European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 17, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 stars and stripes saturday March 172007 gunman kills 3 in new York by Colleen Long the associated press new York a gunman with a fake Beard and carrying 100 rounds of ammunition rampaged through a strip of restaurants and bars in a trendy Manhattan neigh boyhood killing a pizzeria employee and two unarmed Volunteer police officers before other officers shot Hini to death the mayor said authorities were still investigating Why David Gavin 32 went into de Marcos pizzeria in Green wich Village around 9 pm wednesday asked for a menu and then shot an employee 15 times in the Back before fleeing mayor Michael Bloomberg said police identified the employee As 35yearold Alfredo Romaro a neighbourhood resident Tina Lourenco said she recognized the gunman As a former employee of the pizzeria Nicholas Todd Pekearo and Eugene Marshalik two of the cites nearly 4500 auxiliary police officers responded to the shoot ing and approached Gavin who crossed the Street and fired at them auxiliary officers Are civilian volunteers who Wear uniforms Are unarmed and help patrol streets Gavin then exchanged gunfire with uniformed officers the mayor said several uniformed officers suffered minor injuries Charles edouard a policeman looks at the body of the unidentified gunman in the Street in new Yorks Greenwich Village Section wednesday night tonight was a horrible night for the new York police depart ment and for our City Bloomberg said two men who volunteered their time to make our City the safest big City in America lost their lives helping to keep it exactly that Way authorities recovered the 9mm semiautomatic pistol Gavin fired plus a 380caliber semiautomatic handgun in a bag with the ammunition police commissioner Ray mond Kelly said Gavin shot at least 23 rounds he appeared to be ready to take even More lives Kelly said City officials said the two auxiliary officers would get full police honors at their funerals As the spartan Phalanx advances the rear columns of attacking persians begin to fold and fall away Over the High Cliffs Edge and into the sea below in the new film 300 photos by Warner Bros the few the proud among 300 fans by Tony Perry and Robert w Welkos los Angeles times to the us marines serving at Camp Pendleton Calif there is much to learn from the spartans those heroic warriors of ancient Greece whom one might have called the few the proud centuries before the Marine corps adopted the motto in the hit new film 300 marines see parallels Between the current War in Iraq and the films Story which tells of Hope Lessly outnumbered spartans fighting heroically to the death against mighty persian invaders at the Battle of thermopylae in 480 by there was periodic cheering monday night at the regal Multi plex in downtown Oceanside a few blocks from the main Gate of Camp Pendleton where Young marines attended showings of 300 on three screens some marines nodded in recognition at lines in the movie that were familiar from their training such As when King Leonidas instructs his son that the More troops sweat in training the less they will bleed in combat when the spartan officer King Leonidas played by Gerard Butler fights his Way through the first wave of persian infantry in the new film 300 says that spartans Are All about protecting the Guy to the left and right rather than being worried about themselves that struck a chord said pfc James Lyons 20 that what they Tell us All the time the rated film set Box office records Over the weekend pull ing in More than million meanwhile the film has sparked outrage in modern Iran which denounced the blockbusters depiction of the ancient Bat the As hostile behaviour which is the result of cultural and psycho logical warfare according to Reuters poo Quality pirated dds Are already circulating in Iran and a Broad spectrum of government leaders and blog Gers have denounced the movie As portraying the persians As dec adent sexually flamboyant and evil in contrast to the Noble greeks some elected officials in Iran Are urging other Muslim countries not to show this anti iranian Hollywood movie it probably comes As no sur prise that marines would like the film i barked and cheered my Way through 300 with two fellow Marine infantry officers who have shed blood and tears in the Back alleys of Iraq said Ilario g pan Tano whose Book warlord no better Friend no worse enemy details his experiences in Iraq and his criminal Case on charges of murdering two iraqis he was exonerated and is now a sheriffs Deputy in new Hanover county no the film 300 and the Frank Miller graphic novel on which it is based celebrate a Warrior cult that prizes physical fitness discipline and bravery How frequently did 300 remind the Young marines in the movie audience of the Marine corps every second said pfc Zach Marino 23 weekend worries heart attack patients admitted to a Hospital on a weekend had a slightly higher risk of death than those admitted on a weekday percentage of deaths based on Day of Hospital admission 19992002 66 o Day 2 345 6 7 admitted Days past admission source new England journal of Medicine a study More people die of heart attacks on weekends by Linda a Johnson the associated press Trenton no heart at tack patients have a slightly higher risk of death if they go to the Hospital on the weekend when they Are More Likely to miss or wait longer for crucial treat ments one of the largest studies of the Issue finds although the increased risk of death is Small roughly 5 percent higher in the month after an at tack occurs it can mean potentially thousands More deaths in the United states annually the study indicated that weekend patients waited longer for angioplasty and other procedures Likely because of reduced staffing even so doctors say you  avoid a weekend Hospi Tal visit if you think you Are hav ing a heart attack or stroke a delay of even an hour or two raises chances of death or serious heart or brain damage the new study of nearly a Quad Ter million firs time heart attack patients in new Jersey reflects what smaller previous studies have shown about weekend medi Cal care recently published Ca Nadian research also showed stroke patients hospitalized on weekends had a higher Chance of dying than those admitted on a weekday in the latest study published in thursdays new England journal of Medicine researchers at Rob Ert Wood Johnson medical school in Piscataway no used a huge statewide database they tracked 231164 patients admitted for a first heart attack from 19872002 they looked at trends Over fou year periods partly because of major advances in heart attack treatment Over that time in the most recent fou year period when care was much the same As today patients admitted on a weekend were about 75 per cent More Likely to die within a month than those admitted on a weekday after adjusting for fac tors such As age and other medi Cal problems the death rate was 5 percent higher for those admit Ted on weekends said the Lead re searcher medical student will Iam j Kostis