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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY OCTOBER 22, 2009
NEWS
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CRIME
Gunman receives second trial to determine sanity
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Jewish Federation shooter Naveed Haq appears on the first day of his new trial in Seattle, Wednesday. A second trial began to determine if a mentally ill man who stowed a Jewish center in 2006, killing one woman and wounding five others was legally insane at the time.
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SEATTLE — Naveed Haq wasn't insane — just angry — when he stormed a Seattle Jewish center in 2006, killing one woman and wounding five others as he railed against Israel and demanded to go on CNN, a prosecutor said Wednesday.
"He was tired that no one was listening to the Muslim point of view. He wanted that point of view heard." King County deputy prosecutor Don Raz told jurors as Haq's second trial opened Wednesday. "Naveed Haq's press release found one woman dead, three women struggling for their lives, two women critically injured and a community struck to its core."
Haq's first trial ended last year with jurors deadlocked on whether he was legally insane during the shooting spree on July 28, 2006.
The second trial effectively determines whether the 34-year-old will spend the rest of his life in prison or in a state mental hospital, as his own lawyers have conceded he poses a danger to the public and should never be free.
Haq drove from his eastern Washington home to Seattle the day of the attack and forced a teenage girl at gunpoint to let him into the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle.
Once in the second-floor office, he opened fire, shooting some people in their cubicles, some in the hall and one, Pamela Waecht, fatally as she fled down at a stairwell.
Raz acknowledged Haq's history of mental illness, but focused his opening statement on Haq's preparations in an effort to show that his mind was clear that day.
Haq made several trips to gun stores in the weeks prior to the attack, wrote two documents on his father's computer criticizing Israel and U.S. policy in the Middle East and used MapQuest to find directions to the center from his family's home in Pasco, 180 miles east of Seattle.
"I did a very good thing. I did it for a good reason."
NAVEED HAQ
Seattle Jewish Center
gunman
On his way to the Jewish center, he pulled off Interstate 5 and test-fired his gun, Raz said, and pulled over for driving down a bus-only street in rush hour, he seemed normal to a police officer.
In a recorded phone conversation after the shooting, Raz said, Haq told his mother, "I did a very good thing. I did it for a good reason."
She said, "I know you're not well,"
to which Haq replied: "Whatever, Mom."
One of Haq's lawyers, John Carpenter, argued that Haq could not perceive the quality of his actions, and that he believed he could change the course of wars by attacking the Jewish Federation.
"There could be no defense for this act if it was borne by an undiseased mind," Carpenter said. "But it wasn't."
Carpenter described Haq's condition as psychizoaffective disorder with bipolar tendencies and said that his troubles became worse when he studied at the University of Pennsylvania.
He said his client would hear voices that called him a "loser" and a "homo"
CRIME
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**SAINTS OF PRESENTATION**
Yayapaul County Sheriff's Office Lt. David Rhodes speaks with the media after a news conference in Prescott, Ant. The deaths of three people during a wake tandem ceremony led by self-help expert James Arthur Ray are being investigated as homicides, authorities said.
Participants showed signs of weakness in sweat lodge
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — More than 50 followers of spiritual gurus James Arthur Ray had just endured five strenuous days of fasting, sleep-deprivation and mind-altering breathing exercises when he led them into a sweat lodge ceremony.
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It was supposed to be a religious awakening, the culmination of a $9,000-plus-a-person retreat outside Sedona, Ariz., aimed at helping people find a new vision for life. But it wasn't long before the ceremony turned into a terrifying experience
People were vomiting in the stifling heat, gasping for air, and laying lifeless on the sand and gravel floor beneath them, according to participant Beverley Bunn. One man was burned when he crawled into the rocks, seemingly unaware of what he was doing, she said.
When participants showed weakness, Ray urged them to push past it and chided those who wanted to leave, she said. "I can't get her to move. I can't get her to wake up," Bunn recalls hearing from two
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It also marks a significant revelation in the criminal investigation into Ray over the episode because it portrays him as driving participants to stay in the lodge despite signs all around him that the situation had gone bad. Investigators are considering bringing charges against the guru and trying to learn about his actions that night in a case that has cast a harsh spotlight on Ray and his self-help empire.
