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what do you expect??? its heart of the AMISH country….that time warp of the 1800s,
where if a son or daughter comes out as 'gay'…they are SHUNNED…which means EVERYONE connected with them, and their entire life..will no longer speak to them..'its over'
Im NOT making this up…check out their history and customs…(being gay is being DEVIL POSSESED)
If they don't like the paper and the community standards then they should move to a place that will welcome their lives. Same-sex marriage is not even legal in PA in the first place.
Codyj is correct. Corruption and intolerance go hand-in-hand in these here parts of rural PA; even in the suburban/urban cunt-y county seat. The conservative politics and religiosity are not really the "good PR" that the newspaper's editorship and Board might believe, though, and they will find out just how much they have strained OUR tolerance sooner rather than later.
Eveeybody knows that the aside from a fraction of Harrisburg, (the state capital) PA is like the U.S. liberal on the coasts, Phiily and Pittsburgh, and the middle is a strange combo of Mississippi and Kansas…
@Colin: So, 60 years ago, would you have told blacks
to move back to Africa?
lancaster has a pride festival and a VERY gay community.. they're going to hear about this..
I lived in Lancaster, Pennsylvania for nearly 10 years from the mid-90's to 2005 with my male partner and during that time I found that the people of that city were the most close minded of any I have ever seen with my next store neighbor sliding anti-gay leaflets under our doors and telling us to our faces that she was praying for our immortal souls on a weekly basis to a Century-21 real Estate Agent say that neither us nor any of 'our kind' were welcome in Lancaster or Lancaster County and if it were up to her we'd never find housing anywhere within 150 miles of that city. I only stayed for the job but got out when it got absolutely intollerable. They wave the flag and claim to be American but hate Americans … and I am a Vietnam veteran with an honorable discharge.
@abel: Yes. In fact I'd still tell them that today.
George Deeming that's BS. I also have lived in Lancaster for a lot longer than you do and we have a very large LGBT community here and people are accepting of LGBT people here even the Amish.
Colin is a homophobic and rac!st fuck. Go back into your troll cave. I'm black and I guess you would have told my grandparents to go back to Africa.
Also Colin why the fcuk should I go back to Africa just because I'm black? They kill gay and bisexual men there! They hate Americans in a lot of African countries! STFU you rac!st troll. Not everyone that's LGBT wants to or can just afford to up and move and we certainly don't want to live in a GLBT ghetto.
Lately on all sites there have been people like Colin going in and attacking gays and their lives. His sole purpose is to make everyone feel as uneasy as possible.
The paper reversed its decision!
Statement from Publisher Harold E. Miller
A Message from Lancaster Newspapers
Lancaster Newspapers' mission is to provide a means to communicate news and information directly to all residents of Lancaster County. We recognize that while our readers have many different interests and values, every reader looks to us to weave news and information of Lancaster County's people into a daily chronicle of our community.
Engagement, marriage and anniversary announcements are meaningful expressions of love and caring and deserve to be published. We have reconsidered our previous position on this issue and we will publish
all such announcements within our Celebrations pages in the Sunday News. We are publishing these announcements without passing judgment, in an effort to fully serve our community and all of our readers.
We appreciate the many comments we received on this issue. Interacting with our readers has been and will continue to be very important to us.
Harold Miller
Harold E. Miller, Thanks for including everyone in your Celebrations pages of your newspaper. It takes courage to stand up to hatred and bigotry. I applaud your leadership.
Haven't heard that "community standards" line in a long time. As I remember it was applied to pornography, so the reference is clear by the publisher. Gay people are obscene.
It was his leadership of hate that led to this policy in the first place. The only thing worth applauding is that he didn't double-down on this policy. It was only changed due to negative feedback and ultimately, profits.
At least the newspaper is now going to run the announcement. I agree with 1equalityUSA this man is standing up against hate and bigotry.
I don't take my moral compass from a community that supports puppy mills and the abuse of animals for profit.
@Colin: "Yes. In fact I'd still tell them that today."
Well, I'd tell you to go back to school, but I'm guessing you never went. :)
@Brandon: "Not everyone that's LGBT wants to or can just afford to up and move…"
Don't get upset. It's just Colin's way of getting people to leave their homes to live in places like his hick town. That way, the population will grow and he wouldn't have to keep breeding with his second cousins.
@Macmantoo: That's because they're losing ground. It is that simple.
It's Lancaster. It's become more progressive, but still has a ways to go. I'm putting in my engagement notice to the Wilkes-Barre, PA area papers soon. Hope I have better luck.
CEO Harold Miller is a vile little prick. I'd like to look at his sexual history. We may find out things that he or his wife won't like. I've got people doing research.
I'm glad to see Mr. Miller has reversed his decision, but his initial decision (the rejection of the announcement) was most certainly not under the umbrella of "the most typical behavior of the Lancaster community." As a citizen of Lancaster and a former member of our Pride board, I promise you that the city at large does not share Mr. Miller's views. The mayoral office, the local representatives, and the businesses are all incredibly LGBT-affirming, and Lancaster is actually one of the municipalities in PA that, in lieu of statewide protection, has opted to pass non-discrimination policies that protect LGBT people within city limits.
Mr. Miller is out of touch. Perhaps he should actually speak with the people that buy his paper instead of guessing what he thinks they want.
@Colin: Another element of stupidity from Collin. Yes, lets have every gay in the United States move to MA. Maybe they like where they are living and just want to change it for the better?
@Macmantoo: Lately, this has happened since there was an internet. There have always been anti-gay trolls on gay sites. I remember this from the time I first discovered gay sites and that was sometime in 1997. At this point, they come across as rather humorous. They have to step up their efforts now though since it is quite obvious that they already lost in the realm of public opinion.
How about we take every single homophobe in the country and move them to Kansas. It would be allot easier than moving every gay person and their allies since that is like a good 75% of the population.
@Scott Shumaker: Translation:
Our sponsors were pissed because we showed ourselves as homophobic asshats, and that means that people might think they are homophobic as well, and since the gay dollar speaks highly in this country they want to avoid pissing off the group with the most disposable income.
We got a lot of backlash from our subscribers as well because the ones that are not gay know someone that is and were pissed off. They started cancelling subscriptions.
Since we are already on a shoestring budget and spend more than we take in, we can not afford to lose our subscribers and our sponsors just because we are homophobic, and that means that this time we will backpedal and print this even though we absolutely do not agree with it.
@George Deeming: You should of reported the Century-21 agent to the PA. Board of Realtors. What the agent said to you is illegal and should of been investigated and their license revocked.
Tyed too fast. I meant revoked.
only 355 signed the petition. Such great support!
@Colin: Americans have a long tradition of taking a stand and fighting for equal rights, not running.
The newspaper decided last night to reverse its decision. It will now print the engagement announcements.
