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A pair of Diamond High School standouts will be headed to college to continue their athletic careers next season, as Morgan Lamar signed with Graceland University for softball on Wednesday, and Logan Myers inked with Ozark Christian College in Joplin to play basketball on Thursday.
A pair of Diamond High School standouts will be headed to college to continue their athletic careers next season, as Morgan Lamar signed with Graceland University for softball on Wednesday, and Logan Myers inked with Ozark Christian College in Joplin to play basketball on Thursday.
For Morgan, the Lady Wildcats' ace hurler says she enjoys pitching, though it's not her favorite position on the softball field.
Lamar, the daughter of Kelly and Tammy Lamar, admitted on Wednesday that her favorite position on the diamond is actually second base, which is good for her, because she's likely to split plenty of time at both positions for the Graceland University Lady Yellowjackets next season, according to Graceland assistant coach Bill Dudek.
Lamar, who went 9-10 with 67 strikeouts on the mound last season, and batted .315 with two home runs, a triple, five doubles and 20 RBI, inked a letter of intent with Graceland (Lamoni, Iowa) on Wednesday at Diamond High School.
There Lamar figures to get an extended look on the mound for the Lady Yellowjackets, but she'll likely also see time at second base under coach Bryn Braddock.
"We graduated a couple of middle infielders," Dudek said. "This year we recruited a pretty good pitcher. I'm sure Bryn will look at her at pitcher first, but she's going to take a lot of ground balls. If she strikes everybody out, she's going to pitch. What we don't want to do is waste anybody who has talent."
A member of Diamond's last conference and district championship team in 2009, Lamar has also garnered a pair of second team all-conference selections, as well as two all-district awards during her sophomore and senior seasons at Diamond. She says Graceland was an easy choice, citing sports and academics as the driving force behind her choice.
"Sports and also academics," she said. "I have played softball for several years, so college softball has always been a big thing for me.
"We contacted coach Braddock at Graceland, and she said that she would like to look at me and, basically, it was really easy from there. She gave me a lot of info and it was easy from there."
Myers, 6-foot-4 and the son of Dirk Myers and Kelly and Doug Youngblood, said after a pair of visits to OCC, and with several friends already attending the school, that the decision to join the Ambassadors was an easy one.
"I'm pretty excited," Myers said. "Coach (Chris) Lahm is a great guy, and I'm excited to see if I fit in to their team and see what I can do for them. OCC, from what I've heard, is a great school. I've visited a couple of times, so I have a lot of friends that go there and they've all told me it's a great school."
An all-district and all-conference selection during his career with the Wildcats, Myers, who averaged 13.2 points and 7.6 rebounds per game for coach Brandon Rabel, figures to bring a versatile and unselfish brand of basketball to Lahm's program.
"I'd like to keep him," Rabel deadpanned. "Excellent young man, he'll be a really good addition for Ozark. I think it'll be beneficial for both he and the school. Obviously, Logan has got he skills and everything to play anywhere on the floor.
"Even if sometimes the averages on points weren't there, he still made a huge impact on the game with his defense and his rebounding. Sometimes he gave up the offense to guard the other teams' best player."
Lahm said Myers should fit into his system easily.
"Logan is going to fit in very well with the system that we run with the four-out, perimeter offense that we run," Lahm said. "Logan can put the ball on the floor, he can shoot it. He seems to be able to get to the rim pretty well. As a young man, character wise, I know he's top-line, and he'll fit in very well with our school and with our team."


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WE'VE REPORTED In the spring of this year, talk started brimming of a new business venture in the form of a distillery that could possibly come to downtown Smyrna. The business owners — Mike Rasmussen and Ron Gomes — of Legacy Distilling were in the process of trying to bring start-up organization Legacy Distilling LLC to Commerce Street.
The state of Delaware had recently passed legislation allowing the owners to build the company, sell spirits and offer tastings and tours onsite with the stipulation that the distillery could only produce up to 750,000 gallons a year.
The business owners wanted to come to Smyrna because of the town's good water, proximity to local agriculture, closeness to Route 1 and Route 13, and the town's desire to redevelop.
Once opened, the business will be the first standalone, independently owned and operated distillery in Delaware. Legacy Distilling will work towards a broad offering of unaged and barrel-aged products including gin, vodka, whiskey, brandy and liqueurs.
WHAT'S NEW It's nearing the end of the year and Legacy Distilling finally has a future home, though it's at a different Commerce Street location than previously planned. Rasmussen and Gomes signed a lease last week to make the old Smyrna Theater at 106 W. Commerce St. the location of Legacy Distilling. The building was last used as plumbing and heating supply shop, Slaughter, Inc.
Rasmussen and Gomes will use the first floor of the building, which sits at 6,300 square feet. Of that space, 4,200 square feet will be used for production space and roughly 2,000 square feet for the tastings rom.
"This location was actually our first choice," Gomes said. "In spite of the challenges presented by its condition, the old movie theater is uniquely suited for a distillery. The building size, lot, and location are ideal and will accommodate needed future expansion."
The signing of the lease comes after months of trying to get the location set in stone and while Rasmussen and Gomes are happy to finally have a lease signed, it's just one item checked off from a long list of things to do. One other item checked off the list recently was the town of Smyrna's approval for a distillery to be a permitted use in the Central Commercial District.
Along with the production, tasting and retail portion of the business, the duo's vision is to create a unique space to feature local artists as well as host events and fundraisers.
In the months since it's been formally announced that Legacy Distilling is coming to Smyrna, the business owners have received some great feedback from the residents. They've even been asked about putting in orders and whether or not they'll be hiring.
"We have talked to a number of locals and have even been stopped on the street by residents….we have totally enjoyed those encounters," Gomes said.
WHAT'S NEXT By the end of the year, Rasmussen and Gomes said they expect the building to be bought by their landlord. Then the upgrades to the facility will begin. Major equipment will be ordered in the spring. The business team hopes to incorporate features of the historic building into the upgrade. The duo will also make some landscaping upgrades outside of the building, including planting trees and building a garden with benches on the western side of the building.
Rasmussen and Gomes will apply for their federal permit and then their state permit. They'll also work on their website. Plans are currently to start production in April with a grand opening in May.
Once the building is open, Rasmussen and Gomes hope that the history and story of the old movie house will lend itself to the new business. Some residents have even told Rasmussen and Gomes stories about childhoods spent at the theater.
"It has a great history and story," Rasmussen said. "We hope to help folks remember what it was like when they came here."
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A bill before the Legislature would create a special commission to study the possibility of applying Massachusetts' open meetings law to the House and Senate.
BOSTON — A Beacon Hill committee has recommended lawmakers take a second look at the Massachusetts Legislature's long-standing exemption from the state's open meeting law.
The recommendation is part of a bill which seeks to update and strengthen the state's public records laws — including making it easier for the press and citizens to obtain official documents faster and in an electronic form.
