shepherd on the city's K-9 was hot on the suspect's trail. With Officer Walter Tucker Niki dove under the grabbed the man's arm with his teeth and pulled him out before he could shoot. it hadn't been for Tucker and his Sgt. Martin would have been said Cpl. John supervisor of the K-9 unit. Mellon used the 1981 example as one reason Jto maintain the three-member K-9 which has been threatened by a consultant's recommendations. Carroll Buracker and which issued a 120-page management study on the department earlier this said the K-9 force should be reduced to one officer and dog. Buracker said that would cut costs and avoid because the county and state police also have K-9 units that can serve Annapolis. both Have crack K-9 unto and they both have K-9 units he said. think that is a lot of duplication of services and the taxpayers have to pay for The extra two officers should be reassigned to regular he said. officers on the force consi- der the K-9 proposal one of Buracker's most controversial recommendations. away with our K-9 unit is Ptttto by Bob OHberl CPL. JOHN supervisor of ttw Annapolis Police Department's K-9 and his Buck. totally said Mellon. Lt. John vcitjT police said a three-jnember K-9 team is necessary in Annapolis with Us crowded influx of tourists and high number of office buildings and state and federal property. The department frequently protects and dogs are essential for that duty. Supreme Court justices and other high-ranking officials have visited he said. resources are stretched but to-redfoce the nawber of flogs would stretch them even he said. formed in Annapolis with two dtigs in now has three mem- bers with MelJon and Tucker and and Officer J. Duane Nuck- els and The K-9 team is invaluable when it comes to searching tracking on Page Col. Shore criteria advances House cammittee By PAT RIVIERE Staff Writer proved legislationaTopting development criteria for the Chesapeake Bay shoreline. But lawmakers opposed to parts of the criteria set the stage for a confrontation over legislation that will weaken the development guidelines. intend on supporting but I truly have some grave doubts about Del. John D- St. told the House Environmental Matters Committee. Parlett said he intends to support some of the 13 bills revamping the criteria. The bills were introduced by Eastern Shore legislators who complain that the criteria unfairly hinder development in the primarily rural counties. Del. Samuel Q. Johnson said all Eastern Shore legislators are opposed to the resolution in favor of cleaning up the Chesapeake but we think this has a lot of Johnson said. The committee voted 22-2 to send the resolution to the House floor for consideration. Johnson and Del. Ronald A. voted against it. A companion resolution has already passed the Senate. A Senate committee has also killed all but two bills Eastern Shore legislators introduced ia The mi The criteria call for one I _____________ _____ are primarily forest land or fw Eastern Shore legislators have been lobbying for dwelling per 8 or some compromise that would allow more building in the resource area. The Critical Areas Comttfision was created by the General Assembly in 1984. The commis- sion was the centerpiece of Gov. Harry Hughes' on Page Col. liability limit rejected. Page 4. 'Nursery' may cool company critics By EFFIE COWMAN Staff Warm water flowing from Nevamar's man- ufacturing plant occasionallyxhas landed the Odenton company in hot wat But now the firm is teaming with biologists from Anne Arundel Community College to show that industrial'discharges can rather than the environment. Company officials announced Wednesday that Neva mar has awarded a grant to the college to grow marsh plants in the hot- water pond behind its plant. Once converted to a the steam-radiating pond will enable scientists to produce plants according to horti- culture professor Stephen Ailstock. plants reared in the pond will be offered free to communities that want to curb shoreline erosion or attract wildlife. The experimental is possible because of a manufacturing process that has sharply divided local environmental- ist groups. The pond is filled with groundwater that has been pumped through pipes to cool newly manufactured laminating according to John senior vice preisdent at Nevamar. By the time is empties into the the water sometimes is as hot as 108 degrees. It cools up to 20 degrees in the pond. The firm has come under attack from Save Our Streams for discharging hot water into Picture Spring a stream that begins at the pond and feeds into the Severn River. The group claims the hot water and metals in the discharge have virtually destroyed