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SACRAMENTO, CA - Nineteen area residents have come forward with a $1 million commitment each in the last-ditch push to keep the Sacramento Kings from being sold and moved to Seattle.
Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson introduced the 19 as part of an announcement on the progress of the "PlaytoWin" campaign which is modeled after San Francisco's success in holding onto the Giants when they came close to moving to Tampa in 1992.
Johnson said PlaytoWin has four objectives: Identify a local ownership group; identity a major equity partner; secure a commitment to partner to build a new arena with the city of Sacramento; and demonstrate the viability and strength of the Sacramento market.
Those behind PlaytoWin have just until March 1 to submit a proposal to the NBA Board of Governors.
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Wanderer, the invading "soul" who has been given Melanie's body, knew about the challenges of living inside a human: the overwhelming emotions, the too vivid memories. But there was one difficulty Wanderer didn't expect: the former tenant of her body refusing to relinquish possession of her mind.
Melanie fills Wanderer's thoughts with visions of the man Melanie loves - Jared, a human who still lives in hiding. Unable to separate herself from her body's desires, Wanderer yearns for a man she's never met. As outside forces make Wanderer and Melanie unwilling allies, they set off to search for the man they both love.
Featuring what may be the first love triangle involving only two bodies, The Host is a riveting and unforgettable novel that will bring a vast new readership to one of the most compelling writers of our time.
©2008 Stephenie Meyer; (P)2008 Hachette Audio
"A thinking persons book"
It should be said first that this book is more of a character study set within the confines of a romance novel (without the fluff) than a hard SciFi book. However there are distinct SciFi themes to satisfy most cerebral thinkers. The core of this book goes way beyond genres into the realm of literature and hits at the root of the human condition, emotional fear, social mores, prejudice, and stereotypical misconceptions based on looks rather than character.
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This was a wonderful book. I have to say that I bought it simply on a lark because I wanted to try one of Myer's books without having to buy into a sappy teen aged angst Vampire book. (sorry fans, no offense intended). This was incredible. Offered from the point of view of a controlling alien in a human body, it was unlike any other book I've read. Very enjoyably written without any real 'dead zones' where the reader has to force themselves to plod onward to stay with the story. The narrator (a female) didn't seem at first to be one I'd find enjoyable, but by the end, I was sold that she had done a very admirable job. Sci-Fi fans, don't pass this one by. General readers will enjoy it just as a work of well done fiction as well since the sci-fi isn't the overwhelming focus of the book, its more character driven. (A note of warning, since one doesn't in general know what to expect, the beginning pages are kind of jarring and can be mistaken for 'dull' until one understands the perspective being presented and the book finds its footing. Give it a bit of slack, you won't regret it.)
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Much better than her Twilight Series, probably because it is intended for adults, rather than teens, and I am in that latter target audience.
Very interesting insights into a genre that has been only had the surface touched before. Take Robert Heinlein's "The Puppet Masters" or ABC TV's recently failed series "Invasion" and leap three years after the symbiotic aliens have successfully conquered Earth and most of its human population then tell the story from the point of view of an alien introduced into a hostile host then you have the start of The Host.
The insights into the human condition, how precious life can be, how brutal and bestial we can treat each other, etc, really makes this book shine for me.
I do not think the shiny, happy ending was completely necessary but I like how in the hardback edition there are a few blank pages inserted between the natural conclusion of the novel and the happy ending so you have the choice to end there or carry on.
In my opinion, well written and well worth the money. I am actually listening to the audiobook version of it on my iPod now to pick up on any subtle nuances I may have missed or the narrator may convey in her reading of it.
This is the first current science fiction book I would highly recommend since The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger, which has become my all time favorite book. If this is a sampling of what Stephanie Meyer has to offer us readers once she breaks free of the money train teen-angst vampire saga, I will be one of the first in line for that book.
"Wow! And I don't say that often..."
This is my first experience with this author. I wish they were all this good. We Audiblephiles face a double risk: good story and good presentation. Host more than hits the mark on both fronts. What a wonderful telling of humanity from an outside/inside viewpoint. The narration is flawless, and captured the conflict/coflict brilliantly. Move over Dax, this is a joined being you won't soon forget. Well done!
"Fabulous book worth getting thru the first 1/3rd"
I am so glad that I read the other reviews that raved about this book, otherwise I would have never gotten through what I thought to be the torturous first third. Once the main character makes the transition from a "vanilla" alien type personality to a more human emotional form, the book gets really good. After the first third there is lots of action and all worth the wait. I highly recommend this read. The four stars are only because the first third could have been greatly improved.
"Listened day and night for this novel"
This was truly the first audio book that I simply couldn't take out of my ears/head. Although it goes along a relatively simple story line the emotions are so well depicted and so well interpreted by the reader that you simply can not put your audio device down. I will sure be listening to it once again. It was simple and beautiful, sci-fi and love story, epic journey and family affair all in one. I would recommend this to anyone who wants to feel.
Perfect listen. Audiobooks are always a different experience from reading the actual text, but a great text with a great narrator= awesome! Love the book, love the audiobook. Have listened to it many times now, and will listen to it lots more. I only get the ones worth listening to more than once. Highly recomend it! (sorry for any typos, jumping toddlers are helping my focus :))
"Well Done!"
I am picky about what I read and this was very well done and very well read. I love a good book and tire of spending money on books and writers that feel that we must have profanity every couple of pages. I only remember a couple in the whole reading. In my opinion, profanity has never made a story more interesting. I highly recommend this one. Unless you like all the profanity
I started reading this book, but then I transitioned to audio so that I could listen to it on the 45 minute commute to work. I found myself sitting in the car just to see what would happen next. I also did not mind playing the book when my children were in the car with me. As stated, this is very clean, yet very interesting. The reader does a wonderful job helping you fall in love with every character. I can't wait until the next novel!
"A Refreshing and Captivating tale."
I chose this novel because I couldn't find anything else I wanted. Lucky me!! I loved this book, it was captivating. The choice of narrator was excellent. I strongly recommend this book to anyone who likes alternative sci-fi.
The plot is entirely believable and the characters all have their own charm and imperfections. I could go on about this book for hours, but I wouldn't want to spoil things for you.
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Editor's Note: WTOP's Paula Wolfson chronicled her quest for a Marine Corps Marathon finisher's medal in her "On the Run" blog. She now turns her attention to the athletic pursuits of others and the challenge of mixing family, work and fitness in our busy lives "on the run."
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WASHINGTON – The New York City Marathon is one of the biggies – 48,000 runners and a cast of thousands working behind the scenes to clear their way through the five boroughs.
But this year, marathoners will be taking to the streets of a city still reeling from superstorm Sandy, and many are weighing the pros and cons of running in a disaster zone.
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and race organizers say the event is good to go, but some local runners are having doubts.
Marathoner Daryle Lademan, of Arlington, Va., has already dropped out.
Now, Lademan is no ordinary runner. She has competed as an amateur across the country, while holding down a high-powered job, by the way. Her times are terrific. She has qualified for the Boston Marathon, and she loves to run in New York.
"It is a huge event," Lademan says. " It is a bucket list for a lot of people, and it certainly is – apart from Boston – the holy grail for recreational marathon runners."
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"I can't in good conscience see myself traveling to a race to further burden a system right now when there are so many people in dire straits in that city," she says.
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The mayor says the marathon won't divert resources from the victims of superstorm Sandy, but Lademan and others like her aren't so sure. At any rate, she says, the devastation has been so vast, the city needs to catch its breath.