The bill, which won a favorable recommendation from the Committee on State Administration last week, would also create a special commission to study the possibility of applying Massachusetts' open meetings law to the House and Senate.
Lawmakers are currently exempt from the open meeting law, and routinely conduct some of their business — such as holding legislative caucuses and debating portions of bills like the state budget — behind closed doors with no written record.
First Amendment groups, journalists and others have long argued that the state's public records law is outdated and that requests are frequently ignored or rejected by government agencies, and when material is released, it often is delivered in bulky hard copy with an exorbitant fee attached.
The bill would encourage more electronic records-keeping and, when possible, allow some records to be obtained free of charge from government websites.
"We love the bill. It's great," said Pam Wilmot, executive director of Massachusetts Common Cause. "This bill would put teeth into the law."
The bill also requires every state agency to designate "records access officers" to handle requests. They would have 15 days to comply with a request.
The proposal also tries to keep down the cost of obtaining records on paper. For hard copies, agencies would be barred from charging more than the actual cost of reproducing the record. No more than 5 cents a page could be charged for standard-sized black and white copies.
The bill also allows the fee to be waived if the request "is in the public interest because it is likely to contribute significantly to public understanding of (government) operations."
At an October hearing at the Statehouse, representatives of The Associated Press and the Massachusetts Newspaper Publishers Association expressed support for capping the fees for copies of public records at the amount it costs the state agency to produce them.
The bill also requires every state agency to make reasonable efforts to provide free Internet access to a slew of public documents in searchable form including annual reports, winning bids for public contracts, notices of hearings, reports to lawmakers and final opinions, decisions, orders, or votes from agencies.
The bill also seeks to eliminate outdated portions of the existing law including the requirement that all public records be printed on "paper made of linen rags and new cotton clippings, well sized with animal sizing and well finished or on one hundred per cent bond paper sized with animal glue or gelatin."
The bill has now been referred to the Rules Committee. It has yet to be approved by either the House or Senate.


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.A deputy was dispatched to a rural property for a report of a break-in. The owner of the property was out of town and the residence was being looked after by a neighbor. Upon arrival the deputy cleared the house which had an open door on the northwest corner and a broken window on the west side of the house which contained a muddy footprint on the window sill. Whoever had broken in had also replaced the screen on the window. The deputy noticed broken glass on the bed and another muddy footprint on a blanket located on the bed just inside the window. The deputy observed footprints that went through the kitchen and into the back bedrooms. Several valuable items through the house had not been disturbed. The reporting party spoke with the deputy upon exiting the home. He said he was the neighbor to the owner of the residence and was asked to watch the house. He hadn't noticed anything out of the ordinary until he came back from town and saw his neighbor's flatbed trailer oustide the home. He went to inspect the residence and noticed the lock on the chain around the gate had been cut, the handle on the back door was slightly slanted, and when he opened the door he saw the broken window. The witness reported the trailer, two dirt bikes and some fence panels were missing. The deputy contacted the owner of the home after taking pictures of the scene inside. Outside they noticed tire tracks backed up to the fence and boot prints on both sides of where the vehicle was parked. The deputy spoke with the owner of the home who was already advised about the situation from the neighbor. The bikes stolen were a Yamaha 450 and a Honda 200. The window was valued at $400 and the trailer was valued at $2800. His wife was contacted about the value of the fence paneling. Both bikes were entered into the NCIC/CCIC. There are no suspects at this time.
.A deputy was dispatched in response to a suspicious female walking along a county road. The deputy contacted a male in that vicinity who said he got into a verbal dispute with his girlfriend and he had gone for a walk. The deputy asked him to take him to the residence of the female to make sure she was okay. At the residence, the deputy contacted another male who attempted to walk away when the deputy approached him. In his right hand the deputy noticed he was holding a small plastic bag. When asked, the male said he had nothing and placed his hand behind the fence. He was advised to keep his hands where the deputy could see them. When his hand came back into view the deputy saw him tuck the bag under his sleeve. The deputy asked if he could check his sweater and sleeves to confirm what he saw. The male agreed and the deputy found a blue plastic bag in his right sleeve. The bag appeared to contain a crystal like substance consistent with methamphetamine. The deputy asked the male what the substance was, he said he was unsure and the female replied that it was in fact meth. She told the deputy she asked him to hold it when they arrived but he was unable to get to his car in time. Both parties agreed it was the female's. The deputy questioned her about the argument. She said her boyfriend left on foot, she followed him but the altercation worsened so she went back to the home. The argument never became physical. The deputy also noted that he could smell an odor of an intoxicating beverage on her person. When asked about consuming alcohol she said she had consumed a couple of shots and a beer prior to the deputy's arrival. The deputy asked about the meth and she said it came from a friend who did not know she had taken it. She was placed under arrest for unlawful possession of a controlled substance and consumption of alcohol by a person under 21. She was read her rights and agreed to speak with the deputy but would not answer the question of who she got the meth from. She was taken to the jail and left in the care of the staff.
.A deputy was requested to assist another deputy during a traffic stop. On arrival the deputy was informed the traffic stop was made because a vehicle was weaving and impeding the normal flow of traffic. The deputy contacted a female standing at the rear of her vehicle. He immediately smelled a strong odor of an unknown intoxicating beverage and her eyes were watery and bloodshot. The deputy asked her if she had consumed alcohol and she said yes she had drank a few mixed drinks. The deputy asked her if she would be willing to perform voluntary roadside maneuvers and she asked if she would go to jail if she did. The deputy advised her they were voluntary and would help him better determine her intoxication level. She said she knew she wouldn't pass the roadsides and as she began to stand up from leaning on the vehicle she lost her balance and nearly fell over. She looked at the deputy and said "see." She swayed in a circular motion as she continued to stand without leaning. The woman was asked to confirm what she drank and she said she had four or five shots. He asked again if she would perform maneuvers and she said "I don't know, I just woke up and was going to pick up my son from the casino, can I call someone to pick me up?" The deputy asked if she would be willing to take a PBT and she agreed with the result of .210. Before the deputy advised the woman she was under arrest she turned around, leaned on the vehicle and placed her hands behind her back saying "let's go." She was placed under arrest for suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol. She was transported to the jail and left in the care of the staff.
.A deputy was responding to a criminal mischief claim. Upon arrival to the residence he observed a small hole in a window of the residence that was facing southwest. It appeared to be caused by a small flying object. The reporting party was contacted and he stated he thinks the damage was caused by a BB gun. There are no neighbors across from the party so he believes it was done by someone driving down the road and shot a BB gun from a vehicle. He was home and heard the object hit the window but did not see anyone or a vehicle. The party estimated the window was valued at $800 and he stated he did not have insurance on the residence. Photos were taken of the damage and there are no leads in the case or suspects.