aquatic life in the tiny stream. Since Save Our Streams has fought Nevamar's efforts to renew its discharge permit with the state Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. The permit is being withheld pending further appeals. Other conservationists maintain that the water has minimal affects on the environ- ment Without the two million gallons of water discharged daily from Picture Spring Branch would be said James E. of Severna who chairs the State Water Quality Advisory Commission. The water is kept in separate pipes and is used only for so it can't be contami- nated by industrial he said. The nursery will be operated once the firm its permits and completes about worth of renovations to the Whalen said. The renovations will widen and deepen the pond so that the water stays there long enough to cool to at least 90 he said. While these renovations are required under the new health department they also will make the pond ideal for Ailstock said. During a tour for politicians and communi- ty Ailstock pointed out tiny weeds he planted last week and small fish that skirt through the one-foot-deep pond. Within a few he the pond could support enough plants to begin giving them away. Once the pond also will serve as an outdoor classroom and provide new scientific information on the growth patterns of underwater and shore Ailstock said. And it could spur other county industries to Consider environmental uses for discharged he said. While the concept of a thermal plant nursery is it follows a trend by business to find environmental uses for indus- trial ponds. Elsewhere in these ponds have been used to rear striped bass and oysters. Living her 2nd century County woman may be the world's oldest person By JODY VOLLMAR Staff Writer An Anne Arunoel County native now living in 8 nursing home in Mariey may be the oldest person in the world but lack of a birth certificate could keep her out of the Book of World Emma Brosdwater who turn 115 on Aug. was born in 1171 in Mafothjr Maryland didn't begin issuing birth until When a 120-year-old Japanese man died two weeks a spokesman for Guinness announced that a Welsh womtu 112-year-old Anna Elita had assumed the tttte of oldest living human. Cyd an assistant editor fas Guinness' New York said the organtttttoe would he glad to a correction if Mrs. Thomas coald prove her date rfttrth we rtcthw we can't const- shtsfttt. ether hire claimed to ht the oldest said. Tfce oWest ttfw ta North EMMA THOMAS w MM strofif at 090114. dishonest but they just think something that isn't Ms. Smith said. Although a family Wok might have how acceptable to Harriet Thomas's -Wi htw pmL A said their tamOy was they eft. Tlisy I Loman files for Circuit Court By DEBRA VIADERO Staff Writer District Court Judge Donald Lowman yesterday officially jumped into the race for a Circuit Court becom- ing the first candidate in 12 years to challenge a sitting county Circuit Court judge. feel that I have a great breadth of experience at far at said bowman. a veteran of 17 yean in the legal system. He filed for the Circuit Court seat yesterday with the ttate Board of Elections. Lftwmaa challenges Judge Robert H. Heller Jr. who hit the year pott his appointment almost two ytars ago. becoming a Lowman breaks with long standing custom hi Anm- All draft Cocrt jMfees mist office slier hctag an- the governor. Bat in this they traditionally run unopposed. felt the public was entitled to the best qualified judge it can Lowman said. they're suggesting it that people shouldn't have the right to And in a campaign where neither judge plans to sacrifice hit objectivity for partisan or issue the only issue may be Lowman's decision to run. doesn't said 43. when heard that he offkUUy faced i challenge. just think it's unfortunate for the bar tnd Mw public Heller local who must practice before the wiener may fed caught in the middle of the raw. wowM a person who IB court feet tf he knew the attorney for tht ofttr sMt had rontrthats Fnflt it Oni ;
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Baymont Inn and Suites Marrero
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Property Location
With a stay at Baymont Inn and Suites Marrero in Marrero, you'll be close to Lawrence Square and Audubon Park. This hotel is within close proximity of Prytania Theatre and Audubon Zoo.
Make yourself at home in one of the 79 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wired and wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming provides entertainment. Bathrooms have complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include desks and microwaves, as well as phones with free local calls.
