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Atia Awabi, a CNN International correspondent based in Kabul, says "If you are moved by [this] story you can help by donating to womenforafghanwomen.org." CNN interviewed this young woman in January, and ABC News followed recently.
Women for Afghan Women has posted an update on her story here (some people may find the full image of her brutally disfigured face disturbing).
Her husband "kept her in the stable with the animals until she was 12 (when she got her first menstrual period)." More:
Aisha has been recovering these past months from the unimaginable trauma she has suffered. She has brought criminal charges against her father for giving her away in the illegal practice of "baad." She would like to also bring charges against her husband, but since he is a Talib in Uruzgan, he is unreachable. Aisha has decided after weighing all the options before her that she would like to come to the United States for her surgery and post-operative care. Just as important as her surgery, will be the support system we organize for her recuperation. We are currently engaged in setting up that support system for Aisha.You can donate here. (CNN blogs, via Kristie LuStout) Discuss
60 Responses to "Afghanistan: Taliban chops off nose, ears of 19-year-old girl for "shaming" her in-laws"
Mark Temporis says:
While I agree with the "no slams agains muslims" policy, I do have to say that the fact that religious people can be cruel is proof that religion is useless.
Rostam says:
Hospitals can kill people. Police can be corrupt. Teachers can be stupid. Medicine can kill you. All of these things are useless. Except when they aren't.
Anonymous says:
Oh, for goodness sake. If the fact that religious people can be cruel is proof that religion is useless…then you can also prove that government, philosophy, and science are all useless as well.
theLadyfingers says:
And yet Paris Hilton lives.
Melanie says:
"And yet Paris Hilton lives."
You sympathize (I presume) with one woman attacked for trying to live life as she wants to while thinking another woman who does so should not live? Rather interesting.
You can have a open, tolerant and inclusive society, or you can have one that dictates who gets to participate according to belief system, moralities, cultural identity, personality, and so on. The picking and choosing of the latter undermines the ideals of the former.
As much as I'm not fond of Ms. Hilton, I don't want to be part of a society that wouldn't have her as a member. Otherwise there is no equality. No liberty.
Marsha Keeffer says:
Women for Afghan Women is a wonderful group and we've donated to them for years. They've done educational programs and taught women to start small businesses – they do terrific work and I'm glad to see they're helping Bibi heal and get help after such horrific abuse.
Anonymous says:
The Taliban is pure evil. PURE EVIL. Any sign of art, music,, intellectual growth, beauty, happiness…and it is something to be stamped out by them, an offense against them.
I said so the summer before 9/11 when they were blowing up ancient Bhudda's and making people paper over their windows and torturing people for singing songs.
I say it now.
It's cultural, its religious, its WHATEVER. I don't care how you get around to it but evil ought to be called out for what it is.
Antinous / Moderator says:
Notary Sojac,
You keep saying the same thing. So I took out the extras. If you have a fresh point to make…
Eseck says:
My blood is boiling… the pleasure I would have to have those responsible privately presented to me is immeasurable… Sharp toys and it shall not be swift…
Anonymous says:
Patriarchy–male domination of society–is dangerous to public health everywhere–in Afghanistan, Israel, America, India, and spaces in between. In principle this tragic incident is no different than the social forces that produce the "pussy shrinking", and breast enhancement industries in the United States together with the vast shelter networks for abused women in Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Washington, Seattle, New York, and Miami. Localizing misogyny does not help in understanding this universal malaise.
Anonymous says:
the picture describes a terrible problem of a very very sick society. religion plays one part.
first – i do not have a solution to the problem. it took europe hundreds of years to emerge from the dark ages and even our society is far from equal.
i guess one could have dropped all the money that has been spent on war in food, supplies, building material to begin with with better results than the war that is currently going on.
i do not like the "time" header and its implications. it might as well have been "it happens despite the billions of dollars we spent on this war" or "this happens even though we are there" or "this happens in many more countries (genital mutilation in africa, child prostituion in asia,… loads of pictures that tear your heart to pieces. or would do so if they were shown or at least witnessed by someone from the west).
it even happens to afghani women abroad. no war. civilized surrounding. police one phone call away.
just a few weeks ago, i witnessed a trial of an afghan husband who killed his wife with multiple stab wounds in front of the three kids – for "disrespecting him". for example using the phone without asking him first.
when asked whether his wife was crying for mercy or had asked him to stop he replied "yes, but she did not say PLEASE".
this happened in peace times. no need to send any army to Offenbach, Germany.
It IS a horrible picture. It IS a horrible fate this girl is facing. But does it necessarily mean this war is good?
how would the headline have been (and the reaction here) if the girl had lost her beauty not by some crazed husband, but by some gun-happy helicopter, shooting a group of people in iraq? if tomorrow the times would say, there was a misunderstanding, the girl was even lucky only her nose was shot off, the guy next to her carrying a telephoto lens had his whole head blown off – what would be the reaction then, war-wise?
BTW: the guy killing his wife got jail for life
BTW2: i tried 50 times retrieving my password – i am usually registred as a user and forgot my password – anyone else has this problem? i have no intention to "hide" behind some anon.
Sekonda says:
Zergonapal says:
Religion is a balm for the weak of mind, they follow the leaders like sheep rather than think for themselves.
I do not begrudge them their comforts, they can do as they please, but when they use it as a tool for justification of cruel acts that in my mind is a reason to take that tool away.
However what was done to this this woman had little to do with religion, it was fueled by greed when her father sold her into slavery and it was fanned by malice when she was mutilated in the name Islam.
If there was truly a god then the perpetrators of this act would be stuck done by his wrath, for surely such acts have done more damage to the faith than any anti-religious pogrom.
Yet I am an atheist and instead I will echo the hope that justice will someday find these men and they will know great sorrow.
Antinous / Moderator says:
There's nothing in this story that says that her mutilation has anything to do with religion. From Wikipedia: "The Taliban's extremely strict and anti-modern ideology has been described as an "innovative form of sharia combining Pashtun tribal codes…". From the linked article: "Baad in Pashtunwali, the law of the Pashtuns, is a way to settle a dispute between rival families."
It might benefit victims of brutality for us to correctly identify the source of the problem instead of trying to use them as poster children for our own pet causes.
Phoenicks says:
Thank you. Excellent point.
Dewi Morgan says:
Thanks for that note about Baad and Pashtun tribal codes. Handy insight!
My first instinct, on reading that article, was to think: I don't understand why this kind of behaviour could be institutionalised. Clearly I don't know enough about the culture that caused this type of law to be passed, and without understanding, I'll be doomed to condemn them as monsters.
But here's the thing: I know that people are not monsters. I know that cultures are not monsters. Other than a very tiny minority of sociopaths, nobody sees themselves as evil. Not the judge who passed sentence on her, nor the person who carried out the sentence.
People see themselves as on the side of right. THAT is why wars and conflicts are so intractable.
So. I'm trying to understand.
I'm imagining that I see a person's reputation as the thing upon which his livelihood and wellbeing, and that of the family he supports, stands upon: their ability to eat depends on the trust the community has in their reputation.
And brought before me is a girl who, we are told, wilfully and knowingly damaged the reputation of their father (whether this is running away from the father's client, or walking hand in hand with a boy before marriage, as in another well-publicised case). She did this with her full wits about her. There were extenuating circumstances, but perhaps I am not allowed to take those into account: perhaps my law does not account for them. Perhaps I am required to stand by a simple law of eye for eye and tooth for tooth, regardless of extenuating circumstances.