She says she weighed all the arguments before she made her decision, noting that the marathoners were projected to spend $350 million in New York this weekend. But she says morally, she just couldn't hit the asphalt in the Big Apple. Not now.
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Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon
20 place des Terreaux F - 69001 Lyon
In the chancel that has been converted into a garden statues by Bourdelle, Duret and Rodin will greet you. The renovated museum has a wonderful panorama of the world of art which make it one of the best Fine Art museums in France. Collections of inte..
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Le Saint Pierre des Terreaux
8 Rue Paul Chenavard F - 69001 Lyon
Located on the Presqu'Ile in central Lyon, hotel Saint Pierre is 350 metres from Hotel de Ville Metro and a 10 minute walk from Vieux Lyon. It offers free Wi-Fi. Set within an 18th-century building, each guest room is equipped with a private bathro..
Hotel Moderne
15 rue Dubois F - 69002 Lyon
Set in a 19th-century building, this 2-star hotel is located in the centre of Lyon, between Rhone and Saone Rivers. With a 24-hour reception, it offers free Wi-Fi and an on-site bar. It is just 750 metres from Old Lyon. All the rooms at Hotel Modern..
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16 rue Lanterne F - 69001 Lyon
This hotel is located on Lyon's Presqu'île and offers an indoor swimming pool and rooms with flat-screen TVs and free Wi-Fi. Set in a 19th century building in historical center of Lyon, between the Rhône and the Saône rivers, this hotel is 350 metres..
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7 rue des Pierres-Plantées F - 69001 Lyon
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14 rue Molière F - 69006 Lyon
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Alex is the chef (and owner) of this chic and simple restaurant. He concocts well-crafted cuisine with beautifully fresh ingredients picked up at market.
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After banging my head against a wall trying to make iCal work well with CalDav I am ready to give up. As is fairly well documented in these forums and Apple's iCal does not work well with the combination of local calendars and CalDav calendars. One cannot easily accept an invite to a CalDav calendar if they have a local calendar, cannot easily move that accepted invite...and more.
With that said I am trying to figure out a way to force the Zimbra Connector to use iSync via SOAP for my calendars instead of CalDav. At least I would have local calendars and could wait until iCal is "fixed" before moving further down the CalDav path.
I see some plist files and nib files that have the word caldav in them. The binary files in the Zimbra directory under the prefs pane folder also seem to have this string in it. What do I need to change or download or whatever to get iSync working without CalDav? Thanks.


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This is an observation of the King I made under good seeing conditions (7-8/10 Pickering/Antoniadi II). The CSC had predicted excellent conditions after local midnight and Attila Danko and Co. were pretty close.
The eyepiece view was so sharp at 261x that I bumped it up to 340x. While that view was almost as good, the contrast and colors suffered so I went back to 261x for the bulk of the observation. I never bothered with any filters this time.
At the beginning of the session, Oval BA was approaching the preceding limb but still quite visble as a small. pale, undefined splotch. By the time I was ready to sketch, the oval was so close to the limb that I could only discern a hint of it.
The view of the Great Red Spot (GRS) was striking in that it was completely encircled by a bright border. The turbulent wake following the GRS appeared to be about as large as the great storm itself.
Colors were in evidence, perhaps because of the good conditions. I don't usually see much color, although the large aperture of my Cat has helped me considerably. The GRS and Oval BA were both a pale salmon color and the big festoon on the southern edge of the North Equatorial Belt was a much darker blue than what I am used to seeing. The South Tropical Zone has appeared yellowish for several observations now.
Ganymede and Io were escorting the King on the preceding side with Callisto following and Europa behind the scene.
I used a 2B and 4B pencil for the sketch. The template was larger than what I normally use and some detail was lost in compression.
Sure is nice to have good seeing once in a while.


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Thursday, January 10, 2008
SIGHTING: Rafael Nadal preps for Aussie Open run, knees looking questionable
Labels: Australian Open, injuries, Rafael Nadal, tennis
6 comments:
- AnonymousJanuary 10, 2008 at 3:08 PM
I wouldn't conclude too much from the tape. I've seen him wear those a lot, although in matches they are covered up by his pirate pants. I'm no expert, but I think the tape is there to hold the kneecaps in place -- other people where those elastic bands for the same reason.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 11, 2008 at 2:24 AM
The tapes at the knee are a precaution. You'll probably see him wear it most of the time when he's on court.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 11, 2008 at 8:37 AM
It's just a precaution and a prevention. Nadal has tendonitis like many other players and, for example, I don't see anyone making continuous doomsday comments about the fact that Ivan Ljubicic ALWAYS tapes his knee to play.ReplyDelete
You seem to be pretty uninformed about Nadal so I would suggest you register at his top serious fansite www.VamosBrigade.com where they know absolutely everything and have 24/7 updates on whatever Rafael is doing - for one thing you could have found out and printed more about the ENORMOUS charity sports event he and Real Madrid keeper Iker Casillas organised in Madrid in December - IkerVsNadal - to raise funds to help the Red Cross fight malaria.
oh anon 11:37 you clearly haven't been readinG Down the Line! closely enough. If you had you would've seen our post on Rafa and the Red Cross event:ReplyDelete
So check it out - and no worries, we don't mind that you used our comment space as a promotional opportunity for VamosBrigade.com. It's good to know about other sites for good tennis player info. On behalf of Down the Line and our readers - THANKS!!!
- AnonymousJanuary 11, 2008 at 11:42 AM
But Rich,I DID see your post on the event,and your several much more detailed posts profusely patting Roddick & Blake on the back for participating in benefit events, which is why I am complaining! Also, like many webmasters, you questioned the pose in the pic you chose as you did not even realise that it was of Italian football ace Cannavaro caught in the act of shining Rafa's left shoe - because he had just scored the most amazing goal, his first of six.ReplyDelete
Good point - since we gather our info from the player sites, news outlets, etc. we'll be checking into VamosBrigade more often.ReplyDelete
But this begs the question - why isn't Rafa's publicist, Benito Perez-Barbadillo, doing a better job of putting this type of info out there, including on his website? Andy and James' sites make a point of talking about their charity work often and providing images and context.
You seem to be doing a better job than he is...they may want to think about hiring you.


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Deep waters
Six months after one of the world's costliest disasters, Japanese residents strive to overcome flood damage, quake devastation, and sorrow upon sorrow
"Deep waters" Continued...
TOHOKU, Japan-When Shougi and Etsu Taki evacuated their home after a 9.0-magnitude earthquake struck northern Japan on March 11, they grabbed enough supplies to last through dinner: a biscuit, an orange, a knife, and a bottle of water.
Since the massive quake hadn't seriously damaged their coastal home in Kamaishi, the retired couple thought they'd return by nightfall. When they stepped outside, Mr. Taki says they thought differently: "People were screaming: 'A tsunami is coming!'"
The couple clambered up a steep hill on foot, resisting a fate like Lot's wife by refusing to look back. Taki says they heard the horrifying torrent of seawater barreling through town before they finally saw the tsunami from their hilltop perch: "It was like a great, black wall."
Scores of residents in Kamaishi-and dozens of other coastal towns-didn't survive the wall of water: The quake and tsunami left more than 19,000 dead or missing across northeastern Japan in the worst disaster to strike the country since World War II.
The overwhelming calamity-that included a tsunami-damaged nuclear power plant spewing deadly levels of radiation-displaced nearly a half million residents. When Taki reached his home nearly three weeks after the disaster, he says: "Everything was gone. There were just piles of wood."