Enjoy the recreation opportunities such as a fitness center or make use of other amenities including complimentary wireless Internet access.
A complimentary continental breakfast is included.
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Featured amenities include complimentary high-speed (wired) Internet access, a 24-hour business center, and dry cleaning/laundry services. Planning an event in Marrero? This hotel has facilities measuring 800 square feet (74 square meters), including a meeting room. Free self parking is available onsite.
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- RV, bus, truck parking
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Conference space size (meters) - 74
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Accessible bathroom
- Free self parking
- 24-hour front desk
- One meeting room
- Laundry facilities
- Business center
- Total number of rooms - 79
- Roll-in shower
- Conference space size (feet) - 800
- In-room accessibility
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- 24-hour business center
- Elevator/lift
- Fitness facilities
- Designated smoking areas
- Free WiFi
- Free breakfast
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Multilingual staff
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- Phone
- Free toiletries
- Free WiFi
- Iron/ironing board
- Television
- Daily housekeeping
- Cable TV service
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Refrigerator
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Premium bedding
- Microwave
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- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
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- The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
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Smithsonian has a kind of rundown of the current state of the specialized field of American prehistory that concerns itself with figuring out exactly who were the first people to make it to the Americas thousands of years ago.
If you remember our episode Who were the first Americans?, ever since the 1950s, when carbon dating of a set of distinct arrowheads found in Clovis, New Mexico showed that they were about 13,000 years old, determining and then defending the idea that it was the makers of these arrowheads who arrived to the United States first set off pretty much a war in anthropology. The defenders of these ancient toolmakers came to be called the Clovis police, systematically ostracizing from academia anyone who said they'd found a site that suggested the presence of earlier people. And a number of people found sites like this and a number of people felt the cold chill of the Clovis police -- scientists who would attend lectures to heckle the presenters, who wrote letters to the universities where other-than-Clovis-first researchers worked insisting they be fired.
If all of this strikes you as unsettling juvenile, as if the people in the upper echelons of academia never really left school and never learned how to operate outside of the playground, you will be happy to hear the Clovis police and the theory that they have so ardently defended for decades is dead, dead, dead. There are still people hanging on to the theory for dear life, having built their careers on it and made so many enemies (who are now proven correct) from it, but it is clear that around North and South America other sites that were clearly made by people other than Clovis toolmakers at a time that is clearly earlier than the Clovis were running around spearing mastodon.
With the Clovis police vanquished and no real pattern among the various pre-Clovis sites to clearly show who was first, the field has been thrown totally open once more -- a pair of researchers who hypothesize paleolithic Frenchmen arrived in Newfoundland by sailing along the bottom edge of the ice sheet extending from the Arctic into the Atlantic Ocean are being taken seriously. Before the death of the Clovis police, perhaps even the Smithsonian author wouldn't have felt comfortable including a mention of their work.
But this sea change in the field of American prehistory has also brought not just an openness to examining new candidates for who was first but also a change in the way the field carries itself: The question, does it really matter who was first? is becoming a persistent one among these researchers.


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Sweet Lorain
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Mai 1996
BeschreibungWeigl returns not only to Vietnam but to the Lorain, Ohio, of his youth. In his continued quest for emotional and spiritual enlightenment, Weigl writes about the connections between his childhood in a working-class world and the powerful effects of the American war in Vietnam on all of us.
PortraitBruce Weigl (born January 27, 1949, Lorain, Ohio) is an American contemporary poet who teaches at Lorain County Community College. Weigl enlisted in the United States Army shortly after his 18th birthday and spent three years in the service. He served in the Vietnam War from December 1967 to December 1968 and received the Bronze Star .
Untertitel: New. Sprache: Englisch.
