also subjecting them to the worst human rights violations, violence and oppression.

During this indigenous and historic struggle, the courageous and determined people of IoK have rendered unparalleled and unimaginable sacrifices. Atrocities by Indian occupation forces in the last six months have resulted in more than 120 deaths and 20,000 injured, many in critical condition. More than 1,000 have sustained severe eye injuries due to pellet shots by the Indian occupation forces, while at least 150, including women and children, are now permanently blind. However, the Indian state terrorism has failed to deter the people of IoK from their struggle for freedom from Indian oppression.

Pakistan calls upon the international community to be cognizant of its responsibilities in the matter and urges it to demand an independent investigation in theongoing gross human rights violations in IoK by Indian occupation forces and to fulfill its obligations under UN Security Council resolutions of Kashmir.

The Jammu and Kashmir dispute remains an unfinished agenda of Partition. It is one of the oldest disputes pending on the agenda of the United Nations Security Council. Jammu and Kashmir is the core dispute between India and Pakistan and the dream for peace in the region will remain elusive until resolution of this dispute in accordance with the aspirations of the people of Jammu and Kashmir. More than 1.5 billion people of this region deserve to see the dawn of peace and prosperity which has been denied to them by India's refusal to implement the UN Security Council resolutions.

For the last seven decades India has


denied the valiant people of Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir the right to self-determination promised to them by the international community through UN Security Council resolutions. The people of Pakistan join their Kashmiri brothers and sisters in observing Kashmir Solidarity Day today to reaffirm our moral, diplomatic and political support to the legitimate struggle of the Kashmiri people for their basic human rights, especially the right to self determination enshrined in the relevant UN Security Council resolutions.

The Jammu & Kashmir dispute is the unfinished agenda of Partition and remains one of the oldest disputes in the UN Security Council. Pakistan strongly condemns the systemic state terrorism and brutal killings of the innocent people of IoK by Indian occupation forces. Use of pellet guns has permanently blinded more than150 people including women and young children. The basic human rights of the innocent people of Indian occupied Kashmir (IoK), including the right to life and peaceful assembly have been grossly violated by Indian occupation forces. Senior Hurriyat leadership has been arrested or placed under house detention. Within the last few months, around 12,000 people were illegally detained without any charges.

The valiant, resolute and determined people of Indian Occupied Jammu & Kashmir have rendered unmatched sacrifices in their just struggle. However, all the Indian brutalities have failed to deter the people of IoK from their cause for freedom from Indian subjugation. The people of Pakistan and international community have utmost respect for the people of Indian occupied Jammu & Kashmir for their unparalleled courage, bravery and persistence in


facing the worst kind of state terrorism, human rights abuses, violence and suppression by the Indian state. I salute the sacrifices of the brave and courageous Kashmiri people and reaffirm our firm commitment to Pakistan's principled stance on Jammu and Kashmir.

Pakistan calls upon the international community to raise its voice in seeking an end to the gross violations of human rights and the reign of terror unleashed by Indian occupation forces in IoK and fulfill the promises it made with the people of Jammu & Kashmir 70 years ago.

Jammu & Kashmir is the core dispute between Pakistan and India. The dream of peace and prosperity of the people of this region will remain elusive without resolving this dispute in accordance with the UN Security Council resolutions. We urgeIndia to stop bloodbath in occupied Jammu & Kashmir and allow the holding of free and fair plebiscite under the UN auspices.

Statement of Mr. Sartaj Aziz, Adviser to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs on the occasion of Kashmir Solidarity Day

Ministry of Foreign AffairsGovernment of Pakistan

"The Kashmir Solidarity Day, observed every year on 5 February, has special significance this year because the recent uprising in Indian occupied Kashmir, following the 8 July extra judicial killing of popular youth leader, Burhan Muzaffar Wani, has shaken the conscious of the international community", Mr. Sartaj Aziz said in a statement today.

Kashmiris were subjected to a holocaust in November 1947, Mr. Sartaj Aziz recalled, when Indian forces killed more than 500,000 defenceless Kashmiri men, women and children. But Kashmiris continued their struggle for


people of Kashmir are satisfied with the present arrangement but some disturbances take place because of cross border terrorism. The whole world now acknowledges that this is an indigenous youth led movement which has become stronger because of the Indian government's misguided efforts to change the demographic composition of the state and its insensitivity to the rights of minority communities in India. There have been debates in the Parliaments of many countries and civil society and human rights organizations in Europe and North America and specially in UK and Nordic countries, have been mobilizing public support for their campaigns to force India to halt the bloodshed in Kashmir and resume the dialogue process with Pakistan and the Kashmiri leadership to find an acceptable solution to the longstanding dispute,still on the UN agenda.

India has been desperately trying to divert the attention of the global community from this blood stained reality of Kashmir, by intensifying cross border firing along the line of control and pretending to be a major "victim" of cross border terrorism from Pakistan. In this game of brinkmanship, Mr. Sartaj Aziz pointed out, the Indian narrative has been totally rejected. It is now widely acknowledged that Pakistan itself is a much bigger victim of terrorism including that sponsored by India and that in the past three years, Pakistan has achieved commendable success in tackling the menace of terrorism and extremism. He expressed his deep concern over Indian government's drive to change the demography in occupied J&K, which is a blatant violation of UN Resolutions


Afghan nationals are, therefore, informed to approach the Embassy for any consular work, including the visa, on next working day.

Pakistan expresses condolences at the sad demise of Pir Syed Ahmed Gailani, Chairman of the High Peace Council of Afghanistan

Ministry of Foreign AffairsGovernment of Pakistan

We are deeply saddened to learn about the demise of Pir Syed Ahmed Gailani, Chairman of the High Peace Council of Afghanistan.

Pir Saheb was an influential religious leader who was widely respected in Afghanistan, and throughout the region for his contributions towards Islam and the Afghan nation. He will always be remembered for his tremendous efforts to bring peace to Afghanistan and promote reconciliation.

The Government and people of Pakistan express their heartfelt condolences to the family and the people and Government of Afghanistan. May AllahAlmighty rest the departed soul in eternal peace in Jannah (Ameen).

In response to media queries regarding allegations of safe havens in FATA, the Spokesperson out rightly rejected the claims and reiterated that Pakistan does not allow its territory to be used for attacks against any other country. Pakistan's contribution to the international community's fight against terrorism and the sacrifices that we rendered have been acknowledged by the world, including the US at various levels of their leadership, EU and others. Pakistan has lost thousands of its citizens and economic losses of over US$ 100 billion due to the menace of terrorism. The successes of Zarb-e-Azb are manifested in the improved security and economic situation in Pakistan, particularly near Pakistan-Afghanistan border. The results of our military action are there


provided the first two scores of the night with a pair of three-yard touchdowns on the ground, giving him at least one rushing touchdown in each of the eight games thus far this season. But with Pierre nursing a nagging injury, he was lifted in the second quarter for precautionary reasons with sophomore Kyle Bramble replacing him. Bramble took advantage of the opportunity, recording his first 100-yard rushing game, taking the ball 24 times for 110 yards.

Bramble was also the Big Green’s leading receiver with six catches for 52 yards, while senior Robbie Anthony also had six receptions for 28 yards.

Meanwhile, the Dartmouth defense was completely shutting down the high-powered Cornell passing attack. Big Red quarterback Jeff Mathews finished the night 16-of-32 for 170 yards, but more thanPierre scored his second touchdown from three yards out on the very next play. Freshman Alex Gakenheimer converted the PAT for a 14-0 Big Green lead.

On the next Dartmouth possession, Williams guided the Green from their own eight-yard line inside the Cornell 10, only to have the drive stall out. Patterson took a reverse on fourth down and heaved the ball toward Williams in the end zone on fourth down, but his throw hit Big Red linebacker Tre’ Minor in the back to thwart the trick play.