Now six months after the disaster, Taki and his wife-like thousands of others-are trying to chart their future. In August they sat in folding chairs on a gravel lot in a temporary housing community a few miles north of Kamaishi's obliterated port. An electronic scoreboard flanks the tight rows of 120 prefabricated units situated on a plowed-over baseball field. It's one of hundreds of sites the Japanese government has built to hold more than 50,000 temporary units for tsunami victims across the northeastern region, known as Tohoku. Survivors may live in them for two years.
Taki, like many residents in temporary units, wonders if two years will be long enough. While the Japanese government has made Herculean progress in moving huge amounts of the 27 million tons of debris across the three hardest-hit prefectures, one effort remains largely untouched more than six months after the disaster: reconstruction.
Indeed, handfuls of storefronts along the streets running closest to Kamaishi's port sit gutted, vacant, with bare framing exposed. At the devastated port, it's difficult to imagine what once stood along the water's edge: Mountainous piles of carefully crushed debris sit next to plot after plot of empty slabs-with no signs of rebuilding.
Though a steel factory has restarted production, the biggest attraction in town is a bizarre monument to the tsunami's power: a 4,724-ton, blue and red freighter wrenched onto shore by the water's force. Local residents drive around the colossal ship's bow-wedged into the wharf's wall-and onlookers tromp through the chaos, snapping shots of the ship named Asia Symphony.
A few miles away, tsunami victims like Taki feel far less noticed. With national-and international-attention more riveted on radiation from the Fukushima nuclear plant, and the political turmoil following the ouster of Prime Minister Naoto Kan in August, the daily plight of these families often recedes to the background.
Their dilemma is complex: Many residents in temporary housing don't know if they'll be able to rebuild on land swamped by the tsunami. Though the Japanese government has approved some $78 billion for reconstruction efforts across the region, government officials haven't determined which swaths of land remain habitable. Since most homeowners didn't have tsunami insurance, they likely won't recoup most of their losses, even if they have permission to rebuild.
Taki and his wife have another dilemma: Like many in the Tohoku region, the couple is growing elderly. Re-entering the workforce isn't realistic, and the couple isn't sure how much their children will be able to help. Many wonder: How even in two years will they start over?
From a quiet plot of land near his prefab home, Taki is quick to say he's grateful for the government's help, but he also echoes the sentiment of many tsunami survivors: "We feel forgotten."
But for those visiting tsunami zones, the sights are unforgettable. In the once bustling port of Ishinomaki, steaming piles of crushed rubble reach several stories high.
In Miyagi Prefecture alone, government officials estimate the tsunami's destruction created the equivalent of 23 years of waste in one day. That debris includes the remains of miles of homes swallowed by the giant wave. Farther inland, miles of homes remain on slabs, but ravaged by the tsunami's waters.
In Rikuzentakata, the only buildings remaining include an empty hotel and the gutted shell of City Hall. On a barrier island next to the port, a lone pine tree stands straight and tall, an eerie reminder of what was lost: It's the only tree remaining on a stretch of seashore that held 70,000 red and black pines before the tsunami devoured the forest.
But the town's worst destruction was the human toll: The tsunami killed 2,300 residents-nearly one-tenth of its population.
Still, even the hardest-hit towns show modest signs of life: A few miles from the lone pine tree in Rikuzentakata on a recent summer afternoon, a handful of Japanese residents in white polo shirts played swift games of badminton on lighted courts next to a pile of rubble. It's a sign that residents want to recover a normal life, even if no one is sure what "normal" will mean.
While government officials grapple with the macro-tasks of recovering from one of the world's costliest disasters, churches and aid organizations are focusing on the micro-tasks of helping individuals and families cope with problems the government can't fix.
Dozens of aid organizations operate projects in the Tohoku region, including Christian groups and churches. But the needs remain vast, and require a careful approach in a reserved and self-reliant culture. Effective efforts include working through local churches, asking locals what they need, and cultivating a willingness to pursue relief work in unexpected ways-from cleaning memorabilia to listening to stories. Going forward for Christian groups working in a nation where less than 2 percent of the population professes Christianity requires approaching opportunities for spiritual care in ways that are wise and winsome.
In an abandoned gravel lot in a tsunami-stricken neighborhood in Ishinomaki, Saturday morning relief efforts take an unusual shape: bingo cards. American missionary Andy Gilbert paces between low benches under a green tent enthusiastically calling out numbers through a bullhorn. More than a dozen local residents from the mostly-deserted neighborhood hunch over cards until a woman in a white hat yells: "Bingo!"
It's a lighthearted moment for a group with heavy problems. Six elderly women sitting in a cluster near the front call themselves the "tsunami widows." Each lost her husband in the disaster. Gilbert, a missionary with the Evangelical Free Church, says the weekly gatherings include lunch for the community and give isolated tsunami victims a sense of community: "They just need to feel given to."
Churches from across Japan help with the local effort called "Help Tohoku." Rich Rainsford, who works with Mission to the World (MTW) just outside of Tokyo, says volunteers have been bringing supplies, gutting houses, and fixing meals since the tsunami struck. MTW (the mission agency of the Presbyterian Church in America) hopes eventually to start a church in the area, which has few congregations.
For now, volunteers and missionaries are focused on befriending and serving local residents, says Gilbert: "So sometimes you clear street gutters because that's what a family needs."
Other times, it simply means listening. Over a steaming plate of curry and rice, local resident Suzuki Sumiko says she comes here mostly to talk with the missionaries and neighbors. Her house wasn't destroyed by the tsunami, but it slid 8 centimeters off the foundation.
Suzuki, who lives with her younger brother, says they don't have the money to fix the house, and that waiting lists for contractors to assess damages are long. But she says these gatherings have offered relief during stressful months: "I look forward to coming here-I look forward to just talking."
With few volunteer groups visible in the neighborhood on a recent summer weekend, Rainsford says the work will continue. While volunteerism-a typically tepid practice in Japan-has increased since the disaster, there are too few hands for the labor, he says: "There's much more work than volunteers."
Cal Cummings, a missionary with the Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC), has worked in Japan for more than 30 years. From his home base in Sendai, Cummings has helped direct supplies and volunteers to the disaster areas since the quake struck.
During a break from a work project with OPC volunteers in Yamamoto in August, the missionary talked about the complicated dynamics of relief work in Japan: It's not just that the Japanese are famously self-reliant. Many also feel deeply obligated to repay any help they're offered.
That's a perplexing cultural reality for tsunami victims who have lost everything, and Cummings says it leaves some reluctant to ask for help: "Already you're burdened by the situation. And now you're obligated to someone else. What do you do? It's just a vicious cycle." Cummings says breaking that cycle requires demonstrating the gospel of Christ: "That's where grace comes in. You say: 'This is free. We give it because we want to share with you.'"
That's a moving dynamic for Tetsuo Hemmi. The 77-year-old former English teacher lives in Touna, a tsunami-stricken area near Sendai. On a recent summer afternoon, the retired worker welcomed to his water-damaged home a group of volunteers that included Japanese citizens, Koreans, and Americans.
The volunteers worked through an East Sendai church that's been helping here since a member of the congregation suffered severe tsunami damage to her home. As church members (part of the Reformed Church of Japan) cleared debris and sludge from her house, the church's pastor, Tateishi Akira, noticed many elderly residents trying to do similar work on their own.