.A deputy was advised to contact a reporting party by phone regarding a theft. The party reported a document holder and a Glock handgun had been taken from his pickup which had been left unlocked. The deputy then went to his residence. When he arrived the reporting party and his wife said they arrived home the evening before the crime and left the pickup unlocked. When he went to start the vehicle this morning he noticed the missing items. He then showed the deputy a set of tire tracks at the southwest corner of the residence that he claims were not there the day before. The serial number was given to the deputy. The handgun was bought in Grand Junction for approximately $570. The document holder was valued at $10. The deputy asked the couple if they knew someone who may have stolen the items and the wife said her ex husband has stalked her in the past and was arrested locally last year. She told the deputy she does have a protection order. The deputy asked if her ex husband knew where she lived and she did not know. They could not locate any further evidence such as footprints or latent finger prints. Photos were taken.
.Sometime between August 2012 and March 2013 unkown person's entered an unsecured storage trailer and removed items of value. A reporting party was met by a deputy on March 23. The party owns the trailer and the property where it was located. The items within the trailer belonged to the party's brother and they had been stored there since August of last year. He said he went to the property the day before and noticed someone had entered the trailer. The unknown person had ransacked all the boxes stored there, dumping them all over the interior. A number of items had been taken. Tire tracks were also pointed out to the deputy that seemed to have been made since snow melt within the last three weeks. The tracks, trailer and interior of the trailer were photographed and submitted as evidence. There are no suspects or additional evidence at this time.


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Eric and Leah Coleman, Pratt, are the parents of a baby girl, Kiley Elizabeth, born at 3:40 p.m. March 12, 2013, at Pratt Regional Medical Center. She weighed 8 pounds, 9 ounces and was 20 inches long.
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Great-grandparents are the late Raymond and Marie Kile and the late James and Mary Kanady, Richard Coleman, Hutchinson, the late Mary Coleman, and Louis and Juanita Reynolds.


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As common wisdom has it, bird flocks in the Northern Hemisphere move from northerly locales in the summer to southerly ones in the winter. For many species, such as the White-throated Sparrow, this notion holds basically true. A closer look at the details of this bird's movements, however, is much more intriguing, as you can see in this 25-second animation created by eBird, a citizen science project organized by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the National Audubon Society. For birders, the information offers a wealth of new insights. Ornithologists, too, can use such data to learn more about migratory behavior, the impact of climate on migration and variables affecting population sizes. In addition, such animations can be useful for conservation biologists and scientists in other fields seeking indicators of climate change as well as for studies of biodiversity shifts and other markers of evolution.
As you will see in the clip, these sparrows spend nearly all their time from June through September either in Canada or in northern areas of New England, New York, Wisconsin and Minnesota, along with Michigan's Upper Peninsula. That's useful information at a simple level for fanciers like me. I won't go looking for any White-throated Sparrows where I live, in New York City, in the warm months. And strangely, these birds never foray far into Florida, my winter stomping grounds, although they can be found in large numbers at that time in eastern Texas and throughout Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia.
The animation is mesmerizing, and eBird has created such graphics for more than 300 bird species. Nearly as amazing, amateur scientists (maybe some of you reading this story) played a large part in creating them. Thousands of volunteers with the eBird project have been collecting and sharing up to millions of bird observations each month for the past 10 years. Without such armies of laypeople as observers, such data sets would otherwise be out of reach or impossible to obtain. (For more about this burgeoning field and its impact on science, read Hillary Rosner's feature, "Data on Wings," in the February issue of Scientific American.) Those eBird data have been combined with remote-sensed information on climate, habitat, night flight calls and other variables to generate spatiotemporal exploratory models (aka migration forecasts) as well as more static "birdcasts" (weekly migration forecasts for birders focusing on seasonal species and the impact of weather), estimates of how far birds fly, and myriad other insights.
For two more fascinating examples of how eBird's real-time migration forecasts illustrate the travel complexities of our feathered friends, you might enjoy these videos of the Willow Flycatcher and the Upland Sandpiper Their long, complex round-trip journeys each year put human "snowbird" excursions to warmer climes to shame.


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U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY, and State Senator Ted O'Brien, D-55th, are announcing legislation Friday at the Boy and Girls Club of Geneva to expand the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Summer Food Service Program.
The legislation would help improve nutrition and enhance learning in underserved areas by better integrating summer education and meals programs, according to a press release from Senator Gillibrand's office The law would make it easier for public-private partner organizations to participate in the summer meals program, and provide a third meal for children attending evening enrichment programs.
According to the press release there were 60,588 students in the Rochester-Finger Lakes Region who ate a free or reduced priced school lunch on a typical school day last year. In Ontario County there were 4,077 students receiving lunch but only 272 children participating in the summer lunch program.
This legislation would expand eligibility to at least an additional 9,104 students attending more than 42 schools in the region.


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Sussex County Cricket Club have announced that all-rounder Kirk Wernars will not be featuring for the County during the 2013 season, as he has opted to take some time away from the game, as well as returning to his native South Africa.
21 year-old Wernars, who joined Sussex in early 2011, will initially take a year's break from cricket, during which time he will look to spend time with his family and look into his passion of wildfire fire fighting and the emergency services.
Wernars said of his decision to leave Sussex, "This has not been an overnight decision and has been a very tough one to make.
"The past two years at Sussex have been a fantastic experience for me, both as a person and a cricketer. I have learnt so much from being here and will take a lot away with me, from every person that I have come into contact with at the club.
"As much as playing cricket for Sussex has been an exciting and happy time for me, there have been parts of my life I have missed, namely being with my family and living in Cape Town.
"I believe I need to take a break from cricket for a year, during which time I wish to explore wildfire fire fighting and emergency services. Thereafter I hope to be in a position to have greater clarity about the long term career I would like to pursue."
Sussex's Professional Cricket Manager Mark Robinson said, "We're really disappointed to lose Kirk both as a cricketer and as a person. As a cricketer, he really made great strides and had every chance of having a really successful summer. And as a person, he was a man of high values and high loyalty.
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The Greenback wrestlers had a very solid tournament this weekend, competing without Mitchell Baird, sr., Weston Riner, sr., and Cooper Crump, jr.. Our wrestlers have made a lot of progress in one week.
The Greenback wrestlers had a very solid tournament this weekend, competing without Mitchell Baird, sr., Weston Riner, sr., and Cooper Crump, jr.. Our wrestlers have made a lot of progress in one week.
Our most skilled wrestlers are wrestling very well in the most challenging matches, and our team, in general, is making progress every week by doing one or two things that we have worked on, adjusted, or even shown the very first time in their actual matches.
We just keep moving forward through improvement of technique and by outworking our opponents in the practice room and on the mat.
106 Trae Foreman, jr., (6-3) went 3-2 on the day and placed 4th…losing a great match in the cons. finals to #1 6A ranked Braden Dipman of Derby. The match was 2-3 with 10 seconds left and Trae got turned to make the final 2-6. It was very close-he lost to the #1 in 4A today and #1 in 6A and looked like a state placer in every aspect out there.
