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new development in Oude-Tonge
|Woongoed GO i.s.m. CuraMare
|Gert Jan Knevel
|project team:
|Stan Korthagen, Willem Jan de Hek, Stephan Schülecke, John C. van de Weg, Dirk Jan Schaap, Loran Kampen, Sven Willems, XiaoBin Chi, Jaques van Adrichem, Ninja Zurheide, Kirsten Dijkgraaf
|CuraMare/Ebbe en Vloed, Gemiva-SVG Groep, Careyn, Centrum voor Jeugd en Gezin, Fysiotherapie Koese
|Oostelbos Van den Berg
|Ingenieursbureau IOB (structure); Wolf en Dikken (M&E)
|Heijmans Woningbouw (architectural); Spindler Installatietechniek (M&E)
|'t Getij 3, Oude-Tonge
|plot size:
|15.560 m²
|floor area:
|14.270 m²
|47.030 m³
|start design:
|March 2008
|start construction:
|May 2011
|June 2013
The theme of the relation between security of one's own world and the insecurity of the surrounding community has earlier on been researched by Knevel Architecten. The research on a health care center can be divided into three living environments:
- Security in one's own world, the familiar home
- Protection from the immediate vicinity, the health care center
- Dangers from the outside world, the neighbourhood and village
The design aims at making the resident feel just as familiar with his or her appartment as with the shared spaces in the complex and even on a broader scale with the surrounding public space. The main idea comes therefore out of diffusing the threshholds between these scales and in turn making them transgress into one another. In translating this to the built environment the themes, borders and transitions are used.
Of course it is expected privacy and security, but at the same time also a vibrant living environment is required. This has been established by implementing patios, exterior corridors and wide hallways where people can meet each other and activities can be stimulated. The group living units are therefore placed on one level on the first floor, bringing the inhabitants together in an outside space and let them at the same time walk around in a sheltered environment.
The small scale group living units are succesfull, considering the fact that residents who never left their apartments before, now go outside and never will get lost. Now residents get more attention, help and look after eachother more.
Within the center of the village the complex forms a center by bundeling up functions. The public functions are divided up into two main parts of the building that are connected to the square. The restaurant, surrounded by the the healthcare facilities, is accessible from the square. This space forms the heart of the complex. A multitude of spatial relationships is established both vertical and horizontal. These invite surrounding inhabitants and residents to participate in social activities. The carefull arrangement of scale, atmospheres, functions, borders and transitions plays a big role in guarantying the safety and security of individual residents and at the same time expanding the living environment.
- 58 independent apartements with care
- 7 group residences for elderly with psychogeriatric problems
- 12 hotel rooms with care
- 20 apartments for people with a mental or physical disability
- consultation office 0 – 4 years
- office homecare organisation
- physiotherapy practice
- facilities: restaurant, daycare, hairdresser, shop, quiet centre
healt care concept
In this multifunctional healthcare center an array of activities are introduced, resulting in more active participation in society of the elderly and disabled residents. A strong collaboration between different healthcare groups has resulted in different initiatives and developments. For instance the fact that each facility makes use of each others service, for instance the Gemiva- SVG groep (people with a mental handycap) who help in the restaurant of CuraMare or in maintaining the garden. This generates a synergy between all parties.
Translating this into the built environment, borders and transitions have been used as themes. The design is characterized by 4 types of borders:
- Hard and linear: environments with sharp borders
- Hard and meandering: environments transgressing each other, without intermingling
- Zone: intermingling environments connected by an intermediate zone
- Gradient: environments with a gradual transition into an other one, the theme of transition is used in every scale.
The challenge lies in transforming the typology of the healthcare center into a complex that is fully integrated in the neighbourhood by using a big front door. This is achieved by designing three buildings round the urban street pattern. The streets of the neighbourhood are extrapolated resulting in a blurring of the borders between the building complex and the public space. A green area connects the healthcare center to the landscape.
The landscape stretches deep into the building, cutting up the seperate building volumes with patios (green transition).
The patios break up the scale of the building volumes and establish spatial relationships between inside and outside. The patios contain secondary entrances weaving the logistics in to the surroundings. The combination of different types of living areas and facilities reinforces the social cohesion within the building.


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Arena - Galaxy Head Coach
On his team having a good game against Seattle
"The first half was pretty even. We got an important goal. The second half our team played really well."
On the Sounders plan to stop Edson Buddle
"Edson Buddle had a great game, I thought. He doesn't need to score goals all the time as a forward. He helps create goals and scoring opportunities. He held onto the ball well tonight. Landon [Donovan] and Edson played really well tonight by any way you evaluate performances."
On Landon Donovan and Edson Buddle playing together for the U.S. National Team
"That is not my choice. I have a different job than that."
On his team playing better than today
"This is one of those games where everything goes your way. Hopefully we are going to play better games and we will get better. We have to get better. We are only eight games and there is a lot of season left to play."
On his team's defense
"We played very well at that end of the field. [Donovan] Ricketts is outstanding."
Landon Donovan - Galaxy Forward
On the team improving as the season progresses
"We can play better. If we were playing better later in the game we could have scored five or six goals. You never want to take your foot off the gas. If it's the other way, teams can make mistakes."
On when the team was able to take control of the match
"We know we were the better team and we wanted to be aggressive and not let them dictate the game. They had the ball in the first half and our back line did a great job. When we had chances to score, we were ruthless."
On teams focusing on stopping Edson Buddle
"Our team is really good. A lot of attention is being placed on him and everyone else is doing a lot of things right to put him in that position. Today, he did a lot of things to get other people in the right position."
On Edson Buddle proving himself to gain a spot on the U.S. National Team
"Yes, absolutely."
Edson Buddle - Galaxy Forward
On creating opportunities for his teammates to score
"I knew it was going to be a physical match for myself and us. We were aware of the Sounders tendencies and it was up to me to find the runners coming through."
On having his teammates take the lead and score
"I never plan it that way. It just so happened this year I have been able to get on the score sheet early. It just so happened that guys were able to score and we had a good result here in Seattle."
On being nervous about possible call up to the National Team
"Not really. My focus is on playing here on Monday."
Sigi Schmid - Sounders FC Head Coach
General Comments
"Got beat and got beat solidly. Not the kind of game you want to ever repeat again."
On allowing four goals
"The first goal you don't expect a keeper like Keller to have that happen, but sometimes it does. The second goal was a good goal. Our marking could have been better but I thought we were tight and he put it in the corner. The third goal was inexcusable. It skipped past two guys. You have to not hope that someone else will do what you're supposed to. On the fourth goal we were ducks in a shooting gallery."
On moving forward from this loss
"It's not time to panic but it's time for some people to wake up and for character to step forward. When you're down two, three or four to nothing, you have to step up. Some guys we've asked to step up and it hasn't happened so changes are forthcoming. You have to play with energy. We let them control the game. We had to speed it up and no one on our side made that happen. We got hammered on the field and they should feel hammered in the locker room. They need to go inside and find their reaction and their inner core."
On offside calls
"A couple times we got called because guys were lazy coming back. A couple offsides weren't offsides - bad calls by the linesmen. A couple of them the ball was played too late. I thought we were inches off breaking them down in the first half. Then we came out and gave up the second goal seven minutes into the second half and a horrendous third goal. It's embarrassing."
On lack of offense
"Close to creating things but not creating things. We need guys that will give up their body in the box. We don't need six playmakers. We need guys who can score. We need more movement, harder running."
On loss of Osvaldo Alonso to injury
"I thought [Nathan] Sturgis did fine. I don't think that having Ozzy would have had an impact on the second or third goal."
On team's effort
"They have to believe in themselves and learn how to transfer that belief into effort. Not pleased with the effort when we were three goals down. Have to show character and say if we're going down, go down swinging and get a couple goals. Some had that attitude and some phoned it in."
On worst loss as Sounders FC head coach
"It is the toughest loss. Remind me to never wear a sport jacket again. It was the first time I've worn one and it will be the last time. When I was with the Galaxy, we took a few shellackings along the way. Sometimes something like this is good because when you get your rear end handed to you, people are a little more attentive to what you're telling them."
On competition for spots
"We compete for spots every week. I've given some guys a longer leash than others. That leash just tore today."
Kasey Keller - Sounders FC Goalkeeper
General comments
"I made a mistake and we went a goal down and we weren't able to recover from that. It's one of the tough things about goalkeeping. I thought we were doing OK. We had a goal that was called offside and it wasn't so that added to the frustration."
On team's effort in second half
"I didn't think that heads were down. Guys were disappointed, sure, but I didn't get the vibe that we were going to come out and perform the way we did."
On Galaxy's first goal
"It swirled on me, but the ball swirls every time it comes at you so there's no excuse. It moved and I didn't react in time."