@Colin: way to blame the victims.
When I heard that there was actually a newspaper that was willing to take a stand against homosexuality, I was pleased to hear that. Someone willing to take a stand and go against political correctness of this world. God intended marriage to be one man and one woman. There are no other combinations in the Bible; none. But you, Mr. Miller, have caved in to the pressure that these individuals put on your paper. You should be ashamed of your self. Where is your back bone? I was always taught that you must stand for something because if you don't you will fall for anything. You know if you had stood strong on this issue, you may have found that there would have been support for you in the community that is proudly straight. God does not honor those who do wrong and by giving into this issue, Mr. Miller, you are doing wrong and you are not honoring God or be doing what you should to bring honor and glory to the Kingdom of God.


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KINGSFORD - After suffering serious injuries in a traffic accident in May, Rich Koski of Florence, Wis., thought that his career in training emergency responders was over.
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Sgt. Joseph Menghini of the Kingsford Public Safety Department, left, presents a Lifesaving Award to Rich Koski, center, for his efforts in saving the life of Bryan Toedter, right. Koski, a long-time paramedic, performed CPR on Toedter when he suffered a heart attack during a recent auction event in Kingsford.
It was a Nov. 2 incident in Kingsford that offered him the inspiration to continue.
Koski was at an auction when he noticed that a man standing behind him was suffering from a heart attack. Though his arm was in a brace and he hadn't knelt down since his accident, Koski sprang into action and began performing CPR.
With the help of others at the scene, Koski was able to assist the man until ambulance personnel arrived.
On Friday, the Kingsford Public Safety Department presented Koski with a Lifesaving Award for his efforts. Also present was the man whose life he helped save, Bryan Toedter of Iron Mountain.
Toedter expressed his gratitude to Koski, Kingsford Public Safety, and the medical staff who treated him.
"I appreciate everything everyone's done for me," he said.
Koski noted that Toedter's recovery has influenced his own.
For 40 years, Koski had been involved in the emergency medical services (EMS) field. He said that he also spent time teaching EMS to others in third world countries like Mexico, Peru, Bolivia, and Egypt.
All of that came to an end on May 26, when Koski was involved in a motorcycle versus car accident in L'Anse.
Koski said that he sustained fractures to his sternum, ribs, hip, pelvis, and femur. He added that his left arm was badly injured.
"I remember seeing myself and knowing I wasn't going to make it, I gave up and quit breathing," he said. "No one expected me to live."
Koski admitted that his recovery has been difficult.
"My progress has been incremental and my disabilities won't just go away, but Bryan has inspired the hope I almost lost," he said. "Bryan and I still have a long way to recovery and I am not sure how or when that will happen, but for me, it will be when I am back in Africa and South America with the dedicated people that became my family."
Koski hopes that his and Toedter's stories will inspire others to become first responders or at least learn some emergency medical techniques.
"With CPR, the first three minutes are critical," said Koski. "The more people who are trained, the more it works."
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How many times you have seen these sold as Loetz, with the corresponding price tag? I do not buy shades to store them in a cabinet.
My living room actually has 31 in place! And I like to rotate them. So I go
for sets, which I have laboriously amassed over long periods of time. Some fit a 2.25" fitter (the first three) and others the 3" fitters (the last three). Their beauty lays in their being used in sets, so get yourself a nice 4 shade fixture and play.
By the way, there was a time I had mostly Nuart shades. But these really go with iridescent Czech glass!
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If people could just keep their hands to themselves, and leave other people's stuff alone ... .
On Sunday, March 10, there were 11 assaults and a sexual assault. Then, there were 22 thefts or property damage reports. In all, 48 crime reports.
Here are crimes reported Sunday in Grand Rapids. The information is preliminary, and could change with further investigation. The information is available through Grand Rapids Police Department's crime-mapping system. Not every report is necessarily listed.
Related:Alcohol, drugs top crimes: Grand Rapids police crime log
12:01 a.m.: Street robbery, weapon, 4200 block Kalamazoo Avenue SE.
12:27 a.m.: 600 block Henry Avenue SE.
12:37 a.m.: Marijuana sale, 900 block Kalamazoo Avneue SE.
12:40 a.m.: "Super drunk" driving, blood-alcohol over 0.17 percent, East Fulton Street.
12:45 a.m.: Open intoxicants in motor vehicle (driver), Bridge Street NW.
12:46 a.m.: Burglary, forced entry of non-residence, 3100 block Kalamazoo Avenue
12:58 a.m.: Assault and battery, Lane Avenue NW.
1:35 a.m.: Drunken driving, College Avenue NE.
1:40 a.m.: Marijuana use, Lexington Avenue NW.
2:05 a.m.: Second-degree criminal sexual assault (forcible contact)
2:07 a.m.: Assault and battery, 1000 block Jennette Avenue NW.
2:35 a.m.: Marijuana possession, open intoxicants in vehicle (driver), Arianna Street
2:36 a.m.: Assault, 200 block Market Avenue SW.
2:55 a.m.: Drunken driving, Lane Avenue NW.
3 a.m.: Marijuana use, 1000 block Jennette Avenue NW.
3:10 a.m.: Criminal damage to property, 200 block Ann Street NW.
6:12 a.m.: Assault and battery, 1300 block Elmdale Street NE.
9:30 a.m.: Larceny of property from vehicle, 800 block Walsh Street SE.
9:45 a.m.: Larceny of property from vehicle, 700 block Tulip Street SW.
10:30 a.m.: Burglary, no forced entry of residence, 300 block Front Avenue SW.
11:27 a.m.: Larceny, 4300 block Poinsettia Avenue SE.
11:27 a.m.: Assault and battery, 1900 block Ball Avenue NE.
12:05 p.m.: Retail fraud, 600 block Bridge Street.
12:24 p.m.: (2) Larceny, 700 block London Street SW.
12:35 p.m.: Retail fraud, 1500 block 28th Street SE.
1:14 p.m.: Retail fraud, 1900 block East Beltline Avenue NE.
1:31 p.m.: Assault and battery, 300 block South Division Avenue NE.
2:08 p.m.: Burglary, forced entry of residence, 1500 block Broadway Avenue NW.
3:15 p.m.: Burglary, forced entry of residence, 1900 block Thelma Avenue SE.
5:26 p.m.: Careless, reckless firing of weapon, 900 block Aberdeen Street NE.
5:40 p.m.: Synthetic narcotic possession, Diamond Avenue NE.
6:26 p.m.: Assault and battery, 100 block South Division Avenue.
8:25 p.m.: Marijuana use, 800 block Eastern Avenue SE.
9 p.m.: Assault and battery, 1400 block Paris Avenue SE.
9:02 p.m.: Street robbery with gun,1000 block Caulfield Avenue SW.