The pastor began organizing volunteer groups in the area, and the effort grew: Other Japanese churches and other Christian groups-including the OPC, Food for the Hungry, Campus Crusade for Christ, and Samaritan's Purse-began sending supplies and volunteers to help. Since April, dozens of volunteers have worked on more than 70 homes.
At one of those homes, Tetsuo, the English teacher, eagerly talked with volunteers as they ripped out drywall and insulation below an 8-foot watermark in his house. Standing on a footstool, Tetsuo showed volunteers a small ledge on the wall where he clung by his fingers while tsunami waters filled his house.
After the waters receded he spent a cold night alone, blocked in by debris and worrying about his wife who had been visiting friends when the quake struck. His wife survived, and the couple (who have no children) began the arduous work of removing everything from their home. After weeks of working alone, volunteers through the local church arrived to help. While some volunteers tore out drywall and insulation, others sat in a nearby living room, trying to salvage household items and clean sludge from decades of personal belongings. One volunteer wiped mud from old family photos, including a fading picture of a woman in a brightly-colored kimono.
During a break, Tetsuo scurried around, handing cans of green tea to volunteers resting outside. If he had any hesitation about outsiders helping him, he didn't show it. Instead, he told the small group: "I can't find the words to say thank you. I never thought anyone would help me like this."
Tateishi, the pastor heading relief efforts here, says he hopes to build relationships with residents like Tetsuo. During a lunch break, the 32-year-old pastor sat cross-legged at a low table eating a rice ball in the group's relief center-a heavily damaged barbershop converted to a small headquarters.
Tateishi says he'd never worked on a house until he began helping his church member after the tsunami, but he's learning fast. And though the work takes him from his study four days a week, he says it's all part of being a pastor: "I want to have a relationship with the people here."
The pastor hopes residents will eventually become interested in Christ, but he's taking conversations slowly. First, he wants to show the neighborhood that he cares about them. "Right now, I want to drink tea with them," he says. "I want to work hard for the people."
Ninety miles north in the coastal town of Kesennuma, another group of volunteers was working hard to relieve residents of a persistent problem in the badly hit port town: foul smells and swarming bugs.
More than a dozen volunteers from Horizon Christian Fellowship in San Diego were working with CRASH-the acronym for Christian Relief, Assistance, Support, and Hope. The grassroots network of Japanese churches and Christian volunteers (both Japanese and foreigners) delivered some of the first aid supplies to churches in the Tohoku region after the earthquake (see "Upside down," April 9).
The group continues with efforts like distributing relief supplies and helping residents clean sludge and debris from their homes. But they also offer less common relief, like helping control the heavy odors of fish and spilled oil that pervades parts of Kesennuma.
On one afternoon volunteers manned small, white pickup trucks stocked with plastic containers of chemicals known as effective microorganisms. Wearing thick gloves, mud boots, and masks, one worker walked behind the truck with a hose, spreading the chemical on roads and lots full of sludge and moldy debris. The chemicals kill bacteria, helping control odors and bugs.
After returning from a stint behind the truck, volunteer Eve Nasby said the work in areas that look like war zones was sobering: "You see things that belonged to people-a shoe, a necktie, a stuffed animal. You see the remnants of a broken life." But Nasby said she was thankful her church could help in a small, but practical way: "We're spreading the fragrance of Christ where there was once death."
Ashikaga Hidendri is glad for the help too. The Kesennuma resident worked as an environmental consultant with factories and other companies in the port area before the tsunami destroyed his business and home. CRASH hired Ashikaga, an elder at a local Baptist church, to direct the volunteer project spreading environmentally safe chemicals throughout town.
The long-time Christian remembers the horror of looking for his wife on the night of the tsunami: "The sea was burning, but I was walking through snow." When he found his wife at a nearby shelter: "We just looked at each other and we couldn't move. We just cried."
Though the tsunami destroyed his business and carried off his three-generation home, Ashikaga is grateful for work that helps his devastated city. "Now I have a chance to make this place livable again," he says. "I want to be the salt of the earth."
Back at the Kamaishi temporary housing community, Oshio Lina tries to bring relief to residents coping with their losses. The 34-year-old elementary school teacher from southern Japan spent her summer volunteering with CRASH, which operates mobile cafes in temporary housing communities, giving isolated residents a place to gather to talk.
On an August afternoon, Oshio sat at a folding table listening to Taki and others tell their stories. She attends a non-denominational church and says the needs are overwhelming. She remembers a 46-year-old man who lost his wife, parents, and 1-year-old son: "He talked like it just happened. I could feel the pain." She points to a fifth-grade girl in black glasses and a blue school uniform nibbling on an after-school cookie. The girl, who lives here with her father, told Oshio that her grandparents died in the tsunami, and added: "I can't find my mother."
I walked door-to-door with Oshio while she invited residents to come out for free coffee and hot drinks. When she brought a cup of hot chocolate to a 69-year-old resident with vision problems, the widow did something surprising: She invited us to come inside. (Japanese often don't host others, especially strangers, in their homes.)
A tiny kitchen with just enough room for a refrigerator and stove opened to another small room that comprised the rest of Fusako Iwama's home: a living area with space for a low table, a small chair, a sleeping mat, a television, and a hutch for dishes. In the middle of the hutch, two small bowls holding rice comprised her daily Buddhist offering-a common practice in Buddhist homes.
Sitting on the floor, Fusako recounted the harrowing experience of floating through town on the second floor of her flooded home. She escaped with only the clothes she was wearing. Her daughter who lives in Tokyo sends her new clothes, but she feels bad wearing them when others here have few supplies. Fusako isn't sure what she'll do in two years when temporary housing ends, but for today, she says she's thankful for company.
When Oshio explains that we're Christians and asks to pray with her, Fusako eagerly agrees, asking for prayer that her vision would improve. After a warm prayer, Fusako holds out her hand in our direction, unable to see us clearly, and quietly says: "I want to shake your hand."
It's hard to leave Fusako alone, and Oshio hopes that more Japanese volunteers will continue to come to visit residents at this site and others like it: "They want people to listen and they are looking for hope."
She points to the fifth-grade girl again: When the grieving child asked Oshio for a lucky charm to protect her from future earthquakes, Oshio told her she didn't have any charms. But she grabbed an index card and scratched out Bible verses she hoped would help, including one from Isaiah 43: "When you pass through the waters, I will be with you."


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(Sports Network) - Raffi Torres and Marian Hossa will share the same ice for
the first time since their infamous collision in last year's playoffs, as the
Chicago Blackhawks visit the Phoenix Coyotes in Thursday's battle at
Jobing.com Arena.
Torres ended Hossa's season last spring when he launched himself into the air
and drilled the unsuspecting Chicago forward with a shoulder to the head. The
vicious check occurred in Game 3 of the Western Conference quarterfinals, a
series Phoenix wound up winning in six games.
The dirty hit originally earned a Torres a 25-game suspension, but that ban
was reduced to 21 games after an appeal. The Coyotes forward finally made his
season debut on Feb. 4.
As for Hossa, he would have missed a considerable amount of this season if the
lockout hadn't wiped out the first few months of the campaign. The Slovakian
star appears no worse for wear in 2013, posting 10 points (6 goals, 4 assists)
in his first 10 games of the season.
Hossa said he doesn't hold any grudges against Torres, but his Chicago
teammates will likely have a close eye on the Phoenix enforcer.
"I don't care," Hossa told reporters on Tuesday. "It's a thing you don't
forget. Like I said, you know I move the page, and it's another season. I just
try to focus on my game.
"It's just another game and I think it's going to be a normal game. I don't
expect anything."