On moving forward from this loss
"I hope we wake up and get better. There are some good characters on this team and I don't see any reason why we can't bounce back. I remember a year in the Premiere League when Man U lost 5-0 and came back and won the title. So it's not the end of the world."
Freddie Ljungberg - Sounders FC Midfielder/Forward
On mistakes
"We've made mistakes and we continue to make mistakes. They were constantly under attack and we made mistakes. That's something that we have to stop doing. In soccer, most goals are made on mistakes. So that's something we have to cut out to win games."
On team's effort
"In any team that will happen when the game gets that embarrassing. If it's within one point, people will still fight. But more than that, it's hard to stay engaged."
Miguel Montaño - Sounders FC Forward
On how he played
"I feel really good. I went into the field with a lot of enthusiasm. I think it was noted. I feel really good. I try really hard. It was my first game in MLS and with the Sounders and I felt very good about it. I tried to do my best but of course the result didn't come with us so I hope that for next game we will do better. That was disappointing for me."
On entering game down three goals
"Yes, I knew that we were down but I still entered the field with a lot of enthusiasm and we needed a goal - attack, attack, attack. I was doing my best to do that. Now we know that we need to do it better. We need the wins and we are going to try for that."
On earning more playing time
"It's not just about the game that we had today. I know that I have to keep working day-by-day to keep earning my position and I 'm going to keep working in that direction."
• With the win, the Galaxy are now 7-0-1 on the season, giving
them 22 points. They remain alone in first place in the Western
Conference and are now 12 points ahead of second place Chivas USA,
Colorado and Houston.
• LA is now seven points ahead of the Eastern Conference leading New York Red Bulls for the best record in MLS. The Red Bulls are 5-1-0 for 15 points.
• The Galaxy did not get their 19th point of the 2009 season until a 1-0 win over Chivas USA on July 11.
• Bruce Arena made three changes to the team that defeated Colorado 1-0 on Wednesday night, bringing in Bryan Jordan, Jovan Kirovski and Chris Klein for their first starts of the season. They replaced A.J. DeLaGarza, who missed the game because of back spasms, Juninho and Alan Gordon.
• In addition to DeLaGarza, the Galaxy were without Sean Franklin, Dema Kovalenko, Leonardo and Eddie Lewis.
• Mike Magee was back in the 18-man squad for the first time since April 24 but did not play. He had missed the last two games with a hip injury.
• All four players who scored for the Galaxy recorded their first goal of the season.
• Landon Donovan set a new career-high with three assists in the game. He also scored a goal, snapping a seven game scoreless streak.
• Jovan Kirovski scored his first goal of the season in the 22nd minute, beating Kasey Keller for his first goal since August 8, 2009.
• The Galaxy scored the game's first goal for the seventh time this season. LA is 7-0-0 in those games.
• The Galaxy led at halftime 1-0 for their sixth halftime lead in eight games this season. They are 6-0-0 in those games.
• Omar Gonzlaez's goal in the 52nd minute was the second of his MLS career and his first since April 4, 2009.
• Todd Dunivant's goal in the 57th minute was the fifth of his MLS career. He last scored on June 28, 2009 in a 1-0 win over Houston. His teams are now 4-0-1 when he scores a goal and have outscored their opponents 15-3 in those games.
• Landon Donovan rounded out the scoring with his first goal of the season in the 67th minute.
• Donovan did not score until his eighth game of the season, the longest it has ever-taken him to score at the start of the season.
• Edson Buddle assisted on Donovan's goal after Donovan had assisted on six of Buddle's nine goals.
• Goalkeeper Donovan Ricketts made a season-high seven saves in the game for LA to keep his sixth shutout in eight games this season. Ricketts has allowed just two goals in 720 minutes for a league-best 0.25 goals against average.
• The win was the Galaxy's first-ever win against Seattle in MLS competition after going 0-1-1 against them last season.
• Tristan Bowen was booked in the 64th minute, just one minute after entering the game. That was the first yellow card of his MLS career.
• The attendance for today's game was 36,273.
• The Galaxy are back in action next Saturday night when they take on Toronto FC at The Home Depot Center. The game kicks off at 7:30 p.m. and can be seen live on FOX Sports West. AM 570 and ESPN Deportes Radio 1330 AM will broadcast the game live on the radio in English and Spanish respectively, starting with their pregame shows at 7 p.m.
• For more about today's game, please visit www.lagalaxy.com.

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U.S. envoy in Egypt holds talks with rival sides
CAIRO Egypt's Interior Ministry warned supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi on Saturday for a second time to abandon their protest camps as a senior U.S. diplomat met with officials on both sides of the country's political divide.
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns extended his visit to Cairo by one day so he could meet military leader Gen. Abdel-Fatah el-Sissi and the country's prime minister on Sunday, an Egyptian Foreign Ministry official said. A member of the pro-Morsi delegation that met Saturday with Burns said the four delegates also would meet again with the U.S. diplomat on Sunday for more talks.
At the core of talks is the political future of the Muslim Brotherhood and its Islamist allies following the July 3 coup that ousted Morsi, the country's first freely elected president. The military coup, which followed several days of mass protests by millions of Egyptians demanding his ouster, also led to the dissolution of the Islamist-dominated parliament and the suspension of an Islamist-drafted constitution.
- Mohammed Morsi's supporters defiantly set up new Egypt protest camp
- Crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood intensifies in Egypt
- Morsi supporters defy police warnings to disperse
The Brotherhood says it is looking for concessions before beginning talks with their rivals. Such measures could include releasing detained Brotherhood leaders, unfreezing the group's assets, lifting a ban on its television stations and reigning in the use of force against its protesters.
Tarek el-Malt, who met with Burns and is a member of the Brotherhood-allied Wasat Party, said the delegation insisted that any initiatives for a way out of the crisis must center on the 2012 constitution being restored.
"Morsi would return to power in all cases," he told The Associated Press. "Whether he spends his full term in office or delegates his power to a national Cabinet is up for discussion."
However, Burns and others have signaled that the West has moved on from Morsi's presidency. Washington and others are foremost seeking stability in the Arab world's most populous nation, and have called for the Brotherhood's participation in the transition as a way to achieve national reconciliation.
The trip by Burns, his second to Cairo since the coup, comes amid heighted fears of more bloodshed after more than 80 Morsi supporters were killed in clashes with police a week ago. More than 280 people have been killed nationwide in political violence since Morsi's removal.
America's No. 2 diplomat also held talks Saturday with interim Egyptian President Adly Mansour and Vice President Mohamed ElBaradei, as did the European Union's special envoy, Bernardino Leon.
Nevine Malak, who attended the same meeting with Burns as el-Malt as part of a delegation representing those against the coup, said the session was mainly for "listening." She said the group, which includes two members of the Brotherhood's political wing, would meet Burns again on Sunday.
"Any solution or any initiative must include the return of the (suspended) constitution," she told the AP. "We don't ignore the fact that there were masses that took to the streets, but we don't ignore either that what happened was a coup against legitimacy."
Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy also met Burns and said Egyptian officials have made clear to their Western counterparts "there is no moving back." Fahmy also said the transitional roadmap adopted by the country's military-backed interim leaders is open to the Brotherhood for participation.
"There have been contacts between different figures, be they in government directly or indirectly, and those among the Brotherhood's leaders," Fahmy told journalists. He declined to describe those discussions as "negotiations."
Fahmy, who served as Cairo's ambassador to Washington under autocrat Hosni Mubarak, also said that key to the U.S. is "their interests in the region."
"I think they do that by assessing who's in power, who's not in power ... and how to deal with that situation given what their interests are," he said.
While Egyptian authorities say the political sphere is open to Morsi's allies, they are simultaneously outlining plans to break up the two main sit-ins where thousands of protesters still rally daily for Morsi's return to power. Authorities plan to set up a cordon around the sites while offering "safe passage" to those willing to leave.
In televised remarks Saturday, Interior Ministry spokesman Hany Abdel-Latif urged Morsi's supporters to end their protests, saying it would help the Brotherhood's return to Egypt's political process. He repeated the offer from the ministry, which is in charge of police, to give a safe exit to those who abandon the sit-ins.
Meanwhile, Al Qaeda's leader Ayman al-Zawahri condemned Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood in a message for having "tried its best to satisfy America and the secularists." He said that democracy is allowed only for those who agree to "be a slave for the West's ideology, action, policy and economy." The message's authenticity could not be independently confirmed but was posted on a militant website late Friday commonly used by al Qaeda.


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Thank you all, all of you, for 2008. I could not have envisioned a better year if I had been able to plan it all out for myself in advance.