With just 1:03 left in the half, Cornell failed to get a first down and was forced to punt. Dartmouth had just 34 seconds and 48 yards to travel, but Williams pulled it off by scrambling for more time on the final


play before the break and finding Patterson, who made a terrific catch with a defender draped on him, for a 21-0 lead.

The Big Green added a 26-yard field goal off the foot of Gakenheimer, the first field goal of his career, with less than a minute remaining in the third quarter. Two plays later, junior safety Stephen Dazzo stepped up and picked off an errant Mathews pass, bringing it back 31 yards to the Cornell 17. That set up another Gakenheimer field goal early in the fourth quarter, this time a 21-yard chip shot.

The only Big Red points of the game came on the ensuing drive as Mathews completed 7-of-9 throws, with his last four all going to Grant Gellatly, including the eight-yard scoring strike. The PAT, however,was pulled left of the uprights, leaving the score at 27-6.

Dartmouth sent junior Alex Park behind center, and he came through with a touchdown throw of his own. Facing 4th-and-6 at the Cornell 30, Park unleashed a bomb that senior Dana Barbaro dove for in the back of the end zone and hauled in for his first career touchdown.

The final four minutes were spent with the Big Green running out the clock as several reserves got the opportunity to run the ball. Among them was Kevin Price, a 31-year-old Army Ranger veteran of six tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, who also served as an honorary captain with Veterans Day approaching. After the game, he was presented the game ball with his teammates chanting, “USA! USA!”

The Big


Friday, March 14, 2003

A proposed new recycling law, which would greatly improve the UK's recycling record, successfully passed its Second Reading in the House of Commons today. It will now be discussed in detail by a Committee of MPs.

Joan Ruddock's Municipal Waste Recycling Bill, which passed its Second Reading unopposed, would require the Government to ensure that 50% of domestic waste is recycled by 2010. The current target is 30 per cent (by 2010). Latest figures show that the UK only recycles around 11% of its waste.

"We are delighted that Joan Ruddock's Municipal Waste Recycling Bill has passed its crucial second reading unopposed. MPs and the Government clearly understand that we must drastically increase the amount of domestic waste that this country recycles. We hope that this Bill1st theatergoers receive original novel about Lina before joining Stars

The official website for the Gekijōban Mahōka Kōkō no Rettōsei: Hoshi o Yobu Shōjo (The Irregular at Magic High School The Movie: The Girl Who Calls the Stars) film began streaming a trailer for the anime on Wednesday. The video previews the theme song "Speed Star" by the duo GARNiDELiA. (Note: The linked video on the official website is region-locked to Japan.)

The website also announced that people who attend theatrical screenings of the film from June 17 to June 23 will receive an original novel titled Bishōjo Mahō Senshi Plasma Lina (Beautiful Girl Magic Guardian Plasma Lina). The original novel series' author Tsutomu Satou wrote the story, and the novels' original illustrator Kana Ishida illustrated the novel. The 80-page


novel's story centers on Lina when she was a young girl before she joined USNA's Magician Unit Stars.

The film's main staff will attend stage greeting events at the Shinjuku Wald 9, Movix Saitama, and Movix Kashiwanoha theaters on June 17. The film will also get a television special, titled "Gekijōban Mahōka Kōkō no Rettōsei: Hoshi o Yobu Shōjo Kōkai Chokusen Tokuban Hyakujū no Ō Takei Sō VS Saikyō no Irregular Shiba Tatsuya ~Mitsu no Saikyō de Manabu Mahōka no Miryoku~," that will air on Tokyo MX on June 13 at 8:00 p.m. and on BS11 on June 14 at 25:00 (effectively June 15 at 1:00 a.m.). The program will pit television personality and former track-and-field athlete Sō "King of Beasts" Takei against the film's protagonist Tatsuya Chiba.

In thefilm's story, the seasons have changed, and it will soon be spring before the main characters' second year in high school. The poor student/older brother Tatsuya and the honor student/younger sister Miyuki have finished their first year at their magic high school, and are on their spring break. The two go to their villa on the Ogasawara Island archipelago. After only a small moment of peace, a lone young woman named Kokoa appears before them. She has abandoned the Naval base, and she tells Tatsuya her one wish.

The film's returning cast includes:

Saori Hayami as Miyuki Shiba

Yūichi Nakamura as Tatsuya Shiba

Yumi Uchiyama as Erika Chiba

Takuma Terashima as Leonhart Saijo

Satomi Satou as Mizuki Shibata

Atsushi Tamaru as Mikihiko Yoshida

Sora Amamiya as Honoka Mitsui

Yuiko Tatsumi as Shizuku Kitayama

The film's new cast includes:

Konomi


Kohara as Kokoa, who is a deserter from the National Defense Navy's base, and who ends up in Miyuki's care. Her appearance is that of a very young woman, but her true character is shrouded in mystery.

Yōko Hikasa as Angelina Kudou Shields

Kana Hanazawa as Mayumi Saegusa

Marina Inoue as Mari Watanabe

Junichi Suwabe as as Katsuto Jyumonji

Jin Yamanoi as Benjamin Canopus

Satoshi Hino as Ralph Algol

Masaki Aizawa as Ralph Hardy Mirphak

The film will open in Japan on June 17. Advance screenings will be held in Tokyo and Osaka on June 5; the screenings are open to 750 people, and applications closed on May 12.

Risako Yoshida, who served as a unit director and a storyboarder on the television anime series, is directing the film at studio 8-Bit (Madhouse animated the television series).Original light novel series artist Kana Ishida is returning to serve as the character designer and chief animation director. Original light novel author Tsutomu Satou is writing an original new story for the film, and he and WriteWorks are in writing the script. Taku Iwasaki is returning to compose the music.

Other staff members include:

Art: Hiromasa Ogura, Kazushi Fujii

Art Design: Yuuho Taniuchi,

Mechanical Design: Junji Okubo

CAD, Sub Character Design: Jimmy Stone

3D Director: Yasutaka Tanaka (Mad Box)

Director of Photography: Yuuki Kawashita (Mad Box)

Editing: Kashiko Kimura (Mad Box)

Color Key: Yukie Noguchi

Sound Director: Satoshi Motoyama

Sound Effects: Tomoji Furuya

Sound Production: Studio Mausu

Satou began writing the novel series with character designs and illustrations by Ishida (Aquarion Evol character design) in 2008 under the Dengeki Bunko label. The novel series has more than 7.7 million copies


in print in Japan. Yen Press licensed the original light novel series and the spinoff manga The Honor Student at Magic High School.

The earlier 26-episode television anime adaptation debuted in April 2014 from director Manabu Ono at Madhouse. Aniplex of America licensed the anime and released it on home video in 2015.

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713 F.Supp.2d 595 (2010)
UNITED STATES of America
v.
John JOHNSON.
Criminal Action No. 04-17.
United States District Court, E.D. Louisiana.
May 18, 2010.
*602 Brian P. Marcelle, Mark A. Miller, Michael William Magner, Michael M. Simpson, U.S. Attorney's Office, New Orleans, LA, for United States of America.