The Blackhawks and Coyotes already met once this season, but Torres was still
suspended for Chicago's 6-4 win in the desert on Jan. 20. Hossa had two goals
in that victory, the Blackhawks' fourth win in the last seven regular-season
meetings between the clubs.
Chicago is off to a stellar 8-0-2 start to the season and has won its last two
games, including a 5-3 triumph Tuesday evening in San Jose. Patrick Kane
scored twice to help the Blackhawks earn the road win and he now has six goals
and a team-high 15 points on the season. Kane has registered a point in nine
of his 10 games this season.
Marcus Kruger also had a goal and an assist while Brandon Saad and Andrew Shaw
each scored for the Blackhawks. Corey Crawford gave up all three goals on 33
shots for Chicago, which has garnered at least one point in all 10 games this
The victory improved Chicago's road record to 6-0-2 this season. Thursday's
game in Phoenix is the fifth stop on a six-game road trip that is scheduled to
end Sunday in Nashville.
The Coyotes also have wins in their last two games and the club has recorded
at least a point in five straight contests, going 3-0-2 during that stretch.
Phoenix is coming off Monday's 2-1 win over the visiting Minnesota Wild.
Martin Hanzal netted the winner in the second period and Mike Smith stopped 21
shots to help Phoenix pull out the close victory.
Lauri Korpikoski registered the other goal for the Coyotes after redirecting
the puck past Niklas Backstrom. He has four goals this season and each of them
have come against goaltenders from his native Finland.
Phoenix, which is 4-2-1 as the host this season, is capping a three-game
homestand on Thursday.
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I'm testing the Hyperic HQ plugin for Zimbra and hit a couple tiny issues.
First of all, the plugin has to be run by a user with "special" rights because it has to access Zimbra's PID files. I can run it as root or Zimbra user.
I don't like running it as root and I'm not sure of any side effects of running it as zimbra's user.
Which one would be best ?
Second of all, the plugin correctly discovers itself, Zimbra's plugin, Apache 2.0.54 (used by the spell engine) and four mySQL processes (logger and co).
But none of them are usable because not setup : for Apache it needs server-status and for mySQL a user with process rights.
I could (and will, certainly) add them manually but they'll be wipe out on next Zimbra's upgrade.
Would it be possible to get the needed apache setup and a mysql user to be added in Zimbra's distribution in order to have these handy for any supervision tool ?
(Yes I know, I have to create a RFE for it but I just want to know what other things about it.)


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Dallas, TX (Sports Network) - O.J. Mayo poured in a game-high 28 points and
dished out five assists to lead the Dallas Mavericks to a 105-99 win over the
Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday.
Vince Carter added 17 points off the bench and Dirk Nowitzki finished with 16
points and eight rebounds for the Mavericks, who had dropped three of their
last four games entering the contest.
Shawn Marion finished with 13 points and 10 rebounds in the triumph.
LaMarcus Aldridge scored 27 points and pulled down 10 rebounds, Wesley
Matthews tallied 21 points and Damian Lillard scored 19 points and dished out
six assists for the Trail Blazers, who had won two straight.
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Charlotte, NC (Sports Network) - Kevin Durant totaled 19 points, seven assists
and six rebounds and the Thunder once again routed the Charlotte Bobcats in a
116-94 victory on Friday. Much like the last encounter, when Oklahoma City
handed the Bobcats their worst loss in franchise history back on Nov. 26, the
Thunder starters weren't needed by the time the fourth quarter came around.
Russell Westbrook scored 11 points and the Thunder received three 3-pointers
and 13 points apiece from Derek Fisher and Thabo Sefolosha in the team's
seventh win in eight games. Gerald Henderson finished with a game-high 21
points on 7-of-13 shooting, but the Bobcats dropped their ninth in a row and
22nd in 24 games at home.
Final Score: Indiana 115, Orlando 86
Orlando, FL (Sports Network) - Paul George made four 3-pointers en route to 25
points as the Indiana Pacers dominated the Orlando Magic, 115-86, on Friday.
Tyler Hansbrough added 18 points and six rebounds for the Pacers, who bounced
back from a tough loss to the Celtics on Wednesday. D.J. Augustin made four 3-
pointers for 14 points, George Hill added 11 points and Lance Stephenson and
Roy Hibbert each donated 10 in the victory. Indiana shot 51.8 percent from
the floor and went 11-of-19 from beyond the arc. Arron Afflalo had 19 points
to pace the Magic, who have lost seven straight at home. Nikola Vucevic and
Beno Udrih tallied 12 points apiece.
Final Score: Brooklyn 95, Washington 78
Brooklyn, NY (Sports Network) - Deron Williams had a first quarter to remember
and finished with a Nets record 11 3-pointers, as Brooklyn cruised past the
Washington Wizards, 95-78, at Barclays Center. Williams set an NBA record with
nine 3-pointers in the first half, including a 7-for-7 effort in the game's
first eight minutes. Behind Williams' 42-point effort, the Nets led by as
many as 27 and ended a three-game skid at home with relative ease despite
scoring just 36 points in the second half. Reggie Evans pulled down a
career-high 24 rebounds and, along with Brook Lopez, was Brooklyn's next
highest scorer with 11 points. The Wizards have dropped two in a row since
star rookie Bradley Beal went down with an ankle injury. Unlike Williams,
they were 3-of-17 from behind the arc and shot 36 percent overall. John Wall
led the way with 16 points, while Nene and Kevin Seraphin chipped in 11 apiece
in the setback.
Final Score: Memphis 103, Cleveland 92
Cleveland, OH (Sports Network) - Marc Gasol scored 22 points on 11-of-16
shooting and added eight rebounds and five assists to help the Memphis
Grizzlies to a 103-92 decision over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday at
Quicken Loans Arena. Mike Conley had 17 points, 11 assists and five steals
for the Grizzlies, who have won three straight and 11 of their last 12 games
overall. Jerryd Bayless also had 17, while Ed Davis contributed 12 points
and nine boards in the victory. Kyrie Irving, who was doubtful prior to
the game because of an undisclosed illness, finished with a game-high 24
points. CJ Miles had 13 points and Tristan Thompson recorded a double-
double with 10 points and 10 rebounds for the Cavaliers, who have lost three
of four.
Final Score: Dallas 102, Detroit 99
Auburn Hills, MI (Sports Network) - O.J. Mayo led seven Dallas players in
double figures with 22 points, and the Mavericks wasted a 15-point fourth-
quarter lead, but topped the Detroit Pistons, 102-99, Friday night. Brandan
Wright chipped in 14 points, while Dirk Nowitzki and Mike James each chipped
in 12 points. Nowitzki hit the go-ahead jumper with 2:08 remaining, as the
Mavericks won for the third time in four games. Brandon Knight had 21 points
for the Pistons, losers of four in a row and seven of eight. Charlie
Villanueva, who scored 12, had a chance to force overtime, but his left corner
3-pointer clanked off the rim as time expired.
Final Score: Boston 107, Atlanta 102 (OT)
Boston, MA (Sports Network) - Jason Terry made a 3-pointer with 35 seconds
left in overtime to lift the Boston Celtics over the Atlanta Hawks, 107-102.
Terry scored Boston's final five points in overtime and finished the game with
19 points. Paul Pierce added 27 points, seven rebounds and seven assists for
the Celtics, who pushed their home winning streak to nine games Friday. Kevin
Garnett donated 17 points and eight boards for Boston, which has won five
in a row overall. Jeff Green tallied 12 points. Josh Smith ended with 32
points, nine assists and eight rebounds for the Hawks, who have dropped
four of five. Jeff Teague had 26 points and Al Horford recorded a double-
double with 22 points and 13 boards.