I have tried putting a year-end thank-you to verse, but it was all just too trite and nasty, not representative of the deep gratitude I feel toward so many of you. So, consider yourselves the ones who left Cuttlefish speechless. And instead, I'll just post a few pictures for you. None are remarkable for any reason other than that I took them. I was there. Finally. And some of you reading know that I could not have done that without you. So… completely inadequately… thank you.
So very much.
And have a great 2009!
I just realized that an unusually substantial number of my memorable moments of 2008 occurred in Hotels. Not that unusual, given the amount of time spent living in them this year, but still… so if you are one of the people who crossed paths with me in a Hotel, consider yourself doubly thanked. New York, Chicago, Sofia, Bourgas, Thessaloniki, Delphi, and especially Athens. And I am sure I am forgetting some. I love you all.
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Chicago (not my favorite view, but the best I have a pic of):
A close-up of a Greek vase…
My favorite statue:
I love this shot–a column from the Athens agora:
The back view of the Parthenon. No photo will ever do it justice.
A simple pot… but it was the casket for an infant. I can't imagine being the parent… or the person who found it.
The size of these columns simply does not come across in photos.
The changing of the guards in Athens. A beautiful ceremony–of course, in the past few weeks there have been protests here.
The theatre at Epidaurus. Acoustically perfect; I could hear every word spoken from where I took this pic. Standing where the speaker is standing, it sounds like you are in your own bathtub. You hear yourself perfectly. An amazing place.
Nafplion. I can't do it justice, so I will just post one image. The water is bluer, the mountain is higher, the everything is everythinger…
I think I'll cut this short here–I took (literally) thousands of photos, but I suspect evil spirits will prohibit me from posting all of them on this post. More later… or perhaps sooner, one never knows. These shots are reduced in quality, but some of them (I don't think any of this post's) I use as desktop images in their higher resolutions. Anyone who wants anything here in hi-rez, just ask.


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Liberty News
Seminary students aid Baltimore church outreach
A trailer from Liberty University arrived at Seventh Metro Church in Baltimore, Md., earlier this month — with a party in tow.
Well, all the makings of a party, that is.
A team of 44 students from Liberty University Baptist Theological Seminary arrived at the church on Friday, June 6, ready to unpack snow cone and popcorn machines, sound equipment, tents, tables, a bounce house, and games for a party held the following day.
The party was part of Crossover, an annual evangelistic outreach that takes place the weekend prior to the annual Southern Baptist Convention in the city where the convention is held. It attracted 700 people from the downtown Baltimore area. Students interacted with community members, served food, painted children's faces, helped children with arts and crafts, and played basketball and other games. College students and members of Southern Baptist churches came from all over the country to participate in outreach events held throughout the city.
Liberty's Center for Ministry Training (CMT) organized the trip for the seminary students, using supplies from its block party ministry.
Guests were not only treated to tasty treats and fun games, but were presented with the Gospel message.
Seminary student Vince Valeriano, who coordinated the trip, said partnering with the local church through these "servant evangelism events" is one way that Liberty students are learning hands-on ministry.
"The pastor (at Seventh Metro Church) told me we were a huge blessing," he said. "It was really awesome seeing believers who were complete strangers before this event coming together as the body of Christ to humbly assist others in the mission given to us by Jesus."
Valeriano said he was proud of Liberty's team. Some of them traveled from campus and some came from their homes — one as far as Massachusetts — for the one-day event.
"Everyone who showed up had a servant's heart; they were always asking if they could do more. It was inspiring to see our Liberty Seminary students going out of their way to encourage the people of the community with the message of God's love and His gospel," Valeriano said.
The church connected with 20 people who made professions of faith at the event, and hundreds more left their contact information. Many guests indicated they wanted to visit the church again.
The CMT regularly partners with local churches and other ministries in hosting block parties and sports evangelism events throughout the year at sites across Virginia and in other states along the East Coast. The mission of the CMT is to create ministry opportunities and cultivate a ministry consciousness at Liberty, not just for those seeking to become vocational pastors or church planters, but so all students can learn to be intentional and missional Christ followers.
"We train Champions for Christ by providing all students at Liberty with practical ministry training and opportunities so that they can be equipped for ministry in all spheres of life when they leave Liberty," said Dr. David Wheeler, CMT director. "Our ultimate purpose is to train up all Liberty University students to become multiplying disciple makers and church leaders who are missional Christ followers who desire to fulfill the Great Commission in every area of life, regardless of their vocation."


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§13d. Limits on use of appropriated funds by Bureau for general or other welfare assistance
After September 30, 1985, no part of any appropriation (except trust funds) to the Bureau of Indian Affairs may be used directly or by contract for general or other welfare assistance (except child welfare assistance) payments (1) for other than essential needs (specifically identified in regulations of the Secretary or in regulations of the State public welfare agency pursuant to the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 301 et seq.] adopted by reference in the Secretary's regulations) which could not be reasonably expected to be met from financial resources or income (including funds held in trust) available to the recipient individual which are not exempted under law from consideration in determining eligibility for or the amount of Federal financial assistance or (2) for individuals who are eligible for general public welfare assistance available from a State except to the extent the Secretary of the Interior determines that such payments are required under sections 6(b)(2), 6(i), and 9(b) of the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act of 1980 (
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Annual. With such magnificent clusters of rich, red, and edible flowers, this variety is predominantly used as a flowering screen, vine, or fence cover. Little known is that this runner bean has an extremely rich, sweet flavor when picked young; can be shelled for green or dried beans when pods mature.
This packet sows one large teepee, or one five-foot row. Instructions inside packet on how to build a bean teepee.
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When to sow outside: RECOMMENDED. 1 to 2 weeks after average last frost, and when soil temperature is 70°-80°F. Successive Sowings: Every 7 to 14 days up to 90 days before first fall frost. NOTE: In very hot summer areas, sow as recommended above but skip the heat of summer as daytime temperatures consistently above 90°F will cause bean flowers to drop off (no bean formation).
When to start inside: Not recommended.
Harvesting: If harvested as a snap bean, harvest runner beans very young. They are ready to pick when the pod "snaps" or breaks in half cleanly This is when seeds have just begun to form and the pods are 4" - 6" long. Hold stem with one hand and the pod with the other hand to avoid pulling off branches which may continue to produce. At season's end, plants are great compost material if not diseased.
Artist: Eve Reshetnik
Item #0244
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ESPN suspended Tony Kornheiser indefinitely after last week's remarks about Hannah Storm's outfit on "Sportscenter," the Huffington Post reported.
The rant on "The Tony Kornheiser Show" on ESPN980 followed Storm's Feb. 16 "Sportscenter" appearance.
"Hannah Storm in a horrifying, horrifying outfit today. She's got on red go-go boots and a catholic school plaid skirt ... way too short for somebody in her 40s or maybe early 50s by now...She's got on her typically very, very tight shirt. She looks like she has sausage casing wrapping around her upper body ... I know she's very good, and I'm not supposed to be critical of ESPN people, so I won't ... but Hannah Storm ... come on now! Stop! What are you doing? ... She's what I would call a Holden Caulfield fantasy at this point."
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The former Washington Post columnist will be suspended "for some time" from "Pardon the Interruption," the show he co-hosts with Michael Wilbon, ESPN said.
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A few months ago driving through Teays Valley on a Friday evening just hoping something different would jump out at us for dinner, my husband and I discovered this little gem. Nestled in a small building on Hospital Drive just off of Rt. 34, you really wouldn't notice this place if not for the huge smoker out front and with the smoke rolling out of it. Then there's the smell. ..I love the smell of dead animal cooking on a wood fire. Barnyard smokes all the meat right there in the front of the building.
We walked in to a surprisingly-crowded place with the décor to match its name. Rough wood floors and walls are throughout making it appear barn-like. We were seated immediately in the main dining area at the only empty table left. Barnyard BBQ has a bar in the main dining room with a couple of TVs and sells a large selection of beers, but no other alcohol.
We ordered the fried pickles for an appetizer. Unlike Susan, I love pickles, all shapes, sizes and flavors. Barnyard makes theirs from scratch. They were very good.
One of that night's specials was fried chicken livers, cooked to order, with two sides. My husband ordered them because he is a sucker for liver. Blech!!! I'm like Fonzie when it comes to liver. (Anyone remember that about him on Happy Days?) I'm here for barbeque so bring on the meat! I ordered the combo plate with pulled pork, pulled beef brisket and smoked chicken. I chose onion rings and sautéed green beans as my sides. All meals also come with a corn fritter.