ORDER AND REASONS
HELEN G. BERRIGAN, District Judge.
This capital matter comes before the Court on motion for new trial and supplemental motion for new trial filed by the defendant, John Johnson ("Johnson"). Oral argument was held on March 23, 2010. Having considered the record, the memoranda and argument of counsel and the law, the Court affirms the convictions but grants a new penalty phase hearing for the reasons set forth below.
In May 2009, the defendant was convicted of three counts of a Second Superseding Indictment pertaining to his roleco-defendant Herbert Jones ("Jones") entered next and Johnson was the last to enter, taking at most perhaps six steps into the bank and remaining near the front door. Smith rushed toward Deputy Zaffuto, who was standing at a check writing stand near the door, pointed his gun at him, disarmed him and slid the deputy's service gun to Johnson. While this was happening, Jones quickly moved in the opposite direction toward the bank manager's office. Deputy Jenkins, who had been in corner by the entrance to the bank, out of the sight of the defendants, testified that he ordered Smith to drop his gun and when Smith failed to do so, Jenkins shot him, and then likewise shot Johnson, hitting both in the leg area.[2] Meanwhile, after Smith


was shot, Deputy Zaffuto retrieved Smith's gun and attempted to shoot several times at Johnson from behind the podium but the gun would not fire. Johnson shot back several times at Deputy Zaffuto and also at Deputy Jenkins. Moments thereafter, Smith scrambled across the floor to the entrance of the bank and both he and Johnson fled, to be arrested shortly thereafter.
The bullet fired by Johnson that killed Deputy Zaffuto is captured midair in the surveillance photos at a time when Zaffuto was trying to shoot Johnson with Smith's inoperable gun, not knowing that the gun did not shoot. The fatal bullet first hit the grip of the gun in Zaffuto's hand, then ricocheted into his chest, killing him. Johnson also shot Deputy Jenkins in the foot withmurder of Sidney Zaffuto created harmful emotional and financial distress on his family. Rec. Docs. 1238-1, 1238-2.
At the same time, all the jurors found non-statutory mitigating factors that the defendant offered to plead guilty to a life sentence at the inception of the prosecution, that he was raised in poverty by his mother, that he lacked a positive male role model and father figure, that he was 57 years old, and that if he was not sentenced to death, he will be sentenced to a term of life imprisonment without the opportunity for release. Id. One juror found an additional non-statutory mitigating factor in that Johnson became addicted to heroin in his youth, struggled throughout his life to stop using drugs, being gainfully employed when he was off


drugs but relapsing back to drugs and crime to support his addiction. Id. One juror also found that Johnson's life had value in that he had been a good and loving son, brother, father and grandfather and that his family will suffer greatly if he is executed. Id. Some evidence was presented that Johnson had in fact shot heroin the morning of the crime, the crime occurring midday.

CAPITAL REVIEW UNDER RULE 33[6]
Defendant Johnson has moved for a new trial based on eighteen claims in two motions. In order to frame his allegations, the Court begins with a restatement of some fundamental legal principles with respect *605 to review of capital cases as well as the standards for a motion for new trial under Fed.R.Crim.P. 33.
The United States Supremeclaim made by the defense focused on the testimony of Robert Goodman ("Goodman") and the allegation that Johnson committed murder in a 1974 botched restaurant robbery, for which *611 there was no prosecution. This 1974 murder of Joseph Gennaro at Ruiz Restaurant in Jefferson Parish was included as a part of the non-statutory aggravating factor of "substantial criminal history." In March 2009, the government gave notice of the anticipated testimony of Goodman, who allegedly had participated in the same 1974 event and whose DNA was found on evidence left near the scene in 1974.
Goodman testified during the selection phase of trial for the government and was the only eyewitness who asserted that Johnson in fact shot Joseph Gennaro.[18] On cross-examination, Goodman stated that defendant Johnson did in fact


remarks in closing arguments constituted a comment on Johnson's failure to testify, and admit responsibility for the 1974 slaying. Nevertheless, as the government noted, no objection was lodged to either portions of the closing argument.
The Court concludes the comments did not affect any substantial right of the defendant for purposes of review under Rule 52(b). First of all, the comments were brief and in passing. Secondly, the Court instructed the jury at the close of the penalty phase, in connection with both the 1974 alleged murder and another unadjudicated attempted bank robbery, that the defendant had no obligation to prove his innocence and no inference could be drawn from his failure to testify. Rec. Doc. 1273, pp. 75-76. Finally, according to the selection phase verdicts on Count TwoJohnson would be a danger to prison staff or other inmates if sentenced to life imprisonment.[21]
At issue are the following remarks made in the rebuttal summation by the government:
He was bad in 1974, and nothing you have heard over the past couple of weeks would make you not think he's still cold and calloused today. John Johnson cannot and he will not ever be rehabilitated. Ladies and gentlemen, he just doesn't have it in him.
Rec. Doc. 1273, p. 62.
He was given a second chance in 1974 when he escaped justice for the murder of Joe Gennaro. And what did he do with that second chance? Did he become a better man? Did he become a law-abiding man? No. He continued to use heroin. He continued to rob banks.


no legal obstacle to the government citing Zaffuto's status as a law enforcement officer as a non-statutory aggravator, had it chosen to do so. Arguably the defendant benefitted from not having that additional aggravator specifically listed on the verdict sheet and weighed against him.
Turning next to the third complaint, (c) defendant Johnson claims that the presence of law enforcement officers in uniform during portions of the trial prejudiced him. More specifically, Johnson complains that on May 19, 2009, during the testimony of Deputy Sheriff Andrew Jenkins, more than forty uniformed members of the Orleans Parish Criminal Sheriff's Office, including the Sheriff himself, were seated in several rows behind the prosecution side of the courtroom. A "significant" number remained during closing argument on the guilt phase and six toIn this case, guilt was in essence a forgone conclusion. No further significant police presence occurred thereafter. While the en masse appearance was inappropriate, it was not in and of itself sufficiently prejudicial to deprive Johnson of a fair trial. However, it is a part, albeit a small part, of the overall totality of circumstances justifying a new penalty hearing.
Defendant Johnson's final complaint with regard to Sidney Zaffuto's status as a law enforcement officer is whether the prosecution's emphasis of that fact in questioning witnesses and in closing argument crossed the line into inciting unfair passion and prejudice against the defendant. The following passage is challenged from the government's closing argument in the guilt phase: "Deputy Zaffuto awoke on the morning of. . . January 8th, strapped on


his sidearm, and he went to the bank to do what he did every day. Serve and protect the people of Orleans Parish. He dedicated his life to the people of that parish." Rec. Doc. 1251, p. 101. During the questioning of the victim impact witnesses during the eligibility phase, the prosecutor emphasized the victim's devotion to law enforcement with questions such as, "[i]s it fair to say he was a lawful (sic) officer 24 hours a day?" and "[d]id he enjoy his work?" Rec. Doc. 1274, at pp. 11-12. One of the victim impact witnesses, Terry Zaffuto, was the deceased's brother and also a law enforcement officer, who testified to becoming a deputy at his brother's behest. Id. at pp. 12-15. The prosecutor specifically asked Terry if,considering how his brother died, he thought him to be a hero. Terry's response was that he considered him a hero not just that day but every day that he served to protect others. Id. at p. *618 18. Linda Kelly, the deceased's sister, also testified. She read her eulogy from the funeral which stated in part:
My other brother, Terry, who is also a police lieutenant, said it the best, Sidney wasn't just a hero the day those men took his life, he was like every other officer, a hero every day they walk out of the door to protect the public.
I am so enormously proud of my brother. After hearing Sheriff Foti say he viewed the films and Sidney was a hero who probably saved a lot


finds that the testimony regarding Deputy Zaffuto's career as a law enforcement officer was appropriate victim impact evidence. The Court also finds that the prosecutorial arguments based on his status were, by and large, proper. Deputy Zaffuto was in fact serving in a law enforcement capacity at the time of his death, doing precisely what his duties called forprotecting the bank from would be bank robbers like the defendant. In addition, defendant Johnson knew Deputy Zaffuto was a law enforcement officer at the time he was shooting at him. Furthermore, the prosecution had properly elicited evidence of Deputy Zaffuto's long career as a police officer, his love of his job and the high esteem with which he was held by his colleagues.
The Court's only reservation is those portionscharacteristics of the victim and the emotional impact the loss had upon the family members. The second was the family members' opinions of the defendant, and their characterization of the crime. The Court held both types of information to be irrelevant to the decision to be made by the jury, and unfairly prejudicial to the defense under the Eighth Amendment.
With respect to the second category of information, the family members' opinions of the defendant and their characterization of the crime, the Supreme Court specifically held that:
... the formal presentation of this information... can serve no other purpose than to inflame the jury and divert it from deciding the case on the relevant evidence concerning the crime and the defendant. As we have noted, any decision to impose the