113 Cesar Regalado, jr., (6-2) only had 2 matches today and he placed 2nd. Cesar received byes into the semifinal round where he dominated the #3 in 5A, Khamin Crow of Topeka Seaman for a major decision, 13-4. Cesar looked sharp the entire match. Cesar went on to face the #4 in 6A ranked Cody McDonald of Derby. Cesar got down early and battled back to within two and completed a marvelous Robles tilt which the referee didn't see transpiring until McDonald had rolled through, which would have tied the match and Cesar let McDonald go right at the end of the third period to give McDonald the 3 point victory, 8-11, in a very close and exciting match.
120 Dalton Prosser, fr., (5-5) Dalton came out strong and confident, pinning his first two opponents from Derby and Rose Hill before meeting the #1 All-Class ranked Zac Gentzler of Andover Central. Dalton was beaten by a technical fall 4-20. Dalton injury defaulted his final match to finish 2-2 on the day.
126 Gabriel McAbee, so., drew the first seed, defending 5A State Runner-up from Great Bend, Chris Burley, for his first match and was defeated by fall. Gabriel's second match was a loss to Dakota Ford of Wichita North.
132 Hudson Swift, so., (3-5) had a rough day, losing to two seniors by fall. In those matches, though, Hudson clearly attempted our takedown setups and is very much on track with what we have been teaching.
138 Joshua Ash, so., (3-7) Josh went 2-2 on the day and looked tough. Josh's most important win was an overtime match against an upcoming Regional opponent from Rose Hill, Kyle Loecke, in a 10-8 victory that pitted Josh against the eventual 3rd place winner, Garrett McEachern, of Newton where he lost by fall.
160 Taylor White, jr., was 0-2 on the day, losing to the eventual champion, Quentin Spainhower, of Augusta before losing a heartbreaker to Clint Gordon of Derby, 1-3. Taylor is doing a lot of good things right now and has made vast improvements over last year.
220 Austin Gates, sr., (6-3) went 3-0 on the day, winning the Goodwill championship bracket. Austin started the day by defeating Derby's, Matt Kissinger--#3 in 6A—by fall. He stole the #2 seed on the bracket in that match. Next, Austin wrestled a marathon match with a lot of scrambles for position and out of bad situations for a tough one-point victory over Topeka Seaman's #6 ranked wrestler in 5A, Nathan Stanley, 1-0 to land in the championship match.
Austin really rose to the occasion in a rematch from our Newton dual earlier in the season against Raymond Gallegos (#3 in 5A) where he lost 2-4. This time, Austin started out with a quick overshuck takedown and he just managed the match from there in a very intelligently managed affair. Beating 3 ranked opponents in a row is a championship well-earned and Austin is back where we expected him to be from the get-go this season.


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Evolving Moral Standards Are Evidence Against the God of the Bible
I learn how to defend what I believe better because of the discussions I have with intelligent Christians. Here's an exchange I recently had with Steve Hays on David Wood's Blog:
Both David Wood and Steve Hays criticized Christopher Hitchens for lacking a moral standard to revile Christianity with. This is usual fare among Christians. In Steve's words:
What Hitchens does...is to attack Biblical theism and Biblical morality alike by his extrabiblical sense of what is right and wrong.
Since that is how Hitchens has chosen to frame the argument from evil, he needs to explain and justify his own source and standard of moral valuation.
I had said with Hitchens that Christians do not live up to their own morality. And sometimes they cause suffering when they do follow it.
Steve Hays:
What examples can Loftus cite without begging the question?
John W. Loftus said...
Steve, suffering is obvious. It's pain, pure and simple. Hitchens...has shown how professing Christians have caused suffering in the world though, and professing Christians are the ONLY kind of Christians we see. According to your own belief system a Christian isn't a perfect person (but instead one who believes), so you cannot plausibly argue that the ones causing this suffering are not true Christians without also claiming Christians are sinless, in my opinion.
As far as God commanding his followers to do what we now consider evil goes, I consider the following commands evil: your God declared that a slave is the property of another man (Exodus 21:21). A female captive in war was forced to be an Israelite man's wife (Deuteronomy 21:10-14). If a virgin who was pledged to be married was raped, she was to be stoned along with her rapist (Deuteronomy 22:23-24), while if a virgin who was not pledged to be married was raped, she was supposed to marry her rapist (Deuteronomy 22:28-29).
I consider the evidence of evolving moral standards--standards that you yourself now accept--as evidence against the God of the Bible...or can you justify honor killings? Answer me this. In obedience to God would you have stoned a virgin pledged to be married, along with her rapist?...or not?
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On Wednesday February 1, a hastily organized reconciliation meeting was arranged by security authorities, and was attended by Ebeskharion Soliman and one of his sons.The terms of the agreement which resulted were:eviction of eight Coptic families, namely three of the Mourad families, in addition to five Soliman families.selling of the assets of the wealthy Abeskhayron Soliman family within three months by a committee, under the supervision of Salafi shaikh Sherif el Hawary. Soliman has no right to get involved in the sale or even accompany a prospective buyer.the Committee is to collect any money accrued from the sale of his land, properties, businesses as well as collect promissory notes pending from business transactions by the Soliman-owned chain of stores.in case of non-implementation of this Agreement, all Copts in the Kobry-el-Sharbat village will be attacked, their homes and property completely torched.Abeskhayron Soliman signed the agreement, which most Copts viewed as "humiliating."...Wissa Fawzi, member of the Maspero Coptic Youth Union in Alexandria, said that Soliman has nothing at all to do with the Mourad story, but signed the agreement to save his family and the Copts in the village, "otherwise there would have been a massacre of the Copts on that Friday." He said that Security authorities pressured Soliman into accepting the terms of the agreement by threatening him with refusal of police protection for him and his family. "What constitutes the real crisis is the complicity of security officials in the process of displacement," said Fawzi.
Every time a chance for the world to lend her hand and publicly chastise Egypt for the handling of minorities occur, the Copts in Egypt would be the first ones to stand and say "we'll handle our own problems without your help, thank you!" So, we protest, but Egypt does not accept. I don't know which to take sides on though. Because of the world is involved, especially the US, one wonders if it makes the situation against the Copts even worse, now that they might be teeter-tottering on isolating the rest of the country as if they're non-citizens.The best solution is to find a MLK-like individual who would stand up and revolutionize Egypt's thinking and support. But of course, how can this work in a country that for sure by law might kill us for questioning the authority in a non-aggressive manner? We can only pray.