10:33 p.m.: Criminal damage to private property, 500 block Prospect Avenue NE.
10:52 p.m.: Marijuana use, Monroe Center NW.
11 p.m.: Assault and battery, 500 block Prospect Avenue NE.
11:30 p.m.: Criminal damage to private property, assault and battery, 800 block Logan
Street SE.
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August 2012
G-Braves Homestand Highlights: August 6-13
The Gwinnett Braves return home to Coolray Field for an eight-game homestand that will begin on Monday, August 6 and conclude on Monday, August 13. The G-Braves will host the International League South's second place club, the Norfolk Tides (August 6-9) for the first four games, then will welcome former G-BraveTodd Redmond back to town with his new team, the Louisville Bats (August 10-13) for a four-game series.
Gwinnett outfielder Stefan Gartrell is on fire at the plate, having hit .395 with six home runs and 14 RBIs in July. His steady teammate and 2012 All-Star Ernesto Mejia leads the team in most offensive categories including home runs (22) and RBIs (75). Jose Constanza and his IL-best .324 batting average is back with Gwinnett after a brief call-up to Atlanta. Constanza broke the Gwinnett Braves franchise record with a 22-game hitting streak the last time he was in Lawrenceville. Gwinnett's starting rotation hasn't looked more dominant than it has lately with the added presence of Randall Delgado, who is coming off a 10-strikeout win against the IL South leading Charlotte Knights. Atlanta's first round pick from 2011, left-hander Sean Gilmartin made his Triple-A debut with Gwinnett on the road trip and is currently slated to make his home debut on Friday, August 10 vs. Louisville.
The upcoming homestand features plenty of discounts and activities, including "Bike Night" on August 8, WAGA Fox 5 Friday Fireworks and "Beach Night" on August 10 and "Outdoor Night" featuring a Tailgate Stool giveaway sponsored by Charter Business and Telemundo on August 11.
Here's a look at the homestand:
Photo courtesy of Chris Roughgarden
Monday, August 6
Norfolk Tides (Baltimore Orioles) vs. Gwinnett Braves, 7:05 PM
National Anthem performed by: Breanna Smith
- Kids Eat Free Monday – All kids 12 and under will receive a voucher for a free hot dog, a bag of chips and a small soda.
- 11Alive Olympic Broadcast – 11Alive will be hosting a live Olympic broadcast from 5 to 6 PM. Come at 4:30 PM and have a chance to be on live TV, giving reaction to the events and even participating in Olympic Trivia! Paid admission is required for participants.
Tuesday, August 7
Norfolk Tides (Baltimore Orioles) vs. Gwinnett Braves, 7:05 PM
National Anthem performed by: Natalie Francingues
- 2 for 1 Tuesday – Save up to 50% off tickets by visiting GwinnettBraves.com/Tuesday. Print your coupon from home and present it at the Box Office to redeem!
Wednesday, August 8
Norfolk Tides (Baltimore Orioles) vs. Gwinnett Braves, 7:05 PM
- National Anthem performed by: Hayley Oliver
- Presenting Sponsors: Save-A-Lot
- Winning Wednesday – Attend our Wednesday game for a chance to win big. If the G-Braves are victorious, everyone in attendance will receive a special discount offer on future game tickets presented by Georgia Lottery.
- Baseball Bingo – The first 1,500 fans through the gates will be able to participate to win prizes.
- Bike Night – Motor on over to Coolray Field for a pre-game ride around the field and enjoy the motorcycle vendors on the concourse. All participants in the ride around the field must have an Infield Box ticket. Please call 678-277-0350 for more details.
Thursday, August 9
Norfolk Tides (Baltimore Orioles) vs. Gwinnett Braves, 7:05 PM
- National Anthem performed by: Destiny Roberts
- Presenting Sponsors: Tyson® Any'Tizers® Snacks
- $3 Thursday – Kick-off the weekend right with $3 food and drink specials all game long. All general admission berm seating is also just $3 on Thursdays.
Friday, August 10
Louisville Bats (Cincinnati Reds) vs. Gwinnett Braves, 7:05 PM
- Presenting Sponsors: 12Stone Church
- Beach Night – Put on your hula skirts and coconuts to join us for Beach Night. The Gwinnett Braves will get tropical with beachy music, movie clips and plenty of fun music to keep you dancing all game.
- Fox 5 Friday Fireworks – Join us for a spectacular fireworks display that will light up the sky immediately following the G-Braves game.
Saturday, August 11
Louisville Bats (Cincinnati Reds) vs. Gwinnett Braves, 7:05 PM
- National Anthem performed by: Charter Business
- Presenting Sponsors: Charter Business & Telemundo
- Outdoor Night/Family Campout – Join the G-Braves for Outdoors Night, as we welcome families to campout on the field after the game. Call the Group Sales office (678) 277-0340 for more details. All participants must fill out a form.
- Tailgate Stool Giveaway – First 2,000 fans through the gates will receive a G-Braves tailgate stool.
Photo courtesy of Chris Roughgarden
Sunday, August 12
Louisville Bats (Cincinnati Reds) vs. Gwinnett Braves, 5:05 PM
- Presenting Sponsors: Univision
- Family Sunday – Bring your ball and glove for a pre-game catch in the outfield starting when the gates open and lasting for 20 minutes. All kids 12 and under will get to run the bases following the game.
- Summer Safety – The Gwinnett Braves will be recognizing organizations that fund or run safety programs for children.
Monday, August 13
Louisville Bats (Cincinnati Reds) vs. Gwinnett Braves, 7:05 PM
- Kids Eat Free Monday – All kids 12 and under will receive a voucher for a free hot dog, a bag of chips and a small soda.
Tickets for all Gwinnett Braves home games are on sale now at the Coolray Field Box Office. Call (678) 277-0340 or visit gwinnettbraves.com for more information.
By: Tony Piraro
Want To Be on The 11Alive News?
LAWRENCEVILLE, GA – From 5 to 6 PM on Monday, August 6, Gwinnett Braves fans are invited to participate in 11Alive's live coverage of the 2012 Olympic Games at Coolray Field. Olympic Trivia, reaction to the events and a contest for the most creative poster that has an Olympic and 11Alive theme will all be opportunities for G-Braves fans to win prizes and be on live TV!
Participation in the live broadcast requires a ticket for that night's 7:05 PM game against Norfolk. The crowd starts forming at 4:30 PM, so make sure to be at Coolray Field early.
Monday night is also "Kids Eat Free" night at Coolray Field, where all kids 12 and under will receive a voucher for a free hot dog, a bag of chips and a small soda. Tickets for the game are on sale now at the Coolray Field Box Office by calling (678) 277-0340 or visiting gwinnettbraves.com.
