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We designed and letterpress printed this poster for the Sweet Hair poster show featuring 37 Minneapolis artists. All prints are hair-inspired, handmade and created just for this show. A portion of proceeds benefits Locks of Love. It hangs at the Art Minion Gallery in Northeast Minneapolis until mid July. If you love hair, check out the Sweet Hair site. Our 18 x 26 poster is a single color printed on 220lb Crane Lettra Pearl White. The type intertwines with a .30 point stroke that flows throughout the poster, making a nice deep impression on the cotton stock. The quote is a Chinese proverb that reads "You cannot prevent the birds of sadness from passing over your head, but you can prevent their making a nest in your hair." If there are any left when the show comes down at Art Minion, we'll sell them on our site.

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Tori Bennett has heard all about the New Bern volleyball team's coaching history.
Tori Bennett has heard all about the New Bern volleyball team's coaching history.
She is the fourth head coach in the past four seasons.
Bennett, a Michigan native and East Carolina graduate, is taking over a New Bern squad that returns most of its players from last year's playoff team.
�I have a lot of work cut out for me, in terms of building a team, but the talent is there,� said Bennett.
The biggest thing about having most of the players back is that the trust, and communication is already in place.
Last year's Sun Journal Player of the Year Caitlin Solter is a rising senior, and a leader at the net.
�We want to connect better and win more games,� Solter said. �We are looking forward to going farther in the playoffs.�
Rising senior Olivia Stewart has been a successful setter for the Bears the past two seasons. Also back in the mix is libero Hailey Lindell, along with Olivia Mitchell, Brittany McKeon, Sydney Gilgo and Kelsey Crawford.
�Communication is really a big thing, but it helps us mesh together,� Stewart said. �With most of us returning, we have developed trust.
�We have always considered ourselves as leaders. We are going to continue to lead the team.�
The Bears, entering a new conference that no longer includes the Wilmington schools, start the season at home against New Bern on Tuesday.
Joining New Bern in the Eastern Carolina Conference is J.H. Rose, Eastern Wayne, Southern Wayne, C.B. Aycock, D.H. Conley and South Central.
�We have some really great talent,� Bennett said. �I'm sure we can make it pretty far. I am impressed already.�
New Bern's outlook
Last year's record: 12-15
Playoffs: Lost to Pine Forest (first round)
Coach: Tori Bennett
Key returners: Caitlin Solter, Olivia Stewart, Emma Melton, Sydney Gilgo, Brittany McKeon, Haily Lindell.
Falcons ready for tough test
It doesn't matter if they are playing a larger 4A opponent or a bigger private school, the Epiphany Falcons don't plan on backing down.
It's the confident approach of a volleyball team coming off a 20-win season in 2012, and the North Carolina Independent School Athletic Association 1A state runner-up.
�Our goal is to take any challenge that we receive,� said Epiphany rising senior Hannah Thorn. �If a huge school like New Bern wants to play us, then we are going to play them and give it our all.
�We are going to take anything we are given with a positive attitude and play our game.�
The Falcons, strong at the net last season, will be without reigning all-state performer Megan Cowan until sometime in October.
That means Thorn, rising junior Nicole Hoard, rising sophomore Clara Bridgman and rising freshman Avery Davis will have to pick up the slack at the net.
�I can't wait for (Megan) to come back, but I am really happy with Hannah Thorn, Avery Davis and Nicole Hoard,� said Epiphany coach Darryl Radford. �All the girls have been in workouts, conditioning or club ball, plus they've matured.�
The Falcons went 20-5 a year ago, but their season ultimately came to an end with a three-set loss to Shannon Forest in the state title game.
With most of its players back, Thorn expects the team to make another deep run.
�It makes you want to work 10 times harder, knowing that we can get there,� said Thorn. �We have a lot of potential and I think it is going to be a great season.�
Radford is looking for big contributions from setter Haley Radford, as well as Erica Neibaur and Haley Foley.
�I am really excited about the potential they have this year,� Radford said. �The team chemistry is phenomenal. There is a real bond.�
The Falcons have challenging non-conference games against public schools New Bern and East Carteret.
Epiphany's outlook
Last year's record: 20-5
Playoffs: Lost to Shannon Forest (NCISAA state finals)
Coach: Darryl Radford
Key returners: Hannah Thorn, Haley Radford, Nicole Hoard, Erica Neibaur, Megan Cowan, Clara Bridgman.
Eagles aiming for improvement
VANCEBORO � Entering her second season as West Craven's volleyball coach, Sheila Holloway wants her players to not be afraid to take some risks.
Last season, the Eagles, more often than not, played it safe. Now, Holloway is ready for her group to expand their game.
She is hoping the aggressive play will be the right ingredient that pushes West Craven to the state playoffs for the first time in several years.
�There are things that are smart risks and there are things that aren't worth gambling on � kind of the all-or-nothing deal,� Holloway said. �Last year, we wanted to play it safe. They didn't figure out they could play hard and smart. I hope we recognize that.�
The Eagles lost five seniors from last year's team, but rising senior Kaylee Koeperich feels the team, as a whole, is improved.
�We have some good hitters and good blockers. We are working at covering each other,� Koeperich said. �We are putting it all out there on the floor every day in practice. We aren't letting each other slack off.�
Koeperich and rising senior Courtney Holland are designated as team captains. Holland, the setter, has a role equivalent to a quarterback on a football team.
�I am have to decide where the ball goes and make the best decision for the team,� Holland said.
Holloway is thrilled to have Adrian Smith back as one of West Craven's best servers.
�Adrian Smith is a lights-out server,� Holloway said. �She can put the ball anywhere she wants, and she has a bunch of different types of serves.�
Rendi Wetherington, Jasmine Raynor, Sara Manning and Erin Gray are also expected to play a key role.
The Eagles open the season on Aug. 19 with a home match against Kinston.
�I am very happy with where we are starting,� Holloway said. �The girls have showed a lot of tenacity. They are loud, the are aggressive and they seem to be pumped about the season.�
West Craven's outlook
Last year's record: 3-13
Playoffs: None
Coach: Sheila Holloway
Key returners: Rendi Wetherington, Adrian Smith, Kaylee Koeperich, Courtney Holland, Jasmine Raynor.
Pamlico young, but talented
BAYBORO � Heidi Griffee enjoys working with a young team. It's her project.
Pamlico's volleyball team lost six seniors from 2012, and have just two seniors this season.
Griffee, the Hurricanes' head volleyball coach, still believes her squad will be competitive in a conference that no longer includes Southwest Onslow and Dixon.
�We are kind of young, but I like to work with the young group,� Griffee said. �We have a lot to improve on, but it's really exciting.�
The returning seniors include Lindsey Lee and Peyton Davis.
�I think we are definitely going to compete in the conference,� Griffee said. �We are someone teams have to look out for.�
Kelsey Guimbal and Martha Bautista also had significant playing time last season. Laichelle Sparrow, Chelsea Sawyer and Grace Preston add depth to the team.
�We are looking pretty good,� said Lee. �We are young and have people playing new positions, so we have some kinks to work out. Once everyone is settled in, we will be doing really good.�
The Hurricanes, who won 12 games last season before getting knocked out of the playoffs by Rosewood, are promising to be strong with their serves.
�That's one of our strong points, like always,� said Griffee. �That's one of the things we focus on.�
Pamlico kicks off its regular season at New Bern on Aug. 20.
Pamlico's outlook
Last year's record: 12-10
Playoffs: Lost to Rosewood
Coach: Heidi Griffee
Key returners: Kelsey Guimbal, Lindsay Lee, Cheryl Thomas, Peyton Davis, Martha Bautista.
Havelock looks to rebound
HAVELOCK � Camaryn Singleton is the lone returning senior back for the Havelock Rams.
Only her, and McKayla Roberts and Brice Goudy were members of last season's one-win volleyball team.
They are hoping for more this season.
�To be honest, I feel better about this team,� Singleton said. �We are starting off better, compared to last year. We are more of a team and working together.�
The Rams open the season at New Bern on Tuesday.
Setters Singleton, McKayla Brown, Amber Wright and Kailynn Simmons will set the tone for the offense. Hitters Roberts, Goudy, Natalie Johnson, Kennedy Campbell, Lauren Hunter, Krissy Markwood, Shanice Frazier and Airhianna Thompson will attempt to finish them off.
�They are good, but we have to get more rotation in,� Singleton said. �We are more of a younger team, so we can only get better.�
The Rams are coached by Amy McCutcheon.
Havelock's outlook
Last year's record: 1-15
Playoffs: None
Coach: Amy McCutcheon
Key returners: Camaryn Singleton, Brice Goudy, McKayla Roberts.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Lipscomb track and field squads got off to a strong start Friday at the North Florida Spring Break Invite in Jacksonville. The Bisons and Lady Bisons claimed two gold medals, four silver and three bronze on the opening day.
On the heels of being named the Atlantic Sun Conference Most Outstanding Track Performer, unior Dani Walker picked up right where she left off in the indoor season as she won the 800m run. Her school-record run was clocked in at 2:08.33.
"Dani continues her impressive season with a fifth school-record in the past eight days," Bill Taylor, director of cross country and track and field, said. "It was a good way to start the outdoor season.
Katie Bunker finished with the bronze in a time of 2:15.74 in the event. Lipscomb also placed runners in the 8-12 positions with Madelin Talber, Brenna Thompson, Tess Hoefle and Kendra Lobley.