Cairo's Christians worry about Egypt's next chapterBy David Ignatius, Published: November 8, Washington PostQuoteThis issue of sectarian tension They always call it "Secterian"A salafist policy-maker praying loud inside the new parlament of Egyptistanhttp://www.theblaze.com/stories/egyptian-parliament-member-loudly-chants-muslim-prayer-in-middle-of-legislative-session/
This issue of sectarian tension
Quote from: minasoliman on February 12, 2012, 03:33:05 AMEvery time a chance for the world to lend her hand and publicly chastise Egypt for the handling of minorities occur, the Copts in Egypt would be the first ones to stand and say "we'll handle our own problems without your help, thank you!" So, we protest, but Egypt does not accept. I don't know which to take sides on though. Because of the world is involved, especially the US, one wonders if it makes the situation against the Copts even worse, now that they might be teeter-tottering on isolating the rest of the country as if they're non-citizens.The best solution is to find a MLK-like individual who would stand up and revolutionize Egypt's thinking and support. But of course, how can this work in a country that for sure by law might kill us for questioning the authority in a non-aggressive manner? We can only pray.I can understand that the Copts are afraid of retaliation of they go to outside organizations for help; However, it seems the people coming into power in Egypt are bent on eliminating the Copts regardless of what they do or don't do.
Aren't the Copts in the diaspora in any way politically organized?
(AINA) — A mob of nearly 20,000 radical Muslims, mainly Salafis, attempted this evening to break into and torch the Church of St. Mary and St. Abram in the village of Meet Bashar,in Zagazig, Sharqia province. They were demanding the death of Reverend Guirgis Gameel, pastor of the church, who has been unable to leave his home since yesterday. Nearly 100 terrorized Copts sought refuge inside the church, while Muslim rioters were pelting the church with stones in an effort to break into the church, assault the Copts and torch the building. A home of a Copt living near the church and the home of the church's porter were torched, as well as three cars.The mob demanded the return Rania of Khalil Ibrahim, 15, to her father. She has been held with the Security Directorate since yesterday. Christian-born Rania had converted to Islam three months ago after her father, who had converted to Islam two years ago and took custody of her. She had disappeared from the village on Saturday, after claiming to go shopping. According to Reverend Guirgis Gameel, she had a disagreement with her father, who had arranged a marriage for her with a Muslim man.
Some Coptic eyewitnesses said that a number of Muslim villagers tried to prevent the Salafis from assaulting their Christian neighbors and some stood as human shields to protect the church, until security forces arrived.
I am very sorry to say this, but I think something is telling me that Egyptian Christians should leave Egypt, at least, for some time, as tough time is coming to the country.
WASHINGTON, -- Christian Solidarity International Board Member Michele Clark testified on Capitol Hill today about the continued abuse of Coptic females in Egypt, a nation struggling to come together in the aftermath of this Spring's Arab revolution.The U.S. Helsinki Commission, more formally known as The U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, held today's hearing to examine the recent escalation of violence toward Coptic Christians in Egypt, as well as reports of disappearances, forced conversions and forced marriages of Coptic women and girls.Clark, who also serves as an adjunct professor at the George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs, told the Commission that there is no denying these reports
The clashes started when thousands of Copts — joined by sympathetic Muslim activists — demonstrated in front of the "Maspero" building, the headquarters of the state TV, against the destruction of a church near Aswan, allegedly by a mob incited by a mosque preacher. The protests turned violent leaving about 27, mostly Christian, demonstrators dead. Fourteen of them were crushed under military armoured vehicles, and more than 300 others were injured. No clear official investigation has been conducted. While Human Rights Watch claimed the military used excessive force against the demonstration, facts remain few amid the rumours and speculations. "It was the most violent incident since the January 2011 revolution, but until now every time there is an incident, nothing happens, no one is charged or arrested. Offenders have to pay for what they have done to the churches and to the Christians," said Mina Girgis, a Coptic activist and one of the January 2011 revolutionists.
Father Filopater Gameel, a Coptic priest, a leading member of the Maspero Youth Union and an eyewitness to the Maspero massacre, had this to say. "I am not surprised that the Islamists won the parliament majority. There were many hints in recent months that they were going to easily win many seats. That they were insisting the elections take place while all the other political forces were pleading that the elections be postponed indicates that both the Muslim Brotherhood and the Salafists made a deal with the military council." Stronger statements were made by some Coptic intellectuals, including Milad Hanna, who warned that Copts, himself included, would embark on collective emigration from Egypt if the Muslim Brotherhood ascended to power. Despite facing criticism, Hanna stuck to his words, which were published by Al Arabi newspaper: "I have sensed the state of anxiety after the results of the recent elections, as if Egypt was going to turn into a theocracy in a matter of weeks," he said, adding that the Copts fear that they could become "second-class citizens" under the Brotherhood.
Traditionally, the church and its head, Pope Shenouda, don't get involved in politics, focusing instead on the social aspects of the community. However, the present situation has pushed priests to encourage Copts to vote as a bloc to secure a minimum representation in the parliament. To counter the Muslim Brotherhood, some clerics encouraged their parishioners to vote for the secular Egyptian Bloc, made up of both Muslim and Christian candidates. The Egyptian Bloc, newly founded by Christian business tycoon Sawiris, is a mix of mainly three parties: neo-liberal Free Egyptians, the socialist Gathering Party and the Egyptian Socialist Democrats. There are smaller Coptic parties, but for many Copts, a separation of religion and government is in their interests both as Egyptians and as Christians to defend themselves against the potential introduction of Islam into politics. "We picked the Egyptian Bloc because it's the most liberal group and because they are against religious parties, including the Muslim Brotherhood," Father Ishak, a priest at St Mark's, said. "And if elections are free and fair, it will mean that Copts are more clearly represented and be more active in building a new Egypt."
Egyptian Christian Sentened to 6 Years in Prison for 'Insulting the Prophet'(AINA) -- In the latest in a series of "defamation of religion" cases, an appeal has been filed on behalf of a Egyptian Christian who was sentenced to six years in prison for "insulting the Prophet." Legal observers saw many flaws in the ruling of the judge of the Abanoub misdemeanor court, in Assiut province, while others accused him of appeasing a mob of 2500 Muslims who congregated outside the court and demanded the death penalty for the defendant, Makram Diab. Eyewitnesses reported that some of the Muslims carried knives and wanted to break into the court and kill Diab, but were blocked by the police.Diab's Muslim defense lawyer, Ahmad Sayed Gabali, said that during his 18 years as lawyer, he has never experienced what he went through in this case. "Over 80 Islamist lawyers representing civil rights claimants filled the court, locked the door of the court from the inside, not allowing the judge out, and prevented me as the defense lawyer from going inside the court and defending my client."A discussion on February 9 between the Makram Diab, who is a school secretary, and a Salafi school teacher became heated but then simply ended. Thirteen days later, on February 23, another teacher named Abdel-Hamid, who was not present during the quarrel or even at school on that day, filed a complaint with the police, signed by another 11 teachers, accusing Makram Diab of insulting Islam's prophet. "This was a normal quarrel between him and the Muslim teacher," said Gabali, "which could happen anywhere. It was provoked by the teacher, who has been transferred several times from different schools after being reprimanded for causing sedition, and was used by the Salafis for their benefit. This is a group of teachers who used Diab as a scapegoat."