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Gearrin Promoted, Constanza Back to Gwinnett
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Gwinnett Braves closer Cory Gearrin has once again been promoted to the Atlanta Braves amidst mass injuries to the pitching staff. Meanwhile, the Gwinnett franchise record holder with his 22-game hit streak, Jose Constanza is back and ready to provide the G-Braves offense with a spark.
However, the Gwinnett offense doesn't need much of anything lately, as Stefan Gartrell and Ernesto Mejia have carried the team on their collective back. Gartrell is one of the hottest hitters in the International League for July, hitting .395 with six home runs and 14 RBI. For the season, the steady Mejia is leading the team in most offensive categories, including home runs (22) and RBI (75). Felix Pie is coming off the most impressive game by a G-Brave hitter in 2012, bashing the first grand slam of the season for a Gwinnett player, as he registered a team-high six RBI in one game against Durham.
For as explosive as the Gwinnett offense is becoming, in the same respect the G-Braves bullpen is not as deep as it once was in 2012. Jaye Chapman was just dealt to the Chicago Cubs, alongside the promotion of Gearrin to Atlanta, two of the most consistent arms in the G-Braves bullpen are now history. Anthony Varvaro takes over as the best arm in the Gwinnett bullpen, aside from his left-handed counterpart Dusty Hughes. Both will have expanded roles moving forward into the final month of the IL regular season.
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With injuries to Tommy Hanson and Jair Jurrjens, who were both placed on the DL this week for the Braves, Atlanta is presently deprived of pitching depth. Thus the move of Chapman and Arodys Vizcaino to Chicago (NL) for Paul Maholm and Reed Johnson, as Atlanta needed a left-hander with rotation and bullpen versatility.
After recording the best record in the IL in the first month of the season, then falling into an IL-worst 15-game losing skid, the G-Braves have kept their heads up as the worst seems to be over. The offense, defense and pitching is getting better and they have only become more consistent in the second half of the season. Regardless of record, Gwinnett is making strides in many departments, namely developing their youngsters as Sean Gilmartin made his Triple-A debut this past week. The future is bright with the Atlanta Braves organization, however they have a chance at winning now, so they will take every precaution along the way to make sure they do just that.
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Shares of Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF ) hit a 52-week low on Wednesday. Let's take a look at how it got there and whether cloudy skies are still in the forecast.
How it got here
The retail sector has had it rather good over the past couple of months with warmer weather getting consumers out of their houses and into the stores sooner than expected. Abercrombie & Fitch, though, hasn't been nearly as lucky.
Abercrombie has struggled with multiple issues, including the rising costs of both expanding internationally and of raw materials (cotton), and stagnant growth in U.S. markets while its European stores struggle mightily. Uncertainty surrounding ongoing recessions in some European nations led Abercrombie's same-store sales to decline by 5% in its latest quarter and the company to forecast a single-digit comp decline for the remainder of the year.
Despite the ever-changing spending habits of consumers, what really stings about Abercrombie's new lows is that some of its peers are doing very well. American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE: AEO ) has more than doubled off its lows after reporting a 38% increase in adjusted EPS and an 18% rise in sales. Similarly, Zumiez (Nasdaq: ZUMZ ) , which sells apparel to the younger, more action-oriented crowd, has benefited from a string of double-digit same-store sales increases. Even Aeropostale (NYSE: ARO ) , a discount retailer that has had untold troubles controlling inventory levels and minimizing discounting, has doubled off its lows.
How it stacks up
Let's see how Abercrombie & Fitch stacks up next to its peers.
As you can see, the past five years have been brutally unkind to retailers -- even those like Zumiez that are currently outperforming their peers.
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I never thought the words would clear my mouth, but Abercrombie & Fitch is a borderline value play. I say "borderline" because the retailer's comps are heading in the wrong direction, and with 20% of its business tied to Europe, it could be in for more pain and lowered estimates in the very near future.
American Eagle, as always, it seems, continues to offer a premium dividend, but even I admit its valuation is getting a little pricey considering that the retail sector will be up against more reasonable comparisons now that we're out of the warm winter months.
Zumiez's success can be attributed almost entirely to its decimation of Pacific Sunwear (Nasdaq: PSUN ) , which is closing stores and cutting costs in an attempt to avoid bankruptcy and reorganize. Zumiez is the quickest growth retailer of the bunch based on same-store sales, but it's also the priciest based on forward earnings.
Aeropostale appears to be another reasonably priced retailer, but its affinity for using big discounts to move product is always a sore spot for long-term investors. Inevitably, Aeropostale's products will fail to be a hit and margins will take a huge hit when that merchandise is cleared out.
What's next
Now for the real question: What's next for Abercrombie & Fitch? That answer is going to depend on whether or not it can figure out how to grow its stagnant U.S. operations, and whether it can compete against lower-priced retailers like American Eagle that are offering styles similar to Abercrombie's. Unfortunately, teenage tastes are hard to predict, making Abercrombie's fortunes also difficult to predict.
Our very own CAPS community gives the company a dreaded one-star rating (out of five), with 71% of members who've rated it expecting it to outperform. Although I have yet to make a CAPScall on Abercrombie & Fitch, I'd be leaning toward a short-term underperform call and a long-term outperform call.
Investors need to face the facts that Abercrombie's brand name is no longer strong enough to carry its appeal among teenagers; price is also a factor. With its struggles in Europe coupled with lower-priced competition from American Eagle, Aeropostale, and others, Abercrombie is really going to need to redefine its brand image in order to get its sales moving in the correct direction again. I feel it has all of the tools to turn itself around; the question now is: Can it execute? When I see tangible results that signify it's executing again, I just may have a CAPScall of outperform waiting. Until then, I'll wait patiently on the sidelines.
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Cooper was driving south on Hooper Avenue through a green light at Silver Bay Road when DeJesus appeared in front of his car, Stocco said. He said Cooper tried to avoid hitting the bicyclist, who was not wearing a helmet. He said a witness reported seeing DeJesus crossing Hooper Avenue against a red traffic signal, Stocco said. He said DeJesus had consumed alcohol before the crash.
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They come in all shapes and sizes, for both military and commercial applications. Sikorsky recently uncovered an optionally piloted Black Hawk, adding to its Matrix Technology platform for the commercial side. Late last year AeroVironment reached an agreement with Airbus Helicopters (formerly Eurocopter) to develop unmanned systems, a few months after the first flight of the optionally manned EC145 in April 2013.
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AGAWAM - Barbara Foley is the 2014 recipient of the Anne Sullivan Award, given each year to a member of the Agawam St. Patrick's Committee.
Foley has worked on the float committee, written grants for the group and has been an outstanding member, helping wherever she is needed to promote all projects.
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The award is named for Anne Sullivan who was born in Agawam and went on to work with Helen Keller.