Portions are huge. I got a good amount of the pork and beef and ¼ (leg and thigh) of a chicken. The pork and beef had some of Barnyard's homemade BBQ sauce drizzled over them. All three meats had a great smoky flavor, were very tender and very good. On the table were three sauces, all made in-house, sweet tangy heat Memphis-style, vinegar-based North Carolina-style and a mustard-based sauce. I love NC-style sauce so I used some of it combined with the Memphis-style. Yum! My onion rings were the frozen kind, but still good, and the green beans weren't your typical southern style beans. They were sautéed and flavored nicely. Husband liked his chicken livers, mashed potatoes and green beans.
I recently had a craving for BBQ so we made a second visit. This time I got the two-meat combo of pulled pork and beef with cole slaw, macaroni and cheese and a fritter. One thing to note also is that all of Barnyards sides are homemade except for the onion rings and French fries. Other sides include red skin potato salad, macaroni salad and baked beans. This time Husband ordered ½ rack of baby back ribs with baked beans and potato salad.
My pork and beef were just as good as the first time and the mac and cheese was to die for. The cole slaw, however, wasn't so much. It was super finely shredded, too watery and without much flavor. The ½ rack of ribs was a good size and very meaty. The smoky flavor was really evident too, which I love. I also tried the beans and potato salad. Both were really good. I don't even like potato salad, but I would consider ordering it here.
This time, against my full belly's recommendation to pass, we ordered dessert. Desserts are also homemade. On our first visit we heard other diners talk about how good the bread pudding was, but they were out of it that night so we didn't get an opportunity to try it. This time we were in luck. "WOW!" is all I can say about it. It was warm and gooey and tasted like a cinnamon roll right out of the oven. Topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, this dessert was heavenly.
Barnyard BBQ opened as a full-service restaurant late last year. They'd done only catering before and now do both. It is the only place of its kind in the area that I know of since Smokey's and Smokey Bones closed. It ranks right up there with all the other BBQ joints I've tried here and in other states. I give it FOUR FORKS.Barnyard BBQ 1101 Hospital Drive
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Off the Air With Jeremy: Manly Pedi?
Yesterday I did several things that have resulted in a lot of grief for me in the past 48 hours. Last night, tons of people called in, texted and emailed about my on-air revelation.
I did something I have never done -- I got my back waxed. That's not all ... I also got a manicure and pedicure. My question is for you ladies: Is it bad if a guy gets a maniure/pedicure and a back wax? Would you prefer your man clean and taken care of, or would you prefer your man like the naturally hairy creature he is? I really need to know, so sound off in the comments below!
Maybe next time I should just keep this kind of thing to myself, huh?
Jeremy Robinson is the host of Taste of Country Nights, a syndicated radio show that airs on 41 stations across the United States on weeknights. Radio has been his life since the age of nine, when he "hosted" a show out of his bedroom. After almost 16 years on the air, country music isn't just his job — it's also his passion.


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14-Inning Affair in Philadelphia (5/1/2011)
On Sunday, May 1, 2011, Tim and I set off for Philadelphia and our first non-doubleheader game of the season. Just like last May 1st, the Phillies would be taking on their division rivals, the New York Mets. Unlike last season, this game was a night game. In fact, it was the ESPN Sunday night game.
We arrived before the gates opened. But there was a problem: we were staring down 2.5 hours of batting practice, but while still in the parking lot we discovered that both Tim and I forgot to pack our gloves. Oh, no!
But on this date, baseball gloves were not necessary. With five lifetime baseball at Citizens Bank Park, we were about to have an unprecedented day.
Immediately upon entering the stadium, he headed to the LF corner and ran into former-Mariner, Raul Ibanez:
Raul gave us props for our Mariners shirts, and then tossed us a baseball.
Thanks, Rauuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuulll!!!
After a few minutes, we abandoned LF and headed to the Phillies Hall of Fame area behind the batters eye. We checked out the empty bullpens (and noticed a Phillies BP baseball down below in the entrance way to the bullpen area), peered around the batters eye to watch some BP…
…, and checked out the various displays that teach you how to grip the baseball to throw different pitches.
While behind the batters eye, they opened up the rest of the stadium. So Tim and I headed to the corner spot in RCF (section 101, row 1, seat 1). There is some extra space in the corner pasted seat 1, Tim literally "hung out" there:
Phillies back-up catcher, Dane Sardinha, was shagging baseballs right in front of us. While we were trying to figure out who in the world Sardinha was, Antonio Bastardo ran down a fly ball in straight away CF and then tossed us our second baseball of the day:
It was our second baseball, and I barehanded it just fine.
The Phillies' "Four Aces" (minus the day's starting pitcher, Cliff Lee) were hanging out in front of Section 103…
…and Roy Oswalt was doing all of the shagging.
At one point, this groundskeeper walked by…
…and grabbed that baseball out of the bullpen entrance way. He walked over toward us (by the way, RF was filling up, but for some reason, not a single person joined us in section 101), and tossed the baseball up to us. Amazingly, without any gloves that was our third baseball of the day, in all of the games we'd attended with glove-on-hand, we'd never got three baseballs at a Phillies game before.
Eventually, the Phillies vacated the field and the Mets started taking their hacks. Mets third baseman, David Wright, was putting on a show. He jacked homer after homer into the bushes behind the CF fence. In fact, we watched so many baseballs fly into the bushes, Tim found this little birdie in the bushes:
Tim started telling me all about this birdie and his life and family.
By the way, this was our view of Citizens Bank Park from section 101, row 1, seat 1:
While hanging out in the corner spot, there was one close call with a BP homerun. Some unidentified Mets batter hit a homerun directly over our heads. It sailed about 5 feet over our heads. In seat 1 of section 101, there is no second row and it was not possible to back up to try to bare hand the homer. It sailed into the Phillies bullpen, bounced off of the back wall, and came to rest in the middle of the bullpen grass.
A little bit after 7:30, Cliff Lee headed out to the bullpen flanked by pitching coach Rich Dubee and bullpen catcher Jesus Tiamo:
As Lee started stretching, Dubee headed into the bullpen and grabbed some baseballs out of the baseball bag. Tim asked Dubee if he could have a baseball. Dubee motioned/shrugged as if to say, "sorry, we need these baseballs to warm up Cliff Lee" (it was a highly communicative shrug). Dubee made eye contact with me and I pointed toward that Mets homerun ball that had flown over our heads. Dubee nodded as if to say, "yep, that one is all yours." He then called to Tiamo and pointed to the Mets homerun baseball and then to Tim, "Give it to that little boy."
After Tiamo carried out Dubee's instructions, I snapped this picture of the two coaches:
After Tiamo tossed us the baseball, Tim and I headed to the speed pitch:
The fastest of Tim's three pitches clocked in at 26 blazin' fast miles per hour. He loved the speed pitch. On his way out, they handed him a ticket (everyone gets one). He was sure it was some sort of award for pitching so far. We wrote "26 M.P.H." on the back so he'd remember how fast he tossed the baseball.
Just outside the speed pitch, Tim posed for this picture with the Tiamo-Dubee-Mets-homerun baseball in front of the Liberty Bell Citizens Bank Park sign:
And then it was game time. On our way through the concourse, we stopped for some nachos and then reported to our seats in Section 140, Section 8, Seats 1-2:
As you can see, Row 8 is really the second row of Section 140. We got these tickets on stubhub and I really loved them. Great seats. Highly recommended.
It was a great pitching match-up for this game: Cliff Lee vs. Chris Young. Both pitchers were on their game.
After Jimmy Rollins drew a walk in the bottom of the first, Ryan Howard came to the plate ready to get the Phils offense going…
…, but, unfortunately for the Phils, J-Roll got picked off to end the inning:
The two leftfielders both had Northwest connections — Two-time former-Mariner Raul Ibanez for the Phillies and British Columbian and Gonzaga Bulldog Jason Bay for the Mets:
Ronny Paulino led off the second inning with his first hit as a New York Met, a line drive single to center. But he was left on base when Jose Reyes…
…flew out to Ibanez to end the inning. Now, Reyes, there is a guy the Philadelphia fans really seem to dislike.
During the break in the action, Tim posed with his Raul Ibanez baseball and the Citizens Bank Park sign:
And for good measure, he posed with his vanilla cookies and the field:
After eating a pack and a half of these tasty vanilla cookies, Tim declared himself too sugared up to get ice cream!
During the game, Tim spent a bunch of time agonizing over his All-Star picks:
The game was 0-0 through the first four innings. Then, with two outs in the top of the fifth inning, David Wright (another guy who Philadelphians really seem to dislike) hit a single and then scored the first run of the day on Carlos Beltran's RBI double.
Between the top and bottom of the fifth, Tim and I ran over to section 138 so Tim could get his picture with Emily, the Phillies ballgirl:
And while we were at it, he got a personalized autograph on Emily's ballgirl card…
…, which Tim put in his baseball card album along-side his Ichiro, Griffey and other MLB baseball cards. When we got back to our seats, Tim showed his autographed card to all of our seat neighbors.