Final Score: Chicago 89, Utah 88
Chicago, IL (Sports Network) - Marco Belinelli capped a sharp shooting
performance by burying the go-ahead 3-pointer in the final seconds, lifting
the Chicago Bulls to a 89-88 victory over the Utah Jazz at United Center.
Belinelli scored 22 points on 7-of-14 shooting and kept his foot just behind
the arc on his third triple of the night to give the Bulls a one-point edge
with 5.9 seconds remaining. Carlos Boozer also had 22 points in addition to
10 rebounds to help Chicago snap out of a two-game skid. Nate Robinson
chipped in with 14 points, seven assists and six boards in the victory. Gordon
Hayward appeared to slip prior to taking Utah's final shot, which came up
short. Al Jefferson returned after missing three games with a sprained
ankle to score 23 points, but the Jazz ultimately dropped their third straight
Final Score: Miami 102, Philadelphia 93
Miami, FL (Sports Network) - The Miami Heat have already clinched a spot in
the playoffs. The Heat pulled away in the fourth quarter Friday to earn their
17th straight win, this time a 102-93 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers
to mark the earliest date they have ever earned a postseason berth. LeBron
James totaled 25 points, 10 rebounds and five assists and scored six points
on a pivotal run early in the final frame that turned a close contest into an
inevitable outcome -- a 13th straight win over the struggling Sixers. Dwyane
Wade chipped in 22 points and Chris Bosh added 16 in the victory. Thaddeus
Young led Philadelphia with 25 points, Dorell Wright followed with 14 and
Spencer Hawes finished with 13 points and 10 boards in Philadelphia's 12th
consecutive road loss.
Final Score: Portland 136, San Antonio 106
San Antonio, TX (Sports Network) - Damian Lillard scored a game-high 35 points
and dished out nine assists as the Portland Trail Blazers earned a convincing
136-106 victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Friday. LaMarcus Aldridge
followed with 26 points on 12-of-18 shooting from the floor and J.J. Hickson
added 23 points and 11 rebounds for the Trail Blazers, who have won four of
six. Portland also took the season series with the victory -- en route to
scoring the most points against the Spurs in San Antonio since Nov. 7,
1990 vs. Denver. HemisFair Arena was the home of the Spurs at the time. Tim
Duncan had 18 points and eight boards for the Spurs, who had a three-game
winning streak come to an end. Kawhi Leonard and Manu Ginobili added 16 points
apiece in the setback.
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Outside the camp
Egypt's minority Christians, already shut out of mainstream life and politics, fear more legal-and perhaps violent-forms of oppression under the newly elected Muslim Brotherhood government
"Outside the camp" Continued...
CAIRO-In a barren village just outside Cairo, two barefoot toddlers in tattered shirts perch on a pile of rotting garbage and play with a trash-heap find: a six-inch kitchen knife plucked from the refuse.
Deeper inside the enclave of tin shacks and one-room dwellings, heaps of trash serve a distinctly grown-up function for villagers in this predominantly Christian community. Egyptian aid worker Emad Beshay explains: "They get their daily bread from the garbage."
That's the daily reality in at least six garbage districts scattered across Cairo: Nearly 60,000 Egyptians live among the garbage and scour the refuse for materials to sell to local factories or to recycle. Nearly 90 percent of that population is Christian.
Women and children here in the Helwan district swat the swarming flies and rummage for materials like plastic, metal, glass, and cardboard. A good day's work might yield a dollar in sales. Most days, it's closer to 50 cents.
This treeless patch of hot sand on Cairo's outskirts is home to several thousand Egyptians, but it lacks nearly every major service: no electricity, no phones, no schools, no hospitals, no churches, and no markets nearby. Villagers rejoiced when water began running to a few spigots earlier this year.
Walking along the village's rutted paths, Beshay, a worker with Egyptian aid group Stephen's Children, says the short distance to Cairo makes a huge difference for villagers with scant resources. "This is what happens with Christians," he says. "They send them outside the camp."
These days, poverty-stricken Christians aren't the only ones wondering if they'll live outside the camp of Egyptian life. Just months after my visit to Helwan, a new question confronts all members of Egypt's minority Christian population: How will they fare under a Muslim Brotherhood president?
It's a gnawing question. When Egyptian officials announced on June 24 that Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Morsi had won the presidential run-off, thousands of Egyptians erupted in cheers in Cairo's Tahrir Square.
Indeed, it was a momentous moment. After 30 years of former President Hosni Mubarak's authoritarian rule, Egyptians had accomplished a remarkable feat: Less than 18 months after ousting Mubarak, they freely elected a president for the first time in the nation's modern history.
At a somber inauguration ceremony, Morsi pledged: "Today, the Egyptian people laid the foundation of a new life-absolute freedom, a genuine democracy and stability."
A few miles away, some Christians weren't convinced. In an email on the eve of Morsi's inauguration, Pastor Nagi Said of Kasr el Dobara Church just off Tahrir Square described the mood among Christians as depressed. "Just minutes after the announcement of the results, some Christians felt uncomfortable walking the streets of some parts of Egypt and even Cairo," he wrote. "Many are afraid of the future under an Islamic regime."
It isn't a far-fetched fear. Despite Morsi's assurances that the government won't oppress Egyptian Christians, many point to the Muslim Brotherhood's motto: "Allah is our objective; the Prophet is our leader; the Koran is our law; Jihad is our way; dying in the way of Allah is our highest hope."
That doesn't inspire hope for many Christians, but some remain determined to press for equal rights in a country where they've long faced oppression. They compare the new dynamic to freshly poured cement: Though it's beginning to harden, there's still time to make an impression.
That adds urgency to a set of critical questions: How should Egyptian Christians interact with the Muslim Brotherhood?
How should the United States-with its billion-dollar aid package to Egypt and a commitment to protecting the rights of all-use its influence before an Islamist agenda is set in stone?
And what happens to millions of poverty-stricken Christians-like those in Helwan-who have no chance of fleeing the country, no matter what the future holds?
Atef Gendy has been grappling with how to interact with the Muslim Brotherhood since last year. The president of the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Cairo says the question became unavoidable after the Brotherhood's political party gained nearly 50 percent of the seats in parliament.
After that victory, Gendy and other evangelical leaders got a surprising call: The Muslim Brotherhood wanted to talk. At first, the leaders declined, but they eventually agreed to a February 2012 meeting to discuss their concerns about Christians living under an Islamist parliament. The two groups published a joint statement that agreed on a number of items, including equal rights for Christians and other minority groups.
From his office in Cairo (before the presidential elections) Gendy acknowledged the statement was controversial: Some Christians opposed the meeting and doubted the Muslim Brotherhood's sincerity, particularly on points like allowing Christians to build and renovate churches-something the country hasn't allowed without substantial obstacles for decades. Coptic Christians, who make up the majority of Egypt's Christian population, are especially suspicious of interacting with the Brotherhood.
Gendy acknowledged he didn't know what the Brotherhood would do, or whether they would keep their pledges: "We have no guarantees. We are just adding moral pressure to them so that one day we can make them accountable."
Half a world away, Coptic Christians in the United States wonder if the Brotherhood aims for accountability at all. At a June conference on Capitol Hill of the Virginia-based group Coptic Solidarity, the tone of the meeting was lament over Morsi's election. "In a word, it's a disaster," said board member Halim Meawad.