counsel failed to object at trial, the error in admitting the testimony was plain.[30]Id.
Clearly, the portions of Shirley Zaffuto's letter referring to defendant Johnson as "evil," declaring his life a "disgrace" and referring to all three defendants as "selfish, greedy criminals," who *623 "terrorized innocent bank employees and customers" was an Eighth Amendment violation, and the Court so finds. At the March 23, 2010, hearing on the post-trial motions, the prosecution acknowledged possessing this statement, or earlier versions of it, months before trial. The Court is disturbed and dismayed that the prosecutors themselves, one of whom has extensive capital experience, did not on their own excise the improper comments. At oral argument, the prosecutor conceded that Mrs. Zaffuto's characterization of the defendants as "evil" was not appropriate.
The governmentmarriage and that she did not drive a car, relying on her husband to take her everywhere. Rec. Doc. 1274, pp. 31-32. She referred to him as her best friend. Id. As she testified, she sat in the witness box, clutching a teddy bear in her arms which was dressed as a law enforcement officer. Her emotional dependency upon her husband and her helplessness in the face of his loss was visually obvious and truly heart wrenching. It was at the end of this poignant testimony that she read the written statement, while continuously sobbing. That statement in full follows, including the legally inadmissible portions:
My life and all joy in my life ended on January 8, 2004. On that day I lost my beloved husband, my best friend,


she explained that it contained a recording of her husband's voice. At that point, the defense called for a side bar, which lasted nearly five minutes, during which the widow continue to cry, holding the teddy bear depiction of her husband within feet of the visibly upset jurors. This sequence of events, including the sidebar, could have been easily predicted by the government.
The result is that the jury heard Mrs. Zaffuto's impermissible comments in the context of a highly charged emotional moment when their sympathies had to be totally vested in her plight, and was able to further feel her misery unattended by counsel and the Court during the five minute sidebar. When it later became clear that the government had not disclosed the substance of her writtennow know Sidney Zaffuto . . . It means so much more because we now know that wife that he kissed good-bye on January 8th, Shirley Zaffuto. And we know now what his murder meant to her and how it's impacted her life.
Id. at p. 5.
Later in his initial close, the prosecutor returned to the poignant image of Mrs. Zaffuto:
Ladies and gentlemen, here is a lady who was solely and completely dependant on Sidney Zaffuto. He drove her wherever she needed to go because she doesn't drive. He provided for her financially. He was her entire heart, her entire soul. And now that lady rides her bike to run her errands. She's lost his income. She's lost his health insurance. And she testified on the witness stand clutching


the only reminder she has of her husband, a teddy bear dressed up like a police officer.
Id. at p. 20.
Likewise, in the government rebuttal, the prosecutor returned to the emotional victim impact testimony:
You know, if you want to shed a tear, cry, cry for Sidney Zaffuto. If you want to shed a tear, cry for his wife, Shirley Zaffuto. Cry for her. She rides her bicycle to go to the bank. Shed a tear for Linda Kelly, Terry Zaffuto, his siblings, who will never hear that laugh again, the laugh they describe so lovingly. Shed a tear for Andrew Medina, the kid whose best memory of him is asking if he can call him dad. Shed a tear for *626 his mother. She had to bury her ownher husband's police service and his relationship with members of his family. She would also testify regarding the impact of the loss on her emotionally and financially. Rec. Doc. 729, p. 7. At a later date in March 2008, more than a year prior to trial, the prosecutor indicated that Mrs. Zaffuto might provide a letter in lieu of live testimony. Rec. Doc. 904, p. 27.
At trial and at the post-trial hearing on March 23, 2010, the prosecutor represented that he believed he turned over to the defense the revised version of the written statement of Shirley Zaffuto at the same time as he turned over various newspaper clippings, photographs and other documents intended to be used as victim impact evidence in Spring of 2009 and did not


remember making two separate disclosures. Both attorneys for the defendant testified that the materials received from the government did not contain the written statement. The Court concludes, for several reasons, that the statement was not disclosed to the defense or the Court prior *627 to the testimony of Mrs. Zaffuto during the selection phase.[35]
First, the prosecution disclosure and in globo production to the defense was entered as a formal notice in the record under seal in March 2009, and it did not include any written statement by the widow. Rec. Doc. 1071. That filing included nine pages of attached letters, newspaper clippings and photographs, presumably the same disclosures made earlier to the defense. In responding to the disclosure, the defense likewise referenced nine pages of attachments, none ofwhich was the written statement of Shirley Zaffuto. Second, during trial just prior to Mrs. Zaffuto reading the statement, the defense inquired of the prosecutor whether it had been disclosed, was assured it had been, and then objected and moved for a mistrial when it realized the contents were both unfamiliar and inadmissible. Third, the Court is convinced that had the defense received the statement prior to trial, it would have objected to the clearly inadmissible portions, and they would have been excised.
Finally, at the March 23, 2010, post-trial hearing, the government did provide to the defense and the Court what purported to be an earlier version of Shirley Zaffuto's statement, presumably the one they intended to initially disclose. That statement, while similar in many respects to the


Instead, it chose to wait until after Mrs. Zaffuto's very emotional reading of her statement to ask her, in the presence of the jury, to explain the significance of the teddy bear in her arms. As she poignantly explained, the uniformed bear contained an audio recording of her murdered husband's voice. Even if the Court accepts the prosecution's representation that any failure to disclose the written statement was inadvertent, it can find no excuse, other than gamesmanship, in the government's failure to alert the defense and the Court to the intended use of the teddy bear and the audio recording. The government's decision was not only careless, but deliberate.
At the inevitable sidebar that resulted, while the agonized widow remained on the stand in full view of the jury,choking with tears while holding the teddy bear depiction of her murdered husband, the defense objected and moved for a mistrial. The Court disallowed the playing of the audio recording, but denied the motion for mistrial. Rec. Doc. 1274, pp. 37-40. Given what the Court now knows about the non-disclosure, declaration of a mistrial would have been appropriate, but again the Court's concern was to await the jury verdict in the event the death penalty was not imposed. As already noted, the victim impact evidence was compelling, emotionally charged and unforgettably sad. Mrs. Zaffuto's misery was palpable. In denying the mistrial at sidebar, the Court was attempting to cabin the error caused by the government at least to some degree, knowing that the damage was done to the


Mrs. Zaffuto's revised statement at trial would not have been susceptible of conversion into a implicit directive for the death penalty.

Claim IX: The Prosecution's Penalty Phase Summation Was Designed To Inflame The Juror's Emotions And Passions
In Claim IX, defendant Johnson is critical of "(v)irtually every aspect of the prosecution's *629 final summation" as "calculated to inflame the passions and prejudices of the jury." Rec. Doc. 1337, p. 49. The Court finds merit in much of what the defendant contends as it pertains to the government's argument at the critical selection phase of trial, especially when the nature of the role of the government attorney, and the attendant responsibilities, are acknowledged. The United States Supreme Court, in the oft-quoted passage from Berger v. United States, 295 U.S. 78, 88,the victim and the victim's family by comparing the life of the defendant in prison to the permanency of the victim's death; and (3) the emotionally intimidating pressure imposed upon the jury to bring in a verdict of death on behalf of the Zaffuto family or else be perceived as capitulating, lacking in will, and "washing the blood" from the defendant's hands.
The Court also emphasizes that reading the transcript of the rebuttal alone does not convey the emotional impact this argument had upon the jury. This particular prosecutor has extensive capital experience and is very talented and capable. He also has a very powerful voice and a commanding presence with a demeanor of extreme self-confidence. During his summation, the Court observed the jurors and they were, literally, riveted