"We loaded up the 800 today," Taylor said. "Most of our distance runners dropped down, our long sprinters moved up and joined our middle distance runners. I think two-thirds of our team was warming up for the 800. We had a lot of great performances. Katie Bunker was real strong and Brenna Thompson, a 200 and 400 runner, ran a very impressive 2:18 today.
The 5000m proved to be a strong-hold for the Lady Bisons with a podium sweep led by Alex Newby's winning time of 17:39.81. Minna Fields and Renee Menzie finished second and third, respectively.
"It was a great end to the day with a 1-2-3 finish in the women's 5000," Taylor said. "We didn't enter many, but we continue to send a message about our strength and depth in distance."
The first time out with the javelin throwers, Lipscomb had a pair of second place finishes. John Clevenger finished second with a toss of 50.33 meters on the men's side. Taylor Mason, an all-conference performer last season, finished second in the women's bracket with a throw of 36.41 meters.
Sophomore Houston Ward picked up a pair of silver medals in the discus and shot put. A toss of 45.56 meters in the discus earned him second place in his first time in the discus this year. A throw of 15.10 meters garnered second place honors in the shot.
"Houston started the season right with two second place finishes," Taylor said. "It was a very strong start to the outdoor season with our throws as Taylor and John each picked up second place as well."
Junior Tucker Peabody was the top collegiate finisher in the 400 meter dash. He finished in a time of 49.85 seconds for a fourth overall finish. The three runners in front of him were all running unattached in the meet.
Day two of the meet gets underway at 8 a.m. on Saturday with both running events and field events.


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A man suffered life-threatening injuries late Tuesday night after a shooting incident involving two Mount Holly police officers. The suspect, who has several recent arrests, also had a handgun, according to police.
Jmar Demontae Davis was shot at least once in the neck. Police would not say whether he received other gunshot wounds. He will face two charges of using a gun to assault law enforcement officers, said interim Mount Holly Police Chief David James.
At 9 a.m., Davis was in the surgical intensive care unit at Gaston Memorial Hospital.
The shooting occurred around 11:30 p.m. on South Highland Street, just a few yards north of the intersection with Main Street. The road remained closed at 10 a.m. today with the State Bureau of Investigation on the scene.
K-9 Officer T.L. Hager was on Highland Street Tuesday night when he clocked a car driven by Davis going 80 mph. That section of road, also known as N.C. 273, has a 35-mph speed limit, said James.
Officer Hager and Patrol Officer Darryl Barnes, who was in another vehicle, stopped Davis' vehicle. Both police cars parked behind the suspect�s car like a routine traffic stop, James said.
�Some type of encounter occurred and the officers fired several rounds,� James said around 2 a.m.
"The suspect did have a weapon. I don't know if he fired," James would say about 90 minutes later. "I don't know how the encounter occurred."
Both officers fired their weapons and the man received more than one gunshot wound, James said. It was not certain if both officers hit Davis with their gunfire.
�The subject was hit and he went down and then they rendered aid,� James said. Davis was the only person in his vehicle.
Davis, 27, of 4655 Coppala Drive Charlotte, has a recent history with police in Charlotte, including three arrests within the last 15 months. In December 2011, Charlotte officers charged Davis with two counts of drug possession, driving while impaired and driving with no license. In July 2012, Charlotte officers again charged Davis with drug possession (marijuana), carrying a concealed weapon and another felony charge. On Dec. 11, 2012, Charlotte officers charged Davis with injury to personal property. In each case he was released after posting bail of $4,000 or less, and a combined total of $5,850.
At least some of those charges from each arrest remain pending, according to North Carolina court records.
Davis appeared to be driving a Nissan, which had what appeared to be two holes in the glass along the back driver�s side. The back window also appeared shattered. In the darkness it was not clear if the driver�s window was undamaged or just rolled down.
Clothing items were scattered just outside the car along the street.
James left the scene of the shooting around 2 a.m. saying he was going to Gaston Memorial Hospital to check on the man�s condition. GEMS crews indicated he was in stable condition, but did have life-threatening injuries.
James called in the State Bureau of Investigation to conduct an independent query of events. Crime Scene Investigators were also on site.
Both officers were placed on administrative leave, standard practice in an officer-related shooting. Neither was physically injured. Both had given statements at the Mount Holly Police Department following the incident, James said.
�They�re both good. Sort of shaken up,� James said.
James described both Barnes and Hager as veteran officers with five years and seven years of experience, respectively.
Officers will take their evidence in the case to the District Attorney's office to determine any charges against Davis.
Mount Holly officers will investigate to ensure both Barnes and Hager followed policy and procedures. James said he does not know that either officer acted improperly.
Highland Street, also known as N.C. 273, may still be closed in the early morning hours Wednesday, with police re-routing traffic either through the Food Lion parking lot or along other side streets.
Gazette staff will attend a 10 a.m. press conference at the Mount Holly Police Department to bring you more on the story.
You can reach Online Editor Kevin Ellis at 704-201-7016 or @TheGazetteKevin on Twitter.


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News and Announcements
Video presentations of ArchiTreats and many other of our programs
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Updated: February 22, 2017
Video presentations of ArchiTreats and many other of our programs
Book Talk on March 2 at 12:00, Shot in Alabama: A History of Photography 1839-1941, presented by Frances Robb
On Thursday, February 16 at 12:00 pm. Dr. Sharony Green will present Family Ties: Hidden Black – White Relationships in Antebellum Alabama.
A Conversation with Jim Peppler: Reflections on the Southern Courier Photograph Collection, Thursday, February 2 at 12:00
Sewn Together: Two Centuries of Alabama Quilts Exhibition On Display at the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Jan. 28 – April 16, 2017
Food for Thought on Thursday, January 19 at 12:00 pm. Leah Rawls Atkins will present Ralph "Shug" Jordan and World War II: From North Africa to Okinawa.
2017 Food For Thought Schedule
2017 Stonewall Jackson Memorial Fund Essay Contest
The Archives will be closed January 16 for the state holiday.
Share Your Story. Archives Oral History Project
Food for Thought --November 17 at 12:00 pm. Valerie Burnes will present The Black Belt: A Cultural Survey of the Heart of Alabama.
Archives Offering Vietnam War-Themed Programs During Week of Veterans Day
Thursday, October 20 at 12:00 pm. Justin Giles will present "The History and Culture of the Muscogee People"
My Father and Atticus Finch, a book talk presented by Joe Beck on October 21 at 12:00.
Archives Seeking Volunteer Museum Guides
October is American Archives Month! Get a Copy of the 2016 Alabama Archives Month Poster Here.
Film Screening of The Bankheads on September 1 at 12:00
Food for Thought, Thursday, September 15 at 12:00 pm., Steven P. Brown will present Alabama's U.S. Supreme Court Justices.
August Food for Thought: Josephine B. McCall will present "The Penalty for Success: My Father was Lynched in Lowndes County, Alabama".
"A Paper for the People": The Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection Now On Exhibit at the Archives
Alabama in the Age of Aquarius Symposium Schedule
July 21st Food for Thought – William J. Plott presents "The Negro Southern League: A Baseball History, 1920 - 1951"
Food for Thought: June 16 at noon. Ruth Truss will present The Journal of Sarah Haynsworth Gayle, 1827 – 1835.
Register for Summer Saturday Genealogy Workshops
Author Maria Gitin to Present "This Bright Light of Ours: Stories from the Voting Rights Fight in Wilcox County, Alabama" on Tuesday, June 7 at 12:00
Food for Thought: May 19th Karen R. Utz will present "The Music of the Birmingham District's Mines, Railroads, and Mills."
April 21, 2016, Food for Thought: Watt Key will present "Adventures in Alabama's Mobile – Tensaw Delta."
Food for Thought Thursday, March 17 at noon. Chris McIlwain will present "Civil War Alabama."
Food for Thought: Thursday, February 18 at noon. Billy Singleton will present "Visions of Flying Machines: Early Aerial Experimenters in Alabama."
Register for SHRAB's Historic Records Preservation Grant Workshop on February 23 at the Archives
Friends of the Archives Offering 2016 Student Research Fellowships
Register for the Montgomery session of Common Threads II: Alabama Quilting Traditions at the Alabama Archives March 4-5, 2016
The Archives will be closed Monday, January 18, 2016, for the birthdays of Robert E. Lee and Martin Luther King, Jr.
Food for Thought on Thursday, January 21 at noon. G. Ward Hubbs will present "Searching for Freedom: Klansman, Carpetbagger, Scalawag, and Freedman."
Register for the first Alabama Decorative Arts Symposium "Alabama Made" Jan 21-22. Sponsored by Landmarks Foundation of Montgomery
Archives Announces Food for Thought (formerly ArchiTreats) 2016 Schedule
Architreats, December 17 at noon. Edward H. Davis will present "Collards: A Southern Tradition from Seed to Table."
The Archives will be closed Thursday and Friday, November 26th and 27th, for Thanksgiving. We will be open Saturday, November 28th.
Downton Abbey Coming to the Archives on December 10
Archives to Host Screening of More Than A Bus Ride on December 3 at Noon
State Historical Records Advisory Board Awards 19 Grants For Records Preservation
Architecture of the Alabama Archives Tour Saturday, November 7 at 11:00
Spend Veterans Day at the Archives. Special Tours and Programs from 10 to 3 on November 11
ArchiTreats, November 19, 2015--David Robb will present Alabama's "Invisible Map" of 1818 and the Origins of the Great Seal of Alabama.
Architreats October 15, 2015, Donna Cox Baker will present Iterations of Afterlife: Changing Views of the "Future State" in the Antebellum South
September Architreats: Sharon G. Pierson will present A "Laboratory of Learning": Alabama State College Lab High School, a Model Education.