Verlag: NORTHWESTERN UNIV PR
Erscheinungsdatum: Mai 1996
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My speedo goes up to the maximum 155 mph, and shows this speed no matter what speed i'm doing, the MPG gauge is also showing the incorrect reading (does not really move), when i brake the speedometer goes back down to zero, when i accelerate the needle shoots all the way up to the end of the dial. As this is not the wheel sensor as previously thought (according to a mechanic who did a quick inspection following changing one of my rear wheel bearings), any ideas what the hell this could be? The guy at the garage reckons its electrical so nothing he can help with, so far no ones seems to have a clue!! Luckily I have the sat nav to show the speed i'm doing so i can still drive..
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VATICAN CITY — Ordaining homosexuals "is absolutely inadvisable and imprudent and, from a pastoral point of view, very risky," wrote the Vatican's point man on the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments in an official communication.
Cardinal Jorge Medina Estévez, responding to a letter from a bishop, added that "a person who is homosexual or has homosexual tendencies is not, therefore, suitable to receive the sacrament of sacred orders."
The Congregation (Vatican Department) for Divine Worship and the Sacraments published Cardinal Medina's letter in December in the congregation's bulletin. It was written last May to an unnamed bishop who had inquired about the propriety of ordaining homosexual men. The cardinal retired as congregation head in October.
Cardinal Medina said he drafted the response at the request of the Congregation for Clergy and in cooperation with the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, which is headed by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger.
News of the letter came shortly after The New York Times reported the Vatican dismissed a priest from his parish known in Italy for joining a homosexual pride march in Rome.
The priest, Father Vitaliano Della Sala, 39, was forced to leave his parish in Sant'Angelo a Scala, near Naples, on Nov. 28 for what the Vatican called "scandalous behavior," reported the Times.
The letter and story show a Church cleaving closely to the doctrine about homosexuality as stated in the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
In addition to stressing respect due to homosexual persons, the catechism teaches: "Basing itself on sacred Scripture, which presents homosexual acts as acts of grave depravity, tradition has always declared that 'homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered.' They are contrary to the natural law. They close the sexual act to the gift of life. They do not proceed from a genuine affective and sexual complementarity. Under no circumstances can they be approved" (No. 2357).
In the case of Cardinal Medina's letter, the bishop originally had sent his question to the Congregation for the Clergy, which passed it on to the sacraments congregation. After consulting with the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Cardinal Medina expressed "the following judgment" in a three-paragraph letter:
"The ordination to the diaconate or to the priesthood of homosexual persons or those with a homosexual tendency is absolutely inadvisable and imprudent and, from a pastoral point of view, very risky," Cardinal Medina wrote.
Cardinal Medina wrote that in making its judgment the congregation took into consideration its experience in processing requests for laicization by some priests. It said it was publishing the response because it deemed it opportune to do so at this "particular moment."
The letter touched on an issue that has received increasing attention at the Vatican. In October, sources told Catholic News Service that the Vatican's Congregation for Catholic Education was quietly circulating a draft document containing proposed directives against the admission of homosexuals to the priesthood.
The sources said part of the reasoning in the draft document was that since the Church considers the homosexual orientation "objectively disordered" such people should not be admitted to the seminary or ordained.
The Vatican press office later confirmed that a document was in the works but said it also would look at other ordination issues and be addressed primarily to local bishops and seminary rectors.
Cardinal Zenon Grocholewski, head of the education congregation, said in November that he would not comment on the reports until — and if — a document is published. He offered no target date.
The question of excluding homosexuals from ordination had been considered at the Vatican for years without finding a consensus. It received new attention in the wake of U.S. clerical sex abuse scandal. Most abusers were homosexuals.
Last year Archbishop Tarcisio Bertone, secretary of the Vatican's doctrinal congregation, said in a CNS interview, "Persons with a homosexual inclination should not be admitted to the seminary."
In an article published by the Catholic magazine America in September, an American Vatican official at the Congregation for Bishops, Father Andrew Baker, articulated arguments against acceptance of homosexuals as priesthood candidates.