Egyptian Court Sentences Priest from Attacked Church BuildingAssailants uncharged, but clergyman gets six months in jail for building violation.CAIRO, Egypt, March 7 (CDN) — A priest in Egypt was sentenced this week to six months in jail for a minor construction violation at his church building, while no one in a mob that burned the same structure down has been arrested. The Rev. Makarious Bolous of the Mar Gerges Church in Aswan was sentenced on Sunday (March 4), but neither the imams who called for the attack nor the Muslim villagers who destroyed the church building last September have been charged with any crime.Bolous said the ruling, coupled with the absence of prosecution against those who burned down the church building, is clear evidence of persecution and a legal double standard between Christians and Muslims.
300 Muslim Lawyers Storm Egyptian Court, Prevent Lawyers for Christian From Enteringby OCP on MARCH 16, 2012in NEWSBy Mary AbdelmassihAssyrian International News Agency16/3/2012(AINA) — More than 300 Muslim lawyers inside and outside a courthouse in the southern Egyptian province of Assuit today prevented defense lawyer Ahmad Sayed Gabali, who is representing the Christian Makarem Diab, from going into court. Mr. Diab was found guilty of 'Insulting the Muslim Prophet' and was scheduled today a hearing on his appeal.Attorney Dr. Naguib Gabriell, head of the Egyptian Union of Human Rights Organization, said there was "terror in the Assiut Court today." He added that he was on his way to court when he was advised that Muslim lawyers have issued death threats to any Christian lawyers who attend the court session. "Makram Diab was assaulted by Muslim lawyers during his transfer from the courtroom and security failed to protect him."Peter Sarwat, a Coptic lawyer, said that Muslim lawyers representing the plaintiffs prevented the defense team from entering court. "They said no Muslim will defend a Christian. It was agreed that Christian lawyers would take over and two Coptic lawyers volunteered, but the Muslims decided later that even Christians would not defend him." Sarwat said the Muslim lawyers wanted to assault the chief judge but he managed to leave the court via a rear door.
In many cases the persecution is at the hands of the government, as, for example, in China, Burma, Saudi Arabia, and Iran, but often, in places like Nigeria and Iraq, it is committed by religious extremists and vigilantes in the society who operate within a climate of impunity. In Pakistan and Egypt persecution is sponsored by all three — the authorities, extremist groups, and vigilantes.Persecution is intensifying now in the Muslim world, as documented throughout the Uscirf report. Each year, the report's cover reflects a signal event in the global landscape of religious persecution. This year's bears a photo of Egyptian mourners gathered in central Cairo on October 13, 2011, in honor of some 25 Coptic Christians killed days before by the Egyptian military during a demonstration over an attack on a church. The commission decided it was important to single out the Copts. There are rising fears for them now that Egypt will be governed by Islamists, some of whom, notably from the sizeable Wahhabi or Salafist parliamentarian faction, have openly declared their intent of religious cleansing.
Salafist Leaders Celebrate Death of Coptic Pope in Egypt
Shenouda was buried on Tuesday (March 20) in the Monastery of St. Bishoy in Wadi el-Natrun, with several thousand followers attending. Before Shenouda was buried, Naguib Ghobrial, lawyer and head of the Egyptian Union for Human Rights, filed suit on Monday (March 19) against Ghoneim for contempt of a revealed religion.Undeterred, Ghoneim released a statement the next day denying any wrongdoing and issued a challenge to all Christians."You believe in your Bible and say its words are holy," he concluded. [Your Bible teaches] 'Love your enemies and bless all who curse you.' Your enemies – you love them and those who curse you – you bless them. So I say, God curse you! Bless me now. Bless me. Isn't this your religion? I am going to say it again – I am your enemy, and I say, God curse you. Now, say it, 'We love you Wagdy. And God bless you Wagdy.'"
QuoteSalafist Leaders Celebrate Death of Coptic Pope in EgyptI don't want to paste the horrible things some Salafi leaders are saying about His Holiness now that he has reposed in the Lord. If anyone has the stomach to read it, they can do so here:http://www.worldwatchlist.us/news/salafist-leaders-celebrate-death-of-coptic-pope-in-egypt/The article does fortunately mention that most Muslims do not share those sentiments.The last three paragraphs of the article are remarkable in what they report about one of the Salafi leaders, Sheik Wagdy Ghoneim:QuoteShenouda was buried on Tuesday (March 20) in the Monastery of St. Bishoy in Wadi el-Natrun, with several thousand followers attending. Before Shenouda was buried, Naguib Ghobrial, lawyer and head of the Egyptian Union for Human Rights, filed suit on Monday (March 19) against Ghoneim for contempt of a revealed religion.Undeterred, Ghoneim released a statement the next day denying any wrongdoing and issued a challenge to all Christians."You believe in your Bible and say its words are holy," he concluded. [Your Bible teaches] 'Love your enemies and bless all who curse you.' Your enemies – you love them and those who curse you – you bless them. So I say, God curse you! Bless me now. Bless me. Isn't this your religion? I am going to say it again – I am your enemy, and I say, God curse you. Now, say it, 'We love you Wagdy. And God bless you Wagdy.'"
During his illness, I and others in our church, along with Christians worldwide, prayed for Pope Shenouda asking God for his recovery. In a recent interview, Bishop Mouneer Anis, head of the Episcopal and Anglican Diocese of Egypt, North Africa and the Horn of Africa, said of Pope Shenouda, "He was a friend of many Muslim leaders. He was a peacemaker. He was even criticized by Christians for making peace with those who persecuted the church." Shortly before his passing, Pope Shenouda's last public meeting was with members of the Muslim Brotherhood. Pope Shenouda III left a powerful witness for the Lord Jesus Christ and a legacy of struggle for the freedom of persecuted Christians in Egypt. As our Lord taught, "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God." May the memory of this son of God, Pope Shenouda III, be eternal! As for Sheik Ghoneim, I am praying that he become a great Christian evangelist and apologist to the people of the Middle East. Perhaps even on his next trip to Damascus. Such things have happened before.
CAIRO- An Egyptian court on Wednesday sentenced a 17-year-old Christian boy to three years in jail for publishing cartoons on his Facebook page that mocked Islam and the Prophet Mohammad, actions that sparked sectarian violence.Gamal Abdou Massoud was also accused of distributing some of his cartoons to his school friends in a village in the southern city of Assiut, home to a large Christian population and the hometown of the late Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda....The cartoons, published by Massoud in December, prompted some Muslims to attack Christians. Several Christian houses were burned and several Christians were injured in the violence.