Between innings (not sure which innings), the Phanatic was ripping his way around the ballpark on his four-wheeler. I got this cool picture where the Phanatic is in focus and pretty much everything else is blurred a little:
We'd get up close to the Phanatic later in the game.
He was giving up some hits, but Cliff Lee…
…was pitching quite effectively. The only problem for the Phillies was that Chris Young was pitching just as effectively, if not more so.
After a lot of work and careful consideration, Tim finished his All-Star ballot:
Still training 1-0, the Phillies missed an opportunity in the bottom of the seventh when Ryan Howard was left on base. The inning ended in a bizarre fashion. With Howard on 3B and Ben Francisco on 2B, Phillies catcher Brian Schneider seemingly checked his swing to work a full-count with two outs. Finally, about 5 full seconds after the pitch, home plate umpire Jim Wolfe checked with his colleague over at 3B and Schneider was rung up.
It was the most delayed strike out call that I have ever seen.
And it was followed by the quickest ejection call I've ever seen.
Charlie Manuel came charging out of the Phillies dugout to argue with 3B umpire Lance Barksdale, I don't think Charlie had even reached the pitchers' mound when Barksdale tossed him from the game. Charlie continued on his way to Barksdale and got his money's worth out of the argument:
In the top of the eighth, a Mets leftie (I think Ike Davis) hit a foul ball that skipped around in the crowd before being grabbed by a lady within 10 feet of our seats. Here is a picture featuring my shoe for perspective:
I'm sitting in my seat, and the foul ball was secured by the lady in the red hat three seats down from "Lee" (i.e., Lee, Manuel, Victorino, foul ball lady).
Right around this time, something odd happened. I got a text from Avi Miller:
"In case they didn't tell you at Phils game: Obama making announcement tonight unscheduled. Related to national security."
Then a second text:
"Was supposed to be 10:30, but they're still setting up so it could be any minute. Speculation is it could involve anything like Gadhafi, Osama [bin Laden], or even Libya in general. Who knows. Has to be big to do a Sunday night sudden announcement."
Then a third text:
"Multiple sources saying Osama is dead and in US control. Will let you know. Obama hasn't spoken yet, but that's what all the news sources are saying."
While I was exchanging texts with Avi, fans all around the stadium were apparently receiving similar texts from their friends and family. What an odd place to be, I thought, to learn big international news like this.
Meanwhile, life and the game went on.
It was getting late in the game and the Phils were down 1-0. I was thinking about relocating over by the 3B dugout soon so we could try to get our first ever umpire baseball at Citizens Bank Park. First, I needed a picture of us in our seats. A guy sitting behind us was happy to help:
Then in the bottom of the eighth, things got interesting. The Phillies tied it up 1-1 when John Mayberry, Jr. scored…
…on an RBI single by Ryan Howard.
Then things go really interesting. It started in LF, but soon the whole stadium was chanting "USA! USA! USA!" I missed most of the best and loudest chanting, but I was able to capture a few seconds of it:
Obviously, something was up. I texted Avi to see what Obama had to say. His response:
"that's why. Officially announced and confirmed. Osama dead. Killed by bomb about 10 days ago, they were waiting to confirm body."
Of course, we have learned over the course of the last week that a lot of the initial news about this event were incorrectly reported. But the gist of Avi's message was accurate: President Obama had announced that U.S. Forces had killed Osama bin Laden.
Every once in a while, the chants came back: "USA! USA! USA!" A very memorable way to learn this news, indeed.
We decided to head over toward the 3B dugout. It can be hard to get down into those seats because the ushers usually patrol it pretty rigorously. But we slipped into the back row of section 130 with no trouble. It was really windy in the concourse (it always is at Citizens Bank Park), and Tim was instantly freezing. There was no one sitting in the last row of section 130. So we slid by the usher, sat in the last row, and I instantly took off Tim's shoes and helped him pull a pair of sweatpants over his shorts.
It must have looked like we belonged, because the usher never said a word to us. Here was our view in the ninth and tenth innings from the back of section 130:
In the bottom of the tenth, Ryan Howard crushed a fly ball to the warning track in deep CF field. I was sure it was a walkoff homerun, so I grabbed Tim and we ran down the stairs toward the umpires tunnel. But Howard's hit died and was caught on the warning track.
We pulled up and grabbed some new aisle seats at around row 10. Here was our view for the rest of the tenth and part of the eleventh innings:
We were so close, we could practically hear Jose Reyes ignoring the fans heckling him on the on deck circle. Here's what he looked like at the plate…
…as the Phillies fans verbally assured Reyes that he is terrible and was destined to strike out. Instead, he popped out to the catcher.
Finally, in the twelfth inning (at 12:01 a.m.), we made our way to the penultimate seats, second row behind the home plate side of the dugout (Section 129):
The game just kept going and going. No one could score. Both teams seemed capable of advancing baserunners to third base, but that was it. Inning after inning, third outs erased all of the would-be winning runs.
The Phillies fans needed something to inspire them to inspire their Phils to do something special.
Enter the Phillie Phanatic. He hopped onto the 3B dugout and started running down the length of the dugout toward us giving everyone high fives:
I stood up to get some big green, furry hand. But as he approached, my hand was left unsmacked as I watched "something" whiz by me.
Inside my head I thought, "What was that!?"
I scan the field and wondered, "Are they throwing t-shirts into the crowd?"
I saw the guy immediately in front of me bend over toward the empty seat to his right, like he's grabbing for a t-shirt on the ground or something.
But I didn't see anyone throwing t-shirts! "What's going on!?," I thought.
The Phanatic stopped at the end of the dugout and looked down at us…or, more precisely, at the guy bending down toward the empty seat:
The guy got back up to his feet and his nose was spewing blood all over the place. The Phanatic, the guys family and everyone watched as the guy stood there bleeding.
The guy was not happy. The Phanatic bent over, put his arm around the guy, and said something to him. He (the Phanatic) then walked over to an usher about ten feet away, and said something to him.
The guy sat down holding his bleeding face. I could tell he was fuming mad and...
…, as his blood dripped down the empty seat next to him, about ten ushers showed up on the scene.
An usher got someone in the Mets dugout to throw up a towel to clean up the guy's face. Another usher brought a bag of ice. A medic-type-guy arrived and convinced the guy to leave the seats and go get checked out at the first aid station. The guy reluctantly left.
Oh, by the way, he was a Mets fan. After he left, the Phillies fans made numerous jokes at his expense.
Oh, by the way, while all of this was happening, Mets pitcher Taylor Buchholz struck out Phillies back-up catcher Dane Sardinha…
…for the third out of the bottom of the 13th inning, and then Mets catcher Ronny Paulino (who enjoyed a five hit night), tossed us Tim's first ever third-out baseball.
Thanks, Ronny!
Now, back to the bloody guy. The big question: what the heck happened to him!?
I honestly don't know. I was literally the closest person to him when whatever happened to him happened to him. But I didn't see it because I was looking toward the Phanatic advancing from the 3B side of the dugout. All I saw was "something" red whiz by (something that I initially thought was a t-shirt being tossed into the crowd).
I heard people muttering something about the Phanatic kicking the guy. I don't know what that means. The Phanatic was running down the dugout giving out high fives. Could he have accidentally got too close to the edge of the dugout and ran into the guy (who I believe was standing up at the time) at full speed? I don't know. Was the Phanatic's red leg the "something" that whizzed by me as I reached up for a high five (and was left hanging)? I don't know.
Bottom line, I have no clue what happened except that this dude was standing their one second, and the next second he was dripping blood all over the front row and the top of the dugout. I did a search for news articles that might have mentioned the fan getting hurt and found nothing. I guess I'll never know for sure what happened.
For the rest of the game, these two guys were on hand-and-knee sterilizing and cleaning the area:
They had little boxes with biohazard signs on them. They poured white powder all over the ground and sprayed a cleaning substance all over the blood marks on the seats and dugout.
Tim kept asking me why the guys were pouring *sugar* on the blood (they said it was an absorbing powder/gel substance that sucks up the blood) and telling me to point out to the guys that there was a peanut shell full of blood on the ground under the seat. Tim is very observant when it comes to peanut shells.
Anyway, soon after Paulino tossed us the third out baseball, he hit the game winning RBI hit in the top of the fourteenth. It was almost 1 o'clock in the morning.
It seemed as if the Phils were folding up shop for the night when they sent Cole Hamels in to pinch hit with one out in the bottom of the fourteenth:
Tim was really, really tired:
But soon, John Mayberry, Jr. struck out to end the game. Tim was so tired that I was holding him as umpire Jim Wolfe approached the umpires' tunnel. I called his name. He looked up and saw us. He grabbed a baseball, and tossed it right to us. But an extremely large adult fan in the diamond club section leaned over a railing, reached in front of us with his bare hand, and deflected the baseball right into Tim's face.