So, I look at the damage done. It is, I feel, severe. If I do not exact an equal penalty, I will be called weak, and so will the law I uphold. I know there are many others in the area in the same situation as the victim: tacitly condoning her behaviour could cause massive social upheaval.
Perhaps I don't like the law: but it is not a law I can change, it's "God's law", and there is no way to campaign to have it changed through any legislature. As a believer in that God, I could no more advocate not following those laws, than I could advocate indulging in blasphemy against Him.
And so I look at the possible penalties. Rather than anything crippling, a shaming cosmetic mutilation seems warranted for damage to reputation, so I put her down for two counts of that.
Hrm. I can see how it might happen. I can't *like* it, nor (as an agnostic) can I believe that religion is not the root of the problem here: if they didn't believe their silly sky-phantasm made magic, irrevocable laws, then they wouldn't need to enact them. But I can see how a society could develop where rigid adherence to the rules would become seen as the only guarantee of salvation and of maintaining the cultural values.
Are we better in the West? By our own morality, yes. People are still having parts of their brains burnt out against their will through electroconvulsive therapy and drugs; but we don't throw stones at them. We jail people for decades, great swathes of our population seeing the best years of their lives go by in striped sunlight, but we don't chop off the hands of thieves. We shackle families and their descendants with debts they can never pay off when they become ill, but we don't let them walk out into the desert to die. We prevent people from marrying unwilling ten year old girls, keeping them in filth, and abusing them, but…
… no, the comparison doesn't work there. My metaphor broke as I was writing it. Crap.
tl;dr: I don't think calling them monsters will fix anything. Understanding them might, but that's a lot harder than I thought it'd be, and I can't do it.
floraldeoderant says:
This tragedy happened in the way all tragedies tend to: People lose perspective and horror ensues. Sickening.
On a side note, Boingboing is a Midas-maker. Like an accidentally cranky dungeon master who drops a metric ton of gold on the players, Xeni posted this and womenforafghanwomen went down. :( Someone need to design a better internet funnel/qeueing system so that worthy causes don't get flooded out beyond max capacity.
benher says:
Ugh. Poor girl.
There's so much to say and yet so little.
dainel says:
Xeni, please fix the header and stop slandering the Taliban for no reason. I dislike them as much as you do, but there's no need to make things up. They do plenty of awful things for real.
Please read the linked article http://www.womenforafghanwomen.org/front_lines.php
It says her husband did it. He'd been abusing her. She ran off, and the neighbour helped her to the police. Who unfortunately put her in jail until her father came to get her. He then gave her back to her husband! Who promptly cut off her nose and ears. And then left her to die in the mountains.
It does say she wants to charge her husband, but he's unreachable because he is a Talib in Uruzgan. It does not say whether this is because Uruzgan is under Taliban control, or if the husband is a high ranking Taliban commander. There's no mention of the Taliban approving of what the husband did.
Dewi Morgan says:
Thanks Daniel. That version of the story makes a lot more sense than it being a sentence imposed by a judge and carried out officially.
Both men and women are abused in this specific way in Afghanistan. A man had it done to him (this time, unquestionably by Taliban supporters for political reasons) because he voted: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/08/31/barbaric-mutilation-man-has-nose-and-ears-cut-off-by-taliban-for-voting-in-afghanistan-elections-115875-21637997/
There is a significant difference though, on both sides of the culture gap: this woman got no support from her community for recovering, while the man did get what minimal medical support they had available (nothing like counselling or plastic surgery, far as I can tell). On the other hand, the woman gets full medical and mental from the West, is being flown to the US, gets offers from plastic surgeons to treat her for free, a "post-operative support structure", etc. However, the man got no support from the West: not even basic medicine.
Is this a gender thing? I dunno. But we have a "WomenForWomen" group, but no "MenForMen" group; we have "women's shelters" but no "men's shelters"; we oppose FGM but promote circumcision; we are shocked at female mutilation but see male mutilation as just a hardship for them to endure, or even as funny Bobbittry.
Obviously these are social comparisons, which can never accurately compare like with like. But I think they show our society's still a bit of a mishmash of misandry and misogyny, and we haven't fully ironed out the kinks in equality yet (and might never do so, as long as we still think gender is meaningful). They also show that their society is where ours used to be: strongly misogynist.
donaldrburleson says:
This outrageously disgusting mutilation of an innocent young woman is what you get with religious belief systems, which are responsible 100 percent, let's not pretend otherwise. I am very proud to be an atheist. In a godless world such things would not happen, or at least would be much, much harder to explain away.
_OM_ says:
Yet more proof that the first thing we should do whenever we come across these Taliban bastards is put them out of our collective misery with a bullet between the eyes.
"It might benefit victims of brutality for us to correctly identify the source of the problem instead of trying to use them as poster children for our own pet causes."
…We already know the cause of their problem, son. It's a bunch of religious whackjobs using God as means to place themselves into a position of power and control over their own people for the sole purpose of promoting a sick and all but genocidal agenda. No Supreme Deity worth worshiping would demand the type of sacrifices these psychotic mullahs/ayatollahs/imams/mumbojumboists call for.
Like it or not, the only surefire answer is to eliminate those in charge of such an asinine theocracy, because they're clearly not acting in the best interests of anyone, especially their own followers.
[cue peacenik flames]
Antinous / Moderator says:
I have a good idea where she can get some Living Related Donor tissue.
General Specific says:
Fucking vile human beings.
Xeni Jardin says:
I would agree with you that the people who did this to her are vile human beings.
A pre-emptive warning to others, however, that comments inciting hate against "Muslims" or "Islam" in this thread will be disemvoweled or removed. This is not a place for hate.
Let's all remember that the people who first came to this young woman's aid were Muslim, many of the people who are helping her now are Muslim, and that the sickos in the Taliban do not equal all Muslims in Afghanistan or everywhere, any more than Christian sickos in the US who do awful things equal all Christians everywhere.
Anonymous says:
Xeni, thank you for the wisdom in your reply. I, like others, was reacting with anger and hate about this incident. Your reminder helped broaden my perspective to a more humane outlook.
I hope there is some way to replace the attitudes that allow such cruelty towards women and children… or anyone.
ab3a says:
With due respect, Xeni, you owe it to yourself to actually spend time reading the Koran as it is interpreted by Fundamentalist Islamic adherents. I have no problem with an interpretive stance on the Koran or the Hadith, any more than I have a problem with an interpretive stance on reading the Hebrew Bible.
However, the Taliban's Fundamentalist view on these texts seems utterly barbaric even by seventh century standards. I have no hatred for those who believe this way. Only pity.
Anonymous says:
Your comment is certainly commentilicious, but what does it have to do with Xeni's comment?
johnnyaction says:
Fundamentalist reading of the Bible esp. old testament and using that as a framework for living also results in vile human behavior.
rebdav says:
Unfortunately the some of the vilest behavior is denigrating the religion of another, Judaism, through the lens of the predominant and oppositional replacement theology religion, Christianity. A decent percentage of the Christian bible bonus material discusses how the Jewish text is mean hard law and how the Christians bring love and forgiveness to the world. If you have never met an Orthodox Jew and spent a few days in such a community please take your hate elsewhere. Please do not assume you understand Judaism by lunch table talk based on what someone remembers from a Christian Sunday school lesson based on a terrible English translation of the Hebrew text.