Bunn, a 43-year-old Texas resident, provided her wrenching description of the sweat lodge tragedy in an interview with The Associated Press, the first public account from a participant in the Oct. 8 ceremony.
were given short notice before they were to enter the sweat lodge. As they readied for it, they removed their jewelry, placed prayer pouches filled with nicotine around their necks and ripped out pages in a journal they kept detailing what in life was holding them back.
sides of the 415-square-foot sweat lodge. Ray's response: "Leave her alone, she'll be dealt with in the next round."
Howard Bragman, a spokesman for Ray, said many people at the "Spiritual Warrior" event had "amazing experiences," and noted that people should not rush to judgment about what occurred during an ongoing investigation.
Lightly dressed in bathing suits, shorts and tank tops, they received a blessing meant to cut away negative energy before crawling into the sweat lodge. Ray led the group inside and sat next to the opening. A second row formed, their bodies closest to what would be a pile of heated rocks.
According to Bunn, participants
A fire heating up rocks outside the lodge consumed journal pages
Participants began to show signs they were weakening midway through the ceremony. By the time people started collapsing, Bunn had already crawled to a spot near the opening of the sweat lodge, praying for the door to stay open as long as possible between rounds so that she could breathe in fresh air.
NATIONAL
Pet owners likely to perform CPR
Jennifer Benavale of the Flathead County Animal Control demonstrates rescue breathing on a dog model. Benavale is certified to teach net first aid by the Red Cross.
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LOS ANGELES — Most pet owners would leap into action for an injured pet, even if it meant risking dog breath by going mouth-to-snout.
Fifty-eight percent of pet owners 63 percent of dog owners and 53 percent of cat owners would be at least somewhat likely to perform CPR on their pet in the event of a medical emergency, according to an Associated Press-Petside.com poll.
Tammy Parks, 52, of Amherst, Mass., has taken a pet first aid class and wouldn't hesitate to help her 15-year-old mixed breed terriers, Lucy and Julia, or her white fronted Amazon parrot Koko.
In general, though, the poll found few pet owners are prepared to handle pet emergencies. Just 20 percent of pet owners have a pet first aid kit with medical supplies like bandages and ointment in their home, and 54 percent do not have a fire evacuation plan for their pets.
Still, most pet owners said they would go the extra mile to rescue their pets. Women were more likely to say they would perform CPR on their pets than men, 65 percent to 50 percent.
And the survey revealed frequent reporting of dangerous practices that can lead to accidents and injuries. For example, a quarter of pet owners, including 30 percent of dog owners and 22 percent of cat owners, give their pets bones from table scraps, at least sometimes.
Sixty-two percent of dog owners and a third of cat owners let their pets ride in their cars unrestrained, rather than placing them in a special pet carrier. And 11 percent of pet owners sometimes leave their pets unattended in a car or truck.
the poll showed.
Nearly every decision made at the Parks house is made with the safety of the animals in mind.
"We don't use pesticide on the lawn. We don't buy food with pesticide on it. No sugar, no salt, just natural nuts and fruits. No Teflon in the house, no smoking.
no air fresheners, no aerosol products," she said, explaining that any one of those things could kill their 7-year-old bird.
B ar b a r a Klingman of Houma, La., said she changed
"It's not rocket science. The mechanics are the same as humans."
things after her Chihuahua, Honeychild, ate something that forced an emergency trip to the vet.
The poll showed 7 percent of those polled have pets who have eaten something poisonous and 16 percent have pets who have had allergic reactions to something.
"I make sure she doesn't have
anything she shouldn't have; Klingman said of the 7-pound 4-year-old dog.
TAMMY PARKS Pet owner
There were also threats from pets themselves. 17 percent reported having a pet bitten or attacked by another animal, 9 percent said a pet had bitten or attacked another animal and 5 percent said a pet had bitten or attacked
another person
Pet safety and CPR training is offered by the American Red Cross and many private companies.
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