QuoteCAIRO- An Egyptian court on Wednesday sentenced a 17-year-old Christian boy to three years in jail for publishing cartoons on his Facebook page that mocked Islam and the Prophet Mohammad, actions that sparked sectarian violence.Gamal Abdou Massoud was also accused of distributing some of his cartoons to his school friends in a village in the southern city of Assiut, home to a large Christian population and the hometown of the late Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda....The cartoons, published by Massoud in December, prompted some Muslims to attack Christians. Several Christian houses were burned and several Christians were injured in the violence.http://theorthodoxchurch.info/blog/news/2012/04/egyptian-christian-17-gets-three-years-in-jail-for-facebook-cartoons-that-insulted-islam/
EGYPTIAN PANEL DROPS MASPERO MASSACRE CASE FOR 'LACK OF EVIDENCE'by OCP on APRIL 28, 2012in FEATURED NEWS,NEWSOn April 24 the panel of judges appointed by the Egyptian minister of justice to investigate the Maspero massacre of October 9, 2011, which claimed the lives of 27 Christians and injured 329, closed the case. In his explanation of the verdict, judge Sarwat Hammad said the case was closed for "lack of identification of the culprits" who killed the army conscript Mohammad Shata and nine protesters (all Christians) with ammunition, as well as attempting to break into a government building and assaulting military personnel.Charges against 28 Christian Copts and prominent Muslim activist Alaa Abdel-Fatah, who were previously detained, were also dropped for lack of evidence, said the judge. According to their defense lawyers, most of the detainees were arrested after October 9, and some were not even at the Maspero protest and were collected from the streets for just being Christians. Three of them were teens under 16. The judge referred two Copts, Michael Adel Naguib and Michael Shaker, to the criminal court for allegedly stealing a heavy-duty machine gun from one of the military armored vehicle and "using it to kill Copts" during the Maspero protest. According to Naguib's father, the army and police raided their home in the early hours two days after the massacre and found nothing at home. He said they beat his son and took him away in his underwear....The second part of the case is the trial by a military court of three conscripts, who were driving the military armored vehicles which crushed 14 Copts under their wheels. They are charged with involuntary manslaughter, a misdemeanor which under the Penal Code carries penalties of imprisonment of not more than seven years. Eyewitnesses and video clips showed the armored vehicles chasing protesters over the pavements....By Mary Abdelmassih© 2012, AINA
Egypt's Lost Daughters; the Abduction of Christian Girls...Mary's parents stayed up throughout the night waiting anxiously for their daughter's return. Mary's father filed a report at the police station the next morning. He stayed at the station the entire day, determined to see that an investigation was being carried out. Late that afternoon, the police told him they had found his daughter.Mary was escorted along with several other women into the station by four men in Islamic dress with long beards. The men were Salafis, a group that follows the strict doctrine of Wahhabi Islam from Saudi Arabia. Mary was covered head to toe in a burka. "[My husband] recognized her by her shoes," Magda told ICC.Two armed policemen stood by, watching the father's every move. When he called Mary by name, a Muslim man hit her in the face. There was no answer....
Erdogan says Turks "are tired" of Armenian GenocideMarch 26, 2012 - 13:26 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - The issue of the Armenian Genocide was discussed at the meeting between U.S. President Barack Obama and Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the nuclear summit in Seoul.In particular, Erdogan complained to Obama about Turkey being tired of the Genocide problem.
The Turkish Coalition of America (TCA) has been on a rampage in recent years, filing lawsuits against scholars, public officials, and civic groups who support the recognition of the Armenian Genocide.Last week, a federal appeals court put an end to TCA's legal tirade against the University of Minnesota by unanimously upholding a federal court's decision dismissing TCA's baseless allegations.The Turkish advocacy group had filed a lawsuit against Prof. Bruno Chaouat, Director of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at the University of Minnesota, for labeling TCA's website and others as "unreliable." The university's webpage had posted the following stern admonition to students: "We do not recommend these sites. Warnings should be given to students writing papers that they should not use these sites because of denial, support by an unknown organization, or contents that are a strange mix of fact and opinion."
Egyptian Judge Frees Attackers Who Knifed ChristianHard-line Salafi Muslims cut off Copt's ear, terrorize his family.ISTANBUL, May 9 (CDN) — A judge in Upper Egypt has dismissed all charges against a group of Salafi Muslims who cut off the ear of a Christian in a knife attack and tried to force him to convert.The Salafists, who say they base their religion on the practices of the first three generations of Muslims after Muhammad, had falsely accused 46-year-old Ayman Anwar Metry of having an affair with a Muslim woman, the Christian told Compass. On April 22 the judge exonerated the assailants only after Metry, under intense pressure in a "reconciliation meeting," agreed to drop charges, said his attorney, Asphoure Wahieb Hekouky."Him dropping the case and accepting the reconciliation meeting is shameful," Hekouky said of the Egyptian justice system. The same Salafi Muslims who attacked Metry terrorized him and his family for a year, Hekouky said.
12 Copts sentenced to life in prison, 8 Muslims acquitted http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/12-copts-sentenced-life-imprisonment-8-muslims-acquitted-over-abu-qurqas-violence-news-1Who's Really Persecuting Christians?Last month CBS's "60 Minutes" show earned itself some justified criticism for a biased report about the treatment of Palestinian Christians by Israel. As Alana noted then, the premise of the piece — that routine security precautions on the part of Israeli forces has led to a decline in the Christian population in the West Bank — was preposterous. Why would Israeli measures cause Christian numbers to diminish but not affect the rapidly growing Muslim population? Only a determination to blame Israel for everything could have led the "60 Minutes" team to avoid the obvious explanation: the rise of militant Islam in traditional Christian strongholds that has gradually forced many Christians to flee the country. Israel remains the only country in the Middle East where the rights of the Christian minority — which is growing — are respected.
But the pushback against this calumny requires more background than just a fact check about the West Bank. The Gatestone Institute has published an important online monthly report about Muslim persecution of Christians throughout Asia and Africa and it makes for frightening reading. Even a brief summary of the litany of horrors being visited upon Christians by Muslims puts the ridiculous accusations against Israel in perspective.
* Attacks on churches took place in Azerbaijan, Indonesia, Kenya, Nigeria, Sudan and Tunisia.* Christians were threatened with death and imprisonment for "blasphemy" and apostasy in Algeria, Bangladesh, Egypt, Iran and Pakistan. At the same time, Muslim terrorists have threatened Christian pastors in the Philippines.* In a separate category called "dhimmitude," the report discusses the "general abuse, debasement, and suppression of non-Muslims as tolerated citizens." Such incidents were recorded in Egypt, India, Iran, Pakistan, Syria, Tunisia and Turkey.The widespread scope of incidents of persecution throughout the Muslim world ought to alarm Christians in the West. But for some reason, it doesn't. The Palestinians, whose goal is to eradicate the one Jewish state in the world, seem to generate more sympathy in Europe and America than the embattled Christians of the Third World.
All this took place in April of this year alone.Those who purport to care about human rights undermine their already shaky credibility when they ignore the far greater instances of abuse of Christians by Arabs
and Muslims while supporting the delegitimization of the one democracy in the Middle East as well as the one nation in the region that protects Christians.http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2012/05/18/who-is-really-persecuting-christians-muslim/
@ialmisryI thought you were going to say something on the 12 Egyptian Copts!
You don't seem to like Jews and Israel. You know what, the creation of the state of Israel is the best thing that happened in that part of the world for the past 1400 years. We Ethiopians love Jews and Israel!