I have met and been friends with fundamental Muslims. I do not agree with their desire to see a worldwide caliphate but while they may disagree with my view of a world of free choice even they are horrified by the violence in these back mountain Taliban enclaves.
dculberson says:
You do know that not only Judaism has the Old Testament in their bible, right? I think it's likely that JohnnyAction was referring to fundamentalist Christians in his post. I.e. Phelps with his "God Hates Fags" and "Thank God For Dead Soldiers" signs.
PathogenAntifreeze says:
In the mid-late '90s, I remember reading articles about the Taliban's rule of Afghanistan. Often the article would be about a young woman being executed for being out without male family escort, or for driving, etc… I felt at the time that if the US military were to be deployed to various spots around the planet for idealistic missions, taking out the Taliban would be the best such mission imaginable.
After 9/11, I was *pleased* when Bush announced his intention to do exactly that. I felt it should have been a lot sooner, but better late than never. Unfortunately, he decided to go play games with peoples' lives and our economy by adventuring in Iraq before finishing the job in Afghanistan, and the Taliban crept back into areas of control.
We've had a new president for over a year now (who campaigned on a promise to refocus on Afghanistan and finish the job), and we still have this huge and expensive military force deployed over there… *WHY* do the Taliban still have a foothold?
Brainspore says:
We've had a new president for over a year now (who campaigned on a promise to refocus on Afghanistan and finish the job), and we still have this huge and expensive military force deployed over there… *WHY* do the Taliban still have a foothold?
Perhaps the Taliban are part of a problem that does not have a military solution.
Anonymous says:
The Taliban and the Iraqi insurgents have a foothold for the same reason Americans would have a foothold if it was invaded by a foreign force; you know your own country like the back of your own hand, and its not easy to get about if you know nothing about it. It's ironic that American's often scratch their heads at their stalemate in these places when their own history shows similar elements such as guerrilla warfare when they fought the British for their independence. Although America's heart is in the right place, its head is in the clouds tactically, and its feet are currently on a landmine. And now they want to send in robots to fight these wars. the US Military was already 50 years more advanced than the Taliban, but its now face-planting into diminishing returns on technology.
Boondocker says:
This is just incomprehensible.
arikol says:
I've only known three moslems personally, all are/were good people who look at this disgusting treatment of a human being as being monstrous and very un-moslem. This does not fit in with their religion.
Sadly, evil as the Taliban seem (and let's remember that the US government originally supported the Taliban), the current rulers are little better and seem to do nothing to stop these atrocities.
And again, this is not a moslem problem, this is a human problem. Evil indoctrinating use of violent old texts (qu'ran, bible) is nothing new and has been used by those who want absolute power through the ages. It's just that the west, and the more civilized parts of the moslem world stopped doing that a while back. We recognized that mixing worldly power and divine thingumabobbies is a bad idea and stopped using religious courts. We've done pretty badly ourselves (inquisition springs to mind) but have learned from our experiences.
Of course we want everyone else to learn from our experiences, but it doesn't work like that. We can try to accelerate their learning, but that's all.
ab3a says:
Sheltered as we are; in our cocoon of laws, education, and civility; we tend to forget the barbarism of earlier cultures. Don't let revisionist historians or anthropologists fool you. There are some evil cultures out there that truly should not be allowed to continue in this day and age.
This is what is wrong with moral relativism. In our western culture, women have fought for centuries for better rights, protections, and opportunities. To turn around and then say that there is nothing wrong with a society that enforces or condones a Burka is to deny everything your mother, grandmothers and great grandmothers fought for.
As a father of two daughters, I can only say this is utterly depraved and evil behavior. This is made worse by a society that accepts such behavior as part of living. We should not contribute to this depravity by condoning it in any way. Those who fail to see anything wrong with the way Fundamentalist Islam treats women are effectively aiding and abetting the downfall of civilization.
This is pretty nearly as evil and as wrong as anything gets. Say a prayer, not for Bibi Aisha, for she is strong and recovering; say a prayer instead for everyone who supported her mutilation: That they may learn the depravity of what they have done.
Anonymous says:
@ab3a The Taliban are not, as you seem to suggest, an "earlier culture" but in fact a social-religious ideology that is just as modern as, say, feminism or American evangelicalism. But that isn't my point, which is this: Neither anthropology nor historiography try to "fool" anyone into accepting "moral relativism," as you say-but only, broadly, to show that human behavior and culture takes many forms and observation and description cannot make normative claims if it is to attain to science.
Ironically, it is the religious worldview that deals in absolutes of custom-which in one place demands a nose, in the other an eye, but everywhere demands retribution.
wylkyn says:
In other news, a Lebanese religious pilgrim has recently been sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia for being a sorcerer. Apparently he used to host a TV show where he predicted the future. He was traveling to SA on a pilgrimage when he was captured and condemned to death Amnesty International is currently trying to get King Abdullah to stop the execution and return the man to his family.
See, this is where the make-believe goes bad.
Bucket says:
The third link is broken, but it probably doesn't matter much as the womenforafghanwomen.org site appears to have blown a gasket.
stumo says:
"some people may find the full image of her brutally disfigured face disturbing"
To be honest, I hope anyone would find it disturbing.
Sadly, it seems, those who did it don't find it disturbing enough. It's worrying what we as a species are capable of.
LiudvikasT says:
That's what happens when religion is taken seriously. Christianity or any other religion is as bad, it just that followers are no longer as true to the evil of religion.
The only thing I can't understand is why after hundreds years of moral development, our society fails to prevent that barbarism in those countries where that kind of barbarism is common.
Terry says:
Let's start by saying that this poor girl's treatment – especially at the hands of her family – was monstrous. That said, can we all stop judging another culture based upon her treatment? What happened to this girl was the actions of individuals, NOT a culture or a religion (speaking of which, shall we talk about the ritual mutilation of male infants' genitalia? How about ritualized, symbolic cannibalism?). Islam does not condone this sort of behavior, nor do the overwhelming majority of Muslim cultures.
Horrible, despicable things were done to this girl. By people. People who should be held responsible for their behavior, and who should not try to justify it by applying cultural or religious filters to it.
In the end, all cultures are heinous if taken to an extreme. Even ours.
EvilSpirit says:
"Ritualized, symbolic cannibalism?" Really?? *That's* your moral equivalent here? Selling little girls (just to restrict it to the offense that does seem to be part of the local culture) is *just* like eating crackers that you think are magically Jesus??
I'll grant you the point on infant genital mutilation, though.
Antinous / Moderator says:
Sheikh Tantawi, the Grand Imam of al-Azhar mosque and head of al-Azhar University, was until he died a week ago, the foremost cleric in Sunni Islam. He barred students from wearing the niqab at university, condemned suicide attacks and declared that, "Extremism is the enemy of Islam. Whereas, jihad is allowed in Islam to defend one's land, to help the oppressed. The difference between jihad in Islam and extremism is like the earth and the sky."
As citizens of the US or UK, would we want to be defined by the hillbillies in Deliverance or the villagers of Royston Vasey?
sequential says:
That may be true for that particular mosque and that particular spiritual leader, but what about the thousands of madrassas in Pakistan and the Arab middle east where it's often hard for madrassa students to pick up a science, mathematics or geography textbook published in the last 40 years?