Meawad, 70, fled Egypt more than 43 years ago during Gamal Abdel Nasser's regime. (He worried his political activism had endangered his freedom.) He became a U.S. citizen, but still advocates for Egyptian Christians and minorities.
Meawad worries that an Islamist parliament and president pose an imminent danger for Christians, and says: "They [the Muslim Brotherhood] see democracy as a ladder. Once they reach where they're going, they're going to burn the ladder."
Those fears-together with the violence and significant human-rights abuses in Egypt over the last year-have led some Christians and others to question the Obama administration's ongoing aid to the Egyptian government.
The U.S. Congress voted last year to place conditions on U.S. aid to the Egyptian military, including requirements that the Egyptian government meet a slate of pro-democracy standards.
After a series of Egyptian crackdowns on pro-democracy groups in Cairo, including charges made against 16 Americans, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton angered some lawmakers and human-rights activists by waiving the conditions for economic aid in March.
Despite the Egyptian government's failure to meet the conditions, the Obama administration released $1.3 billion to the Egyptian military. (The administration said the aid helped protect U.S. security interests in the region.)
If activists were concerned about releasing aid to Egypt's military, they're now concerned about continuing that aid to a country under Muslim Brotherhood leadership.
Indeed, some are alarmed at the Obama administration's interaction with the Brotherhood over the last year, and say White House officials are overlooking the Muslim Brotherhood's past connections to terrorism and its current Islamist ambitions.
The U.S.-based group Investigative Project on Terrorism describes the Muslim Brotherhood this way: "The Muslim Brotherhood was founded in Egypt in 1928 with the goal of establishing a worldwide Islamic state through jihad and martyrdom. The group is considered the parent of all Sunni terrorist groups, including Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad."
White House officials met with a delegation of Muslim Brotherhood members in April. White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said "mid-level" officials from the National Security Council met with Brotherhood members to engage Egypt's "emerging political actors." Sondos Asem, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood delegation, told The Washington Post that the group represents "a moderate, centrist Muslim viewpoint."
During the same week, Khairat al Shater, at that time the Brotherhood's presidential candidate, told a meeting of the Religious Association for Rights and Reform in Cairo: "Sharia was and will always be my first and final project and objective."
The Egyptian electoral commission eventually disqualified Shater (and 10 other candidates) from the presidency. But Shater remains a central leader in the Brotherhood, and his views are key to understanding the group's political ambitions.
In March, Shater told The New York Times that the Brotherhood believes that Islam requires democracy, and that the group would uphold democratic ideals. But the group's English-language website has stated that the Western concept of "secular liberal democracy" is undemocratic because it excludes religion in public life.
Shater said: "The Islamic reference point regulates life in its entirety, politically, economically, and socially-we don't have this separation between religion and government."
The newly elected president Morsi has been less verbose in his political philosophy, but in 2007 he led a committee that wrote the Brotherhood's political platform. The principles included appointing Islamic clerics to review legislation to conform civil laws to Islamic law.
Morsi also said he would press the United States to release Omar Abdel-Rahman, the Egyptian-born Islamic cleric serving a life sentence in a North Carolina prison for his role in planning the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center.
Those circumstances led to a heated question-and-answer session at the Coptic Solidarity conference when Assistant Secretary of State Michael Posner addressed the crowd late last month.
Nearly a dozen audience members lined up at a microphone in the packed conference room and drilled Posner with rapid-fire questions: "Why did the American government give the green light for the Muslim Brotherhood to take over Egypt?" "How can we support a group that is the mother of all terrorist groups?" "What real actions are you going to take?"
Posner told the group that the White House "doesn't pick winners and losers in elections," and that they were interacting with the Muslim Brotherhood "not because we agree with them, but because they are in power."
Other questions centered on why the United States continued military aid to Egypt, particularly after the Egyptian military used tanks to plow down more than a dozen Coptic Christians demonstrating against the burning of a church last October. The clash, known as the "Maspero Massacre," left at least 27 dead, mostly Coptic Christians.
Posner said the United States has serious concerns about human-rights abuses and religious liberty in Egypt, and that the government would revisit the issue of funding this fall. A handful of Republican congressmen have called on Congress to withhold funding unless Egypt meets human-rights conditions, including religious liberty standards.
Walid Phares, advisor to the anti-terrorism caucus of the U.S. House of Representatives, is a Lebanese-born scholar who has studied Coptic rights for more than 22 years. He says the United States should establish clear religious liberty standards as a condition of foreign aid.
And he suggests something else: The Obama administration should meet with Coptic Christians. "It's the oddest of all things-we've never seen a delegation of Copts in the White House or the State Department," he says. "The weakest should get more attention."
If the administration fails to give more attention to minority groups, Phares says the Muslim Brotherhood will likely consolidate its power: "In Egypt you'll have an Islamist state-partly built by American money-and then they will use that power to gain more influence against us."
Phares believes that the Brotherhood will also eventually clamp down on Christian activity in Egypt, including churches and groups trying to serve needy populations: "They have to expect suppression."
Most religious liberty experts don't expect immediate suppression of Christians in Egypt. Kurt Werthmuller of the Hudson Institute says it will likely be a gradual process that might initially include more cases of blasphemy against Christians and apostasy charges focused on Muslim converts to Christianity.
Egyptian Christians and the U.S. government must use the "window of time," Werthmuller says, when the Muslim Brotherhood is still responding to outside pressure.
By early July, tensions already were rising as Morsi sought to reconvene the Muslim Brotherhood-dominated parliament that the ruling military council had dissolved.
In the meantime, organizations like Stephen's Children continue their work among Christians in places like Helwan. The group has no political affiliation-and it doesn't make political comments-but focuses on serving groups that Emad Beshay calls "the poorest of the poor."
Like thousands across the garbage districts of Cairo, and in slums and rural regions across the rest of the country, many Christians here face little hope of advancing under an Islamist government, and virtually no hope of escaping the country if violent suppression increases. An outbreak of violence against Christians in the Mokattam garbage district last year killed at least nine, and some Christians fear that an Islamist government won't protect them in the future. And though their poverty is already extreme, some worry about the possibility of losing help from relief groups if those organizations face suppression.
For now, Egyptian aid groups continue to help as they're able, and poverty-stricken Egyptians who make up as much as 40 percent of the population continue to survive. So do churches. Back at Kasr el Dobara in Cairo, Pastor Said wrote that the church will continue its work: "We are holding more prayer meetings, and trying to encourage our people. The leaders of our church are not pessimistic. ... We might go through a hard time, and the road will be a steep hill, but we trust God's grace that will enable us to survive and persevere."


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Jockey Felipe Valdez enjoying his time at Emerald Downs.
It's been a long road back for jockey Felipe Valdez.
But after 3 ½ long years of rehabilitation, the 35-year-old Mexico City native is back where the doctors said he'd never be again: the Winner's Circle.
Despite long odds and a lengthy recovery process from a devastating back injury, Valdez earned his first victory since November 26, 2010, when Strawberry Dawn romped in last Sunday's $18,900 feature race at Emerald Downs. As an encore, Valdez and the 3-year-old filly were all alone in the stretch, drawing off to win the feature race by a widening 8-½ lengths. While the race only counts as one win, Valdez admitted this victory had a little more meaning.
"Well, it was all business coming down the lane," Valdez said Thursday in the Quarter Chute Café at Emerald Downs. "I wanted to make sure I won the race first, but after the wire, I was a little emotional. It's been a long road."