Archives accepting applications for student internships
Register for "Find Your Story: A Genealogy Workshop for All Levels"
Museum of Alabama Monthly Themed Tour Schedule
"The Whole World Saw Your Pictures": Spider Martin & the 1965 Voting Rights Campaign Opening at the Archives through September 25, 2015
Alabama Brides on exhibit through October 2, 2015
August 26, 2015 booktalk by S. M. "Mac" Otts, Better Than Them: The Unmaking of An Alabama Racist
ArchiTreats August 20, 2015,Julie Williams will present Wings of Opportunity: the Wright Brothers in Montgomery, Alabama.
ArchiTreats July 16, 2015, Jason J. Battles will present The Freedmen's Bureau in Alabama, 1865 - 1867.
June 22, 2015. Remembering the Great War: A Symposium on World War I
ArchiTreats, June 18, 2015, Steve Flowers will present Goats and Governors: Alabama Political Stories.
ArchiTreats, May 21, David Warren Steel presents "Makers of the Sacred Harp."
ArchiTreats: Robert Bradley presents "Mobile 1865: The Siege and Reduction of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely."
April 22, book talk by Matthew McDaniel: Emigration to Liberia from the Chattahoochee Valley of Georgia and Alabama, 1853-1903
Archives to Host Book Signing with Alabama Music Legend Rick Hall on April 1 from 1 to 2 pm
ArchiTreats: Food for Thought March 19th: Sheyann Webb-Christburg presents "Dr. Martin Luther King's Smallest Freedom Fighter."
Alabama Archives Releases Newly Discovered, Unseen Color Film Footage and Aerial Photographs of the Selma-to-Montgomery Voting Rights March
Archives to host open quilting session on Feb. 21 for the March Quilts project
Book Talk on February 25 at Noon. Jeff Benton will present "Through Others' Eyes: Published Accounts of Antebellum Montgomery, Alabama"
ArchiTreats: February 19th, Monique Laney presents "When Histories and Memories Collide: How Huntsville Made Sense of its German Rocket Team's Nazi Past."
"The Whole World Saw Your Pictures": Spider Martin & the 1965 Voting Rights Campaign Opening at the Archives on February 2, 2015
African American Genealogy: The Basics and Beyond workshop, Monday, February 23, 2015
Museum of Alabama Open from 1:00pm - 4:30pm on Inauguration Day
Who ARE these people? Help us identify photos from our collections.
January ArchiTreats: Marianne Weber presents "Jonathan Daniels: Episcopal Martyr of Lowndes County," on January 15th at noon
Book talk January 21 by Randall C. Jimerson, Shattered Glass in Birmingham: My Family's Fight for Civil Rights, 1961-1964.
Archives Announces 2015 ArchiTreats Lunchtime Lecture Series Schedule
December ArchiTreats: Gene Allen Smith presents "The Slaves' Gamble for Freedom: Choosing Sides in the War of 1812"
Archives Hosting Exclusive Season 5 Preview of Downton Abbey on December 11th
Friends of the Alabama Archives Now Accepting Applications for 2015 Student Fellowships
ArchiTreats, November 20th, Bob Pasquill presents The Alabama National Forest: 1914 – 1936
Alabamians in the Great War opening November 9 at the Museum of Alabama
Alabama Voices Week at ADAH, October 20-25, 2014
ADAH to Host Screening of Season Premiere of Alabama Public Television's Journey Proud Series on October 23
Archives Month 2014 Special Exhibits and Events
"Untangling the Web: Finding Your Alabama Ancestors in Cyberspace."
Montgomery Area Archives to Host Archives Crawl during October
Archives to Celebrate Electronic Records Day October 10, 2014
ArchiTreats, October 16th, See Alabama First: The Story of Alabama Tourism
ArchiTreats, September 18th, J. Barry Vaughn presents Bishops, Bourbons, and Big Mules: A History of the Episcopal Church in Montgomery
ArchiTreats, August 21st, Dr. Kathryn Braund presents The Treaty of Fort Jackson.
ArchiTreats, July 17th, Dr. Lonnie Burnett presents "Civil War Mobile."
Find Your Story at My History Day, Saturday, July 12
Take a Guided Tour of the Museum of Alabama Daily at 1pm.
June 19, 2014 ArchiTreat: Steve Goodson presents "'A Blessed Work in a Somber World': Selections from the Hank Williams Reader."
May ArchiTreats: Joseph Bagley presents "Now a Single Shot Can Do It": Lee v. Macon and School Desegregation in Alabama.
April ArchiTreats: Dan Puckett presents The Resettlement of Jewish Refugees in Alabama, 1938 – 1941.
ADAH Presents, Find Your Story: A Genealogy Course for Beginners. Open Registration Begins March 3rd
ArchiTreats March 20, 2014: Ove Jensen presents "Horseshoe Bend"
Alabama Voices Grand Opening, February 15, 2014
Cultural Crossroads Symposium, February 8, 2014
ArchiTreats, Feb. 20, 2014: Barbara S. Shores presents "The Gentle Giant of Dynamite Hill: The Untold Story of Arthur Shores and His Family's Fight for Civil Rights"
ArchiTreats, January 16, 2014: Kenneth Noe presents "Alabama's Civil War Revisited"
Celebrate Alabama Day, Dec. 14, 2013
ArchiTreats, Dec. 19, 2013: James C. Giesen presents "Alabama's Got the Boll Weevil Blues"
ArchiTreats, Nov. 21, 2013: James S. Day presents Diamonds in the Rough: A History of Alabama's Cahaba Coal Field
ArchiTreats, Oct. 17, 2013: "Alabama and the War of 1812," by Jeannie and David Heidler
ArchiTreats, Sept. 19, 2013: "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Remembers," by Carolyn McKinstry
August 15, 2013 ArchiTreat: Dr. Gregory Waselkov presents "White Paths, Red Paths: Fort Mims and the Alabama Frontier."
ArchiTreats, July 18, 2013: "Cars Fell on Alabama: The Automotive Industry Comes to Alabama," by Bill Taylor and Archie Craft
ADAH Announces Construction of Alabama Voices Exhibition
ArchiTreats, June 20, 2013: "The Emancipation Proclamation in Wartime Alabama," by John Kvach
ArchiTreats, May 16, 2013: "Longleaf Pine: The Tree That Made Alabama," by Bill Finch
Book Talk: Alan and Karen Jabbour discuss Decoration Day and the Shaping of Rural Southern Cemeteries, April 30, 2013
Book Talk: Deborah Martinson's Virginia Durr and Lillian Hellman: Two Uncompromising Women and Their Alabama Families, April 19, 2013
ArchiTreats, April 18, 2013: "Streight's Raid and the Making of a Confederate Heroine," by Keith S. Hebert
ArchiTreats, March 21, 2013: "The Rise and Fall of Alabama's Textile Industry," by David Seagraves
February 28, 2013 ArchiTreats: Fred D. Gray presents "The Civil Rights World in Alabama, 1961-1963"
January 17, 2013 ArchiTreats: Dan Carter presents "'Segregation Forever': The Speech that Launched George Wallace's National Career"
2013 ArchiTreats schedule
January 12, 2013: Cultural Crossroads returns to ADAH
Stonewall Jackson Memorial Fund Repayable Scholarship
December 20, 2012 -- ArchiTreats: "Portraits of Conflict: A Photographic History of Alabama in the Civil War," by Ben Severance
November 15, 2012 -- ArchiTreats: "Lord Remember Me: Archiving Alabama's Folklife," by Kevin Nutt
October 18, 2012 -- ArchiTreats: "The Space Race in Alabama in the 1950s and 1960s," by Andrew J. Dunar
September 20, 2012 -- ArchiTreats: Jun Ebersole presents "Sloths, Mammoths, and Sabre-toothed Cats: The Ice Age Mammals of Alabama"
August 22, 2012 -- Archives announces new Director
August 16, 2012 ArchiTreats: The Rise and Decline of the Redneck Riviera, by Hardy Jackson
July 19, 2012 ArchiTreats: Alabama and the War of 1812: After the Horseshoe, by Jim Parker
June 14, 2012 Book Talk and Signing: Storming the State House, by Ala. House Speaker Mike Hubbard
June 21, 2012 ArchiTreats: History of License Plates in Alabama, by Ross Sloan
May 17, 2012 ArchiTreats: William Bartram in Alabama, by John Hall
April 19, 2012 ArchiTreats: Incidents of War: The Civil War of Mary Jane Chadick, by Nancy M. Rohr
April 20, 2012 Book signing and talk: The National Anthem of Secession: Dixie, Alabama, and the Confederacy, by Christian McWhirter
March 15, 2012 AchiTreats: Hank Hung the Moon...And Warmed Our Cold, Cold Hearts, by Rheta Grimsley Johnson
February 23, 2012 Book signing and talk: George Wallace, The Man You Never Knew By The Man Who Knew Him Best, by George Wallace Jr.