Also, although Islamic spiritual leaders have indeed denounced terrorism and associated acts of violence, Islam as a religion has not been through the Reformation experienced by other large monotheistic faiths (Christianity and Judaism), nor has Islam as a political movement been through the Enlightenment experienced in the West.
In many cases, teachers in a large number of madrassas still view Islam as the youngest and most supreme of the three (Islam, Chistianity, Judaism) main monotheistic faiths. Coupled with the absence of economic opportunity, the rule of law, and representative government in many Islamic states, there's a reason why many Islamists lash out.
Terry says:
Exactly! The word 'Jihad' appears in the Koran precisely 4 times. In each case, it describes a struggle, specifically a spiritual one. Only extremists use 'Jihad' to describe a holy war.
Anonymous says:
I had a professor at Berkeley who was fond of saying that one man's Taliban was another man's freedom fighter. Somehow that just doesn't seem right at all… These people aren't freedom fighters, they are extreme right wing fascists.
Anonymous says:
By No Means is this An Agreement with this Practice, or Justification or otherwise, just a relay of an experience in the 70′s. Back then, traveling in Afghanistan and "north west" Pakistan, I saw more than a few such women. I was told that this had been done for a thousand years.
JohnCJ says:
Having lived in Afghanistan for over a year, I can tell you that Islam there is quite different than Islam in more civilized places like Turkey. The Afghanis are a primitive, tribal people who are culturally barely out of the stone age. This may sound "hateful" and un-PC, but it's the sad truth. If not for the influx of technology from one of the long list of invaders, they would be a thousand years behind us. Now, of course they have AK47s, but they have no moral development past early agrarian tribesmen.
Terry says:
The Haudenosaunee put together their Great Law centuries ago. The Great Law was so enlightened and forward-thinking that many have argued that the founding fathers of the United States of America freely 'borrowed' from the Great Law while writing the US Constitution.
The Haudenosaunee are also known as the six nations. Specifically the Oneida, Mohawk, Cayuga, Onondaga, Seneca and Tuscarora. They are also referred to as The Iroquois League or The Iroquois Confederacy.
And at the time they developed the Great Law, they were agrarian tribesmen.
Anonymous says:
But were they "early" agrarian tribesmen?
Sephirajo says:
What does their level of development on a technology level have to do with their MORAL development. Morals have nothing to do with technology.
Also, as per fundamentalism in Islam and it's treatment of women, it's horrible, but it's not the WHOLE of Islam. It should be noted that in a pure fundamentalist view of Christianity a woman could be stoned to death for just about anything. Read the bible sometime. I mean, REALLY read it.
Anonymous says:
I knew it, so typical.
The minute something happens around the world muslims become the first to blame. I suggest for all you haters to go read the "original" news. That's the only thing ill say.
Antinous / Moderator says:
You made your point. No need to repeat it.
seanmichaelragan says:
Maybe it's not the most productive response, and as much as I try to live up to the example of men like Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., and the Dalai Lama in my own life, and as much as I believe in the whole an-eye-for-an-eye-makes-the-whole-world-blind thing, here's what I think we should do about that: Slaughter them like fucking pigs.
Which would suggest that I think pigs should be slaughtered, and I don't. But these guys? Yeah. Twice. And it's not an Islam thing. Just a bunch of…well, there's not really a hard enough word, is there?…who mutilated a young girl.
Also, you know, we should raise a bunch of money and hire the world's greatest plastic surgeon to do what he or she can for her.
Notary Sojac says:
You are of course correct in discouraging …comments inciting hate against "Muslims" or "Islam"…
I agree with that sentiment, inasmuch as my view is that I respect Islam as a faith while remaining completely opposed to the concept of sharia in government.
But it would have been nice of you to omit the obligatory Declaration of Moral Equivalency — "Christian sickos in the US who do awful things equal all Christians". Unless you really think that, for example, American fundamentalists campaigning against gay marriage are just as bad as Iranian fundamentalists decapitating gays in the public square.
desiredusername says:
@ Notary Sojac: Your full quote should have been "any more than Christian sickos in the US who do awful things equal all Christians everywhere" (emphasis mine). I don't think Xeni said that campaigning "was just as bad" as decapitation. What she wrote is called an analogy not an equivalency. With an analogy the two things being compared can be relatively similar (literal analogy) or dissimilar except for some trait (figurative analogy). In neither case is there a claim to point for point equivalency. Rather good reading comprehension should allow you to extract the value that blaming all Muslims for this action is like blaming all Christians for the intolerance or irresponsibility exhibited by a few. However you are more interested in comparing the types of actions in question, than observing that the trait illustrated by the analogy is that of condemning a community for the actions of extremists within that community. The community could have just as well been dog breeders, math nerds, or star bellied sneetches, but it made sense to use another major religion as an analogy and it's harder to find any case of Buddhist extremism. Hindu extremism might also be a good comparison since it has forced sati, the contemporary caste system, and riotous actions such as the Babri Mosque demolition. However, none of those things are point for point equivalent are they. Forced sati, may be worse, or better, than disfigurement of young women, depending upon your subjective opinion, but they are better understood as analogies since this "equivalency" comparison doesn't have to be introduced.
I hope this helps you with your feeling of being attacked.
sequential says:
Oh come on dude! Anyone who honestly believes the greedy infidel west is largely to blame for the dispicable actions of religious fundamentalists and *all* associated problems of failing or failed Islamic states seriously needs to get off their moral high horse. We're not the ones running around cutting off ears and noses in the name of religion.
Anonymous says:
Sounds pretty much like a lot of conservative US religions; they just don't have the guts to go all the way and live their commitment. :-)


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As she grew, so did her head feathers, and this is when the trouble began.
|Before the trouble started...
Our friend and chicken keeper extraordinare, Terry Golson of Hen Cam, explains that because of their top heavy mop, Polish tend towards being, "socially stupid." Boy, was she spot-on.
Now, nearing maturity, our dear Madonna has lost sight... of everything. Yesterday, I watched her fly straight into the coop... wall. Ouch.
I've also winced at the sight of her flock mates leaving her in the dust, running for cover at the sound of something that could be predatory, while she stands - abandoned - in full exposure in the center of the yard. Clueless.
And in the winter, their head feathers can actually freeze if they get wet, making it nearly impossible for them to hold their heads up. Oy vey.
|Nugget: "I'll be the Look Out, Madonna. You just sit there."
|Brie rescues both girls from their perch over the garden.
|Poor Thing.
|Can't see the forest for the trees.
Here she sits in a garden full of edible delights.

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The U.S. Ryder Cup team is complete, as team captain Davis Love III added four players to the squad Tuesday.
Love completed the 12-man team by selecting Jim Furyk, Steve Stricker, Dustin Johnson and Brandt Snedeker.
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372 Antidepressant Discontinuation in Bipolar Depression: A Systematic Treatment Enhancement Program for Bipolar Disorder (STEP-BD) Randomized Clinical Trial of Long-Term Effectiveness and Safety [CME]
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381 Moderators and Mediators of Symptoms and Quality of Life Outcomes in an Open-Label Study of Adults Treated for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
[Abstract] [Full Text] [Supplementary Material]
391 Obesity and Onset of Significant Depressive Symptoms: Results From a Prospective Community-Based Cohort Study of Older Men and Women
400 First-Year Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Benefits: Medication Access and Continuity Among Dual Eligible Psychiatric Patients
411 Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Negative Symptoms of Schizophrenia: Review and Meta-Analysis
419 Auditory Pseudohallucinations in United Kingdom War Veterans and Civilians With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
426 A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Multicenter Study of Divalproex Sodium Extended-Release in the Acute Treatment of Mania
433 Case Reports of Postmarketing Adverse Event Experiences With Olanzapine Intramuscular Treatment in Patients With Agitation
442 Does Comorbid Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Affect the Severity and Course of Psychotic Major Depressive Disorder?