in their seats by his oration, utterly attentive and motionless. Until the widow took the stand, he was successfully carrying the "double burden" imposed on a government prosecutor. At that point in the selection phase, and throughout the final rebuttal argument, he repeatedly crossed the line marking the defendant's right to a constitutionally fair trial.
Added to this is the unseen presence in the courtroom of our great and powerful government with its counsel and its voice in the person of the United States Attorney. For all these reasons his power to persuade is great. And for these reasons he must speak with the care, the decorum and the sensitivity that befit his position and his duties. Neither the heat and strain of trial nor the right to strikevehemently and repeatedly objected pre-trial to any evidence being admitted regarding this alleged offense. See, for example, Rec. Doc. 1049. In March, 2008, shortly before a previous trial setting, co-defendant and cooperating government witness, Herbert Jones, who had implicated Johnson in the 1974 slaying, became incapacitated and could not testify. The government proposed introducing his statements through the FBI agent who debriefed him. The Court ruled the evidence inadmissible under those circumstances since it would constitute double hearsay and Johnson would be unable to properly cross examine the evidence for bias and unreliability. Rec. Doc. 790. Another effort by the prosecution to introduce similar evidence through double hearsay as well was likewise rejected by the Court. Rec. Doc. 793. Those rulings were appealed by the government under 18


The office of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said late Monday he would return to the Senate this week ahead of a vote to debate a bill that would gut Obamacare and potentially deprive tens of millions of Americans of health insurance.

“Senator McCain looks forward to returning to the United States Senate tomorrow to continue working on important legislation, including health care reform, the National Defense Authorization Act, and new sanctions on Russia, Iran and North Korea,” a statement from his office said.

Look forward to returning to Senate tomorrow to continue work on health care reform, defense bill & #RussiaSanctions https://t.co/VQBtovnwF1 — John McCain (@SenJohnMcCain) July 25, 2017

The date of McCain’s return was initially unclear after he announced last week he had been diagnosed with brain cancer. Doctors toldhall, with mayor Mick Cornett proclaiming Thursday Russell Westbrook Day.Westbrook excelled in 2015-16, tying Hall of Famer Magic Johnson for the most triple-doubles in the past 30 years with a league-high 18, including seven in the month of March.A five-time All-Star and two-time All-Star Game MVP, Westbrook averaged 23.5 points, 7.8 rebounds and 10.4 assists last season and finished fourth in the MVP voting.Russell has been an outstanding leader of this team since he was drafted by our organization eight years ago. His competitiveness, character and unique athletic ability have propelled him to the forefront of the game, Thunder general manager Sam Presti said. Russell personifies many of the traits that are synonymous with Oklahoma and Oklahomans. We are excited that Russell has chosen to continue to build


At NYU a typical student in one of my classes is likely to graduate with almost 50 percent more student debt than the national average; the school has the highest total student debt in the country. The cost of attending NYU is among the highest in the country , and its financial aid remains woefully inadequate — a fact thrown into sharp relief when it was disclosed this summer that the university was footing the bill for high-priced vacation homes for its executives. After the vacation-home scandal focused national attention on the university's financial priorities, the administration announced a new fundraising campaign focused on increasing student scholarships, a step in the right direction. But the larger, underlying problem remains. The national trend toward corporate-style governance shortchanges the coremission of the university: research, teaching and learning.

There has been a vast restructuring of higher education in the past few decades, as universities have come to be run increasingly like corporations, with an emphasis on their international branding and an eye to the bottom line. This restructuring has brought about many important changes — an enormous expansion in the number of highly paid executive administrators; a greater focus on revenue generation, with some colleges deciding to cut departments like history and English, which are deemed unprofitable; an increasing reliance on part-time adjunct faculty , whose meager pay and lack of benefits have driven some to public assistance ; and most important for students and their families, massive increases in tuition and student debt.

On Dec. 11, New York University's


graduate student employees voted overwhelmingly for union representation , making NYU the only private university in the country with unionized graduate workers. Teaching, research and program assistants from dozens of departments at NYU, including the history department, where I teach, participated in the two-day election, marking the culmination of an eight-year organizing effort on the part of the Graduate Student Organizing Committee/United Auto Workers Local 2110. The decisive victory — with 620 voting in favor of the union and just 10 voting against — gives the union a strong mandate as we enter contract negotiations over pay, health care costs and job stability with the university administration. That mandate represents an important victory not only for university workers across the country but also for the parents of currentand future college students and for the graduate students themselves.

The graduate students' victory at NYU shows that this trend can be slowed and perhaps even reversed by demonstrating that shared governance can strengthen the university and the higher-education sector as a whole. In 2001, when the National Labor Relations Board (the federal body that regulates workplace organization) first forced NYU to recognize our union, our historic win buoyed unionization efforts of the university's clerical workers and adjunct faculty as well as similar organizing drives at other private universities across the country. But the NLRB ruling was overturned by George W. Bush administration appointees in 2004, who argued that the relationship between graduate students and their universities was primarily academic, not economic — despite the many kinds of paid


labor we do. After the decision, NYU refused to continue to recognize our rights to collective representation, as part of university president John Sexton's larger strategic vision for NYU as a growth-driven, cost-cutting business. That vision has resulted in controversial expansion plans in Greenwich Village and around the world as well as in the scandalous executive-compensation packages that have caught the attention of members of Congress. Our union has stood with faculty and student organizations throughout the last few years to argue that this strategy has taken NYU far afield from our mission of education and has negatively affected not only our working conditions but also our students' learning conditions.

At NYU many graduate students receive relatively generous fellowships to study, thanks in large part to the gains wea microelectronic device that is fabricated with a dual-diameter electrical conductor therein is provided. The dual-diameter electrical conductor is constructed by a body portion that has a first diameter, and a neck portion in contact with the body portion that has a second diameter smaller than the first diameter.
In still another preferred embodiment, a dynamic random access memory device that is fabricated with a dual-diameter electrical conductor therein is provided. The dual-diameter electrical conductor in the DRAM device is constructed with a body portion that has a first diameter, and a neck portion in contact with the body portion that has a second diameter smaller than the first diameter. The memory device has at least one of its capacitor electrodes in electrical communication with the neck portion of


the dual-diameter electrical conductor.
The present invention is further directed to a method for fabricating a dual-diameter electrical conductor that can be carried out by the operating steps of first providing a substrate that has a first conductive region, then depositing a layer of a first dielectric material on the substrate, then etching a first opening in the first dielectric material layer to expose the first conductive region in the substrate, then depositing a second conductive material into the first opening in the first dielectric material layer to form a body portion of the conductor, then removing a surface layer of the second conductive material to at least partially expose an upper sidewall surface in the first opening, then forming sidewall spacers of a second dielectric material on theupper sidewall surface of the first opening thereby defining a second opening through which the body portion of the conductor is exposed, and depositing a third conductive material into the second opening and forming a neck portion of the conductor that is in contact with the body portion of the conductor. The first opening in the first dielectric material layer can be advantageously formed by a reactive ion etching method. The first opening formed can be a contact hole that at least partially exposes the first conductive region in the substrate. The method may further include the steps of depositing and forming a stacked capacitor electrode on top of and in electrical communication with the neck portion of the electrical conductor. The sidewall spacers of the second dielectric


he achieved his only podium places.

With the arrival of the factory Yamaha TZ 500 and the König by Kim Newcombe, it was difficult in 1973 to score points in the 500cc class. Granath also often dropped out and scored only 12 points.

In 1974, the Husqvarna was definitely no longer fast enough to score points. Granath only dropped out once but remained scoreless. From that moment he started driving fewer and fewer GPs. Remarkably, he started in three classes in 1975 in the TT van Man, a race that in the meantime was boycotted by almost everyone because of the dangerous circuit. In the 1976 season, Bo Granath scored his last World Cup points: he finished ninth in the 350cc GP of Yugoslavia. In 1977 he became Swedish championFlorida State coach Mike Martin Jr. had initially hoped for his new fulltime staff to come together quickly.