Father Baker said if a man has a predominant or exclusive same-sex attraction that in itself is grounds for bishops to have "a prudent doubt regarding the candidate's suitability" for receiving the sacrament of orders. Church law says if such a doubt exists the person should not be ordained.
Vatican spokesman Joaquín Navarro-Valls addressed the issue of homosexuality and the priest-hood in March, saying that men with homosexual inclinations "just cannot be ordained."
"That does not imply a final judgment on people with homosexuality," he said. "But you cannot be in this field."
These men's remarks might make it seem like the Vatican is just waking up to the problem, but Rome has been speaking out for some time. The question is whether dioceses and seminaries in the United States have been implementing its directives.
A 1961 instruction to the superiors of religious communities on "Careful Selection and Training of Candidates for the States of Perfection and Sacred Orders" states:
"Advancement to religious vows and ordination should be barred to those who are afflicted with evil tendencies to homosexuality or pederasty, since for them the common life and the priestly ministry would constitute serious dangers."
Even further back, Pope Pius XI, in a 1935 encyclical on the priesthood, said that those in charge of the clergy must not only foster and strengthen vocations but also "discourage unsuitable candidates, and in good time send them away from a path not meant for them."
"Such are all youths who show a lack of necessary fitness, and who are, therefore, unlikely to persevere in the priestly ministry both worthily and becomingly," Pope Pius wrote in Ad Catholici Sacerdotii. "In these matters hesitation and delay is a serious mistake and may do serious harm. It is far better to dismiss an unfit student in the early stages" to prevent him from being a "stumbling block to himself and to others with peril of eternal ruin."
Closer to home Bishop John Nienstedt of New Ulm, Minn., who is the newly elected chairman of the U.S. bishops' priestly formation committee, told the Register that he personally would have "serious reservations" in accepting a seminary candidate who is homosexual.
"I would say in the main that a person with a homosexual orientation would not be a good candidate for seminary life," he said. "The temptations are too great: You're living in an all-male environment, your closest friends are men. You're putting a person in harm's way."
Finally, in September, Pope John Paul II himself concurred in the opinion.
"It would be lamentable if, out of a misunderstood tolerance, they ordained young men who are immature or have obvious signs of affective deviations that, as is sadly known, could cause serious anomalies in the consciences of the faithful," he said, "with evident damage for the whole Church."


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BeschreibungOffers a timely survey of post-reunification German politics by some of the world's leading authorities.
Inhaltsverzeichnis1. Introduction: semisovereignty challenged Simon Green and William E. Paterson; 2. Institutional transfer: can semisovereignty be transferred? The political economy of Eastern Germany Wade Jacoby; 3. Political parties Thomas Saalfeld; 4. Federalism: the new territorialism Charlie Jeffery; 5. Shock-absorbers under stress. Parapublic institutions and the double challenges of German unification and European integration Andreas Busch; 6. Economic policy management: catastrophic equilibrium, tipping points and crisis interventions Kenneth Dyson; 7. Industrial relations: from state weakness as strength to state weakness as weakness. Welfare corporatism and the private use of the public interest Wolfgang Streeck; 8. Social policy: crisis and transformation Roland Czada; 9. Immigration and integration policy: between incrementalism and non-decisions Simon Green; 10. Environmental policy: the law of diminishing returns? Charles Lees; 11. Administrative reform Kluas H. Goetz; 12. European policy-making: between associated sovereignty and semisovereignty William E. Paterson; 13. Conclusion: semisovereignty in United Germany Peter J. Katzenstein.
PortraitSimon Green is a Lecturer at the Institute for German Studies, University of Birmingham. He has worked extensively on German politics, in particular immigration and citizenship policy, and his book The Politics of Exclusion: Institutions and Immigration Policy in Contemporary Germany was published in 2004. William E. Paterson is Professor of German Politics and Director of the Institute for German Studies, University of Birmingham. He has written widely on German and European politics, and in 1999 was awarded an OBE for scholarship in German studies.