December 8, 2011 -- Book signing and talk: Carolina Planters on the Alabama Frontier: The Spencer-Robeson-McKenzie Family Papers, by Edward Pattillo
December 15, 2011 ArchiTreats: "Southern Music of the Civil War Era," by the 33rd Alabama Campfire Players
November 3, 2011 -- Film screening of "The Jefferson County Sound: Alabama's Black Gospel Quartets" by Robert Clem
November 17, 2011 -- ArchiTreats: "The Civil Rights World in Alabama, 1961-1962," by Fred D. Gray
October 13, 2011 --Book Talk and Signing, Keeping the Faith: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Lives, by Wayne Flynt
October 6, 2011 -- Book signing and talk: My Work Is That of Conservation: An Environmental Biography of George Washington Carver, by Mark Hersey
October 20, 2011 -- ArchiTreats: "The Legacy of Alabama African American Gospel Quartets," by Doug Seroff
September 15, 2011 -- ArchiTreats: "Tecumseh and Tuckabatchee, Fact and Fiction," by Kathryn Braund
Museum of Alabama now open every Saturday, 8:30 -- 4:30
September 1, 2011 -- Book Talk and Signing, Eugene Allen Smith's Alabama: How a Geologist Shaped the State, by Aileen Henderson
August 18, 2011 -- ArchiTreats: "Race Relations in Alabama, 1965-1968: A Photojournalist's Perspective," by Jim Peppler
July 28, 2011 --Book Talk and Signing, John James Audubon -- The Forgotten Manuscripts, by Daniel Patterson
July 14, 2011--Book Talk and Signing-- Tuskegee Airmen: An Illustrated History,1939 - 1949, by Joe Caver and Daniel Haulman
July 21, 2011 ArchiTreats: "Alabama Stories: Food and Memory," by Scott Peacock
June 16, 2011 ArchiTreats: "Mobile Brass Band Traditions and Mardi Gras" by Kern Jackson
June 2, 2011 -- Book signing -- Alabama Getaway: The Political Imaginary and the Heart of Dixie, by Allen Tullos
May 19, 2011 ArchiTreats: "The Freedom Riders Come to Alabama," by Mills Thornton
May 5, 2011-- Book talk, A Government of Our Own: The Making of the Confederacy, by William C. Davis
April 21, 2011-- ArchiTreats: "To Kill a Mockingbird: Successes and Myths," by Nancy Anderson
April 19, 2011 -- Book signing: Warren Trest and Former Governor John Patterson present Wings of Denial: The Alabama Air National Guard's Covert Role at the Bay of Pigs
April 9, 2011 -- Lecture on Tallulah Bankhead and screening of her film The Devil and the Deep, by Frances and David Robb
March 17, 2011 -- ArchiTreats: "The Civil War Pharmacy," by Michael Flannery
March 12, 2011 -- Family History Research Workshop at ADAH
February 16, 2011 -- "The Man and the Hour Have Met:" Lecture and Reception at the ADAH
February 17, 2011 -- ArchiTreats: Jett Williams, "My Father, Hank Williams"
January 31, 2011 -- Temporary Exhibit: The Formation of the Confederate Government
January 27, 2011 -- Book Talk and Signing: Dr. Ethel Hall, "My Journey: A Memoir of the First African American to Preside over the Alabama Board of Education"
January 6, 2011 -- New Museum Exhibits Planned at State Archives
January 21, 2011 ArchiTreats--Robert B. Bradley: The Road to War: January--April 1861
December 14, 2010 -- 2011 ArchiTreats schedule
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The Meteor, patient-produced newspaper of the Alabama Insane Hospital
Updated: February 22, 2017


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Spartans, Huskies one step closer
NEW YORK (AP) Two programs very familiar of late with the NCAA tournament's round of eight will meet for the right to go to the Final Four.
Michigan State, the No. 4 seed that has become one of the favorites to win the title, and Connecticut, a No. 7 seed enjoying the underdog role, both won Friday night in the East Regional semifinals and they will play Sunday with the winner heading to North Dallas for the Final Four.
The Spartans (29-8) beat top-seeded Virginia 61-59 and gave a defensive clinic in the win.
Connecticut (29-8) advanced with an 81-76 victory over third-seeded Iowa State in a game where both teams were making a lot of shots.
Michigan State is in the round of eight for the eighth time since 1999 and the Spartans are 6-1 in those games.
Connecticut is in the round of eight for the ninth time since 1995 and the Huskies are 4-4 in those games.
Michigan State and Connecticut met in the national semifinals in 2009, an 82-73 victory for the Spartans.
If the Spartans play defense like they did against Virginia (30-7), holding the Cavaliers to 35.1 percent shooting, the final score shouldn't be like it was five years ago.
"I thought our half-court defense in general was maybe one of the best," Michigan State coach Tom Izzo said. "I thought once we were in the half court, ours might have been as best as we have had in a long, long time, to be honest with you."
Virginia came into the game leading the nation in points allowed per game at 55.5. The Cavaliers did a credible job against Michigan State on that end of the court, they just couldn't score.
The Spartans held the Cavaliers to 35.1 percent shooting (20 of 57), well off the 45.7 percent they shot during the season and nowhere near the 54.3 percent they shot in the two NCAA tournament games.
"I think I definitely have to credit their defense," Virginia's Malcolm Brogdon said. "They have a lot of good athletes. They contest shots. But we also missed some easy layups inside for sure. But I can't take away from their defense."
Branden Dawson had 24 points and 10 rebounds for Michigan State and Adreian Payne added 16 points, including the 3-pointer with 1:29 left that gave the Spartans the lead for good at 54-51.
Dawson, who averages 11.0 points per game, has scored in double figures in six straight games and he had a career-high 26 points in the third-round win over Harvard. He missed nine games this season with a broken right hand, an injury he inflicted on himself when he hit a table while watching film.
"It was tough, being out for those nine games," Dawson said. "For me, just making the bad decision that I made, I learned from it a lot. That didn't stop me from coming in and working hard, and I think that being out for those nine games, I just told myself that my team needs me, and I just need to step up and be a man. And that's what I did."
Izzo called Dawson "a freak athlete," both in strength and athletic ability.
"He's not been a very good shooter. He's worked hard on it," Izzo said.
Joe Harris and Brogdon both had 17 points for Virginia, the Atlantic Coast Conference regular season and tournament champion.
Connecticut rode the 27 points and 10 rebounds from DeAndre Daniels to the win over the Cyclones (28-7). He scored 19 points in the second half.
"DeAndre's a scorer, and once you feel that you have that confidence, the next shot's going to go in," said Shabazz Napier, Daniels' teammate and the American Athletic Conference player of the year. "We kept feeding him, and he got super hot."
Daniels was 10 of 15 from the field.
"With our seniors on this team, I just want them to go out with a bang," he said.
Dustin Hogue scored a career-high 34 points for Iowa State, but Big 12 player of the year Melvin Ejim was 3 of 13 for seven points, more than 11 below his average.
The Cyclones, in the Sweet Sixteen for the first time since 2000, were playing their second game without third-leading scorer Georges Niang, who broke his foot in their tournament opener.
They trailed by 16 points with less than 7 1/2 minutes to go, but nearly came all the way back behind Hogue's inside scoring.
"That's who these guys are, they're fighters," coach Fred Hoiberg said.
These were the first NCAA tournament games played at Madison Square Garden since 1961 and there was a sellout crowd of 19,314 on hand.
There may be a few more squeezed in on Sunday.


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Salim Hamdan
|Salim Ahmed Hamdan
|Detained at
|Guantanamo Bay camp
|Alternate name
|Saqr al-Jedawi[1]
|Alleged to be a member of
|Conspiracy and providing material support for terrorism[3]
|Transferred to Yemen; conviction vacated in 2012
|Umm Fatima
|Two daughters born 2000, 2002
Salim Ahmed Hamdan (Arabic: سالم احمد حمدان) (born February 25, 1968)[4] is a Yemeni man, captured during the invasion of Afghanistan, declared by the United States government to be an illegal enemy combatant and held as a detainee at Guantanamo Bay from 2002 to November 2008. He admits to being Osama bin Laden's personal driver and said he needed the money.[5]
He was originally charged by a military tribunal with "conspiracy and providing material support for terrorism," but the process of military tribunals was challenged in a case that went to the US Supreme Court. In Hamdan v. Rumsfeld (2006), the Court ruled that the military commissions as set up by the United States Department of Defense were flawed and unconstitutional.[3] DOD continued to hold Hamdan as an enemy combatant at Guantanamo.
After passage of the Military Commissions Act of 2006, Hamdan was tried on revised charges beginning July 21, 2008, the first of the detainees to be tried under the new system. He was found guilty of "providing material support" to al Qaeda, but was acquitted by the jury of terrorism conspiracy charges.[6] He was sentenced to five-and-a-half years of imprisonment by the military jury, which credited him for his detention as having already served five years of the sentence.[7] A Pentagon spokesman noted then that DOD might still classify Hamdan as an "enemy combatant" after he completed his sentence, and detain him indefinitely.[7]
In November 2008, the U.S. transferred Hamdan to Yemen to serve out the remaining month of his sentence. He was released by the government there on January 8, 2009,[8] permitting him to live with his family in Sana. On October 16, 2012, Hamdan's entire conviction was overturned on appeal in the US Court of Appeals in Washington, DC, and he was acquitted of all charges.[9]
Hamdan and his brother-in-law Nasser al-Bahri were the subjects of the award-winning documentary, The Oath (2010), by the American director Laura Poitras, which explored their time in al-Qaeda and later struggles.
- 1 Early life
- 2 Capture in Afghanistan
- 3 Trial timeline
- 4 Supreme Court opinion
- 5 Charged under the Military Commissions Act
- 6 Charges dismissed
- 7 Deemed an "illegal enemy combatant"
- 8 February 8, 2008 hearing
- 9 Boycott
- 10 July trial
- 11 Conviction and acquittal
- 12 Sentencing
- 13 Reactions
- 14 Request for new sentencing hearing
- 15 Return to Yemen
- 16 Appeal and dismissal of charges
- 17 See also
- 18 References
- 19 External links
Early life[edit]
Salim Hamdan was born in 1968 in Wadi Hadhramaut, Yemen. He was raised as a Muslim.