His sense of urgency was fueled by college baseball’s recruiting timeline that features established summer tournaments that are ongoing.

In fact, Martin Jr. headed on the road last Tuesday morning – less than 24 hours after being named the Seminoles’ new coach.

His itinerary includes stops in Fort Myers, where he was for four days; Auburndale this weekend; and Atlanta and potentially Hoover, Alabama, next week. He could be away from Tallahassee for two weeks.

While Martin Jr. has settled on one staff hire – professional scout Mike Metcalf, according to sources. (Martin Jr. is prohibited from commenting until a candidate is cleared by the school.)

Martin Jr., however, told the Democrat Friday he was


at first base during a game between FSU and Mercer University at Dick Howser Stadium Sunday, March 3, 2019. (Photo: Tori Schneider/Tallahassee Democrat)

Since Martin Jr. does not have two fulltime assistants, he’s had to adjust.

Volunteer assistant coach Tyler Holt has passed the NCAA recruiting test and, according to NCAA rules, can recruit for the Seminoles. He is in Atlanta for the WWBA Tournament. Martin will join him next week.

While Martin is scouting youth and high school-aged players for his 2021, 2022 and 2023 classes, he still must fill his 2020 class.

“We are way behind,” Martin Jr. said.

Martin Jr. announced a number of changes at his introductory press conference last Monday, from moving the team back to the third base dugout and taking player names off the jerseys.

He isthe majority of SC State game, in my opinion, just to get used to taking the reps. We will need him to be elite against FSU.

Swinney. "Martavis has been consistently not good, great. All spring, all fall camp. Bottom-line he just had a bad night...No. No. Charone had a great game. Charone's was probably a fumble. He caught the ball and positioned it right here instead of transitioning to a good tuck position. The guy made a great play. He caught the ball. I thought Charone played great. The fourth and one was a poor throw. We weren't going to fire Brandon Ford after a poor performance in the opener, we won't do the same with Martavis. He'll be just fine. Ya'll can quit asking questions about Martavis.


He also has 342 rushing yards and eight touchdowns.

• STAPLES: What's next for Florida football and Will Muschamp?

"I haven't gotten a chance to talk to him about it,” Kelly said, according to Yahoo Sports. "There were certainly a couple of throws when he first did it where he put the ball into the ground. You could see that it affected him then. He said he was fine after that, but obviously we missed some throws, especially in overtime. But he said it didn't affect him."

The Irish have lost three of their last four games and dropped out of the Top 25 of the AP Poll.

Notre Dame (7-3) next plays Louisville (7-3) at home on Saturday.

- Scooby AxsonA few facts about Pope Benedict XVI

Pope Benedict XVI waves as he leaves after the mass in St.Peter's Basilica to mark the 900th anniversary of the Order of the Knights of Malta, on February 9, 2013 at the Vatican. - ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP/Getty Images

This final note today, a few facts about the Pope. Pope Benedict XVI is going to leave behind a few perks he had on the job. For one, his new Popemobile: A Mercedes-Benz Modified M Class crossover in papel white. The basic model goes for anywhere from about $50,000 to over $100,000. But the Popemobile itself is believed to have been donated to the Vatican.

Pope Benedict doesn't know how to drive. Never got a driver's license. But he does apparently have a helicopter pilot's license and


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night, a hideous tree dweller sneaked inside Canterbury's famous pie supreme factory to eat Monkeys made entirely of infected

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the evil raccoon, thus preserving its rutabaga stockpile completely. George the Curious arrived in 73.5 seconds, wishing he brought spontaneous sidekicks that consumed many purple Skittles. Crocodiles fear to snort giant flying apples after springing souls free from inside its inner chamber. After eating his omelet, Zenophinizianalopo decided that blk2860 was mad, so he threw him down the sewer. Meanwhile, Freakenstein was massaging a porcupine sneezing ginormous blobs of paint. During the night, a hideous tree dweller sneaked inside Canterbury's famous pie supreme factory to eat Monkeys made entirely of infected souls.

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Murlocs devoured a flash game inside his tower. Farts let him cover the tower outside the city Fortorhore. After finding potatoes and carrots, he jumped fabulously out, crying, "Save my precious girlfriend Sarah!" So the choking guy made pizza pie with no arms. Help that would only act as a distraction for his archnemisis, the great Merlin Smith. Who was fat and ate cats with ketchup. Soon police arrived and licked crack off the octopus toe thatmutated. Finally God allowed blk2860 to kidnap combustible kittens. Panda decided that red303 was insanely splattered on his head and that preserved his AWESOMENESS for future life. King Koala destroyed cabbage monster saving princess toadstool, which revolutionized technology by creating mushrooms that could empower computers. The dogs mauled John's grandfathers hotdog hatefully with amusing clowns stupidly allowed pooping. He sucked popsicles made out of great sugars. Napoleon danced to war-torn France, who dramatically increased fatness among outrageous Munchkins which causes a war of England versus aliens which stupidly died. Later, the loyal died due to deadness of many stupid orcs. Although he was totally unaware, he ate my favorite, fuzzy, pink beanbag alive. Unfortunately, my nose has A.D.D., causing it to combust. "Sasquadjakl!" the strange, five-eyed sasquatch exclaimed.


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brought spontaneous sidekicks that consumed many purple Skittles. Crocodiles fear to snort giant flying apples after springing souls free from inside its inner chamber. After eating his omelet, Zenophinizianalopo decided that blk2860 was mad, so he threw him down the sewer. Meanwhile, Freakenstein was massaging a porcupine sneezing ginormous blobs of paint. During the night, a hideous tree dweller sneaked inside Canterbury's famous pie supreme factory to eat Monkeys made entirely of infected souls. The next morning Hindenburg decided

Murlocs devoured a flash game inside his tower. Farts let him cover the tower outside the city Fortorhore. After finding potatoes and carrots, he jumped fabulously out, crying, "Save my precious girlfriend Sarah!" So the choking guy made pizza pie with no arms. Help that would only act as adistraction for his archnemisis, the great Merlin Smith. Who was fat and ate cats with ketchup. Soon police arrived and licked crack off the octopus toe that mutated. Finally God allowed blk2860 to kidnap combustible kittens. Panda decided that red303 was insanely splattered on his head and that preserved his AWESOMENESS for future life. King Koala destroyed cabbage monster saving princess toadstool, which revolutionized technology by creating mushrooms that could empower computers. The dogs mauled John's grandfathers hotdog hatefully with amusing clowns stupidly allowed pooping. He sucked popsicles made out of great sugars. Napoleon danced to war-torn France, who dramatically increased fatness among outrageous Munchkins which causes a war of England versus aliens which stupidly died. Later, the loyal died due to deadness of many stupid orcs. Although


he was totally unaware, he ate my favorite, fuzzy, pink beanbag alive. Unfortunately, my nose has A.D.D., causing it to combust. "Sasquadjakl!" the strange, five-eyed sasquatch exclaimed. It had fierce bazooka arms, crusty from Martian goo from the orcs from epic "Snowball thrower". Frozen poo flingers from the land of Ice and fire. With great power and size he destroyed the evil raccoon, thus preserving its rutabaga stockpile completely. George the Curious arrived in 73.5 seconds, wishing he brought spontaneous sidekicks that consumed many purple Skittles. Crocodiles fear to snort giant flying apples after springing souls free from inside its inner chamber. After eating his omelet, Zenophinizianalopo decided that blk2860 was mad, so he threw him down the sewer. Meanwhile, Freakenstein was massaging a porcupine sneezing ginormous blobsAWESOMENESS for future life. King Koala destroyed cabbage monster saving princess toadstool, which revolutionized technology by creating mushrooms that could empower computers. The dogs mauled John's grandfathers hotdog hatefully with amusing clowns stupidly allowed pooping. He sucked popsicles made out of great sugars. Napoleon danced to war-torn France, who dramatically increased fatness among outrageous Munchkins which causes a war of England versus aliens which stupidly died. Later, the loyal died due to deadness of many stupid orcs. Although he was totally unaware, he ate my favorite, fuzzy, pink beanbag alive. Unfortunately, my nose has A.D.D., causing it to combust. "Sasquadjakl!" the strange, five-eyed sasquatch exclaimed. It had fierce bazooka arms, crusty from Martian goo from the orcs from epic "Snowball thrower". Frozen poo flingers from the land of