Only days following his previous November victory, Valdez sustained two fractured vertebrae during a nasty spill at Hollywood Park. Unable to walk and barely able to move, Valdez' riding future appeared bleak. He never wavered from his resolve to return to the saddle, regardless of what the doctors said. Reduced to using crutches and canes for support, Valdez gradually gained momentum in his comeback.
After a successful surgery last October to fuse vertebrae, Valdez disposed of his cane in January and there was no stopping his forward thrust. As part of his physical therapy, Valdez spent six to eight hours in the gym everyday to train his body back to his days riding at Hastings Racecourse, where he was a top-10 rider for several years. Already motivated, Valdez said those closest to him pushed him over the top.
"Even when the first doctor told me that I might never walk again, I still had riding on my mind," Valdez said. "My family and friends gave me the support I needed to keep working hard. They were my strength."
Today, Valdez hopes to use Emerald Downs as a springboard to reestablish his riding career. By his side is venerable agent Keith Drebin, who carried Valdez' book in 2001, when Valdez captured the Portland Meadows riding title.
"I had been talking to Keith throughout my rehab," Valdez said. "He told me that when I'm ready, to make my way up to Emerald Downs, and here I am. My plan is to continue to work hard and do the best I can."
The road to the $200,000 Longacres Mile (G3) officially begins May 18 with the $50,000 Governor's Handicap at 6 ½ furlongs.
Unofficially, the road to The Mile begins Sunday, when a star-studded field of 11 older allowance runners race six furlongs for a $21,000 purse. A prep for the Governor's, the race will begin to sort out the older handicap division.
Evenly matched top to bottom, the runners are a combined 33-24-19 in 116 starts at Emerald Downs, with aggregate EmD earnings of $879,834.
Winning Machine, a three-time champion and 10th on the track's all-time earnings list with $314,488, makes his 8-year-old debut for Frank Lucarelli and Fleur De Lis Stables. Winless in seven starts last year, the Toccet gelding did place third in the Budweiser Handicap and twice finished second vs. allowance company.
Local stakes winners Mike Man's Gold, Finallygotabentley and Jebrica also make their 2014 debuts, while 2012 Top Sprinter Rocky's Quest and 2013 Turf Paradise Top Turf Horse Why Not Be Perfect add depth to the field. Newly turned 4-year-olds Somewhere With You, Scat Daddybaby and Country Rules were all solid 3-year-olds at Emerald Downs while Mr. Bowling and Running Tap are wildcards.
A Grade 3 winner in 2012, Mr. Bowling makes his first start since finishing 11th as the 6-to-1 third choice in the 2013 Longacres Mile for trainer Mike Puhich. Running Tap is a new shooter for owner/trainer Preston Boyd. A 6-year-old Pennsylvania-bred by Tapit, Running Tap has earned $273,975 in a 33-race career on the East Coast and was claimed for $20,000 by Boyd in January.
The field for Sunday's $21,000 allowance feature (all carry 120 lbs): Mr. Bowling, Isaias Enriquez; Somewhere With You, Jorge Rosales; Winning Machine, Javier Matias; Mike Man's Gold, Felipe Valdez; Scat Daddybaby, Gallyn Mitchell; Finallygotabentley, Leslie Mawing; Country Rules, Jose Zunino; Why Not Be Perfect, Anne Sanguinetti; Running Tap, Louis Zacherle; Rocky's Quest, Juan Gutierrez; Jebrica, Eliska Kubinova.
Trainer Jeff Metz credits his remarkable opening weekend—seven wins including a record-tying five-win day Saturday—on the lucky new Emerald Downs jacket he purchased opening day in The Gift Horse.
"Right after I bought the jacket, my horses finished first and second in race two, and things just took off from there," Metz said.
That's putting it mildly. In fact, Metz saddled the winners of races two, three, six, seven and 10, the latter victory by the 5-year-old gelding Attempt tying Metz in the record books with Doris Harwood, Jim Penney and Tim McCanna as the only trainers in Washington state history to saddle five winners on one card.
For good measure, Metz, the defending training champion, added two more winners Sunday to finish opening week with a 7-3-0 record from 11 starts.
"It was a lot of fun, and great to have everything fall in place," Metz said. As for week two at Emerald Downs, Metz "only" has two horses entered Saturday but has the making of another big day Sunday with nine horses entered Sunday including Why Not Be Perfect in the $21,000 feature race for older horses at six furlongs.
Agnes-aka The Lummster-rests Thursday morning at trainer Roy Lumm's barn.
NOTES: Weekly honors: Trainer-Jeff Metz (11-7-3-0); Jockey-Rocco Bowen (13-6-2-3); Owner-Charles & Beate Holshouser (Appealing Artie); Groom-Rafael Melendes (trainer Roy Lumm); Washington-bred-Strawberry Dawn (Sue & Tim Spooner). . .Spot On Babe earned the week's biggest Beyer—78—for her 2 ¾-length victory in 1:02.15 for 5 ½ furlongs. A 4-year-old Washington-bred filly by Tribal Rule, Spot On Babe was one of three opening week wins for trainer Frank Lucarelli and the second of two wins for Ron Crockett Inc. . .4-year-old geldings Whistle Cat (70) and Surprise Sale (71) also earned big Beyers opening week. Surprise Sale, 7-for-10 lifetime, was claimed for $4,000 by trainer Sam Dronen. . .Sunday's seventh race sub-feature is a $19,950 allowance for 3-year-old non-winners of two races lifetime. The Doris Harwood-trained Kenai King and the Chris Stenslie-trained Stikine Slough head a five-horse field at 5 ½ furlongs. Harwood trained several top 2-year-olds last year, a group that included stakes-placed Kenai King, Top 2-Year-Old Male Del Rio Harbor and stakes-winning Noosito. . . Saturday's fourth race at Santa Anita, a $30,000 starter handicap for fillies and mares at one mile on turf, includes three horses that won races last year at Emerald Downs: Our Little Hen, Ronda Rocks and Quinnette. . .Speaking of Santa Anita, its 2013-14 Winter/Spring meet concludes Sunday and its new Spring/Summer meet opens Friday, April 25 and runs through Sunday, June 29. . .Attempt, the final winner of Metz's record-tying five-win day, could become the meet's first two-time winner in Saturday's seventh race. . .Seattle Game, No. 3 on the track's active win list, shoots for her 13th Emerald Downs victory in Saturday's fourth race for older fillies and mares at five furlongs. Seattle Game is 15-for-46 lifetime and 12-for-27 at Emerald Downs. . .Sun Downs in Kennewick begins its six-day mixed Thoroughbred/Quarter Horse meet Saturday with an eight-race card at 1 p.m. . .Former Northwest jockey Chad Hoverson, who rode Irish Bear to victory in the 1987 Longacres Derby, celebrates his 60th birthday Monday. . .Reminder: Emerald Downs Live airs 2-6 p.m. every Saturday on Comcast SportsNet Northwest (channel 179) with Joe Withee, Jacob Pollowitz and Jamie Hudson.


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State police are investigating a fatal crash Jan. 3 on Churchmans Road that left a New Castle woman dead.
Melissa L. Foraker, 24, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Investigators say Robert L. Vanaskey Jr., 37, of New Castle, was traveling westbound on Churchmans Road and crossed the double yellow line in the center of the road and entered the eastbound lane, hitting Foraker. Police say Vanaskey was transported to Christiana Hospital where he was admitted in critical condition.
The investigation is still underway.
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