He married and had daughters with his wife.[10] He went to Afghanistan to work, where he was recruited to al-Qaeda by Nasser al-Bahri, also a Yemeni. Hamdan had first worked on an agricultural project started by Osama bin Laden. He started working as his driver because he needed the money.
Capture in Afghanistan[edit]
Salim Hamdan was captured in southern Afghanistan on November 24, 2001. According to documents obtained by the Associated Press, he was captured in a car with four other alleged al-Qaeda associates, including Osama bin laden's son-in-law. Three of the men were killed in a firefight with Afghan forces. The Afghans turned over Hamdan and the other surviving associate in the car to U.S. forces.[11] Initially held in Afghanistan, he was transferred to the new Guantanamo Bay detention camp in 2002.
Trial timeline[edit]
On July 14, 2004, the Department of Defense formally charged Salim Ahmed Hamdan with conspiracy, for trial by military commission under the President's Executive Order of November 13, 2001.[12][13] On October 22, 2004, General John D. Altenburg, the retired officer in overall charge of the commissions, removed three of the six original Military Commission members to avoid the potential of bias.[14]
On November 8, 2004, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia halted Hamdan's military commission because no "competent tribunal" had determined whether Mr Hamdan was a POW (as required by the Geneva Conventions), and because regardless of such determination, the commission violated the procedures of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ). The Bush administration appealed the ruling.
In the meantime, the Department of Defense started Combatant Status Review Tribunals of all the Guantanamo detainees to determine whether each was an enemy combatant or not. The tribunals extended from July 2004 through March 2005.
On July 17, 2005, a three-judge panel on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit overturned the lower court's ruling against the military commission, and supported the government.[15][16] The panel said that the Geneva Convention does not apply to members of al-Qaeda. John Roberts, soon to be appointed as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, was then one of the judges on the Court of Appeals. He voted for the government's position.
The military commissions were set back in motion at Guantanamo.
Responding to an appeal by Hamdan's attorneys, on November 7, 2005, the Supreme Court issued a writ of certiorari, agreeing to review the decision of the DC Circuit Court.[17] Roberts, now on the Supreme Court, recused himself due to his earlier participation in the case. On June 29, 2006, the Supreme Court ruled in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld that the military commissions had procedural flaws and were invalid, as they violated the UCMJ and protections of the Geneva Convention adopted in both the US civil and military systems of law.[18]
Supreme Court opinion[edit]
On June 29, 2006, the Supreme Court ruled in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld. It also considered whether the Supreme Court had the jurisdiction to enforce the articles of the 1949 Geneva convention and whether Congress had the power to prevent the Court from reviewing the case of an accused enemy combatant before it was tried by a military commission, as had happened in this case. It asserted it had that authority.
In a 5-3 plurality, the Court held that the military commissions lacked "the power to proceed because their structures and procedures violate both the Uniform Code of Military Justice and the four Geneva Conventions signed in 1949." (As the US had signed them, it effectively adopted them as law.)[19] Specifically, the Court ruled that Common Article 3 of the Third Geneva Convention was the provision violated.
In response, Congress passed the Military Commissions Act of 2006, at the request of the Bush administration, to provide the authority for the executive branch to create and operate the commissions and to respond to concerns of the Supreme Court. President George W. Bush signed it on October 17, 2006.
Hamdan's trial was scheduled to begin in June 2007.
Charged under the Military Commissions Act[edit]
After having been detained for five years at the Guantanamo camp, Hamdan was charged under the new act on May 10, 2007, with conspiracy and "providing support for terrorism."[20]
According to the Houston Chronicle, Lieutenant Commander Charles Swift, Hamdan's lawyer, argued that conspiracy charges were inappropriate for such junior people as Hamdan. Commander Jeffrey Gordon, a DoD spokesman, disputed the assertion that Hamdan was a "low-level player."[20]
Charges dismissed[edit]
In two separate military rulings, on June 4, 2007, the court dropped all charges against Hamdan and Omar Khadr, a Canadian citizen.[21][22] Army Judge Colonel Peter Brownback and US Navy Judge Captain Keith J. Allred ruled that the men's Combatant Status Review Tribunals had simply confirmed the men's status as enemy combatants status. While the Military Commissions Act authorized the Guantanamo Military Commissions the authority to try "unlawful enemy combatants", the judges asserted that the commissions lacked the jurisdiction to try the men as "enemy combatants".
This meant that all the detainees' cases would have to be reviewed to determine if each was an "unlawful enemy combatant", as only then could a detainee be tried under the MCA. James Westhead of the BBC said that the court ruling, which affects all 380 Guantanamo detainees, represented a "stunning blow" against the Bush administration's efforts to bring the detainees to trial.[23]
According to the BBC, following the rulings, the US government appeared to have three legal options:[23]
- Scrap the legal process and start again.
- Redefine the inmates as "unlawful" enemy combatants at separate hearings.
- Appeal the court ruling. No appeals court to review "military commission" decisions has yet been set up. (Later the Court of Military Commission Review was established for this purpose.)
The Washington Post, reported that the ruling made it likely that passage would be achieved for a Senate bill restoring access to the US Court system to the Guantanamo captives.[22] The Washington Post speculated that the ruling might force whatever trials take place to be administered in the existing systems of the civilian courts or the military courts under the courts martial system.
Deemed an "illegal enemy combatant"[edit]
On December 21, 2007, Judge Allred heard arguments, and ruled that Hamdan was an "illegal enemy combatant", who could thus be tried by a military commission.[24] Lieutenant Brian Mizer, one of Hamdan's lawyers, said his team had introduced evidence:
... to suggest that, if the weapons at issue were in the car he was driving at the time he was apprehended, Mr. Hamdan was doing nothing more than transporting conventional weapons of war in the direction of a conventional battleground in support of a known enemy combatant engaged in an international armed conflict.
February 8, 2008 hearing[edit]
A hearing was convened on February 8, 2008.[25]
Mental stability[edit]
Hamdan's lawyers filed a request with Allred requesting the detainee be moved out of solitary confinement.[26][27][28] They argued that prolonged solitary confinement was having such a negative effect on his mental stability that it was impairing his ability to assist in his own defense. The attorney Andrea Prasow wrote:
I do not believe that Mr. Hamdan will be able to materially assist in his own defense if his conditions do not improve.[26]
His attorneys said he had been allowed only two exercise periods in the previous month.[26]
Hamdan had been housed in camp 4, the camp for the most compliant captives until December 2006.[26] Captives in camp 4 wear white uniforms, sleep in communal dormitories and can use an exercise yard and mingle with other captives for up to 20 hours a day. After that date, he was moved to camp 5, where captives spend almost the entire day in isolation in a windowless cell.
Emily Keram, a psychiatrist, examined Hamdan and, according to the Seattle Post Intelligencer:
... said he shows signs of post-traumatic stress disorder and could be at risk for "suicidal thoughts and behavior."