Ice and fire. With great power and size he destroyed the evil raccoon, thus preserving its rutabaga stockpile completely. George the Curious arrived in 73.5 seconds, wishing he brought spontaneous sidekicks that consumed many purple Skittles. Crocodiles fear to snort giant flying apples after springing souls free from inside its inner chamber. After eating his omelet, Zenophinizianalopo decided that blk2860 was mad, so he threw him down the sewer. Meanwhile, Freakenstein was massaging a porcupine sneezing ginormous blobs of paint. During the night, a hideous tree dweller sneaked inside Canterbury's famous pie supreme factory to eat Monkeys made entirely of infected souls. The next morning Hindenburg decided Ferret

Murlocs devoured a flash game inside his tower. Farts let him cover the tower outside the city Fortorhore. After finding potatoesdramatically increased fatness among outrageous Munchkins which causes a war of England versus aliens which stupidly died. Later, the loyal died due to deadness of many stupid orcs. Although he was totally unaware, he ate my favorite, fuzzy, pink beanbag alive. Unfortunately, my nose has A.D.D., causing it to combust. "Sasquadjakl!" the strange, five-eyed sasquatch exclaimed. It had fierce bazooka arms, crusty from Martian goo from the orcs from epic "Snowball thrower". Frozen poo flingers from the land of Ice and fire. With great power and size he destroyed the evil raccoon, thus preserving its rutabaga stockpile completely. George the Curious arrived in 73.5 seconds, wishing he brought spontaneous sidekicks that consumed many purple Skittles. Crocodiles fear to snort giant flying apples after springing souls free from inside


its inner chamber. After eating his omelet, Zenophinizianalopo decided that blk2860 was mad, so he threw him down the sewer. Meanwhile, Freakenstein was massaging a porcupine sneezing ginormous blobs of paint. During the night, a hideous tree dweller sneaked inside Canterbury's famous pie supreme factory to eat Monkeys made entirely of infected souls. The next morning Hindenburg decided [b]Ferret[/b]

Murlocs devoured a flash game inside his tower. Farts let him cover the tower outside the city Fortorhore. After finding potatoes and carrots, he jumped fabulously out, crying, "Save my precious girlfriend Sarah!" So the choking guy made pizza pie with no arms. Help that would only act as a distraction for his archnemisis, the great Merlin Smith. Who was fat and ate cats with ketchup. Soon police arrived andcombust. "Sasquadjakl!" the strange, five-eyed sasquatch exclaimed. It had fierce bazooka arms, crusty from Martian goo from the orcs from epic "Snowball thrower". Frozen poo flingers from the land of Ice and fire. With great power and size he destroyed the evil raccoon, thus preserving its rutabaga stockpile completely. George the Curious arrived in 73.5 seconds, wishing he brought spontaneous sidekicks that consumed many purple Skittles. Crocodiles fear to snort giant flying apples after springing souls free from inside its inner chamber. After eating his omelet, Zenophinizianalopo decided that blk2860 was mad, so he threw him down the sewer. Meanwhile, Freakenstein was massaging a porcupine sneezing ginormous blobs of paint. During the night, a hideous tree dweller sneaked inside Canterbury's famous pie supreme factory to eat Monkeys made


entirely of infected souls. The next morning, Hindenburg decided Ferret was

Murlocs devoured a flash game inside his tower. Farts let him cover the tower outside the city Fortorhore. After finding potatoes and carrots, he jumped fabulously out, crying, "Save my precious girlfriend Sarah!" So the choking guy made pizza pie with no arms. Help that would only act as a distraction for his archnemisis, the great Merlin Smith. Who was fat and ate cats with ketchup. Soon police arrived and licked crack off the octopus toe that mutated. Finally God allowed blk2860 to kidnap combustible kittens. Panda decided that red303 was insanely splattered on his head and that preserved his AWESOMENESS for future life. King Koala destroyed cabbage monster saving princess toadstool, which revolutionized technology by creating mushroomsthat could empower computers. The dogs mauled John's grandfathers hotdog hatefully with amusing clowns stupidly allowed pooping. He sucked popsicles made out of great sugars. Napoleon danced to war-torn France, who dramatically increased fatness among outrageous Munchkins which causes a war of England versus aliens which stupidly died. Later, the loyal died due to deadness of many stupid orcs. Although he was totally unaware, he ate my favorite, fuzzy, pink beanbag alive. Unfortunately, my nose has A.D.D., causing it to combust. "Sasquadjakl!" the strange, five-eyed sasquatch exclaimed. It had fierce bazooka arms, crusty from Martian goo from the orcs from epic "Snowball thrower". Frozen poo flingers from the land of Ice and fire. With great power and size he destroyed the evil raccoon, thus preserving its rutabaga stockpile


completely. George the Curious arrived in 73.5 seconds, wishing he brought spontaneous sidekicks that consumed many purple Skittles. Crocodiles fear to snort giant flying apples after springing souls free from inside its inner chamber. After eating his omelet, Zenophinizianalopo decided that blk2860 was mad, so he threw him down the sewer. Meanwhile, Freakenstein was massaging a porcupine sneezing ginormous blobs of paint. During the night, a hideous tree dweller sneaked inside Canterbury's famous pie supreme factory to eat Monkeys made entirely of infected souls. The next morning, Hindenburg decided Ferret [b]was[/b]

Murlocs devoured a flash game inside his tower. Farts let him cover the tower outside the city Fortorhore. After finding potatoes and carrots, he jumped fabulously out, crying, "Save my precious girlfriend Sarah!" So the choking guy madepizza pie with no arms. Help that would only act as a distraction for his archnemisis, the great Merlin Smith. Who was fat and ate cats with ketchup. Soon police arrived and licked crack off the octopus toe that mutated. Finally God allowed blk2860 to kidnap combustible kittens. Panda decided that red303 was insanely splattered on his head and that preserved his AWESOMENESS for future life. King Koala destroyed cabbage monster saving princess toadstool, which revolutionized technology by creating mushrooms that could empower computers. The dogs mauled John's grandfathers hotdog hatefully with amusing clowns stupidly allowed pooping. He sucked popsicles made out of great sugars. Napoleon danced to war-torn France, who dramatically increased fatness among outrageous Munchkins which causes a war of England versus aliens which stupidly died.


Later, the loyal died due to deadness of many stupid orcs. Although he was totally unaware, he ate my favorite, fuzzy, pink beanbag alive. Unfortunately, my nose has A.D.D., causing it to combust. "Sasquadjakl!" the strange, five-eyed sasquatch exclaimed. It had fierce bazooka arms, crusty from Martian goo from the orcs from epic "Snowball thrower". Frozen poo flingers from the land of Ice and fire. With great power and size he destroyed the evil raccoon, thus preserving its rutabaga stockpile completely. George the Curious arrived in 73.5 seconds, wishing he brought spontaneous sidekicks that consumed many purple Skittles. Crocodiles fear to snort giant flying apples after springing souls free from inside its inner chamber. After eating his omelet, Zenophinizianalopo decided that blk2860 was mad, so he threw himdown the sewer. Meanwhile, Freakenstein was massaging a porcupine sneezing ginormous blobs of paint. During the night, a hideous tree dweller sneaked inside Canterbury's famous pie supreme factory to eat Monkeys made entirely of infected souls. The next morning, Hindenburg decided Ferret was dead.