451 Olanzapine/Fluoxetine Combination in Patients With Treatment-Resistant Depression: Rapid Onset of Therapeutic Response and Its Predictive Value for Subsequent Overall Response in a Pooled Analysis of 5 Studies
463 Incidence of Tardive Dyskinesia With Atypical Versus Conventional Antipsychotic Medications: A Prospective Cohort Study
475 Family Outcomes From a Randomized Control Trial of Relapse Prevention Therapy in First-Episode Psychosis
484 Underrecognition of Clinically Significant Side Effects in Depressed Outpatients [CME]
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491 Mental Illness and Psychotropic Drug Use Among Prescription Drug Overdose Deaths: A Medical Examiner Chart Review
497 Beliefs About Voices and Aggressive Behavior in Inpatients in an Acute Psychiatric Setting
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502 Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Medication-Resistant Depression
Letters To the Editor
504 Acute Psychosis Associated With Anti–NMDA-Receptor Antibodies and Bilateral Ovarian Teratomas: A Case Report
504 Theta-Burst Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Treatment-Resistant Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder With Concomitant Depression
506 Manic Psychosis and Auditory Hallucinations Following Traumatic Brain Injury in a 13-Year-Old Boy
507 Borderline Personality Disorder and Reckless Driving
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508 Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: A Developmental Approach, 4th ed.
508 The Medicalization of Society: On the Transformation of Human Conditions into Treatable Disorders
509 Therapy After Terror: 9/11, Psychotherapists, and Mental Health
509 Binge-Eating Disorder: Clinical Foundations and Treatment
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Class Agent Job Description
The agent(s) for each class is/are the primary Annual Fund fundraiser(s) for everyone who graduated in that class, or who chooses to be identified with that "social class year." (The class list includes those who did not graduate but were members of the class for at least one semester.) Class agents are recruited by the Annual Fund Chair upon the recommendation of the class president, class agents, the Alumni Relations office, or the Annual Giving office.
Class agents must possess the ability and willingness to:
- Provide an important example by giving generously and consistently, early in the fiscal year.
- Assume a leadership role in securing unrestricted annual financial support for Swarthmore.
- Recruit others to help raise funds.
- Familiarize themselves with and remain informed about the College
by reading the alumni magazine, the Report of Gifts, and other College publications.
- Communicate effectively and promptly.
- Write class solicitation letters in the fall and spring. Classes in reunion write a third letter in late spring.
- Contact classmates personally.
- Communicate specific donor interests and concerns to the Annual Giving office.
- Be knowledgeable about the careers and interests of fellow classmates.
- Remind classmates of outstanding pledges by telephone (or mail or
e-mail, if necessary) in May and June.
- Thank classmates for their contributions with a personal note, email, or phone call.
- Remain in contact with other class officers to help begin reunion planning.
To volunteer, or to nominate someone to serve as a class agent, please contact Meghan Harker, Assistant Director of Annual Giving, at email@example.com or (610) 328-8410.


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The Clinton Herald
---- — CLINTON — A Clinton hotel has been honored for top performance in its company.
The Hampton Inn earned the Lighthouse award by Hilton Worldwide, designating the facility as one of the hotel chain's top performing hotels among 1,900 Hampton properties.
The Hampton Inn in Clinton is the only hotel in Iowa to receive the Lighthouse award this year.
Eric Wahrman, general manager of Clinton's Hampton Inn, credited staff members for the award.
"I thank the staff for their hard work and dedication to the property, by earning the Lighthouse award, they have shown that they can achieve anything," Wahrman said.
The Hampton Inn in Clinton is one of the top 5 percent of Hampton hotels recognized for its high rankings in overall guest experience, accommodations, service and quality in 2013. The award criteria was based on customer feedback measured through guest satisfaction surveys on the hotel, as well as product quality and service scores measured quarterly by the Hampton Hotels brand.
The Clinton property was built in 2012, with 76 guest units and an indoor pool.
Clinton Convention and Visitors Bureau Director Carrie Donaire was proud of the staff and management for earning this award.
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Jessica Dixon is interviewed by Krys Boyd of KERA.
Jessica Dixon, director of the W. W. Caruth Jr. Child Advocacy Clinic in SMU's Dedman School of Law, recently was interviewed by Krys Boyd of KERA radio's Think!® program about the disproportionate number of minority children in foster care and the services they receive. Dixon told Boyd that about 60 percent of the nation's 500,000 children in foster care are African-American, although African-Americans make up only about 15 percent of the U.S. population.
Hear the interview, courtesy of KERA.
The W.W. Caruth, Jr. Child Advocacy Clinic represents abused and neglected children in Dallas County. The clinic is appointed by the Juvenile District Courts to serve as guardian/attorney ad litem for children. Student attorneys, under the supervision of the clinic director, are responsible for determining the best interests of the children and representing the children's voice in court.
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The Bombay High Court today directed the Maharashtra Government not to destroy gutkha and pan masala packets seized by them, pending hearing of petitions filed by several manufacturing companies challenging the ban on sale or manufacture of these tobacco products.
The Food and Drug Authority (FDA) had seized gutkha and pan masala worth over Rs 5 lakh after the State Government issued a notification on July 19, 2012, prohibiting manufacture, sale and storage of the tobacco products across Maharashtra.
Aggrieved by this, several gutkha and pan masala manufacturers approached the High Court seeking to set aside the notification and two regulations of the Food Safety and Standards Act (FSSA), under which the ban was brought into effect.
The State Government today filed an affidavit saying the petitioners cannot challenge the constitutional validity of the regulation in the High Court here as the said Act and regulations have been made by the Central Government.
"The regulation has been enacted by the Central Government. The Government of Maharashtra is only the enforcing authority," the affidavit filed by Kamlesh Sankhe, Joint Commissioner (Food) from the FDA, states.
Justifying that the ban was issued in the interest of public health, the State Government has said it is its duty to raise level of nutrition and standard of living among its citizens.
"Improving public health and raising level of nutrition is one of the primary duties of the State Government. The Government shall endeavour to bring about prohibition of consumption of intoxicating drinks and drugs except for medicinal purposes which are injurious to health," the affidavit states.


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Editor's Note: Each of the nine candidates running for a seat on the township Board of Education responded to a questionnaire sent by Brick Patch. Their answers to our questions – plus one personal statement – will be published on our site verbatim. Two candidate profiles per day, in alphabetical order according to last name, will appear this week until all have been published. We have disabled comments on profile articles to ensure the candidates' statements speak for themselves and readers can decide, without additional, anonymous commentary, their view on those running for office.
Full Name: Jack Zawacki
Current Age: 47
Occupation: Real Estate Sales Agent
Are you employed by a public school district?: No
Highest Level of Education Achieved (optional: include degree/institution) :
Completed two years of college
Have you ever previously held an elected office in Brick or elsewhere?
Where do you stand on balancing Brick's resources between academics and sports programs? Given a tight budgetary environment, where would your priorities lie in this regard?