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The approval of the ITER project was accomplished at the Elysee Palace in Paris, where French president Jacques Chirac noted that "the growing shortage of resources and the battle against global warming demand a revolution in our ways of production and consumption." Many of the world leaders and leading scientists believe that nuclear fusion will be one of the primary sources of energy by the end of the century.
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SINCLAIRVILLE - Yvonne Park, local author, will be in the Sinclairville Free Library at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday to discuss her book, "Murder for Hire: My Brother's Story." This is the story of the murder of her brother, Ron Fisher, on June 27, 1980, the investigation and the trials of those responsible. For more information, visit www.cclslib.org/sinclairville.
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The following post comes to us from Karthik Balakrishnan and Holly Yang, both of the Department of Accounting at the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School, and Xi Li of the Fox School of Business at Temple University. A revised version of the paper by Holly Yang and Xi Li can be found here.
In the paper, Mandatory Financial Reporting Environment and Voluntary Disclosure: Evidence from Mandatory IFRS Adoption, which was recently made publicly available on SSRN, we investigate the interaction between mandatory financial reporting environment and voluntary disclosure by employing the mandatory adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in 2005 as an exogenous increase to mandatory reporting to examine changes in firms' voluntary disclosure practices. To measure voluntary disclosure, we focus on a discretionary action, namely the extent to which managers provide earnings forecasts, the most prominent performance measure that a firm supplies to investors. Ex-ante, it is unclear how the increase in reporting quality following the mandatory adoption of IFRS could influence management forecasts. On the one hand, mandatory financial reporting and voluntary disclosure can be complements, wherein the former produces verifiable information that improves the credibility of the latter and therefore encourages managers to issue more forecasts, i.e. the confirmatory role of mandatory reporting.
Prior studies document improved reporting quality following IFRS adoption, evidenced by earnings with lower manipulation and higher value relevance, timeliness, and information content. Therefore, given the evidence that IFRS improves the verifiability of earnings, the complementary view suggests that the mandatory adoption of IFRS should increase management forecasts. On the other hand, mandatory financial reporting and voluntary disclosure could also be substitutes, as private information that was previously conveyed through voluntary disclosure is now directly reflected in mandatory financial reports. Since IFRS produces more timely and value-relevant earnings numbers, the substitution effect predicts that the increased quality of financial reporting may reduce the demand for supplementary information from investors to predict future earnings. Therefore, IFRS adoption may also lead to fewer management forecasts.
We employ a difference-in-difference research design to examine the impact of mandatory adoption of IFRS on management earnings forecasts. Our treatment sample includes firms from 27 countries that mandated IFRS adoption in 2005 and our control sample includes firms from seven countries that did not mandate the adoption during our sample period. We compare the change in management forecasts issued by firms in the treatment and control samples after the adoption. We document an increase in the likelihood and frequency of management forecast issuance following the adoption in 2005 in our treatment sample relative to firms in the control group, suggesting a complementary effect between IFRS adoption and voluntary disclosure and the confirmatory role of mandatory reporting. This increase is statistically significant and is robust to various sample compositions addressing the concerns about data coverage, a country-level model specification addressing the concern about unevenly distributed samples across different economies, as well as an alternative control group including US firms.
There is considerable heterogeneity in the effects of IFRS due to the diversity in countries' institutional infrastructures. We exploit this cross-sectional heterogeneity to provide further evidence on the confirmatory role of reporting standards. Specifically, we focus on the differences in prior domestic GAAP and legal enforcement within the treatment group. If the positive impact of IFRS adoption on the mandatory reporting environment is larger in countries with bigger changes in accounting standards or stronger legal enforcement, then the confirmatory role of reporting standards predicts that the increase of voluntary disclosure will be greater in these countries. Consistent with this argument, we find that the increase in management forecasts following IFRS adoption is larger in countries where the difference between a country's prior domestic GAAP and IFRS is bigger or legal enforcement, measured by the rule of law index and the European Union membership, is stronger.
We next examine how the relation between mandatory reporting and voluntary disclosure shapes a firm's liquidity. We find that management forecasts are positively associated with liquidity, but only during the post-adoption period, supporting the complementary view that higher quality mandatory reporting enhances the credibility of voluntary disclosure and brings capital market benefits. More importantly, we also find that the increase in liquidity is stronger amongst firms that increased the level of management forecasts post-adoption of IFRS. This finding complements prior literature examining the economic consequences of IFRS by identifying an indirect mechanism through which mandatory IFRS adoption also affects capital markets. Lastly, we investigate whether the fair-value orientation of IFRS could adversely affect managers' incentives to issue management forecasts, by analyzing the differential effect of IFRS adoption on management forecasts for firms in financial and non-financial industries. The evidence does not suggest that management forecasting behavior differs across firms in financial and non-financial industries.
Our study makes three contributions. First, it adds to the literature that examines the interplay between mandatory financial reporting and voluntary disclosure. The mandatory adoption of IFRS is a compelling setting to examine this research question because it is an exogenously imposed event and is unlikely to be affected by firms' disclosure choice. The large scale of adoption, i.e., many companies and countries adopting IFRS at the same time, and the dramatic change in mandatory financial reporting enhances the statistical power of the setting. Further, we are able to exploit the variation in differences between prior domestic GAAP and IFRS across countries to investigate the association between voluntary disclosure and changes in mandatory financial reporting. Such a setting cannot be replicated by studies examining the change of voluntary disclosure following changes in accounting standards within a single country, such as the passage of Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) in the US in 2002. Without the cross-sectional variation in the degrees of changes in financial reporting, it is difficult to disentangle the effect of financial reporting reform from other contemporaneous events that may have a direct or indirect impact on voluntary disclosure. In sum, the mandatory adoption of IFRS in a group of heterogeneous countries serves as a pseudo- natural experiment and allows us to attempt at providing plausibly causal evidence between these two constructs.
Second, this paper adds to the literature that examines the effects of IFRS. Thus far, this stream of literature has focused only on properties of mandated disclosure and has ignored the possible impact of the regulatory reform on voluntary disclosure. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to examine the impact of IFRS on voluntary disclosure. Further, prior studies generally document a positive effect of IFRS adoption on analysts' information environment and capital markets. However, our finding that voluntary disclosure increases after IFRS adoption suggests that the capital market effects of IFRS are partially attributable to improved voluntary disclosure, as it also has positive impacts on the information environment and liquidity. Specifically, our finding that the liquidity benefits of IFRS are greater for firms that increase their voluntarily disclosure levels suggests the existence of an indirect mechanism by which IFRS has impacted capital markets.