Pressestimmen'... Peter Katzenstein provided a classic analysis of the political and institutional factors which underpinned West Germany's remarkable post-war renaissance and created a distinctive polity and society. After almost two decades this book returns to that analysis and asks how far it is still relevant to understanding the politics of Germany today and the challenges it faces, in the era after unification and the end of the cold war. These essays present an authoritative, penetrating and wide-ranging exploration of Modell Deutschland and its prospects, and Peter Katzenstein supplies a trenchant and illuminating response, which reaffirms the central themes of his earlier analysis. There are few questions in European politics as important as the future development of Germany, and this book makes a timely and valuable contribution to our understanding of Germany's problems as well as Germany's potential.' Andrew Gamble, University of Sheffield The German political and economic system is undergoing fundamental changes. Leading British and European experts provide a unique analysis of political and economic developments in Germany. This book gives an in-depth and authoritative assessment of the problems and challenges Europe's largest country is facing today and in the years to come. Prof. Dr. Gert-Joachim Glaessner, Humboldt-University Berlin 'With perfect timing, Green and Paterson, together with their all-star contributors, address the critical governance issues now confronting the unified German polity. This book adds a new dimension to our understanding of political development in Germany and elsewhere.' David P. Conradt, East Carolina University and author of The German Polity '... in their edited volume ... Simon Green and William E. Paterson ...present the most lucid stock-taking of Standort Deutschland for some time.' Christoph Nesshover, Handelsblatt (Translation by Arne Zeschel) 'Simon Green and William E. Paterson of the renowned Institute for German Studies at the University of Birmingham present the most lucid stock-taking of Standort Deutschland for some time.' Handelsblatt '... stands out pleasantly from the flood of reform literature that rehashes an undifferentiated litany of 'consensus in nonsense.' Berliner Republik ' ... this is an excellent book for an academic audience at all levels.' International Affairs
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Daphni and Owen Pallett Collaborate on New Single
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Daphni (Dan Snaith of Caribou and Manitoba) and Owen Pallett have collaborated on a split single, "Julia" b/w "Tiberius". Listen to it above, via FACT. On Twitter, Snaith offered a word of advice for how the songs should be heard.
Speakers that can reproduce bass frequencies recommended for listening to this lest you think there's silence in the middle of the track.
— Caribou (@caribouband) April 14, 2014
"Julia/Tiberius" will be out digitally and on vinyl via Snaith's Jiaolong label in "a week or so."
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IronPigs' Urinal Games Win Golden Bobblehead
Award Marks Second Golden Bobblehead in Franchise History
By Jon Schaeffer / Lehigh Valley IronPigs | September 30, 2013 7:28 AM ET
The IronPigs' revolutionary "Urinal Gaming System" that debuted this season to high acclaim was chosen as the best in-game promotion in Minor League Baseball at this year's Minor League Baseball Promotional Seminar in Louisville, Ky. It marks the second "Golden Bobblehead" in club history, joining the 2011 selection for Best Non-Game Day promotion for the club's role in hosting Lehigh Valley Health Network's 15th annual black tie gala, Go Hog Wild at Nite Lites.
The p-controlled video game systems - the first of their kind in North America - are featured within all men's restrooms at Coca-Cola Park and are exclusively presented by Lehigh Valley Health Network.
"We knew these games would create a huge splash but we never could have imagined the amazing amount of recognition these games have received," exclaimed IronPigs General Manager Kurt Landes. "This publicity has allowed us to spread an important message to our fans about prostate cancer awareness, which is the second leading cause of cancer death in America, with our partner Lehigh Valley Health Network."
The publicity received from the "Urinal Gaming System" has been wide-ranging with mentions from a wide variety of mainstream media outlets including The Today Show, USA Today, Sports Illustrated and ESPN.com just to name a few. Additionally, the fan feedback on this brand-new amenity has been overwhelmingly positive.