Hamdan's lawyers compared the treatment accorded to the Canadian citizen, Omar Khadr, with that accorded to Hamdan. They requested Allred to hear Khadr to explain why he was housed in Camp Four. They pointed out that Khadr had been allowed a phone call to his family. According to the International Herald Tribune, Hamdan's lawyers said
he is suicidal, hears voices, has flashbacks, talks to himself and says the restrictions of Guantánamo "boil his mind."[29]
Missing records[edit]
Hamdan's Defense expressed a concern that the Prosecution had been withholding some of the detainee's records from them.[25] Lieutenant Commander Timothy Stone told Allred that they had turned over copies of records, except for those from 2002—which they had been unable to locate. He assured Allred they were still looking for them. Chief Prosecutor Colonel Lawrence Morris suggested that the missing files contained "generally innocuous stuff".[25]
Access to the high-value detainees[edit]
In February 2008, Hamdan's lawyers requested access to Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the thirteen other high value detainees in order to gather more information for their defense, which Morris opposed.[25] Allred postponed ruling on Hamdan's lawyer's request.[30]
On April 29, after seven years of cooperation, Hamdan announced he was joining the ongoing detainee boycott of Guantanamo Military Commissions, saying:
America tells the whole world that it has freedom and justice. I do not see that ... There are almost 100 detainees here. We do not see any rights. You do not give us the least bit of humanity ... Give me a just court ... Try me with a just law.[31]
July trial[edit]
Hamdan's trial began on July 21, 2008.[32][33]
Jury selection[edit]
Thirteen candidates for the military commission jury went through voir dire.[34] Six jury members, and an alternate, were selected on July 21, 2008.[33] Reuters reported that the jurors identities were being kept secret.[35] An officer who knew the Captain of the USS Cole, which was bombed by terrorists, was turned down. Reuters reported he was a former police officer.[35]
Not guilty plea[edit]
Hamdan pleaded not guilty to all charges.[36]
Court proscribed evidence from testimony produced under coercion[edit]
According to USA Today Hamdan's Presiding Officer, Keith Allred, ruled that Prosecutors could not use confessions Hamdan made when in American custody in Bagram Theater Internment Facility and a detention facility in Panjshir. At the time, he was subjected to what were described by the administration as enhanced interrogation techniques, more generally held to be torture.[32][34]
Carol Rosenberg, writing in the Miami Herald, reported that on July 28, 2008, Prosecution witnesses "allege his crimes cover the era of the embassies car bombings and a suicide attack by an explosives-laden boat on the USS Cole in 2002, even though he neither plotted nor knew about the terror attacks beforehand."[37]
On July 24, 2008, Michael St. Ours, a Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) agent, testified that Abdellah Tabarak had been in charge of Osama bin Laden's security detail.[38] According to Rosenberg of the Miami Herald, St. Ours "looked stunned" when Hamdan's Defense Counsel said that Tabarak had been released without charge.[39] Andrew Cohen, a legal affairs commentator for CBS News, called the testimony that Tabarak had been released a "colossal embarrassment" to the government.[40]
Hamdan's Prosecution did not provide documents from the detainee's interrogations until July 28, 2008.[41] One confirmed Hamdan's account that female interrogators had subjected him to sexual humiliation during earlier interrogation. Harry H. Schneider Jr., said that after reading this document, he found Hamdan's account of sexual humiliation was "right on the money". The Prosecutor John Murphy disputed that what the interrogation document described should be described as coercion. He said: "It casts a sort of black cloud over the agents and those who work with detainees, and what's been put forth doesn't show it."[41]
Robert McFadden's testimony[edit]
The defense tried to block the admission of testimony by Robert McFadden, a former FBI agent who had interrogated Hamdan.[42] The Presiding Officer had already ruled that the testimony of most of Hamdan's first interrogators at Guantanamo was inadmissible, due to their use of coercive techniques.[43] On July 29, 2008, the Presiding Officer ruled that he was going to penalize the Prosecution for failing to release documents to the Defense by disallowing McFadden's testimony from May 2003.[44] The key testimony expected from McFadden was his having heard Hamdan confirm that he had sworn "bayat", a kind of oath of fealty, to Osama bin Laden.[42] However, Judge Allred decided to allow McFadden's testimony.[45]
Conviction and acquittal[edit]
The jury acquitted Salim Ahmed Hamdan of conspiracy and convicted him of material support for terrorism. While he was waiting for the decision, he was allowed his first call to his family in Yemen. It was the 107th call made by a detainee.[46]
On August 7, 2008, Hamdan was sentenced by the military jury to five and a half years (66 months) imprisonment. Prosecutors had urged a sentence of 30 years-to-life, while Hamdan's defense had recommended less than 45 months. At the time he was already credited for having served 61 months, so the sentence imposed five months additional imprisonment. A Pentagon spokesman noted that Hamdan's status could revert to "enemy combatant" after his sentence was served, and as such he could be indefinitely detained.[7]
Allred, the Presiding Officer of his Commission, called Hamdan a "small player," and said this sentence meant Hamdan would be eligible to having his continued detention reviewed by an Administrative Review Board (a form of appeals court) when his sentence was completed.[10][47] He told Hamdan:
I hope the day comes that you return to your wife and daughters and your country, and you're able to be a provider, a father and a husband in the best sense of all those terms.
Former Chief Prosecutor, Air Force Colonel Morris Davis commented:[10]
- "The decision showed what the jury thought Hamdan was worth."
- "There is a perception that trying people in front of the military was going to be a rubber-stamp process. This shows they are conscientious, following instructions and are making rational decisions."
According to the Associated Press, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Detainee Affairs Charles "Cully" Stimson wrote an e-mail regarding the sentence:[48]
The lesson I hope the government learns from this case, among other things, is ... don't bring skimpy or weak charges of conspiracy.
The American Civil Liberties Union's spokesman Ben Wizner, said:[48]
If the government heard the jury's message, it will not use a flawed war court to prosecute conduct that does not violate the laws of war.
On August 10, 2008, Josh White, writing in the Washington Post, reported that in late 2006, the Hamdan prosecution and defense had discussed a plea deal.[49] He reported that Charles "Cully" Stimson, then the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Detainee Affairs, had agreed to make a case for a negotiated sentence of ten years. According to White, Stimson said more senior Bush officials "were stubborn" and "rejected the notion of a 'mere 10 years.'"[49]
On August 11, 2008, Jess Bravin of the Wall Street Journal reported on interviews with one of Hamdan's jurors.[50] The juror said the verdict was not intended to be a rebuke to the Bush administration, rather, "...it came down to the evidence that we were allowed to see."
Request for new sentencing hearing[edit]
On September 26, 2008, Army Colonel Lawrence Morris, Guantanamo's Chief Prosecutor, asked for a new sentencing hearing for Hamdan.[51] He asked that Hamdan not be granted credit for time served, and serve an additional six years. Defense continued to say that it could continue to hold enemy combatant captives as detainees after they served their sentences assigned by the Military Commissions.
Hamdan's military lawyer, Lt. Cmdr. Brian Mizer said:[52]
The government, having stacked the deck, is now complaining about the hand it was dealt.
On October 31, 2008, Judge Allred ruled that Hamdan's sentence would not be reconsidered.[53]
Return to Yemen[edit]
In November 2008, the United States transferred Hamdan to Yemen, where the government had agreed to keep him in custody until he served the remaining month of his sentence. His family were not allowed to meet him at Sanaa International Airport.[54]
Chuck Schmitz, one of Hamdan's translators in Guantanamo, has been asked by a publisher about co-writing a book with Hamdan about his experiences.[55] A Fulbright Scholar when asked in 2004 to translate for Hamdan, Schmitz is now a Professor at Towson University.
Appeal and dismissal of charges[edit]
Hamdan continued to appeal his conviction after his release. It was upheld in 2011 by the Court of Military Commission Review and appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. On October 17, 2012, that Court vacated Hamdan's conviction, on the grounds that the acts he was charged with under the Military Commissions Act of 2006 were not war crimes by international law at the time he committed them. This meant that his prosecution was ex post facto and unconstitutional. Decided by a three-judge panel, the decision was written by Judge Brett Kavanaugh, with judges David Sentelle and Douglas Ginsburg largely concurring.[56]
See also[edit]
- ^ Mahler, Jonathan (2006-01-08). "The Bush Administration vs. Salim Hamdan". New York Times. Retrieved 2007-08-01.
- ^ "List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006" (PDF). U.S. Department of Defense. 2006-05-15. Retrieved 2007-09-09.
- ^ a b Tran, Mark (2007-06-05). "Profile: Salim Ahmed Hamdan". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2007-08-01.
- ^ https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/guantanamo/detainees/149-salim-ahmed-hamdan/documents/11
- ^ CanWest News Service, "Lawyer alleges preferential treatment of Khadr", Canada, April 8, 2008
- ^ "Bin Laden's driver to be first test of Gitmo trials". MSNBC. 2008-07-18. Retrieved 2008-07-18.
- ^ a b c "Bin Laden driver could be held by U.S. after sentence". CNN.com. 2008-08-07. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ^ "Yemen Releases Former bin Laden Driver From Jail". NYTimes.com. 2009-01-11. Retrieved 2009-01-11.
- ^ Cushman, Jr., John H. (2012-10-16). "Appeals Court Overturns Terrorism Conviction of Bin Laden's Driver". The New York Times. Retrieved 2013-01-01.
- ^ a b c "Guantanamo jury gives bin Laden driver 51⁄2 years". China Daily. 2008-08-08. Archived from the original on 2008-08-09. Retrieved 2008-08-09.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
- ^ "Biographical information on Guantanamo detainee Salim Ahmed Hamdan". Associated Press. 2007-12-05.
- ^ "U.S. v. Salim Ahmed Hamdan Military Tribunal Conspiracy Charges". U.S. government. 2001-11-13. Retrieved 2007-08-01.
- ^ "The Case of Salim Ahmed Hamdan". humanrightsfirst.org. 2007. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
- ^ White, Josh (2004-10-22). "Panel for Detainees' Cases Cut in Half". Washington Post. p. A12.
- ^ "In limbo at 'Gitmo': Appeals court rules against detainees". Sacramento Bee. 2005-07-25. p. B4.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "High Court Asked to Take Guantanamo Case". ABC News (Associated Press). 2005-08-09.
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Gina Holland (2005-11-07). "Supreme Court to Hear Tribunals Challenge". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 2005-11-08.
The Supreme Court agreed Monday to review a constitutional challenge to the Bush administration's military trials for foreign terror suspects, stepping into a high-stakes test of the president's wartime powers.
- ^ Denniston, Lyle (2006-06-29). "Decisions: Hamdan decided, military commissions invalid". SCOTUSblog. Archived from the original on 2006-07-02.
- ^ Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, Supreme Court Syllabus, pg. 4., point 4.
- ^ a b "After 5 years at Gitmo, alleged bin Laden aide charged". Houston Chronicle. 2007-05-10. Retrieved 2007-06-01.
- ^ Carol Rosenberg (2007-06-04). "War court tosses case against young captive". Miami Herald. Retrieved 2007-06-04.[dead link]
- ^ a b "Stuck in Guantanamo: President Bush tried to create a new legal system for terrorism suspects. He created a quagmire instead". Washington Post. 2007-06-07. p. A26. Retrieved 2007-06-07.
- ^ a b "Guantanamo pair charges dropped". BBC News. 2007-06-05. Retrieved 2007-06-05.
- ^ "US military judge denies bin Laden's driver POW status". Agence France Presse. December 21, 2007. Archived from the original on December 24, 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-21.
- ^ a b c d Steven Edwards (February 7, 2008). "Records missing at Guantanamo Bay". Canwest News Service. Archived from the original on August 3, 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-01.
- ^ a b c d Michael Melia (February 8, 2008). "Lawyers: Gitmo Detainee Breaking Down". Seattle Times. Retrieved 2008-02-09.