That was all the half asleep boy needed: he burst into tears. The guy didn't even notice what he'd done as he scrambled for the loss baseball on the ground. Jim Wolfe, on the other hand, saw exactly what happened. And he hollered at me, held up a second baseball and tossed it to me and Tim.
Thanks, Blue.
After we caught the second umpire baseball, the guy who had knocked the ball into Tim's face had learned what he'd done from some other fans (generally everyone around was very sympathetic to poor little Tim getting nailed in the face) and he came over and apologized.
As we headed up the stairs to the exit, I asked Tim to hold up the replacement umpire ball so we could get a picture…
…"so we can remember what happened to you when we tried to get that ball from the umpire." Tim replied, "but I don't want to remember that!"
The picture and our little exchange about the memory actually helped a lot. I think Tim was more stunned (and exhausted) than he was hurt. After our exchange, he dried his tears and reverted to his usual happy little self.
Wow, what a day. Our first non-doubleheader of the season ended up going 14 innings (and until 1 a.m.), we witnessed a memorable crowd reaction to the announcement about Osama bin Laden, we got a third out baseball, our first umpire baseball at this stadium, and 6 total completely gloveless baseballs (more than doubling our lifetime total of 5 previous baseballs at Citizens Bank Park), and we witnessed the mysterious fan injury as the Phanatic ran by giving high fives and all of the "biohazard" clean-up that followed.
2011 C&S Fan Stats
5/0 Games (Tim/Kellan)
6/0 Teams [Tim – Orioles, Rangers, Brewers, Nationals, Phillies, Mets; Kellan – none]
2 Ice Cream Helmet(s) (Orioles, Nationals)
15 Baseballs (3 Rangers, 1 Orioles, 2 Umpire, 2 Nationals, 2 Brewers, 4 Phillies, 1 Mets)
3/0 Stadiums [Tim – Camden Yards, Nationals Park, Citizens Bank Park; Kellan – none]
10/6 Player Photos* [Tim – Felix Hernandez, Adam Moore, Garrett Olson, Chris Seddon, David Aarsdma, Michael Pineda, Miguel Olivo, Ryan Langerhans, Greg Zuan, Mark Lowe ; Kellan – Luke French, Milton Bradley, Franklin Gutierrez, Justin Smoak, Matt Tuiasosopo, Ryan Langerhans]
3/1 Management Photos* [Tim – Howard Lincoln, Jack Zduriencik, Eric Wedge; Kellan – Jack Zduriencik]
1 Autograph(s) (Mark Lowe)
1 Bat* (Milton Bradley)
2/1 Mascot Photos* [Tim – Mariner Moose, Teddy Roosevelt; Kellan – Mariner Moose]
*includes Spring Training


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You've probably heard this explanation for the virtue of religion: that even if god doesn't exist, belief in god (or some other monitoring authority) makes people behave more morally. There have been many experiments that have actually shown that people are nicer or more generous when exposed to religious concepts, such as this one by Norenzayan and Shariff.
In one of their own studies, they primed half the participants with a spirituality-themed word jumble (including the words divine and God) and gave the other half the same task with nonspiritual words. Then, they gave all the participants $10 each and told them that they could either keep it or share their cash reward with another (anonymous) subject. Ultimately, the spiritual-jumble group parted with more than twice as much money as the control. Norenzayan and Shariff suggest that this lopsided outcome is the result of an evolutionary imperative to care about one's reputation. If you think about God, you believe someone is watching. This argument is bolstered by other research that they review showing that people are more generous and less likely to cheat when others are around. More surprisingly, people also behave better when exposed to posters with eyes on them.
One explanation is that simply alerting people to the possibility of surveillance makes them more careful. God is just the most popular boogeyman.
But here's an interesting twist on the Norenzayan and Shariff study, with very similar protocols. Ma-Kellams and Blascovich also had subjects do a word scramble before sharing a money reward, and also had them make moral judgments after reading a story about date rape, and assessed their opinion on a certain controversial subject.
The twist: the word scramble contained science terms ("logical," "hypothesis," "laboratory," "scientists," "theory"), and the controversial subject was science.
I think you can guess where this is going. Thinking about science makes you more moral!
Across the four studies presented here, we demonstrated the morally normative effects of thinking about science. Priming lay notions of science leads individuals to endorse more stringent moral norms (Studies 1, 2), report greater prosocial intentions (Study 3), and exhibit more morally normative behavior (Study 4). The moralizing effects of science were observed both by using naturalistic measures of exposure to science (e.g., field of study) as well as laboratory manipulations of thought-accessibility, and emerged across a broad array of domains, including interpersonal violations (Study 1), academic dishonesty (Studies 2), prosocial behaviors (Study 3), and economic exploitation (Study 4).
It is important to note that the primes used across all studies activated broad, general, lay notions of science rather than specific scientific findings. The key words used the science primes (logical, hypothesis, laboratory, scientists, and theory) were likely associated with semantic notions of rationality, impartiality and progress–notions that are a part of the broader moral view of science as a way of building a mutually beneficial society in which rational tools are used to improve the human condition.
Another important caveat is that it's a typical psychology study, using a small pool of undergraduates at the University of California Santa Barbara, so they're actually tapping into very narrow cultural norms. A group of students who were familiar with the Tuskegee syphilis study, to name just one exception, might respond to priming with science words very differently, while people from a less science-dependent culture might find the exercise meaningless.
But still, I don't think those keywords would prompt concerns about being monitored and compelling people to police their behavior more carefully — they might instead switch people into slightly different modes of thought, where, as the authors suggest, different values are emphasized more. And maybe that's what culture is actually doing: it's reinforcing desirable associations in people's minds to subtly shape their behavior. Clearly, though, we don't need religion to do that. As a vehicle for positive values, anything can work: religion, football, stamp collecting, Pokemon, comedy, technology, television, or science (similarly, I think it's also obvious that those media can also be vehicles for destructive values).
If you're going to make anything an agent of virtue, though, it would help if it had the advantage of being fundamentally true in the first place…which is where religion falls down hard. If one of the values we want to enhance is honesty, for instance, you can't do it with a medium that is a tissue of lies.


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Cameron was enjoying himself quite a bit!
Cameron and Ethan were sitting and eating quite contentedly.....
.....to love on Ethan a little bit!
"I'm not really sure what that was all about....."
That's the thing about eating outside; there's always something to look at!
Ethan chowing down on his triscuits--his favorite!
"Oh, man....these are sooooooooo good."
"I really like it out here Mommy!"
Cameron doing I-don't-know-what but it was a funny pic so I posted it!
"That was funny, huh Mom?"
"I love me some triscuits..... "
"I'd say, Mom....this is a really wonderful place to have lunch!"


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This is a drawing and a poem I've made for a summer love. Our time together was short-lived but the feelings were not.
"God's Gift"
On a platform we stand
Faces seen all in a blur
Relentless searching led by a spur
To find someone, to feel something
Aren't we fools to waste away time?
To look for one man's treasure
Somewhere as ephemeral, as fragile
As a bond built in crime
But aren't we just like every weary heart?
Hoping for an oasis
In the midst of the desert
Wanting to quench our thirst
Aren't we all like frosted windows
Of old and battered houses on winter?
Wishing for the sun to give us warmth
To melt the facade so we can show what the inside is made
Aren't we maven pretenders?
A Casanova? A Temptress? Who made us this way?
A sly fox? A ruthless hunter?
Let down the walls, It'll be okay
Rushed for a hug, now no hesitating
Engulfed by a sense of bliss or was it longing? Eyes wide-open,
Stepping on a quicksand I embraced the fall into the deep end
Gazed at you lying there unaware With you, found something rare I swear
Realization dawning as loud as a thunder
As the Beating of your heart put me into a deep slumber
Waking up from this reverie
Truth slapped me back to reality
Two worlds so different, now I see If only I could I'd be anything and anyone you need me to be I'm the ludicrous clown, you see
Thought if I ruin it first I'd be free
From the doubts brought by my own insecurity I was so wrong,
What a tragicomedy Brought by the month of April
We rushed the ticking of clock to May Hands interlocked
Weaved skin to skin on a rainy day But when June came to say hello, all went dark grey
What was once there ceases to exist Like the wilting of a flower
Once so beautiful, so full of life Now turned into dust by death's kiss
Unbounded joy brought by your presence
Paralleled with the perennial ache of your absence Yearned for and offered seventh heaven
Now the heart weeps for evanescence
A mirage, to be the fair maiden The sorrow to find out I'd end up our own villain
But all's well for you are but a distant dream Gamaliel, You are, I knew it from the very beginning .