Third, this paper also contributes to the literature on management forecasts. So far, extant research on management forecasts is mainly based on US data and there is very limited evidence outside the US. Examples of studies that examine management forecasts outside the US include Baginski, Hassell, and Kimbrough [2002] examining forecasts in Canada, Kato, Skinner, and Kunimura [2009] examining forecasts in Japan, Radhakrishnan, Tsang, and Yang [2012] examining forecasts around the world, and Huang, Li, Tse, and Tucker [2012] examining forecasts in China. Our study extends this literature by presenting large-sample evidence on management forecasting behavior in a large number of economies in Europe and Asia Pacific.
The full paper is available for download here.


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Serious Education ... plus the most fun you can have in metal finishing.
What paint do I use on a metal mailbox?++++
I am going to be painting on a metal mailbox. I need to know how to prep it and what type of paints are best to use. I also would like to know what to put on after I am done to prevent any peeling. I've never painted on metal before and have the simplest of resources. HELP.Amy Gerardi
hobbyist - Greenfield Center, New York, United States
It's not a complicated thing, Amy. Go to the hardware store or paint store and look for the aisle of Rustoleum, or Krylon, or other consumer-oriented project paints. Find one that says it okay for metal (or has a picture of it applied to metal), in either a spray can or a small can for brush-on (your preference). The instructions on the back will tell you to scrape or sand loose paint and rust, and to wash and rinse. Just follow the instructions on the can. I don't think you want to put anything on top of the paint, because peeling is not caused by a shrink-wrap effect breaking, it's caused by poor adhesion of the paint to the mailbox.
Ted Mooney, P.E. RET
Pine Beach, New Jersey
We have a mailbox with enamel paint (brand new) and want to repaint it. What is your recommendation for type of paint? I have seen suggestions for acrylic and latex. Does it have to be sandpapered first if there is no flaky paint?
Thank youStephanie Sears
- Dalton, Massachusetts
February 5, 2009
I'd like to mention that I just did a little project to spruce up the ol' mailbox. I just a combination of Krylon, Osh's brand, and some cheap Walmart stuff. If your going to use any of these spray paints I'd suggest getting a sanding block from 3M. Usually any ultra fine grit will do. I have a 320 grit and a 400 grit. Really if your only going to spray 1 color then you just want to knock down the "shine" or the gloss on the mail box. If you have cracking paint because of abuse and weather whipped then I'd rather go down to bare metal and spray a nice primer spray then scuff with said block and then the final coat. I just took the masking tape off of my box and I am going to level everything tomorrow afternoon with a 1000grit then 1500grit sandpaper. If I can find a way I'll post pictures. Hope some of what I just wrote is of some help to someone :) Cheers!Simon Hernandez
- Hesperia, California, USA


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Was it an accurate barometer of Andy Pettitte's future or simply a comment in need of clarification?
Yankees GM Brian Cashman turned some heads at the owners' meetings in Paradise Valley, Ariz., when he told reporters that the 38-year-old southpaw has "chosen at this stage at least not to start in 2011," the New York Daily News is reporting.
Here's the entire quote:
"I don't think he's determined if he's officially finished or not, but he's chosen at this stage at least not to start in 2011. If that ever changes he'll call us. We're not going to hound him or bother him."
Cashman then clarified his statement to add nothing has changed regarding the situation and he's still awaiting word from the pinstripe mainstay.
In 21 starts last season, Pettitte went 11-3 with a 3.28 ERA -- solid numbers considering he was hampered by injuries.
If the season were to begin today, the Yankees' starting rotation would consist of just three proven commodities: CC Sabathia, A.J. Burnett and Phil Hughes.
Ivan Nova, a 23-year-old with 47 innings pitched on his resume, would be the favorite for the fourth spot, while the likes of Andre Brackman, Dellin Betances, Adam Warren, Hector Noesi and southpaw Manny Banuelos would vie for the final slot.
What do you think, SILive'ers?
Do the Yankees have enough pitching without Pettitte?


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"It is tremendously exciting to see detailed images of this asteroid for the first time," radar astronomer Lance Benner of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. said in a NASA release. "With radar we can transform an object from a point of light into a small world with its own unique set of characteristics."1998 QE2 wasn't named for the Queen Elizabeth 2, but the famous ship makes a good point of comparison. The asteroid is nine times the length of the ocean liner or about 1.7 miles across. Between May 30 and June 9, radar astronomers using NASA's 230-foot-wide Deep Space Network antenna at Goldstone, Calif., and the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico are planning a series of observations.
What 1998 QE2 will look like, no one knows, but previous asteroids have resembled dog bones, bowling pins and potatoes. We do know 1998 QE2 won't be this close to Earth again for two centuries.
NASA has ramped up its budget for Near Earth Object (NEO) observations. Dozens of people are watching the skies at centers across the country including Huntsville's Marshall Space Flight Center. In 2016, the space agency plans to launch a probe to an asteroid, and there's talk of an astronaut visit to one in the next decade.
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August 05, 2005
Safety program receives national award
Six North Carolina Cooperative Extension agricultural agents and Sgt. Tom Futrell of the State Highway Patrol won national recognition for their "Be Seen and Be Safe" education program to help make farmers on rural roads more visible. The education program was a collaboration between Cooperative Extension and the Highway Patrol.
The group won the national Search for Excellence in Crop Production competition for the National Association of County Agricultural Agents. Those recognized as part of the team were Norman Harrell, Wilson County; Art Bradley, Edgecombe County; Ken Bateman, Johnston County Extension director; Charlie Tyson, Nash County; Louie Johnson, Greene County; and Mitch Smith, Pitt County Extension director.
The agents developed a training program to help farmers make their equipment more visible to motorists. Farmers who participated received a strobe light and other visibility materials for their farm equipment.
In addition, Fred Miller, Catawba County Extension director, was elected national vice president of the organization at the July meeting in Buffalo, N.Y. He is the first North Carolina agent to ever hold the position.
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What is in this article?:
Think different
- Yields from N forms are very similar, studies show, although anhydrous ammonia is the most stable form. Apply your chosen form as close to plant uptake as your operation allows.
- Preplant spring anhydrous ammonia is the best bet for reducing N loss.
- Manure showed the highest economic gain over any other N form.
- Sidedressing as a primary fertilizer source has big advantages in wet years when it's questionable whether a crop will be planted.
Spring ammonia wins ISA trials
Preplant spring anhydrous ammonia is the best bet for reducing N loss, says Kyveryga of his on-farm trials. The ISA On-Farm Network used late-season aerial imagery and cornstalk nitrate testing to estimate the size of N-deficient areas within 683 fields in a relatively dry 2006; 824 fields in a relatively wet 2007 and 828 fields in a very wet 2008.
More N from fall manure was required to reach optimal N values in cornstalk tests than from any other N source or timing in each year.