Murlocs devoured a flash game inside his tower. Farts let him cover the tower outside the city Fortorhore. After finding potatoes and carrots, he jumped fabulously out, crying, "Save my precious girlfriend Sarah!" So the choking guy made pizza pie with no arms. Help that would only act as a distraction for his archnemisis, the great Merlin Smith. Who was fat and ate cats with ketchup. Soon police arrived and licked crack off the octopus toe that mutated. Finally God allowed blk2860 to kidnap combustible


kittens. Panda decided that red303 was insanely splattered on his head and that preserved his AWESOMENESS for future life. King Koala destroyed cabbage monster saving princess toadstool, which revolutionized technology by creating mushrooms that could empower computers. The dogs mauled John's grandfathers hotdog hatefully with amusing clowns stupidly allowed pooping. He sucked popsicles made out of great sugars. Napoleon danced to war-torn France, who dramatically increased fatness among outrageous Munchkins which causes a war of England versus aliens which stupidly died. Later, the loyal died due to deadness of many stupid orcs. Although he was totally unaware, he ate my favorite, fuzzy, pink beanbag alive. Unfortunately, my nose has A.D.D., causing it to combust. "Sasquadjakl!" the strange, five-eyed sasquatch exclaimed. It had fierce bazooka arms, crusty from Martiangoo from the orcs from epic "Snowball thrower". Frozen poo flingers from the land of Ice and fire. With great power and size he destroyed the evil raccoon, thus preserving its rutabaga stockpile completely. George the Curious arrived in 73.5 seconds, wishing he brought spontaneous sidekicks that consumed many purple Skittles. Crocodiles fear to snort giant flying apples after springing souls free from inside its inner chamber. After eating his omelet, Zenophinizianalopo decided that blk2860 was mad, so he threw him down the sewer. Meanwhile, Freakenstein was massaging a porcupine sneezing ginormous blobs of paint. During the night, a hideous tree dweller sneaked inside Canterbury's famous pie supreme factory to eat Monkeys made entirely of infected souls. The next morning, Hindenburg decided Ferret was [b]dead.[/b]

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OPINION
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INTRODUCTION
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Leishmaniasis is considered a "neglected tropical disease" by the World Health Organization^[@B19]^, with a worldwide distribution affecting mainly tropical and developing countries. It is characterized by a variety of clinical conditions that include the visceral and tegumentary forms, the latter of which has two: cutaneous and mucocutaneous^[@B08],[@B17]^. These are the most frequent forms in Latin America, where 66,941 cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis were reported per year, between 2004 and 2008, mostly in Brazil, Colombia and Peru^[@B02],[@B06]^.

Though leishmaniasis is a public health problem in many Latin American countries, the production of scientific literature on this disease is concentrated in Brazil, in collaboration with institutes in the United States, United Kingdom and France^[@B01],[@B16]^. This is despite many South American countries having included leishmaniasis among their national research priorities, in orderwhose objectives are to strengthen the exchange of knowledge and develop cooperation programs. For these reasons, the aim of this study is to describe the characteristics of scientific collaborations, researching leishmaniasis in South American countries between 2000 and 2011, as shown by scientific publications, and to identify the primary collaborative networks at the regional level. Results will comprise an up-to-date reference of the institutions investigating leishmaniasis in the region.

METHODOLOGY
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***Design and study population:*** The bibliometric study that was conducted searched for and extracted publications in SCOPUS from 2000 to 2011 which dealt with leishmaniasis and included at least one South American author. The SCOPUS database was selected because it included all MEDLINE journals and contained the largest collection of Latin American journals^[@B05]^. Additionally, it registered the institutional affiliation of


two different institutional affiliations and 22.8% cited three. Just under a quarter of the articles listed a single institution, while 20.7% listed four institutions or more. One article listed 24 collaborating institutions. The median number of institutions remained constant in all years.

***Production per country:*** The identified institutions represented 58 different countries. Twenty countries accounted for 97.7% of the signatures. Brazil was the country with the most signatures (60.7%), followed by the United States (7.1%), Venezuela (4.9%), and Colombia (4.4%). Fifteen countries registered a single institutional signature. Five countries registered two institutional signatures, another five had three signatures and three of the countries registered four institutional signatures. Two countries had five institutions represented, three countries registered six institutions, three countries had ten, and two countries registered twelve signatures. [TableThe second extension begins at the Evandro Chagas Institute of Brazil, followed by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine of the United Kingdom, and concludes with the Cayetano Heredia University of Peru (UPCH), which then integrates European institutions that are primarily Belgian. Beyond the Venezuelan and Peruvian collaboration in these large networks, no collaboration with other South American institutions is evident.

Fig. 2 -Primary South American collaborative network for the production of research articles on leishmaniasis.

Fig. 3 -Smaller South American collaborative networks for the production of research articles on leishmaniasis.

The five smaller collaborative networks are constituted by i) four Japanese universities, the Catholic University of Santiago de Guayaquil, and the Ministry of Public Health of Ecuador; ii) exclusively Argentinean institutions; iii) Venezuelan institutions for Scientific Research with


the University of Wurzburg (Germany); iv) Colombian institutions (Del Valle University and International Center of Training and medical research-CIDEIM) with Yale University; and v) two Colombian universities.

DISCUSSION
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Overall, collaborations between South American institutions have been reported in other studies^[@B12],[@B13]^ as being intense and including all countries in the region. However, in the case of collaborations for leishmaniasis research, (with the exception of the collaboration between Brazil and Venezuela, and to a lesser extent with Peru), South American countries collaborate less intensively. Leishmaniasis research has characteristics that differentiate it from other diseases. Individuals affected by the disease are usually rural, low-income, and there is low incidence in European countries and the United States, where the predominant clinical form is visceral leishmaniasis^[@B17]^. Because of these characteristics, leishmaniasis is not considered aresearch priority in these countries, which reduces the potential for collaborative research with South American countries. Furthermore, pharmaceutical industry investment is low, thus new drugs with fewer side effects and lower toxicity are not being developed. These characteristics, among others, have led leishmaniasis to be characterized as a "forgotten disease" (also known as "*neglected tropical disease*")^[@B11]^.

The forgotten disease condition for leishmaniasis is exemplified in Peru, for example, by the very active collaborations that Cayetano Heredia University has with more than ten North American institutions in cancer research and with more than 20 institutions in clinical medicine research^[@B13]^, while the collaboration intensity with North American institutions is lower. Although leishmaniasis research is a specific area of development and can be carried out by fewer institutions, this does not mean


more than 50% of the South American scientific production^[@B12]^, and is the country with most cases in the region. Its investment in development, science and technology, along with its research policies, has allowed it to address its own health problems and require less collaboration to maintain and increase its scientific production. In the area of neglected diseases, it leads South American research^[@B07]^ in Chagas disease following collaboration patterns similar to those described in our study. There are three factors that make Brazil the country with the highest production on leishmaniasis and, perhaps, also with other neglected diseases: i) the high number of new cases of cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis^[@B02]^; ii) increased public spending in research & development (the most in South America)^[@B18]^; and iii) an active network ofinterinstitutional collaboration, something which increases research productivity^[@B03]^.

Globally, India leads scientific production on leishmaniasis. Following it are Brazil, Spain, the USA, and France^[@B01],[@B16]^, however, the clinical form studied most is the visceral variety, which may explain why the remaining South American countries, which have a lower incidence of these clinical forms^[@B02]^, have less European or North American collaboration. The collaboration between these countries is focused in priority topics for European countries and the USA, and not in complete response to the research agendas of the South American countries. Theses agendas in several cases include neglected infectious diseases but those not prioritize leishmaniasis as a specific cause of disease burden. In this context, participation by UNASUR could play an integrating role in the promotion of research efforts within South America.