Education is defined as, "the impartial and acquiring of knowledge through teaching and learning, especially at a school or other institution." This definition does not differentiate where the teaching takes place, nor should we. Although, this definition by itself, only encompasses the idea of education in its purest form, and does not take into account the practical application of education. It is in the practical application that the board of education must act in order to produce well-rounded students. The learning environment of the schools needs to be equipped with the necessary materials and personnel before addressing the educational process that occurs outside the classroom in any of the extracurricular activities. The classrooms have to be our top priority before adding the luxuries of sports and clubs. Having grown up excelling in sports I understand the importance of having them as part of our children's education. I also understand that 99.9% of these students will not make a career of the sport that they play in middle/high school. The governing body of collegiate athletics, the NCAA, in most cases recognizes those playing sports as student-athletes. That moniker alone illustrates the point of developing the student before the athlete. Although, I do not believe that if a "pay to play" needs to be developed you cannot differentiate between which extracurricular activities pay a fee and which do not.
How would you seek to bolster the academic experience of students with the goal of adequately preparing them for college? What specific types of programs and initiatives would you like to see put in place to make Brick the most academically challenging district it could be?
Bolstering a student's education should be paramount in the minds of everyone associated with education. Brick's core curriculum is state mandated and is therefore strictly adhered to, but it is the elective programs where a student's mind is opened to the numerous possibilities that are encompassed within the core curriculum. Although, in order to develop a better elective program, you need to communicate with post-secondary school personnel to ensure that the programs offered would indeed give our students a better knowledge base for college. College life presents many obstacles to a majority of high school graduates. Fortunately, with block scheduling, a Brick graduate will not go into shock when attending classes at the college of his/her choice.
How should the board deal with public participation at board meetings? Also, briefly describe your views on how the Board of Education can achieve the most transparent relationship possible with the community, and specific policies you would propose that would help meet this goal.
I feel the public participation at monthly board meetings has greatly improved. I recall a meeting at Lake Riviera Middle School where one newly elected board member noted the length of the meetings had become excessive and needed to be addressed. It was commonplace for the meeting to last well into the late hours of the night and sometimes early mornings. Everyone has an opinion and the inalienable right to voice that opinion. But some who come to the lectern use that time for their own personal soapbox without regard to the others in attendance of if their statements had been previously addressed. Do I feel there's still room for improvement? Yes. No one has all the answers, and in my opinion, input from everyone on how to improve the flow of the meetings would be greatly appreciated. But, everyone needs to be cognizant of others who may wish to address other issues, as well as the time involved, in order to fully address the concerns of those coming to the lectern. It seems that the weekly budget meetings helped the board to address the public's questions and concerns. Maybe, the board could set an additional meeting once a month for the express purpose of fielding questions and then bringing those answers to the scheduled monthly meeting.
Capital projects – including repairs to aging school buildings – have long been a concern of many Brick residents. What improvements should be prioritized and what would be your strategy in mapping out a potential referendum to be presented to voters?
A student's learning environment has a definitive affect on his/her attitude and ability to retain what is being taught. The neglect that all schools have been subjected to throughout the years has to end. A homeowner would not allow their home to deteriorate to the extent of our schools, yet previous boards have chosen to look the other way when our children's second home, their schools, are in need of repairs. Revenue generating streams, such as solar panels, would alleviate some of the burden, but these are not enough. In order to make wholesale renovations to all of Brick's schools, particularly Brick High School, referendums will be needed. Again, this is where facilitating communication between the public and the school board, through a facilities committee, would help prioritize the renovations and various schools. Many successful business men have built empires on the premise that two heads are better than one. These buildings did not deteriorate overnight, nor will they be repaired that quickly. An old riddle asks, "How does an individual eat an elephant?," and the answer is, "one bite at a time."
In 250 words or less, please describe why you are seeking election or re-election to the board, and why you are qualified to represent the interests of the taxpayers and the students in such a position.
I am seeking election to the Brick Board of Education for a few reasons. The first is my daughters. I have been involved in their education since the first days of school. My involvement has steadily progressed through the years, and being a member of the board seems to fit into this natural progression. Secondly, is my dedication to a child's development. During my adult life I have advised, mentored and coached numerous children at various times of their lives. Being elected to the board would be the pinnacle of my volunteer achievements. The final reason, as I see it, is a duty to me and my parents. I was taught at a very young age to give of myself and my acquired knowledge whenever possible. My extensive financial knowledge is rooted in the New York Stock Exchange and makes me an excellent candidate for this position. When elected, my ability to work with large numbers and negotiate without emotion or prejudice are skills that will serve me and my colleagues well.


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For Patti Simpson, altruism isn't a part-time effort. It's a way of life, one she said she grew up with.
"My father was super generous, my mother volunteered at the hospital," she said. "We just gave when we could."
The Setauket mother of three got her start in volunteering in the Three Village community when her oldest son, now 17, was in elementary school at .
Steve Riberdy, Nassakeag's social worker, said Simpson is the major force behind the wild success of an annual wish list toy drive that benefits needy families.
"It's not a limited effort on her part," Riberdy said. "It's wonderful to have her in the community. She has this generous heart and she looks to help."
Simpson's roster of volunteer activities continues: she teaches religion for her daughter's class at St. James, where she said she has also helped keep contributions coming in to the Our Daily Bread food pantry. She recently helped organize hospitalized at Stony Brook Children's Hospital. She has done work with , Parents for Megan's Law, and Friends of Karen.
Simpson, a local resident since 1998, is also a substitute teacher in the Three Village school district who more recently has been taking care of her sister, who has ALS.
She is also well known in the community as one of the sponsors who nominated the Lutz family to via the ABC television show "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition."
Simpson said she met the Lutz family in 2001 following a Newsday article about the family. Since then, she has organized fundraisers as well as weekly neighborhood cooking nights for the family.
Kathleen Lutz said in an interview Wednesday that Simpson has done so many wonderful things for her family that have made all the difference. She called Simpson "woman of the year."
"She's amazing. That's how you describe her. A good heart, really genuine," Lutz said. "She does everything she can for the community ... I don't know how she does it."
But Simpson often shies away from the limelight, saying she doesn't want overt credit for the things she does – and was reluctant to sit down for an interview with Patch.
"I think I was put on this earth to help people," she finally said, when asked what makes her "tick." "Not that I change their lives, but I hope I can make them a little better."
Editor's Note: "Greatest Person in 3V" is an ongoing series highlighting the people who are the fabric of the Three Village community. To nominate someone for this series, email the editor at email@example.com.