Fall-applied anhydrous ammonia required the second-highest amount of N for optimal cornstalk test status, while spring and sidedress applications consistently required the lowest amount of N. In the extremely wet 2008, most of the stalk samples from side-dressed UAN were N-deficient. But, sidedressing UAN also saved on total N needed to reach optimal cornstalk N values.
There was a higher probability for economic gain from adding more N (achieve an extra 5 bushels an acre from adding 50 pounds of N to manure rates farmers usually use) on manured fields than for any other form. This surprised Kyveryga, even after four years of 125 strip trials that he analyzed from a profit perspective. That was despite the fact that manured fields already had slightly higher N rates applied than any of the other N forms.


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Stars Hit Paris for Louis Vuitton Re-Opening
October 10, 2005
Hollywood's hottest stars gathered in Paris Sunday night for the party of the year. Uma Thurman, the face of Louis Vuitton, Sharon Stone, Salma Hayek, Winona Ryder and Catherine Deneuve were among the Tinseltown royalty who celebrated the grand re-opening of the spectacular, newly-renovated Louis Vuitton store.
Located on the famous Champs-Elysees, the flagship store is more than 20,000 square feet and seven stories of pure luxury. "It's a company that has a real sense of chic, a sense of style and a sense of graciousness in their design," Stone said.
In addition to selling clothes and leather goods, the store is a visual delight, housing an extraordinary art gallery and book store.
And to top off the re-opening, Louis Vuitton hosted a fashion show at the Petit Palais, lit with the famous LV initials, where Louis Vuitton Artistic Director Marc Jacobs showed his sexy spring collection.
"Every bit of visual technology seems to have been employed on this extraordinary building," Thurman said. "I loved the show, it was fantastic."


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|Publication number
|Publication type
|Application number
|Publication date
|16 Jul 1996
|Filing date
|1 Sep 1994
|Priority date
|1 Sep 1994
|Fee status
|Publication number
|Robert C. Stevens
|Original Assignee
|Stevens; Robert C.
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (27), Non-Patent Citations (2), Referenced by (36), Classifications (12), Legal Events (7)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
This application pertains to the art of catheters and the use thereof and more particularly relates to angiographic catheters and their use. The invention is particularly applicable to closed tip effect angiographic catheters and will be described with particular reference thereto. It is to be appreciated, however, that the invention has broader applications such as for use with any catheters or other conduits having an open ended tip through which opaque media can be injected into the desired blood vessels or target areas or through which pressures within the blood vessels or target areas may be monitored.
Most angiographic catheters have heretofore included an open ended tip through which an opaque media such as a dye is injected under pressure into a blood vessel or artery. The opening is also used in certain situations to monitor the fluid pressures within the blood vessel where necessary. The opening on the catheter tip proved useful in applications where a guide wire is used to aide in advancing the catheter tip to the desired target vessel. The guide wire itself is positioned within the vessel e.g. femoral artery via the percutaneous technique.
The percutaneous or Seldinger technique involves first puncturing through the outer body tissues and into the vessel of choice such as the femoral artery. After the needle is placed within the vessel of choice, a guide wire, usually formed of stainless steel, is passed through the needle opening and into the vessel. Next, the needle is withdrawn from the vessel and out of the body over the guide which remains lodged in part within the vessel. After the needle has been removed, the open tip end of the catheter is threaded over the guide and into the blood vessel. The guide, at this point, can be withdrawn through the hollow tubular opening of the catheter. At this point in the procedure, a lead end of the catheter is inserted into the vascular system without the necessity to cut open or otherwise sever the blood vessel to gain entry. Often times, however, the guide and catheter are advanced together or otherwise in cooperative unison in order to position the distal end of the open tip catheter through the branching vessel openings to the area to be studied.
In heart studies such as investigations of the coronary arteries, it is necessary most often to study the left ventricle. In this particular application, the flexible catheter may have to be passed over a more rigid guide wire in order to cross a stenotic heart valve and into the ventricle whereat a large amount of opaque media is delivered in a very short period of time. One undesirable result of this large amount of fluid delivery over a short period of time is that the catheter tip "jets" or "whips" within the ventricle. Such movement can dislodge the catheter tip from the ventricle or worse, cause damage to the heart.
In order to provide a catheter which does not exhibit the "jetting" or "whipping" such as present in the open tip catheters, a "pigtail" or curved tip catheter is being used. Although these catheters address the problem of whipping, they are perhaps the most dangerous of all catheters because of their geometry. Numerous side holes are formed in the tip of the catheter in addition to the open tip end which is usually several centimeters downstream of the side holes. Although a saline drip or flush is used to clear the openings in the catheter and prevent clotting as discussed in conjunction with the open tip catheters above, it is not always possible to entirely flush or clear the "pigtail" area. This is because the cross-sectional area of the side hole openings of non-whip catheters such as the pigtail are about twenty times greater than the tip end opening. Accordingly, most of the saline drip or flush never realizes an exit through the tip opening.
The relative ratios of the hole openings in the pigtail catheters are deliberate. The small tip end opening combined with the 360� loop of the tip forward of the side holes encourages a lateral fluid flow. This arrangement maintains the catheter in a stationary position as the opaque media is injected therethrough.
The principle problem with pigtail type catheters is that it is difficult to maintain the catheter tip free of blood clots forming thereat. In addition, the pigtail catheters are rather difficult to pass over a guide wire which is used to introduce the catheter into the entry vessel.
The present invention contemplates a new and improved closed tip effect angiographic catheter apparatus which overcomes all of the above referred problems and others and provides an angiographic catheter combining the best features of both the closed and open tip catheters described above.
In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a catheter apparatus including an elongate hollow tubular body portion formed of a flexible polymeric material and adapted to conduct a fluid flow therethrough. A thin flexible sealing member is located on a distal end of the elongate hollow tubular body portion for restricting the fluid flow through the tip end. The sealing member is adapted for remaining closed even under pressure. This encourages lateral flow which is most desirable.
Further in accordance with the invention, the sealing member on the distal end of the elongate hollow tubular body portion is adapted to be pierced if needed by a guide wire within the tubular body portion during a surgical procedure. The sealing member forms a fluid tight seal between the control wire and the catheter lumen.
The primary object of the instant invention is to provide an improved angiographic catheter that exhibits the best properties of both closed tip catheters as well as open tip devices.
A further object is the provision of a catheter having a sealing member on the distal end of the body portion that is adapted to be pierced by a guide wire where desired. This is useful in procedures such as where a guide wire must be used to cross a diseased or calcified heart valve where traditional catheters have difficulty penetrating.
Another object of the invention is the provision of a catheter tip which reduces or eliminates the quantity of fluid lost through the tip end. This encourages lateral flow through the side holes. With the tip end closed a saline drip or flushing will wash out the inside of the tip area and prevent clots from forming.
Still other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art upon a reading and understanding of the following detailed description.