- ^ Steven Edwards (February 8, 2008). "Isolation driving former bin Laden driver 'towards mental instability'". Canwest News Service. Archived from the original on August 4, 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-09.
- ^ Mike Rosen-Molina (February 7, 2008). "Hamdan lawyers urge judge to drop military commission charges". The Jurist. Retrieved 2008-02-09.
- ^ William Glaberson, "Guantánamo drives prisoners insane, lawyers say", International Herald Tribune, April 26, 2008
- ^ "Pentagon will challenge interview of 9-11 suspect". McClatchy Newspapers. February 19, 2008. Archived from the original on October 7, 2015. Retrieved February 9, 2008.
- ^ Colson, Deborah."Another Boycott at Guantánamo, Another Test for the Military Commission System", Human Rights First, April 30, 2008
- ^ a b Michael Winter (2008-07-21). "Guantanamo judge bars evidence from 'highly coercive' interrogations". USA Today. Archived from the original on 2008-07-22. Retrieved 2008-07-21.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
- ^ a b Alan Gomez, Emily Bazar (2008-07-21). "Jury selection today in Gitmo trial". USA Today. Archived from the original on 2008-07-22. Retrieved 2008-07-21.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
- ^ a b Jerry Markon (2008-07-21). "Guantanamo Judge Blocks Use of Some Statements". Washington Post. p. A01. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
- ^ a b Jim Loney (2008-07-21). "US officers say they're impartial in Guantanamo case". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2008-07-22. Retrieved 2008-07-22.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
- ^ "Bin Laden's driver pleads not guilty in Guantanamo trial". Agence France Press. 2008-07-21. Archived from the original on 2008-07-22. Retrieved 2008-07-21.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
- ^ Carol Rosenberg (2008-07-29). "Lawyers give expert testimony at bin Laden's driver's trial". McClatchy News Service. Archived from the original on 2008-07-29. Retrieved 2008-07-29.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
- ^ "Detainee on trial said boss left Guantanamo". Associated Press. 2008-07-24. Archived from the original on 2008-07-25.
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Carol Rosenberg (2008-07-25). "U.S. had top al-Qaida guard, let him go free". Seattle Times. Archived from the original on 2008-07-31. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
Chief among them was Casablanca-born Abdallah Tabarak, then 47, described by St. Ours as 'a hard individual,' and, thanks to Hamdan, 'the head bodyguard of all the bodyguards.'CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
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Andrew Cohen (2008-07-25). "Ho Hum Hamdan". CBS News. Archived from the original on 2008-07-26. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
... the only true news to have emerged so far from the trial is a colossal embarrassment to the government and has nothing to do with Hamdan. Evidently, Hamdan told his interrogators years ago that they had released from Gitmo (back to Morocco) a "hard guy" terror suspect named Abdellah Tabarak. Oops. Bet the Administration would rather have Tabarak on trial than Hamdan.
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William Glaberson (2008-07-31). "Lawyers for Detainee Assert Coercion". New York Times. Archived from the original on 2008-07-31. Retrieved 2008-07-31.
A secret government document submitted at the trial of the first detainee to face a war crimes trial confirms the detainee's account of having been sexually humiliated while interrogated by a female government agent, defense lawyers said at the tribunal here on Wednesday.
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Carol J. Williams (2008-07-31). "At Guantanamo, Hamdan defense tries to block agent's testimony". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2008-07-31. Retrieved 2008-07-31.
Judge Keith Allred, a U.S. Navy captain, said the government could not use statements made by Hamdan during his interrogation at Guantanamo as a penalty for not providing his defence team with potentially important documents until after the military trial had started.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
- ^ "Hamdan's admissions thrown out at Guantanamo terrorism trial". CBC News. 2008-07-29. Archived from the original on 2008-07-31. Retrieved 2008-07-31.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
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"Guantanamo war crimes judge penalizes U.S. prosecutors in Hamdan case". Canadian Press. 2008-07-30. Archived from the original on 2008-07-29. Retrieved 2008-07-31.
A military judge penalized U.S. prosecutors Tuesday by blocking their use of a May 2003 interrogation as they finished presenting evidence in the first Guantanamo war crimes trial.
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"Guantanamo judge allows disputed interrogation". Associated Press. 2008-07-31. Archived from the original on 2008-07-31.
Allred's ruling cleared the way for Robert McFadden, an agent with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, to describe the interrogation to jurors as the final prosecution witness.
- ^ Carol Rosenberg (2008-08-06). "Gitmo jury deliberates; driver phones home". Miami Herald. Archived from the original on August 8, 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-08.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
- ^ Mike Melia (2008-08-08). "Former bin Laden driver gets light sentence". Kansas City Star. Archived from the original on August 9, 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-09.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
- ^ a b Mike Melia (2008-08-09). "Guantanamo defendants mostly low-level figures". Associated Press. Archived from the original on 2008-08-09.
- ^ a b Josh White (2008-08-10). "Plea deal was discussed for bin Laden's driver: 10-year sentence deemed too short, but then he got 51⁄2". Houston Chronicle. Archived from the original on 2008-08-11. Retrieved 2008-08-11.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
- ^ Jess Bravin (2008-08-11). "Hamdan Jury Felt Evidence Didn't Back U.S. Claim". Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 2008-08-11. Retrieved 2008-08-11.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
- ^ Mike Melia (2008-09-25). "Gitmo prosecutors seek resentencing for detainee". KSL. Archived from the original on 2011-06-04. Retrieved 2008-09-26.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
- ^ "The U.S. military court has spoken". 2008-10-18. Archived from the original on 2008-10-18. Retrieved 2008-10-18.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
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- ^ "Bin Laden driver arrives in Yemen", Al Jazeera, November 26, 2008
- ^ "Lost in Translation". Urbanite Baltimore. 2009-02-26. Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-02-26.
- ^ John H, Cushman, Jr. (2012-10-16). "Appeals Court Overturns Terrorism Conviction of Bin Laden's Driver". New York Times. Retrieved 2012-10-16.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
External links[edit]
- Salim Hamdan's Guantanamo detainee assessment via Wikileaks
- Full military court to review appeal of bin Laden's driver[permanent dead link]
- Lawyers Appeal Guantánamo Trial Convictions Andy Worthington February 1, 2010
- Testimony of Dr. Emily A. Keram about Salim Ahmed Hamdan
- Charge Sheets (.pdf), Department of Defense
- Commissions Transcripts, Exhibits, and Allied Papers, Department of Defense
- Commission Scheduling, Department of Defense
- Detailed January 8, 2006, New York Times article on Hamdan case.
- Justice System For Detainees Is Moving At a Crawl Washington Post May 6, 2008
- DC District Court Ruling on War Crimes Trial Motion (July 2008)
- Eric Umansky (2008-07-28). "Mention of CIA Banned From Gitmo Trial". Propublica. Retrieved 2008-07-30.
- "Media faces restrictions at Gitmo trial". United Press International. 2008-07-29. Archived from the original on 2008-07-31. Retrieved 2008-07-29.
Although the U.S. Department of Defense has emphasized "transparency" as its public relations theme for the military trial of Hamdan, the freedom of the press has strict limits at Guantanamo, the newspaper said. For instance, documents used at the tribunal are often not released until months after they are filed and much of the evidence against Hamdan, the former driver of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, remains secret.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
- Hamdan sentenced to 51⁄2 years msnbc August 7, 2008
- A critical overview of Salim Hamdan's Guantánamo trial and the dubious verdict Andy Worthington August 6, 2008


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MONDAY, Oct. 31, 2011 (HealthDay News) — Women who have a relative with breast cancer linked to the high-risk BRCA genetic mutation understandably worry about their own risk.
Now, a new study suggests that women who don't test positive for the mutations are not at an extremely high risk of getting breast cancer, even if they have a relative with BRCA-related breast cancer.
Their risk is similar to that of women with relatives with non-BRCA-related cancers, the new research indicates.
This refutes a finding from a 2007 study, which found a two- to five-times higher risk for these women, even if they tested negative for the mutations, said senior study author Dr. Alice S. Whittemore, a professor of health research and policy at Stanford University School of Medicine.
Based on the new research, she said, the bottom line is this: "If you are in a family where there is a BRCA mutation and you do not have that mutation, your risk of breast cancer is no greater than anyone with a family history of [other types of] breast cancer."
According to the American Cancer Society, having one first-degree relative, such as a mother, sister or daughter, with breast cancer doubles a woman's risk of getting it. Having two close relatives increases the risk about threefold.
Whittemore calls the new finding "very, very reassuring" because it suggests that having a family history of the BRCA mutation, by itself, is not a risk factor, she said.
The study is published online Oct. 31 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
Women with a BRCA1 or BRCA 2 gene mutation have a 5- to 20-fold higher risk of getting breast or ovarian cancer, the Stanford researchers wrote. That means a lifetime probability of up to 65 percent for breast cancer, and up to 40 percent for ovarian cancer.
Women who have the BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations and are cancer-free are urged to step up their screening and to begin it early, by age 25, among other measures. They may also consider a preventive mastectomy or ovary removal after childbearing is done.
However, the 2007 study, Whittemore said, "sent an alarm signal to the medical community" as it suggested a high risk even in BRCA-negative relatives.
After the study was published, she and her colleagues took a closer look. "What we thought to be the flaw was that they were comparing these relatives of women with breast cancer to the general population. A better comparison group would have been women who have relatives with breast cancer but no mutation," Whittemore said. "That's what we did."