Written by me, the one-shot story
Coffee is about a girl who used to cherish moments with someone in a cafe. Sometimes, a simple drink can leave an imprint on someone's mind. ____________________________________________
It's been a year since my boyfriend and I broke up. I love him and he loves me too but things just didn't worked the way it should be. Now I'm heading at the cafe where we started and ended. I have no choice but to go there after all it was made up of both happy and sad memories. But that's life , right? We can't be happy all the time. Challenges come and hearts can break. But it doesn't just end there.
"One signature coffee , please." I said as I ordered from the cashier.
"What size?" she asked.
"Small." I said.
Then she took my payment and I headed towards the seat near the window. A window seat.... for two. The cafe was surprisingly full tonight unlike the past few days.
Again, I have no choice but to sit on that window seat. It is where we sit often. It is our seat. Our place. There are a lot of couples at the cafe and wow I'm alone. There's a part of me which says you should be happy because he's not the only guy in this world. Another part of me says you're still hurt so don't pretend to be happy. The truth is , I am both happy and sad. I'm happy because we're both free and we can focus more in our careers. But I'm sad because I'm not the other half of his heart anymore. I'm sad because I let him go even though I still love him. I'm sad because I can't see him. I'm sad because I can't share this relaxing coffee shop where we can chill with the aromatic smell of the coffee.
"Small signature coffee?" the waitress said as she serves my coffee.
"Yes. Thank you." I said.
"Since you're a regular customer here, we would like to give you this item for free." the waitress said. She handed me a purple journal with the name of the cafe on it and a pen.
"Oh thanks." I said .
"Enjoy your coffee!" she said.
I took advantage of using the freebies from the cafe. A window seat is also a bonus in inspiring me to write something. While sipping my coffee my brain and my heart began to function smoothly.
And so I wrote: My coffee has been cold lately, I can't feel anything after taking a sip and there's no heat to leave a pain on my lips. And it was a relief. But then, I remember one thing about sipping a cold coffee instead of a hot one: cold coffee doesn't leave you any marks when you sipped it, just like a blunt feeling. But a hot coffee will leave you a remarkable pain from the heat which reminds you that you are alive to feel....
I closed the journal and stared at the window. He was the coffee. The hot coffee. No matter how our breakup hurt me, he left me a mark and a lesson to learn. A hot coffee can be a challenge too or an obstacle. They all made you feel that you are alive. That you can go on with your life. You can still stand up. Love taught me to move forward. He taught me to be stronger. He is love.
One of the proudest things as a fan is the feeling that you are part of their growing fandom and stardom. From streaming their songs online, watching their music videos, TV guestings, collecting photocards, albums, lightsticks, attending to their concert and fan meetings surely, you're a fan! But there's a problem, MONEY.
It's really heartbreaking when you hear that members of your favorite band are coming and their concert is just around the corner but here you are thinking of how to sell one of your kidneys just to go to their concert (kidding).That no matter how much you try to save, it will never be enough for a ticket because you are only a student who has limited resources or if you're an adult, you have bills to pay. So joining a "team bahay" livestream is your last resort, but sometimes even those links don't work!
Of course if there's team bahay there's also "team airport/ team labas", fans who waits at the airport hoping to see their idols upon their arrival. How we wish we could also attend and be part of it, something like shouting their names, fanchants then cry out of happiness while waving their lightsticks or banners. What a concept isn't?
Hey, cheer up! being broke doesn't make you any less of a fan. Know that there are other ways to support and love them. For sure our idols have the same and equal love to us no matter what "team" we belong (team concert, team airport/labas and team bahay).Maybe for some people, they might think we are being overly dramatic without knowing that for us fans, their existence itself and music saved us and made us happy once in our lives. -Gwy June 16,2020


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Boxer/Fidelity building demo to commence
A $350,000 demolition of the former Boxer/Central Fidelity Bank building at 200 East Main on the Downtown Mall is scheduled to begin in a "couple of weeks," according to a representative for Minor Family Hotels, the firm building a 9-story "boutique" hotel on the site. See photo right. Given the history of this hotel idea, which was proposed by developer Lee Danielson in 2004, it's hard to believe it's really going to happen, but according Cliff Harrison, an owner's rep for Minor Family Hotels, it's a done deal. "Yes, it's going to happen," says Harrison. "We'll start by putting up barricades around the site, and then the demo should take about two months." Everything but the black granite facade and eight feet of wall down Second Street is scheduled to be demolished. Harrison says
he expects the full arsenal of demo equipment to be on hand, back-hoes, bulldozers, and wrecking balls. After that, he says the estimated $30 million hotel project should take about 16 months.
Luckily, construction projects don't take as long or are as complicated as finding the money and will to fund them. Since 2000, when Danielson and then partner Colin Rolph bought both the Fidelity bank building and the parking lot they later donated to Live Arts for $1.8 million, the building has been passed around like a hot potato. In fact, the various owners of the building have made nearly $4 million buying and selling it since then. Of course, Danielson has technically purchased the building three times and sold it once. First, he bought it with Rolph and their D & R development company. Then, after an ugly break up with Rolph, a judge ordered that D & R be dissolved and its assets sold off, which included a number of downtown buildings. While a court-appointed receiver was ordered to sell the properties for top dollar, Danielson and Rolph were given first dibs. In 2002, under his Brahm II LLC, Danielson bought the Fidelity building again for $3.3 million. After his attempts to find an investor for his hotel project failed–- Danielson alleged at one time that Coran Capshaw was interested–- Danielson finally sold the building to developer Oliver Kuttner in 2006 for $3.7 million. Kuttner had plans to create offices and apartments, and even began interior demolition, but eventually decided to sell it back to Danielson, who had now found an investor, millionaire Halsey Minor, the founder of CNET, who purchased the building last August under his Minor Family Hotels LLC for $4.5 million. Whew! Compared to all that, building it should be a breeze!
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Is the building currently occupied by CVS a part of this project? I can't tell from the drawing.
Does anyone know of the fate of the Charlottesville mural that once graced the lobby area of this former bank?
I'll believe this when I see it. Even if it does start the current state of the economy will probably halt construction shortly after demolition and we'll get to look at a pile of rubble for years.
I enjoyed the artistic rendition of what the building will look like when completed. The artist forgot a few things. The home-challenged that will probably stick around on the front side, and of course the plethora of smokers that will be there.


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Catherine Scott-Clark declare India- A State Sponsoring Terrorism.
Review of Book "The Meadow: Kashmir 1995 — Where the Terror Began"
A Srinagar based human rights group has requested the region's State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) to investigate the circumstances surrounding the kidnapping and subsequent killing of four western tourists by a militant group in 1995 in Indian-controlled Kashmir.
The journalists Adrian Levy and Catherine Scott-Clark in their book put on sale from 1st May 2012 "The Meadow: Kashmir 1995 — Where the Terror Began" claim that the four Westerners were murdered by a group of Kashmiri militants who worked for the Indian Army. They came to the conclusion after their investigations based on the interviews with police officials then investigating the case. The book was released on March 29 in England.
The book contains blow-by-blow descriptions of the negotiations for the hostages' release between an inspector and the kidnappers, which seemed to be nearly completed several times, only to be blown apart when the agreed terms of the negotiations were leaked to newspapers, including the Hindustan Times, infuriating the kidnappers. At times when the Indian government claimed the kidnappers and their hostages were untraceable, the book said, they were being watched and photographed by an Indian Army helicopter.
Rather than working for the hostages' release, the Indian government, Indian intelligence agencies and Indian military prolonged their capture and sabotaged negotiations with the kidnappers, a new non-fiction book called "The Meadow" alleges. Indian officials' actions were part of a larger plan to present Pakistan, and the Pakistan-backed insurgency in Kashmir, in as harsh a light as possible to the world at large, the book says. Ultimately, the men were killed by a second group, funded and controlled by the Indian government, the book alleges.
"All the time New Delhi said it was trying to crack Al Faran, a group within intelligence and the STF (Special Task Force, an Indian Police division) was letting them dangle, happy to let the militants portray themselves as savage criminals," one police detective who worked on the case tells the authors.
Quoting the Kashmir police's crime branch squad, the two authors write that the investigators had been convinced that the Government-controlled renegades had the control of four Westerners after Al Faran dropped them.
"The squad reported some of its thoughts to its seniors, using these kinds of words, 'Sikander's men handed over Paul, Dirk, Keith and Don to Alpha's renegades in the third of fourth week of November, around the time when the final sightings dried up. Sikander has given up. Al Faran is finished. Embarrassingly, India controls the renegades.'"