On 21 May, Egypt's State Security Council sentenced 12 Christians to life in prison and acquitted eight Muslims. The Christians were found guilty of sowing public strife, possession of illegal weapons, and killing two Muslims in an April 2011 episode of violence that took place in Minya province, about 220 kilometers south of Cairo. The violence was spurred on after a Muslim bus driver became angry over a speed bump in front of a wealthy Christian's home. The bus driver got into an argument with security guards who then beat him up.After returning back to his village, Abu Qurqas, a group of Muslims gathered near an ultraconservative Islamist group's office to protest the beating. Christians nearby began to shoot at the crowd, killing two and injuring two, when they thought they were going to be attacked. Following the attack, Muslim villagers burnt down several Christian homes and businesses. The eight Muslims that were acquitted were charged with possession of illegal weapons and burning down Christian-owned homes and businesses.
Many rights groups criticized the verdict as being "unbelievable" and "extremely harsh" towards the Copts. All the Muslims defendants, "who torched at least 56 Coptic homes, as well as businesses and barns, were acquitted," said Wagdi Halfa, defense attorney of the Coptic victims, in an interview aired yesterday by Coptic TV Channel. He expressed his incomprehension at how Coptic lawyer Alaa Reda Roushdi, who was not even in Abou Qorqas during the events, and then kept under house arrest by the police for another three days, could get life imprisonment.Adel Roushdi, younger brother of Alaa Roushdi said during the same TV interview that the Islamists wanted to get rid of his brother because of the parliamentary elections, where his brother was sure to win. He accused the police chief in Abou Qorqas of planning the whole episode.
But, as it turned out, Maspero was not so much a turning point for Copts as it was an open wound, and one that Mossad says is still healing. Copts have suffered discrimination throughout hundreds of years of history in Egypt. Individual Copts have also been great Egyptian nationalists and leading thinkers, industrialists and artists who are frequently quick to point out that Muslims and Christians are like brothers in Egypt. It's a complex relationship – as fraught as any sibling rivalry. But what is clear as Egypt takes its first faltering steps toward electing a civilian president, is that a democracy and the constitution upon which it is based are defined in how the rights of minorities are protected. Today Copts are left wondering and worrying about their place in a new Egypt.
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Insane Courage, a quartet of teen musicians from southern Delaware, will film its first music video at Cowboy Up Saloon in Dover on Monday. The teens, who met while competing against each other, also need the help of other teens to get the video done.
It takes a certain amount of bravery for an artist to step onto a stage, stand in the spotlight and be judged. For a teenager, struggling with all the angst that adolescence brings, that spotlight can burn even brighter. But, for the four teens of Insane Courage, a young country music band whose name recalls the infinite wisdom of smart movie dialogue, the risk to reward ratio seems worth it.
Fourteen-year-old Sara Ann Garrison has been singing her whole life but it was a chance encounter at last year's Delaware State Fair Youth Talent Competition that brought the band members together.
"The boys competed as a band and Sara Ann was there as a soloist," said Angela Garrison, who does double duty as Sara Ann's mom and the band's manager. "Afterwards, on the way home, Sara Ann told me that she thought it would be so cool to be in a band with the boys."
It turns out the boys were thinking the same thing about her.
"Landon Jones, the guitarist, contacted Sara Ann later that same day to ask if she was looking for a guitarist, bassist and a drummer," said Angela Garrison. "Everything moved really quickly after that."
So, in August, Sara Ann and Jones spent a couple of weeks practicing together to see if it was worth getting everybody involved. The first practice session actually yielded the two their first original song, "Summer Life." By the end of the first week, they had hammered out their second song, "Waitin' on Love."
Two songs spurred on their confidence and they felt ready to work as a full band. Jones' other two bandmates, Sammy Price and Parker Sard, were brought into the practice sessions and by October, the band was committed to their first gig at SportZone in Smyrna.
But, bands that play gigs need a name. Sara Ann always performed under her own name as a soloist but the boys had been performing as Derailed. As a unit, they needed a name that fit them both.
"We were watching 'We Bought a Zoo' and there's this line that Matt Damon's character says, 'All you need is 20 seconds of insane courage and I promise you, something great will come of it," said Angela Garrison. "Sara Ann heard that and immediately related it to being on stage."
She explained the concept to Jones, who thought it was perfect. Finally, the band had a name and was ready to perform the 22 songs they were rehearsing in their practice sessions.
Inspiration doesn't only come from movies, though. The kids are also inspired by one another.
"When I saw her onstage, I couldn't believe she was close to my own age and I really liked her singing ability," said Jones. "Then, she won and if you can't beat them, have them join you, right?"
"My guitarist Landon inspires me to be a better singer every day," said Sara Ann. "He is so amazing at what he does that I want to strive to be as great as him."
Following their debut in Smyrna, the band has gone on to write four more original songs and they're getting booking requests.
But, since the first video aired on MTV in 1981, every band now has to have something visual to connect with their fans that will also garner them new fans. So, at 5 p.m., Monday, April 1, the band will film its first full length music video for the song, "Cowboy Up." The group will perform at Cowboy Up Saloon, in Dover, and have even invited kids the opportunity to be in the video as well.
"We need about 30 kids, boys and girls, to come and help us out with the line dancing scenes," said Angela Garrison. "Participation will only cost $5 per child and all the money will benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation."
The decision to donate to CCF wasn't arbitrary either. The band's drummer, Sammy Price, has cystic fibrosis.
"It was really important to all four kids to be able to have this charity aspect be a part of the event," said Angela Garrison.
Charity aside, the four kids are like other musicians and are excited about filming a video and performing for everybody afterwards. They all hope this is just the first step in a long country music career.
"I definitely want to be a famous country singer," said Sara Ann. "I get a lot of inspiration from singers like Carrie Underwood, Martina McBride and Miranda Lambert."
Jones, who is mostly self-taught except for two private theory lessons with Tommy Alderson, the guitar tech for Deep Purple's Steve Morse, would be happy performing anywhere.
"Music inspires me," said Jones. "I could see myself playing gigs locally in Delaware."
And, for everyone who comes by to participate or see the show afterwards, the band will also be selling a four-song CD for $5 that includes video's title song, "Cowboy Up."
The rest of April features a jam-packed schedule of gigs. On Saturday, April 6, the band will perform at a Down Syndrome Association benefit in Smyrna followed by a performance at The Green Stinger for Family Fun Day on Sunday, April 14. Then, on Saturday, April 20, the kids will hit the stage at the Harrington Moose Lodge. Finally, the band will close out April with a show at the Rehoboth Ale House in Rehoboth Beach.
For more information about the band or its future engagements, visit www.facebook.com/insanecourageband.
WHAT Insane Courage music videoWHERE Cowboy Up, 1036 Lafferty Lane, DoverWHEN 5 p.m., Monday, April 1COST $5INFO (302) 264-9322, firstname.lastname@example.com