For those that are unaware or have yet to use, when a user approaches the urinal, the video console flips into gaming mode, using patented technology that detects both his presence and stream. Algorithms then allow the user to engage with the screen by aiming in different directions to test their agility and knowledge. The games are 100% intuitive and custom-built to provide a unique user interface along with an easy and seamless experience.
Upon completion (an average of over 55 seconds according to published research) users receive their score and a code to enter. They can then view their position on the leader board or check the PigScores.com to see how they stack up with the rest of that night's competition. High scores are displayed in real-time across various videoboard displays within Coca-Cola Park.
This "Golden Bobblehead" award comes in the immediate aftermath of the IronPigs organization capturing Ballpark Digest's "Promotion of the Year" award for a wide variety of successful concepts and ideas this season. Ballpark Digest is the leading guide to baseball and ballparks on the Internet.
Coca-Cola Park has been among the most progressive venues in professional sports since its highly-acclaimed debut in 2008, receiving numerous honors and distinctions, including the prestigious 2012 Bob Freitas award, recognizing long-term excellence in the operation of minor league franchises, with a focus on the areas of market commitment, operational practices, community involvement and business success.
The IronPigs also received a "Golden Bobblehead" nomination for their social media endeavor PorkCenter, Minor League Baseball's first and only fan-interactive social media command center.
Lehigh Valley Health Network includes three hospital facilities - two in Allentown and one in Bethlehem, Pa.; nine health centers caring for communities in four counties; numerous primary and specialty care physician practices throughout the region; pharmacy, imaging and lab services; and preferred provider services through Valley Preferred. Specialty care includes trauma care at the region's busiest, most-experienced trauma center treating adults and children, burn care at the regional Burn Center, kidney and pancreas transplants; perinatal/neonatal, cardiac, cancer, and neurology and complex neurosurgery capabilities including national certification as a Comprehensive Stroke Center. Children's Hospital at Lehigh Valley Hospital, the only children's hospital in the region, provides care in 28 specialties and general pediatrics. Lehigh Valley Health Network has been recognized by US News & World Report for 17 consecutive years as one of America's Best Hospitals and is a national Magnet hospital for excellence in nursing. Lehigh Valley Health Network's Cancer Center is one of only 21 sites nationwide that partners with the national Cancer Institute's Community Cancer Centers Program. Additional information is available at lvhn.org and by following us on facebook.com/LVHealthNetwork and twitter.com/LVHN_MediaTeam.
The IronPigs open their 2014 home campaig on Monday, April 7 at 5:05 p.m. against the Buffalo Bisons at Coca-Cola Park. The 2014 IronPigs season is presented by Capital BlueCross.
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Brawling At The PumpsMark Ivey
Brooks Smith thought he had hit bottom last August. As president of Bay Oil Co., a Dickinson (Tex.) gasoline distributor that supplies 50 filling stations, he gasped when President Bush urged oil companies to freeze pump prices after Iraq invaded Kuwait. But wholesale costs kept rising. And unlike the majors, he didn't have refining or crude production operations to make up for the squeeze at the pumps.
Eventually, fuel prices fell to earth. But now, Chevron Corp. has cut its credit-card surcharge and picked a fight with Exxon Corp. His margins pinched anew, Smith wonders when normalcy will return. "The majors are at war," he says. "No one knows when it'll end."
It's a newfangled version of a good ol' gas war. Posted prices in most places aren't low: The average self-serve tab for unleaded regular is up 4~ since early March, to $1.12 a gallon, reports St. Paul-based Computer Petroleum Corp. But wholesale costs have jumped 9~ a gallon. And in such big cities as Houston and Los Angeles, some companies are playing hardball with pump prices below $1 a gallon--and a slew of come-ons for customers (table).