The new study looked at 3,047 families from the United States, Australia and Canada. It included 160 families with BRCA1 and 132 with BRCA 2. The researchers compared cancer risk in women who tested negative but had relatives with BRCA-related breast cancer with a group of cancer-free women who had relatives with cancer that wasn't BRCA-related.
They found no increased risk for the women who were BRCA-negative and had close relatives with BRCA-related cancer.
In other words, Whittemore said, their risk is "no greater than anybody with a family history."
Besides BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations, other risk factors, not totally understood, that can run in families also drive breast cancer risk, experts say. One example is drinking habits.
The findings suggest that BRCA-negative women can follow the same breast cancer screening routine as the general population, if they have no other strong risk factors, Whittemore said.
The findings should be reassuring to women without the mutation, agreed Dr. Patricia Ganz, director of cancer prevention and control research at the University of California's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center.
The results do suggest that women in a family where BRCA-related breast cancer had occurred who themselves are negative for BRCA mutation may have a slightly increased risk "because there are other things that influence getting breast cancer besides having the gene mutation," she said.
"The main message," she said, "is that these women [without the mutation] don't need all that extra surveillance."
Testing for BRCA mutations requires a sample of blood or cells be taken from the mouth, said Rebecca Chambers, a spokeswoman for Myriad Genetics, which provides the test.
The samples can be collected at any lab and mailed in for analysis. The test costs $3,340, she said, but the average out-of -pocket cost is $100 after insurance coverage.


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Peralta solid, but offense stifled by Hammel
MILWAUKEE -- No Ryan Braun, no Jean Segura and no Brewers runs.
In fact, through their first five innings against Cubs right-hander Jason Hammel on Sunday, the Brewers' depleted offense didn't even manage a hit. Hammel's no-hit bid ended when Carlos Gomez delivered a one-out double in the sixth inning, but the Cubs still blanked the Brewers, 4-0, at sold-out Miller Park.View Full Game Coverage
MILWAUKEE -- No Ryan Braun, no Jean Segura and no Brewers runs.
In fact, through their first five innings against Cubs right-hander Jason Hammel on Sunday, the Brewers' depleted offense didn't even manage a hit. Hammel's no-hit bid ended when Carlos Gomez delivered a one-out double in the sixth inning, but the Cubs still blanked the Brewers, 4-0, at sold-out Miller Park.View Full Game Coverage
Starlin Castro hit a pair of solo home runs, and Chicago averted a series sweep by handing 18-7 Milwaukee only its second loss in nine games. The Brewers were limited to three hits.
Might it have been a different story against Hammel had the Brewers been at full strength?
"Who knows," manager Ron Roenicke said. "It's hard to tell. When a guy has good stuff and commands the ball like that, you're going to have trouble."
Facing a Brewers lineup that was missing the injured Braun and Segura, Hammel pitched most of the day with the lead and did not allow anything close to a hit until Gomez ripped his double inside of the third-base line in the sixth. Scooter Gennett followed with a walk, and both runners advanced on Hammel's errant pickoff throw, but the Brewers couldn't turn that good fortune into a run. Jonathan Lucroy struck out and Aramis Ramirez grounded out to end the threat.
Hammel pitched seven-plus innings in all, allowing no runs on three hits. He walked two batters and struck out seven.
"At the end of the day, you can't do anything more," said Brewers starter Wily Peralta, who pitched seven quality innings of his own, but lost for the first time this season. "You do your thing, and he pitched better and he got the win."
Baseball fans outside of Chicago might not be familiar with Hammel's body of work so far in 2014, but it has been impressive. He is 4-1 with a 2.08 ERA for a team with eight wins all season, and leads Major League starters with 0.69 walks-plus-hits per inning pitched.
Against the Brewers, a team he hadn't faced since 2011 with Colorado, Hammel is now 4-0 with a 2.25 ERA and 25 strikeouts in five starts.
If this is news to you, you're not alone.
"I'm not that familiar with him, either," Roenicke said. "We saw him a little bit with Colorado, and that was really good. He's got a really good fastball that he spots well. His slider and curveball are really good pitches. He mixed in a couple changeups, but those three pitches, spotting the ball, that was a good outing."
"And also," Gomez added, "he's, like, really big. It feels like he's close. We have to battle every time with him."
Hammel was informed after the game that Cubs right-hander Carlos Zambrano once threw a no-hitter at Miller Park. It was against the Astros when a hurricane in Houston forced the teams to relocate.
"This is a tough ballpark to throw a no-hitter in," Hammel said. "The ball flies in deep parts of the field. I was thinking about it, but the 'W' is first and foremost."
Peralta did his part, delivering the Brewers' 20th quality start in 25 games. He allowed three earned runs on eight hits in seven innings, with a walk and six strikeouts.
Cubs cleanup hitter Castro homered to straightaway center field off Peralta leading off the second inning, and the Cubs were just getting started. The next three batters reached safely to load the bases, and Darwin Barney made it 2-0 with a fielder's choice groundout, before Hammel bunted into an inning-ending double play.
The Cubs extended their advantage to 3-0 in the sixth on Mike Olt's sacrifice fly, and would have added more, had Ramirez not snared John Baker's line drive to end the inning.
"He wasn't as sharp as he's been, but he did a nice job of keeping them to three runs in seven innings," Roenicke said. "If he's not going to be sharp and that's what he does, it's pretty good."
Castro made it 4-0 against Brewers reliever Brandon Kintzler in the eighth inning when he lined a home run to left field.
The Brewers hit the road on Sunday evening to put the best record in baseball on the line in St. Louis and Cincinnati. Segura, who suffered a cut below his right eye when he was struck by Braun's bat in the dugout on Saturday night, said he intends to play at some point this week. Braun, who later left that game with a strained muscle on his right rib-cage, will miss at least 3-5 more games, Roenicke said.
"We've got to move on," said first baseman Lyle Overbay, who had one of the three hits on Sunday. "Obviously, we're going to have ups and downs throughout the season, it's just a matter of making sure we stick together here and ride it out. I've always said that this team is well-balanced, so even when we're not hitting, we can score runs. Today we had one hit [in the first six innings], and we could have scored two runs.
"Those are things good teams can do. This is putting us to the test, but we'll rely on our pitching and getting timely hitting."
Adam McCalvy is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Brew Beat, and follow him on Twitter at @AdamMcCalvy.


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2013 is coming to an end. Which is crazy to me because I feel like we were JUST bringing in this year (by going to bed before the ball drops and being totally ok with that).
2013 was pretty good, but the most significant part of 2013 for me were these last few months. Things have happened in my life that are best described as scary, confusing, and random. Like how I'm being super vague? ;) Just roll with it....because I don't really know how to put it into words. But what I can say, is that these events, if for nothing else, have brought me closer to my God. I have walked closer to Him than I probably have my entire life. And that my friends, is a beautiful thing. Its true what "they" say: God uses the bad to show you something good. I have also started some personal counseling and am starting to learn things about myself. I am looking forward to 2014 with a fresh perspective on my faith and my walk.
You know what else 2014 will be bringing (hopefully!!!)? The basement FINALLY completed! We have demo'd the other half (our bedroom/bathroom/huge closet, eeeek!) this past week which means, bathroom layouts are starting to be reviewed. I cannot tell you how much I will appreciate the extra 928 square feet and just the space that an open 2 story floor plan will bring. A wild (almost!) 3 year old with enough toys to fill 2 houses and a wild 1 year old lab running around calls for extra space.
The gym is still a super important part in my life, but has taken a back seat in the past few months and I am ok with that. I am looking forward to walking back into the gym with a new perspective on what I want for myself and body: to not compare myself to what I *think* I should look like and beat myself up with I don't achieve it. We will be (hopefully!) expanding our family this coming year and I want to keep hitting the gym like I did when Troy was baking in the ol' belly. For me, I credit it to the weight coming off and an easy (for me) delivery.
Cheers to 2014!! Hope you all have a safe New Years Eve!
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Reflections, yo!
2013 is coming to an end. Which is crazy to me because I feel like we were JUST bringing in this year (by going to bed before the ball drops and being totally ok with that).
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As critical applications continue to become more accessible and inter-connected, it is paramount that the information be protected. We must also realize that our defenses may not be perfect. Given enough time, attackers can identify security flaws in the design or implementation of an application. In addition to implementing layers of defense within an application, it is critical that we identify malicious individuals before they are able to identify any gaps in our defenses. The best place to identify malicious activity against the application is within the application itself. Network based intrusion detection systems are not appropriate to handle the custom and intricate workings of an enterprise application and are ill-suited to detect attacks focusing on application logic such as authentication, access control, etc. The application itself is the best place to identify and respond to malicious activity. This project will create the framework which can be used to build a robust system of attack detection, analysis, and response within an enterprise application
For example, when an architect considers the design of their authentication system (or any other critical system) they would reference the AppSensor guidelines on authentication. The AppSensor guidance will indicate what sort of authentication actions need to be logged (failed login attempt, use of multiple user-names from a single IP, high rate of login attempts etc) and what information must be captured (e.g. user-name, ip, timestamp ). Further, the AppSensor guidance will detail how all the events should be handled. Events will be sent to a centralized logging system within the application. This system collect the security events from throughout the application (e.g. authorization attacks, business logic attacks, force browsing attempts) and will then be able to take appropriate action against the user. This could include locking out an account, generating alerts to sys-admins, shutting down portions of the application, and more. Essentially, the AppSensor project is defining how an Intrusion Detection System should be designed, configured and built into the code of any custom application. By building the Application Level IDS within the application itself, we are in the best place to capture and respond to all malicious actions performed against the application.
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