The invention may take physical form in certain parts and arrangements of parts, the preferred embodiments and methods of which will be described in detail in this specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings which form a part hereof and wherein:
FIG. 1 is a side view of the distal end region of an angiographic catheter in accordance with the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the angiographic catheter of FIG. 1 taken along line 2--2;
FIG. 2a is a side view like FIG. 1 but showing a modified form of the invention;
FIG. 2b is an end view of the device of FIG. 2; and
FIG. 3 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the angiographic catheter of FIG. 1 taken along line 2--2 with a guide wire received therein; preferred embodiment of present invention.
Referring now to the drawings wherein the showings are for the purposes of illustrating the preferred embodiments and methods of the invention only and not for the purposes of limiting same, the figures show the end portion of an angiographic catheter 10 including an elongate hollow tubular body portion 12 formed of a flexible polymeric material and having a plurality of side discharge holes 13. In the usual manner, a coupling member is arranged on the proximal end of the tubular body portion 12 (not shown) for connection to a liquid injection device (not shown).
The tubular body portion 12 of the catheter 10 comprises a distal tip 14 which obstructs the flow of fluid through the distal tip by means of a sealing member 20. As shown in the figure, the sealing member 20 is preferably essentially a membrane lying substantially in a plane transverse to the longitudinal axis L of the catheter 10. In the preferred embodiment, the sealing member 20 is formed of a softer polymeric material than the tubular body portion 12 of the catheter 10. Preferably, the softer polymeric material is polyurethane manufactured by B. F. Goodrich under the trade name Estane. This material exhibits a shore durometer of about 80A.
With reference now to FIG. 2 in conjunction with FIG. 1, a cross-sectional view of the angiographic catheter is illustrated whereby it can be seen that the sealing member 20, although substantially overall planar, forms a concave surface 22 at the distal tip 14 of the catheter 10. The concave surface defines a radius R1 of 3/4 in. Since the surface is concave, the sealing member 20 is thinnest and, therefore, least resilient at its center which is preferably coincident with the central longitudinal axis L of the catheter 10.
The sealing member 20 attaches to the distal tip 14 of the catheter 10 around its periphery at an annular shoulder region 30 which is preferably formed of the same polymeric material as the tubular body portion 12. The shoulder region 30 is fashioned to form a blunt or "bullet" frustoconical member adapted to be routed through blood vessels without producing damage by gouging or scratching. According to the preferred embodiment, the annular shoulder region 30 defines a second radius R2 of 1/2 in.
With continued reference to FIGS. 1 and 2, the tubular body portion 12 of the catheter be is gradually evenly tapered along a linear longitudinal region T for the purposes of increasing the flexibility of the distal tip 14 while, at the same time, permitting the catheter to be smoothly inserted first into then through the various branching blood vessels and arteries. The taper is slight but exaggerated in the figure for ease of understanding. Preferably, the outer diameter D1 of the typical tubular body portion is 0.092 in. At the distal tip 14 the outer diameter D2 of the catheter is 0.072 in. The tapered region T extends for 3 in. proximally from the distal tip.
FIG. 2a shows an alternative form wherein the sealing member 20 can have a convex configuration. It is preferred that the center of the sealing member 20 be the thinnest as in the FIG. 2 showing.
FIG. 3 illustrates a cross-sectional view of the catheter of FIG. 1 with a guide wire 40 received therein and extending through the sealing member 20. The guide wire 40 is of the general type known in the art and forms no part of the instant invention. In any case, as can be seen in that figure, the sealing member 20 is perforated by the guide wire 40. Since the sealing member 20 is formed of softer polymeric material than the tubular body portion 12, a fluid tight seal is created between the perforated sealing member 20 and the guide wire 40 due to the elastic resiliency of the polymeric material. When the guide wire 40 is withdrawn from the catheter 10 in the direction marked W in the drawing, the sealing member 20 is adapted to spring back to its approximate original confirmation. The catheter thereby becomes once again a closed tip device.
With the advent of the catheter sheath introducer, it is now possible to pass a closed tip catheter through the various blood vessels of the human body without the use of a guide wire at all. The closed tip catheter according to the preferred embodiment such as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 can cooperate with a catheter sheath introducer for movement through the various blood vessels. However, there are instances in many procedures where a more rigid tool such as a guide wire must be used such as to cross a diseased or calcified heart valve. In that case, it becomes necessary to open the tip of the catheter in order to pass a guide wire therethrough. Heretofore there have been no devices capable of this dual function.
As illustrated in FIG. 3, the sealing member 20 is fashioned to form a membrane over the face of distal tip 14 of the catheter. The member is resiliently deformable by the leading edge of the guide wire 40. The membrane of the sealing member 20 originally remains intact as illustrated in FIG. 2 and the overall catheter acts as a closed tip catheter until a guide wire 40 is passed through the catheter to perforate the sealing member 20 such as shown in FIG. 3. When the sealing member 20 is perforated, it snugly engages the outer surface of the guide wire 40 and substantially closes upon itself upon withdrawal of the guide wire in the direction marked W.
In use, the tubular tip portion of the catheter is disposed near a catheterization target site. Next, a guide wire is received into the hollow tubular body portion 12 of the catheter 10 along the longitudinal axis L. The sealing member 20 is opened by the advancing leading edge of the guide wire 40. Next, the leading edge of the guide wire is advanced such as through a diseased or calcified heart valve to the target such as a ventricle through the opened sealing member. Once the lead edge of the guide wire 40 is properly in place within the target ventricle, the catheter 10 is advanced over the guide wire held stationary and toward the target ventricle through the diseased or calcified heart valve. The guide wire 40 is retracted from the tubular body portion 12 and is withdrawn from the distal tip 14. The resiliently deformable sealing member 20 snaps back closed in a ready condition for the subsequent injection of pressurized opaque media through the lumen of the catheter 10 and out the side holes 13 of the distal tip 14 into the target site such as the heart ventricle.
The sealing member, of course, can be applied to any angiographic catheter regardless of the shape. The catheter tip may be a single curve, a double curve, or "pigtail" configuration.
The invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments. Modifications and alterations will occur to others upon reading and understand of this specification. It is my intention to include all such modifications and alterations insofar as they come within the scope of the appended claims or equivalents thereof.
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|U.S. Classification
|604/523, 604/256
|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
|29 Dec 1999
|Fee payment
Year of fee payment: 4
|23 Dec 2003
|Fee payment
Year of fee payment: 8
|4 Aug 2004
Owner name: STEVENS, MRS. CAROL J., FLORIDA
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Publisher's Description+
What's new in this version:
- Added language selection (experimental)
- Added Serbian translation
- Added menu to login screen
- Fixed support for Android 1.5 (Motorola DEXT, HTC Hero, etc.)
- Various bug fixes
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