With the recession, gas demand fell 2% in 1990--the first drop since 1984--and another 2.1% in the first quarter. So Big Oil is reacting. After losing market share to Atlantic Richfield Co., which in 1982 cut prices by eliminating credit-card sales, Chevron last year dropped its 3% fee to process card sales in California. With the resulting lower prices, it claims to have enlisted 196,000 new card customers. In March, Chevron took the idea to Houston, Atlanta, and other cities, where it has aimed ads at such rivals as Exxon, which charges credit-card customers more.
Exxon is returning fire, slashing prices and giving $1 off for pumping eight gallons or more. "Exxon's determined to be 2~ cheaper than Chevron," says E. W. Wehman Jr., president of the Texas Oil Marketers Assn. That has set others on edge. BP America cut its card fee on the West Coast; Texaco and Amoco won't say, but some people in the business expect them to join in.
SPECIAL DEALS. While price wars eat profits, majors get help from oil production and refining. Pure retailers aren't so lucky. They claim majors are giving their own stations special deals. Smith says Texaco Inc. and Chevron charge him 67~ a gallon wholesale. Add 29~ in taxes, and he's at 96~--before overhead. Yet he has seen company stations post 94~. "My customers are all asking me if I'm gouging them," he says.
Don't look for the majors to back off just yet. But, says Gordon H. Thomson, vice-president of marketing at Exxon USA, the rein on prices should soon coax drivers back to their cars. And higher demand could halt the gas war faster than you can say Norman Schwarzkopf.


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Efficacy and Safety Evaluation of Azimilide Dihydrochloride in Patients With Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators
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Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) have been developed to treat ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation (abnormal heart rhythms) by electrical shock or by pacing the heart. ICD therapy is established as highly effective for stopping life-threatening arrhythmias, but it does not preclude the use of anti-arrhythmic drugs for prevention and to decrease the frequency of ICD shocks.
The safety and effectiveness of oral azimilide dihydrochloride in reducing the frequency of ICD shocks has been investigated previously in a placebo-controlled study in patients with ICDs. These results need to be confirmed in this larger double-blind, placebo-controlled study with approximately 600 patients.
Drug: Azimilide Dihydrochloride
Drug: placebo
Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double Blind (Participant, Investigator)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Efficacy and Safety Evaluation of Azimilide Dihydrochloride in Patients With Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators
- Reducing the recurrence of all-cause shocks plus symptomatic ATP [ Time Frame: one year ]
|Study Start Date:
|September 2001
|Study Completion Date:
|April 2004
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|April 2004 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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placebo tablet, once daily for one year
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75 mg azimilide
Drug: Azimilide Dihydrochloride
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Drug: Azimilide Dihydrochloride
125 mg azimilide, once a day for one year
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- Currently have an ICD implanted
- Have had a documented episode of symptomatic arrhythmias that triggered a spontaneous ICD shock within 180 days of randomization.
- If the ICD implant is recent, the patient must have had a documented episode of sustained arrhythmias or cardiac arrest within 42 days before implantation of the ICD
Exclusion criteria:
- have severe heart failure
- have a current diagnosis of psychosis
- use illicit drugs
- abuse alcohol
- if female, are currently breast feeding, or plan to become pregnant during the study
- are currently taking antiarrhythmic drugs or other drugs that prolong the QTc interval (a measurement taken from the ECG)
- creatinine >2.5 mg/dL (221 mmol/L)
- potassium <4.0 mEq or >5.5 mEq
- have a neutrophil count (ANC) < 100 mL (low count of a type of white blood cell) at time of randomization
- have 2 or more consecutive QTc values >440 msec
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|Jose M Brum, MD
|Procter and Gamble
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|Jose Brum, MD, Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals
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|May 3, 2002
|Last Updated:
|September 30, 2011
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Anti-Arrhythmia Agents
Calcium Channel Blockers
Membrane Transport Modulators
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
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