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PLAYERS: Dion Waiters, Tyler Zeller, Byron Scott, Larry Drew, Kyrie Irving, Jeff Teague, Danny Ferry, Alonzo Gee, C.J. Miles, Daniel Gibson, Anderson Varejao
TEAMS: Cleveland Cavaliers, Atlanta Hawks
TEAMS: Cleveland Cavaliers, Atlanta Hawks
CLEVELAND -- With the game in the balance, Cavaliers rookie guard Dion Waiters dribbled near the top of the key, passed to rookie center Tyler Zeller, who then passed it back. Two rookies. One ball. One outcome to be determined. The results werent likely to be very good. And they werent. Waiters missed an off-balance jumper from the perimeter, a shot that came with enough time to make another pass. It was the type of shot a rookie figures he can make -- but usually cant. Now, this isnt intended to pick on Waiters or Zeller, or excuse the fact the Cavs dropped a 102-94 decision to the visiting Atlanta Hawks on Friday night. Nor does any of it justify the Hawks closing the game on a 9-0 run. But that sequence does, perhaps, help things make a little sense. It does, perhaps, make another difficult loss at The Q a little easier to stomach. Good example of youth vs. experience, was how Cavs coach Byron Scott summed it up. And that, kids, was pretty much the story. The Cavs (7-24) started the game with two rookies and two second-year guys in their starting five. Its also how they finished. The Hawks (18-9) were considerably more seasoned than that and it showed. They passed the ball out of double teams, found the open man, worked hard for the best possible shot. The Cavs settled for long jumpers. Some people want to point at Scott, blaming the coach for the Cavs shortcomings in the final minutes. But Scott basically shared the same game plan as Hawks coach Larry Drew -- keep the ball moving, focus on your spacing, have faith in what you're doing. The Hawks are polished enough to pull it off. The Cavs are green enough to make you go bonkers. I wasnt really happy with the execution the last two or three minutes, Scott said. Thats an understatement, and I let (the players) know. When it came to rushing shots, nearly everyone took a turn. Waiters launched his off one foot, his shoulders squared to the left, the basket sitting to the right. Kyrie Irving heaved another from the top of the key. Zeller clanged one off the side of the rim. Everyone probably could have taken an extra dribble, made an extra pass (or three), looked for something better. But thats youth in the NBA. Its maddening. Its learning. Its losing games like this at home. And that was just the offense. Defensively, the Cavs were too often lacked focus and failed to make the proper rotations on too many possessions. Again, it was nothing drastic, nothing that screamed this team has no future. It was lapses. It was things that were correctable -- but correctable, it seems, only in time. "Theres no doubt we have to execute first on the defensive end and that will lead to our offensive execution, said irving, who finished with a game-high 28 points. Weve got to make shots, settle in, and not lose our focus, especially in the last few minutes. Those changes wont happen overnight. They probably wont happen this season. They will need to happen at some point, however, or folks will be playing elsewhere or out of jobs entirely. But it's not time to get all stressed out about it. The Cavs only need to take these tests for the time being. They cant really be expected to pass on a regular basis. Well, at least not pass the test. The ball, however, needs to move a little more in these situations. Hopefully, the Cavs know that now. Dribbles Waiters added 18 points for the Cavs, but just two came in the second half. On the bright side, the Cavs were 14-of-14 on free throws. On the down side, Irving didnt attempt a single one -- a sign he probably didnt go to the basket nearly enough. Jeff Teague scored a career-high 27 points to lead the Hawks. Coach (Drew) has pulled me aside and told me to be more aggressive, and thats what I tried to do, Teague said. Former Cavs director of player personnel and Canton Charge GM Wes Wilcox attended the game, this time as the Hawks assistant GM. Wilcox currently works under Hawks GM Danny Ferry, also formerly of the Cavs. Ferry was not at The Q. Waiters grabbed a career-high six rebounds. Irving also had six boards, tying his career best. Zeller finished with 12 points and seven rebounds. Small forward Alonzo Gee added 10 points, as did swingman C.J. Miles off the bench. Cavs guard Daniel Gibson suffered a concussion in the second quarter after a hard fall. He did not travel with the team for Saturdays game at Brooklyn. Cavs center Anderson Varejao missed his fifth straight game with a bruised knee. He will not play Saturday vs. the Nets, either. I want to be back (Saturday), but I know its not possible, Varejao said. But hopefully another week. That would be perfect for me. After the game, Scott pointed out that of the Cavs 24 losses, 20 have come after they led or trailed by no more than six points entering the fourth quarter. Weve been right there, he said. Its just learning how to close games out. Twitter: @SamAmicoFSO
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A man convicted of stabbing his estranged wife 183 times outside her Acworth home in 2004 is appealing his murder conviction before the Georgia Supreme Court on Monday.
Donovan Shane Leger, also known as Donavon Leger, is serving life plus 20 years in prison for aggravated battery and murder in the death of Tracy Leger on Sept. 6, 2004, according to state Corrections Department records.
Tracy Leger's brother, David Bumbalough, found her body outside the home they shared on Proctor Landing in Acworth after putting her 9-year-old son on the school bus that morning.
Evidence at the trial indicated Donovan Leger had a history of violence against his wife and made many phone calls to her home and her cellphone on the last night of her life. A baseball cap found by her body had his DNA inside and her DNA outside.
Leger also had a "God Forgive Me" tattoo and a book about surviving as a fugitive.
He was convicted in November 2007 and has been in the Macon State Prison since Jan. 22, 2008.
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In his appeal, Leger argues that the state failed in its responsibility during the discovery process to hand over evidence in a timely manner.
Even though the trial was more than three years after the crime, the prosecution didn't tell the defense about the hat DNA evidence until five days before trial. The defense didn't learn about cell-tower data indicating that Leger made phone calls from a site close to his wife's home until after the trial began, and the defense argues that the prosecution was late submitting an updated witness list.
The defense also says the judge was wrong to admit prejudicial evidence about the tattoo and the book, Fugitive: How to Run, Hide and Survive, and to let four witnesses testify about what they said Tracy Leger told them about violence by her husband.
The prosecution's response:
- It handed over evidence as soon as possible and did not try to ambush the defense, so the judge was right to admit it.
- The hearsay testimony about what Tracy Leger said about her husband's violence was appropriate because it explained the motive for murder.
- The photo of the tattoo was relevant because Leger got it after the slaying.
- The information about the book was admissible because it was open on a coffee table "as if someone had been reading it."
H. Maddox Kilgore is representing Leger before the Supreme Court. The offices of both Patrick Head and Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens are arguing for the state.
The case is part of the 10 a.m. court session Monday.


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The agency began with a simple food pantry and soup kitchen in 1982, opening the borough's first overnight voluntary church emergency shelter for homeless men in 1983, followed by a voluntary church-based women's shelter and year-round men's shelter in 1984. In 1985, Project Hospitality opened a trailer at the Staten Island Ferry Terminal to provide emergency and referral services to homeless persons who had congregated in the ferry terminal, the only heated public space on Staten Island. The outreach trailer represented the agency's first city contract, with the then NYC Human Resources Administration. It was through the intake and referral process of this initial drop-in center model that the agency was able to identify the multiple needs of homeless persons coming for help.
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Oklahoma's Congressional 5th District candidates were asked how to improve the national economy at a recent forum hosted by the Edmond Area Chamber of Commerce.
Ballots will be cast Tuesday to decide who will represent the 5th District. Democrat Tom Guild along with two Independent candidates, Pat Martin of Jones and Norman resident Robert T. Murphy, are vying to unseat Republican James Lankford.
"To be clear, jobs come from the private sector, not from the federal government," said Lankford, R-Edmond. "And if we focus on federal policies, say to provide more federal jobs for federal money to supplement this program to create more jobs to stabilize us, we'll get the same result we've had in the last four years."
Guild said that government created Lankford's job and creates the infrastructure to make business easier to conduct.
Americans received 43 months of unemployment above 8 percent as a result of the federal government's attempts to remedy the economy, Lankford said.
The unemployment rate decreased to 7.8 percent in September, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Marketwatch.com reports that the October report set for release Friday will show the U.S. added 120,000 jobs last month. The unemployment rate also increased to 7.9 percent, according to the MarketWatch survey of economists.