Adrian Levy told in a interview to NYT that "We also determined the exact route taken by the kidnappers, and followed that route, through Anantnag, and over in Kishtwar and the Warwan Valley, interviewing hundreds of villagers over the years, staying in Sukhnoi where we learned from villagers, and then the IB and the J&K police, the hostages had been deliberately penned in for 11 weeks approximately, while they were observed in detail and near daily, by an Indian helicopter."
Inspector General Rajinder Tikoo (who led the negotiations with the kidnappers) confirmed it to Adrian that the sabotaging of the talks and that intelligence did not want there to be a resolution. He resigned as a result from the inquiry. He then had no part to play and does not express a view of the ending.
A member of the Crime Branch team who worked on the case describes the "dawning realization that their desire to solve the crime was at odds with the goals of some senior figures in the military and the intelligence services, who could have saved the hostages but chose not to." Authors claim that "The kidnapping was a boon that enabled the Indian intelligence fraternity to clearly demonstrate Pakistan backed terror and demonize Kashmiri aspirations."
"Right from the beginning the strings were being pulled from New Delhi," said Altaf Ahmed, a police security official who worked with the security adviser to the government of Kashmir."Those of us dealing with the hostage-taking on the ground in Srinigar were not in control."
On Christmas Eve, 1995, the four remaining hostages were walked into heavy, deep snow behind the lower village of Mati Gawran, shot and buried, an eyewitness to the killings said, the book reports.
"There was only one end for them, and we all knew it," he said. "No one could risk the hostages being released and complaining of collusion, having seen uniforms and STF jeeps," he said. (STF is the Special Task Force of police in Kashmir).
The book's claims echo some of the darkest fears brewing in the international intelligence community after the hostages, or their bodies, failed to surface month after month.
Almost a year after they were taken, the fate of the hostages was still uncertain, despite diplomatic appeals and secret military operations from the United States, United Kingdom and Germany, The New York Times reported.
The journalists Adrian Levy and Catherine Scott-Clark an award-winning investigative journalist in their book comprising 500 pages put on sale from 1st May 2012 "The Meadow: Kashmir 1995 — Where the Terror Began" claim the Westerners were murdered by a group of Kashmiri militants who worked for the Indian Army. The book was released on March 29 in England .
The adventurers and nature lovers across the globe, envy to see Kashmir a paradise on earth. But for one group of travellers in 1995, a trip to the Meadow became a nightmare that none of them could possibly have imagined. These men – two Americans, two Britons, a German and a Norwegian – journeyed to Kashmir in search of nature and humanity – but became entangled in a hostage drama that lasted for six months before they vanished from the face of the earth leaving their loved ones and family in agony for rest of their life. The conclusions in the book are drawn through investigations based on the interviews with police officials then investigating the case and the wives and girlfriends of the missing men. It reveals how the Kashmir hostage crisis was an opening shot in the war on terror; what these terrorists did to a group of western adventurers and set them on a cold-hearted path to terrorise the West.
A review of the book "In the Meadow, A chilling alternate view of the 1995 Kashmiri kidnappings" published in NY Times discussed the kidnappings of six foreign tourists in a meadow in Kashmir by a group calling itself Al Faran. The Indian government, Indian Intelligence agencies and Indian Military prolonged their capture and sabotaged negotiations with the kidnappers which resulted in the killing of the hostages. This was later discovered that it was an Indian conspiracy to put the blame on Pakistan and its intelligence agencies afterwards for the killing and kidnapping of the tourists. However, upon investigation it was learned that the men were killed by another group, funded and controlled by the Indian government(See salients from the book below). However, India has always tried to deceive its own people, region/neighbors and the world as a whole .The TRUTH can only be blurred but never hidden. Few examples from recent history are as under:-
Own people:
- On night between February 17-18, 2007 at least 68 people, mostly Pakistanis, were killed in a series of explosions and a resultant fire on Pakistan-bound train in the northern Indian state of Haryana, near Panipat, about 80km north of Delhi. Initial investigations blamed the Pakistan-based LeT (Lashkar-e-Tayaba) and JeM (Jaish-e-Muhammad), so much so a Pakistan national, Azmat Ali, was also arrested in this connection…Later it was found by the police that right-wing Hindu activists and an Indian army officer Colonel Prohit had a significant role in not only the Samjhauta Express bombing but also in the Malegaon and other similar terrorist incidents. The confessions of Swami Aseemanand have now further confirmed the Hindutvaradicals' role in terrorism.
- In the Makkah Masjid blast on May 18, 2007, 14 people were killed and as a reaction around 80 Muslims were initially rounded up by the police. The bombs are believed to have contained a deadly mix of RDX and TNT, in proportions often used by the Indian army." CBI director Ashwani Kumar told the media that an activist named Sunil Joshi"played a key role in orchestrating the Ajmer blast and a set of mobile SIM cards that had been used in activation of the bomb-triggers in the Makka Masjid blast was used again in the Ajmer blast. ..India's National Investigating Agency (NIA) filed a case in a court accusing 11 Hindus and members of the ultra-right-wing Sanathan Sanstha, of masterminding and executing the October 2009 Margao blast.
- In Ajmer Sharif Blast on October 11, 2007 ,3 people died. In 2010, Rajasthan ATS arrests Devendra Gupta, Chandrashekhar and Vishnu Prasad. Initial arrests of Abdul Hafiz Shamim, Khushibur Rahman, Imran Ali linked to HuJI, LeT could not be proved. Again in Malegaon 2nd Blasts in September 2008 in which 7 died Pragya Singh Thakur, Lt Col Srikant Purohit and Swami Amritanand Dev were found involved.
This shows a glimpse of investigation handling in India however more can be understood by a statement of Mumbai advocate Mihir who said: "It is believed that CBI is seeking directions from the home ministry to see the Ajmer, Makkah Masjid, Malegaon and other blasts in conjunction, after there has been no conclusive evidence of the involvement of Islamic groups".
Source: This is how India shine, read here
- India has always had hegemonic approach towards its neighbours and its goodwill gestures have mostly concluded with economic or militarily strangulating projects for the neighbours. May it be the construction of a barrage at Farakka, near the border with Bangladesh or Wullhar Barrage over River Jhelum to dry up the water resources for its neighbours.
- Pakistan is locked in other territorial disputes with India such as the Siachen Glacier, Sir Creek and construction of dams including Baglihar Dam built over the River Chenab in Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir. Similarly China, Nepal, Myanmar, Sri Lanka all have host of problems leading to mistrust in neighbours relationship.
- India has redrafted its military doctrine on building border infrastructure as a force multiplier in a real war situation. Indian Army Chief's statement of taking on both Pakistan and China simultaneously through its cold start doctrine is an announced policy.
Source: Who is attacking Balochistan?Read here
The world as a whole:
- One of the Worlds biggest Glacier reservoir are depleting fast. Blaming only global warming for rapid defrosting is a false impression being created deliberately by India with a view to covering up the serious and catastrophic environmental crime its army is committing. It leaves not even an iota of doubt that the rapid shrinkage of the Siachen Glacier is due to chemical and explosive storage and cutting of glacial ice by the Indian army and not by global warming.
- Indian troops are involved in dumping of chemicals, metals, organic and human waste, and daily leakages of 2,000 gallons of kerosene oil. This oil passes through 250 kilometre of a plastic pipeline, laid by the Indian army across the glacier.
- The global environment and human rights experts and activists may realise one day that they have stains of this blood on their ignorance and not putting enough pressure on Pakistan and India to demilitarise the glacier.
- The glimpse of misguided investigation handling by India quoted above is worth noting. Wendy Sherman US Under Secretary of state announced in New Delhi on April 02,2012 that the US had put a bounty of US $10 million on Hafiz Muhammad Saeed a leader of Pakistan based social welfare organization Jama'at-ud-Da'wah(JuD) to please India.. Despite India's investigation record and fact that Pakistani courts has acquitted Hafiz Saeed on many occasions and in many cases due to lack of evidences against him. On October 12, 2009, the Lahore High Court quashed all cases against Hafiz Muhammad Saeed and set him free. The court also notified that Jama'at-ud-Da'wah is not a banned organization and can work freely in Pakistan. Justice Asif Saeed Khosa, one of two judges hearing the case, observed "In the name of terrorism we cannot brutalise the law. But somehow india has succeeded in hiding reality.
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It is very much evident from the facts revealed in the book and above mentioned facts that in order to get psychological benefits, India has always remained indulged in dirty games. Either this benefited India or not but it gave a massive blow to humanity. India contributes in making future of this world bleak. Therefore it is the responsibility of analysts, social workers and environmentalists to take notice of these psychological wars that India has waged against not just its neighbors but against the whole world .
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