Guild pointed out that an unpopular Congress has failed to pass a budget and that a partisan House and Senate share responsibility for the stalemate.
"If you combine the last 11 presidents you can find 43 months of unemployment above 8 percent," Lankford said.
People are not going to spend their money or take capital risks to hire people when they are uncertain of the future health care laws and environmental regulations that impact the economy, Lankford said.
"We're back to the problem where the federal government is actually the problem in this rather than a helper in this," he said. "You have to have a consistent tax policy. Expiring tax policies without any reform raises instability. You can't plan your business four years out. We don't know what the tax rates will be four years out."
International taxes are lower than in the U.S, providing incentive for business to invest overseas, he said.
"I think the most creative thing we can do to create jobs is to fully support public education," Guild said.
Poor children and their families depend on public education, Guild said. Many families of middle class Americans cannot afford to send their children to private schools, he said.
"They need the public schools. That's the most democratic institution we have in our country," Guild said. "When we have a well educated population, then we have good employees for you."
Guild said he favors increasing federal funding for Pell grants to assist young people through college. Loan rates to college students should be minimized to help them from entering the workforce with enormous debt, Guild said.
"Also the president has put forth the American Jobs Act. That would create jobs and infrastructure. We'd rehire teachers, policemen and firefighters."
As a Libertarian, Murphy said he believes freedom is the genius of American civilization.
People either deal with each other voluntarily or they use force, Murphy said. Law should only be used against initiated force, he said. Laws build up until the federal government virtually has complete control of the economy, Murphy said.
"People have a hard time realizing is that government is nothing but raw force. Government is not persuasion," Murphy said. "It is not talking to you in a friendly manner."
Martin said he is expected to budget his finances to prevent spending more money than he takes in. A budget, however, does not mean making sweeping financial cuts in every aspect of his life.
"I prioritize. I might quit going out to restaurants five nights a week before I stop buying food altogether," Martin said. "I'll cut my satellite TV before I get my power turned off. But ultimately this is not how our government is conducting itself."
Eliminating government waste, mismanagement and redundancy is a higher priority than cutting nutrition programs for poor women and infants, public broadcasting and closing poison control centers, Martin said.


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is primed to return this weekend, with its grand opening Saturday followed by a ribbon-cutting on Sunday.
Owner Joe Tonelli cited financial reasons when he closed the restaurant at 282 Main St.
But with new co-owner Mary Bulone, who said she "couldn't bear to let one of my favorite restaurants go down without a fight," the restaurant is ready for another go.
"We know that just a fresh coat of paint won't do, which is why we have made many changes," she said. "Not only have we tweaked the menu to better suit our clientele, but we have hired many new faces and have put them through an extensive training program to ensure superior customer satisfaction."
Bulone said several local dignitaries are due at the ribbon-cutting ceremony at noon Sunday.
The restaurant will operate Sundays through Thursdays from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., and Fridays and Saturdays from 8 a.m. until midnight.It will offer breakfast, lunch and dinner service.
The old-fashioned ice cream parlor dates back to the 1900's, when it opened as Von Leesen's. Fred Bollinger took over and renamed it more than a decade ago before retiring in October 2010 and selling it to Tonelli.


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Dave Winer called me tonight and we had a nice chat about families and parents and all that. In the middle of the conversation a long train rumbled past. "The Internet is here" I told Dave. My end was being held in front of the Chop House, which is an excellent restaurant in Livingston.
He didn't quite understand until I explained it to him. See, the Internet is powered by electricity. What, you think those data centers at Yahoo and Google and MSN don't require much power? Think again. In fact, Google is planting its data centers near power sources because they require so much power.
So, when a train loaded with coal rumbled past, the first thing I thought of was that coal was going to power some of our Internet.
Of course I took a picture.
I told Dave that the railroad is a big deal here in Livingston. I know train buffs (they call them rail spotters, or if you really are a train buff, a "flimsie") come from around the world to watch the trains go over the Bozeman pass between Livingston and Bozeman, Montana. It's one of the most scenic train crossings in the world. Tomorrow I might follow a train or two and try to capture a picture as four, or six, electromotive engines pull a mile-long train over the pass.
It's an awesome sight to watch. The sheer physics are amazing.
Are any of you train fans? What draws you to watching trains? I think that's something I picked up from my ex-boss, Steve Sloan. When I worked for him he wrote a newsletter, named "Flimsies." Today he has a train page, although much of that doesn't seem to link up anymore. I'm sad, cause he had some really great photos of trains all over the Western United States.
But I think my love of trains goes back to the Lionel set that Uncle Victor gave our family when I was young. I still remember setting that up and driving it so fast that it flipped off of the tracks. Weird what we remember from when we were young.
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BENSON — Taking advantage of a strong start, West Johnston grabbed a stranglehold of the penthouse of the Greater Neuse River 4A Conference girls' soccer standings Wednesday night, pounding Knightdale, 4-1.
Bolstered by a pair of goals from two-sport standout Rebecca Meshaw, the Wildcats took a 3-0 halftime lead, then held off a gritty rally by the Knights to up their record to a perfect 9-0 in the conference, while improving to 12-0-1 overall.
The Knights, who had hopes of upsetting the Wildcats and taking a share of the top rung in the league, instead fell to 8-2 in the GNRC and 8-5-1 overall.
"We had come into the game with the possibility of pulling even with West into first place," said Knights coach Collin Dalton. "But we are still solidly in second place.
"I feel confident we will push on and make the playoffs."
But it was the Wildcats who were brimming with confidence in a fateful first half in which West spent a majority of the period in the Knights' defensive third, and kept pressure on Knightdale goalkeeper Megan Champion.
"I think Megan really kept them (Knights) in the game, despite what the scoreboard indicated," said West coach Ken Sweat. "She is a super goalkeeper."
West came out energetic and firing on all cylinders. The Wildcats were rewarded 8 1/2 minutes into the game when Mallory Burton sent a cross to Heather Bittle, who blasted a right-to-left shot for a 1-0 lead.
Meshaw then took over for the Wildcats, adding a goal off a free kick by Madison Covey with 18:15 to play in the half. Covey's right-to-left kick banged off the left post, but Meshaw was there to finish, pushing the lead to 2-0.
Meshaw connected again with 5:24 left in the half, when Rachel Thomas worked the ball up the right side of the end line and crossed a pass through the crease to Meshaw, who flicked the ball past Champion.
"I was real proud of the girls tonight," Sweat said. "I thought they played real well and came out very aggressively."
Dalton attributed the outcome of the first half to the desire of the Wildcats.
"Preparation and the mental want-to," Dalton said. "It was more on the West Johnston side than that of Knightdale.
"Coming into the game I thought we had a fair chance of winning, based on the first time we played them (a 3-1 victory by the Wildcats March 18 in Knightdale)."
After regrouping at halftime, including alterations to their alignment on the field, the Knights began taking the fight to the Wildcats and pressuring West goal keeper Hannah Stephenson.
But the efforts were futile until Brenna Hardy finished on a cross by Holley Lopez from the middle of the field with 16:30 to play.
Knightdale continued to attack in hopes of getting back into the contest with a late rally, only to be turned away.
"In the second half, I think our girls were a little tired," Sweat said. "They didn't realize how much energy they had expended, and the heat took a toll on them. That, and the change that Knightdale made - it spread us out all over the field."